BEBKEIEY

LI3RARY

UNIVESilTY OF
CALIFORNIA

FAMILY PORTRAITS

l^=

-y

)

i m.

!A J

I t>

M.WM A

TIIE

HOLY BIBLE,

TRANSLATED FROM

THE LATIN VULGATE:

DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH

THE HEBREW, GREEK, AND OTHER EDITIONS, IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES.

THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT DO WAY, A. D. 1609:
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY TIIE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT RHEIMS, A. D. 1532.

WITH

ANNOTATIONS, BY THE REV. DR. CHALLONER; TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES, AND AN

HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

REVISED AND CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTINE EDITION OP THE SCRIlTtTREi.

PHILADELPHIA:
JOHN KELLY 614 & 617 8ANSOM ST.

MINTED FROM BTEREOTITB PLATES OF FIELDING LUCAS, JR., BALTIMORE, HD.

3tw,' Qdiiian o/TEE HOLT SCRIPTURES, funded in
(p/iiladel/iAia, pom the g'te^ealjjpe SP/afrA o/ FIELDING LUCAS, JR.,
Sfyallunaf-e, iA a genuine, and teliahle edition, and may. be lUed uAtJiaid feat-
e/- AcAvz/tZe bij. the piitfip.iL

JA.MI-:s l'KEDERICK,

nop 'of Philadelphia.

!©AN STACK

APPROBATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF DOWAY.

3Sito
■ft*

Nob infra scripti, in alma Duascensi universitate Sacrae Theologian Doctores et Professores, hanc Anglicanam Ve-
teris Testamenti Translationem, quam tres diversi ejus nationis eruditissimi Theologi, non solum fidelum, sed propter
diversa quae ei sunt adjuncta, valde utilem fidei Catholicae propaganda} ac tuendae, and bonis moribus promovendis,
eunt testati: quorum testimonia ipsorum syngraphis munita vidimus; cujus item Translations, et Annotationum auc-
tores nobis de fidei integritate, et eruditionis praestantia, probe sunt noti: his rebus adducti et nixi, fructuose
evulgari posse censuimus. Duaci, 8 Novembris, 1009.

Gulielmus Estius, Sacra Theologies Doctor, et in Academia Duacensi Professor.

Bartholomjeus Petrus, Sacra Theologia Doctor, et in Universitate Duacensi Professor.

Georgius Colvenerius, S. Theologies Doctor, et ejusdem in Academia Duacena Professor.

APPROBATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF RHEIMS.

Cum hujus versionis ac editionis Authores, nobis de fide et eruditione sint probe cogniti, aliique S. Theologiae
et linguae Anglicanae peritissimi viri contestati sint, nihil in hoc opere reperiri, quod non sit Catholicae Ecclesiae
doctrinae et pietati consentaneum, vel quod ullo modo potestati ac paci civili repugnet, sed omnia potius veram fidem,
Reip. bonum, vitaeque ac morum probitatem promovere : ex ipsorum fide censemus ista utiliter excudi et publicari
posse.

Petrus Remigus, Archidiaconus major Metropolitanas insignis Ecclesia Rhemensis, Juris Canonici Doctor, Archi-
episcopatus. Rhemensis generalis Vicarius.

Hubertus Morus, Rhemensis Ecclesia Decanus, et Ecclesiastes, in sacratissima Theologies, facilitate Doctor.

Joannes le Besgue, Canonicus Rhemensis, Doctor Theologus, et Cancellarius Academia Rhemensis.

Gulielmus Balbus, Theologiae Professor, Collegii Rhemensis Archimagister.

A TRANSLATION OF THE DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT,

CONCERNING THE CANONICAL SCRIPTURES.

SESSION IV.
The holy Oecumenick and general Council of Trent, in the Holy Ghost lawfully assembled, the three aforesaid Le-
gates of the Apostolic See presiding therein, having always this in view, that all errors being taken away, the purity of
the Gospel should be preserved in the Church ; that Gospel,* before promised by the Prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, first promulgated with his own mouth ; and afterwards commanded his Apos-
tles to preach the same to allf nations, as the source of every saving truth, and moral discipline : and the Synod
clearly seeing that this truth and discipline is contained in the Written Word, and in the unwritten Traditions, which
the Apostles received from the mouth of Christ himself, or from the J Apostles themselves, being the dictate of the
Holy Ghost to them, and delivered as it were from hand to hand, came down to us : following the examples of the
Orthodox Fathers, with due veneration and piety receiving all the books as well of the Old as of the New Testament,
seeing that God is the immediate Author of both, and also receiving these Traditions, appertaining to Faith and
Morals, as coming from the mouth of Christ, or dictated by the Holy Ghost, and held in the Catholic Church by a con-
tinued succession. The Synod, therefore, thought proper to annex to this decree a catalogue of the Sacred Books,
lest any doubt might arise concerning those that were approved of. They are the following : Of the Old Testament,
the live books of Moses, that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy ; Josue, Judges, Ruth, the four
books of Kings, two of Paralipomenon, first and second of Esdras, which is called Nehemias, Tobias, Judith,
Esther, Job, the Psalter of David, in number one hundred and fifty Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Can-
ticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiastic us, Isaias, Jeremias, with Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, the twelve minor Prophets, that is, Osee,
Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias, two books of the
Machabees, first and second. Of the New Testament, four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
The Acts of the Apostles written by Luke the Evangelist : the fourteen Epistles of Paul the Apostle : to the Romans,
two to the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Colossians, two to the Thessalo-
nians, two to Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, to the Hebrews: two Epistles of Peter the Apostle, three of John the
Apostle, one of James the Apostle, one of Jude the Apostle, and the Apocalypse of John the Apostle. Now if any
one, reading over these books in all their parts, as they are usually read in the Catholic Church, and being in the
Latin Vulgate Edition, does not hold them Sacred and Canonical, and knowing the aforesaid traditions, does indi*
triously contemn them, let him be Anathema.

• Jeremias, chap. xxxi. ver. 33. t Mark, chap. xri. yer. 15. 1 2 Thesaaloniana, chap. ii. ver. 14.

3 f J0

The following lstlrr of His Holiness Pica thb Sixth, to the Most Rrv. Antiioky Maktini, note Archbishop of Florence, on Ai'j Trmr**
liiium of the Holy Bible into Italian, ihowM the betuJU which the faithful may reap from their having the Holy Scriptures in Jfcl
Vulvar Tongue.

POPE PIUS THE SIXTH.

Dclovkd So*, Health and Apostolical Benediction.

At a time that a vast number of bad books, which most grossly attack the Catholic Religion, are circulated, even anion? the tm
learned, to the great destruction of souls, you judge exceedingly well, that the faithful should bo excited to the reading of the Hob Scripture*.
For these are the roost abundant sources which ought to be left open to every one, to draw from them puritv of morals and oi' ilex trine, tc
eradicate the errors which arc so widely disseminated in those corrupt times: This you have seasonably effected, as you declare, by pub-
ig the Sacred Writings in the language of your country, suitable to every one's capacity: especially when you show and set forth,
N*J lmve added explanatory notes, winch bang extracted from the Holy fathers, preclude every possible danger of abuse: Thus you
have not swerved either from the laws of the Congregation of the Index, or from the Constitution published on this subject by 1!km:hht
xiv. that immortal Pope, our predecessor in the Pontificate, and formerly when We held a place near his person, our excellent Master ir
Scclesiasticnl learning; circumstances which We mention as honourable to Us, We therefore applaud your eminent learning, joined with
your extraordinary piety, and We return you our duo acknowledgement for the books you have transmitted to Us, and which, when con-
venient, We will read over. In the mean time, as a token of our Pontifical benevolence, receive our Apostolical benediction, which to you,
beloved Bon, We very affectionately impart. Given at Home, on the Calends of April, 177^, the fourth year of our Pontificate.

W belated mm, PHILIP 1JUONAMICL Latin Secretary.

Anthony Martini, at Turin.

ADMONITION.

Th« Scriptures, in which are contained the Revealed Mysteries of Divine Faith, arc undoubtedly the most excellent of all writings;

they were a rittcn by men divinely inspired, and are not the Wortls of men, but the Word of OW, which MM save our souls, 1 Thess. ii. !•'<,

end James i. - J1 ; bat then they OOgfat to be read, even by the learned, with the spirit of humility, and with a fear of mistaking the true

■, as many have done. This we learn from the scripture itself; where St. Peter says, that in the Epistles of St. Paul there are some

I ear* H be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own perdition,

\i P t. m. 18.

To prevent and remedy this abuse, and to guard against error, it was judged necessary to forbid the reading of the Scriptures in the

vulgar languages, without the advice and permission of the Pastors and spiritual Guides whom God has appointed to govern his Church,

28. ( 3mat himself declaring : He that will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican. Matt, xviii. 16.

Nun is this due submission to the Catholic Church {The pillar and ground of truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15,) to be understood of the ignorant and
unlearned only, but also of men accomplished in all kinds oi learning: the ignorant fall into errors for want of knowledge, and Uie learned
tliroui.'h priil-- and self-sufficiency.

Tih:kv;h>iu: let every reader of the Sacred Writings, who pretends to be a competent judge of the sense, and of the truths revealed in
JWm, reflect on the words which be finds in Isaias, chap. lv. 8, 9. My thoughts arc not as your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
taiih the Lord; for as the heavens are exalted above tlie earth, even so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your
thoughts. How then shall any one, by his private reason, pretend to judge, to know, to demonstrate, the incomprehensible and unsearch-
able ways of God 1

A PRAYER BEFORE THE READING OF ANY PART OF THE HOLY SCRIFrURE.

Cone, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts and minds of thy faithful servants, and inflame them with the fire of thy divine love.

L t us pray. — ( ) God, who by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful servants ; grant us in the samo
Spirit, to discern what is right, and enjoy his comfort for ever: Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who livcth and reigneth one God, with thM
■nd the same Spirit, world without end. Amen.

THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Gnneehi • • •

doe • » • • •
LevuicM » • • • •
Numbers -•••--
Deuteronomy • • - •
Josue - • • »
Judges ....
Kiith

I. Kings, alias, I. Samuel • •

II. Kings, alias, II. Samuel • •

III. Kings

IV. K

I. Paralipnmcndh, alias, L Chronicles

II. Paralipomeoon, alias, IL Chronicle*

-is

II. End rax, alias, Nehcraias

Judith

Esther

iob - -

Psalms

Proverbs --.-••
fcr»iisstf ■•••-■

Chapters.

• 60
40

. 27

■ . 34

• 21

. 31

. . 22

- 25

. - 29

. Ill

. ii

. M

- ISO

Cnnticlc of Canticles

Wisdom

Ecclesiasticus

lsaias

Jeremiaa

I -amenta tiocs

IJaruch ...

iiel

1 - .
Osee • • •
Joel
Amos
Abdias
Jonas -
Michael
Nuhum

■iic
Sophonius
AirireuB ■ •

Malacmas
II.

Chapten.

. 8

- 51
66

• 52

- - 6

- • 11

- - 3

- 1
4

. - 7
8

• 3
:i

• %
14

• 4
18

. - U

THE

BOOK OF GENESIS.

7"^ts hot)* is 50 called from its treating of the Generation.
that, is, of the creation, and the beginning of the world. The
Heb'ews call it BKREsrrn,/rw» the word with which it begins.
It contains not only the history of the creation of the world,
but also an account of its progress during the space of 2369
years, that is, until the death of Joseph.

CHAP. I.

ilod treateth heaven and earth, and all things therein, in six

days.

IN the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2 And the earth was void and empty, and dark-
ness was u[>on the face of the deep: and the Spirit
of God moved over the waters.

3 And God said: Be light made. And light was
made.

4 And God saw the light that it was good : and
he divided the light from the darkness.

5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness
Night : and there was evening and morning one day.

6 And God said : Let there be a firmament*
made amidst the waters : and let it divide the waters
from the waters.

7 And God made a firmament, and divided the
waters that were under the firmament, from those
tnat vtere above the firmamenr. And it was so.

8 And God called the firmament, Heaven : and
the evening and morning were the second day.

9 God also said : Let the waters that are under
the heaven, be gathered together into one place : and
let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

10 And God called the dry land, Earth: and the
gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And
God saw that it was good.

1 1 And he said : Let the earth bring forth the
green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit-tree
yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed
in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.

12 And the earth brought forth the green herb,
and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and
the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one
according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the
third day,

14 And God said : Let there be lights made in

* Jt firmament. By this name is here understood the whole space
between the earth and the highest stars. The lower part of which
divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those that are above
in the clouds.

f Two great lights. God created on the first day light, which being
moved from east to west, by its rising and setting made morning and
evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light,

the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the
night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons and
for days and years :

15 To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to
give light upon the earth. And it was so done.

16 And God made two great lights :f a greater
light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the
night : and the stars.

17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven,
to shine upon the earth.

18 And to rule the day and the night, and to
divide the light and the darkness. And God saw-
that it was good.

19 And the evening and morning were the fourth
day.

20 God also said : Let the waters bring forth
the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that
may 'fly over the earth under the firmament of
heaven.

21 And God created the great whales, and every
living and moving creature, which the waters
brought forth, according to their kinds, every winged
fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it
was good.

22 And he blessed them, saying : Increase and
multiply, and fill the waters of the sea : and let the
birds be multiplied upon the earth.

23 And the evening and morning were the fifth
day.

24 And God said : Let the earth bring forth the
living creature in its kind, cattle, and creeping
things, and beasts of the earth according to their
kinds. And it was so done.

25 And God made the beasts of the earth ac
cording to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing
that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God
saw that it was good.

26 And he said : Let us make man to our imagej
and likeness: and let him have dominion over the
fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the
beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping
creature that moveth upon the earth.

27 And God created man to his own image :
to the image of God he created him : male and
female he created them.

28 And God blessed them, saying : Increase

and made the sun, moon and stars. The moon, though much less
than the stars, is here called a great light, from its giving a far greater
light to the earth than any of thern.

\ Let us make man to our image. This image of God in man, is not in
the body, but in the soul ; which is a spiritual substance, endued with
understanding and free-will. God speaketh here in the plural nam
i ber, to insinuate the plurality of persons in the Deity.

GENESIS.

and multiply,* and fill the earth, and subdue it. ;uul
rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the
air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
\iid God -..lid : Behold I have given you everj
berl) having seed u|x>n the earth, and all trees that
have in themselves seed of their own kind, u> be
your meat :

30 And to all beasts of the earth, and to even
(owl of the •&, and to all that move upon the earth.

and wherein there is lite, that tiny maj have to feed

upon. And it was so clone.

U And (iod saw all the things that he had
made, and they wi re very good. And the evening
and morning were the sixth day.

chap: II.

God rt <tith on the sen nth duu and bletseth it. 77te rnrtlilii
paradise, in which (iod /itucrth intm. lie romninmli ih him
not to rut of the tree of knowledge. And Jormi th u troinun
qf his rib.

SO the heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the furniture of tin in.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work
which he had made: and he restedi on the seventh
day from all his work which he had done.

3 And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified
it: bec ause in it he had rested from all his work
which God created and made.

4 These are the generations of the heaven and
he ear! h.w hen they were created in the (lav that

the Lord (iod made the heaven and the earth:

5 And every plant of the field before it sprung
up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before
it grew: for the Lord (iod had not rained upon the
earth: and there was not a man to till the earth.

6 But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all
(he surface of the earth.

7 And the Lord (iod formed man of tin- slime
of the earth : and breathed into his face the breath
of life, and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord (iod had planted a paradise of
pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed
man whom he had formed.

9 And the Lord God brought forth of the ground
all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to
cat t>f: the tree of life! also in the midst of paradise:
and the tree of knowledge^ of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of the place of pleasure
to water paradise, w Inch from thence is divided into
four heads.

1 1 The name of the one is Phison : that is it

which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where
gold groweth.

I 1 And the gold of that land is very good: there
is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

• Inrrrau md multiply. Tliii ii not a prrrcpr, (W name pmtoMant

conlrorcrtnt. would hare it, but a bl oderlng Ibcm fruitful :

for OoJ had sail! tlir .nine word* to t!ic/uAr», and 6irJ,, (n r. -•.'.) who

m <-ivinp a pr> ■

t llrrutti, .V .t.im-.I t«. ,nak ■ or I niu

TbaOgb, a* our Lord d IN iih, Jnhn r. 17. Ih still

■

13 And the name (/the second liver isGchon: the
same is it that compa.-st th all the land ol Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Tigris;
the same passeth along DJ the Assyrians. And tin:
fourth river i> Euphrates.

15 And the Lord God look man, and put him into
the paradise of pleasure, to (Less ii and to kcv.p it.

lli And he commanded him, saving : Of oery
tree of paradise thou shall eat:

17 lint of the tree of know ledge of good and evil
thou shall not eat. lor in what day cuvcr thou
shall eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

18 And the Lord (iod said: It is not good for
man to be alone: let us make him a ^elp like unto
himself.

19 Anfl the Lord God having formed out of the
ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the low Is
of the air, brought them to Adam to see what lie
would call ihem: lor whatsoever Adam called any
living creature, the same is its name.

20 And Adam called all the heasts by their
names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the
cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not
found a helper like himself.

J I Then the Lord (iod cast a deep sleep upon
Adam: and when he was last asleep, he took one
of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.

-I And the Lord (iod built the rib which he
took from Adam into a woman: and brought her
io Adam.

I And Adam said : This now is bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called
Woman, because she was taken out of man.

1\ Wherefore a man shall leave father and mo-
ther, and shall cleave to bis wife: and they shall
lie two in one flesh.

-'•') And thej wore both naked: to wit, Adam
and his wife: and were not ashamed.

CHAP. III.

The sirjunt's- rrnft. The foil of our first parents. Their
punishment. The promise of a redtiiiur.

NOW tin- serpent was more subtle than anj of
the beasts of the earth which the Lord (iod
had made. And he said to the woman: \\ hv hath

God commanded you, that yon should not eat of
ever] tree of paradise ?

2 And (he woman answered him. sai/inn: Of the
fruit of the trees that are in paradise, we do eat :

.1 Bui of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that
we should not eat: and that we should not touch
it, lest perhaps we die.

•V And the serpent said to the woman : No, you
shall not die the death.

J The Irtt of lift. So railed, became il hail tlial .jiiility. tliat by

ratinp ot the fruit of it, man would I prcMTVed in a <on-

itaol Mate of health, rigour, tad airriiRtli, and would not havadM

at all.

I Thr Irif «f knmrltdrr. 1 (ill srrpeni

tnl.o I Libdul knowledge bejood
I tlial > wa» pleated to ^

DAM AND EVE DRIVEN OUT OF EDEN

CHAP. IV.

5 For God doth know that in what day soever
you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened :
*nd you shall be as sods, knowing good and evil.

6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to
cat, and fair to the eves, and delightful to behold :
and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gav '. to her husband, who did eat.

7 And the eyes* of them both were opened:
and when they perceived themselves to be naked,
they sewed together fig-leaves and made them-
selves aprons.

8 And when they heard the voice of the Lord
God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam
and his wife hid themselves from the face of the
Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.

9 And the Lord God called Adam, and said to
hi in : Where art thou ?

10 And he said : I heard thy voice in paradise ;
and I was afraid, because I was naked, and 1 hid
myself.

11 And he said, to him: And who hath told
thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten
of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou
shouldst not eat ?

12 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou
gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the
tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said to the woman: Why
hast thou done this? And she answered: The ser-
pent deceived me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: lie-
cause thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed
among all cattle, and beasrs of the earth: upon thy
breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all
the days of thy life.

15 1 will put enmities between thee and the wo-
man, and thy seed "and her seed: she shall crushf
thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

1G To the woman also he said: I will multiply
thy sorrows, and thy conceptions : in sorrow shalt
thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under
thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion
over thee.

17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast
hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten
of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou
shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work :
with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the
days of thy life.

13 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to
thee ; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread
till thou return to the earth, out of which thou
wast taken : for dust thou art, and into dust thou
shalt return.

* Jlndthe eyes, &c. Not tliat they wore blind before (for the xromm
taw that the tree was fair to the eyes, ver. fi.) nor yet that their eyes were
tpened to any more perfect knowledge of good ; bat only to the un-
happy experience of having kwl the good of original grace and inno-
cence, and incurred the dreadful evil of sin. From whence followed
a shame of their being naked ; which they minded not before; be-
came being now strict of original (Trace," they quickly began to be
subject to the shameful rebellions of the flesh.

f She shall crush. Ipso, the woman : so divers of the fathers read

20 And Adam called the name of his »vife Eve ■
because she was the mother of all the living.

21 And the Lord God made for Adam and his
wile garments of skins, and clothed them.

22 And he said : Behold, Adamf is become as
one of us, know ing good and evil: now therefore
lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live lor ever.

23 And the Lord God sent him out of the para-
dise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was
taken.

24 And he cast out Adam : and placed before
the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming
sword, turning ev°-vy way, to keep the way of the
tree of life.

CHAP IV.

The history of Cain and Abel.

\ ND Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived
-£*- and brought forth Cain, saying : I have gotten
a man through God.

2 And again she brought forth his brother Abe',.
And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husband-
man.

3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain
offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock
and of their fat : and the Lord had respect^ to Abel
and to his offerings.

5 But to Cain, and his offerings he had no* respect :
and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance
fell.

6 And the Lord said to him : Why art thou an-
gry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if
ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door ?
but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou
shalt have dominion over it.

8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go
forth abroad. And when they were in the field,
Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew
him.

9 And the Lord said to Cain : Where is thy
brother Abel ? And he answered : I know not ; am
I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said to him: What hast thou done?
the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from
the earth.

1 1 Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the
earth, which hath opened her mouth and received
the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee
its fruit : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be
upon the earth.

this place, comformably to the Latin : others read it ipsum, viz. tho
seed. The sense is the* same: for it is by her seed, Jesus Christ, that
the woman crushes the serpent's head.

J JJehuld, .htam, fee. This was spoken by way of reproaching: him with
his pride, in affecting a knowledge that might make him like to God.

i Had respect, &c. That is, shewed his acceptance of his sacrifice
(as coming from a heart full of devotion): and that, as we may suppose,
bv some visible token, such as sending fire from heaven upon his
offerings.

GENESIS.

13 And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is
greater than that 1 may deserve pardon.

14 Behold thou dost cast iiir out tins day from
tin- bee of the earth : everj one therefore that find-

oth me. shall kill inc.*

15 And tin' Lord said to dim : No ? it shall not
so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be
punished seven-told. And the Lord set a markf
upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not
kill him.

lb' And Cain went out from the faee of the
Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the
BUSt side of Kden.

17 And Cain knew his wife, J and she conceived.

and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, § and

called tf

Henoch

called the name thereof by the name

a an.
ol his

son

18 And Henoch begot had, and Irad begot Ma-

viacl, and Ma\iad begot Malhusael, and Mathusael
begot Lamech.

19 Who took two wives: the name of the one
was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

Jit And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the
father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

21 And his brothel's name was Jubal: he wis
the father of them that play upon the harp am!
the organs.

22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was
a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and
iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Nocma.

23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada anil Sella:
Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech. hearken to my
speech: fori have slain a man|| to the w omitting of
myself, and a Stripling to my own bruising.

24 Seven-fold vengeance shall be taken for Cain :

but for Lamech seventy times seven-fold.

25 Adam also knew his wife again : and she
brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, say-
ing: God hath given me another seed for Abel
whom Cain slew.

26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he
called Enos: this man began to call uponll the
name of the Lord.

CHAPTER V.

The genealogy, age and death of the Patrim chsfrom Adam to
Not. The translation of Henoch.

THIS is the l>ook of the generation of Adam.
In the day that God created man, he made him
to the likeness of (iod.

1 He created them male and female; and blessed

• Every ont thatfimlelk me that! kill me. His guilty conscience made
him fear his own bnr | •phew s: of whom, bv this time, there
might be m good numl>er ■fioaj the earth; which had now endured
Dear 130 years; as may he gathered from Gen. r. 3. compared with
Chap. ir. SS. though in the compendious account given in the scrip-
ture only Cain and Abel are mentioned.

♦ 8tt t mmk, kr. The more common opinion of the interpreters of
holy writ, suppose* this mark to hare been a trembling of the body ;
or a horror and consternation in his rountcnai ■

J Hii wife, kr. She was a daughter of A. tain, and < ain's own sist,. r :
lispensing with such marriages in the lx ginning of the world, as
I could uot otherwise be propagated.
IS

them : anfl railed their name Adam, in the day when
they were created.

3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years,
and begot a son to bis own image and likeness, and
called bis name Seth.

4 And the davs of Adam, after he begot Seth.
were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and
daughters.

5 And all the time that Adam lived, came to
nine hundred and thirty years, and be died.

6 Seth also lived a hundred and live yean and
begot Enos.

7 And Seth lived after be begot Enos, eight hun-
dred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

8 And all the days <>l Seth were nine hundred and
twelve years, and be died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and besot Cainan.

10 After whose birth he lived eight hundred and
fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred
and five years, and he died. •

12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot
Malaleel.

13 And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel,
eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and
daughters.

1 l And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred
and ten years, and he died.

15 And .Malaleel lived sixty-five years, and
begot .lared.

1G And Malaleel lived after he begot Jared. eight
hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daugh-
ters.

17 And all the days of Malaleel were eight hun-
dred and ninety- live years, and he died.

18 And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two
years, and begot Henoch.

19 And Jared lived after he begot Henoch, eight
hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred
and sixty-two years, and he dietl.

21 And Henoch lived sixty-live years, and begot
Mathusala.

22 And Henoch walked with God: and lived
after he begot Mathusala, three hundred years, and
begot sons and daughters.

23 And all the days of Henoch were three hun-
dred and sixty-five years.

21 And he walked with God, and was seen no
more: because (iod took him.

25 And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-
seven years, and begot Launch.

1 He built a city, viz. In process of time, when his race was mul-
tiplied, so as to be numerous enough to people it. For in tha
man* hundred years he lived, his race might be multiplied even to
million".

| / hart slain a man, kr. It is the trail it ion of the Hebrews, that
Lamech. in hunting, slew Cain, mistaking him for a wild beast: and
that having discovered what he had done, he t>rat so unmercifully
the youth, hv whom he was led into that mistake, that he died of
the hlows.

t Regan to rati upon. kr. Not that Adam and Seth had not .-ailed
upon God, before the birth of Enos; hut that F.nos used more so
leinnit) in the worship and invocation of (iod.

CHAP. VI, VII.

26 And Mathusala lived after he begot Lamech,
seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons
and daughters.

27 And all the days of Mathusala were nine hun-
dred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

28 And Lantech lived a hundred and eighty-two
years, and begot a son.

29 And lie called his name Noe, saying : This
same shall comfort us from the works and labours
of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath
cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noe, five
hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and
daughters.

31 And all the days of Lamech came to seven
hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. And
Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot
Sein, Cham, and Japheth.

CHAP. VI.

Man's sin is the cause of the deluge. Noe is commanded to
build the ark.

AND after that men began to be multiplied upon
• the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 The sons of God* seeing the daughters of
men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives
of all which they chose.

3 And God said : My spirit shall not remain in
man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall
bef a hundred and twenty years.

4 Now giantsf were upon the earth in those days.
For after the sons of God went in to the daughters
of men, and they brought forth children, these are
the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men
was great on the earth, and that all the thought of
their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

6 It repented him§ that he had made man on
the earth. And being touched inwardly with sor-
row of heart,

7 He said: I will destroy man, whom I have cre-
ated, from the face of the earth, from man even to
beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of
the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noe found grace before the Lord.

9 These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a
just and perfect man in his generations, he walked
with God.

* The sons of God. The descendants of Seth and Enos are here
ca'!ed jon» of God from their religion and piety : whereas the ungodh
race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lav grovelling upon the
earth, are called the children of men. The unhappy consequence
of the former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to
Christians to be very circumspect in their marriages; and not to
suffer themselves to be determined in choice by their carnal passion,
to the prejudice of virtue or religion.

f Hit days shall be, &c. The meaning is. that man's days, which
before the flood were usually 900 years, should now be reduced to
120 years. Or rather, that" God would allow men this term of 120
years, for their repentance and conversion, before he would send the
deluge.

t Giants. It is likely the generality of men before the flood were
of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are. But
these here spoken of are called giants, as being not only tall in stature,

10 And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and
Japheth.

1 1 And the earth was corrupted before God, and
was filled with iniquity.

12 And when God had seen that the earth was
rorrupfed (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon
the earth),

13 He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come
before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through
them, and I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou
shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt
pitch it within and without.

15 And thus shalt thou make it. The length ol
the ark shall be three hundred cubits :|| the breadth
of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish the top of it : and the door ol
the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle
chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood
upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the
breath of life under heaven. All things that are in
the earth shall be consumed.

18 And I will establish my covenant with thee,
and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy soils,
and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

19 And of ev«ry living creature of all flesh, thou
shalt bring two of a sort into the ark, that they may
live with thee : of the male sex, and the female.

20 Of fowls according to their kind, and of beasts
in their kind and of every thing that creepeth on the
earth according to its kind : two of every sort shall
go in with thee, that they may live.

21 Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that
may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee :
and it shall be food for thee and them.

22 And Noe did all things which God com-
manded him.

CHAP. VII.

Noe with his family go into the ark. The deluge overflows
the earth.

AND the Lord said to him : Go in, thou and all
thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen
just before me in this generation.

2 Of all clean 11 beasts take seven and seven, the
male and the female.

but violent and savage in their dispositions, and mere monsters of
cruelty and lust.

I // repented him, &c. God, who is unchangeable, is not capable
of repentance, grief, or any other passion. Hut these expressions
are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men, which was so
provoking as to determine their Creator to destroy these his creatines,
whom before be had so much favoured.

|| Three hundred cubits, &c. The ark, according to the dimensions
here set down, contained four hundred and fifty thousand sonant
cubits ; which was more than enough to contain all the hinds of living 1
creatures, with all necessary provisions: even supposing the cubits
here spoken of to have been only a foot and a half each, which was
the least kind of cubits.

If Of all clean, tic. The distinction of clean and unclean beasts
appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was not
promulgated till the year of the world 2514.

GENESIS.

3 Hut of the beasts that are unclean two and two,
the male ami the female. Of the fowli also of tin-
air seven and seven, the male and the female : that
aged awj !><■ aired upon the lace of the whole earth.

4 For yet a while, and after seven days, I will
rata upon the earth fort} days and (org nights: and
I will destroy every substance that 1 have made,
from the face of the earth.

5 And Noe did all things which the Lord had
commanded bim.

6 And he was m hundred years old, when the
waters of the Rood overflowed the earth.

7 And Noe Went in and his M >ns. |,i^ vsife ;in ,|
the Wires of his sons with him into the ark, be-
cause of the waters of the tlood.

!I And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls,
and of ever] thing that moreth upon the earth.

9 Two and two vrenl in to Noe into the ark, male
and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.

10 And alter the seven days were pasted, the
waters of the llood overflowed the earth.

1 1 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe,
in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the
month, all the fountains of the great deep wore
broken up, and the llood gates of heaven were
opened :

1 I And the rain fell ii|>on the earth forty days
and forty nights.

Id In the self-same day Noe. and Sent, and Cham,
andJapheth his sons: his wile, and the three wives
Ot* his sons with them, went into the ark:

I i- They and every beast according to its kind,
and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing
that moveth upon the earth according to its kind,
and ever] fowl according to its kind, all birds, and
all that By,

15 Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of
all flesh, wherein was the breath of life.

It! And thev that went in, went in male and
female of all llesh, as (iod hail commanded him:
and the Lord shut him in on the outside.

17 And the llood was forty days upon the earth:
and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on
high from the earth.

18 For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled
all on the face of the earth: and the ark was carried
upon the waters.

19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure
ujkhi the earth: and all the hid) mountains under
tin- whole heaven were covered.

J I The water was fifteen cuhits higher than the
mountains which it covered.

21 And all liesh was destroyed that moved upon
the earth, ImiiIi of low I, and of cattle, and of beast-..
mid of all creeping things that creep upon the earth :
and all men.

I \nd all things wherein there is the breath of
life on the earth, dii 1.

Ind be destroyed all the substance that was
BBJfl the earth, from man even to beast, and the

• IHi*nt rrlurn. The rarci did ii"t rrtiirn into the ark : hut (a* it
imjr be gatbered from tl»< Hebrew) trent It mUJn ; KJimlimc

creeping things and fowls of the air: and they were
destroyed from the earth: and Noe only remained,
and they that were with him in the ark.

_' i And the waters prevailed u|>oii the earth a
hundred and fifty days.

chap viii

The deluge ceaseth. Tioc gwth nut of the arl; and ofmth a
sacrifice. (Soft • "''» nunt t<> him.

A ND God remembered Noe, and all the living

■*-*- creatures, and all the cattle which were with
him in the ark, and bvOUghl a wind upon the earth,
and the waters were abated.

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the flood
gates of hea\en. wt re -hut up, and the rain from
heaven was restrained.

3 And the waters returned from off the earth
going and coming: and they began to be abated
after a hundred and fifty days.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the
seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the
mountains of Armenia.

5 And the waters were going and decreasing until
the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day
of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

6 And after that forty days were passed, Noe
Opening the window of the ark, w Inch he had made,
sent forth a raven :

7 Which went forth and did not return,* till the
waters were dried up upon the earth.

8 He sent forth also a dove alter him, to see if the
waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

!> Hut she not finding where her foot might rest,
returned to him into the ark : for the waters were
upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand,
and caught her. and brought her into the ark.

10 And harms waited yet seven other days, he
again sent forth toe dove out of the ark.

11 And she came to him in the evening earning
a bough of tin olive tree, with green leaves, in her

mouth. Noe therefore understood thai the waters

wore ceased u|m>ii the earth.

12 And he staved yet other seven days: and he
sent forth the uove. which returned not any more
unto him.

Id Therefore in the 8ix hundredth and first year,
the fust month, the first day of the month, the waters
were lessened upon the earth, and Noe Opening the
covering of the ark. looked, and saw that the face
of the earth was dried.

14 In the second month, the seven and twentieth

day of the month, the earth was dried.

15 And < iod spoke to Noe. savins:

It! Go out of the ark, thou and thj wife thywwjg

and the wives of thy sons with thee.

17 All living things thai are with thee of all flesh,
as well in low Is as in beasts, and all creeping things
that creep mioii the earth, bring out with thee, and
go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply ii|hiii it.

In tin- mmntaint, wlxro it found carcaae* to feed on | ami otlu-r lime*
returning;, to n.i u|»>n tin Mf>of ilic ark.

THE DELUGE.

18 So Noc wont out, he and his sons
and the wives of his sons with him.

19 And all living things, and cattle, and creeping
things that creep upon the earth, according to their
kinds, went out of the ark.

20 And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and
lakins of all cattle and fowls that were clean, of-
fered holocausts* upon the altar.

21 And the Lord smelledf a sweet savour, and
said : I will no more curse the earth for the sake of
man : for the imagination and thought of man's heart
are prone to evil from his youth: therefore 1 will no
more destroy every living soul as I have done.

21 All the days of the earth, seed-time and har-
vest, cold and heat, summer and whiter, night and
da\\ shall not cease.

CHAP. IX, X

his wife,

and promixrth never
The blessing of Sew

CHAP. IX.

God blrxseth Noe ; forbiddeth blood ;
more Jo destroy the world by water,
and Japhcth.

AND God hlessed Noe and his sons. And he
said to them : Increase, and multiply, and
fill the earth.

2 And let the fear and dread of you be upon all
the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the
air, and all that move upon the earth : all the fishes
of the sea are delivered into your hand.

3 And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall
he meat for you : even as the green herbs have I
delivered them all to you :

4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

5 For I will require the blood of your lives at the
hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the
hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require
the life of man.

6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood
shall be shed: for man was made to the image of
God.

7 But increase you and multiply, and go upon the
earth, and fill it.

8 Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons
with him:

9 Behold I will establish my covenant with you,
and with your seed after you:

10 And with every living soul, that is with you, as
well in all birds, as in cattle and heasts of the earth,
that are come forth out of the ark, and in all the
beasts of the earth.

11 I will establish my covenant with yon, and
all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters
of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth
a flood to waste the earth.

12 And God said : This is the sign of the covenant

* Holocaust*, or whole burnt offerings. In which the whole victim
was consumed by fire upon God's altar, and no part was reserved for
the OM of priest or people.

t Smelted, fee. A figurative expression, denoting; that God was
pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered.

{ Drunk. Noe by the jndjrmenl of the fathers was not frailty of sin.
in being overcome by wine ; because he knew not the strength
of it

which I give between me and you, and to every
living soul that is with you, for perpetual genera-
tions.

13 I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be
the sign of a covenant between me and between the
earth.

14 And when I shall cover the sky with clouds,
my bow shall appear in the clouds :

15 And I will remember my covenant with you,
and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and
there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy
all flesh.

16 And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall
see it, and shall remember the everlasting covenant,
that was made between God and every living soul
of all flesh which is upon the earth'.

1 7 And God said to Noe : This shall be the sign
of the covenant, which I have established, between
me and all flesh upon the earth.

1 8 And the sons of Noe, who came out of the ark,
were Sen), Cham, and Japheth: and Cham is the
father of Chanaan.

19 These three are the sons of Noe: and from
these was all mankind spread over the whole earth.

20 And Noe a husbandman began to till the
ground, and planted a vineyard.

21 And drinking of the wine was made drunk.J
and was uncovered in his tent.

22 Which when Cham, the father of Chanaan had
seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was unco-
vered, he told it to his two brethren without.

23 But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their
shoulders, and going backward, covered the naked-
ness of their father : and their faces were turned
away, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noe awaking from the wine, when he had
learned what his younger son had done to him,

25 He said : Cursed be Chanaan^ a servant of
servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26 And he said : Blessed be the Lord God of Sem,
be Chanaan his servant.

27 May God enlarge Japhcth, and may he dwell
in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.

28 AndNoe lived after the flood three hundred and
fifty years.

29 And all his days were in the whole nine hun-
dred and fifty years : and he died.

CHAP. X.

The genealogy of the children of Noe, by whom the world was
peopled after the flood.

T^IIESE are the generations of the sons of Noe,
Sem, Cham, and Japheth : and unto them sons
were born after the flood.

} Cursed be Chanaan. The mm as well as the blessings, of the
patriarchs were projihetical : And this in particular is here recorded hy
Moses, for the children of Israel, who were to possess the land of
Chanaan. But why should Chanaan be cursed for his father's fault?
The Hebrews answer that he being then a boy was the first that saw
his grandfather's nakedness, and told his father Cham of it ; and joined
with him in laughing at it : which drew upon him, rather than upon
the rest of the children of Cham, this prophetical curse.

(; i:\ksis.

2 The sons of Japheih: Corner, and \f agog, and
Madai, and Javan, ami Thubal, and Mosoch, an. I
Thiras*

3 And the sons of Comer : Ascencz and Hipbath
and Thogorma.

4 And the SOUS of Ja\;tii: VAW.i and Tharsis,Cct-
thini and I )<>danim.

.j By these wen di v id ed the islands* of the

( ientiles ill their lands, every one a< eordiug to his
tongue and their families in their nations.

6 And the MM of Chan : Chus, and Mesraim,
and Phuth. and Chanaan.

7 And the sons of Chus : Saba, and Hevila, and
Sahatha, and Regma, and Snhatacha. The sons of

na : Saba, and Dadan.

8 Now Chus begot Nemrad : he began to be
Blighty oi) the earth.

9 And he was a stout luintcrf before the Lord.

Hence came a proverb: Even as Nimrod the stout
hunter before the Lord.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Baby*

lon, and Araeh, and Aehad, and thalamic in the
land of Sennaar.

11 Out of that land came forth Assur, and built
Niiiive.md the streets of the city, and (hale.

12 Hesen also between Niuhreand Chale : this is
the ftreat city.

13 And Mesraim be^ot Ludim, and Anamiin,
and Laabiro, Nepbtutm,

14 And I'hetrusun, and Cbasluim; of whom
Came forth the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.

15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-born, the
llethite.

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the
Gergesite,

17 The Hevite and Aracite : the Smite,

18 And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the lla-
mathite : and afterwards the families of the Chanan-
ites were spread abroad.

19 And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon
as one cornea to Gerara, even to Gasa, until thou
enter Sodom and ( ioinorrha, and Adama, and Se-
lio'un. even to Lesa.

20 These are the children of Cham in their kin-
dled* and tongues, and generations and lands, and
nations.

'21 Of Sen also the father of all the children of
Heber, the elder brother of .laphcth, sons were
born.

The sons of Sem: Elan and Assur, and
Arphaxad, and Lud. and Aram.

23 The sons of Aram: Cs, and Hull, and Cellar:
and MeSt

2V But Arphaxad Ix'sot Sab , of whom was liorn
Heber.

23 And to Heber were horn two sons: the name
of the one was Phaleg, because in bisdaji was the
earth divided : and his brother's name Jet tan.

♦ TV idanit. So the Hebrews called all the remote cmintriea,
In winch the) went by ihipa from Judca, a* Greece, Italy,

Sp:..,

v..

Not of beasts but of mm ;
16

whom by violence

i Which Jectan l>egot Elmodad, and Saleph
and Asarmoth, .hire, *

And Aduiain, and l'/.al, and I >« < l.i.
And Lbal, and Ahimacl, Saba,
1 And Ophir. and llt-viln, and Jobab. All these
were the sons of .leetail.

30 And their dwelling was from Al s we go
on as far as Sephar, a mountain in the east.

31 These are the children of Sem according to
their kindreds and tongues, and countries in their
nations.

.' These are the families of Not*, according to
their people and nations. Hv these were the nations

divided on the earth after the Hood.
CHAP. XL

The tower of BnM. The ronfurion of tongues. The genealogy
of Sem down to Abrum.

\ ND the earth was of one tongue, and of the
-^*- same speech.

2 And when they removed from the east, they
found a plain in the iand of Sennaar. and dwelt in it.

3 And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let
us make brick, and hake them With fire. And thev
had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of
mortar.

■I And thev said: Come, let us make a city and
a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and
let us make our names famous before wc he scat-
tered abroad into all lands.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of Adam wen' building.

6 And he said : Behold, it is one people, and all
have one loimuc : and thev have begun to do this,
neither will they leave off in their designs, till ihej
accomplish them in i\vvi\.

7 Come ye therefore, let us go down, and there
confound their tongue, that they may not understand
one another's speech.

8 And so the Lord scattered them fiom that place
into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

9 And therefore the name thereof was called Ba-
bel,} because there the language of the whole earth
was confounded^ and from thence the Lord scattered
them abroad upon the face ol all countries.

10 These are the generations of Sem : Sem was

a hundred yean "Id when he bftgOt Arphaxad, two
yean after the Hood.

11 And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five
hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

12 And Arphaxad lived thiii.v-live years, and

■! Sale.

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Sale, three
hundred and threeyeanuand begot sons and daughters.

14 Sale also lived thirtv years, and begot Heber.

15 And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hun-
dred and three years : and begot sons and daughters.

and tyranny lir brought under his dominion. And inch a» he wa»,
illy m il»' opinion of men, but btfort tht Lord, that i», in Ins sight
wlio .

[ BabeL That it, ctmftuion.

chap, xn, xin.

16 And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot
Phalt*.

17 And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four
hundred and thirty years : and begot sons and
daughters.

18 Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

19 And Phaleg lived after he begot lieu, two hun-
dred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot
Sarug.

21 And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hun-
dred and seven years: and begot sons and daughters.

22 And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Na-
ehor.

23 And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two
hundred years : and begot sons and daughters.

24 And Nachor lived nhie and twenty years, and
begot Tliare.

25 And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a
hundred and nineteen years : and begot sons and
daughters.

20 And- Thare lived seventy years, and begot
Abrani, and Nachor, and Aran.

27 And these are the generations of Thare:
Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And
Aran begot Lot.

28 And Aran died before Thare his father, in the
land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.

29 And Abram and Nachor married wives: the
name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of
Naehor's wife.Melcha the daughter of Aran father
of Melcha, and father of Jescha.

30 And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

31 And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the
«>n of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-
in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought
them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land
of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and
dwelt there.

32 And the days of Thare were two hundred and
five years, and he died in Haran.

CHAP. XII.

The call of Abram and the promise made, to him. He so-
jovmelh it: Chanaan ; and thin, by mcasion of a famine,
gotth dow to Egypt.

\ ND the Lord said to Abram : Go forth out of
•^*- thy country, and from thy kindred, and out
M* thy father's house, and come into the land which
1 shall show thee.

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I
will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou
shalt be blessed.

3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them
that curse thee, and in thee shall all the kindreds
of the earth be blessed :

4 So Abram went out as the Lord had command-
ed him, and Lot went with him : Abram was seventy-
five years old when he went forth from Haran.

* My sister. This was no lie ; because she was his niece, being
daughter to his brother Aran, and therefore, in the style of the He-

5 And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his bro-
ther's son, and all the substance which they had
gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in
Haran: and they went out to go into the land of
Chanaan. And when they were come into it,

6 Abram passed through the country unto the
place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale : now tho
Chananite was at that time in the land.

7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to
him : To thy seed will I give this land. And he
built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared
to him.

8 And passing on from thence to a mountain,
that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched
his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the
east : he built there also an altar to the Lord, and
called upon his name.

9 And Abram went forward, going and proceed
ing on to the south.

10 And there came a famine in the country: and
Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for
the famine was very grievous in the land.

1 1 And when he was near to enter into Egypt,
he said to Sarai his wife : I know that thou art a
beautiful woman :

12 And that when the Egyptians shall see thee,
they will say: She is his wife : and they will kill
me, and keep thee.

13 Say therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my
sister :* that I may be well used for thee, and that
my soul may live for thy sake.

14 And when Abram was come, into Egypt, the
Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beau-
tiful.

15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised
her before him : and the woman was taken into
the house of Pharao.

16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And
he had sheep and oxen and he-asses, and men-ser-
vants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house
with most grievous stripes for Sarai Abram's wife.

18 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him :
What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst
thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

19 For what cause didst thou say, she was thy
sister, that I might take her Jo my wife? Now there-
fore there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

20 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning
Abram : and they led him away and his .wife, and
all that he had.

CHAP. XIII.

Abram and Lot part from each other. God's promise to Abram.

AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his
wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him
into the south.

2 And he was very rich in possession of gold
and silver.

Drews, sne nii'jht trulv lie called hi*, sisfer ; as Lot is called Abra-
ham s brother, Gen. xiv. 14. See Gin. xx. 12.

c; i:\ks is.

3 Ami be returned by the irn thai be came,

from the south to Bethel, to the place where before

he had pitched his tent between Bethel and llai:

■4- In the place of the altar which he had made l>e-
fore, and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

5 But Lot ilno who was with Abram, had (locks

of sheep, and herds of beasts, and lints.

6 Neither was the land ahle to hear them, that
they might dwell together: lor their substance was

great, and they could not dwell together.

i W hereupon also there arose a strife between
the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that
time the Chananite and the I'herc/.ite dwelled in
that country.

8 Ahram therefore said to Lot: Let there he no
quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and
between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for We
are brethren.

9 Behold the whole land is before thee : depart
from me, I pray thee: if (lion \y ill go to the left
hand, I will take the right : if thou choose the right
hand, I will pass to the left.

10 And Lot lifting up his eyes. >-aw all the coun-
try about the Jordan, which was w atercd throughout
before the Lord destroyed Sodom and (.iomorrhn
as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one

comrs to Segor.

1 1 And Lot chose to himself the country about
tin- Jordan, and he deputed from the east : and they
were separated one brother from the other.

12 Ahram dwelt in the land of Chanaan : and
Lot abode in the towns, that were about the Jor-
dan, and dwelt in Sodom.

13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and
sinners before the face of the I ,ord beyond measure.

1 V And the Lord said to Abram, alter Lot was
separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look
from the place, wherein thou DOW art, to the north
and to the south, to the east and to the west.

15 All the land, which thou seest, I will give to
thee, and to thy seed for eyer.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the
earth : if any man Ihj able to number the dust of the
earth, he shall l>e able to number thy seed also.

17 Arise and walk through the land in the length,
and in the breadth thereof: for I will gWe it to thee.

If! So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwell
by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and
he built there an altar to the Lord.

CHAP. XIV.

The expedition of the four kings : the rirtory of Abram ; he
it UcKsrtl by Mektuedick.

\ ND it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel
-**- kfalg of Senuaar. and Arioch king of I'ontus.
and ( 'hodorlahomor King of the Elamites, and
Thadal king of nations.

2 Made war against I5ara kin^ of Sodom, and
against Bern, k'm^ of Gornorrha, and against Sen

lb kin- of Adauia. and against S.iiteber king of
Seboim, and against the kin- of Bala, which is
Segor.

3 All these came together into the woodland
vale, which now is the salt sea.

4 For they had served (hodorlahomor twelve
years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from
him.

5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodorla-
homor, and the kins* that wen- with him: and
they smote the Kaphaim in Astarothcarnaiin. and
the Zii/im with them, and the Emim in Save of
C'ariathaim.

6 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir,
even to the plains of Tharan, which is in the wd-
denn s..

7 And they returned, and came to the fountain
ofMisphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all
the country of the Amalecites, and the Amoirhean
that dwelt in Asasonthamar.

8 And the king of Sodom, and the king of Go*
morrha, and the king of Adauia. and the kins of
Seboim. and the kin:: of Bela. w Inch is Setor. w cut
out: and they set themsehes against them in battle
array in the woodland vale:

9 To wit, against (hodorlahomor kins of the
111 unites, and Thadal kinu. of nations, and Amra-
phel kins of Sennaar, and Arioch kiug of PontOS :
lour k i i > ii s against live.

10 Now the woodland vale had many pits of
slime.* And the kins of Sodom, and the kins «>f
Gomotrha turned their hacks and were overthrown
there: and they that remained Bed to the mountain.

11 And they took all the substance of the So-
domites, and Gomorrbitcs, and all their victuals,
and went their way :

1 J And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother,
who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.

13 And behold one, thai had escaped, told Abram
the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the
Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of
Aner: for these had made a league with Abram.

14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that
his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the ser-
vants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen
well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.

15 And dividing his company, he rushed upon
them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued
them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of

I Damascus.

16 And he brought back all the substance, and
Lot his brother with his substance, the women abo
and the people.

17 And the kins of Sodom went out to meet him,
after he returned from the slaughter of ( 'hodorlaho-
mor, and Of the kin^s that Were with him in the
vale of Sa\e, which is the kind's rale.

18 But Melchisedech the kins of Salem, bring-
ing forth bread and wine, for he was the I'ricst ol

the most high ( iod,

1!) Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by

the most high God, w ho created heaven and earth.

* Of ilime. Mtumtni. Tbfa wan n kind of pitch, wlnrli wired
for mortar in tin ImildiiiR of Babel, Got. xi. 3. and wu wed by No*

in |.|ii Mag llii- :<rlc.

CHAP. XV, XVI.

20 And blessed be the most high God, by whose
protection, the enemies are in thy hands. And he
gave him the tithes of all.

21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give
me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.

22 And he answered him : I lift up my hand to
the Lord God the most high, the possessor of hea-
ven and earth,

23 That from the very woof-thread unto the shoe
latehet, I will not take of any things that are thine,
lest thou say: I have enriched Abram:

24 Except such things, as the young men have
eaten, and the shares of the men, that came with
nie, Aner, Escol and Mambre : these shall take
their shares.

CHAP. XV.

God promiscth seed to Abram. His faith, sacrifice and vision.

NOW when these things were done, the word
of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, say-
ing: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy
reward exceeding great.

2 And Abram said : Lord God, what wilt thou
give me? I shall go without children: and the son of
the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

3 And Abram added : But to me thou hast not
given seed : and lo my servant born in my house,
shall be my heir.

4 And immediately the word of the Lord came
to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir : but he
that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou
have for thy heir.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to
him : Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou
canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

6 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to
him unto justice.

7 And he said to him : I am the Lord who
brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees to give
thee this land, and that thou iVightest possess it.

8 But he said: Lord God, whereby may 1 know
that I shall possess it ?

9 And the Lord answered, amj said: Take me a
cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years,
and a rain of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

10 And he took all these, and divided them in
the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one
against the other: but the birds he divided not.

1 1 And the fowls came down upon the carcasses,
and Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep
fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror
seized upon him.

13 And it was said unto him: Know thou before-
hand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not
their own, and they shall bring them under bondage,
and afflict them four hundred years.

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall

* To vsife. Plurality of wives, thoug h contrary to the primitive in-
stitution of marriage. Gen. ii. 24. was by divine dispensation allowed
V> the patriarchs ; which allowance seems to have continued during

serve, and after this they shall come out with great
substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace,
and be buried in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generation they shall return
hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amonhitcs
are not at the full until this present time.

17 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark
mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace, and a
lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

IB That day God made a covenant with Abram,
saying: To thy seed will 1 give this land from the
river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

19 The Cineans, and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

20 And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the
Raphaim also,

21 And the Amorrhites and the Chananites, and
the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

CHAP. XVI.

Abram marrieth Agar, who bringelh forth Ismael.

"TVTOW Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought
-L ^ forth no children : but having a handmaid an
Egyptian named Agar,

2 She said to her husband : Behold, the Lord
hath restrained me from bearing : go in unto my
handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at
least. And when he agreed to her request,

3 She took Agar, the Egyptian her handmaid,
ten years after they first dweh in the land of Cha-
naan, and gave her to her husband to wife.*

4 And he went in to her. But she perceiving
that she was with child, despised her mistress.

5 And Sarai said to Abram : Thou doest unjustly
with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and
she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth
me. The Lord judge between me and thee.

6 And Abram made answer and said to her:
Behold thy handmaid is in thy awn hand, use her
as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her,
she ran away.

7 And the Angel of the Lord having found her,
by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is
in the way to Sur in the desert,

8 He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai,
whence comest thou ? and whither goest thou ?
And she answered : I flee from the face of Sarai
my mistress.

9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her: Return
to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.

10 And again he said : I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for mul-
titude.

1 1 And again : Behold, said he, thou art with
child, and thou shalt bring forth a son : and thou
shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath
heard thy affliction.

12 He shall be a wild man : his hand will be

the time of the law of Moses, tint Christ our Lord reduced marriage
to its primitive institution. St. Malt. xix.

GLNESIS.

against ;ill men, and all men's hands auainst him : and
In- shall pitch his Lenta over-agauuil all his brethren.

1.) And she called the name of the Lord that
s[>uke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me.
For she said: Verily here have 1 seen the hinder

parti of him thai seech me.

14 Therefore she called that well, the well nf
him that liveth and seeth me. The same is be-
tween ( adt s and Barad.

'0 And Agar brought forth a son to Ahrain :
who called his name Ismael.

1G Ahram was fourscore and six years old when
Agar brought him forth Ismael.

CHAP. XVII.

The covenant of circumcision.

AND after he began to be ninety and nine fears
old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto
him: I am the almighty God: walk before me,
and be perfect.

2 And 1 will make mv covenant between me and
thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 Ahram fell flat on his face.

V And God said to him : 1 am, and my cove-
nant is with thee, and thou shah be a father of
many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name be railed any more
Ahram : but thou shalt be called Abraham :* he-
cause I have made thee a father of many nations.

6 And I will make thee increase exceedingly]
and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall
come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me
and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their
generations, In a perpetual covenant : to be a God
to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed the
laud of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan
for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

9 Again God said to Abraham: And thon there-
fore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee
in their venerations.

10 This is my covenant which you shall observe
between me and yon, and thv seed after thee: AH
the male-kind of you shall Ik* circumcised :

11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your
foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant
between me and you.

12 An infant of eight days old shall be circum-
cised annum J OU, every man-child in your genera-
tions: he that is born in the house. ;is well as the
bottghf servant shall be circumcised, and whoso-
evi r is not of vonr stock :

13 And my covenant shall be in your flesh for
a perpetual covenant.

14 The male, whose flesh of his foreskin shall

not Ik." circumcised, thai soul shall be destroyed out

of his people: because he hath broken mv covenant.

• .Ibrahim. Abrmm in llif llclinw, >.i[riiifii»« n high father ■ but Abra-
ham llir fnthtr of the mulhludt ; Sunt signifies my ImiIh, but Sam abso-
lutely Udf.

15 (iod said also to Abraham. Sarai thv wife,
thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

It! And I will bless her, and of her I will give
tlni a son. whom I will bless, and he shall become
nations, and kings of people shall spring from
him.

17 Abraham fell Upon bis face, and laughed, Hy-
ing in his heart: shall a son, thinkest thou, be born
to him that is a hundred \ears old ? and shall Sara
that is ninety years old, bring forth.''

18 And he said to God : O that Ismael may
live before thee.

1!» And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife
shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name
Isaac, and I will establish mv covenant with him
for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed alter
him.

20 And as for Ismael I have also beard thee.
Heboid, I will bless him. and increase, and multiply
him exceedingly : he shall bevel tWi he chiefs, and
I w ill make him a great nation.

21 Tint my covenant I will establish with Isaac,
whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in
the next year.

22 And when he had left off speaking with him,
God went up from Abraham.

-'.! And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all
that were horn in his house: and all whom he had
bought, every male among tie men of his house,
and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forth-
with the ven same day, as God had commanded
him.

J I Abraham was ninety and nine vears old, when
he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

25 And Ismael his BOO was full thirteen years old
at the time of his circumcision.

2(> Tin- self same day was Abraham circumcised
and Ismael his BOD.

27 And all the men of his house, as well they
that were born in his house, as the Itoiidit servants
and strangers were circumcised w it 1 1 him.

CHAP. XVIII.

Angels ore entertained by Abraham They foretel (he birth qf
hiwr. Abraham's prayer far the nan uf Sorltirn.

AM) the Lord appeared to him in the vale of
Membra :' s bfl was sitting at the door of his
tent, in the very heat of the day.

2 And when he had lifted up his eye** there np-
peared to him three men Standing near him : and
as B0O0 as he saw them he ran to meet them from
the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

3 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in
thy Sight, pass not away from thv servant:

4 Hut I will fetch a little water, and wash ye
your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strength-
en ye your heart, afterwards von shall pass on: for
therefore are ye COme aside to vonr servant. And

mid : I »o as r In ill hast spoken..

6 Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara,
and said to her: Make haste, temper together

CHAP. XIX.

tlnee measures of flour, and make cakes upon the
hearth.

7 And he himself ran to the herd, and took
from thence a calf very tender and very good,
and gave it to a young man: who made haste and
hoi led it.

8 He took also hotter and milk, and the calf
which he had boiled, and set before them: but he
stood by them under the tree.

9 And when they had eaten, they said to him :
Where is Sara thy wife ? He answered : Lo she
is in the tent.

10 And he said to him : I will return and come
to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara
thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard,
she laughed behind the door of the tent.

1 1 Now they were both old, and far advanced
in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after
the manner of women.

12 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I
am grown old, and my Lord is an old man, shall I
give myself to pleasure ?

13 And the Lord said to Abraham : Why did
Sara laugh, saying : Shall I who am an old woman
bear a child indeed ?

14 Is there any thing hard to God? according to
appointment I will return to thee at this same time,
life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.

15 Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for
she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay: but
thou didst laugh.

16 And when the men rose up from thence, they
turned their eyes towards Sodom : and Abraham
walked with them, bringing them on the way.

17 And the Lord said : Can I hide from Abra-
ham what I am about to do :

1 8 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty
nation, and in him all the nations of the earth
shall be- blessed ?

19 For I know that he will command his chil-
dren, and his household after him to keep the way
of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for
Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the
things he hath spoken unto him.

20 And the Lord said : The cry of Sodom and
Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become
exceedingly grievous.

21 I will go down* and see whether they have
done according to the cry that is come to ma : or
whether it be not so, that I may know.

22 And they turned themselves from thence,
and went their way to Sodom : but Abraham as
yet stood before the Lord.

23 And drawing nigh he said : Wilt thou de-
stroy the just with the wicked ?

24 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they
perish withal ? and wilt thou not spare that place
for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein ?

25 Far be it from thee, to do this thing, and

* I will go rfoicn, &c. The Lord here accommodates his discourse
to the way of speaking 1 and acting amongst men : for lie knoweth all
things, and needeth not to go any where for information. Note

to slay the just with the wicked, and for the pari
to be in like case as the wicked, this is not be-
seeming thee: thou who judgest all the earfK, wilt
not make this judgment.

26 And the Lord said to him : If I find in So-
dom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole
place for their sake.

27 And Abraham answered, and said : Seeing I
have once begun, 1 will speak to my Lord, where-
as I am dust and ashes.

28 What if there be five less than fifty just per-
sons: wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole
city ? And he said : I will not destroy it, if I find
five and forty.

29 And again he said to him : But if forty be
found there, what wilt thou do ? He said : I will
not destroy it for the sake of forty.

30 Lord, saith he, be not angry I beseech thee,
if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He
answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will
speak to my Lord : What if twenty be found there ?
He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord,
if I speak yet once more : What if ten shall be
found there ? And he said : I will not destroy it
for the sake of ten.

33 And the Lord departed, after he had left
speaking to Abraham : and Abraham returned to
his place.

CHAP. XIX.

Lot entertaining anerels in hist house, is delivered from Sodom,
which is destroyed: his wije fur luoking back is turned
into a statue of salt.

AND the two angels came to Sodom in the
evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate ol
the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went
to meet them : and worshipped prostrate to the
ground,

2 And said : I beseech you, my lords, turn in
to the house of your servant, and lodge there :
wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on
your way. And they said : No, but we will abide
in the street.

3 He pressed them very much to turn in unto
him : and when they were come into his house,
he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread,
and they ate :

4 But before they went to bed, the men of the
city beset the house both young and old, all the
people together.

5 And they called Lot, and said to him : Where
are the men that came in to thee at night ? bring
them out hither that we may know them :

6 Lot went out to them, and shut the door after
him, and said :

7 Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do
not commit this evil.

here, that two of the three angels went away immediately for
Sodom ; whilst the third, who represented the Lord, remained wi'U
Abraham.

<;i:m>is.

have not
yon, and

■I \<-t

out to

you, so that you

they arc come in

thither. Ami
m a stranger,

8 I ha\t> two daughters who

known man : 1 will bring them
khttte you them as it shall |)h asr
da no evil to these men, becan te
unrlet the shadow of my roof.

But the) .saul : Gel thee hack
u : Thou earnest in, said they,
was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee
more than them. And thev pressed v. iv violently
upon Lot : and they were even at the point of
breaking open the dooi

10 And behold the men put out their hand, and
drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door.

11 And them, thai were without, they struck
with blindness from the least to the greatest, so
that they could not (hid the door.

12 And thev said to Lot : Hast thou here an\

oi thine.' son-in-law, or sons, or daughters, all that

are thine bring them out of this i i t \ :

M For we will destroy this place, because their

cry is crown loud before the Lord, who hath sent
us to destroy them.

1 I So l-i't went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law
that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise:
gel you out of this place, because the Lord will
destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak
as it were in jest.

15 And w hen it was morning the angels pressed
him, Bayiag: Arise, take thy wife, and the two
daughters which thou hast: lest thou also perish
in the wickedness of the city.

\G And as he lingered, they took his hand, and
the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, be-
cause the Lord spared him.

17 And they brought him forth, and set him
without the city: and there they spoke to him.
Baying: Save thy life: look not hark, neither stay
thou in all the country ahout : hut save thyself in
the mountain, lest thou he also consumed.

If! And Lot said to them: I beseech thee, my
Lord,

1!) Because thy servant hath found grace before
thee, and thou hast magnified thy men v, which
thou hast shown to me. in saving my life : and 1
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize
me. and I die.

There is this city here at hand, to which I
may flee, it is a little one, and 1 shall he Bared in

sli

all

live

: is it not a little one, and my sou

21 And he said to him: Behold also in this, I
have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for
which thou hast spoken.

Make haste, and he saved there: beCSUM I
cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. There-
fore the name of that city was called Segor.*

I'lie sun was risen Upon the earth and Lot
entered into Segor.

24 And tin- Lord rained upon Sodom and Go-
morrha hrimstone and lire from the Lord out of
heaven.

• 8tpr. That ii, <■ Hill* ont.

* And kit utft. Ai a »Ui*linc im-monal to the servants of

25 And he destroyed these cities, and all the
country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and
all things that spring from the earth.

26 And his wifef looking behind hi r, was turned

into a statue of salt.

27 Ami Abraham got up early in the morning,

and in the place where he had stood before with
ih' Lord.

Jl! He looked towards Sodom and (iomorrha, ami
the whole land of that, count r\ : and he saw the ashes
rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.

J!' .Now when God destroyed the cities ol that
country, remembering Aliraham, he delivered Lot

OUt of the destruction of the cities wht rein he had
dwelt.

30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in
the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for
he was afraid to stay in Segor) ami he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters with him.

31 And the elder said to the younger: Our father
is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come
in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.

• 12 Come, let us make liini drunk with wine, and
let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed ot
our father.

33 And they made their father drink wine that
night: and the elder went in, and lay with her
fattier: hut he, perceived not, neither when his
daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.

94 And the next day the elder said to the

younger: Behold. I Ia\ last night with mi lather;

let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou
shall lie with him, that we may sa\c seed of our
father.

35 They made their lather drink wine that night
also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay

with him: and neither then did he perceive w heu
she lay down, nor when she rose up.

3b' So the two daughters of Lot were with child
by their father.

37 And the elder bore a son, and she called his
name Moah: he is the father of the Moahitcs unto
this day.

38 The vounger also bora a son, and she called
his name Amnion, that is, the son o! my people:
he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.

CHAP. XX.

Ahrnham tojmtrnrth in drrarn. Sum it talcrn into king Ahimt
h i It's hoitm . 6/// by (ioil's rnmmtindmi nl it rrstorrd untout hi il.

south

Sur:
and sojourned in Gerara.

2 And he said of Sara his wile: She is my sister.
So Abimelech the kin:: ot ( reran sent, and took her.

.; \nd (lod came to Abimelech in a dream by
night, and he said to him: Lo thou shah die for the
woman that tlipu hast taken : lor she hath a husband.

4 Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he

ABRAHAM removed from theme to the
country, and dwelt between Cades and

God to proceed in virtue, and not to look back to vice or its
allureim-nU.

CHAP. XXI

said : Lord, wilt thou s>lay a nation that is ignorant
and just?

5 Did not he say to me : She is my sister: and
she say: He is my hrothei ? in the simplicity of my
heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done tliis.

6 And God said to him : And 1 know that thou
didst it with a sincere heart : and therefore 1 with-
held thee from sinning against me, and 1 suffered
thee not to touch her.

7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he
is a prophet : and he shall pray for thee, and thou
shalt live : but if thou wilt not restore her, know
that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the
night, called all his servants : and spoke all these
words in their hearing, and all the men were ex-
ceedingly afraid.

9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and
said to him : What hast thou done to us? what have
we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon
me and upon my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast
done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

10 And again he expostulated with him, and
said : What savvest thou, that thou hast done this ?

11 Abraham answered : I thought with myself,
saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this
place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

12 Howbeit, otherwise also slie is truly my sis-
ter, the daughter of my father, and not the daugh-
ter of my mother, and I took her to wife.

13 And after God brought me out of my father's
house, I said to her : Thou shalt do me this kind-
ness : In every place, to which we shall come, thou
shalt say that I am thy brother.

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
servants, and handmaids, and gave to Abraham :
and restored to him Sara his wife,

15 And said: The land is before you, dwell
wheresoever it shall please thee.

16 And to Sara he said: Behold, I have given
thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall
serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are
with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go : and
remember thou wast taken.

17 And when Abraham prayed, God healed
Abimelech, and his wife, and his handmaids, and
they bore children :

1 8 For the Lord had closed up every womb of
the house of Abimelech on account of Sara, Abra-
ham's wife.

CHAP. XXI.

Isaac is born. Agar and hmarl are cast forth.

\ ND the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised:
-^*- and fulfilled what he had spoken.

2 And she conceived and bore a son in her old
age, at the time that God had foretold her.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son,
whom Sara bore him, Isaac*

4 And he circumcised him the eighth day, as
God had commanded him,

* Isaac. This word signifies laughter.

5 When he was a hundred years old: for at tb:s
age of his father, was Isaac born.

6 And Sara said : God hath made a laughter for
me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

7 And again she said : Who would believe that
Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son,
whom she bore to hiin in his old age ?

8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abra-
ham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.

9 And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the
Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to
Abraham ;

10 Cast out this bond-woman, and her son: for
the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with
my son Isaac.

1 1 Abraham took this grievously for his son.

12 And God said to him : Let it not seem grievous
to thee for the boy, and for thy bond-woman: in all
that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice:

for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 But I will make the son also of the bond-
woman a«great nation, because he is thy seed.

14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, and
taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her
shoulder, and delivered the boy and sent her away.
And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness
of Bersabee.

15 And.when the water in the bottle was spent,
she cast the boy under one of the trees, that were there.

16 And she went her wav. and sat over-against
him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for
she said : I will not see the boy die : and sitting over-
against, she lifted Uf) her voice and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the boy: and an
Angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying:
What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath
heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein
he is.

18 Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the
hand : for I will make him a great nation.

19 And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well
of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave
the boy to drink.

20 And God was with him : and he grew, and
dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man
an archer.

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and
his mother took a wife for him out of the land of
Egypt.

22 At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the
general of his army said to Abraham: God is with
thee in all that thou doest.

23 Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not
hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: butaccord-
ing to the kindness, that I have done to thee, thou
shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast
lived a stranger.

21 And Abraham said: I will swear.

25 And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water,
which his servants had taken away by force.

26 And Abimelech answered: I knew not who
did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I
heard not of it till to-day.

GKNKSIS.

27 Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and
paw tlii'in lo Aliiincli-cli : ami litilli of them made
a league.

\nd Ahraham set apart seven ewe-lambs of
ih.- ftoek,

\nd Abiaielech nud to liim : What mean these
seven ewe-lambs which thou bast tel apart?

30 Jim he said: Thou shak take screen e w e - ja mbs
at m\ hand: that thev ma\ he a lesiunom lor me.
that 1 dig this well.

il Therefore that place was called Bersabee:*
lUSe there both of them did swear.

\nd they made a league for the well of oath.

33 And Aliimeleeh. and I'hieolthe general of his

army arose and returned to the land of die Palestine's.

Hut Ahraham plantedagrore in Bersabee, and there

called npon the name of the Lord God eternal.

\nd he w is a sojourner in the land of the
Palestines main days.

CHAP. XXII.

Tlie faith nntt obedirnrr of Abraham is proved in *hir rradim I •.
to taerifere hit mm Isaac, lit- is- ttajft <l from the art If an
angel. Former promise* are renewed to him. His brutlae
ekor't i mite.

A PTER these things, God temptedf Ahraham.
£*- and said to him: Ahraham, Abraham. And he
answered: Here I am.

J lie said to him: Take thy only-begotten son
U in-, whom thou lovest. and go into the land of
\ Wum: and there thou shall oiler him for an holocaust
upon one of the mountain* which I will show thee,

$ So Ahraham rising up in the night, saddled
his ass : and took with him two YOUOg men, and
Isaac his son : and w hen he had cut wood for the
holocaust, he went his way to the place which God
had commanded him.

4 And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he
saw the place afar oil".

> \nd he said to his voung men: Stay yon here
with the ass: I and the hoy will go with speed as
far as yonder, and after we ha\e worshipped, will
return to yon.

6 And he took the Wtood for the holocaust, and
laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried
in his hands lire and a sword. And as they two
went on together.

7 Isaac said to his father : My father. And he
answered : W hat wilt thou, son ? Beheld, na&th he,
tire and woixl: where is the victim for the holo-
caust -

8 And Ahraham Bid: (iod will provide himself
a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went
on together.

'.• lad they cane to the place which God had

shown him. where he limit an altar, and laid the
i\ood in order upon it : and when he had hound
Naac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile
of wood.

• Berfott. That il. Iht trill of oath.

t (iod lewtfttd, tir.. f.'«l Irmiilrlh no man In ml, JaflMl 1.13. Hill
b) trial and i \\* iriineut makctli knim n tu tin: world, and In OUIMlIri -.

10 And he put forth his hand, and took the
sw ord, lo sacrifice his mhi.

11 And behold an Angel oTthe Lord from hea-
\en called 10 him. Baying: Abraham, Abraham.
And he answered : I leu I am.

I .' And he said to him : Ln\ not thy hand upon
the boy, neither do thou any thing lo linn : now I
know that thou tea rest God, and hast not span d
tin only-begotten son for my sake.

I.) Ahraham lilted up his eyes, and saw behind
liis hack a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by
the hoi us, w Inch he took and offered for a holocaust
instead of his son.

14 And he called the name of that place, The
Lord teeth. \\ hereupon even lo this daj it is said:
In the mountain the Lord will see.

15 And the Angel of the Lord called to Abra-
ham a second time from heaven, saying:

l<> Hy my own sell have I sworn, saith the
Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast
not spared thy only-begotten son for m\ sake :

17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thj seed

as the stars of In a\cn. and as the sand that is by
the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the &alcs of
their enemies.

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth he Messed, because thou hast obeyed m\ roice.

19 Abraham returned to his young men. and tin y
went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.

20 After these things, h was told Abraham that
Melcba also had horn children to Nachor his brother.

21 litis the fust-horn, and Bus his brother, and
Camucl the father of the Syrians.

JJ And Cased, and A/.au, and Phcldas, and
Jedlaph,

23 And (While) of whom was horn Hehecca :
these eight did Melcha hear, to Nachor Abraham's
brother.

24 And his concubine, named Iionta. bore Ta-
bee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maucha.

CHAP. XXIII.

Sara's death and burial in thi fit Id Imueht of Ephron.

AM) Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven
-£*- years.

2 And she died in the city of Arhee which is

Hebron, in the laud of Chanaan: and Abraham

came to mourn, and weep for her.

3 And alter he rose up from the funeral obse-
quies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying;

4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you:
ewe me the right of a burying place with you, that

I may bury ni\ dead.

5 The children of Heth answered, saying:

6 My lord hear us, thou art a prime of God
among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepul-
chres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee
from burying thy dead in bis sepulchre.

tn are, a« hen by tlii* trial the lingular faith and obedience ol
ban »a» made manic

CHAP. XXIV.

7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the
people* of the land, to wit, the children of Ileth.

8 And said to them : If it please your soul that
I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for
me to Ephron the son of Seor,

9 That he may give me the double cave, which
he hath in the end of his field: for as much money
as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a
possession of a burying place.

10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the chil-
dren of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abra-
ham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate
of the city, saying :

1 1 Let it not be so, mv lord, but do thou rather
hearken to what I say : The field I deliver to thee
and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the
children of my people ; bury thy dead.

12 Abraham bowed down before the people of
the land.

13 And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of
the people :• 1 beseech thee to hear me : I will give
money for the field : take it, and so I will bury my
dead in it.

14 And Ephron answered :

15 My lord, hear me : the ground which thou
desirest, is worth four hundred sides of silver :
this is the price between me and thee : but what
is this ? bury thy dead.

16 And when Abraham had heard this, he
weighed out the money, that Ephron had asked, in
the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred
sicles of silver of common current money.

17 And the field that before was Ephron's,
wherein was the double cave, looking towards
Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees
thereof in all its limits round about,

18 Was made sure to Abraham for a possession,
in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that
went in at the gate of his city.

19 And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in the
double cave of the field, that looked towards Mam-
bre ; this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.

20 And the field was made sure to Abraham,
and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury
in, by the children of Heth.

CHAP. XXIV.

Abraham's servant sent by him into Mesopotamia, bringelh
from thence Rebecca, who is married to Isaac.

TVTOW Abraham was old, and advanced in age:
-*- ' and the Lord had blessed him in all things.

2 And he said to the elder servant of his house,
who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under
my thigh,

3 That I may make thee swear by the Lord the
God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife
for my son, of the daughters of the Chananites,
among whom I dwell :

* Bowed down to the people. Adoravit, literally adored. Tint this word
here, as well as in many other places in the Latin scriptures, is used
to signify on'y an inferior honour and reverence paid to men, express-
ed by a bownij dowu of the body.

4 But that thou go to my own country and kin
dred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.

5 The servant answered : If the woman will
not come with me into this land, must I bring thy
son back again to the. place, from whence thou
earnest out ?

6 And Abraham said : Beware thou never I ring
my son back again thither.

7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of
my father's house, and out of my native country,
who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: lo
thy seed will I give this land : he will send his
Angel before thee,f and thou shalt take from thence
a wife for my son.

. 8 But if the woman will not follow thee, thou
shalt not be bound by the oath : only bring not my
son back thither again.

9 The servant therefore put his hand under the
thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon
this word.

1 And he took ten camels of his master's herd,
and departed, carrying something of all his goods
with him, and he set forward and went on to Meso-
potamia to the city of Nachor.

1 1 And when he had made the camels lie down
without the town near a weil of water in the even-
ing, at the time when women are wont to come
out to draw water, he said :

12 O Lord the God of my master Abraham,
meet me to-day, I beseech thee, and show kind-
ness to my master Abraham.

13 Behold, I stand nigh the spring of water, and
the daughters of the inhabitants oi the city, will
come out to draw water.

14 Now theiefore the maid, to whom I shall say:
Let down thy pitcher that I may drink : and she
shall answer : Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for
thy servant Isaac : and by this I shall understand, that
thou hast shown kindness to my master.

15 He had not vet ended these words within him-
self, and behold, Rebecca came out, the daughter of
Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother
of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder :

1 6 An exceeding comely maid, and a most beau-
tiful virgin, and not known to man : and she went
down to the spring, and filled her pitcher, and was
coming back.

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said :
Give me a hrtle water to drink of thy pitcher.

18 And she answered: Drink, my lord. And
quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and
gave him drink.

19 And when he had drunk, she said: I will
draw water for thy camels also, till they all drink.

20 And pouring out the pitcher into 'he troughs,
she ran back to the well to draw water : and hav-
ing drawn, she gave to all the camels.

21 But he, musing, beheld her with silence,

+ He will send his Angel before thee. This shows tliat the He-
brews believed that God gave them Guardian Angels for thcil
I protection.

GENESIS.

desirous to know whether the Lord had made his
journey prosperous or not.

22 And uter thai the camels had drank, the
man took out golden ear-rings, weighing two odes,

and as main bracelet! of ten sides Weight

23 And he said to her : Whose daughter art thou?
tell me : is there any plate in thy lather's house

to rOdgl ?

24 And she answered: I am the daughter of
Bathuel, the son of RleJcha, whom she bore to
Naeltor.

\ ml she said, moreover, to him: We have
good store both of straw and hay, and a large place
to lodge in.

26 The man bowed himself down, and adored
the Lord,

27 Savins : Blessed be the Lord God of my
master Abraham, who hath not taken away his
mercy and truth from im master, and hath brought
DM the straight way into the house of my master's
brother.

28 Then the maid ran, and told in her mother's
bouse all that she had heard.

29 And Rebecca had a brother named Laban,
w ho went out in haste to the man, to the well.

30 And when he had seen the ear-rings and
bracelets in his sister's hands, and had heard all
that she related, saying, Thus and thus the man
8|>oke to me: became to the man who stood by the
camels, and near to the spring of water,

31 And said to him: Dome in, thou blessed of
the Lord : why standeth thou without? I have pre-
pared the house, and a place for the camels.

32 And he brought him in into his lodging: and
he unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and
hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of
the men that were come with him.

33 And bread was set before him. But he said :
I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered
him : Speak.

31 And Ik; said : 1 am the servant of Abraham :

35 And the Lord hath blessed my master won-
derfully, and he is Income great : and he hath given
him sheep, and oxen, silver and gold, men-servants
and women-servants, camels, and asses.

36 And Sara my master's wife hath borne my
master a son in her old age, and he hath given him
all that he had.

^ 37 And my master niade me swear, saying :
Thou shah not take a wife for my son of the Cha-
nanites. in whose land I dwell :

38 But thou shah go to my father's house, and
shalt take a wife of my own kindred tor my son :

39 But I answered my master s What if the wo-
man will not come with me ?

40 The Lord, said he. in whose light I walk,
will send his aiHtel with thee, and will direct ths
way : and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my
own kiudre. I, and of my father's house.

41 But thou shalt he clear from my curse, when
thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not
give thee one.

42 And 1 came to-day to the well of water, ami

said : O Lord God of my master Abraham, If thou
hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk,

X'< Behold, I stand by the well of water, and the
virgin, that shall come OUt tO draw water, who shall
hear DM MB : (Sire me a little water to drink ol thy

pitcher :

44 And shall say ST me: Both drink thou, and I
will also draw lor tin camels : let the same be the
woman whom the Lord hath prepared for my
master's son.

45 And whilst I pondered these things secretly
with myself. Jielncca appeared coming with a
pitcher, whkh she carried Ol her shoulder: and
she went down to the well, and drew water. And I
said to her : Give me a little to drink.

46 And she speedily let down the pitcher from
her shoulder, ami said to me: Both drink thou,
and to tfaj camels 1 will give drink. I drank, ami
she watered the camels.

47 And I asked her, and said : Whose daughter
art thou? And she answered: I am the daughter
of Bathuel, the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore
to him. So I put car-rings on her to adorn her face,
and I put bracelets on her hands.

48 And falling down I adored the Lord, blessing
the Lord God of m\ master Abraham, who hath
brought DM i he straight way to take the daughter
of my master's brother for his son.

49 Wherefore if you do according to mercy and
truth with my master, tell me: but il it please you
otherwise, tell me that also, that I may go to the
right hand, or to the left.

60 Then Laban and Bathuel answered : The
word hath proceeded from the Lord : we cannot
speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

51 Behold, Bebecca is before thee, take her and
go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master's
son, as the Lord hath spoken.

52 Which when Abraham's servant heard, falling
down to the ground he adored the Lord.

53 And bringing forth vessels of silver, and gold,
and garments, he gave them to Rebecca for a pre-
sent. He offered gifts also to her brothers, and to
her mother.

54 And a banquet was made, and they ate and
drank together, and lodged there. And in the mom
ing the servant arose, and said: Let me depart,
that I may go to my master.

55 And her brother and mother answered: Let
the maid sta\ at least ten days with us, and after-
wards she. shall depart.

66 Stay me not, said lie, because the Lord hath
prospered ni\ way : send me away that I may co
to my master.

57 And they said: Let us call the maid, and
ask her will.*

58 And they called her, and when she ami
come, they asked: Wilt thou go with this man?
She said : I will go.

* I.tl ui call tkt maid, and mtk her irill. Not n» lo her marriage, aa
aba had alreadj eooamtod, but of tier quilting her parent*, and
going to her husband.

CHAP. XXV.

59 So they sent her away, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant and his company :

60 Wishing prosperity to their sister, and say-
ing : Thou art our sister, niayst thou increase to
thousands of thousands, and may thy seed possess
the gates of their enemies.

61 So Rebecca and her maids being set upon
camels followed the man: who with speed returned
to his master.

62 At the same time Isaac was walking along
the way to the well which is called Of the living
and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country:

63 And he was gone forth to meditate in the field,
the day being now well spent ; and when he had
lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming afar off.

64 Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, lighted
off the camel,

65 And said to the servant : Who is that man
who cometh towards us along the field ? And he
said to her: That man is my master. But she
quickly took her cloak and covered herself.

66 And the servant told Isaac all that he had
done:

67 Who brought her into the tent of Sara his
mother, and took her to wife : and he loved her so
much, that it moderated the sorrow which was oc-
casioned by his mother's death.

CHAP. XXV.

Abraham'.? children by Cetura ; his death, and thai of Ismail.
Isaac hath Esau and Jacob, twins. Esau scllcth his first
birth-right to Jacob.

AND Abraham married another wife named
Cetura:

2 Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Ma-
dan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue.

3 Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The chil-
dren of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim and
Loomim.

4 But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher,
and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were
the children of Cetura.

5 And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac :

6 And to the children of the concubines* he gave
gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while
he yet lived, to the east country.

7 And the days of Abraham's life were a hun-
dred and seventy-five years.

8 And decaying he died in a good old age, and
having lived a long time, and being full of days :
and was gathered to his people.

9 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in
the double cave, which was situated in the field of
Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over-against
Mambre,

10 Which he had bought of the children of Heth :
there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

11 And after his death, God blessed Isaac his
son, who dwelt by the well named Of the living
and seeing.

+ Concubines. Ajjar and Cetura are here called concubines (though
U>ey were lawful wives, and in other places ate so called) because

12 These are the generations of Ismael the son
of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's ser-
vant, bore unto him :

13 And these are the names of his children ac-
cording to their calling and generations. The
first-born of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar,
and Ad heel, and Mabsam,

14 And Masma, and Duma, and Massa,

15 Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis,
and Cedma.

16 These are the sons of Ismael: and these are
their names by their castles and towns, twelve
princes of their trihes.

17 And the years of Ismael's life were a hun-
dred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and
was gathered unto his people.

18 And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur,
which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go to-
wards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of
all his brethren.

19 These also are the generations of Isaac the
son of Abraham : Abraham begot Isaac :

20 Who when he was forty years old, took to
wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian
of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife,
because she was barren : and he heard him, and
made Rebecca to conceive.

22 But the children struggled in her womb: and
she said : If it were to be so with me, what need
was there to conceive ? And she went to consult
the Lord.

23 And he answering, said : Two nations are
in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out
of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the
other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

24 And when her time was come to be delivered,
behold, twins were found in her womb.

25 He that came forth first was red, and hairy
like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Im-
mediately the other coming forth, held his brother's
foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacoh.

26 Isaac was threescore years old when the chil-
dren were born unto him.

27 And when they were grown up, Esau became
a skilful hunter, and a husbandman : but Jacob a
plain man dwelt in tents.

28 Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his hunt-
ing : and Rebecca loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob boiled pottage : to whom Esau,
coming faint out of the field,

30 Said : Give me of this red pottage, for I am
exceeding faint. For which reason his name was
called Edom.

31 And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first
birth-right.

32 He answered: Lo, I die: what will the first
birth-right avail me?

33 Jacob said : Swear therefore to me. Esau
swore to him, and sold his first birthright.

they were of an inferior degree; and such in scripture are usually
called concubines.

GLWT.SIS.

34 And so taking bread and the pottage rf len-
tils, be ate. and drank, and went his way ; making
little account of having sold his fir si birth-right.

CHAP. XXVI.

Isaac sojourneth in (Icrara, trhcre thui rennrrth to him the
prnmitr made to Abraham. King Abimeleeh muketh league
with him.

AND when a famine CMM in tlio land, after
that barrenness which had happened in the
days a!" Abraham, Isaac went to Abunelech king
of the Palestines to Gerara.

2 And the Lord appeared to him and said; Go
not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I
Shall tell thee.

3 And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and
will Mess thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will
give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which 1
swore to Abraham thy lather.

4 And 1 will multiply thy seed like the stars of
heaven : and I will give to thy posterity all these
countries : and in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth he blessed.

5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept
my precepts and commandments, and observed my
ceremonies and laws.

6 So Isaac abode in Gerara.

7 And when he was asked by the men of that
place, concerning; his wife, he answered: She is
my sister, for he was afraid to confess that she was
his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him
because of her beauty.

8 And when very many days were passed, and
he abode there, Altimeleeh king of the Palestines.
looking out through a window, saw him playing
with Rebecca his wife.

9 And calling for him, he said: It is evident she
is thy w ile: w hv didst thou feign her to be thy sister?
heanswend: I feared lest 1 should die for her sake.

10 And Abimeleeh said: Why hast thou deceived
us? Some man of the people might have lain with
thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great
sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:

11 He that shall touch this man's wife, shall
surely be nut to death.

12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found
that same year a hundred-fold: and the Lord bless-
ed him.

13 And the man was enriched, and he went on
prospering and increasing, till he became exceed-
ing ^reat:

I V And he bad possessions of sheep and of herds
and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines
envying him,

15 Stopped up at that time all the wells, that
the servants of his father Abraham had digged,
filling them up with earth :

l<> Insomuch that Abimeleeh himself said to
'• : Depart from us, for thou art become much
mightier than we.

• Torrent. That it, a channel where toraetime* a torrent, or vio-
lent stream, had run.

17 So he departed, and came to the torrent* of
Gerara, to dwell there:

18 And he digged again other wells, which the
servants of his lather Abraham had digged, and
which, after his death, the Philistines had of old
Stopped IH>: and he called them bv the same namcii
b\ which his father before had called them.

19 And they digged in the. torrent, and found
living water :

20 lint there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove
against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our wa-
ter. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on
occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.

21 And they digged also another ; and for that
they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name
of it, Enmity.

22 Going forward from thence he digged another
well, for which they contended not : therefore he
called the name thereof, Latitude.f saying: Now
hath the Lord given us room, and made us to in-
crease upon the earth.

23 And he went up from that place to Bersabee,

24 Where the Lord appeared to him that same
night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father,
do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee,
and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's
sake.

25 And he built there an altar: and called upon
the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent: and
commanded bis servants to dig a well.

26 To which place when Abimeleeh, and Ocho-
zath his friend, and l'hicol chief captain of his sol-
diers came from Gerara,

27 Isaac said to them : Why are ye come to me
a man w horn you hate, and have thrust out from
you ?

28 And they answered : We saw that the Lord
is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be
an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

29 That thou do us no harm, as we on our part
have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any
thing to hurt thee: but with peace have sent thee
away increased with the blessing of the Lord.

30 And he made them a feast, and after they
had eaten and drunk :

31 Arising in the morning, they swore one to
another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to
their own home.

32 And behold, the same day the servants Of
Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had
digged, and saying: vVe have found water.

33 Whereupon be called it Abundance: and the
name of the city was railed Bersabee, even to this
day.

i And Esau being forty years old married
wives, Judith the daughter of Been the llcthite,
and Baaemath the daughter of Lion of the same

place.

35 And they both offended the mind of Isaac
and Rebecca.

f LatUudt. That it, widencu, or room.

CHAP. XXVII.

Iamb, by his mother's counsel, obtaineth his father's bless-
ing, instead of Esau. And by her is advised to fly to his
uncle. Laban.

TVTOW Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
•*- ' and he could not see : and he called Esau
his elder son, and said to him : My son. And he
answered : Here I am.

2 And his father said to him: Thou seest that I
am old, and know not the day of my death.

3 Take thy arms, thy quiver, an I bow, and go
abroad : and when thou hast taken something by
hunting,

4 Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou know-
est I like, and bring it that I may eat, and my soul
may bless thee before I die.

5 And when Rebecca had heard this, and he
was gone into the field to fulfil his father's com-
mandment,

6 She said to her son Jacob : I heard thy father
talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him :

7 Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats
that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the
Lord, before I die.

8 Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel :

9 And go thy way to the flock, bring me two
kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for
thy father, such as he gladly eateth :

10 Which when thou hast brought in, and he
hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.

^ 11 And he answered her: Thou knowest that
Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am smooth :

12 If my father shall feel me, and perceive it, I
fear lest he will think I would have mocked him,
and I shall bring upon me a curse instead of a
olessing.

13 And his mother said to him: Upon me be
this curse, my son : only hear thou my voice, and
go, fetch me the things which I have said.

14 He went, and brought, and gave them to his
mother. She dressed meats, such as she knew his
father liked.

15 And she put on him very good garments of
Esau, which she had at home with her:

16 And the little skins of the kids she put about
his hands, and covered the bare of his neck.

17 And she gave him the savoury meat, and de-
livered him bread that she had baked.

18 Which when he had carried in, he said : My
father. But he answered: I hear. Who art thou,
my son ?

19 And Jacob said : I am Esau thy first-born :*
I have done as thou didst command me : arise, sit,
and eat o'' my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

20 And Isaac said to his son : How couldst thou
find it so quickly, my son ? He answered : It was

♦ lam Eton thy first-born. St. Augustine (L. Contra mcndncium c.
10.) treating- at large upon this place, excuseth Jacob' from a lie, be-
cause this whole passage was mysterious, as relating to the preference
which was afterwards to be given to the Gentiles before the carnal
Jews, which Jacob by prophetic light might understand. So far

the will of God that what I sought came quickly
in my way :

21 And Isaac said : Come hither, that I may
feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou lie
my son Esau, or no.

22 He came near to his father, and when he had
felt him, Isaac said : The voice indeed is the voice
of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau.

23 And he knew him not, because his hairy hands
made him like to the elder. Then blessing him,

24 He said : Art thou my son Esau ? He an-
swered : I am.

25 Then he said : Bring me the meats of thy
hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And
when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offer-
ed him wine also, which after he had drunk,

26 He said to him : Come near me, and give
me a kiss, my son.

27 He came near, and kissed him. And imme-
diately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his gar-
ments, blessing him, he said : Behold, the smell of
my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which
the Lord hath blessed.

28 God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of
the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes wor-
ship thee : be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy
mother's children bow down before thee. Coned
be he that curseth thee : and let him that blesseth
thee be filled with blessings.

30 Isaac had scarce ended his words, when Ja-
cob being now gone out abroad, Esau came,

31 And brought in to his father meats made ol
what he had taken in hunting, saying : Arise, my
father, and eat of thy son's venison ; that thy soul
may bless me.

32 And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou?
He answered : I am thy first-born son Esau.

33 Isaac was struck with fear, and astonished
exceedingly ; and wondering beyond what can be
believed, said : Who is he then that even now
brought me venison that he had taken, and I ate
of all before thou earnest? and 1 have blessed him,
and he shall be blessed.

34 Esau having heard his father's words, roared
out with a great cry: and being in a consternation,
said : Bless me also, my father.

35 And he said : Thy brother came deceitfully
and got thy blessing.

36 But he said again: Rightly is his name called
Jacob :f for he hath supplanted me lo this second
time: my first birth-right he took away before, and
now this second time he hath stolen away my bless-
ing. And again he said to his father : Hast thou
not reserved me also a blessing ?

37 Isaac answered : I have appointed him thy
lord, and have made all his brethren his servants : I

is certain, that the first birth-right, both by divine election, and
by Esau's free cession belonged to Jacob : so that if there were
any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and re-
nial one.

f Jacob. That is, a supplanler.
29

GLNKSIS.

have established him with corn snd trine, ami after

tJiis, what shall I do mori- for thee, mi >*»m ?

38 Ami Esau siiil to him : lla>t thou only one
blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also.

And whin be wept with a loud en.

39 Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of
the earth, and in the dew of heaven from shore,

40 Shall thy blessing be. Thou shall live by the

SWOrd, and shall serve thy brother: and the time
shall come, when thon shalt shake oil', and loose

his yoke from thy neck.

il I'.- in therefore always hated Jacob for the
blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and

he said in his heart : The days will come of the
mourning tor my lather, ami I will kill my brother

Jacob.

42 These things were told to Rebecca: and she
sent and called Jacob her von. and said to him: Be-
hold. Esau thy brother threateneth to kill thee.

43 Now therefore, mj son, hear mj voice, arise
and Bee io Laban my brother to Haran:

44 And thon shalt dwell with him a few days,
till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged,

}.") And his indignation cease, and be forget the
things thon bast done to him : afterwards I will
send, and bring thee from thence hither. \\ by shall
I be deprived of both my sons in one day?

16 And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my
life because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take
a w ilc ol the stock of this land, I choose not to live.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Jacob'* journey to Mesopotamia : his vision and vow.

AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him. and
charged him, saying : Take not a wife of the
stock of Chanaan:

2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of
Syria, to the house of Bathuel thv mother's lather,
and take tin e a w ilc thence of ihedaiiiihtersof J /a ban
thy uncle.

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee
to increase, and murtiplythee: that thon mayst be
a multitude of people.

4 And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and
toth\ seed after thee: that thon mavst possess the
land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy
grandfather.

"> \nd when Isaac had senl him away, lie took his
journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria to I ,ahan
the son of Bathuel the Syrian, brother to Rebecca
his mother.

6 And Esau seeing that his father had bit
Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Sy-
ria, to mam a w ife thence; and that after the bles-
sing he had charged him, saying: Thon shall not

take a w ife of the daughters of ( !hanaan :

; \ud that Jacob obeying bis paieiits was gone
into S\ria:

cperiencing also that his father was not wt I!

ed with the daughters of Chanaan:

'.I lie Wi lit tO iMliael. and took to W ife. besides
them he had before. M aheleth the daughter Of Is-
uie I, Abraham's son. the sister of Nalmjoth.

10 But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went
on to Haran.

1 1 And when he was come to a certain place,
and would rest in it alter SUA set, be took of thfr
stones that lay then', and putting under his head,
in the same place.

12 And be saw in his sleep a ladder standing
upon the earth, and the ton thereof touching hea-
ven : the Angels also of God ascending and descend

in- by it.

I.I And the Lord leaning upon the ladder. Baying
to him: 1 am the Lord God of Abraham tin la-
ther, and the God of Isaac: The land wherein thon
steepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.

1 I And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth :
thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the
east, and to the north, and to the south : and i.n
TREK and thy seed all the tribes of the earth shall

BE RLESSED.

15 And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou
goest, and will bring thee back into this land: nei-
ther will I leave thee, till 1 shall have accomplished
all that I have said.

16 And w hen Jacob aw aked out of sleep, he said :
Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

17 And trembling he said : How terrible is this
place! this is no other but the house of God, and
the gate of heaven.

18 And Jacob arising in the morning, took the
stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it
up for a title,* pouring oil upon the top of it.

19 And he called the name of the city Bethel,'}
which before was called Lu/a.

20 And he made a vow . saying : If God shall be
with me, and shall keep me in the way. by which I
walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to
put on,

21 And I shall return prosperously to my lather's
house : the Lord shall be inv God:

22 And this stone, which 1 have set up for a
title, shall be called Tin- house of God: and of all

things that thou shalt give tome, 1 will offer tithes

to thee.

CHAP. XXIX

Jamh .-rrritli Isthan *< veil years fur Rttrhrl ; but is drcrir-'d
with Lia ; he afterwards marrieth Rachel. Lia bears htm
four son*.

THIEN Jacob went on in his journey, and came
into the east country.

2 And he saw a well in the field, and three flocks
of sheep lying by it : for the beasts vveie wnti red
out of it, and the mouth thereof was closed with a

great stone.

3 And the custom was, when all the sheep w ere

gathered together, to roll awaj the stone, and after

the sheep wen watered, to put it on tin- mouth of

the well again.

4 And he said to the shepherds: Brethren,
whence are you ? Thej answered: of Haran.

* «J title. That in, a pillar, or immimic nt

, BtthtL Thi» name tignific* the bons« of God.

chap. xxx.

5 And he asked them, saying : Know you Laban
the son of Nachor ? They said : We know him.

6 He said : Is he in health ? He is in health, say
they : and behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with
his flock.

7 And Jacob said: There is yet much day re-
maining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into
the folds again : first give the sheep drink, and so
lead them back to feed.

8 They answered : We cannot, till all the cattle
be gathered together, and we remove the stone from
the well's mouth, that we may water the flocks.

9 They were yet speaking, and behold, Rachel
came with her father's sheep : for she fed the flock.

10 And when Jacob saw her, and knew her to
be his cousin german, and that they were the sheep
of Laban his uncle, he removed the stone wherewith
the well was closed.

1 1 And having watered the flock, he kissed her :
and lifting up his voice wept. :

12 And he told her that he was her father's bro-
ther, and the son of Rebecca : but she went in haste
and told her father.

13 Who, when he heard that Jacob his sister's
son was come, ran forth to meet him : and embra-
cing him, and heartily kissing him, brought him into
his house. And when he had heard the causes of
his journey,

14 He answered : Thou art my bone and my
flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,

15 He said to him : Because thou art my brother,
Bhalt thou serve me without wages ? Tell me what
wages thou wilt have.

16 Now he had two daughters, the name of the
elder was Lia : and the younger was called Rachel.

17 But Lia was blear-eyed: Rachel was well
favoured, and of a beautiful countenance.

18 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I
will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger
daughter.

19 Laban answered : It is better that I give her
to thee than to another man ; stay with me.

20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and
they seemed but a few days because of the great-
ness of his love.

21 And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for
now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

22 And he, having invited a great number of his
friends to the feast, made the marriage.

23 And at night he brought in Lia his daughter
to him,

24 Giving his daughter a handmaid, named Zel-
pha. Now when Jacob had gone in to her Record-
ing to custom, when morning was come, he saw it
ions Lia :

25 And he said to his father-in-law : What is it
that thou didst mean to do? did not 1 serve thee
for Rachel? why hast thou deceived me?

26 Laban answered: It is not the custom in this
place, to give the younger in marriage first.

27 Make up the week of days of this match :
and I will give thee her also, for the service that
thou shall render me other seven years.

28 He yielded to his pleasure: and after the
week was past, he married Rachel:

29 To whom her father gave Bala for her ser-
vant.

30 And having at length obtained the marriage
he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter
before the former, and served with him other se-
ven years.

31 And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia,
opened her womb; but her sister remained barren.

32 And she conceived and bore a son, and called
his name Ruben, saying : The Lord saw my afflic-
tion : now my husband will love me.

33 And again she conceived and bore a son, and
said: Because the Lord heard that I was despised,
he hath given this also to me : and she called his
name Simeon.

34 And she conceived the third time, and bore
another son: and said : Now also my husband will
be joined to me, because 1 have borne him three
sons : and therefore she called his name Levi.

35 The fourth time she conceived and bore a son,
and said: Now will I praise the Lord: and for this
she called him Juda. And she left bearing.

CHAP. XXX.

Rachel being barren, delivereth her handmaid to Jacob : she
bearetk two sons. Lia ceasing to bear, giveth also her
handmaid, and she, beareth two more. Then Lia beareth two
other sons and one daughter. Rachel beareth Joseph. Jacob
desirous to return home, is hired to stay for a certain part
of the stock's increase, whereby he becometh exceeding rich.

\ ND Rachel, seeing herself without children,
-^- envied her sister, and said to her husband r
Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered :
Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit
of thy womb ?

3 But she said : I have here my servant Bala :
go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees,
and I may have children by her.

4 And she gave him Bala in marriage : who,

5 When her husband had gone in unto her, con-
ceived and bore a son.

6 And Rachel said : The Lord hath judged for
me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son ; and
therefore she called his name Dan.

7 And again Bala conceived, and bore another,

8 For whom Rachel said : God hath compared
me with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she
called him Nephtali.

9 Lia perceiving that she had left off bearing,
gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.

10 And when she had conceived and brought
forth a son,

11 She said: Happily. And therefore called
his name Gad.

12 Zelpha also bore anolher.

13 And Lia said : This is for my happiness: foi
women will call me blessed. Therefore she called
him Aser.

14 And Ruben going out in the time of the wheat
harvest into the field, found mandrakes : which he

brought to his mother I. in. And Rachel said
me part of thv son's maudraki

15 She answered: Dost tliou think it a small
matter, that thou hast taken mv husband from me.
unless thou take also mv son's mandrakes- Rachel
said: He shall sleep with thee this sight, lor thy
son's mandrakes.

It) And when Jacob returned at e\en from the
field, Lia went out to meet him, and said : Thou
shall come in unto me, be ca ab ci 1 hate hired thee
for mv sun's mandrakes. And he slept with her
diat night

17 And God heard her prayers: and she con-
< • i\ed, and bore the fifth son,

18 And said: God hath given me a reward, be-
canse I ^ave mv handmaid to my hiishand. Ami
she called Ids name Issachar.

19 And Lia eoneeived again, and bore the sixth
son,

Jit And said : God hath endowed me with a
good dowry: this turn also my husband will be
with me, because I have borne him six sons: and
therefore she called his name Zabnlon.

J I Alter whom she bore a daughter, named Pina.

22 The Lord aiso remembering Rachel, heard
her, and opened her womb.

29 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying:
God hath taken away my reproach.

J I \nd she called his name Joseph, saying:
The Lord give me also another son.

25 And when .Joseph was born, Jacob said to
his father-in-law: Send me away that 1 may return
into mv country, and to my land.

26 Give me my wives, and my children, for
whom I hare served thee, that I mav depart: thou
Miowest i he service that I have rendered thee.

27 Laban said to him : Let me find favour in
thy sidit : I have learned by experience, that God
hath blessed me for thy sake:

28 Appoint thy wages which I shall dre thee.

29 Rut he answered: Thou know est how I have
>enei| thee, and how great thy possession bath
neeli qj my hands.

30 Thou hadst but little before I came to thee.
and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath
hlessed thee at mv coming. It is reasonable therefore
that I should now provide also for mv own boUSO.

31 And Laban said: What shall I give thee?
I » 1 1 1 he said : I require nothing: but if thou wilt do
what I demand. I w ill {\ct\ and keen thy sheep again.

• Jo round through all tin flocks, and sepa-
rate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled :
and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers
colours, as well among the sheep, as anion.; the

its, shall he mv wages.

33 And ii in justice shall answer for me to-mor-
row before thee when the time of the bargain shall
come: and all that is not of divers colours, and

spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as
among die goats, shall accuse me of theft.

\nd Laban said: I like well what thou de-
lesc.
35 And he separated the s ,, m ,| i\ the she-goats,

GENE

(ii\e

and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of
divers colours, and spotted : and all the flock of
one colour, that is. ot white and black fleece, he
delivered into the hands of his sons.

36 And be set the space of three da\ s journey
betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the
rest of his (lock.

, And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of
almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part :
so when the liark was taken off, in the parts that
were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the
parts that were whole, remained green: and by
this means the colour was divers.

38 And he put them in the troughs where the
water was poured out; that when the flocks should
come to drink, they might have the rods before their
eyes, and in the Sight of them might conceive.

39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of
coition, the sheen beheld the rods, and brought
forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.

40 And Jacob separated the lock, and put the
rods in the troughs before the eves ot the rams:
and all the white and the black were Laban's: and
the rest were Jacob's, when the llocks were sepa-
rate. I one from the other.

41 So when the ewes went first to ram. Jacob
put the rods in the troughs of Water before the eves
of the nuns, and of the ewes, that they might con-
ceive while they were baking upon them :

I _' lint when the later coming was, and the last
conceiving, he did not pot them. And those that
were lateward, became Laban's; and they of the
first time, Jacob's.

43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and
he had many ilocks, maid-servants and iwii-m r-
vants, camels and ass. s.

CHAP. XXXI.

Jacob 1 ! departure: he is purmird and overtaken by habnn.

I'/n m mate « m unit.

"13 UT after that he heard the words of the sons
-*-* Of Laban, Baying: Jacob hath taken away all
that was our father's, and being enriched b\ his

Substance is become great :

2 And perceiving also thai Laban's countenance

v as not tow arils him as vesterdav and the other day.

3 Especially the Lord saying to him: Return

into the land of tin fathers and to thy kindred,
and I will be with tliee.

4 lie sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the

field. W here he fed the llocks.

.') \n.l said to them: I see vour father's counte-
nance is not towards me as yesterday and the other
.lav : but the God of mv father hath been with me

ti And voii know that I have served vour lathei
to the uttermost of my power.

7 Yea, your father also hath over-reached ni",
and hath changed mv wages ten times: and vi
God hath not suffered him to hint inc.

If at au\ time be said: The speckled shall be
ihv 9 ill tin' sheep brought forth speckle I:

but when he sai I on the contrary: Thou shall take

CHAP. XXXI.

all the white ones for thy wages: all the flocks
brought forth white ours.

9 And God hath taken your father's substance,
and given it to me.

10 For after the time came of the ewes conceiv-
ing, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep that
the males which leaped upon the females were of
divers colours, and spotted, and speckled.

11 And the Angel of God said to me in my
sleep: Jacob? And I answered: Here I am.

12 And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that
all the males leaping upon the females, are of divers
colours, spotted and speckled. For I have seen all
that Laban hath done to thee.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst
anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now
therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return
into thy native country.

14 And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we
any thing left among the goods and inheritance of
our father's house ?

15 Hath he not counted us as strangers, and sold
us, and eaten up the price of us ?

16 But God hath taken our father's riches, and
delivered them to. us, and to our children: where-
fore do all that God hath commanded thee.

17 Then Jacob rose up, and having set his chil-
dren, and wives upon camels, went his way.

18 And he took all his substance, and flocks, and
whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went
forward to Isaac his father to the land of Chanaan.

19 At that time Laban was gone to shear his
sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.*

20 And Jacob would not confess to his father-
in-law that he was flying away.

21 And when he was gone, together with all that
belonged to him, and having passed the river, was
going on towards mount Galaad,

22 It was told Laban on the third day, that Ja-
cob lied.

23 And he took his brethren with him, and pur-
sued after him seven days : and overtook him in
the mount of Galaad.

24 And he saw in a dream God saying to him :
Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against
Jacob.

25 Now Jacob had pitched histent in the mountain:
and when he with his brethren had overtaken him,
he pitched his tent in the same mount of Galaad.

26 And he said to Jacob : Why hast thou done
thus, to carry away, without my knowledge, my
daughters, as captures taken with the sword ?

27 Why wouldst thou run away privately, and
not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on
the way with joy, and with songs, and with tim-
brels, and with harps ?

28 Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and daughters : thou hast done foolishly : and
now indeed,

29 It is in my power to return thee evil : but the

* Her falker's idols. By tliis il appear*, that La-ban was an idola-
ter: and some of (.he fathers are of opinion, lliat Rachel stole away

God of your father said to me yesterday : Take
heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.

30 Suppose, thou didst desire to go to thy friends,
and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why
hast thou stolen away my gods ?

31 Jacob answered : That I departed unknown
to thee, it teas for fear lest thou wouldst take away
thy daughters by force.

32 But whereas thou chargest me with theft :
with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him
be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou
find any of thy things with me, take them away.
Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel
had stolen the idols.

33 So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and or
Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them
not. And when he was entered into Rachel's tent,

34 She in haste hid the idols under the camel's
furniture, and sat upon them : and when he had
searched all the tent, and found nothing,

35 She said : Let not my lord be angry that I
cannot rise up before thee, because it has now hap-
pened to me according to the custom of women
So his careful search was in vain.

36 And Jacob being angry, said in a chiding
manner : For what fault of mine, and for what of-
fence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me,

37 And searched all my household-stuff'? What
hast thou found of all the substance of thy house ?
lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren,
and let them judge between me and thee.

38 Have I therefore been with thee twenty years?
thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams o(
thy flocks I did not eat.

39 Neither did 1 show thee that which the beast
had torn, I made good all the damage : whatsoever
was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me :

40 Day and night was I parched with heat, and
with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.

41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy
house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and
six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages
ten times.

42 Unless the God of my father Abraham, and
the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure
now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld
my affliction, and the labour of my hands, and re-
buked thee yesterday.

43 Laban answered, him : The daughters are
mine and the children, and thy flocks, and all things
that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my chil-
dren, and grandchildren ?

44 Come therefore, let us enter into a league ■
that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a
title :

46 And he said to his brethren : Bring hither
stones. And they, gathering stones together, made
a heap, and they ate upon it.

47 And Laban called it The witness heap : and

Umm idols to withdraw him from idclatry, by removing the oc-
casion of his sin.

(iKNKsis.

Jacoli, The billock of testimony ; each of then ac-
cording t<> the propriety of Ilia language.

48 Ami Laban said: This heap shall be a witness
between me and thee tins day, and therefore the
name thereof was called Galaad, thai it, The wit-
m m heap.

49 The Lord beboU and judge between us when
we shall be gone one from the other.

60 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring
in other wives <»v <r them: none is witness of our
speech l»ut God, who is present and beholdeth.

.')l \ud lie said again to Jacob: Heboid this heap,
and the atone which 1 have set up between me and
thee,

52 Shall be a witness : this bean. I say, and tin-
stone he they for a testimony, if either I shall pass
beyond it going towards thee, or thou shall pass
beyond it, thinking harm to me.

63 The God of Abraham, and the God ofNachor.
the God of their father! judge between us. And
Jacob swore by the tear of his lather Isaac

54 And alter he had offered sacrifices in the
mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread. And
when they had eaten, they lodged there :

55 But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his
sons, and daughters, and blessed theni, and returned
to his place.

CHAP. \\\ll.

Jacob's vision of Angrh ; hi* mrxtage mi/1 presents to BUnu :
hit: terestling with an Angel.

JACOB also went on the journey he bad begun:
and the Angels of God met him.

2 And when he saw them, he said: These an
the camps of God, and he called the name of that
place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.

3 And he sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother to the laud of Seir, to the country of Kdom :

4 And be commanded them, saving: Thus shall
ye sneak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy bro-
ther Jacob:] have sojourned with Laban, and have

been with him until this day.

5 I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and men-
servants, and women-servants : and now I send a
message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy

lit.

6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, sa\ ing :
W e came to Esau tin brother, and behold, he cometh

with speed to meet thee with (our hundred men.

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid: and in his
fear divided the people that was with him, and the
DCcka, and the slice)), and the oxen, and the camels,

into two companies,

tying: if Esau a me to one companv. and de-
stroy h, the other coinpan) that is left, shall escape.

9 Ami Jacob said: o God "I m\ father Abra-
ham, and God of my father Isaac: Lord who
midst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place
of thy birth, and I will do well for (In <

* jtmtn, tie.. This was an Anffel in human shape, a* we learn
trmi (htt xii. I. Ha i» . - . . 1 1 » '. 1 l. i>d. » 2 ". . and
aented the person of the Son of Co,!. Toil HI — 1 li ny, in arWetl J
■ Wa it ed by God, wasamalcu far an Aflfai, was so ordered [l

10 I am not worthy of the least of all thv mer-
cies, and of thy (ruth which thou hast fulfilled to
thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jor-
dan: and now 1 return with two comnanies.

1 1 Deliver me from the hand of mj brother Esau,
for I am greatly afraid of him : lest perhaps he come
and kill the mother with the children.

12 Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by
me, and multiply m\ seed like the sand of the sea,
which cannot he numbered for multitude.

\3 And when he had slept there that night, he
set apart, of the things which he had, presents for

his brother I'.sau,

14 Two hundred she-^oats, twentv he -goats, two
hundred ewes, and twenty rains,

15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty
kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten
of their foals.

16 And he sent them by the hands of his ser-
vants, every drove In itself, and said to his servants :
(io before me, and let there be a space between
drove and drove.

17 And he eonimanded the first, saying : If thou
meet my brother I'.sau, and he ask thee: Whose
art thou ? or w hither goest thou ? or w hose arc these
before thee?

18 Thou shah answer: Thy servant Jacob's:
he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau : and
he cometh after US.

19 In like manner he commanded the second,
and the third, and all that followed the droves, say-
ing: Speak ye the same words Io Esau, when ye
find him.

Jo And ye shall add : Thy servant Jacob himself
also foUoweth alter us; for he said: I will appease
him with (he presents that go before, and aftcrw ards
I will see him, perhaps he w ill be gracious to me.

21 So the presents went before him, but himst li
lodged that night in the camp.

22 And rising early he took his two wives, and
his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed
over the ford of Jaboc.

23 And when all things were brought over that
belonged to him,

2) lie remained alone: and behold, a man* wres-
th (1 w ith him till rnoraiag.

i And when he saw that he could not o\ ercoine
him. lie touched the sinew of his thigh, and forth-
with it shrank.

26 And be said to him : Let me go, for it is break
of day. He answered : 1 will not let thee go, ex-
cept thou bless me.

J'/ bad he said: What is thy name: I ll •■uisw ercd:
Jacob.

But be said: 'Thy name shall not be called

Jacob. Inn Israel : for if thou hast been strong against
God. how much more shah thou prevail against
men?
29 Jacob a^ked him: Tell me by what name

ili:il lie mifflit Irani hy this ex|«-rinn nl of the dnini ;i»i-i.u:it, that
r I. -.>ii. nor an, other m;in, should haTe power to hurt him. It
waa ako spiritual. a« IpptMat by lu« earnest prayer, urging and at
last obtaining the Anjei'. blessing.

CHAP. XXXIII, XXXIV.

art thou called ? He answered : Why dost thou ask
my name? And he blessed him in the lame place.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Pha-
nucl,* saying: : I have seen God face to face, and
my soul has been saved.

31 And immediately the sun rose upon him,
after he was past Phamiel ; but he halted on his
foot.

32 Therefore the children of Israel, unto this
day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh:
because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it
shrank.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Jacob and Esau meet : Jacob goeth to Salem, where he raiseth an

altar.

AND Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau com-
ing, and with him four hundred men: and he
divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and
of the two handmaids:

2 And he put both the handmaids and their chil-
dren foremost : and Lia and her children in the
second place : and Rachel, and Joseph last.

3 And he went forward and bowed down with
his face to the ground seven times, until his brother
came near.

4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and em-
braced him ; and clasping him fast about the neck,
and kissing him, wept.

5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women
and their children, and said: What mean these?
and do they belong to thee? He answered : They
are the children which God hath given to me thy
servant.

6 Then the handmaids and their children came
near, and bowed themselves.

7 Lia also with her children came near, and
oowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph
and Rachel bowed down.

8 And Esau said : What are the droves that I
met ? He answered : That I might find favour be-
fore my lord.

9 But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep
what is thine for thyself.

10 And Jacob said: Do not so, I beseech thee,
but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a
little present at my hands : for I have seen thy face,
as if I should have seen the countenance ol God ;
be gracious to me,

11 And take the blessing, which I have brought
thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all
things. He took it with much ado at his brother's
earnest pressing him,

12 And said: Let us go on together, and I will
accompany thee in thy journey.

13 And Jacob said : My lord, thou knowest that
I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine
with young; which if 1 should cause to be over-
driven, in one day all the flocks will die.

* Phanutl. This word signifies the face of God, or, the sight, or, seeing
of God.

14 May it please my lord to go before his ser-
vant; and I will follow softly after him, as I shall
see my children to be able, until I come to my lord
in Seir.

15 Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some
of the people at least, who are with me, may stay
to accompany thee in the way. And he said : There
is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find
favour, my lord, in thy sight.

16 So Esau returned, that day, the way that he
came, to Seir.

17 And Jacob came to Socoth ; where having
built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name
of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.

18 And he passed over to Salem a city of the
Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after
he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria : and h'$
dwelt by the town.

19 And he bought that part of the field, in which
he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the
father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.

20 And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it
the most mighty God of Israel.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Ditto, is ravished, for which the Sichemites are destroyed.

AND Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see
the women of that country.

2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor the
Hivite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was
in love with her; and took her away, and lay with
her, ravishing the virgin.

3 And his soul was fast knit unto her, and
whereas she was sad, he comforted her vv ith sweet
words.

4 And going to Hemor his father, he said : Get
me this damsel to wife.

5 But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being
absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held
his peace till they came back.

6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was
come out to speak to Jacob,

7 Behold his sons came from the field: and
hearing what had passed, they were exceeding an-
gry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and
committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's
daughter.

8 And Hemor spoke to them : The soul of my
son Sichem has a longing for your daughter ; give
her him to wife.

9 And let us contract marriages one with ano-
ther; give us your daughters, and take you our
daughters.

10 And dwell with us: the land is at your com-
mand, till, trade, and possess it.

1 1 Sichem also said to her father and to her bre-
thren: Let me find favour in your sight: and what-
soever you shall appoint I will give ;

12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will
gladly give what you shall demand ; only give me
this damsel to wife.

13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his

GENESIS.

Hie clillow. i

father deceitfully,* being enraged at
ing of their sister ;

14 vVe cannot do what you demand, nor give

our sister to one that is uncircumcised ; w hiili w ith
us i> unlaw t'ul and abominable.

15 Hut in this we may he allied with you, il \ on
will Ik? like us, and all the male sex among JTOU he
circumcised ;

1(5 Then will we mutually rive and take your
daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you,
and will he one people :

17 Hut it you will not he circumcised, we will
take our daughter and depart.

18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his

son :

I! 1 \nil (he young mai made no delay, hut forth-
with fulfilled what was required; lor be loved the
damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man
in all his lather's house.

20 And going into the gate of the city, they spoke
to the people :

21 These men are peaceable, and are willing to
dwell with us: let them trade in flie land, and till
it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till
it : we shall take their daughters for wives, and we
will give them ours.

One thing there is for which so great a good
is deferred : We must circumcise every male among
us, following the maimer of the nation.

23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that
they possess, shall he ours: only in this let us con-
descend, and by dwelling together, we shall make
i ne people.

2-1 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the
males.

5 And behold, the third day, when the pain of
the wound was greatest, two or the sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Lei i the brothers of Ding, taking their
swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the
men :

26 And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and
took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house.

27 And when they were cone out, the Other 8008
of Jacob came upon the slain ; and plundered the
cit\ in revenge OI the rape.

28 And they took their sheep and their herds
and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses
and in the fields.

29 And their children, and wives the\ took cap-
tive.

30 And when they had holdh perpetrated these
things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: !fou have
troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chananites,
and Phen Kites the inhabitants of this land. We
are few : they will gather themslevei together and
kill me: and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

31 The\ answered: Snould tney abuse our sister
ns a strumpet?

( MM'. WW.

• DumMUSJ. The «oni- occasion, were (fuilty
of a (jriovoin «in, an well ti\ fa! 'm? rilirion, a« by i

•f tii«-ir icraofa, Ttmn gainst »o Coal ■•>

• rime was commendable.

Jacob purgrth his family from idols : gorth by f$o4?$ rommantf
no ni tn Hi (In I. mill there buildetA an altar. Ood appi arnu
again to Jacob bk at r t k him. and dumgttk kUmome into I*

mi I. Km hi I iliith in rhilil-hirt/i. hour nltn ilirth.

I \ the mean time God said to.Jacoh: Arise, and
*- j:<> up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there

an altar to God, who appeared to thee whin thou

didst flee from Esau thy brother.

2 And Jacob having called together all his house-
hold, said: Cast away the strange gods that are
among you, and he cleansed and change your gar-
ments.

3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may
make there an altar to (iod; who heard me in the
day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my
journey.

4 So they pave him all the strange gods they had,
and the ear-rim:'* which were in their ears : and he
buried them under the turpentine-tree, that is behind
the city of Sichem.

5 And when they were departed, the terror of
God fell upon all the cities round about, and they
durst not pursue alter them as they went awa\.

6 And Jacob came to Iai/.a, which is in the land
of ( hanaan. siirnamed Bethel ; be and all the people
that were w ith him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the
name of 'hat place, The house of God : for there
God appeared to him when he lied from his brother.

8 At the same time Debora the nurse of Kcbccca
died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an
oak: and the name of that place was called, The
oak of weeping.

9 And God appeared again to Jacob after he re-
turned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he bleated
him.

10 Saying: Thou shalt not be called any mor.)
Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called

him Israel. f

11 And said to him : I am God Almighty, in-
crease thou and he multiplied. Nations and peoples
of nations shall he from thee, and kings shall come
out of thy loins.

12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and
Isaac, I will give to thee, and to tin seed alter thee.

13 \ud he departed from him.

I V Bui be set up a monument of stone, in the
place when- God had spoken to him; pouring
drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon;

15 And calling the name of that place Bethel.

16 And gOHlg forth from theme, he came in the
spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata'
wherein when Rachel was in travail,

labour, she began to be
1 i ar not,

17 \U reason of her hard
in danger, and the midwife said to her
for thou shall have thi s son also.

18 And when her soul was departing for pain,
and death was now at hand, she Called the name
of her son lieuoni, that is r '1 he son of m\ pain*

t hrotl. Tliit name tignifWth one that prcrailcth with Qod.

CHAP. XXXVI.

but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son
of the right hand.

19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the high-
way that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

20 And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre :
this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.

21 Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond
the Flock toufr.

22 And when he dwelt in that country : Ruben
went, and slept with Bala the concubine* of his
father : which he was not ignorant of. Now the
sons of Jacob were twelve.

23 The sons of Lia: Ruben the first-born, and
Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and
Zabulon.

2i The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Bala, Rachel's handmaid : Dan
and Nephtali.

26 The sons of Zelpha, Lia'e handmaid : Gad
and Aser : these are the sons of Jacob, that were
born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

27 And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre,
the city of Arbee, this is Hebron : whereinAbraluim
and Isaac sojourned.

f 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and
eighty years.

29 And being spent with age he died, and was
gathered to his people, being old and full of days :
and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Esau with his wives and children parteth from Jacob. An
account of his descendants, and of the first kings of Edom.

A ND these are the generations of Esau, the
-**- same is Edom.

2 Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan :
Adaf the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Ooli-
bama the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite :

3 And Basemath, the daughter of Ismael, sister
)f Nabajoth.

4 And Ada bore Eliphaz : Basemath bore
Rahuel :

5 Oolibama bore Jehus and Ihelon and Core.
These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him
in the land of Chanaan.

6 And Esau took his wives and his sons and
daughters, and every soul of his house, and his sub-
stance, and cattle, and all that he was able to ac-
quire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another
country, and departed from his brother Jacob.

7 For they were exceeding rich, and could not
dwell together : neither was the land in which they
sojourned, able to bear them, for the multitude of
their flocks.

8 And Esau dwelt inMount Seir: he is Edom.

9 And these are the generations of Esau the
father of Edom in Mount Seir.

10 And these the names of his sons: Eliphaz
the son of Ada the wife of Esau: and Rahuel the
son of Basemath his wife.

* The concubine. She was his lawful wife; but according- to the
•tyle of the Hebrews, is called concubine, because of her servile ex-
traction.

1 1 And Eliphaz had sons : Theman, Omar,
Sepho, and Gat ham and Cenez.

12 And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz
the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech.
These are the sons of Ada the wife of Esau.

13 And the sons of Rahuel: were Nahath and
Zara, Samma and Meza. These were the sons ol
Basemath the wife of Esau.

14 And these were the sons of Oolibama, (no
daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife
of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon,
and Core.

15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the
sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau : duke The-
man, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenez,

16 Duke Core, Duke Gatham, duke Amalech :
these are the sons of Eliphaz in the land of Edom,
and these the sons of Ada.

17 And these were the sons of Rahuel, the son
of Esau : duke Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma,
duke Meza. And these are the dukes of Rahuel,
in the land of Edom : these the sons of Basemath
the wife of Esau.

18 And these the sons of Oolibama the wife of
Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These
are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana,
and wife of Esau.

19 These are the sons of Esau, and these the
dukes of them : the same is Edom,

20 These are the sons of Seir the Horrite, the
inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Se-
beon, and Ana,

21 And Dison, and Eser, and Disan. These
are dukes of the Horrites, the sons of Seir in the
land of Edom.

22 And Lotan had sons : Hori and Heman.
And the sister of Lotan, was Thamna.

23 And these the sons of Sobal : Alvan and
Manahat, and Ebal, and Sepho and Oman.

24 And these the sons of Sebeon: Aia and Ana.
This is Ana that found the hot waters in the wilder-
ness, when he fed the asses of Sebeon his father:

25 And he had a sou Dison, and a daughter
Oolibama.

26 And these were the sons of Dison ; Hamdan,
and Eseban, and Jethram, and Charan.

27 These also were the sons of Ezer : Balaan,
and Zavan, and Acan.

28 And Disan had sons: Hus and Aram.

29 These were dukes of the Horrites : duke
Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana,

30 Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan : these
were dukes of the Horrites that ruled in the land
of Seir.

31 And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom,
before the children of Israel bad a king, were these:

32 Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his
city Denaba.

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zara
of Bosra reigned in his stead.

f Ada. These wives of Esau are called by other names, Gen. xxvi
But it was very common amongst the ancients for the sajne persons
to have two names, as Esau himself was also called Edom.

GENESIS.

.T4 And when Jobab was dead, Ilusam of the
land of the Tlicmaiiiit •> reigned in his stead.

\nd after his death, Adad the boo of Badad
nuncd in his siead, who defeated the Madiumteti

in the < ■ t m 1 1 1 1 1 > til .Mn.ili: and the name oi his cilj
Mad Av itli.

Vnd when Adad was dead, than reigned in

his stead Seinla of Masieca.

And he being dead, Saul of the river Hoho-
bothj reigned in hi* stead.

\nd when lie also was dead, Halanau the
sun nt' Achobor succeeded to the kingdom.

1 Tins man also being dead, Adar reigned in

his |i|aee. and the name o| liis citv was IMiau: and

his wile was called Meetabel, the daughter i>t .Ma-
iled, daughter of Mexaab.

40 And iliese tin the names of the dukes of Esau
in their kindreds, and places, and callings: duke
Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth,

VI Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,
I enez, duke Themau, duke Mabsar,

)•> Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these art tin
dukes of Kdom dwelling in ibe land * >t" their govern-
ment] the .same is Esau the lather of the Edouiites.

(II IP. WWII.

Joseph'* dreamt : hi ix sold hii hit brethren, and carried into

/il.

A.\D Jaeoh dwelt in the land of ( hanaan, w here-
in his father sojourned.

2 And these are his generations : Joseph, when
he was sixteen years old, was feeding the nock with
his brethren, being hut a bov : ami he was with the
sons of Mala and ofZelphahis father's wives: and
he accused his brethren to his father of a most
w icked crime.

■ '< Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons.
became he had him in his old age : and he made him
a coat of divers colours.

i And his brethren seeing that he was loved bj
his father, more than all his sons, hated him, ami
could not speak peaceably to him.

") Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a
dream,* diat he had dreamed; which Occasioned
them to hate him the more.

<; Ami he said to them : Hear my dream which
I dreamed.

7 1 thought we were binding sheaves in the field ;

and my sheaf arose, as it were, and stood, and VOW
sheaves Standingaboul bowed down before inv sheaf.

8 His brethren answered: Shalt thou lie our
king? or shall we he subject to thy dominion.' There-
fore this matter of his dreams and words ministered
nourishment to their env) and hatred.

!» He dreamed also another dream, which he told
his brethren, saying : I saw in a dream, as it were
the sun, and the moon, ami eleven stars worship-
ping me.

' .1 drr,im. Tl" ■-•■ dream, (if ■''•«'• "Ii wi'ir prophrli'-il, and will

fr , 11 1 <>•»!; m wot iltn rhim ■hirh hi inti aixh

UtllllUJJM (Jim mllv >.|k aUmir. U»' ol>-wrviii|jof dn'iurw H Condi
iiiIIm-km mi- -lAiiliwii, ami miiIiiI. Bm Driil. win. I

fwftrii*'-— r xxxiv. t, 3.

J'.'

10 And when he bad told this to his father. |«d
brethren, bis father rebuked him, and said: What
meaneth ibis dream that thou has dreamed ? Shall
I and th\ mother and thj brethren worship t tine
ill on (lie earth.

11 His brethren therefore envied him: but his
father considered the thing with himself.

12 And when his brethren abodj in Siehem,
feeding their lather's docks,

13 Israel said tO him : Thy brethren feed the
sheep in Siehem : come, I will send thee to them.
And w lieu he answ ci< d :

14 I am ready : ho said to him: Go, and see if
all things be will with tin brethren, and the cattle;
and brim: me word again what is doing. So beinf
sent from the vale oi Hebron, he came to Siehem'

1.0 And a man found him there wandering in the
held, and asked w hat he sought.

10 Bui he answered: I seek my brethren, tell
me where they Iced the lloeks.

17 And the man said to him: Thej are departed
from this place; for I heard them sav : Let us fio
to Dothain. And Joseph went forward alter Ids'
brethren, and found them in Dothain.

l!! And when they saw him afar off, before he
came nigh them, thev thought to kill him;

19 And said one to another: Behold, the dream-
er cometh.

20 Come, let Us kill him, and cast him into some
old pit ; and We will say: Some evil least hath
devoured him: and then it shall appeal what his
dreams avail him.

21 And Ruben bearing this, endeavoured to
deliver him out of their hands, and said :

22 Do not takeaway his life, nor shed Ins blood ;
but cast him into this pit, that is in the w ilderii.
and keep your hands harmless: now he said this.
being desirous to deliver him out of their hands, and
to restore him to his father.

23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they
forthwith stripped him of his outside coat, that was
of divers colours :

24 And cast him into an old pit where there
was no water.

2o And sitting down to eat bread) they saw some
Isinaelites on their way coming from (ialaad, with
their camels, carrying spkes, and balm, and mvrrh

to Egypt.

26 And Juda said to his brethren : \\ hat will it
profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood ?
, It is better thai he be sold to the Ismaelites,
and that our hands be not defiled ; for he is 0111 bro-
ther and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his
words.

28 And when the Madiauitc merchants passed
bv , the} drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the
Ismaelites, for twenty pieces ol silver: and thev led
him into Egypt.

■f WnrMp. Tlii* word i» not lined here to signify dirint verskip,

!iul .111 nijrrior rtrurnlion. expressed bj tlir tMiwinjr of llie tiod» . and
llial a<> nriliiift to llie niaum r ol tin- eastern imIioiis. down to ilia
•round.

t^ boa re keceo^ok©

S CP fl. E C3) <q e .

Gen .

CHAP. XXXVIII.

29 A. id Ruben returning to the pit, found not
the boy :

30 And rending his garments he went to his
brethren, and said : The hoy doth not appearand
whither shall I go ?

31 And they took his coat, and dipped it in the
blood of a kid, which they had killed ;

31 Sending some to carry it to their father, and to
say : This we have found ; see whether it be thy
son's coat, or no.

33 And the father acknowledging it, said : It is
my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a
beast hath devoured Joseph.

31 And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth,
mourning for his son a Ions time.

35 And all his children being gathered together to
comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not re-
ceive comfort, hut said : 1 will go down to my son into
hell,* mourning. And whilst he continued WeepiiHK,

36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Puti-
phar an eunuch f of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

The sons of Juda : the death of Her and Onan : the birth of
Phares and Zara.

AT that time- Juda went down from his brethren,
and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named
Hiras.

2 And he saw there the daughter of a man of
Chanaan, called Sue ; and taking her to wife, he
went in unto her.

3 And she conceived, and bore a son, and call-
ed his name Her.

4 And conceiving again, she bore a son, and
called him Onan.

5 She bore also a third ; whom she called Sela.
After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

6 And Juda took a wife for Her his first-born,
whose name was Thamar.

7 And Her the first-born «f Juda, was wicked
in the sight of the Lord ; and was slain by him.

8 Juda therefore said to Onan, his son : Go in
to thy brother's wife, and marry her, that thou mayest
raise seed to thy brother.

9 He knowing that the children should not be
his, when he went in to his brother's wife, he spill-
ed his seed upon the ground, lest children should
be born in his brother's name.

10 And therefore the Lord slew him, because
he did a detestable thins-

1 1 Wherefore Juda said to Thamar his daughter-
in-law : Remain a widow in thy father's house,
till Sela my son grow up : for he was afraid lest he
also might die, as his brethren did. She went her
way and dwelt in her father's house.

12 And after many days, were past; the daughter
of Sue the wife of Juda died : and when he had
taken comfort after his mourning, he went up to
— t

* Into hell. That is, into limbo, the place where the souls of the
Just were received before the death of our Redeemer. For allowing'
that the wor.l hell sometimes is taken for the grave, it cannot be so
taken in this place; since Jacob did not believe his son to be in the
grave, (whom lie supposed to be devoured by a wild beast,) and there-

Thamnas, to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hi
ras the Odollamite the shepherd of Ins flock.

13 And it was told Thamar that her father-in-
law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.

14 And she put off the garments of her widow-
hood, and took a veil : and changing her dress, sat
in the cross way, that Icadeth to Thamnas: because
Sela was grown up, and she had not been married
to him.

15 When Juda saw her, he thought she was a
harlot : for she had covered her face, [est she should
be known.

1G And going to her, he said : Suffer me to lie
with thee : for he knew her not to be his daughter-
in-law. And she answered : What w ilt thou give
me to enjoy my company ?

17 He said : I will send thee a kid out of the
flock. And when she said again : I will suffer what
thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till thou send
what thou promisest.

18 Juda said : What wilt thou have for a pledge ?
She answered : Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff
which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman there-
fore at one copulation conceived.

19 And she arose and went her way: and putting
off the apparel which she had taken, put on the gar-
ments of her widowhood.

20 And Jnda sent a kid by his shepherd, the
Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again,
which he had given to the woman : but he, not
finding her,

21 Asked the men of that place : Where is the
woman that sat in the cross way? And when they
all made answer : There was no harlot in this place.

22 He returned to Juda, and said to him : 1 have
not found her, moreover the men of that place said
to me, that there never sat a harlot there.

23 Juda said : Let her take it to herself, surely
she cannot charge us with a lie, I sent the kid which
1 promised ; and thou didst not find her.

24 And behold, after three months they told Juda,
saying : Thamar thy daughter-in-law hath played
the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly.
And Juda said : Bring her out that she may be burnt.

25 But when she was led to execution, she sent
to her father-in-law, saying : By the man, to whom
these things belong, I am with child. See whose
ring, and bracelet, and staff this is.

26 But he acknowledging the gifts, said : She is
juster than I : because I did not give her to Sela
my son. However he knew her no more.

27 And when she was ready to be brought to bed,
there appeared twins in her womb ; and in the very
delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, where-
on the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying :

28 This shall come forth the first.

29 But he drawing back his hand, the other came
forth: and the woman said : Why is the partition

fore could not mean to po down to him thither : but certainly meant
the place of rest, where he believed his soul to be.

•f win eunuch. This word sometimes si<rnifies a chamberlain, courtier,
| or officer, of the king • and so it is taken in this place.

CKM.SIS.

divided for thee ? and therefore called his bum
1'hares.*

30 Afterwards his brother came out. on whose
hand was the scarlet thread: and she called him

Zara.

(HAP. XXXIX.

Joseph hath charge of his mnxlrr'n home: rejnteth hit mistress's
iolirilntion* : is falsely atCBttd by h< r, ami cost into prison,
where he htilh the charge if oil tin p, i'mhMII

A ND Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Puti-

-^*- phar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of

the army, an Egj pliau. bought him of the lsmacl-

itcs. by whom he was brought.

2 And the Lord was w ir h htm, and he was a

prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his
master's house :

■ '< \\ 'ho knew very W< I! that the Lord ma with
him. and made all that he did. to prosper in his hand.

4 And Joseph found favour in the tight of his
master, and ministered to him : and being set over
all hv him. he governed the house committed to
him, and all things that were delivered to him:

\nd the Lord Messed the house of the Egyp-
tian for Joseph's -ake. and multiplied all his sub-
stance, both at home, and in the fields.

(! .Neither knew he an\ other thing, but the bread
which he ate. And Joseph w as of a beautiful coun-
tenance, and comely to behold.

7 And after many days his mistress cast her eyes
on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.

f! Bin he in no wise consenting to thai wicked
art, said to her : Behold, m\ master hath delivered
all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in
his own bouse :

9 Neither is there any thing w Inch is not in my
power, or that he hath not delivered to me, hut thee.
who art his wife: how then can I do this wicked
thing, and sin against my Cod?

K) Wiih such words as these day by day, both
the woman was importunate with the yOUUg man.
and he refused the adultery.

I 1 \ow it happened on a certain day, that Joseph
went into the house, and was doing some business
w ithout any man With him :

12 And she catching the skirt of his garment.

said: Lie with me. But he ha w i n g the garment

in her hand, lied, and went out.

I.! \inl w hen the woman saw the garment in her
hands, and herself disregarded,

1 1 She called to her the men of her house, and
Said tO them: See, be hath brought in a Hebrew
to abuse US : he came in to me, to lie w ith me : and
when I cried out,

15 \nd hi' heard mv voice, he left the uannent
that I held, and got him out.

* Phmtt. That i«. a breach or di\ ivon.

* • » proof of krr fidthtii or, an « ( nl (o rma tndil, mrgtmntttm fi Jri

not intrrprrt.itim brlont to C.oH Vvlipn dreama are fro
N lluw w,-t, |li.' int. T|. ret ill. in ..' t>.irn |a • ftS of Ood. Hut (he

yviic r.hti ill dn sort: l.ut either proere.l

tlw ttatara) complexions and diapi "- . , or tho rminjj of

tlisir imafi nations in tin- daj on mh-Ii objects as they are much

16 I or a proof therefore oi her fidelity,, she kept
the garment, and showed it to her husband when
he returned home :

17 And -aid: 'The lit brew servant, w horn thou

hast brought, came to me to abuse me:

18 And when he heard me cry, he left the gar-
ment which I held, and lied out.

19 His master bearing these things, and giving
too much credit to his w ile'.s words, was verv an.

20 And cast Joseph into the prison, where the
kind's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

Jl But the Lord was with Joseph, and having
mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the
chief keeper of the prison :

.1 Who delivered into his hand all the prisoners

that Were kept in custody: and whatsoever was
done, was under him.

23 Neither did he himself know anv thine, hav ins
committed all things to him : for the Lord was with
him, and made all that he did to prosper.

CHAP. XL.

Joseph interpreted the dreams of tteo of Pharao's servants in
prison : the ert nt ilrt hin tk tin intt rprttations to be true, bat
Jnsi pit it forgotten.

A FTER this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs,
**- the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt,
offended their lord.

2 And Pharao being angrj with them (now the
one was chief butler, the other chief baker,

3 He sent them to the prison of the commander
of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner

4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them
to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time
passed, and they were kept in custody.

5 And they both dreamed a dream the same
night, according to the interpretation agreeing to
themselves :

6 And when J o s ep h was come into them in the
morning, and saw them sad,

7 He asked them, saving: Why is your counte-
nance sadder to-day than usual .'

8 They answered : We have dreamed a dream,
and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Jo-
seph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong
to God?] Tell me what you have dreamed:

9 The chief butler first told his dream : I saw
before me a vine,

10 On which were three branches, which by lit-
tle and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms
brought forth ripe grapes ;

11 And the tup of Pharao was in my hand: ami

I took the crapes, and pressed them into the cup
which I held, and I nave the cup to Pharao.

I 1 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of
the dream: The three branches are yet three (lav >

.itr«i-tril willi, or from their mind l«'inir disturbed with care* and
trouble*., and niAn^cd wild bodily infirmities : or the) are Migv

to fl. liter, or to terrify »i ;ik mtods | in (inter to c;iin

belief, and no draw them into error or luparatHim ; or at leu. I to

tiouhle them m their »lee|>. wlioin ttiev i iiiiiul MOM « hen they are

awake: aothal the general rule, with ragari to dreams, » not to

|ira un\ > mlit tu tin-in.

CHAP. XLI.

13 After which Pharao will remember thy service,
and will restore thee to thy former place : and thou
ehalt present him the cup according to thy oflice, as
before thou wast wont to do.

14 Only remember me, when it shall be well with
thee, and do me this kindness : to [tut Pharao in
mind to take me out of this prison :

15 For 1 was stolen away out of the land of the
Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into
the dungeon.

16 The chief baker seeing that he had wisely in-
terpreted the dream, said : lalso dreamed a dream,
That I had three baskets of meal upon my head :

17 And that in one basket which was uppermost,
I carried all meats that are made by the art of bak-
ing, and that the birds ate out of it.

18 Joseph answered : This is the interpretation of
the dream : The three baskets, are yet three days :

19 After which Pharao will take thy head from
thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall
tear thy flesh.

20 The third day after this was the birth-day of
Pharao : and he made a great feast for his servants,
and at the banquet remembered the chief butler,
and the chief baker.

21 And he restored the one to his place, to present
him the cup:

22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the
truth of the interpreter might be shown.

23 But the chief liutler, when things prospered
with him, forgot his interpreter.

CHAP. XLI.

Joseph interpreted the two dreams of Pharao : he is made ruler
over all Egypt.

AFTER two years Pharao had a dream. He
thought he stood by the river,

2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beau-
tiful and fat : and they fed in marshy places.

3 Other seven also came up out of the river, ill-
favoured, and lean fleshed : and they fed on the
very bank of the river, in green places :

4 And they devoured them, whose bodies were
very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao
awoke.

5 He slept again, and dreamed another dream :
Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and
fair :

6 Then seven other ears sprung up thin and
blasted,

7 And devoured all the beauty of the former.
Pharaoh awaked after his rest:

8 And when morning was come, being struck
with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egvpt,
md to all the wise men: and they being called for,
he told them his dream, and there was not any one
that could interpret it.

9 Then at length the chief butler remembering,
said: 1 confess my sin :

10 The king being angry with his servants, com-
manded me and the chief baker to be cast into the
prison of tl>» capt:* of the soldiers:

11 Where in one night both of us dreamed a
dream foreboding things to come.

12 There was there a young man a Hebrew, ser-
vant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom
we told our dreams.

13 And we heard what afterwards the event
of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to
my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.

14 Forthwith at the king's command, Joseph was
brought out of the prison, and they shaved him;
and changing his apparel, brought him in to him.

15 And he said to him : I have dreamed dreams,
and there is no one that can expound them: Now I
have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting
them.

16 Joseph answered : Without me, God shall give
Pharao a prosperous answer.

17 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Me-
thought I stood upon the bank of the river,

18 And seven kine came up out of the river, ex-
ceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed
on green places in a marshy pasture.

19 And behold, there followed these, other seven
kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw
the like in the land of Egypt.

20 And they devoured and consumed the former,

21 And yet gave no mark of their being full : but
were as lean and ill-favoured as before. I awoke,
and then fell asleep again,

22 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn
grew up upon one st:dk, full and very fair.

23 Other seven also, thin and blasted, sprung of
the stalk:

24 And they devoured the beauty of the former:
I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no
man that can expound it.

25 Joseph answered : The king's dream is one :
God hath shown to Pharao what he is about to do.

26 The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full
ears are seven years of plenty: and both contain tht
same meaning of the dream.

27 And the seven lean and thin kine that came
up after them, and the seven thin ears that were
blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of
famine to come :

28 Which shall be fulfilled in this order.

29 Behold, there shall come seven years of great
plenty in the whole land of Egypt:

30 After which shall follow other seven vears of
so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall
be forgotten: for the famine shallconsumeallthelaud,

31 And the greatness of the scarcity, shall destroy
the greatness of the plenty.

32 And for that thou didst see the second time
a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token
of the certainty, and that the word of God comet h
to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.

33 Now therefore let the king provide a wise and
industrious man, and make him ruler over the land
of Egypt:

34 That he may appoint overseers over all the
countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the
fruits, during the seven fruitful vears,

r; km:. sis.

35 That shall now presently ensue: and let all'
the com l>e bid Dp, under Pharao's hands, and be
rved in the cit'n

\nd let it be in readiness, against the famine
of seven yean to come, \\ bich shall oppress Egypt,
and the land shall not Le consumed with scarcity.

37 The counsel pleased Pharao, and all his sen ants.

38 And he said to them: Can we find such an-
other man, that is full of the Spirit ofGod?

.>!> lie said therefore lo Joseph: Seeing God hath
shown thee all that thou hast said, ean 1 find one
Wiser and one like unto thee?

40 Thou shall be over my house, and at the
commandment of thy mouth all the people shall
obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee.

41 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Heboid, I

have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt
M And he took his riim from his own hand, and
^a\e it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of
silk, and put a chain of gold al>out his neck.

\\u\ he made him go up into hi-- second chariot,
the crier proclaiming thai all should how their kiier
before him, and thai they should know he was

made governor over the whole land of Egypt

44 And the kin- said to Joseph: I am Pharao:

without thy commandment no man shall move hand

or foot in all the land of Egypt

■6 And he turned his name, and called him in the

Egyptian tongue the Saviour of the world.* And

he save him to wife As< ucth the daughter of Puti-

phare priest of lleliopolis. Then Joseph went out

to the land of Kgypt:

46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood
before kiim Pharao) and he went round all the
countries of Egypt

47 And the fruit fulness lof the seven years came:
and the corn being bound up into sheaves was ga-
thered together into the barns of Egypt.

48 And all the abundance of gram was laid up
in wary city.

49 And there was so peal almndance of wheat,
that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and tin-
plenty exceeded PseastuwL

50 And before the famine came, Joseph had two
sons horn : whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare
priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.

51 And he called the name of the first -liorii Ma-
na>scs,t saying: God, hath made me to forget all
my labours, and my father's house.

■'>! And he named the second Kphraim.t savin;;:
God hath made me tOgTOW in the land of mv poverty.

.').{ Now when the seven years of the plenty that

had hern in EgJ pt were past :

64 The set en years of scarc it y, which Joseph had

foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed
m the whole world, but tin iv was bread in all (In-
land of Egypt

\nd when there also thej began to be famished,

* 7V Smitmr »fUu trorl I Z;t|ilniat)i naaoeub.
.Vtnaffi. That l«, oMirton, or forrrlting.
F.pkraim .'. "r frou-in*.

S You mn tpitt. 1m In- taid by way of examining llu-m, to
•bat they wnulJ antwer.

the people cried to Pharao. for food. And he said
tO them • ( lo to Joseph : and do all that he .shall
to von.

56 And the famine increased daily in all the
land: and Joseph Opened all the barns, anil sold lo
the Egyptians: toff the famine had oppressed them
also.

57 And all provinces came into Egypt* to buy
food and to seek some relief of their want.

CHAP. XLII.

Jacob sentleth hit ten sons lo buy corn in Egypt. Their treat'
mint by Joseph.

AND Jacob hearing thaUbod was sold in Egypt
said tt> his sons: \\ by are ye can hss-

2 I have heard that wheat is sold in Egj pt : ( to J B
down, and buy ns necessaries, that w e mav live, ami
not be consumed with want.

3 So the ten brethren of Joseph went down,
to buv corn in Egypt:

4 Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob,
w ho said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any
harm in the journey.

5 And they entered into the land of Egypt with
others that went to buy. For the famine was in the
land of (hanaan.

6 And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt
and corn was sold by his direction to the people.
And when his brethren had bowed down to him,

7 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to
strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence
came vou' They answ end : From the land of (.'ha-
naan, to buy necessaries of life.

8 And though he knew his brethren, he was not
known by them.

9 And remembering the dreams, which formerly
he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies :§
you are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

10 Put they said: It is not so, nn lord, but thy
servants are come to buy food.

11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come
as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about
any evil.

12 And he answered them : It is otherwise: you
are come to consider the unfenced parts of ibis land.

13 Put they said : We thv servants are twelve bre-
thren, the sons of one man in the land of ( hanaan :
the youngest is with our father, the other is not liv ing.

I l He sailh. This is ii that I said: You are spies.

15 I shall now present)] try what um arc: bv the

health of Pharao vou shall not depart hence, until
your youngest brother come.

16 Send one of vou to fetch him: ami vou shall
be in prison, till what you have said be provetl,
whether it be true or false: or else, by the health ol
Pharao, you are spies. ||

17 So be put them ill prison three davs

18 And the third day he brought them out of

D Or tit *j tkt kf-tltk 0/ Phmrat you off tpiti. Thai l», if tlir-r tl.inft
,\ t,,. proved talaa, you arc to bt hrld far rpitt for your l\in.
-hall he trratwl a* Ma, JiiM-pb ilcall in tail mnnnrr will/ ln« bit)
tl.r.'ii. to brim Ibein >>> (lie mean* of affliction to a aenae of (Ik it
former iiii, .in.) a »n.t crc repentance for it.

CHAP. XLIIT.

imson, and said : Do as I have said, and you shall
live: (or I fear God.

19 If you be peaceable men, let one of your bre-
thren be bound in prison: and go ye jour ways, and
carry the corn that you have bought, unto your
bouses,

20 And bring your youngest brother to me, that
I may find your words to be true, and you may not
die. They did as he had said.

21 And they talked one to another: We deserve
to suffer these things, because we have sinned
against our brother, seeing the aneuish of his soul,
when he besought us, and we would not hear: there-
fore is this affliction come upon us.

22 And Ruben, one of them. said: Did not I say
to you: Do not sin against the hoy: and you would
not hear me? Behold, his blood is required.

23 And they knew not that Joseph understood,
because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24 And he turned himself away a little while,
and wept: and returning he spoke to them.

25 And taking Simeon, and binding him in their
presence, he commanded his servants to fill their
sacks with wheat, and to put every man's money
again in their sacks, and to give them besides pro-
visions for the way : and they did so.

26 But they having loaded their asses with the
corn, went their way.

27 And one of them opening his sack, to give
his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in
the sack's mouth.

28 And said to his brethren, My money is given
me again, behold, it is in the sack. And they were
astonished and troubled, and said to one another:
What is this that God hath done unto us ?

29 And they came to Jacob their father in the
land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that
had befallen them, saying:

30 The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and
took us to be spies of the country.

31 And we answered him: We are peaceable
men, and we mean no plot.

32 We are twelve brethren born of one father:
one is not living, the youngest is with our father in
the land of Chanaan.

33 And he said to us : Hereby shall I know that
you arc peaceable men : Leave one of your brethren
with me, and take ye necessary provision for your
houses, and go your ways

31 And hung your youngest brother to me, that I
may know you are not spies: and you may receive
this man again, that is kept in prison : and after-
wards may have leave to buy u hat you will.

35 When they had told this, they poured out
their corn, and every man found his money tied in
the mouth of his sack : and all being astonished
together,

36 Their father Jacob said : You have made me
to be without children : Joseph is not living, Simeon
is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away :
all these evils are fallen upon me.

* To hell. Thai is, to thai pkc*, wl.ere the souls tlun remained, a«
above, chap, xxxvii. ver. 35.

37 And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons
if 1 bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my
hand, and I will restore him to thee.

38 But he said : My son shall not go down with
you : his brother is dead, and he is left alone : if
any mischief befal him in the land to which you go,
you will bring down my grav hairs with sorrow to
hell.*

CHAP. XLIII.

The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Tienjamin. They
arc entertained by Joseph.

IN the mean time the famine was heavy upon all
the land.

2 And when they had eaten up all the corn which
they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his
sous : Go again, and buy us a little food.

3 Juda answered : The man declared unto us
with the attestation of an oath, saying : You shall
not see my face, unless you bring your youngest
brother with you.

4 If therefore thou wilt send him with us. we will
set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee.

5 But if thou wilt not, we will not go : for the
man, as we have often said, declared unto us, say-
ing : You shall not see my face without your young-
est brother.

6 Israel said to them : You have done this for
my misery, in that you told him you had also ano-
ther brother.

7 But they answered : The man asked us in
order concerning our kindred : if our father lived :
if we had a brother : and we answered him regu-
larly, according to what he demanded : could we
know that he would say : Bring hither your brother
with you ?

8 And Juda said to his father : Send the boy
with me, that we may set forward, and may live :
lest both we and our children perish.

9 I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand .
unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee,
I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.

10 If delay had not been made, we had been
here a«ain the second time.

1 1 Then Israel said to them, If it must needs
be so, do what you will : take of the best fruits
of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents
to the man, a little balm,t and honey, and storax,
myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

12 And take with you double money, and carry
back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it
was done by mistake.

13 And take also your brother, and £o to the man.

14 And may my almighty God make him favour-
able to you: and send back with you your brother,
whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin : and as lot
me I shall be desolate without children.

15 So the men took the presents and double
money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt,
and stood before Joseph.

16 And when he had seen them, and Benjamin

t Balm
balm

Literally rosin, ronna; but her© by that name is roeanl
43

< , r.M .sis.

with thorn, lie romm rinded the steward of hi*
house, SB) Lag : Bring in the men into the house, and
kill victims, and prepare a feast: because the) shall
eat with me at noon.

17 He did as he was commanded, and brought
the men into the house.

18 And the? bang much afraid, said there one
to another : Because of the money, which we car-
ried hack the first time in our sacks, we are brought
in : that he ma\ bring BOOM OS a false accusation,
and by violence mike slaves of us and our asses.

19 Wherefore going up to the steward of the
house, at the door,

20 They said: Sir, we desire thee to hear us.
We came dow n once before to buy food :

21 And when we had bought, and were come to
the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money
in the mouths of the sacks : which we have now
brought again in the same weight.

\ik1 we have brought other money besides,
to huv what we want: we cannot tell, who put it in
our ba_

29 lint he answered: Peace be with you, tear
not: your Got), and the God of jour father hath
given you treasure iii vour sacks: For the money,
which you gave me, I have for good. And he
brought Simeon out to them.

\nd having brought them into the house, he
fetched water, and they washed their feet, and he

gave provender to then* asses.

25 Hut they made ready the presents, against Jo-
seph came at noon : for they had heard that they
should eat blend there.

26 Then Joseph came in to his house, and they
offered aim the presentsjholding them in their hands,
and they bowed down wiih their face to the ground.

27 Hut he courteously saluting them again, asked
them, saying: Is the old man your father in health,
of whom von told inc.' Is he yet living?

28 And they answered: Thy servant our father
is in health, he is yet li\ in-. And bowing them-
selves, they made obeisance to him.

29 And Joseph Lifting np sis eves, saw Benja-
min his brother, by the same mother, and said: Is
this your young brother of whom you told me ? And
he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.

knd be made haste because his heart was
moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and
goim; into his chamber lie wept.

• II And when he had washed his face, comini:
out again, be refrained himself, and said: Set bread
on the table.

\ ii*l when it was set on, for Joseph a part,
and for his brethren a part, for the Egyptians also
that ate with him, a part, (for ii is unlawful for the
Egyptians to eat with the lie! news, and they think
such a feast profane :)

ii before him. the first-born according
to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his
\nd they wondered verj much :

• To dinv. I ■ •. 10 Inn taftwaml in

•Jlulinjc to (be notion of the people, who t.x.k him lo 1m- ft diviner.
f TV miner of divining. lie sprain of liim* If according to whit

Taking the messes which they received of
hfan: and the greater mess came to Benjamin, s ()

that it exceeded l>\ live parts. And liny drank, and
were merry with him.

CHAP. XLIV.

Jotrpk't contrivance lo stop hit brethren. The humblr suppli
cation of Juila.

AND Joseph commanded the steward of his
house, savin-: FBI their sacks with corn, as
much as they can hold : and put the money of every
one in the ton of his sack.

2 And in the mouth of the younger** sack put
my silver cup, and the price which he save for the
wheat. And it was so done.

3 And when the morning arose, they were sent
away with their ass, g.

4" And when th.\ were now departed out of the
City, and had tone forward a little wn\ : Joseph
Bending for the steward of his house, said: Arise,
and pursue after the men : and w hen thou hast over-
taken them, say to them: Why have you returned
evil for good ? . , • ,

5 The cup which you have stolen, is that m which
my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to di-
vine :* you have done a vefv evil thing.

6 He did as he had commanded him. And ha\ mg
Overtaken them, be spoke to them the same words.

7 And they answered: Why doth our lord speak
so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous
a fact ? . *

8 The moncv, that we found in the top of our
sacks, WO brought back to thee from the land ot

Chanaan: how then should it be that we should
steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver ?

9 With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found
that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will

be the bondmen of my lord.

10 And he said to them: Let it be according to
your sentence : with whomsoever it shall be found,
let him bemy servant, and you shall be blameless.

11 Then they sp... lil\ took down their sacks to
the ground, and everv man opened his sack.

12 Which when he had searched, beginning at
the eldest, and ending at the youngest, he found the
cup in Benjamin's sack.

13 Then they nut their garments, and loading
their ass.s again, returned into the ton a.

n \nd.lu.la at the head of his brethren went in

to Joseph (for In- was not yet gone out ol the place)
and they all together feU down hefbre him on the

mound.

15 And he said to them: Why would von do
so; know you not that there is no one like me ll
the science of divining.*)'

Iti And Juda said to him: What shall we an-
swer m\ lord? or what shall we say, or be able
justlj to allege? God hath found out me iniquity

of thy servants : behold, we are all bondmen to mv
lord, b .th we. and he with whom the cup was loiim b

■ in Hint kinpt-'iii. Ami mil. id. fte being i
pn.i'lut. IBM more without compaiuon thaa »n> »{ tin- K(fj|ilun
sorcerers

CHAP. XLV.

17 Joseph answered: God forbid that I should
do so : he that stole the cup, he shall be my bond-
man : and go you away free to your father.

18 Then J uda coming nearer, said boldly: 1 be-
st celt thee, my Lord, let thy servant speak a word
in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant: for
after Pharao thou art

19 My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the
/it st time : Have you a father or a brother?

20 And we answered thee, my lord : We have a
father an old man, and a young boy, that was
born in his old age : whose brother by the mother
is dead ; and he alone is left of his mother, and his
father loveth him tenderly.

21 And thou saidst to thy servants : Bring him
hitherto me, and I will set my eyes on him.

22 We suggested to my lord : The boy cannot
leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.

23 And thou saidst to thy servants, Except
your youngest brother come with you, you shall
see my face no more.

24 Therefore when we were gone up to thy ser-
vant our father, we told him all that my lord had said.

25 And our father said : Go again, and buy us
a little wheat.

26 And we said to him : We cannot go : if our
youngest brother go down' with us, we will set out
together : otherwise, without him we dare not see
the man's face.

27 Whereunto he answered : You know that my
wife bore me two.

28 One went out, and you said : A beast de-
voured him : and hitherto he appeareth not.

29 If you take this also, and anything befall him
in the way, you will bring down my grey hairs with
sorrow unto hell.

30 Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our
father, and the boy be wanting (whereas his life
depcudeth upon the life of him)

31 And he shall see that he is not with us, he will
die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray
hairs* with sorrow unto hell.

32 Let me be thy proper servant, who took him
into my trust and promised, saying : If I bring him
not again, I will be guilty of sin against m} father
for ever.

33 Therefore I thy servant will stay instead of
the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go
up with his brethren.

34 For I cannot return to my father without the
boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will
oppress my father.

CHAP. XLV.

Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren : and scmlvlh for
lux f either.

I OSEPH could no longer refrain himself before
•^ many that stood by : whereupon be commanded
that all should go out, and no stranger be present
at. their knowing one another.

* His grey huirs. That \i. his person, now far advanced in vean.

With sorrow unto hell: tho Hebrew word for hell is here Shenl, the
Greek Hades i it is uot taken for the lull of the dainued ; but fur that

2 And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which
the Egyptians, and all the house of Pharao heard.

3 And he said to his brethren : I am Joseph :
is my father yet living? His brethren could not
answer him, being struck with exceeding great
fear.

4 And he said mildly to them : Come nearer to
me. And when they were come near him, he said :
I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into
Egypt.

5 Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard
case that you sold me into these countries : for
God sent me before you into Egypt for your pre-
servation.

6 For it is two years since the famine began to
be upon the land, and five years more remain,
wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

7 And God sent me before, that you may be
preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.

8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by
the will of God : who hath made me as it were a
father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and
governor in all the land of Egypt.

9 Make baste, and go ye tip to my father, and say
to him : Thus saith thy son Joseph : God hath
made me lord of the whole land of Egypt : come
down to me, linger not.

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen :
and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and
thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all
things that thou hast.

11 And there I will feed thee (for there are yet
five years of famine remaining) lest both thou per-
ish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

12 Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaketh to
you.

13 You shall tell my father of all my glory, and
all things that you have seen in Egypt : make haste
and bring him to me.

14 And falling upon the neck of his brother Ben-
jamin, he embraced him and wept: and Benjamin
in like manner wept also on his neck.

15 And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept
upon every one of them : after which they were em-
boldened to speak to him.

16 And it was heard, and the fame was abroad in
the king's court : The brethren of Joseph are come :
and Pharao with all his family was glad.

17 And he spoke to Joseph that he should iiive
orders to his brethren, saying : Load your beasts,
and go into the land of Chanaan,

18 And bring away from thence your father and
kindred, and come to nie : and I will give you all
the good things of Egypt, that you may eat the
marrow of the land.

19 Give orders also that they take waggons out of
the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children
and their w ives : and say : Take up your father,
and make haste to come with all speed :

place of souls below where the servants of God were l;ept before th«
coming of Christ Which place, both in the scripture and in th«
creed, is named mil.

4fi

GENESIS.

20 And ,r;nr nothing of your ho us e h old-staff:
for all the riches <>t Egypt shall be yours.

21 tnd the sons of Israel did as thej were bid.
And Joseph pure them waggons according to Pha-
rao*s commandment ; and provisions for the way.

21 He ordered also to be brought om tor everj
one of them two robes : hut to Benjamin In
three hundred pieces of silver with five robes of the
Ih^i :

Sending to his rather as much money and rai-
ment, adding besides ten he-asses to catrj off all the
riches of Egypt, and as manj sh, carrying

wheat and bread for the journey.

21 So In- sent away his brethren, and at their
departing said to them: Benotangrj in the way.

25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came
into the land of ( 'hanaan to their father Jacob.

26 And they told him, saying : Joseph thj son is
living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt

Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were

out ofadeep sleep, yet did not believe them.

27 The.\ on the other side told the whole order
of the thin^. And when he saw the WBggons and
all that he had sent, his spirit revived,

28 And he said: It is enough for me. if Joseph
my son be yet living: I mil go, and see him before
I ale.

CHAP. XI/V I.

Itrael,tcarrantnl hi/ it vision from QotL gotstk dmrn into Egypt
tcilh all his frimilii.

A XI) Israel taking his journey, with all that he
had, came to the well of the oath,* and killiim

victims thereto the God ol his father Isaac,

2 He heard him by a vision in the night calling

him, and saying to iiim : Jacob, Jacob. And be
answered him : Lo, here I am.

.! God said to him : I am the most mighty God
of thy father : fear not. j;o down into Egypt, fori
will make a great nation of thee there.

V I will pjp dow n w ith thee thither, and will bring
thee hick again from thence ; Joseph also shall pm
his hands upon tin ey< i.

■ > And Jacob, rose up from the well of the oath :
and his sons took him up, with their children ami
wi\es in (be waggons, which Pharaoh had senl to
carry the old man,

G And all that lie had in the land ot'Chanaaii :
and became into Egypt with all his seed :

7 His sons, and firandsdiis, daughters, and all his

offspring together.

8 And these ;ire the names of the children ol"
Israel, that entered into Egypt, he ami his children.
1 lis first-born Ruben,

'J The sons of Ruben : Henoch and Phalhi, and
>n and Charmi.

Hi The sous of Simeon : Jamod and Jamin and
A hod, and Jachin and Sonar, and Saul the s,,n of ■
woman of ( lhanaan.

II The sons oi Levi: Genoa and Caath and
Merari.

* TV tctU 4 tht Ml*.

IS. ..■'.«•

Ipha, whom Laban
these she bore to

Joseph

I J The sons of Juda : Her and Onan and Srla
and Phares and Zara. And Her and Osas died in
the land of ('hanaan. And sons were bam to
Phares : tiesron and riamu).

13 The sons of lasachar: Tholannd Pima and
Job and Seniron.

II Tbe sons of Zabulon : Sared and Elon and
Jahelel.

I") These ;ire the sons of Ida, whom she Ix>re

in Mesopotamia of Syria with Dina nis daughter.

All the souls of her sons and daughters, thim-
three.

16 The sons of Gad: Sephion and Haggi and
Surii and Esebbn and ll<ri ami Arodi and Areli.

17 The sonsof Aser: Jamue andJesua andJessuri

and Beria, and Snra their sister. The sons of Hi ria:
lleher ami Melchiel.

I B These are the sons of Zv\
gave to Ida his daughter. And

Jacob, sixteen souls.

I!» The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wile

and Benjamin.

20 And sons w ere horn to Joseph, in the land of
Egypt, whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare
miest of lleliopolis hore him : Manasses and
Ephraira.

21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Berber

and Ashel and (iera and Naainan and Ecbj and Hos
and Mophim and Opium and Ared.

! These are the sons ol" Rachel, whom she
hole to Jacob : all the souls, fourteen.
The sous of Dan: Husim.
.' I The sons of Xephtali: Ja/iel and Guni and
Ji ser ami Sallem.

-'•") Tin se arc the sous of 15ala. whom I.ahan

gave to Rachel his daughter: and these she bore

to Jacob : all the souls, seven.

26 All the souls, that went w ith Jacob into Egypt.
ami that came out of his thigh, besides his sous'
w i\is. sixty-six.

27 And tin sons of Joseph, that were l>orn to him
in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the soured
the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, Were
si \ enty.

28 And he scut Juda before him to Joseph, totell
him: and that be should meet him in (lessen.

29 And when he was come thither. Joseph made
read] his chariot, and went up to meet his father,

in the same place: and seeing nim, be fell upon his
neck, and embracing him. wept.

.'.n \inl the father said to Joseph. Now shall 1
die w ith joy, because I have seen thy tare, and leave
thee alh

■ !l And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his
house: I will CO Up, and will tell Pharao,
and willsaj to him : My brethren, and my father's
house, that were in the land of (hanaan, arc come

to me:

\nd the men are shepherds, and their occu-
pation is to feed cattle : their (links, and herds, and

all thej have, the] have brought wkn them.

I \ud when he shall call \ou, and shall say
\\ hat is \our occupation?

father's

CHAP. XLVH.

34 You shall answer : We thy servants are shep-
herds, from our infancy until now, both we and
our lathers. And this you shall say, that you may
dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians
have all shepherds in abomination.

CHAP. XLVII.

Jacob, and his sons are presented before Pharao : he givetli
them the land of (lessen. The famine forceth the Egyptians
to sell all their possessions to the king.

riMIEN Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying :
-*- My father and brethren, their sheep and their
herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the
land of Chanaan : and behold they stay in the land
of Gessen.

2 Five men also the last* of his brethren, he pre-
sented before the king :

3 And lie asked them : What is your occupa-
tion ? They answered : We thy servants are shep-
herds, both we, and our fathers.

4 We are come to sojourn in thy land, because
there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the
famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan :
and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants
may be in the land of Gessen.

5 The king therefore said to Joseph : Thy father
and fhv brethren are come to thee.

6 The land of Egypt is before thee : make them
dwell in the best place, and give them the land of
Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are in-
dustrious men among them, make them rulers over
my cattle.

7 After this Joseph brought in his father to the king,
and presented him before him : and he blessed him.

8 And being asked by him : How many are the
days of the years of thy life ?

9 He answered : The days of my pilgrimage are
a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they
are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my
fathers.

10 And blessing the king, he went out.

1 1 But Joseph gave a possession to his father
and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the
land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.

12 And he nourished them, and all his father's
house, allowing food to every one.

13 For in the whole world there was want of
bread, and a famine had oppressed the land, more
especially of Egypt and Chanaan.

14 Out of which he gathered up all the money
for the corn which they bought, and brought it into
the king's treasure.

15 And when the buyers wanted money, all
Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread':
why should we die in thy presence, having now no
money ?

16 And he answered them : Bring me your cattle,

*The last. Extremos. Some interpret this word of tlio chiefest, and
most sightly: but Joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had
the meanest appearance, that Pharao might not think of employing
them at court, with danger of their morals and religion.

+ To the bed's head. St. Paul, llcb. xi. 21. following the Orerk
translation of the Septuagint. reads adored the ton of his rod. Where
note, that the same word in the Hebrew, according to the dillercnt

and for them I will give you food, if you have no
money.

17 And when they had brought them, he gave
them food in exchange for their hoists, and sheep,
and oxen, and asses: and he maintained them that
year for the exchange of their cattle.

18 And they came the second year, and said to
him: We will not hide from our lord, how that our
money is spent, and our cattle also are gone : neither
art thou ignorant, that we have nothing now left
but our bodies and our lands.

19 Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes?
we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to
be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for
want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.

20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt, every
man selling his possessions, because of the greatness
of the famine. And he brought it into Pharao' s hands :

21 And all its people from one end of the borders
of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

22 Except the land of the priests, which had
been given them by the king : to whom also a cer-
tain allowance of food was given out of the public
stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell
their possessions.

23 Then Joseph said to the people : Behold, as
you see, both you and your lands belong to Pharao :
take seed, and sow the fields,

24 That you may have corn. The fifth part you
shall give to the king : the other four you shall have
for seed, and for food for your families and children.

25 And they answered : Our life is in thy hand :
only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we
will gladly serve the king.

26 From that time unto this day, in the whole
land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the kings, and
it is become as a law, except the land of the priests,
which was free from this covenant.

27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land
of Gessen, and possessed it : and grew, and was
multiplied exceedingly.

28 And he lived in it seventeen years: and all
the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-
seven years.

29 And when he saw that the day of his death
drew nigh, he called his son Joseph, and said to
him: If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy
hand under my thigh ; and thou shalt show me this
kindness and truth, not to bury me in Egypt :

30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou
shalt take me away out. of this land, and bury me
in the hurying-jilace of my ancestors. And Jo-
seph answered him : I will do what thou lurst com-
manded.

31 And he said : Swear then to me. And as
he was swearing, Israel adored God, turning to the
bed's head.f

pointing of it, signifies both a bed and a rod. And to verify both
these sentences, we must understand (hat Jacob leaning on Joseph's
rod adored, turning towards the head of his bed: which adoration,
inasmuch as it was referred to God, was an absolute, and sovereign
worship: but inasmuch u it was referred to the rod of Joseph, as a
figure of the sceptre, that is. of the royal dignity of Christ, was oult
! an inferior and relative honour.

GENESIS.

CHAP. XLVIII.

Joseph visiteth his fathr in his sickness, who ailoptith his
tiro sons Manasses and Kphraim, nntl bttssrlh them, prt-
/erring the younger before thr ild>r.

\ FTKR these things, it m told Joseph that

-^*- liis father Was sit k : and he set mil to no to
him taking his two sons Mb Mill and Kphraim.

! \nd it was told the old man: Behold) tin mm
Joseph roni.'th to thee. And being strengthened,
he sat on Ids bed.

3 And w hen Joseph was doom m to bun, he said :
God Almighty appeared to me si Ku/.a. which is in
tin- land of (hanaan: and be blessed im',

4 And said: I will cause thee to increase and
multiply, and 1 will make of tint' a nitiltltndc of
people: and 1 will 'j.\\ i' this land to thee, and to thy

d alter thee for an everlasting possession.

5 So tin two -oils w ho were born to thee in tin-
land of Knvpt, before I tame hither to thee, shall
be mine. Kphraim and .Manages shall he reputed

to me as Ruben and Simeon.

6 Hut the rest whom thou shall have after them,
shall be thine, and shall he called hy the name of

their brethren in their po ssessi ons.

7 For, w hen I came out of Mesopotamia, Haehel
died from me in the land of (hanaan in the vcrv
journey, and it was spring time: and I was going to
Ephrata, and I buried her mar the waj of Ephrata,

which bv another name is called Bethlehem.

8 Then seeing hi- sons he said to him : Who
are these?

9 lie answered : Thev are my sons, whom God
hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring
them to me, that I mnv bless them.

10 For Israel's eyes were dim hy reason of his
great age, and he could not see clearly. And when
they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced
them,

11 And said to his son: I am not deprived of
Seeing thee: Moreover ( Sod hath show n me thy seed.

12 And w hen Joseph had taken them from his fa-
ther's lap. he how ed down With his face to the ground.

13 And he set Kphraim on his ridit hand, that
M. towards the left hand of Israel : hut Bdanasses
on his left hand, to wit, towards his father's right
hand, and brought them near to him.

14 Hut he stretching forth his right hand, put it
upon the head of Kphraim the younger brother:

and tin' left upon the head of Manasses who was
the elder, changing his hands.

16 And JacOO blessed the sons of Joseph, and
said: God, in whose sight mv fathers Abraham anil
IC walked, God that feedeth me from my youth
until this day :

\H ilrrnglh, SB. He fall-, liim hi. ilrrngtk, a. bring- born whil-t

wai in liii full MrrinMh ami npiur: he calls him thr brgin-

m»|r of hit lorrotr, brcauv caret and snrrmrt MnD] 00OM on Willi thr

birth of Children. F.rttlHni in fifts, fee, tx first-lxirn had a

title to a JottUr portion, JO. I In have tin- • otninan.l mi r In- brethren,

Ii Rnlwn forfeited b) liii tin; being jwurcrf oui <u iratrr, that it,

•pill ami lo«t.

f Crew the* act. Thi» wax v>' i"r:int by way of a eurw or imprr-

16 The Angel that delivercth me from all evils,
hless these boys : and let my name be called upon
them, and (he names of tin fathers Abraham and
Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon
the earth.

17 And Joseph seeing tJmt his father had put his
right hand upon the head of Kphraim. was much
displeased: and taking his father's hand he tried
to lift it from Kphraim's head, and to remove it to
the head of MruiMSOB

IB And he said to his father: It should not be
so, my father; for this is the first-horn : put thy
right hand upon his head.

19 Hut he refusing, Bam : I know, my son, I
know : and this also shall become a people, an I
shall be multiplied: hut his vounner brother shall
he greater than he: and his seed shall grow into
nations.

JO \nd he blessed them at that time. sa\ in^: In
thee shall Israel he blessed J and it shall be -aid:
God do to thee as to Kphraim and as to .\l;iu;h-cs.
\iid he Set Kphraim before MaoaSBCS.

21 And he said to Joseph his son: Heboid. I die,
and God will be with you, and will bring vou back
into the land of your fathers.

22 I {jive thee a portion above thy brethren,
which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite,
with my sword and bow.

CHAP. XLIX.

Jacob's prophrtirril blessings of his ttciire. sons : his death.

AM) Jacob called his sons, and said to them :

-^*- Gather yourselves together that I may tell

you the things that Bball befall you in the last days.

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, () ye

sons of Jacob; hearken to Israel vour father:

• Ruben my firsi-born, thou ait my strength*
and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in nins,
greater in command.

4 Thou art pound out as water, nrow thou
not :t because thou w cutest up to tin father's bed,
and didst defile his couch.

5 Simeon and Kevi brethren; vessels of iniquity
Wagjtttg war.

6 Kit not my soul go into their counsel, nor my
glory lie in their assembly : because in their fury
thev slew a man, J and in their self-will thev under-
mined a wall.

7 C urse d be their fury, because it was stubborn:
and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will di-
v ide them in Jacob, and w ill scatter them in Israel.

J> Juda, thee shall tin brethren praise: thy hand
shall be on the necks of thv enemies : the BOM of
thy father shall bow. down to tl,

n | hut bv way of a prophecy, forcd llincr llial the tnbr of liuhcn

should not inherit the pre-eminence, usually annexed to the first

birth-right, fix. the double portion, tin- beinc prim e or lord mrr the

other bn Ihrcn, ami tl of which tho double |H.riion waa

to Joneph, iln pi inn I; «t to T.e»i.

\Vir a am, m/. si. Ihmi the aoe of Hemoc »iili all bu people,

ixxir. iiiwiiralK and p r opbetioall) n alludes to < l.iet. whom

l',i it po Ii !ll\ . ti. I to di'alli.

CHAP. L.

9 Juda is a lion's whelp :* to the prey, my son,
thou art gone ii|>: resting thou hast couched as a
lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him?

10 Tin; sceptre shall not he taken away from Ju-
da, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to
be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

11 Tyhig his foal to the vineyard, and his ass,
O my son, to the vine, lie shall wash his robe in
wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.

12 His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and
his teeth whiter than milk.

13 Zabulon shall dwell on the sea-shore, and in
the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.

14 Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down be-
tween the borders.

15 He saw rest that it was good ; and the land
that it was excellent : and he bowed his shoulder
to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

16 Dan shall judgef bis people like another
tribe in Israel.

17 Let Dan be a snake in the w r ay, a serpent in
the path, that biteth the horse's heels, that his rider
may fall backward.

18 I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.

19 Gad being girded, J shall fi^ht before him :
and he himself shall be girded backward.

20 Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield
dainties to kings.

21 Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words
of beauty.

22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and
comely to behold : the daughters run to and fro§
upon the wall.

23 But they that held darts provoked him, and
quarrelled with him, and envied him.

24 His bow rested upon the strong, || and the
bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by
the hands of the mighty one of Jacob : thence he
came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.

25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper,
and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings
of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep
that lieth beneath, with the blessings of the breasts
and of the womb.

26 The blessings of thy fatherll are strengthened
with the blessings of his fathers ; until the desire

* A lion's tckelp, &c. This blessing- of Juda fortclleth the strength
jf his tribe, the fertility of his inheritance; and principally that the
sceptre and legislative power should not be utterly taken awav from
his race till about the time of the coming of Christ; as in effect it
never was : which is a demonstration against the modern Jews, that
the Messiah is long since come ; for the sceptre has long since been
utterly taken away from Juda.

f Dan shall judge, &c. This was verified in Samson, who was of
the tribe of Dan, and began to deliver Israel, Judges xiii. 5. But as
this deliverance was but temporal and very imperfect, the holy pa-
triarch (v. 18.) aspires after another kind of a deliverer, saying: /
tcill look for thy salvation, Lord.

| Gad being girded, &c. It seems to allude to the tribe of Gad,
when after they had received for their lot the land of Galaad, they
marched in arms before the rest of the Israelites, to the conquest.of
the land of Chanaan : from whence they afterwards returned loaded
with spoils. See Josne i. and xxii.

* Am to and fro, far. To behold his beauty; whilst his envious
brethren turned their darts against him, &c.

!' Hi* bow tested upon the strong, &c. That is, upon God, who was

of the everlasting hills** should come ; may thev
be upon the bead of Joseph and upon the crown
of the Nazariteff among his brethren.

27 Benjamin, a ravenous wolf, in the morning
shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide;
the spoil.

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel
these things their father spoke to them, and he
blessed every one, with their proper blessings.

29 And he charged them, saying: 1 am now
going to be gathered to my people :|t bury me
with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the
field of Ephron the Hethite,

30 Over against IVlambre in the land of Chanaan,
which Abraham bought together with the field, of
Ephron the Hethite, for a possession to bury in.

31 There they buried him, and Sara his wife :
there was Isaac buried with Rebecca his wife: there
also Lia doth lie buried.

32 And when he had ended, the commandments
wherewith he instructed his sons, he drew up his
feet upon the bed, and died : and he was gathered
to his people.

CHAP. L.

The mourning for Jacob, and his interment,. Joseph's kind-
ness towards his brethren. His death.

\ ND when Joseph saw this, he fell upon his
-^*- father's face, weeping and kissing him.

2 And he commanded his servants the physi-
cians, to embalm his father.

3 And while they were fulfilling his commands,
there passed forty days ; for this was the manner
with bodies that were embalmed : and Egypt mourn-
ed for him seventy days.

4 And the time of the mourning being expired, Jo-
seph spoke to the family of Pharao: If I have found
favour in your sight, speak in the ears of Pharao:

5 For my father made me swear to him, saying:
Behold, I die : thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre
which I have digged for myself in the land of Cha-
naan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.

6 And Pharao said to him : Go up and bury thy
father according as he made thee swear.

7 So he went up, and there went with him all

his strength ; who also loosed his bands, and brought him out of prison
to be the pastor, that is, the feeder and ruler of Egypt, and the stone
that is, the rock and support of Israel.

t The blessings of thy father, &c. That is, thy father's blessings are
made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard, by the additional
strength they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his pro-
genitors Abraham and Isaac.

** The desire of the everlasting hills, &c. These blessinsrs all looked
forward towards Christ, called the desire of the everlasting hills, as being
longed for, as it were, by the whole creation. Mystically the patri-
archs and prophets are called the everlasting hills, by reason of the
eminence of their wisdom and holiness.

ft The Jfazarite. This word signifies one separated: and agrees to
Joseph, as being separated from, and more eminent than, his bre-
thren. As the ancient Nazarites were so called from their being set
aside for God, and vowed to him.

|I To be gathered to my people. That is, I am going to die, and so to
follow my ancestors that are gone before me, and In join their com-
pany in another world.

i:\oix >.

ihc ancients of I'harao's house, and a!! the elders
of the land of Egypt.

8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren,
except their children, and their flocks and herds,
which they left in the land of Gossan.

9 He had also in his train chariots and bu f Bt -
nun: and it was a great company.

lit And thej c.nne to the threshing floor of Atn.l,
which is situated beyond the Jordan; where cele-
brating the exequies with a great ami vehement
lamentation, thej spent full seven days.

11 And when the inhabitants of Chanaaa savi
this, they said : This is a Deal mourning to the
Egyptians. And therefore the name of that place
was called, The mourning of Egypt.

12 So the sons of Jacob did as he had com-

manded them.

IS And carrying him into the land of Chnuaan.
they buried him in tin- double eave which Abraham
hid bought together with the field for a possession
of a burying-place, of Epbron the Hethife, over
against Mambre.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his
brethren, and all that were in his company, after
he had buried his father.

15 Now he being dead, his brethren w ere afraid.
and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he
should remember the wrong he suffered, and re-
quite ns all the evil that we did to him.

16 And they sent a messsge to him, saying :
Thy father commanded us before he died,

17 That we should say thus much to thrr from
him: 1 beseech thee to taraet the wickedness of
thy brethren, and the sin and malice the] practised
SgSJnSt thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the ser-
v ants of the God of thy father this wickedness.
And when Joseph heard this, he wept.

18 And his brethren came to him: and wor-
shipping prostrate on the ground, they said : \\ e
are thy servants.

19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we
resist tin' will of God?

20 You thought evil Bgaiast me; but God turned
it into good, that he BSJgttt < wait me, as at present
you see, and might sa\e main people*

21 l'ear not : 1 will i\v(\ sou and your children.
Ami he comforted them, and spoke pteotlyand mildly.

22 And he dwelt in Egypt, with all his father's
house; and lived a hundred and ten years. And
he saw the children of Kphraim to the third ^em-
ration. The children also of .Machir the son of
Matiasses were born on Joseph's knees.

23 After which he told his brethren: God will
visit you after my death, and will make you go
up out of this land, to the land which he swore to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

24 And he made them swear to him. saying!
God will visit you, carry my Ikmics with you out
of this place :

25 And he died being a hundred and ten years
old. And being embalmed, he was laid in a cofJiu
in Egypt.

THE

BOOK OF EXODUS.

The teennd bonk nf Mosn it raFlrd F.xonns, from the Greek
word F.(o4«<, which signifies going out : because it contains
the history of the gOUg out of the rhililrrn of Israel out of
T.wupt. The Hi limes, from the words ie th which it hi win I,
colt it Vrri.i.k SkM'p in : Tbew MC the OMRO. It contain-.
trnntnetions for 149 W'lrs; that in, from the death nf Jo-
seph to the erecting of the tain mm lr.

CHAP. I.

The Israelite* arc multiplied in Veupt. Thru are npprrsxrd
tof a new king, who commandcth all their male children to
be killed.

r pill'.SK are the names of the children of Is-
-*- rael, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they
went in every man with his household:
J Kubeu. Simeon, Levi, .Inda.

3 Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,

4 Dan, and Nephtali, Gad, and Asef.

5 And all the souls that came out of Jacob's
thigh, were seventy: but Joseph was in Egypt.

fi After lie was dead, and all his brethren, and
all that generation,

7 The children of Israel increased, and sprung
up into multitudes; and growing exceedingly strong
they filled the laud.

8 In the mean time there arose a new kin^ over
Egypt, that knew not Joseph:

!• lad he said to his people: Behold, the peo-
ple of the children of Israel are numerous and
stronger than we.

10 Come, let us wisely op press them, lest thev
multiply, and if any war shall rise against us. join
with our enemies, and having overcome us, depart
out of the land.

11 Therefore he set over them masters of the

works, to afflict them With burdens: and thev built
for I'harao cities of tabernacles,* I'hithoni and
Harnesses.

I .' But the more they oppressed them, the more
they were multiplied, and increased ■

1.5 \nd the Kgvntianj hated the children of
Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them :

* Of tahrrnacb t, >>r of -li>rvhotl»e».

CHAP. n.

14 And they made their life bitter with hard
Works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of
service, wherewith they were overcharged in the
works of the earth.

15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the mid wives
of the Hebrews, of whom one was called Sephora.
the other Phua,

16 Commanding them: When you shall do the
office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the
time of delivery is come : if it be a man child, kill it :
if a woman, keep it alive.

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do
as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the
men children.

18 And the king called for them, and said : What
is it that you meant to do, that you would save the
men children ?

19 They answered : The Hebrew women are
not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves
are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are
delivered before we come to them.

20 Therefore God dealr well with the midwives:
and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly
strong.

21 And because the midwives feared God* he
built them houses.

22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, say-
ing: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye
shall cast into the river ; whatsoever of the female,
ye shall save alive.

CHAP. II.

Closes is born and exposed on the bank of the river ; where he
is taken up by the daughter of Pharao, and adopted for her
son. He killeth an Egyptian, andjleeth into Madian ; where
he marrieth a wife.

\ FTER this there went a man of the house of
**- Levi ; and took a wife of his own kindred.

2 And she conceived, and bore a son ; and seeing
him a goodly child, hid him three months.

3 And when she could hide him no longer, she
took a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with
slime and pitch ; and put the little babe therein, and
laid him in the sedges by the river's brink,

4 His sister standing afar off, and taking notice
what would be done.

5 And behold, the daughter of Pharao came down
to wash herself in the river : and her maids walked
by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket
in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it : and
when it was brought,

6 She opened it, and seeing within it an infant
crying, having compassion on it, she said : This is
one of the babes of the Hebrews.

* Because the midwives feared God, &c. The midwives were rewarded,
not for their lie, which was a venial sin; hut for their fear of God,
and their humanity : But this reward was only temporal, in building
them houses, that is, in establishing and enriching their families.

t Motes, or Moyses, in the Egyptian, tongue, signifies one taken or
$mrt out of the water.

\ He slew the Egyptian. This he did by a particular inspiration of
God ; as a prelude to his delivering tin- people from their oppr essio n
and bondage. II- thought, says St Stephen, .lets vii. 2u. that his bre-

7 And the child's sister said to her : Shall 1 go
and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse wt
babe?

8 She answered : Go. The maid went, and call-
ed her mother.

9 And Pharao's daughter said to her : Take this
child, and nurse him tor me : I will give thee thy
wages. The- woman took, and nursed the child :
and when he was grown up, she delivered him to
Pharao's daughter.

10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him
Moses, f saying : Because I took him out of the
water.

11 In those days,after Moses was grown up, he
went out to his brethren; and saw their affliction,
and an, Egyptian striking one of the Hebrews his
brethren.

12 And when he had looked about this way and
that way, and saw no one there, he slew the Egyp-
tian^ and hid him in the sand.

13 And going out the next day, he saw two He-
brews quarreling : and he said to him that did the
wrong: Why strikest thou thy neighbor?

14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee
prince and judge over us ? wilt thou kill me, as thou
didst, yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared,
and said : How is this come to be known ?

15 And Pharao heard of this word, and sought
to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode
in the land of Madian,§ and he sat down by a well.

16 And the priest of Madian had seven daugh-
ters, who came to draw water : and when the troughs
were filled, desired to water their father's flocks.

1 7 And the shepherds came and drove them away :
and Moses arose, and defending the maids, watered
their sheep.

18 And when they returned to Raguel|| their
father, he said to them : Why are ye come sooner
than usual ?

19 They answered : A man of Egypt delivered
us from the hands of the shepherds : and he drew
water also with us, and gave the sheep to drink.

20 But he said : Where is he ? why have you let
the man go? call him that he may eat bread.

21 And Moses swore that he would dwell with
him. And he took Sephora his (laughter to wife :

22 And she bore him a son, whom he called
Gersam,** saying : I have been a stranger in a
foreign country. And she bore another, whom he
called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father
my helper hath delivered me out of the hand of
Pharao.

23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt
died : and the children of Israel groaning, cried out

(Ami understood that God by his hand would save them. But such particu-
lar and extraordinary examples are not to be imitated.

} Madian. A city and country of Arabia, which took its name from
Madian the son of Abraham, by Cetura, and was peopled by his
posterity.

|| Raguel. He had two names, being also called Jelhro, as appears
from the first verse of the following chapter.

** Gersam, or Gtrtkom . This name signifies, a stranger there : as
Eliezer signifies the help of God.

i:\odi s.

l>ecause of tin- works: and flu ir cry went up unto
( !od from tin- works.

1 1 And be heard their groaning, and remembered
(hf covenant which be made with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.

25 And the Lord looked upon the children of
Israel, and he knew them.*

CHAP. III.

God appeareth to Mutet in a bunk. And tenthth him to
dilirrr I.-rcirl.

NOW Moms ted llle sheep of .lediro Ids father-
in-law, the priest of Madian: and lie drove the
fiork to the inner parts of the desert, and came to
tin mountain of God, llorel).

- \ud the Lord appeared! to hitn in a flame of
fire out of tin- midst of a Itiish : and lie saw that the
bush was on fin . and W8S not liurnt.

■ > And v aid: I will go, and see this great

sight, win the bush is not burnt.

4 And when the Lord saw that he went forward
to See, lie railed to him out of the midst of the hush,
and said: Moses, Moses. And ne answered: Here
I am.

5 And he said : Come not nigh hither, put off
the shoes from thy feet : for the place, w hereon thou
Manilest, is holy ground.

6 And he said: I am the God of thy father, the
( Jod of Abraham, the ( iod of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. Moses hid his lace: for he durst not look
Ut Ciod.

7 And the Lord said to him : I have seen the
affliction of my people in Egypt; and 1 have beard
their cry, because of the rigour of them that are
over the works :

H And knowing their sorrow, I am come down
to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians.
and to bring them out of that land into a good and
spacious land, into a land that llowitii with milk
and honey, to the places of the Chananite, and
Hethite, and Amorrhite, and I'lure/.ite, and Ilc\ ite.
and Jebusite.

9 For the cry of the children of Israel is come
unto me : and 1 have seen their affliction, where-
with they are oppressed l>\ the Egyptians.

10 Hut come, and I will send thee to Pharao.
that thou mayst bring forth mj people, the children
ol Israel, out of Egypt.

11 And Moses said to God : Who am I that I
should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the

children of Israel out of Egypt '

12 And Ik said to him : I w ill he with thee: and
this thou shalt have for a sign, thai I have sent thee:
When thou shall have brought m\ people out of

pt. thou shalt offer sacrifice to Ciod upon this
mountain.

* kiwi* Hum; that in, lie had respect to llnin, Ik; caxt a merciful
eye uiKin i

f THt ImtA npptarrd. That i\ an Anjrel representing God, and
speaking in In. name.

t / «m «#*• am. That i«, I am Mnsr Itself, ftrrnal, wlf-rxi^trnt. in-
dependent, infinite; without rx-gtuning, end or change; anil Bsf
source of all other being*.

13 Moses said to (iod: Lo, I shall go to the
children of Israel, and say to tin in: Tin- (iod of
\our fathers hath sent me to you. If they shall say

tome: What is his name.' what shall I saj to them.

11 (iod said to Moses: 1 vm WHO Mil. He

said : Thus shalt thou >a\ to the children of Israel :
Hi who is, hath sent me to \oii.

15 And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt

thou sa\ to the children of Israel: The Lord God

of your fathers, the (iod of Abraham, the <io<l «>l

Isaac, and the (iod of Jacob hath sent me to you:
this is my name for ever, and this is iu\ memorial
unto all generations.

lti Go, and gather together the ancients of Israel,
and thou shall sa\ to them : The Lord GodofyOUI
fathers, the ( iod of Abraham, the ( iod of Isaac, and

the (iod of Jacob, bath appeared to me, saying :

\ isiting I have visited VOO : and I have seen all that

hath befallen you in Egj pt.

17 And 1 have said i he word to bring yon forth
out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the
Chahanite. and Hethite, and Amorrhite. and I'he-
rezite, and Hevite, and Jthusite, to a land that
llowcth with milk and honc\.

18 And they shall hear thy voice : and thou shalt
go in, tOOU and the ancients of Israel to the kin:;
of Egypt: and thou shalt say to him : The Lord
(iod of the Hebrews hath called us : we will no
three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice
unto the Lord our (iod.

19 Hut I know that the king of Egypt will not
let you go, but by a mighty hand.

zO lor 1 will stretch forth my hand, and wil,
strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do
in the midst of them : alter these he will let you to.

21 And I w ill give favour to this people, in the

sight of the Egyptians: and when yon go forth, you

shall not depart empty:

22 But every woman shall a.-k of her neighbour
and of her that is in her house, vessels of silver and

of gold, ahd raiment: and von shall put them on
\our sons and daughters, and shall spoilt Egypt

CHAP. IV.

Moses it empowered to confirm hit mixtion with miratlrs : hit
brother Aaron in appointed to assist him.

MOSES answered, and said : They w ill no*
believe me, nor near my voice ; hut they will
sa\ : The Lord hath not appeared to thee.

2 Then he said to him : What is that thou hold-
i st in thy hand.- He answered: A rod.

3 And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the
ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a
serpent, so that Moses Bed from it.

4 And the Lord said: I'm out tin hand, and take

» Shall tptil, kr. That is, vmi stall 'trip, and lake awny the
roods of i his. Tfii* era not s u t hui i mh sf tlx-ft or in-

• disposal inaili- l.i linn. Wan i- llif prrat I. .ml
ami neater <>f all things l m onlrr io pay tin - children of Israel
wm part of what » n?*"* 1 for their

labours

CHAP. V.

it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold
of it, and it was turned into a rod.

5 That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord
God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.

6 And the Lord said again : Put thy hand into
thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom,
he brought it forth leprous as snow.

7 And he said : Put back thy hand into thy bo-
som. He put it back, and brought it out again, and
it was like the other flesh.

8 If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear
the voice of the former sign, they will believe the
word of the latter sign.

9 But if they will not even believe these two signs,
nor hear thy voice ; take of the river water, and pour
it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou draw-
est out of the river, shall be turned into blood.

10 Moses said : I beseech thee, Lord, I am not
eloquent from yesterday and the day before : and
since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more
impediment and slowness of tongue.

11 The Lord said to him. Who made man's
mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the
seeing and the blind ? did not I ?

12 Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth : and
I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.

13 But he«said : I beseech thee, Lord, send whom
thou wilt send.

14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said : Aaron
the Levite is thy brother : I know that he is elo-
quent : behold, he comcth forth to meet thee, and
seeing thee shall be glad at heart.

15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth:
and I will he in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and
will show you what you must do.

16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and
shall be thy mouth : but thou shalt be to him in those
things, that pertain to God.

17 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith
thou shalt do the signs.

1 8 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro
his father-in-law, and said to him : I will go and
return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if
they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him : Go in
peace.

19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian : Go
and return into Egypt : for they are all dead that
sought thy life.

20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons,
and set them upon an ass : and returned into Egypt,
carrying the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the Lord said to him as he was returning
into Egypt : See that thou do all the wonders before
Pharao, which I have put in thy hand : I shall hard-
en* his heart, and he will not let the people go.

22 And thou shalt say to him : Thus saith the
Lord : Israel is my son, my first-born.

* I shall harden, &c. Not by being the efficient cause of his sin :
but by withdrawing from him, for his just punishment, the dew of
grace, that might have softened his heart; and so suffering him to
grow harder and harder.

t 77k Lord mel him, and would have killed him. This was an Angel

23 I have said to thee : Let my son go, that he
may serve me, and thou wouhlst not let him go:
behold, I will kill thy son thy first-born.

24 And when he was in his journey, in the inn,
the Lord met him, and would have killed hhn.f

25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone,
and circumcised the foreskin of her son, ana touch'
ed his feet, and said : A bloody spouse art ihou to
me.

26 And he let him go after she had said : A bloody
spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.

27 And the Lord said to Aaron : Go into the
desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet
him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the
Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that
he had commanded.

29 And they came together, and they assembled
all the ancients of. the children of Israel.

30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the
Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs
before the people,

31 And the people believed. And they heaid
that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and
that he had looked upon their affliction : and fall-
ing down they adored.

CHAP. V.

Pharao refuseth to let the people go. They are more oppressrd.

\ FTER these things Moses and Aaron went in,
J -*- and said to Pharao : Thus saith the Lord God
of Israel : Let my people go, that they may sacrifice
to me in the desert.

2 But he answered : Who is the Lord, that I
should hear his voice, and let Israel go ? I know not
the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said : The God of the Hebrews hath
called us, to go three days' journey into the wilder-
ness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God : lest a
pestilence, or the sword fall upon us.

4 The king of Egypt said to them : Why do you
Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their
works ? Get you gone to your burdens.

5 And Pharao said : The people of the land is
numerous: you see that the multitude is increased:
how much more if you give them rest from their
works ?

6 Therefore he commanded the same day the
overseers of the works and the task-masters of the
people, saying :

7 You shall give straw no more to the people to
make brick, as before : but let them go and gather
straw.

8 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks,
which they did before, neither shall you diminish any
thing thereof: for they are idle, and therefore they
cry, saying : Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

representing the Lord, who treated Moses in this manner, for having
neglected the circumcision of his younger son : which his wife un-
derstanding, circumcised her child upon the spot, upon which the
Angel let Moses go.

i:\odus.

9 I/H them Ih* oppressed with works and Id
hem fulfil them ; that they may not regard lying

words.

10 And the overseers of the works and >h<* task-
masters u i ut out and said 10 the people : Thus saith
IMi;u;io : I allow you no straw :

11 Go, and gather it where you can find it:
neither snail anj thing of your work be dimi-
nished.

I J Ami the people was scattered through all the
land ot Egypt to gather straw.

I.! And the overseeri of the works pressed them.
saying: Fulfil your work every day as before you

Were wont to do. when straw Was uiv en TOO.

I V And they that were over tlie Works of the

children of Israel wen- scourged by Pharaos task-
masters, saying: Whj have you not made up the
task of bricks both yesterday and to-day, as be-
fore ?

1 5 And the officers of tli<' children of Israel came,
and cried out to I'harao, savin- : \\ h\ dealest thou
so with thy servants ?

ItJ Straw is not given us, and bricks are required
of us as before: behold, we thy servants are
beaten with whips, and tin people is unjustly
(halt withal.

17 And he said : You arc idle, and therefore you
si\ : Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

18 Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be

given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed
number of bricks.

19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw-
that thev wire in evil case, because it was said to
them : There shall not a whit be diminished of the
bricks for everv day.

20 And they met V md Aaron, who Stood
over against them as they came out I Vdtii I'harao:

21 And they said to them: The Lord see and
judge, because you have made our savour to stink
before I'harao and his servants, and you have given
him a sword to kill us.

ind Moses returned to the Lorth and said :
I ord, why hast thou afflicted this people ? w here/ore
hast thou sent me ?

23 For since the time that I went in to I'harao
to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy people:

and thou hast not delivered them.
CM \l'. VI.

(UhI rtnrwrth his prnminr. Tkt ftf M abgiet of Ruin n, Simeon,
and Ijri. doirn to .Mourn and .Itiron.

AND the Lord said to Mom-: NoW thou shah
e w hat I w ill rlo to I'harao : for by a mighty
hand shall he let them go, and With a Strong hand
shall be cast them out Of his land.
_' ind the Lord s|>oke to Moses, saying : lam

the Lord

• M< mv .Uonmi. The name win, • it in lln- ll-lm-w l>xt. i«
lllitmotl ins of God, whirli .ipnifi'-tli hi» ttrrnml ulf-txitlrnt
bnnf, Biad, mi. II: wliirti I'-
ll „i- ; lull in.li-.i.l of it. « Iwi-v.-r il occur* in tin- Rihle, Hi. i

Monm, wliii-h %i I ml a'i.1 I ut the i*.

VpavU, wUx'i li. -I.iii - l.i tin- ii ufl .Hanoi, to Ibe tour letter! of Out

3 That appeared to Abraham, to saac, an'' to
.la i b, by the name of God Almighty: and m\ name
Adonai* I did not show them.

4 And I made a covenant with them, to give
them the land of Chanaan, the land ol their pil-
grimage wherein they were strangers.

5 I have heard the groaning of the children of
Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed
them: and I have remembered my covenant

6 Therefore say to the children of Israel : I am
the Lord who will bring yon out from the work-
prison of the Egyptians, and will deliver you from

bondage; and redeem you with a high arm, and
great rudiments.

7 And 1 will take you to myself for my people :
I will be your God: and you shall know that I am
the Lord your God, who brought you out from the
work-prison of the Egyptians:

8 And brought you into the land, concerning
which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: and I will give it you to possess:
I am the Lord.

9 And Moses told all this to the children of
Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for an-
guish of spirit, and most painful work.

10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, savin:::

11 Go in. and Speak to I'harao kin:: of Eg) pt, that

he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 Moses answered before the lord: Behold.

the children of Israel do not hearken to me : and
Imw will I'harao hear me, especially as I am of tiu-
cireumcised lips :\

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
and he gave them a charge unto the children of
Israel, and unto I'harao the king of Eg) pt. that thev
should bring forth the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt.

I i These are the heads of their houses by their
families. The sons of Unbelt the first-born of
Israel : Henoch and I'hallu, llesron and Charmi.

15 These are the kindreds of Ruben. The MAS
of Simeon, .lainuel, and .lamin, and Ahod, and
Jacbia, and Soar, and S;ml (he son of a (ha-
nanitess : these are the families of Simeon.

If! And these ;ire the names of the sons of Levi

by their kindreds: Gerson and Caath and Merari.

\nd the years of the life of Levi were a hundred
and thirty-seven.

17 The sons of Gerson : Lobni and Semei, by
their kindreds.

18 The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar,
and Hebron, and Octet And the years of Caath's

life wore a hundred and thirty-three.

19 The sons of Merari: rVfohoM and Mum.
These are the kindreds of Levi h\ their families.

20 And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt

by the lather's side : and she bore him Aaron and

Ineffable, n H . f«n, H«. Hence Mine modern* hare

i ii,- M Mhofh, unknown in .ill ike kncieoU, vbetber

Jewi or ( 'hriaUenei far Um inn- proMmcfetkm of ibe dsib«, «h» b »

in il. ii t text, bj i'"'« l" vl -

• I . .mcixd ., . 1m«1 in hii wordi, or

ultir ■•'

CHAP. VII.

Moses. And the years of Amram's life were a hun-
dred and thirty-seven.

21 The sons also of Isaar : Core, and Nepheg,
and Zechri.

22 The sonsalsoof Oziel: Mizael,andEIizaphan,
and Sethri.

23 And Aaron took to wife Elizabeth the
daughter of Amiuadah, sister of Nahason, who
bore him Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Itha-
mar.

24 The sons also of Core : Aser, and Elcana,
and Abiasaph. These are the kindreds of the
Corites.

25 But Eleazar the son of Aaron took a wife of
the daughters of Phutiel : and she bore him Phi-
nees. These are the heads of the Levitical families
by their kindreds.

26 These are Aaron and Moses, whom the Lord
commanded to bring forth the children of Israel out
of the land of Egypt by their companies.

27 These are they that speak to Pharao king of
Egypt, in order to bring out the children of Israel
from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron,

28 In the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in
the land of Egpyt.

29 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : I am
the Lord : speak thou to Pharao king of Egypt, all
that I say to thee.

30 And Moses said before the Lord : Lo, I am
of uncircurncised lips : how will Pharao hear me ?

CHAP. VII.

Moses and Aaron go in to Pharao : they turn the rod into a
serpent ; and the waters of Egypt into blood, which was the
first plague. The magicians do the like ; and Pharao's heart
it hardened.

AND the Lord said to Moses: Behold, I have
appointed thee the God of Pharao:* and
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

2 Thou shalt speak to him all that I command
thee: and he shall speak to Pharao, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land.

3 But I shall harden t his heart, and shall multiply
my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

4 And he will not hear you : and I will lay my
hand upon Egypt, and will bring forth my army
and my people, the children of Israel, out of the
land of Egypt, by very great judgments.

5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, who have stretched forth my hand upon
Egypt, and have brought forth the children of Israel
out of the midst of them.

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had
commanded : so did they.

7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron
eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharao.

8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

9 When Pharao shall say to you, Show signs :

* The God of Pharao : viz. to be his Judge ; and to exercise a divine
fmrer, as God's instrument, over him and his people.

f / sludl harden, &c. Not bv being- the efficient cause of his hard-
ness of heart, but by permitting it, and by withdrawing grace from

Thou shalt say to Aaron : Take thy rod, and cast
it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into
a serpent.

1U So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao,
and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron
took the rod before Pharao and his servants; and it
was turned into a serpent.

1 1 And Pharao called the wise men and the ma-
gicians :% and they also by Egyptian enchantments
and certain secrets did in like manner.

12 And they every one cast down their rods, and
they were turned into serpents : but Aaron's rod
devoured their rods.

13 And Pharao s heart was hardened : and he did
not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded.

14 And the Lord said to Moses : Pharao's heart
is hardened : he will not let the people go.

15 Go to him in the morning ; behold, he will go
out to the waters : and thou shalt stand to meet him
on the bank of the river : and thou shalt take in thy
hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

16 And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God
of the Hebrews sent me to thee, saying : Let my
people go to sacrifice to me in the desert : and
hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

17 Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou
shalt know that I am the Lord : behold, I will
strike with the rod that is in my hand, the water of
the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

18 And the fishes that are in the river, shall die,
and the waters shall be corrupted : and the Egyp-
tians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of
the river.

19 The Lord also said to Moses : Say to Aaron,
Take thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand upon the
waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams
and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may
be turned into blood : and let blood be in all the land
of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.

20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had
commanded : and lifting up the rod, he struck the
water of the river before Pharao and his servants :
and it was turned into blood.

21 And the fishes that were in the river, died :
and the river corrupted ; and the Egyptians could
not drink the water of the river; and there was blood
in all the land of Egypt.

22 And the magicians of the Egyptians with their
enchantments did in like manner: and Pharao's
heart was hardened ; neither did he hear them, as
the Lord had commanded.

23 And he turned himself away, and went into
his house ; neither did he set his heart to it this time
also.

24 And all the Egyptians dug round about the
river for water to drink : for they could not drink of
the water of the river.

25 And seven days were fully ended, after that
the Lord struck the river.

him, in punishment of his malice; which alone was the proper cause
of his beincr hardened. *

| Magicians. Jannes and Mambrcs or Jambret, 2 Tim. iii. 8.

EXODUS.

CHAP. VIII.

Tht ttcnnd pin fry t is

1: rill III' I '. fill /) til

«/ iiii/iHs I In I >i.i III it of }Lir*.
/i»«u..jt thr peiipli , but r/o/A it mil

tin

"f f r0 P* •' Vlinriw prnmi$fth tn Irt Ihi

L.< hi? prnmitr. tin l/iiril jiluunr m ol

I'hitrao iiguui pioniitrth In

AND the Lord said to Moms : (join to IMi;ir;io.
^*- and thoil shall st\ in liini : Thus sailh the

I .old : Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

But if llioil WUt not let then) go, behold, I will
strike all tin coasts with frogs.

I \nd the rivt r shall bring forth an abundance of

frii^.> ; w Inch shall conic up. ami cuter into th\ house,
and ih> bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into
the houses of thy servants, and to thy people, and
into thy ovens, and into the remain* of tin meats:

4 \ud the frozs shall COBM in to thee, anil to tin
people, ami to all thj servants.

\nd the Lord said to Moses: Sav to Aaron:
Stretch forth tin hand Upon the streams and upon
the ri\ers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon
the land of Egypt.

u" And Aaron strett lied forth his hand upon the
\\ alcr> of EgJ, pt : and the frogB came up, and cover-
ed the land of EgJ. pt.

7 And the magicians also by their enchantments

I hey

brought

forth frogs

did in like manner : am
ii|K)ii the land of Egypt.

8 But I'harao called Moms and Aaron, and said
to them: Pray ye to the Lord* to take away the
ffOga from me and from my people: and 1 w ill let
the people BO to sacrifice to the Lord.

9 And Moses said to I'harao: Set me a time
when I shall pray for thee, and lor thy sen ants, and
for thy people, that the frogs may lie driven away
from thee and from thy house, and from thy ser-
vants, and from thy people) and may remain only
in the river.

10 And he answered: To-morrow. But he said:
I will do according to thy word : that thou mayest
know that there is Done like to the Lord our (!od.

11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from
thy bo— e, and from thy servants, and from thy
people; and shall remain only in the river.

12 And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pha-
rao : and Moses cried to the Lord for the promise,
which he had made to I'harao concerning the fl

13 And the Lord did according to the word of
Moses: and the frogs died out ol the houses, and
out of the villages, and out of the field- !

14 And the\ gathered them together into immense

heaps: and the land was ((irrupted

l."> And I'harao seems that rest was given, hard-
ened his own heart. + and did not hear them, as the
Lord had < ommanded.

16 And the Lord said to Most - ! Say to Aaron
Stretch forth thy rod, and strike the dust of the earth,
and may there he sciniphst in all the laud of Ep> pt

17 And the,} did so. And Aaron stretched forth
his hand, holding the rod: and he struck the dust
of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and
on beasts : all the dust of the earth was turned into
sciniphs through all the land of Egypt.

Ill And the magicians with their enchantments
practised in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs:
and t hey could not : and there w ere sciniphs as w ill
on men as on boasts.

19 And the magicians said to I'harao: This is
the finger of ( iod. And I'harao's heart was harden-
ed : and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord
had commanded.

.'U The Lord also said to Moses : Arise early
and stand before I'harao : for he w ill to forth to the
waters: and thou shall say to him : Thus saith the
Lord : Let nn people go to sacrifice to me.

21 But if thou wilt not let them go, behold I will
send in upon thee, and upon tin servants, and upon
thy houses all kind of (lies: and the houses of the
Egyptians shall lie filled with Hies of divert kinds,
and the whole land wherein they shall he.

22 And I will make the land of Gessen wonder-
ful in that day. so that flies shall not he there: and
thou shalt know that 1 am the Lord in the midst til
the earth.

23 And I will put a division between m\ people
and iliv people: to-morrow shall this situ he.

24 And the Lord did so. And there (ante a very
grievous swarm of flies into the houses of I'harao
and of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt :
and the land was corrupted by this kind of flies.

23 And I'harao called Moses and Aaron, and said
to them : ( iO, and sacrifice to your God in this land.

26 And Moses said: It cannot be so: for we
shall sacrifice the abominations^ ol the Eg) ptiana lo
the Lord our God: now if we kill those things
which the Egyptians Worship, in their presence,
they will stone us.

27 We will go three da\ s* journey into the wil-
derness : and w e w ill sacrifice to the Lord our (.iod,
as he hath commanded us.

28 And I'harao said: I will let \oii to to sacri-
fice to the land your God in the wilderness: but
go no farther : pray lor me.

tad Moses said : I will so out from thee, and
will pray to the Lord: and the llics shall depart
from I'harao. and from his servants, and from his
people to-morrow : hut do not deceive any more, in
not letting the people to to sacrifice to the I »ord.

.'.il So Noses Went out from I'harao, and prayed
to the Lord.

/. • ■!

' hr*t yt la tk

take them awa\
tatan -ee the

tecta ; ami in tliia real
acknowledge Iktfinfr

Ity Ihi* it appear*,

.!• dei il, • mid hi

h.iii' ||e . ■• 1 i.. .' ■ i '

t tlionirli tlir mapi-
id tin v ooald ii"t

ii Ihi- (lie pot
r coald Dot adrrwanl. produce the Ic.it in-
i tie power of the devil, were forced to
of Cod.
f Hunt k*rdsn+d aij mp* hrart Hv tl.i. we ape that Pharao wao
■uawclf the i :'.!■ ii ul cmUM ol In. !••■-•-' I" nig hardened, and not (Jod.

BjM tl" 1 tame repem

aiw: likewise chap. ix. • < li.«p KttL I ft.

.» (Timiiim, sni.ill living invet-
tratiblr*ome both to rtH n and beast*.

I T%r ahominalitm; Jtc. That It, thr the .r»lil|> Inr (Dda,

Ii i* the utual »tyleof theacripturea to call all idol*
Md f.iKi' fod* ahominsliont, to Mfpoifj Itow iiiui !i llie people of God
ought lo detest and abhor thrill.

CHAP. IX.

31 And he did according to Ids word : and he
took away the flies from Pharao, and from his ser-
vants, and from his people : there was not left so
much as one.

32 And Pharao's heart was hardened, so that
neither this time would he let the people go.

CHAP. IX.

The fifth plague is a murrain among the cattle. TJie sixth, of
bites in men and beasts. The seventh, of hail. Pharao pro-
miseth again to let the people go, and breaketh his word.

AND the Lord said to Moses : Go in to Pharao,
• and speak to him : Thus saith the Lord God
of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

2 But if thou refuse, and withhold them still :

3 Behold, my hand shall be upon thy fields : and
a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses,
and camels, and oxen, mid sheep.

4 And the Lord will make a wonderful difference
between the possessions of Israel and the posses-
sions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of
those things that belong to the children of Israel.

5 And the Lord appointed a time, saying : To-
morrow will the Lord do this thing in the land.

6 The Lord therefore did this thing the next day :
and all the beasts* of the Egyptians died : but of the
beasts of the children of Israel there died not one.

7 And Pharao sent to see : and there was not
any thing dead of that which Israel possessed. And
Pharao's heart was hardened, and he did not let the
people go.

8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron : Take
to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney ; and let
Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao.

9 And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt:
for there shall be biles and swelling blains both in
men and beasts, in the whole land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes out of the chimney, and
stood before Pharao : and Moses sprinkled it in the
air : and there came biles with swelling blains in
men and beasts.

1 1 Neither could the magicians stand before Mo-
ses for the biles that were upon them, and in all the
land of Egypt.

12 And the Lord hardenedf Pharao's heart, and
he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken
to Moses.

13 And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the
morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt
say to him : Thus saith the Lord the God of the
Hebrews : Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues
upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon
thy people : that thou mayest know there is none
like me in all the earth.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand to strike
thee and thy people with pestilence. And thou
shalt perish from the earth.

16 And therefore have I raised thee, that I may

* Jill the beasts. That is, many of all kinds.

show my power in thee, and my name may be spoken
of throughout all the earth.

17 Dost thou yet hold back my people, and wilt
thou not let them go ?

18 Behold, I will cause it to rain to-morrow at
this same hour, an exceeding great hail; such as
hath not been in Egypt from the day that it was
founded, until this present time.

19 Send therefore now presently, and gather to-
gether thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field :
lor men and beasts, and all things that shall be found
abroad, and not gathered together out of the fields,
which the hail shall fall upon, shall die.

20 He that feared the word of the Lord among
Pharao's servants, made his servants and his cattle
Ike into houses :

21 But he that regarded not the word of the Lord,
left his servants and his cattle in the fields.

22 And the Lord said to Moses : Stretch forth thy
hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in the
whole land of Egypt, upon men,and upon beasts, and
upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards
heaven : and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and
lightnings running along the ground : and the Lord
rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 And the hail, and fire inixt with it, drove on
together : and it was of so great bigness, as never
before was seen in the whole land of Egypt, since
that nation was founded.

25 And the hail destroyed through all the land of
Egypt all things that were in the fields, bovh man
and beast: and the hail smote every herb of the field,
and it broke every tree of the country.

26 Only in the land of Gessen, where the chil-
dren of Israel were, the hail fell not.

27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron,
saying to them : I have sinned this time also: The
Lord is just: I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of
God and the hail may cease : that 1 may let you
go, and that ye may stay here no longer.

29 Moses said : As soon as I am gone out of the
city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord ; and
the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no
more : that thou mayest know that the earth is the
Lord's :

30 But I know that neither thou, nor thy ser-
vants do yet fear the Lord God.

31 The flax therefore, and the barley were hurt,
because the barley was green, and the ilax was now
boiled :

32 But the wheat and other winter corn were not
hurt, because they were lateward.

33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out
of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord :
and the thunders and the hail ceased; neither did
there drop any more rain upon the earth.

34 And Pharao seeing that the rain, and the hail,
and the thunders were ceased, increased his sin:

t Hardtned, &c. Sec the annotations above, Chap, iv 21. chap
vii. 3. and chap. viii. 15.

r:\oDUS.

35 Ami his lu-art was baidened. and the head of
his m n.witx.uucl ii was made exceeding hard : neither
did lie l(i the children of Israel go, as the Lord had
commanded b) the hand of Ma

CHAP. X.

The eighth plague nf the larust*. The ninth, fff darkniss.
Pmano is kttll hardened.

A ND the Lord >ai<i to Moses : (i () in to Pharao;
-^*- tor I have hardened his heart, and the In an
of hit servants, that 1 may work, these my signs in
linn,

2 And thou mayest tell in the ears of thy sons,
and of thy grandsons, how often I have plagued the
I _ vptians, and wrought my signs amongst them:
and you n i ; i \ know that I am the Lord :

3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao.
and said to him : Thus saith the Lord God of the
Hebrew* : 1 low long refusest thou to submit to me ?
let mv people BO, to sacrifice to me.

4 Hut it thou resist, and wilt not let them go, be-
hold, I will brim; in to-morrow the locusts into thy

i Ms:

5 To cover the face of the earth, that nothing
thereof ma j appear; bat that which the hail hath
left may he eaten : for they shall teed upon all the
trees that spring in the fields.

b" And they shall till thy houses, and the houses of
thy servants, and of all the Egyptians: such a iiiim-
her as thy fathers have not seen, nor thy grand-
fathers, from the time they were first Hpon the
earth, until this present day. Anil he tinned him-
self away, and went forth from Pharao.

7 And Pharao's servants said to him: How long
shall we endure this scandal r let the men go to sa-
crifice to the Lord their (iod. Dost thou not see
that Egypt is undone r

8 And they called hack Moses and Aaron to
Pharao . and he said to them : Go, sacrifice to the
Lord your God: who are they that shall «o ?

9 Moses said : We will go with our ynun;and
old, with our sons and daughters, w ith our sheep and

herds: tor it is the solemnity of the Lord our (iod.

10 And Pharao answered : So lie the Lord with
you, as | shall let yon and your children ^o : who
'•an-doiiht hut (hat you intend some great evil?

I 1 It shall not he so: hut go vc men only . and
lilice to the Lord J for this \ ourselves also de-
sired. And immediately they were cast out from
Pharao's presence.

12 And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth
thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust.
thai it come upon it, and de\our every herh that is
left alter the hail.

].i And Moses stretched forth his rod upon the
land of Eg?pl : and the Lord brought a burning wind
all that day and night: and when it was morning,
the burning wind raised the locusts.

14 And they came up over the whole land of
Egypt: and rested in all the coasts of the Egyp-
tians innumerable, the like as had not been before
that time, nor shad be hereafter. I

15 And they covered the whole face of the earth,
wasting all things. Andthegrassof the earth was

devoured, and what fruits soever were on the
trees, which the hail had left: and there remained
not any thin;; that was green on the trees, or in the
herbs of the earth in all Egypt.

It! Wherefore Pharao in haste called Moses and

laron, and said to them: I hare sinned against
the Lord your God, and against you.

17 But now forgive me mv sin this time also ;
and pray tothe Lord your God, that he take avvav
from me this death.

18 And Moses going forth from the presence ol
Pharao, prayed to the Lord :

19 And he made a very Strong wind to blow from
the west : and it took trie locusts and east them
into the Red Sea: there remained not so much as
one in all the coasts of Egypt.

20 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart,
neither did he let the children of Israel go.

Jl And the Lord said to Moses : Stretch out
thy hand towards heaven: and may there he dark-
ness upon the land of Egypt so thick that it may be

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand towards
heaven: and there came horrible darkness in all
the land of Egypt for three days.

23 No man saw his brother, nor moved himseit
out of the place where he was: hut wheresoever
the children of Israel dwelt, there was lijJit.

24 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and
said to them : Go, sacrifice to the Lord : let \ our
sheep only, and herds remain, let your children to
with you.

25 Moses said : Thou shalt give us also saeri-
ficea and hurnt-otferin^s, to the Lord our God.

2G All the flocks shall «o with us: then shall
not a hoof remain of them : for thev are necessary

lor the service of the Lord our God: especially as

we know not what must he offered, till we come to
the very place.

27 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and
he would not let them go.

28 And Pharao said to Moses : Get thee from
me, and hew are thou see not mv lace any more: in
what day soever thou shall come in m\ si-ht, thou
shall die.

29*Moses answered : So shall it he as thou hast
spoken : I will not see uy face any more.

CHAP, XI.

Paarao ana his people an threatened with the death it^. their
Jirst-hnrn.

A XD the Lord said to Moses: Yet one pb|
-*•*- more will I bring upon Pharao and Egypt, and
after that he shall Id you go, and thrust you out

J Therefore thou shalt tell all the people, that
every man ask of his friend, and even woman of
her neighbour, vessels of silver, and of gold. %

3 And the Lord will cive favour to his people

I upon thr land I thick Iktl if may br frit. Uy

■ •. rxlialuliun., »lucl> »< N la CkUieattd ». i <inj .11}
Uie UuikiicM.

CHAP. XII.

in the sight of the Egyptians. And Moses was a
very great man in the land of Egypt, in the sight oi
Pharao's servants, and of all the people.

4 And l\e said : Thus saith the Lord : At mid-
night 1 will enter into Egypt:

5 And every first-born in the land of the Egyp-
tians shall die, from the first-born of Pharao who sit-
teth on his throne, even to the first-born of the hand-
maid that isatthe mill, and all the first-born of beasts.

6 And there shall be a great ery in all the land
of Egypt, such as neither hath been before, nor
shall be hereafter.

7 But with all the ehildren of Israel there shall
not a dog make the least noise, from man even to
beast: that you may know how wonderful a dif-
ference the Lord maketh between the Egyptians
and Israel.

8 And all these thy servants shall come down to
me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou,
and all the people that is under thee: after that we
will go out.

9 And he went out from Pharao exceeding
angry. But the Lord said to Moses : Pharao will
not hear you, that many signs may be done in the
land of Egypt.

10 And Moses and Aaron did all the wonders
that are written, before Pharao. And the Lord
hardened* Pharao's heart; neither did he let the
children of Israel go out of his land.

CHAP. XII.

The manner of preparing, and eating the paschal lamb : the
first-born of Egypt are all slain : the Israelites depart.

AND the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the
land of Egypt :

2 This month shall be to you the beginning of
months: it shall be the first in the months of the year.

3 Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children
of Israel, and say to them : On the "tenth day of this
month let every man take a lamb by their families
and houses.

4 But if the number be less than may suffice to
eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour
that joineth to his house, according to the number
of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb.

5 And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a
male, of one year: according to which rite also you
shall take a kid.f

6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day
of this month: and the whole multitude of the chil-
dren of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening.

7 And they shall take of the blood thereof, and
put it upon both the side-posts, and on the upper
door-posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

8 And they shall eat the flesh that right roasted
at the fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce.

' * The Lord hardened, &c. See the annotations above, chap. iv. 21.
and chap. vii. 3.

f A kid. The Phase mijht be performed, either with a lamb or with
a kid : and all the same rites and ceremonies were to be used witli
the one as with the other.

1 Unleavened bread. By this it appears, that our Saviour made use
of uuleavoucd bread in the institution of the blessed sacrament, which

9 You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor
boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire : you
shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof.

10 Neither shall there remain any thing of it until
morning. If there be any thing left, you shall burn
it with fire.

11 And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird
your nuns, and you shall have shoes on your feet,
holding staves in your hands ; and you shall eat in
haste : for it is the Phase (that is, the Passage) of
the Lord.

12 And I will pass through the land of Egypt
that night, and will kill every first-born in the land
of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the
godsof Egypt I will execute judgments: I «wthe Lord.

13 And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in
the houses where you shall be : and I shall see the
blood, and shall pass over you : and the plague shall
not be upon you to destroy you. when I shall strike
the land of Egypt.

14 And this day shall be for a memorial to you:
and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in youi
generations with an everlasting observance.

15 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread:
in the first day there shall be no leaven in your
houses: whosoever shall eat any thing leavened,
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul
shall perish out of Israel.

16 The first day shall be holy and solemn ; and
the seventh day shall be kept with the like solem-
nity : you shall do no work in them, except those
things that belong to eating.

17 And you shall observe thefmstof the unlea-
vened bread: for in this same day 1 will bring forth
your army out of the land of Egypt; and you shall
keep this day in your generations by a perpetual ob-
servance.

18 The first month, the fourteenth day of the
month in the evening, you shall eat unleavened
bread,} until the one and twentieth day of the month
in the evening.

19 Seven days there shall not be found any lea-
ven in your houses: he that shall eat leavened bread,
his soul shall perish out of the assembly of Israel,
whether he be a stranger or born in the land.

20 You shall not eat any thing leavened : in all
your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.

21 And Mosescalled all the ancients of the chil-
dren of Israel, and said to them : Go take a lamb by
your families, and sacrifice the Phase.

22 And dip a bunch of hyssop in the blood that
is at the door, and sprinkle § the transom of the
door therewith, and both the door cheeks : let none
of you go out of the door of his house till morning.

23 For the Lord will pass through striking the
Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the

was on ttie evening of the paschal solemnity, at which time there was
no leavened bread to be found in Israel.

i Sprinkle, &c. This sprinkling- the doors of the Israelites with the
blood of the paschal lamb, in order to their being- delivered from the
sword of the destroying angel, was a lively figure of our redemption
by the blood of Christ.

«3

EXODLS.

tninsoin, and on both the posts, he w ill pass over the

dour of tin- bouse, and not suffer the destroyer to
come into your bouses, and to hurt you.

Thou shall keep tliis thing as a law for thee
and thy children for t ver.

\m\ when you have entered into the land
which the Lord will ^i\« jou as he hath promised,
yon >hall observe these ceremonii s.

26 And when your children shall say to you:
\\ h it i> the meaning of this «., rviee?

J7 Von shall sai to them: It is the victim of the
pass I-'- of the Lord, w hen he passed over the bouses
of the children of Israel in Egypt, >trikingthe Egyp-
tians, and s.i\ in- <mii Iioiim->. And the people bow -
ins themselves, adored.

\nd the children of Israel going forth did as
the Lord bad commanded .Mom sand Aaron.

29 And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord
slew ever} first-born in the land of Egypt, from the
first-born of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto
the lirst-horn of the captive woman that W8J in the
prison, and all the first-born of cattle.

• Hi And Pharao arose in the night, and all hi-
vantS, and all Egypt S and there arose a great en
in Egypt: lor there was not a house wherein there
lay not one dead.

31 And Pharao Calling .Moses and Aaron, in the
night, said : Arise, and go forth from among my
pi uple. \ on, and the children of Israel : go, sacrifice
to the Lord, as yoil say.

Your sheep and herds take along with you,
as you demanded; and departing, bless me.

And the Egyptians pressed the people to go

forth out of the land speedily, saying : We shall all

31 The people therefore took dough before it
w.i> leavened : and tying it in tin //cloaks, put it on
their shoulders.

\nil the children of Israel did as Moses had
commanded : and they asked of the Egyptians n i-
si Is of silver and gold, and very much raiment.

36 And the Lord gave favour to the people in
the sigh] of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto
thiui : and they stripped the Egyptians.

37 And the children of Israel set forward from
Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thou-
sand inin on foot, besides children.

\nd a mixed multitude without number went
up aLo with them, sheep, and herds, and beasts ot
divers kinds, exceeding many.

.;'.» Had ihe\ baked the meal, which a little be-
fore they had brought out of Egypt in dough : and
they made hearth-rakes unleavened : for it could

not be leavened, tin- Egyptians pressing them to
depart, and not suffering them to make any stay:
neither did tiny think of preparing any meat.

U) And the abode of the children of Israel that
the] made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty

years,

il Which being expired, the same day all the"

arm) of the Lord went forth out of tin land of EgJ pt.

• Sm»etifyuntomen-rryfiril-horn. Bam til'ii .ilnui in lln. \>Urr meant
that (be firtt- burn .mole* oi' UtC I !■ tiri w» »UuuM lie JcjmltJ lu the mi-

)2 This is the observable night of the Lord when
he brought them forth out of the laud ol Kg) pt : this
night all the children of Israel must observe in their
generations.

I-! Am! die Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This
is the service of the Phase : .\<> fori shall i ut

ol it.

44 Hut even bought servant shall U' circumcised,
and SO shall eat.

45 The stranger and the hireling shall not eat
thereof.

4G In one house shall it be eaten: neither shall
you carry forth of the flesh thereof out of the hoUM :
neither shall you break a hone thereof.

47 All the assembly of the children of Israel
shall keep it.

48 And if any stranger be willing to dwell among
you, and to keep the Phase of the Lord, all his mal< s
shall first he circumcised : and then shall he cele-
brate it according to the manner: and he shall be
as he that is horn in the land: hut il any man Irj
Uncircumcised, he shall not eat thereof.

49 The same law shall he to him that is liorn in
the laud, and to the proselyte that sojouraeth with
you.

50 And all the children of Israel did as the Lord
bad commanded Moses and Aaron.

51 And the same day the Lord brought forth the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their
companies.

CHAP. XIII.

/'//' pnschal mlemnity in to be observed ; and the firtt-born art.

tn be conxtcrcilcd In (hid. 'I'hc ]j,u;,/r are cumin, ti d through
tin- desert by a pillar of fire in the night, and a cloud in the
day.

\ ND the Lord spoke to .Mos ( s. saying:

-£*- 2 Sanctify unto me every first-born* that
openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as

well of men as of beasts : for they are all mine.

3 And .Moses said to the people : Remember this
• lay in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out
of the house of bondage; for with a Strong hand
hath the Lord brought \ou forth out of this pla
that VO0 eat no leavened bread.

4 This day you go forth in the mouth of new
corn.

5 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into
the land of the Chananite and the Hethite, and the
Amoi ihite. and the I lev ite. and the Jebusite, w hi< h
he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a
land that lloweth with milk and honey, thou shall
celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this
month.

6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread :
and on the seventh day shall 1m- the solemnity of the
Lord.

7 Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days:

there shall not he seen any thing leavened W llh thee,
nor in all thy coasts.

8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, myiOjg:

ni.trv in tin' <lit, p| ami llic liisl-Unu ol bruli Ik- givi n lor

. ticC.

f HAP. XIV.

This is what the Lord did to me when I came forth
out of Egypt.

9 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a
memorial before thy eyes; and that the law of the
lionl be always in thy mouth ; for with a strong hand
the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

10 Thou shalt keep this observance at the set
time from days to days.

1 1 And when the Lord shall have brought thee
into the land of the Chanariite, as he swore to thee
and thy fathers, and shall give it thee:

12 Thou shalt set ;ip;irt all that openeth the womb
for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of
thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male
sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.

13 The first-born of an ass thou shalt change
for a sheep : and if thou do not redeem it, thou
shalt kill it. And every first-born of men thou shalt
redeem with a price.

14 And when thy son shall ask thee to-morrow,
saying : What is this ? Thou shalt answer him :
with a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out
of the land of Egvpt, out of the house of bondage.

15 For when Pharao was hardened, and would
not let us go, the Lord slew every first-born in the
land of Egypt, from the first-born of man to the
first-born of beasts : therefore I sacrifice to the
Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex,
and all the first-born of my sons 1 redeem.

16 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as
a thing hung between thy eyes, for a remembrance :
because the Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt
by a strong hand.

17 And when Pharao had sent out the people,
the Lord led them not by the way of the land of
the Philistines which is near: thinking lest perhaps
they would repent, if they should see wars arise
against them, and would return into Egypt.

lb" But he led them about by the way of the
desert, which is by the Red Sea : and the chil-
dren of Israel went up armed out of the land of
Egypt.

19 And Moses took Joseph's bones with him :
because he had adjured the children of Israel, say-
ing : God shall visit you, carry out my bones from
hence with you.

20 And marching from Socoth they encamped
in Etham in the utmost coasts of the wilderness.

21 And the Lord went before them to show the
way by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a
pillar of fire ; that he might be the guide of their
journey at both times.

22 There never failed the pillar of the cloud by
day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.

CHAP. XIV.

Pharao pursueth the children of TxrnrL Thry murmur against
Mote*) but are '■nmumtrid Ini him, and pun through the
Red Sea. Pharao and his army following them are drowned.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 S|>eak to the children of Israel : Let them
turn and encamp over against Phihahiroth, which

is between Magdal and the sea over against Beelse-
phon : you shall encamp before it upon the sea.

3 And Pharao will say of the children of Israel :
They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut
them in.

4 And I shall harden his heart, and he will pur-
sue you : and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in
all his army : and the Egyptians shall know that I
am the Lord. And they did so.

5 And it was told the king of the Egyptians,
that the people was fled : and the heart of Pharao
and of his servants was changed with regard to the
people, and they said : What meant we to do, that
we let Israel go from serving us ?

6 So he made ready his chariot, and took all his
people with him.

7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and
all the chariots that were in Egypt, and the captains
of the whole army.

8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao
king of Egypt ; and he pursued the children of Is-
rael : but they were gone forth in a mighty hand.

9 And when the Egyptians followed the steps of
them who were gone before, they found them en-
camped at the sea-side : all Pharao's horse and cha-
riots, and the whole army were in Phihahiroth be-
fore Beelsephon.

10 And when Pharao drew near, the children of
Israel lifted up their eyes, saw the Egyptians be-
hind them : and they feared exceedingly, and cried
to the Lord :

1 1 And they said to Moses : Perhaps there were
no graves in Egypt ; therefore thou hast brought us
to die in the wilderness : why wouldstthou do this,
to lead us out of Egypt ?

12 Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in
Egypt, saying : Depart from us, that we may serve
the Egyptians ? for it was much better to serve
them, than to die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said to the people : Fear not:
stand, and see the great wonders of the Lord, which
he will do this day : for the Egyptians whom you
see now, you shall see no more for ever.

14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall
hold your peace.

15 And the Lord said to Moses: Why cries! thou
to me ? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward.

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth
thy hand over the sea, and divide it ; that the chil-
dren of Israel may go through the midst of the sea
on dry ground.

17 And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians
to pursue you : and I will be glorified in Pharao,
and in all his host, and in his chariots, and in his
horsemen.

18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, when I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in
his chariots, and in his horsemen.

19 And the Angel of God, who went before the
camp of Israel, removing, went behind them : and
together with him the pillar of the cloud, leaving
the fore-part,

20 Stood behind, between the Egyptians 1 camp

(II \l\ XV.

and the camp of brad : and it was a dark cloud,
and enlightening t li*." Bight," so lliat tlu-v couM MM
rosne ai oae another all the night.

21 Ami when Moses had stretched forth his hand
ovit the sea, tin- Lord took it awaj by a strong and
liuming wind blowing all the night, ami turned it
niodrj ground : and the water was divided.

11 tad the children of Israel went in throngs
the midst of the aea dried up: for the water STM
as a wall on their right haul and on their hit.

23 And the Egyptians pursuing, went in after
them, and all Pharao's horses, his chariots and
horsemen, through the midst ot the sea.

1) IjM now the morninu watch was come: and
behold, the Lord looking upon tlic Egyptian arm;,
through the pillar of lire an. I of the cloud, slew
their host,

26 Ami overthrew the wheels of the chariots,
and they were carried into the deep. And the
;>ti;ins said: Let us lice from Israel : for the
Lord fighteth for them against on.

\ml the Lord said to .Moses: Stretch forth
thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come
again upon the Egyptians) upon their chariots and

horsemen.

11 And when Moses had stretched forth his
hand towards the sea, it returned at the first hreak
of day to the former place: ami BS tin' Egyptians
were Boeing away, the waters came upon them, and
the Lord shut them up in the middle of the waves.
kad the waters returned, and covered the
chariots and the hor>emcn of all the army of 1'ha-
rao, who had come into the sea after them, neither
did there so much as one of them remain.

29 But the children of Israel marched through
the midst of the sea upon dry land : and the waters were
to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left :

30 And the Lord delivered Israel in that da\ out
of the hands of the Egyptians.

31 And the\ s;tw the Egyptians (had upon the
shore, ami the Blighty hand that the Lord had

used aganiSl them: and the people feared the Lord;
and tiny helieved the Lord, and .Moses his servant.

CHAP. XV.

The cantirle. of Mosrt. Tin- bitlir wuli rs of Mara are

minlr art it.

THEN Moses and the children of Israel song
this canticle to the Lord, ami s;iii| ; Let us
sinz to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified :
the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea.
.' I'lie Lord ;'* my Strength and my praise, and

he is beet salvation to me: be it my God, and

1 will glorify him; the God of m> famer, and I

will exalt him.

;{ The Lord 1 5 as a man of war, Mmidity is his
name.

4 Phono's chariots ;uid his army he hath cast
into the sea : his ehosen captains are drowned in
the Red 8*

. I ink Claud, and enligkltning Ik* Higkl. It WM » dark rloud Uj ll„
Egyptiani ; but etiliglitimti the oiptit to Um I rai-lile*, by gmng (hem
• gnul light.

6 The depths have COW red them : the\ ar sunk
to the bottom like a stone.

ti Thj right hand. () Lord, is magnified in
Strength : tin light hand, O Lord, hath slain the.
enemy.

7 And in the multitude of thy glory thou hast
put down thy adversaries : thou hast sent thy wrath,
which hath devoured them like stubble.

8 And with the blast of thj aimer the waters

were gathered together : the flowing water stood;

the depths were gathered together in the midst of
the sea.

9 The enemy said : I will pursue and overtake;
I will divide the spoils; m\ soul shall have its till j
I will draw my sword : my hand shall slay them.

10 Thy wind blew, and the sea covered them:
they sunk as lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who is like to thee, among the strong, O
Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, ur-
rihle and praise-worthy, doing wonders?

12 Thou stretchedst forth th.\ hand, and the earth
swallowed them.

19 In thy mercy thou hast heen a leader to the
people which thou hast redeemed: ami in thy

strength thou hast carried them to thy borj habi-
tation.

14 Nations rose up, and were angry : sorrows
took hold on the inhabitants of Philhuuim.

15 Then were the princes of Edom troubled-:
trembling seised on the stout menofMoab: all
the inhabitants of Chanaaa became stiff.

16 Let fear and dread fall upon them, in the
greatness of thj arm: let them become unsnovea-
bleas a stone, until thy people, () Lord, pass by!
until this thy people pan l>.\. which thou hast pos-
sessed.

17 Thou shall bring them in, and plant them in
the mountain of thy inheritance, in thy most firm
habitation, which thou hast made, ()' Lord : thy

sanctuary, < ) Lord, which thj hands have established.

18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

19 For Pharao wen! in on horseback with his
chariots and horsemen into the sea : and the Lord

brought hack upon tbeni the waters of the sea: hut
the children of Israel walked on dr\ ground in the
midst thereof'.

20 So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron,
took a timbrel in her hand : and all the women went
forth after her with timbrels and with dances.

-I knd she began the song to them, saying:
Let us siim to the Lord : for he is gloriously mag-
nified : the hotae and his rider he hath thrown into
the sea.

22 And Moses brought Israel from the Red St a:
and they w cut forth into the wilderness of SttT : and

they marched three days thronr.li the w ilderm
and found no water.

23 And they came into Mara, and they could
not drink the waters of M.na. because tiny Were'

hitter: whereupon be gave a name also sole

to the place, calling k Mara, that is. bitterness.
-'I \ml the people murmured against Mo* s -
ing : What shall we dunk?

CHAP. XVI.

25 Bin lie cried to the Lord : and he showed him
a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, they
were turned into sweetness. There he appointed
him ordinances, and judgments, and there he proved
him,

26 Saying : If thou wilt hear the voice of the
Lord thy God, and do what is right before him,
and obey his commandments, and keep all his pre-
cepts, none of the evils that I laid upon Egypt, will
I bring upon thee : for I am the Lord thy healer.

27 And the children of Israel c;une into Elim,
where there were twelve fountains of water, and se-
venty palm trees: and they encamped by the waters.

CHAP. XVI.

The people murmur for want of meat : God givcth them quails
and manna.

AND they set forward from Elim : and all the
multitude of the children of Israel came into
the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai,
the fifteenth day of the second month, after they
came out of the land of Egypt.

2 And all the congregation of the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness.

3 And the children of Israel said to them : Would
to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the
land of Egypt, when we sat over the fleshpots, and
ate bread to the full : why have you brought us into
this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude
with famine?

4 And the Lord said to Moses : Behold, I will
rain bread from heaven for you: let the people go
forth, and gather what is sufficient for every day;
that I may prove them whether they will walk in my
law, or no.

5 But the sixth day let them provide for to bring
in : and let it be double to that they were wont to
gather every day.

6 And Moses and Aaron said to the children of
Israel : In the evening you shall know that the Lord
hath biought you forth out of the land of Egypt:

7 And in the morning you .shall see the glory of
the Lord : for he hath heard your murmuring against
the Lord : but as for us, what are we, that you
mutter against us ?

8 And Moses said : In the evening the Lord
will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread
to the full : for he hath heard your murmurings,
with which you have murmured against him : for
what are we ? your murmuring is not against us,
but against the Lord.

9 Moses also said to Aaron : Say to the whole
congregation of the children of Israel : Come be-
fore the Lord : for he hath heard your murmuring.

10 And when Aaron spoke to all the assembly
of the children of Israel, they looked towards the
wilderness : and behold, the glory of the Lord ap-
peared in a cloud.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12 I have heard the murmuring of the children
of Israel : say to them: In the evening you shall eat

flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill
of bread : and you shall know that I am the Lord
your God.

13 So it came to pass in the evening, that quails
coming up, covered the camp : and in the morning
a dew lay round about the camp.

14 And when it had covered the face of the earth,
it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were
beatea with a pestle, like unto the hoar-frost on the
ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they
said one to another : Manliu ! which signifieth .
What is this! for they knew not what it was. And
Moses said to them : This is the bread, which the
Lord hath given you to eat.

16 This is the word, that the Lord hath com-
manded : Let every one gather of it as much as is
enough to eat : a gomor for every man, according
to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so
shall you take of it.

17 And the children of Israel did so : and they
gathered, one more, another less.

18 And they measured by the measure of a go-
mor : neither had he more that had gathered more :
nor did he find less that had provided less : but
every one had gathered, according to what they
were able to eat.

19 And Moses said to them : Let no man leave
thereof till the morning.

20 And they hearkened not to him ; but some
of them left until the morning : and it began to be
full of worms, and it putrified : and Moses was
angry with them.

21 Now every one of them gathered in the morn-
ing, as much as might suffice to eat : and after the
sun grew hot, it melted.

22 But on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much, that is, two gomors every man : and all the
rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses.

23 And he said to them : This is what the Lord
hath spoken : To-morrow is the rest of the sabbath
sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be
done, do it: and the meats that are to be dressed,
dress them : and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up
until the morning.

24 And they did so as Moses had commanded ■
and it did not putrify, neither was there worm found
in it.

25 And Moses said : Eat it to-day, because it is
the sabbath of the Lord : to-day it shall not be found
in the field.

26 Gather it six days: but on theseventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord ; therefore it shall not be found.

27 And the seventh day came : and some of the
people going forth to gather, found none.

28 And the Lord said to Moses : How long will
you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law?

29 See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath,
and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you
a double provision : let each man stay at home, and
let none go forth out of his place the seventh day

30 And the people kept the sabbath on the
seventh day.

I XOIM'S.

31 Ami th" hooar of Israel called the name
thereof manna:* ami it was like coriander aead
while, ami the taste thereof like to flour with honey.
'>_' An. I Moses said : This is the word, which the
Lord hath commanded : fill a gemot of it. ami lei
it Ik- kept until generation* to conie hereafter: thai
they may know the bread, wherewith I fed you in
tin- wilderness, when you vera brought forth out of
the land of Egypt.

\ ml Moses said to Aaron : Take a vessel, and
|iut manna into it, as much as a EomOT can liold :
and lav it up before the Lord to keep uuto your
generations,

• >V As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron
put it in the tabernacle to he kept*

Ami therein Id rcn of Israel ate manna forty
years, till they came to a habitable land: with this
meat were they fed, until thej reached the borders of
the land of Chanaan.
Jo .Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephL

(HAT. XVII.

like pcoplr murmur again for icatit of drink : the Lordgivtti
them water out of a rock. Most* lifting up kin hond in
prayer, .liiui/cr is orirrnnii-.

r |MILX all the multitude of the children of Israel
-*- setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their

mansions, according to the word of the Lord, en-
camped in Kaphidim, where there was no water lor
the people to drink.

2 And they ehode with Motes, and said: Give
us water, thai we may drink. And Moses answer-
ed them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do
>oii tempt the Lord?

• i So the people were thirst v there for want of
water, and murmured against Most s. saying: Why
didsi thou make us ^o forth out of Egypt, to kill us,
and our children, and our beasts, with thirst?

\ And Mosea cried to die Lord, saying: What
shall I do to this people? ^ el a little more and the]
w ill stone me.

Lad the I, old said to Moses: Go before the
people, and take with tliee of the ancients of Israel :
and take in thy hand the' rod wherewith thou didst
strike the river, and go.

i i I nhold, I will stand there before thee, upon the
roek Horeb: and thou shall strike the rock, and
water shall come out of it that the people ma\ drink.
Mos< - did so before the ancients of Israel:

1 \nd he called the name of that place Tempta-
tion, because of the chiding of the children of Israel,
and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: la the
I lord amongst us or not?

:: \nd Amain- came, and fought against Lin I
in Kaphidim.

9 And Moses said to Joeue: Choose out men: and go
out and fight azainst Amalee: to-morrow I will stand
on the top of the hill having the rod of God in mj hand.

, »i tn'i i .
wen- i

Tin. niiniciiloin food, with which tin 1 children ofl.racl
teA aix! » ildcr-

)i we recrivr in (In- Mcmed
larnmrni, foi the food and now during the time

rfotiriiiort.il pnyrimagv, till wc rnmc to I home, the true

10 Jome did as Moses had spoken; and lie
fought against Amalee: but Moses and Aaron and

llm Weill up upon the top of the hill.

1 I And when Moses lifted up his hands, - )- Israel
overcame: hut if he let them down a little, Amalee

om iv. line.

12 And Moses's* hands were heavy : SO they took
a stone, and put under him: and he sat on it: and
Aaron and llur stayed up his hands on holh sides.
And it came to pass that his hands were not weaiv
until sun-set.

1.! And .Josue put Amalee and his people to flight,
by the edge of the sword.

11 And the Lord said to Mos< 8j Write this for
a memorial in a hook, ami deliver it to tin- ears of
Josue: for 1 will destroj the memory of Amalee
from under heaven.

15 And Moses bufll an altar, and called. the name
thereof. The Lord uiv exaltation, saying:

16 Because the hand of the throne of the Lord,
and the war of the Lord, shall he against Amalee,
from generation to generation.

CHAP. XVIII.

Jtthro brivgeth to Moses his wife and childnn. His cotmxrl

\ ND when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kins-
-^*- man of Moses, had heard all the things that God
had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that

the Lord had brought forth Israel outof Egypt:

2 lie took Scphora the wife of Moses whom he
had sent hack,

3 And her two suns, of whom one was called
Gersam, his fat 1m r saying: I have been a stranger in
a foreign country;

4 And the other Elieaer: Lor the God of my
father, said he, is mv helper, and hath delivered me
from the sword of I'harao.

5 And Jethro the kinsman of Moses came with
his sons, and his wife lo Moses into the desert,

where he was camped h\ the mountain of God.

6 And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jetbro

tin kinsman come to thee, and thy wife, and thy
two sons wild her.

7 And he went out to meet his kinsman, and
Worshipped and kissed him: and liny saluted one
another with words of peace. And when he was
come into the tent,

ii Moses told his kinsman all (hat the Lord had
done to I'harao and the Egyptians, in favour of Is-
rael: and all the labour which had befallen them in
thcjourney, and that the Lord had delivered them.

9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the rood things that
the Lord had done la Israel, because he had delivered
c lit -i ii out of the hands of the Egi ptians.

10 And he said: Blessed is the LorrL who hath
delivered his people out of the hand of Egypt.

11 \<>u I know, that the Lord is great above all
uods: because thej dealt proudJj against them.

landi.f proei iw .hall keepaneri rfattdog tabbath, tod hare

mi furttirr

mi/ ichm M.ut li/ttd w;> Mi ktndt. Her, Mo*e» was a fifrurr of
Christ on the 4 m... bj wkw*f powor and mtdiatioo wi ■ our

■nritaal cm i

CHAP. XIX.

12 So Jethro the kinsman of Moses offered ho-
locausts and sacrifices to God : and Aaron and all
the ancients of Israel came to eat bread with him
before God.

13 And the next day Moses sat to judge the
people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.

14 And when his kinsman had seen all things
that he did among the people, he said : What is it
that thou doest among the people ? Why sittest thou
alone, and all the people wait from morning till
night ?

15 And Moses answered him : The people come
to me to seek the judgment of God.

16 And when any controversy falleth out among
them, they come to me to judge between them, and
to show the precepts of God, and his laws.

1 7 But he said : The thing thou doest is not good.

1 8 Thou art spent with foolish labour, both thou,
and this people that is with thee : the business is

'above thy strength ; thou alone canst not bear it.

19 But hear my words and counsels; and God
shall be with thee. Be thou to the people in those
things that pertaintoGo(l,tobringthe>rwordstohim:

20 And to show the people the ceremonies and
the manner of worshipping, and the way wherein
they ought to walk, and the work that they ought
to do.

21 And provide out of all the people, able men,
such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that
hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thou-
sands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

22 Who may judge the people at all times : and
when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them
refer it to thee ; and let them judge the lesser mat-
ters only : that so it may be lighter for thee, the
burden being shared out unto others.

23 If thou doest this, thou shalt fulfil the com-
mandment of God, and shall be able to bear his
precepts : and all this people shall return to their
places with peace.

24 And when Moses heard this, he did all things
that he had suggested unto him.

25 And choosing able men out of all Israel, he
appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over
thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and
over tens.

26 And they judged the people at all times: and
whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred
to him, and they judged the easier cases only.

27 And he let his kinsman depart : and he re-
turned and went into his own country.

CHAP. XIX.

They come to Sinai : the people are commanded to be sanctified.
The Lord coming in thunder and lightning, speaketh with
Motes.

I N the third month of the departure of Israel out
-*- of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into
the wilderness of Sinai :

2 For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to
the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place,
and there Israel pitched their tents over against the
mountain.

3 And Moses went up to God :* and the Lord
called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus
shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the
children of Israel :

4 You have seen what I have done to the Egyp-
tians; how I have carried you upon the wings of
eagles, and have taken- you to myself.

5 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep
my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession
above all people : for all the earth is mine.

6 And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and
a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt
speak to the children of Israel.

7 Moses came: and calling together the elders of
the people, he declared all the words which tlie Lord
had commanded.

8 And all the people answered together : All that
the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when
Moses had related the people's words to the Lord,

9 The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come
to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people
may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee
for ever. And Moses told the words of the people
to the Lord.

10 And he said to him: Go to the people, and
sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them
wash their garments.

1 1 And let them be ready against the third day :
for on the third day the Lord will come down in the
sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the
people round about, and thou shalt say to them:
Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye
touch not the borders thereof: every one that
toucheth the mount, dying he shall die.

. 13 No hands shall touch him ; but he shall be
stoned to death, or shall be shot through with
arrows : whether it be beast, or man, he shall not
live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then
let them go up into the mount.

14 And Moses came down from the mount to
the people, and sanctified them. And when they
had washed their garments,

15 He said to them: Be ready against the third
day, and come not near your wives,

16 And now the third day was come, and the
morning appeared : and behold, thunders began to
be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick
cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the
trumpet sounded exceeding loud: and the people
that was in the camp, feared.

17 And when Moses had brought them forth to
meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at
the bottom of the mount.

18 And all mount Sinai was on a smoke: be-
cause the Lord was come down upon it in fi;e, and
the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace : and all
the mount was terrible.

19 And the sound of the trumpet grew by de-
grees louder and louder, and was drawn out to a

* Jind Mosts went up to God.
God spoke to him.

Moses went up lo Mount Sinai where
65

i:\odus.

greater length : Moses spoke, and God answered
in).
20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai,
in the mtv top of the mount; and he called Motes
unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up
thith. i.

J! lie said unto him: Go down, and charge
the people; lot they should have a mind to pass
the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multi-
tude of them should perish.

The priests also thai come to the Lord, let
them be sanctified, lest he strike them.

23 And Hoses said to the Lord : The people
cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou didst
charm', and command, say ing : Set limits ahout the
mount, and sanctify it.

\nd the Lord said to him : Go, get thee down :
and thou shah come up, thou and Aaron with thee :
but let not the priests and the people pass the
limits, nor come up to the Lord, lest he kill them.

25 And Moses w cut down to the people and told
them all.

CHAP. XX.

The ten commandments.

AND the Lord spoke all these words :
2 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shah not hare strange gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a craven tiling,
nor the likeness of any thing* that *s in heaven
above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things
that are in the waters under the earth.

."> Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve tin in :
f am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the
third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

6 And showing mercy unto thousands to them
that love me. and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guilt-
less that shall take the name of the Lord his God in
vain.

:: IJemrmber that thou keep holy the sabbath day.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy
works.

10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the
Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work on it, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant,
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy beast, nor the stran-
ger that is within thy f;ates.

11 For in six days tin- Lord made heaven ami
earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them,
and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord
Messed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

\1 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou

J A grntn thine, nor tht liktntu of «nj thing, kc. All »uch imagei or
I kcnnvM, are forbidden by 1 1 > i • > < >i n mandment ,ai are made to be oAoroi
and ttrmt; according to that winch immediately follow*, Ikon ihalt
not oJortthem, nor *m them. Thatw, all rach »» are designed for idnlt
or im+gr godi, or are wondnppod with aHrinr honour. Hut oihrrw '»

rwnliitwin ,< r*n in Ika bov* ot God, and m Un-
fits

may si be lone lived upon the land which the Lord
ih.\ ( Sod will give thi

I'- Thou shalt not kill.

1 1 Thou shall not commit adulti ry.
15 Thou shalt not steal.

it". Thou shalt not hear false witness again** thy
neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's hou
neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant,
nor his handmaid, nor his ox. nor his BBS, nor any
thine that is his.

18 And all the people saw the voices, and the
llaines, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount
smokiim : and being terrified and struck with fear,
they stood afar off.

19 Saving to Moses : Speak thou to us, and we
will hear : let not the 1 ,ord speak to us. 1. si w e die.

20 And Moses said to the people: fear not: for
God is come to prow von, and that the dread of
him might he in you, and VOU should not sin.

21 And the people stood afar oil". But Moses
went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

22 And the Lord said to Moses : Thus shalt thou
say to the children of Israel: You ha\e seen that 1
have spoken to you from he aven .

23 You shall not make sods of silver, nor shall
you make to yourselves gods of gold.

24 You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and
you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-
offerings, your sheep and oxen, in even place where
the memory of my name shall he: I will come to
thee, and will bless thee.

25 And if thou make an altar of stone unto me,
thou shalt not build it of In w n stones: for if thou
lilt up a tool upon it, it shall he defiled.

2G Thou shalt not pi up by steps unto my altar,
lest thy nakedness he discovered.

CHAP. XXI.

Law relating to justice.

THESE are the judgments which thou shalt set
before them.

2 If thou buy ;i Hebrew servant, six years shall
he serve thee: iii the seventh be shall go out free
for nothing.

3 With what raiment he came in, with the like
let him go out : if ha\ ing a w iff, his wile also shall
go out with him.

4 But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath
home sons and daughters: the woman and her
children shall he her master's: l.i.t he himself shall

go out with his raiment

5 And jf the servant shall ;,\v : I love my master
and mv wife and children, I »vill not CO out fin

6 His master shall hring him to the gods,f and
he shall lie set to thedoor and the posts; and he

very sanctuary. »o far from hciwr hrWddeo. arc rTpn-..lv mi!h.>ri»rd
hv the won) of God. Sco Exoint \ \ \ . 1 .v i 7 .V'um-

*rn xxi. 8, 9. I Chronic \\\u\. 18 1". 8 Chron-r in. |0.
f To tkr jr <"■'« ■ F.lohim. Thai is. to th<- judge*, or rmg 'M *m» ao-

lliMii/.r.l bj God,

CHAP. XXII.

shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall
be his servant tor ever.

7 If any man sell his daughter to be a servant,
she shall not gooutas bond-women are wonttogoout.

8 If she displease the eyes of her master to whom
she was delivered, he shall let her go : but he shall
have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he
despise her.

9 But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall
deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 And if he take another wife for him, he shall
provide her a marriage, and raiment : neither shall
he refuse the price of her chastity.

il If he do not these three things, she shall go
out free without money.

12 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him,
shall be put to death.

13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but
God delivered him into his hands ; I will appoint
thee a place to which he must flee.

14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose,
and by lying in wait for him ; thou shalt take him
away from my altar, that he may die.

15 He that striketh his father or mother, shall be
put to death.

16 He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being
convicted of the guilt, shall be put to death.

1 7 He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die
the death.

18 If men quarrel, and the one strike his neigh-
bour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but
keepeth his bed :

19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his
staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he
make restitution for his work, and for his expenses
upon the physicians.

20 He that striketh his bond-man or bond-woman
with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be
guilty of the crime.

21 But if the party remain alive a day or two, he
shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is
his money.

22 If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with
child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself; he
shall be answerable for so much damage as the
woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall
award.

23 But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall
render life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot,

23 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe
for stripe.

26 If any man strike the eye of his man-servant
or maid-servant, and leave them but one eye, he
shall let them go free, for the eye which he put out,

27 Also if he strike out a tooth of his man-servant,
or maid-servant, he shall in like manner make them
free.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they
die, he shall be stoned : and his flesh shall not be
eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

29 But if the ox was wont to push with his horn

yesterday and the day before, and they warned lii>
master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill
a man or a woman ; then the ox shall be stoned,
and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 And if they set a price upon him, he shall
give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall
fall under the like sentence.

32 If he assault a bond-man or bond-woman, he
shall give thirty sides of silver to their master, and
the ox shall be stoned.

33 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover
it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

34 The owner of the nit shall pay the price of
the beasts : and that which is dead shall be his own.

35 If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and
he die ; they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide
the price, and the carcass of that which died they
shall part between them :

36 But if he knew that his ox was wont to push
yesterday and the day before, and his master did
not keep him in; he shall pay ox for ox, and shall
take the whole carcass.

CHAP. XXII.

Tltc pumishnent of theft, and other trespasses. The law oj
lending without usury, of taking pledges, of reverences to
superiors, and of paying tithes.

TF any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell
■*- it; he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four
sheep for one sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking open a house or
undermining it, and be wounded so as to die ; he that
slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

3 But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath
committed murder, and he shall die. If he have
not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he
shall be sold.

4 If that which he stole be found with him, alive,
either ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5 If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, and put
in his beast to feed upon that which is other men's ;
he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in
his own field, or in his vineyard, according to the
estimation of the damage.

6 If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and
catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields,
he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.

7 If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his
friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him
that received them ; if the thief be found, he shall
restore double:

8 If the thief be not known, the master of the
house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear
that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour's
goods.

9 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or
sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring da-
mage; the cause of both parties shall come to the
gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore
double to his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast,
to his neighbour's custody, and it die, or be hurt, or
be taken by enemies, and no man saw it :

i:\odus.

11 There shall be an oath between them, that be
did not put forth bii band to his neighbour sgoods:

ami thr owner shall a< cept of the oath, ami he shall
not be compelled to make restitution.

1 1 lint it it were taken away by stealth, he shall
make the loss good to the owner.

I.! It' it were eaten by a boast, let him hring to
him that which was slain, and he shall not make
restitution.

14 If a man l>orrow of his ncifthl>our any of these
things, and it Iw hurt or die, the owner not being
present, he shall be obliged to make restitution.

15 But if the owner lie present, he shall not make
restitution, especially if it were hired and came for
the hire of his work.

16 If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, andlie
with her; lit; shall endow her. and have her towife.

17 If the maid's father will not give her to him,
he shall ttive money according to the dowry, which
virgins are wont to receive.

18 Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live.

19 Whosoever copulateth with a beast, shall be
put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to
death, save only to the Lord.

21 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict
him : for yourselves also w ere strangers in the land
of Egypt :

22 You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.
2.5 If vou hurt them, tiny will cry out to me, and

I w ill hear their cry:

24 And my rage shall be enkindled ; and I will
strike you with the sword ; and \onr wives shall be
widows, and your children fathcrli

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that
is poor, that dwclleth with thee, thou shalt not be
hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them
with usuries.

26 If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in
pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sun-set.

27 For that same is the only thing, w herewith he
is covered, the clothing of his body ; neither hath
he any other to sleep in : if he cry to me, I will
hear him, because I am compassionate.

28 Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods : and the
prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.

29 Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and
thy first-fruits : thou shalt give the first-born of thy
sons to me.

30 Thou shalt do the same with the first-l>orn
of thy oxen also and sheep : seven da\s let it be
with its dam. the eighth day thou shalt aire it to me.

31 You shall be holy men to me : the flesh that
beasts have tasted of before, you shall not eat, but
shall cast it to the dogs.

CHAT. XXIII.

Lmcs for judge* : the. rest of the tevettih year, and day : three
principal j east* to be. solemnized every yrar: the promise, of an
Angel to conduct and protect them: idol* are to be destroyed.

r PHOU shalt not receive the voice of a lie : nei-
-*- ther shalt thou join thy hand to bear false wit-
ness lor a wicked person,

2 Th-ui shalt not follow the multitude to do e\ il :

neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion
nfthe most part, to stray Irom the truth.

3 Neither sjiall thou favour a pool man in judg-
ment*

4 If thou meet thy enemy's <\ or ;i^ -<>in:i
astray, bring it back to him.

."> It thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie
underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass l.\, but
shalt lilt him up with him.

6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man""
judgment

7 Thou shalt fly lying, The innocent and jtisr
person thou shalt not put to death: because I ablioi
the wicked.

8 Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even
blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

!' Thou shalt not molest a Stranger, for you know
the hearts of Strangers: for you also were strati,
m the land of Egypt

10 Six rears thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt
gather the corn thereof.

11 Hut the seventh year thou shalt let it alone.
and suffer it to rest, thai the poet of thy people may
eat. and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of
the field eat it : so shalt thou do with thy Vineyard
and thy olive-yard.

12 Six days thou shalt work : the seventh day
thou shalt cease, that thy o\ and thy ass ma\ rest :
and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may
be refreshed.

13 Keep all things that I have said to you. And
by the name of strange gods you shall not swear,
neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.

14 Three times every \ear you shall celebrate
leasts to me.

15 Thou shalt keep the feast ofonleavened bread.

Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I
commanded thee, in the time of the month of new
corn, when thou didst come forth out of Egypt : thou
shall not appear empty before me.

16 And the feast of' the harvest of the first-fruits
of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field.
The feast also in the end of the a ear, when thou
hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field.

17 Thrice a year shall all thy males appear be
fore the Lord thy Cod.

18 Thou shalt not sacrifice the blood of my vic-
tim upon leaven, neither shall the fat of my solem-
nity remain until the morning.

19 Thou shalt carry the lirst-fruits of the Corn of
thy ground to the house of die Lord thy God. Thou
shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

20 Behold, I will send my Angel, who shall co
before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring
thee into the place that I have prepared.

J I Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and
do not think him one to be contemned : lor he will
not forgive when thou hast sinned, and my name is
in him.

22 But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all
that I sneak. I will be an enem\ to th\ enemies, and
will afflict them that afflict thee.

\nd mj tngel shall go before thee, and

CHAP. XXIV, XXV.

snail bring thee in unto the Amorrhite, and the
Hethite, and the Pherezite, and theChanaanite,and
the Hevite, and the Jebusite, whom 1 will destroy.

24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve
them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt de-
stroy them, and break their statues.

25 And you shall serve the Lord your God, that
I may bless your bread, and your waters, and may
take away sickness from the midst of thee.

2G There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in
thy land : I will fill the number of thy days.

27 I will send my fear before thee, and will de-
stroy all the people to whom thou shalt come : and
will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee :

28 Sending out hornets before, that shall drive
away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the He-
thite, before thou come in.

29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one
year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and
the beasts multiply against thee.

30 By little and little 1 will drive them out from
before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess
the land.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea
to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to
the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land
into your hands, and will drive them out from be-
fore you.

32 Thou shalt not enter into league with them,
nor with their gods.

33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps
they make thee sin against me, if thou serve their
gods : which undoubtedly will be a scandal to thee.

CHAP. XXIV.

Moses writeth his law ; and after offering sacrifices, sprinkleth
the blood of the testament upon the people; then goeth up the,
mountain, which God covereth with a fiery cloud.

AND he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord,
thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy
of the ancients of Israel : and you shall adore afar off.

2 And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord,
but they shall not come nigh : neither shall the
people come up with him.

3 So Moses came and told the people all the
words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all
the people answered with one voice : We will do all
the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken.

4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord :
and rising in the morning he built an altar at the
foot of the mount, and twelve titles* according to
the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And he sent young men of the children of Is-
rael, and they offered holocausts,! and sacrificed
pacific victims of calves to the Lord.

6 Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it
into bowls : and the rest he poured upon the altar.

7 And taking the book of the covenant, he read

* Title*. That is, pillars.

t Holocaust), whole burnt-offerings; in which the whole sacrifice way
consumed wilh fire, upon the altar.

] Firrtjruits : offerings, of soroe of the best and choicest of then
goods

it in the hearing of the people : and they said : All
things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do: we
will be obedient.

8 And he took the blood, and sprinkled it upon
the people: and he said: This is the blood of the
covenant which the Lord hath made with you con-
cerning all these words.

9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, jid
seventy of the ancients of Israel went up :

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under
his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as
the heaven when clear.

11 Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the
children of Israel, that retired afar off: and they
saw God, and they did eat and drink.

12 And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me
into the mount, and be there: and 1 will give thee
tallies of stone, and the law, and the command-
ments which I have written; that thou mayst teach
them.

13 Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: And
Moses going up into the mount of God,

14 Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we re-
turn to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you:
if any question shall "arise, you shall refer it to
them.

15 And when Moses was gone up, a cloud
covered the mount.

16 And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai,
covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh
day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was
like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in
the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses entering into the midst of the
cloud, went up into the mountain : And he was
there forty days and forty nights.

CHAP. XXV.

Offerings prescribed for making the tabernacle, the ark, the
candlestick, fyc.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they
bring first-fruits X to me : of every man that ofTer-
eth of his own accord, you shall take them.

3 And these are the things you must take : Gold,
and silver, and brass,

4 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
fine linen, and goat's hair,

5 And ram-skins dyed red, and violet skins, and
setim-wood ; %

6 Oil to make lights; spices for ointment, and
for sweet-smelling incense;

7 Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the
ephod and the rational; ||

8 And they shall make me a sanctuary, and 1
will dwell in the midst of them :

} Setim-wood. The wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness, which
is said to be incorruptible.

|| The ephod and the rational The ephod was the high priest's upper
vestment ; and the rational his breast plate in which were twelve
gems, Sec.

i:\onus.

9 According to all die likeness of the tabernacle

which I will show thee, and of all the vessels tor
the m r\ u c thereof: and thus you shall make it :

10 Frame anarkofsetim-wood,the length where-
of shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a
cubit and a half; the height, likewise a cubit and a
half.

1 1 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold
within and without : and over it thou shalt make a
golden <rown round about:

I I And four golden rings, which thou shalt put at
tin- four eorners of the ark: let two rings he on the
one side, and two on the other.

IS Thou shah make bars also of setim-vvood, and
shah overlay them with gold.

I V And thou shalt put them in through the rings
that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be car-
ried on them :

15 And they shall he always in the rin^s; neither
shall tiny at any time he drawn out of them.

1(5 And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony
which I will five thee.

17 Thou shalt make also a propitiatory* of the
purest mild: the length tlu-reof shall be two cubits
and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten
gold, on the tWO sides of the oracle.

ly Let the cherub be on the one side, and the
other on the other.

20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory,
B| 'leading their wings, and covering the oracle; and
let them look one towards the oilier, their I
being turned towards the propitiatory when with
the ark is to be covered:

'21 In which thou shalt put the testimony that 1
will give thee.

22 Thence will I ^ive orders, and will speak to
thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the

two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the

testimony, all things which 1 will command the
children of Israel by tine.

23 Thou shalt make a table t also of setim-wood,
of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and
a cubit and a half in height

24 And thou shall mcrlav it with the purest gold:
and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge roundabout,

26 Ami to the ledge itself a polished crown, four
inches high; and over the same another little golden
crown.

26 Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings,
and shall put them in the four comers of the same
table, over each foot.

27 Under the crown shall the golden rings be,
that the bars may be put through them, and the table
may be carried.

2b* The bars also themselves thou shalt make of

* A f rtfit iml t n ) : » covering for the ark, called a propitiatory, or mrrey

ft. became the Lord, who wan supposed to lit there upon the wing*

of the i-henihiim, with the ark for hit f'r.tttcM.I, from thence showed

1 1 it al»o called Ik* ormett, ver. 10 and 20, became from thence,

1 !<T» and hit amirrn.

t .1 lobU : on whirl, •« . Ive Untt •/ praporition ;

or. ■• tb. jr are callrd in ilic Hebrew tiny were

setim-wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to
bear tip the table.

29 Fhou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls,
* ' users, and cups, wherein the libations J are to be
offered of the purest gold.

30 And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of
proposition in my sight always.

31 Thou shalt make also a candlesticks of beaten
work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the
branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies
going forth from it.

32 Sis branches shall come out of the sides, three
out of one side, and three; out of the other.

33 Three cups as it were nuts to every branch,
and a bowl willed, and a lily : and three cups like-
w ise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a
bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of
the si\ branches, (hat are to come out from the shall :

34 And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups
in the manner of a nut, and at everyone bowls and

lilies.

85 Bow Is under two branches in three places, w hich
together make six coming forth out ol one shaft.

36 And both the bowls and the branches shall be
of the same beaten work of the purest gold.

37 Thou shalt make also seven lamps, and shalt
set them upon the candlestick, to give light over
against.

38 The snuffers also, and where the snuffings
shall be put out, shall be made of the purest gold.

39 The whole weight of the candlestick with all
tl.e furniture thereof shall he a talent of the puresl
gold.

40 Look, and make it according to the pattern,
that was shown tine in the mount.

CHAP. XXVI.

Thr form of the tabernacle trith it* appurtenance*.

AND thou shalt make the tabernacle in this
manner: Thou shalt make ten curtains of fine
twisted linen, and violet and purple, and scarlet
twice dyed, diversified with embroidery.

2 The length of one curtain shall be twenty-cidit
cubits: the breadth shall be four cubits. All the
curtains shall be of one measure.

3 Five curtains shall be joined one to another: and
the other live shall be coupled together in like manner.

4 Thou shalt make loops of Violet in the sides and

tops of the curtains, that the] maj be joined one to

another.

5 Every curtain shall have fifty loops on l>oth
sides, so set on, that one loop may be against an-
other loop, and one may be fitted to the other.

6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold] w here-
with the veils of the curtains are to be be joined,
that it may be made one tabernacle.

always to stand before the/see of the Ix>nl in hit temple; aia figure of
the eocharistic sacrifice and sacrament, in the church of CI I

t Lik+Uotu. That it, drink-offering*.

♦ .1 rantll, stick. Tint candlestick, with it- icrea lump*, winch was

h' in the In hi -I- of God, was n figure of the light of the

l|..h Ghost, and Ins •>• nlold grace, in Uu- ».in< iu.<r\ of tin- timrcbol

CHAP. XXVI I.

7 Thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats
hair, to cover the top of the tahernacle.

8 The length of one hair-curtain shall he thirty
cubits, and the hreadth, four : the measure of all
the curtains shall be equal.

9 Five of which thou shalt couple by themselves :
and the six others thou shalt couple one to another, so
as to double the sixth curtain in the front of the roof.

10 Thou shalt make also fifty loops in the edge
of one curtain, that it may be joined with the other;
and fifty loops in the edge of the other curtain, that
it. may be coupled with its fellow.

1 1 Thou shalt make also fifty buckles of brass,
wherewith the loops may be joined, that of all there
may be made one covering.

12 And that which shall remain of the curtains,
that are prepared for the roof, to wit, one curtain
that is over and above, with the half thereof thou
shalt cover the back parts of the tabernacle.

13 And there shall hang down a cubit on the one
side, and another on the other side, which is over
and above in the length of the curtains, fencing
both sides of the tabernacle.

14 Thou shalt make also another cover to the
roof, of rams' skins dyed red ; and over that again
another cover of violet-coloured skins.

15 Thou shalt make also the boards of the taber-
nacle standing upright of setim-wood.

16 Let every one of them be ten cubits in length,
and in breadth one cubit and a half.

17 In the sides of the boards, shall be made two
mortises, whereby one board may be joined to an-
other board: and after this manner shall all the
boards be prepared.

18 Of which twenty shall he in the south side
southward.

19 For which thou shalt cast forty sockets of sil-
ver, that under every board may be put two sockets
at the two corners.

20 In the second side also of the tabernacle that
looketh to the north, there shall be twenty boards,

21 Having forty sockets of silver, two sockets
shall be put under each board.

22 But on the west side of the tabernacle thou
shalt make six boards.

23 And again other two which shall be erected
in the corners at the back of the tabernacle.

24 And they shall be joined together from be-
neath unto the top ? and one joint shall hold them
all. The like joining shall be observed for the two
boards also that are to be put in the corners.

25 And they shall be in all eight boards, and
their silver sockets sixteen, reckoning two sockets
for each board.

26 Thou shalt make also five bars of setim-wood,
to hold together the boards on one side of the ta-
bernacle,

27 And five others on the other side, and as
many at the west side :

* Th< sanctuary, Sec. That part of the tabernacle, which was with-
out die veil, intowhich the priests daily entered, is here called the sanc-
tuary, or holy place ; that part which was within the veil, into which

28 And they shall be put along by the midst of
the boards from one end to the other.

29 The boards also themselves thou shalt over-
lay with gold, and shall cast rings of gold to be set
upon them, for places for the bars to hold together
the board- work : which bars thou shalt cover with
plates of gold.

30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle accord-
ing to the pattern that was shown thee in the mount.

31 Thou shalt make also a veil of violet, and pur-
ple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen,
wrought with embroidered work and goodly variety :

32 And thou shalt hang it up before four pillars
of setim-wood, which themselves also shall be over-
laid with gold, and shall have heads of gold, but
sockets of silver.

33 And the veil shall be hanged on with rings ;
and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimo-
ny ; and the sanctuary* and the holy of the holies
shall be divided with it.

34 And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the
ark of the testimony in the holy of holies,

35 And the table without the veil and over
against the table the candlestick in the south side
oi the tabernacle : for the table shall stand in the
north side.

36 Thou shalt make also a hanging in the en-
trance of the tabernacle of violet, and purple, and
scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen with em-
broidered work.

37 And thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars
of setim-wood, before which the hanging shall be
drawn : their heads shall be of gold, and the sock-
ets of brass.

CHAP. XXVII.

The altar ; and the court of the tabernacle with its hanging*
and pillars. Provision of oil for lamps.

rrHlOU shalt make also an altar of setim-wood,
-*- which shall be five cubits long, and as many
broad, that is four-square, and three cubits high.

2 And there shall be horns at the four corners
of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.

3 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans
to receive the ashes, and tongs, and flesh-hooks, and
fire-pans : all its vessels thou shalt make of brass :

4 And a grate of brass in manner of a net : at the
four corners of which shall be four rings of brass,

5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the
altar : and the grate shall be even to the midst of
the altar.

6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of
setim-wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of
brass :

7 And thou shalt draw them through rings, and
they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it.

8 Thou shalt not make it solid, but emptyand hol-
low in the inside, as it was shown thee in the mount.

9 Thou shalt make also the court of the taberna-

no one but the hiijh-priest ever went, and he but once a year, is call-
ed the holy of holies (literally, the sanctuaries of the sanctuary,) as being
the mosthulv of'all holy places.

i:\ouus.

tie, in the south side whereof southward there shall
be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cu-
bits long lor one side,

10 And twenty pillars with as many sock'
brass, the beads of which with their engrai ing shall

Ik' of silver.

11 In like manner also on the north side there
shall Ik." hanging* of a hundred cubits lone, twenty
pillars, and as man) sockets of brass, and their heads
with their engraving of silver.

\1 Hut in the breadth of the court, that looketh

to the wot, tlure shall be hangings of lift)' cubits,
and ten pillars, and as many sockets.

IS In that breadth also of the court, which look-
eth to the cast, there ■hall he fifty cubii

IV In which then- shall be for one side hangings
of fifteen euhits, and three pillars, and as man)

sock'

\nd in the other side there shall be hangings
ol fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many
sockets.

10 And in the entrance of the court there shall
be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and
pufple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted
linen, with embroidered work : it shall have four
pillars, with as many sockets.

17 All the pillars of the court round about shall
be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads, and
BOCKetS of brass.

1H In length the court shall take up a hundred
cubits, in breadth fifty ; the height shall be of five
cubits; and it shall be made of fine twisted linen,
and shall have sockets of brass.

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for all QMS
and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the
court, thou shalt make of brass.

J(» Command the children of Israel that they
bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beateii
with a pestle; that a lamp may hurnalwnvs

81 In the tabernacle of the testimony, without
the veil that hangs before the testimony. And
Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give
light before the Lord until the morning. It shall
be a perpetual observance throughout their succes-
sions anions the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The holy vestment* for Aaron ami his sons.

r IV\k.E unto thee also Aaron thy brother with

-■-his Mins, from anions the children of Israel,

that the\ may minister to me in the priest's ollice :

Aaron, N'adab, and Abiu, Kleazar, and Ithainar.

2 And thou shalt make a holy vesture for Aaron
thy brother for dory and for beauty.

3 And thou shall speak to all the wise () f heart.
whom I have filled wiihthe spirit of wisdom, thai
they may make Aaron's vesiincnts, in which he
1 m in • rated may minister to me.

• T\* rational of jwipntnt. Tim part of l> . t\ atlire, wUcb

%* + ■■ ■ 'lli-.l HurntiomtlnfjuJpnrnl

S admoniriied l>. f tlieirdul Ting

Stc naimtulall tin ir i.h'io hi M

pwarncc : ami li) u„ Vrim ami

4 And these shall he the vestments that the*
shall make: A rational and an cphod. a limn K and
a strait linen carment. a mitre and a girdle. They
shall make the holy vestments for th) brother Aaron
and his sons, that they may do the office of priest-
hood unto me.

5 And they shall take gold, and violet, and pur-
ple, and scarlet twice dui\, and line linen.

t! And they shall make the cphod of gold, aim
violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line
tu isted linen, embroidered with divers colonic.

7 It shall have the two edues joined in the top
on both sides, that they may be closed together.

8 The very workmanship also and all the VSinV
of the w oi k, shall be of cold, and violet, and purple,
and scarlet twice dved, and line twisted linen.

9 And thou shalt take two on\ \ stones, and shalt

grave on them the nanus of the children of Israel :

10 J>i\ names on one stone, and the Other six on
the other, according to the order of their birth.

11 With the work of an engraver and the crav-
ing of a jeweller, thou shall engrave them with the
names oi' the children of Israel, set in gold and
compassed al>out :

12 And thou shalt put them in both sub s of the
cphod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And
Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon
both shoulders, for a remembrance.

13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold.

14 And two little chains of the purest gold linker 1
one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks.

15 And thou shalt make the rational of judg-
ment* with embroidered work of divers colours,
according to the workmanship of the cphod, of
gold, violet, and .purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
line twisted linen.

hi It shall be four-square and doubled : it shall
be the measure of a span both in length and ill
breadth.

17 And thou shalt set in it four rows of stoin | :
In the fust row shall be a sardius stone, and a
topaz, and an emerald.

18 In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a
jasper :

11) In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an ame-
thyst :

20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx and a beryl.
They shall Ik- set in cold by their re

t\ And they shall have the names of the children
of Israel: with twelve names shall they be en-
craved, each stone with the name of one according
to the twelve tribes.

22 And thou shalt make on the rational chains
linked one to another of the purest gold:

23 And two lines of cold, which thou shalt | ut
in the two ends at the top of the rational.

I And the golden chains thou shalt join io Ine
lines, that are in the ends thereof:

Thummim, lliat i«, dottrint anil truth, wliiili witc writti-n ti|x>n il : ami
b divine amwen and oraclot,aa if it werei

' Willi JU.lgltll'tlt.

CHAP. XXIX.

26 And the ends of the chains themselves thou
shalt join together with two hooks on hoth sides of
the ephod, which is towards the rational.

26 Thou shalt make also two rings of gold which
thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational, in the
horders that are over against the ephod, and look
towards the back parts thereof.

27 Moreover also other two rings of gold, which
are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath,
that Iooketh towards the nether joining, that the
rational may be fitted with the ephod,

28 And may be fastened by the rings thereof
unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet, that
the joining artificially wrought may continue, and
the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one
from the other.

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the chil-
dren of Israel in the rational of judgment upon his
breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a
memorial before the Lord for ever.

30 And thou shalt put in the rational of judg-
ment Doctrine and Truth,* which shall be on
Aaron's breast, when he shall go in before the Lord :
and he shall bear the judgment of the children of
Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always.

31 And thou shalt make the tunick of the ephod
all of violet ;

32 In the midst whereof above shall be a hole
for the head, and a border round about it woven,
as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of gar-
ments, that it may not easily be broken.

33 And beneath at the feet of the same tunick,
round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegra-
nates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed,
with little bells set between :

34 So that there shall be a golden bell and a po-
megranate, and again another golden bell and a po-
megranate.

35 And Aaron shall be vested with it in the
office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard,
when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary,
in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die.

36 Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest
gold; wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's
work, Holy to the Lord.

37 And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and
it shall be upon the mitre,

38 Hanging over the forehead of the high-priest.
And Aaron shall bear the iniquities of those things,
which the children of Israel have offered and sanc-
tified, in all their gifts and offerings. And the plate
shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may
be well pleased with them.

39 And thou shalt gird the tunick with fine linen,
and thou shalt make a fine linen mitre, and a girdle
of embroidered work.

40 Moreover for the sons of Aaron thou shalt
prepare linen tunicks, and girdles and mitres for
glory and beauty :

41 And with all these things thou shalt vest

* Doctrine and Truth. Hebrew, Urim and Thummim : illuminations
and perfections. Those words written on the rational, seem to siarnifv

Aaron thy orother, and his sons with him. And
thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and
shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office ot
priesthood unto me.

42 Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover
the flesh of their nakedness from the reins to the
thighs :

43 And Aaron and his sons shall use them when
they shall go in to the tabernacle of the testimony,
or when they approach to the altar to minister in
the sanctuary, lest being guilty of iniquity they die.
It shall be a law for ever to Aaron, and to his seed
after him.

CHAP. XXIX.

The manner of consecrating Aaron and other priests; the insti-
tution of the daily sacrifice of two lambs, one in the morning,
the other at evening.

AND thou shalt also do this, that they may be
consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf
from the herd, and two rams without blemish,

2 And unleavened bread, and a cake without
leaven, tempered with oil, wafers also unleavened,
anointed with oil : thou shalt make them all of
wheaten flour.

3 And thou shalt put them in a basket, and offer
them ; and the calf and the two rams.

4 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to
the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. And
when thou hast washed the father and his sons with
water,

5 Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments,
that is, with the linen garment and the tunick, and
the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird
with the girdle.

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head,
and the holy plate upon the mitre :

7 And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon
his head : and by this rite shall he be consecrated.

8 Thou shalt bring his sons also, and shalt put on
them the linen tunicks, and gird them with a girdle :

9 To wit, Aaron and his children ; and thou
shalt put mitres upon them : and they shall be
priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After thou
shalt have consecrated their hands,

10 Thou shalt present also the calf before the
tabernacle of the testimony. And Aaron and his
sons shall lay their hands upon his head :

1 1 And thou shalt kill him in the sightof the Lord,
beside the door of the taberrfacle of the testimony.

12 And taking some of the blood of the calf,
thou shaft put it upon the horns of the altar with
thy finger : and the rest of the blood thou shalt
pour at. the bottom thereof.

13 Thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth
the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt
offer a burnt-offering upon the altar :

14 But the flesh of the calf, and the hide, and
the dung, thou shalt burn abroad, without the camp,
because it is for sin.

the lijrht of doctrine -and the integrity of life, with which the Driest*,
of God ought to approach to him

EXODUS.

15 Thou shalt take also one ram, unai the bead
whereof Aaron ami liis sons shall lay (heir hands.

16 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take
of the blood thereof", and pour round about the altar.

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces: and
having washed his entrails and bet, thou shalt put
them upon the flesh that is cat in pieces, and upon
his head.

18 And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt-
offering upon the altar : it is an oblation to the Lord,
a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord.

19 Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose
head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands.

20 And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt
take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right
ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs
and Deal toes of their right hand and foot : and
thou shalt |>our the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And when thou hast taken of the blood that
is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou
shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and
their vestments. And after they and their vestments
are consecrated,

22 Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the
rump, and the fat that covcreth the lun^s, and the
caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat
that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because
it is the ram of consecration ;

23 And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with
oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread,
which is set in the siiilit of the Lord :

24 And thou shall put all upon the hands of
Aaron and of his sons, and shalt sanctify them,
elevating before the Lord.

25 And thou shalt take all from their hands ; and
shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a
most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because
it is his oblation.

26 Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram,
wherewith Aaron was consecrated : and elevating
it, thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord ; and it
shall fall to thy share.

27 And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated
breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of
the ram,

28 Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his
sons: and they shall fall to Aaron's share and hk
SOBS by a perpetual right from the children of Israel :
because they are the choicest and the beginnings of
their peace-victims which they offer to the Lord.

29 And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use,
his sons shall have after him, that they may be
anointed, and their hands consecrated in it.

30 He of his sons that shall be appointed high-
priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the ta-
I cmacle of the testimony to minister in the sanc-
tuarv, shall wear it seven days.

.11 And thou shalt take the ram of die consecra-
tion, and shalt boil the flesh thereof IB the holy place:

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. The
loOTeS also, that are in the basket, they shall eat in
the entry of the tabernaele of the testimony,

*<3 '1 hat it may be mi atoning sa< r fice, and the

hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger
shall not eat of them, because they an- holy.

31 And if there remain of the consecrated flesh,
or of the bread till tin- morning, thou shalt burn the
remainder with lire : they shall not be eaten, he
cause they arc sanctified.

35 All that I have commanded thee, thou shalt
do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou
consecrate their hands:

36 And thou shalt oiler a calf for sin every day
for expiation. And thou shalt cleanse the altar
when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and
shalt anoint it to sanctify it.

37 Seven days shalt thou expiate the wJtU and
sanctify it : and it shall be most holy. Every one
that shall touch it, shall be holy.

38 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the
altar: Two lambs of a year old everyday continually

39 One lamb in the morning, and another in the
evening.

40 With one Iamb a tenth part of flour tempered
with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a bin, and
wine for libation of the same measure.

1 1 And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the
evening, according to the rite of the morning obla-
tion, and according to what we have said, for a
vour of sweetness :

\2 It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual
oblation unto your gem rations, at the door ot the
tabernaele of the testimony before the Lord, where
I will appoint to Speak unto thee.

43 And there will I command the children of Is-
rael, and the altar shall be sanctified by my don.

44 I will sanctify also the tabernacle of the tes-
timony with the altar, and Aaron w it h his sous, to
do the office of priesthood unto me.

45 And I will dwell in the midst of the children
of Isnel, and will be their God :

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their
God, who have brought them out of the land ot Egypt,
that 1 might abideamongthem, I the Lord their ( io«l.

CHAP. XXX.

The altar of incense : money to be gathered for (he vsr of the
tabernacle: the brazen later : the holy oil of unction, and the
composition of tin pofunu.

THOU shalt make also an altar to burn incense,*
of setim-wood.

2 It shall be a cubit in length, and another in
breadth, that is, four square, and two in height.
Horns shall go out of the same.

3 And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold,
as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about.
and the horns. \nd thou shalt make to it a crown
of gold round about,

4 And two golden rin.^s under the crown on
either side, that the bars may be pat into them, and
the altar be carried.

5 And thou shalt make the bars also ot setnn-
'wood. and shalt overlay them with sold.

• .*n altar to bur* inemtr. Thi* Imniintr of iacMBM »« an . it 1,1. m
oaodingt i an inflsm il heart. Stm Pftmt \\.

S. Ape and vui 4

CHAP. ,XXXI

6 And thou shalt set the altar over-against the
veil, that hangeth before the ark of the testimony
before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is
covered, where I will speak to thee.

7 And Aaron shall burn sweet-smelling incense
upon it, in the morning. When he shall dress the
lamps, he shall burn it :

8 And when he shall place them in the evening,
he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord
throughout your generations.

9 You shall not offer upon it incense of another
composition, nor oblation, and victim : neither shall
you offer libations.

10 And Aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof
once a year, with the blood of that which was offer-
ed for sin, and shall make atonement upon it in your
generations. It shall be most holy to the Lord.

1 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

12 When thou shalt take the sum of the children
of Israel according to their number, every one of
them shall give a price for their souls to the Lord:
and there shall be no scourge among them, when they
shall be reckoned.

13 And this shall every one give that passeth at
the naming, half a side* according to the standard of
the temple. A side hath twenty obols. Half a side
shall be offered to the Lord.

1 4 He that is counted in the number from twenty
years and upwards, shall give the price.

15 The rich man shall not add to half a side,
and the poor man shall diminish nothing.

16 And the money received, which was contribu-
ted by the children of Israel, thou shalt deliver unto
the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it
may be a memorial of them before the Lord, and
he may be merciful to their souls.

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

1 8 Thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its
foot, to wash in : and thou shalt set it between the
tabernacle of the testimony and the altar. And
water being put into it,

19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands
and feet in it,

20 When they are going into the tabernacle of
the testimony, and when they are to come to the al-
tar, to offer on it incense to the Lord,

21 Lest perhaps they die. It shall be an ever-
lasting law to him, and to his seed by successions.

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses,

23 Saying: Take spices, of principal and chosen
myrrh five hundred sides, and of cinnamon half so
much, that is, two hundred and fifty sides, of cala-
mus in like manner two hundred and fifty,

21 And of cassia five hundred sides by the
weight of the sanctuary, of oil of olives the mea-
sure bin :

23 And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction,
Jin ointment compounded after the art of the per-
fumer :

26 And therewith thou shalt anoint the taber-

// ilfasiek. A side or shekel of silver, (which was also called a slater)
\r. >r!iug to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the

nacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testa
ment,

27 And the table with the vessels thereof, the
candlestick and furniture thereof, the altars of in-
cense,

28 And of holocaust, and all the furniture that
belongeth to the service of them.

29 And thou shalt sanctify all ; and they shall be
most holy : he that shall touch them shall be sanc-
tified.

30 Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and
shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of
priesthood unto me.

31 And thou shalt say to the children of Israel :
This oil of unction shall be holy unto me through-
out your generations.

32 The flesh of man shall not be anointed there-
with : and you shall make none other of the same
composition ; because it is sanctified, and shall be
holy unto you.

33 What man soever shall compound such, and
shall give thereof to a stranger, he shall be cut off
from his people.

34 And the Lord said to Moses : Take unto thee
spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum of sweet sa-
vour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of
equal weight.

35 And thou shalt make incense compounded by
the work of the perfumer, well tempered together,
and pure, and most worthy of sanctification.

36 And when thou hast beaten all into very small
powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of
the testimony, in the place where I will appear to
thee. Most holy shall this incense be unto you.

37 You shall not make such a composition for
your own uses ; because it is holy to the Lord.

38 What man soever shall make the like, to en-
joy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his peo-
ole.

CHAP. XXXI.

Beseleel and Ooliab are appointed by the Lord to make the ta-
bernacle, and the things belonging thereto. The observation
of the sabbath-day is again commanded. And the Lord rfc-
livereth to Moses two tables written with the finger of God.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the
son of Uri the son of Hur of .the tribe of Juda :

3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God,
with wisdom and understanding, and knowledge in
all manner of work,

4 To devise whatsoever may be artificially made
of gold, and silver, and brnss,

5 Of marble, and precious stones, and variety of
wood.

6 And I have given him for his companion Ooliab
the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan. And
I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man,
that, they may make all things which I have com-
manded thee,

most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a
crown of English money. The 060/ or gerah was about three uulfoence.

EXODUS.

7 The tabernacle of the covenant, utd the ark
of the testimony, and the propitiatory, that is over

it, and all the vessels of the taheruaele,

8 Anil the table and the vessels thereof, the
most pure candlestick with the vessels thereof,
and the altars of incen-

9 And of holocaust, and all their vessels, the
lav it with its foot,

It) The holy vestments in the ministry for Aaron
the pri«M, ami tor his sons, that they may execute
their office, about the snored things:

I I The oil of unction, and the incense of spices
in the sanctuary, all things which I have com-
iiiainlcd thee, shall they make.

12 And the Lord spoke to Motet, saying:

1) Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
■htlt say to them : See that you keep my sabbath :
because it is a sign between me and you in your
anions; that you may know that I am tin
Lord, who sanctify you.

I !• Keep you my sabbath ; for it is holy unto
von: he that shall profane it, shall lie put to death:
lie that shall do any work in it, his soul shall per-
ish out of the midst of his people.

15 Six days shall you do work : in the seventh
day is the sabbath, the rest holy to the Lord.
Every one that shall do any work on this day,
shall die.

16 Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath,
and celebrate it in their generations. It is an ever-
lasting covenant

17 Between me and the children of Israel, and
a perpetual si-n. For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth : and in the seventh he ceased
from work.

155 And the Lord, when he had ended these
words in mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone-
tablt •-, of testimony, written with the finger of God.
CHAP. XXXII.

The people fall into idolatry. Moses prayeth for them. He
Imiikelh the tables ; dttroyelh the idol; blameth Aaron ; and
ruiiMi/i mmiy of the idolaters to be tlain.

A ND the people seeing that Moses delayed to
•**- COtM down from the mount, gathering toge-
ther against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods,
that may no before us: For as to this Moses, the
man that Drought us out of the land of Egypt, we
know not what has befallen him.

1 And Aaron said to them: Take the golden'
ear-rina;s from the ears of your wives, and your
sons and daughters, and brinp; them to DM.

I And the people did what he had commanded,
bringing the enr>rings to Aaron.

I \ml when be had rereived them, he fashion-
ed them bv founders' work, and made of them a
molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods.
O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land

oi Egypt.

5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar
before it. and made proclamation by a crier's voice,
saying: To-morrow is the solemnity of the Lord.

6 And rising in the morning, tiny offered holo-
causts, and peace-1 iitiiiis: ;in,| the people n\ (low n
(o eat, and drink, and thev rose up to play.

7 And the Lord spoke to M. ing. Go,
get thee down : thy people, which thou hast
brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned.

8 They have quickly strayed from the way
which thou didst show them : and they have made
to themselves a molten calf, ami have adored it.
and sacrificing victims to it, nave said : These are
thy Gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out ol
the land of Egypt

9 And again the Lord said to Moses. I see that
this people is stiff-necked:

10 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kin-
dled against them, and that I may destroy them ;
and I will make of thee a ureat nation.

11 Hut Moses besougbi the Lord his God,
bg: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled
against thy people, whom thou bast brought out
of tin; land of Egypt, with great power, and with a
mighty hand ?

12 Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee:

He craftily brought them out, that he might kill
them in the mountains, and destroy them from the
earth: let thy anger cease, and he appeased upon
the wickedness of thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel thy
servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own sell,
saying : I will multiply your seed as the stars of
heaven,: and this whole land that I have spoken
of, I will give to your seed, and you shall pos-
it for ever.

14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the
evil which he had spoken against his people.

15 And Moses returned from the mount, carry-
ing the two tables of the testimony in his hand,
written on both sides,

16 And made by the work of God: the writing
also of God was graven in the tab!

17 And Josue hearing the noise of the people
shouting, said to Moses : The noise of battle is
heard in the camp.

18 But he answered : It is not the cry of men
encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men com-
pelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers.

19 And when he came nigh to the camp, he saw
the calf, and the dances: and being very angry,
he threw the tables out of his hand, and broke
them at the foot of the mount :

20 And laying hold of the calf which they had
made, he burnt it, and beat it to powder, which
he strowed into water, and gave thereof to the
children of Israel to drink.

21 And he said to Aaron : What has this people
done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a
most heinous sin ?

22 And he answered him : Let not my lord be
offended : for thou knowest this people, that thev
are prone to evil.

23 They said to me : Make us Rods, that may
BO before us: for as to this Moses, who brought us
forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what
is befallen him.

24 Ami I said to them: Which of you hath any
gold? and they took and brought it to me: and 1
cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.

CHAP. XXXIII.

25 And when Moses saw that the people were
naked* (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of
the shame of the filth,t and had set them naked
amongtheir enemies)

96 Then standing in the gate of the camp, he
said : If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join
with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered them-
selves together unto him :

27 And he said to them : Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel : Put every man his sword upon his
thigh : go, and return from gate to gate through the
midst ot the camp, and let every man kill his bro-
ther, and friend, and neighbour.

28 And the sons of Levi did according to the
words of Moses, and there were slain that day about
three and twenty thousand men.

29 And Moses said : You have consecrated your
hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son
and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to
you.

30 And when the next day was come, Moses
spoke to the people : You have sinned a very great
sin : I will go up to the Lord, if by any means I
may be able to entreat him for your crime.

31 And returning to the Lord, he said : I be-
seech thee ; this people hath sinned a heinous sin ;
and they have made to themselves gods of gold :
either forgive them this trespass,

32 Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book
that thou hast written.

33 And the Lord answered him : He that hath
sinned against me, him will I strike out of my book :

34 But go thou, and lead this people whither I
have told thee : my Angel shall go before thee. And
I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs.

35 The Lord therefore struck the people for the
guilt on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.

CHAP. XXXIII.

The people mourn for their sin. Moses pitcheth the tabernacle
without the camp. He converseth familiarly with God: de-
sireth to see his glory.

\ ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying : Go, get
J -*- thee up from this place, thou and thy people
which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt,
into the land concerning which I swore to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, saying : To thy seed I will give it :

2 And I will send an Angel before thee, that I
may cast out the Chanaanite, and the Amorrhite, and
the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and
the Jebusite,

3 That thou mayst enter into the land that flow-
eth with milk and honey. For I will not go up with
thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people : lest I
destroy thee in the way.

4 And the people hearing these very bad tidings,

* Waked. Haying lost not only their gold, and their honour, but
what was worst of all, being stripped also of the grace of God, and
having lost him.

f The shame of the filth. That is, of the idol, which they had taken
for their God. It is the usual phrase of the scripture to call idols filth,
and abominations

mourned : and no man put on his ornaments accord-
ing to custom.

5 And the Lord said to Moses : Say to the chil-
dren of Israel : Thou art a stiff-necked people : once
I shall come up in the midst of thee, and shall de-
stroy thee. Now presently lay aside thy ornaments,
that I may know what to do to thee.

6 So the children of Israel laid aside their orna-
ments by mount Horeb.

7 Moses also taking the tabernacle, pitched it
without the camp afar off, and called the name
thereof, The tabernacle of the covenant. And all
the people, that had any question, went forth to the
tabernacle of the covenant, without the camp.

8 And when Moses went forth to the tabernacle,
all the people rose up, and every one stood in the
door of his pavilion, and they beheld the back of
Moses, till he went into the tabernacle.

9 And when he was gone into the tabernacle of
the covenant, the pillar of the cloud came down, and
stood at the door : and he spoke with Moses.

10 And all saw that the pillar of the cloud stood
at the door of the tabernacle. And they stood, and
worshipped at the doors of their tents.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face,!
as a man is wont to speak to his friend. And when
he returned into the camp, his servant Josue the son
of Nun, a young man, departed not from the taber-
nacle.

12 And Moses said to the Lord . Thou com-
mandest me to lead forth this people : and thou dost
not let me know whom thou wilt send with me,
especially whereas thou hast said : I know thee by
name,§ and thou hast found favour in my sight.

13 If therefore I have found favour in thy sight,
show me thy face, that I may know thee, and may
find grace before thy eyes : look upon thy people,
this nation.

14 And the Lord said : My face shall go before
thee, and I will give thee rest.

15 And Moses said : If thou thyself dost not go
before, bring us not out of this place.

16 For how shall we be able to know, I and thy
people, that we have found grace in thy sight, un-
less thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by
all people that dwell upon the earth ?

17 And the Lord said to Moses: This word
also, which thou hast spoken, will I do : for thou
hast found grace before me, and thee I have known
by name. »

1 8 And he said : Show me thy glory.

19 He answered : I will show thee all good, and
I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee :
and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I wilJ
be merciful to whom it shall please me.

20 And again he said : Thou canst not see my
face : for man shall not see me, and live.

% Face to fact. That is, in a most familiar manner. Though, as we
learn from this very chapter, Moses could not see the face of the Lord

i I know thee by name. In the language of the scriptures, God is
said to know such as he approves and loves; and to know by norm
those whom he favours in a most singular manner, as he did h s servaul
Moses.

EXODUS.

21 And again he said : Behold, there is ;i place
with me, and thou shalt st;ind upon the rock.

22 And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee
in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my right
hand, till I pass :

\nd i will lake away my hand, and thou
shalt see my back parts :* but my face thou canst
not see.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Thr table* are renewed: all society with the Chanaanitrt it fur-
bidden : tome precepts concerning the jirtt-born, thr tubhnth,
and other feattt. Jifter forty ilayt 'fast. Muse* returneth to
the people with the cummandmentt : and hit face appearing
horned with rayt of light, he cocereth it, whensoever he speak-
eth to the peopU.

AND after this he said : Hew thee two tables " ,
stone like unto the former: and 1 will write
upon them the words whieh were in the tables.
which thou brokest.

2 Be ready in the moraine, that thou mayst forth-
with go up into mount Sinai ; and thou shall stand
with me upon the top of the mount.

3 Let no mango up with thee; and let not any
man be seen throughout all the mount: neither let
the oxen nor the ■beep teed over against it.

4 Then be cut out two tables of stone, such as
had been before : and rising very early, he went up
into the mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded
him, carrying with him the tables.

6 And when the Lord was come down in a cloud,
Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the
Lord.

6 And when he passed before him, he said : O
the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
patient, and of much compassion, and true :

7 Who keepest mercy unto thousands : who
takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and
no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who
renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children,
and to the grand-children unto die third and fourth
generation.

8 And Moses making haste, bowed down pros-
trate unto the earth, and adoring,

9 Said : If I have found grace in thy sight, O
Lord, I beseech thee that thou wilt go with us (for
it is a stiff-necked people) and take away our ini-
quities and sin, and possess us.

10 The Lord answered : 1 will make a covenant
in the sight of all: I will do signs such as w. re
never seen upon the earth, nor in any nations : that
this people, in the midst of whom thou art. ma\
the terrible work of the Lord which 1 will do.

1 1 Observe all things which this day I command
thee: I myself will drive out before thv bee the
Amorrhite,and theChanaanite, and the Hethite, and
the Pherezite, and the Hcvite, and the Jefauske.

12 Beware thou never join in friendship with the
inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin :

• St* aaj btek parft. The Lord, by hia Anrel, usually tpoke to
Mosei in tin- pilar of thr eioaai.10. that be could not ire the glory of
him that apoke familiarly with him. In the vision here mentioned, be
•u allowed to ace aomething of him, in an aaaumed corporeal form ,

I.! lint destroy thek altars, break their statues,
and cut down their RTOVM I

14 Adore not any straii-e God. The Lord his
name is Jealous; he is a jealous God.

15 Make no covenant with the men of those
countries ; lest, when they have committed fornica-
tion with their gods, and have adored their idols,
some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed.

16 Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a
wife for thy son; lest after they themselvn have
committed fornication, they make thy sons also to
commit fornication with their gods.

17 Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten
l.

18 Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened
bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread,
as 1 commanded thee in the time of the month oi
the new corn : for in the month of the sprin:; time
thou earnest out from Kzypt.

19 All of the male kind, that openeth the womb,
shall be mine. Of all beasts, both of oxen and of
sheep, it shall be mine *

20 The firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with
a sheep : but if thou wilt not give a price for it, it
shall be slain. The first-born of thy sons thou shah
redeem : neither shalt thou appear before me empty.

21 Six days shalt thou work: the seventh day
thou shah cease to plough, and to reap.

22 Thou shalt keep the least of weeks with the
first-fruits of the corn of thy w heat-harvest, and the
feast when the tune of lite year rcturneth that all
things are laid in.

■ Three times in the year all thy males shall
appear in the sight of the Almighty Lord the God
of Israel.

24 For when I shall have taken aw ay the nations
from thy face, and shall have enlarged thy bord-
Tio man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou
shalt £" up, and appear in the sight of the Lord ih\
God thrice in a year.

25 Thou shaft not offer the blood of my sacrifice
upon leaven: neither shall there remain in the
morning any thing of the victim of the solemnity
of the Phase.

26 The first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt
offer in the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt
not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

27 And the Lord said to Moses : Write thee
these words by which 1 have made a covenant both
with thee and with Israel.

28 And he was there with the Lord forty daj -
and forty nights : he neither ate bread nor drank
watt r : and ho wrote upon the tables the ten words
of the covenant.

29 And w hen Moses came down from the mount
Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony : and
he knew not that his face was hornedf from the
conversation of the Lord.

not in the face, the raja of which were too bright for mortal eye to
bear, but to riew him as it were behind, when hia face was turned
! from him.

t Honui. That is, ahining, and tending forth rayaof light like born*.

CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI.

30 And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing
the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.

31 And being called by him, they returned, both
Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And af-
ter that he spoke to them :

32 And all the children of Israel came to him :
and he gave them in commandment all that he had
heard of the Lord in mount Sinai.

33 And having done speaking, he put a veil upon
his face.

34 But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke
with him, he took it away until he came forth : and
then he spoke to the children of Israel all things
that had been commanded him.

35 And they saw that the face of Moses when
he came out was horned : but he covered his face
again, if at any time he spoke to them.

CHAP. XXXV.

The Sabbath. Offerings for making- the tabernacle. Beselecl
and Ooliah are called to the toork.

A ND all the multitude of the children of Israel
-^*- being gathered together, he said to them :
These are the things which the Lord hath com-
manded to be done.

2 Six days you shall do work : the seventh day
shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of
the Lord : he that shall do any work on it shall be
put to death.

3 You shall kindle no fire in any of your habi-
tations on the sabbath day.

4 And Moses said to all the assembly of the
children of Israel : This is the word the Lord hath
commanded, saying :

5 Set aside with you first-fruits to the Lord.
Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart,
offer them to the Lord • gold, and silver, and brass,

6 Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and
fine linen, goats' hair,

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and violet coloured
skins, setim-wood,

8 And oil to maintain lights, and to make oint-
ment, and most sweet incense ?

9 Onyx stones, and precious stones, for the
adorning of the ephod and the rational.

10 Whosoever of you is wise, let him come, and
make that which the Lord hath commanded :

1 1 To wit, the tabernacle, and the roof thereof,
and the cover, the rings, and the board-work with
the bars, the pillars and the sockets :

12 The ark and the staves, the propitiatory, and
the veil that is drawn before it:

13 The table with the bars, and the vessels, and
the loaves of proposition :

14 The candlestick to bear up the lights, the ves-
sels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the
nourishing of fires.

15 The altar of incense, and the bars, and the
oil of unction and the incense of spices : the hang-
ing at the door of the tabernacle :

16 The altar of holocaust, and its grate of brass,
with the bars and vessels thereof: the laver and its
foot •

17 The curtains of the court with the pillars and
the sockets, the hanging in the doors of the entry,

18 The pins of the tabernacle and of the court
with their little cords :

19 The vestments that are to be used in the mi-
nistry of the sanctuary, the vesture of Aaron the
high-priest, and of his sons, to do the office of priest-
hood to me.

20 And all the multitude of the children of Is-
rael going out from the presence of Moses,

21 Offered first-fruits to the Lord with a most
ready and devout mind, to make the work of the
tabernacle of the testimony. Whatsoever was ne-
cessary to the service and to the holy vestments,

22 Both men and women gave bracelets and ear-
rings, rings and tablets : every vessel of gold was
set aside to be offered to the Lord.

23 If any man had violet, and purple, and scarlet
twice dyed, red, and violet coloured skins,

24 Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to
the Lord, and setim-wood for divers uses.

25 The skilful women also gave such things as
they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen,

26 And goats' hair, giving all of their own accord.

27 But the princes offered onyx stones, and pre-
cious stones, for the ephod and the rational,

28 And spices and oil for the lights, and for the
preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of
most sweet savour.

29 All both men and women with devout mind
offered gifts, that the works might be done which
the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offer-
ings to the Lord.

30 And Moses said to the children of Israel :
Behold, the Lord hath called by name Beseleel the
son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda.

31 And hath filled him with the spirit of God,
with wisdom and understanding and knowledge and
all learning,

32 To devise and to work in gold and silver,
and brass,

33 And in engraving stones, and in •carpenter's
work. Whatsoever can be devised artificially,

34 He hath given in his heart: Ooliab also, the
son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan :

35 Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom,
to do carpenter's work, and tapestry, and embroidery
in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine
linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new
things.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Tfie offerings are delivered to the workmen : the curtains, cover-
ings, boards, bars, veil, pillars, and hanging are made.

BESELEEL therefore, and Ooliab, and every
wise man, to whom the Lord gave wisdom
and understanding, to know how to work artificially,
made the things that are necessary for the uses of
the sanctuary, and which the Lord commanded.

2 And when Moses had called them, and every
skilful man, to whom the Lord had given wisdom,

EXODUS.

and such as of their own accord had offered them-
»< Ives t<» the making of the work,

3 He delivered all the offerings of the children of
lend unto tht-iii. And while they were earnest
about the work, the people daily in the moraine
offered their vows.

4 Whereupon the workmen being constrained to
come.

5 Said to Moses : The people offercth more
than is necessary.

6 Moses therefore commanded proclamation to
he made l>y the crier's voice: Let neither man nor
woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary.
And so ihev ceased from offering gift* j

7 Because the things that were offered did suf-
fice, and were too much.

8 And all the men that were wise of heart, to
rfCCOmpuafa the work of the tabernacle, made ten
curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple,
ami scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the
art of embroidering:

9 The length oi one curtain was twenty-eight
cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains wen

Of the same size.

10 And he joined five curtains, one to another;
and the other five he coupled one to another.

1 1 He made also loops of violet in the edge of
one curtain on both sides, and iu the edge of the
other curtain in like manner,

1 1 That the loops might meet one against ano-
ther, and might be joined each with the other.

13 Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold
that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they
might be made one tabernacle.

\\ He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair
10 cover the roof of the tabernacle :

l.i One curtain was thirty cubits long and four
cubits broad : all the curtains were of one measure.

1G Five of which he joined apart, and the other
six apart.

17 And lit; made fifty loops in the edge of one
curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that

might lie joined one to another :

18 And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof
might be knit together, that of all the curtains there
might be made one covering.

19 He made also a cover for the tabernacle, of
ranis' skins dyed red ; and another cover over that
of violet skins.

He made also the boards of the tabernacle of
m lini-wood standing.

21 The length of one board was ten cubits: and
the breadth was one cubit and a half.

JJ There were two mortises throughout every board,

that one might be joined to the other. And in this

manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

23 Of which twenty were at the south side

southward,

With forty sockets of silver. Tun MM ketswere
put under one board on the two sides of the conn i -.

where the mortises of tin- sides end in the corners.

\t that side also of the tabernacle, that look-

eth towards the north, he made twedtj boards,

26 With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for
every board.

27 But against the west, to w it, at that side of
the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea. he made
six boards,

28 And two others at each corner of the taber-
nacle behind :

29 Which were also joined from beneath unto
the top, and went together into one joint. Tims
he did on both sides at the corners :

30 So there were in all eight boards : and they
had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two socket s
under every board.

"31 He made also bars of setim-wood, five to
hold together the hoardsof one side of 'he tabernacle :

32 And five others to ioin together the boards of
the other side : and besides these, five other bars at
the wot side of the tabernacle towards the sea.

33 He made also another bar, that might come
by the midst of the boards from corner to comer.

34 And the board-work itself he overlaid with
gold. And their rings he made of gold, through
which the bars might be draw n : and he covered
the bars themselves with plates of gold.

35 He made also a veil of \ inlet, and purple,
scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distin-
guished with embroidery;

36 And four pillars of setim-wood, which with
their heads he overlaid with gold, casting for tin in
sockets of silver.

37 He made also a hanging in the entry of the
tabernacle, of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twist-
ed linen, with the work of an embroiderer.

38 And five pillars with their heads, which he
covered with gold, and their sockets he cast of bras^.

CHAP. XXXVII.

Bitrlrrl mnkcth the ark, the propitiatory, and cherubim*, the
talilf, the curiilli stick, the lamps, and the altar of incense;
and compoundeth the incente.

AND Beseleel made also, the ark of setim-wood :
it was two cubits and a half in length, and a
cubit and a half in breadth: and the height was of
one cubit and a half : and he overlaid it with the
purest gold within and w ithout.

2 And he made to it a crown of gold round about,

3 Casting four rings of gold at the four corn'
thereof: two rings, iu one side and two id the other.

4 And he made bars of setim-wood, which In-
overlaid with gold :

5 And he put them into the rings that were at the
sides of the ark to carry it.

6 He made also the propitiatory, that is, the ora-
cle, of the purest gold, two cubits ana a half in length,
and a cubit and a half in breadth.

7 Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which In-
set on the two sides of the propitiator) :

8 One cherub in the top of one side, and the other
cherub in the top of the other side : two chcruhiuis
at the two ends of (he propitiatory,

9 Spreading their wings, and covering tin- pro-
pitiatory, and looking one towards the other and
towards it.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

10 He made also the table of setim-wood, in
length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in
height it was a cubit and a half.

11 And he overlaid it with the finest gold; and
he made to it a golden ledge round about.

12 And to the ledge itself he made a polished
crown of gold of four lingers' breadth, and upon the
same another golden crown.

13 And he cast four rings of gold, which he put
in the four corners at each foot of the table

14 Over against the crown: and he put the bars
into them, that the table might be carried.

15 And the bars also themselves he made of se-
tim-wood, and overlaid them with gold.

16 And the vessels for the divers uses of the
table, dishes, bowls, and cups, and censers of pure
gold, wherein the libations are to be offered.

17 He made also the candlestick of beaten work,
of the finest gold. From ihe shaft whereof its
branches, its cups, and bowls, and lilies came out:

18 Six on the two sides : three branches on one
side, and three on the other.

19 Three cups in manner of a nut on each branch,
and bowls withal and lilies : and three cups of the
fashion of a nut in another branch, and bowls withal
and lilies. The work of the six branches, that went
out from the shaft of the candlestick, was equal.

20 And in the shaft itself were four cups after
the manner of a nut, and bowls withal at every one,
and lilies :

21 And bowls under two branches in three places,
ivhich together make six branches going out from
one shaft.

22 So both the bowls and the branches were of
the same, all beaten work of the purest gold.

23 He made also the seven ramps with their
snuffers, and the vessels where the snuihngs were
to be put out, of the purest gold.

24 The candlestick with all the vessels thereof
weighed a talent of gold.

25 He made also the altar of incense of setim-
wood, being a cubit on every side, four-square, and
in height two cubits : from the corners of which
went out horns.

26 And he overlaid it with the purest gold, with
its grate and the sides and the horns.

27 And he made to it a crown of gold round
about, and two golden rings under the crown at
each side, that the bars might be put into them,
and the altar be carried.

28 And the bars themselves he made also of
setim-wood, and overlaid them with plates of gold.

29 He compounded also the oil for the ointment
of sanctification, and incense of the purest spices
'"eording to the work of a perfumer.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

He maketh the altar of holocaust, the brazen Haver, the court
with ilspiltars and hangings. The sum of what the people
ijfcrcd.

TJTi made also the altar of holocaust of sctim-
*•'■*■ wood, five cubits square, and three in height:

2 The horns WiiTeof went out from the corners .
and he overlaid it with plates of brass.

3 And for the uses thereof he prepared divers
vessels of brass, cauldrons, tongs, flesh-hooks, pot-
hooks, and fire-pans.

4 And he made the grate thereof of brass in
manner of a net, and under it in the midst of the
altar a hearth,

5 Casting four rings at the four ends of the net
at the top, to put in bars to carry it :

6 And he made the bars of setim-wood, and over-
laid them with plates of brass :

7 And Ik; drew them through the lings that stood
out in the sides of the altar. And the altar itself
was not solid, but hollow, of boards, and empty
within.

8 He made also the laver of brass, with the foot
thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched
at the door of the tabernacle.

9 He made also the court, in the south side
whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen of a
hundred cubits,

10 Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets,
the heads of the pillars, and the whole graving of
the work, of silver.

11 In like manner at the north side the hangings,
the pillars, and the sockets, and heads of the piliars,
were of the same measure, and Work, and metal.

12 But on that side that looketh to the west,
there were hangings of fifty cubits, ten pillars of
brass with their sockets, and the heads of the pillars,
and all the graving of the work, of silver.

13 Moreover towards the east he prepared hang-
ings of fifty cubits :

14 Fifteen cubits of which were on one side with
three pillars, and their sockets :

15 And on the other side (for between the two
he made the entry of the tabernacle) there were
hangings equally of fifteen cubits, and three pillars,
and as many sockets.

16 All the hangings of the court were woven
with twisted linen.

17 The sockets of the pillars were of brass, and
their heads with all their gravings of silver : and he
overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver.

18 And he made in the entry thereof an em-
broidered hanging of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine
twisted linen that was twenty cubits long, and five
cubits high, according to the measure of all the
hangings of the court.

19 And the pillars in the entry were four with
sockets of brass, and their heads and gravings of
silver.

20 The pins also of the tabernacle and of the
court round about he made of brass.

21 These are the instruments of the tabernacle
of the Testimony, which were counted according to
the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies of
the Levitcs, by the hand of Ithamar son ol Aaron
the priest :

22 Which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of
Ilur, of the tribe of Juda, had made, as the Lord
• ommanded by Moses,

J 81

EXODUS.

23 Having fur his companion Ooliab the son of

Achisauiech of the tribe ol l)an: w ho also was an

trllcnt artificer iii wood, ami worker in tapestry and

enilnoiiliiv in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

JV All the sold that wits spent in the work of

ihfl sanctuary, and tli.il was offered in gifts, was nine

and twenty talents, ami seven hundred ami thirty
nclea according to the standard of the sanctuary.

\nd K Was offend by them that went to he

numbered, from twenty yean old and upwards, of
BIX hundred and three thousand live hundred and
fifty men able to beat arm-.

26 There were moreover, a hundred talents of
silver, whereof were caul the sockets of the sanc-
tuary, and of the entry where the veil hangeth.

\ hundred sockets were made of a hundred
talents, one talent being reckoned for even socket.

\ud of the thousand seven hundred and se-
venty-five he made the heads of the pillars, which
also lie overlaid with silver.

29 And there were offered of brass also seventv-
tWO thousand talents, and four hundred sides be-
sides :

30 Of which were cast the sockets in the entry
of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of
brass with the grate thereof, and all the vessels that
belong to the use thereof,

31 And the sockets of the court as well round
about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the
ta!>ernacle and of the court round about.

CHAP. XXXIX

■AH thr orn-'i mnili nf Aaron mmd hit warn iir?mn\t* And the
ir/mlr wink nf tin 1 tahtrmock itJUumhod.

\ \ I ) In' made, of violet and purple, scarlet and
•**- fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear
when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord
commanded Mom-.

J So lie made an enhod of gold, violet, and pur-
ple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line twisted linen, '

'> With embroidered work: and In; cut thin
plates of gold, and drew them small into threads,
that they might be twisted with the woof of the
foresaid colours :

I \nd two borders coupled one to the other in
the top on either side,

5 And a girdle of the same colours, as the Lord
had commanded Mo

• I He prepared also two onyx stones, fist set and
closed in gold, and graven, by the art of a lapidary,
with the names ot the children of Israel:

7 And he set them in the sides of theephod for
a memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord
had commanded Move*.

8 He made also a rational with embroidered
work, according to the work of the ephod, of told.
violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and line
twisted linen :

9 Four-square, double, of the measure of a span.

Ki And he s.t foot row* of precious stones in it.

In the first row w as a s minis. ;. topaz., an emerald ;

II In t ! nl, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a

jasper ;

1 2 In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and an amc-
t hs st :

13 In the fourth a chrysolite, an mvx. and a
beryl, set anil enclosed in gold by their rows.

IV And the twelve stones were engraved with the
names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with
rem] name.

15 They made also in the rational little chains
linked one to another ol the purest told,

It) And two hooks, and as many rillCS of gold.
And thej set tin- rints on either side of the rational,

17 On which rints the two golden chains should
hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out
in the comers of the ephod.

18 These both before and Im-IuiuI so answered
one another, that the ephod and the rational w< re
bound together,

19 Being fastened to the girdle and strongly
coupled with rints, which a violet fillet joined, lest
the) should flag loose, and be moved one horn the
other, as the Lord commanded Most

20 They made also the tunick of the ephod all
ol' \ iolet,

21 And a hole for the head in the upper (tart at
the middle, and a woven border round about the
hole :

22 And beneath at the feet pomegranates of vio-
let, purple, scarlet, and line twisted linen :

23 And little bells of the purest gold, which

they put between the pomegranates al the bottom
of the tunick round about :

24 To wit. a bell of gold, and a pomegranate,

wherewith the high-priest went adorned, when ho

discharged his ministry, as the Lord had command-
ed Moses.

< They made also fine linen tunicks with woven
work for Aaron and his sons,

26 \ lid mitres with their little crowns of line linen.
And linen breeches of fine linen,

28 And a girdle of fine twisted -linen, violet, pur-
ple, and scarlet twice i\\n\, of embroider) -work.
as the Lord had commanded Moses.

29 They made also the plate of sacred venera-
tion of the purest gold : and tins wrote on it with
the engraving of a lapidary: The Holy of the Lord .

And the\ fastened it to the mitre with a violet

fillet, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

.'.I So all the work of the tabernacle, and of the

roof of the testimony was finished: and the chil-
dren of Israel did all things which the Lord had
commanded Mot

32 And thev offered the tabernacle, and the roof,
and the w hole furniture, the rinus, the boards, the
bats, the pillars and their sockets;

.'•. ! The cover of rams' skins dyed rid. and the
other cover of violet skins ;

1 The veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory ;

35 The table with the vessels thereof, and the
loaves of proposition ;

36 The candlestick, the lamps, and the furniture
of them with the oil :

37 The altar of gold, and the ointment, and the
incense of spites ;

CHAP. XL.

38 And the hanging in the entry of the taber-
nacle ;

39 The altar of brass, the grate, the bars, and
ill the vessels thereof ; the (aver with the foot

hereof; the hangings of the court, and the pillars
with their sockets ;

40 The hanging in the entry of the court, and
the little cords, and the pins thereof. Nothing was
wanting of the vessels, that were commanded to
be made for the ministry of the tabernacle, and for
the roof of the covenant.

41 The vestments also, which the priests, to wit,
Aaron and his sons, use in the sanctuary,

42 The children of Israel offered, as the Lord
had commanded.

4," And when Moses saw all things finished, he
blessed them.

CHAP. XL.

The tabernacle is comnvindvd to be. set up and anointed. God

Jillet/i it with his majesty.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying .
2 The first month, the first day of the month,
thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony ;

3 And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down
the veil before it :

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon
it the things that are commanded according to the
rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,

5 And the altar of gold whereon the incense is
burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt
pur the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,

6 And before it the altar of holocaust :

7 The laver between the altar and the taberna-
cle : and thou shalt fill it with water.

8 And thou shalt encompass the court with
hangings, and the entry thereof.

9 And thou shalt take the oil of unction, and
anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may
be sanctified :

10 The altar of holocaust and all its vessels :

11 The laver with iis foot: thou shalt conse-
crate all with the oil of unction, that they may be
most holy.

12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to
the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and
having washed them with water,

13 Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments,
that they may minister to me, and that the unction
of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.

14 And Moses did all that the Lord had com-
manded.

15 So in the first month of the second year, the
first, day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

16 And Moses reared it up, and placed the
boards, and the sockets, and the bars, and set up
the pillars,

17 And spread the roof over the tabernacle,
putting over it. a cover, as the Lord had com-
manded.

18 And he put the testimony in the ark, thrust-
ing bars underneath, and the oracle above.

19 And when he had brought the ark into the
tabernacle, he drew the veil before it, to fulfil th'^
commandment of the Lord.

20 And he set the table in the tabernacle of the
testimony at the north side without the veil,

21 Setting there in order the loaves of propov
tion, as the Lord bad commanded Moses.

22 He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle
of the testimony over against the table on the south
side,

23 Placing the lamps in order, according to tlw
precept of the Lord.

24 He set also the altar of gold under the roof
of the testimony over against the veil,

25 And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as
the Lord had commanded Moses.

26 And he put also the hanging in ihe entry of
the tabernacle of the testimony,

27 And the altar of holocaust of the entry of the
testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices
upon it as the Lord had commanded.

28 And he set the laver between the tabernacle
of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

29 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed
their hands and feet,

30 When they went into the tabernacle of the
covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had
commanded Moses.

31 He set up also the court round about the ta-
bernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the
entry thereof. After all things were perfected,

32 The cloud covered the tabernacle of the tes-
timony : and the glory of the Lord filled it.

33 Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle
of the covenant, the cloud covering all things, and
the majesty of the Lord shining ; for the cloud had
covered all.

34 If at any time the cloud removed from the
tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by
their troops:

35 If it hung over, they remained in the same
place.

36 For the cloud of the Lord hung over the ta-
bernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of
all the children of Israel throughout all their man-
sions.

THE

BOOK OF LEVITICUS.

Thit bonk it rutted Leviticus, because it (rents of thr <>JKrrt,
mimitrit*, rite*, nnil ceremonies, »f the prints nml I •

NhlrVM cull it \ aura, from the word with wh'uh it
begin*.

CHAP. I.

Of holocatutt, nr burnt-offering*.

\ NI) the Lord called Moses. Kid spoke to him

-<*- from the tabernacle of the testimony. saying:

2 Spwk ID the children of Israel, ami thou shall

sav to then: The man among you that shall oner
to the Lord a ncrtfice of the eattle, that is, offer-
ing victims o. oxen ami sheep,

.'> If hi> offering In- a holocaust,* and of the
herd, he shall offer a male without blemish, at the
door of i Ik- tc-tinioiiy, to make the Lord favoura-
ble to him :

4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of
the vielim : and it shall be acceptable, and help to
its expiation.

5 And he shall immolate the ealf before the
I, old : and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer
the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar,
which is In-fore the door of the tabernacle.

6 And when they have (laved the victim, they
shall cut the joints into pin

7 And shall put lire on the altar, having before
laid in order a pile of wood :

8 And they shall lav the parts that are cut out
in order thereupon, to wit, the head, and all things
that cleave to the bv< r.

9 The entrails and feet being washed with wa-
ter: and the priest shall burn them upon 'he altar
for a holocaust, and a sweet Favour to the Lord.

10 And if the offering be of the flocks, a holo-
caust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male
w iihout blemish :

11 And he shall immolate it at the side of the
altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord : but
the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon
the altar round about :

U \ud they shall divide the joints, the head,
and all that cleave to the liver: and shall lav them
UpOfl the Wood, under which the lire is to be put:

* A kolorautt, that is, a whole lllllol llthlllM flmiA so called, l>o-
Cansc tin? whole tulun was consnmr.l with fin-; .iii.l triwn iii .iieli
manner I" <••-! a. wholl. In < vaporatc, as it were, for In* konour anil
rtoij; willinul lia. iri(f any |>:irt of it reserved for tin- EM of man
The other sarnOr.-s of ll,. I II I I '. I nm nl wen- either offering! for
tin, or fute-offrrxK^t: ami these latter again win- • itl.n ..tn-redin
tkcnktgnnxt for blessings or h\ way of prayer for new fa-

vours or grace* i ...I for four

different emit or intention*, answerable to the diSerent oblig
*> Inch man has to God : I. By wav of -adoration, homage, praise, and

' 84

13 Hut the entrails and ihe feet they shall wash
wih water. And tin priest shall oiler ii all, and
burn it all upon the altar lor it holocaust, and most
sweet savour to the Lord.

1 1 But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord
be of birds, of tunics, or of young pigeons,

15 The priest shall offer it at the altar: ami
twisting back the neck, and breaking the pi. ice of
the wound, he shall make (he blood run down upon
the brim of the altar.

1G But the crop of the throat, and the feathers
he shall Cast beside the altar at the east side, in the
place w In ii the ashes are wont to be poured out :

17 And he shall break the pinions thereof, and
shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife, and shall
burn it upon the altar, putting lire under the wood.
It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet sa\uur
to the Lord.

(HAP. II.

Of offering* of four, and fr*t-fruit*.

"VI/TIEN any one shall offer an oblation of sarri-

" » lice to the Lord, his offering shall be of line Hour,

and he shall poor oil upon it, and put frankincense,

2 And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the
priests : and one of them shall take a handful of
the Hour and oil, and all the frankincense; and
shall put it a memorial upon the altar for a most
SWeet savour to the Loid.

3 And the remnant of the sacrifice shall Ihj
Aaron's, and his sons, holy of holiest .>!' the offer-
ings of I he Lord.

4 15ut when thoiioffcrest a sacrifice baked in the

oven, of Hour, to wit, loaves without leaven, tem-
pered with oil, and unleavened Wafers anointed
w ith oil:

5 If thy oblation be from the frying-pan* of flour
tempered with oil, and without leaven,

(j Thou shall div ide it into little pieces, and shall
pour oil upon it.

7 And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron, ill
like manner the Hour shall be tempered w ith oil :

<5 And when thou offeree, it to the Lord, thou
shall deliver it to the hands of the priest.

ban

Ion . .hie to his Dirinc Majesty. S. Uj way of thanksgiving for all

il» received from him. 3. By way of confessing and craving

■i for -in*, t. liv wavof '|>rayer and petition for grace and re.

lief in all necessities. In I I ..» we have hut one sari

rii. that of Ihe bodl en. I Mood of ( hn*t : but this one sacrifice Ot

Ihe " nswers all these four ends : and both

o us it i» celebrated, ought to join in oller-

!| ing H m> for these four ends.

t /Mi/ of h lit', that is moil krly : as tiring dedicated to God, ant*
" iet a ordinance few the use of liis priests.

CHAP. III. IV.

9 And when lie hath offered it, he shall take a
memorial out of the sacrifice, and burn it upon the
altar for a sweet savour to the Lord.

10 And whatsoever is left, shall be Aaron's and
his sons, holy of holies of the offerings of the Lord.

11 Every oblation that is offered to the Lord
sh ill be made without leaven; neither shall any leaven
or honey* be burnt in the sacrifice to the Lord.

12 You shall offer only the first-fruits of them
ind gifts : but they shall not be put upon the altar,
for a savour of sweetness.

13 Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shah
season it with salt: f neither shalt thou take away
the salt of the covenant of thy Cod from thy sacri-
fice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt.

14 But if thou offer a gift of the first-fruits of thy
corn to the Lord, of the ears yet green, thou shalt
dry it at the fire, and break it small like meal : and
so shalt thou offer thy first-fruits to the Lord,

15 Pouring oil upon it, and putting on frankin-
cense, because it is the oblation of the Lord :

16 Whereof the priest shall burn for a memorial
of the gift, part of the corn broken small, and of the
rail, and all the frankincense.

CHAP. III.

Of peace-offerings.

AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offer-
ings, J and he will offer of the herd, whether
jiale or female, he shall offer them without blemish
before the Lord.

2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his
victim, which shall be slain in the entry of the ta-
bernacle of the testimony : and the sons of Aaron
the priests shall pour the blood round about upon
the altar.

3 And they shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-
offerings, for an oblation to the Lord, the fat that
covereth the entrails, and all the fat that is within.

4 The two kidneys, witli the fat wherewith the
flanks are covered, and the caul of the liver with the
two little kidneys.

5 And they shall burn them upon the altar, for
a holocaust, putting fire under the wood ; for an
oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.

6 But if his oblation, and the sacrifice of peace-
offering be of the flock, whether he offer male or
female, they shall be without blemish.

7 If he offer a lamb before the Lord,

8 He shall put his hand upon the head of his
victim : and it shall be slain in the entry of the taber-
nacle of testimony : and the sons of Aaron shall
pour the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

* Without leaven or honey. No leaven nor honey was to be used in the
sacrifice offered to Cod ; to signify that we are to exclude from the
pure worship of the gospel, all double-dealing and afTection to carnal
pleasures.

f Salt. In every sacrifice salt was to be used, which is an emblem
of wisdom and discretion, without which none of our performances are
agreeable to God.

t Peace-offerinn. Peace, in the scripture language, signifies hap-
oiness, welfare or prosperity ; in a wonl, all kind of blessings. Such
lacrifices therefore as were of re re I either on occasion of blessings
received, or to obtain new favours, were called pacific or peace-offerings.

9 And they shall offer of the victim of peace-offer-
ings a sacrifice to the Lord ; the fat and the whole rump.

10 With the kidneys, and the fat that covereth
the belly, and all the vitals and both the little kid-
neys, with the fat that is about the flanks, and the
caul of the liver with the little kidneys.

1 1 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar,
lor the food of 'the fire, and of the oblation of the Lord.

12 If his offering be a goat, and he offir it to the
Lord,

13 He shall put his hand upon the head thereof ;
and shall immolate it in the entry of the tabernacle
of the testimony. And the sons of Aaron shall pour
the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

14 And they shall take of it for the food of the
Lord's fire, the fat that covereth the belly, and that
covereth all the vital parts:

15 The two little kidneys with the caul that is
upon them which is by the flanks, and the fat of the
liver with the little kidneys :

16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar,
for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour.
All the fat shall be the Lord's,

17 By a perpetual law for your generations, and
in all your habitations : neither blood nor fat§ shall
you eat at all.

CHAP. IV.

Of offerings for sins of ignorance.
\ ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
-^*- 2 Say to the children of Israel : The soul
that sinneth through ignorance, || and doeth any thing
concerning any of the commandments of the Lord,
which he commanded not to be done :

3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making
the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for
his sin, a calf without blemish.

4 And he shall bring it to the door of the testi-
mony before the Lord, and shall put his hand upon
the head thereof; and shall sacrifice it to the Lord.

5 He shall take also of the blood** of the calf,
and carry it into the tabernacle of the testimony :

6 And having dipped his finger in the blood, he
shall sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord,
before the veil of the sanctuary.

7 And he shall put some of the same hlood upon
the horns of the altar of the sweet incense most ac-
ceptable to the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of
the testimony. And he shall pour, all the rest of
the blood at the foot of the altar of holocaust in the
entry of the tabernacle.

8 And he shall take off the fat of the calf for the
sin-offering, as well that which covereth the entrails,
as all the inwards :

In these some part of the victim was consumed with fire on the altar
of God : other parts were eaten by the priests, and by the persons for
whom the sacrifice was offered.

k Fat. It is meant of the fat, which by the prescription of the law
was to be offered on God's altar; not of the fat of meat, such as i e
commonly eat.

|| Ignorance. To be ignorant of what we are bound to know is sinful :
and for such culpable ignorance, these sacrifices prescribed in this and
the following chapter, were appointed.

*"' The blood. As the figure of the Mood of Christ shed for the re-
[ mission of our sins, and carried bv him into the sanctuary of heaven.

LEVITICUS.

9 Tin* two little kidneys, rod the caul that is

lipon tin in which is Its the thinks and the tat of the
liver a nil the little ki.hicss.

It) \ ikcn oil' from the calf of the sacrificcof

pern i, nl he nhall burn them upon the

alt ir nl hoi.., ausL

11 lint lilt- skin and all the flesh, with the Ik ad

rod the feet and the bowels and the dung,

1 Z And tin rest of the body, he shall earn forth
without tin- camp into a clean place, u here the ashes
an- wont to bt poured out : and he shall hum them

upon a pile of wood : the] shall be bom in the place
w here the ashes air poured out.

l-> And it' all the multitude til' Israel shall he ig-
norant, and through ignorance shall do that which

is against the commandment of the Lord,

1 \ And afterwards shall understand their s'm.
tiny shall offer for their sin a call", and shall bring it
10 the door of the tabernacle,

1.') And the ancients of the people shall put their
hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And
the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord,

10 The priest that is anointed, shall carry ol the
blood into the tabernacle of the testimony,

17 And shall dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it
u times before the veil.

18 And he shall put of the same blood on the
bonis ol the altar t li.it is before the Lord, in the ta-
bernacle of the testimony : and the rest of the blood
be shall pour at the foot of the altar of holocaust.
Which is at the door of thetabernacleof the testimony.

19 And all the fat thereof he shall take off, and
shall burn it upon the altar :

2(J Doing so with this calf, as he did also with
that before: and the priest praying for them, the
Lord will be merciful unto them.

21 But the calf itself he shall carry forth without
the camp, and shall bum it as he did the former calf:
because ii i> for the «in of the multitude.

22 If a prince shall sin. and through innonince
do any one of the things that the law of the Lord
forbiddrth,

-'. ! \iid afterwards shall enmo to know his sin:
he shall offer a buck-gOat without blemish, a sacri-
fice to the Lord.

24 And he shall put his hand upon the head
thereof: and when he hath immolated it in the place
where the holocaust is wont to be slain before the
Lonl, because it i- for sin,

25 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood of
the victim for sin. touching therewith the homx of
the altar of holocaust, and pouring out the rest at
the foot thereof.

Ion the fat he shall horn upon it, as is wont
to he done with the victim* of peace-offeiiii'is : and
the priest shall prav for him and for his sin : and it
shall Im- forgiven him.

.'7 \nd if any one of the people of the land shall
sill through ignorance, domt anv of those things that
by the law of the Lonl are forbidden, and nffcmfjnc,

28 And shall come to know his sin. he shall offer
a she-goal without blemish.

29 And he shall put his hand upon (he head of

the victim that is for sin, and shall immolate it ii.

the place of the holocaust.

30 And the priest shall take of the blood with
his Roger, and shall touch the horns of the altar ol ho-
locaust, and shall pour out the rest at the foot thereof.

31 Hut taking oil' all tin l.ii. as is wont to lie
taken awa\ of the victims of peace-offerings, he
shall burn it upon the altar, for a sweet savour to
the Lord: and he shall pray for him;and it shall be
foi riven him.

■ >1 But if be offer of the flock a victim for his sin,

to wit, an ewe w ithout blemish ;

I He shall put his hand upon the head thereof,
and shall immolate it in the plan- w here the victims
of holocausts are wont to be slain.

34 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof
with his finger, and shall touch the horns of (he
altar of holocaust, and the rest he shall pour out at
tin toot thereof.

35 All the fat also he shall lake off, as the fat of

the ram that is offered for peace-offerings is wont to
he taken away : and shall bum it upon the altar, lor
a bornt-sacrince of the Lonl : ami he shall praj tor
him and for his sin ; and it shall be forgiven him.

CHAP. V.

Of other tucriftrif fin tint.

FFany one sin, and hear the voice of one swear-
*- ing, and is a witness either because he hiiuscli
hath seen, or is privy to it ; if he do not utter it, he
shall hear his iniquity.

2 \\ hosoever louchctll any unclean thing, either
that which has been killed by a beast, or died o!
itself, or any other creeping thing ; and forgetteth
bis uncleaniiess, he is guilty, and hath offended :

3 And if he touch any thing of the liucleaaness
of man, according, to any urn leanness w herewith he
is wont to be defiled, aial having forgotten it, come
afterwards to know it, he shall he guilty of an of-
fence.

4 The person that sweareth, and uttereth w ith
his lips, that he would do either evil or good, and
biinleth the same with an oalh, and his word, and

baring forgotten it, afterwards understandefJb his
offence,

."> Let him do penance for his s'm,

(! Anil oiler of the flocks an ewe lamb, or a she-
Bont, and the priest shall pray for him, anil for his
sin :

7 Hut if he be ttot able to offer a beast, let him
oiler two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Lord,
one for sin, and the other for a holocaust.

8 And he shall Dft them to the priest ; w ho shall
offer the first for sin, and twist back the head of it
to the little pinions, so that it slick to the neck, and
be not altogether broken off.

9 And of its blood he shall sprinkle the side ot
the altar : and w hatsoever is left, he shall let it drop
at the bottom thereof: because it is for sin.

10 And the Other he shall bum for a holocaust,
as is wont to be done: and the priest shall pray for
him, and for his sin: and it shall be fo r gi ve n him.

11 And if his hand he not able to offer two

chap, vi

turtles, or two young pigeons, he sliall offer for his
sin the tenth part of an ephi ot" Hour, lie shall
not put oil upon it, nor put any frankincense there-
on, because it is for sin:

12 And he shall deliver it to the priest; who
shall take a handful thereof, and shall burn it upon
the altar for a memorial of him that offered it,

13 Praying for him and making atonement: but
the part that is left, he himself shall have for a gift.

14 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

15 If any one shall sin through mistake, trans-
gressing the ceremonies in those things that are sa-
crificed to the Lord, he shall offer for his offence a
ram without blemish out of the Hocks, that may be
bought for two sides, according to the weight of
the sanctuarv:

16 And he shall make good the damage itself
which he hath done, and shall add the fifth part be-
sides, delivering it to the priest, who shah pray for
him, offering the ram, ami it shall be forgiven him.

17 If any one sin through ignorance, and do one
of those things which by the law of the Lord are
forbidden, and being guilty of sin, understand his
iniquity,

18 He shall offer of the flocks a ram without ble-
mish to the priest, according to the measure, and
estimation of the sin : and the priest shall pray for
him, because he did it ignorantly; and it shall be
forgiven him ;

19 Because by mistake he trespassed against the
Lord

CHAP. VI.

Oblation for sins of injustice: ordinances concerning the holo-
causts and the perpetual fire, the sacrifices of the priests, anil
the sin-offerings.

nPHE Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
J- 2 Whosoever shall sin, and despising the
Lord, shall deny to his neighbour the thing deliver-
ed to his keeping, which was committed to his
trust ; or shall by force extort, any thing, or commit
oppression ;

3 Or shall find a thing lost, and denying it, shall
also swear falsely, or shall do any other of the many
things, wherein men are wont to sin,

4 Being convicted of the offence.he shall restore

5 All that he would have gotten by fraud, in the
principal, and the fifth part besides to the owner,
whom he wronged.

6 Moreover for his sin he shall offer a ram with-
out blemish out of the Hock, and shall give it to the
priest, according to the estimation and measure of
tiie offence :

7 And he shall pray for him before the Lord :
and he shall have forgiveness for every thing in
doing of which he hath sinned.

8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

9 Command Aaron and his sons : This is the law
of a holocaust: It shall be burnt upon the altar all
night until moraine: the fire shall beofthesame altar.

10 The priest shall be vested with the tunica and

* The perpetual fire. Tliis fire came from heaven, (infra chap. ix. 84 )
and was always kept burning on the altar, as a figure of the heavenly

the linen breeches: and he sliall take up the ashes
of that which the devouring fire hath burnt, and
putting them beside the altar,

11 Shall put off his former vestments, and being
clothed with others, shall carry them forth without
the camp, and shall cause them to be consumed to
dust in a very clean place.

12 And the fire on the altar sliall always burn:
and the priest shall t'cvA it, putting wood on it every
day in the morning, and laying on the holocaust,
shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace-offerings.

13 This is the perpetual fire* which shall never
go out on the altar.

14 This is the law of the sacrifice and libations,
which the children of Aaron shall offer before the
Lord, and before the altar.

15 The priest shall take a handful of the Hour
that is tempered with oil, and all the frankincense
tnat is put upon the Hour: and he shall bum it ou
the altar for a memoria 1 of most sweet odour to the
Lord :

16 And the part of the Hour that is left, Aaron
and his sons shall eat, without leaven : and he shall
eat it in the holy place of the court of the tabernacle.

17 And therefore it shall not be leavened, be-
cause part thereof is offered for the burnt-sacrifice
of the Lord. It shall be most holy, as that which
is offered for sin and for trespass.

18 The males only of the race of Aaron shall
eat it. It shall be an ordinance evei lasting in your
generations, concerning the sacrifices of the Lord:
Every one that toucheth them shall be sanctified.

19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

20 This is the oblation of Aaron, and of his sons,
which they must offer to the Lord, in the day of
their anointing: They shall offer the tenth part of
an ephi of flour, for a perpetual sacrifice, half of it
in the morning, and half of it in the evening:

21 It shall be tempered with oil, and sliall be
fried in a frying-pan.

22 And the priest that rightfully succeedeth his
father, shall offer it hot, for a most sweet odour to
the Lord : and it shall be wholly burnt on the altar.

23 For every sacrifice of the priest shall be con-
sumed with fire ; neither shall any man eat thereof.

24 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

25 Say to Aaron and his sons : This is the law
of the victim for sin: In the place where the holo-
caust is offered, it shall be immolated before the
Lord. It is holy of holies.

26 The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy
! place, in the court of the tabernacle.

27- Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, sliall
be sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the
blood thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place.

28 And the earthen vessel wherein it was sod-
den, shall be broken: but if the vessel be of brass,
it sliall be scoured, and washed with water.

29 Every male of the priestly race shall eat of
the flesh thereof, because it is holy of holies.

lire of divine love, -.vhich ought le He always burning ai the heart of a
i christian

LKVITK I S.

SO Kor the victim that is slain for sin, the blood
of which is carried into tin- tabernacle of the testi-
mony ro make Rtonemeal in the sanctuary, shall not
be eaten, btti stall he burnt wkhnre.
(II IP. \ II.

Ofiacrificet for trmpnssetfmd tbinkn-offtriugt. So Jul nm

blOOd IS Id l,f Kit, It.

'THIls also is the law of the sacrifice for a trer

-*- |i;iss :* It is most holy :

I \iul where the holocaust is immolated, the
victim also lor a trespass shall be slain: the blood
thereof shall In- poured round about the attar.

3 They shall offer thereof the rump and the fat
that COVereth the entrails :

4 The two little kidneys, and the fat which is 1>\

the Hanks, and the caul of the liver with the little
kidi.i > -.

5 And the priest shall hum them upon the altar :
it is the burnt-sacrifice of the Lord for a trespass.

6 Even male of tin- priestly race, shall eat this
flesh in a holy place, because it is most holy.

7 As the sacrifice for sin is ..tiered, so is also that
foi a trespass: the same shall he the law of both
these sacrifices: it shall belong to the priest that
offereth it.

8 The priest that offereth the victim of holo-
caust, shall have the skin thereof.

'.' Andexerx sacrifice of Hour that is baked in the

oven, and wtatsoever is dressed on the gridiron, or
in the frying-pan, shall be the priest's thai offereth it:

10 Whether they he tempered with oil, or ilrv.
all the sons of Aaron shall have one as much as
another.

1 1 This is the law of the sacrifice of pcaee-olTer-
iogs that is offered to the Lord.

12 If the oblation he for thanksgiving, they shall
offer loaves xxithout leaven tempered with oil. and
unleavened Wafers anointed with oil, and line flour
tried, and cakes tempered and mingled xxith oil:

13 Moreover loaves of leavened bread with the
sacrifice of thanks, which is offered for peace ol-

feril;

14 < )f which one shall he offered to the Lord for
first-fruits, and shall he the priest's that shall ]>our
out the blood of the victim.

15 And the flesh of it shall he eaten the same
day, neither shall any of it remain until the morning.

1G If any man In vow, or of his own accord
offer I sacrifice, it shall in like manner he eaten the
same day: and if any of it remain until the mor-
row, it is lawful to eat it :

17 Hut whatsoever shall he found on the third
da\ shall be consumed a ith fire.

19 If anv man eat of the flesh of the victim of
peace-offerings on the third day, the oblation shall
he ol no effect, neither shall it profit the offerer:
yea rather whatsoever soul shall defile itself with
such meat, shall l>e guilt) of transgression.

19 The flesh that hath touched anx unclean thing,

7V„,al..

Tre»p»»w« fur whirl. Ihaw O&rtegl wrn- In Im- made,
than llio«- l.ir which tin- -in offering! v,,

811

shall not l>e eaten, hut shall Ik- burnt with fire: he
that is clean shall cat of it.

10 If any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh
ol the sacrifice of peace-ofleringa, which is offered
to the Lord, he shall betut off Iron) his people.
21 Ami he that hath touched the unclean nest of

man. or of beast, or of am thing that can defile, and
shall eat of such kind of flesh, shall be cut oil" from

his people.

-'.' 4nd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

23 Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a
sheep, and of an OK, and of a -oat. xou shall not eat

Jl The fat of a carcass that hath died ol itself,
and of a beast that wis caudit bx another beast,
xou shall have for divers USPS.

25 If any man eai the fat thai should 1m- offered
for the burnt-Sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish
out ol his people.

— * » Moreover xou shall not eat the blood of any
creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts.

27 Every one that eateth blood, shall perish from
among the people.

28 And the Lord spoke to Moses, Saying.

29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying : He
that offereth a victim of peace-offerings to the Lord,

let him offer therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the
libations thereof.

90 He shall hold in his hands the fat of the x ic-
tim, and the breast : and when he hath offered and
consecrated both to the Lord, he shall dclixer limn

to i he priest,

Si Who shall burn the fat upon the altar- but
the breast shall he Aaron's, and his sons".

92 The right shoulder also of the victims o\

peace-offerings shall fall to the priest for first-fruits,

■ '•■> He among the SOUS of Aaron, that olicreth
the Mood, anil the fat, he shall have the right shoul-
der also for his portion.

St lor the breast that is elevated and the shoul-
der that is separated I have taken of the children
of Israel, from off their xictims of peace-offerings,
and have given them to Aaron the priest, and to his
sons, by a law forever) from all the people of Israel

S6 litis is the anomting of Aaron and his sons
in the ceremonies of the Lord, in the tlax when

Moses offered them, that thej might do the office
of priesthood,

Iii And the things that the Lord commanded to
lie given them bx the children of Israel, bx a per-
petual ohscrxance iu their generations.

91 This is the law of holocaust, and of the sa-
crifice for sin. and for trespass, ami lor roaetcru
tion, and the xictims of peace-offerings:

j \\ Inch the Lord appointed to Moses in mount
Sinai, when he commanded the children ol Israel
that thex should oiler their oblations to the Lord ill
the desert of Sinai.

(II \l\ \ III.

Mosri const t rult III Ammi unit kin tuns.
\ \|) the Lord spoke to Moses, sax in:: :
-^*- 2 Take Aaro.i w itii his SCAT, tin ir vestment*
and the oil of unction, a <alf l\r >,;.,, , t \., \iu.s .
basket with u.de.ai n< d \.i ad:

chap. ix.

3 And thou slialt gather together all the congre-
gation to the door of the tabernacle.

4 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
And all the multitude being gathered together before
the door of the tabernacle,

5 lie said : This is the word that the Lord hath
loinmanded to be done.

6 And immediately he offered Aaron and his sons :
and whe'i he had washed them,

7 He vested the high-priest with the strait linen
garment, girding him with the girdle, and nutting on
him the violet tunick, and over it he put the ephod,

8 And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to
the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth.

9 He put also the mitre upon his head : and upon
»he mitre over the forehead, he put the plate of gold
consecrated with sanctiheation, as the Lord had
i:omnianded him.

10 He took also the oil of unction, with which
he anointed the tabernacle, with all the furniture
thereof.

11 And when he had sanctified and sprinkled the
altar seven times, he anointed it, and all the vessels
thereof; and the laver with the foot thereof he sanc-
tified with the oil.

12 And he poured it upon Aaron's head: and he
anointed, and consecrated him :

13 And after he had offered his sons, he vested
them with linen tunicks, and girded them with gir-
dles, and put. mitres on them, as the Lord had com-
manded.

14 He offered also the calf for sin : and when
Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon the
head thereof,

15 He immolated it; and took the blood, and
dipping his finger in it, he touched the horns of the
altar round about. Which being expiated, and sanc-
tified, he poured the rest of the blood at the bottom
thereof.

16 But the fat that was upon the entrails, and
the caul of the liver, and the two little kidneys, with
their fat, he burnt upon the altar :

17 And the calf with the skin, and the flesh, and
the dung, he burnt without the camp, as the Lord
had commanded.

18 He offered also a ram for a holocaust; and
when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon
its head,

19 He immolated it; and poured the blood thereof
round about upon the altar.

20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head there-
of, and the joints, and the fat, he burnt in the fire,

21 Having first washed the entrails, and the feet :
and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar ;
because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to
the Lord, as he bad commanded him.

22 He offered also the second ram, in the conse-
cration of priests : and Aaron and his sons put their
hands upon the head thereof:

23 And when Moses had immolated it ; he took

of the blood thereof, and touched the tip of Aaron's

right ear, and the thumb of his right hand, and in like

manner also the great toe of his right foot.

24 He offered also the sons of Aaron : and when
with the blood of the ram that was immolated, he
had touched the tip of the right ear of every one of
them, and the thumbs of their right hands, and the
meat toes of their right feet, the rest he poured on
(he altar round about :

25 But the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that
covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and
the two kidneys with their fat, and with the right
shoulder, he separated.

26' And taking out of the basket of unleavened
bread, which was before the Lord, a loaf without
leaven, and a cake tempered with oil, and a wafer,
he put them upon the fat, and the right shoulder,

27 Delivering all to Aaron, and to his sons : who
having lifted them up before the Lord,

28 He took them again from their hands, and
burnt them upon the altar of holocaust; because it
was the oblation of consecration, for a sweet odour
of sacrifice to the Lord.

29 And he took of the ram of consecration, the
breast for his portion, elevating it before the Lord,
as the Lord had commanded him.

30 And taking the ointment, and the blood that
was upon the altar, he sprinkled Aaron, and his vest-
ments, and his sons, and their vestments with it.

31 And when he had sanctified them in their
vestments, he commanded them, saying: Boil the
flesh before the door of the tabernacle, and there
eat it. Eat ye also the loaves of consecration, that
are laid in the basket, as the Lord commanded me,
saying : Aaron and his sons shall eat thefn :

32 And whatsoever shall be left of the flesh and
the loaves, shall be consumed with fire.

33 And you shall not go out of the door of the
tabernacle for seven clays, until the day wherein the
time of your consecration shall be expired. For in
seven days the consecration is finished :

34 As at this present it hath been done, that the
rite of the sacrifice might be accomplished.

35 Day and night shall you remain in the taber-
nacle, observing the watches of the Lord, lest you
die : for so it hath been commanded me.

36 And Aaron and his sons did all things which
the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses.

CHAP. IX.

Aaron qffereth. sacrifice for himself and the. people. Fire cometh
from the Lord upon the altar.

AND when the eighth day was come, Moses
called Aaron and his sons, and the ancients of
Israel ; and said to Aaron :

2 Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for
a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them
before the Lord.

3 And to the children of Israel thou shah say :
Take ye a he-goat for sin, and a calf, and a lamb, bo: h
of a year old, and without blemish, for a holocaust,

4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings :
and immolate thein before the Lord, offering for the
sacrifice of every one of them flour tempered, with
oil; for to-day the Lord will appear toypu.

5 They brought therefore all things that Moses

m:\iticus.

had commanded before the door of the tabernacle:
\\|i< re win ii all the multitude stood,

i. Moses xiid: This is the word, which the Lord bath
commanded : do //, and hia gJor] w ill appear to you.

7 And lie sail] to Aaron: Approach to ihe altar,
and offer sacrifice lor thy sin : olVcr the holocaust,
and pray lor ili\ -< If' ;iik1 lor the people: and when
thou hast slain the people's \ictiin, pray lor them,
as i|i«- Lord bath coininanded.

8 And forthwith Aaron approaching to the altar,
immolated (lie calf lor his sin :

9 And his sons brought him the blood of it : and
be dipped his finger therein, and touched the horns
of the altar, and poured the rest at the font thereof.

10 And the tat, and the little kidneys, and the
caul of the Inter, which are lor sin. he burnt upon
the altar, as the Lord had commanded Bfoaes:

1 1 lint the llesh and skin thereof he linnit with
fire without the camp.

12 He immolated also the vietim of holocaust :
and his sons Drought him the blood thereof, which
he poured round about on the altar.

13 And the victim being cut into pieces, they
brought to him the bead and all the members ; all
which he burnt with lire upon the altar,

14 Having first washed the entrails and the feet
with water.

15 Thin ottering for the sin of the people, he
slew the he-goal : and expiating the altar,

16 He offered the holocaust :

17 Adding in the sacrifice the libations, which
are offered withal, and burniagrheni ui»on the altar,
besides the ceremo ni es of the morning holocaust.

18 He immolated also the bullock and the ram,
the peace-offering ( ,| the people: and his sons
brought him the blood, which he poured upon the
altar round about.

19 The fat also of the bullock, and the rump of
the ram, and the two little kidneys, with their fat.
and the caul of the liver,

20 They put upon the breasts. And after the fat
was burnt upon the altar,

21 Aaron separated their breasts, and the right
shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses
had commanded.

-2 And stretching forth his hands to the people,
be blessed them. And so the victims for sin, and
the holocausts. ;i in 1 the peace-offerings, being finish-
ed, be came dow n.

23 And Moses and Aaron went inlo the taberna-
cle ol the testimony, and afterwards came forth and
blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord ap-
1" Wed to all the multitude :

M And behold. a lire coming forth from the Lord.
devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon
the altar: which when the multitude saw, tiny
praised the Lord, falling on their fat

( II \r. \

tfaifab and Ahin fur nfrring ntrnngr firr, arr burnt hy firr.
Prirtts arr Jorluihl' n lit ilrink inm . irhm they rntrr into the
tabrrnarlt- 'I'hr Imr if ruling thr hnly thing*.

AND \adab and \hin. tin- sous of Aaron, taking
tin ii ceusi rs, put fii> therein, and incense on

it, offering before the Lord strange fire ; which w.i
not commanded them.

\ud lire coming out from the Lord destroyed
tin m : and they died before the Lord.

9 \i«! .Moses said to Aaron: This is what the
Lord hath spoken: 1 w ill be sanctified in them that
approach to me ; and I will be glorified in the sight
of all the people. And when Aaron beard this, he
held his peace.

■V And Moses called Misael and Klisaphan, the
sons (if ( )y.iel, the uncle of Aaron, and said to them :
(io. and take away \our brethren from before the
sanctuary, and carry them without the camp.

5 And the] went forthwith, and took them as
the] lay, vested with linen tunicks, and cast tin in
forth, as had been commanded them.

6 And Moms said to Aaron, and to Llea/er and
Ithamar, his sons: I'ncover not your heads, and
rend not your garments, lest perhaps you die, and
indignation conic upon all the congregation. Let
your brethren, and all the house of Israel, bewail
the burning which the Lord has kindled:

7 But you shall not go out of the door of the ta-
bernacle; Otherwise \ou shall perish: for the oil of
the holy unction is on you. And they did all thing!
according to the precept of Mom s.

8 The Lord also said to Aaron :

9 You shall not drink wine nor any thing that
may make drunk, thou nor thy sons, w Inn \ on enter
into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest \ou die
b ecause it is an everlasting precept through your
generations :

10 And that vou may have knowledge to discern
between hoi \ and unholy, bet ween unclean and clean:

11 And may teach the children of Israel all my
ordinances which the Lord hath spoken to them by
the hand of Moat s.

12 And Muses spoke to Aaron, and to Llcazar
and Ithamar, his sons. th;it were left: Take the
sacrifice that is remaining of the oblation of the
Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar ;
because it is holy of hob'

13 And you shall eat it in a holy place: which
is given to thee and thy sons ol the oblations ol the
Lord, as it hath been commanded me.

14 The breast also that is offered, and the shoul-
der that is separated, \ou shall cat in a most clean
place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with
thee. For the] are set aside for tin e and thy chil-
dren, of the victims of peace offerings of the chil-
dren of Israel :

15 Because they have elevated before the Lord
the shoulder and the bieast. and the fat that is burnt
on the altar . and they belong to thee and to tliv sons
b] a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded.

1(1 While these things win a doing, w In n Motes
son-lit for the buck-goat, that had been offered for
sin. he found it burnt : and being nngrj with I'.li a/ar
and It ha mar. the sons of Aaron that were left, he said:

17 Wh] did miii not eat in the holy plat e the

aacrifii f tor mil which hi most holy, and given to

\ou. that you may bear the iniquity of the people,
and may praj for them in the sight of the Lord,

CHAP

18 Especially whereas none of the blood thereof
hath been carried within the holy places, and yon
ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as was com-
manded me ?

19 Aaron answered : This day hath been offered
the victim for sin, and the holocaust before the
Lord: and to me what thou seest has happened :
how could I eat it, or please the Lord in the cerc-

XI.

monies, having a sorrowful heart ?

20 Which when Moses had heard
fied.

lie was satis-

CHAP. XI.

The distinction qf clean and unclean animals.

A ND the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
■^ *- 2 Say to the children of Israel : These are the
animals which you are to eat* of all the living
things of the earth.

3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and chew-
eth the cudf among the beasts, you shall eat.

4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the end, and
hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and
others, that you shall not eat; but shall reckon it
among the unclean.

5 The cherogrillusj which cheweth the cud, but
divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud,
but divideth not the hoof.

7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the
hoof, cheweth not the cud.

8 The fesh of these you shall not eat; nor shall
you touch their carcasses : because they are unclean
to you. >

9 These are the things that breed in the waters,
and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins,
and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and
the pools, you shall eat.

10 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of
those things that move and live in the waters, shall
be an abomination unto you,

1 1 And detestable: Their flesh you shall not eat,
and their carcasses you shall avoid.

12 All that have not fins and scales, in the wa-
ters, shall be unclean.

13 Of birds, these are they which you must not
eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The
eajde, and the griffon, § and the osprey,

14 And the kite, and the vulture, according to
their kind.

15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to
their likeness.

16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and
the hawk according to its kind.

♦ Quintals which you are to cat, tft. The prohibition of MJ many hinds
of beasts, birds and fishes in the law, was ordered, 1st, to exercise the
people in obedience, and temperance; 2dly, to restrain them from thi-
ricesof which these animals were symbols; 3dlv, because the t liiiitr"-
here forbidden were for the most part unwholesome, and not proper
to be eaten ; 4thly, that the people of God by being obliged to abstain
from things corporally unclean, might be trained up to seek a spiritual
cleannest.

f Hoof divided, and cheweth the cud. Dividing- the hoof, and chewing
the cud, signify discretion between good and evil, and meditating on
the law of God : and where either of these is wanting, a man is un-
cleau. In like manner fishes were reputed unclean that had not fins

upon

17 The screech-owl, and the cormorant, and the

ibis,

18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the por-
phyron,

19 The heron, ana the charadrion according to
its kind, the houp also, and the bat.

20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth
four feet, shall be abominable to you.

21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but
hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it boppeth
upon the earth,

22 That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind,
the attacus, and the ophiomachus, and the locust,
every one according to their kind.

23Butof ilying things whatsoever hath four feet
only, shall be an abomination to you.

24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses ol
them shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the
evening:

25 And if it be necessary that he carry any o*
these things when they are dead, he shall wash his
clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.

26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it
not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean : and he
that toucheth it shall be defiled.

27 That which walketh upon hands, of all ani-
mals which go on all four, shall be unclean- lie that
shall touch their carcasses, shall be defiled until
evening.

28 And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall
wash bis clothes, and shall be unclean until evening:
because all these things are unclean to you.

29 These also shall be reckoned among unclear;
things, of all that move upon the earth; the weasel,
and the mouse, and the crocodile, everyone accord
ing to their kind :

30 The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stello
and the lizard, and the mole:

31 All these are unclean. He that toucheth their
carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.

32 And upon what thing soever any of their car-
casses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a
vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins, or hair-
cloths; or any thing in which work is done: they
shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until
the evening, and so afterwards shall be clean.

33 But an earthen vessel, into which any of these
shall tall, shall be defiled, and therefore is to be
broken.

34 Any meat which you cat, if water from such
a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean ; and
every liquor that is drunk out of any suck vessel,
shall be unclean.

anil scales ; that is, souls that did not raise themselves up by prayer,
and cover themselves with the scales of virtues.

J The chcrogrillus. Some suppose it to be the rabbit, others Ihe hedge-
hog: St. Jerome intimates that it is another kind of animal ri>n:moii in
Palestine, which lives in the holes of rocks or in the earth. We chouse
here, as also in the names of several other creatures that follow,
(which are little known in this part of the world,) to keep the Gin k
or Latin names.

} The griffon. Not the monster which the painters represent ; which
hath no being upon earth ; but a bird of the eagle kind, Jailer than
the common.

i.Kvmrus.

36 And upon whatsoever thing any of dme dead
beasts shall tall, it shall be unclean: whether it be
oven or pots with feet, i h* \ shall be destroyed ami
shall In' unclean.

But fountains and cisterns, ami all gatherings
together of waters shall be clean* He that loucheth
iln-ir carcasses shall !)<• defiled.

37 If it fall upon seed turn, it shall not defile it
Hut if any man pour water upon the -tit!.

and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it
shall be forth* ith defiled.

39 If an\ beast die, of which it is lawful for you
to eat, he thai toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be
unclean until the evening :

4© And he that eateth or carried) any thins there-
of, shall wash his clothes, ami shall be unclean until

the evening.

41 All that crecpeth upon the eartli shall be abo-
minable, neither thai] it lie taken for meat.

tJ Whatsoever jjoeth upon the breast on four
feet, or hath main feet, or traihth on the eartli, you
shall not eat, because it is abominable.

43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught
thereof, lest \ou be unclean.

l-i- For I am the Lord your God: be holy, be-
cause I am holy. Defile not your souls by any
creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.

40 for I am the Lord, who brought you out of
tin 1 land of Egypt, that I might lie jour (iod.

46 \ on shall be holy, because 1 am holy. This is
the law of beasts ami fowls, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and crecpeth on
the eartli.

47 That you may know the differences of the
clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to
eat, ai.d what to refuse.

CHAP. XII.

The purification of women after child-hirth.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them : If a woman having received
I shall bear a man-child, she shall be unclean

se\en days, according to the days of the separation
of her Bowers.

;5 And on the eighth day the infant shall be cir-
cumcised :

4 hut she shall remain three and thirty davt in
the blood of her purification. She shall touch no
holy thtSJff, neither shall she enter into the sanctua-
ry, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.

5 But if she shall bear a maid-child, she shall be
unclean two weeks, according to the custom of her
monthly courses: and she shall remain in the blood
of her purification si\iy-six days.

MM when the days of her purification are ex-
p'ued, for a son, or lor a daughter, she shall bring to
•hi' door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb
of S VOW old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or
a turtle for sin; and shall deliver them to the priest :

• Isprory. Tlie leprosy wan • figure of Mr) | an. I Ck- nh*errance»

rib*] m Lbim and tbo following ch ipter, iutimatc wbatouglit wi-
ll

7 Who shall offer them before the Lord, aim
shall pra\ for her: and so she shall lie cleansed from
the issue of her blood. This is the law lor In rthal
beareth a man child or a maid-child.

8 And if her hand find not sufficiency, and si,.
il not able to offer a land), she shall take two tur-
tles, Or tWO young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and
another for sin : and the priest shall pia\ lor her
anil so she shall be cleansed.

(MAI'. XIII.

The bite concerning It proxy in men, and in garments.

AM) the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, say-
ing :

2 The man, in whose skin or flesh shall arise a
different colour or a blister, or as it were something
shining, that is, the stroke of the leprosy,* shall be
brought to Aaron the priest, or any one of his sons.

3 And if he see the leprosy in his skin, and the
hair turned white, and the place where the leprosy
appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh:
it is the stroke of the leprosy; and upon his judg-
ment he shall be separated.

4 hut if there be a shining whiteness in the skin,

and not lower than the other llesh, and the hair be
of the former colour, the priest shall shut him up

seven days.

5 And the seventh day he shall look on him : and
if the leprosy be grown no farther, and hath hot
spread itself in the skin, lie shall shut him up again
other Beven da\s.

6 And on the seventh day he shall look on him :
if the leprosy be somewhat obscure, and not spread
in the skin, he shall declare him clean, because it is
but a scab : and the man shall wash his clothes, and
shall lie clean.

7 hut if the leprosy grow again, after he was seen
by the priest and restored to cleanness, he shall be
brought to him,

8 And shall be condemned of uncleanness.

9 If the stroke of the leprosy be in a man, he
shall lie brought to the priest,

10 And lie shall view him. And when there
shall be a w bite colour in the skin, and it shall have
changed the look of the hair, and the living flesh
itself shall appear:

11 It shall be judged an inveterate leprosy, and
mow n into the skin. The priest therefore shall de-
clare him unclean, and shall not shut him up, lie-
cause he is evidently unclean.

I ! Bui if the leprosy spring out running about
ill the skin, and cover all the skin from the head
to the feet, whatsoever fatteth under the light of
res,

Id The priest shall view him, and shall judge
that the leprosy which he has is \ cry clean: because

it is all turned into whiteness, ami therefore the

man shall be clean.

IV But when the live flesh shall appear in him,

15 Then by the judgment of the priest he shall be

rilnallv t.. I..- .I.me, in order to be delivered from »o jreat ancril, or
preserved horn it.

chap. xni.

defiled, and shall be reekoned among the unclean :
for live Mesh, if it be spotted with leprosy. is unclean.

16 And if again it be turned into whiteness, and
cover all the man,

17 The priest shall view him, and shall judge him
to he clean.

18 When also there has been an ulcer in the flesh
and the skin, and it has been healed,

19 And in the place of the ulcer, there appeareth
a white scar, or somewhat red, the man shall be
brought to the priest :

20 And when he shall see the place of the leprosy
lower than the other flesh, and the hair turned white,
he shall declare him unclean : for the plague of le-
prosy is broken out in the ulcer.

21 But if the hair be of the former colour, and
the scar somewhat obscure, and be not lower than
the flesh that is near it, he shall shut him up seven
days.

22 And if it spread, he shall judge him to have
.he leprosy :

23 But if it stay in its place, it is but the scar of
an ulcer, and the man shall be clean.

24 The flesh also and skin that hath been burnt,
and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar,

25 The priest shall view it: and if he see it turn-
ed white, and the place thereof is lower than the
other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because
the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar.

26 But if the colour of the hair be not changed,
nor the blemish lower than the other flesh, and the
appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure, he
shall shut him up seven days :

27 And on the seventh day he shall view him :
if the leprosy be grown farther in the skin, he shall
declare him unclean.

28 But if the whiteness stay in its place, and be
not very clear, it is the sore of a burning : and there-
fore he shall be cleansed, because it is only the scar
of a burning.

29 If the leprosy break out in the head or the
beard of a man or a woman, the priest shal see them.

30 And if the place be lower than the other flesh,
and the hair yellow, and thinner than usual ; he shall
declare them unclean, because it is the leprosy of
the head and the beard.

31 But if he perceive the place of the spot is
equal with the flesh that is near it, and the hair
black ; he shall shut him up seven days :

32 And on the seventh day be shall look upon it.
If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour,
and the place of the blemish be even with the other
flesh :

33 The man shall be shaven all but the place of
the spot: and he shall be shut up other seven days.

34 If on the seventh day the evil seem to have
staid in its place, and not lower than the other flesh,
he shall cleanse him; and his clothes being washed
he shall be clean

35 But if after his cleansing, the spot spread
again in the skin,

36 He shall seek no more whether the hair be
turned yellow, because he is evidently unclean.

37 But if the spot be staid, and the hair be black
let him know that the man is healed, and let him
confidently pronounce him clean.

38 If a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or
a woman,

39 The priest shall view them. If he find that a
darkish whiteness shineth in the skin, let him know
that it is not the leprosy, but a white blemish, and
that the man is clean.

40 The man whose hair fallcth off from his head,
he is bald and clean :

41 And if the hair fall from his forehead, he is
bald before and clean.

42 But if in the bald head or in the bald forehead
there be risen a white or reddish colour,

43 And the priest perceive this, he shall condemn
him undoubtedly of leprosy, which is risen in the
bald part.

44 Now whosoever shall be defiled with the le-
prosy, and is separated by the judgment of the priest,

45 Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head
bare, his mouth covered with a cloth, and he shall
cry out that he is defiled and unclean.

46 All the time thai he is a leper and unclean,
he shall dwell alone without the camp.

47 A woollen or linen garment that shall have
the leprosy*

48 In the warp, and the woof, or a skin, or what-
soever is made of a skin,

49 If it be infected with a white or red spot, it
shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shown
to the priest.

50 And he shall look upon it, and shall shut it up
seven days :

51 And on the seventh day, when he looketh on
it again, if he find that it is grown, it is a fixed le-
prosy : he shall judge the garment unclean, and
every thing wherein it shall be found :

52 And therefore it shall be burnt with fire.

53 But if he see that it is not grown,

54 He shall give orders, and they shall wash that
part wherein the leprosy is, and he shall shut it up
other seven days.

55 And when he shall see that the former colour
is not returned, nor yet the leprosy spread, he shall
judge it unclean, and shall burn it with fire ; for the
leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment,
or through the whole.

56 But if the place of the leprosy be somewhat
dark, after the garment is washed, he shall tear it
off, and divide it from that w hich is sound.

57 And if after this there appear in those places
that before were without spot, a flying and wander-
ing leprosy ; it must be burnt with fire.

58 If it cease, he shall wash with water the parts
that are pure, the second time, and they shall be clean.

59 This is the law touching the leprosy of any
woollen or linen garment either in the warp or woof,
or any thing of skins, how it ought to be cleansed,
or pronounced unclean.

* Garment that shall have the leprosy. These prescriptions, with rela-
tion tosrarments and houses infected with the leprosy, are to teach us
to fly all such company and places as are apt to be the occasion of sin

LEvrrtcua.

( II \l". \IV.

The riles or sacrifices in cleansing tkr leprosy. Isprosy in houses.

AND the Lord spoke id Moms, MgriUfl :
2 This is the rite of i leper, when In* is to
be cleansed: He shall In- brought to the priest :

.' Who going out ot the camp, when be shall
find that the leprosj is cleansed.

Shall command him, ih.it is to Ik- purified, to
offer for hiinsi ll two living sparrow s. which it is law-
ful to eat, ami cedar-wood, and tsarlet ami hyssop.

5 Ami he- shall command one of the sparrows to
be immolated in an earthea ressei ofw firing wa-
ters :*

6 But the other that is alive he shall dip, with
the cedar-WOOd, and the scarlet ami the hyssop, in
the hlood ot' the sparrow that is immolated :

7 Wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be
cleansed seven times, that he may he rightly puri-
fied : ami ne shall let go the living sparrow, that it
may ily into the field.

8 And when the man hath washed his clothes,
he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall he
washed with water: ami being purified he shall en-
ter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his
ow a tent Soma days >

9 And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair
of his head, ami his heard, and his eye-hrows. and

the hair of all his body. And bavin
his clothes, and his body,

10 On the eighth day he shall take two lamhs
without blemish, and an ewe of a year old without
blemish, and three tenths of llour tempered with
oil for a sacrifice, and a sextaryf of oil apart.

11 And when the priest that purilieth the man,
hath presented him. and all these things before the
I ,iu (I, at tin- door of the taliernacle of the testimony ,

I J lie shall take a lamh. and oiler it for a tres-
pass-offering with the senary of oil : and having
offered all before the Lord,

13 He shall immolate the lamh, where the vic-
tim for sin is wont to he immolated, and the holo-
canst, that is, iii the holy place : for as that which
is for sin, so also the victim for a tresinss-oflering,
pertaineth to the priest : it is holy of holies.

1 \ And the priest taking of the bloodf of the
victim that was immolated tor trespa-s. shall put it

_ w ashed tgain

mini) of his right hand ami the meat

upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed.

and upon tl

tin- of his rizht foot :

15 And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into
nis own left hand,

* iJring irmlert. That is, water* taken from a spring, brook, or

t jf ttxtmrt, Itebr. \o% i a mex.ure of liquids, which was the twelfth
part of a kin; and held about as much as six eggv

J Tmkimr »f tkr blood, kc. These ceremonies, used in the cl.
of a leper, wer. m and very significative. The sprinkling

i tbebtoodof tin- little bird. lb< bimselfand

hi* clothes, the sharing hi. hair and hit heard, signify the mean, which
are to be used in tbe reconcilialion of a sinner, and t *•» ■ MMM )>v
which In- i. to return to Otst, u/.. I>v the rc|ieat«sd application of DM
blood of ( hn»t ; the washing bis c on ec M a c e with the »«:•
punctiin ; and retrenching all raaittea and .npc-tliiitti-.. b, i n
ur all thai it over and above what a war) in alms-deeds. Th.

16 And shall dip his riiilit finder in it, and sprin
kle it hefore the Lord se\en tiim s.

17 And the rest of the oil in his left hand, lie
shall pout Upon the tip of the right ear of him thai
is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand,
and the great toe of his right foot, and upon the
hlood that was shed for trespass,

18 And upon his head.

19 And he shall pray for him hefore the Lord,
and s|,a|| otfer the sacrifice for sin : then shall he
immolate the holocaust,

J; > And put it on the altar with the filiations
thereof, and the man shall he rightly cleansed.

J I Hut if he he poor, and his hand cannot find
the things aforesaid, he shall take a lamh for an
offering for trespass, that the priest may piav lor
him, and a tenth part of flour tempered with oil for
a sacrifice, ami a sextan of oil,

J 2 And two turtles or two youim pigeons, of
which one may be for sin, and the other for it holo-
caust :

23 And he shall offer them on the eighth day of
his purification to the priest, at the door of the ta-
liernacle of the testimony hefore the Lord.

24 And the priest rec e iv i ng the lamb for trespass,

and the sextary of oil, shall elevate them together.

25 And the lamh being immolated, he shall put
of the hlood thereof upon the tip of the right ear
of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and the great toe of his right foot :

26 Hut he shall pour part of the oil into his own
left hand,

27 Ami dipping the finger of his right hand in
it, he shall sprinkle it seven times hefore the Lord :

28 And he shall touch the tip of the right ear of
him that is cleansed, and the tliunih of his right
hand, and the great toe of his right foot, in the place
of the blood that was shed lor trespa-s.

29 And the other part of the oil that is in ht»
left hand, he shall pour upon the head of tin puri-
fied person, that he may appease the Lord for him.

30 And he shall oiler a turtle, or VOOng pigeon,

31 One for trespass, and the Other lot a liolo
canst, with their lihalions.

32 This is the sacrifice of a leper, that is not able
to have all things that appertain to his cleansing.

33 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
saying :

!V When VOU shall be come into the land of*
Chanaan, which I will give you for a possession, if
then' he the pfasgOC of leprosy in a house

33 He whose house it is, shall go and tell the

.in-offering and the holocaust or hurnt-otlcring, which he was to
oii'cr at bis cleansing, signify 0m sacrifice o( a contrite and humhic
and that of adoration in spirit and truth, with gratitude and
thankfulness, for the forgivencs. of sins, with which we art- i

i the Almighty. The touching the right ear, the
lliiimli of the right hand, and tlie great toe of tin- nfht foot, first with
the blood of the victim, and then with the remainder of tbe ml,
hIii.Ii bad Ihi ii sprinkled seven times hefore the Ix>rd. signif\ tl.e

application of the hlood of Christ, ami tbe nactioa of tbe eerenfi Id
..i the Rati Ghost lo tbe sinner's right ear, that he ma\ duly
btsvtDH to and obey the law of God ; and lo his right hand and foot,
ihat the works of hit hands, and all the steps or affections of hit soul,
-ignificd by tbe feet, may be rightly directed to God.

CHAP. XV.

priest, saying : It seemeth to me, that there is the
plague of leprosy in my house.

36 And he shall command, that they carry forth
all things out of the house, before he go into it, and
sec whether it have the leprosy, lest all things be-
come unclean that are in the house. And afterwards
he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house.

37 And if he see in the walls thereof as it were
little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and
lower than all tin? rest,

38 He shall go out of the door of the house, and
forthwith shut it up seven days.

39 And returning on the seventh day, he shall
look upon it. If he find that the leprosy is spread,

40 lie shall command, that the stones wherein
the leprosy is, be taken out, and cast without the
city into an unclean place: m ,

41 And that the house be scraped on the inside
round about, and the dust of the scraping be scat-
tered without the city into an unclean place:

42 And that other stones be laid in the place of
them that were taken away, and the house be plas-
tered with other mortar.

43 But if, after the stones be taken out, and the
dust scraped off, and it be plastered with other earth,

44, The priest going in perceive that the leprosy
is returned, and the walls full of spots, it is a last-
ing leprosy, and the house is unclean :

45 And they shall destroy it forthwith, and shall
cast the stones and timber thereof, and all the dust,
without the town, into an unclean place.

46 He that entereth into the house when it is
shut, shall be unclean until evening.

47 And he that sleepeth in it, and eateth any
thing, shall wash his clothes.

48 But if the priest going in perceive that the
leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plas-
tered again, he shall purify it, it being cured.

49 And for the purification thereof he shall take
two sparrows, and cedar-wood, and scarlet and
hyssop :

50 And having immolated one sparrow in an
earthen vessel over living waters,

51 He shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop.
and the scarlet, and the living sparrow, and shall
dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immo-
lated, and in the living water, and he shall sprinkle
the house seven times :

52 And shall purify it as well with the blood of
the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the
living sparrow, and with the cedar-wood and the
hyssop and the scarlet.

53 And when he hath let go the sparrow to fly
freely away into the field, he shall pray for the
house ; and it shall be rightly cleansed.

54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and
stroke ;

55 Of the leprosy of garments and houses ;

56 Of a scar and of blisters breaking out ; of a
shining spot, and when the colours are diversely
changed :

57 That it may be known when a thing is clean,
or unclean

CHAP. XV.

Other legal uncleanncsaet.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, say-
ing:

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to
them : The man that hath an issue of seed, shall
be unclean.* _ ' .

3 And then shall he be judged subject to this
evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleav-
eth to his flesh, and gathereth there.

4 Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall be un-
clean, and every place on which he sitteth.

5 If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his
clothes : and being washed with water, he shall be
unclean until the evening.

6 If a man sit where that man hath sitten, he
also shall wash his clothes : and being washed with
water, shall be unclean until the evening.

7 Hethattoucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes:
and being himself washed with water, shall be un-
clean until the evening.

8 If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is
clean, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed
with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.

9 The saddle on which he hath sitten shall be
unclean :

10 And whatsoever has been under him that hath
the issue of seed, shall he unclean until the evening.
He that carrieth any of these things, shall wash his
clothes : and being washed with water, he shall be
unclean until the evening.

11 Every person whom such a one shall touch,
not having washed his hands before, shall wash his
clothes: and being washed with water, shall be un-
clean until the evening.

12 If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be bro-
ken ; but if a vessel of wood, it shall be washed
with water.

13 If he who sufTereth this disease be healed, he
shall number seven days after his cleansing,
having washed his clothes, and all his body in
water, he shall be clean.

14 And on the eighth day he shall take two tur-
tles, or two young pigeons; and he shall come be-
fore the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of the
testimony, and shall give them to the priest:

15 Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for
a holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the
Lord, that he may be cleansed of the issue of his
seed.

16 The man from whom the seed of copulation
goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and
he shall be unclean until the evening.

17 The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall
wash with water ; and it shall be unclean until the

evening;.

18 The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall
be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the
evening.

and
living

* htm of seed shall be unclean. These lejral nncleannesses were m-
tl stituted in order tu give the people a horror of carual unpt'ritics.

LL\ I IK US.

19 The woman, who ;it the return of the month

hath her issue of Moo I, shall he separated seven

(In s.

ry one thai touchcth her, shall be unclean
until the evening.

21 And even thins; that she sleepeth on, or that
she siiteih on, in the days of her separation, shall
he defiled.

2 ! I le that touchcth herhed shall wash liis clothes;
and being himself cashed with water, shall lie un-
cJean until the evening.

S3 Whosoever shall touch any VCSwl 00 w Inch
she sitteth, shall wash his clothe*: md himself
I x • i 1 1 U washed with water, shall he defiled until the

evening.

J I If a man copulateth with her in the time of

her llovvers. he shall he unclean seven days: ami

n bi d. on n hieli he shall sleep, shall he defiled.

20 The worn an that hath an issue of hlood many
days out of her ordinary time, or that ceaseth not
to tlovv after the monthly courses, as Ion- as she is
suhicrt to this disease, shall be unclean, in the same
manner as is it she were in her llowers.

K Every bed OB which she sleepeth. and even
vessel on which she shteth, shall be defiled.

27 Whosoever touched) them shall wash his
clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall
be unclean until the evening.

28 If the hlood stop and cease to run, she shall
count seven davs of her purification:

29 And on the eighth day she shall offer for her-
self to the priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons.
at the door of the tahernacle of the testimony :

30 And he shall offer One for sin, and the other
for a holocaust: and he shall pray for her before
the Lord, and for the issue of her lincteaiinesS.

31 Vou shall teach therefore the children of Is-
rael, to take heed of uncleanuess. thai the\ mav not
die in their filth, when they shall have defiled my
tabernacle that is among them.

32 This is the law of him tint hath the issue of
v i il. and that is defiled h.v copulation;

And of the woman that is separted in her
monthly times, or that hath a continual issue of
blood, and of the man thai sleepeth with her.

CHAP, Wi.

n hen and hoto the highpricKt muxl enter into the itinctuary.
The f rati of r.r /iuiI inn.

A NI) the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death
**■ ol the two sons of Aaron, when they Were
slain upon their offering strange lire:

2 And he commanded him. Baying: Speak to
Aaron thy brother, that he enter not* at all into the
tSBCt Uary, which is within the veil before the pro-

• Enter net. No nnc bat llm high- ! he Imi once .i rear,

MM ; |„ si~nifl tl.ilt DO one COUU M |(T

into the amnetwarj <>f hearon nil ChriM our high-priest opened il h\
hit pa"'""- Hrb. X. R.

{ Tkt rmUuny rt,t: caper rmiumiui; in C.rrrk .>.».,, ».r«; in Hebrew
.1:*xtt; tkt r—l to ro off, or. a* -mi... MQa]a*j it, the Kept-root. I In.
goat, oti whp«e In-*) Um high-pricat waa ordered l<i poor forth
cr», and to make a general corif< --i"n of |l,e siri« of Ihe peoph
iikt them ill. aa it were, on In. baa. I . .md Bate that to »cnd Inn/away

¥6

pitiatorv. with which the ark is coveted. 1.-st he die.
(tor I will appear in a cloud over the oracle)

.'> I sless be first do these dungs : He shall offer

a calf lor sin, and a ram for a holocaust.

4 lie shall he vested with a linen tunick ; he
shall cover his nakedness with linen breeches: he
sliall he girded With a linen girdle; and he shall put
a linen mitre upon his head: for these are holy
vestments; all which he shall put on, after In
washed.

5 And he shall receive from the whole multi-
tude of the children of Israel two buck-goats for
sin. and one ram for a holocaust.

tl And when he hath offered the calf, and prav id
for himself, ami for his own homo,

7 He shall make the two buck-goats to stand he-
fore the Lord in the door of the tahernacle of the
lestinionv :

8 And casting lots upon them hoth, one to he
offered to the Lord, and the other to be the eniis-
sary-goal :f

9 That whose lot fell to be offered to the Lord,

he shall offer for sin :

10 Ihit that whose lot was to he the emissary-

goat, he shall present alive before the Lord, that

he may pour out prayers upon him, and let him go
into the wilderness.

11 After these things are duly celebrated, he

shall offer the calf; and praying for himself and for
his own house, he shall immolate it :

I J And taking the censer, which he hath filled
with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up
with his hand the compounded perfume for incense,
he shall go ill within the veil into the holy place :

13 That when the perfumes are pal npou the fne,

the cloud J and vapour thereof mav cover the oracle,
which is over ihe testimony, and he mav not die.

II lie shall take also ol' the hlood; of the calf,
and sprinkle w ith his linger seven times towards the
propitiatory to the east.

15 And when he hath killed the bock-goat for
the sin of the people, he shall earn in the hlood
thereof within the veil, as he was commanded to
do with the hlood of the calf, that he may sprinkle
it over-against the oracle.

16 Ami mav expiate the sanctuary from ihe McV-
cleauncss of the children of Israel, and from their
transgressions, and all their sins. According to this
rite shall he do to the tahernacle of the testimony,
which is fixed BUKMIg them in ihe midst of the filth
of their hahitation.

17 Let no man he in the tahernacle when the
high-priest goetfa into the sanctuary, to pray for
himself and his house, and for the whole COUgH -
gation of Israel, until he come out.

into the » ildernewi, to he dcYourrd by wild beasts, waa a figure ol

.liour. rharjred wilh all our »in«, in his pa'Mon.

i The r/oiirf, t The blood, fcc. Tin* i« to t.:nli n«. that if we

would iro into the sanctuary of God, wc muM take withu. the incanat

of prayer, and the blood, that is, the passion ol Christ. W here alto

that the high-prieat, before he (rent into tl»- I 1 lit*,

was to wa»h bu whole body, anil then to pol "n while linen |aMUaBUte;

to tignify Ihe purity and chattily with which wc are to approach to

l.o.).

CHAP. XVII.

18 And when he is come out to the altar that is
before the Lord, let him pray for himself; and tak-
ing the blood of the calf, and of the buck-goat, let
him pour it upon the horns thereof round about :

19 And sprinkling with his finger seven times,
let him expiate, and sanctify it from the unclean-
ness of the children of Israel.

20 After he hath cleansed the sanctuary, and the
tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the liv-
ing goat :

21 And putting both hands upon his head, let
him confess all the iniquities of the children of Is-
rael, and all their offences and sins : and praying
that they may light on his head, he shall turn him
out by a man ready for it, into the desert,

22 And when the goat hath carried all their ini-
quities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go
into the desert,

23 Aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the
testimony, and putting off the vestments, which he
had on him before when he entered into the sanc-
tuary, and leaving them there 2

24 He shall wash his flesh in the holy place, and
shall put on his own garments. And after that he
is come out, and hath offered his own holocaust, and
that of the people, he shall pray both for himself,
and for the people :

25 And the fat that is offered for sins, he shall
bum upon the altar.

26 But he that hath let go the emissary-goat,
shall wash his clothes, and his body with water,
and so shall enter into the camp.

27 But the calf and the buck-goat, that were sa-
crificed for sin, and whose blood was carried into
the sanctuary, to accomplish the atonement, they
shall carry forth without the camp, and shall burn
with fire, their skins and their flesh, and their dung :

28 And whosoever burneth them shall wash his
clothes and flesh with water, and so shall enter into
the camp.

29 And this shall be to you an everlasting ordi-
nance : The seventh month, the tenth day of the
month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no
work, whether it be one of your own country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among you.

30 Upon this day shall be the expiation for you,
and the cleansing from all your sins : you shall be
cleansed before the Lord.

31 For it is a sabbath of rest; and you shall
afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.

32 And the priest that is anointed, and whose
hands are consecrated to do the office of the priest-
hood in his father's stead, shall make atonement :
and he shall be vested with the linen robe and the
holy vestments :

33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary, and the
tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar, the priests
also, and all the people.

* If he kill, fyc. That is, in order to sacrifice. The law of God
forbids sacrifices to be offered in any other place but at the taberna-
cle or temple of the Lord ; to signify that no sacrifice would be ac-
ceptable to God, out of his true temple, the one, holy, catholic, apos-
tolic church.

34 And this shall be an ordinance for ever, that
you pray for the children of Israel, and for all their
sins once in a year. He did therefore as the Lord
had commanded Moses.

CHAP. XVII.

No sacrifices to be offered but at the door of the tabernacle a
prohibition, of blood.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
- 2 Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all
the children of Israel, saying to them : This is the
word, which the Lord hath commanded, saying:

3 Any man whosoever of the house of Israel, if
he kill* an ox, or a sheep, or a goat, in the camp
or without the camp,

4 And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle
an oblation to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood :
as if he had shed blood, so shall he perish from the
midst of his people.

5 Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to
the priest their victims, which they kill in the field,
that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the
door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they
may sacrifice them for peace-offerings to the
Lord.

6 And the priest shall pour the blood upon the
altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of
the testimony, and shall burn the fat for a sweet
odour to the Lord.

7 And they shall no more sacrifice their victims
to devils, with whom they have committed fornica-
tion. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them
and to their posterity.

8 And thou shalt say to them : The man of the
house of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn
among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim,

9 And bringeth it not to the door of the taberna-
cle of the testimony, that it may be offered to the
Lord, shall perish from among his people.

10 If any man whosoever of the house of Israel,
and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat
blood, f I will set my face against his soul, and will
cut him off from among his people :

11 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood :
and I have given it to you, that you may make
atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and
the blood may be for an expiation of the soul.

12 Therefore I have said to the children of Is-
rael: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that so-
journ among you, shall eat blood.

13 Any man whosoever of the children of Israel,
and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by
hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird,
which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood,
and cover it with earth.

14 For the life of all flesh is in the blood :
therefore I said to the children of Israel : You shall
not eat the blood of any flesh at all ; because the

t Eat blood. To cat blood was forbidden in the law ; partly be-
cause God reserved it to himself, to be 'offered in sacrifices on the
altar, as to the Lord of life and death ; and as a figure of the blood
of Christ ; and partly to give men a horror of shedding blttoJ. Gen.
ix. 4, 5, 6.

lkutk us.

Ufa of the flesh is in the blood, ami whpso stcr e»i-

eth ii, shall bo cut off.

15 The si'iil that eateth that w Inch died of itself,

or has been caught by a beast, whether be be one
of your own country <>r ■ stranger, shall wash his
clothes and himself with water, and snail he defiled

until the evening: and in this manner he shall be
made clean.

It! But if he do not wash his clothes, and his
body, he shall bear his iniquity.

chap; win.

Marriage is prohibited in certain degrees of kindred: and all
unnatural lusts-.

AND the Lord s|>oke to Moses, saying:
-jeak to the children of Israel, and thou
shah say to them: 1 am the Lord your God.

3 You shall not do according to the custom of
the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither
shall you act according to the manner of the coun-
try of (hanaan, into which I will bring you, nor
shall vou walk in their ordinances.

4 You shall do my judgments, and shall observe
my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the
Lord your Clod.

") Keep my laws and my judgments, which if a
man do, ne shall live in them. I am the Lord.

6 No man shall approach to her that is near of
kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the
Lord.

7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father, or the nakedness of thy mother : she is thy
mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's wife : for it is the nakedness of thy father.

i) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
sister by lather or by mother, whether born at home
or abroad.

10 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter: because
it is thy own nakedness.

11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy fa-
ther, and who is thy sister.

12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy fa-
ther.

13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
mother's sister : because she is thy mother's hash.

14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thj
father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his
wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.

to Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
daughter-in-law ' because she is thy son's wife \
neither shalt thou discover her shame.

16 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy
brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy
brother.

17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
wife, and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her
son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to dis-
cover Inr shainc : because they are her flesh, and

sii'h copulation is incest.

18 Thou shall not take thy wile's sister for i
harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her

nakedness, while she is yel livi;

19 Thou shalt not approach toa woman having her
Bowers, neither shalt thou uncover her naked Dl

20 Thou shalt not lie with thj neighbour's wife,
nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

21 Thou shalt not gi\e any of thy seed to be

consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name
of thy God: I am the Lord.

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with wo-
mankind, because it is an abomination.

23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, nei-
ther shait thou be defiled with it. A woman shah
not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: be-
cause it is a heinous crime.*

2\ Defile not yourselves with any of these things

with which all the nations have been defiled, which
1 will cast out before you,

25 And with which the land is defiled : the abo-
minations of which 1 will visit, that it may \ omit
out its inhabitants.

26 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments.
and do not any of these abominations : neither any
of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth
among you.

27 h or all these detestable things, the inhabitants
of the land have done that were before you, and
have defiled it.

2U Beware then lest in like manner, it vomit you
also out, if you do the like things, as it vomited out
the nation that was before you.

29 Every soul that shall commit any of these
abominations, shall perish from the midst of hi»

people*

30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things
which they have done, that have been before you,

and be not defiled therein. 1 am the Lord your
(Jod.

CHAP. XIX.

Divers ordinances, partly moral, partly ceremonial or judicial.

r I^HE Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
-*- 2 Speak to all the congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel, and thou shalt sa\ to them : Be ye
holy, because 1 the Lord your God am holy.

3 Let every one bar his father, and his mother.
Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your (Jod.

4 Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves
molten gods. 1 am the Lord your God.

5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace-offering to the
Lord, that he may. be favourable.

6 You shall eat it on the same day it was offered.
and the next da] : and whatsoever shall be left until
the third day, you shall burn with fire.

7 If after tWO days an] man eat thereof, he shall
be profane and cuilty of impiety:

8 And shall bear his iniquity : because he hath
defiled the holy thins of the Lord: and that soul
shall perish from among hi* people.

* Btcaust it it a Iiciih

. Nad bj the »'
baaencM of i)>i-> tboM

III Hrlitvw lliin »nnl krinout ..

aim, tignify ing the •bamcfulneM am'

CHAP. XX.

9 When thou reapcst the com of thy land, thou
shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the
earth to the very ground : nor shalt thou gather the
cars that remain.

10 Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and

f;rapes that fall down in thy vineyard, but shalt
eave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I
am the Lord your God.

11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither
shall any man deceive his neighbour.

12 'lhou shalt not swear falsely by my name,
nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.

13 Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour,
nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him
that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with
thee until the morning.

14 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put
a stumbling-block before the blind : but thou shalt
fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.

15 Thou shaft not do that which is unjust, nor
judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor,
nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But
judge thy neighbour according to justice.

16 Thou shalt not be adetracter nor a whisperer
among the people. Thou shalt not stand against
the blood ot thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

17 Thoushaltnot hate thy brother in thy heart, but
reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

18 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the in-
jury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as
thyself. I am the Lord. *■

19 Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy
cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou
shalt not sow thy field with different seeds.* Thou
shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts.

20 If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a
bond-servant and marriageable, and yet not redeem-
ed with a price, nor made free, they both shall be
scourged : and they shall not be put to death,because
she was not a free woman.

21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the
Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony :

22 And the priest shall pray for him and for his
sin before the Lord ; and he shall have mercy on
him, and the sin shall be forgiven.

23 When you shall be come into the land, and
shall have planted in it fruit-trees, you shall take
away the first-fruitsf of them : the fruit that comes
forth shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat
of them.

24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be
sanctified, to the praise of die Lord.

25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits
thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the
Lord your God.

26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not
divine nor observe dreams.

* Different seeds, &c. This law tends to recommend simplicity and
plain -dealing in all things; and to teach the people not to join any
false worship or heresy with the worship of the true God.

f The firsl-fruils. Prapulia, literally their fore skins : it alludes to
circumcision, and signifies that for the first throe years the trees wire
(o he as uncircumcised, and their fruit unclean ; till in the fourtl

27 Nor shall you cut your hairf roundwise, nor
shave your beard.

28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh,
for the dead ; neither shall you make in yourselves
any figures or marks : I am the Lord.

29 Make not thy daughter a common strumpet,
lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.

30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary. I am the Lord.

31 Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any
thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them : I am
the Lord your God.

32 Rise up before the hoary head ; and honour
the person of the aged man : and fear the Lord thy
God. 1 am the Lord.

33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide
among you, do not upbraid him :

34 But let him be among you as one of the same
country; and you shall love him as yourselves: for
you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the
Lord your God.

35 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule,
in weight, or in measure.

36 Let the balance be just, and the weights equal,
the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord
your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments,
and do them. I am the Lord.

CHAP. XX.

Divers crimes to be punished with death.

AND the IiOrd spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Thus shalt thou say to the children of Is
rael : If any man of the children of Israel, or of
the strangers, that dwell in Israel, give of his seed
to the idol Moloch, dying let him die : the people*
of the land shall stone him.

3 And I will set my face against him : and I will
cut him off from the midst of his people ; because
he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath de-
filed my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name.
_ 4 And if the people of the land neglecting, and
as it were little regarding my commandment, let
alone the man that hath given of his seed to Mo-
loch, and will not kill him :

5 I will set my face against that man, and his
kindred, and will cut off both him, and all that con-
sented with him, to commit fornication with Mo-
loch, out of the midst of their people.

6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians,
and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with
them, I will set my face against that soul, and de-
stroy it out of the midst ol its people.

7 Sanctify yourselves and be ye holy, because I
am the Lord' your God.

8 Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the
Lord that sanctify you.

year their increase was sanctified and given to the Lord, that is, to
the priests.

\ Cut your hair, &c. This, and other such like things, of them-
selves indifferent, were forbidden by God, that they might not imitate
the Egyptians or other infidels, who practised these things out of su-
perstition, in liom.ur of their false deities

LEVITICUS.

9 He that cursrtii his father, or mother, dying
let him die: he hath cursed his father and mother,
let his blood he ii|n)ii liim.

lt» [fan; mao commit adultery with the wife of
another, and defile Ids neighbour's w ife, lei them be
put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

11 If a man lit- wit ii Ids Stepmother, and dis-
cover the nakedness of Ids lather, let tliein both be
put to death : their blood In 1 upon them.

1J It' any man lie with his daughter-in-law, lei

both die, became thei have done a heinous crime:

their McmhI he upon them.

13 If any one he with a man as with a woman,

both hare committed an abomination; let them be

put to death : their blood be upon them.

1 i 1 1 any man alter marrying the daughter, mar-
ry her mother, he hath done a heinous crime : he
shall he burnt alive with them : neither shall so
!i an abomination remain in the midst of you.

15 He that shall copulate with any beast or cat-
tle, dying let him die : the beast also ye shall kill.*

16 The woman that shall lie under any beast,
•hall be killed together with the same: their blood
be upon them.

17 [fan man take his sister the daughter of his
father, or the daughter of his mother, and see her
nakedness, and she behold her brother's shame: thej
have committed a crime : they shall be slain, in the
sight of their people, beeause they have discovered
one another's nakedness ; and they shall bear their
iuiquitv.

18 If any man lie with a woman in her flowers,
and uncover hei nakedness, and she open the foun-
tain of her blood, both shall be destroyed out of the
midst of their people.

1!» Thou shah not uncover the nakedness of thy
aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father:
he thai doeth this, hath uncovered the shame of his
own flesh; both shall bear their iniquity.

20 If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by
the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and un-
cover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear
their sin: they shall die without children.

21 He that marricth his brother's wife, doeth an
unlawful tiling; he hath uncovered his brother's
nakedness: tiny shall be without children.

22 Keep my laws, and my judgments, and d<>
them; lest the land into which you are to enter to
dwell therein, vomit you also out.

23 Walk not after the laws of the nations which
I will cast out before you. For they ha\e done all
these things: and therefore I abhorred them.

24 Bui to you I say: Poetess their land, which
I will give you for an inheritance, a land Sowing
with milk and honey. lam the Lord your God,
who have separated you from other people.

25 Therefore do you also separate the clean
beast from the unclean, and the clean foul from the
unclean: defile not your souls with beasts, or birds,

* TV trwt ata* ft thall kill. Tbr killing tba beaM wan for the
greater horror of the crime, and to prevent tlir remembrance oi
abomination.

100

or any things that move on the eaith, and which 1
ha\e show ii you to be unclean.

26 You shall be hol\ unto me. because I the
Lord am holy, and I ha\e separated you from other
people, that \ oil should be mine.

I A man, or woman, in whom then' is a py-
ihonical or divining spirit, dying let them die: they
shall stone them: their blood be upon them.

CHAP. XXI.

Orilinnncit relating to the priestt.

fl^HK Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the
-*- priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt sa\ to
them : Let not a priest incur an um leanness f at
the death of his citizens.

2 But only for his kin. such as are near in blood,
that is to say, lor his father and for his mother, and
for his son. and for his daughter, for his brother also,

3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no hus-
band :

4 But not even for the prince of his people shall
he do any thing thai may make him unclean.

5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their
beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not
profane his name: for they offer the burnt-offering
of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and there-
fore they shall be holy.

7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile

Grostitute, nor one thai has been put away from her
tisband : beeause they are (-onset rated to their (Jod,

8 And oiler the loaves of proposition. Let them
therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord,
who sanctify them.

9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whore-
dom, and dishonour the name of her father, .she
shall be burnt with lire.

10 The hiidi-priest, that is to say, the priest that
is the gr eatest among his brethren, upon whose head
the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose
hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and
who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall
not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments:

11 Nor shall he WQ in at all to any dead person:
not even for his father or his mother shall he be
defiled.

12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places,
lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because
the oil of the holy unction of his Cod is upon him.
I am the Lord.

13 lb- shall take a viruin unto his wife :

14 But a Widow or one that is divorced, or de-
filed, or a harlot, he shall not take; but a maid o»
his on n people:

15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred
with the common people of his nation : for I am
the Lord who sanctify him.

16 \u<l the Lord spoke tO Mot ng :

17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed,

t ,1n MMtMMttt, viz. inch a* «r»i contr.u I.-.I in lai mjr out the dead
body, or t <»iw I hi.,: it . nr in piing into (In bouse, oramiiting at the fa-
ke.

CHAP. XXII.

throughout their families, hath a blemish,* he shall
not oner bread to his God :

18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him :
If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or
a great, or a crooked nose,

19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken,

20 If he be crook-backed, or blear-eyed, or have
a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry
scurf in his body, or a rupture :

21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest
hath a blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacri-
fices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.

22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that
are offered in the sanctuary,

23 Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor
approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish,
and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the
Lord who sanctify them.

24 Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his
50ns, and to all Israel, all the things that had been
commanded him.

CHAP. XXII.

Who may eat the holy things ; and what things may be offend.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they
beware of those things that are consecrated of the
children of Israel, and defile not the name of the
things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the
Lord.

3 Say to them, and to their posterity : Every
man of your race, that approachethf to those things
that are consecrated, and which the children of Is-
rael have offered to the Lord, in whom there is un-
cleanness, shall perish before the Lord. I am the
Lord.

4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper,
or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat
of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be
healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by oc-
casion of the dead, and he whose seed goeth from
him as in generation,

5 And he thai toucheth a creeping thing, or any
unclean thing, the touching of which is defiling,

6 Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall
not eat those things that are sanctified : but when he
hath washed his flesh with water,

7 And the sun is down, then, being purified, he
shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his
meat,

8 That which dieth of itself, and that which
was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be de-
filed therewith. I am the Lord.

9 Let them keep my precepts, that they may not
fall into sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they
shall have defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify
them.

10 No stranger shall eat of the sanctified things :

* Jl blemish. These corporeal defects or deformities, which dis-
qualified the priests from officiating in the Old Law, were figures of
the vices which priests are to beware of in the New Law. St. Grego-
ry, Cura pastorum.

f Ayproachtlh, &c. This is to give i;s to understand, with what pu-

a sojourner of the priests, or a hired servant, shall
not eat of them.

11 But he whom the priest hath bought, and he
that is his servant, born in his house, these shall eat
of them.

12 If the daughter of a priest be married to anv
of the people, she shall not eat of those things that
are sanctified, nor of the first-fruits

13 But if she be a widow, or divorced, and hav-
ing no children return to her father's house, she
shall eat of her father's meats, as she was wont to
do when she was a maid : no stranger hath leave to
eat of them.

14 He that eateth of the sanctified things through
ignorance, shall add the fifth part with that which he
ate, and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary.

15 And they shall not profane the sanctified
things of the children of Israel, which they offer to
the Lord :

16 Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their
trespass, when they shall have eaten the sanctified
things. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the
children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them :
The man of the house of Israel, and of the stran-
gers who dwell with you, that offereth his oblation,
either paying his vows, or offering of his own ac-
cord, whatsoever it be which he presenteth for a
holocaust of the Lord,

19 To be offered by you, it shall be a male with-
out blemish % of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of
the goats.

20 If it have a blemish, you shall not offer it,
neither shall it be acceptable.

21 The man that offereth a victim of peace-
offerings to the Lord, either paying his vows, or
offering of bis own accord, whether of beeves or of
sheep, shall offer it without blemish, that it may be
acceptable : there shall be no blemish in it.

22 If it be blind, or broken, or have a scar, or
blisters, or a scab, or a dry scurf; you shall not
offer them to the Lord, nor burn anything of them
upon the Lord's altar.

23 An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear and the
tail cut off, thou mayest offer voluntarily : but a vow
may not be paid with them.

24 You shall not offer to the Lord any beast that
hath the testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and
taken away : neither shall you do any such thing in
your land.

25 You shall not offer bread to your God, from
the hand of a stranger, nor any other thing that he
would give : because they are all corrupted and de-
filed : you shall not receive them.

26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is
brought forth, they shall be seven days under the

rity of soul we are to approach to the blessed sacrament, of which
these moats that hid been offered in sacrifice were a figure.

\ Without blemish. To teach us to aim at perfection in all our offer-
ings and p rformances.

101

i. i:\rncus.

udder of their dam: l>nt tin- eighth day, and
thenceforth they may be offered to the Lord.

Whether ii be a cow, or a sheep, they shall
not Ik' sacrificed the same da) with their young

29 It you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to
the Lord, thai lie may be favourable,

30 Von shall cat it tin- aamn day: there shall not

auv ot it remain until the morning of the next day.

I am the LonL

31 Keep my commandments, and do them. 1
am the Lord.

Profane not my holy name, that I may be
sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I
am the Lord who sanctify you,

33 And who brought yon out of the land of
pt, that I might l»- your God: 1 am the Lord.

CHAP. XXIII.

Ibtly-dayt to be kept.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them : These are the (easts of the
Lord, which yon shall call holy.

3 Six davs .shall ye do work ; the seventh day,
because it is the rest of the sabbath, shall be called
holy. You shall do no work on that day : it is the
sahliath of the Lord in all your habitations.

4 These also are the holy-days of the Lord,
which you must cele br a te in their seasons.

5 The first month, the fourteenth day of the
month at evening, is the phase of the Lord :

6 And the fifteenth day of the same month is
the solemnity of the unleavened bread of the Lord.
Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread.

7 The first day shall he most solemn unto you,
and holy: you shall do no sen . ile work therein :

8 I Jut you shall offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord
seven days. And the seventh day shall he more
solemn, and more holy: and you shall do no servile
work therein.

9 And the Lord spoke to Ifoses, saying:

10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them : When you shall have entered
into the land which I will give you, and shall reap
your corn, you shall bring sheaves of ears, the first*
fruits of your harvest, to the priest :

11 Who shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord,
the ne\t day after the sahhath, that it may he ac-
ceptable for you, and shall sanctify it.

1 J And on the same davthat the sheaf is conse-
crated, a lamb without blemish of the first year,
Khali he killed for a holocaust of the Lord.

13 And the libations shall be offered with it, two
tenths of flour tempered with oil, for a burnt-offer-
ing 01* the Lord, and a most s\\ i ct odour : libations
also of wine, tin' fourth part of a hin.

I i- You shall not eat either bread, or narrhed
corn, or frmnentv of the harvest, until the day that
yon shall offer thereof to your God. It is a pre-
cept for ever throughout your ge nerat ions, ami all
your dwelling*.

15 Von snail count therefore from the morrovt

I OS

after tin- sabbath, wherein yO0 offered the sheaf o'
the first-fruits, seven lull weeks.

It! Even unto the morrow alter the seventh week
be expired, that is to say, fifty davs, and so you
shall oiler a new sacrifice to the Lord.

17 Out of all your dwellings, two loaves of the
first-fruits, of two tenths of floor leavened, which
you shall bake for the fust-fruits of the Lord.

18 And yon shall oiler with the loaves seven
lambs without blemish of the first \ear, and one
calf from the herd, and two rams: and they shall
be for a holocaust with their libations, for a most
BWvet odour to the Lord.

19 You shall oiler also a buck-iioat for sin, and
two lambs of the first vear for sacrifices of peace-
ofl'erin-s.

20 And when the priest hath lifted them up
with the loaves of the lirst-fruits before the Lord,
they shall fall to his use.

21 And you shall call this day most solemn, and
most hol\. You shall do no servile work therein.
It shall he an everlasting ordinance in all your
dwellings and generations.

22 And when you reap the corn of your land,
you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither
shall you gather the cars that remain: but you
shall leave them for the poor and for the Strangers.
I am (he Lord vour God.

23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

24 Say to the children of Israel : 'The seventh
month, on the first day of die month, you shall
keep a sabbath, a memorial, with the sound of
trumpets, and it shall be called holy.

25 You shall do no servile work therein, and
VOO shall oiler a holocaust to the Lord.

26 And the Lord spoke to 510068, saying:

27 Upon the tenth day of this seventh month
shall be the day of atonement : it shall be most so-
lemn, anil shall be called holy: and VOU shall afflict
your souls on that day, and shall oiler a holocaust
to the Lord.

28 You shall do no servile work in the time of
this day: because it is a dav of propitiation, that
the Lord your God may be merciful unto vou.

29 Every soul that is not afflicted on this day,
shall perish from anions his people:

30 And every soul that shall do any work, the
same will 1 destroy from among his people.

31 ^ on shall do no work therefore on that day:
it shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you in all

your generations, and dwellings.

38 It is a sabbath of rest, and von shall afflict
vour souls beginning on the ninth da\ of the month :
from evening Until evening you shall celebrate vour
sabbaths.

\nd the Lord snake to Most -. saying :

34 Say to the children of Israel: Tioin the fif-
teenth day of this same seventh month, shall be kept
the feast of tabernacles seven davs to the Lord.

.'•') 'The first dav shall be called most solemn
and most holy: you shall do no Rervile work there
in. And seven davs von shall offer holocausts to
the Lord.

CHAP. XXIV, XXV.

36 The eighth day also shall he most solemn
and most holy, and you shall offer holocausts to the
1 ,ord : for it is the day of assembly and congrega-
tion: you shall do no servile work therein.

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which you
shall call most solemn and most holy, and shall
offer on them oblations to the Lord, holocausts and
libations according to the rite of every day.

38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and your
gifts, and those things that you shall offer by vow,
or which you shall give to the Lord voluntarily.

39 So from the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you shall have gathered in all the
fruits of your land, you shall celebrate the feast of
the Lord seven days : on the first day and the
eighth shall be a sabbath, that is, a day of rest.

40 And you shall take to you on the first day the
fruits of the fairest tree, and branches of palm trees,
and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ;
and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God.

41 And you shall keep the solemnity thereof
seven days in the year. It shall be an everlasting
ordinance in your generations. In the seventh month
shall you celebrate this feast :

42 And you shall dwell in bowers seven days :
every one that is of the race of Israel, shall dwell
in tabernacles :

43 That your posterity may know, that I made
the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacles, when
I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the
Lord your God.

44 And Moses spoke concerning the feasts of
'he Lord to the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXIV.

The oil for the lamps. The loaves of proposition. The punish-
ment of blasphemy.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Command the children of Israel, that they
bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives,
to furnish the lamps continually,

3 Without the veil of the testimony in the taber-
nacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them
from evening until morning before the Lord, by a
perpetual service and rite in your generations.
. 4 They shall be set upon the most pure candle-
stick before the Lord continually.

5 Thou shalt take also fine flour, and shalt bake
twelve loaves thereof: two tenths shall be in every
loaf:

6 And thou shalt set them six and six one
against another upon the most clean table before the
Lord :

7 And thou shalt put upon them (he clearest
frankincense, that the bread may be for a memorial
of the oblation of the Lord.

8 Every sabbath they shall be changed before
the Lord, being received of the children of Israel
by an everlasting covenant ;

9 And they shall be Anion's and his sons, that
they may eat them in the holy place: because it is
most holy of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpe-
tual right.

10 And behold, there went out the son of a
woman of Israel, whom she had of an Egyptian,
among the children of Israel, and fell at words in
the camp with a man of Israel.

11 And when he had blasphemed the Name,
and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses : (now
his mother was called Salumkh, the daughter of
Dabri of the tribe of Dan :)

12 And they put him into prison, till they might
know what the Lord would command.

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses,

14 Saying : Bring forth the blasphemer without
the camp ; and let them that heard him, put their
hands upon his head; and let all the people stone
him.

15 And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel •
The man that curseth his God, shall bear his sin :

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the
Lord, dying let him die : all the multitude shall
stone him, whether he be a native or a stranger.
He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, dying
let him die.

17 He that striked), and killeth a man, dying
let him die.

18 He that killeth a beast, shall make it good,
that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

19 He that giveth a blemish to any of his neigh-
bours ; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him :

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for
tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the
like shall he be compelled to suffer.

21 He that striketh a beast, shall render another.
He that striketh a man, shall be punished.

22 Let there be equal judgment among you,
whether he be a stranger, or a native that offends '
because I am the Lord your God.

23 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel :
and they brought forth him that had blasphemed,
without the camp, and they stoned him. And the
children of Israel did as the Lord had commanded
Moses.

CHAP. XXV.

The law of the seventh and of the fiftieth year of jubilee.

X ND the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai,
-^*- saying :

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt
say to them : When you shall have entered into the
land which I will give you, observe the rest of the
sabbath to the Lord.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six
years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt ga-
ther the fruits thereof :

4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sab-
bath to the land, of the resting of the Lord : thou
shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 What the ground shall bring forth of itself,
thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the
grapes of the first-fruits as a vintage : for it is a
year of rest to the land :

6 But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee
and to thy man-servant, to thy maid-servant and thy
hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee*

lt'3

LEVITICI

shall Ik- meat to thv

7 All thine* that now
rti and td thy cattle.

8 Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks
of years, that is In -.en times seven, which

ther make forty-nine years :
\ul thou shalt sound the trumpet in the
SSVetttfa month, the tenth day of the month, in the
time of the expiation in all your land.

10 And thoil shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and
shalt proclaim omission* to all the inhabitants oi
tin land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man
-•hall return to his possession, and every one shall

back to his former family :

1 1 Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year.

Vnii shall not sou, nor leap the things that ETOn
ill the field of their own accord, neither shall you
gatnei the first-fruits of the fines,

1 1 Because of the mnctincatiou of the jubilee:

but as they grow you shall presently eat them.

1-1 In the fear of the jubilee all shall return to
their possessions.

I V Whin thou shalt sell any thing to thy neigh-
lionr, or shalt buy of him, grieve not thy brother :
but thou shalt buy of him according to the Dumber
of years from the jubilee.

1") And he shall sell to thee according to the
computation of the fruits.

Iti The e years remain alter the jubilee, the

more shall the price increase: and the less time is
counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost.
I'm he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

17 Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every
one fear his God: because I am the Lord yonr ( tod

18 Do my precepts, and keen my judgments.
and fulfil them : that you may dwell in the land
without any fear,

19 Andtlie ground mayyieldyou its fruits, of which
you man eal your fill, fearing no man's invasion.

20 But if >ou say: What shall we eat the
nth year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits r

21 I will give you my blessing the sixth year,
and it shall yield the fruits of three years.

22 And the eighth year yen shall sow, and shall
eat of the old fruits, until tin 1 ninth year : till new
grow til', you shall eat the old store.

23 The land also shall not be sold for ever: be-
cause it is mine, and you are strangers and so-
journers with me.

24 For which cause all the country of vour pos-
session shall he under the condition of redemption.

25 If thy brother being impoverished sell his
little possession, and his kinsman will, he may re-
deem W hat he had sold.

liut if he have no kinsman, and he himself
can find the price to redeem it :

The value of the fruits shall be counted from
(hat tune when he sold it : and the om ■rplus lie shall

restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his pos-
session again.

• Rmiitbm. That i il rptra*c and Hiw-lianr*' from debt*

and bondage, and a rrin«tatin? <>( m r\ man in liia former pnsara-

101

28 liut if his bands find ant the means to repay
the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, un-
til the year of the jubilee. for in that year all that
is sold shall return to the owner, and to (he ancient
possessor.

I lie that selleth B house within the walls of a
city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one
\ear be expired :

30 If he redeem it not, and the whole year l»e
fully out, the buyer shall possess it. and his poste-
rity for ever; and it cannot be redeemed, not SVCO
in the jubilee.

31 But it' the house lie in a village, that hath no
walls, it shall be sold according to the same law St
the fields: It'il be not redeemed before, in the jubi-
lee it shall return to the owner.

32 The houses of Levitts, w hich are in cities,
may always be redeemed :

33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they
shall all return to the owners ; because the houses
of the cities of the Levites are tor their possessions
among the children of Israel.

34 But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is'
a perpetual possession.

.'>") If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of
hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and so-
journer, and he live with thee,

36 Take not usury of him, nor more than thou
BSVest: fear thy God, that tin brother may live with
thee.

37 Thou shalt not give him thy money U|K>n'
usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

38 I am the Lord your God who brought you out
of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the
land of Chanaan. and might be vour (Jod.

39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell
himself to thee, thou shalt not Oppress him w it Ii the
ten ice of bond-servants :

40 But he shall be as a hireling, and a so-
journer: he shall work with thee until the year of
the jubilee.

)\ And afterwards he shall go out with his
children, and shall return to his kindred and to the
possession Of his fathers.

42 For they are my servants, and I brought them
out of the land of Egypt; let them not be sold as
bond-men :

43 Afflict him not by might, but fear thy Got!.

44 Let your bond-men, and your hond-wonn n,
be of the nations that are round shout you.

46 And of the strangers that sojourn among you,
or that were l>om of them in your land, these you
shall have for servants :

46 And by right of inheritance shall leave them
to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever.
But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel
by might

47 If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow
strong among you, and thy brother being impover-
ished sell himself to him, or to any ol his race;

M Alter the sale he may be redeemed. He that

will ot his brethren shall redeem him;

i'.» Either bin uncle, or his uncle's son, or bis

CHAP. XXVI.

kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he him-
self be able also, he shall redeem himself,

50 Counting only the years from the time of his
Belling unto the year of the jubilee : and counting
t lie money, that he was sold for, according to the
number of the years and the reckoning of a hired
servant.

51 If there be many years that remain until the
jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the

price.

52 If few he shall make the reckoning with him
according to the number of the years, and shall re-
pay to the buyer of what remained) of the years,

53 His wages being allowed for which he served
before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy
sight.

54 And if by these means he cannot be redeem-
ed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with
his children.

55 For the children of Israel are my servants,
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.

CHAP. XXVI.

GocFs promises to them that keep his commandments. And the
many punishments with which he threatens transgressors.

I AM the Lord your God : you shall not make
to yourselves any idol or graven thing, neither
shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone
in your land, to adore it : for I am the Lord your
God.

2 Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanc-
tuary : I am the Lord.

3 If you walk in my precepts, and keep my
commandments, and do them, I will give you rain
in due seasons :

4 And the ground shall bring forth its increase,
and the trees shall be filled with fruit.

5 The threshing of your harvest shall reach unto
the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the
sowing-time : and you shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land without fear.

6 I will give peace in your coasts : you shall
sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid.
I will take away evil beasts : and the sword shall
not pass through your quarters.

7 You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall
fall before you.

8 Five of you shall pursue a hundred others,
and a hundred of you ten thousand : your enemies
shall fall before you by the sword.

9 I will look on you, and make you increase :
you shall be multiplied, and I will establish my
covenant with you.

10 You shall eat the oldest of the old store, and,
new coming on, you shall cast away the old.

Ill will set my tabernacle in the midst of you ;
and my soul shall not cast you off.

12 1 .will walk among you, and will be your
God ; and you shall be my people.

13 I am the Lord your God, who have brought
you out of the land of the Egyptians, that you
should not serve them, and who have broken the
chains of your necks, that you might go upright.

14 But if you will not hear me, nor do all my
commandments,

15 If you despise my laws, and contemn my
judgments so as not to do those things which are
appointed by me, and to make void my covenant :

16 1 also will do these things to you: I will
quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat,
which shall waste your eyes, and consume your
lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall
be devoured by your enemies.

17 1 will set my face against you ; and you shall
fall down before your enemies, and shall be made
subject to them that hate you : you shall flee when
no man pursueth you.

18 But if you will not yet for all this obey me, I
will chastise you seven times more for your sins :

19 And I will break the pride of your stubborn-
ness ; and 1 will make to you the heaven above as
iron, and the earth as brass :

20 Your labour shall be spent in vain : the ground
shall not bring forth her increase, nor the trees yield
their fruit.

21 If you walk contrary to me, and will not
hearken to me, I will bring seven times more
plagues upon you for your sins :

22 And I will send in upon you the beasts of the
field, to destroy you and your cattle, and make you few
in number, and that your highways may be desolate.

23 And if even so you will not amend, but will
walk contrary to me :

24 "I also will walk contrary to you, and will
strike you seven times for your sins.

25 And I will bring in upon you the sword that
shall avenge my covenant. And when you shall flee
into the cities, I will send the pestilence in the midst
of you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of
your enemies,

26 After I shall have broken the staff of your
bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in
one oven, and give it out by weight : and you shall
eat, and shall not be filled.

27 But if you will not for all this hearken to me,
but will walk against me :

28 I will also go against you with opposite fury;
and I will chastise you with seven plagues for your
sins,

29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons
and of your daughters.

30 I will destroy your high places, and break
your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your
idols ; and my soul shall abhor you,

31 Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a
wilderness, and I will make your sanctuaries deso-
late, and will receive no more your sweet odours.

32 And I will destroy your land, and your ene-
mies shall be astonished at it, when they shall be
the inhabitants thereof.

33 And I will scatter you among the gentiles ,
and I will draw out the sword after you ; and your
land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the
days of her desolation : when you shall be

35 In the enemies' land, she shall keep a sab-

105

LEVITICUS.

bath, and rest in the ■nlllfllm of llllf lIllJitMIU. btl

rausc she did not rest in your sal) bat ha when you
dwelt therein.

\nd as to then that shall remain of von. I w ill

Send few in their hearts in the countries of their

uiies: the sound of a flying leaf shall terrify

them: ami th<\ shall llee as it urn- from the sword:

ihev shall fall, when no man puisuelh them:

37 And they shall every one fall upon their bre-
thren, as fi nning from wars: none of \ou shall dare
to rt»isi your enemi

You shall perish annum the gentiles, and an

pen

all c<

enemy's land shall consume you

^ 39 And if of them also some remain, they shall
pine awav in their iniquities, in the land of their
enemies, and thev shall be afflicted for the sins of
their fathers, and their own :

•40 Until they confess their iniquities and the
iniquities of their ancestors, whereby they have
transgressed against me, and walked contrary unto
me.

VI Therefore I also will walk against them, and
bring them into their enemies' land, until their un-
cireimuised mind be ashamed: then shall they pray
for their sins.

42 And I will remember my covenant, that I
made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will
remember also the land,

43 Which when she shall be left by them, shall
enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But
they shall pray for their sins, because they rejected
m\ judgments, and despised my laws.

41. And yet for all that when they were in the
land of their enemies, 1 did not cast them off alto-
gether; neither did 1 so despise them that they
should be QUlte consumed, and 1 should make void
inv covenant with them. For I am the Lord their

I i And 1 will remember my former covenant,
when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, in
the light of the gentiles, to be their God. 1 am the
I^onl. These are the judgments, and precepts, and
laws, which the Lord gave between him and the
children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of
.Mo

CHAP. WVI1.

Of VOWS nml tit hi *.

\ ND the Lord spoke to V savins;:

-£*- 1 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shaltsay to them: The man that shall have made a
vow, anil promised his sonl to God, shall give the
price according to estimation.

.5 If it be a man from t\\ent\ yean old unto lixtj

is old. he shall pre tifi\ sid, s of silver, after the
weight «>f the sanctuary :
\ If a woman, thirty.

5 I'-nt from the fifth year until the twentieth, a
man shall give twenty sicles j a woman, ten.

6 Prom one month until the fifth year, for a male
shall he given five tides; for a female, three.

7 A man that is sixty yean qM or upwards.

shall give fifteen sicles \ a woman, ten.

too

8 If he be poor, and not able to pay the e>tima
tion, he shall stand before the priest: and as much
BS he shall value him at. and see him able io |

so much shall lie ui\e.

9 But a beast, thai may be sacrificed to the Lord,
if any one shall vow. shall be holy:

10 And cannot be changed, that is to say, neither
a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And
if he shall change it. both that which was changed,
and that for which it was changed, shall be conse-
crated to the Lord.

11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sac rific ed
to the Lord, if an\ man shall vow, shall be brought
before the priest :

1 1 Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall
set the price :

13 Which if he that offered) it will give, he shall
add above the estimation the fifth part.

14 If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it
to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it
be good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the
price, which he shall appoint.

15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it, be shall
give the fifth part of the estimation over and abo\e.
and shall have the house.

16 And if he \ow the field of his possession, and
consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated
according to the measure of the seed. If the DOUfKi
l.e sowed with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold

for fiftv sicles of silver.

17 If he vow his field immediately from the year
of jubilee that is beginning, as much as it may bo
worth, at so much it shall be rated.

18 Hut If tome time after, the priest shall reckon
themonev according to the number of _\ ears that re-
main until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated,

19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem nis
field, he shall add the fifth part of the inone\ of the
estimation, and shall possess it

20 And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold
to any other man, he that rowed it, mn\ not redeem
it any more:

21 For when the day of jubilee cometh. it shall
be sanctified to the Lord, and tis a possession con-
secrated pertaineth to the right of the priests.

22 If a field that was bought and not of a man's
ancestors' possession, be sanctified to the Lord,

23 The priest shall reckon the price according to
the number of \ears unto tin- jubilee : and he that
hail vowed, shall give that to the Lord.

21 But in the jubilee, it shall return to tin- foj-
mer owner, who had sokj it. and had it in the lot of

his possession.

25 All estimation shall be made Recording to the
vide of the sanctuary. \ side hath twenty obols.

26 The first-born, which belong to the Lord, no
man may sanctify and vow : whether it be bullock,
or sheep, they are the Lord's.

27 And if it be an unclean beast, he that offer-
eth it shall redeem it. according to thy estimation,
and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he w ill
not redeem it. it shall br sold to another for how

much soevt r it s\as estimated by thee.

CHAP. I.

28 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord,
whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be
sold, neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is
once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.

29 And any consecration that is offered by man,
shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.

30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of
the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified
to him.

31 And if any man will redeem his tithes, he
shall add the filth part of them.

32 Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and
goats, that pass under the shepherd's rod, every
tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord.

33 It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad,
neither shall it be changed for another. If any
man change it: both that which was changed, and
that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified
to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed.

34 These are the precepts which the Lord com-
manded Moses for the children of Israel in .mount
Sinai.

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS.

This fourth book of Moses is called Numbers, because it begins
with the numbering of the people. The Hebrews from its first
words call it Vaiedabber. It contains the transactions of the
Israelites from the second month of the second year after their
going out of Egypt, until the beginning of the eleventh month
of the fortieth year, that is, a history almost of thirty-nine
years.

CHAP. I.

The children of Israel are numbered ; the Levites are designed
to serve the tabernacle.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of
Sinai, in the tabernacle of the covenant, the
first day of the second month, the second year of
their going out of Egypt, saying :

2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the
children of Israe. by their families, and houses,
and the names of every one, as many as are of the
male sex,

3 From twenty years old and upwards, of all
the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number
them by their troops, thou and Aaron.

4 And there shall be with you the princes of the
tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,

5 Whose names are these : Of Ruben, Elisur
the son of Sedeur.

6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

7 Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

8 Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar.

9 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon.

10 And of the sons of Joseph : of Ephraim, Eli-
sama the son of Ammiud : of Manasses, Gamaliel
the son of Phadassur.

11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.

12 Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

13 Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.

14 Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.

15 Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

1G These are the most noble princes of the
multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the
chiefs of the army of Israel :

17 Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the
multitude of the common people ;

13 And assembled (hem on the first day of the

second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds,
and houses, and families, and heads, and names ot
every one from twenty years old and upward,

19 As the Lord had commanded Moses. And
they were numbered in the desert of Sinai.

20 Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their
generations and families and houses, and names of
every head, all that were of the male sex, from
twenty years old and upward, that were able to go
forth to war,

"21 Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

22 Of the sons of Simeon by their generations
and families, and houses of their kindreds, were
reckoned up by the names and heads of every one,
all that were of the male sex, from twenty years
old and upward, that were able to go forth to war.

23 Fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

24 Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and
families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckon-
ed up by the names of every one from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war,

25 Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

26 Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and
families, and houses of their kindreds, by the names
of every one from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war,

27 Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six
hundred.

28 Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations
and families, and houses of their kindreds, by the
names of every one from twenty years old and up-
ward, all that could go forth to war,

29 Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four
hundred.

30 Of the sons of Zabulon, by their generations
and families, and houses of their kindreds, were
reckoned up by the names of every one from twen-
ty-years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war,

31 Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely of the sons of
Ephraim, by the generations and families, and

M MBERS.

houses of their kiiulr«*»U. WON reckoned Dp by the
names of every one, from twenty yean old and
upward, all thai were able to cofofta to war,
33 Forty thousand live hundred.

r of the >ons of Manasses. by tin-
generations and families and houses of their kin-
dreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one
from twenty yean old and upwards all thai could
go forth to war.

35 Thirty-two thousand two hundred.

36 Of i In- sons of Benjamin, by their genera-
tions and families and houses of their kindreds,

were reckoned Op by the names of even one from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war,

37 Thirty-live thousand four hundred.

38 Of the sons of Dan, by their generations
and families and houses of their kindreds, wen
reckoned up by the names of every one from twen-
ty yean old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war,

39 Sixty-tWO thousand seven hundred.

40 Of the sons of Aser, bv their generations and
families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned
uj) by the names of every one from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war.

41 Forty-one thousand five hundred.

1 2 Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations
and families and houses of their kindreds, were
reckoned up by the names of every one from twen-
t\ yean old and upward, all. that Were able to go
forth to war,

43 Fifty-three thousand four hundred.

1 I These are they who were numbered by Moses
and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel, every
one by the houses of their kindreds.

45 And the whole number of the children of Is-
rael by their houses and families, from twenty years
old and upward, that were able to go to war,

4(3 Were six hundred und three thousand five
hundred and fifty men.

47 But the Levites in the tribes of their families
were not numbered with them.

48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, sayhm :

49 Number not the tribe of Levi : neither shall thou
put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

50 But appoint them over the tabernacle of the
testimony] and all the vessels thereof] and whatso-
ever pertatneth to the ceremonies. They shall
carry the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof:
and they shall minister, and shall eneamp round
about the tabernacle.

51 When you are to go forward, the Levites shall
take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp,
they shall set it up. What stranger soever comet h
tt. it, shall be slam.

.'»J And the children of Israel shall camp every
man bv his troops and hands and army.

DUt the Levites shall pitch their tents round
about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation
u|K)n the multitude of the children of Israel: and
they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of
the testimony.

54 \nil the children of Israel did according to

all things which the Lord had commanded Mi

(II \l\ II.
The order of the tribes in their camp.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses and Na.ui. sn-
ins :

2 All the children of Israel shall rami) by their
troops. ensignS] and standards, and the nouses ol"
their kindreds, round aliout the tabernacle of the
covenant.

3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents b\ the
bands of his army : and the prince of his sons shall
be NahaSSOn the son of Aminadnh.

4 And the whole sum of the fighting men of his
Stock. Wen Seventy-four thousand six hundred.

5 Next unto him they of the tribe of Issacbat
encamped) whose prince was Nathauacl, the son of
Suar.

6 And the whole number of his fighting men
were lilty-four thousand four hundred.

7 In the tribe of Zahulon the prince was Eliab
the son of Melon.

8 And all the army of fighting men of his stock,
were fifty-seven thousand lour hundred.

9 All that were numbered in the camp of Juda,
were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hun-
dred : and they by their troops shall march first.

10 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the
south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of
Sedeur:

11 And the whole army of his fighting men, that
were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hun-
dred.

12 Beside him camped they of the tribe of Si-
meon : whose prince was Salamiel the son of Su-
risaddai.

13 And the whole army of his fighting men. that
were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hull •
dr., I.

14 In the tril>e of Gad the prince was Eliasaph

the soil of Duel.

15 And the w hole army of his fighting nun. that
were numbered, were forty-live thousand six hun-
dred and fifty.

16 All that were reckoned up in the camp of
Ruben, won B. hundred and fifty-one thousand four
hundred and fifty, by their troops : they shall march
in the second place.

17 And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be
carried by the officers of the Levites and their
troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it l>e taken
down. Every one ahall march according to their
places, and ranks.

18 On the west vide shall be the camp of the
sons of Kphraim, whose prime was Llisama the
son of Ammiud.

19 The whole army of his fighting men. that
were numbered, were forty thousand five hundred.

20 And with them the tribe of the sons of Ma-
nasst-s, whose prince was (iamaliel the son ol I'ha-
dasaur.

21 And the whole army of his fighting men, that

CHAP. III.

were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two
hundred.

22 In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the
prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.

23 And the whole army of his fighting men that
were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four
hundred.

' 24 All that were numbered in the camp of
Kphraim, were a hundred and eight thousand one
hundred by their troops: they shall march in the
third place.

25 On the north side camped the sons of Dan :
whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai.

26 The whole army of his fighting men, that
were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven
hundred.

27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched
their tents : whose prince was Phegiel the son of
Ochran.

28 The whole army of his fighting men, that were
numbered, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the
prince was Ahira the son of Enan.

30 The whole army of his fighting men were
fifty-three thousand four hundred.

31 All that were numbered in the camp of Dan,
were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hun-
dred : and they shall march last.

32 This is the number of the children of Israel,
of their army divided according to the houses of
their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and
three thousand five hundred and fifty.

33 And the Levites were not numbered among
the children of Israel : for so the Lord had com-
manded Moses.

34 And the children of Israel did according to
all things that the Lord had commanded. They
camped by their troops, and marched by the fami-
lies and houses of their fathers.

CHAP. 111.

The Levites are numbered, and their offices distinguished. They
are taken in the place of the first-born of the children of Israel.

r T'HESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses
-*- in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in
mount Sinai.

2 And these the names of the sons of Aaron :
his first-born Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and
Ithamar.

3 These the names of the sons of Aaron the
priests that were anointed, and whose hands were
filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priest-
hood.

4 Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children,
when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in
the desert of Sinai : and Eleazar and Ithamar per-
formed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron
their father.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand
in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him,
and let them watch,

7 And observe whatsoever appertained to the

service of the multitude before the tabernacle of
the testimony :

8 And let them keep the vessels of the taberna-
cle, serving in the ministiy thereof.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are
delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt
appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of
priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to mi-
nister, shall be put to death.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

121 havetakenthe Levites from the childrenof Is-
rael, for every first-born that openeth the wombamong
the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine;

13 For every first-born is mine ; since I struck
the first-born in the land of Egypt : I have sancti-
fied to myself whatsoever is first-born in Israel both
of man and beast ; they are mine : I am the Lord.

14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert
of Sinai, saying :

15 Number the sons of Levi by the houses ol
their fathers and their families, every male from
one month and upward.

16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had com-
manded.

17 And there were found sons of Levi by theii
names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.

18 The sons of Gerson : Lebni and Semei.

19 The sons of Caath : Amram and Jesaar, He-
bron and Oziel :

20 The sons of Merari : Moholi and Musi.

21 Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites,
and the Semeites:

22 Of which were numbered, people of the
male sex from one mouth and upward, seven thou-
sand five hundred.

23 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on
the west,

24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 And their charge shall be in the tabernacle
of the covenant:

26 The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof,
the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the
tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the
court : the hanging also that is hanged in the entry
of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever be
longeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the ta-
bernacle, and all the furniture thereof.

27 Of the kindred of Caath come the families
of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites
and Ozielites. These are the families of the
Caathites reckoned up by their names :

28 All of the male sex from one month and up-
ward, eight thousand six hundred : they shall have
the guard of the sanctuary,

29 And shall camp on the south side.

30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son
of Oziel :

31 And they shall keep the ark, and the table
and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of
the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the
veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

32 And the prince of the princes of the Levites.

M .Mill U.S.

Klca/ar, the son of Aaron the prieit, shall be OPM

them thai watch for the guard of the afncraary.

33 Anil of Merari art- the familit s i)l' the Moho-
litet an. I Musites, reckoned up by their names:

\ll o!' the male kind from one month and
upward, m\ thousand two hundred.

l'heir prince Suricl the son of Abihaid : they
shall rami) on the norih Mile.

.5t> I inler their custody shall he the boards of the
taliernaele, and the bar-, and the pillars, and their
.sockets and all things that pertain to this kind of
service:

37 And the pillars of the court round al>out with
their rackets, and the pins with their cords.

38 Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that
is to s;iv. on the east side, shall Moses" and Aaron
camp, with their sons, having thccustody of the sanc-
tuary, in the midst Of the children of Israel. What
Mraniier soever cometh unto it, shall Ik* put to death.

39 All the Lev ii.s, that Moses and Aaron num-
bered according to the precept of the Lord, by
their families, of the male kind from one month
and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

40 And the Lord said to Moses: Numhcr the
first-born of tin- male sex of the children of Israel,
from one month and upward, and thou shalt take
the sum of them.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all
the first-lwrn of the children of Israel: 1 am the
Lord: and their cattle for all the first-born of the
cattle of the children of Israel:

42 Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had com-
manded, the first-bora of the children of Israel:

43 And the males by their names, from one
month and upward, were twi ntv-two thousand two
hundred and seventy-three.

44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving :

45 Take the Levites for the first-born of the
children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for
their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine. I am
the Lord.

46 But for the price of the two hundred and
seventy-three, of the first-born of the children of
Lrael, that exceed the number of the Levites.

47 Thou shalt take five sides for every head,
according to the weight of the sanctuary. A side
hath twenty obols.

48 And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and
his sons, the price of them that are above.

49 Moses therefore took the money of them that
were above, and w horn they had redeemed from Un-
it esj

50 For the first-born of the children of Israel,
one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sides,

according to the weighi of the sanctuary,

.")l \nd gave it to Aaron and his sons, accord-
ing to the word that the Lord had commanded him.

CHAP IV.

Thr agr anil timr of th rt and bur-

dens.

\ ND the Lord s|„>ke to Moses md \aron, say-
■*» iag :

110

2 Take die sum of the sons of Caath from thr
midst of the Levites, by their houses and families,

3 From thirtv yean old and upward, to fifty
\ears old, of all that go in to stand and to minister
in the tabernacle of the covenant.

4 This is the service of the sons of Caath:

5 When the camp is to set forward, Aaron and
his sons shall go into the tabernacle of the cove-
nant, and the holy of holies: and shall take down
the veil that fuuigeth before the door, and shall
wrap up the ark of the testimony in it;

li And shall cover it again with a cover of violet
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth all of violet,
and shall put in the bars.

7 They shall wrap up also the table of proposi-
tion in a cloth of violet, and shall put w if I i it the
censers and iittle mortars, the cups and bowls to
I>our out the libations: the loaves shall be always
on it :

8 And they shall spread over it a cloth of scar-
let, which again they shall cover with a covering
of violet skills, and shall put in the bars.

9 They shall take also a cloth of violet w here-
with they shall cover the candlestick with the
lamps and loims thereof, and the suutVcrs. and all

the oil vessels, which are necessary for the dp
ing of the lamps ■

• 10 And over all they shall put a cover of violet
skins, and put in the bars.

11 And they shall wrap up the golden altar also
in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover
of violet skins, anil put in the bars.

12 All the vessels w hen with they minister in
the sanctuary, they shall wrap up in a cloth of v io
let. and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins,
and put in the bars.

13 They shall cleanse the altar also from the
ashes, and shall Wrap it up in a purple cloth,

14 And shall put it with all the vessels that tin y
use in the ministry thereof, that is to sa\. lire-pans,
flesh-hooks and forks, pot-hooks and shovels. I'hcy
shall cover all the vessels of the altar together
with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the
bars.

15 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped
up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the re-
moving of the Camp, then shall the sons of Caath
enter in to carry the things wrapped Up: and they
shall not touch the »i-mImi|' the sanctuan. lest
the) die. These are the burdens of the sons of
Caath : in the tabernacle of the covenant :

1(> And over them shall be Llea/ar the son of
Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth the
oil, to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, and
the sacrifice, that is alwavs offered, and the oil of
unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the sen ice ot
the tabernacle, and of all the v. ssels that are in the

sanctuary.

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
savin- -.

I!! IVstrov not the people of Caath from the
midst of the Levites :

19 Hut do this to tin m, that they may live, and

chap. v.

not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron
and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint
every man his work, and shall divide the burdens
that every man is to carry.

20 Let not others by any curiosity see the things
that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped
up ; otherwise they shall die.

21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

22 Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also
by their houses and families and kindreds,

23 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty
years old. Number them all that go in and minis-
ter in the tabernacle of the covenant.

24 This is the office of the family of the Ger-
sonites :

25 To carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and
the roof of the covenant the other covering, and
the violet covering over all, and the hanging that
hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the cove-
nant,

26 The curtains of the court, and the veil in the
entry that is before the tabernacle. All things that
pertain to the altar, the cords, and the vessels of
the ministry,

27 The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the com-
mandment of Aaron and his sons : and each man
shall know to what burden he must be assigned.

28 This is the service of the family of the Ger-
sonites in the tabernacle of the covenant : and they
shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.

29 Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari
also by the families and houses of their fathers,

30 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty
years old, all that go in to the office of their minis-
try, and to the service of the covenant of the testi-
mony.

31 These are their burdens: They shall carry
the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof,
the pdlars and their sockets,

32 The pillars also of the court round about,
\v ith their sockets and pins and cords. They shall
receive by account all the vessels and furniture,
and so shall carry them.

33 This is the office of the family of the Mera-
ri tes, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the
covenant : and they shall be under the hand of Itha-
uvir the son of Aaron the priest.

34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the
synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath by their
kindreds and the houses of their fathers,

35 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty
years old, all that go in to the ministry of the taber-
nacle of the covenant :

36 And they were found two thousand seven
hundred and fifty.

37 This is the number of the people of Caath
that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant : these
did Moses and Aaron number according to the
word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

38 The sons of Gerson also were numbered by
the kindreds and houses of their fathers,

39 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty

years old, all that go in to minister in the taberna-
cle of the covenant :

40 And they were found two thousand six hun-
dred and thirty.

41 This is the people of the Gersonites, whom
Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word
of the Lord.

42 The sons of Merari also were numbered by
the kindreds and houses of their fathers,

43 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty
years old, all that go in to fulfil the rites of the ta-
bernacle of the covenant :

44 And they were found three thousand two
hundred.

45 This is the number of the sons of Merari,
whom Moses and Aaron reckoned up a'f ording to
the commandment of the Lo-i "jj toe hand of
Moses.

46 All that were reckoned up of the Levites,
and whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Is-
rael took by name, by the kindreds and houses of
their fathers,

47 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty
years old, that go in to the ministry of the taberna-
cle, and to carry the burdens,

48 Were in all eight thousand five hundred and
eighty.

49 Moses reckoned them up according to the
word of the Lord, every one according to their
office and burdens, as the Lord had commanded
him.

CHAP. V.

The unclean are removed out of the camp : confession of sins,
and satisfaction : first-fruits and oblations belong to the
priests : trial of jealousy.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
2 Command the children of Israel, that they
cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever
hath an issue of seed.) or is defiled by the dead :

3 Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them
out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall
dwell with you.

4 And the children of Israel did so : and they
cast them forth without the camp, as the Lord had
spoken to Moses.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

6 Say to the children of Israel : When a man or
woman shall have committed any of all the sins
that men are wont to commit, and by negligence
shall have transgressed the commandment of the
Lord, and offended,

7 They shall confess their sin,* and restore the
principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, ttf
him against whom they have sinned.

8 But if there be no one to receive it, they shall
give it to the Lord : and it shall be the priest's,
besides the ram that is offered for expiation, to be
an atoning sacrifice.

9 All the first-fruits also, which the children of
Israel offer, belong to the priest :

* Shall confess, £>-c. This confession .mil satisfaction, ordained in (Jin
Old Law, was a figure of tlie s;ienimen( of penance.

Ill

M.MIll.liv

10 And whatsoever in offered into the sanctuary
by even one. and is delivered into the Bands of the

pri m, it shall be his.

1 1 Ami the Lord s|x>ke to Moses, saying:

12 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt sa) to them : The man whose wife shall have
gonr astray, and contemning her husband,

13 Shall have slept with another man, and her
husband cannot discover it, hut the adultery is se-
cret, and cannot be proved by witn esses , because

■he was not found in the adultery :

1 I It' the spirit of jealousy* stir up the husband
against his wile, who either is defiled, or is charged
with false suspicion,

15 He shall brim: her to the priest, and shall
olfi-r an oblation for her, the tenth part of a inca-
Snre of barfej meal: be shall not pour oil thereon,
nor put frankincense upon it : because it is a sacri-
fice of jealousy, and an oblation searching out
adultery.

16 The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it
before the Lord.

17 And he shall take holy water in an earthen
vessel; and he shall cast a little earth of the pave-
ment of the tabernacle into it.

18 And when the woman shall stand before the
Lord, he shall uncover her head, and shall put on
her hands the sacrifice of remembrance, and the
oblation of jealousy : and he himself shall hold the
most bitter waters, whereon he hath heaped curses
with execration.

19 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If
another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou
be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed.
these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped
curses, shall not hurt thee.

20 But if thou hast gone aside from thy hus-
b and, and art defiled, and hast lain with another
man :

21 These curses shall light upon thee: The
Lord make thee a curse, and an example for all
among bis people: may be make thy thigh to rot,
and may thy tally swell and burst asunder.

22 Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly :
and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And
the Woman shall answer. Amen. amen.

J> And the priest shall write these curses in a
book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter
waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses,

-'V And he shall give them her to drink. And
w hen she hath drunk them up,

I'he priest shall take from her hand the sa-
crifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the
I .< > d. and shall put it upon the altar : yet so as first,

J»; To take a handful of the sacrifice of that
which is offered, and burn it upon the altar: and
so give the most bitter waters to the woman to
drink.

'7 And when she hath drunk them, if she be
defiled, and bavin- despised her husband be guilty

• TV <pirit of hal m uf , l(t. Tlii. onlin.in. r wa» riiMirnol to clear
Uie innocent, and to prevent jealoo. huibandt from iking mi"

1 1 -'

of adultery, the malediction shall go through her,
and her belli swelling, /"/ thigh shall rot : and the
woman shall be a curse, and an example to all the
people.

I Hut if she be not defiled, she shall not be
hurt, and shall bear children.

' This is the law of jealousy. If a woman
hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled.

30 And the husband stirred up by the spirit of

icalotisK bring her before the Lord, and the priest
do to her according to all things that an' Inn
written :

31 The husband shall be blameless; and she shall
bear her iniquity.

CHAP. VI.

The law of the Nai-iritrt: the Jnnn nj bkising the pcop.'e.

\ ND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
•^*- 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shall say to them: When a man, or woman, shall
make a row to be sanctified, and will consecrate
themselves to the Lord :

3 They shall abstain from wine, and from every
thing that may make a man drunk. They shall
not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink,
nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape : nor
shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried;

4 All the days that they are consecrated to the
Lord by vow : they shall eat nothing that cometh
of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.

5 All the time of his separation no razor shall
pass over his head until the day be fulfilled of his
consecration to the Lord. He shall be holy, and
shall let the hair of his head gTOW.

6 All the time of his Consecration he shall not
go in to any dead ;

7 Neither shall he make himself unclean, even
for his father, or for his mother, or lor his brother,
or for his sister, when they die: because the conse-
cration Of his God is upon his head.

8 All the days ol his separation he shall l>c holy
to the Lord.

9 Hut if any man die suddenly before him, the
head of his consecration shall be defiled : and lie
shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his pu-
rification, and again the seventh day.

10 And <in the eighth day he shall bring tw tur

ties, or two young pigeons to the priest in the entry

of the covenant of the tcslhnoin !

11 And the priest shall offer one for sin. and the
other for a holocaust, and shall pra\ foi him, lor
that he hath sinned b\ the dead : and he shall sanc-
tifj his head that d;t\ :

_ 12 And shall consecrate to the Lord the days O*
his separation, offering a lamb of one year lor sin .
yet so that the former days be made \oid, because
his sanctification was profaned.

13 This is the law of cons, .ration. When the

days which he had determined bj \ow shall be ex-

Ih'ir v

jive all a horror of adultery, by |>um~hinf

CHAP. Vll.

pired, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle
of the covenant,

14 And shall offer his oblation to the Lord : one
he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a holo-
caust, and one ewe-lamb of a year old without ble-
mish lor a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish
for a victim of peace-offering.

15 A basket also of unleavened bread ? tempered
with oil, and wafers without leaven anointed with
oil, and the ljbations of each :

16 And the priest shall present them before the
Lord, and shall offer both the sin-offering and the
holocaust.

17 But the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice
of peace-offering to the Lord, offering at the same
time the basket of unleavened bread, and the liba-
tions that are due by custom.

18 Then shall the hair of the consecration of the
Nazarite, be shaved off before the door of the taber-
nacle of the covenant : and he shall take his hair,
and lay it upon the fire, which is under the sacrifice
of the peace-offerings;

19 And shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram,
and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer ; and he shall deliver them into
the hands of the Nazarite, after his head is shaven.

20 And receiving them again from him, he shall
elevate them in the sight of the Lord: and they be-
ing sanctified shall belong to the priest, as the breast,
which was commanded to be separated, and the
shoulder. After this the Nazarite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazarite, when he hath
vowed his oblation to the Lord in the time of his
consecration, besides those things which his hand
shall find : according to that which he had vowed
in his mind, so shall he do for the fulfilling of his
sanctification.

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

23 Say to Aaron and his sons : Thus shall you
bless the children of Israel, and you shall say to
them :

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

25 The Lord show his face to thee, and have
mercy on thee.

26 The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and
give thee peace.

27 And they shall invoke my name upon the
children of Israel ; and I will bless them.

CHAP. VII.

The offerings of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle :
God speaketh to Moses from the propitiatory.

\ ND it came to pass in the day that Moses had
-^- finished the tabernacle, and set it up, and had
anointed and sanctified it with all its vessels, the
altar likewise and all the vessels thereof,

2 The princes of Israel and the heads of the
families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them
who had been numbered, offered

3 Their gifts before the Lord, six waeons
covered, and twelve oxen. Two princes offered
one wagon, and each one an ox ; and they offered
them before the tabernacle.

4 And the Lord said to Moses :

5 Receive them from them to serve in the minis-
try of the tabernacle : and thou shalt deliver them
to the Levitesaccordingtqtheorderof their ministry.

6 Moses therefore receiving the wagons and the
oxen, delivered them to the Levites.

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the
sons of Gerson, according to their necessity.

8 The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave
to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and
service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.

9 But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons
or oxen : because they serve in the sanctuary, and
carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.

10 And the princes offered for the dedication of
the altar on the day when it was anointed, their
oblation before the altar.

11 And the Lord said to Moses : Let each of tne
princes one day after another offer their gifts for
the dedication of the altar.

12 The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab
of the tribe of Juda offered his offering :

13 And his offering was a silver dish weighing
one hundred and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy
sides according to the weight of the sanctuary, both
full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice :

14 A little mortar of ten sides of gold full of
incense :

15 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

16 And a buck-goat for sin :

17 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of a yeai
old. This was the offering of Nahasson the son ol
Aminadab.

18 The second day Nathanael the son of Suai ; ,
prince of the tribe of Issachar, made his offering,

19 A silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty
sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides, according
to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour
tempered with oil for a sacrifice ;

20 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides
full of incense :

21 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

22 And a buck-goat for sin :

23 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a
year old. This was the offering of Nathanael the
son of Suar.

24 The third day the prince of the sons of Zabu-
lon, Eliab the son of Helon,

25 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred
and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides by
the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pered with oil for a sacrifice :

26 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full
of incense :

27 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

28 And a buck-goat for sin :

29 And for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two

Ii3

MMIIKUS.

oxen, five tains, fife bin k-goats, five Iambs of a
year old. This i.s the oblation of I'.hab the son of
ll< loo.

30 The fourth day the prince of the sons of Ru-
ben. Elisur the xni of SedeiUi

■ <\ Offered ■ silver dish weighing one hundred
ami thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides
according to the weight <>f the sanctuary, both full of
flow tempered with oil for a sacrifice:

V little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full
of ineci

S3 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
» year old, lor a holocaust :

A ml a buck-goat for sin :

tio And for victims of peace-offerings two 0X00,
five rams, live buck-goals, live lambs of a year old.
This was the offering of Elisur the son of Sedeur.

36 The fifth day the prince of the sous of Simeon,
Salamiel the son of Surisaddai,

37 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred
and thin v sides, a silver bowl ol seventy sicles after
the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tem-
pt red with oil for a sacrifice :

38 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles
full of iucense :

39 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

40 And a buck-goat for sin :

41 And fof sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old.
This was the offering of Salamiel the son of Suri-
saddai.

•1 1 The sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad,
Eliasaph the son of Duel,

43 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty aidee, a silver bowl of seventy sides by the
weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered
w ith oil for a sacrifice:

44 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full
of iucense :

45 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

46 And a buck-goat for sin :

47 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs of a year old.
This was the offering of Kliasaph the son of Duel.

48 The seventh day the prince of the sons of
Ej hraim. Klisama the son of Ammiud,

40 Offered ■ silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sicles according
to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour
tempered With oil for a sacrifice:

50 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full
of incense :

51 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
I rear old for a holocaust :

52 And a buck-coal for sin :

53 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs of a year old.
Tli!'. w as the offering of I'.lisamathe son of Ammiud.

64 The eighth day the prince of the sons oi Mi
Basses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur,

55 Offered a silver dish weighing ■ hundred and

114

thirty sicks, a silver bowl of seventy sides accord-
ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of llour
tempered with oil for a sacrifice :

\ little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full
of incense :

■~>~i An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb ol
a \ ear old for a holocaust :

58 And a buck-goat for sin :

59 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, live buck-goats, five lambs ol a year old.
Thisw as i he offering ol 'Gamaliel the son of Phadassur

60 The ninth day the prince of the sons of Ben-
jamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon,

61 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles by the
weidit of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered
with oil for a sacrifice:

62 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full
of incense :

63 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb ol
a year old for a holocaust :

64 And a buck-goat for sin :

65 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a
year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son
of Gedeon.

66 The tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan,
Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

67 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles, accord
ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour
tempered with oil for a sacrifice :

68 A little mortar of gold weighing ten siclc»
full of incense :

69 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb oi
a year old for a holocaust :

70 And a buck-goat for sin :

71 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a
year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son
of Ammisaddai.

72 The eleventh day the prince of the sons of
Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.

73 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles accord-
ing to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour
tempered with oil for a sacrifice :

74 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full
of incense :

75 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a year old for a holocaust :

76 And a buck-goat for sin :

77 And for sacrifices of peaec-offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a year old.
This was the offering of rhegiel the son of Ochran.

78 The twelfth day the prince of the sons of
Nenhtali, Ahira the son of Knan,

79 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and
thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sicles according

to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of floui
tempered with oil for a sacrifice :

80 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles fid
of incense :

CHAP. VIII.

81 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of
a vear old for a holocaust :

82 And a buck-goat for sin :

83 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five buck-goats, five lambs of a
year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son
of Enan.

84 These were the offerings made by the princes
of Israel in the dedication of the altar, in the day
wherein it was consecrated. Twelve dishes of
silver ; twelve silver bowls ; twelve little mortars of
gold;

85 Each dish weighing a hundred and thirty
sides of silver, and each bowl seventy sides: that
is, putting all the vessels of silver together, two
thousand four hundred sides, by the weight of the
sanctuary.

86 Twelve little mortars of gold full of incense,
weighing ten sides apiece by the weight of the
sanctuary: that is, in all a hundred and twenty
sides of gold.

87 Twelve oxen out of the herd for a holocaust,
twelve rams, twelve lambs of a year old, and their
'ibations : twelve buck-goats for sin.

88 And for sacrifices of peace-offerings, oxen
twenty-four ? rams sixty, buck-goats sixty, lambs of
a year old sixty. These things were offered in the
dedication of the altar, when it was anointed.

89 And when Moses entered into the taberna-
cle of the covenant to consult the oracle, he heard
the voice of one speaking to him from the propi-
tiatory that was over the ark between the two che-
rubims, and from this place he spoke to him.

CHAP. VIII.

The seven lamps are placed on the golden candlestick, to shine
towards the loaves of proposition ; the ordination of the Le-
vites : and at what age they shall serve in the tabernacle.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him
When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the
candlestick be set up on the south side. Give or-
ders therefore that the lamps look over against the
north, towards the table of the loaves of proposi-
tion ; over against that part shall they give light,
towards which the candlestick looketh.

3 And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon
the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

4 Now this was the work of the candlestick : it
was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle,
and all that came out of both sides of the branches :
according to the pattern which the Lord had shown
to Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the chil-
dren of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,

7 According to this rite : Let them be sprinkled
with the water of purification,* and let them shave
all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall
have washed their garments, and are cleansed,

* Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification. This was the
holv water mixed with tha ashes of th« red cow, Mvmb six. appbint-

8 They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the
offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil : and
thou shalt take another ox or the herd for a sin-
offering :

9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the
tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the
multitude of the children of Israel :

10 And when the Levites are before the Lord,
the children of Israel shall put their hands upon
them :

1 1 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift
in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel,
that they may serve in his ministry.

12 The Levites also shall put their hands upon
the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacri-
fice one for sin. and the other for a holocaust of the
Lord, to pray for them.

13 And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of
Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them
being offered to the Lord ;

14 And shalt separate them from the midst of
the children of Israel, to be mine.

15 And afterward they shall enter into the ta-
bernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus
shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an obla-
tion to the Lord : for as a gift they were given me
by the children of Israel.

16 I have taken them instead of the first-born
that open every womb in Israel,

17 For all the first-born of the children of Is-
rael, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From
the day that I slew every first-born in the land of
Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself :

i8 And I have taken the Levites for all the first-
born of the children of Israel:

19 And I have delivered them for a gift to Aaron
and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve •
me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and
to pray for them, lest there should be a plague
among the people, if they should presume to ap-
proach unto my sanctuary.

20 And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude
of the children of Israel did with the Levites all
that the Lord had commanded Moses :

21 And they were purified, and washed their
garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight
of the Lord, and prayed for them,

22 That being purified they might go into the
tabernacle of the covenant to do their services
before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had com-
manded Moses touching the Levites, so was it
done.

23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving :

24 This is the law of the Levites : From twen-
ty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to
minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

25 And when they shall have accomplished th3
fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve :

26 And they shall be the ministers of their bre-
thren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep tho

ed for purifying all that were unclean, it was a figure of the blood oj
Christ applied to our bouh> bvhis holy gacrameuts.

115

M.MHKKS.

tilings that are committed to their care, but not to
do tlic works. Tims shall thou order tin: l-<> it«^.
teaching their charge.

CHAP. IV

The prrtrpl if the patch is renewed: the unclean and trarellert
an re it the tecond month : the camp is guided by the

pillar of the cloud.

riMlK Lord s|Kike to Moses in 'the desert of Si-
-■- nai, the second year after they were eonie out
of tin- land of Egypt* "i the first month, saving:

2 Lei tin: children of Israel make the phase* in
its due time,

3 The fourteenth day of this month in the i

in-, according to all the ceremonies and justifica-
tions thereof.

\ \nd .Moses commanded the children of Israel
that they should make the phase.

5 And they made it in its proper time: the four-
teenth d:i\ of the month at evening, in mount Sinai.
The children of Israel did according to all things
that the Lord had commanded Mom -.

6 But behold, some who were unclean by occa-
sion of the soul of a man,t who could not make the
phase on that day, coming to Moses and Aaron,

I Said to them: We are unclean by occasion of
the soul of a man. Why are we kept back that
we may not offer in its season the offering to the
Lord among the children of Israel?

8 And Moses answered them : Stay that I may
consult the Lord what he will ordain concernim:

YOU.

9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

10 Say to the children of Israel: The man that
shall he unclean l>\ occasion of one that is .lead, or
shall he in a journey afar off in your nation, let
him make the phase to the Lord.

II In the second month, on the fourteenth day
of the month in the evening, they shall eat it with
Unleavened bread and wild lettuce :

12 They shall not leave any thing thereof until
morning, nor break a bone thereof; they shall ob-
serve all the ceremonies of the phase.

13 But if any man is clean, and was not on a
journey, and did not make the phase, that soul
shall l>e cut off from among his people, because he

offered not sacrifice to the Lord in due season: he
shall bear his sin.

14 The sojourner also, and the stranger if they
be anion- you, shall make the phase to the Lord
according to the ceremonies and justifications there-
of. The same ordinance shall he with you both
for the stranger, and for him that was horn hi the
land.

15 Now on the day that the tabernacle was
n ared up, a cloud covei rd it. Mut from the even-
in- there was o\er the tabernacle as it were the
appearance of fire until the morning.

16 So it was always: by day the cloud coveted

it, and by nighl as it were the appearance of tin .

* M'kt thi flute. That i», keep tl*> pcuwlml tolemmty, and eat the
rvw.hal lamb.

' kUktld, tome tcko urn untUt* ftjf ttmtion of tin MtJ of m man, let.

116

17 And when the cloud that covered the talier-
nade was taken up. then the children of Israel
marched forward: and in the place where the
cloud stood still, there they camped.

18 At the commandment of the Lord they
marched, and at his commandment the] pitched the
tabernacle. All the d.ays that the cloud abode over
the tabernacle, they remained in the same place •

19 And if it was so that it continued over it a
Ion:; time, the children of Israel kept the watches
of the Lord, and marched not,

20 For as many days soever as the cloud staid
OVei the tabernacle. At the commandment of the
Lord they pitched their tents, and at his command-
ment they took them down.

21 If the cloud tarried from evening until morn-
ing, and immediately at break of day left the ta-
bernacle, they marched forward: and if it departed
after a day and a night, they took down their tents.

22 But if it remained over the tabernacle for
two days or a month or a longer time, the children
of Israel remained in the same place, and marched
not : but immediately as soon as it departed, they
removed the camp.

23 By the word of the Lord they pitched their
'cuts, and by his word they marchea : and kept
tiie watches of the Lord according to his com-
mandment by the hand of Moses.

CHAP. X.

The silver trumpet* and their u*e. They march from Sinai.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving :
2 Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver,
\\ herewith thou mayst call together the multitude
when the camp is to be removed.

3 And when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all
the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of
the tabernacle of the covenant.

4 If thou sound but once, the princes and the
heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee.

5 But if the sound of the trumpets be longer
and w it h interruptions, they that are on the east
side, shall first go forward.

6 And at the second sounding and like noise of
the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall
take up their tents. And after this manner shall
the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a
march.

7 But when the people is to be gathered to-
ut 'titer, the sound of the trumpets shall l>e plain,
and they shall not make a broken sound.

8 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall sound
the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for
ever in your generations.

9 If you go forth to war out of your land against
the enemies that fighl against pott, you shall sound
aloud with the trumpets, and there shall lie a re-
membrance of yon before the Lord \our(iod, hat
yOU may be delivered out of the hands of your
enemies.

That i». by having touched or come near a dead body, out of wlnck
the wml waadcpai

CHAP XI.

10 If at any time you shall have a banquet, and
on your festival days, and on the first days of your
months, you shall sound the trumpets over the ho-
locausts, and the sacrifices of peace-offerings, that
they may be to you for a remembrance of your
God. 1 am the Lord your God.

1 1 The second year, in the second month, the
twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken
up from the tabernacle of the covenant.

12 And the children of Israel marched by their
troops from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested
in the wilderness of Pharan.

13 And the first went forward according to the
commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

14 The sons of Juda by their troops : whose
prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the
prince was Nathanael the son of Suar.

16 In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab
die son of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken down, and the
sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

18 And the sons of Ruben also marched, by
their troops and ranks, whose prince was Elisur
the son of Sedeur.

19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was
Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

20 And in the tribe of Gad, the prince was
Eliasaph the son of Duel.

21 Then the Caathites also marched carrying
the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried,
till thev came to the place of setting it up.

22 The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp
by their troops, in whose army the prince was Eli-
sama the son of Ammiud.

23 And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the
prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was
Abidan the son of Gedeon.

25 The last of all the camp marched the sons
of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince
was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

26 And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the
prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.

27 And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the
prince was Ahira the son of Enan.

28 This was the order of the camps and marches
of the children of Israel by their troops, when they
set forward.

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel
.he Madianite, his kinsman : We are going towards
*he place which the Lord will give us : come with
us, that we may do thee good : for the Lord hath
promised good things to Israel.

30 But he answered him : I will not go with
thee, but I will return to mj country, wherein I
was born.

31 And he said : Do not leave us : for thou

* The burning. Hebrew, Taberah.

T A mixt multitude. These were people that came with them out of
Egypt, who were not of the race of Israel : who, by their murmuring-,
drew also the children of Israel to murmur: this should teach us the

knowest in what places we should encamp in tlie
wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

32 And if thou comest with us, we will ghe
thee what is the best of the riches, which the Lord
shall deliver to us.

33 So they marched from the mount of the Lord
three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant if
the Lord went before them, for three days providing
a place for the camp.

34 The cloud also of the Lord was over them
by day when they marched.

35 And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said :
Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered,
and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face.

36 And when it was set down, he said : Return,
O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel :

CHAP. XL

The people murmur, and are punished with fire. God appoint
eth seventy ancients for assistants to Moses. They prophesy.
The people have their fill of flesh, but forthwith many die of
the plague.

IN the mean time there arose a murmuring of the
people against the Lord, as it were repining at
their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was
angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled
against them, devoured them that were at the utter-
most part of the camp.

2 And when the people cried to Moses, Moses
prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up.

3 And he called the name of that place, The
burning :* for that the fire of the Lord had been
kindled against them.

4 For a mixt multitude f of people, that came. up
with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping,
the children of Israel also being joined with them,
and said : Who shall give us flesh to eat ?

5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free-
cost : the cucumbers come into our mind, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.

6 Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else
but manna.

7 Now the manna was like coriander-seed, of
the colour of bdellium. J

8 And the people went about, and gathering it,
ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boil-
ed it in a pot, and made cakes thereof of the taste
of bread tempered with oil.

9 And when the dew fell in the night upon the
camp, the manna also fell with it.

10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by
their families, every one at the door of his tent.
And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly en-
kindled : to Moses also the thing seemed insup-
portable.

1 1 And he said to the Lord : Why hast thou
afflicted thy servant ? wherefore do I not find favour
before thee ? and why hast thou laid the weight of
all this people upon me?

danger of associating ourselves with the children of £gypt, that is,
with the lovers and admirers of this wicked world.

I Bdellium. Bdellium, according to Pliny, 1. 21. c. 9. was of the
colour of a man's nail, white and bright.

117

MMBERS.

12 Hare I conceived all this multitude, or be-
gotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Cam
them in thy baton as the nurse is wont to carry
the little infant, ami Ixar thetJ intn (he laud, for
which thou hasi bwoth to their lath.

13 Whence should I have lath tOghrt to so great
I multitude: they weep against me, saying: Give
us Beth that we may eat.

14 I am not able alone to bear all this people,
because it is too heavy lor me.

15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech
thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes,
that I be not afflicted with so great evils.

16 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto
me seventy men* of the ancients of Israel, whom
thou knowest to he ancients and masters of the
people and thou shalt bring them to the door of
the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make
them stand there with thee,

17 That I may come down and speak with tine:
and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them,
that they may bear with thee the burden of the
people, and thou mavst not be burdened alone.

18 And thou shaft say to the people : Be ye sanc-
tified : to-morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have
heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat ? it
was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may
give you flesh, and you may eat :

19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten,
no nor for twenty.

20 But even for a month of days, till it come out
at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, be-
cause you have cast off the Lord, who is in the
midst of you, and have wept before him, saying:
Why came we out of Egypt ?

21 And Moses said: There are six hundred
thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou:
1 will give then flesh to eat a whole month ?

22 Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be
killed, that it may suffice for their food? or' shall
the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill
them ?

23 And the Loid answered him: Is the hand
of the Lord unable ? Thou shalt presently see
whether my word shall come to pass or no.

24 Moses therefore came, and told the people the
words of the Lord; and assembled se\enty men of
the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about
the tabernacle*

25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and
spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was
in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And
when the spirit had retted OB them, they prophe-
sied: nor did they cease afterward.

26 Now there remained in the camp two of the
men, of whom one was called Eldad, and the Other

• Seventy ma. This wai the first institution of the council or senate,
i the S mk ii ri m , consisting ofsercnty or seventy-two senators or
counsellor*.

t TV frmttfhut; or the sepulchres of concupiscence : to called
rrotntlw.r irregular desire of flesh. In Hebrew. Ktbrotti Htllmmak.

J KtMopUn. Sephora the wife of Moses was of Madian, winch bor-
dered upon the land of Chus or Ethiopia i and then fore she is ceiled

Mi dad, ii|K>n whom the spirit rested : for they also
had been enrolled, but were not gone forth to the
tabernacle.

27 And when they prophesied in the camp, there
ran a WMtJtj man, and told Motetj rajing. Eldad
and Medad prophesy in the camp.

28 Forthwith Josoethe son of Nun. the minister
of Moses, and chosen out of many, said: My lord
Muses, forbid them.

29 But he said : Why hast thou emulation for
me ?0 that all the people might 1 prophesy, and that
the Lord would give them his spirit?

30 And Moses returned with the ancients of
Israel, into the camp.

31 And a wind going out from the Lord, taking
quails up beyond the sea, brought them, and cast
them into the camp for the space of one day's jour-
ney, on every side of the camp round about: and
they flew in the air two cubits high above the
ground.

32 The people therefore rising up all that day,
and night, and the next day, gathered together of
quails, he that did least, ten cores: and they dried
them round about the camp.

33 As yet the flesh was between their leeth,
neither had that kind of meat tailed : w hen behold,
the wrath of the Lord being provoked against the
people, struck them with an exceeding great plague.

34 And that place was called The graves of
lust:f for there they buried the people that had
lusted. And departins from The graves of lust,
they came unto Hasemth, and abode there.

CHAP. XII.

Mary and Aaron murmur against Moses, whom God praisetk
above other prophet t. Mary being struck irith leprosy, Aaron
confesseth his fault. Mosrsprayeth for Acr, and after seven
days separation from the camp, she is restored.

AND Mary and Aaron spoke tgainst Motet, be-
cause of his wife the Ethiopian,!

2 And thej said: Hath the Lord spoken by
Motet only? hath he not also spoken to us in like
manner? And when the Lord heard this,

3 (For Moses w as a man exceeding meek$ above
all men that dwelt upon earth)

4 Immediately be spoke to him, and to Aaron
and Mary : Come out you three only to the taberna-
cle of the covenant. And when they were come
out,

5 The Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud,
and stood in the entry of the tabernacle, calling to
Aaron and Mary. And when they were come,

6 He said to them : Hear my words : II there be
anions: you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to
him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

7 But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is
most faithful in all my house :

an Ethiopian : where note, that the Ethiopia here spoken of is not that
of Africa, but that of Arabia.

k Exceeding meek. Moses beine the meekest of men, would not
icintiiid for himself; therefore God inspired him to write here his
own defence: and the Holy Spiiit, whose dictate he sTI
obliged him to declare the truth, though it was to much to bis
own praise.

CHAP. XIII.

3 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and
plainly, and not by riddles and figures, doth he see
the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak
ill of my servant Moses ?

9 And being angry with them he went away :

10 The cloud also that was over the tabernacle
departed: and behold, Mary appeared white as
snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked
on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy,

1 1 He said to Moses : I beseech thee, my lord,
lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly
committed:

12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abor-
tive that is cast forth from the mother's womb. Lo,
now one half of her flesh is consumed^ with the
leprosy.

13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying : OGod,
I beseech thee, heal her.

14 And the Lord answered him: If her father
had spitten upon her face, ought she not to -have
been ashamed for seven days at least ? Let her be
separated seven days without the camp ; and after-
ward she shall be called again.

15 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven
days: and the people moved not from that place
until Mary was called again.

CHAP. XIII.

The twelve spies are sent to view the land. The relation they
make of it.

AND the people marched from Haseroth, and
pitched their tents in the desert of Pharan.

2 And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

3 Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which
I will give to the children of Israel, one of every
tribe, of the rulers.

4 Moses did what the Lord had commanded,
sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men,
whose names are these :

5 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of
Zechur.

6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Huri.

7 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.

8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.

10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of
Raphu.

1 1 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of
Sodi.

12 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Ma-
luisses, Gaddi the son of Susi.

13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Ge-
malli.

14 Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.

15 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of
Vapsi.

16 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.

17 These are the names of the men, whom Moses
sent to view the land : and he called Osee the son
of Nun, Josue.

* Spoke ill, SfC,
land of promise, discouraged the Israelites from attempting 1 i.
quest of it, were a figure of worldlings, who, by decrying or

These men, who by their misrepresentations of the

he con-

18 And Moses sent them to view the land ol
Chanaan, and said to them : Go you up by the south
side. And when you shall come to the mountains,

19 View the land, of what sort it is; and the
people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they
be strong or weak ; few in number or many :

20 The land itself, whether it be good or bad
what manner of cities, walled or without walls ;

21 The ground, fat or barren, woody or without
trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the
fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the
first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.

22 And when they were gone up, they viewed
the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you
enter into Emath.

23 And they went up at the south side, and came
to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and
Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built
seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

24 And going forward as far as the torrent of the
cluster of grapes, they cut off* a branch with its
cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a
lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of
the figs of that place :

25 Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say,
The torrent of the cluster of grapes, because from
thence the children of Israel had carried a cluster
of grapes.

26 And they that went to spy out the land re-
turned after forty days, having gone round all ihe
country,

27 And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the
assembly of the children of Israel, to the desert of
Pharan, which is in Cades. And speaking to them
and to all the multitude, they showed them the fruits
of the land :

28 And they related and said : We came into the
land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed
floweth with milk and honey, as may be known by
these fruits :

29 But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the
cities are great and walled. We saw there the
race of Enac.

30 Amalec dwelleth in the south ; the Hethite,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite in the moun-
tains : but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea, and
near the streams of the Jordan.

31 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmur-
ing of the people that rose against Moses, said : Let
us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able
to conquer it.

32 But the others, that had been with him, said :
No, we are not able to go up to this people, because
they are stronger than we.

33 And they spoke ill* of the land, which they
had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying :
The land, which we have viewed, devoureth its
inhabitants : the people, that we beheld, are of a
tall stature.

presenting truedevotion, discourage Christians from seeking in earnest
and acquiring so great a good, and thereby securing to themselves a
happy eternitv

119

NUMBERS.

34 There we saw certain monsters of fa sons
of Enae, of the cant-kind : in comparison of whom
\\ i seemed like locusts.

CHAP. XIV.

The people murmur. God threatrneth to destroy them. He is
appeased by Motet, yet to at to exclude the murmurert from
entering the promised land. The authors of the tedition are
stn.i k dead. 1 he rat, going to fight against the will of God,
are beaten.

Ti I 1 •: li EFORE the whole multitude crying wept
thai night

2 And all the children of Israel murmured against
Mums in. I A. iron, saying:

3 Would God that we had died in Egypt : and
would Got! we may die in this vast wilderness, and
that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest
we tall l>\ ilie sword, and our wives and children
be led an ay captives. Is it not better to return
into Egynt ?

4 Ami they said one to another: Let us appoint
a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they
fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude
of the children of Israel.

o" But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son
of Jephone. who themselves also had viewed the
land, rent tneir garments,

7 And said to all the multitude of the children
of Israel : The land which we have gone round is
very good :

8 If the Lord be favourable, he w ill bring us into
it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear
ye not the people of this land, for we are able to
eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them:
the Lord is with us; fear ye not.

10 And when all the multitude cried out, and
would have stoned them, the glory of the Lord ap-
peared over the tabei
the children of Israel

11 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will
this people detract me ? how long will they not be-
lieve me for all the signs that I have wrought before
them ?

12 I will strike them therefore with pestilence,
and will consume them: but thee I will make a
ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than
this is.

13 And Moses said to the Lord : That the
Egyptian** ' rom the midst of whom thou hast
brought forth this people,

14 And the inhabitants of this land, (who have
heard that thou, O Lord, art among this people, and
art teen face to face, and thy cloud protecteth them,
and thou goest before them in a pillar of a cloud
b] day. and in a pillar of fire by night,)

May hear that thou hast killed so great a
multitude as it were one man, and may say :

16 He could not bring the people into the land
for which be bad sworn; therefore did he kill them
in the wilderness.

• CUmr, i. e. whodeaerrea punishment,
f 3UU fear yew- JtmUmtitn. That it, ahall bear the puni

130

.the el
peared over the tabernacle of the covenant to all

17 Let then the strength of the Lord be mag

niiied, as thou hast sworn, saying:

lb The Lord is patient and lull of mercy , taking
away 'iniquity and wickedness, and leering DO man
clear,* who \ isitcst the sins ol the lathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation.

19 Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of this peo-
ple, according to the greatness of thy mercy, a?
thou hast been merciful to them from their going
out of Egypt unto this place.

20 And the Lord said: 1 have fe y gi fea according
to thy word.

21 As 1 live : and the whole earth shall Ik> fill« d
with the glory of the Lord.

22 But vet all the men that have seen mv ma-
jesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and
in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten
times, and have not obeyed my voice,

23 Shall not see the land for which I swore to
their fathers: neither shall any one of them that
hath detracted me, behold it.

24 My servant Caleb, who being full of another
spirit hath followed me, I will bring into this land
which he hath gone round: and his seed shall pos-
sess it.

25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell
in the valleys. To-morrow remove the camp, and
return into the wilderness by the way of the Red
Sea.

26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
saying :

27 How long doth this wicked multitude mur-
mur against me? I have heard the murmurings of
the children of Israel.

28 Say therefore to them : As I live, saith the
Lord : According as you have spoken in my bear-
ing, so will I do to you.

29 In the wilderness shall your carcasses lie.
All you that were numbered from twenty years old
and upward, and have murmured against me,

30 Shall not enter into the land. o\er which I
lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein, ex-
cept Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son
of Nun.

31 But your children, of whom you said, that
they should be a prey to the enemies, will 1 bring
in : that they may see the laud which you have de-
spised.

32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.

33 Your children shall wander in the desert
forty years, and shall bear your fornication. f until
the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in die
desert,

34 According to the number of the forty dare,
wherein you viewed the land: a year shall be
counted for a day. And forty yean ran shaH re-
ceive your iniquities, and shall know mv rew-nge:

35 For as I have spoken, so will I 00 to all this
Wicked multitude, that hath ristn up together
against DM : in this wilderness shall it faint away
and die.

iiinr Hi.lotaltY to God, which in the aenpture language ii here called
t of a fornication, iu a spiritual na n ,

CHAP. XV.

36 Therefore all (he men, whom Moses had sent
to view the land, an 1 who at their return had made
the whole multitude to murmur against him, speak-

ng ill of the land, that it was naught,

37 Died, and were struck in the sight of the
Lord.

38 But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the
son of Jephone lived, of all of them that had gone
to view the land.

39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the
mildren of Israel; and the people mourned exceed-
ingly.

40 And behold, rising up very early in the morn-
ing, they went up to the top of the mountain, and
said : YVe are ready to go up to the place of which
the Lord hath spoken: for we have sinned.

41 And Moses said to them: Why transgress
you the word of the Lord, which shall not succeed
prosperously with you ?

42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you : lest
you fall before your enemies.

43 The Amalecite and the Chanaanite are be-
fore you ; and by their sword you shall fall ; because
you would not consent to the Lord : neither will
the Lord be with you.

44 But they being blinded, went up to the top
of the mountain. But the ark of the testament of
the Lord and Moses departed not from the camp.

45 And the Amalecite came down, and the
Chanaanite that dwelt in the mountain: and smiting
and slaying them, pursued them as far as Horma.

CHAP. XV.

Certain laws concerning sacrifices. Sabbath-breaking is pun-
ished with death. The law of fringes on their garments.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them: When you shall be come into
the land of your habitation, which I will give you,

3 And shall make an offering to the Lord for a ho-
locaust, or a victim, paying your vows, or volunta-
rily offering gifts, or in your solemnities burning a
sweet savour unto the Lord, of oxen or of sheep :

4 Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer
a sacrifice of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi,
tempered with the fourth part of a hin of oil :

5 And he shall give the same measure of wine to
pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the vic-
tim. For every lamb,

6 And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of
flour of two tenths, which shall be tempered with
a third part of a hin of oil :

7 And he shall offer the third part of the same
measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour
to the Lord.

8 But when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice
of oxen, to fulfil thy vow, or for victims of peace-
offerings,

9 Thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of
flour tempered with half a hin of oil,

10 And wine for libations of the same measure,
for an offering of most sweet savour to the Lord.

1 1 Thus shalt thou do:

12 For every ox and ram and lamb and kid.

13 Both they that are born in the land, and the
strangers,

14 Shall offer sacrifices after the same rirc.

15 There shall be all one law and judgment
both for you and for them who are strangers in the
land.

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

17 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt
say to them :

18 When you are come into the land which I
will give you,

19 And shall eat of the bread of that country,
you shall separate first-fruits to the Lord,

20 Of the things you eat. As you separate
first-fruits of your barn-floors:

21 So also shall you give first-fruits of your dougli
to the Lord.

22 And if through ignorance you omit any of
these things, which the Lord hath spoken to Moses,

23 And by him hath commanded you, from the
day that he began to command and thence forward,

24 And the multitude have forgotten to do it ,
they shall offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust
for a most sweet savour to the Lord, and the sa-
crifice and libations thereof, as the ceremonies re-
quire, and a buck-goat for sin:

25 And the priest shall pray for all the multitude
of the children of Israel: and it shall be forgiven
them, because they sinned ignorantly, offering not-
withstanding a burnt-offering to the Lord for them-
selves and for their sin and their ignorance:

26 And it shall be forgiven all the people of the
children of Israel, and the strangers that sojourn
among them : because it is the fault of all the peo-
ple through ignorance.

27 But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall
offer a she-goat of a year old for his sin :

28 And the priest shall pray for him, because ne
sinned ignorantly before the Lord : and he snail
obtain his pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.

29 The same law shall be for all that sin by ig-
norance, whether they be natives or strangers.

30 But the soul that committeth any thing
through pride, whether he be born in the land or a
stranger, (because he hath been rebellious against
the Lord) shall be cut off from among his people :

31 For he hath contemned the word of the
Lord, and made void his precept: therefore shall
he be destroyed, and shall bear his iniquity.

32 And it came to pass, when the children of
Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man
gathering sticks on the sabbath-day,

33 That they brought him to Moses and Aaron
and the whole multitude.

34 And they put him into prison, not knowing
what they should; do with him.

35 And the Lord said to Moses : Let that man
die: let all the multitude stone him without the
camp.

36 And when they had brought him out, they
stoned him; and he died as the Lord had com-
manded.

121

Nl MUCKS.

37 The Lord ;i!so said to \l

38 Speak, to the children of Israel, and thou
shalt t.-ll them, to make to themselves fringes*

in the corners <>f their garments, potting in them
ribands of blue:

" 39 That when they shall see them, they may re-
member all the commandments of the Lord, and
not follow t In ir own thoughts and eves going astra\
alter divers things,
4<» But rather being mindful of the precepts of

the Lord, may do them, and be holy to their (iod.

4] lam the Lord your (iod, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, that 1 might be your God.

CHAP. XVI.

The ichism of Core and hi* adherents : their punishmint.

AND behold, Core the son of Isaar, the son of
Caath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Ahi-
ron the sons of Kliab, and Hon the son of Pheleth,
of the children of Ruben,

2 Rose Dpi against Moses, and rrith them two
hundred and fifty others of the children of Israel,
leading men of the synagogue, and who in the time
of assembly were called by name.

3 And when they had stood up against Moses
and Aaron, they said: Let it he enough for you,
that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and
the Lord is- among them: why lift you up your-
selves above the people of the Lord?

4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his
face :

5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude,
he said : In the morning the Lord w ill make known
who belong to him, and the holy he w ill join to
himself: and whom he shall choose, they shall ap-
proach to him.

6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you
your censers, thou Core, and all thy company.

7 And putting fire in them to-morrow, put in-
cense upon it before the Lord : and whomsoever
he shall choose, the same shall be holy: you take
too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

8 And he said again to Core : Hear, ye sons of
Levi :

9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of
Israel hath separated you from all the people, and
joined you to himself, that you should serve him in
the sen ke of the tabernacle, and should stand before
the congregation of the people, and .should minister
to him ;

10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy
brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him,
that you should challenge to yourselves the priest-
hood also.

1 1 And that all thy company should stand against
the Lord ? for what is Aaron that you murmur
against him?

* Fringes. The Pharisees enlarged theie fringes through hvpo-
. Malt, xxiii. v. to appear more zealous than other men for' the
law nf <;.»!.

f Rut up. The crime of these men, which was punished in so re-
markable a manner, was that of schism, and of rebellion against the
authority established by Oud in the church ; and their pretending to

1 H

12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Ahirou
tin- sons of Eliab. But thej sasjwered: We will

not come.

1) Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast
brought us out of a land that How rd with milk and
honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also
like a lord over us?

14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that
lloweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast
given us possessions of fields and vineyards ; wilt
thou also pull out our eyes - We will not come.

I") Moses therefore being ven angry,} said to the
Lord: Respect not their sacrifices: thou know est
that I ha\e not taken of thein so much as a young
;is- at any time, nor have injured any of them.

16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy con-
gregation stand apart lie fore the Lord to-morrow.
and Aaron apart.

17 Take every one of you censers, and put in-
Oeasa upon them, offering to the Lord two hundred
and fifty censers: Let Aaron also hold his censer.

18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron
standing,

19 And had drawn Dp all the multitude against
them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the
Lord appeared to them all.

20 And the Lord speaking toMoses and Aaron, said:

21 Separate yourselves from among this congre-
gation, that I may presently destroy them.

22 They fell flat on their face, and said : O most
mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one
man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?

23 And the Lord said to Moses :

24 Command the w hole people tosenarate them-
selves from the tents of Core and Dathan and
Abiron.

25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and
Abiron: and the ancients <>! brad following him,

26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the
tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of
theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.

27 And when they were departed from their tents
round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood
in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and
children, and all the People.

28 And Moses said : l>\ this \ou shall know that
the Lord hath sent me to do all things that \oii
and that I have not forged them of my iihii head :

29 If these men die the common death of men.
and if they lie visited with a nlague, wherewith
others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not
send me :

30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth
opening her mouth swallow them down, and all
things, that belong to them, and they go down
alive into hell, you shall know that they ha\e blas-
phemed the Lord.

the priesthood without being lawfully called and tent: the same is
the case of all modern sectaries.

) Vtr% angry. This anger was a xeal against sin : and an imlifrnation
at the affront offered to God : like that which the same holj prophet
conceived upon the sight of the golden calf, Ex*4 xxxii. IB.

CHAP. VIII.

31 And immediately as he had made an end of
speaking, the earth hroke asunder under their feet :

32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with
their tents and all their substance.

S3 And they went down alive into hell, the
ground closing upon them, and they perished from
among the people.

34 But all Israel, that was standing round about,
fled at the cry of them that were perishing, saying :
Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also.

35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed
the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and
to scatter the fire of one side and the other : because
they are sanctified

38 In the deaths of the sinners : and let him beat
them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, be-
cause incense hath been offered in them to the Lord,
and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel
may see them for a sign and a memorial.

39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen cen-
sers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning
fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fasten-
ing them to the altar :

40 That the children of Israel might have for the
time to come wherewith they should be admonished,
that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of
Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord ;
lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his
congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.

41 The following day all the multitude of the chil-
dren of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron,
saying : You have killed the people of the Lord.

42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tu-
mult increased,

43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the
covenant. And when they were gone into it, the
cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

44 And the Lord said to Moses:

45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude ;
this moment will I destroy them. And as they
were lying on the ground,

46 Moses said to Aaron : Take the censer, and
putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it,
and go quickly to the people to pray for them : for
already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the
plague rageth.

47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the
midst of the multitude which the burning fire was
now destroying, he offered the incense :

48 And standing between the dead and the living,
he prayed for the people; and the plague ceased.

49 And the number of them that were slain was
fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides
them that had perished in the sedition of Core.

50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of

* T7ie rod of Aaron for the hov.se of Levi, was budded. Sec. This rod of
Aaron which thus miraculously brought forth fruit, was a figure of
the blessed virgin conceiving and bringing forth her Son without anv
prejudice to her virginity.

the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction
was over.

CHAP. XVII.

The priesthood is confirmed to Aaron by the miracle of (he
blooming of his rod, which is kept for a monument in tht
tabernacle.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take ol
every one of them a rod by their kindreds, of all the
princes of the tribes, twelve rods, and write the
name of every man upon his rod.

3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe
of Levi; and one rod shall contain all their families:

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of
the covenant before the testimony, where I will
speak to thee.

5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod
shall blossom : and I will make to cease from me
the murmurings of the children of Israel, where-
with they murmur against you.

6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel : and
all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe :
and there were twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.

7 And when Moses had laid them up before the
Lord in the tabernacle of the testimony :

8 He returned on the following day, and found
that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was
budded r* and that the buds swelling it had bloomed
blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed
into almonds.

9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from
before the Lord to all the children of Israel : and
they saw and every one received their rods.

10 And the Lord said to Moses : Carry back the
rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony,
that it may be kept there for a token of the rebel-
lious children of Israel, and that their complaints
may cease from me lest they die.

1 1 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.

12 And the children of Israel said to Moses : Be-
hold, we are consumed, we all perish.

13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of
the Lord, he dieth. Are we all to a man to be
utterly destroyed ?

CHAP. XVIII.

The charge of the priests, and of the Levites, and their portion

AND the Lord said to Aaron : Thou, and thy
sons, and thy father's house with thee shall
bear the iniquity of the sanctuary :f and thou and
thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priest-
hood.

2 And take with thee thy brethren also of the
tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father : and let
them be ready at hand, and minister to thee : but
thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle
of the testimony.

3 And the Levites shall watch to do thy com-

f Thou and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanc-
tuary. That is, you shall be punished, if, through negligence or want
of due attention, you err in the discharge of the sacred functions for
which vou were ordained.

••J

NTMBKHS.

mamis. and about all tin- works of the tabernacle :
only toey shall not come nidi die vessels of the

saneinan, nor the aliar, l« >t both tin > (lit", and you
also perish w iih them.

I iint let them be mth thee, and watch in the
charge of the tabernacle, and in all the eewmoaiea

thereof. A stranger shall not join himself with you.
.') Watch ye in the chaise of the sanctuary, and

in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise
Upon the children of Israel.

6 I have given you your brethren the Levites
from among the children of Israel ; and have de-
livered them for a gift to the Lord, to serve in the
ministries of die tabernacle.

7 But thou and thy sons look ye to the priest-
hood : and all things that pertain to the service of
the altar, and that are within the veil, shall lie exe-
cuted hy the priests. If any stranger shall approach,
he shall be -lain.

8 And the Lord said to Aaron : Behold. I have
given thee the charge of my first-fruits. All things
that are sanctified by the children of Israel, I have
delivered to thee and to thy sons for the priestly
office, bj everlasting ordinances.

9 These therefore shalt thou take of the things
that are sanctified, and are offered to the Lord.
Every offering, and sacrifice, and whatsoever is ren-
dered to me tor sin and for trespass, and becometh
holy of holies, shall be for thee and thy sons.

10 Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary : the males
only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated
thing.

I I But the first-fruits, which the children of Israel
shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy
sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law.
He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them. «

12 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and
of the corn, whatsoever first-fruits they offer to the
Lord, I have given them to thee.

13 All the first ripe of the fruits, that the ground
bringeth forth, and which are brought to the Lord,
shall be for thy use : he that is clean in thy house,
shall eat them.

14 Every thing that the children of Israel shall
give by vow, shall be thine.

15 Whatsoever is first-born of all flesh, which
they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of
beasts, shall belong to thee : only for the first-born
of man thou shalt take a price ; and every beast that
is unclean thou shalt cause to lie redeemed :

16 And the redemption of it shall be after one
month, for i\\i x sides of silver, by the weight of the
sanctuary. A side hath twenty obols.

17 But the firstling of a cow, and of a sheep, and
of a goat, thou shalt not cause to be redeemed, be-
cause they are sanctified to the Lord. Their blood
only thou shalt pour U|>on the altar: and t lit ir fat
thou shalt bum lor a mosi sweel odour to the Lord.

* .1 cntnant »f nit It i« a proverbial expression, signifying a cove-
nant not to be altered or corrupted ; mi salt is used to keep thing*
fr..m corruption : ft covenant perpetual, like that by which it wu ap-
pointed that aftlt should be used in every sacrifice. Ltrit. ii.

f DfJl* sin. That it tin which will bring- death after it

1:1

18 But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the con-
secrated breast, and the ridu shoulder, shall be thine.

Id All the first-fruits of the sanctuary which the
children of Israel offer to the Lord, 1 ha\e given to
thee and to thy sons and daughters, bj a perpetual

ordinance. It is a covenant of salt foe c\< riii tore
tin Lord, to thee and to thy sons.

20 And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall |>os-
sess nothing in their land ; neither shall you haw ,-»
portion among them : 1 am thy portion and inherit-
ance in the midst of the children of Israel.

~\ Ami I have dven to the sons of Levi all the
tithes of Israel for a possession, for the ministry

wherewith they SCTVe me in the tabernacle of the
covenant :

22 That the children of Israel may not approach
any more to the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin.f

23 But only the sons of Levi may serve me in
the tabernacle, and bear the sins of the people. It
shall be an everlasting ordinance in your genera-
tions. They shall not possess any other thing.

24 But be content with the oblation or tithes,
which I have separated for their uses tod necessities.

25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:

26 Command the Levitts, and declare unto
them : When you shall receive of the children of
Israel the tithes, which I have given you, offer the
first-fruits of them to the Lord, that is to say, the
tenth part of the tenth :

27 That it may be reckoned to you as an obla
tion of first-fruits, as well of the barn-floors as ol
the wine presses :

28 Ana of all the things of which vou receive
tithes, offer the first-fruits to the Lord, and give
them to Aaron the priest

29 All the things that you shall offer of the
tithes, and shall separate for the gifts of the Lord,
shall be the best and choicest things.

30 And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all
the goodly and the better things of the tithes, it shall
lie reckoned to VOU as if von had given the first-
fruits of the barn-floOf and the wine press :

31 And you shall eat them in all your places,
both you and your families: because it is your re-
ward for the ministry, when with you serve in the
tabernacle of the testimony.

3^2 And you shall not sin in this point, bv re
serving the choicest and fat things to voiitm |\
leal you profane the oblations of the children of Is-
rael, and die.

(HAP. XIV

The law of the sacrifice qf the red coir, and the tealer of ex-
piation.

ANDthe Lord spoke toMoses mikI Aaron. sa\ ing:
2 This is the observance of the victim, which

the Lord hath ordained. Command the children
of Israel, that they bring unto tin e a red cowf of

\ And cow, 4-c Tim red cow, offered in sacrifice for «in, am) ■
siiinrd witli fire without the ramp, with the ashes of wlnili, nnii(rUx?
with water, the unclean wen tab) I and purified ; was a furiin.

of the passion oft linM, by whose precious blood, applied to our »ol1»
in the holy sacraments, we are cleansed from our sins.

CHAP. XX.

full age, in which there is no blemish, and which
hath not carried the yoke :

3 And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest,
who shall bring her forth without the camp, and
shall immolate her in the sight of all :

4 And dipping his finger in her blood, shall
(sprinkle it over-against the door of the tabernacle
seven times;

5 And shall burn her in the sight of all, deliver-
ing up to the fire her skin, and her flesh, and her
blood, and her dung.

6 The priest shall also take cedar-wood, and
hyssop, and scarlet twice dyed, and cast it into the
fla me, with which the cow is consumed.

7 And then after washing his garments and
body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be
unclean until the evening.

8 He also that hath burned her, shall wash his
garments and his body, and shall be unclean until
the evening.

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the
ashes of the cow, and shall pour them forth with-
out the camp in a most clean place, that they may
be reserved for the multitude of the children of Is-
rael, and for a water of aspersion : because the cow
was burnt for sin.

10 And when he that carried the ashes of the
cow, hath washed his garments, he shall be unclean
until the evening. The children of Israel, and the
strangers that dwell among them, shall observe this
for a holy thing by a perpetual ordinance.

1 1 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is
therefore unclean seven days,

12 Shall be sprinkled with this water on the
third day, and on the seventh, and so shall be
cleansed. If he were not sprinkled on the third
day, he cannot be cleansed on the seventh.

13 Every one that toucheth the corpse of a man,
and is not sprinkled with this mixture, shall profane
the tabernacle of the Lord, and shall perish out of
Israel : because he was not sprinkled with the wa-
ter of expiation, he shall be unclean, and his un-
cleanness shall remain upon him.

14 This is the law of a man that dieth in a tent :
All that go into his tent, and all the vessels that are
there, shall be unclean seven days.

15 The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding
over it, shall be unclean.

16 If any man in the field touch the corpse of
a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or
his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.

17 And they shall take of the ashes of the burn-
ing and of the sin-offering, and shall pour living
waters upon them into a vessel.

18 And a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in
ihem, and shall sprinkle therewith all the tent, and
all the furniture, and the men that are defiled with
touching any such thing:

19 And in this manner he that is clean shall pu-
rity the unclean on the third and on the seventh
day. And being expiated the seventh day, he shall
wash both himself and his garments, and be unclean
until the evening.

20 If any man be not expiated after this rite,
his soul shall perish out of the midst of the church:
because he hath profaned the sanctuary of the
Lord, and was not sprinkled with the water of pu-
rification.

21 This precept shall be an ordinance for ever.
He also that sprinklcth the water, shall wash his
garments. Every one that shall touch the waters
of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening.

22 Whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean,
he shall make it unclean: and the person that
toucheth any of these things, shall be unclean until
the evening.

CHAP. XX.

The death of Mary the sister of Moses. The people murut/r
for want of water: God giveth it them from the rock. The
death of Aaron.

A ND the children of Israel, and all the multi-
-^*- tude came into the desert of Sin, in the first
month : and the people abode in Cades. And
Mary died there, and was buried in the same place.

2 And the people wanting water, came together
against Moses and Aaron:

3 And making a sedition, they said: Would God
we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

4 Why have you brought out the church of the
Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our
cattle should die ?

5 Why have you made us come up out of Egypt,
and have brought us into this wretched place, which
cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines,
nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink ?

6 And Moses and Aaron, leaving the multitude,
went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell
flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and
said : O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and
open to them thy treasure a fountain of living wa-
ter, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur.
And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.

7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying :

8 Take the rod, and assemble the people to-
gether, thou and Aaron thy brother ; and speak to
the rock before them, and it shall yield waters.
And when thou hast brought forth water out of the
rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink.

9 Moses therefore took the rod which was before
the Lord, as he had commanded him,

10 And having gathered together the multitude
before the rock, he said to them : Hear, ye rebel-
lious and incredulous : Can we bring you forth wa-
ter out of this rock ?

11 And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and
struck the rock* twice with the rod, there came
forth water in great abundance, so that the people
and their cattle drank.

12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Be
cause you have not believedf me, to sanctify me

* The rock. This rock was a figure of Christ, and the water that is
sued out from the rock, of his precious blood, the source of all our good,
f You have not belieeed, fyc. The fault of Moses and Aaron on thi»

125

NUMBERS.

before the children of Israel, you shall not bring
these people into the land which I will give them.

13 This is the Water of contradiction,* where
the children of I>ra.l strove with words against
the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

1 V In the mean time, Moses sent messengers
from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus
saith thy brother Israel: Thou know est all the la-
bour that hath come upon us:

15 In what manner our fathers went down into
Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the
Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers :

lb' And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard
us. and sent an angel, who hath brought us out of
Eg7pt< Lo, we are now in the city of Cades,
which is in the uttermost of thy borders:

17 And we beseech thee that we may have leave
to pass through thy country. We will not go
through the fields, nor through the vineyards; we
will not drink the waters of thy wells; but we will
go by the common highway, neither turning aside
to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past
thy border.

1 8 And Edom answered them : Thou shalt not pass
by me: ifthou dost, I will come out armed against tnee.

19 And the children of Israel said: We will go
by the beaten way : and if we and our -cattle drink
of thy waters, we will give thee what is just : there
shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass
speedily.

20 But he answered : Thou shalt not pass. And
immediately he came forth to meet them with an
infinite multitude, and a strong hand:

21 Neither would he condescend to their desire
to grant them passage through his borders. Where-
fore Israel turned another way from him.

22 And when they had removed the camp from
Cades, they came to mount Uor, which is in the
borders of the land of Edom :

Where the Lord spoke to Moses;

Let Aaron, saith he, goto his people: for he
shall not go into the land which I have gfven the
children of Israel, because he was incredulous to
my words, ;it the waters of contradiction

25 Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring
them up into mount Hor:

26 And when thou hast stripped the father of
his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Klcazar his
son : Aaron shall be gathered to liis people, and die
there.

27 Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and
they went up into mount Hor, before all themultitude.

28 And when he had stript Aaron of his vest-
ments, he vested Hlea/.ar his son with them.

29 And Aaron being dead in the top of the
mountain, he came down with Elea/.ar.

occasion, iu a certain diffidence mod weakliest of faith ; not doubting

«r» power or veracity; but api n h< ruling the unworthiness of

that rebellious and incredulous people, and the r e fo re (peaking with

• Tkt tTmlrr o/ nmhtilir (r>«, or irryV Hehrcw. Mrrioak.

! Anthem: That u, a thing devoted in tiller destruction.
Ver* Hgkt food. '!«<) Ike heavenly manna : thus, world.

Ini^i loath the thing* of heaven, for which they bar* no relish.

tea

30 And all the multitude seeing that Aaron wan
dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all
their famili

CUM'. \\l.

King .trail it overrttmr. Thf people murmur, and arr vnn-
ishnl with .firry trrpent* ; they urr h> alnl lip the brazen sir-
pent. They coni/uer the king* Sehon and Og.

\ ND when king Arad the Chanaanite, who
-Cf- dwelt toward the south, had heard this, to
wit, that Israel was come bv the way of the spies,
he fought agaiflSt them, and Overcoming them car-
ried oil' their spoils.

2 But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord,
said : Ifthou wilt deliver this people into my hand,
I will utterly destroy their cities.

3 And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and
delivered up the Chanaanite: and they cut them off,
and destroyed their cities : and tbej called the name
of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema. t

4 And they marched from mount Hor, by the
wa\ that leadeth to the Red Sea. to compass the
land of Edom. And the people began to be wcarv
of their journey and labour:

5 And speaking against God and Moses, they
said : Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die
in the wilderness ? There is no bread, nor nave we
any waters : our soul now loatheth this very light
food.t

6 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people
fiery serpents,^ which bit them, and killed many of
them.

7 Upon which they came to Moses, and said .
We have sinned, because we have spoken against
the Lord anil thee: pray that he may take away
these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for tin-
people :

8 And the Lord said to him: Make a bra/en
serpent, and set it up for a sign : whosoever being
struck shall look on it, shall live.

9 Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, || and
set it up for a sign : which when they that w
bitten looked upon, they were healed.

10 And the children of Israel setting forwards
camped in Oboth.

I I And departing thence, they pitched their rents
in Jeabarim, in the wilderness, that faccth Moab
tow ard tin eatt.

12 And removing from thence, they came to the
torrent Zand :

13 Which they left and encamped over -acainsl
Anion, which is in the desert, and Standetfa Mil in
the borders of the Ainorrhite. For Anion is tin-
border of Moab, dividing the Moahites and the
Amorrhites.

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the warsl

I ftfff urptntt. They are to called, because tliey tLat were bin. <•
by them were burnt with a violent heat

|| .1 kroten prrprnt. Thi» was a 6gnre of Christ crucified, and ot
the efficacy of a lively faith in him, against the bites of the hrlli«h
M-riieril. John lii 14.

1 The book of Ike trtrt, tr*. An ancient book, which, like several
others quoted in scripture, has I

CHAP. XXII.

of the Lord : As he did in the Red Sea, so will he
do in the streams of Anion.

15 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down
that they might rest in Ar, and lie down in the bor-
ders of the Moabites.

16 When they went from that place, the well ap-
peared, whereof the Lord said to Moses: Gather
the people together, and I will give them water.

17 Then Israel sung this song: Let the well
spring up. They sung thereto :

18 The well, which the princes dug, and the
chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the
lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched
from the wilderness to Mathana.

19 From Mathana unto Nahaliel ; from Nata-
lie] unto Bamoth.

20 From Bamoth is a valley in the country of
Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looketh towards
the desert.

21 And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of
the Amorrhites, saying :

22 I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass
through thy land: we will not go aside into the
fields or the vineyards ; we will not drink waters of
the wells: we will go the king's highway, till we be
past thy borders.

23 And he would not grant that Israel should
pass by his borders : but rather gathering an army,
went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to
Jasa, and fought against them.

24 And he was slain by them with the edge of
the sword: and they possessed his land from the
Arson unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the
children of Atiimon : for the borders of the Ammon-
ites were kept with a strong garrison.

25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the
cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in
the villages thereof.

26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon, the king of
the Amorrhites, who fought against the king of
Moab, and took all the land, that had been ol his
dominions, as far as the Arnon.

27 Therefore it is said in the proverb : Come
into Hesebon ; let the city of Sehon be built and
set up :

28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from
the city of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the
Moabites, and the inhabitants of the high places of
the Anion.

29 Wo to thee, Moab : thou art undone, O peo-
ple of Chamos. He hath given his sons to flight,
and his daughters into captivity to Sehon the king
of the Amorrhites.

30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto
Hilton: they came weary to Nophe, and unto
Medaba.

31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.

32 And Moses sent some to take a view of Ja-
zer : and they took the villages of it, and conquered
the inhabitants.

33 And they turned themselves, and went up by
the way of Basan : and Og the king of Basan, came
against them with all his people, to fight in Edrai.

34 And the Lord said to Moses : Fear him not,
for I have delivered him and all his people, and his
country into thy hand : and thou shalt do to him as
thou didst to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites, the
inhabitant of Hesebon.

35 So they slew him also with his sons, and all
his people, not letting any one escape : and they
possessed his land.

CHAP. XXII.

Balac king of Moab, tendeth twice for Balaam to curse IsraeL
In his way Balaam is rebuked by an angel.

\ ND they went forward, and encamped in the
-^*- plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is
situate beyond the Jordan.

2 And Balac the son of Sephor seeing all that
Israel had done to the Amorrhite,

3 And that the Moabites were in great fear of
him, and were not able to sustain his assault.

4 He said to the elders of Madian: So will this
people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the
ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now
he was at that time king in Moab.

5 He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the
son of Beor, a soothsayer, who dwelt by the river
of the land of the children of Amnion, to call him,
and to say : Behold, a people is come out of Egypt,
that hath covered the face of the earth, sitting over
against me.

6 Come therefore, and curse this people, because
it is mightier than I; if by any means I may beat
them and drive them out of my land : for I know,
that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed ; and he
whom thou shalt curse is cursed.

7 And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of
Madian went with the price of divination in their
hands. And when they were come to Balaam, and
had told him all the words of Balac :

8 He answered : Tarry here this night, and I
will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me.
And while they stayed with Balaam, God came
and said to him :

9 What mean these men that are with thee ?

10 He answered : Balac the son of Sephor king
of the Moabites hath sent to me,

1 1 Saying : Behold, a people that is come out of
Egypt, hath covered the face of the land : come and
curse them, if by any means I may fight with them
and drive them away.

12 And God said to Balaam : Thou shalt not go
with them, nor shalt thou curse the people : because
it is blessed.

13 And he rose in the morning, and said to the
princes : Go into your country, because the Lord
hath forbid me to come with you.

14 The princes returning, said to Balac : Balaam
would not come with us.

15 Then he sent many more and more noble than
he had sent before :

16 Who, when they were come to Balaam, said :
Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor : Delay not to
come to me : .

17 For I am readv to honour thee, and will give

NUMBERS.

thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this

people.

18 Balaam aaswurod: If Balac would rive ma

his house lull of >il\rr and sold, I cannot alter the
word of the Lord my God, to sj>eak either more
or less.

19 I pray you to May* here this night also, that
1 may know what the Lord will answer nie once
morn.

20 God therefore came to Balaam in the night,
and said to him: If these men become toeallthee.
arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I
shall command thee.

21 Balaam arose in the morning; and saddling
his ass, went with them.

22 And God was angry. And an Angel of the
Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on
the ass. and had two servants with him.

I'lir aiaaasBM the Angel standing in the way,
with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the wa\ .
and went into the field. And when Balaam heat
bar. and had a mind to bring her again to the way,
J I The Ansel stood in a narrow place between
two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed.

25 And the ass wniag him, thrust herself close
to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But
he beat her again :

26 And nevertheless the Angel going on to a
narrow place, where there was no way to turn aside
either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet
him.

11 And when the ass saw the Angel standing,
she fell under the feet of the rider; who being angry,
beaf her sides more vehemently with a Staff.

28 And the Lord opined the motithf of the BIS;
and she said : What have I done to thee ? w hy
strikes! thou me, lo, now this third time ?

29 Balaam answered: Because thou hast deser-
ve. l it, and hast served me ill: I would 1 had asword
that I might kill thee.

.'30 The ass said: Am not I thv beast, on which
thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this
present day? tell me if 1 ever did the like thing to
thee. But he said : Never.

31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Ba-
laam ; and he saw the Ansel Standing in the way
with a drawn sword : and he worshipped him, ,;, "~
ins flat on the ground.

32 And the Angel said to him : Why beatestthou
thy ass these three times'' I am come to withstand
thee, because thy way is aatvefae, % and contrary
to me :

33 And unless the ass had fumed out of the way.
si\ ins place to me who stood against thee, 1 had
slain thee, and she should ha\e lived.

Balaam said : I have tinned] not knowing that

• T» •*€>. I lis Hrsinn* them to May, after he had been fully in-
formed already that it M nut find 1 * will h«* •honlil po, ramc from the
imtinalion he hail to gratify Il.il-.ir for the »ak«> of w-nrMlv rain. Ami
this perrerae disposition God puni -ti. .1 l>\ |K:rmitting lnin to Z'> (though
not to rune the people as he would wilungty baredooe) tod Mflns
.ii? him to fall (till deeper and deeper into*m, till kc BUM at last to
give that abominable counsel again** the people of God, which ended

LSI

thou dist stand asainst me : and now if it displease
thee that 1 so, I w ill return.

35 The Allgel said : Go w ith these men. and see
thou speak no other thins than what I shall com-
mand thee. He went therefore with the princt

36 And when Balac heard it, he came forth to
meet him in a town of the Moalntes, that is situate
in the uttermost borders of Anion.

37 And he said to Balaam: 1 sent messengers to
call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to
DM? was it because 1 am not able to reward thy
coming ?

;>;'. He answered him: Lo, here I am: s'lall I
have power to speak any other thing but that w hub
God shall put in my mouth ?

39 So they went on together, and came into a
city, thai was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom.

40 And when Balac had killed oven and sheep, he
sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that
wt i. w ith him.

41 And when mornins was come, be brought
him to the high places of Baal : and he beheld the
uttermost part of the people.

CHAP. XXIII.

Balaam instead of cursing Israel, is obliged to blest them, ami
prophesy good things of them.

AND Balaam said to Balac : Build me bore seven
altars, and prepare as many calves, and the
same number of rams.

2 And when he had done according to the word
of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon
i n i ii altar.

3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by
thy burnt-offering, until ] go, lo see if perhaps the
Lord will meet me; and whatsoever he shall com-
mand, I will speak to thee.

4 And when he was gone with speed. Gfld tint
him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: 1 have
ereeied seven altars, and have laid on every one a
calf and a ram.

5 And the Lord put the word in bis mouth, and
said : Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

6 Returning he found Balac standing h\ liishurut-
oftrrins. with all the princes of the .Moahites :

7 And taking up bis parable, he said : Balac king
of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from
the mountains of the east ■ ( ome. s;dd he, and curse
Jacob: make haste and detesl Israel.

,'! How shall I curse him, whom God hath not
cursed ' By what means should 1 detest him, w horn
the Lord detesteth not }

:» I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and
shall consider him from the hills. This people shall
dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned anions the
nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know-

in hit own destruction. So tad a thing it it to indulge ■ pas-ion for
money.

f Oprnt4 the mmUk, fyt. The Angel moved the tonpue of the a... to
utter ih-se speeches, to rebuke, by the mouth of a brute beast, the
inrv and folly of Iialaam.

rat. Because thy mi-lmaiiona are wicked, in bcinp willing
for the sake of gain to cane the people of whom I am the guardian.

CHAP. XXIV.

ihe number of the stock of Israel ? Let my soul die
the death of the just, and my last end belike to them.

1 1 Aud Balac said to Balaam : What is that thou
doest ? I sent for thee to curse my enemies : and
thou contrariwise blessest them.

12 He answered him : Can I speak any thing
else but what the Lord commandeth ?

13 Balac therefore said : Come with me to an-
other place from whence thou mayest see part of
Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them
from thence.

14 And when he had brought him to a high place,
upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam budt seven
altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt-
offering while I go to meet him.

16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put
the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac,
and thus shalt thou say to him.

17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt-
sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him.
And Balac said to him : What hath the Lord spoken ?

18 But he taking up his parable, said : Stand, O
Balac, and give ear : hear, thou son of Sephor :

19 God is not as a man, that he should lie, nor as
the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath
be said then, and will he not do ? hath he spoken,
and will he not fulfil ?

20 I was brought to bless ; the blessing I am not
able, to hinder. '

21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an
image-god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God
is with him ; and the sound of the victory of the
kins in him.

'11 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose
strength is like t^ the rhinoceros.

23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divina-
tion in Israel. In their times it shall be told to
Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.

24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness,
and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie
down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of
the slain.

25 And Balac said to Balaam : Neither curse,
nor bless him.

26 And he said: Did I not tell thee, that what-
soever God should command me, that I would do?

27 And Balac said to him : Come, and 1 will
bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please
God that thou mayest curse them from thence.

28 And when he had brought him upon the top of
mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,

29 Balaam said to him: Build me here seven
altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same
number of rams.

30 Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on
every altar, a calf and a ram.

CHAP. XXIV.

Balaam still continues to prophesy good things in favour of
Israel.

\ ND when Balaam saw. that it pleased the Lord
- ii - tliat he should bless Israel, he went not as he

had gone before, to seek divination: but setting Ins
face towards the desert,

2 And lifting up bis eyes, he saw Israel abiding
in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God
rushing upon him,

3 He took up his parable, and said : Balaam the
son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose
eye is stopped up :

4 The hearer of the words of God hath said, he
that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that
falleth, and so his eyes are opened :

5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob,
and thy tents, O Israel !

6 As woody valleys, as watered gardens neav the
rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched,
as cedars by the water-side.

7 Water shall flow out of bis bucket, and his
seed shall be into many waters. For Agag shall his
king be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken
away.

8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose
strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall de-
vour the nations that are his enemies, and break
their bones, and pierce them with arrows.

9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a
lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that
blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that
curseth thee, shall be reckoned accursed.

10 And Balac being angry against Balaam, clap-
ped his hands together, and said: I called thee to
curse my enemies; and thou on the contrary hast
blessed them three times.

11 Return to thy place. I had determined indeed
greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived
thee of the honour designed for thee.

12 Balaam made answer to Balac : Did I not
say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me :

13 If Balac would give me his house full of sil-
ver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the
Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head,
either good or evil; but whatsoever the Lord shall
say, that I will speak ?

14 But yet going to my people, I will give thee
counsel, what thy people shall do to this people in
the latter days.

15 Therefore taking up his parable, again he
said : Balaam the son of Beor hath said : The man
whose eye is stopped up, hath said :

16 The hearer of the words of God hath said,
who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth
the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his
eyes opened :

17 1 shall see him, but not now: I shall behold
him, but not near. A star shall rise out of Ja-
cob, and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel ; and
shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all
the children of Seth.

18 And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance
of Seir shall come to their enemies : but Israel shall
do manfully.

19 Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule,
and shall destroy the remains of the city.

20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his

139

M MBLRS.

parable, and said : Amalec the beginning of nations,
whose latter ends shall !»<• destroyed.

21 lie saw also the ("mill •, ami look up his pa-
rable, and said: Tbi habitation indeed is strong:
but though thou build thy Best in a rock,

\nd thou Ik- chosen of the stock Of (in, hou
long shall thou Ih> able to continue? For A vmh
shall take thee captive.

\ml taking up his parable again, be said :
Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?

JV They shall eotne in galleys from Italy; they
shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the
Hebrews: and at the last the\ theinsi hes also shall
perish.

25 And Balaam rose, and returned to hi* place :
Balac also returned the wa\ that he came.

CHAP. XXV.

The pfopli fall info fnmicdti'in and idolatry ; far which twenty-
four thoiurmd are slain. Tkr MM of I'him i *.

AND Israel at that time abode in Settim : and
the people committed fornication with the
daughters of Moab,

Z Who called them to their sacrifices. And they
ate <>J' thtni. and adored their sods.

3 And Isnncl was initialed to Beelphugor :* uikmi
which the Lord being angry,

■\ Said to Moses : Take all the princes of the
people, and bans them up on gibbet! against the
sun : that mv fury may be turned awaj from Israel,

5 And Moses said to tUe judges of Israel : Let
every man kill bis neighbours, that have been initia-
ted to Ueelphezor.

6 And behold, one of the children of Israel went
in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the
sidit of .Moses. ;in(l of all the children of Israel,
WOO were Weeping before the door of the tabernacle.

7 And when Phinees the sou of Llca/.ar the son
of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the
midst of the multitude; and taking a danger,

8 Went in alter the Israelite into the brothel-
house, and thrust l>oth of them through together, to
wit the man and the woman in the genital parts.
And the scOUfgfl ceased from the children of Israel.

9 And there were slain four and twenty thousand
men.

10 And the Lord said to Moses :

11 I'hinees the sou of Llea/ar the son of Aaron
the nriest bath turned away jnv wrath from the
chiluren of Israel: because he was moved with my
■eel against them, that I myself might not destroj
the children of Israel in my zeal.

12 Therefore say to him : Behold, I give him the
peace pf my covenant :

13 And the covenant of the priest hood for ever
shall be both to him and his seed; because he hath
been zealous forhiaGod, and hath made atonement

for the wickedness of the children of Israel.

14 And the name of the Israelite, that was slain

• InitUUi m Bulfiufr. That n, they took to the wor»hip of Beel-
piMffor, anobaceneidolor the Moabite*. ant were conaacraled, iu it
tire to him

130

with the Woman of Madian, was Zambri the son of
Salu, a prince ol the kindred and tnU ol Sim on.

1") And the Madianite woman, that was slain
with him was called ( o/.bi the daughter ol Stir, a
most noble prince among the Madiau'm

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, savins:

17 Let the Madianitcs find you their enemies,

ami slav you them :

18 Because they also have acted like enemies
against you, and bare guilefully deceived you by the
idol Phogor, and Co/.bi their sister a daughter of a
prince of Madian, who was slain in the day of the
plague for the sacrilege of Phogor.

CHAP. XXVI.

Thep'nple are again numbered by thrir tribe* and fumi/ir*.

A 1'TKU the blood of the guilty was shed, the

-£*• Lord said to Moses and to Elea/ar the son of
Aaron, the priest :

2 Number the whole sum of the children of Israi I

from twenty years old and upward, In their houses
and kindreds, all that are able to go forth to war.

.'$ Moses therefore and Klea/.ar the priest, being
in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against
Jericho, spoke to them that were

4 From twenty years old and upward; as the
Lord had commanded: audtfaisistbenumbefofihem:

5 Ruben the fust-bom of Israel. His sons ,rere
Henoch, of whom is the family of the Ilenochites ;
and Phallu, of whom is the family of the Pballuhes:

6 And Hesron, of whom t.s the family of the Hi »*
ronites: and Charmi, of whom is the i'amil) of the
Charinitcs.

7 These are the families of the stink of Huben :

whose nnmbei was found to be forty- three thousand,

seven hundred ami thirty, t

8 The sou of Phallu WOS Kliab.

9 His sous, wert Namuel and Dathan and Abi-
ron. These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of
the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron in the
sedition of Core, when they rebelled against the Lord:

•10 And the earth opening her mouth swallowed
up Core, many other* dying, when the fire burned
two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great
miracle wrought,

1 1 That when ( Ore perished, his sons did not perish.

12 The sons of Simeon l>\ their kindreds: Na-
muel, of him is the family of the Namuelitcs : .Ia-
mbi, of him is the family of the Jaminhes; Jacbin,
of him is the family of the JacbJnites :

13 Zare, of him is the faniih of the Zarites:

Saul, of him is the famih of the Sauliti

1 V These are the families of the stock of Simeon,
of which the whole number was twenty-two thou-
sand two hundred.

16 The sons of Gad by their kindreds : Sephon,
of him is the family of the Sephonhi \ i. of him
is the family of the A^gites: Suni, of him is the
family of the Sunites :

If! ()/ni, <if him is the fatnilv of the Oznttes:
Her, of him is the family of the I lerites !

17 Arod, of him is the family of the Arodites
Ariel, ol him is the family of the Arielites

CHAP. XXVI.

18 These arc the families of Gad, of which the
whole number was forty thousand live hundred.

19 The sons of Juda, Her, and Onan, who both
died in the land of Chanaan.

20 And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were :
Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites : Phares,
of whom is the family of the Pharesites : Zare, of
whom is the family of the Zaritcs.

21 Moreover, the sons of Phares were: Hesron,
of whom is the family of the Hesronites : and Ha-
mul, of whom is the family of the Hamulites.

22 These are the families of Juda, of which the
whole number was seventy-six thousand five hun-
dred.

2:3 The sons of Issachar, by their kindreds:
Thola, of whom is the family of the Tholaites :
Phua, of whom is the family of the Phuaites :

24 Jasub, of whom is the family of the Jasub-
ites: Semran, of whom is the family of the Sem-
ranites.

25 These are the kindreds of Issachar, whose
number was sixty-four thousand three hundred.

26 The sons of Zahulon by their kindreds : Sa-
red, of whom is the family oi" the Saredites: Elon,
of whom is the family of the Elonites : Jalel, of
whom is the family of the Jalelites.

27 These are the kindreds of Zahulon, whose
number was sixty thousand five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph by their kindreds, M a-
nasses and Ephraim.

29 Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is
the family of Machirites. Machir begot Galaad, of
whom is the family of the Galaadites.

30 Galaad had sons : Jezer, of whom is the
family of the Jezerites : and Helec, of whom is the
family of the Helecites :

31 And Asriel, of whom is the family of the As-
rielites : and Sechem, of whom is the family of the
Sechemites:

32 And Semida, of whom is the family of the
Semidaites : and Hepher, of whom is the family of
the Hepheritcs.

S3 And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who
had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are
these : Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha,
and Thersa.

34 These are the families of Manasses, and the
number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

35 And the sons of Ephraim by their kindreds
were these : Suthala, of whom is the family of the
Suthalaites: Becher, of whom is the family of the
Becherites : Thehen, of whom is the family of the
Thehenites.

» 36 Now the son of Suthala was Heran, of whom
is the family of the Heranites.

37 These are the kindreds of the sonsof Ephraim :
whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred.

38 These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
The sons of Benjamin in their kindreds : Bela, of
whom is the family of the Belaites : Asbel, of whom
is the family of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is
the family of the Ahirunites :

39 Supham. of whom is the family of the Supham-

ites : Hupham, of whom is the family of the Hu-
phamires.

40 The sons of Bela : Hered, and Noeman. Of
Hered, is the family of the Heredites : of Noeman,
the family of the Noemanites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their kin-
dreds, whose number was forty-five thousand six
hundred.

42 The sons of Dan by their kindreds : Suham,
of whom is the family of the Suhamites : these are
the kindreds of Dan by their families.

43 All were Suhamites, whose number was sixty-
four thousand four hundred.

44 The sons of Aser by their kindreds : Jemna,
of whom is the family of the Jemnaites : Jessui, of
whom is the family of the Jessuites : Brie, of whom
is the family of the Brieites.

45 The sons of Brie : Heber, of whom is the
family of the Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is
the family of the Melchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Aser, was
Sara.

47 These are the kindreds of the sons of Aser,
and their number fifty-three thousand four hundred.

48 The sons of Nephtali by their kindreds : Je-
siel, of whom is the family of the Jesielites : Guni,
of whom is the family of the G unites :

49 Jeser, of whom is the family of the Jeserites:
Sellem, of whom is the family of the Sellemites.

50 These are the kindreds of the sonsof Nephtali
by their families : whose number was forty-five
thousand four hundred.

51 This is the sum of the children of Israel, that
were reckoned up, six hundred and one thousand,
seven hundred and thirty.

52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

53 To these shall the land be divided for their
possessions according to the number of names.

54 To the greater number thou shalt give a
greater portion, and to the fewer a less : to every
one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a
possession be delivered:

55 Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the
tribes and families.

56 Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be
taken by the more, or the fewer.

57 This also is the number of the sons of Levi
by their families : Gerson, of whom is the family
of thrGersonites : Caath, of whom is the family of
the Caathites : Merari, of whom is the family of
the Merarites.

58 These are the families of Levi : The family
of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Mo-
holi, the family of Musi, the family of Core. Now
Caath begot Amram :

59 Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of
Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore
to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses,
and Mary their sister.

60 Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and
Eleazar and Ithamar :

61 Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they
had offered the strange fire before the Lord.

131

NUMBERS.

62 And all that were numbered, were twenty-
three thousand males from one month old and up-
ward : far they were not reckoned up among the
children of Israel, neither «;i> a possession given
to them with the rest

63 This is the Bomber of the children of Israel,
that were enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
in the plains of Moah upon the Jordan over against
Jerieho.

64 Among whom there was not one of them that
were numbered before by Moses and Aaron in the
desert of Sinai.

86 I'or the Lord had foretold that the] should
all die in the wilderness. And none remained of
them, but Caleb the sou of Jephone, and Josue the
son of Nun.

CHAP. XXVII.

The law nf inheritance. Josue it appointed to snccrrd M

THEN came the daughters of Salphaad, the son
of Hepher, the son of Galaad, the son of
Maehir, the sou of Manasses, who was the son of
Joseph: and their names are, Maala, and Noa, and
Hegla, and Meleha, and Thersa.

2 And they stood before Moses and Elcazar the
priest, and all the princes of the people at the door
of the tabernacle of the covenant, and said:

3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in
the sedition, that was raised against the Lord under
Core; but he died in his own sin: and he had no
male children. Why is his name taken away out
of his family, because he had no son? Give us a
possession among the kinsmen of our father.

4 And Moses referred their cause to the judg-
ment of the Lord.

5 And live Lord said to him :

6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing:

give them a possession among their fathers kindred,
and let them sneered him in his inheritance.

7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak
these things :

8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheri-
tance shall pass to his daughter.

9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall suc-
ceed him.

10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give
the inheritance to his lather's brethren.

11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the
inheritance shall be liven to them that are the next
akin. And this shall be to the children of Israel
sacred bv a peipeUml law, as the Lord hath com-
manded Moses.

\1 The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into
this mountain Aharim, and view from thence the
land which I will rive to the children of Israel.

13 And when thou shalt have Been it, thou also
■hall zo to thy people* as thv brother Aaron is tone :

14 Because you offended me in the desert of Sin
in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would
you sanctify me before them at the waters. These
are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the de-
sert of hill.

132

15 And Moses answered him:

16 May the Lord the Ood of the SpMtJ of all

flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:

17 And may j;o out and in before them, and may
lead them out, or bring them in : lest the people ol

the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd.

18 And the Lord said to him: 'Take .lostie (he
son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put
thy hand upon him.

19 And he shall stand before Eleazar the |ir'n -t
and all the multitude :

20 And thou shalt give him precepts in the si^lit
of all, and part of th\ glory, that all the rongrega*
lion of the children of Israel ma] hear him.

21 If any thin^ Ik- to !>c done, Eleazar the priest
shall consult the Lord for him. He ami all the
children of Israel With him, and the rest of the
multitude shall gp OUt and go in at his word.

11 Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And
when he had taken Josue, he set him before Elea-
zar the priest, and all the assembly ol the people.

23 And laying his hands on his head, he repeated
all things that the Lord had commanded.

(HAP. XXVIII.

SaerifUet are appointed as trrll for irrry day as for sabbaths,

and otkrr ft ftivnh.

THE TiOrd also said to Moses:
2 Command the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them : Offer ye my oblation and m>
bread, and bin. it-sacrifice of most sweet odour, in
llieir due seasons.

3 These are the sacrifices which you shall offer'
Two lambs of a year old without blemish every

day for the perpetual holocaust :

4 One you shall offer in the morning, and the
other in the evening :

5 And the tenth part of an ephi of flour, which
shall be tempered with the purest oil, of the measure
of the fourth part of a bin.

6 It is the continual holocaust which you offered
in mount Sinai for a most sweet odour of a sacri-
fice by fire to the Lord.

7 And for a libation you shall offer of wine tbe
fourth part of a bin for every lamb in the sanctuary
of the Lord.

8 And you shall- offer the other lamb in like
manner in the evening according to all the rites of
the morning sacrifice, and of the libations thereof,
an oblation of most sweet odour to the Lord.

9 And on the sabbath-day, you shall offer two

lambs of a \ ear old Without blemish, and two tenths
of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice, and the liba-
tions

10 Which regularly are poured out every sab-
bath forthc perpetual holocaust.

11 And on the first day of the month yon shall
ofler a holocaust to the "Lord, two calves of the

herd, one ram. and seven lambs, of B year old,
w ithoul blemish,

12 And three tenths of flour temp er ed with oil in
sacrifice forever] calf: and two tenths of flour tern
pert d w ith oil for every ram :

CHAP. XXIX.

!3 And the tenth of a tenth of flour tempered
with oil in sacrifice for every lamb. It is a holo-
caust of most sweet odour and an offering by fire
to the Lord. _ •

14 And these shall be the libations of wine that
are to l>e poured out for every victim: Half a hin
for every calf, a third for a ram, and a fourth for
a lamb. This shall be the holocaust for every
month, as they succeed one another in the course
of the year.

15 A buck-goat also shall be offered to the Lord
for a sin-offering, over and above the perpetual ho-
locaust with its libations.

16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month shall be the phase of the Lord,

17 And on the fifteenth day the solemn feast:
seven days shall they eat unleavened bread.

18 And the first day of them shall be venerable
and holy: you shall not do any servile work therein.

19 Ana you shall offer a burnt-sacrifice a holo-
caust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one
ram, seven lambs of a year old, without blemish :

20 And for the sacrifices of every one three
tenths of flour which shall be tempered with oil, to
every calf, and two tenths to every ram,

21 And the tenth of a tenth to every Iamb; that
is to say, to all the seven lambs:

22 And one buck-goat for sin, to make atone-
ment for you,

23 Besides the morning holocaust which you
shall always offer.

24 So shall you do every day of the seven days
for the food of the fire, and for a most sweet odour
to the Lord, which shall rise from the holocaust,
and from the libations of each.

25 The seventh day also shall be most solemn
and holy unto you : you shall do no servile work
therein.

26 The day also of first-fruits, when after the
weeks are accomplished, you shall offer new fruits
to the Lord, shall be venerable and holy: you shall
do no servile work therein.

27 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most
sweet odour to the Lord, two calves of the herd,
one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without
blemish :

28 And in the sacrifices of them three tenths of
flour tempered with oil to every calf, two to every
ram,

29 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which in
all are seven lambs : a goat also

30 Which is slain for expiation: beside the per-
petual holocaust and the libations thereof.

31 Yon shall offer them all without blemish with
their libations.

CHAP. XXIX.

Sacrifice* for the festivals of the seventh month.

'"PHE first day also of the seventh month shall be

- 1 - venerable and holy unto you ; you shall do no

servile work therein, because it is the day of the

sounding and of trumpets.

2 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most

sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one
ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish :

3 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tem-
pered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram:

4 One tenth to a Iamb, which in all are seven
lambs:

5 And a buck-goat for sin, which is offered for
the expiation of trie people,

6 Besides the holocaust of the first day of the
month with the sacrifices thereof, and the perpetual
holocaust with the accustomed libations. With the
same ceremonies you shall offer a burnt sacrifice for
a most sweet odour to the Lord.

7 The tenth day also of this seventh month shall
be holy and venerable unto you, and you shall afflict
your souls: you shall do no servile work therein.

8 And you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord for
a most sweet odour, one calf of the herd, one ram,
and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish :

9 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour
tempered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram,

10 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which
are in all seven lambs:

11 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the things
that are wont to be offered for sin, for expiation,
and for the perpetual holocaust, with their sacrifice
and libations.

12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
which shall be unto you holy and venerable, you
shall do no servile work, but shall celebrate a so-
lemnity to the Lord seven days.

18 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most
sweet odour to the Lord, thirteen calves of the herd,
two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with-
out blemish :

14 And for their libations three tenths of flour
tempered with oil to every calf, being in all thirteen
calves: and two tenths to each ram, being two rams,

15 And the tenth of a tenth to every lamb, being
in all fourteen Iambs :

16 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpe-
tual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation
thereof.

17 On the second day you shall offer twelve
calves of the herd, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of a year old, without blemish:

18 And the sacrifices and the libations for every
one, for the calves and for the rams and for the
lambs you shall duly celebrate :

19' And a buck-goat for a sin-offering besides
the perpetual holocaust, and the sacrifice and the
libation thereof.

20 The third day you shall offer eleven calves,
two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with-
out blemish :

21 And the sacrifices and the libations of every
one for the calves and for the rams and for the
lambs you shall offer according to the rite :

22 And a buck-goat for sin, besides the perpetual
holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.

23 The fourth day you shall offer ten calves, two
rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without
blemish :

133

MMHLKS.

24 And tl.e sacrifices and the libations of ev t r\
tor tin- calves anil tor itir rains and for the
lambs von shall celebrate in right inannrr:

\ikI a buck-goat tor sin. besides the per p et u al

holocaust, and thr sacrifice and the libation thereof •

Ilu fifth da) you shall offer nine calves, two

nuns, and fourteen lambs of a year old, without

blemish:

\nil the sacrifices and the libations of every
one for the calves and lor the nuns and for the
lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite:

\tu\ a buck-goat for sin, besides the per|>etual
holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
The sixth day yon shall offer eight calves.
two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old, with-
out blemish:

.V) And the sacrifices and the libations of even
one for the calws and for the rams and for the
lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite:

.51 And a huck-uoat tor sin. besides the perpetual
holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.

93 The seventh day yon shall offer seven calves,
and two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old,
without blemish :

33 And the sacrifices and the libations of every
one for the calves and for the nuns and for the
lambs \ou shall celebrate according to the rite:

\nd a buck-goal tor sin, besides the perpetual
holocaust, ami the sacrifice and the libation thereof.

35 On the eighth day, which is most solemn,
you shall do no servile work:

.'»«; I Jut you shall oiler a holocaust for a most
sweet odour to the Lord, one calf, one nun, and
seven lambs of a year old, without blemish:

37 And the sacrifices and the libations of every
one for the calves and for the rams and for the
lambs vou shall celebrate according to the rite:

\iu\ a buck-goat for sin. besides the perpetual
holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.

• i'.' These things shall you offer to the Lord in
your solemnities : besides your vows and voluntary
oblations tor holocaust, for sacrifice, for libation,
and for victims of peace-offerings.

CHAP. XXX.

Of vmtt and oaths ; and thrir obligation.
A ND Moses told the children of Israel all that
-**- the I^ord had commanded him :

2 And he said to the princes of the tribal of the
children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord
hath commanded :

3 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind
himself by an oath, he shall not make his word
void; but shall fulfil all that he promised.

4 If a woman vow any thin;;, and bind herself
with an oath, being in her father's house, and but
yet a girl in age; U her father knew the vow that
she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she
hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall
be hound by the vow :

.") Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall
fulfil in deed.

6 But if her father, immediately as soon as In

104

heard it, gainsaid it, lioth her vows and her oaths
shall be void; neither shall she be bound to what
she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.

7 If she have a husband, and shall vow any
thing, and the word once going tint of her mouth
shall bind her sold by an 00th'

8 The day that her husUind shall hear it, and
not gamOBjf it. she shall be bound to the vow, and
shall siw whatsoever she promised.

9 Hut if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and
make her promises and the words wherewith she
had hound her soul of no effect ; the Lord will for-
give her.

10 The widow, ami she that is divorced, shall
fulfil whatsoever they vow.

11 It the wife in the house of her husband, hath
IhiiiikI heiselt h\ vow and by oath,

12 if her husband hear, and hold his peace, and
doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish
whatsoever she hath promised.

13 Hut if forthwith be gainsay it, sin- shall not
Ik- IhiiiikI by the promise: because her husband
gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.

14 If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict
her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things,
it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether
she shall do it, or not do if.

16 Hut if the husband hearing it hold his peace,
and defer the declaring his mind till another da\ ;
whatsoever she had vowed and promised, she shall
fulfil: because immediately as he heard it, he In Id

his peace.

It) Hut if he gainsay it alter that he knew if, he
shall bear her iniquity.

17 These are the laws, which the Lord appointed
to Moses between the husband and tin- wife, be-
tween the father and the daughter thai is as ret but
a girl in age, or that abidcth in her father's house.

( ll\l\ XXXI.

The Madianitrt are tlain for hm-ingdrairn thr people of hruei
into gin. I'hr dividing (if the booty.

AND the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:
2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the

Madianites, and so thou shall Ik: gathered to thy
people*

3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men
to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on
the Madianites.

4 Let a thousand men lie chosen out of every
tribe of Isniel to be sent to the war.

5 And they gave a thousand of every trilte. that
is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for
battle: "

6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of
r.lrazar the priest : and he delivered to him tin holy
vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

7 And when they had fought OgatOSt the Ma-
dianites, and had overcome tin in. they slew all (ho
men.

ft And their kimzs I'.vi.and Ivecem, and Sur, and
llur. and lb-he, five princes of the nation: Halaam
also the SOO of Bene they killed with the sword.

CHAP. XXXI.

9 And they took their women, and their children
captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods:
and all their possessions they plundered:

10 And ail their cities, and their villages, and
castles, they burned.

1 1 And they canied away the booty, and all tl.at
they had taken, both of men and of beasts.

12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar
the priest, and to all the multitude of the children
of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they
curried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside
the Jordan over against Jericho.

13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all
the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them
without the camp.

14 And Moses being angry with the chief officers
of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that
were come from the battle,

15 Said : Why have you saved the women?

16 Are not these they, that deceived the chil-
dren of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made
you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Pho-
gor,* for which also the people was punished ?

17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex,
even of the children :f and put to death the women,
that have carnally known men.

18 But the girls, and all the women that are vir-
gins, save for yourselves :

19 And stay without the camp seven days. He
that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed,
shall be purified (he third day and the seventh day.

20 And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel,
or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of
goats, or ot wood, shall be purified.

21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of
the army, that had fought in this manner : This is
the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath com-
manded Moses :

22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and
lead, and tin,

23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall
be purified by fire: but whatsoever cannot^abide
the fire, shall be sanctified with the waterof expiation :

24 And you shall wash your garments the se-
venth day ; and being purified, you shall afterwards
enter into the camp.

25 And the Lord said to Moses :

26 Take the sum of the things that were taken
both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest
and the princes of the multitude.

27 And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, be-
tween them that fought and went out to the war,
and between the rest of the multitude.

28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord
from them that fought and Were in the battle, one
soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen
and asses and sheep,

29 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest,
because they are the first-fruits of the Lord.

* Tht sin of Phogor. The sin committed in the worship of BeeU
fktgor.

\ Of children. Women an! children ordinarily speaking, wore not
to be killed iu war, Drut. xx. 14. But the great Lord of life and

30 Out pf the moiety also of the children of Is-
rael thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and
of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts :
and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch
iu the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had
commanded.

32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was
six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 Seventy-two thousand oxen,

34 Sixty-one thousand asses:

35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the fe-
male sex, that had not known men. ■

36 And one half was given to them that had
been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-se-
ven thousand five hundred sheep :

37 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord,
were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.

38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, se-
venty-two oxen:

39 Out of the thirty thousand asses, sixty-one
asses :

40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there
fell to the portion of the Lord thirty-two souls.

41 And Moses delivered the number of the first-
fruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had
been commanded him,

42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which
he had separated for them that had been in the battle.

43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the
multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred
thirty-seven thousand five hundred idieep,

4* And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,

45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred
asses,

46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,

47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to
the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the
Lord, as the Lord had commanded.

48 And when the commanders of the army, and
the tribunes, and centurions were come to Moses,
they said:

49 We thy servants have reckoned up the num-
ber of the fighting men, whom we had under our
hand, and not so much as one was wanting.

50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what
gold every one of us could find in the booty, in gar-
ters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains,
that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received
all the gold in divers kinds,

52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred
and fifty sides, from the tribunes and from the
centurions.

53 For that which every one had taken in the
booty, was his own.

54 And that which was received they brought
into the tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial
of the children of Israel before the Lord.

death was pleased to order it otherwise in the present case, in detesta-
tion of the wickedness of this people, who, br the counsel of Balaam,
had sent their women among the Israelites on purpose to draw them
from God.

tss

NT Mil!

CHAP. XXXII.

The tribes of Ruben anil Cad, and hatf of the tribe of Ma-
nauet, rerrire their inheritance on the eatt title of Jordan,
mpom condition! approved of by Most*.

AND tin- von.. of Rah ii and (lad had many
(locks of cattle, and their substance in Iwasts
wis infinite. And when they saw tin- lands of
r and Galaad fit tor feeding cattle,
2 They OHM to Moms and Llea/.ar the priest,
and the prince* of the multitude and said:

\iaroth, and DibtM, and .layer, and Ncmra.
Efesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and

BepBj

4 The land, which the Lord hath conquered in
the right of tin- children of Israel, is a very fertile
soil for the feeding of beUtt: and we thy sen ants
have very nuicli cattle:

5 And we pray thee, if we have found favour
in thy sislit, that thou give it to us thy servants in

WwrifHI. and make us not pass over the Jordan.

6 And Moses answered tliein: What, shall your
brethren go to fight, and will vou sit here?

7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the children
of Israel, that they may not dare to pass into tin-
place which the Lord hath ghrea them?

8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent
from ( adesbame to view the land.'

9 And when they were come as far as the val-
hv of the cluster, having viewed all the country,
they overturned the hearts of the children of Israel.
that they should not enter into the coasts, which
the Lord gave them.

10 Andhe swore in his anger* saying:

11 If these men, that came up out of Egypt,
from twenty years old and Upward, shall see the
land, which I promised with an oath to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: because they would not follow me,

12 Except Caleb the son of Jepbone the Cenea*
ite, and Josue the son of Nun: these have fulfilled
my will.

13 And the Lord being angry against Israel, led
them about through the desert forty years, until the
whole generation, that had done evil in his sight,
was 'consumed.

14 And behold, said he, yon are risen up instead
of your fathers, the Increase and offspring: of sinful
men, to augment the fury of the Lord against Israel.

la For if you will not follow him, he will leave
the people in the wilderness, and you shall he the
cause ol the destruction of all.

16 But they coming near, said : We will make
sheep-folds, and stalls for our cattle, and Strang
cities for our children:

17 And we ourselves will go armed and reads
for battle before the children of Israel, until we
bring them in unto their places. < )ur little ones
and all we have, shall Ik- in walled cities, for fear
ol the ambushes of the inhabitants.

IB We will not return into our houses, until tin-
children of Israel possess their inheritance:

19 Neither will we seek anv thin- beyond the
Jordan, because we have already our poaSBSlioa on
the east side thereof.

20 And Moses said to them: If you do what
yea promise, go on well appointed lor war In-fore
the Lord:

21 And let every fighting man pass over the
Jordan, until the Lord overthrew his enemi

' \nd all the land lx- brought under him : then
shall Mill be blameless before the Lord and Ufore
Israel, and you shall obtain the countries that you
di sire, before the Lord.

I Hut if you do not what you say. no man can
doubt but you sin against God: and know ye that
your sin shall overtake you.

M Muild therefore cities for year children, and
folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts: and ac-
complish what von have promised.

26 Anil the children of Gad and Huben said to
Mosea: We are thy servants: we will do what my
lord commaiideth.

26 We will leave our children, and our wives,
and sheep, and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:

27 And we thy servants all well appointed will
march on to the war, as thou my lord speak est.

28 Moses therefore commanded l-'.lea/.ar the
priest, and Josue the son of Nun. and the primes
of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said
to them :

29 If the children of (lad. and the children of
Ruben oiss with you over the Jordan all armed for
war before the Lord, and the land be made subject
to you : give them Galaad in possession.

90 Mut if they will not pass armed with you into
the land of ( hanaan,let them receive places to dwell
in among you.

31 And the children of Gad, and the children of
Ruben answered: As the Loid haih spoken to his
servants, BO w ill we do:

32 We will go armed before the Lord into the
land of Chanaan; and we confess that we have al-
ready received our possession beyond the Jordan.

33 Moses therefore gave to the children of (lad
and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the
son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehou king of the
Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Masan,
and their land and the cities thereof round about.

31- And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth,
and Aroer.

35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Ja/er, and
Jegbaa,

36 And Bethncmra, and Methanol, fenced cities,
and folds for their cattle.

37 Mut the children of Muben built Hesebon, and
Eleale, and Cariathairn,

38 And \abo, and Maalmeon (their names being
changed) and Sabama; giving names to the ciiiis
which they had built.

39 Moreover the children of Machir. the son of
Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it. cutting
oil' the Amorrhites the inhabitants thereof.

40 And .Moses gave the land of Galaad to Ma-
chir the son of Manasses; and he dwelt in it.

41 And .lair the son of Manasses went, and took
the villages thereof: and he called them llavoth
.lair, that is to say. the villages of Jair.

CHAP. XXXIII.

42 Nohe also went, and took Canath with the vil-
lages thereof: and he called it l>y his own nameNobe.
CHAP. XXXI1L

The mansions or journey* of the children of Israel towards the
land of promise.

THESE are the mansions* of (he children of Is-
rael, who went out of Egypt by their troops
under the conduct of Moses and Aaron,

2 Which Moses wrote down according to the
places of their encamping, which they changed by
the commandment of the Lord.

3 Now the children of Israel departed from Ra-
messes the first month, on the fifteenth day of the
first month, the day after the phase, with a mighty
hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians,

4 Who were burying their first-born, whom the
Lord had slain (upon their gods also he had executed,
vengeance,)

5 And they camped in Soccoth.

6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham,
which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness.

7 Departing from thence they came over-against
Phihahiroth, which looketh towards Beelsephon,
and they camped before Magdalum.

8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed
through the midst of the sea into the wilderness :
and having marched three days through the desert
of Etham, they camped in Mara.

9 And departing from Mara, they came intoElim,
where there were twelve fountains of waters, and
seventy palm trees: and there they camped.

10 But departing from thence also, they pitched
their tents by the Red Sea. And departing from
fne Red Sea,

1 1 They camped in the desert of Sin.

12 And they removed from thence, and came to
Daphca.

13 And departing from Daphca, they camped in
Alus.

14 And departing from Alus, they pitched their
tents in Raphidim, where the people wanted water
to drink.

15 And departing from Raphidim, they camped
in the desert of Sinai.

16 But departing also from the desert of Sinai,
they came to The graves of lust.

17 And departing from The graves of lust, they
camped in Haseroth.

18 And from Haseroth they came to Rethma.

19 And departing from Rethma, they camped in
Remmomphares.

20 And they departed from thence, and came to
Lebna.

21 Removing from Lebna, they camped in Ressa.

22 And departing from Ressa, they came to
Ceelatha.

23 And they removed from thence, and camped
in the mountain Sepher.

24 Departing from the mountain Sepher, they
came to Arada.

* Tin Mansions. These mansions, or journeys of the children of
Israel from Eajvpt (o (he land of promise, were figure*, according to
llie father*, of the steps and degrees by which christians leaving sin

25 From thence they went and camped in Macelotli

26 And departing from Macelotli, they came to
Thahath.

27 R ^movingfrom Thahath, they camped inThare.

28 And they departed from thence, and pitched
their tents in Methca.

29 And removing from Methca, they camped in
Hesmona.

30 And departing from Hesmona, they came to
Moseroth.

31 And removing from Moseroth, they camped
in Benejaacan.

32 And departing from Benejaacan, they came to
mount Gadgad.

33 From thence they went and camped in Jete-
batha.

34 And from Jetebatha, they came to Hebrona.

35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in
Asiongaber.

36 They .removed from thence, and came into
the desert of Sin, which is Cades.

37 And departing from Cades, they camped in
mount Hor, in the uttermost borders of the land of
Edom.

38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount
Hor at the commandment of the Lord: and there
he died in the fortieth year of the coming forth of
the children of Israel out of Egypt, the fifth month,
the first day of the month,

39 When he was a hundred and twenty-three
years old.

40 And king Arad theChanaanite, who dwelt
towards the south, heard that the children of Israel
were come to the land of Chanaan.

41 And they departed from mount Hor, and
camped in Salmona.

42 From whence they removed, and came to
Phunon.

43 And departing from Phunon, they camped in
Oboth.

44 And from Oboth they came to Ijeabarim,
which is in the borders of the Mo?biles.

45 And departing from Ijeabarim, they pitched
their tents in Dibongab.

46 From thence they went, and camped in Hel-
mondeblathaim.

47 And departing from Helmondeblathaim, they
came to the mountains of Abarim over-against Nabo.

48 And departing from the mountains of Abarim,
they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan,
over-against Jericho.

49 And there they camped from Bethsimoth even
to Abelsatim, in the plains of the Moabites,

50 Where the Lord said to Moses :

51 Command the children of Israel, and say to
them : When you shall have passed over the Jordan,
entering into the land of Chanaan,

52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that hind, beat
down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues,
and waste all their h igh places,

are to advance from virtue to virtue, till they come to the heavenly
mansions, after this life, to see and enjoy God.

137

M MBFUS.

.^ Cleansing tin- land, and dwelling in it. For
I have given ii yon lor a |K>ssession.

51 Ami yon shall divide it anions yon by lot
To the more yon shall give a larger part, anil to tin-
fewer a loser. To every one as the lot shall fall.

so shall the inheritance he ghren. The possession

shall he divided by the trills and the families.

55 Hnt if yon will not kill the inhabitant! of the
land, they that remain shall In- unto you as nails in
your e\i v. and spears in your sides: and they shall
be votir adversaries in the land of your habitation.

56 And whatsoever I had thought to do to them,
I will do to you.

CHAP. XXXIV.

The limit* of Chanaan ; ttith the names of the men that shall
make the division of it.

AND the Ix>rd s|K)ke to Moses, saying:
J. Command the children of Israel, and thou
shalt say to them: When you are entered into the
laud of Chanaan, and it shall be fallen unto your
possession hy lot. it shall be bounded by these limits :

3 The south-side shall begin from the wilderness
ot "Sin, which is bfj Kdom, and shall have the most
salt sea* lor its furthest limits eastward :

4 Which limits shall go round on the south side
by the ascent of the Scorpiou,f and so into Senna,
and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne,
from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town
called Adar, and shall reach as far as Asemona.

5 And thejimits shall fetch a compass from Ase-
mona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the
shore of the gIMl sea.J

6 And the west side shall begin from the great
sea; and the same shall he the end thereof.

7 Hut toward the north side the borders shall
begin from the great sea, reaching to the most high
mountain,^

8 From which they shall come to Emath, as far
as the l)orders of Sedada :

9 And the limits shall go as far as Zcphrona, and
the village of Enan. These shall be the borders
on the north side.

10 From thence they shall mark out the hounds
towards the east side from the village of Kuan unto
Sephama :

1 1 And from Sephama the bounds shall go down
to Hehla, over-agamstthe fountain of Daphnis: from
theme they shall come eastward to the sea of (V

IWieth.ll

1 I \nd shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the
last shall lie closed in by the most salt sea. This
shall be your land with its borders round about.

13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel,
sa\ ssj : This shall be the land which you shall pos-
s< -- hv lot. and which the Lord hath commanded
to be z'wrw to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

14 For the tribe of the children of Kuhen hv
their families, and the tril>e of the children of Gad

* TW mm* «•* uu. The lake of Sulinn. otherwise called (lie I Vail
Ma.

f 7V Scorpion. A mountain no called from daring a preat number
of scorpions.

138

according to the numlier of their kindreds, and half
of the tril»e of Manas

16 That is, two tribes and a half, have received
their portion beyond the Jordan ovcr-against J<n
cho at the east side.

It! And the Lord said to Moses :

17 These are the names of the men, that shall
divide the land unto you: Eleazar tin- priest, aud
.losnethe son of Nun,

18 And one prince of every tribe,

19 Whose names are these: Of the tribe of Juda,
Caleb the son of Jephone.

20 Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of
Ammiud.

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of
Chaselon.

22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the
son of Jogli.

23 Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Ma-
nasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

24 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the son of
Senthan.

25 Of the tribe ofZabulon, Elisaphan the son of
Pharnach.

26 Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the prince
the son of Ozan.

27 Of the tribe of Aser, Abiud the son of Salomi.

28 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Phedael the son of
Ammiud.

29 These are they whom the Lord hath com-
manded to divide the land of Chanaan to the chil-
dren of Israel.

CHAP. XXXV.

Cities are appointedfor the Jjevites : of which six are to be the
cities of refuge.

\ ND the Lord spoke these things also to Moses
■£*- in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, ovcr-
against Jericho :

2 Command the children of Israel that they give
to the I .( \ ites out of their possessions,

3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round
almut : that they mav abide in the towns, and the
suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts :

4 Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of
the cities outward, a thousand paces on even side ;

5 Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits ;
and toward the south in like manner shall he two
thousand cubits: towards the sea also, \\ Ii'kIi look-
eth to the west, shall he the same extent : and the
north side shall be bounded with the like limits.

\nd the cities shall he in the midst, aud the su-
burbs without.

6 And among the cities, which you shall gifC to
the Lev ites. six shall Ik- separated for refuge to fu-
gitives, that he who hath shed blood may lice to
them: and besides tin se there shall be other loitv-
two cities.

7 That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

t TV trtml (M. The Mediterranean.
I TV moil kirk mtwntm i* . Libanui.

| &« of Crnrrttk. This is the ma of Galilee, illtutratcd by (lie mi-
racle* of our Lord.

CHAP. XXXV I.

8 And of these cities which shall he given out of
the possessions of the children of Israel, from them
that have more, more shall he taken; and from them
that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the
Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.

9 The Lord said to Moses :

10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt
say to them : When you shall have passed over the
Jordan into the land of Chanaan,

11 Determine what cities shall he for the refuge
of fugitives, who have shed hlood against their will.

12 And when the fugitive shall he in them, the
kinsman of him that is slain may not have power
to kill him, until he stand hefore the multitude, and
his cause be judged.

13 And of those cities, that are separated for the
refuge of fugitives,

14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three
in the land of Chanaan,

15 As well for the children of Israel as for
strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them,
who hath shed blood against his will.

16 If any man strike with iron, and he die that
was struck; he shall be guilty of murder, and he
himself shall die.

17 If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die;
he shall be punished in the same manner.

1*3 If he that is struck with wood die; he shall be
revenged by the blood of him that struck him.

19 The kinsman of him that was slain, shall
kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him,
he shall kill him.

20 If through hatred any one push a man, or
fling any thing at him with ill design :

21 Or being his enemy, strike him with his hand,
and he die ; the striker shall be guilty of murder : the
kinsman of him that was slain, as soon as he find-
eth him, shall kill him.

22 But if by chance-medley, and without hatred,

23 And enmity, he do any of these things,

24 And this be proved in the hearing of the
people, and the cause be debated between him that
struck, and the next of kin :

23 The innocent shall be delivered from the hand
of the revenger, and shall he brought back by sen-
tence into the city, to which he had fled : and he
shall abide there until the death* of the high-priest,
that is anointed with the holy oil.

26 If the murderer be found without the limits of
the cities that are appointed for the banished,

27 And be struck by him that is the avenger of
blood ; he shall not be guilty that killed him.

28 For J he fugitive ought to have staved in the
city until the death of the high-priest: And after he
is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own
country.

29 These things shall be perpetual, and for an or-
dinance in all your dwellings.

30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses:

* Until the death, Sfc. This mystically signified tliat our deliverance
was to be effected by tbe death of Christ, the high-priest and the
anointed of Ood.

none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one
man.

31 You shall not take money of him, that is guilty
of blood ; but he shall die forthwith.

32 The banished and fugitives before the death
of the high-priest may by no means return into their
own cities.

33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which
is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither
can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that
hath shed the blood of another.

34 And thus shall your possession be cleansed,
myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that
dwell among the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXXVI.

That the inheritnnce.it may not be alienated from one tribe to
another, all are to marry trnthin their own tribes.

\ ND the princes of the families of Galaad, the
J -*- son of Machir, the son of Manasses of the
stock of the children of Joseph, came, and spoke tc
Moses before the princes of Israel, and said:

2 The Lord hath commanded thee, my lord, that
thou shouldst divide the land by lot to the children
of Israel, and that thou shouldst give to the
daughters of Salphaad our brother the possession
due to their father:

3 Now if men of another tribe take them to
wives, their possession will follow them ; and being
transferred to another tribe, will be a diminishing of
our inheritance.

4 And so it shall come to pass, that when the
jubilee, that is, the fiftieth year of remission is
come, the distribution made by the lots shall be con-
founded, and the possession of the one shall pass
to the others.

5 Moses answered the children of Israel, and
said by the command of the Lord : The tribe of
the children of Joseph hath spoken rightly.

6 And this is the law promulgated by the Lord,
touching the daughters of Salphaad: Ljet them
marry to whom they will, only so that it *be to men
of their own tribe:

7 Lest the possession of the children of Israel
be mingled from tribe to tribe. For all men shall
marry wives of their own tribe and kindred :

8 And all women shall take husbands of the
same tribe: that the inheritance may remain in the
families,

9 And that the tribes be not mingled one with
another, but remain so

10 As they were separated by the Lord. And
the daughters of Salphaad did as was commanded:

1 1 And Maala, and Thersa, and Hegla, ami
Melcha, andNoa, were married to the sons of their
uncle by their father

12 Of the family of Manasses, who was the son
of Joseph : and the possession that had been allotted
to them, remained in the tribe and family of their
father.

13 These are the commandments and judgments,
which the Lord commuted by the hand of Moses
to the children of Israeli in the plains of Moah upon
the Jordan over-against Jericho.

139

THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY.

Tkit book is rn/WDr.i'TKiiiisoMV, which tignifirt A BOOHS
LAW, became it repeatt and inculcates the ordinances formerly
given on mount $UMf, with Other precepts nut i xjin ssvd be-
fore. The //. hrrwt,from the firtt word* in the book, call it,
Ellk Haddebaum.

CHAP. I.

A repetition of what patted at Sinai and Cadetbame ; and qf
tke>peoples , murmuring anil their punishment.

II ESE are the words which Moses spoke to
;ill Israel ImnoihI the Jordan, in the plain
wilderness, over-against the Red Sea, between
1'haran and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth,
where there is refy much gold:

I Kleven davs journey from Horeb by the way
of mount Seir to Cadesbarne.

3 In the fortieth vear, the eleventh month, the
first ilas of the month, .Moses spoke to the children
of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him to
say to them : .

4 After that he had slain Sehon king of the
Amorrhites, who dwelt in llesebon; and Og king
of Basan who abode in Asiaroth, and in Edrai,

5 Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And
Moses liegan to ex|K>imd the law, and to say:

6 The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb,
saying: Vou have stayed long enough in this moun-
tain :

7 Turn von, and come to the mountain of the
Amorrhites, and to the other places that are next
to it, the plains and the hills and the vales towards
the south, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Cha-
naanites, and of Libanus, as far as the grett river
Euphra t e s .

8 Behold, said he, I have delivered it to you: go
in and possess it. concerning which the Lord swore
to your lathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he
woidd pre it to them, and to their seed after them.

9 And 1 said to you at that time:

10 I alone am not able to Ix-ar you: for the Lord
your God hath multiplied yon, and foa are this day
as the stars of heaven, for multitude.

I I (The Lord God of your fathers add to this
niinilx r many thousands, and bless you as he hath
spoken.)

1 .' I alone am not able to bear your business, and
the charge, qt' t/im and your different

!•' Lei have from among you wise and un-
derstanding men, and such whose conversation is
BppfDVed amongyourtribes, thai I ma\ appoint them
your rulers.

14 Then you answered me: The thing is good
which thou meanest to do.

1 5 And I took out of \our tribes men wise and
honourable, and appointed them rulers, tribunes.
and ciniurions. and offices over fifties, and o\.i
lens, who might teach you all thim

lb' And I commanded them, saying: lit ar them,

140

and judge that which is just • whether he be one of
_\our country, or a stranger.

17 There shall be no difference of persons: vou
shall hear the little as well as the great: neither
shall you respect any man's person, because' it is the
judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to
\ou, refer it to me, and I will bear it.

18 And I commanded you all things that you
were to do.

19 And departing from Horeb, we passed through
the terrible and vast wilderness, which you saw, by
the way of the mountain of the Amorrhite, as tin-
Lord our God had commanded us. And when M e
were come into Cadesbarne,

20 I said to you: You are come to the mountain
of the Amorrhite, which the Lord our God will give
to us.

21 See the land which the Lord thy God givcili
thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord our God
bath spoken to thy fathers: fear not, nor be any w a)
discouraged.

22 And you came all to me, and said: Let us
send men who may view the land, and bring us w <>i d
what way we shall go up, and to what cities we
shall go.

23 And because the saying pleased me, I sent of
you twelve men, one of every tribe:

24 Who, when they had set forward, and had
gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley
of the cluster: and having viewed the land,

26 Taking of the fruits thereof, to show its fer-
tility, they brought them to us, and said : The laud
is good, which the Lord our God will give us.

96 And you would not go up, but being incredu-
lous to the word of the Lord our God,

27 You murmured in your tents, and said: The
Lord hateth us, and therefore he hath brought us
out of the land of Lgypt, that he might deliver us
into the hand of the Amorrhite, and destroy us.

28 Whither shall we go op? the messengers have
terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is rery
great, and taller than we: the cities aie great, am}
walled up to the sky:* we have seen the sous of the
Knacims there.

29 And I said to you: Fear not; neither l>e ye
afraid of them:

.in The Lord God, who is your leader, himself
will fight for you, as he did in Egypt in the sidit
Of all.

31 And in the wilderness (as thou hast seen) the
Lord thy God hath carried thee, as a man is wont to
carrv bis little son. all the way thai sou have come,
until you came to this place.

' Ami yet for all this you did not believe the
Lord your

yet i
God,

• Halhd up to ike iky. A figurative eiprenion, »igiuf\ tag the valb
to be rery liigh.

CHAP. II.

33 Who wont before you in the way, and marked
out the place, wherein yoti should pilch your tents,
in the night shewing you the way by fire, and in tin:
day liv the pillar of a cloud.

34 And when the Lord had heard the voice of
your words, he was angry, and swore, and said:

35 Not one of the men of this wicked generation
shall see the good land, which I promised with an
oath to your fathers,

Sti Except Caleb the son of Jephone : For he
shall see it; and to him I will give the land, that he
hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he
hath followed the Lord.

37 Neither is his indignation against the people
to be wondered at, since the Lord was angry with
me also on your account, and said: Neither shalt
thou go in thither.

38 But Josue the son of Nun thy minister, he
shall go in for thee: exhort and encourage him, and
he shall divide the land by lot to Israel.

39 Your children, of whom you said that they
should be led away captives, and your sons who
know not this day the difference of good and evil,
they shall go in: and to them I will give the land,
and they shall possess it.

40 But return you and go into the wilderness by
the way of the Red Sea.

41 And you answered me : We have sinned
against the Lord: we will go up and fight, as the
Lord our God hath commanded. And when you
went ready armed unto the mountain,

42 The Lord said to me : Say to them : Go not
up, and fight not, for I am not with you: lest you
fall before your enemies.

43 I spoke, and you hearkened not: but. resisting
the commandment of the Lord, and swelling with
pride you went up into the mountain.

41 And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the moun-
tains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as
bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far
as Horma.

45 And when you returned, and wept before the
Lord, he heard you not; neither would he yield to
your voice.

46 So you abode in Cadesbarne a long time.

CHAP. U.

They are forbid to fight against the. Edomites, Moabitex, and
Ammonites. Their victory over Sehon king of Hrsebon.

\ ND departing from thence we came into the
- r *- wilderness that leadeth to the Red Sea, as the
Lord had spoken to me : and we compassed mount
Seir a longtime.

2 And the Lord said to me :

3 You havecompassed thismountain long enough:
go towards the north :

4 And command thou the people, saying . You
shall pass bv the borders of your brethren the
children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they will
be afraid of you.

5 Take ye then good heed that you stir not
against them. For I will not give you of their lanu ,!

so much as the step of one foot can tread Upon, be-
cause I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a pos
session.

6 You shall buy meats of them for money, and
shall eat : you shall draw waters for money, and
shall drink.

7 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every
work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with
thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed
through this great wilderness, for forty years, and
thou hast wanted nothing.

8 And when we had passed by our brethren the
children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of
the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came
to the way, that leadeth to the desert of Moab.

9 And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the
Moabites, neither go to battle against them : for I will
not give thee any of their land, because I have given
Ar to the children of Lot in possession.

10 The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof,
a people great, and strong, and so tall, that, like the
race of the Enacims,

1 1 They were esteemed as giants, and were like
the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call
them Emims.

12 The Horrhites also formerly dwelt in Seir:
who being driven out and destroyed, the children of
Esau dwelt there, as Israel did in the land of his
possession, which the Lord gave him.

13 Then rising up to pass the torrent Zared, we
came to it.

14 And the time that we journeyed from Cades-
barne till we passed over the torrent Zared, was
thirty-eight years: until all the generation of the
men that were fit for war was consumed out of the
camp, as the Lord had sworn :

15 For hishand was against them, that they should
perish from the midst of the camp.

16 And after all the fighting men were dead,

17 The Lord spoke to me, saying:

18 Thou shalt pass this day the borders of Moab,
the city named Ar:

19 And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the
children of Amnion, take heed thou fight not against
them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give
thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because
I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

20 It was accounted a land of giants: and giants
formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zom-
zommims,

21 A people great and many, and of tall stature,
like the Enacims whom the Lord destroyed before
their face: and he made them to dwell in their stead,

22 As he had done in favour of the children of
Esau, that dwelt in Seir, destroying the Horrhites,
and delivering their land to them, which they pos-
sess to this day.

23 The Hevitcs also, that dwelt in Haserim as far
as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians ; who
came out of Cappadocia, and destroyed them, and
dwelt in their stead.

24 Arise ye, and pass the torrent Arnon : behold,
have delivered into thy hand Sehon king of Hese-

141

DEUTERONOMY.

■ates-s his

bon the Amorrhite, and nogm tliou to
bad, and make war against him.

25 This da) will I begin to send the dread and
fear of thee upon tin- nations that dwell under the
whole heaven; that when they bear thy name liny
may fear and tremble, and Ik- in |>ain like women in
Inn ail.

^o I sent messengers from the wilderness of
Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebou with peace-
able words, ay if.

J 7 \\ 'e w ill pass through thy land, we will go along
by the high way : we will not turn aside neither to
the right hand, nor to the left.

28 Sell us meat for money, that we may eat: give
us water for money, and so we will drink. We only
ask that thou wilt let us mm through,

As the children of EaaU have done, that dwell
in Seir, and the lMoahitcs, that aliide in Ar : until
w | come to the Jordan, and pass to the laud whit h
the Lord our God will ghe us.

- lion the klBg of llesebon would not
let us pass: because the Lord thy (iod had hardened*
his smrit, and fixed his heart, that he might be deli-
vered into thy hands, as now 1I1011 seest.

.51 And the Lord said to me: Behold, I have be-
gun to deliver unto thee Sehon and his land: begin
to possess it.

32 And Sehon came out to meet us with all his
people to fight at Ja^a.

33 And the Lord our God delivered him to us :
and we slew him with his sons and all his people.

34 And we took all his cities at that time, killing
the inhabitants of tliem. men and women unci chil-
dren. We left nothing of them;

35 Except the cattle which came to the share of
them that took them; and the .spoils of the cities.
which we took

36 From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the
torrent Anion, a town that is situate in a \ alley . as
far as Galaad. There was not a village or city,
that escaped OUT hands ; the Lord our (iod deliv-
ered all unto uv :

37 Except the land of the children of Amnion.
to which we approached not : and all that border
U|M)ii the torrent .leboe, and the cities in the moun-
tains, and all the places which the Lord our (iod
forbad us.

CHAP. III.

Thr victory over Og. kmt tif /!'/ mi. linhi B, Ond, nnd ha'f thr
trior of Mtimusa rrn in thnr jiottcuitm on thr tithrr >nli if
J'/rd'tn.

THEN we turned and w ent by the w av of Hasan :
and Og the kitm of Hasan came out to meet
lis with his people to fight in Kdrai.

1 \nd the Lord said to me: Fear him not; be-
cause he is delivered into thy hand, with all his
people and hi> land : and thou shalt do to hint as
thou hast done to Sehon king of the Amorrhites.
that dwelt in llesebon.

lUrdnvA, If. That iv in punishment of tii» |>:i«t lint, In- li'ft tiim

lull < . , «ll,<li itli •» hull III III'

ruin. Sec the note on Esodtu ru. S,

141

3 So the F^rd oor God delivered into our hands
tba the kiim of Hasan, and all his people: and

we utterly destroyed them,

4 Wasting all his cities at one time : there was
not a town that escaped us; sixty cities all the

country of Argob the kingdom of Og in Hasan.

6 All the cities were fenced with very high walls,
and with Rates and bars, besides innumerable towns
that had no walls.

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we had
done to Sehon the king of llesebon, destroying
exry city, men and women and children :

7 But the cattle and the si>oils of the cities we
took for our prey.

8 And we took at that time the land out of the
hand of the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were
beyond the Jordon : from the torrent Anion unto
the mountain Hermon,

9 Which the Sidonians call Sarion, and the
Amorrliitt s Sanir :

10 All the cities that are situate in the plain, and
all the land of (ialaad and Hasan as far as Selena
and Kdrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Hasan.

11 For only Og king Of Hasan remained of the
race of the giants. His bed of iron is shown, which
is in Kabbath of the children of Amnion, bang nine
cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the
cubit of a man's hand.

12 And we possessed the land at that time from
Aroer, which is U|K>n the bank of the torrent Anion,
unto the half of mount Galaad: audi gave the cities
thereof to Ruben and (iad.

13 And I delivered the other nart of (ialaad. ami
all Basan the kingdom of Ogtotne half tribe of Ma-
nasses, all the country of Argob: and all Basan is
called the Land of giants.

14 Jair the son of .Manasses possessed all the
country of Argob unto the liorders of Gcssuri. and
Machati. And he called Basan by his own name,
Havoth Jair, that is to say, the towns of Jair, until
this present dav.

15 To Macliir also I gave (ialaad.

16 And to the tribes of Ruben and (iad I gave
of the land of (ialaad as far as the torrent Anion,
half the torrent, and the confines e\en unto the tor-
rent Jel>oc, which is the bonier of the children of
Amnion:

17 And the plain of the wilderness, and tin Jor-
dan, and the Inmlers of ( 'enereth unto the tea of the
desert, which is the most .salt m a, to the loot nl
mount Platan eastward.

l'<\ And I commanded you at that lime. Baying:
The Lord your (iod giveth you this land for an in-
heritance: go ye well appointed before your brethren
the children of Israel all the MTOM men of you:

19 Leaving your wius and children and cattle.
For I know you ha\e much cattle; and they must
remain in the cities, w Inch I have delivered to you.

20 Until the Lord give rest to \oiir hieiliien. as
he hath given to you: and they also |w>.ssess the lai.d.
which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then
shall every man return to bj| poatrmaai. ubwill I
have given you.

CHAP. IV.

21 I commanded Josue also at that time, saying:
Thy eyes have seen what the Lord your God hath
done to these two kings : so will he do to all the
kingdoms to which thou shalt pass.

22 Fear them not: lor the Lord your God will
fight for you.

23 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying:

24 Lord God, thou hast begun to show unto thy
servant thy greatness, and most mighty hand; for
there is no other God either in heaven or earth, that
is able to do thy works, or to be compared to thy
strength.

25 I will pass over therefore, and will see this
excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this goodly
mountain, and Libauus.

26 And the Lord was angry with me on your ac-
count, and heard me not, but said to me: It is enough:
speak no more to me of this matter.

27 Go up to the top of Phasga, and cast thy eyes
round about to the west, and to the north, and to the
south, and to the east, and behold it; for thou shalt
not pass this Jordan.

28 Command Josue, and encourage and strengthen
him : for he shall go before this people, and shall
divide unto them the land which thou shalt see.

29 And we abode in the valley over-against the
temple of Phogor. ,

CHAP. IV.

Moses exhorteth the people to keep God's commandments : par-
ticularly to fly idolatry. Appointcth three cities of refuge, on
*hat side of the Jordan.

AND now, O Israel, hear the commandments and
judgments winch I teach thee; that doing them,
thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the
land which the Lord the God of your fathers will
give you.

2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to
you, neither shall you take away from it : keep the
commandments of the Lord your God which I com-
mand you.

3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done
against Beelphegor; how he hath destroyed all his
worshippers from among you.

4 But you that adhere to the Lord your God, arc
all alive until this present day.

5 You know that I have taught you statutes and
justices,as the Lord mvGodhathcommanded me: so
shall you do them in the landwhichyou shall possess:

6 And you shall observe and fulfil them in prac-
tice. For this is vour wisdom, and understanding
in the sight of nations, that hearing all these pre-
cepts, they may say: Behold, a wise and under-
standing people, a great nation.

7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that
hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all
our petitions.

8 For what other nation is there so renowned that
hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law,
which I will set forth this day before your eyes ?

9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully.
Forget not the words that thy eves have seen, and let
Jheni not go out al thy heart all the days of thy life.

Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grand-

sons

10 From the day in which thou didst stand before
the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord spoke
to me, saying : Call together the people unto me,
that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear
me all the time that they live on the earth, and may
teach their children.

1 1 And you came to the foot of the mount, which
burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness,
and a cloud and obscurity in it.

12 And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of
the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you
saw not any form at all.

13 And he showed you his covenant, which he
commanded you to do, and the ten words that he
wrote in two tables of stone.

14 And hecommandedmeat thattime that I should
teach you the ceremonies and judgments, which you
shall do in the land, that you shall possess.

15 Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw
not any similitude in the day that the Lord God
spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire :

16 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make
you a graven similitude, or image of male or female,

17 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon
the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven, •

18 Or of creeping things, that move on the earth,
or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth :

19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven,
thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars
of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore
and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for
the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you
out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his
people of inheritance, as it is this present day.

21 And the Lord was angry with ine for your
words: and he swore that I should not pass over the
Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he
will give you.

22 Behold, I die in this land: I shall not pass
over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the
goodly land.

23 Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of
the Lord thy God, which he hath made with thee,
and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things
which the Lord hath forbid to be made:

24 Because the Lord thy God is a consuming
fire, a jealous God.

25 If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and
abide in the land, and being deceived make to your-
selves any similitude, committing evil before the
Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath:

26 I call this day heaven and earth "to witness,
that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which.
when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall
possess. You shall not dwell therein long, but the
Lord will destroy you,

27 And scatter you among all nations, and yon
shall remain a few among the nations, to which
the Lord shall lead you.

28 And there you shall serve gods, that were

143

framed with men's hands; wood anil stout-; that
neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smelt.

29 And when thou ^h.ilt seek there the Lord thy
I, thou shalt find him: vet so, if thou seek him

with all thv heart, and all tin- affliction of thy soul.!

30 After all the things ■foresaid shall find thee,
in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy
God, and shall hear his voice.

>l Because the Lord thy God is a merciful
I i i : he will not leave thee, nor altogether de-
stroy thee, nor forget the covenant, by which he
swore to thv fathers.

32 Ask of the davs of old, that have been he-
fore thy time from the day that God created man
upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the
other end thereof, if ever there was done the like
thing, <>r it hath been known at any time.

That a people should hear the voice of God
■peaking out of the midst of lire, as thou hast
heard, and lived :

'.V If (iod n-ri did so as to ko, and take to him-
self a nation out of the midst of nations, by temp-
tations, si-ns, and wonders, hy fi^ht, and a strong
hand, and stretehed-out arm, and horrible visions
according to all the things that the Lord your God
did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes.

That thou mightst know that the Lord he is
is no other besides him.
leaven he made thee to hear his

voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth

lie showed thee his exceeding ^roat fire : and thou
didst hear his words out of the midst of the lire,

:57 Because he loved thy fathers, and chose
their seed after them. And he drought thee out
of Fgynt, going before thee with his great power,

38 To destroy at thy coming verj greal nations
and stronger than thou ml; and to bnng thee in,
and give thee their land in possession, as thou seesi
at this present day.

39 know therefore this day. and think in thy
heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above,
and in the earth beneath, and there is no other.

Ml Keep his precepts and commandments,
which I command thee; that it may he well with
thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mays)
remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord
thy (iod will give thee.

■VI Then .Moses set aside three cities beyond
the .Ionian at the east side,

42 That any one might lice to them who should

BGLNOMY.

the temple of I'

God. and there
36 From Ik

kill his neighbour unwillingly,

eiiemv a d n or two before, and
cape to some one of these cities:

'htsor in the wilderness, which is situate

ind was not his
that he mighl es-

*i III

in
the plains' of the tribe of Reuben: and Ramoth in
Galaad, which is in the tribe of (lad; and Golan
in Hasan, which is in the trihe of Maua-

\) Tin- i- the law, that M el before the;

children of Israel,

\inl tin re are the testimonies and ceremo-
nies and judgments, which he spoke to the chil-
dren of Lrael. when the) came out of Kgypt,

46 Beyond the Jordan in the \ .ill<\ over ugainsi

144

logor in the land of Sehoa king of
the \morrhitcs. that dwelt in lleschon, whom M
slew . \nd the children of Israel coming out of Fgi pt

V7 Possessed his land, and the laud of Og km:;
of Hasan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who
were heyond the Jordan towards the rising () f the
sun :

18 From Aroer, which is situate upon the hank
of the torrent Anion, unto mount Stou, which is
also called Jlerinon,

49 All the plain heyond the Jordan at the east
side, unto the sea of the wilderness, ;i nd unto the
foot of mount Phasga.

CHAP. V.

The ten commandments are repeated and exjdained.

AND Moses called all Lrael, and said to them:
-^*- Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judg-
ments, which 1 speak in your ears this day: ham
them, and fulfil them in work.

J The Lord our God made a covenant with us
in Horeh.

3 lie made not the covenant with our fathers,
hut with us, who are now present and living.

V He spoke to us face to face in the mount out
of the midst of lire.

5 1 was the mediator and stood between tin-
Lord and you at that time, to show you his words;
for you feared the fire, and went not up into the
mountain : and he said :

6 I am the Lord thy (hid, who brought thee out
of die land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

7 Thou shah not have Strange gods in mv si-ht.

8 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing,
nor the likeness of any things, that are m heaven
above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that
abide in the waters under the earth.

9 Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shall not
serve tin in. For I am the Lord tin God, a jealous
(iod. visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their
children unto the third and fourth generation to
them that hate me,

10 And showing mercy unto many thousands to
them that love me, and keep mv commandments.

11 Thou shall not take the name ol the Lord
thy God in vain : for he shall not he unpunished
that taketh his name upon a \ain th

12 Observe the (lay of the sabbath, to sanctif) it,
as the Lord thy (iod hath commanded thee.

I.l Six days shall thou labour, ami shalt do ah
thy works.

1 1 The seventh day is the sabbath', that is, the
rest of the Lord thy (iod. Thou shall not do any
work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
nor thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thv
ox, nor tin ass. nor any of th) beasts, nor the stran-
ger that is within tin gates; that thy man-servant
and tin maid-servant may rest, even as thyself.

15 Remember that thou also didst serve m

■it: and the Lord thv (iod brought thee out

from thence with a strong band, anda stretched -

out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that

thou shouldst observe tin- sabbath-da?.

CHAP. VI.

16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord
thy God hath commanded thee, tliat thou mayst
live a long time, and it may be well with thee in
the 'and, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

17 Thou shalt not kill.

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

19 And thou shalt not steal.

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against
thv neighbour.

21 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife ;
uor his house, nor his field, nor his man-servant,
nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor
any thing that is his.

22 These words the Lord spoke to all the mul-
titude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of
the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud
voice, adding nothing more : and he wrote them in
two tables ot stone, which he delivered unto me.

23 But you, after you heard the voice out of
the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain
bum, came to me all the princes of the tribes and
the elders, and you said :

24 Behold, the Lord our God hath shown us his
majesty and his greatness: we have heard his voice
out of the midst of the fire ; and have proved this
day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.

25 Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this
exceeding great fire consume us? For if we hear the
voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

26 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice
of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of
the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live ?

27 Approach thou rather: and hear all things that
the Lord our God shall say to thee: and thou shalt
speak to us, and we will hear and will do them.

28 And when the Lord had beard this, he said
to me : I have heard the voice of the words of
this people, which they spoke to thee: they have
spoken all things well.

29 Who shall give them to have such a mind,
to fear me and to keep all my commandments at
all times, that it may be well with them and with
their children for ever?

30 Go and say to them : Return into your tents.

31 But stand thou here with me: and I will
speak to thee all my commandments, and ceremo-
nies and judgments; which thou shalt teach them,
that they may do them in the laud, which 1 will
give them for a possession.

32 Keep therefore and do the things which the
Lord God hath commanded you : you shall not go
aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left:

33 But you shall walk in the way that the Lord
your God hath commanded, that you may live,
and it may be well with you, and your days may
be long in the land of your possession.

CHAP. VI.

An exhortation to the love of God, and obedience to his law.

HPHESE are the precepts, and ceremonies, and
-*- judgments, which the Lord your God com-
manded that 1 should teach you, and that you
should do them in the land, into which you pass
over to possess it :

2 That thou mayst fear the Lord thy God, and
keep his commandments and precepts, w Inch I com-
mand thee, and thy sons, and thy grandsons, all the
days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged.

3 Hear, O Israel, and observe to do the things
which the Lord hath commanded thee, that it may
be well with thee, and thou mayst be greatly mul-
tiplied, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath
promised thee a land flowing with milk and
honey.

4 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy
whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with
thy whole strength.

6 And these words which I command thee this
day, shall be in thy heart:

7 And thou shalt tell them to thy children : and
thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house,
and walking on thy journey, sleeping, and rising.

8 And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy
hand : and they shall be and shall move between
thy eyes.

9 And thou shalt write them in the entry, and
on the doors of thy house.

10 And when the Lord thy God shall have
brought thee into the land, for which he swore to
thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and shall
have given thee great and goodly cities, which
thou didst not build,

11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not
set. up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards
and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant.

12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full :

13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget tlfe
Lord who brought thee out of the land c.f Egypt,
out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the
Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only ; and thou
shalt swear by his name.

14 You shall not go after the strange gods of
all the nations, that are round about you :

15 Because the Lord thy God is a jealous God
in the midst of thee: lest at any time the wrath
of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and
take thee away from the face of the earth.

16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as
thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.

17 Keep the precepts of the Lord thy God, and
the testimonies and ceremonies, which he hath
commanded thee.

18 And do that which is pleasing and good in
the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee:
and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land,
concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers,

19 That he would destroy all thy enemies be-
fore thee, as he hath spoken.

20 And when thy son shall ask thee to-morrow,
saying: What mean these testimonies, and cere-
monies, and judgments, which the Lord our God
hath commanded us ?

21 Thou shalt say to him : We were bondmen
of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out
of Egypt with a strong hand.

22 And he wrought signs and wonders great

145

OKI TKROXOMY.

and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and
all hi* h.Hise. in our sight :

23 And In- brought us out from thence, that he
might bring us in and give us the land, concerning
which he swore to our fathers.

21 And the l^ord commanded that wo should
do all these ordinances, and should fear the Lord
our God, that it might be well with us ail the days
of our life, as it is at this day.

25 And he will Ik: merciful to us, if we keen
and do all his precepts befbra the Lord our God,
as he hath commanded us.

CHAP. VII.

No leapt new fellowship to be marlr trith tkr Chanaanites :
<d prenmisetk kis people kit blessing and assistance, if
tkep keep ki* tommandmentt.

WHEN the Lord thy God shall have brought^
thee into the land, which thou art going in
to possess, and shall have destroyed many nations
before thee, the Hethite. and the Gergezite, and
the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Phe-
re/.itc, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, MM ill
nations much more numerous than thou art, and
stronger than thou :

I \nd the Lord thv God shall have delivered
them to thre, thou shalt utterly destroy them.
Thou shalt make no league with them, nor show
mercy to them :

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them.
Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor
take his daughter for thy son :

4 For she wil turn away thy son from follow-
in;; me, that he may rather serve strange sods •
and the wrath of the Lord will Ik: kindled, and
will fjuiekly destroy thee.

5 lint thus rather shall you deal with them : De-
stroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut
down their groves, and bum their graven things.

6 B« < ausi' thou art a holy people to the Lord
thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee,
to be his peculiar people of all peonies that are
U|K>n the earth.

7 Not beeMMC you surpass all nations in number,
is the Lord ioined unto you, and hath <hoscn you,
lor you are the fewest of any people:

8 But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath
kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and
hath brought von out with ■ strong hand, and re-
deemed you from the house of l>oiidagc, out of the
hand of Pharao the king of Egypt

9 And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God,
he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his cove-
nant and mercy to them that love him, and to them
that keep his commandments, unto a thousand ge-
nerations :

10 And repaying forthwith them that hate him, so
as to dettroy them, without further delay, immedi-
ately rendering to them what they deserve.

I I Keep therefore the precepts and ceremonies
and judgments, which I command thee this day tOS*fo.

1 J It alter thou hast heard these judgments, thou
keep and do th^m, the Lord thy God will also keep

148

his covenant to thee, and the mercy which he swore
to tin fathers:

l.> And he will love thee and multiply thee, and
will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit ol thy
land, thy corn, and thy vintage, thv oil, and thy herds,
and the lloeks of thy sheep upon the land, for which
he swore to thy fathers that he would give it ibee.

14 Blessed shalt thou be among all people. No
one shall be barren among you ol either sc.\, neither
of men nor cattle.

15 The Lord will take away from thee all sick-
ness: and the grievous infirmities ol Kgypt, which
thou know est, lie will not bring upon thee, but upon
thy enemies.

16 Thou shalt consume all the ttcople, which the
Lord thy Gtxl will deliver to thee. i In eye shall
not spare them, neither shall thou serve their gods,
lest they Ihj thy ruin.

17 If thou say in thy heart: These nations are
more than I ; how shall 1 Ik- able to destroy them ?

18 Fear not, but renieml)er what the Lord thy God
did to I'harao and to all the Kgypt ians;

19 The exceeding great plagues, which thy eyes
saw , and the signs and w omlers, and the strong hand,
and the stretched-out arm, with which the Lord thy
God brought thee out: so will he do to all the |»co-
ple whom thou fearesl.

20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send also hor-
nets among them, until he destrov and consume all
that have escaped thee, and could hide themselves.

21 Thou shalt not fear them ; because the Lord
thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and
terrible:

22 He will consume these nations in thy sight by
little and little and by degrees. Thou wJIt not b*
able to destroy them altogether: lest perhaps the
beasts of the earth should increase upon thee.

23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them is
thy sight; and shall slay them until they he utterly
destroyed.

24 And he shall deliver their kings intoihv hands:
and thou shalt destroy their names from under hea-
ven: no man shall Ik: able to resist thee, until thou
destrov them.

25 Their graven things* thou shall bum with fire:
thou shalt not covet the silver and gold of which they
are made; neither shall thou take to thee any thing
thereof*, lest thou offend; because it is an abomiaa>
tion to the Lord thy God.

2(> Neither shalt thou bring am thing of the idol
into thy house, lest thou laconic an anathema, f like
it. Thou shall detest it as dung, and shalt utterly
abhor it as uncleanness and filth, because it is an
anathema.

CHAP. VIII.

The people are put in mind of Cod's dealings witk tkem, to the
end that they mny Ion- him and serve kim.

ALL the command incuts, that I command thee this
day, take great care to observe: that you may

* lirwrsn (Vnri. IiloN, no called by contempt.

♦ .In anathema. That i». a (lung devoted lo destruction , and wWk
Carrie* along with it a cur*e.

CHAP. IX.

live, and be multiplied, and going in may possess the
land, for which the Lord swore to jour fathers.

2 And thou shalt remember all the way through
which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty
years through the desert to afflict thee and to prove
thee, and that the things that were in thy heart might
be made known, whether thou wotildst keep his com-
mandments or no.

3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee man-
na for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers
knew: to show that not in bread alone* doth man
live; but in every word that proeeedeth from the
mouth of God.

4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered,
hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn,
lo, this is the fortieth year,

5 That thou mayest consider in thy heart, that as
a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath
trained thee up.

6 That thou shouldst keep the commandments
of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and fear
him.

7 For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a
good land, of brooks, and of waters, and of foun-
tains; in the plains of which and the hills deep riv-
ers break out:

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vineyards,
wherein fig-trees, and pomegranates, and oliveyards
grow; a land of oil and honey:

9 Where without any want thou shalt eat thy
bread, and enjoy abundance of all things: where the
stones are iron, and out of its hills are dug mines of
brass :

10 That when thou hast eaten, and art full, thou
vnayst bless the Lord thy God for the excellent land
which be hath given thee.

1 1 Take heed, and beware lest at any time thou
forget the Lord thy God, and neglect his command-
ments and judgments and ceremonies, which I com-
mand thee this day:

12 Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast
built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,

13 And shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of
sheep, and plenty of gold and of silver, and of all
things,

14 Thy heart be lifted up, and thou remember
not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage :

15 And was thy leader in the great and terrible
wilderness, wherein there was the serpent burning
with his breath, and the scorpion, and the dipsas,f
and no waters at all : who brought forth streams out
of the hardest rock,

16 And fed thee in the wilderness with manna,
which thy fathers knew not. And after he had
afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy
on thee,

17 Lest thou should say in thy heart: My own

• Sot m bread alone, fife. i. e That fiod is able to make food of what
hr please for the support of man.

t Tim Hipsas. A set-pent vfcQM bitr innseth a violent thirst; from
whence it has its name; Tor in Greek, Jipsa, («+«) signifies thirtl.

might, and the strength of my own hand, have
achieved all these things for me.

18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he
hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his
covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fa-
thers, as this present day showeth.

19 But if thou forget the Lord thy God, and
follow strange gods, and serve and adore them ;
behold, now I foretell thee that thou shalt utterly
perish.

20 As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at
thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be dis-
obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

CHAP. IX.

Lest they should impute their victories to their own merits, they
are put in mind of their manifold rebellions and other sins, for
which they should have been destroyed, but God spared them

• for his promise made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

HEAR, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jor-
dan this day, to possess nations very great,
and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled
up to the sky,

2 A people great and tall, the sons of the Enacims,
whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom
no man is able to stand.

3 Thou shalt know therefore this day that the
Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a
devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extir-
pate and bring them to nothing before thy face
quickly, as he hath spoken to thee.

4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God
shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my
justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this
land; whereas these nations are destroyed for their
wickedness.

5 For it is not for thy justices, and the upright-
ness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess
their lands: but because they have done wickedly,
they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the
Lord might accomplish his word, which he pro-
mised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob.

6 Know therefore, that the Lord thy God givelh
thee not this excellent land in possession for thy
justices, for thou art a very stiff-necked people.

7 Remember, and forget not how thou pro-
vokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilder-
ness. From the day that thou earnest out of Egypt,
unto this place, thou hast always strove against the
Lord.

8 For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him : and
he was angrv and would have destroyed thee,

9 When 1 went up into the mount to receive the
tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which
the Lord made with you: and I continued in the
mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread,
nor drinking water.

10 And the Lord gave me two tables of stone
written with the finger of God, and containing all
the words that he spoke to you in the mount from
the midst of the fire, when the people were assem-
bled together.

14*

DEUTERONOMY.

11 And when forty days were passed, and as
many nights, the Lord g.i\e dm the two tallies of

Stone, I Ih« tallies of the covenant,

12 And said to me: Arise, and go down from
hence quickly: for thy people, which thou hast
brought out of Egypt, have quickly forsaken the
way that thou ha.st shown them, and have made to
themselves a molten idol.

13 And again the I^ord said to mc: I see that
this people is still- necked:

14 Let uie alone that I may destroy them, and
abolish their nam*; from under heaven, and set thee
over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this.

1") And when I came down from the burning
mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with
both hands.

16 And saw that you had sinned against the
Lord your (iod, and had made to yourselves a
molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his Way,
which he had shown yon :

17 I east the tables out of my hands, and broke
them in your sight.

18 And I fell down before the Lord as l>cforc,
forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor
drinking water, for all your sins which yon had
committed against the Lord, and had provoked him
to wrath :

19 For I feared his indignation and anger.
wherewith being moved against you. he would have

vol

be;

destroyed you. And the Lord beard me this time
also.

20 And he was exceeding angry against Aaron
aNo, and would have destroyed him: and I prav id
ill like maimer for him.

1\ And your sin that you had committed, that
is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and
breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust,
I threw it into the torrent, which coincth down
from the mountain.

\t the burning also, and at the place of temp-
tation, ami at The graves of lust you provoked the
Lord :

23 And when he sent you from Cadeshame, say-
ing: Go up, and |>ossess the land that I have given
you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord
your God, and did not believe him, neither would
you hearken to his voice:

24 Hut were always rebellious from the day that
I began to know you.

2o And I lav prostrate Infore the Lord forty
days and nights, in which I humbly besought him,
that he would not destroy you as he bad threat-
ened :

26 And praying, I said: O Lord God, destrov
not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou
bast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast
brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

27 Reeoernbe* thv servants Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob: look not oa the stobouroaessof this people,
nor on their wickedness and >in.

28 Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out
of which thou hast brought us. s ( \ ; The Lord
could not bring them into the land, that In pro-

148

mjsed ilicin, and he hated them : therefore be
brought them out, that he might kill them in the
w ilderness:

1 Who are thy people and thv inheritance, whom
thou hast brought out by thy gnat stiengtb, and in
thy stretcbed-out arm.

CHAP. X.

God girrth the ifrrmd tnhlrt of the Imp : a further exhortation
to fear ami tervt the Lord.

AT that time the Lord said to me: Hew thee
two tables of stone like the former, and come
up to me into the mount: and thou shalt make an
ark of wood,

2 And I will write on the fables the Words that
were in them, which thou brokest before; and thou
shalt out them in the ark.

3 And I made an ark of selim-wood. And
when I had hewn two tables of stone like the for-
mer, I went up into the mount, having them in my
hands.

V And he wrote in the tables, according as he
had written before, the ten words, which the Lord
spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the
fire, when the people were assembled: and he gave
them to me.

5 And retaining from the mount, I came down,
and put the fables into the ark, that I had made :
and they are there till this present, as the Lord com-
manded mc

6 And the children of Israel removed their camp
from Heroth of the children of Jacan into Mosrre,
where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his
son succeeded him in the priestly office.

7 From thence they came to (Jadgad: from
which place they departed, and camped in Jete-
batha, in a land of waters and torrents.

8 At that time he separated the trilie of Levi, to
carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to
stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in
his name until this present day.

9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor possession
with his brethren: because the Lord himself is his
possession, ns the Lord thy God promised him.

10 And I stood in the mount, as Iwfore, forty
days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time
EUSO. and Would not destrov thee.

11 And he said to me : Go, and walk before the
people, that they may enter, and possess the land,
which I swore to tin ir fathers that I would give fhem.

12 And now, Israel, w hat doth the Lord thy God
require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thv (Jod,
and walk in his m;i\s. end love him. and serve the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

13 And keep the commandments of the Lord,
and his ceremonies, w huh I command thee this da\ ,
that it ma\ lie well with thee?

1 i Behold, heaven is (he Lord's thy God, and
the hem n of heaven, and the earth and all things
that are then in.

15 And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to

*.Vo«ra By mount Hor, tor llirrr Aaron rfir<l. Num. n. Th»
and Uk lull winf »er». » u«.in lu be uucrtol by way of poreotbcM.

CHAP. XI.

fhy fathers, and loved them, and chose their seed
,«f(er them, that is to say, you out of all tuitions, as
this dav it is proved.

16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your
neart, and stitfen your neck no more.

17 Because the Lord your God he is the God of
gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty,
and terrihle, who accepteth no person, nor taketh
brihes.

18 He doeth judgment to the fatherless and the
widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food
and raiment.

19 And do you therefore love strangers; because
you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve
him only: to him thou shalt adhere, and shalt swear
by his name.

21 He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done
for thee these great and terrible things, which thy
eyes have seen.

22 In seventy souls thy fathers went down into
Egypt: and behold, now the Lord thy God hath
multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

CHAP. XI.

The love and service of God are still inculcated, with a blessing
to them that serve him, and threats of punishment if they for-
sake his law.

THEREFORE love the Lord thy God, and ob-
serve his precepts and ceremonies, his judg-
t ments and commandments at all times.

2 Know this day the things that your children
know not, who saw not the chastisements of the
Lord your God, his great doings and strong hand,
and stretched-out arm,

3 The signs and works which he did in the midst
of Egypt to king Pharao, and to all his land,

4 And to all the host of the Egyptians, and to their
horses and chariots : how the waters of the Red Sea
covered them, when they pursued you, and how the
Lord destroyed them until this present day :

5 And what he hath done to you in the wilder-
ness, till you came to this place:

6 And to Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab,
who was the son of Ruben : whom the earth, open-
ing her mouth, swallowed up with their households
and tents, and all their substance, which they had
in the midst of Israel.

7 Your eyes have seen all the great works of the
Lord, that he hath done,

8 That you may keep all his commandments,
which I command you this day, and may go in,
and possess the land, to which you are entering,

9 And may live in it a long time : which the Lord
promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed,
a land which floweth with milk and honey.

10 For the land which thou goest to possess, is not
like the land of Egypt, from whence thou earnest
out, where when the seed is sown, waters are brought
in to water it after the manner of gardens.

11 But it is a land of hills and plains, expecting
rain from heaven.

12 And the Lord thy God doth always visit it:

and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the
year unto the end thereof.

13 If then you oliey my commandments, which
I command you this day, that you love the Lord
your God, and serve him with all jour heart, and
with all your soul:

14 He will give to your land the early rain and
the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn,
and your wine, and your oil,

15 And your hay out of the fields to feed your
cattle, and that you may eat and be filled.

16 Beware lest perhaps your heart l>e deceived,
and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange
gods, and adore them :

17 And the Lord being angry shut up heaven,
that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield
her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent
land, which the Lord will give you.

18 Lay up these my words in your hearts and
minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and
place them between your eyes.

19 Teach your children that they meditate on
them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when
thou walkest on the way, and when thou liestdown
and risest up.

20 Thou shalt write them upon the posts and the
doors of thy house :

21 That thy days may be multiplied, and the days
of thy children in the land which the Lord swore
to thy fathers, that he would give them as long as
the heaven hangeth over the earth.

22 For if you keep the commandments which I
command you, and do them, to love the Lord your
God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him,

23 The Lord will destroy all these nations before
your face, and you shall possess them, which are
greater and stronger than you.

24 Every place that your foot shall tread upon,
shall be yours. From the desert, and from Liba-
nus, from the great river Euphrates unto the west-
ern sea shall be your borders.

23 None shall stand against you : the Lord your
God shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all
the land that you shall tread upon, as he hath spoken
to you.

26 Behold, I set forth in your sight this day a
blessing and a curse:

27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of
the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

28 A curse, if you obey not the commandments
of the Lord your God, but revolt from the way
which now I show you, and walk after strange gods
which you know not.

29 And when the Lord thy God shall have
brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to
dwell, thou shalt put the blessing* upon mount
Garizim, the curse upon mount Hebal:

30 Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the
way that goeth to thesetting of the sun, in the land
of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain coun-

* Put tht bltssingi, fyc. See Deut xxvii. 12, &c. and Josue »iii. 33,

&c.

149

DEUTERONOMY.

try over-against Galgala, which is mar the valley
that reacheth and entereth far.

31 For yon shall pass over the Jonlan, to pos-
sess the land, which the Lord your God will give
you. that you iu:i\ have it and possess it.

.'»2 Sec therefore thai von fulfil the ceremonies and
judgments, which I .shall set this day before you.

CHAP. XII.

All idolatry must be extirpated: sarri fires, tithe*, and first-
fruits must be offered in one only place : uil eating of blood
it prohibited.

f HESE are the precepts and judgments, that
-*- you must do in the land, which the Lord the
God of thy lathers will give thee, to possess it all
tlte days that thou shah walk upon the earth.

J Destroy all the places in which the nations, that
you shall possess, worshipped their sods upon high
Mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree:

3 Overthrow their altars, and break down their
«tatues; bum their groves with fire, and break
tin \r idols in pines: destroy their names out of
those places.

4 You shall not do so to the Lord your God :

5 But you shall come to the place, which the
Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes,
to nut his name there, and to dwell in it :

o And you shall offer in that place your holo-
causts and victims, the tithes and first-fruits of your
hands, and your vows and gifts, the first-born of
ynr herds and your sheep.

7 And you shall eat there in the sight of the
lord your God : and you shall rejoice in all things,
whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your
houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed yon.

8 You shall not do there the things wc do here this
day, every man that which seemelh good to himself.

9 For until this present time you are not come
to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your
God will give vou.

10 You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall
dwell in the land which the Lord your God will
give you, that you may have rest from all enemies
round about; and may dwell without any fear,

1 1 In the place, which the Lord your God shall
choose, that his name may 1m- therein. Thither shall
you bring all the things that I command you, holo-
causts, and victims, and tithes, and the first-fruits
ofyour hands; and whatsoever is the choicest in the
gifts which yon shall vow to the Lord.

12 There shall you feast before the Lord your
God, you and your sons and your daughters, your
men-servants ami maid-servants, and the Levite
that dwclleth in your cities. For he hath no other
part and possession among you.

13 Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every
place that thou shah see :

I \ But in the place which the Lord shall choose
in one of thy triln-s shall thou offer sacrifices, ami
shall do all that I command tin

I") lint if thou ilesirest local, and the eating of
flesh delight line, kill, and eat according to the
blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given

ISO

tine, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is
to say, having blemish or defect: or (Iran, that is
to say. sound and without blemish, such as may Imj
offered, as the roe, and the hart, shall thou eat it :
It! Only the blood thou shall not eat : hm thou
shall pour It out upon the earth as water.

17 Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes
of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the first-
born of thy Inrds and thy cattle, nor any thing
that' thou vow est. and that thou wilt oiler volunta-
rily, and the first-fruits of" thy hands :

18 But thou shah cat them before the Lord thv
(iod in the place which the Lord thy God shall
choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy
man-servant, and maid-servant, and the Levite that
dwclleth in thy cities: and thou shah rejoice and
be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things,
whereunto thou shall put thv hand.

19 Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all
the time that thou lives! in the land.

20 When the Lord thv (iod shall have enlarged
thy Imrders, as he hath spoken to tine, and thou
wilt eat the flesh that thy soul desireth :

21 And if the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose, that his name should be there, U' far
off, thou shalt kill of thv herds and of thy flocks,
as I have commanded tiiee; and shalt eat in thy
towns, as it pleaseth thee.

22 Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, SO
shalt thou eat them : both the clean and unclean
shall eat of them alike.

23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not the
blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore
thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:

J i But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

25 That it may he well with thee and thy chil-
dren after thee, when thou shalt do that which is
pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

20 Hut the things which thou hast sanctified
and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt
come to I he place which the Lord shall choose:

27 And shalt offer thy oblations the llesh and
the blood upon _ the altar of the Lord thy (iod: the
blood of thy victims thou shalt pour on the altar:
and the flesh thou tin sell shalt eat.

28 Observe and hear all the things that I com-
mand thee, that it may l>e well with thee and thy
children after thee for ever, when thou shalt do
what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord
thy God.

29 When the Lord thy God shall have destroy-
ed liefore thy face the nations, which thou shalt go
in to po ssess, and wken thou shalt possess them, and
dwell in their land :

30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are
destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after
their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have

worshipped their nods, so will I also worship.

31 Thou shall not do in like manner to the Lord
thv God. For they have done to their gods all the
abominations which the Lord ahhorreth, offering
their sons and daughters, and burning 'In in witli
in < •

CHAP. XIII, XIV.

32 What 1 command thee, that only do thou* to
the Lord, neither add any thing, nor diminish.

CHAP. XIII.

False prophets must be slain, and idolatrous cities destroyed.

IF there rise in the midst of thee a prophet, or one
that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he fore-
tell a sign and a wonder,

2 And that come to pass which he spoke, and he
say to thee : Let us go and follow strange gods,
which thou knowest not, and let us serve them :

3 Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet
or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that
it may appear whether you love him with all your
heart, and with all your soul, or no.

4 Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and
keep his commandments, and hear his voice : him
you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave.

5 And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be
slain : because he spoke to draw you away from the
Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, and redeemed you from -the house of bond-
age; to make thee go out of the way, which the
Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt
take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

6 If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy
son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom,
or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul,
would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go,
and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not,
nor thy fathers,

7 Of all the nations round about, that are near or
afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,

8 Consent not to him ; hear him not ; neither let
thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him :

9 But thou shalt presently put him to death. t
Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the
hands of all the people.

10 With stones shall he be stoned to death : be-
cause he would have withdrawn thee from the
Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage:

11 That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do
no more any thing like this.

12 If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy
God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say :

13 Children of Belial! are gone out of the midst
of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their
city, and have said : Let us go, and serve strange
gods which you know not:

14 Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of
the thing by looking well into it: and if thou find
that which is said to be certain, and that this abomi-
nation hath been really committed,

15 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of
(hat city with the edge of the sword, and shalt de-
stroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle.

16 And all the household goods that are there,
thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets

* Tint only do thou, trc. Thev are forbid here to follow the ce^remo-
ules ot the heathens; or to make any alterations in the divine ordi-
nances.

t Fnrently put him to death. Not bv killing- him by private authority,
but by luformiug the magistrate, arid proceeding by order of justice.

thereof, and shalt bum them with the city itself, s«
as to consume all for the Lord thy God, and that it
be a hea | > for ever: it shall be built no more.

17 And there shall nothing of lhat anathema stick
to thy hand: that the Lord may turn from the wrath
of his fury, and may have mercy on thee, and mul-
tiply thee as he swore to thy fathers,

18 When thou shalt hear the voice of the Lord
thy God, keeping all his precepts, which I command
thee this day, that thou mayest do what is pleasing
in the sight of the Lord thy God.

CHAP. XIV.

hi mourning for the deadthty are not to follow the ways of the
gentiles ■: the distinction of clean and unclean meats : ordinan-
ces concerning tithes, and first-fruits.

BE ye children of the Lord your God : you shall
not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for
the dead.

2 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy
God : and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of
all nations that are upon the earth.

3 Eat not the things that are unclean.^

4 These are the beasts that you shall eat: the ox,
and the sheep, and the goat,

5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, and chamois,
the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.

6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts,
and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.

7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not
the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the
hare, and the cherogril : because they chew the cud,
but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you.

8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof,
but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean : their
flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall
not touch.

9 These shall you eat of all that abide in the
waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.

10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall
not eat, because they are unclean.

1 1 All birds that are clean you shall eat.

12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle and
the grype, and the osprey,

13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite
according to their kind,

14 And all of the raven's kind :

15 And the ostrich ? and the owl, and the larus,
and the hawk according to its kind :

16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,

17 And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the
night-crow,

18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in
their kind : the houp also, and the bat.

1 9 Every thing that creepeth and hath little wings,
shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

20 All that is clean, you shall eat.

21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not
thereof. Give it to the stranger that is within thy

f Belial. That is, ioithout yoke. Hence the wicked, who refuse to
be subject to the divine law, are called in scripture the children u'
Belial.

t Liultan. See the annotations on Leviticus XI.

1S1

DKUTKKONOMY.

, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the
holy people of the Lord thj God* Thou shalt not
Uiii a kid in the milk of its dam.

J. i .ir thou shah Bet aside the till.

all thy fruits dial the earth bringeth. forth.

V ite called ii|>ou then in, the tithe of thy com.
and thy wine, and thy oil, ami tin iirst-liorii ol thy
herdsi and thy sheep: that thou maysl learn to fear
the Lord thv God at all times.

J J- Hut w hen the way and the place « hich the Lord
thy (uk! shall chonsej are far off. and he hath Messed
thee,;ind ihon canst not carry all these things thither,

25 Thou shall sell them all, and turn them into
money ; and shall carry it in thv hand, and shall go
to the place which the Lord shall choose :

2<> And thou shall buy with the same money
whatsoever pleascth thee, either of the herds or of
sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that tin
soul desireth : and thou shall eat before the Lord
thy God, and shall least, thou and tin house :

27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, he-
ware thou forsake him not, localise he hath no other
part iu thy possession.

The third year thou shalt separate another
tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time:
and shall lav it up within thy gates.

29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor
possession with thee, and the stranger and the
fatherless and the v\ idow, that are within thy sates,
shall come, and shall eat, and he filled : that the
Ixird thv (iod may bless thee in all the works of
thy bands that thou shalt do.

CHAP. XV.

The late of the tree-nth year of remission. The firitlingt of cat-
tle are to be tamtfied to the Jjord.

IN the seventh year thou shalt make a remission,
2 Which shall be celebrated in this order. He
to whom any thing is owing from his friend or nei^h-
U)ur or brother, cannot demand it again, because
it is the year of remission of the Lord.

3 Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact
it: of thy countrvman and neighbour thou shalt not
have power to demand it again.

4 And there shall lie no poor* nor beggar among

?ou: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the
and which be Will give thee in possession.

5 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the I^ord thy
God, and keep all thing! that he hath ordained, and
which I command thee this day, Iu: will hless thee,
as he hath promised.

t! Thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt
liorrow of no man. Thou shalt have dominion
r very many nations, and no one shall have do-
minion over thee.

7 If one ol thy brethren that dwellcth within the
gates of thy city iu the laud which the Lord thy

• Thm taall k iu foot, let. Il is not to be undentnod u • frtmiu,
Stat there »houM he ito |*»>r in Nrael, »« nppear* from vrr. II, wIm-h-
ea learn Oat Cotft paopb would never be at a km to And objt <

!5f

( iod will give thee, come to poverty , thou shalt not
■ardea thv heart, nor close thy hand.

8 Hut shall open it to the poor man : thon sha t
lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.

9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought sleal in
■POO thee, and thon say in thv heart: The seventh
year of remission draw cth nigh; and thou turn away
thy eve.s horn thy poor brother, denying to lend him
that which he askcth : lest he cry against thee to
the Lord, and it Income a sin unto thee.

10 Hut thou shall give to him: neither shalt thou
do anv thins craftily in relieving his necessities;
that the Lord thj (iod may hless thee at all tun. >,
and in all thing* to which thou shalt put thy
hand.

11 There will not he want ins poor in the land
ol thv habitation : therefore I command thee to open
thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth
in the laud.

12 When thy brother a Hebrew man. or Hebrew
woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six
peatS, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:

18 And when thou seudest him out free, thou
shalt not let him go away empty:

14 Hut shalt give him for his way out of thy flocks,
and out of thy barn-floor, and thv wine-press, y\ here-
with the Lord thy (iod shall bless thee.

15 Remember that thou also wast a bond-ser-
vant in the land of Ksypt. and the Lord thy (iod
made thee free ; and therefore I now command thee
ihis.^

16 But if he say: I will not depart: because he
loveth thee, and thy house, and tindeth that he is
well with thee:

17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his
ear in the door of thy house: and he shall serve
thee for ever: thou shall do iu like manner to thy
woman-servant also.

I<". Turn not awav thy eyes from them when thou
makest them free: Iwcause he hath served thee six
years according to the wasics of a hireling; that the
Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that
thou docsi.

19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and
thv sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy (iod
w iialsover is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work
with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not
shear the first lines of thy sheep.

§0 In the sicht of the Lord thy (iod shalt thou
eat them every year in the place that the Lord shall
choose, thou and thy house.

21 Hut if it have a blemish, or l>e lame, or blind,
or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not Ik.- sa-
crificed to the Lord thy (iod.

22 Hut thou shalt eat it w ithin the gates of thy
city : the clean and the urn lean shall eat then alike,
as the roe, and as the hart.

23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their
blood, but jwurit out on the earth as water.

tin ir charity : but it h an ordinance that all vbnnld Ho tbrir br«t rn-
ilravour* to prevent an) of tla-ir hrt tlmii hum mlfprinr Ihu lianUlupa
of |«oTerty ami want.

CHAP. XVI, XVII.

CHAP. XVI.

The three principal solemnities to be observed : just judges to be
appointed in every city : all occasions of idolatry to be avoid-
ed.

OBSERVE the month of new corn, which is
the first of the spring, that thou mayst cele-
brate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in
tltis month the Lord thy God brought thee out of
Egvpt by night.

2 And thou shalt sacrifice the phase to the Lord
thy God, of sheep, and of oxen, in the place which
the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may
dwell there.

3 Thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread :
seven days shalt thou eat without leaven, the bread
of affliction, because thou earnest out of Egypt in
fear: that thou mayst remember the day of thy
coming out of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

4 No leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for
seven days, neither shall any of the flesh of that
which was sacrificed the first day in the evening re-
main until morning.

5 Thou mayst not immolate the phase in any
one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God will give
thee :

6 But in the place, which the Lord thy God shall
choose, that his name may dwell there : thou shalt
immolate the phase in the evening at the going
down of the sun, at which time thou earnest out of
Egypt

7 And thou shalt dress, and eat it in the place
which the Lord thy God shall choose : and in the
morning rising up thou shalt go into thy dwellings.

8 Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and
on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of
the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.

9 Thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from
that day, wherein thou didst put the sickle to the
corn.

10 And thou shalt celebrate the festival of weeks
to the Lord thy God, a voluntary oblation of thy
hand, which thou shalt offer accordin to the bless-
ing of the Lord thy God :

1 1 And thou shalt feast before the Lord thy God,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-
servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that
is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the father-
less, and the widow, who abide with you; in the
place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his
name may dwell there:

12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a
servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the
things that are commanded.

13 Thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of ta-
bernacles, when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of
the barn-floor and of the wine-press.

14 And thou shalt make merry in thy festival
time, thou, thy son, and thy daughter, thy man ser-
vant, and thy maid-servant, the Levite also, and the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are
within tl>" gates.

15 Seven days shalt thou celebrate feasts to the
Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord shall
choose: and the Lord thy God will bless thee in all
thy fruits, and in every work of thy hands : and thou
shalt be in joy.

16 Three times in a year shall all thy males ap-
pear before the Lord thy God in the place which be
shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, in
the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taberna-
cles. No one shall appear with his hands empty
before the Lord :

17 But every one shall offer according to what
he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his
God, which he shall give him.

18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in
all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee,
in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with
just judgment,

19 And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt
not accept persons nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes
of the wise, and change the words of the just.

20 Thou shalt follow justly after that which is
just; that thou mayest live and possess the land,
which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

21 Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near
the altar of the Lord thy God:

22 Neither shalt thou make nor set up to thyself
a statue; which things the Lord thy God hateth.

CHAP. XVII.

Victims must be without blemish. Idolaters are to be slain. Con-
troversies are to be decided by the high-priest and counsel,
whose sentence must be obeyed, under pain of death. The
duty of a king, who is to receive the lawof God at the priest's
hands.

THOU shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a
sheep, or an ox, wherein there is blemish, or any
fault: for that is an abomination to the Lord thy
God.

2 When there shall be found among you within
any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give
thee, man or women that do evil in the sight of the
Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant,

3 So as to go and serve strange gods, and adore
them, the sun and the moon, and all the host of
heaven,* which I have not commanded :

4 And this is told thee, and hearing it thou hast
inquired diligently, and found it to be true, and that
the abomination is committed in Israel :

5 Thou shalt bring forth the man or the woman,
who have committed that most wicked thing, to the
gates of thy city ; and they shall be stoned.

6 By the mouth of two, or three witnesses, shall
he die, that is to be slain. Let no man be put lo
death, when only one beareth witness against him.

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon
him to kill him, and afterwards the hands of me
rest of the people: that thou mayest take away the
evil out of the midst of thee.

* The holt of heave*.

That is, the stars.
163

IH: I I KKONOMY.

8 If thou perceive* that there be anion:; mm r
hard and doubtful matter in judgment between Mood

and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and lepros) :
and thou see thai the words of the judges within
thy gates do \ar\: arise, and so up Id the jilai e.
which the Lord thy God shall choose.

9 And thou shalt come to the priest* of the I.' -
vitical race, and to the judge, that shall Im- at that
time: and tbou shdt ask of them, and they shall
shew thee the trmh of the judgment

10 And thou shall do whatsoever they shall say,
that preside in the place, which tin; Lord shall
choose, and what they shall teach thee,

11 According to his law; and ihou shalt follow
their sentence : mil her shall thou decline to the right
hand nor to the left hand.

11 lint be that will be proud, and refine to obey

the commandment of the jiriest, who ministercth at

that time to the Lord thv God, and the decree of the

that man shall die, and thou shalt takeaway

the evil from Israel :

13 And all the people hearing it shall fear, that
no one afterwards swell with pride.

14 When thou art come into the land, which the
Lord thy God will give thee, and nojseaasal it, and
shalt say : I will set a kin:; over me, as all nations
have that are round about :

16 Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God
shall choose out of the number of thy brethren.
Thou mayst not make a mail of another nation
kins, thai is not thv brother.

It! And when he is made Icinc, he shall not mul-
tiply horses to himself, uor lead hack the people into
pt, hems lifted up with the number of his horse-
men, especially since the Lord hath commanded you
to return no more th<' same way.

17 He shall not have many w ires, that may allure
his mind, nor immense sums of silver and sold.

18 But after he is raised to the throne of his
kingdom, he shall copy out to himself the Deute-
ronomy of this law in a volume, taking the copy of
the priests of the Levitical trilic:

19 And he shall have it with him, and shall read
it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear
the l,ord his God, and keep his words and ceremo-
nies, that are commanded in the law.

20 And that his heart he not lifted up with pride
over his brethren, nor decline to the risht or to the
left, that he and his suns may reign a long time over
Israel.

CHAP. XVIII.

TV" 1/ird i» the inheritance of the prints and /x-ri'/r*. Unit hi ni»h
nlfiminiitiniu are to he avoided. 'I'hi frmU PkONB r ( 'iiaisT
l* promised. Falte prophet* mutt be tlmn.

r |^lll". priests and Levites, and all that are of the
-*- same triU', shall have no part nor inheritance
with the rest of Israel ; because they shall eat the
sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations.

* if Itum prretir*. irt. Hera we tea what miil>orit\ Bad >u pleaaad
to (ire t" II,. r I i,i r. b-ffuidea • >(' lha OU1 Teataineut. in deciding;, uiili-
val appeal, aUcootnncr»ic« relating to t!te taw , promising lint Ibey

2^ And they shall receive nothing else of the pos-
session of their brethren: for the Lord himself is
their inheritance, as he hath said to them.

This shall Ik' the priest's due from the people,
and from them that offer victims : whether the> sa-
crifice an o\, or a sheep, they slpll give to ihe priest
the shoulder and the breast :

' 4 The first-fruits al.su of corn, of wine, and .1*
oil. and a part of the wool from tin shearing of their
sheep.

5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy
trilxs, to stand, and to minister to the name of the
Lord, him ami his sons for ever.

6 If a Lerife go out of any one of the cities
throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth,and hate
a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord
shall choose.

7 He shall minister in the name of the Lord his
God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall
stand at that time before the Lord.

8 He shall receive the same portion of food that
the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his
own city, by succession from his fathers.

9 When thou art come into the land which the
Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have
a mind to imitate the ai>ominatious of those nations.

10 Neither let there be found among you anyone
that shall expiate his son or daughter, Slaking them
to pass through the fire; or that consulteth sooth-
sayers, or observeth dreams and omens: neither let
there be any wizard,

11 Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pv-
thonic spirits, or fortune-tellers, or that scekcth the
truth from the dead.

12 lor the Lord abhorreth all these things: and
for these abominations he will destroy them at thy
coming.

13 Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot l>efore
tin Lord thy God.

14 These nations, whose land thou shalt |>ossess,
hearken to soothsayers and dhincrs: but thou art
otherwise instructed bv the Lord thy God.

15 The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a
prophet of thy nation and of thy brethren like
unto me: him thou shalt hear:

16 As thou desin dst of the Lord thy God in
Horeb, when the assembly was gathered tost liter,
and saidst : Let me not hear any more the voire of
the Lord m\ G(mI, neither let me see any more this
exceeding great lire, lest I die.

17 Ami the Lord said tome: They have spoken
all thins* well.

IN I will raise them up a proph e t out of the mitbt
of their brethren like to thee: and I will put mv
words in his mouth, and he shall speak all that I shall
command him.

19 And he that will not hear his words, n Inch he
shall sixak in my name, I will Ik- the revenger.

20 Hut the prophet who being corrupted with

•Im.iiIiI not err tWrnn I ami min-ly be baa Dot dooe !
guides of the .New Testament.

(or lite cbarr.b-

CHAP. XIX, XX.

The cities of refuge.

pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not
command him to say, or in the name of strange gods,
shall he slain.

21 And if in silent thought thou answer: How
shall I know the word that the Lord hath not
spoken ?

22 Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that
same .prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord,
and it cometh not to pass, that thing the Lord hath
not s|H)kcii ; hut the prophet hath forged it by the

[>ride of his mind : and therefore thou shalt not fear
lim.

CHAP. XIX.

Wilful murder, and false witnesses must
be punislied.

WHEN the Lord thy God hath destroyed the
nations, whose land he will deliver to thee,and
thou shalt possess it, and shall dwell in the cities
and houses thereof:

2 Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the
midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in
possession,

3 Pavingdiligentlythe way: and thou shalt divide
the whole province of thy land equally into three
parts; thathe who is forced to flee for man slaughter,
may have near at hand whither to escape.

4 This shall he the law of the slayer that fleeth,
whose life is to be saved : He that killeth his neigh-
bour ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no
hatred against him yesterday and the day before:

5 But to have gone with him to the wood to hew
Wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped
out of his hand, and the iron slipping from the handle
struck his friend, and killed him; he shall flee to one
of the cities aforesaid, and live:

6 Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose
blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue,
and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take
away the life of him who is not guilty of death, be-
cause he is proved to have had no hatred before
igainst him that was slain.

7 Therefore I command thee, that thou separate
three cities at equal distance one from another.

8 And when the Lord thv God shall have enlarged
thy borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give
thee all the land that he promised them,

9 (Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and
do the thintrs which 1 command thee this day, that
thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways
at all times) thou shalt add to the other three cities,
and shalt double the number of the three cities afore-
said :

10 That innocent blood may not be shed in the
midst of the land which the Lord thy God will give
thee to uossess, lest thou be guilty of blood.

11 But if any man hating his neighbour lie in
wait for his life, and rise and strike him. and he die,
and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,

12 The ancients of his city shall send, and take
him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him
into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood
was shed; and he shall die.

13 Thou shalt not pity him; and thou shalt take
away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that
it may be well with thee.

14 Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's
landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thv pos-
session, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the
land that thou shalt receive to possess.

15 One witness shall not rise up against any man,
whatsoever the sin or wickedness be; but in the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall
stand.

16 If a lying witness stand against a man, accu-
sing him of transgression,

1 7 Both of them, between whom the controversy
is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the
priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

18 And when after most diligent inquisition, they
shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against
his brother:

19 They shall render to him as he meant to do
to his brother: and thou shalt take away the evil
out of the midst of thee :

20 That others hearing may fear, and may not
dare to do such things.

21 Thou shalt not pity him; but shalt require
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot.

CHAP. XX.

Laws relating to war.

TF thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see
-*- horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the
enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear
them; because the Lord thy God is with thee, who
brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

2 And when the battle is now at hand, the priest
shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the
people in this manner:

3 Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against
your enemies; let not your heart be dismayed, be
not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not:

4 Because the Lord your God is in the midst of
you and will fight for you against your enemies, to
deliver you from danger.

5 And the captains shall proclaim through every
band in the hearing of the army : What man is there,
that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated
it ? Jet him go, and return to his house, lest he die
in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

6 What man is there, that hath planted a vine-
yard, and hath not as yet made it to be common,
whereof all men may eat? let him go, and return
to his house : lest he die in the battle, and another
man execute his office.

7 What man is there, that hath espoused a wife,
and not taken her? let him go, and return to his
house: lest he die in the war, and another man take
her.

8 After these things are declared, they shall add
the rest, and shall speak to the people: What man
is rliH-e that is fearful, and faint-hearted? let him go,
and return tohis house, lest he make the hearts of his
brethren to fear, as he himself is possessed with fear

155

DEUTERONOMY.

9 Anil when the captains of tin- anm shall bold
their |>eac(\ ami have made an end of speaking,
every man shall prepare tbeir bands to fight.

10 If at any time thou DOOM to fight against a
city, thou shall first offer it peace.

1 1 If thfv receive if, ami open the gates to thee,
all the people that arc therein, shall Ik* saved, and
shall serve thee paving tribute.

1J hut if tlnv will not make peace, and shall
begin war against thee, thou shall besiege it.

13 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver it
into thy hands, thou shalt slay all that are therein
of the male sex, with the edge of the sword,

14 Excepting women and children, cattle and
other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt
divide all the prey to the army : and thou shalt eat
the s|»oils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God
shall give thee.

15 So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a
prcat distance from thee, and are not of these cities
which thou shalt receive in possession.

Hi But of those cities that shall be given thee,
thou shalt suffer noiM* at all to live:

17 But shall kill them with the edge of the
sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and
the Chanaanite, the Phcrezite, and the Hevite, and
the Jebusite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded
thee:

18 Lest they teach you to do all the abominations
which they have done to their gods: and you should
sin against the Lord your God.

19 When thou hast besieged a city a long time,
and hath compassed it with bulwarks to take it,
thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten
of, neither shalt thou spoil the country round about
with axes: for it is a tree, and not a man, neither
can it increase the number of them that figtM
against thee.

20 But if there be any trees that are not fruitful,
but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and
make engines, until thou take the city, which fight-
eth against tliee.

CHAP. XXI.

The expiation of a secret murder. The marrying a rapt ire.
The eldett ton must wit hr deprived of hit birthright for hti-
trrd of his mother. A ttubhorn son it to be ttoned to death.
When one it hanged on a gibbet, he mutt be taken dmrn the
I day, and buried.

WHEN there shall l>e found in the land, which
the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse
of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilt}
of the murder.

2 Thv ancient] and judges shall go out, and
shall measure from the place where the lxtdv lieth,
the distance of every city round al>out :

3 Ami the ancients ol that city which they shall

twrceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a
leifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke,
nor ploughed the ground.

4 And they shall bring Iht into a rough and stony
valley, that never was ploughed, nor sown: and
there they shall strike oil" the head of the heifer.

5 And the priests the sons of Levi wliall conic,

whom the Lord thy find hath chosen fo minister t*
him, and to bless in his name ; and that by tbeii
word every matter tk<m td br dnitlt d. and wh.itso-
. in is clean or unclean should be judged.

b' And the ancients of that tit \ shall come to the
person slain, and shall wash their hands over the
beifer that was killed in the valli f.

7 And shall say: Our bauds did not shed this
blood, nor did our eves see it.

b* Be merciful to thy peonle Israel, whom thou
hast redeemed, O Lord, and lay not innocent blood
lo their charge in the midst of thy people Israel.
And the guilt of blood shall l>e taken from them:

9 And thou shalt be free from the innocent's
blixnl, that was shed, when thou shalt have done
what the Lord hath commanded thee.

10 If thou go out to fight against thy enemies,
and the Lord thy God deliver them into thy hand,
and thou lead them away captives,

11 And seest in the BttSabtf of the captives a
beautiful woman, and Invest her, and wilt have her
to wife,

12 Thou shalt bring her into thy house : and she
shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

13 And shall put oil" the raiment, wherein she
was taken; and shall remain in thy house, sad
mourn for her fatheraud mother one month : and alter
that thou shalt go in unto her, and shalt sleep with
her, and she shall be thy wife.

14 But if afterwards she please thee not, thou
shalt let her go free; but thou mays! not sell her
for money, nor oppress her by might: l>ecause thou
hast humbled her.

16 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and
the other hated, and they have had children by him,
and the son of the hated l>c the lirst-lxirn,

16 And he ineaueth to divide his substance
among his sons: he may not make the son of the
beloved the first-born, and prefer him before the sou
of the hated.

17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated
for the first-born, and shall give him a double por-
tion of all be hath: for this is the first of his chil-
dren, and to him are due the first birthrights.

18 It a man have a stubborn and unruly son,
who will not hear the commandments () f his father
or mother, and l>eing corrected, slighteth obedience :

19 They shall take him, and bring him to the
ancient! of bis city, and to the gate ol judgment,

20 And shall say to them: This our son is rebel*
lions and stubborn ; he slightcth hearing our admo-
nitions; he giveth himself to revelling, and to de-
bauchery and hanquctings:

21 The people of the city shall stone him: and
he shall die, that you ma\ take awav the evil out
of the midst of >ou, and all Israel hearing it may
be .ill aid.

22 When a man hath committed a crime foi
which be is to lie punished with death, and being
condemned to die is banged on a gibbet:

23 His body shall not remain U|k>ii the tree, but
shall be buried the same day : for he is accursed ol
God that haugeth on a tree : ami thou shalt uot de-

CHAP. XXII, XXIII.

file thy land, which the Lord thy God shall give thee
iti possession.

CHAP. XXII.

Humanity towards neighbours. Neither sex may use the ap-
parel of the other. Cruelty to be avoided even to birds. Bat-
tlements about the roof of a house. Things of divers kinds
not to be. mixed. The punishment of him that slandereth his
wife, as also of adultery and rape.

1MIOU shak not pass by if thou seest thy bro-
ther's ox, or his sheep go astray : but thou shalt
bring them back to thy brother.

2 And if thy brother be not nigh, or thou know
him not; thou shalt bring them to thy house, and
thev shall be with thee until thy brother seek them,
ana receive them.

3 Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and
with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy
brother's, which is lost : if thou find it, neglect it
not as pertaining to another.

4 If thou see thy brother's ass or his ox to be
fallen down in the way, thou shalt not slight it, but
shall lift it up with him.

5 A woman shall not be clothed with man's ap-
parel ; neither shall a man use woman's apparel :
for he that doeth these things is abominable before
God.

6 If thou find, as thou walkest by the way, a
bird's nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam
sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt
not take* her with her young :

7 But shalt let her go, keeping the young which
thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee,
and thou mayst live a long time.

8 When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt
make a baltlementf to the roof round about : lest
blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if
any one slip, and fall down headlong.

9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers
seeds: lest both the seed which thou hast sown,
and the fruit of the vineyard, be sanctified together.

10 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass
together.

1 1 Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven
of woollen and linen together-

12 Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the
four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be
covered.

13 If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate
her,

14 And seek occasions to put her away, laying
to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this
woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not
a virgin :

15 Her father and mother shall take her, and
shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to
the ancients of the city that are in the gate:

16 And the father shall say: I gave my daughter
unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

* Thou shalt not take, !fc. This was to show thorn to exercise a cer-
tain mercy even to irrational creatures; and by that means to train
them up to a horror of cruelty, and to the exercise of humanity and
mutual charity one to another.

f Bntllcment. This precaution was necessary, because all their
houses had flat tops ; and it was usual to walk and to converse toge-
ther upon tin m

17 He layeth to her charge a very ill name, iA
as to say: 1 found not thy daughter a virgin: and be
hold, these are the tokens of my daughter's vir-
ginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the
ancients of the city :

1 8 And the ancients of that city shall take that
man, and beat him,

19 Condemning him besides in a hundred siclea
of silver, which he shall give to the damsel's fatht r,
because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin
of Israel: and he shall have her to wife, and may
not put her away all the days of his life.

20 But if what he chargelh her with be true, and
virginity be not found in the damsel:

21 1 hey shall cast her out of the doors of her fa-
ther's house; and the men of the city shall stone
her to death; and she shall die: because she hath
done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in
her father's house: and thou shalt take away the
evil out of the midst of thee.

22 If a man lie with another man's wife, they
shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the
adulteress: and thou shak take away the evil out
of Israel.

23 If a man have espoused a damsel that is a
virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie
wilh her,

24 Thou slialt bring them both out to the gate oi
that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, be-
cause she cried not out, being in the city: the man,
because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife.
And thou shak take away the evil lrom the midst
of thee.

25 But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed,
in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he
alone shall die:

26 The damsel shall suffer nothing; neither is
she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against
his brother, and takcth away his life, so also did
the damsel suffer:

27 She was alone in the field: she cried, and
there was no man to help her.

28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who
is not espoused, and taking her lie with her, and
the matter come to judgment :

29 He that lay with her, shall give to the father
of the maid fifty sides of silver, and shall have her
to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not
put her away all the days of his life.

30 No man shall take his father's wife, nor re-
move his covering.

CHAP. XXIII.

Who may and who may not enter into the church : undeannrsi
to be avoided : other precepts concerning fugitives, fornica-
tion, usury, vows, and eating other men's grapes and corn.

AN eunuch, % whose testicles are broken or cut
away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the
church§ of the Lord.

\ Eunuch. By these are meant, in the spiritual sense, such as are
barren in good works.

t Into the church. That is, into the assembly or congregation of Is-
rael, so as to have the privilege of an Israelite, or to be capable of
any place or office among the people of God,

157

! \ mamzer. that is to say, one bom of a pros-
titute, shall not enter into the church of the Loid.
until the tenth generation.

.< The Ammonite, and the Moahite e\< n alter
the tenth generation shall not enter into the church
of the Lord for ever:

4 Because they would not meet you with liread
and water in the waj . w hen pisj came out of Lgvpt :
and because tins hind against thee Balaam, the
vm of Boor, frouiMeso|iotaniia in Syria, to curse
thee:

5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Ba-
laam; and he turned his cursing into thy blessing,
because he loved thee.

»> Thou shall not make peace with them; neither
shall thou seek their prosperity all the da\s ol thy
lite tor ever.

7 Thou shalt not abhor the Kdomite, because
he is thy brother: nor the Kgvptian, because thou
\\ i-t ,i stranger in his land.

8 They that are bora of them, in the third ge-
neration shall enter into the church of the Lord.

9 When thou goest out to war against thy ene-
mies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thins:

It) If there he among you any man, that is de-
filed in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of
the camp.

1 1 Ann shall not return l>efore he Ik; u ashed w ith
water in the evening: and after sun-set he shall re-
turn into the camp.

12 Thou shalt have a place without the camp,
to which thou mays! go tor the necessities of nature.

1.) ( aming a paddle at thy girdle. And when
thou s'utest down, thou shalt dig round about, and
with the earth that is dug up thou shall cover

14 That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord
thy (iod walketh in the midst of thy camp to de-
liver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee :) and
let thy camp In- holy, and let no uncleanness* ap-
|>ear then-in, lest In- go aw ay from thee.

15 Thou shalt not deliver to his master the ser-
vant that is fled to line.

16 He shall dwell with thee, in the place that
shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities:
give him no trouhle.

17 There shall he no whore among the daugh-
ters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of
Israel.

1H Thou shalt not offer the hiie of a strumpet.
nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord
thv God. whatsoever it lie thai thou hast vowed:
l>< cause both these are an abomination to the Lord
tin ( iod.

19 Thou shah not lend to thy brother money to
usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:

Jf> Hut to the stranger. t To thy brother thou
shalt lend that which he wanted), without USUTl :
that the Lord thy (iod may bless thee in all tin

DEUTERONOMY.

works, ni the land which thou shalt go in to jkiv

* .Vo mtitmnnt. This caution »e-.m*t tuflrrinjr any filih in the
c»m|>. >u to Inch theni to fly the fillli <»f tin, which iliirctli God
awpv fmm the Mat

♦ To tkt tlr, urrr. Thin »ra.» a <li»"< n»»li<>M irraniitl hi God 10 Im
people, who being the I.nnl ol .11 ihinirv ran give a right and title

ISO

-ess.

Jl When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy
(iod, thou shall not delay to pay it: because the
Lord tin dod will require it. And if thou delay, it
shall he imputed to thee for a sin.

22 If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be with-
out sin.

J.; Hut that which is once gone out of thy lips,
thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast pro-
mised to the Lord tin (iod, and hast spoken with
tin own will and with thy own mouth.

24 Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou
ma\st tat as main grapes as thou plcasest : but must
earn none out w ith thee:

-'."» If thou go into thy friend's corn, thou mayst
break the ears, and rub them in thy hand; but not
reap them with a sickle.

CHAP. XXIV.

Divorce permitted, to avoid greater evil: the newly-married
iiiiikI Bat fO to WOT : of mrn-stralcrs, of leprosy, (f pledges, of
labourers' hire, of justice, and of charity to the poor.

FF a man take a wife, and have her, ami she find
■*• not favour in his eyes for some uncleanness: he
shall write a bill of -divorce, and shall give it in her
hand, and send her out of his house.

2 And when she is departed, and marrielh another
husband,

3 And he also hateth her, and hath given her a
bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house,
or is dead:

4 The former husband cannot take her again to
wife: because she is defiled, and is become alx>-
minalile before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land
to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to
possess.

5 When B man hath lately taken a wife, he shall
not go out to war; neither shall any public business
be enjoined him : but he shall be free at home without
fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

ti Thou shalt not take the nether nor the upper
mill-stone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to
thee.

7 If any man be found soliciting his brother of the
children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price,
he shall Im- put to death, and thou shall take awa\
the evil from ihe midst ol' thee.

8 Observe diligently thai tliou incur not the stroke

of the leprosy, UUt thou shall do whatsoever the
priests of the Leviiical race shall teach thee, accord-
ing tt> what I have commanded them, and fulfil
thou it carefully.

9 Remember what the Lord your God did to

MarT, in the way when \ou came out of I'.gvpt.

10 When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any
thing thai he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his
hiiiise to take awa\ a pledge:

to one «pi>n tlie goodi o( another. Otherwi* Inn !> r»

• in ilrtnn* usiiri . :i- enntrarj lothetawi
-.. IiH U I ol KSV.36 37. * r,4i v. 7. fiah

I I m*. \».u U, 13,

CHAP. XXV, XXVI.

1 1 But thou shalt stann without, and he shall

B shall not lodge

bring our to ihee what he hatli

12 But if he he |>oor, the uled s
with thee that night,

13 But thou shalt restore it to him presently he-
fore the going down of the sun: that he may sleep
in his own raiment, and bless thee, and thou mayst
have justice before the Lord thy God.

14 Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy,
and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stran-
ger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is with-
in thy gates:

15 But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour
the same day, before the going down of the sun, be-
cause lie is poor, and with it maintained! his life:
lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be re-
puted to thee for a sin.

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the
children, nor the children for the fathers, but every
one shall die for his own sin.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the
stranger nor of the fatherless: neither shalt thou take

awav the widow's raiment for a

pledge.

18 Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt,
and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence.
Therefore 1 command thee to do this thing.

19 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field,
and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not re-
turn to take it away: but thou shalt sulfer the stran-
ger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it
away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all
the works of thy hands.

20 If thou have gathered the fruit of thy olive-
trees, thou shalt not return to gather whatsoever re-
niaineth on the trees: but shall leave it for the stran-
ger, for the fatherless, and the widow.

21 If thou make the mintage of thy vineyard,
thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain: but
they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and
the widow.

22 Remember that thou also wast a bond-man in
Egypt, and therefore I command thee todothis thing.

CHAP. XXV.

Strip™ must not exceed forty. The ox is not to be muzzled. Of
raising seed to the. brother. Of the immodest woman. Of unjust
wight. Of destroying the Amalecitrs.

IF there be a controversy between men, and they
call upon the judges; they shall give the prize
of justice to him whom they perceive to he just:
and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall
condemn of wickedness.

2 And if they see that the offender be worthy of
stripes; they shall lay him down, and shall cause
him to be beaten before them. According to the
measure of the sin shall the measure also of the
stripes be :

3 Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty:
lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.

* Jfot muzzle, fyc. St. Paul understands this of the spiritual labourer
in the church of God, who is not to he denied his maintenance. 1
t or. ix. ft, 9, 10.

t .tmalec. This order fo r destroying the Amaleeites, in the nivsti-
cal sense, sheweth how hateful they are to God, and what punishments

4 Thou shalt not muzzle* the ox that treadeth
out thv corn on the floor.

6 When brethren dwell together, and one of them
dieth without children, the wife of the deceased
shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take
her, and raise up seed for his brother:

6 And the first son he shall have of her he shall
call by his name, that his name be not abolished
out of Israel.

7 But if he will not take his brother's wife, w ho
by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the
gate of the city, and call upon the ancients and say:
iVly husband's brother refuseth to raise up his bro-
ther's name in Israel and will not take me to wife.

8 And they shall cause him to he sent for forth-
with, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not
take her to wife:

9 The woman shall come to him before the an-
cients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and
spit in his face, and say: So shall it he done to the
man that will not buildup his brothers house:

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The
house of the unshod.

11 If two men have words together, and one be-
gin to fight against the other, and the other's wife
willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of
the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him
by the secrets:

12 Thou shalt cut offherhand; neither shalt thou
be moved with any pity in her regard.

13 Thou shalt not have diverse weights in thy
bag, a greater and a less:

14 Neither shall there be in thy house a greater
bushel and a less.

15 Thou shalt have a just and a true weight; and
thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayst
live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy
God shall give thee.

16 For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that
docth these things; and he hateth all injustice.

17 Remember what Amalecfdid to thee in the
way when thou earnest out of Egypt:

18 How he met thee; and slew the hindmost of
thy army, who sat down being weary, when thou
wast spent with hunger and labour; and he feared
not God.

19 Therefore when the Lord thv God shall give
thee rest, and shall have subdued all the nations
round about in the land which he hath promised thee;
thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven.
See thou forget it not.

CHAP. XXVI.

The form of words with which the first-fruits and tithes are to
be offered. Go(Ps eortnant.

A ND when thou art come into the land which
x *- the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, and
hast conquered it, and dwellest in it:

they are to look for from his justice, who attack and discourage his
servants when they are hut just come out, as it were of the Egypt of
this wicked world," and being yet weak and faint-hearted, are but
beginning their journey to the iand of promise.

•59

hi ITLRONOMY.

2 Thou shall take the first of all thy fruits, ami
put them in a basket, ami >li;tlt go to tin- place w Inch
the I. on! thv God shall choose, that his name mav
he invocateii there:

3 And thou shah go to the priest that shall lie in
those daw. ami sivtohiin: I profos this day before
the Lord thy God, (hat 1 am come into the land, for
which he swore to our fathers, that he would give
it us.

4 And the priest taking the hasket at thy hand,
shall set it hefore the altar of the Lord thy (iod:

6 And thou shalt s|>eak thus In the sight of the
Jjortl thy Gad: The Syrian* pursued my father,
who went down into Egypt, ami sojourned there in
a very small number, and grew into a nation great
and stron;:, and of an im'rnile multitude.

6 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and pefSa-
cuted us, laving on us most grievous burdens:

; \ ml MM cried to the Lord God of our fathers:
who heard us, and looked down upon our affliction,
and lalnnir, and distn ss;

8 And brought us out of Egypt with a strong
hand, and a siretched-out arm, with great terror,
with signs and wonders:

'.* And brought us into this place, and gave us
this land flow iug w it Ii milk and honey.

10 And therefore now I oiler the first-fruits of
the land which the Lord hath given me. And thou
shalt leave them in the sight of the Lord thy God,
adoring the Lord thy God.

11 And thou shalt feast in all the good things
which the Lord thy God hath given thee, and thy
house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is
with thee.

12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all thy
fruits, in the third year of tithes thou shalt rive it
to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the father-
less, and to the widow, that they may eat within
thy gates, and l>e filled :

13 And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the
Lord thy God: I have taken that which WM sanc-
tified out of my house, ami I have given it to the
Levite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless.
and to the widow, as thou hast commanded me: I
have not transgressed thy commandments, nor for-
gotten thy precepts.

14 I have not eaten of them in my mourning, nor
separated them for any uucleaiiness, nor spent
anything of them in funerals. I have obeyed the
voire of the Lord n»> (i<>d, and have done ail things
as thou hast commanded me.

15 Look from thv sanctuary, and thy high habita-
tion of heaven, and bless thv people Israel, and the
land which thou hast given us. as thou didst swear
to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and
hones.

16 This dav the Lord thv (iod hath commanded
thee to do these commandments and judgments:
and to keep and fulfil them with all thy heart, ami
with all thy soul.

17 Thou has! chosen the Lord this daj to be thy

T \t Syrian.

Laban. See Cm. mn
100

< iod, ami to walk in his ways and keep his ceremo-
nies, aiid (incepts, and judgments, and obey his
command.

Ill And the Lord hath chosen thee this day, to
hi his peculiar people, as he hath ■pokes to thee,
and to keep all his commandments :

19 And to make thee higher than all nations
which he hath created, to his own praise, and name,
and glory : that thou mavst Ik: a holy people of the
Lord thy God as he hath spoken.

CHAP. XXVII.

The commandments mtint be written on stonrt ; and an alt-ir
erected, and sacrifices offered. Tke observers of the com-
nuindmcnts are to be blessed, and the transfrrrtsort cursed.

AND Moses with the ancients of Israel com-
-^*- maiuled the people, saving: Keep every com-
mandment that 1 command you this day.

2 And when you are passed over the Jordan into
the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.
thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them
over with plaster,

3 That thou mavst write on them all the words
of this law, when thou art passed over the Jordan:
that thou mavst inter into the land which the Lord
thy God will give thee, a land flowing with milk
and honey, as he swore to thy fathers.

4 Therefore when you are passu! over the Jor-
dan, set up the stones which I command you this
day, in mount Ilebal; and thou shalt plaster ihem
vv |ta plaster:

5 And thou shalt build there an altar to the Lord
thy God, of stones w hich iron hath not touched,

6 And of stones not fashioned not polished: and
thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the Lord thy
God:

7 And shalt immolate peace-victims, and eat
there, ami feast before the Lord thv (iod.

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the
words of this law plainly and clearly.

9 And Moses and the priests of the race of Levi
said to all Israel: Attend, ami hear, () Israel. This
daj thou art made the |ieoplc of the Lord thv (iod.

10 Thou shalt hear his voice, and do the com-
mandments and justices which I command thee.

11 And Moses commanded the people in that
day. saving:

I 1 These shall stnnd U|K>n mount Gari/.im to
bless the people, when von are passed the Jordan:
Simeon, Levi, Judn, Issachar, Joseph, and lien-
jamin.

13 And over-against them shall stand on mount
Ilebal to curse: Ruben, (iad, and Aser, and Xa-
bulou, Dan, and .Nephtali.

14 And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to
all the men of Israel with a loud voice:

15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and
molten thing, the abomination ol the Lord, the Work
of the bauds of artificers, and shall put it in a secret
place: and all the people shall answer, ami sa\ :
Amen.

16 Cursed be he that tinnoiin 111 not hisfailui
and mother; and all the pcopk hill mj : Amm

CHAP. XXVIII.

17 Cursed be he that removclh his neighbour's
land marks : and all the people shall say : Amen.

18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wan-
der out of his way : and all the people shall say :
Amen.

19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of
the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow : and
all the people shall say : Amen.

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife,
and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall
say: Amen.

21 Cursed be he that lieth with any beast : and
all the people shall say : Amen.

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the
daughter of his father, or of his mother : and all
the people shall say : Amen.

23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-
law : and all the people shall say : Amen.

24 Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neigh-
bour: and all the people shall say : Amen.

25 Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an
innocent person : and all the people shall say: Amen.

26 Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of
this law, and fulfilleth them not in work : and all
the people shall say : Amen.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Many blessings are promised to the observers of God's com-
mandments ; and curses threatened to transgressors.

NOW if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy
God, to do and keep all his commandments,
which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God
will make thee higher than all the nations that are on
the earth.

2 And all these blessings* shall come upon thee,
and overtake thee : yet so if thou hear his precepts.

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed
in the field.

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and
the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,
the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thybarns, and blessed thy stores.

6 Blessed shalt* thou be coming in and going out.

7 The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up
against thee, to fall down before thy face : one way
shall they come out against thee, and seven ways
shall they flee before thee.

8 The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy
store-houses, and upon all the works of thy hands ;
and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt re-
ceive.

9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy peo-
ple to himself, as he swore to thee ; if thou keep
the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk
in his ways.

10 And all the people of the earth shall see that
the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee ; and
they shall fear thee.

* Ml these blessings, Sec. In the Old Testament, God promised tem-
poral blessing's to the keepers of his law, heaven not being 1 opened as
yet ; and ttiat gross and sensual people being" more moved with pre-
sent and sensible things. But in the New Testament the goods that
are promised us are spiritual and eternal: and temporal evils are
turned into blessings.

11 The Lord will make thee abound with all
goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of
thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the
Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.

12 The Lord will open his excellent treasure,
the heaven, that it may give rain in due season : and
he will bless all the works of thy hands. And
thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not bor-
row of any one.

13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and
not the tail : and thou shalt be always above, and
not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the command-
ments of the Lord thy God which I command thee
this day, and keep and do them.

14 And turn not away from them neither to the
right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods,
nor worship them.

15 But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the
Lord thy God, to keep, and to do all his command-
ments and ceremonies, which I command thee this
day, all these cursesf shall come upon thee, and
overtake thee.

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in
the field.

1 7 Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores.

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and
the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and
the flocks of thy sheep.

19 Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed
going out.

20 The Lord shall send upon thee famine and
hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which
thou shalt do : until he consume and destroy thee
quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which
thou hast forsaken me.

21 May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee,
until he consume thee out of the land, which thou
shalt go in to possess.

22 May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want,
with the fever and with cold, with burning and with
heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and
pursue thee till thou perish.

23 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass • and
the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

24 The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy
land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon
thee, till thou be consumed.

25 The Lord make thee to fall down before thy
enemies : one way mayst thou go out against them,
and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all
the kingdoms of the earth.

26 And be thy carcass meat for all the fowls of
the air, and the beasts of the earth ; and be there
none to drive them away.

27 The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt,
and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast
out, with the scab and with the itch ; so that thou
canst not be healed.

f Ml these curies, fyc. Thus God dealt with the transgressors of his
law in the Old Testament : but now he often suffers sinners to pros-
per in this world, rewarding them for some little good they have
done, and reserving their punishment for the other world.

161

I>KI TERONOMY.

28 The Lord strike thee with rondures end blind-
ness am) 1 1 1 r > of mind,

29 And mayst thou pope at mid-day as the blind
is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight
thv ways. And mavst thou at all times Miller

wrong, and he oppressed with violence: and mayst

tliiiu have no DM to deliver th-

Mi\st thon take a wile, and another sleep
with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell
therein. Mayst thou plant a vineyard, and not ga-
ther the vintage thereof.

!| Mav thy o\ he slain heforethee, and thou not
eat thereof. May thv ass lie taken away in tin
Bight, and not restored to thee. .May thv sheep be
eiven to thy enemies, and may there be none to

help tie

May thv sons and thy daughters he given to
another people, thy eyes looking on, and languish-
ing &l the sight of them all the day: and may there
be no Strength in thy hand.

33 May a people which thou knowest not, oat
the fruits of thy laud, and all thy labours : and mayst
thou always suffer oppression, and he crushed at all
(in;

\nd be astonished at the terror of those things
Which thy eves shall see.

35 May the Lord strike thee with a very sore
ulcer in the knees and in the legs; and be thou in-
curable from the sole of the foot tothetopof thy head.

■ '>>'< The Lord shall brim; thee, and thy kin::.
whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a
nation which thou and thy fathers know not : and
there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.

37 And thou shalt lie lost, as a proverb and a
by-word to all people, among whom the Lord shall
brine thee hi.

38 Thou shalt east much seed into the ground,
and gather little: because the locusts shall con-
sume all.

.1'.) Thou shalt plant a vinevard. and dig it. and
shalt not drink the wine, nor gather any thing there-
of: because it shall be wasted with worms.

40 Thou shalt have olive-trees in all thv borders,
and shalt not be anointed with the oil : for the
olives shall fall off and perish.

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and
shalt not enjoy them : because they shall be led
into captivity.

42 The blast shall consume all the trees and the
fruits of thv ground.

1-'. The itranger that lireth with thee in the land,

shall rise up over thee, and shall Ik? higher : and
thou shalt m down, and be lower.

44 I le shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend
to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt he
the tail

45 And all these corses shall come upon thee,
and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish :
because thou beardest not the voice of the Lord thy
God, and didst not keep his commandments and
.•••remonies which he commanded thee.

46 And they shall he as simis and wonders on
thee, and on thy seed for ever.

V7 Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy
God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abun-
dance of all thing

48 TflOU shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord
will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, ami
nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall

put an iron voke upon thy neck, till be consume then

49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from
afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, Iik«-
an eagle that Qieth Swiftly : whose tongue thou cans)
not understand :

50 A most insolent nation, that will show no re-
gard to the ancient, nor have pity on the infant,

51 And will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and
the fruits of thy laud: until thou be destroyed
and will leave thee no wheat, nor v\ ine, nor oil. nc
herds of oxen, nor flocks of sheep; until he de
Stray thee.

52 And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy
strong and high walls be brought down, wherein
thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be be-
sieged within thy gates in all thy land, which the
Lord thj ( rod will give thee:

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb,
and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, w |iich
the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress anil
extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee.

54 The man that is nice among you. and very
delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wile,
that lieth in his bosom,

_ 55 So that he will not give them of the flesh ofl
his children, which he shall eat : because he hath
nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith
thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gales.

56 The tender and delicate woman, that could
not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for
over-much nicencss and tenderness, will envy her
husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh ol her
son, and of her daughter.

57 And the filth of the after-births, thai come
forth from between her thighs, and the children
that are born the same hour. For they shall eat
them secretly for the want of- all things, in the
siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall op-
press thee w ithin thy gales.

58 If thou will not keep, and fulfil all the words
of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear
his glorious aud terrible name : that is, The Lord
thy God :

59 The Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the
plagues of thy seed, plagues great and lasting, in-
firmities grievous and perpetual.

60 And he shall bring back on thee all the affli< -
lions of Egypt, w bich thou wast afraid of; aud they
shall stick fast to thee.

61 Moreover, the Lord will bring upon thee all
the diseases and psSgUeSi that are not written in
the volume of this law till he consume thee :

62 And you shall remain lew in number, whc
before were as the stars of heaven for multitude,
because thou In aidest not the voice of the Lord
thy God.

63 And as tin Lord rejoiced ti|H)n you before

CHAP. XXIX

doing good to you, and multiplying you ; so he shall
rejoice destroying and bringing you to naught: so
that you shall be taken away from the land which
thou shalt go in to possess.

64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all peo-
ple, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends
thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods,
which both thou art ignorant of, and thy fathers,
wood and stone.

65 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those
nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of
thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful
heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed
with pensiveness :

66 And thy life shall be as it were hanging be-
fore thee. Thou shalt fear night and day ; neither
shalt thou trust thy life.

67 In the morning thou shalt say : Who will
grant me evening ? and at evening : Who will grant
me morning ? lor the fearfulness of thy heart,
wherewith thou shalt. be terrified, and for those
things which thou shalt see with thy eyes.

68 The Lord shall bring thee again with ships
into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee
that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt
thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen ; and no man shall buy you.

CHAP. XXIX.

The covenant is solemnly confirmed between God and his people.
Threats against those that shall break it.

THESE are the words of the covenant which
the Lord commanded Moses to make with
the children of Israel in the land of Moab ; beside
that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them :
You have seen all the things that the Lord did be-
fore you in the land of Egypt, to Pharao, and to all
his servants, and to his whole land ;

3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen,
those mighty signs, and wonders :

4 And the Lord hath not given you* a heart to un-
derstand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear,
unto this present day.

5 He hath brought you forty years through the
desert : your garments are not worn out, neither are
the shoes of your feet consumed with age.

6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk
wine or strong drink: that you might know that I
am the Lord your God.

7 And you came to this place : and Sehon king
of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against
us to fight. And we slew them ;

8 And took their iand. and delivered it for a pos-
session to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of
Manasses.

9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and
fulfil them ; that you may understand all that you do.

* Hath not given you, Sfc. Through your own fault and because you
resisted his grace.

f Tie drunken, S/-C. absumat ebria sitientem. It is a proverbial expres-
sion, which may either be understood, as spoken by the sinner, bless-
ing, that is flattering himself iu his sins with the imagination of peace,

10 You all stand this day before the Lord your
God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and
doctors, all the people of Israel,

11 Your children, and your wives, and the stran-
ger that abidetb with thee in the camp, besides the
hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the
Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the
Lord thy God maketh with thee :

13 That he may raise thee up a people to him-
self, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to
thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.

14 Neither with you only do I make this cove-
nant, and confirm these oaths,

15 But with all that are present, and that are ab-
sent.

16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of
Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst
of nations ; and passing through them,

17 You have seen their abominations and filth ;
that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver
and gold, which they worshipped.

18 Lest perhaps there should be among you a
man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is
turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go
and serve the gods of those nations : and there
should be among you a root bringing forth gall and
bitterness.

19 And when he shall hear the words of this oath,
he should bless himself in his heart, saying : I shall
have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of
my heart : and thedrunken tmayconsumethethirsty.

20 And the Lord should not forgive him : but his
wrath and jealousy against that man should be ex-
ceedingly enkindled at that time ; and all the curses
that are written in this volume should light upon
him : and the Lord should blot out his name from
under heaven,

21 And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to the curses that are contained in
the book of this law and covenant :

22 And the following generation shall say, and
the children that shall be born hereafter, and the
strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the
plagues of that land, and the evils wherewith the
Lord hath afflicted it,

23 Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt,
so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green
thing grow therein, after the example of the destruc-
tion of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim,
which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indig-
nation :

24 And all the nations shall say : Why hath the
Lord done thus to this land ? what meaneth this
exceeding great heat of his wrath ?

25 And they shall answer : Because they forsook
the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their

and so great an abundance as may satisfy, and as it were, consume all
thirst and want; or it may be referred to the root of bitterness, spoket)
of before, which being drunken with sin mav attract, and by that
means consume such as thirst after the like evils.

163

DEI 'TKRONOMY.

fathers, when he brought them out of tin- land of
I .|>t:

2d Ami they have served strange gods, and ador-
ed ili' in. ulo.n tin \ knew sot, and for whom they
had not been assigned :

(Therefore tin- wrath of the Lord was kindled
against this laud, to tiring iijmui it all the CUnes

that are written in this volume:

\nd he hath cast them out of their land, in
r and in wrath, and in rerj peal indignation :
and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it i>
n this day.

Secret things* to the Lord our God: thing*
that in manifest, to as and to our children for ever,
that we ma\ do all tin- words of this law.

CHAP. \\X.

tirrat merries are promisid In the pmitent : CinFs command-
ment is fan i hie. Life and death are set before them.

"jVTOWwben all these things shall he come up-

-*- ' on thee, the blessing or the curse, which I
hare set forth before thee ; and thou shall be touch-
ed with repentance of thy heart among all the na-
tions, into which the Lord thy God shall have Mat-
tered thee :

2 And shalt return to him, and obey his com-
mandments, as I command thee this dav, thou and
thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul :

The Lord thy God will bring hack again thv
Captivity; and will have mercy on thee, and gather
thee again out of all the nations, into which he scat-
tered thee before.

4 If thou he driven as far as the poles of heaven,
the Lord tin God will fetch thee hack from thence ;

5 And will take thee to himself, and bring thee
into the land which thv lathers possessed : and thou
shalt possess it: and blessing thee, he will make
thee more numerous than were thy fathers.

6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thv heart,
and the heart of thy seed: that thou mavst love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy
soul, that thou mavst live.

7 And hew ill turn all these curses upon thy ene-
mies, and upon them that hate and persecute thee.

8 But thou shah return, and hear the voice of the
Lord thv God, and shalt do all tie* command-
ments which I command thee this day :

9 And the Lord will make thee aliound 'mall the
works of thy hands, in the fruit of thv Womb, tin
Cattle, and in the fruit of the fhlitftllness of thv land,
and in the plenty of all things. Lor the Lord will
return to rejoice over tine in all good things, as he
rejoiced in thy fathers :

10 V< t so, if thou hear the voice ofthe Lord thy
God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which
are written in this law ; and return to the Lord thy

i with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
1 I This commandment, that I command thee this
day, is not ahove thee, nor far off from thee:

• Street Iking; tr*. A« much u In ray, MCfWt lliiinn bald
»*e known lone: oar I

tot TtmaUl and wumifuiti to u«, arwl to direct oi

12 -Nor is it in heaven, that thou shouldst say.
Which of us can go up to heaven to bring it unto u*,

and we in;i\ hear and fulfil it in work ?

13 Nor is it beyond the sea ; thai thou mays! ear

th\self, and sa.\ : Which 01 us can t loss |1m
■ea, and bring it unto us, that we ma\ hear, and do
that which is commanded ?

1 V Hut the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy
mouth and in thy heart, that thou inayst do it.

15 Consider that I have set before thee this day
life and good, and on the other hand death and e\ d :

IG That thou mays! love the Lord thy God, and
walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and
ceremonies and judgments; and thou mavst live,

and he may multiply tine, and bless thee in the land,
which thou shalt go in to possess.

17 Hut if thv heart he turned away, so that thou
wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou

adore strange coda, ami serve them :

18 I foretell ibee this daj that thou shall perish,
and shalt remain hut a short time in the laud, to
which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shal

in to possess it.

19 1 call heaven and earth to witness this day,
that 1 have sit before yon life and death, blessing
and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou
and thy seed may live :

20 And that thou mavst love the Lord thy God,
and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for he is thy
life, and the length of thy days,) that thou maysj
dwell in the laud, for which the Lord swore to tliv
fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacoh, that he would

give it them.

CHAP. XXXI.

Moses enrovrageth the people, and Jotue vho is appoint! d to
sin i ' i d lam Hi ill tin rttk the laic to the priests. CuM furr-
ti llith that the people will oft in forsake him, mid that he trill
punish them, lie tommandet/i Most* to trrite a rtiHtnli. o.<
aron<tnnt remembrancer of the lair.

AND Moses went, and spoke all these words to
all Israel.

2 And he said to them : I am this day a hundred
and twenty yean old: 1 can no longer go out and
come in; especially as the Lord also hath said to
me : Thou shalt not pass over this Jordan.

3 The Lord thy God then will pass o\er before
thee: he will destroy all these nations in thy sidit ;
and thou shalt possess them : and this Josue shall
go over before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.

4 And the Lord shall do to them as he did to
Sehon and Og the kings of the Amorrhites, and to
their land ; and shall destroy them.

6 Therefore w hen the Lord shall have deliveied
these also to you, you shall do in like manner to
them as I have commanded you.

6 Do manfully, and he of good heart : fear not,
nor be ye dismayed at their sight : for the Lord tin
God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave
thee nor forsake thee.

7 And Moses called Josue, and said to him be-
fore all Israel : Take courage, and he valiant : for
thou shalt bring this people into the land which the
Lord swore he would give to their fathers and
thotl shall divide it by lot.

CHAP. XXXII.

8 And the Lord who is your leader, he himself
will be with thee : he will not leave thee, nor for-
sake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed.

9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to
the priests the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of
the covenant of the Lord, and to all the ancients of
Israel.

10 And he commanded them, saying : After se-
ven years, in the year of remission, in the feast of
tabernacles,

11 When all Israel come together, to appear in
the sight of the Lord thy God, in the place which
the Lord shall choose, thou shalt read the words of
this law before all Israel, in their hearing ;

12 And the people being all assembled together,
both men and women, children and strangers, that
are within thy gates ; that hearing they may learn,
and fear the Lord your God, and keep, and fulfil
all the words of this law:

13 That their children also, who now are igno-
rant, may hear, and fear the Lord their God, all the
days that they live in the land whither you are going
over the Jordan to possess it.

14 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold, the days
of thy death are nigh : call Josue, and stand ye in
the tabernacle of the testimony, that I may give him
a charge. So Moses and Josue went, and stood in
the tabernacle of the testimony :

15 And the Lord appeared there in a pillar of a
cloud, which stood in the entry of the tabernacle.

16 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold, thou
shalt sleep with thy fathers: and this people rising
up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the
land, to which it goeth in to dwell : there will they
forsake me, and will make void the covenant, which
I have made with them :

17 And my wrath shall be kindled against them in
that day : and I will forsake them, and will hide my
face from them : and they shall be devoured : all
evils and afflictions shall find them, so that they shall
say in that day : In truth, it is because God is not
with me, that these evils have found me.

18 But I will hide, and cover my face in that day,
for all the evils which they have done ; because they
have followed strange gods.

19 Now therefore write you this canticle, and
teach the children of Israel; that they may know it
by heart, and sing it by mouth, and this song may
be unto me for a testimony among the children of
Israel.

20 For I will bring them into the land, for which
I swore to their fathers, that floweth with milk and
honey. And when they have eaten, and are full and

• fat, they will turn away after strange gods, and will
serve them ; and will despise me, and make void my
covenant.

21 And after many evils and afflictions shall have
come upon them, this canticle shall answer them
f or a testimony, which no oblivion shall take away
out of tne mouth of their seed. For I know their
thoughts, and what they are about to do this da}', be-
fore that I bring them into the land which I have
promised them.

22 Moses therefore wrote the canticle, and taught
it to the children of Israel.

23 And the Lord commanded Josue the son of
Nun, and said : Take courage and be valiant: for
thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I have promised, and I will be with thee.

24 Therefore after Moses had wrote the words
of this law in a volume, and finished it;

25 He commanded the Levitcs, who carried the
ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying :

26 Take this book, and put it in the side of the
ark of the covenant of the Lord your God : that it
may be there for a testimony against thee.

27 For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff
neck. While I am yet living, and going in with
you, you have always been rebellious against the
Lord : how much more when I shall be dead?

28 Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes,
and your doctors ; and I will speak these words in
their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to wit-
ness against them.

29 For I know that, after my death, you will do
wickedly, and will quickly turn aside from the way
that I have commanded you : and evils shall come
upon you in the latter times, when you shall do evil
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke hirn by the
works of your hands.

30 Moses therefore spoke, in the hearing of the
whole assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle,
and finished it even to the end.

CHAP. XXXII.

A canticle for the remembrance of the law. Moses is commanded
to go up into a mountain, from whence he shall see the pro-
mised land, but not enter into it.

TJEAR, O ye heavens, the things I speak: let the
-■--*- earth give ear to the words of my mouth.

2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my
speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb,
and as drops upon the grass.

3 Because 1 will invoke the name of the Lord:
give ye magnificence to our God.

4 The works of God are perfect, and all his ways
are judgments : God is faithful, and without any
iniquity; he is just and right.

5 They have sinned against him, and are none of
his children in their filth : they are a wicked and per-
verse generation.

6 Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O
foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father,
that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created
thee ?

7 Remember the days of old; think upon every
generation : ask thy father, and he will declare to
thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

8 When the Most High divided the nations;
when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed
the bounds of people according to the number of the
children of Israel.

9 But the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob the
lot of his inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert land, in a place of
horror, and of waste wilderness : he led him about.

16;.

DEUTERONOMY.

and taught him : and he kept him as the apple of

Ills i

1 1 As the eagle enticins her young to fly, and
hovering over them, he spread hi* wings, and bath
taken htm and carried him on his shoulders.

\~ The Lord alone was hi* leader: and there u a*
no strange god with him.

15 He set him upon high land, that he might eat
the fruits of the fields, that he might tuck honey out
of the rock, and oil out of the hardest stone.

1 V Buttl r of the herd, and milk of the sheep with
the fat of lamlis, and of the rams of the lined of Ba-
san; and coats with the marrow of wheat; and
midit drink the purest Mood ol the grape.

16 The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew
fat, and thick and gross; he forsook (iod who made
him, and departed from (iod his sa\ionr.

16 They provoked him by strange gods, and
stirred him up to soger, with their abominations.

17 They sacrificed to «U\ il> and not to Ciod, to
gods whom they knew not; that were newly come
up, whom their fathers worshipped not.

155 Thou hast forsaken the God that begot thee,
and hast forgotten the Lord that created thee.

19 The Lord saw, and was moved to wrath;
became his own sons and daughters provoked him.

J<» And be said: I will hide in\ face from them,
and will consider what their last end shall he: for
it is a perverse generation, and unfaithful children.
They have provoked me with that which was

no £<xl, and have angered me with their vanities:
andl will provoke them w ith thai w btch is no people,

and will vex them with a foolish nation.

.' A lire is kindled in my wrath, and shall hum
even to the lowest hell; and shall devour the earth
with her increase, and shall hum the foundations of
the mountains.

23 1 will heap evils upon them, and will spend
my arrows among them.

24 They shall l)e consumed with famine: and
birds shall devour them with a most hitter bite: I
will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the
fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of
serpents.

25 Without, the sword shall lay them waste, and
terror within, l»oth the young man and the virgin,

ticking child with the man in rears.

26 I said: Where are they? I will make the
memory of them to cease from among men.

27 But for the wrath of the enemies 1 have de-
ferred it : lest perhaps their enemies might he proud,
and should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord,
hath done all these things.

28 They are a nation without counsel, and with-
out w isdom.

29 O that they would be wise, and would under-
stand, and would provide for their last end.

30 I low should one pursue alter a thousand, and
two chase ten thousand? Was it not, because their
(Jod had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

31 For our God b not as their gods: our enemies
themselves are judges.

.5j Their vines arc of the vineyard of Sodom.

and of the suburbs of Gomorrha: their grapes ate
s of call, and their clusters most hitter.

33 Their wine is the call of dtagons. and the
renom of asps, which is incurable.

34 Are not these things stored up with nir, and
sealed up in my treasures ?

35 Revenue is mine: and I will repay them in
due time, that their foot max slide: the day ol des-
truction is at band, and the time makes haste tocome.

36 The Lord w ill judge his people, and will have
mercy on his servants: he shall see that llifii hand
is weakened, and that thev who were shot tip ha\e
also failed, and thev that remained are consumed.

37 And he shall say: Where are their gods, in
w horn they trusted ?

SIMM' whose victims thev ate the fat. and drank
the wine ot their drink-offerings : lei theinariseai.il
help you, and protect you in your distrt

.V.) See ye that 1 alone am, and there is no other
God besides me : I will kill, and I w ill make to live :
I will strike, and 1 w ill heal : and tin re is none that
can deliver out of my hand.

40 1 will lilt up my hand to heaven, and I will
say : 1 live forever.

il If I shall whet my sword as the lightning,
and my hand take hold on judgment, I will un-
der vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that
hate me.

42 1 will make my arrows drunk with blood:
and my sword shall devour flesh, of the blood of i In-
slain and of the captivity, of the hare head of the
enemies.

43 PfsJaC his people, venations, foi hew ill revenue

the -blood of his servants; and will render vengeance

to their enemies : and he w ill he merciful to the land
of his people.

44 So Moses came, and spoke all the words of
this canticle in the ears of the people, and Josiie the
son of Nun.

45 And he ended all these words, speaking to all
Israel.

46 And he said to them: Setyour hearts on all the
words, which 1 testily to \ou this day: which vou
shall command your children to observe and to do,
and to fulfil all that is written in this law :

47 For they are not commanded \ou in vain, but
that every one should live in them: and that doing
t li< in yen may continue a long time in the land
whither \ on are going over the Jordan to possess it.

48 And the Lord spoke to Moses the same any,
saving:

49 Go up into this mountain Abarim, (that is to
say, of passagi s,) unto mount NeU>. which is in the
land pflionbover against Jericho: and seethe land
of ( hanaan, which I will deliver to the children of
Israel to possess: and die thou in tin- mountain.

50 When thou art gone up into it. thou shall he
gathered to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died
in mount II or, and was gathered to his people:

51 Because you trespassed against me in the midst

of the children ot Israel at tin waters of contradic-
tion, in ( ades of the desert of Sin: and VOU did not
snnctih me among the children ol Israel.

CHAP. XXXIV.

5*2 j/hou shalt see the land before thee, which I
will give to the children of Israel: but thou shalt not
enter into it

CHAP. XXXIII.

Moses before his death blessrth the tribes of Israel.

^THUS is the blessing, wherewith the man of God
-*- Moses blessed the children of Israel, before
his death.

2 And he said : The Lord came from Sinai, and
from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from
mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints.
In his right hand a fiery law.

3 He hath loved the people : all the saints are in
his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall
receive of his doctrine.

4 Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of
the multitude of Jacob.

5 He shall be king with the most right, the princes
of the people beingassembled with the tribesof Israel.

6 Let Ruben live, and not die; and be he small
in number.

7 This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord
the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his peo-
ple : his hands shall fight for him ; and he shall be
his helper against his enemies.

8 To Levi also he said : Thy perfection, and thy
doctrine be to thy holy man,* whom thou hast proved
in the temptation, and judged at the waters of con-
tradiction:

9 Who hath said t to his father, and to his mo-
ther: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I
know you not: and their own children they have not
known. These have kept thy word, ana observed
thy covenant,

10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O
Israel : they shall put incense in thy wrath, and holo-
caust upon thy altar.

1 1 Bless, O Lord, his strength, and receive the
works of his hands. Strike the backs of his ene-
mies : and let not them that hate him rise.

12 And to Benjamin he said : The best beloved
of the Lord shall dwell J confidently in him : as in
a bride-chamber shall he abide all the day long ; and
between his shoulders shall he rest.

13 To Joseph also he said : Of the blessing of
the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of
the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath :

14 Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by
the moon:

1 5 Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the
fruits of the everlasting hills :

16 And of the fruits of the earth, and of the ful-
ness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in
the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon
the crown of the Nazarite § among his brethren.

* Holy man. Aaron and his successors in the priesthood.

t Who hath laid, &fc. It is the duty of the priestly tribe to prefer
God's honour and service before all considerations of flesh and blood :
in mch manner as to behave as strangers to their nearest akin, when
these would withdraw them from the business of their calling;. -

{ Shall dwell, Sfc. This seems to allude to the temple being built
in the confines of the tribe of Benjamin.

♦ The Jfazarite. See the note on Gen. xlix. 26.

17 His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his
horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall
he push the nations even to the ends of the earth.
These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the
thousands of Manasses.

1 8 And toZabulon he said : Rejoice, O Zabulon,
in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.

19 They shall call the people to the mountain :
there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice. Who
shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea, and the
hidden treasures of the sands.

20 And to Gad he said : Blessed be Gad in his
breadth : he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized
upon the arm and the top of the head.

21 And he saw|| his pre-eminence, that in his
portion the teacher was laid up; who was with the
princes of the people, and did the justices of the
Lord, and his judgment with Israel.

22 To Dan also he said : Dan is a young lion;
he shall flow plentifully from Basan.

23 And to Nephtali he said : Nephtali shall enjoy
abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the
Lord: he shall possess the seaH and the south.

24 To Aser also he said : Let Aser be blessed
with children; let him be acceptable to his breth-
ren : and let him dip his foot in oil.

25 His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days
of thy youth so also shall thy old age be.

26 There is no other god like the God of the
righteous : he that is mounted upon the heaven is
thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run
hither and thither.

27 His dwelling is above, and underneath are
the everlasting arms :** he shall cast out the ene-
my from before thee, and shall say : Be thou brought
to nought.

28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The
eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine ; and the
heavens shall be misty with dew.

29 Blessed art thou, Israel : who is like to thee,
O people, that art saved by the Lord ? the shield of
thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies
shall deny thee; and thou shalt tread upon their
necks.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Moses seeth the promised land ; bid is not suffered to go into it.
He dieth at the age of 1 20 years. God burieth his body se-
cretly : and all Israel mourn for him thirty days. Josue, re-
plenished (by imposition of Moses's hands ) with the spirit of
God,fuceeedeth. But Moses for his special familiarity trith
God, and for most wonderful miracles, is Commended above all
other propliets.

rp HEN Moses went up from the plains of Moab
-*■ upon mount Nebo, to the top of Phasga over-
against Jericho : and the Lord showed him all the
land of Galaad as far as Dan,

|| He saw, ffc. The pre-eminence of the tribe of Gad, to which this
alludeth, was their having the lawgiver Moses buried in their borders ;
though the particular place Was not known

t The sea. The lake of Genesareth.

** Underneath are the everlasting arms. Though the dwelling of God
be above in heaven, his arms are always stretched out to help us here
below.

167

JOSUE.

2 And all Nephtali, and die land of Ephraim and
Manasscs, and all (he land of Juda unto the futher-
niost M

3 And the south part, and the brradtli of tin' plain
of Jerichothe city of palm-tn -or.

wid the Lord said to him: This i.s the land, for
which I swore t<> Abraham. Isaai . and Jacob,
ins: I will give it to thy mtiI. Thou hast mtu it
with thy eyi s, and shah not pass over to it.

\ ml Moses the servant of the Lord died there,*
in the land ot Moah,b\ the command incut oil lit Lord:

<> \ ml lie buried, him t in the valley of the land
of Moah, o\ii-;u.iinst Phosor: and no man liatfa
known of hia sepulchre until this present day.

7 Moses »;^ ■ hundred and twenty years old
when he died: his eye was not dim; neither were
his teeth moved.

• Ihtd Ikm. Thi» la«t cha;>t<-r of Deuteronomy, in which the death
of M<«es ii related, «u wriltcn by Jotue, or by tome of the pro-
phet*.

8 And the children of Israel mourned for him in
the plains of Moah thirty days : and the days of their
mourniim in which they mourned for Moses were
ended.

9 And .losue the son of Nun was filled witn the

spirit of wisdom, because Moses bad laid his hands

upon him. And the children of Israel obeyed him.
and did as the Lord commanded Mi

10 And there arose no more a prophet in Israel
like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face tc
face.

11 In all the suns and wonders, which he s, it
by him, to do in the land of Eiiypt to I'harao, and
lo all his servants, and to his whole land,

1 J And all the mighty hand, and great miracles,
which Moses did before all Israel.

f lit burud him, viz. By the ministry of anj;c-U, and would havr ilio
place of Ins hurial to be unknown, li-l the Niaditcs, wlto were m>
j. runt' to idolatry, might worship hun with diune honours.

THE BOOK OF JOSUE.

This book is railed Josce, because it crmtaint the history of what
pared under him, and according to the common opinion vexu
written by him. The (Ireelcs call him Jesus ; for Jotue and
J-siu in the Hebrew are the same name, anil hare the same
tigmfirution, viz. A Saviour. And it wat not wit hunt a mys-
tery that he who was to bring the piople into the land of pro-
mite should hare his name , rhangrd from Osee (for so he was
called before, Num. xiii. 17.) to Josi m or Jr.<\ s, to gire us to
understand, that Moses by his law could only bring the pen])//
within sight of the promised inhi riiancr, but that our Saviour
Jesus was to bring us into it.

CHAP. I.

Jotue, encouraged by the Ijord. admnnishrth the people to pre-
)>tire themselves to pott over the Jordan.

"[VTOW it came to pass after the death oI'Mim\
-«- v the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke
to Jostle the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and
said to him :

2 Moses my servant is dead : arise, and pass over
this Jordan, thou and thy piople with thee, into the
land which I will give to the children of Israel.

3 I will deliver to you even place that the sole
of yourfoot shall tread lipomas ] have said to Moses.

4 From the desert, and from Lihnnus, unto the
great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hethites
unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
shall be your border.

5 Nomas shall be able to resist you all the days
of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will 1 be
with dice: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.

»i Tike courage and be strong, : for thou shah di-
vide by lot to this people the land for which I swore
to their fathers, that 1 would deliver it to tin in.

7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant:
that thou may si observe and do all the law, which

Mos.s in\ servant hath commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou
ma) st understand all things which thou dot st.

8 Let not the book of this law depart from thy
mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and right,
that thou mayst observe and do all things that aie
written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and
understand it.

9 Behold. I command thee: take courage, and be
stron». Rear not, and be not dismayed: because
the Lord thy God is with thee in all things w hat-
soever thou shalt go to.

10 And Josue commanded the princes of the peo-
ple, laying-: Pass through the midst of the camp,
and command the people, and say:

11 Prepare you viciuals: for after the third day
you shall pass over the Jordan, and shall go in to
possess the land, which the Lord your God will
give you.

12 And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gaditcs,
and the half tril>e of Manas* 1

13 Remember the word, w liicli Moses the servant
of l he Lord commanded you. say ing! The Lord your
God hath given you rest, and all this land.

14 Your wives and children, and cattle shall re-
main in the land which Moses gaVS you on ibis side
of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your
brethren, all of you that aie strong of hand, and tight
for them,

15 Until the Lord give rest to your brethren as
he hath given you, and they also possess the laud
which the Lord your God will give them: uid so
\oii shall return into the land of your possession, and
yOQ shall dwell in it. which Moses the servant of
the Lord cave you hi ■yond the Jordan, toward the
rising of the sun.

lf> And they made answer to Josue. and said :

All that thou hast com ma nded ns we will do: and

whithersoever thou shalt send us, we will SjBi

17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we

CHAP. II, III.

one} thee alsc : only be the Lord thy God with thee,
as he was with Moses.

1 8 He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and not obey
all thy words, that thou shalt command him, let him
die: only take thou courage, and do manfully.

CHAP. II.

Two spies are sent to Jericho, who are received and concealed
by Rahab.

AND Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two
men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go,
and view the land and the city of Jericho. They
went and entered into the house of a woman, that
was a harlot, named Rahab, andjodged with her.

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, and was
said : Behold, there are men come in hither, hy night,
of the children of Israel, to spy the land.

3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying:
Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are en-
tered into thy house : for they are spies, and are come
to view all the land.

4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and
said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not
whence they were :

5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark,
they also went out together. I know not whither
they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you
will overtake them.

6 But she made the men go up to the top of her
house, and covered them with the stalks of flax,
which was there.

7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them,
by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan:
and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was
presently shut.

8 The men that were hidden were not yet asleep,
when behold, the woman went up to them, and said :

9- I know that the Lord hath given this land to
you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us: and all
the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.

10 We have heard that the Lord dried up the
water of the Red Sea at your going in, when you
came out of Egypt : and what things you did to the
two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the
Jordan, Sehon and Og, whom you slew.

1 1 And hearing these things we were affrighted,
and our heart fainted away ; neither did there re-
main any spirit in us at your coming in : for the
Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in
the earth beneath.

12 Now therefore swear ye to mc by the Lord,
that as I have shown mercy to you, so you also will
show mercy to my father's house : arid give me a
true token,

13 That you will save my father and mother, my
brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs,
and deliver our souls from death.

14 They answered her : Be our lives for you unto
death, only if thou betray us not. And when the
Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will show

hee mercy and truth.

15 Then she let them down with a cord out of a
window : for her house joined close to the wad.

16 And she said to them : Get ye up to the moun
tains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return
and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back,
and so you shall go on your way.

17 And they said to her: We shall be blameless
of this oath, which thou hast made us swear :

18 If when we come into the land, this starlet
cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by
which thou hast let us down: and gather together
thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kin-
dred into thy house.

19 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy
house, his blood shall be upon his own head ; and
we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall
be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head,
if any man touch them.

20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word
abroad, we shall be quit of this oath, which thou
hast made us swear.

21 And she answered : As you have spoken, so
be it done. And sending them on their way, she
hung the scarlet cord in the window.

22 But they went and came to the mountains,
and stayed there three days, till they that pursued
them were returned. For having sought them
through all the way, they found them not.

23 And when they were gone back into the city,
the spies returned, and came down from the moun-
tain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to
Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that belcl
them,

24 And said: The Lord hath delivered all this
land into our hands: and all the inhabitants thereof
are overthrown with fear.

CHAP. III.

The river Jordan is miraculously dried up, for the passage of
the children of Israel.

AND Josue rose before day-light, and removed
the camp: and they departed from Setim, and
came to the Jordan, he, and all the children of Is-
rael : and they abode there for three days.

2 After which the heralds went through the midst
of the camp,

3 And began to proclaim: When you shall see
the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and
the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you
up also, and follow them as they go before:

4 And let there be between you and the ark the
space of two thousand cubits; that you may see it
afar off, and know which way you must go; for you
have not gone this way before: and take care you
come not near the ark.

5 And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctifi-
ed : for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among
you.

6 And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of
the covenant, and go before the people. And they
obeyed his commands, and took it up, and waked
before them.

7 And the Lord said to Josue : This day will I
begin to exalt thee before Israel : that they may

169

JOSUL.

know that ;is I was wiih Moses, so I am with thee
also.

8 And do thou command the priests that carry
the ark of the covenant, and say to them: Winn

Jon shall have entered into part of the water of the
onl an, >taiul in it.

Lad .losii.' said to the children of Israel : Come
hither, and hear the word of the Lord \onr God.

16 \ 1 1. 1 anil beaaid: Bytbisyoa shall know
that the Lord the living God is in the midst of Mm,
and thai he shall destroy In-fore voursidit the Cha-
naanite and the llethite, the Hcvite and the Phe-
re/.ite, the Gergesite also and the Jebusite, and the
Ainorrhite.

1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord
of all the earth shall go helore sou into the Jordan.

12 Prepare ye twelve men of the trihes of Israel,

one of BVi r> tribe.

13 And w hen the priests, that carry the ark of the
Lord the (iod of the whole earth, shall set the soles
of their feet in the water* of the Jordan, the wa-
ters that are beneath shall run down and go off:
and those that come from above, shall stand toge-
ther anon a bean.

. 14 So the people went out of their tents, to pass
o\er the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark
of the covenant, went on before, them.

15 And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and
their feet were dipped in pari of the water, (now
the Jordan, it being harvest time, had tilled the hanks
of its channel,)

16 The waters that rame down from al>ove stood

up li
that

the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath,
ran down into the sea of the w ilderness (which now
is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

17 And the people marched over-agaiast Jericho:
and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry ground in
the midst of the Jordan: and all the people passed
over through the channel that was dried up.

CHAP. IV.

Tterlre ntonen are tnkin out of the rirer to he net up for a monu-
ment of the miracle. : and othrr twelve are placed in the midxt
of the river.

AND when they were passed over, the Lord
said to .losne :

2 Choose twelve men, one of every tribe :

3 And command them to take out of the midst
of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests suxmI,
twelve very hard stones, which yon shall set in the
place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents
this night.

4 And Jostle called twelve men, whom he had
chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of

every tribe \

.') \nd he said to them : Co l>cfore the ark of the
Lord vour God to the midst of the Jordan: and
carry front thence even man a None On votir shoul-
ders, aecordi ig to the number of the children of
Israel,

170

in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were
seen afar oil' from the city that is called Adorn, to

6 That it may l>e a sign among you: and when
rour children shall ask sou to-monow, savin:::
What mean these stones?

7 \ mi shall answer them: The waters of the
Jordan ran off b efo re the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, v\ hen it patted o\er the same: therefore w ere
these stones set for a monument of the children ol
Israel for ever.

8 The children of Israel therefore did as losuc
commanded them, carrying out of the channel ol
the Jordan twelve stones, as tbfl Lord had com-
manded him, according '<> the number of the chil-
dren of Israel, unto the place wherein they camped ;
and there they set them.

9 And Josiic |iut other twelve stones in the midst
of the channel ol thejordan, w here the priests st<xid,
that carried the ark of the covenant : anil thev an
there until this present dav.

10 Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in
the midst of the Jordan till all things were accom-
plished which the Lord had commanded Josue to
speak tO the people, and Moses had said to him.
And the people made haste, and pattod OVCT.

11 And when they had all passed over, the ark
also of the Lord passed over: and the priests went
before the people.

12 The children of Ruben also and Gad, and
half the tribe of MaaatteS, went armed before the
children of Israel, as Moses had commanded them.

13 And forts thousand fighting men by their troops
and bands, marched through the plains and fields
of the city of Jericho.

14 In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the
sight of all Israel, that they should tear him, as tin y
had feared Moses, while he lived.

15 And he said to him :

16 Command the priests, that carry the ark of the
covenant, to come up oul ol the Jordan.

17 And he commanded them, saving: Come ye
up out of the Jordan.

18 And when they that carried the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, wen come up. and began
to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into
the channel, and ran as lhe\ w < re wont before.

19 And the people came up out of the Jordan,
the tenth tlay of the first mouth, and camped in
Galgal, over-against the oast side of the city of
Jericho.

20 And the twelve stom s. which thev bad taken
out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in
( ialcal :

21 And said to the children of Israel ; When youi
children shall ask their fathers to-morrow , and shall
sav to them : what mean these stom

22 you shall teach them, and say : Israel passed
over this Jordan through the dry channel.

23 The Lord your (JikI drying up the water*
thereof in \oiir sight, until you passed over :

J'l As he had done before in the Red Sea, which
he dried up till we passed through !

i Thai all the people of the earth may learn
the most mighty hand of the Lord, that \ou also
may fear the Lord your God for < ver.

CHAP.
CHAP.V.

Tkt people are circumcised : they keep the pasrh. The manna
cea8et/i. An Angel appvarclh to Josue.

NOW when all the kings of the Amorrhites, who
dwelt beyond the Jordan westward, and
all the kings of Chanaan, who possessed the plaees
near the great sea, had heard that the Lord had
dried up the waters of the Jordan before the chil-
dren of Israel, till they passed over, their heart fail-
ed them ; and there remained no spirit in them,
fearing the coining in of the children of Israel.

2 At that time the Lord said to Josue : Make thee
knives of stone, and circumcise the second time*
the children of Israel.

3 He did what the Lord had commanded : and
he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of
the foreskins.

4 Now this is the cause of the second circumci-
sion : AH the people that came out of Egypt that
were males, all the men fit for war, died in the de-
sert, during the time of the long going about in the
way.

5 Now these were all circumcised. But the peo-
ple that were born in the desert,

6 During the forty years of the journey in the
wide wilderness, were uncircumcised : till all they
were consumed that had not heard the voice of the
Lord, and to whom he had sworn before, that he
would not show them the land flowing with milk
and honey.

7 The children of these succeeded in the place
of their fathers, and were circumcised by Josue :
for they were uncircumcised even as they were
born ; and no one had circumcised them in the way.

8 Now after they were all circumcised, they
remained in the same place of the camp, until they
were healed.

9 And the Lord said to Josue : This day have I
taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. And
the name of that place was called Galgal, until this
present day.

10 And the children of Israel abode in Galgal ;
and they kept the phase, on the fourteenth day of
the month at evening in the plains of Jericho :

11 And they ate on the next day unleavened
bread of the corn of the land, and furmety of the
same year.

12 And the manna ceased after they ate of the
corn of the land : neither did the children of Israel
use that food any more ; but they ate of the corn of
the present year of the land of Chanaan.

13 And •when Josue was in the field of the city
of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and saw a man
standing ovcr-against him, holding a drawn sword:
and he went to him, and said : Art thou one of ours
or of our adversaries ?

14 And he answered : No : but I am prince of
the host of the Lord ;f and now I am come.

* The second time. Not that such as had been circumcised before
were to be circumcised again : but that they were now to renew, and
to take up again the practice of circumcision ; which had been omit-
ted during their forty years sojourning in the wilderness ; by reason
of their being always uncertain when they should be obliged to march.

V, VI.

15 Josue fell on his face to the ground. And
worshipping,! said : What saith my lord to his
servant r

16 Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy leet.
for the place whereon thou standest is holy And
Josue did as was commanded him.

CHAP. VI

After seven days processions, the priests sounding the tmimpett
the walls of Jericho fall down : and the city is taken, and de
stroyed.

TVTOW Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for
-L ^ fear of the children of Israel : and no man durst
go out or conn; in.

2 And the Lord said to Josue : Behold, I have
given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof,
and all the valiant men.

3 Go round about the city all ye fighting men
once a day : so shall ye do for six days.

4 And on the seventh day the priests shall take
the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee,
and shall go before the ark of the Covenant : and
you shall go about the city seven times, and the
priests shall sound the trumpets.

5 And when the voice of the trumpet shall give
a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your
ears, all the people shall shout together with a very
great shout; and the walls of the city shall fall to
the ground ; and they shall enter in every one at the
place against which they shall stand.

6 Then Josue the son of Nun called the priests,
and said to them : Take the ark of the covenant :
and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets
of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the
Lord.

7 And he said to the people : Go, and compass
the city, armed, marching before the ark of the
Lord.

8 And when Josue had ended his words, and the
seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark
of the covenant of the Lord,

9 And all the armed men went before, the rest
of the common people followed the ark, and the
sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides.

10 But Josue had commanded the people, saying :
You shall not shout, nor shall your voice be heard,
nor any word go out of your mouth ; until the day
come wherein! shall say to you : Cry, and shout.

11 So the ark of the Lord went about the city
once a day, and returning into the camp, abode
there.

12 And Josue rising before day, the priests took
the ark of the Lord,

13 And seven of them seven trumpets, which are
used in the jubilee : and they went before the ark of
the Lord walking and sounding the trumpets: and
the armed men went before them ; and the rest of
the common people followed the ark ; and they
blew the trumpets.

1 Prince of the host of the Lord, Sec. St. Michael, who is called prince
of the people of Israel, Daniel x. 21.

t Worshiping. Not with divine honour, but with a religious vene-
ration of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person.

171

JOSUE.

1 V And the? went round about the city the second
day once, ion returned into the camp. So they

did six days.

15 lint the seventh day, rising op early, they
went about the city, as it was ordered, seven times.

lti And when in the seventh going ahout the

rri. M* MMinded with tlie truni|iets, Josue said to all
srael : Shout; tor the Lord hath delivered the fit y
to \nu :

I 7 And let this city he an anathema, and all things
that are in it, to the Lord. Let only Rahah the
harlot live, with all that are with her in the house:
lor she hitl the messengers whom we sent.

18 Hut beware ve lest you touch audit of those
things that are forbidden, and you be guilty of trans-

ision, and all the camp of Israel be under sin.
and be troubled.

19 Hut whatsoever gold or silver there shall be.
or vessels of brass and iron, let it l>e consecrated to
the Lord, laid up in his treasures.

BO So all the [>eople making a shout, and tbe
truni'wts sounding, when the roice and the sound
thundered in the ears of the multitude, the walls
forthwith fell down : and every man went up by
the place that was over-against him : and they took
the citv,

21 And killed all that were in it, man and woman,
young and old. The oxen also and the sheep, and
the asses, they slew with the edge of the sword.

22 Hut .losue said to the two men that had been
sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bfini
her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured
her by oath.

23 And the young men went in and brought out
Kahab. and her parents, her brethren also, and all
her goods, and her kindred, and made them to stay
Without the camp.

J i Hut they burned the eitv, and all things that
were therein : except the gold and silver, and ves-
sels of brass and iron, w hieh they consecrated into
the treasury of the Lord.

26 Hut .losne saved Rahah the harlot and her
's house, and all she bad : and they dwelt in

the midst of Israel until this present day ! because she
hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out
Jericho* At that time, Josue made an imprecation.
saying :

2t> Cursed* be the man before the Lord, that
shall raise up and build the citv of Jericho. In his
first-born may he lay the foundation thereof, and in
(he last nf" his children set up its gales.

27 And the Lord was with .losue : and his name
was noised throughout all the laud.

CHAP. VII.

For the tin of Arhan, the Itraelitrs are deflated at Ihii. The
qfrmlir it found out, and stoned to drath : ami (iixl't icratli
it turned from them.

BUT the children of Israel transgressed the com-
mandment, and took to their own use of the

• Cunt*. Ire. J.rw -tin. in tin- myttic»l «on«o. >i|piifie« immjuilf : tlir
Kxirxlm;- of lli»- Ir im,,iu In the prieiti, III* preaching of the word
ofUod , by which tbe walk of Jericho are thrown down, when mi-
ni

father s

anathema. For Achan, the son of Chtrnii. the son
of Zabdi, the son of /are, of the trit>e of Jmla. took
something of the anathema: and the Lord was
angry against the children of Israel.

\nd when .losue sent men from .lericho against
Hai, which is beside Hethaven. on the east side of
the town of Bethd, he said to them : Go up, and
view the country: and they fulfilled his command,
and viewed Hai.

3 And returning they said to him Let not all
the people go up, but let two or three thousand men
go, and destroy the citv: why should all the pe o ple
be troubled in vain against ene mie s that are very
few ?

4 There went up therefore three thousand fight-
ing men, who immediately turned their backs,

5 Ami were defeated by the men of the city of
I lai : and there fell of them six and thirty men : and
the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as
Sabarim, and they slew them as they lied by the
descent : and the heart of the people was struck
with fear, and melted like water.

6 But Josue rent his garments, and fell flat on
the ground before the ark of the Lord until the
evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel : and
they put dust upon their heads.

7 And Josue said: Alas, O Lord God, why
wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jor-
dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite.
and to destroy us? would God we had staid be-
yond the Jordan as we began.

8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel
turning their backs to their enemii-

9 The Chanaanites. and all the inhabitants of
the land will hear of it, and being gathered together
will surround us and cut of our name from the
earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

10 And tbe Lord said to Josue: Arise; why
best thou Hat on the ground ?

11 Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my co-
venant: and thev ha\e taken of the anathema, and
hare stolen and lied, and have hidden it among their
goods.

12 Neither can Israel stand before his enemies,
but he shall llee from them: because he is defiled
with the anathema. I will l»e no more w'uh you,
till you destroy him that is guilty of this wicked-
ness.

13 Arise, sanctify the people, and SfJj to tin-tit :
Re ve sanctified against to-morrow : for thus saith
the Lord God of Israel: The anathema is in ihe
midst of thee, t) Israel: thou canst not sHind before
thy enemies, till he be destroyed out of thee that is
defiled with this wickedness.

LI And miii shall come in the morning every one
by vour tribes: ami what tribe soever the lot shall
find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the kindred
by iis houses, and the house by the men.

15 And whosoever he be that shall l>e foil ud

nen are converted
them up again.

and adreadful cunt will light on them who Ixiild

CIJAP. VIP.

guilty of this fact, he shall bo burnt with fire with
all his substance; because he hath transgressed the
covenant of the Lord, and hath done wickedness
in Israel.

16 Josue, therefore, when he rose in the morn-
ing, made Israel to come by their tribes: and the
tiil>e of Juda was found :

17 Which being brought by its families, it was
found to be the fondly of Zabdi:

18 And bringing his house, man by man, he found
Achan the son of Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the
son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda.

19 And Josue said to Achan : My son, give glory
to the Lord God of Israel, and confess, and tell me
w hat thou hast done: hide it not.

20 And Achan answered Josue, and said to him :
Indeed, I have sinned against the Lord the God of
Israel ; and thus and thus have I done.

21 For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment
exceeding good, and two hundred sides of silver,
and a golden rule of fifty sides: and I coveted them,
and I took them away, and hid them in the ground
in the midst of my tent: and the silver I covered
with the earth that I dug up.

22 Josue therefore sent ministers, who running
to his tent, found all hidden in the same place, to-
gether with the silver.

23 And taking them away out of the tent, they
brought them to Josue, and to all the children of Is-
rael, and threw them down before the Lord.

24 Then Josue and all Israel with him took
Achan the son of Zare, and the silver, and the
garment, and the golden rule, his sons* also and
his daughters, his oxen and asses, and sheep, the
tent also, and all the goods; and brought them to
the valley of Achor:

2s Where Josue said : Because thou hast trou-
bled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all
Israel stoned him : and all things that were his, were
consumed with fire.

26 And they gathered together upon him a great
heap of stones, which remaineth until this present
day. And the wrath of the Lord was turned away
from them. And the name of that place was called
The Valley of Achor,f until this day.

CHAP. VIII.

Hai is taken, and burnt ; and all the inhabitants Attn. An altar
is built ; and sacrifices offered. The law is written on stones :
and the blessings and cursings are read before all the people.

A ND the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be
-^*- thou dismayed: take with thee all the multi-
tude of fighting men; arise and go up to the town
of Hai. Behold, I have delivered into thy hand the
king thereof, and the people, and the city and the
•and :

2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the
king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to
the king thereof : but the spoils and all the cattle

* Hit sont ire. Probably conscious to, or accomplices of, the crime
of their father.

t Achitr. That is, trouble.

lay

nn am-

you shall lake for a prey to 3'oursdvcs:
bush for the city behind it.

3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fight-
ing men with him, to go up against Hai: and he
sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the
night,

4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an am
bush behind the city: and go not very far from it
and be ye all ready.

5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is
with me, will approach on the contrary side against
the city. And when they shall come out against
us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did be-
fore :

6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from
the city: for they will think that we flee as before.

7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing,
you shall rise out of the ambush, and shall destroy
the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it
into out hands.

8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on
fire: and you shall do all things so as 1 have com-
manded.

9 And he sent them away: and they went on to
the place of the ambush, and abode between Be-
thel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai.
But Josue staid that night in the midst of the peo-
ple :

10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered
his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the
front of the army, environed with the aid of the
fighting men.

11 And when they were come, and were gone
up over-against the city, they stood on the north
side of the city, between which and them there was
a valley in the midst.

12 And he had chosen five thousand:]: men, and
set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai,
on the west side of the same city :

13 But all the rest of the army went in battle
array on the north side, so that the last of that mul-
titude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue
went that night, and stood in the midst of the
valley.

14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he
made haste in the morning, and went out with all
the army of the city, and set it in battle array to-
ward the desert, not knowing that there lay an am-
bush behind his back.

15 But Josue and all Israel gave back, making
as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of
the wilderness.

16 But they shouting together, and encouraging
one another, pursued them. And when they were
come from the city,

17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and
of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving
the towns open as they had rushed out,

18 The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield

| Five thousand. These were part ot the 30,000 mentioned above
verse 3.

173

JOSUE.

thai is in thy hand, towards the city of Ilai, for I
will deliver it to thi

19 And when lie had lilted up his shield towards
the city, theamhush that lay hid, rove up immediately:
nnd soins to the city , took it. and set it M lire.
10 And the men of the city, that pursued after
ne, looking back, and seeing the smoke of the
city rise up to heaven, had no more power to llee
this m or that w I eially as they that had

counterfeited flight, and. were going towards tin-
wilderness, turned hack most valiaiith against them
that pursued.

J I ^n JoMM and all Israel seeing that the city
WW taken, and that the smoke of the til \ rose up.
returned', and dew the men of Ilai.

\nd they also that had taken and set the cit\
on lire, is s ui ng OUt of theeity to meet their own
men, began to cut off the enemies who were sur-
rounded by them. So that the enemies being cut
off OD both sides, not one of so great a multitude

w;is saved.

\nd they took the king of the city of Hai
alive, and brought him to Jostle.

So all 1 n -inii. slain that had pursued after Is-
rael in his (fight to the wilderness, and falling by the
-word in the BUM place, the children of Israel re-
turned, and laid waste the city.

25 And the iiumher of them that fell (hat day
Irtith of men and women, was twelve thousand per-
sons, all of the city of | lai.

26 But Jostle drew not hack his hand, whicn he
had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till
all the inhabitants of Ilai were slam.

27 And the children of Israel divided among
them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord
had commanded Josue.

\inl he burned theeity, and made it a heap
for ever :

J'.' And he hung the kins thereo f on a gihhet
until the evening and tin- soins down of the ran.
Then Josue commanded, and they took down his
carcass from the gibbet : and threw it in the very en-
trance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of
stones, which reniaiiieth until this present da\.

30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God
of Israel in mount llehal,

• U A- Moses the »eTTant of the Lord had com-
manded the children of Israel, and it is written in
the hook of the law of Moses ■ an altar of unheu n
stones which iron had not touched: and he offered
u|ion it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated vic-
tims of peace-offerings.

32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy
of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before
the children of Israel.

tad all the people, and the ancients, and the

princes Bad judges stood on both sides of the irk,

before the priests that carried the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was
l>orn anions ihein. half of them hv mount (iari/.im.
and half hv mount llehal. as Moses the servant of
the Lord had commanded. And first he Messed
the people of Israel.

174

S-l After this he lead all the words of the bless-
ing and the cursing, and all things that were w rilteii
in the Ixwtk of the law.

35 He left out nothing of those thinss which
Moses had commanded; hut he repeated all before
all the people of Israel, with the women and chil-
dren and strangers that dwelt among them.

CHAP. IX.

Jotue it decrirrd by the O o b tt onil et : trhn being delrrtrd are
condi mm d to be perpetual terrantt.

TVJ"OW when these things were heard of, all the
-L' kinss beyond the Jordan, that dwelt in the
mountains and in the plains, in the places near the
-i a. and on the coasts of the great sea. rhei also
that dwelt by Lihanus. the llethite and the Anior-

rhite, the Chanaanite, the Pherecite, and the He-

\ ite. and the Jehusite,

2 Gathered themselves together, to fight against

Josue and Israel With one mind, and one resolution.

3 Hut the\ that dwelt in Gaboon, hearing all that
Josue had done to Jericho and Ilai:

4 Cunningly devising took for themselves pro-
visions. Ia\ ins old sacks upon their asses, and wine
bottles rent and sowed up asain,

5 And very old shoes which for a show of'Bgft
were clouted with patches, and old garments upon
them: the loaves also, which they carried for pro-
vision by the way, were hard, and broken into
pieces :

6 And they went to Josue, who then abode in
the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Is-
rael with him: We are come from a far count r\ . de-
sirins to make peace with you. And the children
of Israel answered them, and said:

7 Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to
our lot ; if so, we can make no league w it 1 1 you.

8 Hut they said to Josue : We are tin servants.
Josue said to t In in : Who are \<>u.' and whence
came vou ?

9 They answered S From a \ei\ far country thy
servants are come in the name of the Lord tin God.
Tor we have heard the fame of his power, all the
things, that he did in Egypt,

10 And to the two kinss of the Amorrhites that
were beyond the Jordan, Sehon kins of llesehoiv,
and Og kins of Hasan, that was in Astaroth :

11 And our ancients, and all the inhabitants ol
our country said to us: Take with VOB victuals for
a Ions Way, and so meet them, and say: We are
your servants; make ye a league with us.

12 Behold, these loaves We took hot. when we
set out from our houses to come to yOO ; now tiny
are become dry. and hroken in pieces hv being < \-

ceedins old.

13 These bottles of wine when we filled them
were new. now the\ arc nut and hurst. These
garments we have on. and the shoes we have on our
feel, by reason rf the \er\ Ions journey are worn
out. and almost consumed.

14 They took therefore of their victuals, and
consulted not the mouth of the Lord.

15 And Josue made peace with them: and en-

CHAP. X.

tering into a league promised that they should not
be slain : the princes also of the multitude swore
to them.

16 Now three days after the league was made,
they heard that they dwelt nigh, and they should
be among them.

17 And the children of Israel removed the camp,
and came into their cities on the third day, the names
of which are Gabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth,
and Cariathiarim.

18 And they slew them not, because the princes
of the multitude had sworn in the name of the Lord
the God of Israel. Then all the common people
murmured against the princes.

19 And they answered them: We have sworn
to them in the name of the Lord the God of Israel;
and therefore we may not touch them.

20 But this we will do to them : Let their lives
be saved, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred Dp
against us, if we should be forsworn.

21 But so let them live, as to serve the whole
multitude in hewing wood, and bringing in water.
As they were speaking these things,

22 josue called the Gabaonites, and said to
I hem: Why would you impose upon us, saying: We
dwell far off from you, whereas you are in the midst
of us ?

23 Therefore you shall be under a curse, and
your race shall always be hewers of word, and car-
riers of water unto the house of my God.

24 They answered : It was told us thy servants,
that the Lord thy God had promised his servant
Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all
the inhabitants thereof. Therefore we feared ex-
ceedingly, and provided for our lives, compelled by
the dread we had of you ; and we took this counsel.

25 And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as
it seemeth good and right unto thee.

26 So Josue did as he had said, and delivered
them from the hand of the children of Israel, that
they should not be slain.

27 And he gave orders in that day, that they
should be in the service of all the people, and of the
altar of the Lord, hewing wood, and carrying water,
until this present time, in the place which the Lord
hath chosen.

CHAP. X.

Five Icings war against Gabaon. Josue defeafeth them : many
are slain with hailstones. At the. prayer of Josue the sun and
moon stand still the space, of one day. The Jive kings are
hanged. Divers cities are taken.

WHEN Adonisedec king of Jerusalem had
heard these things, to wit, that Josue had
taken Hai, and had destroyed it (for as he had done
to Jericho and the king thereof, so did he to Ilai,
and its king) and that the Gabaonites were gone over
to Israel, and were their confederates,

2 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was
a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater
than the town Hai and all its fighting men were
most valiant.

3 Therefore Adonisidec king of Jerusalem sent
to Oham king of Hebron, and to Pharam king of

Jerimoth, and to Japhia king of Lachis, and to Da-
bir king of Eglon, saying :

4 Come up to me, and bring help, that we may
take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Josue,
and to the children of Israel.

5 So the five kings of the Amorrhites being as-
sembled together, went up; the king of Jerusalem,
the king of Hebron, the king of Jerimoth, the king
of Lachis, the king of Eglon, they and their armies;
and camped about Gabaon, laying siege to it.

6 But the inhabitants of the city of Gabaon
which was besieged, sent to Josue, who then abode
in the camp at Galgal, and said to him : Withdraw
not thy hands from helping thy servants : come up
quickly and save us, and bring us succour : for all
the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwell in the
mountains, are gathered together against us.

7 And Josue went up from Galgal, and all the
army of the warriors with him, most valiant men.

8 And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not:
for I have delivered them into thy hands : none of
them shall be able to stand against thee.

9 So Josue going up from Galgal all the night',
came upon them suddenly.

10 And the Lord troubled them at the sight of
Israel : and he slew them with a great slaughter in
Gabaon, and pursued them by the way of the as-
cent to Beth-horon, and cut them off all the way to
Azeca»and Maceda.

11 And when they were fleeing from the chil-
dren of Israel, and were in the descent of Beth-
horon, the Lord cast down upon them great stones
from heaven as far as Azeca : and many more were
killed with the hail-stones than were slain by the
swords of the children of Israel.

12 Then Josue spoke to the Lord, in the day that
he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the chil-
dren of Israel, and he said before them: Move not,
O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward
the valley of Ajalon.

13 And the sun and the moon stood still till the
people revenged themselves of their enemies. Is not
this written in the book of the just ?* So the sun
stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to
go down the space of one day.

14 There was not before nor after so long a day,
the Lord obeying the voice of a man, and lighting
for Israel.

15 And Josue returned with all Israel into the
camp of Galgal.

16 For the five kings were fled, and had hidden
themselves in a cave of the eiry of Maceda.

17 And it was told Josue that the five kings were
found hidden in a cave of the city of Maceda.

18 And he commanded them that were with him,
saying: Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave,
and set careful men to keep them shut up :

19 And stay you not ; but pursue after the ene-
mies, and kill all the hindermost of them as they
flee, and do not suffer them whom the Lord God

* The book of the just. In Hebrew Jaaher; an ancient book, long
since lost.

1T5

JOSUE.

hath delivered into your hands, to shelter iIiciiimNo
in their cities.

20 So the enemies l* tin with a great slaugh-
trr, and almost utterh consumed, they thai were ants
to escape from Israel, entered into Fenced < m< ■<

21 And all the anuv retnfned to JoMie in Mil i-
da. where the camp then was, in goad health, ami
w ithout the loss o| any one : ami no man durst move
his lon-ue against the children of Israel.

22 And .lostie iiave orders, savin.:: Open the
mouth of the cave, and brum forth to me the five
kinss that lie hid tin rein.

£1 And the ministers did as the) were command-
ed : and they brought out to him the live kin^s out
ot the cave: tin Inn ', of Jrif lllfl. the kiogOl He-
bron, the kin:: of Jerimoth, the kingof Lachis, the
kin- of Ldon.

t% And when tiny were brought out to him, he
called all the men ol Uriel, and said to the cinch ot
the army thai were with him: (Jo, and set vour feet
on the necks ot these kings. And when they had

gone, and put their last upon the necks of than bring
under them,

25 He said agaifl to them: Fear not, neither be
ye dismayed: take courage, and he strong; for so
will the Lord do to all yotftj enemies, against whom
\on fight

26 \nd loSIM struck, and slew them, and hanged
them upon five gibbets; and they hung until tin
evening.

11 And when the sun was down, he commanded
the soldiers to take them down Iron) the gtbbl t--
And alter they were taken down, tiny cast them
into the cave where they had lain hid, and put
preat stones at the mouth thereof, which remain
until this day.

28 The same day Jostle took Maceda, and de-
stroyed it with the edge of the sword, and killed
the king and all the inhabitants thereof: he left not
in it the least remains. And he did to tin- king of
Maceda, as he had done to the kins of .Jericho.

29 And he passed from Maceda with all Israel to
Lebna, and fought SAMSt it :

30 And the Lord delivered it with the king
thereof into the hands ot Israel : and thev destroved
the city with the edge of the sword, and all the in-
habitants thereof. They left not in it any remains.
And they did to the kingof Lebna, as thev had done
to the kingof Jericho.

31 From Lebna he passed unto Lachis with all
Israel: and investing it with his army, besieged it.

32 And the Lord delivered Lachis into (he hands
of Israel : and he took it the following day, and put
it to the sword, and every soul that was in it, as he
had done t'> Lebna.

33 At that time Moram king of Gazer, ramr up
to succour Lachis: endJoSM MCW him with all Ins
people, so as to leave none alive.

* Tht king, ru. (tie new king who succeeded him that »a« iluin,
»cr. ?6.

f J»i rmti/u tkrrrin, but iit», <-f. God ordered thrm> people |
■tterlv di puui»limcn( of tlirir manifold abominatioo* ; an I

(liat (bey might not draw tbe Uraelite. i

178

I And he passed from Lachis to Eg'on, and
sin rounded it,

i And took it the same day ; and put to the
sword all the souls that were in it, according to all
that he had done to Lachis.

36 He went up also w ith all Israel from Ldou to
Hebron, and fought against it:

37 Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of tike
sword; the kinji* also thereof, and all the towns of
that country, and all the souls that dwelt in it : he
I. It not therein an\ remains: as he had done to
Ldon, so diil he also to Hebron, putting to the
sword all that he found in it.

38 Returning from thence to Dabir,

' He took it, and destroved it: the kim: also

thereof, and all the towns round about be destroyed

with the edge of the sword ; be left not in it any
remains : as he had done to Hebron and Lehna and
to their kings, so did he to Dabir and to the king

thereof.

40 So Josue conquered nil the counirv of the
hills and of the south and of tbe plain, and of \-< -
doth with their kimis : he left not any remains
therein, but slewf all that breathed, as the Lord the
CJod of Israel had commanded him,

41 From Cadesbame even to Gaza. All the
land of (Josen even to (Jabaon.

42 And all their kin^s, and their lands he t< ok
and WasSfid at one onset : for the Lord the God ol
Israel fought for him.

4ii And he returned with all Israel to the place
of the camp in Galgal.

CHAP. XL

The king» of (he north are ovrrthrutcn : the whole country i*
taken.

AND when Jabin king of Asor bad Ik ard these
things, he sent to .lobab kim: of Madon. and to
the king of Sameron, and to the kin:: ef Achsapb:

2 And to the kings of the north, thai dwelt in the

mountains and in the plains ovcr-a^aiust the south
side of (eneroth, and m the levels and the countries
of 1 )or. In the sea-side :

3 To the Chanaanke also on the east and on the
west, and the Ainorrhite. and the llcthite, and the
I'here/ite, and the Jcbusilc in the mountains ; to the
Hev ite also w ho dwell at the foot of Heruion in lb
land of Maspha.

4 And they all came out with their troojis. a
people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on
the sea -shore, their horses also and chariots a very
great multitude.

5 And all these kiiiiis assembled toe titer at the
waters of M< rom to fight against Israel.

6 And the Lord said to JoSUC ! I ear them not :
for to-morrow at this same hour I will deliver al.
these to be slain in the sight ol Israel : thou shall
hamstring their horses, and thou shall bum then
chariots with firef

t Hamilring tkrir fcoriri, o»i/ *ur» thrir rAorio/i %rilk firt, fy*- God «>
onl lined, that hia pcople might Dot trust in chanuU and hortea, but
in him.

CHAP. XII.

7 And Josue I'amc, and all the army with him,
aa;:iinsi them to the waters of Ah mm tin a sudden,
and fell upon them

8 And the Lord delivered them into the hands of
Israel. And they defeated them, and ehasid them
as far as (lie great Sidon, and the waters of Mase-
rephot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east
side thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no
remains of them :

9 And he did as the Lord had commanded him:
he hamstringed their horses, and I burned their
chariots.

10 And presently turning hack he took Asor;
and slew the kins thereof with the sword. Now
Asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms.

1 1 And he cut off all the souls that ahode there :
he left not in it any remains, hut utterly destroyed
all, and burned the city itself with fire.

12 And he took and put to the sword and de-
stroyed all the cities round about, and their kings,
as Moses the servant of God had commanded him.

13 Except the cities that were on hills and high
places, the rest Israel burned : only Asor that was
very strong, he consumed with fire.

14 And the children of Israel divided among
themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle,
killing all the men.

lb As the Lord had commanded Moses his ser-
vant, so did Moses command Josue, and he accom-
plish! d all: be left not one thins undone of all the
commandtueuts which the Lord had commanded
M^ses.

16 So Josue took all the country of the bills, and
of the south, and the land of Gosen, and the plains,
and the west country, and the mountain of Israel,
and the plains thereof;

IV And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir
as fat asBaalgadby the plain of Lihanus under mount
Hermon : all their kings be took, smote, and slew.

18 Josue made war a long time* against these
kings.

19 There was not a city that delivered itself to
the children of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt
in Gabaon : for he took all by fight.

20 For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their
hearts should be hardened,! and they should fight
against Israel, and fall, and should not deserve any
clemency, and should be destroyed, as the Lord had
commanded Moses.

21 At that time Josue came and cut offthe Ena-
cims from the mountains, from Hebron, and Dabir,
and Anab, and from all the mountain of Juda and
Israel; and destroyed their cities.

22 He left not any of the stock of the Enacims,
in the land of the children of Israel ; except the
citesof Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in which alone
they were left.

23 So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke
lo Moses, and delivered it in possession to the chil-

* Jt fimg lime. S°ven vtwrs. as appears from chap. xvi. 10.
t IlarJcnuL This hardening of their hearts, was their having no

dren of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes.
And the land rested from wars.

CHAP. XII.

A list of the. kings slain by Moses and Josue.

r rHIESE are the kings, whom the children of Is-
-■- rael slew and possessed their land beyond the
Jordan, towards the rising of the sun, from the tor-
rent Anion unto mount Hermon, and all the east
country that looketh towards the wilderness.

2 Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in
Hesebon, and had dominion from Aroer, which is
seated upon the bank of the torrent Anion, and of
the middle part in the valley, and of half Galaad, as
far as the torrent Jahoc, which is the border of the
children of Amnion.

3 And from the wilderness, to the sea of Cenc
roth toward the east, and to the sea of the wildei-
ness, which is the most salt sea, on the east side by
the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth ; and on the
south side, that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga.

4 The border of Og the king of Basan, of the
remnant of the Raphatms who dwelt in Astaroth,
and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Her-
mon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the
borders.

5 Of Gessuri, and Machati, and of half Galaad:
the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon.

6 Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children
of Israel slew them: and Moses delivered their land
in possession to the Rubenites, and Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasses.

7 These are the kings of the land, whom Josue
and the children of Israel slew beyond the Jordan
on the west side from Baalgad in the field of Li-
hanus, unto the mount, part of which goeth up into
Seir: and Josue delivered it in possession to the
tribes of Israel, to every one their divisions,

8 As well in the mountains as in the plains and
the champaign countries. In Asedoth, and in the
wilderness, and in the south was the Hethite and
the Amorrhite, the Chanaanite and the Pherezite,
the Hevite, and the Jebusite.

9 The king of Jericho one; the king of Hai,
which is on the side of Bethel, one;

10 The king of Jerusalem one; the king of He-
bron one;

1 1 The king of Jerimoth one ; the king of La-
cbis one;

12 The king of Eglon one; the king of Gazer
one;

13 The king of Dabir one; the king of Gader
one ;

14 The king of Hcrma one; the king of Hered
one ;

15 The king of Lebna one; the king of Odul-
lam one;

16 The king of Maceda one; the king of Bethel
one ;

thought of yielding or submitting; which was a sentence or jndgment
of God upon them in punishment of their enormous crime*.

177

on*- :

JO!
Fbe kins of Taphua one; the king of Oiiber m Vi^mli and Edrai: he una of the rrnmi.ix of

l I The king of Aplicc our; die king of Saron

Oll»

19 The kins of Mutton one; tlir kins "f Asor

The kingof Semeron one; tlw kingof Aehsaph
on. .-

l\ The kin;: of Thenar one; the king of Ma-
getltlo one;

The kins of Cades one; the king of Jacha-
Bao of ( 'arnn I our :

29 Toe king of Dor, and of the province of Dor
one : the kins of the nations of Galea! one;

24 The kins of Thersa one: all the kings thirty
and one.

mount

CHAP. XIII.

God roinm'intfi Ih .1 -titr to iliculr tin t'inil : thr paMftJti

Jttilirn, I'niil, timl half the trihr of MllHOUr W, ttrl/mid tht
Jordan.

rOSUE Was old. ami far attvanced in \ears:*
** and the l.onl said to 1 1 i i > i j thou art grown old,
and advanced in age; and there is a very large
country left, w ■hieh is not vet divided l»v lot :

2 To wit. all Galilee, f'hilistia, and all Geasnri.

3 From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt,
nnto the border* of Accaron northward : the land
of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of
the I'hilisiiues. the (ia/.ites. the A/.otiaus, the As-
ealonites, the (icthites, and the Accaronitr-.

\ And on the south side are the Hevites, all the
land of Chanaan, and Maara of the Sidonians as
far as Apheca, and the borders of the Ainonhite.

5 Ann his confines. The country also of Liha-
nns towards the east from Baalgno under
liennoa to the entering into Kmath.

tl Of all that dwell in the mountains from Lihn-
nns, to the waters of Maserephoth, and all the Si-
donians. I am lie that will cut them oil' from Im>-
f'ore the face of the children of Israel. So Irt their
land come in as ;i pnrf of the inheritance of Israel,
as I have rniiunaiidrd thee.

7 And now divide the land in possession to the
nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses,

8 With w lioiu t Ruben and Gad have possessed
the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord de-
livered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east
side,

9 From Aroer, which is upon the hank of the
torrent Anion, and in the midst of the vallev, and
all the plains of Medaha, as far as I )ihou :

10 And all the cities ol' Sthou, kins of the \mor-
rhites, who reigned in Hesebon, unto the borders
of the children of Amnion.

11 And Gained, and the borders of Gessori and
Machati, and all mount Hermou, and all Hasan as
far M Salerha,

1 _' All the kingdom of Os in Basan, w ho reignt d

' 7«w nil nW, «ni /«r «Jtiwn( in yrari II- •< a« llvn nlw>iil 101
vr*n oM. Jiuf tkrri it « wry Lir^e rmtnlry left, trhirk it not yet diridtd by
UU, rvrf vrt po»«o**rH hy tin- rluldrpn of |.

t With vim. That i», wit), il.r other half of that tun- liibe.
1*8

the Ixaphainis j and Moses overthrew an I destroyed
them.

Id \nd the ehildren of Israel would mtdestiov
(irssiiri and Maehati: and they have dwell in the
midst of Israel, until this present day.

14 Mut to the tribe of Levi he save no possession

hut the sacrifices and the victims of I he Lord (iott
ol Israel, are his inheritance, as lie spoke to him.

15 And Noses save a possession to the children
of HiiIm-ii acebrding to thrir kindreds.

It! And their border was from Aroer, which is
on the hank of the torrent Anion, and in I he midst
of the vallev of the same torrent : all the plain, ihat
Iradrth to Medaha.

17 And Hesebon, and all their villaees, which
ate in the plains. Diliou also, and Mnmoihhaal, and
the town of Baalmann,

I!'. And .lassa. and Cedinioth, and Mephaath,

19 And Cariathaiin. and Saba ma, and Saratha-
sai in the mountain of the vallev.

20 Methphosor antl Asedoth. Phasga and Be-
thiesimoth,

-'1 \ntl all the cities of the plain, and al' the
kingdoms of Sehoa king of rhe Amorrhttes, that
reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with the
princes of Madia n :} I lev i. and Recent, and Sur, anil
Itnr. and Rebe, dukes of Srhon, inlialiitants of the
laud.

' Balaam also rhe son of Meor the soofiisa.ver,
the children of Israel slew w ith the sw ord anions the
rest thai were slain.

23 Antl the river Jordan was the border of the
children of Hul>cn. This is the possession of the
Muhenites. In their kindreds, ol Cities and v ilbtgrs.

24 And Moses save lo the tribe Of < iad and to his
ehildren, hv their kintlreds, a possession, of which
this is the division.

26 The horder of .laser, and all the cities of
Gataad, and half the land of the children of Am-
mon: as far as Aroer, which is over-against Rabba:

2(5 And from Hesebon unto Ramoth.Masuhe, and
Metoniin: and from Manaim unto the borders of
Dabir.

27 And in the vallev Metharan and Methneinra,
and Socoth, and Saphou the other part of the king-
dom of Senon kins of Hesebon: the limit of this

also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the
sea of Cenereth beyond the Jordan OB the east side.

28 This is the possession of the children til Gad
by their families, their cities and villa.

29 He save aboto the half tribe of M anasses and
his children possession according to their kindred*,

;><( The beginning whereof is this: from Manaim
all Basan, and all the kingdoms of Os king of Basan,
and all the villages of Jair, w hieh are in Masan, three-
score towns:

31 And h ill Gataad, and Astaroth, and Kdrai,

t Tht princtt »/ MaMan. |l ap|<rani from l.rnrc Out thne • rr*
lubjecta of kmir Slum : tli.-v an- «ai.| In liavr l.ci n ttain vtih ».■*,
ttial is, about the tame time, but not id tlic mom battle

chap, xiv, xv.

cities of the kingdom of 0« in Basan; to l In; children
of Machir, the son of Maiiasses, to one halt of tlie
children of Machir according to their kindreds.

32 This possession Moses divided in the plains of
Moal), beyond the Jordan, over-against Jericho on
the east side.

33 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no posses-
sion: Because Hie Lord the Cod of Israel himself
is their possession, as he spoke to them.

CHAP. XIV.

Caleb'* petition. Ih.br n is gictn to him and to his seed-

P11HIS is what the children of Israel possessed ill

J- the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest,

and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the

families by the bribes of Israel gave to them:

2 Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded
by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the
half tribe.

3 For to two tribes and a half Moses had given
possession beyond the Jordan: besides l he Levites,
who received no land among their brethren:

4 But in their place succeeded the children of
Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and
Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other por-
tion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs
to feed their beasts and (locks.

5 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did
tin: children of Israel; and they divideil the land.

6 Then the children of Juda came to Josue in
algal, and Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite
spoke to him: Thou knowest what the Lord spoke
to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee
in Cadesbarne.

7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant
of the Lord sent me from Cadesbarne, to view the
land: and 1 brought him word again as to me seemed
true.

8 But my brethren, that had gone up with me,
discouraged the heart of the people: and 1 never-
theless followed the Lord my Cod.

9 And Moses swore in that day, saying: The
land which thy foot hath trodden upon shall be thy
possession, and thy children's for ever; because thou
hast followed the Lord<ny Cod.

10 The Lord therefore hath granted me life, as
he promised until this present day. It is forty and
five years since the Lord spoke ibis word to Moses,
when Israel journeyed through the wilderness: this
day I am eighty five years old,

11 As strong as I was at ihat time when I was
sent to view the land : the strength of that time con-
tinued! in me until this day, as well to fight as to
march.

12 Give me therefore this mountain, which the
Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the
Enacims, and cities great and strong : if so be the
Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy
them, as he promised me.

13 And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron
in possession.

* Hebron belonged, fft. All the country thereabouts, dependinjr on
Hebron, wa« piven to Caleb: but the citv itself with the suburbs,
was oue of those that were giren to the priests to dwell iu.

14 And from that time Hebron belonged* to Ca-
lebthe son of Jephone the Cenezite, until ibis present
day: because he followed the Lord the Godot Israel.

15 The name of Hebron before was called Ca-
riath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacimt
was laid there : and the land rested from wars.

CHAP. XV.

The. borders of the lot of Juda. Caleb's portion and conquest
The cities of Juda.

OVV the lot of the children of Juda by their
kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom,
to the tlesert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost
part of the south coast.

2 Its beginning was from the top of the most salt
sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the
south.

3 And it goeth out towards the ascent of the scor-
pion, and passeth on to Sina; and ascendeth into
Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to
Adar, and compassing Carcaa,

4 And from thence passing along into Ascmona,
and reaching the torrent of Egypt : and the bounds
thereof shall be the great sea: this shall be the limit
of the south coast.

5 But on the east side the beginning shall be the
most salt sea even to the end of the Jordan : and to-
wards the north, from the bay of the sea unto the
same river Jordan.

6 And the border goeth up into Beth-Hagla, and
passeth by the north into Beth-Araba: going up to
the stone of Boen the sou of Ruben.

7 And reaching as far as the borders of Debera
from the valley of Achor, ami so northward looking
towards Galgal, which is opposite to the ascent of
Adonimim, on the south side of the torrent: and
the border passeth the waters that are called the
fountain of the sun: and the goings out thereof shall
be at the fountain Rogel.

8 And it goeth up by the valley of the son of
Fnnom on the sideof the Jebusite towards the south ;
the same is Jerusalem: and thence ascending to the
top of the mountain, which is over-against Gcenom
to the west in the end of the valley of Raphaim,
northward.

9 And it passeth on from the top of the mountain
to the fountain of tin; waterofNephtoa; and reacheth
to the towns of mount Ephron: and it beudeth to-
wards Baala, which is Cariathiarim, that is to say,
the city of the woods.

10 And it compasseth from Baala westward unto
mount Seir ; and passeth by the side of mount Jarim
to the north into Cheslon; and goeth down into
Bethsames, and passeth intoThamna.

1 1 And it reacheth northward to a part of Ac-
caron at the side ; and bendeth to Sechrona, and
passeth mount Baala; and cometh into Jebneel, and
is bounded westward with the great sea.

12 These are the borders round about of the chil-
dren of Juda in their kindreds.

13 But to Caleb the sou of Jephone he gave a
portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the
Lord had commanded him : Cariath-Arbe the father
of Enac, which is Hebron.

179

JOSUE.

14 And Caleh destroyed out of if thr three sons
of Ena< . Sesai, and Ahiman. and Tholmai of tlie
lace of Knac.

1 6 And goim: op from thence lie raine to I lie in-
habitants of Dahir, which before was called ( ariath-
^epher, dial is li> say, the city of letter*.

16 And Caleb said: lie that shall ^iniie ( ariatli-
Sc|.her. and take it, I will ciw him A\a m\ d.m.li
ter to wile.

17 And Othoniel the son of Ccnez, the younger
hrother of Caleh, took it: and In _.i\. Iiim A\a his
daughter to w ife.

18 And as they were going together, she was mo-
ved In her hiishand to ask a held ol her father, and
she Sighed as she sat on her ass. And Caleb said
to her : What aileth thee.'

I!' But she answered: Cite me a h Ussia gi thou
hast iiwen me a southern and dry rand, give nw also
a land that is watered. And Caleh gaw; her the
upper and the nether watery ground.

20 This is the possession of the Irion of the cl.il-
dren of Juda hy their kindreds.

21 And the cities from the uppermost parts ol
the children of Juda by the borders ol Kdoin to the
South, were ( 'ahseel. and Kder, and .lagur

22 And (ina, and Diniona, and Aoada,

23 And Cades, and Asor, and .let Imam,
M Ziph, and Teh in, and Balolh,
23 New Asor and Carioth, I lesion, which is

Asor,

26 Amain, Sama, and Molada,

27 And Asergadda, and Ilassemon, and Beth-
pbclet,

28 And Hasersual, and Bersabee, and Basiolhia,

29 And Baala, and Jim, and Us. in,

90 And Kliholad, and Cesil, and llanna,

91 And Nici It ■•j.. and Medi niena, and S< 'iisenna,
;>2 Eehaoth, and Slim, and Aen, and liimuioii:

all the cities twenty-nine, and their villages.
33 But in the plains: Kstaol and Sarea and \ <

48 And in the mountain: Samir, and Jrther, and
Socoth,

49 And Danna. and Cariath-sennn, this is Dahir:
I >0 \nali, and Isteino. and Anini,
51 Cost n, ami Olon, and (iilo: eleven cities and

their villa .

' Arab, and Ruma. and Ksaan,
63 And .lauimi, and Bcfhthaphua, and A phi ( a,
b-l Athmatha, and ( ariath-ail>c, this is llchron,

ami Sior: nine cities and their villages.

66 Maori, and ( a rim I. and Ziph, and Jota,
6(5 Jc/rael, and Jih adam, and Zanoe,

67 Accain, (iahaa. and Thainna: ten c.ti<s and
their villa

llalhul. and Pessor, and (iedor,

and Bethanolh, and I '.heron

six ci-

Alt ddin, ami Sacha-

69 Mareth, ,.
ties and their village*.

60 Caiiathbaal, die same is Carialhiariin, the city
ol Woods, and Arebba: two cities ami their villages.

61 In the desert Bctharaba,
eha.

62 And Nebsan, and the city of salt, and Engad-
di: six cities and their rillages.

63 But thechildrin ol Juda could not destroy the
Jebusite thai dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jehusile
dwell with the children ol Juda in Jerusalem until
thi> present day.

CHAP. XVI.

I'/ir burdm nf thr tribe nf

na,

54 And Zanoc and Engannim and Taphua and
Enaim,

\nd .Icrimoth and Adullam, Soeho and A/.e-
ea,

•''><> And Saraim and Adithaim and Cedera and
Gederothaiin: fourteen cities, and their villages.

37 Sanau, and lladas.sn, ami Magdalgad,

38 Delean, and .Masepha, and Jeethel,

39 Eachis, and Baseath,aml Eslon,

40 Chehlmn, and l.eheiiian, and Cethlis,

41 And Cideroth, and Bethdanon. ami Xaama,
and Maeeda: sixteen cities, and their ullages.

42 Labnna, and Ether, ami Asan.

43 Jepththa, and Esna, and X'esib,

44 And Ceila. and A< h/.ih, and Maresa: nine ci-
ties, ami their villages.

I') Acearon with the towns and villages therrof,

Thr lot of the sow <J Jim \th.

F.plirnim.

A ND the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the
-^*- Joi < la noui -against Jericho and the waters tbcre-
ol, on the east : (he w ildcrm ss w hit h goetll up from
Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:

2 And goetboill liom Bethel In Luza : and pass-
eth the holder ol Archi, to Ataroth:

i) And gocth down westward, by the lmrdcr ol
Jephleli, unto the borders of Betli-horon the nether,

and the countries of it aie ended hy

and to Gazer:

the great sea :

4 And Matrasses and Ephraim the children of Jo-
seph possessed it.

6 And the border of the children of Kphraiin was
according to their kindreds: and their possession
towards the east uas Ataroth-addar unto Beth-bo-
ron the upper.

6 And the confines go out unto the sea : hot
Machmethath looketh to the north,* and it
round the borders eastward in to Thanath-sclo:
passcth along on the east side to.lauoe.

7 And it goeth dow n from Janoc into Ataroth and
\aaratha : and it coinclh to Jericho, and goetli out
to the Jordan.

B From Taphua it passeth on toward the sea into
the valley of reeds : and the gOMIga out thereof areat
the most salt sea. This is tin- possession of the
tribe of the childien of Kphraini hj their families

9 And there were cities with their villages sepa-

gocth
and

•6 From Accaroa esea to the sea: ail^ilacea tli..r ! • ;,, « *• l, >' thechildien of Ephraim in the m.dst of the

lie towards \/.»iiis and the villages thereof.
47 Arolus w itb its tow lis ami villages : ( ia/a

•.vi*

its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt
and the great sea that is the liorder thereof , 17ZZ

It o

|j possession of the children ol M .masses.

l.octt,» U thr

~r1K, tcr. Tli- rnoaninf l» that the hortfrr went
.;.V..«r Ji.t', nttL.HOnWtI WLni.nltr lot

CHAP. XV

10 Aim! (lie children of Ephraim slew not the
Chaiiaamie, vvho dwell in Gazer and the Chanaan-
ite dwell in the midsl of F,.hraim until tins «Jay,
paying tribute.

CHAP. XVII.

T'e lot of tin half tribe of Manasses.

AND this lot fell to tlie tribe of Manasses (for he
is the lirsi-horn of Joseph) 10 Maehir the first-
born of Maia^ses the father of Galaad, who was a
warlike man, and had lor possession Galaad and
Basai).

2 And to the rest of the children of Manasses ac-
cording to their families: to the children of Abiezer,
and to the children of Helec, and to the children of
Esriel, and to the children of Sechem, and to the
children of Hepher, and to the children of Semida:
these are the male children of Manasses the son of
Joseph, by their kindreds.

3 But Salphaad the son of Hepher the son of
Galaad the son of Maehir the son of Manasses had
no sons, hut only daughters: whose names are these,
Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa.

4 And they came in the presence of Eleazar the
priest and of Josue the son of Nun, and of the
princes, saying: The Lord commanded by the hand
of Moses, that a jxissession should be given, us in
the midst of our brethren. And he gave them ac-
cording to the commandment of the Lord a [>os-
session amongst the brethren of their father.

5 And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside
the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan.

6 For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheri-
tance in the midst of his sons. And the land of
Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of
Manasses.

7 And the border of Manasses was from Aser,
Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and
it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of
the fountain of Taphua.

8 For the lot of Manasses took in the land of
Taphua, which is on the borders of Manasses, and
belongs to the children of Ephraim.

9 And the border goeth down to the valley of the
reeds, to the south of the torrent of the cities of
Ephraim, which are in the midst of the cities of Ma-
nasses: the border of Manasses is on the north side
of the torrent; and the outgoings of it are at the sea:

10 So that the possession of Ephraim is on the
southland on the north thatof Manasses; and the sea
is (he border of l>oth: and they are joined together
in the tribe of Aser on the north, and in the tiibeof
Issachar on the east.

1 1 And the inheritance of Manasses in Issachar
and in Aser was Bethsan audits villages, and Jeb-
laam with its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor,
with the towns thereof; the inhabitants also of En-
doi with the villages thereof: and in like manner
the inhabitants of Thenac with the villages thereof;
and the inhabitants of Mageddo with their villa-
ges, and the third part of the city of Nopheth.

12 Neither could the children of Manasses over-
throw these cities; but the Chanaanite began to
dwell in his land.

II, XVIII.

13 But after that the children of Israel were
grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and
made them their tributaries: and they did not k.11
them.

14 And the children of Joseph spoke to Josue.
and said: Why hast thou given me but one lot and
one portion to possess, whereas I am of so great a
multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me?

15 And Josue said to them: If thou be a great
people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room
lor thyself in the land of the Pherczite and the Ra-
phaiuis: because the possession of mount Ephraim
is too narrow for thee.

16 And the children of Joseph answered him:
We cannot go up to the mountains, for the Cha-
naanites that dwell in the low lands, wherein are
situate Bethsan, with its towns, and Jezrael iu the
midst of the valley, have chariots of iron.

17 And Josue said to the house of Joseph, to
Ephraim and Manasses: Thou art a great people,
and oi great strength; thou shalt not have one lot
only:

I!! But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and
shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room
to dwell in and mayst proceed farther, when thou
hast destroyed the Chanaanite, who as thou sayest
have iron chariots, and are very strong.
CHAP. XVIII.

Surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into seven tribes.

The lot of IU njumin.

AND all the children of Israel assembled together
in Silo: and there they set up the tabernacle of
the testimony: and the land was subdued before
them.

2 But there remained seven tribes of the children
of Israel, which as yet had not received their pos- .
sessions. ^

3 And Josue said to them : How long are you in-
dolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land,
which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given
you?

4 Choose of every tribe three men, that I may
send them, and they may go and compass the land,
and mark it out according to the number of each
multitude; and bring back to me what they have
marked out.

5 Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts:
let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the
house of Joseph on the north.

6 The land in the midst between these mark ye
out into seven |>arts :* and you shall come hither to
me, that I may cast lots for you before the Lord
your God.

7 For the Levites have no part among you: but
the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And
Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasses
have already received their possessions beyond the
Jordan eastward; which Moses the servant of the
Lord gave them.

* The land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts : That
is to say, the rest oi" the laud, which is not already assigned to J-jda
or Joseph.

1P1

JOSl'K.

8 And when the men were risen up, to go to mark
out the l.mil, Josue commanded them, saying: Go
round the land, and mark it oat, and returnto rne;
that I uta\ east lots tor you before the Lord in Silo.
. the) went: and surveying it, divided it into
ii parts, \> r'u'm^ them down in a booh. And
they returued to Josue. t<> the camp in silo.

lit \ik1 lie ciist lots before the Lord in silo; and
divided the bad to the children of Israel into seven
l«irts.

II Ami fn>t came up the lot of the children of
Beiyainiu by tin ir families, to |>os*ess the hind be-
tween tin; children of Judaaud the children ol Joseph.

1 J \iiil their border northward was from tlie Jor-
<l;m: going along bj the side of Jericho on Ihe north
side, and thence going up westward to the mouth
tains, .mil reaching 10 the wilderness of Bet haven,

13 And passing along southward by Lusa, tin
sunn- is Bethel: audit goethdowu into Atnroth-ad-
dar to the mountain, that is on the south of the
nether Bethlioron.

IV And it bendeth ihmce going round towards
thr sea, south of the mountain that K><>k«-i h towards
Bethboron t<» the south-west: and the outgoings
thereof art- into Cariathbaal, which is called also
(ariathiarim, a city of tin- children of Jnda. This
is their roast toward tin' sea. westward

1") lint on tin- south side the border gorth out
from part of C'ariathiarim towards the sea, and
cometh to the fountain of the waters ofNephtoa.

lti And it sort 1 1 down to lliat part of the moun-
tain that lookeih on the valh > of the children of En-
BOUi; and is over-agaiusl the north quarter in the
furthermost part of the valley of Rapnaim: and it
goeth down into (icennoin (that is the valley of Kn-
noin) b> the side of the .lebusite to the south; and
cometh to the fountain of Rogel.

17 Passing thence to the north, and Koing out to
Ensemes that is to say, the fountain <>l thr sun:

18 And it passeth along to the hills that are over*
against the ascent of Adoinmiin: and it goeth down
to Aheuhoeu, that is, the stone of IJoen the son of
HiiIm'H : and it passeth on the north side to the cham-
paign countries; and goetli down into the plain,

19 Audit passeth by Betbhagla northward: and
the outgoing! thereof are towards the north of lb*
most s;i|i M a at the south end ol the Jordan:

20 Which is the border of it on the east side.
This is the possession ol the children of Henjamin
by their borders round about, and their families.

SI And their cities were, .lerieho and ltethhugla
ami \ ale-( asis,

lietharaha, and Samaraim, and Bethel,
And Avim, and Aphara, anil Ophera,
2 X The town Kmoiia, and Ophni, and Gabee:
twelve cities, and their villa.

I ' ibaon, and Kama, and Reroth,
2fi And Mesphe, and Canhara, and Ainosa,
\nd Ret em, Jarephel, and Thanh,
\nd Sela. Kleph, and Jebus, winch is Jeru-
salem, Gabaaih. and Cariath: fourteen cities, and
their villages. This is tin- possession of the chil-
dien of Benjamin by their families

( HAP. XIX.

T e ht» nflhr t'VtfX ■■/ Simrmi. Zuhfkm, Isiirfuir, trr, \tjA-
Inli. it'll l> in. .4 city i* giten to .hutttc.

AM) the second lot came forth for the children
of Simeon bv their kindreds: and their inhe-
ritance was,

2 In the midst of the possession of the children
of Jnda : Bersabee, and Sabee, and Molada.
And ll.isersual. Bala, and Asem,

4 And Kltliolad. Bcthtll, and llarma,

5 And SiceJeg, and Bethuiarehaboth, and Ha-

sersuvi.

6 And Bethlcbaoth and Sanohen : ihirteen ein
and their villages :

7 Ain and lleiiimon, and Athor, ami Asan : lour
cities, and their villa:.. -.

8 And all the villages round about these cities to
Baabtth Beer Raeiath to tin- south quarter. This
is the inheritance of tin- children of Simeon accord-
ing t<> their kindreds.

'.• In the possession and lot of the children of
Jnda: because it was too great : and therefore the
children of Simeon had their possession in the midst
of their inheritance.

10 And the third lot fell to the children of V.w-
bulou by thtir kindreds: and the holder of their
possession u;is UlitO Sand.

11 And it went lip from the sea and from Merala,
and came to Dchhnsetli : as far assise (orient, which
is over-against Jeconam.

12 And it letnrneth from Sarid eastward to tlie
hordeis of ('eseleththal)or : and it BOeth out to I)a-
bereth, and ascendeth towards Japhie.

13 And it passeth along from theme to the east
side of (iethhepher and Thacasin ; and goeta out to
Kcnimon. Auilhar, and \oa.

14 And it turueih about to the north of Hana-
thon : and the outgoings thereof are die valley of
Jephtahel.

15 And Cateth, and Naalol, and Semeron, and
Jedala, and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their
villages.

It! This is the inheritance of the trilk' of the chil-
dren of Zabuioo by their kindreds, the cities and
their villa _

17 The fourth lot came out to lssachar by theil
kindreds.

18 And his inheritance was Je/rael, and Casa-

loth, and Snnein,

19 And llapharaim, and Scon, and Anahaiath,

20 And Haliboth, and f'esion, Al-es.

21 And Kaineth. and Kn^.uiniin. and Mnhadda,
and Bethpbeses.

S3 And the border thereof cometh to Thabor,
and St hes'una, and Bethsames: and the outgoings
thereof shall be at the Jordan : sixteen Cities aivd
their villages.

2a This is the possessionof the sons of Issachai
by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.

1\ An. I the filth lot fell to the tribe of the chil
dren of Ami hv their kindreds;

25 And their border was llalcath,and (hali, ana
lb ten, and Axaph,

CHAP. XX, XXI

2f> And Elmeleeh, and Amaad, aud Messal : and

it pacheth to Carmel by the sea, and Sihorand La-
banath :

27 And it rctnrncth towards the east to Bethda-

!;on; and passeth along to Zahulon and to the val-
ey of Jcphlhael towards the north to Betheniec
and Nehiel. And it goetli out to the left side of
Cabul,

28 And to Abaran, and Rohob, and Hamon, and
('ana, as far as the peat Sidon.

29 And it retumeth to Horma, to the strong city
of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall
be at the sea from the portion of Achziba :

30 And Annua, and Aphee, and Rohob : twenty
two cities and their villages.

31 This is the possession of the children of Aser
by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages.

32 The sixth lot came out to the sons of Neph-
tali by their families:

33 And the border began from Heleph and Elon
to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jeb-
nael even to Lecum ; and their outgoings unto the
Jordan :

34 And the border retumeth westward to Aza-
noithabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca,
and passeth along to Zabulou southward, and to
Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan to-
wards the rising of the sun.

35 And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and
Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth,

36 And Edema, and Anuria, Asor

37 And Cedes, and Edrai, Enbasor

38 And Jeron, and Magdalel, Horem, and Be-
thanath, and Bethsames : nineteen cities and their
villages.

39 This is the possession of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and
their villages.

40 The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the
children of Dan by their families :

41 And the border of their possession was Sa-
raa, and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of
the sun.

42 Selebin, and Aialon, and Jethela,

43 Elon, and Themna, and Acron,
4i Eltheee, Gibbefhon, and Balaath,

45 And Jud, and Bane, and Barach, and Geth-
remmon:

46 And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border
that looketh towards Joppe,

47 And is terminated there. And the children
of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took
it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it,
and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem "Dan,
by the name of Dan their father.

48 This is the possession of the tribe of the sons
of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their vil-
lages.

49 And when he had made an end of dividing
the land by lot to each one by their tribes, the chil-
dren of Israel gave a possession to Josue the son of
Nun in the midst of them,

50 According to the commandment of the Lord,

the city which he asked for, Thamnath Saraa in moun
Ephraim : and he built up the city, and dwelt in it.
51 These are the possessions which Eleazar the
priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes ot
the families, and of the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at
the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and
they divided the land.

CHAP. XX.

The cities of refuge are appointed/or casual manslaughter.

\ ND the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to
-^*- the children of Israel, and say to them :

2 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to
you by the hand of Moses :

3 That whosoever shall kill a person unawares
may flee to them ; and may escape the wrath of the
kinsman, who is the avenger of blood :

4 And when he shall flee to one of these cities,
he shall stand before the gate of the city; and shall
speak to the ancients of that city, such things as
prove him innocent : and so shall they receive him,
and give him a place to dwell in.

5 And when thp avenger of blood shall pursue
him, they shall not deliver him into his hands; be-
cause he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not
proved to have been his enemy two or three days
before.

6 And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand
before judgment to give an account of his fact, and
till the death of the high-priest, who shall be at that
time: then shall the manslayer return, and go intc
his own city and house from whence he fled.

7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount
Nephtali, andSichcm in mount Ephraim,andCaria-
tharbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.

8 And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho,
they appointed Bosor, which is upon the plain of the
wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in
Galaad of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in Basan of
the tribe of Manasses.

9 These cities were appointed fof all the children
of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among
them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares
might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the
kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed,
until he should stand before the people to lay open
his cause.

CHAP. XXI.

Cities icith their suburbs are unsigned for the priests and Levites.

r |^HEN the princes of the families of Levi came
-*- to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the .son of
Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the
tribes of the children of Israel:

2 And they spoke to them in Silo in the land of
Chanaan, and said : The Lord commanded by the
hand of Moses, that cities should be given us to
dwell in, and their suburbs to feed our cattle.

3 And the children of Israel gave out of their
possessions according to the commandment of the
Lord, cities and their suburbs.

4 And the lot came out from the family of Caatn

lis

JOSUE.

of tin- children of Aaron tli«- priest, out of the trilx->
of Judah, and of Simeon, unci of Benjamin, thirteen

ciii.

5 And to the red «>f tIh- children of Caath, thai
is, to the Levites, who remained, mil of the tribes
of Ephraim, and of Dan, and the half trilx 1 of Ma-

'•S.

6 Ami the lot came out i<> the children nf Ger-

son. iliat ihey should take of the tribe* o\ Issaehar
and of ItCff ami of Xephtali, and of the half trilx-
el Manasses in Basnn, thirteen rili'

7 Ami to the m.iis of Merari by their kindreds, of
the trilxs of Ruben and of Gad and of Zahulon,
twelve ciii.

8 And the children of Israel gave In the Levites
the cities and their suburbs, as the land commanded
by the hand of Moses, giving to every one bj lot

9 Of the tribes of the children ot Juda and of
Simeon, Josue gave cities; vrhoae oamea are those,

10 To the SOUS h! \aron, of the families of Caath
of the nice of Let! (for the first lot eame out for
them)

1 1 The city of Arl>e the father of Knae, whirl)
is called Hebron, in the mountain of Joda, and the

suburbs thereof round about.

12 Hut the fields and the villages thereof he had
given to Caleb the son of Jephoue for his posses-
sion.

IS Re gave therefore to the children of Aaron
the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs
thereof: and Cohana with the suburbs thereof,

1 V And .lei her and Kstemo,

15 And Holon, and Dabir.

It! And Ain, and .leta, and Hethsames, With their
suburbs: nine cities out of the two trilx-s, as hath
been said

17 And out of the trilx- of the children of Ben-
jamin. ( i abaon. and (iabae,

18 And Analhoth and Aluioii, With their suburbs;
four cities.

19 All the cities together of the children of Aaron

the priest were thirteen, with their suburbs.

J" And to the rest of the families of the children
of Caath Of the race of Cevi, Was :;ivon this pos-
session.

21 Of the trilx- of Ephraim, Sichem one of the
cities of refuse, with the suburbs thereof in mount
Ephrahn, and Gazer,

22 And Cibsaim, and Bethhoron, with their su-
burbs ; four citi. v.

25 And of the tribe of Dan, Eltheco and Gain-
thou,

9% And Aialon and (icthremmon, with their mi-
burbs ; four cities.

26 And of the half tribe of Manasses, Thanac
and Gethremmon, \> it h their suburbs ; twochies.

Ml the cities were ten, with tin ir suburbs,
which were given lo the children of Caath of the in-
ferior decree.

'7 lo the children of < ierson also of the race of
Levi out of the half tribe oi Mnnnsae*, Gnulon in

Hasan, uni nf the cities of refuge, and Hosra, with
their suburbs ; two cities.

.-4

And of the tribe of Issaehar, C'esion, nud
I J.iUretb,

' \nd .laramotii, and I'.nsanniin, with their
suburbs; four cities.

.'!<> And of the trilx- ol \ser. Masai and Abdon,
31 \iul I {death, and lioliob, w ilh their submit;
four cities.

-' Of the trilx- also of . Xephtali. Cedes in Oalilce,
DS1 o4 the cities of refuge : and Mammoth Dor, ami
Cartuan. with their suburbs ; three cities.

I All the cities o! the families of (ierson, w» ic
thirteen, with theii snl>ml>s.

• >V And lo the children of Mernri Levites of the
inferior desree by their families were given of the
Irilx- of Zahulon, Jccnam and Cartha,

■ And Damnaand Naalol ; lour cities, with
their suburbs.

■ nit if the trilx- of Kuhen beyond the Jordan over-
agaiusl Jericho, Bosor in the wilderness, one qf the
cities of refuge, Misor, and Jaser, and Jethson, and
Mephaath. four cities* with their subiubs.

. >7 Of the trilx- of Cad. Hainoth in Calaad. <me
of tin- cities of refuge, and Mauaim. and 1 1 cm lion,
and Jaser ; four cities with their suburhs.

;'■!'. All the cities of the children of Merari by
their families and kindreds, were twelve.

9 So all the cities of the Levitts within the pos-
session of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

40 With their suburbs, each distributed by the
families.

41 And the Lord C«xl gave to Israel all the land
that he had SWOra lo give to their fathers: and they
pos ses sed it, and dwell in it.

42 And he »a\e them peace from all nations
round about: ami none of their enemies durst stand
against them, but were brought under their dominion.

I Not so much as one word, which he had pto-
mised, to perform unto them, was made void, but
all came to pa — .

CHAP. XXII.

The Irihtt of Riihrn anit (1 id. and half thr tribf of Manages
return hi llirir 1)1 (ill I III KM If" n Inn/d an ultar by the side of
the Jordan, irhiih alarm* the othrr ti itu*. An cmbtittage i$
unit to I lam, lo irhirh thry giee a tatisfactory annrer.

A T the same time Josue called the Ruhenites, and

A the Cadites, and the half tribe of Manasses,

2 And said to them: You have done all tlutt
Moses the servant of the Cord commanded you :

you have ad. obeyed me in all things:

3 Neither have you left your brethren ibis long
time, until this present day, keeping the command-
ment of the Cord your God.

4 Therefore as the Cord your God bath given
your brethren rest and peace, a^ he promised : return,
ami go to \our dwellings, and to the land of \onr
possession, which Moms the servant of the laird
gave von beyond the Jordan:

\,i mi that you observe attentively, and in
work fulfil the commandment, and the law which

* Fntr ciliet TIk-h- »rr n.. n ""«' namr« ; fur

y tttT ,, it,. It M ».ior, whir* i« t<> »«* ■•»>*« rrnj in

■rbcra H.> i.uiiiUt of MOT MOM* ll..- i.umUr ml hum.

CHAP. XXII.

Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you:
that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all
Ins ways, and keep all his commandments, and
cleave to him, and serve him with all your heart,
and with all your soul.

6 And Josue hlessed them, and sent them away:
and thivy returned to their dwellings.

7 Now to half the tribe of Manasses, Moses had
given a possession in Basan: and therefore to the
half that remained, Josue gave a lot among the rest
of their brethren beyond the Jordan to the west.
And when he sent them away to their dwellings,
and had blessed them,

8 He said to them: With much substance and
riches, you return to your settlements, with silver
and gold, brass and iron, and variety of raiment :
divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren.

9 So the children of Ruben, and the children of
Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses returned, and
parted from the children of Israel in Silo, which
is in Chanaan, to go into Galaad the land of their
possession, which they had obtained according to
the commandment of the Lord by tlje hand of
Moses.

10 And when they were come to the banks of the
Jordan, in the land of Chanaan, they built an altar
immensely great near the Jordan.

11 And when the children of Israel had heard
of it, and certain messengers had brought them an
account that the children of Ruben, and of Gad,
and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar
in *he land of Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jor-
dan, over-against the children of Israel:

12 They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight
against them.

13 And in the mean time they sent to them into
the land of Galaad, Phinees the son of Eleazar the
priest,

14 And ten princes with him, one of every tribe:

15 Who came to the children of Ruben, and of
Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, into the land
of Galaad, and said to them:

16 Thus saith all the people of the Lord: What
meaneth this transgression? Why have you forsaken
the Lord the God of Israel, building a sacrilegious
altar, and revolting from the worship of him?

17 Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with
Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth
in us to this day? and many of the people per-
ished.

18 And you have forsaken the Lord to-day; and
to-morrow his wrath will rage against all Israel.

19 But if you think the land of your possession
to be unclean, pass over to the land wherein is the
tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among us : only
depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by
budding an altar beside the altar of the Lordl our
God.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zare transgress the
commandment of the Lord, and his wrath lay upon
all the people of Israel ? And he was but one man;
and would to God he alone had perished in his
wickedness.

21 And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and
of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes
of the embassage of Israel :

22 The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the
most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also
shall understand: If with the design of transgres-
sion we have set up this altar, let him not save us,
but punish us immediately :

23 And if we did it with that mind, that we
might lay upon it holocausts, and sacrifice, and
victims of peace-offerings, let him require and
judge:

24 And not rather with this thought and design,
that we should say: To-morrow your children will
say to our children : What have you to do with the
Lord the God of Israel ?

25 The Lord hath put the river Jordan for a bor-
der between us and you, O ye children of Ruben,
and ye children of Gad : and therefore you have no
part in the Lord. And by this occasion your chil-
dren shall turn away our children from the fear of
the Lord. We therefore thought it best,

26 And said: Let us build us an altar, not for
holocausts, nor to offer victims,

27 But for a testimony between us and you,
and our posterity and yours, that we may serve the
Lord, and that we may have a right to offer both
holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices of peace-of-
ferings: and that your children to-morrow may
not say to our children : You have no part in the
Lord.

28 And if they will say so, they shall answer
them: Behold, the altar of the Lord, which our fa-
thers made, not for holocausts, nor for sacrifice, but
for a testimony between us and you.

29 God keep us from any such wickedness, that
we should revolt from the Lord, and leave off fol-
lowing his steps, by building an altar to offer ho-
locausts, and sacrifices, and victims, beside the altar
of the Lord our God, which is erected before his
tabernacle.

30 And when Phinees the priest, and the princes
of the embassage, who were with him, had heard
this, they were satisfied: and they admitted most
willingly the words of the children of Ruben, and
Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses.

31 And Phinees the priest the son of Eleazar
said to them: Now we know that the Lord is with
us; because you are not guilty of this revolt, and
you have delivered the children of Israel from the
hand of the Lord.

32 And he returned with the princes from the
children of Ruben and Gad, out of the land of Ga-
laad, into the land of Chanaan, to the children of
Israel, and brought them word again.

33 And the saying pleased all that heard it. And
the children of Israel praised God: and they no
longer said that they would go up against them,
and fight, and destroy the land of their posses-
sion.

34 And the children of Ruben, and the children
of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our
testimony, that the Lord is God.

liii

JOSUE.

CHAP. XXIII.

! bring old admonisheth the people ta keep Clod** rommand-
ments : and to aroid marriages and all *<>< irlu trith the gen-
tile;forftar of being brought to idolatry.

AND when a long time was PBSBc d, after that
the Lord had given peace to Israel, all the na-
tions round about being subdued, and Josue being
now old. and far advanced in years:

2 Josue called for all Israel, and for the elders,
and for the primes. ;m<l for the judges, and for the
masters and said to them: I am old, and far ad-
vanced in years:

3 And you see all that the Lord your God hath
done to all die nations round about, how he himself
hath fought for you:

4 And now since he hath divided to you by lot
all the land, from the east of the Jordan unto the
great se;i, and many nations yet remain:

5 The Lord your God will destroy them, and
take them away from before your face; and you shall
possess the land as he hath promised you.

6 Only take courage; and l>e careful to observe
all things that are written in the hook of the law of
Moses: and turn not aside from them neither to the
right hand nor to the left :

7 Lest after that you are come in among the
gentiles, who will remain among you, you should
swear by the name of their gods, and serve them,
and adore them :

8 But cleave ye unto the Lord your God ; as
you have done until this day.

9 And then the Lord God will take away before
your eyes nations that are great and very strong ;
and no man shall be able to resist you.

10 One of you shall chase a thousand men of
the enemies; because the Lord your God himself
w ill light for you, as be hath promised.

11 This only take care of with all diligence, that
you love the Lord your God.

12 But if you will embrace the errors of these
nations that dwell among you, and make marriages
with them, and join friendships:

13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your
God will not destroy them before your face : but
they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a
stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your
eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from
oil" this excellent land, which he hath given you.

I V Ibhold, this day I am going into the way of
all the earth; and you shall know with all your
mind, that of all the words which the Lord pro-
mised to perforin for you, not one hath failed.

15 Therefore ai he hath fulfilled in deed what
he promised, and all things prosperous have come:
so will he bring upon you all the evils he hath
threatened, till he take you away and destroy you
from oil this excellent land, which he hath given
you,

16 When you shall have transgressed the cove-
nant of the Cord your God, which be hath made
with you, and shall have served strange gods, ;iud
adored them: then shall the indignation of the I^ord
rise up quickly and speedily against you; and you

186

shall be taken away from this excellent land, which
he hath delivered to you.

CHAP. XXIV.

Josue attemblrth the people, and renrteeth the rorenant between
them and Ood. Hit death and burial.

\ ND Josue gathered together all the tribes of Is-
■**- rael in Sichem ; and called for the ancients,
and the princes, and the judges, and the masters:
and they stood in the sight of the Lord:

2 And he spoke thus to the people : Thus saith
the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of
old on the other side of the river,* There the fa-
ther of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served
strange gods.

3 And I took your father Abraham from the bor-
ders of Mesopotamia, and brought him into the land
of Chanaan: and I multiplied his seed,

4 And gave him Isaac : and to him again I gave
Jacob and Esau. And 1 gave to Esau mount Seir
for bis possession: but Jacob and his children went
down into Egypt.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I Struck
Egypt with many signs and wonders.

6 And I brought you and your fathers out of
Egypt, and you came to the sea: and the Egyptians
pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as
far as the Red Sea.

7 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord:
and he put darkness l>etween you and the Egyp-
tians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered
them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt : and
you dwelt in the wilderness a long time:

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amor-
rhite, who dwelt beyond the Jordan. And when
I in v fought against you, I delivered them into vour
hands: and you possessed their land, and stew
them.

9 And Balac son of Scphor king of Moab, arose
and fought against Israel. And he sent and called
for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you

10 And I would not hear him: but on the con-
trary I blessed you by him, and I delivered vou out
of his hand.

11 And you passed over the Jordan, and \oti
came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought
against you, the Amorrhite, and the Phereshe, and
the t'hanaanite, and the Hethitc and the Gergesite
and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and 1 delivered
them into your hands.

12 And I sent before you hornets: and I drove
them out from their places, the two kings of the

\niorrhites, not with thy sword nor with tin Ix.w .

13 And I gave you a land in which \ou had not
laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built
not. vineyards and olive-yards vt bich you planted not

14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him
with a perfect and most sincere heart : and put awav
the 5008 which your fathers served in Mesopotamia
and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord

Of ikt riftr. The Euphrates

CHAP. I.

you have your choice: choose this day that which
pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether
the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia,
or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you
dwell : out as for me and my house we will serve
the Lord.

16 And the people answered, and said: God
forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange
gods.

1 7 The Lord our God he brought us and our
fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage; and did very great signs in our sight,
and preserved us in all the way by which we jour-
neyed, and among all the people through whom we
passed.

18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amor-
rhite, the inhabitant of the land -into which we are
come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is
our God.

19 And Josue said to the people: You will not
be able to serve the Lord,* for he is a holy God, and
mighty, and jealous, and will not forgive your wick-
edness and sins.

20 If you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods,
he will turn, and will afflict you, and will destroy
you after all the good he hath done you.

21 And the people said to Josue: No, it shall
not be so as thou sayest; but we will serve the
Lord.

22 And Josue said to the people : You are wit-
nesses, that you yourselves have chosen you the
Lord to serve him. And they answered : We are
witnesses.

23 Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods
from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord
the God of Israel.

* You will not be able to serve the Lord, Sec. This was not said by way
of discouraging them ; but rather to make them more earnest in-
resolute, by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking,
and the courage and constancy necessary to go through with it.

f It hath heard. This is a figure of speech, by which sensation is at-

24 And the people said to Josue: We will serre
the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his
commandments.

25 Josue therefore on that day made a covenant,
and set before the people commandments and judg-
ments in Sichem.

26 And he wrote all these things in the volume
of the law of the Lord : and he took a great stone,
and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of
the Lord :

27 And he said to all the people: Behold, this
stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath
heardf all the words of the Lord, which he hath
spoken to you : lest perhaps hereafter you will deny
it, and lie to the Lord.

28 And he sent the people away, every one to
their own possession.

29 And after! these things Josue the son of Nun,
the servant of the Lord died, being a hundred and
ten years old:

30 And they buried him in the border of his pos-
session in Thamnathsare, which is situate in mount
Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas.

31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of
Josue, and of the ancients that lived a long time af-
ter Josue, and that had known all the works of the
Lord which he had done in Israel^

32 And the bones of Joseph which the children
of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in
Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had
bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem,
for a hundred young ewes : and it was in the pos-
session of the sons of Joseph.

33 Eleazar also the son of Aaron died : and they
buried him in Gabaath, that belongeth to Phinees
his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

tributed to inanimate things ; and they are called upon, as it were, to
bear witness in favour of the great Creator, whom they on their part
constantly obey.

\ And after, ifc. If Josue wrote this book, as is commonly believed,
these last verses were added by Samuel, or some other prophet

THE BOOK OF JUDGES.

This book is called Judges, because it contains the history of
what passed under the government of the Judges, who ruled
Israel before they had Icings. The writer of it, acccording to
the more general opinion, was the prophet Samuel.

CHAP. I.

The expedition and victory of Juda against the Chanaanites ;
who are tolerated in many places.

AFTER the death of Josue, the children of Is-
rael consulted the Lord, saying : Who shall go
up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be
the leader of the war ?

2 And the Lord said: Juda shall go up: behold,
I have delivered the land into his hands.

3 And Juda said to Simeon his brother: Come
up with me into my lot, and fight against the Cha-

naanite, that I also may go along with thee into thy
lot. And Simeon went with him.

4 And Juda went up : and the Lord delivered the
Chanaanite, and the Pherezite into their hands : and
and they slew of them in Bezec, ten thousand men.

5 And they found Adonibezec in Bezec, and
fought against him : and they defeated the Cha-
naanite, and the Pherezite.

' 6 And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after
him, and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes.
7 And Adonibezec said: Seventy kings having
their fingers and toes cut off, gathered up the leav-
ings of the meat under my table : as I have done,
so h:ith God requited me. And they brought him
to Jerusalem: and he died there.

1«7

JUDGES.

8 And tin- children of Jiida besieging Jerusa-
lem,* took it, Mild |>ut it to t hi- nrord, and .set the
whole city on fire.

9 And aft e r w a r ds they went down and fought
against the ("hanaanite, who dwelt in the moun-
tains, ami in the south, and in the plains.

Iti And Juda going forward against the Chanaan-
ite, that dwelt in Hrhront the (name whereof was
in former times Cariatharbe) slew Sesai, and Am-
man, Bad Tholmai :

II And departing from thence he went to the
inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient name of which was
Cariath-sepher, that is, the citv of letters. \

\2 And Caleb said; He that shall take Cariath-
sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my
daughter Axa to wife.

13 And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger
brother of Caleb having taken it, he gave him Axa
his daughter to wife.

14 And as she was going on her way her hus-
band admonished her to ask a field of her father.
And as she sighed sitting on her ass, Caleb said to
her: What aileth thee?

15 But she answered: Give me a blessing, for
thou hast given me a dry land : give me also a wa-
tery land. So Caleb gave her the upper and the
nether watery ground.

16 And the children of the Cinite$ the kinsman
of Moses went up from the city of palms, with the
children of Juda into the wilderness of his lot, which
is at the south side of Arad: and they dwelt with
him.

17 And Juda went with Simeon his brother; and
thev together defeated the Chanaanites that dwelt
in Scphaath, and slew them. And the name of the
city was called Horma, that is, Anathema.

18 And Juda took Gasafl with its confines, and
Ascalon, and Accaron with their confines.

19 And the Lord was with Juda, and he possess-
ed the hill countrv; but was not ableTI to destroy
the inhabitants of the valley; because they had
many chariots armed with scythes.

20 And they cave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses
had said, who destroyed out of it the three sons of
Enac.

21 But the sons of Benjamin did i\pt destroy the
Jebnsites that inhabited Jerusalem : and the Jebu-
site hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jeru-
salem until this present day.

22 The house of Joseph also went up against
Bethel : and the Lord was with them.

• Jmaaltm. This city wu divided into two; on* part wm called
Jthu, the other Saltm; the one was in ttir tribe of Juduh. lite other
til llie tribe of Itenjamin. After it vu taken and burnt by the men
of Juda. it was quickly rebuilt ajrain by the Jebuaites, as we inav
gather from ver. 51 ; and continued in their possession till it was
taken by kinfr David.

t llrbrtn. This expedition against Hebron, lie. is the same as is
related Joi\u xv. .'«. It is here repeated, to (rive the reader at once
a short sketch of all the achievements of the tribe of Juda afrainst
the ( hanaanite*.

J TU titw of UUm. Perhaps so called, from some famous school,
or lih-arv kijit llnre.

t Tlu Cuilr. Jethro the father-in-law of Mosea was called fWm,
188

23 For when they were ltesicging the city, wln< h
before was called Lu/.a,

J I They saw a man coming out of the city, and
thev said to him: Show us the entrance into the
city, and we will show thee mercy.

25 And when he had shown them, thev smote
the city with the edgl of the sword : but thai man
and all his kindred they let go:

26 Who being sent away, went into the land of
of H i i him, and built there a city, and called it Lu/a .
which is so called until this day.

27 Manasses also tlid not destroy Bethsan, and
Thanac with their villages, nor the inhabitants of
Dor, and Jeblaam, and Mngcddo with their villages.
And the Chanaamte began to dwell with them.

28 But after Israel was grown strong, he made
them tributaries, and would not destroy them.

29 Ephraim also did not slay the (hanaanite (hat
dwelt in Gazer, but dwelt with him.

30 Zahulon destroyed not the inhabitants of Ce-
tron, and Naalol : but the Chauaanite dwelt among
them, and became their tributary.

31 Aser also destroyed not the inhabitants of Ac-
cho, and of Sidon, of A ha lab, and of Achazib, and
of Helba, and of Aphec, and of Rohob:

32 And he dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanites
the inhabitants of that land, and did not slay them.

33 Nephtali also destroyed not the inhabitants of
Bethsames. and of Bethanath : and he dwelt in the
midst of the Chanaanites the inhabitants of the
land, and the Bethsamites and Bethanites were tri-
butaries to him.

34 And the Amorrhite straitened the children of
Dan in the mountain, and gave them not place to
go down to the plain:

35 And he dwelt** in the mountain Hares, that is,
of potsherds, in Aialon and Salebim. And the hand
of the house of Joseph was heavy vpon him: and
he became tributary to him.

36 And the border of the Amorrhite was from
the ascent of the scorpion, the rock, and the higher
places.

CHAP. II.

An Angel rtprovtth JsrnrL They weep for their tint. After
the death of Jotue, they of 'ten full, anil repenting are delivered
from their afietiont, but still fall worte and irorte.

AND an Angelft of the Lord went up from Gal-
gal to the place of weepers, and said : I made
vou go out of Egypt, and have brought you into tin;
land for which I swore to your fathers: and I pro-

or the Cinite: and his children who came alone with the childn -n of
Israel settled themselves anions; them in the land of f'hanaan, em-
bracing tlieir worship and relitfion. . From these the Rechabites
• primer, of whom see Jrrtm. xxxv. Ibid. Tkt rity of ssIsml Jericho,
so called from the abundance of palm-trees.

| Csss, iff. These were three of the principal cities of the Philis-
tines, famous both in sacred and profane history. They weir <akea
at this time by the Israelites: not as they took no rare to put gar-
risons in them, the Philistines sooo recovered them again.

1 !»'«» net sob, tfc- Through a cowardly fear of their chariots
armed with hooks and scythes, and lor want of confidence in God.

•* Ih dtrrtt. That is, the Amorrhite.

ft .f» «»r«i Taking toe shape af a man.

CHAP. in.

mised that 1 would not make void my covenant with
you for ever:

2 On condition that you should not make a league
with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw
down their altars : and you would not hear my voice :
why have you done this?

3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from be-
fore your face ; that you may have enemies, and their
gods may be your ruin.

4 And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these
words to all the children of Israel, they lifted up
their voice and wept.

5 And the name of that place was called, The
place of weepers, or of tears : and there they offer-
ed sacrifices to the Lord.

6 And Josue* sent away the people : andthe chil-
dren of Israel went every one to his own possession
to hold it:

7 And they served the Lord all his days, and the
days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him,
and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he
had done for Israel.

8 And Josue the son of Nun, the servant of the
Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old,

9 And they buried him in the borders of his pos-
session in Thamnathsare in mount Ephraim, on the
north side of mount Gaas.

10 And all that generation was gathered to their
fathers: and there arose others that knew not the
Lord, and the works which he had done for Israel.

1 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight
of the Lord: and they served Baalim.

12 And they left the Lord the God of their fa-
thers, who had brought them out of the land of
Egypt: and they followed strange gods,f and the
gods of the people that dwelt round about them : and
they adored them; and they provoked the Lord to
anger,

13 Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Asta-
roth.

14 And the Lord being angry against Israel, de-
livered them into the hands of plunderers: who look
them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt
round al>out: neither could they stand against their
enemies :

15 But whithersoever they meant to go, the hand
of the Lord was upon them, as he had said, and as
he had sworn to them : and they were greatly dis-
tressed.

16 And the Lord raised up judges to deliver them
from the hands of those that oppressed them: but
they would not hearken to them,

17 Committing fornication with strange gods, and
adoring them. They quickly forsook the way, in
which their fathers had walked: and hearing the
commandments of the Lord, they did all things con-
trary.

18 And when the Lord raised them up judges,

* And Josue, fcc. This is here inserted out of Jonie xxiv. by way
of recapitulation of what had happened before, and by way of an
introduction to that which follows.

t They followed strange gods. What is here said of the children of
Israel, as to their falling so often into idolatry, is to be understood of
a great part of them: but not so universally, as if the; true worship of

in their days he was moved to mercy, and tieard the
groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from
the slaughter of the oppressors.

19 But after the judge was dead, they returned,
and did much worse things than their fathers had
done, following strange gods, serving them, and
adoring them.. They left not. their own inventions,
and the stubborn way, by which they were accus-
tomed to walk.

20 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against
Israel : and he said : Behold this nation hath made
void my covenant, which 1 had made with their fa-
thers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice :

21 I also will not destroy the nations which Jo-
sue left, when he died :

22 1 hat through them I may try Israel, whether
they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it,
as their fathers kept it, or no.

23 The Lord therefore left all these nations, and
would not quickly destroy them ; neither did he de-
liver them into the hands of Josue.

CHAP. III.

The people falling into idolatry are oppressed by their enemies ;
but repenting are delivered by Othoniel, Aod, and Samgar.

THESE are the nations which the Lord left, that
by them he might instruct Israel, and all that
had not known the wars of the Chanaanites :

2 That afterwards their children might learn to
fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war :

3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the
Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites
that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Her-
mon to the entering into Emath.

4 And he left them, that he might try Israel by
them, whether they would hear the commandments
of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers
by the hand of Moses, or not.

5 So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of
the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite,
and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite :

6 And they took their daughters to wives ; and
they gave their own daughters to their sons ;
they served their gods.

7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord :
they forgot their God, and served Baalim and As-
taroth.

8 And the Lord being angry with Israel, deliver-
ed them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaini king of
Mesopotamia;! and they served him eight years.

9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them
up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel
the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:

10 And the Spirit of the Lord was in him ; and
he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the
Lord delivered into his hand, Chusan Rasathaim
king of Syria : and he overthrew him :

1 1 And the land rested forty years ; and Otho-
niel the son of Cenez died.

and
and

God was ever quite abolished among them : for the succession of tho
true church and religion was kept up all this time by the priests
and Levites, at least in the house of God in Silo.

t Mesopotamia. In Hebrew, Aramnaharaim. Syria of the two rirert;
so called because it lies between the Euphrates and the Tigris. It ii
absolutely called Syria, ver. 10.

* 189

JUDGES.

12 And the children of land did evil again in the

sight «)l" the Lord; who strengthened against them

Kglou king of Moab ; hecautC they dul evil in his
sight.

13 And hi- joined to him the children of Amnion
Rnd Ainalec: and lie went ;nid overthrew Israel, and
possessed the city of palm-trees.

1 V And the children of Israel served Eglon king
of Moah eighteen years :

16 And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who
raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera,
the son of Jcmini, who used the left hand as well as
the right. And the children of Israel sent presents
to Eglon king of Moah bj him.

16 And he made himself a two-edged sword, with
a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the
hand ; and was girded therewith under his garment
on the right thigh.

17 And In- presented the gifts to Eglon king of
Moah. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.

18 And when he had presented the gifts unto him.
he followed his companions that came along with
him.

19 Then returning from Galgal, where the idols
were, he said to the king: I have a secret message
to thee, O king. And he commanded silence : and
all lieing gone out that were about him,

20 Aod went in to him : now he was sitting in a
summer parlour alone, and he said : I have a word
from Goo* to thee. And he forthwith rose up from
his throne.

21 And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the
dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it iuto his
belly,

22 With such force that the haft went in after the
blade into the wound, and was closed up with the
abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the
dagger ; but left it in the IkxIv as he had struck it in.
And forthwith bv the secret parts of nature the ex-
crements of the belly came out.

23 But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the
parlour, and locking them.

24 Went out by a postern door. And the king's
set rants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut,
and they said: Perhaps he is casing nature in his
summer parlour.

25 And waiting a long time till they were asham-
ed, and seeing thai no man opened the door, the\
took a ke\ : and opening they found their lord tying
dead on the ground.

26 Bui Aod, while they were in confusion, es-
caped, and passed by the place of the idols, from
Whence he had returned. And he came toSeirath :

27 And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in
mount F.phraiin : and the children of Israel wont
down with him, he himself going in the front.

2H And h>- said to them : Follow me: for the
Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into
our hands. Ami they went down after him, and
seined UPOa the fords of the Jordan, which are in

• .1 wrdfrm* Css*. 4-c. What And, who sras fadfi an.l clnrf ma-
|p«trairof linirl, iInI on this occasion, was by a sfwU m«i>iralioo
of God: bat such things are not to be imitated bv private una

190

the Wnj to M"ab: and they suffered no man K>
pass o\ cr :

' But they slew of the Moabites at that time,
about ten thousand, all strong and valiant mm :
none of them could escape.

90 And Moab was humbled that day under the
hand of Israel : and the land rested eighty \ears.

31 After him was Samgar the son ol Anath, who
slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a
plough-share : and he also defended Israel.

CHAP. IV.

Di bbora and Barar deliver Itraelfrom Jabin and Sisara. Ja
ktl killeth Sisara.

AND the children of Israel again did evil in the
sight of the Lord alter the death of Aod :

2 And the Lord delivered them up into the hands
of Jabin king of Chanaan, who reigned in Asor :
and he had a general of his army named Sisara ;
and he dwelt in Haroseth of the gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord :
for he had nine hundred chariots set with scythes,
and for twenty years had grievously oppressed them.

4 And there was at that time Debbora a prophet-
ess, the wife of Lapidoth, who judged the peoples

5 And she sat under a palm-tree, w Inch was call-
ed by her name, between Bama and Bethel in
mount Ephraim : and the children of Israel came
up to her for all judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barac the son of Abi-
noem out of Cedes in Nephtali : and she said to
him : The Lord God of Israel hath commanded thee :
Go, and lead an army to mount Thabor, and thou
shalt take with thee ten thousand fighting men of
the children of Nephtali, and of the children of Za-
bulou :

7 And I will bring unto thee in the place of the
torrent Cison, Sisara the general of Jabin's arm\,
and his chariots, and all his multitude ; and w ill de-
liver them into thy hand.

8 And Barac said to her : If thou wilt come with
me, I will go: if thou wilt not come with me, I
will not go.

9 She said to him: I will go indeed with thee,
but at this time the victory shall not lie attributed to
thee, because Sisara shall Im- delivered into the hand
of a woman. Debbora therefore arose, and went
with Barac to Cedes.

10 And he called unto him Zabulon and Neph-
tali, and went up with ten thousand fighting in. n,
having Debboia in his companv.

11 Now Haber the (inite had some time before
departed from the rest of the Cinitcs his brethren
the sons of Hobab, the kinsman of Moses • and had
pitched his tents unto the valley which is called Sen-
nim, and was near CedV

12 And it ail told Sisara, that Barac the son ol
Abinoem was gone up to mount Thalior :

13 And he gathered together his nine hundred
chariots armed with scythes, and all his army from
Haroseth of the gentiles lo the torrent ( isou.

14 And Debbora said to Barac : Arise, for this
is the day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisara

CHAP. V.

into thy hands . behold, ho is thy leader. And Ba-
rac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thou-
sand fighting men with him.

15 And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and
all his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge
of the sword, at the sight of Barac ; insomuch, that
Sisara leaping down from off" his chariot, fled away
on foot :

16 And Barac pursued after the fleeing chariots,
and the army, unto Haroseth of the gentiles: and
all the multitude of the enemy was utterly de-
stroyed.

17 But Sisara fleeing came to the tent of Jahel
the wife of Haber the Cinite ; for there was peace
between Jabin the king of Asor, and the house of
IJaber the Cinite.

18 And Jahel went forth to meet Sisara, and
said to him : Come in to me, my lord ; come in,
fear not. He went into her tent, and being cover-
ed by her with a cloak,

19 Said to her: Give me, I beseech thee, a little
water, for I am very thirsty. She opened a bottle
of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.

20 And Sisara said to her : Stand before the door
of the tent, and when any shall come and inquire of
thee, saying : Is there any man here ? thou shalt
say : There is none.

21 So Jahel, Haber's wife, took a nail of the
tent, taking also a hammer : and going in softly,
and with silence, she put the nail upon the temples
of his head, and striking it with the hammer, drove
if through his brain fast into the ground : and so
passing from deep sleep to death, he fainted away
and died.

22 And behold, Barac came pursuing after Sisa-
ra : and Jahel went out to meet him, and said to
him : Come, and I will show thee the man whom
thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, he
saw Sisara lying dead, and the nail fastened in his
temples.

23 So God that day humbled Jabin the king of
Chanaan before the children of Israel :

24 Who grew daily stronger, and with a mighty
hand overpowered Jabin king of Chanaan, till they
quite destroyed him.

CHAP. V.

The canticle of Debbora and Barac after their victory.

IN that day Debbora and Barac, son of Abinoem,
sung, and said:

2 O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your
lives to danger, bless the Lord.

3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, ye princes: It is I,
it is I, that will sing to the Lord. I will sing to the
Lord the God of Israel.

4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and

* The paths rested. The ways to the sanctuary of God were unfre-
quented : and men walked in the by-ways of error and sin.

f Out of Ephraim, ire. The enemies straggling in their flight were'
destroyed as they were running through the land of Ephraim, and
of Benjamin, which lies after, that is, bevond Ephraim : and soon to
the very confines of Amalec. Or, it alludes to former victories of
the people of God, particularly that which was freshest in memory,
when the men of Ephraim and Benjamin, with Aod at their head,

passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled,
and the heavens dropped water.

5 The mountainsmelted before the face of the
Lord, and Sina before the face of the Lord the God
of Israel.

6 In the days of Samgar the son of Anath, in the
days of Jahel the paths rested :* and they that went
by them, walked through by-ways.

7 The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel ;
until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.

8 The Lord chose new wars, and he himself over-
threw the gates of the enemies : a shield and spear
was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.

9 My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you
that of your own good-will offered yourselves to
danger, bless the Lord.

10 Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you
that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.

1 1 Where the chariots were dashed together, and
the army of the enemies was choaked, there let the
justices of the Lord be rehearsed, and his clemency
towards the brave men of Israel : then the people of
the Lord went down to the gates, and obtained the
sovereignty.

12 Arise, arise, O Debbora ; arise, arise, and
utter a canticle. Arise, Barac, and take hold of thy
captives, O son of Abinoem.

13 The remnants of the people are saved: the
Lord hath fought among the valiant ones.

14 Out of Ephraimf he destroyed them into Ama-
lec, and after him out of Benjamin into thy people,
O Amalec : Out of MachirJ there came down prin-
ces, and out of Zabulon they that led the army to
fight.

15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora,
and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed him-
self to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit.
Ruben being divided against himself,^ there was
found a strife of courageous men.

1 6 Why dwellest thou between two borders, that
thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks ? Ruben
being divided against himself, there was found a
strife of courageous men.

17 Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, and Dan
applied himself to ships: Aser dwelt on the sea-
shore, and abode in the havens.

18 But Zebulon and Nephtali offered their lives
to death in the region of Merome.

19 The kings came and fought: the kings of
Chanaan fought in Thanach by the waters of JVIa-
geddo: and yet they took no spoils. •

20 War from heaven was made against them:
the stars remgining in their order and courses fought
against Sisara.

21 The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses,

overthrew their enemies the Moabite* with the Amalecites their

allies. See chap. iii.

| Machir. The tribe of Manasses, whose eldest son was Machir
i Divided against himself, fyc. By this it seems that the valiant men

of the tribe of Reuben were divided in their sentiments, with relation

to this war ; which division kept them at home within their own bor

ders, to hear the bleating of their flocks.

191

.iidges.

the torrent of Cadmium, the torrent of Cison: tread

thou, mv soul, upon the strong OM

I 'In- hoofs of tlie borsSi wore broken whilst
the stoutest of the enrinies tied amain, and fell
head Ion? down.

23 Cone >»• the brad of IferOB,* said the Angel
of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof; be cau se
they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his
most valiant men.

24 Blessed among women In- .label the wife of
Halier the finite, and blessed l>e she in her tent.

25 He a»ked her water, and she gave him milk,
and offered him butter in a dish /u* lor princes.

26 She put her left hand to the nail, and her
right hand to the workman's hammer: and slit
struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the
wound, and strongly piercing through his temples.

27 At her feet he fell : he fainted, and lie died : he
rolled before herfeet,andhe lay lifeless and wretched.

His mother looked out at a window, and
howled: and she spoke from the dining-room : Why
is his chariot so long in coming back' Why are the
feet of his horses so slow?

29 One that was wiser than the rest of his wives,
returned this answer to her mother-in-law :

30 Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and
the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: gar-
ments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his
prey; and furniture of different kinds is heaped
together to adorn the necks.

)l So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but
let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in
his rising.

32 And the land rested for forty years.

CHAP. VI.

The people, for their sin*, are oppreued by the Madianitet.
Gedeon it railed to delietr them.

A ND the children of Israel again did evil in the
■**- sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into
the hand of Madian seven years:

2 And they wore grievously oppressed by them.
And the] made themselves dens and caves in the
mountains, and strong holds to resist.

3 And when Israel had sown, Madian, and Ama-
lec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up:

4 And pitching their tents among them, wasted
nil things as they wore in the blade e\en to the
entrance of (ia/.a: and they left nothing at all in
Israel for sustenance of life, nor sheep, nor oxen,
nor asses.

5 For they and all their flocks came with their
tents, and like locusts filled all places, an innume-
rable multitude of men, and of cajncls, wasting
whatsoever thev touched.

6 And Israel was humbled exceedingly in the
sight of Madian.

7 \nd he cried to the Lord, desiring help against
the Madiaiu

• Mtrn. Where tbii land of Meroz wa», which it here laid undrr
■ cunt, we cajnot find: nor » there mention of it ant whorrrl*o in
holy wnt. In the ipintnal wmw thev arecunmi who'rrfuv toaaaiat
the people of God in their warfare arum*! their anintual rnrmiea.

8 And he sent unto them a prophet, and he spoke:
Thus saith the Lord the GihI of Israel : I made \oii

to come up out of Egypt, and brought you >ut of
the house of IxMidage:

9 And delivered >oii out of the hands of the
plians, and of all the enemies that afflicted vou :

and I cast them out at your coining in, and gave
you their land.

10 And I said: I am the Lord your God, fear
not the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you
dwell. And you would not bear my voice.

11 And an Angel of the Lord came, and sat
under an oak, that was in Kphra, and belonged to
Joss the father of the family of Lzri. And when
( iedeon his son w as threshing and cleansing w heat
bj the wine-press, to flee from Madian,

12 The Angel of the Lord a p pe ar ed to him, and
said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of
men.

13 And Gedeon said to him: I beseech thee
my lord, if the Lord l>e with us, why have then
evils fallen upon us? Where are his miracles, j hich
our fathers have told us of, saying: The Lord brought
us out of Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken
us, and delivered us into the hand of Madian.

14 And the Lord looked ii|»on him, and said:
Go in this thy strength, and thou shall deliver Is-
rael out of the hand of Madian: know that 1 have
sent thee.

15 He answered and said: I beseech thee, my
lord, wherewith shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my
family is the meanest in Manasses,t and I am the
least in my father's house.

16 And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee:
and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.

17 And he said: if I have fount! grace before thee,
give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me,

18 And depart not hence, till 1 return to thee,
and brine a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he
answered: I will wait thy coming.

19 So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and
made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and
putting the flesh in a basket, ami the broth of the
tlesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and
presented to him.

20 And the Angel of the Lord said to him : Take
the flesh and the unleavened loaves, and lay them
upon that rock, and |>our out the broth tfiereon.
And when lie had done so,

21 The Angel of the Lord put forth the tin of the
rod. which he licld in his band, ami touched the
flesh ami the unleavened loaves: and there arose a
fire from the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
unleavened loaves: and the Angel of the Lord
vanished out of his sight.

22 And (iedeon seeing lhat it was the angel of
the Lord, said: Mas. my Lord God: fori have
seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.

f 7V mumttt in Mtmmstn, Ire Mark how the I>ord chooaeth the
hutnhle (who are mean and little in their own evca) for the greatest
entcrprf

CHAP. VII.

23 And the Lord said to him: Peace be with
thee: fear not: thou shalt not die.

24 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord,
and called it the Lord's peace, until this present
day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of
the family of Ezri,

25 That night the Lord said to him: Take a
bullock, of thy father's; and another bullock of seven
years, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal, which
is thy father's: and cut down the grove that is
about the altar:

26 And thou shalt build an altar to the Lord thy
God in the top of this rock, whereupon thou didst
lay the sacrifice before : and thou shalt take the
second bullock, and shalt offer a holocaust upon
;i pile of the wood, which thou shalt cut down out
of the grove.

27 Then Gedeon taking ten men of his servants,
did as the Lord had commanded him. But fearing
his father's house, and the men of that city, he
would not do it by day, but did all by night.

28 And when the men of that town were risen in
the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed,
and the grove cut down, and the second bullock
laid upon the altar, which then was built.

29 And they said one to another : Who hath
done this? And when they inquired for the author
of the fact, it was said : Gedeon the son of Joas
did all this.

30 And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son
hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed
the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove.

31 He answered them : Are you the avengers of
Baal, that you fight for him? he that is his adver-
sary, let him die before to-morrow light appear: if
he be a god, let him avenge himself on him that
hath cast down his altar.

32 From that day Gedeon was called Jerobaal,
because Joas had said: Let Baal revenge himself
on him that hath cast down his altar.

33 Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the east-
ern people were gathered together, and passing
over the Jordan, camped in the valley of Jezrael.

31 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon :
and he sounded the trumpet, and called together
the house of Abiezer, to follow him.

35 And he sent messengers into all Manasses,
and they also followed him; and other messengers
into Aser, and Zabulon, and Nephtali : and they
came to meet him.

36 And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save
Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

37 I will put this fleece of wool on the floor : if
there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all
the ground beside, I shall know that by rny hand,
as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel.

38 And it was so. And rising before day wring-
ing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

*Lest Israel, fyc. By this we see that God will not choose forlus in-
sfumenti in qreat achievements, which depend purely on his (rnu;o,
Htich as, throagrfa ;>ri.le and •solf-coaceit, will take the glory to them-
hcK. I

39 And he said again to God : Let not thy wrath
be kindled against me, if I try once more, seeking
a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may
be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.

40 And God did that night as he had requested :
and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was
dew on all the ground.

CHAP. VII.

Gedeon with three hundred men, by stratagem defeats the Ma-
dianites.

rpHEN Jerobaal, who is the same as Gedeon,
-*- rising up early and all the people with him,
came to the fountain that is called Harad. Now
the camp of Madian was in the valley on the north
side of the high hill.

2 And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that
are with thee are many: and Madian shall not be deli-
vered into their hands ; lest* Israel should glory against
me, and say : I was delivered by my own strength.

3 Speak to the people, and proclaim in the
hearing of all, Whosoever is fearful and timorous,
let him return. So two and twenty thousand men
went away from mount Galaad, and returned home :
and only ten thousand remained.

4 And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people
are still too many ; bring them to the waters, and
there I will try them: and of whom I shall say to
thee, This shall go with thee, let him go: whom I
shall forbid to go, let him return.

5 And when the people were come down to the
waters, the Lord said to Gedeon : They that shall
lap the water with their tongues, as dogs are wont
to lap, thou shalt set apart by themselves: but they
that shall drink bowing down their knees, shall be
on the other side.

6 And the number of them that had lapped
water,f casting it with the hand to their mouth,
was three hundred men: and all the rest of the
multitude had drunk kneeling.

7 And the Lord said to Gedeon : By the three
hundred men, that lapped water, 1 will save you,
and deliver Madian into thy hand : but let all the
rest of the people return to their place.

8 So taking victuals and trumpets according to
their number, he ordered all the rest of the multi-
tude to depart to their tents: and he with the three
hundred gave himself to the battle. Now the camp
of Madian was beneath him in the valley.

9 The same night the Lord said to him : Arise,
and go down into the camp: because 1 have de-
livered them into thy hand.

10 But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara
thy servant go down with thee.

11 And when thou shalt hear what they are say-
ing, then shall thy hands be strengthened ; and thou
shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp.
And he went down with Phara his servant into part
of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.

f That lapped water. These were preferred that took the water up
in their hands, and so lapped it, before them who laid themselves quite
down to the waters to drink ; which argued a more eager and sensual
disposition.

193

JUDGES.

12 Hut Madian, Mini Amalec, and all the eastern

people lav Mattered in tin- \ all. \ . M I multitude nl
locusts : their camels also w era innumerable, as the
rod that Beth on the sea shore.

13 And when Gedeon was conic, one tolil his

neighbour a dream ; ami in this manner relaa d \\ bai
he Bad teen: I dreamt a dream* 11 and it seemed to
me as if a hearth-cake of barley-bread rolled and
came down into the camp of Madian: and when it
was come to a tent it struck it, and beat it down flat
to the ground.

14 He to whom he spoke, answered: This is
nothing else but the sword of Gedeon the son of
.bias a man of Israel. For the Lord hath delivered
Mailiam and all their camp into his hand.

15 And when Gedeon had heard the dream, and
the interpretation thereof, he adored, and returned
to the (amp of Israel, and said: Arise, for the Lord
hath delivered the camp of Madian into our hands.

lb' And he divided the three hundred men into
three parts, and gave them trumpets in their hands,
and empty pitchers, and lamps w ithin the pitchers.

1 7 And he said to them : What you shall see me
do, do you the same: I will go into one part of the
camp, and do you as I shall do.

18 When the trumpet shall sound in my hand,
do you also' blow the trumpets on every side of
the camp.

19 And Gedeon, and the three hundred men
that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the
beginning of the midnight watch, and the watchmen
'wins; alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets,t
and to clap the pitchers one against another.

20 And when they sounded their trumpet! in
three places round about the camp, and had broken
their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left
hands, and with their ri^ht hands the trumpets which
they blew : and they cried out: The sword of the
Lord and of Gedeon ;

21 Standing every man in his place round about
the enemies Ya mp. So all the camp was troubled :
and crying out and howling they fled away.

22 And the three hundred men nevertheless per-
sisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent
the sword into all the camp ; and they killed one
another.

23 Fleeing as far as Betlisetta, and the border of
Abelmebula in Tebbath. Hut the men of Israel
shouting from Nephtali and Aser, and from all Ma-
nasses, panned alter Madian.

24 And Gedeon sent measfeagen into all mount
Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian.
and take the waters before them to Bet libera and
the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took
tin waters before them and the Jordan as far as
Bethbera.

\nd having taken two men| of Madian, Orel),

* J dreamt. Observation of dremira b commonly tupenlitioim, ami
ai fetch is condemned in the word of God : but in tome extraordinary
cases, a* we here tee, Ood it pleased by dreamt tolbretel what he is

about In <!<>.

♦ 7V»r trumpets, &c. In a mystical sen«- >.rr« i.f tlic u»«-
pel, in odor fa «[<intual ooaqoMS, DM) MM onlv sound with the
trumpet of the word of God, but mu<t also break tin ii e. rib d pitch

I '.'I

| and Zeb: Oreb they sit w in the rock of Oreb, and
'/.< b in the wine-press of Zeb. And they pursued
Madian. earning the heads of Oreb ami Zeb to
( ledeoo beyond the waters of the Jordan.

CHAP. VIII.

Gedeon appeaseth the Ephraimitcs : takith Zebee and Salmana:
destroytth Soccoth and Phanuel: reftueth to be king : ma kith
an rp/iod of the gold of the prey : and tin th in a good ola
age. The peoplt return to idolatry.

AND the men of Ephraim said to him : What is
this that thou meanest to do, thai thou wouldst
not call us when thou wentest to fight against Ma-
dian. ; and they chid him sharply, and almost of-
fered violence.

2 And he answered them : What could 1§ have
done like to that w hich you have done ? Is not one
bunch of grapes of Ephraim better than tin- vintages
of Abiezcr ?

3 The Lord hath delivered into your hands the
princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb : what could I
have done like to w hat you have done ? And w ben
he had said this, their spirit was appeased* with
which they swelled against him.

4 And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, be
parsed over it with the three hundred men, that were
with him; who were so weary that they could not
pursue after them that fled.

5 And he said to die men of Soccoth : Give, I
beseech you, bread to the people thai is with me,
for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebce, and
Salmana the kings of Madian.

6 The princes of Soccoth answered : Peradvi n-
ture the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana
are in thy hand : and therefore thou dcmandesi that
we should give bread to thy army.

7 And he said to them : When the Lord then fore
shall have delivered Zebee and Salmana into my
hands, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and
briers of the desert.

8 And going up from thence, he came to Pha-
nuel : and he spoke the like things to the men oj
that place. And they also answered him, as tin;
men of Soccoth had answered.

9 He said therefore to them also : When I shall
return a conqueror in peace, I will destroy this lower.

10 But Zebee and Salmana were resting "itli
all their army. For fifteen thousand men won left
of all the troops of the eastern people: and one
hundred and twenty thousand warriors that duw
the sword, wore slain.

1 1 And Gedeon went up by the w ay of them that
dwelt in tents, on the east of Nobc, and Jegbaa,
and smote the camp of the enemies, who were se-
cure, and suspected no hurt.

12 And Zebee and Salmana fled : and Gedeon

ers. by the mortification of tba Beth and its passions, and carry lamp*
in (Mr hands bv the lijrht of their virtues,

J 'Arc mm That is, two of their chiefs.

t M hat coulJ I. Sfr. A meek and humble an>wer appeased them
who otherwise might have com. I So great is the powe/ .

of humility both with God and man.

CHAP. IX.

pursued and took them, all their host being put in
confusion.

13 And returning from the battle before the sun
rising,

14 He took a boy of the men of Soecoth ; and
he asked him the names of the princes and ancients
of Soecoth : and he described unto him seventy-
seven men.

15 And he came to Soecoth, and said to them :
Behold Zebee and Salmana, concerning whom you
upbraided me, saying : Perad venture the hands of
Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore
thou demandest that we should give bread to the men
that are weary and faint.

16 So he took the ancients of the city, and thorns
and briers of the desert ; and tore them with the
same, and cut in pieces the men of Soecoth.

17 And he demolished the tower of Phanuel, and
slew the men of the city.

18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What
manner of men were they whom you slew in Tha-
bor ? They answered : They were like thee, and
one of them as the son of a king.

19 He answered them : They were my brethren,
the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you
had saved them, I would not kill you.

20 And he said to Jether his eldest son : Arise,
and slay them. But he drew not his sword : for
he was afraid, being but yet a boy.

21 And Zebee and Salmana said : Do thou rise,
and run upon us : because the strength of a man is
according to his age : Gedeon rose up, and slew
Zebee and Salmana : and he took the ornaments
and bosses, with which the necks of the camels of
kings are wont to be adorned.

22 And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon : Rule
thou over us, and thy son, and thy son's sou : because
thou hast delivered us from the hand ofMadian.

23 And he said to them : I will not rule over you,
neither shall my son rule over you ; but the Lord
shall rule over you.

24 And he said to them : I desire one request of
you : Give me the earlets of your spoils. For the
Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets.

25 They answered : ^ We will give them most
willingly. And spreading a mantle on the ground,
they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils.

26 And the weight of the earlets that he request-
ed, was a thousand seven hundred sides of gold,
besides the ornaments, and jewels, and purple rai-
ment, which the kings ofMadian were wont to use,
and besides the golden chains that were about the
camels' necks.

27 And Gedeon made an ephod* thereof, and put
it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed for-
nication with it : and it became a ruin to Gedeon,
and to all his house.

28 But Madian was humbled before the children
of Israel : neither could they any more lift up their

* An evhod. A priestly garment ; which Gedeon made with a good
design; but the Israelites, after his death, abused it by making it an.
instrument of their idolatrous worship.

f Hi) concubine. She was his servant, but not his harlot ; and is'

heads : but the land rested for forty years, while
Gedeon presided.

29 So Jero tal the son of Joas went, and dwelt
in his own house.

30 And he had seventy sons who came out of his
thigh ; for he had many wives.

31 And his concubine,t that he had in Sichem,
bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

32 And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good
old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fa-
ther in Ephra of the family of Ezri.

33 But after Gedeon was dead, the children of
Israel turned again, and committed fornication with
Baalim. And they made a covenant with Baal,
that he should be their god :

34 And they remembered not the Lord their God,
who delivered them out of the hands of all their
enemies round about :

35 Neither did they show mercy to the house of
Jerobaal Gedeon, according to all the good things
he had done to Israel.

CHAP. IX.

Abimelech kitteth his brethren. Joatham's parable. Gaal con-
spireth with the Sichemites against Abimelech ; but is over-
come. Abimelech destroyeth Sichem : but is killed at Thebes.

\ ND Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to
•£*- Sichem to his mother's brethren, and spoke
to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's fa-
ther, saying :

2 Speak to all the men of Sichem : Whether is
better for you, that seventy men all the sons of Je-
robaal should rule over you, or that one man should
rule over you ? And withal consider that I am your
bone, and your flesh.

3 And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all
the men of Sichem, all these words ; and they in-
clined their hearts after Abimelech, saying : He is
our brother :

4 And they gave him seventy weight of silver
out of the temple of Baalberith :J wherewith he
hired to himself men that were needy, and vaga-
bonds : and they followed him.

5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra,
and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal seventy
men, upon one stone : and there remained only
Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was
hidden.

6 And all the men of Sichem were gathered to-
gether, and all the families of the city of Mello : and
they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak
that stood in Sichem.

7 This being told to Joatham, he went and stood
on the top of mount Garizim : and lifting up his
voice, he cried, and said : Hear me, ye men of Si-
chem, so may God hear you.

8 The trees went, to anoint a king over them :
and they said to the olive-tree : Reign thou over us.

9 And it answered : Can I leave my fatness,

called his concubine, as wives of an inferior degree are commonly
called in the Old Testament, though otherwise lawfully married.

| Baalberith. That is, Baal of the covenant; so called from the cove-
nant they had made with Baal, chap. viii. 3J.
195

JCDGES.

which Itotli gods and men make use of,* to coinr to
be promoted among tbe tret

10 Ami thr trees said to the fig-tree: Cometliou,
and reisn o\er us.

11 Ami it answered them: Can I leave m>
sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be
promoted anions the other trees?

1 J \ml the trees odd to the vine : Come thou,
and ratal over us.

13 And it answered them : Can 1 forsake my
wine, that cheereth God and men,t and be promot-
ed anions the other trees ?

14 And all the trees said to the bramble : Come
thou, and reign over us.

15 And it answered them : If indeed you mean
10 make me king, come ye and rest under my sha-
dow : but if you mean it not, let fire come out from
the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.

16 Now therefore, if you have done well, and
without sin in appointing Abimelech kins over you,
and have dealt well with Jerobaal, and with his
house, and have made a suitable return for the be-
nefits of him, who fought for you,

17 And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you
from the hands of Madian,

18 And you are now risen up against my father's
house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon
one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his
handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, be-
cause he is your brother :

19 If therefore you have dealt well, and without
fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this
dav in Abimelech : and may he rejoice in you.

20 But if unjustly, let fire come out from him,and
consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of
Mello : and let fire come out from the men of
Sichem, and from the town of Mello, and devour
Abimelech.

21 And when he had said thus, he fled, and went
into Bera ; and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech
his brother.

22 So Abimelech rcisned over Israel for three years.

23 And the Lord sent a rerj . -v4l spirit between
Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem ; who
bean to detest him,

24 And to leave the crime of the murder of the
v-venty sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their
blood upon Abimelech their brother, and upon the
rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him.

25 And they set an ambush asainst him on tin-
top of the mountains : and while they waited for
his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils
of all that passed by : and it tU told Abimelech.

26 And Gaal the son of Obed came with his
brethren, ami went over to Biehem. And the in-
habitants of Sichem taking courase at his coming,

J 7 Went out into the fields, wasting the vin< -

* Kolh godt ami men mmkt uttuf. Tbe. olire tree w introduced.
•Mftking in ll.i- manner, became oil «ra» nw.| Ixitli in llie wonbip of
ili- inn Uod, and in tli.it of Uie false p. ■ mitci

I rktrrelk CoJ mtul mrn. W >i . nt'.l ma

yards, and treading down the crapes: and sinsiiig
and dancing they went into tin- temple ol their sod-
and in (heir banquets and cups they CUTied Abi
null ch.

28 And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is
Ahimclcrh. and what is Sichem, that we .should
serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and hath
made Zebul his servant ruler ovei the men ol Minor,
the father of Sichem ? Why then shall w e serre him'

29 Would to God that some man would put
this people under my hand, that I might remove
Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to
Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an
army, and come.

30 For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the
words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was rerj angry,

31 And sent messengers privately to Abiiin In h.
saying: Behold, Gaal the son of Obed is come into
Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set
the city against thee.

32 Arise therefore in the night with the people
that is with thee, and lie hid in the field :

33 And betimes in the morning at sun-rising s, i
upon the city. And w hen lie shall come out against
thee with his people, do to him what thou shalt be
able.

34 Abimelech therefore arose with all his army
by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four
places.

35 And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood
in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abi-
melech rose up, and all his army with him from the
places of the ambushes.

36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to
Zebul: Behold, a multitude comet h down from the
mountains. And he answered him : Thou seest
the shadows of the mountains ;is if they were the
heads of men ; and this is thy mistake.

37 Again Gaal said: Behold, there comcth peo-
ple down from the middle of the land: and one
troop cometh by the way that looketh tow a r ds tin-
oak.

38 And Zebul said to him: AVherc is now thy
mouth wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech,
that we should serve him ? Is not this tin people
which thou didst despise ? Go out, and fight against
him.

39 So Gaal went out in the sisht of the people
of Sichem, and fought againt Abimelech,

40 Who chased and put him to flight, and drove
him to the city : and many were slain of his people,
even to the gate of the city:

41 And Abimelech sat down in Hiimn: but Ze-
bul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city,
and would not sulli-r them to abide in it.

42 So the day follow ins the people went out into
the field. And it was told to Abimelech.

God, became he bad appointed it to be olTi-rcd up tritli bi« Mcrifioi *.
Hut we ore not obliged to take lln»e word*. «|»>ken h\ ll.i- in.

to tbe utriet literal aanaet but oalj

mmodrnti .1 to tin w i

| elusion of It.

CHAP. X.

43 And he took his army, and divided it into
three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields.
And seeing that the people came out of the city, he
arose, and set upon them

44 With his own company, assaulting and be-
sieging the city : whilst the two other companies
chased the enemies that were scattered about the
field.

45 And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day;
and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and
demolished it, so that he sowed salt* in it.

46 And when they who dwelt in the tower of Si-
chem had heard this, they went into the temple of
their god Berith, where they had made a covenant
with him, and from thence the place had taken its
name, and it was exceeding strong.

47 Abimelech also hearing that the men of the
tower of Sichem were gathered together,

48 Went up into mount Selmon he and all his
people with him ; and taking an axe, he cut down
the bough of a tree, and laying it on his shoulder,
and carrying it, he said to his companions: What
you see me do, do you out of hand.

49 So they cut down boughs from the trees,
every man as fast as he could, and followed their
leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on
fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke
and with the fire a thousand persons were killed,
men and women together of the inhabitants of the
tower of Sichem.

50 Then Abimelech departing from thence came
to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and
besieged with his army.

51 And there was in the midst of the city a high
tower, to which both the men and the women were
fled together, and all the princes of the city, and
having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood
upon the battlements of the tower to defend them-
selves.

52 And Abimelech coming near the tower fought
stoutly; and approaching to the gate, endeavoured
to set fire to it :

53 And behold, a certain woman casting a piece
of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head
of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

54 And he called hastily to his armour-bearer,
and said to him : Draw thy sword, and kill me :
lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman.
He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

55 And when he was dead, all the men of Israel
that were with him, returned to their homes.

56 And God repaid the evil that Abimelech had
done against his father, killing his seventy bre-
thren.

57 The Sichemites also were rewarded for what
they had done : and the curse of Joatham the son
of Jerobaal came upon them.

CHAP. X.

Thola ruleth Israel twenty-three years ; and Jair twenty-two.
The people fall again into idolatry ; and arc afflicted by the
Philistines and Ammonites. They cry to God for help, who
upon their repentance hath compassion on them.

A FTER Abimelech there arose a ruler in Israel,
-^*- Thola, son of Phua the uncle of Abimelech,t
a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount
Ephraim :

2 And he judged Israel three and twenty years :
and he died, and was buried in Samir.

3 To him succeeded Jair the Galaadite, who
judged Israel for two and twenty years,

4 Having thirty sons that rode on thirty asscolts,
and were princes of thirty cities, which from his
name were called Havoth Jair,t that is, the towns
of Jair, until this present day, in the land of Ga-
.laad.

5 And Jair died ; and was buried in the place
which is called Camon.

6 But the children of Israel adding new sins to
their old ones, did evil in the sight of the Lord ; and
served idols, Baalim and Astaroth, and thegodsof
Syria, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the chil-
dren of Ammon, and of the Philistines: and they
left the Lord, and did not serve him.

7 And the Lord being angry with them, deliver-
ed them into the hands of the Philistines and of the
children of Ammon.

8 And they were afflicted, and grievously op-
pressed for eighteen years, all they that dwelt be-
yond the Jordan in the land of the Amorrhite, who
is in Galaad :

9 Insomuch that the children of Ammon passing
over the Jordan, wasted Juda and Benjamin and
Ephraim: and Israel was distressed exceedingly.

10 And they cried to the Lord, and said: We
have sinned against thee ; because we have forsa-
ken the Lord our God, and have served Baalim.

1 1 And the Lord said to them : Did not the Egyp-
tians and the Amorrhites, and the children of Am-
mon and the Philistines,

12 The Sidonians also, and Amalec and Cha-
naan oppress you : and you cried to me, and 1 deli-
vered you out of their hand ?

13 And yet you have forsaken me, and have wor-
shipped strange gods : therefore I will deliver you no
more :

14 Go and call upon the gods which you have
chosen: Let them deliver you in the time of distress.

15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord:
We have sinned ; do thou unto us whatsoever pleas-
eth thee : only deliver us this time.

16 And saying these things, they cast away out
of their coasts all the idols of strange gods, and serv-
ed the Lord their God : and he was touched with
their miseries.

* Sowed salt. To make the ground barren, and fit for nothing'.
■)■ Uncle of 'Mimelech, i. e. Half-brothertoGcdeon, as being born of
the same mother, but by a different father, and of a different tribe.

I Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, wnich
they had formerly received from another Jair. Numbers xxxii. 41.

197

JUDGES.

17 And the children of Amnion shouting together,
pitched their tmts in Galaad; against tvhoiu tlie
children of Iwael assembled themselves together,
;iinl camped in Rfaspha.

\nd the princesof Galaad said one to mo-
ther: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight
.ist the children of Amnion, he shall be the lea-
der of the people of Galaad.

CHAT. XL
Jephte is made ruler of the people of Galaad: he first p'ecuh
their muse im<iintt the Ammonites : then making a roir, ob-
tains a signal victory : he performs kit vow.

TIIKRK was at that time Jephte the Galasdite,
.1 most valiant man and a warrior, the son ol a
woman thai was B harlot; and his father w UJ Ga-
laad. ■ ' . , , •

I \ou Galaad had ■ wife of whom be had sons;
who after tbej wire grown up, thrust out Jephte,
Baying: ThoUCanat not inherit in the house ol our
father, because thou art born of another mother.

3 Then he fled, and avoided them, and dwelt in
the landofTob: and there were gathered to him
Deed] men, and robbers; and they followed him as
their prince.

4 In those days the children of Amnion made war
against Israel.

5 And as they pressed hard upon them, the an-
cients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the
land of Tob to help them :

6 And they said to him: Come thou, and be our
prince, and fight against the children of Amnion.

7 And he answered them: Are not you the men
that haled me, and cast me out of my father's bouse;
and now you are come to me constrained by in

s 1 1 V .

8 And the princes of Galaad said to Jenhte : For
this cause we are now come to thee, that thou ma\ si
go with us, and fight against the children ol Am
mon,and be bead over all the inhabitants oi Galaad.

9 Jephte also said to them: If you be come to
me sincerely, that 1 should fight for you against the
children of Amnion, and the Lord shall deliver them
into mv hand, shall 1 be your prince?

10 They answered him : '1 he Lord wlioleanlh
thesr things, he himself is mediator and witness that
we will do as we have promised.

II Jephte therefore went with the prunes of Ga-
laad: and all the people made him their prince.
And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in

Maspha. , , . . ,

\nd he sent messengers to the kins of the
children of Amnion, to say in his name : V\ bat bast
thou to do with me, that thou art come against me,
to waste my land?

13 And lie answered them: Because Israel took
aw av mv land, when he ( ame up out of Eg) pt, from

the connnei of the Anion unto the Jaboc and the

Jordan: now therefore restore llie same peaceably
to me.

• Cktmm. The idol of the MombitMand Ammonite*. II- irgnei
from thrir opinion, who tbouirht ttiey had a jii.l title to the countries
wWich they imagined ibey had conquered by the help of their fod» :

14 And Jephte again sent word by them, and com-
manded them to say to the king of Amnion:

15 Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take in
the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of
Amnion:

16 Hut when they came up out of Egypt, lie
walked through the des ert to the Bed Sea, and
came into Cades.

17 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom,
sasiiig: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But
he would not condescend to his request. He suit
also to the king of Moab, who likewise refused to
give him passage. He abode therefore in ( ad. s.

18 And went round the land of Edom at the side,
and the land ot .Moab; and came owr-a-ainst the
east coast of the land of Moab, and camped on thi-
ol her side of the Anion: and he would not enter the
hounds of Moab.

iy So Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of
the Amorrhites, who dwelt in llesebon, and tiny
said to him: Suffer me to pass through thy land to
the river.

20 But he also despising the words of Israel,
suffered him not to pass through his borders: but
Catherine an infinite multitude, went out against
him to Jasa, and made strong opposition.

21 And tne Lord delivered him with all his ar-
my into the hands of Israel: and he slew him. and
possessed all the land of the Amorrhite the inhabi-
tant of that country,

22 And all the coasts thereof from the Anion to
the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.

23 So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed the
Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him:
and wilt thou now possess this land ?

24 Are not those things which thy nod < hamos*
possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the
Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be
our possession:

25 Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the
son of Sephor king of Moab: or canst show, that
he strove against Israel, and fought against him.

26 Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon, and the
villages thereof, and in Aroer, and its villages, and
in all the cities near the Jordan, for three hundred
years. Why have you for so long a time attempted
nothing about this claim?

27 Therefore I do not trespass against thee ; but
thou wrongest me by declaring an unjust war against
me. The Lord be judge, and decide due day be-
tween Israel, and the children of Amnion.

28 And the king of the children of Ammon would
not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent
him by the messengers.

2y Therefore the Spirit of the Lord came upon
Jephte: and going round (ialaad, and Manasai b,
end Maspha of Galaad, and passing over from thence
to the children of Amnion,

30 He made a vow to the Lord, mying: if thou
wiltdeliver the children of Amnion into my hands,

how much more then had ImmI n iadjtpatsble title to the oovntnn

which God, In risible miracle*, had conqtn m.

CHAP. XII, XIII.

31 Whosoever* shall first come forth out of the
doors of my house, and shall meet me when I return
in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will
J offer a holocaust to the Lord.

32 And Jephte passed over to the children of
Ammon, to fight against them : and the Lord de-
livered them into his hands.

33 And he smote them from Aroer till you come
to Mennitli, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which
is set with vineyards, with a very great slaughter :
and the children of Ammon were humbled by the
children of Israel.

34 And when Jephte returned into Maspha to
his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels
and with dances : for he had no other children.

35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments,
and said : Alas ! my daughter, thou hast deceived
me, and thou thyself art deceived : for I have open-
ed my mouth to the Lord ; and I can do no other
thing.

36 And she answered him : My father, if thou
hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me
whatsoever thou hast promised ; since the victory
hath been granted to thee, and revenge of thy enemies.

37 And she said to her father : Grant me only
this which I desire : Let me go, that I may go
about the mountains for two months, and may be-
wail my virginity! with my companions.

38 And he answered her : Go. And he sent her
away for two months. And when she was gone
with her comrades and companions, she mourned
her virginity in the mountains.

39 And the two months being expired, she re-
turned to her father : and he did to her as he had
vowed : and she knew no man. From thence came
a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept,

40 That from year to year the daughters of Israel
assemble together, and lament the daughter of
Jephte the Galaadite for four days.

CHAP. XII.

Che. Ephraimites quarrel with Jephte : 42,000 of them are
slain ; Abesan, Ahialon, and Abdon, are judges.

BUT behold, there arose a sedition in Ephraim.
And passing towards the north, they said to
Jephte : When thou wentest to fight against the
children of Ammon, why wouldst thou not call us,
that we might go with thee? Therefore we will
burn thy house.

2 And he answered them : I and my people
were at great strife with the children of Amnion :
and 1 called you to assist me, andyou would not doit.

3 And when I saw this I put my life in my own
hands, and passed over-against the children of Am-

* Whosoever, ifc. Some are of opinion, that the meaning of this row
of Jephte, was to consecrate to God whatsoever should first meet him,
according' to the condition of the things; so as to offer it up as a holo-
caust, if it were such a thing as might he so offered by the law ; or to
devote it otherwise to God, if it were not such as the law allowed to
be offered in sacrifice. And therefore they think the daughter of
Jephte was not slain by her father, but only consecrated to perpetual
virginity. But the common opinion, followed by the generality of the
holy fathers and divines, is, that she was offered as a holocaust, in
consequence of her father's vow : and that Jephte did not sin, at least
not mortally, neither in making, nor iu keeping his vow . since he is 1

mon : and the Lord delivered them into my hands.
YY hat have I deserved, that you should rise up to
fight against me ?

4 Then calling to him all the men of Galaad,
he fought against Ephraim : and the men of Galaad
defeated Ephraim, because he had said : Galaad is
a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of
Ephraim and Manasses.

5 And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jor-
dan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when
any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in
the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass:
the Galaadites said to him : Art thou not an Ephraim-
ite? If he said : I am not:

6 They asked him : Say then, Scibboleth, which
is interpreted, An ear of corn. But he answered,
Sibboleth, not being able to express an ear of corn
by the same letter. Then presently they took him,
and killed him in the very passage of the Jordan.
And there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty
thousand.

7 And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six
years ; and he died, and was buried in his city of
Galaad.

8 After him Abesan of. Bethlehem judged Israel:

9 He had thirty sons, and as many daughters,
whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands; and
took wives for his sons of the same number, bring-
ing them into his house. And he judged Israel
seven years :

10 And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.

1 1 To him succeeded Ahialon a Zabulonite :
and he judged Israel ten years :

12 And he died, and was buried in Zabulon.

13 After him Abdon, the son of lllel, a Phara-
thonite, judged Israel :

14 And he had forty sons, and of them thirty
grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass-colts: and
he judged Israel eight years :

15 And he died, and was buried in Pharathon in
the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalec.

CHAP. XIII.

The people fall again into idolatry ; and are afflicted by the
Philistines. An Angel for etelleth the birth of Samson.

\ ND the children of Israel did evil again in the
*^*- sight of the Lord : and he delivered them into
the hands of the Philistines forty years.

2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and
of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue: and
his wife was barren.

3 And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and
said : Thou art barren, and without children : but
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

no ways blamed for it in scripture; and was even inspired by God him-
self to make the vow (as appears from ver. 29, 30.) in consequence of
which he obtained the victory ; and therefore he reasonably conclu-
ded, that God, who is the master of life and death, was pleased on this
occasion to dispense with his own law ; and that it was the divine will
he should fulfil his vow.

t Betoail my virginity. The bearing of children was much coveted
under the Old Testament, when women might hope that from some
child of theirs, the Saviour of the world might one day spring. But
under the New Testament virginity is preferred. 1 Cor. vii. 35.

199

JUDGES.

4 Now therefore In-ware, ami drink DO wine nor
strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

5 Because thou tbah conceive ami ben a son:

and no razor stall touch hti head : lor In- .shall be
■ \a/aritf of God, from his infancy, and from his
mother's womb: and he shall begin to deliver Is-
rael from the hands ot the Philistines.

6 And when she was come to her hushand she
said to him : A man of God came to nic, having
tlic countenance of an Angel, ftrj awful. And
when I asked him w hence he came, and hy what
name In was called, he would not tell me.

7 l!ut In- answered thus: Behold, thou shalt con-
cine, and bear a son: beware thou drink do wine,

nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing] for the
child shall be a Na/.arite ol God from his infancy,
from his mother's womh until the day of his death.

8 Then Manue prayed to the Lord, and said: I be-
ll ill. i . o Lord, that the man of Cod, whom thou

didst send, may come again, and leach us what we
ought to do concerning the child, that shall he born.

9 Ami the Lord heard the prayer of Manue: and
the Angel Of the Lord appeared again to his w ife as
she was sitting in the field. But Mamie her hus-
hand was not with her. And when she saw the Angel,

10 She made haste, and ran to her husband;
and told him, saying : Behold, the man bath ap-
peared to me, whom I saw before.

1 1 He rose up, and followed his wife : and corn-
in- to the man. said to him : Art thou he that spoke
to the woman? And he answered : 1 am.

12 And Manue said to him : \N hen thy word
shall come to pass, what wilt thou that the child
should do? or from what shall he keep himself?

13 And the Angel of the Lord said to Manue :
From all the things 1 have spoken of to thy w ife,
let her refrain* herself:

14 And let her eat nothing that cometb of the
vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor
eat any unclean thing : and whatsoever I have com-
manded her, let her fulfil and observe.

15 And Manue said to the Angel of tin Lord : I
lu seech thee to consent to my request : and let us
dress a kid for thee.

16 And the Angel answered him : If thou press
me, I will not eat of thy bread : but if thou wilt of-
fer a holocaust, offer it to the Lord. And Manue
knew not it was the Angel of the Lord.

17 And he said to him: What is tin name, that ;
if thy word shall come to pass, eve ma] honour thee?

18 And be answered bin: Whj ;i-k»i thou mj
name, which is wonderful ?

19 Then Manue took a kid of the flocks and
the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering to
the Lord, who doeth wonderful things : and he and
his fl ife looked on.

20 And when the flame from the altar went up

* Let mar refrain, lf<. Br the I-atintextit if not clear whether tin.
cribed to the mother, or to the clu Id I I tut tin II.-.

drew (in which the verbs relating thereto are of the feminine gender)
4etem> m :!, it to the mother. But then the child aim was to refrain
from the like tilings, be ca o — he waa to be from In- infancy a Jfaxm-
rite of God, ver. 5. that U, one set aside, in a particular manner, and
consecrated to God : now the Nasa rites hy tlic law were to abstain
torn all these things.
4 Sens God. Not in his own per>on, bnt in Uie person of hi*

towards beaveo, the .\n-< I of tin; Lord asetnded
also iii the llame. And when Manue and his wife,
saw this, the] fell flat on the ground.

21 And th< Angel of the Lord appeared to them

no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it
M as an Angel ol the Lord,

22 And he said to bis wife : W« shall certainly
die, because we have seen God.f

23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord had
a mind to kill us, be would not have received a holo-
caust and libations at our hands, neither would he
have showed us all these things, nor have told us
the things that are to come.

24 Antl she bore a son, and called his name Sam-
son. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with
him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.

CHAP. XIV.

Ssss.mii dtsireth a wife of the Phihstinrt. lie killrth a lion : m whole mouth
he ajli-rvardi fmdith honey. Hit marriage feeut, end riddle, which is dit-
cwertd by his wife, lie Lille th, and strilifeth thirty 1'httntmts. His wife
taketh another man.

HP HEN Samson went down to Thamnatha ; and
-*- seeing there a woman of the daughti is ot |J ;| -
Philistines,

2 He came up, and told his father and his mother,
saying: I saw a woman in Thaninatha, of the
daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take
her for me to wife.

3 And his father and mother said to him : Is
there no woman among the daughters of thy bre-
thren.} or among all my people, that thou w ilt lake

peon]
, wh

a wife of the Philistines, who are imcircimn ist d -
And Samson said to his father: Take this woman
for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

4 Now his parents knew not that the thing was
done by the Lord ? and that he sought an occasion
against the Philistines: for at that time the Philis-
tines had dominion over Israel.

5 Then Samson went down with his father and
mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come
to the vineyards of the town, behold, a young lion
met him raging and roaring.

6 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Sam-
son : and he tore the lion as be would have torn a
kid in pieces, having nothing at all in his hand ; and
be would not tell this to his father and mother.

7 And he went down and spoke to the woman
that had pleased his eves.

8 And after some days returning to take her, h»
went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold,
there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion,
and a honey-comb.

9 And when he had takes it in his hands, h«
went on eating: and [coming to his father and mo-
ther, he ga\c lln m ol it, and they ate: but he would
not tell them, that he had taken the homy from
the body of the lion.

err. The Israelites in those days, imagined they should die it
saw an Angel, taking occasion perhaps from those words spoki
the Lord to Moses, Ex. XXXiU. 20. Jfo awn shall see me. and lire. But
the event demonstrated that it was but a groundless imagination.

t It there no woman among Ik davghlert of thy brethren. This ibows
his parents were at first against his marriage with a (irntil,-, it being
prohibited. Drat. vii. 3, but afterward* ttssrj ooosanted, km
be bv the dispensation of God ; which otherwise would have been sin-
ful in acting contrary to the law.

CHAP. XV.

10 So his father went down to the woman, and
made a feast for his son Samson : for so the young
men used to do.

1 1 And when the citizens of that place saw him,
they brought him thirty companions to be with him.

12 And Samson said to them: I will propose to
you a riddle, which if you declare unto me within
the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty
shirts, and as many coats:

13 But if you shall not be able to declare it, you
shall give me thirty shirts and the same number of
coats. They answered him : Put forth the riddle
that we may hear it.

14 And he said to them: Out of the eater came
forth meat ; and out of the strong came forth sweet-
ness. And they could not in three days expound the
riddle.

15 And when the seventh day came, they said to
the wife of Samson : Sooth thy husband, and per-
suade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth.
But if thou wilt not do it, we will burn thee, and
thy father's house. Have you called us to the wed-
ding on purpose to strip us ?

16 So she wept before Samson, and complained,
saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me :
therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle
which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people.
But he answered : I would not tell it to my father
and mother ; and how can I tell it to thee ?

17 So she wept before him the seven days of the
feast : and at length on the seventh day as she was
troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she
immediately told her countrymen.

18 And they on the seventh day before the sun
went down said to him : What is sweeter than
honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he
said to them : If you had not ploughed with my
heifer, you had not found out my riddle.

19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him :
and he went down U) Ascalon, and slew there thirty
men, whose garments he took away, and gave to
them that had declared the riddle. And being ex-
ceeding angry, he went up to his father's house.

20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal
companions for her husband.

CHAP. XV.

Samson is denied his wife : He burns the corn of the Philistines)
and kills many of them.

AND a while after, when the days of the wheat
harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning
to visit his wife ; and he brought her a kid of the
'flock. And when he would have gone into her
chamber as usual, her father would not suffer him,
saying :

2 I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I
gave her to thy friend : but she hath a sister, who is
younger and fairer than she ; take her to wife instead
of her.

3 And Samson answered him : From this day I
shall be blameless in ivhat 1 do against the Philis-
tines : for I will do you evils.

c c

4 And he went and caught three hundred foxes,*
and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches
between the tails :

5 And setting them on fire, he let the foxes go,
that they might run about hither and thither. And
they presently went into the standing corn of the
Philistines ; which being set on fire, both the corn
that was already carried together, and that which
was yet standing, was all burnt ; insomuch, that
the flame consumed also the vineyards and the
olive^yards.

6 Then the Philistines said : Who hath done
this thing? And it was answered: Samson the son-
in-law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his
wife, and gave her to another, hath done these
things. And the Philistines went up, and burnt
both the woman and her father.

7 But Samson said to them : Although you have
done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then
I will be quiet.

8 And he made a great slaughter of them, so that
in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the
thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of
the rock Etam.

9 Then the Philistines going up into the land of
Juda, camped in.the place which afterwards was
called Lechi, that is, the Jaw-bone, where their army
was spread.

10 And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them :
Why are you come up against us ? They answered :
We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for
what he hath done against us.

11 Wherefore three thousand men of Juda went
down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to
Samson : Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule
over us ? Why wouldst thou do thus ? And he said
to them : As they did to me, so have I done to them.

12 And they said to him, We are come to bind
thee, and to deliver thee into the hands of the Phi-
listines. And Samson said to them : Swear to me,
and promise me, that you will not kill me.

13 They said : We will not kill thee : but we will
deliver thee up bound. And they bound him with
two new cords, and brought him from the rock
Etam.

14 Now when he was come to the place of the
Jaw-bone, and the Philistines shouting went to
meet him, the Spirit.of the Lord came strongly upon
him : and as the flax is wont to be consumed at the
approach of fire, so the bands with which he was
bound were broken and loosed.

15 And finding a jaw-bone, even the jaw-bone
of an ass which lay there, catching it up, he slew
therewith a thousand men.

16 And he said : With the jaw-bone of an ass,
with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed
them, and have slain a thousand men.

17 And when he had ended these words singing,
he threw the jaw-bone out of his hand ; and called

* Foxes. Being judge of the people he might hare many to assist
him to catch with nets or otherwise a number of these animals; of
which there were great numbers in that country.
201

JIDGKS

ihe name of that place Kamathlechi, which is inter-
proted the lifting upof tin* jaw-bone.

\iiii being \.r\ thirsty, be cried to the Lord,

and said : Thou hast given this miv great deliwr-

aace and victory into ma hand of thy servant: and
behold, I die for thirst, and shall fall into the hands
of the unciicumcised.

19 Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw

of the ass, and waters issued out of it. And when
he had drank them be refreshed his spirit, and re-

covered his strength. Therefore the name of that
i bee was called, The Spring of him that invoked
I Kim the jaw -hone, until this present day.

\nd he judged Israel in the days of the Philta-

tilles tweutv \e.u-.

(II \P. XVI.

Samson is rfrfmffrftf /) iliht : und fdU into the hands of the
Philistines. His death.

HE went also into ( ia/.a. and saw there a woman
a harlot, and went in unto her.

2 \ud when the Philistines had heard this, and
it »ih noised about among them, that Samson was
come into the city, they surrounded him, .setting
guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all
the night in silence, that in the morning they might
kill him as In-. went out.

3 But Samson slept till midnight : and then rising
he took hoth the doors of the gate, with the posts
thereof, and the bolt, and laying them on his shoul-
ders, carried them up to the top of the hill, which
looketh towards Hehron.

4 After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the
valley of Sorec: and she was called Dalila.*

■ > And the princes of the Philistines came to her,
and said : Deceive him, and learn of him, wherein
hi> meat strength lieth, and how we may he able to
overcome him, to hind and afflict him ; which if
thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us
eleven hundred pieces of silver.

G And Dalila said to Samson : Tell me, I be-
seech thee, wherein thy greatest strength lieth, and
what it is wherewith if thou were hound thou
couldst not brake loose.

7 And Samson answered her: If I shall be bound
with seven cords amdeof sinews not yet dry, but
still moist, I shall be weak like other men :

8 And'the princes of the Philistines brought unto
her seven cords, such as he spoke of, with which
she hound him,

9 Men lying privately in wait with her. and in the
chamber expecting the event of the thin^ : and she
cried out to him: The Philistines are a\ thee.

Samson. And he broke the hands, as a man would

break a thread of tow, when it smcllcth the fire : so

it was not known wherein his strength la\.

|0 Nail Dalila said to him : Behold, thou hast
mocked me. and hast told me a false thing: but
HOW at least tell me w herewith thoti mavst he hound.

11 And be answered her: III shall be bound

* DaJUa. Some are of opinion that ihe wa« married to Salmon ;
othert that the wa» hit harlot. If the lattrr opinion be true, we can-
Dot wonder that, in puimluncot of hit lu»t, the Lord delivered him up,

with new ropes that were never in work, I shall be
Wl ik. and like other men.

1J Dalila hound him again with these, and cri< d
out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson; there

being an ambush prepared lor him in the chamber.
But be broke the bands like threads of webs.

19 And Dalila said to him again : How long dost

thou deceive me. and tell me bee? show me where-
with thou mayst be bound. And Samson answer-
ed her : If thou plattest the seven locks of my head
with a lace, and tying. them round about a nail, fas-
tenest it in the ground, I shall he weak.

14 And when Dalila had done this, she said to
him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And
awaking out of his sleep, he drew out the nail with
the hairs and the lace.

15 And Dalila said to him : How dost thou say
thou loves! me, when thy mind is not with me r

Thou hast told DM lies these three times, and wouldst
not tell me wherein thy great strength lieth.

16 And when she pressed him much, and con-
tinually hung upon him for many days, giving him
no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was
wearied even until death.

17 Then opening the truth of the thing, he said
to her : The razor hath never come upon my head :
fori am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to
God from my mother's womb : if my head be sha-
\ i'ik my strength shall depart from me, and 1 shall
become weak, and shall be like other men.

18 Then seeing that he had discovered to her all
his mind, she scut to the princes of the Philistines,
saying : Come up this once more ; for now he hath
opened his heart tome. And thev went 00 taking
with them the money which they had promised.

19 But she made him sleep upon her knees, and
lay bis head in her bosom. And she called a bat-
her, and shaved his seven locks; and began to drive
him away, and thrust him from her : for immediate-
ly his strength departed from him.

20 And she said : The Philistines are upon thee,
Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his
mind ; 1 will go out as I did before, and shake nnsclf
not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.

21 Then the Philistinesscized upon hint. and forth-
with pulled out his I yes, and led him bound in chains to
( husa : and shotting him up in prison, made him grind.

22 And now his hair began to grow again.

23 And the princes of the Philistines assembled
together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god.
and to make merry, laving : Our god hath delivered
our enemy Samson into our hands.

21. And the people also seeing this, praised tin ir
Kod, and said the same : Our god hath delivered our

adversarj into our hands, him that destroyed our

countrv and killed very many.

26 And rejoicing in their leasts, when th< \ had

dow taken their good cheer, they commanded thai

Samson should be called, and should pla\ before

r mean*, into the hand* of l.i« i-mmir.. BowvTCr. n h
guilty, it it not to be doubted but that under hit afllirtiont he heartiU
repented, and returned to God and to obtained forgireneta of bit tin*.

CHAP. XVII.

thorn. And being brought out of prison, he played
before them, and they made him stand between two
pillars.

26' And he said to the lad that guided his steps:
Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the
whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest
a little.

27 Now the house was full of men and women ;
and all the princes of the Philistines were there.
Moreover, about three thousand persons of both sexes
from the roof and the higher part of the house, were
oeholding Samson's play.

28 But he called upon the Lord, saying : O Lord
God, remember me; and restore to me now my for-
mer strength, O my God, that I may revenge my-
self* on my enemies ; and for the loss of my two
eyes I may take one revenge.

29 And laying hold on both the pillars on which
the house rested, and holding the one with his right
hand, and the other with his left,

30 He said : Let me die f with the Philistines.
And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the
house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the
multitude, that was there : and he killed many more
at his death, than he had killed before in his life.

31 And his brethren and all his kindred, going
down, took his body, and buried it between Saraa
and Esthaol in the burying-place of his father
Manue : and he judged Israel twenty years.

CHAP. XVII.

The history of the idol of Michas, and the young Levite.

THERE was at that time a man of mount
Ephraim whose name was Michas,

2 Who said to his mother : The eleven hundred
pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thy-
self, and concerning which thou didst swear in my
hearing, behold, I have, and they are with me.
And she said to him : Blessed be my son by the
Lord.

3 So he restored them to his mother, who said
to him : I have consecrated and vowed this silver to
the Lord, that my son may receive it at my hand,
and make a graven and a molten god : so now I de-
liver it to thee.

4 And he restored them to his mother ; and she
took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them
to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a
molten god, which was in the house of Michas.

5 And he separated also therein a little temple for
the god ; and made an ephod, and theraphim, that
is to say, a priestly garment, and idols ; and he filled
the hand | of one of his sons ; and he became his
priest.

6 In those days there was no king in Israel ; but
evepy one did that which seemed right to himself.

* Revenge myself. This desire of revenue was out of zeal for justice
apiiust the enemies of God and his people ; and not out of private ran-
cour and malice of heart.

f- Let me die. Literally, let my soul die. Samson, did not sin on this
occasion, thousrh he was indirectly the cause of his own death. Be-
cause he was moved to what he did, by a particular inspiration of God
who also concurred with him by a miracle, in restoring his strength
upon the spot, in consequence of his prayer. Samson by dving in this

7 There was also another young man of Beth-
lehem Juda, of the kindred thereof : and be was a
Levite, and dwelt there.

8 Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem,
and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find
it convenient for him. And when he was come to
mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had
turned aside a little into the house of Michas,

9 He was asked by him whence he came r And
he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda : and
I am going to dwell where I can, and where 1 shall
find a place to my advantage.

10 And Michas said : Stay with me, and be unto
me a father and a priest : and I will give thee every
year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of ap-
parel, and thy victuals.

1 1 He was content, and abode with the man, and
was unto him as one of his sons.

12 And Michas filled his hand, and had the
young man with him for his priest, saying :

13 Now I know God will do me good, since I have
a priest of the race of the Levites.

CHAP. XVIII.

The expedition of the men of Dan against Lais : in their way
they rob Michas of his priest and his gods.

TN those days there was no king in Israel: and the
-*- tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell
in: for unto that day they had not received § then
lot among the other tribes.

2 So the children of Dan sent five most valiant
men of their stock and family from Saraa and Es-
thaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently :
and they said to them : Go, and view the land. They
went on. their way, and when they came to mount
Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and
rested there:

3 And knowing the voice of the young man the
Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him:
Who brought thee hither? what doest thou here?
why wouldst thou come hither?

4 He answered them: Michas hath done such
and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his
priest.

5 Then they desired him to consult the Lord,
that they might know whether their journey should
be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.

6 He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord
looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.

7 So the five men going on came to Lais: and
they saw how the people dwelt therein without an)
fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure
and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being
very rich, and living separated, at a distance from
Sidon and from all men.

8 And they returned to their brethren in Saraa

mannerwas a figure of Christ, who by his death overcame all his ene-
mies.

| Filled the hand. That is, appointed and consecrated him to the
priestly office.

} Sot received, fyc. They had their portions assigned them, Josuc
xix. 40. But, through their own sloth, possessed as yet but a small
part of it. See Judges i 34

203

JUDGES.

ami Esthaol. who asked them what they had done :
to whom they answered:

9 Arise, :i tit t lii lis ^.o up to them: for we bare
i the land, uliirli is exceeding rich and fruitful:
led not: lose no time: let us go and possess it;

there will he no difficulty.

10 We shall come to a people that is secure, into a
spacious country: and the Lord will deliver the place
to us. in which there is no want of am thin::, that
grow, tli on the earth.

1 1 There went therefore of the kindred of Dan,
to wit, from Santa anil Ksthaol, six hundred men,
furnished with arms for war.

IS And going npthej lodged in Cariathiarim of
Juda; which place from that time is called the camp
of I). in. and IS behind Cariathiarim.

Id from thence they passed into mount Ephraim.
And when they were come to the house of Michas.

1 I The live men. that before had heen sent to
view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their bre-
thren: You know that in these houses there is an
ephod, and theraphim, and a graven and a molten
god: see what \ou are pleased to do.

15 And when they had turned a little aside, they
went into the house of the young man the Levite,
who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted
him with words of peace.

16 And the six hundred men stood before the
door, ap p o in ted with their arms.

17 lint they that were gone into the house of the
yoUBg man, went about to take away the graven
l'ii'I, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the
molten god: and the priest stood before the door,
the six b andied valiant men waiting not far off.

18 So they that were gone in took away the
graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the
molten ran*. And the priest said to them: What
are you doing?

19 And thev said to him: Hold thy peace, and
put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that
we may have thee for a father. and a priest. Whether
is better for thee, to he a priest in the house of one
man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?

J" When he had heard this, he agreed to their
words; and took the ephod, and the idols, and the
graven god, and departed with them.

Jl tad when they were goim; forward, and had
put before them the children and the cattle, and all
that was valuable,

-'.' \nd w.re now at a distance from the house
of .Michas. the men that dwelt in the houses of Mi-
chas gathering together followed them,

.'.'. \ in 1 began to shout out after them. They
looked hack, and said to .Michas: What aileth thee"?
Wh\ dost thou CTJ '

\nd he answered: You have taken BWaj
my Rods which I have made me, and the priest,
and all that I have; and do \ou say: What aileth

\nd the children of Dan said to him: See
thou s;i\ no more (0 n\ lest men enraged come upon
thee, and thou perish with all thv house.

26 And so thev went on the jonrnevthev had bc-

Sun. I.ut Michas seeing that thev were stronger
i. m he, returned to his house.
Zl And the si\ hundred men took the priest, and
the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to
a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them
with the edge of the sword : and the city was burnt
with lire,

2b" These being no man at all who brought them
an] succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon,
and had no society or business with any man. And
the city was in the land of Rohob: and they rebuilt
it. and dwelt therein,

( tiling the name of the city Dan after the
name of their father, who was the son of Israel,
which before was called Lais.

30 And they set up to themselves the graven idol :
and Jonathan the son ol (ieisam the son of Mo

he and his sons in re priests in the tribe of Dan, un-
til the da? el their captivity.

31 And the idol of .Michas remained with them
ill the time, that the house of (iod was in Silo. In
those days there was no king in Israel.

CHAP. XIV

A Levite bringing home his "riff, is lodged by an old man at
< itibaa in tlu tribe of lit iijuiiiin. His wife is there abused by
wickttl mi ii : mill in the morning fnttntl tit ml. Her hu.shmul
cutteth her body in pieces ; and sendtth to every tribe of Israel,
requiring them to revenge the wicked fact.

THERE was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the
side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of
Bethlehem Juda:

2 And she left him and returned to her father's
house in Bethlehem, and aliodewith him four months.

3 And her husband followed her. willing to be
reconciled with her, and to speak kindly to her, and
to bring her back with him, liaving with him a ser-
vant and two asses: and she received him, and
brought him into her father's house. And when his
father-in-law had heard this, and had seen him, he
met him with joy,

4 And embraced the man. And the son-in-law
tarried in the house of his father-in-law thru da\s.
eating with him, and drinking familiarly.

5 But on the fourth day arising early in the
morning, he desired to depart. But his father-in-
law kept him, and said to him: Taste first a little
brea d , and strengthen thy stomach; and so thou
shall depart.

6 And they sat down together, and ate and drank.
And the father of the young woman said to his son-
in-law: I beseech thee to stay here to-day, and let
us make merry together.

7 But he rising up began lobe for departing. And
nevertheless his father-in-law earnastfa pressed him.
and made him stay with him.

8 But when morning was come, the Levite pre-
pared to go on his journey. And his father-in-law
said to him again: I beseech thee to take a little
meat, and strengthening thyself, till the day be

farther advanced, afterwards thou majBflt depart.

Ami thev ate together.

9 And the VOUng man SJO I forward with
his wile and Servant And his father-in-law spoke

CHAP. XX.

to him again: Consider tliat the day is declining,
and dravveth toward evening: tarry with me to-day
also, and spend the day in mirth; and to-morrow
thou shalt depart, that thou mayst go into thy house.

10 His son-in-law would not consent to his words:
hut forthwith went forward and came over-against
Jehus, which hy another name is called Jerusalem,
leading with him two asses loaden, and his con-
cuhine.*

1 1 And now they were come near Jebus, and the
day was far spent: and the servant said to his mas-
ter: Come, I beseech thee, let us turn into the city
of the Jebusites, and lodge there.

12 His master answered him: I will not go into
the town of another nation, who are not of the chil-
dren of Israel; hut I will pass over to Gabaa.

13 And when I shall come thither, we will lodge
there, or at least in the city of Rama.

14 So they passed -by Jebus, and went on their
journey: and the sun went down upon them when
they were by Gabaa, which is in the tribe of Ben-
jamin:

15 And they turned into it, to lodge there. And
when they were come in, they sat in the street of
the city, for no man would receive them to lodge.

16 And behold, they saw an old man, returning
out of the field, and from his work in the evening:
and he also was of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a
stranger in Gabaa; but the men of that country were
the children of Jemini.f

17 And the old man lifting up his eyes, saw the
man sitting with his bundles in the street of the city,
and said to him: Whence comestthou? and whither
goest thou?

18 He answered him: We came out from Beth-
lehem Juda, and we are going to our home, which
is on the side of mount Ephraim, from whence we
west to Bethlehem : and now we go to the house of
God, and none will receive us under his roof:

19 We have straw and hay for provender of the
asses, and bread and wine for the use of myself and
of thy handmaid, and of the servant that is with me:
we want nothing but lodging.

20 And the old man answered him : Peace be
with thee: 1 will furnish all things that are neces-
sary: only, I beseech thee, stay not in the street.

21 And he brought him into his house, and gave
provender to his asses : and after they had washed
their feet, he entertained them with a feast.

22 While they were making merry, and refresh-
ing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour
of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial
(that is, without yoke) came and beset the old man's
house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the
master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the
man that came into thy house, that we may abuse
him.

23 And the old man went out to them, and said :
Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly ; because

Concubine. She was tiis lawful wife: but oven lawful wivos are
frequently in scripture called coacttbines. See above, ch. viii. vcr.3l.
' lemin That i», \cnjainin.

this man is come into my lodging : and cease, I pray
you, from this folly.

24 I have a maiden daughter, and this man hath
a concubine : I will bring them out to you, and you
may humble them, and satisfy your lust: only, I
beseech you, commit not this crime against nature
on the man.

25 They would not be satisfied with his words;
which the man seeing, brought out his concubine to
them, and abandoned her to their wickedness: and
when they had abused her all the night, they let her
go in the morning.

26 But the woman, at the dawning of the day,
came to the door of the house where her lord lodged,
and there fell down.

27 And in the morning the man arose, and opened
the door, that he might end the journey he had be-
gun: and behold, his concubine lay before the door
with her hands spread on the threshold.

28 He thinking she was taking her rest, said to
her: Arise, and let us be going. But as she made
no answer, perceiving she was dead, he took her up,
and laid her upon his ass, and returned to his house.

29 And when he was come home, he took a
sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with
her bones into twelve parts ; and sent the pieces into
all the borders of Israel.

30 And when every one had seen this, they all
cried out : There was never such a thing done in
Israel from the day that our fathers came up out of
Egypt, until this day : give sentence, and decree in
common what ought to be done.

CHAP. XX.

The Israelites warring against Benjamin are twice defeated ;
but in the third battle the Benjamites are all slain, saving six
hundred men.

THEN all the children of Israel went out, and
gathered together as one man, from Dan to
BersabeeJ with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in
Maspha :

2 And all the chiefs of the people, and all the
tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the
people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit
for war.

3 (Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant
that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.)
And the Levite the husband of the woman that was
killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had
been committed,

4 Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin
with my wife; and there I lodged:

5 And behold, the men of that city in the night
beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me;
and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust,
so that at last she died.

6 And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent
the parts into all the borders of your possession :
because there never was so heinous a crime, and so
great an abomination committed in Israel.

7 You are all here, O children of Israel: deter-
mine what you ought to do.

8 And all the people standing, answered as by
tin- voire of one man : We will not return to om

205

JUDGES.

tmts, iH'itlirr shall any one of us go into his own
boos.

9 Hut this w ill we (In in common against Gabaa:

10 \\ c w ill lake tea mm of a bundled tint of all

the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of ■ th o u s and ,

ami a thoosand out of ten thousand, to brum victuals
for the army : that we may fi-ht against Gabaa of
Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what
it deserveth.

11 And all Israel were gathered together against

the city, as one nian.w ith one mind, and one counsel:

12 And they scut messengers to all the tribe of
Benjamin, to say to them: Why hath so great an
abomination been found among; you?

13 Deliver tip the men of Gabaa, that Inn t COB*
milted this heinous crime, that thev may die and
the evil may be taken away out of Israel. Bui thev
would not hearken totheproj>ositionof then brethren
the children of Israel :

14 But out of all (lie cities which were of their
lot, thev gathered themselves together into Gabaa,
to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of

[trad.

15 And there were found of Benjamin five and
twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides
the inhabitants of Gabaa,

16 Who were seven hundred most valiant men,
fighting with the left hand as well as with the right :
and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even
a hair, and not miss by I he stone's goim; on either side.

17 Of the men Of Israel also, beside the children
of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand
that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.

18 And they arose, and came to the bouse of God,
that i>. to silo: ami thev consulted God, and said:
Who Snail be in our army the first to go to the battle
against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord
answered them : Let Juda be your leader

19 And forthwith the children of Israel rising
in the morning, camped by Gabaa:

SO \iiil going out from thence to fight against
Benjamin, began to assault the city.

21 Anci the children of Benjamin coming out of
Gabaa. slew of thechildren of Israel thatdav two and
twenty thousand men.

22 Again Israel (resting in their strength* and
their number, set tlieir army in array in liie same
place. wlierethey had fought before:

23 Yet so that they first went up, and wept he-
fore the Lord until night: and consulted him, and
said: Shall I no out any more to fight against the

children of Benjamin my brethren, or nor And be

answered them : Go up against them, and join bailie.

24 And when the children of Israel went out the
Deal din to fight against the children of Benjamin.

The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of

the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them mad'

it a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thou-
sand men that drew the sword.

• Trtutmt in Ikeir ilrtngtlt. The Lorvl Mitlciril I hem to be over-
thrown. ai«l man\ of tlii'in In be .1.1111. thouirh llirir rami; w.<* jn-l .
partly in punishment of tin- idolatry « bicb tbej even Med or tol
v< llif Ln'n of Dan, aid elsewhere . UtA partly bveaute they ti

SOS

2C> Wherefore all the children of Israel came to
the house of God, and sat and wept before the
Lord: and the\ fasted thai day till the evening; and

offered to him holocausts, and victims of pe ace of-

Icruigs,

J7 And inquired of him concerning their state,
At that time the ark of the covenant of the Ix>rd
was there,

28 And Phinees the son of Eleamv, the son
of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted
the Lord, and said : Shall we go out any more to
fight against the children of Benjamin our bret hren ,

or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them:
Go up, for to-morrow I will deliver them into your
hands.

29 And the children of Israel set ambushes round
about the tit \ of Gabaa :

30 Ami they drew up their army against Benja-
min the third time, as they had done the first and

second.

31 And the children of Benjamin boldly issued
OUt of thecitv; and seeing their enemies (foe, pur-
sued them a long w a\ . so as to w omid and kill some
of them, as thev had done the first and second day,
whilst thev lied by two highwai s.w hereof one goeth
up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa : and the] 1
about thirty men :

32 For they thought to cut them off, as thev did
before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed
to draw them away from the City, and by tlieir seem-
ing to flee to bring them to the highways afore-
said.

33 Then all the children of Israel rising ttp Ottt
of the places where thej were, set their army in bat-
tle array, in the place which is called Baallhaniar.
The ambushes also which Were about the city, be-
gan by little and little to come forth,

34 And to march from the west side of the cit\.
And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel
attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle
grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they
understood not that present death threatened them
on every side.

35 And the Lord defeated them In-fore the chil-
dren of Israel: anil they slew of them in that da>
five and twenty thousand and one hundred, all
fighting men. and that drew the sword.

. Iti But l he children of Benjainiu w hen thev saw
themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which
the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee,
that thev might come to the ambushes that v.

prepared, which they had set near the city.

37 And they that were in ambush arose on a sud-
den out of their coverts; and w hilst Benjamin turned
their backs to the slayers, wem Into the city, and
smote it with the edge of the sword.

.Now the children of Israel had given ;■ si-n
to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that .hi. i
ihej had taken the city, thev should make a In. ;

in their own strength : ami therefore tbongfe lie 1ml them lipht. he
would not jrirethein tin- notary, till they were thoroughly linn
and had leaxocd to trust in hun alooe.

CHAP. XXI.

that by the smoke rising on high, they might show
that the city was taken.

39 And when the children of Israel saw this in
the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they
fled, and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men
of their army)

40 And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke
rise up from the city ; and Benjamin looking back,
saw that the city was taken, and that the flames as-
cended on high :

41 They that before had made as if they fled,
turning their faces stood bravely against them.
Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their
backs,

42 And began to go towards the way of the desert,
the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they
that fired the city came also out to meet them.

43 And so it was, that they were slain on both
sides by the enemies ; and there was no rest of their
men dying. They fell, and were beaten down on
the east side of the city Gabaa.

44 And they that were slain in the same place,
were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.

45 And when they that remained of Benjamin
saw this, they fled into the wilderness, and made
towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that
flight also as they were straggling, and going dif-
ferent ways, they slew of them five thousand men.
And as they went farther, they still pursued them,
and slew also other two thousand.

46 And so it came to pass, that all that were slain
of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty
thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.

47 And there remained of all the number of Ben-
jamin only six hundred men that were able to escape,
and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the
rock Remmon four months.

48 But the children of Israel returning, put all
the remains of the city to the sword, both men and
beasts : and all the cities and villages of Benjamin
were consumed with devouring flames.

CHAP. XXI.

The tribe of Benjamin is saved from being utterly extinct, by
providing tcivesfor the six hundred that remained.

NOW the children of Israel had also sworn in
Maspha, saying: None af us shall give of his
daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.

2 And they all came to the house of God in Silo ;
and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up
their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:

3 O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil
come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe
should be taken away from among us ?

4 And rising early the next day, they built an
altar ; and offered there holocausts, and victims of
peace : and they said :

5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that
came not up with the army of the Lord i for they
had bound themselves with a great oath, when they
were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting
should be slain.

6 And the children of Israel being moved with

repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say.
One tribe is taken away from Israel,

7 Whence shall they take wives ? For we have
all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to
them.

8 Therefore they said : Who is there of all the
tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to
Maspha? And behold, the inhabitants of Jabes
Galaad were found not to have been in that army.

9 (At that time also when they were in Silo, no
one of them was found there.)

10 So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant
men, and commanded them, saying : Go and pu
the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, witl
their wives and their children.

1 1 And this is what you shall observe ; Ever
male, and all women that have known men, you
shall kill : but the virgins you shall save.

12 And there were found of Jabes Galaad four
hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a
man : and they brought them to the camp in Silo,
into the land of Chanaan.

13 And they sent messengers to the children of
Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and
commanded them to receive them in peace.

14 And the children of Benjamin came at that time;
and wives were given them of Jabes Galaad : but
they found no others, whom they might give in like
manner.

15 And all Israel was very sorry, and repented
for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.

16 And the ancients said: What shall we do
with the rest, that have not received wives ? for all
the women in Benjamin are dead.

17 And we must use all care, and provide with
great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out
of Israel.

18 For as to our own daughters we cannot give
them, being bound with an oath and a curse, where-
by we said : Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin
any of his daughters to wife.

19 So they took counsel, and said: Behold,
there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo,
which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and
on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel
to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.

20 And they commanded the children of Ben-
jamin, and said : Go, and lie hid in the vineyards :

21 And when you shall see the daughters of Silo
come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a
sudden out of the vineyards ; and catch you every
man his wife among them, and go into the land of
Benjamin.

22 And when their fathers and their brethren
shall come, and shall begin to complain against you
and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on
them : for they took them not away as by the righ'
of war or conquest ; but when they asked to have
them, you gave them not, and the fault was com-
mitted on your part.

23 And the children of Benjamin did, as they had
been commanded : and according to their number,
they carried off for themselves every man his wif«

207

RUT

of them ihat wen dancing : and they went into t li«-ir

l>ossession,and built up their cities, and dwell in them.

The children of Israel also returned by their

tribes, and families, to tin ir dwellings. In those
days there was do kin:; in Israel : but every one did
that which ieenvl right to himself.

THE BOOK OF RUTH.

7'Ai'j book is railed Ihru.from the name of the person whose At
tory is here recorded : who, bring a gentile, became a convert
tu the Inn faith, and marrying Bottz the great-grand-J other
of David, was onr of thole from whom Christ sprung in-
cording to thi flesh, and an illustrious figure of the genlili
church. It is thought this book teas tcritten by the prophet
Samuel.

CHAP. I.

F.Hmelcch of Bethlehem going with his wife .Yor mi. and tiro sons,
into the land of Moab. dii th there, ilis sons marry triris of
thit count rij. and die without issue. Nor mi returneth home
with her daughtrr-in-Liw Ruth, who rrfuseth tu part with her.

FN the (lays of one of the judges, when the judges
-*■ ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a

certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in

the land of Moahwith his wife and his two sous.

I He was named Llimelech, and his w ife, Noemi;
and his two sons, the one Mahalou, and the other
( helion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda And en-
tering into the country of Moab, they abode there.

3 And Elimelech the husband ot Noemi died :
and she remained with her sons.

X And they took wives of the women of Moab,
of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth.
And thej dwelt there ten years :

5 And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Che-
lion : and the woman was left alone, having lost
both her sons and her husband.

6 And she arose to go from the land of Moab to
her own country with both her daughters-in-law :
for she had heard that the Lord had looked upon
his people, and had given them food.

7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place of
her sojournment, with both her daughter's-tn-law :
and !>eing now in the way to return into the land of
Juda,

8 She said to them: Goye home to your mo-
thers: the Lord deal merciful with you, as you have
dealt with the dead and with me.

9 Mat he gram you to find rest in the houses of
the husbands which you shall take. And she kiss-
ed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began
to weep,

10 And to say: We will go on with t'lee to thy
people.

II But she answered them: Return, my daugh-
: why come \e with me? have I any more ions

in my womb, that you may hope for husbands of me?

I ' Return again, m\ daughters, and no your

\\a.\s: for I am now spent with age, and no! lit lor

• T» her gtis, let. Noemi <ti<l not nv ,n to Mnuadfl limb In n-tiini
to her fake gnK% the had forrrvrlv w. i --!„,». I hnt bv thii SMMMrof
•pew- n.ai if abawotiMi (jo with b>

Douoc« her kite pxK and return lo >'■..■ |.« ,| Hi. (;««lof I

wedlock. Although I might conceive this night,
and bear children,

13 If you would wait till thev w ere CTOWn Up, and
come to roan's estate, you would be old women be-
fore von marry. Do not so, my daughters, I be-
seech you: for I am grieved the more lor your dis-
tress: and the band of the Lord is gone out against
me.

14 And they lifted op their voice, and began to
weep again: Orpha kissed her mother-in-law, and
returned: Ruth Stuck close to her mother-in-law.

15 And Noemi said to her: Behold, thy kinswo-
man is returned to her people, and toner gods;* go
thou with her.

lb' She answered: Be not against me, to desire
that I should leave thee, ami depart : for w bitherso-
everthou shall go, I will go: and where thou shall
dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall l>< mv
people, and thy God ni\ God.

17 The land that shall receive thee dying, in the
same will Idie: and there will I be buried. The
Lord do so and sof to me, and add more also, if
aught but death part me and thee.

18 Then Noemi seeing, thai Ruth was stedfastly
determined to go with her, would not be against it,
nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:

19 So they went together, and came to Bethle-
hem. And when they were come into the city, the
report was quickly spread among all: and the wo-
men said : '1 his is that Noemi.

20 But she said to them: Call me not Noemi
(that is, beautiful,] but call me Mara (that is, bitter;)
for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bittern

21 1 went out full; and the Lord hath brought
me back empty. Why then did \ on call me Noemi,
whom the Lord hath humbled, and the Almighty
hath afflicted? >

So Noemi came with Ruth the Moahitess her
daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojournment;
and returned into Bi thleln in, in the beginning ot
the barlex harvest.

CHAP. II.

Ruth glrawt', in the field of Iiooz; who showcth her favour.

TVTOW her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, „
-L* powerful man, and very rich, w hose name \

Boo/.

2 And lluth the Moahitess said to her moth, r-
in-law ' If thou wilt. I will go into the field, and
dean .ne ears of corn that escape the hands of the

t 7 V l.o A date rnnA m, l(r A form of »w.:mnir iimal in tho historr
of lit" OKI IV. lament, bij which the perrons irithed raofa and sink
rtil. lo Tall upon them, if llirj, did not do * lut (hcv |

CHAP. III.

.reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a house-
holder that will be favourable to me. And she an-
swered her: Go, my daughter.

3 She went therefore, and gleaned the ears of
corn after the reapers. And it happened that the
owner of that field was Boo/., who was of the kin-
died of Elime-lcch.

4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and
said to the reapers: The Lord he with you. And
ihey answered him: The Lord bless thee.

5 And Booz said to the young man that was set
over the reapers: Whose maid is this?

6 And he answered him: This is the Moabitess,
Who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab,

7 And she desired leave to glean the ears of corn
that remain, following the steps of the reapers: and
she hath been in the field from morning till now, and
hath not gone home for one moment.

8 And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do
not go to glean in any other field; and do not depart
from this place; but keep with my maids,

9 And follow where they reap. For I have
charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if
thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the
waters whereof the servants drink.

10 She fell on her face, and worshipping upon
the ground, said to him : Whence cometh this to me,
that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that
thou shouldest vouchsafe to take notice of me, a
woman of another country?

1 1 And he answered her : All hath been told me, that
thou hast done to thy mother-in-law after the death
of thy husband ; and how thou hast left thy parents, and
the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to
a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

12 The Lord render unto thee for thy work;
and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord
the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and un-
der whose wings thou art fled.

13 And she said : I have found grace in thy eyes,
my lord, who hast comforted me, and hast spoken
to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to
one of thy maids.

14 And Booz said to her: At meal-time come
thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy mor-
sel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the
reapers; and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate
ana was filled, and look the leavings.

15 And she arose from thence, to glean the ears
of corn as before. And Booz commanded his ser-
vants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hin-
der her not:

16 And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose,
and leave them, that she may gather them without
shame: and let no man rebuke her when she gather-
eth them.

17 She gleaned therefore in the field till evening:
and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she
had gleaned, she found about the measure ofanephi
of barley, that is, three bushels:

* Thy latter kindness, viz. to thy husband deceased in seeking- to
keep up hit name and family, by marrying his relation according t<

Dd '

1 8 Which she took up and returned into the city
and showed it to her mother-in-law: moreover she
brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat,
wherewith she had been filled.

19 And her mother-in-law said to her: Where
hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou
wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee.
And she told her with whom she had wrought; and
she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.

20 And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he oi
the Lord: because the same kindness which he
showed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead.
And again she said: The man is our kinsman.

21 And Ruth said, He also charged me, that I
should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn
should be reaped.

22 And her mother-in-law said to her: It is bet-
ter for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his
maids, lest in another man's field some one may re-
sist thee.

23 So she kept close to the maids of Booz; and
continued to glean with them, till all the barley and
the wheat were laid up in the barns.

CHAP. III.

Ruth instructed by her mother-in-law lieth at Booz , sfeet, claim-
ing him for her husband by the law of affinity: she receiveth
a good answer, and six measures of barley.

AFTER she was returned to her mother-in-law,
Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek
rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well
with thee.

2 This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined
in the field, is our near kinsman: and behold, this
night he winnoweth barley in the thrashing-floor.

3 Wash thy self therefore, and anoint thee, and
put on thy best garments, and go down to the barn
floor : but let not the man see thee, till he shall have
done eating and drinking.

4 And when. he shall go to sleep, mark the place
wherein he sleepeth: and thou shalt go in, and lift
up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his
feet, and shalt lay thyself down there : and he will
tell thee what thou must do.

5 She answered: whatsoever thou shalt command,
I will do.

6 And she went down to the barn-floor, and did
all that her mother-in-law had bid her.

7 And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, and
was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves:
and she came softly, and uncovering his feet, laid her-
self down.

8 And behold, when it was now midnight the
man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman
lying at his feet:

9 And he said to her: Who art thou? And she
answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread thy
coverlet over thy servant, forthouartanearkinsman.

10 And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord,
my daughter; and thy latter kindness* has surpass

the law, and not following after young men.
then in years.

209

For Booz, it teems, «u

RUTH.

ed the former: because thou hast not followed young
men either poor or rich.

1 1 Fear not therefore, hut whatsoever thou shah
say to me I will do to thee. For all the people
that dwell within the gates of my city, know that
thou art a virtuous woman.

I J Neither <lo I deny myself to be near of kin;
hut there is another nearer than I.

13 Rest thou this flight: and when morning is
come, if he will take thee by the r i u. h t of kindled.
all is well: hut if he will not, I" will undoubtedly take
ther. «s the l.ord livelh: sleep till the morning. ■

1 i So she slept at his feet till the night was going
off. Ami she arose before men could know one
another: and Boo/ said: Beware lest any man know
that thou earnest hither.

15 And again he said: Spread thy mantle, where-
with thou art covered, and hold it with both hands.
And when she spread it and held if, he measured
six measures of harley, and laid it ii|ton her. And
she carried it, and went into the eitv.

16 And came to her mother-in-law. Who said
to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she
told her all that the man had done to her.

17 And she said: Behold, he hath given me six
measures of harley: for he said: I will not hate
thee to return empty to thv mother-in-law.

18 And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we
see what end the thing will have. For the man
w ill not rest until he have accomplished what he
hath said.

CHAP. IV.

Upon the refusal of I he nrarir kinsman, fi'toz marriith Until,
who bring* forth Obnl, the gratuifathrr of Durid.

HPHKN Booz went up to the gate, and sat there.
-*- And when he had seen the kinsman going by,
of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, call-
ing him by his name: Turn aside for a little while,
and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

2 And Booz taking ten men of the ancients of
the eitv, said to them: S'n ye down here.

3 They sat dow n. and he spoke to the kinsman :
Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moah,
a ill sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother
Elimeh eh.

4 I would have thee to understand this, and
would tell thee before all that sit lint, and liefore
the ancients of mv people. If thou wilt take pos-
session of it by the right of kindred, buy it, and |k>s-
sess it. But if it please thee not, tell me so, that I
may know what I have to do. For there is no near
kinsman l>esides thee, who art first, and me, who
am second. But he answered: I will liny the field.

5 And Booz said to him: When thou shall buy
the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also
l!uth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the de
ceased; to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his
inheritance

810

6 He answered: I yield up my right of next akin.
for I must not cut offthe posterity of my own lamib.
Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess
I do w illingly ton

7 Now this in former times was the manner in
Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one
yielded his right to another; that the grant might
Im- sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his
neighbour: this was a testimony of cession oi' right
in Israel.

8 So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe.
And immediately he took it olffrom his foot.

9 And he said to the ancients and to all the peo-
ple: You are witnesses thisdav, that I have bought
all that was Flimclech's, and Che lion's, and Alaha-
lon's, of the hand of Noemi:

10 And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess,
the will- of Mahalou, to raise up the name of the
deceased in his inheritance, lest his name !>e cut otf
from among his family and his hn thren and Ins peo-
ple. YoU] I say, are witnesses of this thing.

11 Then all the people that were in the gate, and
the ancients answered : We are witnesses: The Lord
make this woman who cometh into thy house, likr
Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel
that she may he an example of virtue in Kphrata,'
and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

12 And that the house may lie. as the house ol
Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Judn, of the seed
which the Ford shall give thee of this young woman

13 Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her,
and he went in unto her: and the Lord gave her to
conceive, and to bear a son.

14 And the woman said to Noemi: Blessed Ik- the
Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a
successor; that his name should be preserved in Is-
rael:

15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy
soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is liorn of
thy daughter-in-law, who lo\eth thee; and is much
hitter to thee, than if thou hadst set en sons.

16 And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her
bosom : and slit- carried it, and was a nurse unto
it.

17 And the women her neighbours, congratula-
ting with her, and saying: There is a son l>ori) to
Noemi; called his name Obcd: he is the father of
lsai, the faiher of David.

1 8 These are the generations of Phares : Phares
he got Ksron:

19 Ksron begot Aram: Aram begot Aminadab:

20 Aminadab begot Nahasson : Nahasson begot
Salmon :

21 Salmon liegot Booz : Booz begot Obeil

22 Obed liegot lsai: lsai begot Dai id.

Ey+rmU. Another

nf tirthieheai

THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL,

OTHERWISE CALLED

ttn

THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

This and thefoUowing book are railed by the Hebrews the books
of Samuel, because they contain the history of Samuel, and of
the two kings, Saul and David, whom he anointed. They are
more commonly named by the Fathers, the first andsecond book
of kings. Ax to the writer of them, it is the common opinion
that Samuel composed the first book, as far as the. twenty-fifth
chapter ; and that the prophets Nathan and Gad finished the
first, and urote the second book. See 1 Paralipomenon, alias

1 Chronicles xix. iy.

CHAP. I.

Anna the wife of Elcana being barren, by vow and prayer ob-
taimth a son ; whom she callcth Samuel: and presenteth him
to the service of God in Silo, according to her vow.

T INHERE was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of
-*- mount Ephraim, and his name whs Elcana,
the son of Jehoram, the son of Eliu, the son of
Tliohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite :*

2 And he had two wives ; the name of one was
Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phe-
nenna had children: but Anna had no children.

3 And this man went up out of his city upon the
appointed days, to adore, and to offer sacrifice to
the Lord of hosts in Silo. And the two sons of Heli,
Oplmi and Phinees, were there priests of the
Loid.

4 Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacri-
fice, and cave to Phenenna his wife, and to all her
sons and daughters, portions :

5 But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow,
because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up
her womb.

6 Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her
exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that
the Lord had shut up her womb :

7 And thus she did every year, when the time
returned, that they went up to the temple of the
Lord : and thus she provoked her : but Anna" wept,
and did not eat.

8 Then Elcana her husband said to her : Anna,
why weepest thou ? And why dost thou not eat ?
and why dost thou afflict thy heart ? Am not I bet-
ter to thee, than ten children ?

9 So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk
in Silo : And Heli the priest sitting upon a stool
before the door of the temple of the Lord :

10 As Anna had her heart full of grief, she
prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears,

1 1 And she made a vow, saying : O Lord of
hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful
of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give
to thy servant a man-child: I will give him to the
Lord all the days of his life ; and no razor shall
come upon his head.

* Jtn Ephrnimil'. lie wis of the tribe of Levi, 1 Paralip. vi. 34. but
is called an Eph . amite from dwelling "■ mount Ephiaim.

12 And it came to pass, as she multiplied prajers
before the Lord, that Heli observed her mouth.

13 Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her
lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Heli
therefore thought her to be drunk, ,

14 And said to her : How long wilt thou be
drunk ? digest a little the wine, of which thou hast
taken too much.

15 Anna answering, said : Not so, my lord : for
1 am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk
neither wine nor any strong drink ; but I have
poured out my soul before the Lord.

16 Count not thy handmaid for one of thedaugh-
ters of Belial : for out of the abundauce of my sor-
row and grief have 1 spoken till now.

17 Then Heli said to her : Go in peace : and the
God of Israel grant thee thy petitiou, which thou
hast asked of him.

18 And she said : Would to God thy handmaid
may find grace in thy eyes. So the woman went
on her way, and ate; and her countenance was no
more changed.

19 And they rose in the morning, and worship-
ped before the Lord : and they returned, and came
into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew
Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered her.

20 And it came to pass when the time was come
about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called
his name Samuel :f because she had asked him of
the Lord.

21 And Elcana her husband went up, and all his
house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and
his vow.

22 But Anna went not up: but she said to her
husband: I will not go till the child be weaned, and
till I may carry him, that he may appear before the
Lord, and may abide always there.

23 And Elcana her husband said to her : Do
what seemeth good to thee, and stay till thou wean
him: and I pray that the Lord may fulfil his word.
So the woman staid at home, and gave her son
suck, till she weaned him.

24 And after she had weaned him, she carried
him with her, with three calves, and three bushels
of flour, and a bottle of wine: and she brought him
to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child
was as yet very young :

25 And they immolated a calf, and offered the
child to Heli.

26 And Anna said : I beseech thee, my lord, as
thy soul liveth, my lord : 1 am that woman who
stood before thee here praying to the Lord.

f SamueL This name imports, Jisked of God.

211

I. KIN*,-.

27 For this child did I pray: and the Lord hath
granted me my |x-tition, which 1 asked of him.

28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord.
all the days of his life. he shall l>c lent to the Lord.
And thv\ adored the Lord there. And Anna prat-
ed, and -aid :

i ii \r. ii.

TTkt rantirle of Anna. 7 V tricKtdnrtt of the torn of Ilrli : for
»hich they are not rliil* rorrcctcd by ihtir father. A propter y
against the house of llrli.

TVTV heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn*
-L"-*- is exalted in my (iod: my mouth is enlarged
over my enemies : because I have joyed in thy sal-
vation.

J There is none holy as the Lord is: for there
is no other beside thee, and there is none Strong
like our God.

3 Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boast-
ing : let old matters depart from your mouth : for the
Lord i> a God of all knowledge, and to him are
thoughts prepared.

\ The boW of the mighty is overcome, and the
weak are cirt with strength.

5 They that w ere lull Im fore have hired out them-
selves for bread : and the hungry are Idled, so that
the barren hath borae many: and she that had many
children is weakened.

6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bring-
eth down to hell, and hliogetfa back SgHttl.

7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: be
humbleth, and hccxaltclh.

8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and
bfteth up the poor from the dunghill: thai he ma)
sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For
the poles of the earth are the Lord's; and upon them
he hath set the world.

!' He will keep the feet of his saints: and the

wicked shall hesitant in darkness, because no man

shall prevail bv his own Strength.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him:
and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens :
The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth : and he
shall give empire to his kim;, and shall exalt the
horn of his ( iirist.

11 And Llcana went to Ramatha, to his house:
but the child ministered in the siidit of the Lord
before the face of Heli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial,
nor knowing the Lord,

13 Nor the office ol the priests to the people '. but

w hosoever had offered s sacrifice, the servant of the
priest came, while the flesh was in boiling, with a
flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand,

1 \ And thrust it into the kettle, or into the caul-
dron, or into the |>ot, or into the pan: and all that

m My ktr*. The aora in the asrtptMfM Me/nine* »trenjrth, power.
and glory : ao the born n uid to be exalted, when a pernio receive* an
iacreaae of «trrnrih or clory.
/ t JVa» skmtt •rrjr/rr kim. 'llv the«e won). Heli would hare hit nm
aodenland. that by their wiekrd ahme of «arre>l thin**, and of the
rery aacrificea which were appointed to anncaw the Lord, thevdepri-
Ted ihemaelvea of the ordinary mean* of reconciliation with God:

SIS

the flesh-hook Drought on. the priest took to himself

Thus diil they (<> all Israel (hat came to Silo.

1.) Also In lure the] burnt the fat. the Servant ol
the priest came, and said to the man that sacrificed:
(nve me flesh to boil for the priest: lor I will not
take of thee sodden flesh, but raw.

16 And he that sacrificed said to him: Let tin fat
first be hurnt (o-da\ according to the custom; and
then take as much as thy sotd des'mih. But he

answered, and said to him: Not mi: but ilmti shall

give it me now, or else I will take it by force.

17 Wherefore the sin of the VOQngtneD wa

ceeding great before the Lord: because they with-
drew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.

18 Hut Samuel ministered before the face of the
Lord: being a child girded with a linen rpbod.

19 And his mother made him a little coat, which
she brought to him on the appointed days, when
she went up with her huslr.ind, to oiler the solemn
sacrifice.

_'U And Heli blessed Khana and his wife: and
he said him: The Lord give thee seed of this wo-
man, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And
they Went to their ow n home.

21 And the Lord visited Anna: and she conceiv-
ed, and bore three sons, mid twodaughtets: and the
child Samuel became great before the Lord.

22 Now llrli was very Old; and be heard all
that his sons did to all Israel, and how they la) with
the women that waited at ihe door of the taln-r-
nacle:

23 And he said lo them : Why do ye these kind
of things, which I hear, \cry wicked things, from
all the people?

24 Do not so, my sons: for it is no good re|K>rt
that I bear, that you make the people of the Lord
to traiis-n vs.

25 If one man shall sin against another, God may-
be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin
against the Lord, who shall pray for him.'t And
they hearkened not to the voice of their rather, be
cause the Lord would slay them.

26 Hut the child Samuel advanced, and grew on,
and phased both the Lord and men.

11 And there came a man of God to Heli, ami
said lo him: Thus saith the Lord: Did I not plainly
appeal to thy father's house, when they were in
Egypt I" the house of Pbarao ?

c l\\ And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel
to be my priest, to go up to my altar, and burn in-
oense to me, and to wens the ephod before me : and
I gave t<> thy father's boose ol all the sacrifices of
the children of Israel:

I Why have \oii kit kid away my victims, anil
my cilis w Inch I commanded to he offered in the
temple: ami thou hast rather honoured thy sous

whirh wat by nacrificea. The more, becavae a* they were the raw/
prw«», whoas b«aine« it wa» to intercede for all otln r», they bad wo
oilier to offer tacrince and to make atonement far (hi in.

Ibid. Btcmmtt tkt Leri vouU tin tktm. In -re of their ma-

nifold ncrilegca, be, wmiMnot *>lten their bcarta with bin cfict
r/race, but wat determined lo deal I

CHAP. Ill, IV.

than me, to eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of
mv people Israel ?

"30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of
Israel ■ I said indeed that thy house, and the house
of thy father should minister in my sight, for ever.
Hut now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but
whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but
they that despise me, shall be despised.

3l Heboid, the days come : and 1 will cut off" thy
arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there
shall not be an old man in thy house.

31 And thou shalt see thy rival* in the temple,
in ail the prosperity of Israel : and there shall not
be an old man in thy house for ever.

33 However I will not altogether take away a
man of thee from my altar; but that thy eyes may
faint, and thy soul be spent : and a great part of
thy house shall die when they come to man's estate.

34 And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall
come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In
one day they shall both of them die.

35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, who
shall do according to my heart, and my soul : and I
will build him a faithful house, and he shall walk
all days before my anointed.

36 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall remain in thy house, shall come that he may
lie prayed for, and shall offer a piece of silver, and
a roll of bread, and shall say: Put me, I beseech
thee, to somewhat of the priestly office, that I may
eat a morsel of bread.

CHAP. III.

Samuel is four times called by the Lord: who revealcthto him
the evil that shall fall on Heli, and his house.

NOW the child Samuel ministered to the Lord
before Heli: and the word of the Lord was
preciousf in those days; there was no manifest vision.

2 And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in
his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he
could not see :

3 Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept
in the temple of the Lord, where the ark. of God was.

4 And the Lord called, Samuel. And he an-
swered: Here am I.

5 And he ran to Heli, and said: Here am I: for
thou didst call me. He said: I did not call; go
back, and sleep. And he went, and slept.

6 And the Lord called Samuel again. And
Samuel arose, and went to Heli, and said: Here am
I ; for thou calledst me. He answered : I did not
call thee, my son; return, and sleep.

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord:
neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.

8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third
time. And he arose up, and went to Heli,

9 And said: Here am I; for thou didst call me.

* 7Tky rival. A priest of another race. This was partly fulfilled,
when Abiathar, of the race of Heli, was removed from the priesthood,
and Saduc, who was of another line, was »ubstituted in his place. But
It was more fully accomplished in the New Testament, when the
priesthood of Aaron gave place to that of Christ

Then Heli understood that the Lord railed ^he
child: and he said to Samuel: Go, and sleep: and
if he shall call thee any more, thou shalt say:
Speak, Lord, for thy servant hearcth. So Samuel
went, and slept in his place.

10 And the Lord came, and stood: and he call-
ed as he had called the other times, Samuel, Samuel.
And Samuel said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant
heareth :

11 And the Lord said to Samuel: Behold, I do
a thing in Israel: and whosoever shall hear it, both
his ears shall tingle.

12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all the
things I have spoken concerning his house : I will
begin, and I will make an end.

13 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge
his house for ever, for iniquity; because he knew
that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them.

14 Therefore have I sworn to the house of Heli,
that the iniquity of his house shall not be expiated
with victims nor offerings for ever.^

15 And Samuel slept till morning, and opened
the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel
feared to tell the vision to Heli.

16 Then Heli called Samuel, and said: Samuel,
my son. And he answered : Here am I.

17 And he asked him: What is the word that
the Lord hath spoken to thee ? I beseech thee, hide
it not from me. May God do so and so to thee,
and add so and so, if thou hide from me one word
of all that were said to thee.

18 So Samuel told him all the words, and did
not hide them from him. And he answered: It is
the Lord : let him do what is good in his sight.

19 And Samuel grew; and the Lord was with
him; and not one of his words fell to the ground.

20 And all Israel from Dan to Bersebee, knew
that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the Lord.

21 And the Lord again appeared in Silo, for the
Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Silo, accord-
ing to the word of the Lord. And the word of
Samuel came to pass to all Israel.

CHAP. IV.

The Israelites being overcome by the Philistines, send for the ark
of God : but they are beaten again : the sons of Heli are kill-
ed, and the ark taken: upon the hearing of the news, Heli
falltth backicard, and dieth.

AND it came to pass in those days, that the Phi-
listines gathered themselves together to fight :
and Israel went out to war against the Philistines,
and camped by the Stone of help.J And the
Philistines came to Aphec,

2 And put their army in array against Israel.
And when they had joined battle, Israel turned their
backs to the Philistines: and there were slain in
that fight here and there in the fields about four
thousand men.

f Precioui. That is, rare.

\ The Stone of help. In Hebrew, Eben-ezer; so called from the help
which the Lord was pleased afterwards to give to his people Israel in
that place, by the prayers of Samuel, chap. vii. 12.

*ia

1. KINGS.

3 And the people returned to the camp: and the
ancients of Israel said: VVhjj liatli tlie Lord defeat-
ed lis to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch
unto ns the ark of the covenant of the Lord from
Silo, and let it come in the midst <>l us, that it may
save us from the hand ol our enemies.

4 Sc the |x o|ilc sent to Silo: and they brought
from (lieuee the ark oi the covenant ol the Lord ol
IhMs. sitting ii|>on the Cheruhims: and the two mmi>
of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, w< re with the ark of
the covenant of God.

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord
was eome into the camp, all Israel shouted with a
great shout; and the earth rang again.

6 \nd the Philistines heard the noise of the
sholil: and they said: What is this noise of a treat
shout in the Camp of the Hi •hrewsr And they un-
derstood that the ark of the Lord was come into
the camp.

7 And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God
is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

8 Wo to u.-<: for there was no such great joy yes-
terday and the dav before: Wo to us. Who shall
deliver us from the hand of these high Gods.' these
are the Gods that struck Egypt with all the plagues
in the desert.

9 Take courage, and bt have like men, ye Phi-
listines: lest you COtrM to he servants to the He-
brews, as they have served you: take courage, and
right.

10 So the Philistines fought; and Israel was
overthrown: and every man fled to his own dwell-
ing: and there was an exceeding gnat slaughter;
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

11 And the ark pf (iod was taken: anil the two
sons of Heli, Ophuinud Phinees, weie slain.

I J And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the
armv, and came to Silo the same day, with his
clothes rent, and his head strew td with dust.

13 And when he was come, Heli. sat upon a
stool over-against the way watching. For his heart
was fearful for the ark of (iod. And when the
man was come into the city, he told it: and all the
city cried out.

II And Heli heard the noise of the cry:. and he
said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? but
he made haste, and came, and told Heli.

15 Now Heli was ninety and eight \ ears old; and
his eyes were dim. and he could not see.

Ifi And he said to Heli: I am he that came
from the battle, and have fled out of the field this
d.n. And he said to him : What is there done, my
sou ?

17 And he that brought the news answered, and
said: Israel is fled before the Philistines; and there
has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover
thy sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark
of < iod is taken.

lb* And when he had named the ark* of God, he

• .VmurflA* mrk, Ift. There n (Treat l«aaon, by mil the*e cimitn-
•law.-v to hope that lii-h ili.-.l m ihe state of grave ; awl by hu tem-
poral punishments e*<-ape«l tlw eternal.

f Ift lawf That u, WTurt it tkt fiery r or, ttm i» n* g lery. We tee

114

fell from his stool backwards by the door, and nroae
his neck, and died, For he was an old man, and
far advanced in years. And he judged [trad forty
years.

19 And his daughter-in-law the wile of Phim
was dig with child, and near her time : and hearing
the news that lite ark ot (itx! was taken, and her fa-
ther-in-law , anil her husband, were dead, she bowed
herself, and fell in labour: for her pains come upon
her on a sudden.

20 And when she was upon the point of death,
they that stood about her said to her: Fear nor for
thou hast hoi ne a son. She answered them not, nor
ga\e heed lo them.

21 And she called the child It hahoil.T saying:
The glory is gone from Israel, Irccause the ark ol

(iod was takes* and for her father-in-law, and lot
her hushand :

J J And she said: The glory is departed from Is-
rael, hecaiise the ark of God was taken.

(HAP. V.

Dagon ttrict fnlUtk ihitrn U furt tkt ark. Tkt Philistines | rt
t>rinuutly iifflirtcii, tckcrivtr tin ark comtth.

AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and
-£*- carried it from the Stone of help inlo A/.olns.

2 And the Philistines took the ark of (iod, and
brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by
Dagon.

;> And when the Azotians arose early liie m \t
da?, behold* Dagon lay upon his face on the ground
before the ark of the Lord: and they took Dagon,
and set him again m his place.

■!■ And the next dav again, when they rose in the
morning, they found Dagon lying upon his face on
the earth hcloie the irk ol the Lord: and the head
of Dagon, and both (ne palms of his hands, were
cut oil" upon the threshold :

5 And only the stump of Dagon remained in its
place. Fortius cause neither the priests of Dagon.
nor any that go into the temple treau on the threshold
of Dagon in A/.otus uuio t Lis day

6 And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the
V/otians: And he destroyed them, and afflicted
Azotus and the coasts thereof with emerods. And
in the Milages and fields in the midst of that coun-
try, there came forth a multitude ol mice; ami there
was the confusion of a great mortality in the city.

7 And the men of Azotus seeing this kind ol
plague, said: The ark ol the God of Israel shall not
slay with us: for his hand is heavy upon us, and
upon I >agon our god.

8 And sending, they gathered together all the
lords ol the Philistines to ihen.. and said. What
shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel. And
the (iethites answered: Let the ark of the God of
Israel he carried alxiut. And they carried the ark
of ihe God of Israel ahout.

9 And while they wen carrying it altout, the

Ikiw nun li taal Nrarliti-s huMQted tlir Iim of the ark, wlu< h wan bat
mhol "i GodS presence amonrst lacm. How mm h more ought
li in« ti> lament tlir li*» of God bap* If, when by tin they Wave
■ drove him out of lhc-ir souls >

CHAP. VI, VII.

hand of the Lord came upon every city with an
exceeding great slaughter: and he smote the men
of every city, both small and great ; and they had
emerods in their secret parts. And the Gethiles
consulted together, and made themselves seats of
skins.

10 Therefore they sent the ark of God into Ac-
caron. And when the ark of God was come into
Aeearon, the Aecaronites cried out, saying : They
have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to
kill us and our people.

1 1 They sent therefore and gathered together all
the lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send
away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return
into its own place, and not kill us and our people.

12 For there was the fear of death in every city,
and the hand of God vyas exceeding heavy. The
men also that did not die, were afflicted with the
emerods: and the cry of every city went up to
heaven.

CHAP. VI.

The ark is gent back to Jietfuames : where many are slain for
looking, through curiosity, into it.

NOW the ark of God was in the land of the
Philistines seven months.

2 And the Philistines cal'ed for the priests &nd
the diviners, saying: What shall we do with the ark
of the Lord ? tell us how we are to send it back to
its place. And they said:

3 If you send back the ark of the God of Israel,
send it not away empty; but render unto him what
you owe for sin, and then you shall be healed : and
you shall know why his hand departeth not from you.

4 They answered : What is it we ought to ren-
der unto him for sin? and they answered:

5 According to the number of the provinces of
the Philistines you shall make five golden emerods,
and five golden mice : for the same plague hath
been upon you all, and upon your lords. And you
shall make the likeness of your emerods, and the
likeness of the mice, that have destroyed the land :
and you shall give glory to the God of Israel, to see
if he will take off his hand from you, and from your
gods, and from your land.

6 Why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and
Pharao hardened their hearts? did not he, after he
was struck, then let them go, and they departed ?

7 Now therefore take and make a new cart : and
two kine that have calved, on which there hath come
no yoke, tie to the cart, and shut up their calves at
home.

8_ And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and
lay it on the cart: and the vessels of gold, which
von have paid him for sin, you shall put into a little
box, at the side thereof: and send it away that it
may go.

9And you shall look : and if it go up by the way
of his own coasts towards Bethsames, then he hath
done us this great evil : but if not, we shall know that

* Seen; and curiously looked into. It is likely this plapne reached
to all the neighbouring country, ai w* 11 as the city of Bethsames.

it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happen-
ed by chance.

10 They did therefore in this manner: and taking
two kine, that had sucking calves, they yoked them
to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

11 And they laid the ark of God upon the cart,
and the little box that had in it the golden mice and
the likeness of the emerods.

12 And the kine took the straight way that lead-
eth to Bethsames: and they went along the way,
lowing as they went, and turned not aside neither
to the right hand nor to the left: and the lords of
the Philistines followed them as far as the borders
of Bethsames.

13 Now the Bethsamites were reaping wheat in
the valley : and lifting up their eyes they saw the
ark, arid rejoiced to see it.

14 And the cart came into the field of Josue a
Bethsamite, and stood there. And there was a
great stone, and (hey cut in pieces the wood of the
cart, and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the Lord.

15 And the Levites took down the ark of God,
and the little box that was at the side of it, where-
in were the vessels of gold; and they put them
upon the great stone.- The men also of Bethsames
offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims that day
to the Lord.

16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw;
and they returned to Accaron the same day.

17 And these are the golden emerods, which
the Philistines returned for sin to the Lord : For
Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for
Geth one, for Accaron one:

18 And the golden mice according to the num-
ber of the cities of the Philistines, of the five pro-
vinces, from the fenced city to the village that was
without the wall, and to the great Abel (the stone)
whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which
was till that day in the field of Josue the Bethsamite.

19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, be-
cause they had seen* the ark of the Lord : and he
slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand
of the common people. And the people lamented,
because the Lord had smitten the people with a
great slaughter.

20 And the men of Bethsames said : Who shall
be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and
to whom shall he go up from us?

21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants
of Cariathiarim, saying : The Philistines have
brought back the ark of the Lord : come ye down,
and fetch it up to you.

CHAP VII.

The ark is brought to Cariathiarim. By SamueFs exhortation,
the people cast away their idols, ana' serve God alone. The
Lord defeateth the Philistines, while Samuel offereth sacrifice

\ ND the men of Cariathiarim came, and fetched
-£*■ up the ark of the Lord, and carried it into the
house of Abinadab in Gabaa:f and they sanctified
FJeazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.

f In Gabon. That is, on the hill, for Gabaa signifieth a tilt
21 S

2 And it eame to puss, that from the day the ark
of tin- Lord abode in ( ariathiarim days were mnlti-

ntied (for it WUS now the twentieth year) and id the
house of Israel reeled following the Lord.
H Awl Samuel spoke to ■II the house of Israel,

Mviag: If von turn to the Lord with ;dl your heait.
pot away the strange cods from among Jroa, Baalim
and Astarotli: anti prepare your hearts unto the
I rd, and serve him only: and he w ill deliver you
out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Then the Children of Israel ptll away Baalim
and Astaroth. and served the Lord onlv.

5 And Samuel said : GatheraM Israel to Masphath.
that I mav prav to the Lord for you.

ti lad they gathered together to Masphath: and

lhe\ drew water, and pODPed it out before the
Lord, and they fa-ted on that day. and they said
tlxre: We have sinned against the Lord. And
Samuel lodged the children of Israel in Masphath.
7 \nd the Philistmes heard that the children ot
Israel were gathered together to .Masphath : and tin-
lords of the Philistines went up against Israel.
And when the children of Israel heard this, they
were afraid of the Philistines.

iid they said to Sa mue l; Cease not to cry-
to the Lord OBrGod for us, that he may save us out
of the hand of the Philistines.

9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered
it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel
cried to the Lord for Israel : and the Lord heard
him.

10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was of-
fering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle
SgaJnsI Israel : Imt the Lord thundered with a great
thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terri-
fied them : and they were overthrown before tin
face of Israel.

I 1 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath
pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter ol
them till they came under Bethchar.

I J \nd Samuel took a stone, and laid it between
Masphath and Sen : and he called the place, The
Stone of help. And he said : Thus far the Lord
hath helped us.

l.j And the Philistines were humbled : and they
did not come any more into the borders of Israel.
And the hand of the Lord was against the Philis-
tines, all the days of Samuel.

14 And the cities, which the Philistines had
taken from Israel, wen' restored to Israel, from Ae-
raron to (Jeth, and their borders : and be delivered
Israel from the hand of the Philistines : and there
\\a> peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.

15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his
life :

16 And be went every year about to Bethel and
to ( ialgal and to Masphath ; and he judged Israel in
the foresaid plac

• Rrjtrhd, tr< nt of Israel hitherto ha« tx-en a theoc-

racy . in « tiinwrlf immediately ruled, hj law* which he had

r himself: ami

tt.. . . tin* that hi* pcoide «r<«ctad I iu dmiriiu* a

i of (o»«rnineot.

1. KTN(.s.

17 And lie returned to Hnmatha : for there was
his house, and there he judged Isra e l : he built also

there an altar to the Lord.

CHAP. VIII.

Samuel groieing oil, and his sons not walking in his mrf*, lit
ptople iltsirr a king.

AND it came to pass when Samuel was old, that
he appointed his sons to be judges owr Israel.

2 Now the name of his first-born son was Joel,
and the name ol the second was Abb, judges in

Bersabee.

3 And his sons walked not in his ways: but they
turned aside alter lucre, and took bribes, and pet-
verted lodgment.

4 Then all the ancients of Israel Ining assem-
bled, came to Samuel to Bamatha.

5 And they said to him : Behold, thou art old ;
and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a
king, to judge us, as all nations have.

<i And the word was displeasing in the eyes of
Samuel, that they should say : (.iive us a king, to
judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel : Hearken to the
voice of the people in all that they say to thee.
For they have not rejected* thee, but me, that I
should not reign over them.

8 According to all their works, they have done
from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until
this day : as they have forsaken me, and Served
Strange gods, so do they also unto thee.

9 Now therefore hearken to their voice: hut yet
testify to them, and foretel them the rightf of the
kinu., that shall reign over them.

10 Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord
to the people that had desired a king of him,

11 And said: This will be the right of the king,
that shall reign OVCI you : He will take your sons,
and put them in his chariots, and will make them
his horsemen, and his running footmen to run l>e-
fore his chariots.

12 And he w ill appoint of them to be his tribunes,
and centurions, and to plough his fields. and to reap
his coin, and to make him arms and chariots.

13 Your daughters also he will take to make him
ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.

14 And he will take your fields, and your vine-
yards, and your best olive-yards, and give them to
his servants.

15 Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn,
and of the n\t nm s of your vineyards, to give to lus
eunuchl and servants.

16 ^ our servants also and handmaids, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses he will take
BWay, and put them to his work.

17 Your flocks also he will tithe; and you shall
Ik- his servants.

f TV rir*». That >», the Mmarr (mitfkat) aftrr which he ahaJI pro.
eefld.b.inog no one to control hun, when he ha., the power in bm
hand*.

CHAP. IX.

18 And you shall cry out in that day from the
face of the king, whom yon have chosen to your-
selves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day,
because you desired unto yourselves a king.

19 Rut the people would not hear the voice of
Samuel, and they said : Nay : but there shall be a
king over us :

20 And we also will be like all nations : and our
King shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight
our battles for us.

21 And Samuel heard all the words of the peo-
ple, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

22 And the Lord said to Samuel : Hearken to
their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel
said to the men of Israel : Let every man go to
his city.

CHAP. IX.

Saul seeking his father's asses, cometh to Samuel, by whom he
is entertained.

TVTOW there was a man of Benjamin whose name
-L^ was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror,
the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a
man of Jemini, valiant and strong.

2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a
choice and goodly man : and there was not among
the children of Israel a goodlier person than he :
from his shoulders and upward he appeared above
all the people.

3 And the asses of Cis, Saul's father, were lost:
and Cis said to his son Saul : Take one of the
sen ants with thee, and arise, go, and seek the
asses. And when they had passed through mount
Ephraim,

4 And through the land of Salisa, and had not
found them, they passed also through the land of
Salim ; and they were not there ; and through the
land of Jemini, and found them not.

5 And when they were come to the land of
Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him :
Come, let us return, lest perhaps my father forget
the asses, and be concerned for us.

6 And he said to him : Behold, there is a man of
God in this city, a famous man : all that he saith,
cometh certainly to pass. Now therefore let us go
thither ; perhaps he may tell us of our way, for
which we are come.

7 And Saul said to his servant: Behold, we will
go : but what shall we carry to the man of God ? the
bread is spent in our bags : and we have no present
to make to the man of God, nor any thing at
all.

8 The servant answered Saul again, and said :
Behold, there is found in my hand the fourth part

* A seer. Because of his seeing by divine light hidden things and
things to come.

t A sacrifice. The law did not allow of sacrifices in any other place,
but at the tabernacle, or temple, in which the ark of the covenant
was kept; but Samuel, by divine dispensation, offered sacrifices in
other places. For which dispensation this reason may be alleged, that
the house of God in Silo, having lost the ark, was now cast off; as a
figure of the reprobation of the Jews, Psal. lxxvii. GO, 67. And in
C'nriathiatim where the ark was, there was neither tabernacle, nor
■Mar.

of a side of silver : let us give i t » the man of God,
that he may tell us our way.

9 Now in time past in Israel when a man went
to consult God, he spoke thus : Come, let us go to
the seer. For be that is now called a prophet, in
time past was called a seer.*

10 And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is
very good ; come, let us go. And they went into
the city, where the man of God was.

11 And when they went up the ascent to the city,
they found maids coming out to draw water: and
they said to them: Is the seer here?

12 They answered, and said to them : He is:
behold, he is before you, make haste now : for he
came to-day into the city, for there is a sacrifice f
of the people to-day in (he high place.|

13 As soon as you come into the city, you shall
immediately find him, before he go up to the high
place to eat : for the people 'will not eat till he
come : because he blesseth the victim, and after-
wards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go
up, for to-day you shall find him-

14 And they went up into the city. And when
they were walking in the midst of the city, behold,
Samuel was coming out over-against them, to go
up to the high place.

15 Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of
Samuel the day before Saul came, saying:

16 To-morrow about this same hour 1 will send
thee a man of the land of Benjamin ; and thou shalt
anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel : and
he shall save my people out of the hand of the Phi-
listines : fori have looked down upon my people,
because their cry is come to me.

17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said
to him : Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee :
this man shall reign over my people.

18 And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the
gate, and said : Tell me, 1 pray thee, where is the
house of the seer ?

19 And Samuel answered Saul, saying : I am
the seer : go up before me to the high place, that
you may eat with me to-day, and I will let thee go
in the morning ; and tell thee all that is in thy
heart.

20 And as for the asses, which were lost three
days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found.
And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel ?
Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's
house ?

21 And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of
Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the
last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?
Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?

J The high place. Excelsum. The excelsa, or high places, so often men-
tioned in scripture, were places of worship, in which were altars for
sacrifice. These were sometimes employed in the service of the true
God, as in the present case ; but more frequently in the service of
idols ; and were called Excelsa, which is commonly (though perhaps
not so accurately) rendered high places ; not because they were always
upon hills, for the very worst of all, which was that of Topheth or Gren-
nom (Jeremiah \ix.) was in a valley ; but because of the high altars,
and p'dliirs, or monuments erected there, on which were set up the idol»,
or images of their deities.

217

I. kings.

•22 Thrn Samuel taking Saul and h i servant,
brought t lu-ii i into (In- parlour, and cave them a
place at the head of them that were invited; for
there win altout thirty men.

\iiil Samuel said to the cook: Bring the por-
tion, which I pave thee, and commanded thee to
set it apart by thee.

24 And (he cook took up the shoulder, and set it
before Saul. And Samuel said: Behold what is
left; set it before thee, and eat: because it was kepi
of purpose for thee, when I invited the people. And
Saul ate with Samuel that day.

25 And they went down from the high place into
the town : and he spoke with Said upon the top of
tlie house: and he prepared a bed for Saul on tin-
top of the house; and he slept.

26 And w hen they were risen in the morning, and
it began now to be light, Samuel called Saul on tin-
top of the house, saying: Arise, that I may let thee
go. And Saul arose: and they went out both of
them, to wit, he ami Samuel.

27 And as they w<t.- filing down in the end of
the city. Samuel said to Saul: S|>eak to the servant
to go lie fore us, and pass on: but stand thou still
a while, that I may tell thee the word of the Lord.

CHAP. X.

Saul it anointed. He propkesirtk, ami is changed into another
man. Samuel ruW tk the people together, to make a king :
the lot full, th on Saul.

AND Samuel took a little vial of oil, and poured
it U|K)ti his head, and kissed him, and said : Be-
hold, the Lord hath anointed thee to be prince over
his inheritance: and thou shall deliver his people
out of the hands of their enemies, that are round
about them. And this shall Im« a sign unto thee,
that God hath anointed thee to Ik: prince.

2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou
shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in
the borders of Benjamin to the south: and they shall
lay to thee : The asst-s are found which thou went-
est to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the

concerned for you, and saith: What shall I
do for ins son.'

3 And when thou shalt depart from thence, and
go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor,
there shall meet thee three men coin:; up to ( iod to
Bethel,* one carrying three kids, and another carry-
ing three loaves of bread, and another carrying a
bottle oi trine.

4 And they will salute thee, and will give tin -e
two loaves; and thou shalt take them at tln-ir hand.

5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,f
where the garrison of the Philistines is: and when
thou shalt be come there into the city, thou shall
meet a company of prophets J toting down from

* BttktL Where there war at that time an altar of God ; it being

.'« wherr Saturn I jtiilcvil Nrai'l.

* TV kill nf God. Gabaa, in which there »u al«o at that time, a
hifk fUtt or oi/or.

J. Prfluii. These were men whose office it »« to »ing liymm and
oral-' far -Mill in tiolv writ *rv c riled yropkrtt, ami their»ing-

tnr prane* tn God i« rallixt pnptunrmg. See t Pmralipon. alia* I
CkfucUt xt. Tt. and xrv. I. Now there were in Umm- dart ooIm»

the high place, with a psaltery and a timbrel, and a
pi|>e, ami a harp before them: and tiny shall be
prophesying.

b Anil the spirit of the Lord shall come upou
thee: and thou shall prophesy with them, and shall
be changed into another man.

7 When therefore these signs shall happen to litre,
tlo whatsoever thy hand shall find; lor the Lord is
w ith thee.

8 Ami thou shalt go down before me to ( ia.gal ,
(for 1 will come down to thee,) that thou mayst oiler
an oblation, and sacrifice victims of |>eace: seven
days shall thou wait, till I come to thee; and 1 will
show thee what thou art to do.

9 So when he had turned his back to go from
Samuel, (iod gave unto him another heart: and all
these things came to pass that day.

10 Ami they came to the foresaid hill; and be-
hold, a company of prophets met him: and the Spirit
ol the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied in
the midst of them.

1 1 And all that had know n him yesterday and the
day l>efore, seeing that he w as w ith the pro|ih« is,

and prophesied, said to each oilier: \\ hat is this that
hath happened to the sou of Cis? in Saul also among
the prophets.'

12 And one answered another, saying: And who
is their father? || therefore it became a proverb; l>
Saul also among the prophets?

13 And when he had made an end of prophesy iug,
he came to the high place.

14 And Saul's uncle said to him, and to his ser-
vant: Whither went you? Thej answered: Tn«eek
the asses: and not finding them we went to Samuel.

15 And his uncle said to him: Tell me what
Samuel said to thee.

16 And Saul said to his uncle: He told us that the
asses were found. But of the matter of the king-
dom of which Samuel had spoken to him, he told
him not.

17 And Samuel called together the people to the
Lord in Maspha:

18 And he said to the children of Israel: Thus
saith the Lord the God of Israel: I brought tin Is-
rael out of Egypt, and delivered JfOU from the hand
of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings
who afflicted you.

19 But you Ibis day have rejected your God, who
only hath saved you out of all your evils and your
tribulations: and you have said : NaT! but sit a king
out us. Now therefore stand before the Lord by
your trilx-s, and by your families.

20 And Samuel brought to him all the tribes of
Israel: and the lot fell on the tribe of Bciyamin.

21 And be brought the tribe of Benjamin and tin;
kindreds thereof ; and the lot fell u|K>u the kindred

get, or «cboob for training up theae prophet*; and it term* there tn
mm of thee* acbooU at thu lull •/ CW, and another at Maioth in Ka-
inatlia. See I Sm rn t i m -'".-'

t GmlfL Here alao by di a p en aat i on war an altar of (., !

|| Tknr falker. That u, their teacher or tiipcrHM-. A* much a* to
aay. Who could bring about tucli a wonderful change a* to make haul
a proohct'

CHAr.

of Metri, and it came to Saul the son of Cis. They
sought him therefore, and lie was not found.

22 And after this they consulted the Lord whether
he would come thither. And the Lord answered:
Behold, he is hidden at home.

23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and he
stood in the midst of the people: and he was higher
than any of the people from the shoulders and up-
ward.

24 And Samuel said to all the people: Surely
you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there
is none like him among all the people. And all the
people cried and said: God save the king.

25 And Samuel told the people the law of the
kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up be-
fore the Lord: And Samuel sent away all the peo-
ple, every one to his own house.

26 Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa :
and there went with him a party of the army, whose
hearts God had touched.

27 But the children of Belial said: Shall this
fellow be able to save us? And they despised him,
and brought him no present; but he dissembled, as
though he heard not.

CHAP. XL

Said defeatcth the Ammonites, and dtlivereth Jabes Galaad.

AND it came to pass about a month after this,
that Naas the Ammonite came up, and began
to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of
Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and
we will serve thee.

2 And Naas the Ammonite answered them : On
this condition will 1 make a covenant with you,
that I may pluck out all your right eyes, and make
you a reproach in all Israel.

3 And the ancients of Jabes said to him: Allow
us seven days, that we may send messengers to all
the coasts ol Israel : and if there be no one to defend
us, we will come out to thee.

4 The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of
Saul : and they spoke these words in the hearing of
the people : and all the people lifted up their voices,
and wept.

5 And behold, Saul came, following oxen out of
the field: and he said: What aileth the people that
they weep? And they told him the words of the
men of Jabes.

6 And the spirit of the Lord came upon Saul,
when he had heard these words: and his anger was
exceedingly kindled.

7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces,
and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by mes-
sengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth,
and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to
his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the
people; and they went out as one man.

8 And he numbered them in Bezee: and there
were of the children of Israel three hundred thou-
sand, and of the men of Juda thirty thousand.

9 And they said to the messengers that came:
Thus shall you say to the men of Jabes Galaad:
To-morrow, when the sun shall be hot, you shall

XI, XII.

have relief. The messengers therefore came, and
told the men of Jabes: and they were glad.

10 And they said: In the morning we will come
out to you: and you shall do what you please with
us.

1 1 And it came to pass, when the morrow was
come, that Saul put the people in three companies:
and he came into the midst of the camp in the morn-
ing watch, and he slew the Ammonites until the day
grew hot: and the rest were scattered, so that two
of them were not left together.

12 And the people said to Samuel: Who is he
that said: Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men,
and we will kill them.

13 And Saul said: No man shall be killed this
day, because the Lord this day hath wrought salva-
tion in Israel:

14 And Samuel said to the people : come and let
us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.

15 And all the people went to Galgal: and there
they made Saul king before the Lord in Galgal; and
they sacrificed there victims of peace before the
Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel re-
joiced exceedingly.

CHAP. XII.

Samuel's integrity is acknotdedgrd. God showeth by a sign
from heaven that they had done ill in asking for a king.

AND Samuel said to all Israel: Behold, I have
hearkened to your voice in all that you said to
me, and have made a king over you.

2 And now the king goeth before you: but I am
old and grey-headed: and my sons are with yon:
having then conversed with you from my youth un-
til this day, behold, here I am.

3 Speak of me before the Lord, and before his
anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or
ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed
any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand :
and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to
you.

4 And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor
oppressed us, nor taken aught at any man's hand.

5 And he said to them: The Lord is witness
against you, and his anointed is witness this day,
that you have not found any thing in my hand. And
they said: He is witness.

6 And Samuel said to the people: It is the Lord
who made Moses and Aaron, and brought our fa-
thers out of the land of Egypt.

7 Now therefore stand up, that I may plead in
judgment against you before the Lord, concerning
all the kindness of the Lord, which he hath shown
to you, and to your fathers:

8 How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers
cried to the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and
Aaron, and brought your fathers out of Egypt, and
made them dwell in this place:

9 And they forgot the Lord their God : and he de-
livered them into the hands of Siscra captain ol the
army of Hasor, and into the hands of the Philis-
tines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and
they fought against them.

81*

I. KINGS.

10 But afterwards they cried to the Lord, and
said: We have sin ned, because we ha ve forsaken
the Lord, and hate served Baalim and Astaroth :
hut now Deliver us from the hand of our enemies,
and we w ill serve thee.

11 And the Lord m nt Jerohaal and Badan,* and
Jephte, and Samuel, and delivered \on trom the
hand of your ineniice round about; and you dweh
securely.

1'2 Hut seeing that Naas kins of the children of
Amnion was come against you, yon asid to ate: Nay.
hut a kins shall reign over us: whereas the Lord
your ( Sod H;b your king.

13 Now therefore your kins is hire, whom you
have chosen and desired : behold, the Lord hath given
>ou a kinii.

II If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and
hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of
the Lord; then shall hotli you, and the king who
reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your
God.

15 But if you will not hearken to the voice of the
Ix>rd, hut will rebel against his words, the hand of
the Lord shall be u|>on you, and upon your fa-
thers.

16 Now then stand, and see this great thing which
the Lord will do in your sight.

17 Is it not wheat-harvest t to-day? I will call
Upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain:
and you shall know and see that you yourselves have
done a great e\il in the sight of the Lord, m desiring
a king over you.

18 And Samuel cried unto the Lord: and the
Lord sent thunder and rain that day.

19 And all the people greatly feared the Lord
and Samuel. And all the |>eople said to Samuel:
Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we
may not die, for we have added to all our sins this
evil, to ask for a kin::.

20 And Samuel said to the people: Fear not;
yoti have done all this evil : but yet depart not from
following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your
heart.

21 And turn not aside after vain things, which
shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they
are tain.

22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for
his great name's sake : liecause the Lord hath sworn
to make \ou his people*

2.3 And far from me Ik* this sin against the Lord,
that I should eease to pray for you, and I will teach
you the good and right way.

24 Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in
truth and with your whole heart; for you have seen
the great works which be hath done among you.

But if you will still do wickedly, both you
and your king shall perish together.

• Jrriimml m* Sadea. That it, Gedeon. and ttameoo, called here
Hid <n or U.ilan, became he wai of Dan.

f WW-Wrrrf. At whn ;h tune of the jear it never thunder* or
raiai in thuec ceuntriea.

2.-U

(HAP. XIII.

The war between Saul ami the I'htltstine*. The distress of tks
Itraelitet. Snul offtreth sacrifice, before the coming of 8e>
muei : fur which he is rrproctJ.

WALL was a child of one yearj when he beeaii
^ to reign : and he reigned two years over Israel.

2 And Saul chose him three thousand men ol Is-
rael : and two thousand Were with Saul in Mai limas,
and in mount Bethel : and a thousand with Jona-
than in Gahaa ol Benjamin: and the rest ol the
people he sent back every man to their tlwelln

3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Phi-
listines which was in Gahaa. And when the Phi-
listines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet
overall the land, saving: Let the Hebrews hear.

4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath
smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel
took courage against the Philistines. And the peo-
ple were called together alter Saul to Galgal.

5 The Philistines also were assembled to fight
againM Israel, thirty thousand chariots, ami six
thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people Im-
sides, like the sand on the sea-shore for number.
And going up they camped in Machmas at the east
of Bethaven.

6 And when the men of Israel saw that they
were straitened (for the people were distressed,)
they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in
rocks, and in dens, and in pits.

7 And some of thy Hebrews passed over the Jor-
dan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when
Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed
him were greatly afraid.

8 And he waited seven days according to the a|>-
poiut incut of Samuel; and Samuel came not to
Galgal; and the people slipt away from him.

9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and
the peace-olid ings. And he olfered the holocaust.

10 And when he had made an end of offering
the holocaust, behold, Samuel came: and Saul went
forth to meet him, and salute him.

11 And Samuel said to him: What hast thou
done ? Saul answered : Because I saw that tlm
people slipt from me, and thou wast not come ac-
cording to the dayi appointed, and the Philistine.
were gathered together in Machmas,

12 I said: Now will the Philistines come down
upon me to Galgal ; and I have not appeased the
l ice of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered
the holocaust.

13 And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast done
foolishly, and hast not kept the commandim nts <.|
the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. And
if thou hadst not done thus, the Lord would now
have established thy kingdom over Israel lor ever.

14 But thy kingdom shall not continue. The
Lord hath sought him a man according to his own

\0ftu ftm-. That b. he wa« Rood and like an innorent child, and
for two jrcan continued in that i nn oc en cy.

CHAP. XIV.

heart, and him hath the Lord commanded to he
prince over his people, hecanse thou hast not ob-
served that which the Lord commanded.

15 And Samuel arose, and went up from Galgal
to Gahaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people
went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought
against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa in the
hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people,
that were found with him, about six hundred men.

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the
people that were present with them, were in Gabaa
of Benjamin : but the Philistines encamped in
Machmas.

17 And there went out of the camp of the Phi-
listines three companies to plunder. One company
went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual.

18 And another went by the way of Bethoron :
and the third turned to the way of the border, above
the valley of Seboim towards the desert.

19 Now there was no smith to be found in all the
land of Israel; for the Philistines had taken this
precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them
swords or spears.

20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines,
to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade,
and his axe, and his rake.

21 So that their shares, and their spades, and
their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the
goad, which was to be mended.

22 And when the day of battle was come, there
was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of
any of the people that were with Saul and Jona-
than, except Saul and Jonathan his son.

23 And the army of the Philistines went out in
order to advance further in Machmas.

CHAP. XIV.

Jonathan attacketh the Philistines. A miraculous victory.
SanPs unatlmsed oath,by which Jonathan is put in danger of
his life, but is delivered by the people.

"TVTOW it came to pass one day that Jonathan the
-L * son of Saul said to the young man that bore
his armour : Come, and let us go over to the garri-
son of the Philistines, which is on the other side of
yonder place. But he told not this to his father.

2 And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Ga-
baa under the pomegranate-tree, which was in Ma-
gron : and the people with him were about six hun-
dred men.

3 And Achias the son of Achitob brother of Icha-
bod the son of Phinees, the son of Heli the priest
of the Lord in Silo, wore the ephod. And the peo-
ple knew not whither Jonathan was gone.

4 Now there were between the ascents, by which
Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the
Philistines, rocks standing up on both sides, and
steep cliffs like teeth on the one side, and on the
other; the name of the one was Boses, and the
name of the other was Sene:

5 One rock stood out toward the north over-
against Machmas, and the other to the south over-
against Gabaa.

6 Arc* Jouathan said to the young man that bore

his armour : Come, let us go over to the garrison of
these uncircumcised : it may be the Lord will do fa"
us : because it is easy for the Lord to save cither bj
many, or by few.

7 And his armour-bearer said to him : Do all .hat
pleaseth thy mind : go whither thou wiJt, and 1 will
be with thee wheresoever thou hast a mind.

8 And Jonathan said: Behold, we will go over to
these men. And when we shall be seen by them,

9 If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we
come to you : let us stand still in our place, and not
go up to them.

10 But if they shall say: Come up to us: let us
go up, because the Lord hath delivered them into
our hands : this shall be a sign* unto us.

1 1 So both of them discovered themselves to the
garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said :
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes
wherein they were hid.

12 And the men of the garrison spoke to Jona-
than, and to his armour-bearer, and said: Come up
to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jona-
than said to his armour-bearer : Let us go up ; fol-
low me ; for the Lord hath delivered them into the
hands of Israel.

13 And Jonathan went up creeping on his hands
and feet, and his armour-bearer after him. And
some fell before Jonathan, others his armour-bearer
slew as he followed him.

14 And the first slaughter which Jonathan and
his armour-bearer made, was of about twenty men,
within half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen is
wont to plough in a day.

15 And there was a miracle in the camp, through
the fields: yea, and all the people of their garrison,
who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the
earth trembled : and it happened as a miracle from
God.

16 And the watchmen of Saul, who were in Ga-
baa of Benjamin, looked, and behold, a multitude
overthrown, and fleeing this way and that.

17 And Saul said to the people that were with
him : Look, and see who is gone from us. And
when they bad sought, it was found that Jonathan
and his armour-bearer were not there.

18 And Saul said to Achias: Bring the ark of
the Lord. (For the ark of God was there that day
with the children of Israel.)

19 And while Saul spoke to the priest, there
arose a great uproar in the camp of the Philistines:
and it increased by degrees, and was heard more
clearly. And Saul said to the priest: Draw in thy
hand.

20 Then Saul and all the people that were with
him, shouted together, and they came to the place of
the fight : and behold, every man's sword was turn-
ed upon his neighbour ; and there was a very greal
slaughter.

21 Moreover the Hebrews that had been with

* This shall be a sign. It is likely Jonathan was instructed by divine
inspiration to make choice of this sign : otherwise the observation ul
omens is superstitions and sinful.

I. K

the Philistines yesterdaj and tin- day before, Bud
went tip with i ht-m into the camp, returned to I*-
with tin* Israelites, who were with Said and Joan*
than.

\\m] all the I s r aelite s that fi;nl hid themselves
in mount Ephrahn, bearing that the Philistines il< -* i -
joined themselves w it h their countrymen in the
fight. And there were with Saul about ten thou-
saad men.

23 And the Lord saved Israel that day. And
the fight went on as far as lh-thaveu.

24 And the men of Israel were joined together
that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying:
Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening.
(ill I Ik- revenged of my enemies. So none of the
people tasted any food :

25 And all the common people came into a
forest, in which there was honey upon the ground.

'2t> And when the people came into the forest,

behold, the boner dropped ; but no man put his

hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

27 Hut Jonathan had not heard when his father
adjured the people : and he put forth the end of the

rod, which he had in his hand, and dipped it in a
honey -couih: and he carried bis band to his mouth,
and his eyes wen 4 enlightened

28 And one of the people answering, said : Thy
father hath hound the people with an oath, saying:
Cursed he the man that shall eat any food this day.
(And the people were faint.)

29 And Jonathan said : My father hath trou b le d
the land: you have seen yourselves that my eyes are
enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey:

30 How much more if the people had eateil of
the prey of their enemies, which they found.' had
there not been made a greater slaughter among the
Philistines?

31 So they smote that day the Philistines from
Machmas to Aialon. And the people Were Wea-
ried exceedingly.

• 52 And falling ti|>on the spoils, they took sheep,
and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground :
and the people ate them with the blood.

33 And they told Saul that the people had sinned
against the Lord, eating with the hlood. And In-
said: You have transgressed; roll hen- to me now
a great stone.

34 And Said said : Disperse yourselves among
the people, and tell them to bring me everv man his
OX and his ram, and slay them upon this stone,
and eat; and you shall not sin against the Lonl in
eating with the blood. So all the people brought
every man his ox with him till the night, and slew
them there.

36 And Saul built an altar to the Lord: and he
then first began to huild an altar to the Lord.

36 And Saul said: Let us fall ii|K>n the Philis-
tines by ntgbt, and destroy them till the morning
Rght: and let ns not leave a man of them. And tin
people said: Do all thai sreineth good in thv eyes.
And the priest said: Let us draw near hit her unto ( rod.

• 7<m«'»aa imi taint . Tlinuiftl Jonathan traa rxrumt from »m.
t h t vx h ignorance of the proliiiiitton, t rt God was plcast d on this oc -

37 And Saul consulted the Lord: Shall 1 p
after the Philistines i wilt thou deliver them into
the hands ot Israel? And he answered him not
that day.

88 And Saul said : Bring hither all the comers
of the people: and know, and see by whom tln.s sin
hath hap|K-iied to-dav.

1 \s tin Lord liveth who is the saviour of Is-
rael, if it was done by Jonathan my son, he shall
surely die. In this none of the people gainsaid him.

40 And he said to all Israel: lie \ on on one side,
and {.with Jonathan my sou will he outhe other side.
And the people answered Saul: Do what secmeth
good in thy eves.

41 And Saul said to the Lord: O Lord God of
Israel, given sign, by rr/iirh ice may know, what the
meaning is, that thou answ crest not thy servant to-
day: If this iniquity he in me, or in my son Jona-
than, give a proof: or if this inimiitv he in thv peo-
ple, give holiness. And Jonathan and Saul were
taken: and the people escaped.

42 And Saul said : Cast lots hetween me, and
Jonathan my sou. And Jonathan was taken.*

43 And Saul said to Jonathan: Tell me what
thou hast done. And Jonathan told him and said:
I did but taste a little honey with the end of tin-
rod which was in my hand : aud behold, 1 mit.^l
die.

41- And Saul said : May God do so and so to me,
and add still more; for dying thou shalt die, O Jo-
nathan.

43 And the people said to Saul: Shall Jonathan
then die, who hath wrought this gnat salvation in
Israel- this must not he. As the Lord liveth, there
shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; tor
he hath wrought with God this day. So the peo-
ple delivered Jonathan, that he should not die.

46 And Saul went hack, and did not pursue af-
ter the Philistines: and the Philistines went to
their own pla

47 And Saul having his kingdom established
over Israel, fought against all his enemies round
aliout, against .JMoab, and against the children of
Amnion, and Ldoni. aud the kings of Soha, and the
Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself,
he overcame.

48 And gathering together an army, he defeated
Amalee. ami delivered Israel from the hand of them
that spoiled them.

i'.i And the sons of Saul, were Jonathan, and
.lessni, and Melchisua: and the names of his two
daughters, the name of the first-born iooi Merob,
and the name of the youuci i Michol.

30 And the name of Saul's wife was \, hinoam
the daughter of Achimaas; and the name of the
captain of his anm was Aimer, the son ofNer, the
consin-german of Saul.

51 I oi ( is was the father of Saul : and \"cr the

father of Abner, was son of Abie!.

I And there was a great war against the Phi-
listines all the days of Saul. For whomsoever

Canon to lit tno l"l I. ill u[«ui him, to thew irnlu all tlic jjreat ulilifaliua
of obedience to pnnct and parvBU.

CHAP. XV

Saul saw to be a valiant man, and fit for war, he
took him to himself.

CHAP. XV.

Saul w sent to destroy Amaltc : he spareth their king and the best
of their cattle : for which disobedience he is cast off by the
Lord.

AND Samuel said to Saul : The Lord sent me
to anoint thee kins over his people Israel :
now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the
Lord i

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I have reckon-
ed up all that Amalec hath done to Israel : how he
opposed them in the wav when they came up out of
k&vpt;

3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and ut-
terly destroy all that he hath : spare him not, nor
eovet any thing that is his : but slay both man and
woman, child* and suckling, ox and sheep, camel
and ass.

4 So Saul commanded the people, and number-
ed them as lambs : two hundred thousand footmen,
and ten thousand of the men of Juda.

5 And when Saul was come to the city of Ama-
lec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.

6 And Saul said to the Cinite : Go, depart and
get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with
him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the chil-
dren of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.
And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

7 And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until
thou comest to Sur, which is oyer-against Egypt.

8 And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive :
but all the common people he slew with the edge
of the sword.

9 And Saul and the people spared Agag and the
best of the flocks of sheep and of the herds, and
the garments, and the rams, and all that was beau-
tiful, and would not destroy them : but every thing
that was vile and good for nothing, that they de-
stroyed.

10 And the word of the Lord came to Samuel,
saying :

1 1 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king :
for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my
commandments. And Samuel was grieved; and
he cried unto the Lord all night.

12 And when Samuel rose early, to go to Saul
in the morning, it was told Samuel, that Said was
come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a tri-
umphant arch, and returning had passed on, and
gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul :
and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord out
of the choicest of the spoils which he had brought
from Amalec.

13 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul
said to him : Blessed be thou of the Lord : I have
fulfilled the word of the Lord.

14 And Samuel said : What meaneth then this
bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears,
and the lowing of the herds, which I hear ?

* Child. The great master of life and death (who cuts off one half
of all mankind whilst they are children) has been pleased sometimes
to ordain that children should be put to the sword, in detestation of

15 And Saul said: They have brought them
from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the
sheep and of the herds that they might be sacrificed
to the Lord thy God : but the rest we have slain.

16 And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and!
will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this
night. And he said to him : Speak.

17 And Samuel said : When thou wast a little
one in thy own eyes, wast thou not made the head
of the tribes of Israel ? And the Lord anointed thee
to be king over Israel :

18 And the Lord sent thee on the way. and said :
Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec : and thou shalt
fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed
them.

19 Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice
of the Lord ; but hast turned to the prey, and hast
done evil in the eyes of the Lord ?

20 And Saul said to Samuel : Yea I have heark-
ened to the voice of the Lord, and have walked hi
the way by which the Lord sent me; and have
brought Agag the king of Amalec : and Amalec I
have slain.

21 But the people took of the spoils sheep and
oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were
slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in
Galgal.

22 And Samuel said : Doth the Lord desire ho-
locausts and victims, and not rather that the voice
of the Lord should be obeyed ? For obedience is
better than sacrifices ; and to hearken rather than
to offer the fat of rams.

23 Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to re-
bel ; and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey.
Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the
word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee
from being king.

24 And Saul said to Samuel : I have sinned, be-
cause I have transgressed the commandment of the
Lord, and thy words, fearing the people, and obey-
ing their voice.

25 But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin ; and re-
turn with me, that I may adore the Lord.

26 And Samuel said to Saul: I will not retort
with thee, because thou hast rejected the word of
the Lord ; and the Lord hath rejected thee from
being king over Israel.

27 And Samuel turned about to go away : but
he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle ; and it rent.

28 And Samuel said to him : The Lord hath
rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day; and
hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than
thee.

29 But the triumpher in Israel will not spare,
and will not be moved to repentance : for he is not
a man that he should repent.

30 Then he said : I have sinned : yet honour
me now before the ancients of my people, and be-
fore Israel, and return with me, that 1 may adore
the Lord thy God.

the crimes of their parents, and that they might not live lo follow the
same wicked ways. But without such ordinance of God it is not *J
low able, in any wars, how just soever, to kill children.

I. KING

and Saul

31 So Samuel turned again after Sail
adored the Lord.

92 And Samuel said : Bring hither to me Agag
the king of Amalec. Anil Acag was presented to
him very tat, and trembling. And Agag said :
Doth hitter death separate in this manner.'

33 And Samuel said : As thy sword hath made
women rhildless, H shall thy mother he childless
among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces
before the Lord in (inlcal.

34 And Samuel departed to Ramaiha : but Saul
went up to his house in ( iahaa.

35 And Samuel SEW Saul no more till the day of
his death :* nevertheless Samuel mourned lor Saul,
Im cause the Lord repeated that he had made him
king over Israel.

CHAP. XVI.

Samuel in sent to Bethlthem, where he anainleth David : who is
taken into Saul's family.

AND the Lord said to Samuel : How lone wilt
thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected
from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil,
and eome, that I may send thee to Isai the Ilcthle-
hemite : for I have provided me a kins among his
sons.

2 And Samuel said : How shall I go ? for Saul
will hear of it, and he will kill inc. And the Lord
said: Thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd,
ami thou shalt say : I am come to sacrifice to the
Lord.

3 And thou shalt call Isai to the sacrifice: and
I will show thee what thou art to do; and thou
shalt anoint him whom I shall show to thee.

4 Then Samuel did asthe Lord had said to him.
And he came to Bethlehem ; and the ancients of
the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is
thy coming hither peaceable?

6 And he said: // U peaceable: I am come to
oflTer sacrifice to the Lord; be ye sanctified, and
come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified
Isai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

6 And when they were come in, he saw Lliah,
and said: Is the Lord'- anointed before him ?

7 And the Loid -aid to Samuel: Look not on
his countenance, nor on the height of his stature ;
because I have rejected him ; nor do I jud-e accord-
ing to the look of man : lor man sccth those things
that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

8 And Isai called Ahiuadah. and brought him be-
fore Samuel. Ami he said : .Neither hath the Lord
chosen this.

9 And Uai brought Sanima, and he said of him :
Neither hath the Lord ehoasa this.

10 Isai therefore brooch t his seven sons before
Samuel : and Samuel said to Isai : The Lord hath
not chosen any one of these.

11 And Samuel s,,id to Isai: Arc here all thy
sons ? He answered : There remaineth yet a young
one, who kccpeth the sheep. And Saturn I said to

* Saw Seul n« morr till ihr 4m/ aj kit dtttk Thai i», be w cnt no more
to »ee turn : be mitrd him no more.

for we will not sh

Uai : Send, and fetch him
dovv n till he come hither.

12 He s, ni therefore, and brought him. Now
he was ruddy and beautiful to Ik hold, and of a
comely face. And the Lord said: Arise, and
anoint him ; for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anoint-
ed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit
of the Lord came upon David from (hat da) for-
ward : and Samuel rose up, and went to Kamatha.

14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from
Saul: and an evil spirit from the Lordf troubled him.

1"> And the servants of Saul said to him J lb-
hold, noir an evil spirit from tiod troubleth thee.

10 Let our lord give orders; and thv servants
who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in
playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from
the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand,
and thou imivst bear it more easily.

17 And Saul said to his servants: Provide me
then some man that can play well, and bring him
to me.

lb" And one of the servants answering, said : He-
hold, I have seen a son of Isai the Betblebemite a
skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man
lit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely
person : and the Lord is frith him.

19 Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying:
Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures.

20 And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a
bottle of vv inc, and a kid of the (lock, and sent tin in
bv the hand of David his son to Saul.

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before
him : and he loved him exceedingly, and made hitr
his armour-bearer.

22 And Saul sent to Isai, saying : Let I)avi<
stand before me: for he hath found favour in D\|
sight.

23 So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord
was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played
with bis hand : and Saul was refreshed, and \
better, for the evil spirit departed from him. J

(HAP. Ml!.

War irith the Philistines. Goliath challengeth Israel. H> is
slain by liarul.

1V70W the Philistines gathering together their
-L ' troops to battle asM mblcd at SoCnO of .luda ;
and camped between Socho and A/.eca in the bor-
ders of I )ommim.

I \nd Saul and the children of Israel being
thered together came to the valleV of Terebinth :

and thej set the army in airav to fight against dM
Philistines.

3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on
the one side ; and Israel stood on a mountain on the
other side : and there was a valley between tli-m.

4 And there went out a man base-born from tin
Camp of the Philistines named (ioliath, ofOetll.
Whose height was si\ cubits and a span :

t From tkf Lord. An evil •piril, by .In ina prmiHW C. 9 *f it* *!m

|iiiih limint. < iiIht po*«« - ««<Ht or obaeaaed him.

\ Det-rUdfnm him. Chaaed away by Darkr* dcrolioo.

CHAP. XVII.

5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head ;
and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales:
and the freight of his coat of mail was five thousand
sides* of brass :

6 And he had greaves of brass on his legs ; and
a buckler of brass covered his shoulders.

7 And (he staff of his spear was like a weaver's
beam ; and the head of his spear weighed six hun-
dred sides of iron : and his armour-bearer went be-
fore him.

8 And standing he cried out to the bands of Is-
rael, and said to them : Why are you come out
prepared to fight ? am not I a Philistine, and you
the servants of Saul ? Choose out a man of you,
and let him comedown and fight hand to hand.

9 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me,
we will be servants to you : but if I prevail against
him, and kill him, you shall be servants, and shall
serve us.

10 And the Philistine said: I have defied the
bands of Israel this day: Give me a man, and let
him fight with me hand to hand.

11 And Saul and all the Israelites hearing these
wr ids of the Philistine were dismayed, and great-
ly afraid.

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of
Bethlehem Juda before-mentioned, whose name
was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old man
in the days of Saul, and of great age among men.

13 And his three eldest sons followed Saul to
the battle : and the names of his three sons that
went to the battle, were Eliab the first-born, and
the second Abinadab, and the third Samma.

14 But David was the youngest. So the three
eldest having followed Said,

15 David went, and returned from Saul, to feed
liis father's flock at Bethlehem.

16 Now the Philistine came out morning and
evening, and presented himself forty days.

17 And Isai said to David his son: Take for thy
brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves ;
and run to the camp to thy brethren,

18 And carry these ten little cheeses to the tri-
bune : and go see thy brethren, if they are well : and
learn with whom they are placed.

19 But Saul, and they, and all the children of
Israel were in the valley of Terebinth fighting against
the Philistines.

20 David therefore arose in the morning, and
gave the charge of the flock to the keeper; and went
away loaded as Isai had commanded him. And he
came to the place of Magala, and to thearmy,which
was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.

21 For Israel had put themselves in array : and
the Philistines who stood against them were pre-
pared.

22 And David leaving the vessels which he had
brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage,
ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things
went well with his brethren.

23 And as be talked with them, that base-born
man, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine, of
Geth, showed himself coming up from the camp of

the Philistines: and he spoke according to the same
words; and David heard them.

24 And all the Israelites when they saw the man,
fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.

25 And some one of Israel said : Have you seen
this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy
Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king
will enrich with great riches, and will give him his
daughter, and will make his father's house free from
tribute in Israel.

26 And David spoke to the men that stood by
him, saying: What shall be given to the man that
shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the
reproach from Israel ? for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the
living God?

27 And the people answered him the same words,
saying: These things shall be given to the man that
shall slay him.

28 Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard
this, when he was speaking with others, he was
angry with David, and said : Why earnest thou
hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep
in the desert ? I know thy pride, and the wickedness
of thy heart ; that thou art come down to see the
battle.

29 And David said : What have I done ? Is there
not cause to speak ?

30 And he turned a little aside from him to ano-
ther, and said the same word. And the people an-
swered him as before.

31 And the words which David spoke were
heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.

32 And when he was brought to him, he said to
him : Let not any man's heart, be dismayed in him : 1
thy servant will go, and will fight against die Phi-
listine.

33 And Saul said to David : Thou art not able to
withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him:
for thou art but a boy ; but he is a warrior from his
youth.

34 And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept
his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear,
and took a ram out of the midst of the flock :

35 And I pursued after them, and struck them,
and delivered it out of their mouth : and they rose
up against me : and I caught them by the throat ;
and I strangled, and killed them.

36 For I thy servant have killed both a lion and
a bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be
also as one of them. I will go now and take away
the reproach of the people: for who is this uncir-
cumcised Philistine, who hath dared to curse the
army of the living God?

37 And David said: The Lord who delivered me
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the
bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Phi-
listine. And Saul said to David: Go; and the Lord
be with thee.

38 And Saul clothed David with his garments,
and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed
him with a coat of mail.

39 And David having girded his sword upon his

22.%

I. Kl

armour, began to ii> If be cquM walk in amour:
for be was uol accustomed tort. And Darid s.ii<] to
I: I canuoi go ilms, for I an not used to it

Ik i iid ilicin oil':

40 Ami he took his stall", which he bad alwa\.s
in his hand*: and ebose bun five smooth stones ma
oi the brook, and put them into the sbepberd'sscrip,
which he had with him: and betook a stint] in his
band, and went forth against the Philistine.

il And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh

> .iim David, and his armour-bearer before him.

12 Ami when the Philistiue looked, and beheld
David, he despised him: lor he was a young man,
ruddy, and of a comeli countenance.

\ud the Philistine said to David : Am I a doc,
that thou comes) to me with a stall'.' And the Phi-
listine cursed David by his gods.

44 And he said to David: Come to inc. and I
will give thv Beak to (he birds of the air, and to the
ht ,im> of the earth.

\nd David said to the Philistine: Thon
contest to me with a SWOfd, and with a spear, and
with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the
Lord of ho^is. the God of the armies of Israel, which
thon ban defied

46 This day : and the Lord will deliver thee into
my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thv
head from thee : audi will give the carcasBes of the
army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the
air, and to the beasts of the earth : that all the earth
mav know that there is a God in Israel.

47 And all this assembly shall know, that the
Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is hi-
battle, and he will deliver you into OUT hands.

48 And when the Philistine arose, and was com-
ing, and drew sigh to meet David, David made
haste, and ran to the fight t<> meet the Philistine.

49 And he put his hand into his snip, and took
a stone, and east it with the sling; and fetching it
about struck the Philistine in the forehead: and he
fell on his face upon the earth.

60 And David prevailed over the Philistine, with
a simg and a stone : and he struck, and slew the
Philistine. And as David had no sword in his hand.

51 He ran, and stood over the Philistine, and
took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, and
slew him, and cut off his head. Ami the Philistines
seeing that their champion was dead, fled aw ay.

62 And the men Of Israel and .luda risinc Up
shouted, and pursued after the Philistines till they

came to the valley and to the gates of Accaron : and

there fell many wounded of the Philistines in the

.wav ot Si raini, and as far as Getb, ami as far as
\ -non.

63 And the children of Israel returning, after
they had pursued the Philistines, fell upon their
camp.

\id David taking the bead of the Philistine,
brought it to Jerusalem . but his armour he put in his
tent.

the lime that Saul -i\v David going

out against the Philistines, he -aid to Abner the
cantata of the srmj : < m what famili is this young

NG8.

man descended. Aimer : And Aimer saKI : A- thv
sold liveth, O king, I know not.

■ )<; lod the king said: Inquire thou, whose sod
this young man i-.

I \nd when I )av id was returned, after tin- Phi-
listine was .slain, Abner took him. and brought him
m before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his
hand.

68 And Saul said to him : Yotmg man. of what
family art thou? And David said: I am the son of
thy servant Isai the Bcthlehcmite.

CHAP. XVIII.

Thrfrirnihhij) of Jonathan and I),, rid. Tlir enry of Saul, and
!>■* dtxign upon DavicTi life. ll< wuariea him to hit daughter
Mirhol.

\ M) it came to pasv, w hen he had made an end
•CM- of Speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was
knit with the soul of David : and Jonathan loved him
as his ovv n soul.

2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let
him return to his father's house.

3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant
for he loved him as his own soul.

4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat w itl
which he was clothed, and ^ave it to David, and tin
rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to hi-
bow, and to his girdle.

5 And David went out to whatsoever business
Saul sent him; and he behaved himself prudently :
and Saul set him over the soldiers: and he was ac-
ceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially
in the eves of Saul's servant-.

(i Now when David returned, after he slew the
Philistine, the women came out of all the cities ot
Israel, sinKUig and dancing to meet king Saul, w ith
timbrels of joy, and cornets.

7 And the women suns as they played : and tin v
said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten
thousands.

8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this
word was displeasing in his eyes: and he said:
They have given David ten thousands, and to me
thej bavemvenottJ a thousand: what can he have
more but the kingdom }

9 And Saul did not look on David with a good
eye from that day and forward.

10 And the day after the evil spirit from Gad
came upon Saul ; and he prophesied* in the midst
of his house. And David played with his hand

at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,

11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the
wall: and David stepped aside out of his presence
twice.

12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord

was with him, and was departed from himself. «
I.') Then Inn Saul removed him from him. and

made him a captain over a thousand nun: and he

went out and came in before the people.
11- And David behaved wiselj in all I

and the Lord was w ith him.

Pr tfk t t itJ . Aottd '!.■• pr.yU'i in a mad in i

CHAP. XIX.

15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding pru-
lent, and began to beware of him.

10 But all Israel and Juda loved David; for he
came in and went out before them.

17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder
daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only
bea valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord.
Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand
be upon him; but let the hands of the Philistines
be upon him.

18 And David said to Saul : Who am I, or
what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that
1 should be son-in-law of the king?

19 And it came to pass at the time when Me-
rob the daughter of Saul should have been given
to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Mo-
latbite to wife.

'20 But Miehol the other daughter of Saul loved
David. And it was told Saul ; and it pleased him.

21 And Saul said: 1 will give her to him, that
she may be a stumbling-block to him, and that the
hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And
Saul said to David : In two things thou shalt be my
son-in-law this day.

22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak
to David privately, saying : Behold, thou pleasest
the king, and all his servants love thee. Now
therefore be the king's son-in-law.

23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words
in the ears of David. And David said : Doth it
seem to you a small matter to be the king's son-in-
law ? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying:
Such words as these hath David spoken.

25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David : The
king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred
foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the
king's enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver Da-
vid into the hands of the Philistines.

26 And when his servants had told David the
words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing
in the eyes of David, to be the king's son-in-law.

27 And after a few days David rose up, and
went with the men that were under him: and he
slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and
brought their foreskins, and numbered them out to
(lie king, that he might be his son-in-law. Saul
therefore gave him Miehol his daughter to wife.

28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord
was with David. And Miehol the daughter of Saul
loved him.

29 And Saul began to fear David more: and
Saul became David's enemy continually.

30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth:
and from the beginning of their going forth, David
Behaved himself more wisely than all the servants
of Saul: and his name became very famous.

CHAP. XIX.

Other attempts of Saul upon David's Vfe. He cometh to Sa-
muel. Saul's messengers and Saul himse'f prophesy.

^N|) Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all
his servants, that they should kill David. But

Jonathan the son of Saul loved David exceed-
ingly.

2 And Jonathan told David, saying: Saul my
father seeketh to kill thee: wherefore look to thy-
self, I beseech thee, in the morning; and thou shalt
abide in a secret place, and shalt be hid.

3 And 1 will go out, and stand beside my father
in the field where thou art: and 1 will speak of
thee to my father; and whatsoever I shall see, 1
will tell thee.

4 And Jonathan spoke good things of David, to
Saul his father; and said to him: Sin not, O king,
against thy servant David, because he hath not
sinned against thee, and his works are very good
towards thee.

5 And he put his life in his hand, and slew the
Philistine: and the Lord wrought great salvation
for all Israel. Thou sawest it, and didst rejoice.
Why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood
by killing David, who is without fault?

6 And when Saul heard this he was appeased
with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the
Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

7 Then Jonathan called David, and told him all
these words: and Jonathan brought in David to
Saul: and he was before him, as he had been yes-
terday and the day before.

8 And the war began again: and David went
out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated
them with a great slaughter: and they fled from his
face.

9 And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon
Saul: and he sat in his house, and held a spear in
his hand: and David played with his hand.

10 And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the
wall with his spear. And David -slipt away out of
the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him,
and was fastened in the wall: and David fled, and
escaped that night.

11 Saul therefore sent his guards to David's
house to watch him, that he might be killed in the
morning. And when Miehol, David's wife, had
told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this
night, to-morrow thou wilt die:

. 12 She let him down through a window. And
he went and fled away, and escaped.

13 And Miehol took an image, and laid it on
the bed, and put the goat skin with the hair at the
head of it, and covered it with clothes:

14 And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it
was answered that he was sick.

15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying:
Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain..

16 And when the messengers were come in,
they found an image upon the bed, and a goat skin
at its head.

17 And Saul said to Miehol: Why hast thou
deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee
away? And Miehol answered Saul: Because he
said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee.

18 But David fled, and escaped; and came to
Samuel in Ramatha, and told him all that Saul had

227

I. KliXi

«](nir to hirn : and In . Iwell

in Najoth.*

19 And it w hold.

Di\ id is in Najoth in Kamatha.

5 Saul seal officers t<i t;iki- Dai id : and w ben

the} ^iu a company of prophets prophesy iim,+ and

Hid presiding <»^ *■ r them, the Spirit of the Lord
■■• also upon them: and they liltewist b< gan to
prophesj •

2\ And when this was told Saul, lie sent otlicr
mcsscii-. rs : hut thcv also prophesied. And again
Sattl feem messengers the third time : And they pro-
phesied also. And Saul being exceeding anmy,
Went also himself to Kamatha, and came as

far as the Deal cistern, which is in Socho: and lie
asked, and mid: In what place an- Samuel and
David ? And it was tolil him : lk-hold, they are in
Na.ioth in Kamatha.

23 And he went to Najoth in Kamatha: and the
Spirit of the Lord came anon him also: and he
went on, and prophesied till be came to Najoth in
Kamatha.

24 And he stripped himself also of his garments,
and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay

down naked all that day and night This gave
occasion to a proverb: What is Saul too among the
prophets ?

CHAP. X\.

Saul being obttinately bent upon killing Dnri<l,he it trnt array
by Jonathan.

BUT David fled from Najoth, w huh is in Kama-
tha, and came and said to Jonathan: \\ hat have
I doner what is my iniquity, and what i$ my sin
against thv rather, that he aeeketh my life?

I \ ii. 1 he said to him: God forbid; thou shalt
not die : for mv father will do nothing ureal or little,
without first telling me: hath then mv father hid
this word only from inc.- no, this shall not he.

3 And he swore again to Darid. And David said:
Thv rather certainly knoweth that I have found

e in tin sight : and he will sa\ ! Let not Jona-
than know this, lest be be grieved. But truly as the
Lord liveth, and thy soul livcth, there is but one
step (as I may say) between me and death.

4 And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy
soul shall say to me. I will do for thee.

5 And David said to Jonathan: Behold, to-mor-
row is the new mt)nn :J and I according to custom
am wont to sit beside the kinu to eat : let inc gOthen,
that I may be hid in the field till tin- evening of the
third day.

6 If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt
answer him : David asked me that he might run to
Bethlehem, his own city: because there are
solemn sacrifices there for all his tribe.

7 If be shall say, It is well: thy servant shall

* .ViioiV It was probably a school or college of prophets, in or
near Kamatha, under the direction of Samoi I.

* friaaiiitiif. That is, tinging praises to God by a Hirine impuLe
God was pica md on this occasion that hoib Bun MMM and
himself should experience the like impulsr, that Ik- might understand,
by this instance of lb* iii ,, " w »»»n are thi> designs of imn
against him whom God pn '

have peace: but if he be angry, know that his ma-
lice is come to its height.

8 Deal mercifully then with thy servant : for thou
hast bfOUgbl me thv servant into a covenant of the
Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in
me, do thou kill me ; and bring me not in to th>
father.

9 And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee : foi
if I should certainly know that evil is determined
by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise
than tell thee.

10 And David answered Jonathan : Who shall
brinx me word, if thy father should answer thee
harshly concerning me ?

11 And Jonathan said to David: Conic, and let
us go out into the field. And when they were both
of them gone out into the field,

12 Jonathan said to David: O Lord God of Is-
rael, if I .shall discover m J father's mind, to-morrow
or the day after, and there be any ihmg good for
David] and I send not immediately to thee, and
make it known to thee,

13 May the Lord do so and so to Jonathan, and
add still more. But if my father shall continue in
malice against thee, I will discover it to thy ear, and
will send thee away, that thou mayst no in peace,
and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my
father.

14 And if I live, thou shalt show me the kindness
of the Lord : but if I die,

15 Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from
my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted
out the enemies of David, everyone of ihcni from
the earth : maybe take away Jonathan^ from his
house, and may the Lord require it|| at the hands ol
David's enemies.

16 Jonathan therefore SSade a covenant with the
house of David : and the Lord required it at the
hands of David's enemies.

17 And Jonathan swore again to David, because
he lovetl him: for he lined hi:n as bit own soul.

18 And Jonathan said to him : To-morrow it the
new moon, and thou will be missed :

19 For thy seat will be empty till after to-morrow .
So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place.
where thou must l>e hid on the day when it is law-
ful to work: and thou shalt remain beside the stone,
which is called I'.y.el.

20 And 1 will shoot three arrows near it, and
will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a
mark.

21 And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go,
and fetch me the arrows.

22 If I shall say to the boy: Behold, the arrows
arc on this side of tine lake them up: come thou
to me, because there is (peace to tin e. and there is no

{ To-morrsse it tht nfl» mam. The neomrnU. or first day of the moon,
.cording to the law, as a festival ; and therefore Saul feasted on
that day; and expected the attendance of his family.

♦ Mof In lake svsy Jonmthan, Sec. It is a curse upon himself, if be
should lint be faithnil to In- promise.

| Rt quirt u. tt. That is, rman it n \ enemies and

upon me, il I •!> old tail of my word Riven to linn.

CHAP. XXI.

evil, as the Lord liveth. But if I shall speak thus
to the hoy: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: go
in peace, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

23 And concerning the word which I and thou
ba?c spoken, the Lord be between thee and inc for
ever.

24 So David was hid' in the field : and the new
moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

25 And when the king sat down upon his chair
according to custom) which was beside the wall,

Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side; and
David's place appeared empty.

26 And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought
it might have happened to him, that he was not
clean, nor purified.

27 And when the second day after the new moon
was come, David's place appeared empty again. And
Saul said to Jonathan his son : Why cometh not the
son of Isai to meat neither yesterday, nor to-day?

28 And Jonathan answered Saul : He asked leave
of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem.

29 And he said : Let me go, for there is a solemn
sacrifice in the city ; one ot my brethren hath sent
for me : and now if I have found favour in thy eyes, 1
will go quickly, and see my brethren. For this cause
he came not to the king's table.

30 Then Saul being angry against Jonathan, said
to him : Thou son of a woman that is the ravisher
of a man, do I not know that thou lovest the son of
Isai to thy own confusion, and to the confusion of thy
shameless mother?

31 For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon
earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy king-
dom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him
to me: for he is the son of death.*

32 And Jonathan answering Saul his father, said :
Why shall he die ? What hath he done ?

33 And Saul caught up a spear to strike him.
And Jonathan understood that it was determined by
his father to kill David.

34 So Jonathan rose from the table in great
anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after
the new moon. For he was grieved for David, be-
cause his father had put him to confusion.

35 And when the morning came, Jonathan went
into the field according to the appointment with
David, and a little boy with him.

36 And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the
arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he
shot another arrow beyond the boy.

37 The boy therefore came to the place of the
arrow which Jonathan had shot : and Jonathan cried
after the boy, and said: Behold, the arrow is there
further beyond thee.

38 And Jonathan cried againafterthc boy,saying:

* The son of death. That is, one that deserveth death, and shall sure-
ly be put to death.

t Jfobe. A city in the tribe of Benjamin, to which the tabernacle
of the Lord had been translated from Silo.

| If the young men be clean, See. If this cleanness was required of
them that were to eat that bread, which was but a figure of the bread
of life which we receive in the blessed sacrament; how clean ong-lit
Christian* to be when they approach to our tremendous mysteries?
And what reason hath the church of God to admit none to be her mi-

Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's
boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to Ids
master:

39 And he knew not at all what was doing : for
only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy,
and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city.

41 And when the boy was gone, David rose out
of his place, which was toward the south, and falling
on his face to the ground, adored thrice : and kissing
one another, they wept together, but David more.

42 And Jonathan said to David : Go in peace :
and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in
the name of the Lord, saying : The Lord be be-
tween me and thee, and between my seed and thy
seed for ever.

43 And David arose, and departed : and Jonathan
went into the city.

CHAP. XXI.

David receiveth holy bread of Acldmelech the priest ; and
feigneth himself mad before Achis king of Geth.

\ ND David came to Nobef to Achimelech the
-^*- priest: and Achimelech was astonished at
David's coming. And he said to him: Why art thou
alone, and no man with thee ?

2 And David said to Achimelech the priest: The
king hath commanded me a business, and said : Let
no man know the thing for which thou art sent by
me, and what manner of commands 1 have ghen
thee : and I have appointed my servants to such and
such a place.

3 Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand,
though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever
thou canst find.

4 And the priest answered David, saying : I have
no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if
the young men be clean,! especially from women.

5 And David answered the priest, and said to
him : Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have
refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day be-
fore, when we came out, and the vessels^ of the
young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, ||
but it shall also be sanctified It this day in the vessels.

6 The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread :
for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of
proposition, which had been taken away from be-
fore the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be
set up.

7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was
there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord :
and his name was Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of
Satd's herdsmen.

8 And David said to the Achimelech : Hast thou
here at hand a spear, or a sword? for I brought not

nisters to consecrate and daily receive this most pure sacrament, but
such as devote themselves to a life of perpetual purity f

i The vessels, i. e. the bodies, have been holy, that is, have been kept
from impurity.

II Is defiled. Is liable to expose us to dangers of uncleanness.

I Be sanctified Sec. That-is, we shall take care, notwithstanding
these dangerous circumstances, to keep our vessels holy, that is, to keep
our bodies from every thing that may defile us.

229

1. KI.NCS

my own swurd, nor my own weapons with me; for
the kind's butinen required haste.
9 \nd the pries! said: La here is the sword of

i;ih tin' Philistine whom (lion slew est in die val-
ley of Terebinth, wrapped up in a cloth behind the

ephod: if thoil wilt take this, take it; lor lure is no
oilier hut this. Ami I Nil id said : There is none like
that: give it me.

Id And Da\id arose, and lied that day from the
Tare of Saul; and came to Aehis the knagofGeth:

II And the .sen ants of Aehis. when they saw
I )a\ id, said to him : Is not this I )av id the kins of the
land.' Did they not sing to him in their dances, say-
ing: Saul hath slain his thousands, and Das id his

ten thousands?

1J liui David laid up these words in his heart:
and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Aehis the
kinz of (ieth.

13 And In- channel! his countenance before them,
and slipt down between their hands: and he stum-
bled against the doors of the gate, and his spittle
ran dow n upon his heard.

14 And Aehis said to his servants: You saw the
man irus mad: why have yon brought him to me?

15 Have we need of madmen, that von have
brought in this ft How, to play the madman in my
pr esence * shall this fellow come into my house?

CHAP. XXII.

Many resort to David. Doeg arcuteth Adtimrlcch to Saul.
Jlr ordrrcth him and all the other prints of Nobe to be slain.
Abiathar escupeth.

DAVID therefore went from thence, and fled to
the cave of Odollam. And w Inn his brethren
and all his father's house had heard of -it, they went
down to him (hither.

2 And all that wire in distress, and oppressed with
debt, and under affliction of mind, gathered them-
scives unto him: and he became their prince: and
there were with him about four hundred men.

3 And David departed from thence into Maspha

Of Moab; and he said to the king of .Moali: Lei mv
father and my mother tarrv with you, I beseech thee,
till I know what God will do for me.

4 And he left them under the eyes of the king of
Moab: and they abode with him all the days that
Da\ id was in the hold.*

5 And Gad the prophet said to David: Abide not
in the hold: depart, and go into the land of Juda.
And David departed, and came into the forest of
llaret,

6 And Saul heard that David was seen, and the
men that were with him. Now whilst Saul abode
in Gabaa, and was in the wood, which is by Kama,
having his spear in his hand, and all his servants
wen* standing about him,

7 He -aid to his servants t 1 ! about him:
Hear me now, ye sous of Jetntnij will the son of
[sai ;;i\. one of you beids, and vineyards, and
make noii all tribunes and centurions:

i iiat all of yon have conspired against me, and

• Tfu koU. The strong >joM, or fortre** of Ma»| U.

there is no one .<> inform me, especially wiim t\?n
mi son hath entered into league \\ it h the son of li
There is not one of you that pitieth mj case, nor

that givetfa me any information: because mv son

hath raised up my s e rva nt against me, plotting against

me to this das.

9 And Doeg the Edomite w ho stood by. and v\ B9

the chief among the servants of Saul, answering,

said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achime-
lech the son of Achitob the priest

10 And he consulted the Lord for him, and

him victuals, and gave him the swonl ol (.ioliah the
Philistine.

1 1 Then the king sent to call for Achimelech the
priest the son of Achitob. and all his father's house,
the priests that were in Nobe: and the] came all ol
them to the kin::.

1J And Saul said to Achimelech: Hear, thou son
of Achitob. He answered: Hire I am, mv lord.

13 And Saul said to him: Why have you con-
spired against me, thou, and the son of Isai, and
thou hast given him bread and a sword, and hast con-
sulted the Lord for him, that he should rise up
against me, continuing a traitor to this daj -

14 And Achimelech answering the king, said'
And who amongst all thy servants is so faithful as
David, who is the Jung's son-in-law , and gjoetfa forth
at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house:

15 Did I begin to-day to consult the Lord for
him? far be this from me: let not the king suspect
such a thing against his servant, or tun/ our in ah
my father's house: for thy servant knew nothing ol
this matter, either little or great.

16 And the king said : Dytnglbou shah die, Achi-
melech, thou and all thy father's house.

17 And the king said to the messengers that stood
about him: Turn, and kill (he priests of the Lord;
for their hand is will) David, because they knew
that he was fled, and they told it not to me. And
the king's servants would not put forth their hands
against the priests of the Lord.

18 And the king suid to Doeg: Turnthou, and fall
upon the priests. And Doe;: the Ldomite turned,
and fell upon the priests, and slew in that day eight) -
five men that wore (he linen ephod.

19 And Nobe the city of the priest he smote with
the edge of (he sword, both men and women, chil-
dren, and sucklings, and ox and ass, and sheep w illi
the edge of the sw ord.

20 But one of the sons of Achimelech (he sou of
Achitob, whose name was Abiathar, escaped, and
fled to David,

21 And told him that Saul had slain the priests
of the Lord.

22 And David said to Abiathar: I knew thai day
when Doeg the I'.douiile was (here, that williout
doubt be would tell Saul : I have been the occa-
sion of the death of all the souls of thy father 1 !

house.

23 Abide thou with me; fear not: for he thai
■eeketh my life, Seeketh thy life also; and with me
thou shall be saved.

CHAP. XXIII.

he Phi-
rob the

David relicveth Ceila, besieged by the Philistines. He Jlee.lh
into the desert of Zlph. Jonathan and he confirm their for*
mer covenant. The Ziphites discover him to S. nil. ivho pur-
suing close after him, is called away by an invasion from the
Philistines.

AND they told David, saying : Behold,
listines fight against Ceila ; and they
barns.

2 Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying:
Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the
Lord said to David: Go; and thou shalt smite the
Philistines, and shalt save Ceila.

3 And the men that were with David, said to
him: Behold, we are in fear here in Judea; how
much more if we go to Ceila against the bands of
the Philistines?

4 Therefore David consulted the Lord again.
And he answered, and said to him: Arise, and go
to Ceila : for I will deliver the Philistines into thy
hand.

5 David therefore, and his men, went to Ceila,
and fought against the Philistines, and brought away
their cattle, and made a great slaughter of them:
and David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.

6 Now at that time, when Abiathar the son of
Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, he came down
having an ephod* with him.

7 And it was told Saul that David was come to
Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered him
into my hands ; and he is shut up, being come into a
city, that hath gates and bars.

8 And Saul commanded all the people to go down
to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David, and his
men.

9 Now when David understood, that Saul se-
cretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abia-
thar the priest: Bring hither the ephod.

10 And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy
servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to
come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake :

1 1 Will the menof Ceiladeliverme into his bands ?
md will Saul come down as thy servant hath beard?
O Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the
Lord said: He will come down.

12 And David said: Will the men of Ceila de-
liver me, and my men, into the hands of Saul? And
the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.

13 Then David and his men, who were about
six hundred, arose; and departing from Ceila, wan-
dered up and down uncertain where they should
stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled
from Ceila, and had escaped : Wherefore he forbore
'.o go out.

14 But David abode in the desert in strong holds:
md he remained in a mountain of the desert of
Ziph, in a woody hill. And Said sought him al-
ways: but the Lord delivered him not into his
hands.

15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek

* An ephod, or the ephod. That is, the vestment of the hifrh pries!,
vith the urim a:u! thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracles.

CHAP. XXIII, XXIV.

his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in
a wood.

16 And Jonathan the son of Saul arose, and
went to David into the wood, and strengthened his
hands in God: and he said to him:

17 Fear not: for the hand of my father Saul
shall not find thee; and thou shalt reign over Israel

and I shall be next to thee: yea, and- mv father
knoweth this.

18 And they two made a covenant before the
Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jona-
than returned to his house.

19 And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa,
saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the
strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which
is on the right hand of the desert.

20 Now therefore come down, as thy soul hath
desired to come down: and it shall be our business
to deliver him into the king's hands.

21 And Saul said: Blessed be ye of the Lord;
for you have pitied my case.

22 Go therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence,
and curiously inquire, and consider the place where
his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he
thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.

23 Consider and see all his lurking holes where-
in he is hid, and return to me with the certainty of
the thing, that I may go with you. And if he should
even go down into the earth to hide himself, 1 will
search him out in all the thousands of Juda.

24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before
Saul: and David and his men were in the desert
of Maon, in the plain at the right hand of Jesimon.

25 Then Saul and his men went to seek him :
and it was told David; and forthwith he went down
to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon :
and when Saul had heard of it, he pursued after Da-
vid in the wilderness of Maon.

26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain:
and David and his men were on the other side of the
mountain: and David despaired of being able to
escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his
men encompassed David and his men round about
to take them.

27 And a messenger came to Saul, saying: Make
haste to come; for the Philistines have poured in
themselves upon the land.

28 Wherefore Saul returned, leaving the pursuit
of David, and wenl to meetthe Philistines. Fortius
cause, they called that place, the Rock of division.

CHAP. XXIV.

Saul seeketh David in the wilderness of Engaddi : he goeth into
a cave where David hath him in his power.

THEN David went up from thence, and dwelt
in strong holds of Engaddi.

2 And when Saul was returned from following
the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, Da-
vid is in the desert of Engaddi.

3 Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men
out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David,
and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which
are accessible only to wild e;oats.

2fil

I. KIM.s.

) \iul In came to the sheep-cotes which w.
ni> way. Ami there v\as a care, into which Saul
went, to ease nature : now David aad his bnmi lay
bid in the inner pari of the caae.

5 Ami iln m n ana <>t David arid to him: Behold
the day, of which thi> Lord aaid to thae: I will de-
liver thy enemy uato thee, that thou mayst <l<» t<>
aim as it shall teem |dod in thy even. Then 1 >av id

SO, and secretly cut oil' the hem of Saul's

rube.

:< r which Darid'sbeart struck him,* because
In- had en' oil" the lain of Saul's lobe.

7 And la- said to liis men: The Lord be inerci-
fnl unto mi-, that I may do no snrli thing tomv mas-
ter the Loid's anointed, as to lav in v hand upon him.

IUSC he is the Lord's anointed.

8 And I >a\ id Mopped DM men a ith his words, and
suffered them not to rive against Saul. But Said
rising up out of the caw, went on his way.

9 And David ifoo rose up alter him: and gOBM
out of the cave, cried alter Saul, saving: My lord
the king. And Saul looked behind him: and Da-
vid honing himself down to the ground, worship-
ped,

10 And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the
words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt?

1 1 Behold, this day thy eyes have seen, that the
Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the eave;
and I had a thought to kill thee;t hut my eye hath
spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my
hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's
anointed.

12 Moreover see and know, O my father, the
hem of thy robe in my hand, that w inn I cut off
the hem of thy rolx>, 1 would not put out my hand

nist thee. Reflect, and Bee, that there is no evil
in my hand, nor iuquity: neither have I sinned
against thee: but thou best in wait for my life, to
take it away.

13 The Lord judge between me and theo; and
the Lord revenge me of thee 4 hut my hand shall
not Ik? upon thee.

I )■ As also it is said in the old proverb : From the
vlcktd shall uickrilnrss rami fa ill : therefore my
hand shall not be upon tin e. After w horn dost thou
come out, O king of Israi I ?

1") After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead
iftcr a flea.

16 But the Lord judge, and judge between me
and ther. and see, and judge mv cause, and deliver
me out of thy hand.

17 And when David had made an end of speaking
tlnse words to Saul, Saul said : [i this thy voice, my
-t>\\ David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and
wept :

18 And he said to David : Thou art more just
l ban I : for thou hast done good to me ; and I have
rewarded thee with cv il.

• fltwrt ttnxk kirn, »i*. with PHMTW. >« <> urmtr he had Hone amis*.

\ A thought Is kill tint. That i», a tMgfl which I did not

content.

t Rrmgt me o/lkn or a* it it in the Hcbrrtr. feill rrrrngt mt. The
meaning a, thai he refer* hi* whole canw it. Cod, 10 judpe and pun

I3t

19 And thou hast shown this day what
things thou hast done to me; how the Lord dr-
ib end me into thy hand, and thou hast not killed me.

SO lor a ho, w hen he hath found his eneun , w ill
let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee
for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me
this day.

Jl And now as I know that thou shah stirelv be
king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thv hand :

22 Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not
destroy my seed after me, nor take away my nanit
from the house of my father.

23 And 1 )av id sw on- to Saul. So Saul went home
and Dav id and his men went up into safer plan ^.

(HAP. XXV.

The death of Samuel. David, provoked by Nairn/, threalmrth tt
destroy him ; but it ujipeaxtd by Abigail

AND Samuel died: and all Israel w as •gatht -n <!
together, and they mourned lor him. and hunt rl
him in his house in Hamatba. And David rose, and
went down into the wilderness of l'haran.

2 Now there w as a certain man in the w iltlei m ->
of Maon, and his possessions wire in Carmel: and
the man was very great; and he had three thousand
sheep, and a thousand goats; and it happened that
he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal ; and
the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was
a prudent and very comely woman ; but her hus-
band was churlish, and very bad, and ill natiired :
and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 And when David beard in the wilderness, that
Nabal w as shearing his sheep.

6 He sent ten young men, and said to them : Go
up to Carmel, and goto Nabal, and salute him in Bl)
name with peace.

6 And you shall sav : Peace be to my brethren
and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to
all that thou hast.

7 1 heard that thy shepherds that were with us
in the desert were shearing: We never molested
them, neither was there BUght missing to them of
the flock at any time, all the while the] Were with
us in Carmel.

8 Ask thy servants, and they will it II thee. Now
therefore let thy servants find favour in thv eyes:
for we are come in a good day: whatsoever thv hand
shall find, give to thy servants, and to thy sou
David.

9 And when David's st rvanls came, they spoke
to Nabal all these words in David's name ; and then
held their peace.

10 But Nabal answering thenervaBts of David,
said : Who is David? and what is the sou of I
servants are multiplied now-a-days who flee from
their roa st e r s .

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water.
and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed fiw

ith according; to hit jmtii-f fat to an to krep Ihnim If in the I
time, from all pertonal haired to Baal, or d- - turn

pai«ion, by necking: reren|re. So far (rum it, llwl » hen Saul wa» af-
terwar It ►lain, we find, thai initea ! of 1 1 juicing at hit death, he mourn-
ed mutt bitterly for him.

CHAP. XXV.

my shearers, and give to men whom I know not
whence they are?

12 So the servants of David went back their
way; and returning, came and told him all the
words that he said.

13 Then David said to his young men : Let every
man gird on his sword. And they girded on every
man his sword. And David also girded on his
sword : and there followed David about four hun-
dred men : and two hundred remained with the bag-
gage.

14 But one of the servants told Abigail the wife
of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers
out of the wilderness, to salute our master ; and he
rejected them.

15 These men were very good to us, and gave us
no trouble : neither did we ever lose any thing all
the time that we conversed with them in the desert.

16 They were a wall unto us both by night and
day, all the while we were with them keeping the
sheep.

17 Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast
to do ; for evil is determined against thy husband,
and against thy house ; and he is a son of Belial,
so that no man can speak tohim.

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hun-
dred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep
ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn,
and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred
cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses :

19 And she said to her servants : Go before me:
behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her
husband Nabal.

20 And when she had gotten upon an ass, and
was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David
and his men came down over-against her, and she
met them.

21 And David said : Truly in vain have I kept
all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and
nothing w as lost of all that pertained unto him : and
he hath returned me evil for good.

22 May God do so and so, and add more to the
foes of David, if 1 leave* of all that belong to him
till the morning any that pisseth against the wall.

23 And when Abigail saw David, she made haste,
and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her
face, and adored upon the ground.

24 And she fell at his feet, and said : Upon me
let this iniquity be, my lord : let thy handmaid
speak, I beseech, in thy ears ; and hear the words
of thy servant.

25 Let not my lord the king, I pray, regard this
naughty man Nabal ; for according to his name,f he
is a fool, and folly is with him : but I thy handmaid
did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.

26 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and
thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from
( oming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee :

* If I lame, tec David certainly sinner! in his designs against Na-
bal and liis family, as he himself was afterwards sensible, when he
Md (>ih1 for hindering him from executing the revenge he had
proposed.

t His name. Nabal ir Hebrew signifies a fool.

G t

and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they
that seek evil to my lord.

27 Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy
handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord ; and give
it to the young men that follow thee, my lord.

28 Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid : for the
Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house;
because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the
Lord : Let not evil therefore be found in thee all
the days of thy life.

29 For if a man at any time shall rise, and per-
secute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord
shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the
Lord thy God : but the souls of thy enemies shall be
whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.

30 And when the Lord shall have done to thee,
my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning
thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel,

31 This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee,
and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed
innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when
the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt
remember thy handmaid.

32 And David said to Abigail : Blessed be the
Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to
meet me ; and blessed be thy speech :

33 And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to-day,
from coming to blood, and revenging me with my
own hand.

34 Otherwise as the Lord liveth, the God of
Israel, who hath withholden me, from doing thee
any evil ; if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me,
there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light
any that pisseth against the wall.

35 And David received at her hand all that she
had brought him ; and said to her: Go in peace into
thy house; behold, I have heard thy voice, and have
honoured thy face.

36 And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he
had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and
Nabal's heart was merry : for he was very drunk :
and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

37 But early in the morning when Nabal had
digested his wine, his wife told him these words : and
his heart died within him, and he became as a stone

38 And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck
Nabal, and he died.

39 And when David had heard that Nabal Mas
dead, he said: Blessed bef the- Lord, who hath
judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Na-
bal, and hath kept his servant from evil : and the
Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon
his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail,
that he might take her to himself for a wife.

40 And David's servants came to Abigail to Car-
mel, and spoke to her, saying : David hath sent us
to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

41 And she arose, and bowed herself down with

\ Blessed be, fyc. David praiseth God, on this occasion, not out of
joy for the death of Nabal (which would have argued a rancour of
heart,) but because he saw that God had so visibly taken his cause in
hand, in punishing the injury done to him ; whilst by a merciful provi-
dence he kept him from revenging himself.
233

1. KINGS.

her fact in the earth; aud said: Behold, let tin sst>
\ :mr or a handmaid, to w ash I be fn t of tbc sen ants
of ni\ lord.

•Id Ami Abigail arose, ami made haste, and got
ones) an ass: ami fire damsels went with her let
« lit'mg maids; and she followed the messengers oi
I tan id, ami became lus w ifc.

•J.) Moreover David look also Achhioam of
Jr/.ralu'l : and they were both of them hi^ wh

U Hut S;inl uavc Michol his daughter. David's
wile, to Phalli, the son of Lais, who was of (iallhn.

( II \l\ \\V|.
Saul goeth out again nfii r David : irho cometh by night trhere
SomJ and kit men are asleep, but stiff errth him not to In tutu lit </.
Saul again confesseth hit fault, ami promiseth peace.

AM) the men of Zipli came |0 Saul in Gahaa,
saying: Behold, David is did in the hill of

ll.i'hihi. which is our against the \\ ililrrin

2 Ami Saul arose, ami went down to the wilder-
Mi ofZiph, ha\ ing w ith him three thousand chosen

men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of
Zi|.h.

3 And Satd camped in Gahaa Hachila, which was
Orer-against the wilderness in the way ; and David
abode in the wilderness. And seeing that Saul was
come alter him into the wilderness,

•V He sent spies, and learned that he was most
certainly come thither.

5 And I )av id arose secretly, and came to the place
where Saul was: and when he had beheld the place
wherein Saul slept, and Aimer the son of Ner, the
captain of his armv . and Saul sleeping in a tent, and
the rest of the multitude round about him,

i'i David spoke to Aehiimlceh the Hethite, and
\!>is ii the son of Sarv ia the brother of Joab, saying:
Who will {jo down with me to Saul into the camp?
And tbisai said: I will go with thee.

', So David and \lii-ii came to the people by
nidit. and found Saul lying and Bleeping in the tent.
and his spear lived in the ground at his head; and
Aimer ami the people sleeping round about him.

:: \nd Abisai said to I )av id : ( Sod hath shut up thy
enemy this day into thy hands: now then I will run
him through with mj spear even to the earth at
once: and there shall be no need of a second time.

9 \ d David said t" tbisai: Kill him not; for
who shall put forth his baud against the Lord's
anointed, ami shall be guiltli

h» An I David said: As the Lord liveth, unless
the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to
or he shall go doWD to battle, SUM perish:

11 The Lord be merciful unto me, that I extend
not inv hand upon the Lord's anointed. Hut now
take the spear, which is at his head, ami the cup of
vv aler: and let us go.

I .' So David took the spear.and the cup of water,
which. was at Saul's head: and iliev went awav:
and no man saw it. or knew it, or awaked : but th< v
Were all asleep, lor a deep sleep from the Lord was
fallen upon them.

13 And when David was jonf over to the other
side, and stood on the top of the hill afar oil', and a
good SpTCe W8J between them.

1 1 I )av id cried to the people, aud to Abner ih
of Ner, saying: Wilt thou not answer* Abner ? Ami
Abner answering, saki: Who an thou* that cri

and distuibesl the ki:

15 And David said to Abner: Art not thou a
man.' ami who is like thee in Israel? win then ha-t
thou not kept thy lord the kin::.' toi there came one
of the people in to kill the kin^ thy lord.

16 This thing is not pood, that thou hast done :
as the lord liveth you are the sons of death, who
have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed
And now where is the kind's spear, and the dip
water, which was at his head?

17 And Said knew David's voice, and said: Is
this thy voice, my son David? And David said: It
is my voice, my lord the kin::.

18 And he said: Wherefore doth my lord perse-
cute his servant ? What have 1 done ? or w hat cv il
is there in my hand?

19 Now therefore hear, I pray thee, my lord the
king, the words of thy servant: If the Lord stir
tine up against me, let him accept of sacrifice: but
if the sons of men, they are cursed in the tight of
the Lord, who have cast me out this day that I
should not dwell in the inheritance of the Lord,
saving: Go, serve strange gods.

20 And now let not my blood beshedupon the earth
belore the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to
se«dsanea,astdiepartridgeishunted in the mountains.

21 And Saul said: I have sinned; return, my
son David; for I will no more do thee harm, be-
cause my life hath been precious in tbj eves this
day: far it appeareth that 1 bare done foolishly, and
have been ignorant in very many thi

22 And David answering, said : Behold 'the
kings spear; let one of the kind's servants come
over and letch it,

23 And the Lord will reward every one Recording
to his justice, and his faithfulness: for the Lord hath
delivered thee this dav into inv hand: and 1 would

n °ol )Ut * ortn m y ,i:,nn ;i ^'"ist the Lord's anointed.

24 And as thy life bath been much set by this dav
in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in tin eyes
°f 'he Lord, and let him deliver me from all distrt

25 Then Saul said to David: Blessed art thou.
my son David: and truly doing thou shall do, and
prevailing thou shaft prevail. And David went on
his way; and Saul returned to bis place.

(II \l\ XXVII.

Davtd goeth again to Achu km. .,nd oblaititth <f him the

rili/ •,/' Stcrleg.

_^ND David said in his heart: 1 shall one dav
or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not
belter for DM to Hi e, and to be saved in the laud of
the Philistines, that Saul may despair ol me, and
cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will
11' - then out of his hands.

\nd David arose, and went awav. both he and
the six hundred men that wire with him, to Achu

n of Maoch, king of d'eth.
3 Ami David dwell with Adds at (.'.tli. he ami
his men: everj man with lus lions, hold, aid I .'add
with his two wives. Arhinoani the Jezraheliti
and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Canncl.

CHAP. XXVIll.

4 And it was told Said that David was fled to
(irili : and lie sought no more after him.

5 And David said to Achis: If 1 have found favour
in thy sight, let a plaee begiven me in oneof the cities
ol'thiscountry, that I may dwell there: for why should
thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

6 Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which
reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto
this day.

7 And the time that David dwelt in the country
of the Philistines, was four months.

8 And David and his men went up, and pillaged
(icssuri,*and Gerzi, and the Amaler.ifes: lor these
were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men
go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.

9 And David wasted all the land, and left neither
man nor woman alive; and took away the sheep, and
the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the ap-
parel; and returned, and came to Achis.

10 And Achis said to him : Whom hast thou gone
against to-day ? David answered: Against the south
of Juda, and against the south of Jerameel, and
against the south of Cenir.

1 1 And David saved neither man nor woman,
neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying:
Lest they should speak against us. So did David,
and such was his proceeding all the days that he
dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

12 And Achis believed David, saying: He hath
done much harm to his people Israel: therefore he
shall be my servant for ever.

CHAP. XXVIll.

The Philistines go out to war against Israel. Saul being for-
saken by God, hath recourse to a witch. Samuel appeareth
to him.

AND it came to pass in those days, that the Phi-
listines gathered together their armies, to be
prepared for war against Israel : and Achis said to
David : Knowing now know thou, that thou shalt go
out with me to the war, thou, and thy men.

2 And David said to Achis : Now thou shalt know
what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David :
And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.

3 Now Samuel was dead : and all Israel mourned for
him, and buried him in Ramatha hiscity. And Saul had

rmt away all the magicians and soothsayers out of the
and.

4 And the Philistines were gathered together, and
came and camped in Sunam : and Saul also gathered
together all Israel, and came to Gelboe.

5 And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and
was afraid ; and his heart was very much dismayed.

G And he consulted the Lord: and he answered him

not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

7 And Saul said to his servants : Seek me a wo-

man thathathndiviningspirit; and I will go to her, and
inquire by her. And his servants said to him: There is
a woman that hath a divining spirit at Endor.

8 Then he disguised himself, and put on other
clothes: and he went, and two men with him; and
they came to the woman by night; and he said to
her: Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring
me up him whom I shall tell thee.

9 And the woman said to him: Behold, thou
knowest all that Saul hath done, and how he hath
rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the
land : why then dost thou lay a snare for my life,
to cause me to be put to death ?

10 And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying:
As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to
thee for this thing.

11 And the woman said to him: Whom shall I
bring up to thee ? And he said : Bring me up Samuel.

12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried
out with a loud voice, and said to Saul : Why hast
thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

13 And the king said to her: Fear not: what
hast thou seen ? And the woman said to Saul : I
saw gods ascending out of the earth.

14 And he said to her : What form is he of? And
she said : An old man cometh up, and he is covered
with a mantle. And Saul understood that it was
Samuel :f and he bowed himself with his face to
the ground, and adored.

15 And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou
disturbed my rest, that I should be brought up ? And
Saul said, I am in great distress : for the Philistines
fight against me ; and God is departed from me, and
would not hear me, neither by the hand of prophets,
nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayst show me what I shall do.

1 6 And Samuel said : Why askest thou me, seeing the
Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over tothy
rival :

17 For the Lord will do to thee as he spoke by
me: and he will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand,
and will give it to thy neighbour David:

18 Because thou didst not obey the voice of the
Lord, neither didst thou execute the wrath of his in-
dignation upon Amalec. Therefore hath the Lord
done to thee what thou sufferest this day.

19 And the Lord also will deliver Israel with
thee into the hands of the Philistines : and to-mor-
row thou and thy sons shall be with me: J and the
Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the
hands of the Philistines.

20 And forthwith Saul fell all along on the ground :
for he was frightened with the words of Samuel:
and there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten
no bread all that day.

21 And the woman came to Saul (for he Avas

* Pillaged Gessuri, SfC. These probably were enemies of the people of
God ; and some, if not all of them, were of the number of those whom
God had ordered to be destroyed ; which justifies David's proceedings
in their regard- Though it is to be observed here, that we are not un-
der an obligation of justifying every thing (hat he did : for the scripture
in relating what was done, doth not say that it was well done. And even
rich as are true servants of God, are not to be imitated in all they do.
1 Understood 'kal it teas Scmuel. It is the more common opinion of

he holy fathers, and interpreters, that the soul of Samuel appeared in-
deed : and not, as some have imagined, an evil spirit in his shape. Not
that the power of her magic could bring him thither, but that God was
pleased,forthe punishment of Saul,that Samuel himself should denounce
unto him the evils that were falling upon him. See Ecclesiasticus xlvi. 23
I With me. That is, in the state of the dead, and in another woild.
though not in the same place.

23-5

I. KINGS.

vrry much troubled] ami - ii i to him: Behold, thy 1
handmaid bath obeyed thi voice ; and I have pul dm

life in my hand : and 1 Real kcned unto the words

which thou spokest to me.

22 Now therefore heat thou abw the voire of thj
handmaid; and let dm act before thee a morsel of
bread, that thou majnt eat and recover strength,
and lie able to go on thy journev.

23 Hut he refused and s aid : I will not eat. Hut
his s<n. mts and the woman forced him: and at
length hearkening to their voice, he arose from the
ground, and set upon the bed.

24 Now the woman had a fatted call* in the
house ; and she made haste, and killed it: and taking
nn-.il kneaded it, and baked some unleavened bread,

25 And set it before Saul, and before Ins servants.
And when they had eaten they rose up, andwalked
ull that night.

CHAP. XXIX.

David going irilh the Philistines is sent back by their prince*.

NOW all the troops of the Philistines were ga-
thered together to A pec: and Israel also camped
by the fountain which is in Jezrahcl.

2 Anil the lords of the Philistines marched with
their hundreds and their thousands : but David and
bis men were in the rear with Achis.

3 And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis:
What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the
princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David,
who was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and
bath been with me many days, or years: and I have
found no fault in him, since the day that he lied
over to me until this day?

4 Hut the iirinces of the Philistines were angry
with him ; and they said to him : Let this man return.

and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed

him : and let him not go down with us to battle, lest
be be an adversary to us, when we shall begM to
right : for how can he otherwise appease his master,
but with our lie I

") Is not this David, to whom they rang in their

dances, saying: Saul slew his thousand*! ;u, d Dm id

his ten thousand

6 Then \chis railed I). iv id. and siid lo him: As
the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my
sight: and so is thy going out. and thy coming in
with me in the army: and I have not found auv
evil in ih. e, since the day that thou earnest to me
Unto tliis dav : but thou pleasest not the lords.

7 Return therefore, and go in peace; and offend
not tin- eyes of the princes of the Philistin

8 And David said to Achis: But what have I
done, and what hast thou found in me thy servant.
from the day (hat I have been in thy sight until
this dav. that I may not go and fight agsinst the

iiics of mv lord the klflgg?
'.' \nd Achis ■MWering said to David: I know
that thou art good m OBJ Sight, MM IngelofGod:
but the princes of the Philistine* have said: lie
shall not go up with us to the battle,

10 Therefore arise m the morning, thou, and the

servants of thy Lord, who came with thee: and when

C3f

vou are up before dav. and it shall In -in to be light,
go on vour wav.

1 1 DO I )av id and his men arose in the night, that
they might set forward in the morning, and returned
to the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines
went up to Jezrahel.

CHAP XXX

The Amalccites burn Sicelcg, and carry qf the prey : Daria
purstitt/i after them, and recoccrcth all out qf their hands.

"VOW when David and his men were come to
-L' Siceleg on the third day, the Amalccites had
made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg,
and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire:

2 And had taken tin- wom en captives that were
in it, both little and great : ami they bad not killed
any person, but had carried them w it li them, and
went on their way.

3 So when David and his men came to the city
and found it burnt with fire, and that their wires
and their sons, and their daughters, were taken
captives,

4 David and the people that were with him, lifted
up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears

5 For the two wives alsoof David were taken cap-
tives, Achinoam the Jezrahditess. and Abigail tin
wife of Nabal of Carmel.

6 And David was greatly afflicted, for the people
had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man
was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters ; but
David took courage in the Lord his God.

7 And he said to Abiathar the priest the son ot
Ai biinelech: Bring me hither the epbod. And
Abiathar brought the enhod to David.

8 And David consulted the Lord, laying : Shall
I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake
them, orno? And the Lord said to him : Pursue
after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them,
anil recover the pray.

9 So David went, he and the six hundred nun
that were with him: and they came to the torrent
V>< sort and some being weary stayed there.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men:
for two hundred staved, who being weary could not
go OVef the torrent Hcsor.

1 1 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and
brought him to David: anil they gave him lire ad to
eat, and water to drink,

12 As also a piece of a cake ofhgS, and two
bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them.
his spirit returned, and he was relit shed : for he had
not eaten bread, nor drunk water, three days and
three nights.

13 And David said to him: To whom dost thou
belong? or whence dost thou come ? and whither
art thou going? lie said: I am a vouug man of

■I, the sen ant of an Annlec'ite : and my master

left me. because I began to be sick three daj

I 1- For we made an invasion on the south sid,- of
'cretin, and upon .luda.and upon the SOUthof Caleb"
ami we burnt Sicelc: with lire.

15 \n.l David -aid to hi. n : Canst thou bring me

to this company? And he said: Swear to me by

I, that thou wilt not kill me, nor d< !iv ( r atC into

CHAP. XXXI.

the hands of my master, and I w ill bring thee to
litis company. And David swore to him.

16 And when he had brought him, behold
thei were lying spread upon all the ground, eating,
and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day,
for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken
out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land
of Juda.

17 And David slew them from the evening unto
the evening of the next day: and there escaped not
a man of them, but four hundred young men, who
had gotten upon camels, and fled.

18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites
had taken : and he rescued his two wives.

19 And there was nothing missing small or great,
neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the
spoils : and whatsoever they had taken, David re-
covered all.

20 And he took all the flocks and the herds; and
made them go before him : and they said : This is
the prey of David.

21 And David came to the two hundred men, who
being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow
David, and he had ordered them to abide at the tor-
rent Besor : and they came out to meet David, and
the people that were with him. And David coming
to the people, saluted them peaceably.

22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that had
gone with David, answering, said : Because they
came not with us, we will not give them any thing
of the prey which we have recovered : but let every
man take his wife and his children, and be content-
ed with them, and go his way.

23 But David said : You shall not do so, my
brethren, with these things, which the Lord bath
given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the
robbers that invaded us into our hands :

24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter.
Butequal shall be the portion of him that went
down to battle, and of him that abode at the bag-
gage : and they shall divide alike.

25 And this hath been done from that day for-
ward, and since was made a statute and an ordi-
nance, and as a law in Israel.

26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent pre-
sents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neigh-
bours, saying : Receive a blessing of the prey of the
enemies of the Lord.

27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were
in Ramuth to the south, and to them that were
(ii Jether,

28 And to them that were in Aroer, and that
were in Sephamoth. and that were in Esthamo,

29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the
cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,

30 And that were in Arama, and that were in
the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,

31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that
were in those places, in which David had abode
with his men.

CHAP. XXXI.

Israel is defeated by the Philistines : Said and his sons are slmtt.

\ ND the Philistines fought against Israel : and
- 1 *- the men of Israel fled from before the Philis-
tines,aud fell down slain in mount Gelboe.

2 And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon
his sons : and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab,
and Melchisua, the sons of Saul.

3 And the whole weight of the battle was turned
upon Saul : and the archers overtook him ; and he
was grievously wounded by the archers.

4 Then Saul said to his armour-bearer : Draw
thy sword, and kill me : lest these uncircumcised
come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his ar-
mour-bearer would not : for he was struck with ex-
ceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword,
and fell upon it.

5 And when his armour-bearer saw this, to wit,
that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sw ord, and
died with him.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his ar-
mour-bearer, and all his men that same day together.

7 And the men of Israel, that were beyond the
valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the
Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and
his sons, forsook their cities, and fled : and the Phi
listines came, and dwelt there.

8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to
strip the slain : and they found Saul and his three
sons lying in mount Gelboe.

9 And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him
of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philis-
tines round about, to publish it in the temples of
their idols, and among their people.

10 And they put his armour in the temple of As-
taroth : buthis body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.

11 Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad
had heard all that the Philistines hand done to Saul,

12 All the most valiant men arose, and walked
all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the
bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan : and
they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there

13 And they took their bones, and buried them
in the wood of Jabes; and fasted seven days.

237

THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL,

OTHERWISE CALLED

THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

This book Ttlntes the transactions from the death of Saul until
the end of Darid't reign, bting a history for the space of about
40 years.

CHAP. I.

Dirid tnnurnrth for the death of Saul and Jonathan : he or-
dtreth the nan to be slain who pretended he had killed Saul.

IVTOW it came t<» pats, after Saul was dead, that
■*»" David returned from the slaughter of the Am:i-
mhI abode twodays in Siceleg.
\inl on the third day, there appeared a man who
came out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent,
and dual strewed on his head : and when he came
to David, he fell upon his face, and adored.

3 And David said to him : From whence comest
thou.- And he said to him: I am fled out of the
camp of Israel.

4 And David said unto him : What is the matter
that is come to pass ? tell me. He said : The people
are tied from the battle, and many of the people
are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan
his son are slain.

5 And David said tothe voting man that told him :
How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son
are dead ?

6 And the voting man that told him, said : I came
bv chance u|kih mount Gclboe, and Said lean-
ed upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen
drew nigh onto him,

7 \nil looking behind him. and seeing me, he

called me. And I answered : Here am I.

B < tod he said to me: Who art thou: Audi said
to him : I am an Amaleeite.

9 tad he said tome: Stand over me, and kill
me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my
whole life is in me.

10 So standing over him, I killed him:* for I
knew that he could not live after the fall : and I took
the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet
that was on his arm, and have brought them hither
to thee my lord.

1 1 Then David took hold of his garments and
vent them, and likewise all the men that were with
him :

12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted un-
til evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and
for the people of the Lord, and for the house of
Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.

IS And David said to the VOUUg man that told
him : Whence art thou ? He answered: I am the
son of a stranger of Amalec.

1 \ David said to him : Whv didst thou not
to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed ;

' / kiOli Um. Ttii. .torr of (tie fOTag \mnli-rilr w»« not tmp, as
may e»«ily be proved by comparing it with the lant chapter of the

1. 1' . p|M nook.

15 And David calling one of his servants, said :
Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him
so that he died.

16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon
thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken
against thee. sa\ in^: I haveslainthe Lord's anointed.

17 And David made this kind of lamentation
Over Said, and over Jonathan his son.

18 (Also he commanded that they should teach
the children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is
written in the Hook of the just.) And he said :
Consider, O Israel, for them that are dead wound-
ed on thy high places.

19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy
mountains: how are the valiant fallen!

20 Tell it not in ( ieth ; publish it not in the streets
of kscaioo: lest the daughters of the Philistines re-
joice ; lest the daughters of the uncircumcised
triumph.

-M Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor
rain come upon you, neither be they fields of first
fruits: for there "as east away the shield of the
valiant, the shield of Saul, as though he had not
been anointed with oil.

-'.' From the blood of the slain, from the fat ol
the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan nc\er turned
back, and the sword of Said did not return empty.

23 Said and Jonathan, lovely and comely in their
life, even in death the] were not divided : they wt re
swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

J i Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who
clothed you with scarlet in delights, whogaVC orna-
ments of gold for your attire.

25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan
slain in the high places ?

26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan, I
ceeding beautiful, sad amiable man above the love
of women. As the mother Joveth her only sou, so
did I love thee.

27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons

of war perished ?

CHAP. II.

David is received and anointnl king of Juda. Jsbuscth the KM if
Said n iisni th over the nst of Israel. A battle, between Abui r
and Joab.

\ ND after these things David consulted the Lord.

•^*- saying: Shall I go up into one of the citk
Juda? And the Lord said to bim: Go up. And
David said : Whither shall I go up ? And be ans-
wered him : Into Hebron.

2 So David went up. and his two wives, Aehi-
noam the .le/.ralu litest, and Abigail the Wife ol .Yi-

bal of Car mel :

S And the men also thai were with him. David

CHAP. III.

brought up every nan with his household: and they
abode in the towns of Hebron.

4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David
there, to lie king over the house of Juda. And it
was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had
buried Saul.

5 David therefore sent messengers to the men of
Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to
the Lord, who have shown this mercy to your mas-
ter Saul, and have buried him.

6 And now the Lord surely will render you
mercy and truth ; and I also will requite you for this
good turn, because you have done this thing.

7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men
of valour : for although your master Saul be dead,
yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their
king.

8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's
army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him
about through the camp,

9 And made him king over Galaad, and over
Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and
over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

10 Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old
when he began to reign over Israel ; and he reigned
two years:* and only the house of Juda followed
David.

1 1 And the number of the days that David abode,
reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was
seven years and six months.

12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants
of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp
to Gabaon.

13 And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants
of David went out, and met them by the pool of Ga-
baon. And when they were come together, they sat
down over-against one another ; the one on the one
side of the pool, and the other on the other side.

14 And Abner said to Joab : Let the young men
rise, and play before us. And Joab answered : Let
them rise.

15 Then there arose and went over twelve in
number of Benjamin, of the part of Isboseth the son
of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

16 And every one catching his fellow by the head,
thrust his sword into the side of his adversary; and
they fell down together: and the name of the place
was called, The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.

17 And there was a very fierce battle that day:
and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel,
by the servants of David.

1 8 And there were the three sons of Sarvia there,
Joab, and Abisai, and Asael : now Asael was a most
swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the
woods.

19 And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned
not to the right hand nor to the left from following
Abner.

20 And Abner looked behind him, and said : Art
thou Asael ? And he answered : I am.

lie reigned two years,viz. Before lie began visibly to decline ; but
in all lie reii>ned seven years and six months : for so long David reigned
n Hebron

21 And Abner said to him : Goto the right hand,
or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men,
and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave
off following him close.

22 And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and
do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to
the ground, and I shall not be able to hold up my
face to Joab thy brother.

23 But he refused to hearken to him, and would
not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with
his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust
him through; and he died upon the spot: and all
that came to the place where Asael fell down and
died, stood still.

24 Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after
Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far
as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over-against
the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon.

25 And the children of Benjamin gathered them-
selves together to Abner: and being joined in one
body, they stood on the top of a hill.

26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and said : Shall
thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou
not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair ?
how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease
from pursuing after their brethren?

27 And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou
hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the people
would have retired from pursuing after their bre-
thren.

28 Then Joab sounded the trumpet: and all the
army stood still, and did not pursue after Israel any
farther, nor fight any more.

29 And Abner and his men walked all that night
through the plains: and they passed the Jordan, and
having gone through all Bethoron, came to the
camp.

30 And Joab returning, after he had left Abnei
assembled all the people: and there were wanting
of David's servants nineteen men, beside Asael.

31 But the servants of David had killed of Ben-
jamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three
hundred and sixty, who all died.

32 And they took Asael, and buried him in the
sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem : and Joab, and
the men that were with him, marched all the night;
and they came to Hebron at break of day.

CHAP. III.

David groweth daily stronger. Abner cometh over to him : ht
is treacherously slain by Joab.

NOW there was a long war between the house of
Saulf and the house of David : David pros-
pering and growing always stronger and stronger;
but the house of Saul decaying daily.

2 And sons were born to David in Hebron : and
his first-born was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezra-
helitess:

3 And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of
Nabal of Carmel : and the third Absalom the son

__ . m '

f There was a long war between the house of Saul, SfC. Rather a
strife or emulation than a war with arms; it lasted five years and a
half.

230

ii. ki\ ;s.

ofMaacha tin- daughter of Tholmai king ofG
Mr:

4 And th«- fourth Adonias the son of Huggith:
and die fifth Saphathia the son of Abital :

\iiii the sixth Jethiaam of Kgla the wife ot
David: these were born to David in Hebron.

\.iw while there was war between the bouse
of Saul and the house of David, Aimer the son of
Ncr ruled the house of Saul.

7 And Saul had a concubine named Respha, thej
daughter of Aia. And Isbosetn said to Abner:

K Why didst thou go in to my father's concubine?
And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isbo-
seth, and said: Vm I a dog's head against Juda
this day, who have shown mercy to the house of
Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and
have not delivered thee into the hands of David,
and hast thou .sought this day against me to charge
me vviili a matter concerning a woman?

9 So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as
the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,

10 That the kingdom be translated from the house
of Said, and the throne of David Ik- set ii|> over
Israel, and over Juda, from Dan to Bcrsahee.

I I And he could not answer him a word, because
he feared him.

I .' Aboer therefore sent tnes - to David for

himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they
should sav : .Make a league with me, and my hand
shall be with thee ; and I will bring all Israel to thee.
\nd he said : Very well ; I will make a league
with thee; but one thing 1 require of thee, saving:
Thou shah not see my face belore thou hring Michol
the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt eome, and

lie.

\nd David sent messengers to [sboeeth the
sou ot Said, saying: Restore my wife Michol,

whom I espoused to me foe a hundred foreskins of
the Philistines.

15 And jsboseth sent, and took her from her hus-
band I'haltiel, the son of Lais.

16 And her husband followed her, weeping, as
far as Baburim: and Abner said to him: Go, and
return. And he returned.

17 Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel,

Both yesterday and the day before you
-lit lor David that he might reign over you.
Vow then do it : because the Lord hath spoken

to David, raying: By the hand of my servant David

I will save my people! Israel from tiie hands of the

riiilistines, and of all their enemies.

19 And Abner •Poke also to Benjamin. And

he went to speak to David in Hebron all that seemed

good to Israel, and to all Benjamin.

H) \nd he came to David in Hebron withtwen*

on : and David made a least for Abner, and his
men that rani'- with him.

Jl And Abner raid to David: 1 will ris.-. that I

may gather all Israel unto the.- mv lord the kinx. and
mav enter into a league with thee, and that thou
ma\ sl reign over all as thy soul desireth. -Now w hen
David had brought Aimer on his way, and he WM

gone in

I Immediately David's servants and Joab cai
after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding
great booty : and Abner was not with David in He-
bron, for he had now sent him away, and lie was
gone in peace.

! I Joab and till the army that was w ith him,
came afterwards: and it was told Joab, that Abnei
the son of Ner came to the kiim; and he hath sent
him away: and he is gone in peace.

fit And Joab went in to the kins, and said: What
hast thou done ? Behold, Abner came to thee : \\ In
didst thou send him aw ay, and he is gone aud dp
parted ?

25 Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, thai
to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive
thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming
in, and to know all thou doest?

26 Then Joab going out from David, sent mes
sengers after Abnei , and brought him back from the
cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it.

27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron,
Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to
speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him
there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the
blood of Asael his brother.

28 Aud when David heard of it, after the thing
was now done, he said : I, and my kingdom are in-
nocent before the Lord for ever of the blood of Ab-
ner the son of Ner :

29 And may it come upon the head of Joab, aud
upon all his father's house : aud let there not fail
from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of
seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distal)", or
that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread.

30 So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner,
because he hath killed their brother Asael at I
liaon in the battle.

31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people
that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird
yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the
funeral of Abner. And king David himself fol-
lowed the bier.

32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron,
king David lilted up his voice, and wept at the
grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.

33 And the king mourning and lamenting over
Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die. hath
Abner died.

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feel
loaden with fetters: but as men fall before the chil-
dren of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the
people repeating it wept over him.

35 And when all the people came to take tie n
with David, while it was vet broad day, David
swore, raying: So do God to me, and more also, il
1 taste bread or any thing else before sun-s.t.

36 And all the people heard, and they w
pleased: and all that the king did seemed good in
the sight of all the people.

37 And all the people, and all lsra< I understood
that day that it was not the king's doing, that Ab-
ut i the son of Ner was slain.

38 The king also said to mo servants: Do jron

CHAP. IV, V.

not know that a prince and a great man is slain this
day in Israel? ....

39 But I as yet am tender, tlwugh anointed king:
and these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for
me : the Lord reward him that doeth evil according
to his wickedness.

CHAP. IV.

Isboseth is murdered 6y two of his servants : David punts heth the
murderer*.

AND Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner
was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weak-
ened : and all Israel was troubled.

2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of
his bands; the name of the one was Baana, and
the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rem-
mon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin : for
Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin.

3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and
were sojourners there until that time.

4 And Jonathan the son of Saul had a son that
was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when
the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezra-
hel. And his nurse took him up, and fled: and as
she made haste to flee, he fell, and became lame:
and his name was Miphiboseth.

5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Re-
chab and Baana coming, went into the house of
Isboseth in the heat of the day : and he was sleeping
upon his bed at noon.- And the door-keeper of
the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen

6 And they entered into the house secretly taking
ears of corn: and Rechab and Baana his brother
stabbed him in the groin, and fled away.

7 For when they came into the house, he was
sleeping upon his bed in a parlour: and they struck
him, and killed him: and taking away his head,
they went ofl' by the way of the wilderness, walking
all night.

8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to David
to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the
head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who
sought thy life : and the Lord hath revenged my
lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9 But David answered Rechab and Baana his
brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and
said to them : As the Lord liveth, who hath deli-
vered my soul out of all distress,

10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead,
who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehend-
ed, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been
rewarded for his news.

1 1 How much more now when wicked men have
slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his
bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and
take you away from the earth ?

12 And David commanded his servants, and
they slew them : and cutting off their hands and
feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but
th" head of Isboseth they took and buried in the se-
pulchre of Abner in Hebron.

CHAP. V.

David is anointed king of all Israel. He taketh Jerusalem, and
dwelleth there. He difeatelh the Philistines.

THEN all the tribes of Israel came to David in
Hebron, saying: Behold, we are thy bone and
thy flesh.

2 Moreover yesterday also and the day before,
when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that did
lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to
thee : Thou shalt feed my people Israel ; and thou
shalt be prince over Israel.

3 The ancients also of Israel came to the king to
Hebron : and king David made a league with them
in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed Da-
vid to be king over Israel.

4 David was thirty years old when he began to
reign : and he reigned forty years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Juda seven years
and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three
and thirty .years over all Israel and Juda.

6 And the king and all the men that weie with
him went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites the inhabi-
tants of the land : and they said to David : Thou
shalt not come in hither unless thou take away the
blind and the lame that say : David shall not come
in hither.

7 But David took the castle of Sion ; the same
is the city of David.

8 For David had offered that day a reward to
whosoever should strike the Jebusites, and get up
to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take
away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of
David : therefore it is said in the proverb : The blind
and the lame shall not come into the temple.

9 And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The
city of David ; and built round about from Mello
and inwards.

10 And he went on prospering and growing up :
and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

11 And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers
to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and ma'
sons for walls: and they built a house for David.

12 And David knew that the Lord had confirmed
him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his
kingdom over his people Israel.

13 And David took more concubines and wives
of Jerusalem,* after he was come from Hebron: and
there were born to David other sons also and daugh-
ters :

14 And these are the names of them, that were
born to him in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon,

15 And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg,

16 And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and
Eliphaleth.

1 7 And the Philistines heard that they had anointed
David to be king over Israel: and they all came to
seek David : and wht n David heard of it, he went
down to a strong hold.

* David took more concubines and tcives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, bu :
wives of an inferior condition : for such iu scripture are styled cttcu-
bines.

241

II. K

18 Ami the Philistines coming spread themselves
in t he valley "I Raphaim.

19 Nii'l David consulted the Lord, saying: shall
! , up in the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver
them into mv hand? And the Lord said to David:
Go up; for I will miicU deliver the Philistines into
thy band.

20 And David came to Baal Pharisim: and de-
rated thriu there, and he said: The Lord hath
divided my enemies before me.ai waters ire divided.
Therefore the name of the place was called Baal
Pharisim.

J I And they left there their idols; which David
and his men took away.

22 And the Philistines came up ■gam, and spread
themselves in the valley of Raphaim.

Vnd David consulted the Lord: Shall I go
up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them
into mj bands? He answered: Go not np against
ahem; bat fetch a compass behind them, and thou
shalt come upon them OveT-againSt the pear tr<

Vnd when thou shalt hear the sound of one
coin;; in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou
join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy
to strike the army of the PbiltStin
25 And David did as ihe Lord had commanded
him: and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until
thou come to Gear.

. CHAP. VI.

Darul Jetchrin the ark from ( ariathiarim. Out is slrnrh dead
far lunching it. It is ilrjinsitid in t/u honst of Oliedidam :
and from (hence is curried to David's house.

AN I) David again gathered together all the chosen
men Of' Israel, thirty thousand.
J \ in 1 David arose and went, vv ith all the people
that were with him of the men of .luda, to fetch the
ark of God, upon which the name of the Lord of
ho>ts is invoked, who litteth over it upon the clie-
rubtoMi

.) And they laid the ark of God upon a new cart;
and took it out oflhe house of Ahinadah. who Was
m Gabaa;* and On and Ahio, the sons of Ahina-
dah, drove tin new cart.

I \nd when they had taken it out of the house
of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care
of the ark Off* God went before the ark.

5 But David and all [trad played before the
Lord on all manner of instruments made of wood.
on harps and lutes and timbrels and comets and
cymbals.

6 Anil when they came to the floor of Xachon.
< >/i put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took
hold of it: because the oxen kicked, and made it
lean aside.

7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled

igainst <)/;i: and he struck him for his rashm
and he died there before the ark of God.

8 Ami David was grieved because the Lord had
Struck < )/ a : and the name of that place w as called,
The striking ol I this dfl

* Gala*. The hill of Cariathiarun. » here Ibe ark had been in Ihe
bou«c of Abinadab, fmen tbe time of iU being restored bmt k by the
Ikilutinw.

ttt

1NGS.

9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day.
sav ing: 1 low shall the ark ol the Lord come lo me?

10 And he would not have the ark of ihe Lord
brought in to himself into the city of David: but lit
caused it-to be carried into the house of Obedcdoai the
(iethite.

11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the house
ofObededom tbe (iethite three months: and the
Lord blessed ( )bededoin.aud all his household.

12 And it was told kini; David, that the Lord
had bl es s ed Obededom. and all that he had, because
of the ark of God. So David went, and brought
away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom
into the city of David with joy. And there weie
with i )a vid seven choirs, f and calv < % for victims.

13 And when they that carried the ark ol ihe Lord
had gone six paces, he sacrificed an o.\ and i ram

14 And David danced with all his might before
the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod.

15 And David and all the house of Israel brought
the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful
shouting, and with sound of trumpet.

16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into
the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul,
jookiag out through a window, saw kin:: David leap-
ing and dancing before the Lord; and she despised
him in her heart.

17 And they brought the ark of the Lord, and
set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle,
which David had pitched for it: and David o Hi red
holocausts and peace-offerings before the Lord.

18 And when he had made an end of offering
holocausts and peace-offeringss he blessed the ;

pie ill the name of the Lord 01 hosts.

19 And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel,
both men and w omen, to even one. a cake of bread,
and a piece of roasted beef, and fine Hour fried vv it boil:
and all the people departed every OOO to his house.

20 And David returned to bless his own house:
and Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet
David, said: How glorious was the kirn: of Israel
to-day, uncovering himself before the handmaids ol
his servants, and was naked, as if one of the builbous
should be naked.

21 And David said to Michol : Before the Lord,
who chose me rather than tin lather, and than all
his house, and commanded me to be rub r over the
people of the Lord in Israel.

22 I will both play and make myself meaner than
I have done: and I will be little in mv own ( j
and with the handmaids, of whom thou speakest, I
shall appeal more glorious.

23 Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no
child to the day of her (bath.

( HAP. VII.

Darid"t purpose to build a temple is mrardrd frith the pramist
of great blessing* in hit teed: His prayer midt/mnkspiriisg.

A ND it came to pass when the king sal in his
■£*- house, and the Lord hail given him n U on eery

side from all his enemies,

f Choirs. Or ooropa nim of B H i wcia ne.

CHAP. VIII.

2 He said to Nathan tho prophet : Dost thou see
that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God
is lodged within skins?

3 And Nathan said to the kin?: Go, do all that
is in thy heart: Because the Lord is with thee.

4 But it came to pass that night, that the word
of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

5 Go, and say to my servant David : Thus saith
the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the
day that I brought the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt even to this day; but have walked in
a tabernacle, and in a tent.

7 In all the places that I have gone through with
all the children of Israel, did I ever speak a word to
any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded
to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not
built, me a house cf cedar?

8 And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant
David : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I took thee out
of the pastures from following the sheep, to be ruler
over my people Israel:

9 And I have been with thee wheresoever thou
hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from be-
fore thy face: And I have made thee a great name, like
unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.

10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel:
and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein,
and shall be disturbed no more : neither shall the
children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did
before,

1 1 From the day that I appointed Judges over
my people Israel ; and 1 will give thee rest from all
thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that
the Lord will make thee a house.

12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou
shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed
after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels :
and I will establish his kingdom.*

13 He shall build a house to my name; and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

14 1 will be to him a father, and he shall be to
me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, 1 will cor-
rect him with the rod of men, and with the stripes
of the children of men.

15 But my mercy I will not take away from him,
as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before
my face.

16 And thy house shall be faithful, and thy king-
dom for ever before thy face: and thy throne shall
be firm for ever.

17 According to all these words, and according
to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David

18 And David went in, and sat before the Lord,
and said: Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my
house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

19 But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O
Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house
of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is
the law of Adam, O Lord God.

* / vnll establish his kingdom. This prophecy partly relateth to Solo-
mon; but much more to Christ, who is called the sod of David in

20 And what can David say more unto thee? for
thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:

21 For thy word's sake, and according to thy own
heart thou hast done all these great things; so that
thou wouldstmake it known to thy servant.

22 Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God,
because there is none like to thee ; neither is there
any God besides thee, in all the things that we
have heard with our ears.

23 And what nation is there upon earth, as thy
people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people
to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for
them great and terrible things, upon the earth, be-
fore the face of thy people, whom tho^ redeemedst
to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their
gods.

24 Foi thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people
Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord
God, art become their God.

25 And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the
word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant,
and concerning his house; and do as thou hast spoken,

26 That thy name may be magnified for ever, and
it may be said : The Lord of hosts is God over Israel.
And the house of thy servant David shall be established
before the Lord,

27 Because thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel,
hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying : 1 will
build thee a house : therefore hath thy servant found
in his heart to pray this prayer to thee.

28 And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy
words shall be true : for thou hast spoken to thy ser-
vant these good things.

29 And now begin, and bless the house of thy
servant, that it may endure for ever before thee : be-
cause thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it ; and with
thy blessing let .the house of thy servant be blessed
for ever.

CHAP. VIII.

David's victories; and his chief officers.

AND it came to pass after this thatDavid defeated *
the Philistines, and brought them down, and
David took the bridle of tribute out of the hand of
the Philistines.

2 And he defeated Moab, and measured them with
a line, casting them down to the earth : and he
measured with two lines, one to put to death, and
one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve
David under tribute.

3 David defeated also Adarezer the son of Rohob
king of Soba, when he went to extend his dominion
over the river Euphrates.

4 And David took from him a thousand and seven
hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen ;
and houghed all the chariot-horses: and only re-
served of them for one hundred chariots.

5 And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour
Adarezer the king of Soba : and David slew of the
Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

6 And David put garrisons in Syria of Damas-

scripture, and who is the builder of the true temple which is th«
church, his everlasting kingdom, which shall never fail.

243

II. KINGS.

m>: and Syria Wired Dai id under tribute: and the
Lord preserved David in all his enterprises, whither-
soever be went.
7 And David took the arma of gold, which the

servants n|' Adare/.er wore, and brought them to Je-
rusalem.

ft And out of" Bete, and out of Bcroth, cities of
reser, king David took an exceeding (real euan-
tity of I):

9 And Thou the kin? of Emath beard that David
had defeated all the forces of Adare/.er,

10 And Thou seal Joram his son to kins; David,
to >alute him, and to congratulate with him, and to
return him thinks: because he had fought against
Adare/.er, ami hail defeated him. For Thou was an
enemy to Adare/.er: and in his hand were vessels of

gold, and vessels of silver, and vessels of brass:

11 And kin? David dedicated them to the Lord,
ther with the stiver and Cjo4d that he had dedi-
cated of all the nations, which lie had subdued :

1 J Of Syria.and of Moan, and of the children of
Animon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalec, and
of the s|x>ils of Adare/.er, the son of Kohob king of
Soba.

13 David also made himself a name, when lie
returned after taking Syria in the valley of the
salt-pits, killing eighteen thousand:

11 And he |>ut guards in Kdom, and placed the rr
a garrison: and all Kdom was made to serve David:
and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he
went about.

1") And David reigned over all Israel: and Da\id
did judgment and justice to all his people.

It! And Joafa t lie s<»n ol Sania Was over the
armv: and Josaphat the sou of Ahilud was re-
corder :*

17 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Aehime-
leeh the son of Ahiathar, were the priests; and Sa-
raias was the scribe :f

1ft And Bauaias the son of Joiada WM over the
Cerethi and I'helcthi :% and the sons of David were
the prim.

CHAP. IX.

David's kiiulncit to Miphifmsrthfor the taken/ hi* father
Jonathan.

AND David said: Is there am one, think you,
left of the house ofSaul, that I may show kind-

■ess to him for .Jonathan's s^ke?

2 Now there was of the house of Saul, a ser-
vant named Siba: and when the kin:: had called
him to him. he said to him: Art thou Siba? And be
answered: I am Siba thy servant.

.{ And the kirn; said: Is there anyone left of the
house of Saul, that I ma\ show the inerev of God
unto him? And Siba said to the kiuu: There is a
son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet.

4 Where is be? said he. And Siba said to the
kins: Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son
of Atnmiel in Lodabar.

Mtcvrdtr: or Chancellor.

Srrihe or Socrrtarv.

7V Ctrtlki mU PkeUtU. The kinjrH fuarda.

") Then kins David sent, and brought himootc'
the house of .Machir the son of Ammiel of l/odaliur.

6 And when Miphrhoseth the son of Jonathan lire
son of Saul was come to David, lie fell on his lace.
and worshipped. And David said: Miphiboseth?
Ami he answered: Behold thy sertant.

7 And David said to him: Fear not, for I will
surely show thee mercy for Jonathan ihy father's
sake; and I will restore the binds of Saul thy fa-
ther; and thou shalt eat bread at ni\ table always.

8 He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I
thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a
dead dog as I am?

9 Then the king called Siba the servant of Saul,
and said to him: All that belonged to Saul, and all
his house, I have given to th\ master's son.

10 Thou therefore and thy sons mid thy servants
shall till theland for him: and thou shah bring in
food for thv master's son. that he mn\ Ik- maintain-
ed: and Miphiboseth the son of thy master shall al-
ways eat bread at ui\ table. And Siba bad fifteen
sons and twenty servants.

11 And Siba said to the khm: As thou my lord
the king hast commanded thy servant, so w ill thy
servant do: and .Miphiboseth shall eat at my table,
as one of the sons of the kins.

12 And Miphiboseth had a young son whose name
was Micha: and all the kindred of ike house of .-si-
ba served .Miphiboseth.

13 Bui .Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem ; because
he eat always of the kind's table: and he was lame
of both feet.

(HAP. X.

The Ammonites shamrfully abuse thr ambassadors nf David:
thiy hire the Syrian* to their assistance : but ,irr overthrown
by thrir allies.

AND it came to pass after this, that the king
-^- of the children of Amnion diet!; and llauou
his son reigned in his stead.

2 And David said: I will show kindness to Ha-
non the son of Daas, as his father showed kindness
to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him
for the death of his father. But w hen the servants
of David were come into the land of the children ol
Amnion,

3 The princes of the children of Ammon said to
llanon their lord: Thinkest i lion that for the honour
of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee;
and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee
to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it -

4 Wherefore llanon took the servanis of Da\id.
and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut
away one half of their garments even to the buttocks,
and sent them away.

6 When this was told David, he sent to meet
them: for the men wen sadly put to confusion: ami
David commanded them, ttaytng: Stay at Jericho,
till your beards begTOWBj and then return.

6 And the children of Amnion seeing that they

♦ rrine*$. Literally, jirittls. t'ohrn. Si mlled, by a title of be
noar, and not from exerciaing u* pneaUr raoclioaa.

CHAP. XI

had done an injury to David, sent and hired the Sy-
rians irf Robot), and the Syrians of Soha, twenty
thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a
thousand men, and of Istoh twelve thousand men.

7 And when David heard this, he sent Joab and
the whole army of warriors.

8 And the children of Amnion came out, and set
their men in array at the entering in of the gate:
hut the Syrians of Soha, and of Rohob, and of Istob,
and of Maacha were by themselves in the field.

9 Then Joab seeing that the battle was prepared
against him, both before and behind, chose of all
the choice men of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians:

10 And the rest of the people he delivered to
Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the
children of Amnion.

11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong
for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children
of Amnion are too strong for thee, then I will help
thee.

12 Be of good courage; and let us fight for our
peof »le, and for the city of our God : and the Lord
will do what is good in his sight.

13 And Joab and the people that were with him,
began to fight against the Syrians : and they imme-
diately fled before him.

14 And the children of Amnion seeing that the
Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and
entered into the city: and Joab returned from the
children of Amnion, and came to Jerusalem.

15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen
before Israel, gathered themselves together.

16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians,
that were beyond the river, and brought over their
army : and Sobach, the captain of the host of Ada-
rezer, was their general.

17 And when this was told David, he gathered
all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and
came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in
array against David, and fought against him.

18 And the Syrians fled before Israel: and David
slew of the Syrians tlie men of seven hundred cha-
riots, and forty thousand horsemen ; and smote So-
bach the captain of the army, who presently died.

19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Ada-
rezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were
afraid, and fled away eight and fifty thousand men
before Israel. And they made pence with Israel,
and served them: and the Syrians were afraid to
help the children of Amnion any more.

CHAP. XI.

David falleth into the crime of adultery with Brthmbee : and
not finding other means to conceal it, causeth her husband
Urias to be slain, then marrieth her, who beareth him a son.

AND it came to pass at the return of the year, at
the time when kings go forth to war, that David
sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel;
and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and be-
sieged ttabba : but David remained in Jerusalem.
2 In the mean time, it happened that David arose
from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof

of the king's house: and he saw from the roof of
his house a woman washing herself, over-against him.
and the woman was very beautiful.

3 And the king sent and inquired who the woman
was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsahee
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.

4 And David sent messengers, and took her: and
she came in to him, and he slept -with her: and pre-
sently she was purified from her uncleanness :

5 And she returned to her house having conceiv-
ed. And she sent, and told David, and said : I have
conceived.

6 And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me
Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Unas to David.

7 And Urias came to David. And David asked
how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was
carried on.

8 And David said to Urias: Go into thy house,
and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the
king's house: and there went out after him a mess of
meat from the king.

9 But Urias slept before the gate of the king's
house, with the other servants of his lord, and went
not down to his own house.

10 And it was told David by some that said:
Urias went not to his house. And David said to
Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why
didst thou not go down to thy house?

11 And Urias said to David: The ark of God
and Israel and Juda dwell in tents: and my lord
Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face
of the earth: and shall 1 go into my house, to eat
and to drink, and to sleep with my wife ? by thy wel-
fare, and by the welfare of thy soul, I will not do
this thing.

12 Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to-day,
and to-morrow I will send thee away. Urias tar-
ried in Jerusalem that day and the next.

13 And David called him to eat and to drink be-
fore him: and he made him drunk: and he went out
in the evening, and slept on his couch with the ser-
vants of his lord; and went not down into his house.

14 And when the morning was come, David
wrote a letter to Joab; and sent it by the hand of
Urias,

15 Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front
of the* battle, whare the fight is strongest: and leave
ye him, that he may be wounded, and die.

16 Wherefore as Joab was besieging the city, he
put Urias in the place where he knew the bravest
men were.

17 And the men coming out of the city, fought
against Joab: and there fell some of the people of
the servants of David; and Urias the Hethite was
killed also.

18 Then Joab sent, and told David all things con-
cerning the battle.

19 And he charged the messenger, saying: When
thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king,

20 If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say:
Why did you approach so near to the wall to figlu ?
knew you not that many darts are thrown from
above off" the wall ?

245

II. klMiS

-'I Who killed Mrimrlrrh thr nnn nf TrrnhaalF

ciid not a woman east ■ piece of- a millstone upon
him from the wall, anrl slew him in Thebes? Why
did \nu go Rear the wall? Thou shalt lay: Thy
servant I rias the Hetbite is aNo slain.

J So the messt neer departed, ami eame and told
David all that Joah had commanded him.

23 And the iiic-i ngt r said to David: The men
prevailed against as j aodthej came out to ns into
the field: and we vigorouslj charged and pursued
them even to the sate of' the <itv .

\nd the an hers shot their arrows at thy ser-
vants Ironi oil" tin- wall above: and sonic of the
king's servants an- slain: and thy si nam I rias the
IF thhe is alto dead.

\nd I >av id said to thr messenger ■ Thus shall

thoa nj loJoab: Let not this thing discourage ihee:

tor \aiions is tin- event of war: and sometimes one,
sometimes another is consumed by the sword: en-
courage tbv warriors against the city, and exhort
them, that thou mavst overthrow it.

\inl tin- wilr of I rias heard that Trias her
husband was dead, and she mourned lor him.

1*7 Ami tin- mourning being over David, pent
and brought her into his house: and sin became his

wile, and she hore him a son: and this thin;; w hieh
David had done, was displeasing to the Lord.

CHAP. XII.

Pint kiln's parnUr. Dnrid ronfrsscth his sin, mid is fnrizircn :
jfrt so n» tit br xentrmrd tn most srrrrr trmjinritl punishment*.
Thr ill nth of the child. I'hi birth «f Sntonmn. The tithing id
KublMith.

AND tin- Lord sent Nathan to l)a\id: and when
he was come to him, he said to him: There
were two men in one city, the one rich, and the
other jAXir.

J I In- rich man had exceeding many sheep and
oxen.

■ '< lint the poor man had nothing at all but one
little ewe-lamb, which he had iMiunht and nour-
ished up; and which had grown up in his house to-
S ether with his children, eating of his bread, and
rinkim; of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom: and
it was unto him as a daughter,

1 And when a certain Stranger h;k come to the
rich man, he spared to |akc of his own sheep and
!i, to make a least lor that Stranger, who was
come to hint, but took the poor man's ewe, and i!i
ed it for tie man that watCOmc to him.

'> \inl DavitPs anger being exceedingly kindled

list that man, he said to Nathan: As tin- Lord

livcth, the man that hath done this is a child of death.

6 He shall restore the ewe four-fold; beCSUM he
did this thin-, and had no pitv.

7 And Nathan said to David : Thou art the man.
Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed

the*- king o\cr Israel: and I delivered thee from the
band of Saul;

* I wtU rmMt.tft All tlirv <-\il«, nta.iniieli a, the* mrrr tmnisk-
mli, ram* opuu DavM I>t a ju»t juHirmi-nt »f God. (at hi* »in. and
n>n.-fore Ood tay», / mil r*tu, itc. but matiiiucii w Uae*

8 Am! gave tine thy master's house and tbv mas-
ter s wim -. into thy bosom, ami gave thee the' house
ol Israel and Juda: and if these things he little. I
shall add tar greater things onto thee.

!' Why then lore hast thou despised the won!
ot the Lord, to do evil in mi light? Thou hast kill-
ed I rias the Hetbite with the sword, and bast taken
hit; wile to he tbv wife, and hast slain him with the
sword of the children of Amnion.

10 Therefore the sword shall never depart from
tbv house, because thou hast despised me, and hast
taken the w ife of Liias the llelhite to he tin W iff.

11 Thus saith the Lord: Heboid, I will raise* up
evil again* thee out of thy own house: and I will

take thy wives before thy eves, and give tin in to

thy neighbour: and he shall lie with thy wives in
the si- lit ol this sun.

\1 For thou didst it sccrctU : but I will do this
thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of
the sun.

13 And David said to Nathan: I Iiiiw sinmi]
against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The
Lord hath also taken aw ay thy sin: thou shah not die.

14 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occa-
sion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for
this thin^. the child that is born lot bee. shall surch die.

15 And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord
also struck the child which the wile of Trias had
borne to David: and his life was despaired of.

16 And David besought the Lord for the child .
and David kept a fast, and going in 1>> himself lay
upon the ground.

17 And the ancients of bis house came, to make,
him rise from the ground; hut he would not:
neither did he eat meat with them.

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that
the child died : and the servants of David feared to
tell him, that the child was dead. For thev said :
Heboid, when the child was yet alive, we spoke to
him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how
much more will he alllict himself, if we tell him
that the child is dead ?

19 Hut when David saw his servants whispering,
he understood that the child was dead : and he
said to his servants ■ Is the child dead? They ans-
w en d him : He is dead.

20 Then David arose from the -round, and wash-
ed, and anointed himself: and w hen he had chang-
ed his apparel, he went into the house of the Foul,
and worshipped: and then he came into his own
house, and he called for bread, and ate.

21 And his servants said to him : What thing is
this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep
for the child, while it was alive: but when the child
WM dead, thou didst rise up. and eat bread.

.22 And be said : While the child was vet alive,
I lasted and wept for him : for I said : \\ bo know
eth whether the Lord may not ^.iv »• him to me, and
the child mav li\ i

on the part of Absalom and hit associate*, God wai mil On- nun
them, but only permitted I"

CHAP. XIII.

23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast ?
Shall 1 be able to bring him back an}' more ? I shall
go to him rather : but be shall not return to me.

24 And David comforted Bethsabee his wife,
and went in unto her, and slept with her: and she
bore a son ; and he called his name Solomon : and
the Lord loved him.

2.5 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the pro-

Chet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord,*
ecause the Lord loved him.

26 And Joab fought against Rabhath of the chil-
dren of Ammon, and laid close siege tothe royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, saying:
I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of wa-
ters! is about be taken.

28 Now therefore gather thou the rest of the peo-
ple together, and besiege the city, and take it : lest
when the city shall be wasted by me, the victory be
ascribed to my name.

29 Then David gathered all the people together,
and went out. against Rabbath : and after fighting,
he took it.

30 And he took the crown of their king from his
head, the weight of which was a talent of gold, set
with most precious stones; and it was put upon
David's head : and the spoils of the city which
were very great, he carried away.

31 And bringing forth the people thereof, he saw-
ed them, and drove over them chariots armed with
iron : and divided them with knives, and made them
pass through brick-kilns : so did he to all the cities
of the children of Ammon : and David returned
with all the army to Jerusalem.

CHAP. XIII.

Amnon ravisheth Thamar : for which Absalom kitteth him,
andfieeth to Gessur.

A ND it came to pass after this, that Amnon the
-^*- son of David loved the sister of Absalom the
son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name
was Thamar.

2 And he was exceedingly fond of her, so that
he fell sick for the love of her : for as she was a vir-
gin, he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly
with her.

3 Now Amnon had a friend, named Jonadab the
son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise
man :%

4 And he said to him : Why dost thou grow so
lean from day to day, O son of the king ? why dost
thou not tell me the reason of it? And Amnon said
to him : I am in love with Thamar the sister of my
brother Absalom.

5 And Jonadab said to him : Lie down upon thy
bed, and feign thyself sick : and when thy father
shall come to visit thee, say to him : Let my sister
Thamar, I pray thee, come to me, to give me to eat,
and to make me a mess, that I may eat it at her
hand.

6 So Amnon lay down, and made as if he were
sick : and when the king came to visit him, Am-

* Amiable to the Lord. Or beloved of the Lord. In Hebrew Jtdiiliak.
t The city of waters. Rabbath the royal city of the Ammonites, was
called tlu city of waters, from being encompassed with waters.

non said to the king : 1 pray thee, let my sister Tha-
mar come, and make in my sight two little messes,
(hat I may eat at her hand.

7 Then David sent home to Thamar, saying :
Come to the house of thy brother Amnon, and
make him a mess.

8 And Thamar came to the house of Amnon her
brother: hut he was laid down : and she took meal
and tempered it : and dissolving it in bis sight, she
made little messes.

9 And taking what she had boiled, she poured it
out, and set it before him : but he would not eat : *
and Amnon said : Put out all persons from me.
And when they had put all persons out,

10 Amnon said to Thamar : Bring the mess in-
to the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And
Thamar took the little messes which she had made,
and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the
chamber.

11 And when she had presented him the meat,
he took hold of her, and said : Come lie with me,
my sister.

12 She answered him: Do not so, my brother,
do not force me : for no such thing must be done in
Israel. Do not thou this folly.

13 For I shall not be able to bear my shame ; and
thou shall be as one of the fools in Israel : but ra-
ther speak to the king, and he will not deny me to
thee.

14 But he would not hearken to her prayers ; bur
being stronger, overpowered her, and lay with her.

15 Then Amnon hated her with an exceeding
great hatred : so that the hatred wherewith he hated
her was greater than the love with which he had loved
her before. And Amnon said to her : Arise, and
get thee gone.

16 She answered him; This evil which now
thou doest against me, in driving me away, is great-
er than that which thou didst before. And he
would not hearken to her : *

17 But calling the servant that ministered tohim,
he said : Thrust this woman out from me ; ana
shut the door after her.

18 And she was clothed with a long robe: for
the king's daughters that were virgins, used such
kind of garments. Then his servant thrust her out,
and shut the door after her.

19 And she put ashes on her head, and rent her
long robe, and laid her hands upon her head, and
went on crying.

20 And Absalom her brother said to her : Hath
thy brother Amnon lain with thee ? but now, sister,
hold thy peace; he is thy brother: and afflict not
thy heart for this thing. So Thamar remained
pining away in the house of Absalom her brother.

21 And when king David heard of these things,
he was exceedingly grieved : and he would not af-
flict the spirit of his son Amnon, for be loved him,
because he was his first-born.

22 But Absalom spoke not to Amnon neithei

\ A very wise man. That is, a crafty and subtle man : for the coun-
sel tie gave on this occasion shews that his wisdom was but carnal -*nd
worldly.

247

II. KINGS.

good nor evil : for Absalom bated Ainnon because
be had ravished his sister Thamar.

23 And it came to pass alter two vi -ars, that the
•beep of tbealom were shorn in Baalhasor, which

is mar Kphraim : and Absalom invited all the

lung's -"lis :

24 And hecametothr kin-, ami said to him:
Behold, thy servant's sheep are ihorn : let the km-.
] pray, with his servants: come to bis servant

vnd llie king said to Absalom : \av. my son,
do BOt ask that ue should all tome, and be charge-
able to thee. And when he pressed him, and he
would not no, he Messed him.

Jtl And Ahsalom said: IT thou wilt not come,
at least let my brother Annum, I beseech thee,
come w ith us. Ami the king Slid to him : It is
not necessary that he should co with thee.

27 But Absalom pressed him, so that be let Am-
nOO and all the kind's sons zo with him. And
Absalom made a least as it were the least of a
kiim.

28 And Absalom had commanded his servants,
saving : Take notice when Annum shall be drunk
with wine, ami when I shall say to you : Strike
him, and kill him, tear not: tor it is I that command
vou : take courage, and 1m- valiant men.

29 And the servants of Ahsalom did to Amnon,
as Ahsalom had commanded them. And all the
king's sous arose, and got up every man upon his
mule, and tied.

30 Ami while they wire yet in the way, a rumour
came to David, saying: Absalom hath slain all the
king's sons ; and mere is not oneofthein left.

31 Then me kin:; rose up, and rent his garments,
and fell upon the ground : and all his servants.
thai stood about him, rent their varments.

I But Joaadub the son of Seuunaa, David's
brother, answering, said : Let not my lord the king
think, that all the kirn:"-- sons are slain : Amnon
only is dead ; for lie was appointed by the mouth
<>l Absalom from the day that he ravished his sister
Thamar.

33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take
this thing into his heart, saving : All the king's sons
are slain : for Ainnon only is dead.

34 But Absalom tied awaj : and the young man
that kept the watch, lifted up his eves, and looked :
and b e hold) there came much people by a by-way on
the side of the mountain.

35 And Jouadah said to the king: Behold, the
king's sous are come: as thy servant said, so it
is.

36 And when be made an end of ■peaking,
the kind's sous also appeared : and routing in, iliev
lifted up their voice, and wept : and the kin:; also
and all his servants wept very much.

■ '•'i lint Ahsalom fled, ami went to Tholomai the
son of Amiiiiud the kin:: of GeMlir. And David
mourned tor his Mm even day.

: And Ahsalom after he was fled, ami come in-
fo (iessur, was there three wars. \ml kiim David
ceased to pursue alter Absalom, because he was
comforted concerning the death of Amnon.

248

CHAP. XIV.

Joab proevrtth Absalom's rtturn, and his admittance to tht
king's prestnrr.

A ND Joab the son of Sarvia. understanding that
■**•- the kind's heart was turned to Absalom,

2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched fromtheare a wise

woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a
mourner, and put on mourning apparel ; and he not
anointed with oil. that thou niavst he as a woman
that had a long time been mourning lor one dead.

3 And thou shalt go in to the king, and shall
speak Jo him in this manner: And Joab put the
words in her mouth.

4 And when the woman of Thecua was come
in to the kin::, she fell hefor,e him upon the ground,
and worshipped, and said : Save me, O kin::.

5 And the kin;: said to her : \\ hat is the matter
with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow
woman ; for my husband is dead.

6 And thy handmaid had two sons : and they
quarrelled With each other in the field, and there
was none to part them: and the oue struck the
other, and slew him.

7 And behold the whole kindred rising against
thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain
his brother, that we may kill him lor the life of his
brother, whom he slew, that we may destroy the
heir : and they seek to quench my spark which is
left, and will leave my husband no name, nor re-
mainder upon the earth.

8 And the king said to the woman : Go to thy
house, and 1 will give charge concerning thee.

9 And the woman of Thecua said to the kin:: :
Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the
house of my father: but ma\ the king and his
throne be guiltless.

10 And the king said : If any one shall say
aught against thee, bring him to me; and he shall
not touch thee any more.

11 And she said: Let the king remember the
Lord his God, that the next of kin lie not multiplied
to take revenge j and that they may not kill mv
son. And he said : As the Lord liveth, there shall
not one hair of thy son tall to the earth.

12 Then the woman said : Let thy handmaid
speak one word to my lord the king. And he said :
Speak.

13 And the woman said : Why hast thou thought
such a thing against the people of Cod, and why
bath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not
bring home again his ow u exile ?

14 We all die; and like waters that return no
more, we fall down into the earth: neither will
God nave a soul to perish, hut recalleth, meaning
that he that is cast oil' should not altogether perish.

15 Now therefore I am come to speak 'his woid
to my lord the kinj:, before the people. And thy
handmaid said : 1 will speak to the king j it may
\h- the king will perform the request ol his hand-
maid.

16 And the king hath hearkened to me to deliv-
er his handmaid out of the hand of all that would

23 Then Joab arose, and went to Gessur, and
brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 But the king said : Let him return into his
house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom
returned into his house, and saw. not the king's faee.

25 But in all Israel there was not a man so come-
ly, and so exceeding beautiful as Absalom : from
the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there
was no blemish in him.

26 And when he polled his hair (now he was
polled ottce a year, because his hair was burden-
some to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two
hundred sides, according to. the common weight.

27 And there were' born to Absalom three sons,
and one daughter, whose name was Thamar, and
she was very beautiful.

28 And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem,
and saw not the king's face.

29 He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the
king: but he would not come to him. And when
he had sent the second time, and he would not come
to him,

30 He said to his servants: You know the field
of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley:
go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absa-
lom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants com-
ing with their garments rent, said: The servants of
Absalom have set part of theiield on fire,

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his
bouse, and said: Why have thy servants set my
corn on fire ?

* Blttud. That is, praised, and pave thanks to the king.

I i

, CHAP. XV

destroy me and my son together out oT the inheri-
tance of God.

17 Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of
my lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even
as an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he
is-neirher moved with blessing nor cursing : where-
fore the Lord thy God is also with thee.

18 And the king answering, said to the woman:
Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And
the woman said to him : Speak, my lord the king.

19 And the king said : Is not the hand of Joab
with thee in all this ? The woman answered, and
said : By the health of thy soul, lord my king, it
is neither on the left hand, nor on the right in all
these things, which my lord the king hath spoken :
for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he
put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid.

20 That I should come about with this form of
speech, thy servant Joab commanded this : but thou,
lord my king, art wise, according to the wisdom of
an Angel of God, to understand all things upon
earth.

21 And the king said to Joab: Behold, I am ap-
peased and have granted thy request : Go, there-
fore, and fetch back the boy Absalom

22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon
his facej adored, and blessed* the king: and Joab
said: '1 Ids day thy servant hath understood, that
I have found grace in thy sight, lord my king : for
thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant

32 And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee
beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send
thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I
come from Gessur ? it had been better for me to be
there: 1 beseech thee therefore that I may see the
face of the king: and if he be mindful of myiniqui-

. let him kill me.

33 So Joab going in to the king, told him all:
and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the
king, and prostrated himself on the ground before
him : and the king kissed Absalom.

CHAP. XV.

Absalom's policy and conspiracy. David is obliged to flee.

NOW after these things Absalom made himseli
chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men, to run
before him.

2 And Absalom rising up early, stood by the en-
trance of the gate: and when any man had business
to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called
him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He
answered, and said: Thy servant is of such a tribe
of Israel.

3 And Absalom answered him : Thy words seem
to me good and just. But there is no man appoint-
ed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said .

4 O that they would make me judge over the
land, that all that have business might come to me,
that I might do them justice.

5 Moreover when any man came to him to saint*
him, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kiss-
ed him.

6 And this he did to all Israel that came for judg-
ment, to be heard by the king: and he enticed the
hearts of the men of Israel.

7 And after forty years, Absalom said to king
David: Let me go, and pay my vows which 1 have
vowed to the Lord in Hebron.

8 For thy servant made a vow, when he was in
Gessur of Syria, saying: If the Lord shall bring me
again into Jerusalem, I will offer sacrifice to the
Lord.

9 And king David said to him : Go in peace.
And he arose, and went to Hebron.

10 And Absalom sent spies into all the tribes of
Israel, saying: As soon as you shall hear the sound
of the trumpet, say ye: Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

11 Now there went with Absalom two hundred
men out of Jerusalem that were called, going with
simplicity of heart, and knowing nothing of the de-
sign. •

12 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilouite,
David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while
he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong con-
spiracy; and the people running together increased
with Absalom.

13 And there came a messenger to David, say
ing: All Israel with their whole heart follow eth
Absalom.

14 And David said to his servants that were with
him in Jerusalem: Arise, and let us flee: for we
shall not escape else from the face of Absalom:
make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake

249

II. KINGS.

lis, and bring ruin Upon us. ami smite the city with
tin- edge. i»t iln- sn ord.

I") \ikI tin- kin- nits said to him: What-

soever our lonl tin- kin;: shall command, w c thy ser-
ranta will w illinglj execute.

It; \\h\ the kiiii went forth, and all his house-
hold, M foot! and the king left ten women his con-
cubines* in keep tin house.

1 7 \nd the kirn: going forth and all Israel on foot,
stood alar oil' limn the house :

18 And all his servants walked by him: and the
hands of the Cerethi, and the I'hclcthi, and all the
Uutbites, valiant warriors. si\ hundred men who
had followed him from GetB 00 foot, went before
the kirn;.

19 And the king said to Kthai the (uthite: Why
comesl thou with US? return and dwell with the
kim:, lor thou art a Stranger, and art come out of
thv ow n place.

20 yesterday thou earnest: and to-day shall thon
be forced to go forth w iih us ? hut I shall go w hither
I am going: return thou, and take hack thy brethren
with thee; ami the Lord will show thee mercy, and
truth, because thou hast shown grace and fidelity.

21 And Kthai answered the king, saying: As the
I, ord liveth, and as my lord the kinn livelh : in what
place soever thou shall he. lord my king, either in
death, or in life, there w ill thy servant he.

\iid David said to Kthai: Come, and pass
over. And Kthai the (iethite patted, and all the
men that were with him, and (he rest of the people.

2 '• \ud they all wept with a loud voice; and all
the people passed oxer: the king also himself went

over the hrook Cedron: and all the people march-
ed towards the way that lookeih to the desert.

\nd Sadoe the priest also came, and all the
Lei ites w iih him, carrying the ark of the covenant
ol < iod : ami they set down the ark of ( iod : anil
Abiatbar went up, till all the people that was come
out of the city had done passing.

\ ikI the kim; said to Saooc: Carry hick the
ark of God into the city: ifl shall find grace in the
t of the Lord, he will bring me again, and be will
show me it. and his tahernacle.

86 Bui if be shall say to me: Thou pleasest me
not: I am ready, let him do that which is »ood be-
fore him:

27 And the kin;: said to Sadoc the priest : O seer,
return into the city in peace: And let A< himaas thv
sou, ami Jonathan the son of Abiatbar, tout two
sons, be with you.

Behold, I will lie bid in the plains of the vvil-

demess, (ill there come word from sou tocertilv me.

Sadoc and Abiatbar carried hack the ark

of God into Jerosalem : ami they tarried there.

30 Hut David went up by the ascent of mount
Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot,

ami with his head covered: and all the people that
were with him, went up with their heads covered
ping-t

amUmn. Tnat i«. wire* of an inferior iegrer.
t tfW y <wg, ir*. Dmrid on Ihu orcamun wept fur ln» MM h bit li be
wire Ute oauie of mil In. ninVnng».

il And it was told David that Achitophel also
wis in the conspiracy wiili Absalom, and David
said: Infatuate, OLord, 1 beseech thee, the coun-
sel ol Aehiiophel. .

.'<! And when David was come to the top of the
mountain, w here he was about (o adoie ihe Kind,
behold Chusai the Araehite, came to meet him with
his garment rent, and his head covered with earth
I And David said to him: If thou come with
me. thou wilt he a burden to me :

t Hut if thou return into the cii\. and wilt
say to Absalom: I am I by servant, (J kin;:: as 1
have been thy father's servant, so I w ill be thv ser-
vant: thou shall defeat the counsel ol Achitophel.
i And thou hast w iththeeSadocand Abiathai the
priests: and what tiling soever thou shall hear out
of the kind's house, thou shall tell it to Sadoc and
Ahialhar the priests.

3G And there are with them their two suns Achi-
maas ihe sun oi Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of
Abiatbar: and you shall send by (hem to me every
thing that von shall hear.

37 Then Chusai the friend of David went into
the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

CHAP. Ml.

Siba bringeth piMJfjotM to Duvitl. Sftitr! mrsrth him. Ab-
salom (lijiltth liix father's wires.

\ y*\) w hen David w as a little past the (op of ihe
**■ hill, behold. Siha die servant of Miphibosclh
came lo ineii him. with (wo asses, laden with two
hundred loaves ol bread, and a hundred humlu s
of raisins, a hundred cakes ol figs, and a Vessel of
w inc.

2 And the kinesaid to Siba: What mean th
things? \iul Siba answered: The as-< s mi for
the kind's household losit on: and the loaves and
the li^s forth] servants to eat, and (he w ine to drink,
if an] man be faint in the dt sell.

3 And the king said: Where isth] master'sson?
Ami Siha answered the kink: He n ma i Bed iu Je-
rusalem, saying : To-day will ihe house (1 | Israel re-
store me the kingdom of my lather.

4 And the khigsaid to Siba: I give thee all that
belonged to Miphiboselh. And Siba said: I be-
seech thee, let me find grace before I bee. lord in.vkiiij:.

6 And king David came as far as liahuiim: ami
behold, there came out from ihener a man of the
kindred of the house of Saul named Scinei, the
son ol ( iera : ami coming out he cursed as he w I'll ton.

6 And he ihrew stones at David, ami at all (he
servants of king David: and all the people, and all
the warriors walked on the right, ami on the hit
side of the king.

7 And thus said Seinei when he cursed the king:
Come out. come out, thou man of blood, and t
man of Belial.

8 The Lord hath repaid thee for all the blood oi
the house of Saul: because thou bast Usurped the

kingdom in his stead, and the Lord hath given the

kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: sad be-
hold, ihv evils press upon thee, because ihoil art a
man of blood.

chap. xvn.

9 And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to the kin^:
Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?
I will eo; and cut off his Read.

10 And the kins said: What have I to do with
you, ye sons of Sarvia ? Let him alone, and let him
curse: for the Lord hath bid him curse* David : and
who is he that shall dare say, why hath he done so ?

11 And the king said to Abisai, and to all his ser-
vants: Behold, my son, who came forth from my
bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now a
son of Jemini? let him alone, that lie may curse as
the Lord hath bidden him:

12 Perhaps the Lord may look upon my afflic-
tion; and the Lord may render me good for the
cursing of this day.

13 And Uavid and his men with him went by
the way. And Semei by the hill's side, went over
against him, cursing and casting stones at him, and
scattering earth.

14 And the king and all the people with him came
weary, and refreshed themselves there.

15 But Absalom and all his people came into Je-
rusalem; and Achitophel was with him.

16 And when Chusai the Arachite, David's friend,
was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save
thee, O king; God save thee, O king.

17 And Absalom said to him: Is this thy kindness
to thy friend ? why wentest thou not with thy friend ?

ltt And Chusai answered Absalom: Nay: for I
will be his, whom the Lord hath chosen, and all
this people, and all Israel; and with him will I
abide.

19 Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not
the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will
I serve thee also.

20 And Absalom said to Achitophel : Consult
what we are to do.

21 And Achitophel said to Absalom : Go in to
the concubines of thy father, whom be hath left to
keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that
thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be
strengthened! with thee.

22 So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top
of the house: and he went in to his father's concu-
bines before all Israel.

23 Now the counsel of Achitophel, which he gave
in those days, was as if a man should consult God :
so was all the counsel of Achitophel, both when he
was with David, and when he was with Absalom.

chap: xvii.

Achitopets counsel is defeated by Chusai; who snideth intelli-
gence to David. Achitophel hangeth himself.

A ND Achitophel said to Absalom: ! will choose
-* ■*- rue twelve thousand men; and I will arise and
pursue after David this night.

2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary,
and weak-handed) I will defeat him: and when all

* Hath bid him curie. Not that the Lord was the author of Semei's
sin, which proceeded purely from his own malice, and the. ahuse of his
free-will; but that knowing- and (offering his malicious disposition to
break out on this occasion, he made use of hun as his instrument to
punish David for his sins.

the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill
the king who will be left alone.

3 And I will bring back all the people, as if they
were but one man: for thou seekest but "one man:
and all the people shall be in peace.

4 And his saying uleased Absalom, and all the
ancieikts of Israel.

5 But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite,
and let us hear what he also saith.

6 And when Chusai was come to Absalom, 'Ab-
salom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken alter
this manner: shall we do it or no? what counsel
dost thou give?

7 And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that
Achitophel hath given this time is not good.

8 And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy fa-
ther, and themen thatare with him, that they are very
valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in
the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy
father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the peo-
ple.

9 Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some
other place where he listeth: and when any one
shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall
say: There is a slaughter among the people that fol-
lowed Absalom.

10 And the most valiant man whose heart is as
the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the
people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant
man, and that all who are with him are valiant.

11 But this seemeth to me to be good counsel:
Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Ber-
sabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be num-
bered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.

12 And we shall come upon him in what place
soever he shall be found : and we shall cover him,
as the dew falleth upon the ground : and we shall
not leave of the men that are with him not so much
as one.

13 And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel
shall cast ropes round about that city; and we will
draw it into the river, so that there shall not be
found so much as one small stone thereof.

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said :
The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than
the counsel of Achitophel : and by the will of the
Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was de-
feated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absa-
lom.

15 And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the
priest: Thus and thus did Achifophel counsel Ab-
salom and the ancients of Israel : and thus and thus
did I counsel them.

16 Now therefore send quickby, and tell David,
saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the
wilderness; but without delay pass over: lest the
king be swallowed up, and all the people that is
with him.

f Their handsmay be strengthened, IfC. The people miglit appreh n.J
lest Absalom should be reconciled to his father, and therefore they
followed him with some fear of hemp left in the lurch, till they saw
such a crime committed as seemed to make a reconciliation impos-

J sible.

IT. KINGS.

17 And Jonathan and Achiuiaas stayed by the
fountain Road : and there treat a m. ml and told
them : and tin \ unit forward, to earn t lie mcssagi
to kins David; lor thev Slight not Imj seen, UOf
enter into tin- city.

18 But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom:
but they making haste went into tin- Iioiim' of a
certain man in Mahuriin. who had a w til in lii.s court,
and thev wriit dow n into it.

19 And a woman took, and spread a covering
our tin- mouth of the well, as it were to dry sudden
harlev : and mi tlit- tliiim was not known.

20 And when Absalom's servants wirr come into
the house, thev said to tin- woman: Where is Aehi-
maas and Jonathan.' and the woman answered
them: The) passed on in haste, after they had tast-
ed a little water, lint they that SOUghl them, when
tli<\ found them not, returned into Jerusalem.

21 And when they were gone, they came up out
of the well, and going on told king Dai id, and said :
Arise, and pass quickly over the river : for this uiau-
Der of counsel has Achitophel given against you.

So David arose, and all the people that were
with him: and thev passed over the Jordan, until
it grew light : and not one of them was left that
was not iionc over the river.

lint Achitophel seeing that his counsel was
not followed, saddled his ass, and arose, and went
home to his house and to his city : and putting his
house in order, hanged himself; and was buried in
the sepulchre of his lather.

24 lint I )av id came to the camp :* and Absalom
passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Is-
rael with him.

25 Now Absalom appointed Atnasa in Joab's
Stead over (he arm) : and Amasa was the son of a
man who was called Jethra of Je/.rael, w bo went in
la Abmail the daughter of Naas. the sister of Sar-

via who was ihe mother of Joab.

\inl Israel camped with Absalom in the land
of Gabtnd.

J7 \nd when David w as come to the ramp, So-
bi the son ol Naas of Kabbalh of the children of
Amnion, and Madia the son of Aminihel of Loda-
bar, lierzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,

Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen
vessels, and w heal, and harlev . and meal, anil parch-
ed eorn. and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat
calves; and the J mwMh David and the people that
were with him, to eat: for thev suspected that
the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the
wilderness.

CHAP. XVIII.

Ahtnlnmiidr(tiilrd,atul Uuin bit Jimb. Ihiriii mnnrnrth for him.
A ND David having reviewed bis people, ap-
■**- pointed over them captains ol thousands and
of hundreds,

2 And sent forth a tlrinl part of the people under
the hand ol Juab, and n third pari under the band of

• T» tkt emmp Ttl ■mi. iKe namf <i( wlii< -I. in Mr

blew .igmlir. 7\i tamp. It *»> li itj at note at Uut time, a* appear*

Abisai the son of Sarvia. Joah's brother, and a third
part under the band of Kth.ii, who was of (icth : and
tin ki hz said to the people: I also W ill zo fort ll with }OU.
iJ And the people answered : Thon shall not :.<>
forth: for if we flee away, they will not much mind
lis • or if half of ns should fall, the) w ill not greatly
i an : for thou alone an accounted lor ten thousand :
it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city
to succour us.

4 And the king said to them. AY hat set melh
good to you, that will 1 do. And the kin:: .stood by
the -ate: and all the people went forth by their
troops, by hundreds and bv thousands.

5 And the king commanded Joab. and Abisai. and
Klhai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And
all the people heard the king giving charge to all
the princes concerning Absalom.

6 So the people went out into the field against
Israel: and the battle was fought in the forest of
Kphraiin.

7 And the people of Israel were defeated there
bv David's aimv : arid a great slaughter was made
that day, of twenty thousand men.

8 And the battle there was scattered over the
lace of all the country: and there were maiiv more
of the people whom the forest consumed f than
whom the sword devoured that day.

9 And it happened that Absalom met the servants
of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went
under a thick and large oak. his bead stuck in the
oak : and while he hung between the heaven and
the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.

10 And one saw this, and told Joab, saying: I
saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.

11 And Joab said to the man that told him : If
thou saw est him, why didst thou not stab him to
the ground, and I would have given tine ten siclcs
ol s'dxer. and a belt ?

12 And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst have
paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver,
I would not lay my hands upon the king's son: for
in our hearing the king charged tin c. and Abisai,
and Klhai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom.

13 Yea. and if I should have acted boldly against
my own life, this could not have been hid from the
kin::: and wouldst thou have stood bv me.'

14 And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will
set upon him in thy sight. So he took three Ian

in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absa-
lom : and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on
the oak.

15 Tea young men, annour-oe ar en of Joab, ran

up, and strikim: him slew him.

1G And Joab sounded the trumpet, tud kept
back the people from pursuing after Israel in their
flight, being willing to spare the multitude.

17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a

but all Israel ll< d lo

tireat nit in the lorest : and thev laid an exceeding
great heap of stones upon him
their own dwellings.

from il. having bren rho»*n by hbowlli fur I lie place of hi* if-tkieuoe*
f C«nmtmud, vis. by put ainl precipice*.

^ 1R Now Absalom had reared up for himself, in
his life-time, a pillar, whieh is in the king's valley :
for he said : I have no son ;* and this shall be the
monument of my name. And he called the pillar
by his own name, and it is called The hand of Ab-
salom, to this day.

19 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said : I will
run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judg-
ment for him from the hand of his enemies.

20 And Joab said to him : Thou shalt not be the
messenger this day, but sha It hea r tidings another day :
this day 1 will not have thee bear tidings ; because
the king's son is dead.

21 And Joab said to Chusi : Go, and tell the king
what thou hast seen. Chusi bowed down to Joab,
and ran.

22 Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to Joab
again : ^V'hy might not I also run after Chusi? And
Joab said to him : Why wilt thou run, my son ?
thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings.

23 Heanswered: But what if I run ? And he said
to him : Run. Then Achimaas running by a near-
er way passed Chusi.

24 And David sat between the two gates: and
the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon
the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running
alone.

23 And crying out, he told the king : and the king
said : if he be alone, there are good tidings in his
mouth. And as he was coming apace, and draw-
ing nearer,

26 The watchman saw another man running ; and
crying aloud from above, he said : 1 see another man
running alone. Aud the king said : He also is a
good messenger.

27 And the watchman said : The running of the
foremost seemethto me like the running of Achimaas
the son of Sadoc. And the king said : He is a good
man, and cometh with good news.

28 And Achimaas crying out, said to the king :
God save thee, O king. And falling down before
the king with his face to the ground, he said: Bles-
sed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men
that have lifted up their hands against the lord my
king.

29 And the king said : Is the young man Absa-
lom safe? And Achimaas said: 1 saw a great tumult,

king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy servant :

1 know nothing else.

30 And the king said to him : Pass, and stand
here.

31 And when he had passed, and stood still,
Chusi appeared: and coming up he said : 1 bring
good tidings, lord my king; for the Lord hath judged
lor thee this day from the hand of all that have risen
up against thee.

32 And the king said to Chusi : Is the young
man Absalom safe ? aud Chusi answering him, said :
Let the enemies of the Lord my king, and all that

CHAP. XIX.

rise against him unto evil, be as the young man

* Jfo ton. The sons mentioned above, chap, xiv. ver. 27. were dead
when tin, pillar ins erected; unless we suppose he raised this pillar
betore ihcy were born.

t H'ho would, Sfc. Lavid lamented the death of Absalom, because

IS.

33 The king therefore being much moved, went
up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept.
And as be went he spoke in this manner : My son
Absalom, Absalom my son : who would f grant me
that 1 might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son
Absalom!

CHAP. XIX.

David, at the remonstrances of Joab, ceasrth his mourning. He
is invited back and met by Semei and Miphiboseth : a strife
between the men ofJuda and the men of Israel.

AND it was told Joab, that the king wept and
mourned for his son:

2 And the victory that day was turned into mourn-
ing unto all the people: for the people heard say
that day: The kinggrieveth for his son.

3 And the people shunned the going; into the city
that day, as a people would do that hath turned
their backs, and fled away from the battle.

4 And the king covered his head, and cried with
a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my
son, O my son!

5 Then Joab going into the house to the king,
said : Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy
servants, that have saved thy life, and the lives of
thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy
wives, and the lives of thy concubines.

6 Thou lovest them that hate thee; and thou
hatest them that love thee : and thou hast shewn
this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, nor for
thy servants: aud I now plainly perceive that if Ab-
salom had lived, and all wc had been slain, then it
would have pleased thee.

7 Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to
the satisfaction of thy servants : for I swear to thee
by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there
will not tarry with thee so much as one this night:
and that will be worse to thee than all the evils that
have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

8 Then the king arose, anil sat in the gate : and
it was told to all the people that the king sat in the
gate: and all the people came before the king: but
Israel fled to their own dwellings.

9 And all the people were at strife in all the tribes
of Israel, saying: 1 he king delivered us out of the
hand of our enemies, and lie saved us out of the
hand of the Philistines : and now he is fled out of
the land for Absalom.

10 But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is
dead in the battle: how long are you silent, and
bring not back the king?

11 And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar
the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda,
saying: Why are yo>" the last to bring the king back
to his house? (For ie talk of all Israel was conic
to the king in his house.)

of the wretched state in which he died ; and therefore would have
been glad to have saved his life, even by dying- for him. In which he
was a figure of Christ weeping, praying, and dying for his rebellious
children, and even for them that crucified him.

253

ii. kin<;s.

1 2 You arc my brethren : you arc my lione. ami
my flesh; « hy arc von the last tobrmgbackthekingr

I ■> \iid sav \c in Amasa: Art not ihou my hone,
nndinv flesh? So do God lo inc. ami add more, it
thou l>e not ilic chief Cantata o| thcarinv In lore mc
always in the place of Joan*

I V And lie inclined the heart of all the nun of Ju-
,i> it were o| one man: and I hey sen! to the
king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants.

|0 And the king relumed, ami came as far as
the Jordan: and all Juda cairn- as far asGalgal to
met the lung, and to bring him over the Jordan.

16 Ami Scmcillic sou of Gent the sonol Jemini
ol Bahurim, made haste, and went down with the
men of Juda to meel km: I ).i\ id,

17 With a thousand men ol Benjamin, and Siha
ihe servant of the house o| Saul : and his fifteen sons,
and twentv servants were with him: and going over
the Jordan,

18 They passed the fords before the king, that
they might helpover the kind's household, and do
accord iug to his commandment And Sinn i the son
of G era falling dow u liefore the king, when he was
(nine over the Jordan,

l!> Said to him: Impute not to me, my lord, the
iniquity; nor remember the injuries of thy servant
on the day that thou, lord my king, wentest out of
Jerusalem; nor lay it up in thy heart, kin-.

Jn Fori thy teivaal acknowledge my sin: and
therefore I am come this day the first of all the
house of Joseph, and am come dow u to meet my
lord the king.

21 Bui Abisai the son of San ia answering, said :
Shall Seinei for these words m>t he put to death, bc-
caiise be Cursed the Lord's anointed.'

tad David said: What have I to do with you,

sonsof Sarvia? why areyou a satan this day to

inc.- shall there any man he killed this day in Israel."

do not I know that this day I am made king over

Israel?

\ml the king said to S.-inei: Thou sbalt not
die. And he swore unto him.

24 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul, came down
to mi it the king! and he had neither washed his
feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor Washed his gar-
inenis, from the da] that the kin:; wcul out, until
the dav of his return in peace.

\ml when be met the king al Jerusalem, the
kim; said to him: Why earnest thou not with mc,
Miphihoseth -

26 Ami he answering, said: Lord mj king, my
-' rvani despised me: for I thj servant s|:oke to him

to saddle mi' an >s thai I might gel on. and go
with the kin:;: for I tin sen ant am lame.

27 Moreover he hath also accused mc ill] s, r
\aio to thee, my lord the kin:;: but thou ni\ lord

lillg ail as an Amnio! ( iod; dow hat pleaseth thee.

ill of im lather's house were uobelter than

Worth] of death before my lord the kin::: and thou

last set me thj servant among the guests ofthj ta-

!.!«•: what just complaint therefore ha\t I'm what

anj more to the kii
I n ihe kin. said to I, in: Wh\ speakesl thou

ZS4

MM more? whal I have said is determined: thou and
Siha divide the possessions.

80 And .Miphihoseth answered the kin- \ • a.
let him lake all, for as much as my lmd the king is
returned peaceably into his house.

• II lii r/.ellai also the Galaadite, coming down
from Rogelim, brought the kin:: over the Jordan,
beinc ready also to wait on him lievond the river.
I Now Bermttai the Galaadite was of a greet
thai is to saVj fourscore years old : and he pro*
vided the kin:: with sustenance when he abode in
the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich.

-33 And the kim; said toBcrzcllai : ( dine with me,

(hat thou maysl rest secure with me in Jerusalem.

I And Bcr/.cllai said lo the kin::: How many

are the davs of the \ cars of my life, that I should go

up with the kin:; to Jerusalem?

35 I am this day fourscore years old fare my
senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? orcanmcat
or drink delight tirj servant.' or can I hear an\ more
the voice of singing-men and singing-women ? why
should thy servant be a burden to the Lord 01) king.'

.'>(> I thj servant will go on a little WSS from the
Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense.

37 But I beseech thee let thy servant return, and
die in my own citv. and he huried bj the sepulchre
of my father, and of my mother, iiut there is thy
servant ('hamaam, let him go with thee, lord my
king; and do to him whatsoever scemethgood to thee

38 Then the kin:; said to him: Let (hamaam
go over with me; and I will do for him whaisoevci
shall pleats thee: and all that thou shalt ask ol ine,
thou shalt obtain*

39 And when all tin- people and the king had pass-
cd over the Jordan, the king kissed Ber/.t llai. ami
hlcssed him: and he returned to his own place.

40 So the king went on to ( ialgal, and ( hamaam
w ill) him. Now all the people ol Juda had brought
the king over, and only halt of the people of Israel
were there.

41 Therefore all the men of Israel running to-
gether to the kin::, said to him : \\ liv have our brc-
thrcnthe men of Juda stolen thee awav. and have
brought the kin:: and his household over the .Ionian,
and all the men ot David with him?

I J And all tin- men of Juda answered the men
of Israel: Because ihe kin:: is nearci to me: why
art thou angry tor this matter .' have we eaten any
thing of the king's, or have any gifts been given USf

43 And the men of Israel answered the men o!
Juda. ami said: I have ten parts in the king more
than thou; and David hclougcih to iiirimni tnauto
thee: w hy hast ihou done me a w rong, and w hi was
it not told me fust, that I Blight bring ha< k my
kin:: .' And the nun ot Juda answered more harshly
than (he men of Isiael.

( MAT. \\.

Srl~i's rrhilliim. Amain is *laii> l>v Jimb. Abrhi in hrsirfrd

but upon the citiitn* casting ova tht trull ilu In ,;</

rh ill pnrtilli irit/i Ins ii'iru.

AN I ) there happt ned to be iliere a man of l!i lial,
whose name was Scba, llie son ol Bocliri, a

chap, xxi.

man nf Jomini: and he sounded the trumpet, and
s.iid: We have no part in David, nor inheritance hi
the son oflsai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.

2 And all Israel departed from David, and follow-
ed Seba the son of Boehri: hut the men of Juda
stuck to their kins from the Jordan unto Jerusalem.

3 And when the king was come into his house at
Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines,
whom lie had left to keep the house, and put them
in ward, allowing them provisions: and he went not
in unto them; hut they were shut up unto the day of
their death, living in widowhood.

4 And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all
the men of Juda against the third day; and he thou
here present.

5 So Amasa went to assemhle the men of Juda:
hut he tarried heyond the set time which the king
had appointed him.

6 And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the
son of Boehri do us more harm than did Absalom:
take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pur-
sue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape
us.

7 So Joah's men went out with him, and the Ce-
rethi, and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men
went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Scha the son
of Boehri.

ii And when they were at the great stone which
is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab
had on a close coat of equal length with his habit;
and over it was girded with a sword hanging down
to his flank, in a scahhard, made in such manner as
to come out with the least motion, and strike.

9 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my
brother And he took Amasa by the chin with his
right hand to kiss him.

10 But Amasa did not take notice of the sword,
which Joab had: and he struck him in the side, and
shed out his howeis to the ground, and gave him not
a second wound; and he died. And Joah, and Abisai
his brother pursued after Seba the son of Boehri.

11 In the mean time some men of Joah's com-

tiany stopping at the dead body of Amasa, said: Be-
lold he that would have been in Joah's stead the
companion of David.

12 And Amasa embrued with blood, lay in the
midst of the way. A certain man saw this that all
the people stood still to look upon him; so he re-
moved Amasa out of the high-way into the field,
and covered him with a garment, that they who pass-
ed might not stop on his account.

13 And when he was removed out of the way,
all the people went on following Joab to pursue alter
Seba the son of Boehri.

14 Now he had passed through all the tribes of
Israel unto Abela and Bethma;cln:* and all the
chosen men were gathered together unto him.

15 And they came, and besieged him in Abela,
and in Bethmaacha: and they cast up works round
the city: and the city was besieged: and all the

* Mela and BelHmaacha. Cities of the tribe of Neplitali.

people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down
tin; walls.

16 And a wise woman cried out from the city:
Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and
I will speak with thee.

17 And when he was come near to her, she said
to him: Art thou Joab? And he answered: I am.
And she spoke thus to him: Hear the words of thy
handmaid. He answered: I do hear.

18 And she again said: A saying was used in the
old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in
Abela: and so they made an end.

19 Am not I she that answer truth in Israel, and
thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow' a
mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the
inheritance of the Lord?

20 And Joab answering, said: God forbid, God
forbid that I should; I do not throw down, nor de-
stroy.

21 The matter is not so; but a man of mount
Ephraim, Seba the son of Boehri by name, hath lift-
ed up his hand against king David : deliver him only,
and we will depart from the city. And the woman
said to Joab: Behold, his head shall be thrown to
thee from the wall.

22 So she went to all the people, and spoke to
them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the
son of Boehri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sound-
ed the trumpet: and they departed from the city,
everyone to their home: and Joab returned to Je-
rusalem to the king.

23 So Joab was over all the army of Israel : and
Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites
and Fhelethites:

24 But Aduram over the tributes: and Josaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder.

25 And Siva was scribe: and Sadoc and Abia-
thar, priests.

26 And Ira theJairite was the priest of David.

CHAP. XXI.

A famine of three yearn, for the sin of Saul against the Gaboon-
itcs, at whose desire seven of Saul's race arc crucified. War
again with the Philistines.

\ ND there was a famine in the days of David for
-^*- three years successively: and David consulted
the oracle of the Lord: And the Lord said : // is for
Saul, and his bloody house, became he slew the Ga-
baonites.

2 Then the king calling for the Gahaonites, said
to them: (Now the Gahaonites were not of the chil-
dren of Israel, but the remains of the Amoirhites:
and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and
Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were lot
the children of Israel and Juda.)

3 David therefore said to the Gahaonites : What
shall I do for you? and what shall be the atonement
for you, that you may bless tiie inheritance of the
Lord?

4 And the Gahaonites said to him: We have no
contest about silver and gold, but against Saul and
against his house: neither do we desire that any man

255

II. KINGS

be slain of Israel. And ihe king said lo them :
Wli.it will miii then (lint I should do lor you?

■ \n(ltlii\ Mud. to tin- king: The ma uat crush-
ed m and o p pre ss ed us unjustly, we must destro)

in Mich manner (hat there Ik- not so nun h as one
left of his stuck in all the roast* pf Israel.

6 Lei sr\en iik-ii Hi his children he delivered
unto us, th.it we uiav erin ifv them to the Lord
in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord.
And the kiim said: I will are them.

7 And the king spared Miphibotetb the son el"
Jonathan the son of Saul, became of the oath of
the Lord, that had heen between David and Jona-
than the son ol" Saul.

8 So the king took the two sons of Respha the
daughter of Aia, whom she l»ore to Saul, Aruioni,
and Miphiboseta; tod the five sons of Mtcbol* the
daughter of Saul, whom she bote to Uadriel the son
of Berzellai, that was ofMoIathi,

9 And gave tliem into the hands of the Gahaon-
ites ; and they crucified them on a hill before the
Lord : and these seven died together in the first days
of the harvest, when the barley began to be reap-
ed.

10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took hair-
cloth, ami spread it under her upon the roek from
the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped
U|K)ii them out of heaven: and suffered neither the
birds to tear them by day, DOT the beasts by night.

11 And it was told David, what Respha tin
daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.

I J And David went and took the hones of Saul,
and the hones of Jonathan his son from the men of
JabesGalaad, who had stolen them from the street
of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them
whin they had slain Saul in (icll>oe.

13 And he drought from thence the hones of Saul,
and the Ihmics of Jonathan his son: and i ln\ gather-
ed up the hones of them that were crucified.

1-* And they huried them w ith the hones of Saul,
and of Jonathan his son in tin' land of Henjainin. in
the side, in the sepulchre of (is his father : and they
did all that the king had commanded: and God
showed mercy again to the land after these things.

15 And the Philistines made war again against

Israel: and David went dow n, and his servants with

him, ami fought against the Philistines. And David

crow ing faint,

16 Jeshihenob, who was of the race of Arapha,

the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred

ounces, being girded with a new SWOtd, attempted
to kill David:

17 And Abtsai the son of San hi rescued him, and
•tricing the Philistine killed him. Then David's

men sw ore unto him. sav im: : Thou shall go no more
out with us to battle, lest thou put out tin lamp of
Israel.

18 There was also a second battle in Gob against

• Of Mukol. Ther were the anna of Memb, who «i< married to
lladrwl : bin they ire here called the ton* of Michnl, became (be
adopted them and brought them up aa bur own

the Philistines: then Sobochaiof llusaihi slew Saph
ol the race of Arapha of the fainilv of the giants.

!!• And there was a third battle in Gob against
the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the
Forest f an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath
the (icthitc, the shall of whose spear was like a
Weaver! beam.

SO A fourth battle was in Gethj where there was
a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each
hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in
all, and he was of the race of Arapha.

21 And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the
sou of Sanaa the brother of David slew him.

Jl These four were born of Arapha in (ieth:
and they fell by the hand of David, and of his »er-
vanLs.

CHAP. XXII.

King David's ptalmqfthanksgmng for hit deliveranct from
ail hit enemies.

\ ND David spoke to the Lord the words of this
-^*- canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered
him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of
the hand of Saul:

2 And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my
strength, and my saviour.

3 God is my strong one; in him will I trust : my
shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me
up, and if. my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver
me from iniquity.

4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be
praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

5 For the pangs of death have surrounded me:
the floods of Beliel have made me afraid.

6 The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of
death prevented me.

7 In my distress I will call upon the Lord; and I
will cry to ryy God: and he will hear DM voice out
of his temple; and my cry shall come to his e;irs.

8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations
of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because
he was angry with them.

9 A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a de-
vouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled bv it.

10 fie bowed the heavens, ami came down: and
darkness wns under his feet.

11 And he rode upon the chcrubims, and flew ;
and slid upon the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness a covering round ■bout

him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the
heavens.

13 By the brightness before him, the coals of fire
Were kindled.

1 I The Lord shall thtmi't r from heaven: and the
most High shall give forth his voice.

16 He shot a i row s. and scattered them; lightning,

and consumed them.

16 And the overflowings of the sea appealed, ami

f Mt*4mt*t tktxmtftkt For, af S- . it
tral, h» (print; the interpretation of the Hebrew
hanan the wo of Jaarav

in the latin ''ill
which art Kl

CHAP. XXIII.

the foundations of the world were laid open at tin; re-
bukeoftheLord,atthe Wast of the spirit of his wrath.

17 He sent from on high, and look, me, and drew
me out of many waters.

IK He delivered me from my most mighty enemy,
and from them that hated me: for they were too
strong for me.

I!) He prevented me in the day of my affliction:
and the Lord became my stay.

20 And he brought me forth into a large place;
he delivered me, because I pleased him.

21 The Lord will reward me according to my
justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands
he will render to me.

22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his
precepts 1 have. not removed from me.

24 And I shall be perfect with him; and shall
keep myself from my iniquity.

25 And the Lord will recompense me according
to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my
hands in the sight of his eyes.

26 With the holy one thou wilt he holy; and with
the valiant perfect.

27 With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with
the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

28 And the poor people thou wilt save: and with
thy eves thou wilt humble the haughty.

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and thou, O
Lord, wilt enlighten my darkness. ^

30 For in thee I will run girded : in my God 1 will
leap over the wall.

31 God, his way is immaculate; the word of the
Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust
in him.

32 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong
but our God?

33 God who hath girded me with strength, and
made my way perfect.

34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and set-
ting me upon my high places.

86 He feaeheth my hands to war: and maketh
my arms like a bow of brass.

36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation:
and thy mildness hath multiplied me.

37 Thou shaft enlarge my steps under me: and
my ankles shall not fail.

38 I will pursue after my enemies, and crush
them : and will not return again till I consume them.

39 1 will consume them, and break them in pieces,
sothattheyshall not rise: theyshall fall under my feet.

40 Thou hast girded me with strength to battle:
thou hastmadethem thatresisted metobowunderme.

41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back
to me; them that haled me, and 1 shall destroy them.

* .Is the liglU, $-c. So shall be the king-dom of Christ.

•f Neither is my house, fyc. As if he should say : This everlasting co-
venant was not due to my house; hut pnrelv owing to his bounty, who
is all my salvation, and my will : that is, who hath always saved me,
and granted me what I beseeched of him ; so that I and my house,
through his blessing, have sprung up, and succeeded in all thing*

t Jesboham, the son of Hachamooi. For this w.is the name of this
hero, as appears from 1 Chron xi. Most lender, S,-c. He appeared like

42 They shall cry, and there shall be none to save
to the Lord, and he shall not hear them.

43 I shall beat them as small as the dust of ihc
earth; I shall crush them, and spread them abroad
like the mire of the streets.

44 Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of
my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the
Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me.

45 The sons of the stranger will resist me: at the
hearing of the ear they will obey me.

46 The strangers are melted away, and shall be
straightened in their distresses.

47 The Lord liveth ; and my God is blessed : and
the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted.

48 God who givest me revenge, and bringest
down people under me:

49 Who bringest me forth from my enemies, and
liftest me up from them that resist me; from the
wicked man thou shalt deliver me.

50 Therefore will I give thanks to thee, O Lord,
among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name;

51 Giving great salvation to his king, and showing
mercy to David his anointed, and to his seed for ever.

CHAP. XXIII.

27m? last words of David. A catalogue of his valiant men.

NOW these are David's last words. David the
son of Isai said: The man to whom it was ap-
pointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob,
the excellent psalmist of Israel said :

2 The Spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me, and
his word by my tongue.

3 The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of
Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the
fear of God.

4 As the light* of the morning, when the sun
riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and
as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain ;

5 Neither is my housef so great with God, that
he should make with me an eternal covenant, firm
in all things and assured. For lie is all my salvation,
and all my will: neither is there aught thereof that
springeth not up.

6 But transgressors shall all of them be plucked
up as thorns, which are not taken away with hands.

7 And if a man will touch them, he must be arm-
ed with iron, and with the staffof a lance : but they
shall be set on fire, and burnt to nothing.

8 These are the names of the valiant men of Da-
vid. JesbahamX sitting in the chair was the w isest
chief among the three: he was like the most tender
little worm of the wood, who killed eight hundred
men at one onset.

9 After him was Eleazer the son of Dodo§ the
Ahohite, one of the three valiant men that were
with David when they defied the Philistines, and
they were there gathered together to battle.

one tender and weak, but was indeed most valiant and strong. It
seems the Latin has here given the interpretation of the Hebrew
name of the hero, to whom Jesbahum was like, instead of the name it-
self, which was Mino the Eznite, one much renowned of old for his
valour.

} Dodo. In Latin, Pntrui ejus, which is the interpretation of the
Hebrew name Dodo. The same occurs in vcr. M.

257

II. Kl.\«,-

10 And when the mm of Israel w < r« gone away,
M mimmI .iii.I mota the Philistines (ill hi* band mi
weary, and grew BtiflT with the sword: and the Lord

wrought a great victory that day: and the people
that were there Bed away, returned to take spoils of
them thai were slain.

1 1 And alter him was Srinnia the son of \zr of
Arari. And the Philistines were leathered together
iua tr(H>|»: tor there was ■ field lull ol" lentils. And
v hen the people were fled from the face of the
i'hilistii

I J 1 1, -tood in the midst of the field, and defend

edit, and defeated the Philistines: and the Lord

i rreal rictOI v .

I ; Moreover also before this the three who were

princes among the thirty, went down and came to

David in the harvest time into the cave of Odol-

lim: and the camp ol the Philistines was in the

\ alley of the giants.

14 And David was thru in a hold : and there
w is a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethle-
hem.

15 And David longed, and said : O that some
man would aire me a drink of the water out ol
the cistern, that is in Methlelieui by the gate.

Itj Ami the three valiant nun broke throimh the
eamp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the
eistern of Bethlehem, that was hv the gate, and
brought it to David: hut he would not drink, but of-
fered it to the Lord,

17 Saying: The Lord he merciful to me, that 1
may not do this: shall I drink the blood of these
men that went, and the peril of their lives' therefore
be would not drink. These things did these three
mighty men.

Musai also the brother of .loah the son of Sal-
via, was chief among three: and be lifted up his
spear against three hundred, whom he slew: and he
was renowned BflOOng the three.

19 And the noblest of time, and was their thief:
but to the three first he attained not.

20 And Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant
man, of meat deeds, ofCabscel: he slew the two
lions of Moab: and he went down, and slett a lion
in the midst of a pit, in the time of snow .

21 He also slew an Egyptian, a man worthy to
be ;i sight, baring a spear in his hand : but he went
down to him with a rod, and forced the spear out of
the hand of the Egyptian, and slew him with his
o\v ii spear.

22 These things did Banaias the son of Joiada.

23 And he in//; renowned anions ike three va-
liant men, who wore the most honourable among
the thirty: but he attained not to the liist three: and
I >.u id made him of his privy council.

24 Asael the brother of .loah was one of the
thim. I'.lehanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Scminaof llatodi, Rlica of Harodi.

16 lleles of Phalli, llira the son of Acres of
Thecua,

Uue/.er of Anathoth. Mobonnai ofllusati,
Selmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netopha-
thite,

29 Heled the son ofBaana, aire ■ \< fw hathrte,

I thai the son of Hiliai ol (iabaath ol the children of

lit njamin,

30 Banaia the I'haratlionite, lleddai of the tor-
rem Gaaa,

31 Abialbonthe Arbathite, A/.maveth of Ibromi,

32 Kliahaof Salaboui. The Sons of Jaaaea, Jona-
than.

33 Scmma of Orori, Aliannhe son of Savsjf the
Arorite,

34 Kliphclct the son of AasfJW the son of Macha-
ti, Kliainthc son of Achitophel the (ielonitc,

35 llesrai of Carmel, Pbarai of Arh'r,

• ■!'• L.ial the son ol .Nathan ol Sobs, I ^ . 1 1 1 1 i of
(iadi,

37 Selec of Ammoni, Naharai the Berothite, ar-
mour-bearer of Joab the son of Sar\ la,

38 Ira the Jethrite, Garcbalsoa Jethiile,

39 Urias the Hethite; thirty and seven in all.

CHAT. XXIV.

David numbcrrth the jtrojih : Hod sendt th a pestilence, trhich it
tUipt by Durid's prayer and sacrifice.

\ ND the anger of the Lord was Bgauj kindled
•*"*- against Israel, and stirred Up* David among
them, saving: Go, number Israel and.luda.

2 And the kin« s;ii<l to Joab the general of his
army : Go through all the tribes of Israel from I );ui
to Bersabee : and number ye the people, that I mav
know the number of tin m.

3 And Joab said to the kin::: The Lord thy God
increase thy people, and make them as many n

as they are now : and again multiply them a hun-
dred-fold in the sight of my lord the kin::: hut
what ineaneth my lord the king by this kind oi
thing?

4 But the king's words prevailed over the words
of Joab, and of the captains of the arniv : and Juab,
and the captains of the soldiers went out from the
presence of the king, to number the people of Is-
rael.

5 And when they had passed the Jordan, they
came to Aroer to the right side of the city , w Inch is
in the vale of Gad.

6 And by .Inzer they passed into (ialaad. and to
the lower land ofllodsi:and they came into the
woodlands of Dan. And going about bj Sidon,

7 They passed near the walls of Tvre, and all
the land of the llevite, and the Chanaanite, and
tin \ came to the south of Juda into Bcrsahee:

8 And having gone through the whole land, af-
ter nine mouths and twentv days, thev came to Jeru-
salem.

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the Dumber of

the people to the kin;: : and there were found of Is-
rael eight hundred thousand valiant men thai dn w
the sword; and of Juda live bundled thousand light-
ing men.

10 Hut David's heart struck him, after the people

• Stitrti up , Ift- Tint ttirrtmf up was not the dnin£ of God. but ol
Satan; as it u expmah declared 1 Ckrm. xxL I.

CHAP. 1.

were numbered :* and David said to the Lord: 1
have sinned very much in what I have done : hut
I pray thee, Lord, to take away the iniquity of
thy servant, because [ have done exceeding fool-
ishly.

11 And David arose in the morning: and the
word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the
seer of David, saying :

12 Go, and say t(T David: Thus saith the Lord :
1 give thee thy choice of three things: choose one of
them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.

13 And when Gad was come to David, he told
him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall
come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three
months Itefore thy adversaries, and they shall pur-
sue thee: or for three days there shall be a pesti-
lence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and
see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

14 And David said to Gad: I am in a great
strait: but it is better that I should fall into the
tiands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than
into the hands of men.

15 And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel,
from the morning unto the time appointed : and
there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee
seventy thousand men.

16 And when the Angel of the Lord had stretched
out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord
had pity on the affliction; and said to the Angel that
slew the people: It is enough : now hold thy hand.
And the Angel of the Lord was by the thrashing-
floor of Areuna the Jehusite.

* Datid's heart slrttck Aim after the people were numbered. That is, he
was towelled with a great remorse for the vanity aad pride which had
\nX hint upon numbering the people.

17 And David said to the Lord, when he saw the
Angel striking the people: It is I, I am he that have
sinned; I have done wickedly : these that are the
sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, 1 besctch
thee, be turned against nie, and against my father's
house.

18 And Gad came to David that day, and said:
Go up, and build an altar to the, Lord in the thrash-
ing floor of Areuna the Jehusite.

19 And David went up according to the word of
Gad, which the Lord had commanded him.

20 And Areuna looked, and saw the king and
his servants coming towards him :

21 And going out he worshipped the king, bow-
ing with his face to the earth, and said : Wherefore
is my lord the king come to his servant? And David
said to him : To buy the thrashing floor of thee, and
build an altar to the Lord, that the plague, which
rageth among the people, may cease.

22 And Areuna said to David: Let my lord the
king take, and offer, as it seemeth good to him : thou
hast here oxen for a holocaust, and the wain, and
the yokes of the oxen for wood.

23 All these things Areuna as a king gave to the
king: and Areuna said to the king: The Lord thy
God receive thy vow.

24 And the king answered him, and said : Nay,
but I will buy it of thee at a price ; and I will not
offer to the Lord my God holocausts free-cost. So
David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sides
of silver:

25 And David built there an altar to the Lord,
and offered holocausts and peace-offerings: and the
Lord became merciful to the land; and the plague
was stayed from Israel.

THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS.

This and the. following book are called by the holy fathers the.
third and fourth book of King's ; but by the Hebrews the first
and second. They contain the history of the. kingdoms of Is-
rael and Juda,from the beginning of the reign of Solomon, to
the captivity. As to the tcriter of these books, it seems most pro-
bable they were not written by one man, nor at one time : but as
there was alt along a succession of prophets in Israel, who re-
corded, by divine inspiration, the most remarkable, things that
happened in their days, these books seem to have been written
by these prophets. See 2 Para/ipomenon, alias 2 Chronicles
ix. 29- xii. 15. xiii. 22. xx. 34. xxvi. 22. xxxii. 32.

CHAP. I.

King David groining old, Abisag a Sunamitcss is brought to
him. Adonias pretending to reign, Nathan and Bethsabee
obtain that Solomon should be declared and anointed king.

TVTOW king David was old, and advanced in
-*- ' years : and when he was covered with clothes,
he was not warm.

2 His servants therefore said to him: Let us
seek for our lord the king a young virgin ; and let
her stand before the king, and cherish him, and
sleep in his bosom, and warm our lord the king.

3 So they sought a beautiful young woman in all
the coasts of Israel : and they found Abisag a Sun-
amitess, and brought her to the king.

4 And the damsel was exceeding beautiful : and
she slept with the king, and served him; but the
king did not know her.

5 And Adonias the son of Haggith exalted him-
self, saying: I will be king. And he made himself
chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before
him.

6 Neither did his father rebuke him at any time,
saying : Why hast thou done this ? And he also was *
very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.

7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Sarvia,
and with Abiathar the priest, who furthered Ado-
nias's side.

8 But Sadoc the priest, and Banaias the son of
Joiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and
Rei, and the strength of David's army was not with
Adonias.

259

III. KINGS.

9 And Adonias having slain rams and'eah
and all fat cattle bj the stone of Zoheleth, which
was mar the toti iit:iiii Rogel, invited all his brethren

the kind's mhi.s, ami ail llie men ol Juda the king's

St rvants •

K» BittNathan the prophet, and Banaias,andallthe
valiant men, and Solomon his brother be invited nee

II And Nathan said to Bethsabee the. mother of
Solomon : Hast thou not beard thai Adonias iheson
of Ffagcith reignetb, and our lord David knoweth it
not ?

I J Now then come, take my coonsel, and save

thy life, and the lit*- of tin son Solomon

13 Go. and gel thee into king David, and say to
him: Didst thou not, my lord Oking, swear to me

thy handmaid, saying: Solomon lliv son shall n ign
alter nn', and he shall sit in my throne ? whj then
doth Adoni.is reign ?

1 V And while thou art yet speaking there with
the kiim, I will come in alter thee, and will fill up
thy words.

I") So Bethsabee went in to the kin.: into the
chamber: eon the kin^ was rery old; and Abisag
the Sunamitesa ministered to him.

Iti Bethsabei bowed herself, and worshipped the
kins. And the king said to her: What is thy w ill r

17 She answered and said: My lord, thou didst
swear to thy handmaid by the Lord tin God, say-
ing: Solomon thy son shall reign after me ; and he
shall sit on mv throne.

18 And behold, now Adonias rcigneth: and
thou, my lord the king, know est nothing of it.

19 He hath killed oxen, and all fat cattle, and
many rams, and invited all the kind's sons, and
Ahiathar the priest, and Joah the general of the
army; hut Solomon thy servant he imited not.

20 Ami now my lord, Oking, the eves of all Is-
! are upon thee, that thou sbouldsi tell them who

shall sit on thy throne, mv lord the king, after thee.

21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when nay
lord the king slecpeth with his lathers, that I and
iny son Solomon shall be counted olfenders.

22 As she was yet speaking hi ith the king, Nathan

the prophet came.

23 And they told the king, saving: Nathan the
prophet is here. And when he was come in before
the king, and had worshipped, how in:; down to the
ground,

21 Nathan said : My lord, () king, hast thou
!: Let kdopiaa reign after me, and lei him ail
upon mv t In i ii ,

nise he is gone down to-day. and hath

killed oxen, and fatlingS, and many rams, and invit-

»ed all the kind's sons, and the captains ol the army,

and Ahiathar the priest : and they are eating and

drinking before him, and saying: God save king

Adonias :

26 Hut me tin servant, and Sadoc the priest, and

li.iuaias die son of Joiada, and Solomon thy servant,
he hath not invited.

*J7 Is this word eome out from my lord the kinc,
and hast thou not told me thy servant w ho should sii
on the throne of my lord the king alter him ?

sso

28 And kin.: David answered, and said : fall ta
me Bethsabee. And when she was COBM9 in to
the kin^. and Stood before him,

29 The king BWOre, and said : As the Lord livcth,
w ho hath di livi red my soul out of all distress.

30 Even as 1 swore to thee hy the l.oid the
Godof Israel, saying: Solomon thy sou shall rei^u
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my
Stead, so w ill I do this day.

31 And Bethsabee bowing with her faee to the
earth, worshipped the king, saving: May my lord
I )av id live for ev< r.

32 King David also said: Call me Sadoc the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and llanaias the
son of Joiada. And when the) were come in before

the king,

33 lie said to them: Take with you the s< r-
vants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon
my mule: and bring him to Gihon.

34 And let Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the
prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and you
shall sound the trumpet, and shall say : God siu'
king Solomon.

35 And you shall come up after him: and he
shall eome, and shall sit upon my throne: and he
shall reign in my stead: and I will appoint him to
be ruler over Israel and over Juda^

36 And Banaiai the son of Joiada answered the
king, saying : Amen: so say the Lord the God of
my lord the king.

37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the kin:;.
so he he With Solomon, and make his throne higher
than the throne of my lord king David.

38 So Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet
went down, and Banaias the son ol Joiada, and (he
Cercthi, and l'helelhi: and they set Solomon upon
the mule of king David, and brought him to Gi-
hon.

39 And Sadoc the priest took a horn of oil nut
of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon: and they
sounded the trumpet, and all the people said : (mm!
save king Solomon.

40 And all the multitude went up after him: and
the people played with pipes, and rejoiced with a
great joy: and the earth rang with the noise of
their cry.

il And Adonias. and all that weir invitii! hy
him heard it, and now the feast was at an end:
Joah also hearing the sound of the trumpet, said :
What incaneth this noise of the city in an uproar?

I.' While he vet spoke, Jonathan the son of
Ahiathar the priest came: And Adonias said to
him : Come in, because thou art a valiant man. ami
bringest good new s.

I ■'< \iid Jonathan answered Adonias: Not BO :
for our lord king David hath appointed Solomon
king,

\\ And hath sent with him Sadoc the priest, and
Nathan the prophet, and Hanaias the son of Joiada,
and the Cercthi, and Plu lethi : and they have s, |
him upon the kind's mule.

i \nd Sadoc the pri< sf, and Nathan the pro-
phet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they

CHAP. II.

are gone up from thence rejoicing, so that the city
tang again : this is the noise that you have heard.

4li Moreover Solomon sitteth upon the throne of
the kingdom.

47 And the king's servants going in, have blessed
our lord king David, saying : May God make the
name of Solomon greater than thy name, and make
his throne greater than thy throne. And the king
adored in his bed:

48 And he said: Blessed be the Lord the God
of Israel, who hath given this day one to sit on my
throne, my eyes seeing it.

49 Then all the guests of Adonias were afraid :
and they all arose, and every man went his way.

50 And Adonias fearing Solomon, arose, and
went, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

51 And they told Solomon, Saying : Behold,
Adonias, fearing king Solomon, hath taken hold of
the horn of the altar, saying : Let king Solomon
swear to me this day, that he will not kill his ser-
vant with the sword.

52 And Solomon said : If he be a good man,
there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall
to the ground : but if evil be found in him, he shall
die.

53 Then king Solomon sent and brought him out
from the altar : and going in he worshipped king
Solomon: and Solomon said to him: Go to thy
house.

CHAP. II.

David, after giving Ms last charge to Solomon, dielh. Adonias
is put to death : Abiathar is banished : Joab and Semei are
slain.

AND the days of David drew nigh that he should
die: and he charged his son Solomon, saying:

2 I am going the way of all flesh: take thou
courage, and show thou thyself a man.

3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to
walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and
his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, as it
is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayst un-
derstand all thou doest, and whithersoever thou shalt
turn thyself:

4 That the Lord may confirm his words, which
he hath spoken of me, saying : If thy children shall
take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me
in truth, with all their heart, and with all their sotd,
there shall not be taken away from thee" a man on
the throne of Israel.

5 Thou knowest also what Joab* the son of
Sai via hath done to me ; what he did to the two
captains of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of
Ner, and to Amasa the son. of Jether, whom he slew,
and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the
blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins,
and in his shoes that were on his feet.

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoary head go down to hellf in peace.

7 But show kindness to the sons of Berzellai the

* Joab. These instructions (riven by David to his son, with relation
to Joab and Semei, proceeded not from any rancour of heart, or private
pi()un, hut from a zeal for justice that crimes so public and heinous
might not pass unpunished

Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table : for they
met me when I fled from the face of Absalom thy
brother.

8 Thou hast also with thee Semei the son of
Gera, the son of Jetnini of Bahurim, who cursed me
with a grievous curse, when I went to the camp ;
but because he came down to meet me w hen I pas-
sed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord,
saying : I will not kill thee with the sword :

9 Do not thou hold him guiltless. But thou art
a wise man, and knowest what to do with him : and
thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to
hell.

10 So David slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David.

11 And the "days that David reigned in Israel,
were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years ;
in Jerusalem thirty-three.

12 And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father
David: and his kingdom was strengthened ex-
ceedingly.

13 And Adonias the son of Haggith came to
Bethsabee the mother of Solomon. And she said
to him : Is thy coming peaceable ? He answered :
Peaceable.

14 And he added : I have a word to speak with
thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:

15 Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine,
and all Israel had preferred me to be their king : but
the kingdom is transferred, and is become my bro-
ther's : for it was appointed him by the Lord.

16 Now therefore I ask one petition of thee ; turn
not away my face. And she said to him : Say on.

17 And he said: I pray thee speak to king Solo-
mon (for he cannot deny thee any thing) to give me
Abisag the Sunamitess to wife.

18 And Bethsabee said: Well, 1 will speak for
thee to the king.

19 Then Bethsabee came to king Solomon, to
speak to him for Adonias: and the king arose to
meet her, and bowed to her, and sat down upon his
throne : and a throne was set for the king's mother :
and she sat on his right hand.

20 And she said to him : I desire one small peti-
tion of thee ; do not put me to confusion. And the
king said to her : My mother ask : for I must not
turn away thy face.

21 And she said : Let Abisag the Sunamitess be
given to Adonias thy brother to wife.

22 And king Solomon answered, and said to his
mother: Why dost thou ask Abisag the Sunamitess
for Adonias? ask for him also the kingdom : for he
is my elder brother, and hath Abiathar the priest, and
Joab the son of Sarvia.

23 Then king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying:
So and so may God do to me, and add more, if
Adonias hath not spoken this word against his own
life.

24 And now as the Lord liveth, who hath esta-

f To hell. This word hell doth not here sijrnify the place or state
of damnation ; but the place and state of the dead.

2f!1

III. KINGS.

nlished me, and placed mo upon llic throne of
David my rather, and who hath made me ■ house,
■a In- promised, Monies shall I*- put to death this
day.

i \ad kin.; Solomon ••'•at by the hand <>l Ma-
il of Joiada. who dew him, and he died.

26 And the kiim said also to tbiathar the priest:
Goto ViMfhoth to thy lands; lor indeed thou art
Worthy of death: l>nt I will not at this time put thee
to death, because thou didst carry the ark of the Lord
God before David m? lather, and hast endured
trouble in all the troubles mv lather endured.

27 So Solomon east out Abiathar, from being the
priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might
Ik.* fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house
of Heli in Silo.

28 And the news came to Joab, because Joah
had turned after Adonias, nod had not turned after
Solomon : ami Joab lied into the tabernacle of the
Lord, and took hold on the horn of the altar.

29 And it was told kins Solomon, that Joab was
fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was by the
altar: and Solomon sent Banaias the son of Joiada,
- 1\ ing: ( '">, kill him.

• ><> Ami Banaias came to the tabernacle of the
Lord, and said to him : Thussaith the king: Come
forth. And he said: I will not come forth: but here
I Will die. Banaias brought word hack to the kinii,
saying: Tims saith Joah. and thus he answered me.

31 \nd the king said to him : Do as he hath said:
and kill him, and bury him: and thou shall remove
the innocent blood which hath been shed by Joab,
from me, and from the house of my father.

32 \u I the Lord shall return his blood upon his
own head, because he murdered two men. just ami
better than himself: and slew them with the sword,
mv father David not knowing it, Abner the son of
Ner, general of the armv of Israel, and Amasa the
son of .lether, general of the armv of Juda.

\ud their blood shall return upon the head of
Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever. But
to David, and his seed, and his house, and to his
throne, be pence for ever from the Lord.

So Banaias the son of Joiada went up. and
setting upon him slew him: and he was buried in
his house in the desert.

\nd the king ■ppohtted Banaias the son of
Joiada in his room over the armv: and Sadoc the
priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

.'>''> The king also sent, ami called for Semei, and
said to him: Build thee a house hi Jerusalem, and
d\\ c|| there: and go not out Iron thence anv whither.

87 For on what day soever than shall go out,

and sh dt pass over the hrook Cedron, know that
thou shah be put to death : thy Mood shall be upon
thy own head :

\nd Semei said to the kins: The saving ia
I : as mv lord the kins hath said, so will tliv ser-
\ mt do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem main
days.

Higk pltrn That iv altar* whnrr IIk-v wnrthipiwd IbS t^inl. Iml
linir Inthr ■• .film law; which allnwi-d tt Ml

for MoriBoe but tin' i'ii>|>l<' •<<" '•"< Amour tbeae high i>l

39 And it came to pass after tnree years, that the
Servants of Semei ran away to Achis the son of

Maacha the king of Geth : and it was told Semei,
that his servants were gone to Goth.

U> And Semei arose, and saddled his ass, and
went to Achis to Geth, to seek his servants : and lie
brought them out of Geth.

41 And it was told Solomon that Semei had
gone from Jerusalem to Geth, and was come back.

42 And sending he called for him. and said to
him: Did I not protest to tine by the Lord, and tell
thee before: On what day soever thou shall go out,
and walk abroad any whither, know that thou shall
die? And thou answeredst me: The word that I
have heard is good.

43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
Lord, and the commandment that I laid upon thee?

4V And the king said to Semei: Thou .know est
all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which
thou didst to David my father: the Lord hath re-
turned thy wickedness upon thy own head :

45 And kin:; Solomon shall Ik- blessed: and the
throne of David shall be established before the Lord
for ever.

46 So the king commanded Banaias the son of
Joiada : and he went out, and struck him : and he
died.

CHAP. III.

Solomon marrirth Pharao's iliiusihtrr. Jfr sarn 'fires in Clnhaon i
in the choice rrhich doit truer him, he fireft rrdh malum. Hit
wise judgment between the two horlott.

A ND the kingdom was established in the hand
-^*- of Solomon: and he made affinity with IMia-
rao the king of Egypt •" for he took his daughter, and
brought her into the city of I >avid until he had made
an end of building his own house, and the house ot
the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

2 But yet the people sacrificed in the high
placefl :* for there was no temple built to the name
of the Lord until that day.

3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the
precepts of David his father; only he sacrificed in
the high places, and burnt incense.

4 He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there :
for that was the great high place: a thousand victims
for holocausts did Solomon offer upon that altar in

Gabaon.

5 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream
Ivy night, saying: Ask what thou wilt (hat I should
give thee.

6 And Solomon said: Thou hast shewn great
mercy to thy servant David my father, even as he
walked before thee in truth, and justice, ami an
upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thv
great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit
on his throne, as it is this day.

7 And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy
servant king instead of David mv lather : and I am
but a child, and know not how to go out and
come in.

iii.it nf Caba»n wa» the chiefest, became there »« tb< !r >t

(he teatimonv, which bad been remove il from Silo in .Nobc, and (Vrtn
Nobe to Gabaoji.

CHAP. IV.

8 And thy servant is in the midst of the people
which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which
cannot be numbered nor counted tor multitude.

9 Give therefore to thy servant an understanding
heart, to judge thy people, and discern between
good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this
people thy people which is so numerous.

10 And the word was pleasing to the Lord that
Solomon had asked such a thing.

11 And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou
hast asked this thing, and bast not asked for thy-
self long life nor riches, nor the lives of thy enemies,
but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judg-
ment,

12 Behold, I have done for thee according to thy
words, and have given thee a wise and understand-
ing heart ; insomuch that there hath been no one
like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.

13 Yea, and the things also which thou didst not
ask, I have given thee : to wit, riches and glory, so
that no one hath been like thee among the kings in
all days heretofore.

14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep
my precepts and my commandments, as thy father
walked, I will lengthen thy days.

15 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it
was a dream : and when he was come to Jerusalem,
he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of
peace-offerings, and made a great feast for all his
servants.

16 Then there came two women that were har-
lots, to the king, and stood before him :

17 And one of them said: I beseech thee, my
lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house ; and I
was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.

18 And the third day, after that I was delivered,
she also was delivered ; and we were together, and
no other person with us in the house, only we two.

19 And this woman's child died in the night:
for in her sleep she overlaid him.

20 And rising in the dead time of the night, she
took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid
was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her
dead child in my bosom.

21 And when I rose in the morning to give my
child suck, behold, it was dead : but considering
him more diligently when it was clear day, 1 found
that it was not mine which I bore.

22 And the other woman answered : It is not so
as thou sayest : but thy child is dead, and mine is
alive. On the contrary she said : Thou best : for
my child liveth ; and thy child is dead. And in
this manner they strove before the king.

23 Then said the king : The one saith : My child
is alive ; and thy child is dead. And the other an-
awereth: Nay, but thy child is dead; and mine
liveth.

24 The king therefore said : Bring me a sword.
And when they had brought a sword before the king,

• Mialhar. By this it appears that Abiathar was not altogether de-
posed from the high-priesthood ; but only banished to his country

25 Divide, said he, the living child in two; and
give half to the one, and half to the other.

26 But the woman, whose child was alive, said
to the king : (for her bowels were moved upon her
child :) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child
alive, and do not kill it. But the other said : Let
it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

27 The king answered, and said : Give the living
child to this woman, and let it not be killed ; for she
is the mother thereof.

28 And all Israel heard the judgment which the
king had judged : and they feared the king, seeing
that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment

CHAP. IV.

Solomon's chief officers. His riches and wisdom.

\ ND king Solomon reigned over all Israel :
-^*- 2 And these were the princes which he had :
Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest :

3 Elihoreph, and Abia, the sons of Sisa, scribes:
Josaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder :

4 Banaias the son of Joiada, over the army : and
Sadoc and Abiathar* priests.

5 Azarias the son of Nathan, over them that
were about the king : Zabud the sou of Nathan,
priest, the king's friend :

6 And Ahisar governor of the house : and Ado-
niram the son of Abda over the tribute.

7 And Solomon had twelve governors over all
Israel, who provided victuals for the king and lor
his household : for every one provided necessaries,
each man his month in the year.

8 And these are their names : Benhur, in mount
Ephraim.

9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in
Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan.

10 Benhesed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and
all the land of Epher.

1 1 Benabinadab, to whom belonged all Nephath-
Dor : he had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to
wife.

12 Bana the son of Ahilud, who governed Tha-
nac, and Mageddo, and all Bethsan, which is by
Sarthana beneath Jezrael, from Bethsan unto Abel-
mehula over-against Jecmaan.

13 Bengaber, in Ramoth Galaad : he had the
towns of Jair the son of Manasses in Galaad: he
was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in
Basan, threescore great cities, with walls and brazen
bolts.

14 Ahinadab the son of Addo was chief in Ma-
naim.

15 Achimaas in Nephtali : he also had Basematb
the daughter of Solomon to wife.

16 Baana the son of Husi, in Aser and in Ba-
loth.

17 Josaphat the son of Pharue, in Issachar.

18 Semei the son of Ela in Benjamin.

19 Gaber the son of Uri, in the land of Galaad, in
the land of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites and of

house, and by that means excluded from the exercise of his func-
tions.

263

III. KINGS.

Or the kin:: of Basan, overall that were in that

land.

inil.t unci Israel wen innumerable, as the -and

of ili. s( .1 in multitude ; catitu and drinking, and

miim.

J I Vinl Solamon had uvaser him all the king-
dom! from the river* to the land ol the Philistine!

even io the border of Egypt : and thej brought 1 him

presents, and served him all the days of his life.

JJ \inl the provision of Solomon for eaeh day,
w i- thing meaMires of line Hour, and threescore
measures of meal,

Ten fat oxen, and twenty out of the pastures,
and a hundred rams, besides venison of harts, i
and bullies, and fatted fowls.

lor he had all the country which wnshevond
the river, from Thaphsa to ( la/.an, and all (he kim:s
ol those countries : and he had peace on every side
round about

\ml Juda and Israel dwelt without any fear,
ever? one under his vine, and under his fig-tree,
from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.

16 \nd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of
chariot home, and twelve thousand for tin- saddle.

J7 And the foresaid governors of the king l\t\
them : and they furnished the necessaries also for

kin- Solomon's table, with great care in their time.
Ilie\ bro ugh t barley also and straw for the
horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was,
according as it was appointed them.

_".» And God nave to Solomon wisdom and un-
deisiandinii exceeding much, and largeness of heart
as ilo- sand that is on the sea shore.

30 And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the
wisdom of all the Orientals, and ol the Egyptians:

31 Ami he was wiser than all men: wiser than
Ethan the L/.rahitc, and lleinan, and Chalcol, and
Dorda the Bona of mahol : and be was renowned in
all nations round about.

Solomon also spoke three thousand parables:!
and his poems were a thousand and live.

\iiil lie treated about trees from the cedar
that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop thai comelhout
ol the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of

fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

34 And they came from all nations to hear the
wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the
earth, who heard of his wisdom.

(II \l\ \.

Hiram king of Tiire agrnlh to furnish timlxr anil tnirkmrn far
builtling tltttmplr: tin- mumher nf imrkmrn ami avirtrrrs.

AND Hiram kin- of Tyre sent his servants to
lomon : for lie heard that the\ had anointed
him kin- in the room of his father : for Hiram had
always been David's friend.

\nd Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

IIioii knowest the will of David inv father,

and thai he could not build a house to the name of

the Lord his God, because of the wars that were

round about him, until the Lord put them under the

a of h s lei t.

• TV rtW. r.m*rat«.

4 TVm rfcoMi— i porubltt. I( e - Tlieac work* arc all lo»t, excptinfrl

BJM

\ But BOW the Lord my God hath given me i <t
round abonl : and there is no adversary not evil
currence.

i Wherefore I purpose to build s temple to the

name of the Lord m\ God, as ihe Lord spoke ro

David niv father, saying: Thj son. whom I will
set upon the throne in thy place, he shall build a
house u> my name.

6 Give orders therefore thai thy servants cut me
down cedar trees out of Libanus : and let my scs-
vants be with thy servants : and I w ill riff tbi e the
hire of thy servants whatsoever thou will ask : for
thou knowesi how there is uol anions my people a
man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.

7 Now w hen Hiram had heard the wools , |"
Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said : Mes-
sed bathe Lord God this day, vi hohatrh niven to David
a very wise son over this numerous ppM le.

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have
heard all thon hast desired of me: and I will do all
thy desire c on c e r ning cedar trees, and lirtn i s.

9 My servants shall bring them down from Lib**
nus to the sea, audi will put them together in ioats
in the sea, and convey them to the place, which
thou shalt signify to me; and will land them there,
and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow
me necessaries, to furnish food for my household.

10 So Hiram nave Solomon cedar trees and fir
trees, according to all his desire.

11 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thou-
sand measures of wheat, for provision lor his house,
and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave
Solomon to Hiram every vear.

12 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he
promised him: and there was peace between Hiram
and Solomon : and they two made a league togetlier.

13 And kins Solomon chose workmen oui of all
Israel ; and the levy was of thirty thousand men.

14 And he sent tin -in to Libanus, ten thousand
every month by turns, so that two months thej wcie
at homeland Adoniram was aver this lew.

15 And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry
burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in (he
mountain :

16 Besides the overseers who were over evi i v
work, in number three thousand, and three hundred
that ruled over the people, and I hem that did the work*

17 And the king commanded, that they should
bring great Stone*, COStly stones, for the foundation
of the temple, and should square them:

18 And the masons of Solomon, and the masons
of Hiram hewed (hem: and the (iiblians prepared
timber and stones to build the house.

CHAP. vi.

The building qf Solomon's trmpfe.

AND it Came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth vear after the children of Israel came
out of the land of Egypt, ill the fourth vear of the
reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zh> (the

•mm part of the parable* extant in tlw hook of I'ruverb* , and hit
cbiaf puLm chUed th« Canticle of Canticle*

CHAP. VI.

same is the second month,) he began to build a house
to the Lord.

2 And the house, which king Solomon built to
the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty
cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

3 And tbere was a porch before the temple, of
twenty cubits in length, according to the measure
of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits
in breadth before the face of the temple.

4 And he made in the temple oblique windows.

5 And upon the wall* of the temple he built doors
round about,} in the walls of the house round about
the temple and the oracle :J and he made sides round
about.

6 The floor that was underneath, was five cubits
in breadth; and the middle floor was- six cubits in
breadth; and the third floor was seven cubits in
breadth. And he put beams in the house round
about on the outside, that they might not be fasten-
ed in the walls of the temple.

7 And the house when it was in building, was
built of stones hewed and made ready :§ so that there
was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron
heard in the house when it was in building.

8 The door for the middle side wason the right hand
of the house: and by winding stairs they went up to
the middle room, and from the middle to the third.

9 So he built the house, and finished it: and he
covered the house with roofs of cedar.

10 And he built a floor over all the house fivecubits in
height: and he covered the house with timber of cedar.

11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon,
saying: , ...

12 This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt
walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments,
and keep all my commandments, walking in them,
I will fulfil my word to thee, which I spoke to Da-
vid thy father.

13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children
of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

15 And he built the walls of the house on the in-
side, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house
to the top of the walls, and to the roofs, be covered
it with boards of cedar on the inside : and he cover-
ed the floor of the house with planks of fir.

16 And he built up twenty cubits with boards of
cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor
to the top; and made the inner house of the oracle
to be the Holy of Holies.

17 And the temple itself before the doors of the
oracle was forty cubits long.

18 And all the house was covered within with ce-
dar, have the turnings, and the joints thereof artful-
ly wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was
covered with boards of cedar : and no stone could
be seen in the wall at all.

* Upon the watt, i. e. joining to the wall.

f He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the tem-
ple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be
between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories,
one above another.

19 And he made the oracle in the midst of the
house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the
covenant of the Lord.

20 Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length,
and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in
height. And he covered and overlaid it with most
pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.

21 And the house before the oracle he overlaid
with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with
nails of gold.

22 And there was nothing in the temple that was
not covered with gold : the whole altar of the ora-
cle he covered also with gold.

23 And he made in the oracle two cherubims of
olive-tree, of ten cubits in height.

24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and
the other wing of the cherub was five cubits :
that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one
wing to the extremity of the other wing.

25 The second cherub also was ten cubits: and
the measure, and the work was the same in both
the cherubims :

26 That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits
high, and in like manner the other cherub.

27 And he set the cherubims in the midst of the
inner temple : and the cherubims stretched forth their
wings ; and the wing of the one touched one wall ;
and the wing of the other cherub touched the other
wall : and the other wings in the midst of the tem-
ple touched one another.

28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

29 And all the walls of the temple round about
he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he
made in them cherubims and palm-trees, and divers
representations, as it were standing out, and coming
forth from the wall.

80 And the floor of the house he also overlaid
with gold within and without.

31 And in the entrance of the oracle he made
little doors of olive-tree, and po.-ts of five corners.

32 And two doors ot olive-tree : and he carved
upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm-
trees, and carvings very much projecting; and he
overlaid them with gold: and he covered both the
cherubims and the palm-trees, and the other things
with gold.

33 And he made in the entrance of the temple,
posts of olive-tree four-square :

34 And two doors of fir-tree, one of each side
and each door was double, and so opened with fold-
ing leaves.

35 And he carved cherubims, and palm-trees,
and carved work standing very much out : and lie
overlaid all with golden plates in square work by
rule.

36 And he built the inner court with three rows
of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.

| The oracle. The inner temple or holy of holies, where God- gave
his oracles.

{ Made ready, fyc. So the stones for the building: of God's eternal
temple in the heavenly Jerusalem, (who are the faithful) must first bo
hewn and polished here by many trials and sufferings, before they can
be admitted to have a place in that celestial structure.

265

III. KINGS

37 In the fourth mi was the house of the Lord
Founded in the month Zio:

»Aod in ili«- eleventh \.ar in tin- month Bui
(which is the eighth month) tin- bouse was finished
in ;ill tin- works thereof, and in all the appurtenan-
ces thereof: and he was m rea years in building it.

(HAP. VII.

Solomon t palace, hit house in the forest, and the queen's house :
the tevrk of the tu-o pillars : the sea ( or laver) and other ves-

MttS,

AND Solomon built his own house in thirteen
-*•-*- years, aud brought it to perfection.

2 He built also the boose of the forest of Liba-
mis: tl„ length oi it was a IiiiikIk <l cubits, and the
breadth fifti cubits, and the height thirty cubits;
and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he
bad cm cedar-trees Into pillars.

3 And lie covered the whole vault with boards of
Cedar ; and it was held up with five and forty pillars.
And one row had fifteen pillars,

4 S<t one against another,

5 And looking one upon another, with equal
space between the pillars: and over the pillars were
square beams in all things equal.

6 And he made a porch of pillars of fifty cubits
in length, and thirty cubits in breadth; and another
north belore the greater porch ; and pillars, and
chapiters upon the pillars.

7 He made also the porch of the throne, wherein
is the seat of judgment; and covered it with cedar-
WOod from the floor to the fop.

8 And in the midst of the porch, was a small
house where he sat in judgment, of the like work.
He made also a house for the daughter of Pharao
(whom Solomon had taken to wife) of the same
Work as this porch.

9 \ll of costly stones, which were sawed by a
cri ram .rule and measure both within and without;
from the foundation to the top of the walls, and with-
out unto the great court.

1" And the foundations were of costly stones,
't stones ol ten cubits or eight cubits:
I I And above there were costly stones of equal
measure hewed, and in like manner of cedar:

12 And the greater court round with three rows
of hewed -tones, and one row of planed cedar, more-
over abo m the inner court of the house of the Lord,
and in the porch of the house.

13 And king Solomon sent, and brought Hiram
from I vre,

14 The son of a widow --woman of the tribe of
Nephtall w-hose lather was | Tynan, an artificer in
brass, and lull of wisdom, and Understanding, and
skill to work all work in brass. And when he was
come to king Solomon, he Wrought all his work.

15 And he east two pillars in brass; each pillar
R si eighteen cubits high : and a line of twelve cubits
compassed lioth the pillars.

• J«U» That is, firml, ^dbM ffe.t. That k m it it strength
Br rrconJ.n* these nam-s m hot] writ, th, S,„nl of <;..! w „„I,i l, arr
us lllinlllj tl„- mumiMo urnine* and .tr. , g.Wh.n. on

winch the true temple of God, which •» Um- ( Lurch, I. esUhliihed.

16 He made also two chapiters of molten bra-.
to U- set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of
one chapiter was live o,ibits; and the height of the
Other chapiter was five cubits j

17 And | kind of nei-woik. ami chain-work
wreathed together with wonderful ail. Both the

chapiters ol the pillars were east: seveu rows of

DetS were on one chapiter, and seven n. is ,, n il,e

other chapiter.

18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round
Shout each net-w ork to cover the chapiters, thai w. re
upon the top, with pomegranates: and in like man-
ner did be to the other chapiter.

19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of
the pillars, were ol lily-work, in the porch, of four
cubits.

20 And again other chapiters in the ton of the
pillars above, according to the measure of the pillar
over-against the net-work: and of peujegraaates
there were two hundred in rows round about the
other chapiter.

21 And he set up the two pillars in the porch of
the temple: and when he had set up the pillar on
the right hand, he called the name thereof Jachin;*
in like manner he set up the second pillar, and call-
ed the name thereof liooz.

22 And upon the tops of the pillars he made lilv-
W °oq : ii° l '' e WOrk of, ' ,< ' Pillars was finished.

23 He made lln a molten sea of ten cubits from
brim to brim, round all about ; the height ol it was
five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it
round about.

24 And a graven work under the brim of if com-
passed it, for ten cubits going about the sea : there
were two rows cast of chamfered sculptures.

25 And it stood upon twelve oxen, of which thn e
looked towards the north, and three towards the
west, and three towards the south, and three towards
the east : and the sea was BOOTS upon them ; and
their hinder parts were all hid within.

26 And the laver was a hand-breadth thick: and
the brim thereof was like the brim of a cup, or the
leaf of a crisped lily: it contained two thousand
bates.f

27 And he made ten bases of brass : ever? base
was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth,
and three cubits high.

28 And the work itself of the bases, was inter-
graven : and there were gravings between the join-
ings.

29 And between the little crowns and the ledges
were lions, and oxen, and cheriibims : and in the
joinings likewise above: and under the lions, ami
oxen as it were bands of brass hanging (low n.

30 And every base had four wheels, and axle-
trees ol brass: and at the four sides were imdi (set-
ters under the laver molten, looking one against
another.

t Two IhtutmJ i*let. That is, about I. u thousand Rations. Tim
was th>- '|iuntitv of water whirh was usually put into it t.ut ,i
capahh-, if Ma full, of holding 3000. See 'l Pmratip. iv. i, 7.

CHAP. VIII.

31 The mouth also of the lnver within, was in
the top of the chapiter: and that which appeared
without, was of one cubit all round ; and together il
was one cubit and a half: and in the corners of I he
pillars were divers engravings : and the spaces be-
tween the pillars were square, not round.

32 And the four wheels, which were at the four
corners of the base, were joined one to another un-
der the base : the height of a wheel was a cubit and
a half.

33 And they were such wheels as are used to he
made in a chariot: and their axletrees, and spokes,
and strakes, and naves, were all cast.

34 And the four undersetters that were at every
corner of each base, were of the base itself cast and
joined together. *

35 And in the top of the base there was a round
compass of half a cubit, so wrought that the laver
might be set thereon, having its gravings, and divers
sculptures of itself.

36 He engraved also in those plates, which were
of brass, ana in the corners, cherubims, and lions,
and palm-trees, in likeness of a man standing, so
that they seemed not to be engraven, but added
round about.

37 After this manner he made ten bases, of one
casting and measure, and the like graving.

38 He made also ten lavers of brass : one laver
contained four bases, and was of four cubits : and
upon every base, in all ten, he put as many lavers.

39 And he set the ten bases, five on the right side
of the temple, and five on the left: and the sea he
put on the right side of the temple over-against the
east southward.

40 And Hiram made cauldrons, and shovels, and
basins, and finished all the work of king Solomon
in the temple of the Lord.

41 The two pillars and the two cords of the cha-
piters, upon the chapiters of the pillars: and the
two net-works, to cover the two cords, that were
upon the top of the pillars.

42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two
net-works : two rows of pomegranates for each net-
work, to cover the cords of the chapiters, which
were upon the tops of the pillars.

43 And the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the
bases.

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea.

45 And the cauldrons, and the shovels, and the
basins. All the vessels that Hiram made for king
Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of fine
brass.

46 In the plains of the Jordan did the king cast
them in a clay ground, between Socoth and Sar-
than.

47 And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for
exceeding great multitude the brass could not be
weighed.

48 And Solomon made all (he vessels for the
house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table
of gold, upon which the loaves of proposition should
<>e set:

49 And the golden candlesticks, five on the right

hand, and five on the left, over-against the oracle, of
pure gold : and the flowers like lilies, and the lamps
over them of gold : and golden snuffers,

50 And pots, and flesh-hooks, and bowls, and
mortars, and censers, of most pure .gold . and the
hinges for the doors of the inner house of the holy
of holies, and for the doors of the house of the
temple, were of gold.

51 And Solomon finished all the work that he
made in the house of the Lord ; and brought in the
things that David his father had dedicated, tin; silver
and the gold, and the vessels; and laid them up in
the treasures of the house of the Lord.

CHAP. VIII.

The dedication of the temple : Solomon's prayer and sacrifices.

IT HEN all the ancients of Israel with the princes
- of the tribes, and the heads of the families of
the children of Israel were assembled to king Solo-
mon in Jerusalem ; that they might carry the ark of
the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David,
that is, out of Sion.

2 And all Israel assembled themselves to king
Solomon on the festival day in the month of Etha-
nim, the same is the seventh month.

3 And all the ancients of Israel came ; and the
priests took up the ark,

4 And carried the ark of the Lord, and the taber-
nacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the
sanctuary, that were in the tabernacle: and the
priests and the Levites carried them.

5 And king Solomon, and all the multitude of Is-
rael, that were assembled unto him, went with him
before the ark: and they sacrificed sheep and oxen
that could not be counted or numbered.

6 And the priests brought in the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of
the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings
of the cherubims.

7 For the cherubims spread forth their wings
over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and
the staves thereof above.

8 And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of
them were seen without in the sanctuary before the
oracle, but were not seen farther out: and there
they have been unto this day.

9 Now in the ark there was nothing else* but
the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at
Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of the land
of Egypt.

10 And it came to pass, when the priests were
come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the
house of the Lord.

11 And the priests could not stand to minister
because of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had
filled the house of the Lord.

12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he
would dwell in a cloud.

♦ Nothing eht, SfC. There was nothing else but the tables of the
law within the ark. But on the outside of the ark, or near the ark,
were als., the rod of Aaron, and a golden urn, with manna lleb. ix. 4

267

ill. ki.v.s.

13 Building I have buih a house for t liy dwell-

in_. to be thv uiosr firm throne for evt r.

11 And the king turned liis face, and blessed nil
tbe assemblj of Israel: tor all the assembly of Israel

<h\. *

16 And Snloinoii said: Blessed !><■ die Lord the
God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David

iu\ father, and w it li his own bands hatfa accomplish-
ed it. s;i\ log :

16 Since the dav that [brought my people Israel
out of Egypt* I chose no city nut of all the tribes of
Israel, for a house to be bout, thai my name might
l>e there: but I chose David to he over my people

Israel.

17 And David niv father would have built a house
to the name of the Lord the (iod of Israel :

18 And tin: Lord said to David my father:

Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a
house to niv name, thou hast done well in having

this same thing i" thj mind.

19 Nevertheless thou shall not build meahouse:
but thv son, that shal come forth out of thy loins,
he shall build a house to my name.

20 The Lord hath performed his word which he
spoke: and I stand in the room of David my lather,
and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord pro-
mised ; and have built a house to the name of the
Lord the God of Israel.

21 And I have set there a place for the ark
wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made
w ith our fathers, when they came out of the land of
I rypt.

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the
Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and
spread forth his hands towards heaven:

23 And said : Lord (iod of Israel, there is no
God like thee in heaven above, or on earth beneath :

who kcepest covenant and mercy with thy servants
that have walked before thee with all their heart:

24 Who hast kept with tin servant David my fa-
ther, what thou hast promised him: w ith thy mouth
thou didst speak, and with thy hands thou hast per-
formed, as this day provetb.

25 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep
with thy servant David niv father what thou hast
s|H)ken to him, saying: There shall not lie taken
away of thee a man in my si^ht, to sit on the throne
of Israel: yet so that thv children take heed to their
way, that they walk la-fore me as thou hast walked
in iu\ sight.

2(> And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words
be established, which thou hast spoken to thy ser-
vant David my father.

J/ Is it then to be thought that God should in-
di ed dwell upon earth? for if heaven and theheavens
of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this
house which I have built?

i'.ut have regard to the prayer of thy servant,
and to his supplications. <) Lord m\ (iod: hear the

hymn and the prayer, which thj servant prayeth be-
fore thee this t\.i\ :

29 That thy eyes max be open Upon this house

night and day: upon the house of which thou hast

said : My name shall be there : that thou mayst hear-
ken to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth in this
place to thee.

'M That thou mayst he;u ken to the supplication
of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whatsoever
they shall pray for in this place; and hear them in
the | dace of thy dwelling in heaven; anil when thou
hearest. show them ineivv.

31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and
have an oath upon him, wherewith he is hound, ami
come because of the oath, before thy altar to thy
house.

12 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge
thy servants, condemning the w icked. and bringiug
his WSJ Upon his own head; and justifying thejust,
and rewarding him according to his justice.

'M If thv people Israel shall fly before their ene-
mies (because they will sin against thee) and doing
penance, and confessing to thy name, shall come.
and pray, and make supplications to thee in this
house :

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the
sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back to
the land which thou gavest to their lathers.

35 If heaven shall be shut up. and there shall be
no rain, because of their sins, and they praying in
this place, shall do penance to thy name, and shall
be converted from their sins, by occasion of their af-
flictions:

36 Then hear thou them in heaven; and forgive
the sins of thy servants, and of thy people lsrat i :
and show them the good way wherein tiny should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast
given to thv people in possession.

37 If a famine arise in the land, or a pestilence,
or corrupt air, or blasting, or locust, or mildew, if
their enemy afflict them besieging the gates, what-
soever plague, whatsoever inliimity,

38 Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen
to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall
know the wound of his own heart, and shall Spread
forth his hands in this house,

39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy
dwelling; and forgive, and do so as to give to every
one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his
heart, (for thou only knowest the heart of all the
children of men)

40 That they may fear thee all the dav i that they
live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given
to our fathers.

41 Moreover also the stranger, who is not of thy
people Israel, when he shall come out of a far coon-
trv for thy name's sake, (for they shall hear cm rj
where of thv great name and thy mighty hand,

42 And thy stretched-out arm) so when he shall
come, and shall pray inthis place,

43 Then hear thou in heaven in the firmament of

thy dwelling-place; and do all those things, for

which that stranger shall call upon thee: that all
the people of the earth may ham to fear thy name,

as do thy people Israel: and may prove thai ihi

name is called upon on this house, which I ha> a
built.

CHAP. IX.

44 If thy people so out to war against their ene-
mies, by what way soever thou shalt send them,
they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city
which thou hast chosen, and towards the house which
I have built to thy name:

1 ..■") And then hear thou in heaven their prayers,
and their supplications, and do judgment for them.

46 But if they sin against thee (for there is no man
who sinneth not) and thou being angry deliver them
up to their enemies, so that they be led away cap-
tives into the land of their enemies far or near,

47 Then if they do penance in their heart in the
place of captivity, and being converted, make sup-
plication to thee in their captivity, saying: We have
sinned; we have done unjustly; we have commit-
ted wickedness:

48 And return to thee with all their heart, and all
their sonl, in the land of their enemies, to which they
have been led captives; and pray to thee towards
the way of their land, which thou gavest to their fa-
thers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and
of the temple which I have built to thy name :

49 Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament
of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications,
and do judgment for them:

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned
against thee, and all their iniquities, by which they
have transgressed against thee : and gave them
mercy before them that have made them captives,
that they may have compassion on them.

51 For they are thy people, and thy inheritance,
whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt,
from the midst of the furnace of iron.

52 That thy eyes may be open to the supplica-
tion of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, to hear
them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.

53 For thou hast separated them to thyself for an
inheritance from among all the people of the earth,
as thou hast spoken by Moses thy servant, when
thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord
God.

54 And it came to pass, when Solomon had made
an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to
the Lord, that he rose from before the altar of the
Lord: for he had fixed both knees on the ground,
and bad spread his hands towards heaven.

55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of
Israel with a loud voice, saying:

56 Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to
•his people Israel, according to all that he promised:
there hath not failed so much as one word of all the
good things that he promised by his servant Moses.

57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was
with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off*:

58 But may he incline our hearts to himself, that
we may walk in all his ways, and keep his com-
mandments, and his ceremonies, and all his judg-
ments which he commanded our fathers.

59 And let these my words, wherewith I have
prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our
God day and night, that he may do judgment for
his servant, and for his people Israel day by day:

60 That a" the people of the earth may know

that the Lord he is God, and there is no ouier be-
sides liim.

61 Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord
our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep
his commandments,as at this day.

62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offer-
ed victims before the Lord.

63 And Solomon slew victims of peace-offerings,
which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty
thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand
sheep: so the king and the children of Israel dedica-
ted the temple of the Lord.

64 In that day the king sanctified the middle of
the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for
there he offered the holocaust, and sacrifice, and
fat of the peace-offerings: because the brazen altar
that was before the Lord, was too little to receive
the holocaust, and sacrifice, and fat of the peace-of-
ferings.

65 And Solomon made at the same time a solemn
feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude
from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt,
before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days,
that is, fourteen days.

66 And on the eighth day he sent away the people :
and they blessed the king, and went to their dwell-
ings rejoicing and glad in heart for all the good things
that the Lord bad done for David his servant, and
for Israel his people.

CHAP. IX.

The Lord appeareth again to Solomon : he buildeth cities : he
sendeth ajlcetto Ophir.

\ ND it came to pass when Solomon had finished
J -*- the building of the house of the Lord, and the
king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased
to do,

2 That the Lord appeared to him the second
time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.

3 And the Lord said to him : I have heard thy
prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made
before me: I have sanctified this house, which tho •
hast built, to put my name there for ever: and my
eyes and my heart shall be there always.

4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as thy father
walked, in simplicity of heart,* and in uprightness;
and wilt do all that 1 have commanded thee, and
wilt keep my ordinances, and my judgments:

5 I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over
Israel for ever, as I promised David thy father, say-
ing: There shall not fail a man of thy race upon the
throne of Israel.

6 But if you and your children revolting shall
turn away from following me; and will not keep
my commandments, and my ceremonies, which 1
have set before you; but will go and worship strange
gods, and adore them:

7 I will take away Israel from the face of the
land which I have given them: and the temple

* .fls thy father walked, in simplicity of heart. That is, in the sincerity
and integrity of a single heart, as opposite to all iouble dealing and
deceit.

269

III. KIN

which I hare sanctified to my name, I will cast out
<>i inv sight: and Israel shall be a proverb, and a by-
word anion:; all people*

\iiil tins house shall be made an example <>f:
every out- that shall paasb] it. shall be astonished,
and sliall hiss, and say : Why hath the Lord dour
thus to tliis land, and to this lion

9 \nd they shall answer: Beoaaae they forsook
the Lord theii God, who brought chow father*, uut of

the l.uid of Egypt, and followed strange goda, and

adored them, and worshipped them : therefore hath
the Lord brought npon them all this evil.

10 And when twenty years were ended, after
SokxBOfl had built the two houses, that is, the house
of the Lord, and the bouseoftbe kin..

11 (Hiram the king of Tyre furnishing Solomon
with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and sold according to
all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twen-
ty cities in the laud of Galilee.

I J And Hiram i line out of Tyre, to see the towns
which Solomon had given him: and they pleased
hun not :

1-i And be said: Are these the cities which thou
hist given mc. brother? And be catted them the

land of ('babul,* unto this da\.

1 \ And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred
and twenty talents of gold.

I") This is the sum of the expenses, which kin:;
Solomon offered to build the house of the Lord, and
his own house, and Mello, and the wall of Jerusa-
lem, and lleser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.

16 i'harao the king ol Egypt came up and took
Gazer, and burnt it with tire: and' slew the Cha-
naanite that dwelt in the eity ; and gave it for a (low ry
to his daughter Solomon's wife.

17 So Solomon built Gazer, and Bethhoron the
nether,

lb* And Malath, and Palmira in the land of the
wilderness.

19 And all the towns that belonged to himself,
and were not watted, be fortified; the cities also of
the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and
whatsoever he had a mind to build in Jerusalem,
and in Libanus, and in all the laud of his dominion.

20 All the people that were left of the Amorr-
bttes. and llelhites, and I'here/.ites, and llevites,
and Jebusites. that are not of the children of Israel ;

21 Their children, that were left in the land, to
St it. such as the children of Israel had not been able
to destroy; Solomon made tributary unto this
(lax .

JJ But of the children of Israel Solomon made
not any to be bond-men: but they were men of war,
and his servants, and his princes, and captains, and
overseen of the chariots and hot

\nd there were five hundred and fifty chief
ol'li OVei all the works of Solomon : and they

hid people under them, and had charge over the ap-
pointed works.

\ud the daughter of Pharao came up out of

the city of David to her house, which Solomon had
built lor her: then did he build .Mello.

CAatW.

That i», dirty or di«pl«uia(.
I7Q

i Solomon also offered three times every real
holocausts, and victims of peace-offerings upon the
altar which he had built to the Lord: and he burnt
incense before the Lord: and the temple was
finished.

I And kirn; Solomon made a fleet in Asionga-
ber. which is by Ailalh on the shore of the lb d
Sea, in the land of Ldom.

27 And Hiram sent his servants in the licet, sailors
that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of
Solomon.

2b" And they came to Opliir: and they brought
from tin nee to kins Solomon four hundred and
twenty talents of gold.

CHAP. X.

'llir qurrn of Saba come I A to kin if Salomon: hit richrt and glory.

AND the queen of Saba, having heard of the fame
-£*- of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to
try him with hard questions.

2 \nd entering into Jerusalem with a great train,
and riches, and camels that carried spices, and an
immense quantity of gold, and precious stones, she
came to kin;; Solomon, and spoke to him all that
she had in her heart.

3 And Solomon informed her of all the things
she proposed to him : there was not any word the
kin;; was ignorant of, and which he eould not an-
swer her.

4 And when the queen of Saba saw all the ft i ,-
dom of Solomon, and the house which he had
built,

5 And the meat of his table, and the apartments
of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and
their apparel, and the cup-lxarers, and the holo-
causts which he offered in the house of die Lord;
she had no longer any spirit in her:

6 And she said to the king: The report is true,
which I heard in my own country,

7 Concerning thy words, and concerning thy w is-
dom. And 1 did not believe them that told me, till
I came myself, and saw with inv OW0 eyes, and
have found that the half hath not been (old me: thy
wisdom, and thy works, exceed the fame which I
heard.

8 Blessed are thy men, and blessed arc thy ser-
vants, who Stand before thee always, and hear thy
w isdom.

9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast
pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of
Israel; because the Lord hath loved Israel lor cur,
and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and
justice.

10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty
talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and
precious stones : there was brought no more such
abundance of spices as these which the queen of
Saba gave to king Solomon.

1 1 (The navy also of Hiram, which brought gold
from Ophir, brought from Ophir gnat plenty ol
(liyine-trees, and precious stones.

12 And the king made of the fhftne-trees the
rails of the house of the Lord, and ol the king's

CHAP. XI.

house, and citterns and harps for singers : there
wiic no such thyiue-Ureesas these brought, nor seen
unto this day.)

1.3 And king Solomon gave the queen of Saba all
that she desired, and asked of him; besides what he
offered her ol himself of his royal bounty. And she
returned, and went to her own country with her
servants.

14 And the weight of the gold that was brought to
Solomon every year, was six hundred sixty-six ta-
lents of gold :

15 Besides that which the men brought him that
were over the tributes, and the merchants, and they
that sold by retail, and all the kings of Arabia, and
the governors of the country.

16 And Solomon made two hundred shields of
the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sides of
gold for the plates of one shield :

17 And three hundred targets of fine gold : three
hundred pounds of gold covered one target : and the
king put them in the bouse of the forest of Libanus.

18 King Solomon also made a great throne of
ivorv, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

19 It had six steps : and the top of the throne was
round behind: and there were two hands on either
side holding the seat: and two lions stood, one at
each hand.

20 And twelve little lions stood upon the. six
steps on the one side and on the other: there was
no such work made in any kingdom.

21 Moreover all the vessels, out of which king
Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture
of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most
pure gold : there was no silver; nor was any account
made of it in the days of Solomon :

22 For the king's navy, once in three years,
went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and
brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephant's
teeth, and apes, and peacocks.

23 And king Solomon exceeded all the kings of
the earth in riches, and wisdom.

24 And all the earth desired to see Solomon's
face, to hear his wisdom, which God had given in
his heart.

25 And every one brought him presents, vessels
of silver and of gold, garments and armour and
spices, and horses and mules every year.

26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and
horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred cha-
riots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he be-
stowed them in fenced cities, and with the king in
Jerusalem.

27 And he made silver to be as plentiful in Jeru-
salem as stones; and cedars to be as common as
sycamores which grow in the plains.

zo" And horses were brought for Solomon out of
Egypt and Coa : for the king's merchants brought
them out of Coa, and bought them at a set price.

29 And a chariot of four horses came out of
Egypt, for six hundred sides of silver, and a horse
for a hundred and fifty. And after this manner did
all the kings of the Hethites, and of Syria sell
horses

CHAP. XI.

Solomon by means of his wircxfalleth into idolatry : God rait'
(ih him adversaries, Adud, Razon, and Jeroboam : Solomon
dieth.

AND king Solomon loved many strange women
besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of
Moab, and of Amnion, and of Edom, and of Sidon,
and of the Hethites:

2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said
to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto
them ; neither shall any of them come in to yours :
for they will most certainly turn away your heart to
follow their gods. And to these was Solomon join-
ed with a most ardent love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives as queens,
and three hundred concubines: and the women
turned away his heart.

4 And when he was now old, his heart was turn-
ed away by women to follow strange gods: and his
heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as
was the heart of David his father.

5 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess
of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of tbe Am-
monites.

6 And Solomon did that which was not pleasing
before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord,
as David his father.

7 Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the
idol of Moab, on the hill that isover-against Jerusa-
lem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Am-
nion.

8 And he did .in this manner for all his wives that
were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sa-
crifice to their gods.

9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon : be-
cause his mind was turned away from the Lord the
God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

10 And had commanded him concerning this
thing, that he should not follow strange gods: but
he kept not the things which the Lord commanded
him.

1 1 The Lord therefore said to Solomon : Because
thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant,
and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I
will divide and rend thy kingdom ; and will give it
to thy servant.

12 Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for
David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the
hand of thy son.

13 Neither will I takeaway the whole kingdom:
but I will give one tribe* to thy son lor the sake of
David my servant, and Jerusalem which 1 have
chosen.

14 And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solo-
mon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in
Edom.

15 For when David was in Edom, and Joabthe
general of the army was gone up to bury them that
were slain, and had killed every male in Edom,

16 (For Joab remained there six months with all
Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)

* One tribe. Besides that of Juda, his own native tribe

ill. KINGS.

17 Thru AcJacJ lied. In- ;ui<l certain Kdomiles of
his latin t'v s, rvantS wiili linn, it) go into Egypt:
and Ailad was tht n a little hoy.

19 \ndih>\ arose mil ul .Madian. and came into
Pliaran: and iliev look men with them Iroin I'hnran.
41 d w. in into Lgypt l*» IMiarao the kin- ot I _\pt ;

who gave bin a home, and appointed him rictuals,
and assigned him land.

19 And Adad found EMM favour before I'harao:
insomuch that be gave him to w ile, the own sister of

ln> w it.- Taphaes the queen.

SO And the sister <>i Taphaes bore him his son
(iennliath: and Taphaes brought him tip in the
house of I'harao: and (icuuhath dwell With i'ha-
rao among his children.

21 And when Adad heard in Egypt that David
slept with his fathers, and that Joah the general of
the army was dead, he said to I'harao: Let me de-
part, that I may so to my own country.

21 And I'd ai io said to him: Why what is want-
ing to thee with me, that thou seekest to go CO thy
own eoimirv ? But he answered: Nothing: yet I be-
st cell I bee lo let tne go.

God also raised up against him an adversary,

lla/.on the sou of Kliada, who had lied from his
master Adarczer the kingofSoba

.' I And be gathered nun against him: and he

■me a captain of robbers, when I hu id slew them
qfSoba: and they weal lo Damascus, and dwelt
there: and they made him kinii in Damascus.

IS And lie was an adversary to Israel, all the
davs of Solomon: and (his is the evil of Adad, and
hi- hatred against Israel: and be reigned in Syria.

K .lerohoam also the son of Mahal an Kphrathitc
of Sareda.a servanl ol Solomon, whose uiotherwas
named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand
against the kinx.

27 Anil this is the cans.- of hi- rebellion against

him, that Solomon huilt Mello. and Idled np the
breach efthe city of David his father.

\nd Jeroboam a as a valiant and mighty man :
and Solomon Seeing him a young man ingenious and
industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all

the house of Joseph.

29 So it came to pass at that time, that .leroho-
am went out of Jerusalem : and the prophet Ahias
the Silonite, clad wiih anew garment, found him in
the way: and thev two wen alone in the field.

30 And Ahias taking his new garment, where-
with he was <lad. divided it into twelve parts:

31 And he said to .lerohoam: Take to thee ten
pieces: for thus s;iith the Lord the <iod of Israel:
Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give thee ten trib

32 Hut one tribe shall remain to him for the sake
of im servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which
I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :

Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored
tithe the goddess of the Sidonians, snd ( lhamoa
the Vfoab, and Moloch the god of the chil-

dren of Amnion : and hath not walked in mj W
to do justice before roe, and to keep mj i<ri repts and
iudgmt tits, as did David his father.

34 Yet I will not take away all the kingdom out
of his hand : hut I w ill make him prince all the davs
of his life, for David my servant's sake, w horn I
chose, who kept my commandments and mv pre-
cepts.

36 But I will take away the kingdom out of his
son's hand. and w ill give thee tea tribes:

36 And to his son I w ill give one tribe, that tin re
may remain a lamp lor my servant David before me
always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen,
that my name might he there.

37 And 1 will take thee, and thou shalt rei^n
ov st all that thy soul desireth : and thou shalt be king
over Israel.

38 If then thou wilt hearken to all that I shall
command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do
w hat is rkht In lore me, keeping my commandments
and my precepts, as David my servant did: I will
be with thee, and w ill liuild tine up a faithful house,
as I huilt a house for David: and I will deliver Is-
rael u> thee :

39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David,
but yet not forever.

40 Solomon therefore sought to kill .lerohoam:
but he arose, and fled into Egypt to Sesac the king
of Egypt, and was in Egypt nil the death of Solo-
mon.

41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and
all that he did, and his wisdom : behold, thev are all
written in the Book of the words* of the days of
Solomon.

42 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jeru-
salem over all Israel, were forty years.

43 And Solomon slcptf with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his father : and Kohoam
his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP XII.

R/>ltoamfoHiiirirn; the cotnn.il of yuung men tiliiiia/i th from Urn
the minds of tin jteople. 1 1n \i mnl.r Jin'

tribe* : he srttith up itliili/tni.

trolxHim kinx an , ten

\ ND Rohoam went to Sichem: for thither were
•**- all Israel come together to make him king.

2 But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was yet
iu Egypt, _a fugitive from the face of king Solomon,
hearing of hia death, returned out of Egypt

3 And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam
came, and all the multitude of Israel: and they spoke
to Rohoam. say ing:

4 Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now
therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous ser-
viceof thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which
he put Upon us; and we will serve thee.

5 And he said to them: Co till the third dav, and
come to me again. And when the people was -one,

6 King Kohoam took counsel with the old men,
that stood before Solonion his father while he vet
lived : and he said: What counsel do you give me,
that I may answer this people?

• The Fook of Ou vordt, tft. Ttii» book is U>*t, hhIi <lncr» odiera
meatiom it m baij writ.

l.mumtUpt.'iet- TlmlU.diisl. lie «u Uicn utx.ul &8rear»oi ag»
having rcigiiud -10 yean.

CHAP. XIII.

7 They said toliim : If thou wilt yield to this peo-
ple to-day, and condescend to them, and grant their
petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they
will he thy servants always.

8 But he left the counsel of the old men, which
they had given him; and consulted with the young
men, that had been brought up with him, and
stood before him.

9 And he said to them : What counsel do you give
me, that I may answer this people, who have said
to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon
us lighter?

10 And the young men that had been broughtup
with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this peo-
ple, who have spoken to thee, saying : Thy father
made our yoke heavy; do thou ease us. Thou shalt
say to them : My little finger is thicker than the back
of my father.

1 1 And now my father put a heavy yoke upon
you, but I will add to your yoke : my father beat
you with whips ; but i will beat you with scor-
pions.

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Ro-
boam the third day, as the king had appointed, say-
ing : Come to me again the third day.

13 And the king answered the people roughly,
leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had
given him.

14 And he spoke to them according to the coun-
sel of the young men, saying : My father made
your yoke heavy; but I will add to your yoke: my
father beat you with whips; but I will beat you
with scorpions.

15 And the king condescended not to the people :
for the Lord was turned away from him, to .make
good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of
Ahras the Silonite, to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

16 Then the people seeing that the king would
not hearken to them, answered him, saying: What
portion have we in David ? or what inheritance in
the son of Isai ? Go home to thy dwellings, O Is-
rael: now, David, look to thy own house. So Is-
rael departed to their dwellings.

17 But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt
in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.

18 Then king Roboam sent Aduram, who was
over the tribute : and all Israel stoned him, and he
died. Wherefore king Roboam made haste to get
him up into his chariot : and he fled to Jerusalem :

19 And Israel revolted from the house of David
unto this day.

20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard
that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered
an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him
king over all Israel : and there was none that fol-
lowed the house of David but the tribe of Juda
only.*

* Juda only. Benjamin was a small tribe, and so intermixed with the
tribe of Juda (the very city of Jerusalem being partly in Juda, parUy
id Benjamin) that they are here counted but as one tribe.

t Golden calvt*. 'Tis likely, by making his gods in this form, he mi-
micked the F.gypti»ns, among whom he had sojourned, who worship-
ped their Apis and their Osiris under the form of a bullock.

a M

21 And Roboam came to Jerusalem : and ga-
thered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe
of Benjamin, a hundred fourscore thousand chosen
meuforwar, to fight against the house of Israel, and
to bring the kingdom again under Roboam the son
of Solomon.

22 But the word of the Lord came to Semeias
the man of God, saying :

23 Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, the
king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and
Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying ;

24 Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up nor
fight against your brethren the children of Israel :
let every man return to his house ; for this thing is
from me. They hearkened to the word of the
Lord ; and returned from their journey, as the Lord
had commanded them.

25 And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount
Ephraim, and dwelt there; and going out from
thence, he built Phenuel.

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall
the kingdom return to the house of David,

27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the
house of the Lord at Jerusalem ; and the heart of
this people will turn to their lord Roboam the king
of Juda: and they will kill me, and return to him.

28 And finding out a device, he made two golden
calves, t and said to them : Go ye up no more to
Jerusalem : Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought
thee out of the land of Egypt.

29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other
in Dan :J

30 And this thing became an occasion of sin :
for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.

31 And he made temples in the high places, and"
priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of
the sons of Levi.

32 And he appointed a feast in the eighth month,
on the fifteenth day of the month, after the man-
ner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And
going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Be-
thel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made :
and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places,
which he had made.

33 And he went up to the altar, which he had
built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth
month, which he had devised of his own heart :
and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and
went up on the altar to burn incence.

CHAP. XIII.

A prophet sent from Juda to Bethel foretelleth the birth of Jo-
sias, and the destruction of Jeroboam's altar. Jeroboam's
hand offering violence to the prophet, withvrelh, but is restor-
ed by the prophet's prayer : the same prophet is deceived by
another prophet, and slain by a lion.

AND behold, there came a man of God out of
Juda, by the word of the Lord, to Bethel, when

| Uelhsl and Pan. Bethel was a c ty of the tribe of Ephraim in the
southern part of the dominions of Jeroboam, about six leagues from
Jerusalem : Dan was in the extremity of his dominions to the north, in
the confines ol Syria.

273

III. KINGS.

ii was Rtaadiug upon the alt. ir,and burning
incense.

2 And he cried Wit against the ;il(;ir in I he word
<»i tin Lord, and said : O altar, altar, thus saith the
lord: Behold, B child shall be born to the house
of David, Josiaa by name: ami he shall immolate
upon thee ihe priests ol the high places, who mw
hum incense upon thee : and lie shall hum men's
bones upon thee.

3 And he gave a si^n the same <lav. laying : This
shall Ik- the skit, that the lord bath spoken : Be-
hold, the altar shall Ik- rent, aud the ashes that are

,. it shall U' poured out.

4 An.l when the king had heard the word of the
man of God, which !»<• had cried out against the
altar in Bethel, he streiehed forth his hand from the
altar, Baying: La) hold on him. And his hand
which he stretched forth against him withered :
and he was not able to draw it back again to
him.

') The altar also was rent : and the ashes were
pound out from the altar, according to the skii
which the man of God had given before in the word
of the Lord.

And the king said to the man of God : Intreat
the face of the Lord thy God, and pray lor me, that
in s hand may Ik- restored to me. And the man of
God besought the face of the Lord; and the king's
hand was restored to him ; and it became as it wa>
re.

7 And the kin:; said to the man of God : Come
home with me to dims and I will make thee pre-
■anta.

\ud the man of God answered the king: It
thou wouldst ^i\e me hall thy house, I will not go
with tine, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this
place :

'.» For so it was enjoined me by the word of the
Lord commanding me : Thou shall not eat bread,
nor drink water, nor return by the same way that
thoU lamest.

Id So he departed by another way. and returned
not l>\ the way that became into Bethel.

11 Nova certain old prophet dwelt hi Bethel:

and his son- cone to him ; and told him all the works
that the man of God had done that day in Bethel :
and they told their father the words which he had
spoken to the king.

U And their father said to them: What way
went he' Hi- sons shewed him the wa\ by which
the man of <!od went, w ho came out ol Junk

13 And he said to his sons: Saddle me the ass.
Aud when they had saddled him, he got up,

IV And went after the man oftiod. and found
him sitting under a turpentine-ine : and he said to
him: Art thou the man of God that earnest from
J nd a ? He answered : I am.

15 And he said to him: ( 'oine home with me, to
bread.

• «f» .f*grl tjmkt U mr, tft. Tin. old m»n of llothel »n indeed a pro-
phet, but be linmil in iliu. deceiving the man of God ; Hit- inure be-
raiiw he nrrtrnded • • ■<< be did.

1 Killft Urn. Tho* Ike Lord dftrn pum.!*-. hi* acrvant* lion-, that

16 But be said : I must not return, nor go with
thee; neither will I eat bread, nor dunk water in
this place :

17 Became the Lord spoke tome in the word

of the Lord, saying: Thou sholtnot eat bread, and

thou shall not drink water there, nor return b> ihc
way thou w cutest.

18 He said to him : I also am a prophet like un-
to thee: and an Amiel spoke to me* in the word
of the Lord, saying : Brum him back with thee in-
to thy house, that be may eat bread, and drink wa-
ter. He deceived him,

19 And brought him back with him : so he eat
bread, and drank water in his havse.

20 And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord
came to the prophet that brought him back :

-'1 And he cried out to the man of Got! who came
outofJuda, saying: Thus saith the Lord : Because
thou hast not been obedient to the Lord, and nasi
not kept the commandment which the Lord thy
God commanded t Ii>

22 And hast returned and eaten bread, and drunk
water in the place wherein he comm a nded thee
that thou shouldst not eat bread, nor drink water,
thy dead body shall not he brought into the sepul-
chre of thy fathers.

23 Ann when be bad eaten and drunk, he sad-
dled his ass for the prophet, whom he had brought
back.

24 And when he was cone, a lion found him in
the way, and killed him :f and his bodj was cast in
the way : and the ass stood by him; and the lion
stood by the dead body.

25 And behold, men passing by saw the dead
body cast in the w ay, ami the lion standing by the
body. And they came and told it in the city,
wherein that old prophet dwelt.

9SB And win n that prophet, who had brought
him back out of the way, heard ol it. he said: It is
the man ol (iod. that was disobedient to the mouth
of the Lord: and the Lord hath delivered him to
the lion : and he hath torn him, and killed him ac-
cording to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to
him.

27 And he said to his sons : Saddle me an ass.
And when they had saddled,

28 And when he w as mme, he found the dcadhody
caat in the way. and the ass and the lion Standing
by the carcass: the lion had not eaten of the dead
body, nor hurt the BBS.

' And the prophet took up the l>ody of the man
of God, and laid it upon the a-s : and going back.
brought it into the city of the old prophet, to moinn
for him.

;K) And he laid his dead bosh in his own sepul-
chre : and they mourned o\cr him, saying : Alas!
alas! my brother.

31 And when they had mourned over him, he
said to his sons: When I am dead, bury me in the

lie- m.n *JMre tlirm hereafter. Kor the
opinion, i hat (In- .in of lhi» prophet,
ea, wu Dot mortal.

Iil% of divine* are ol
with ail it* circnni

CHAP. XIV.

sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried : lay
my hones beside his hones :

32 For assuredly the word shall come to pass
which he hath foretold in the word of the Lord
against the altar that is in Bethel, and against all the
temples of the high places, that are in the cities ol
Samaria.

33 After these words Jeroboam came not back
from his wieked way: but on the contrary he made
of the meanest of the people priests of the high pla-
ces : whosoever would, he filled his hand ; and he
was made a priest of the high places.

34 And for this cause did the house of Jeroboam
sin, and was cut off, and destroyed from the face of
the earth.

CHAP. XIV.

Ahiax prophesieth the destruction of the family of Jeroboam. He
dieth, and is succeeded by his son Nadab. The King of
Egypt talcclh and pillageth Jerusalem. Roboam dieth ; and
his son Abiain succeedeth.

AT that time Abia the son of Jeroboam fell
sick.

2 And Jeroboam said to his wife : Arise, and
change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the
wile of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias the
prophet is, who told me, that I should reign over
this people.

3 Take also with thee ten loaves, and cracknels,
and a pot of honey, and go to him : for he will tell
thee what shall become of this child.

4 Jeroboam's wife did as he told her ; and rising
up went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias :
but he eould not see ; for his eyes were dim by rea-
son of his age.

5 And the Lord said to Ahias : Behold, the wife
of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning
her son that is sick : thus and thus shalt thou speak
to her. So when she was coming in, and made as
if she were another woman,

6 Ahias heard the sound of her feet coming in at
the door; and said : Come in, thou wife of Jero-
boam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another?
But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

7 Go, and tell Jeroboam : Thus saith the Lord
the God of Israel : Forasmuch as 1 exalted thee
from among the people, and made thee prince over
my people Israel :

8 And rent the kingdom away from the house
of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not
been as my servant David, who kept my command-
ments, and followed me with all his heart, doing
that which was well pleasing in my sight :

9 But hast done evil above all that were before
thee ; and hast made thee strange gods and molten

Sods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me
ehind thy back :

10 Therefore behold, I will bring evils upon the
house of Jeroboam ; and will cut off from Jeroboam
him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is

• The Book of the iror /s rf the days of the kings of Israel. This book
wh^ch is often mentioned in the book of ki ir-s, is long- since lost. For
u to the books of Paralipomenon or On onicl. j ^which the Hebrews call

shut up, and the last in Israel: and I will sweep
a\\iay the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as
dung is swept away till all he clean.

11 Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the city,
the dogs shall eat : and them that shall die in the
field, the birds of the air shall devour : for the Lord
hath spoken it.

12 Arise thou therefore, and go to thy house :
and when thy feet shall be entering into the city,
the child shall die,

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and shall
bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall be laid in a
sepulchre: because in his regard there is found a
good word from the Lord the God of Israel, in the
house of Jeroboam.

14 And the Lord hath appointed himself a king
over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jerobo-
am in this day, and in this time :

15 And the Lord God shall strike Israel as a reed
is shaken in the water: and he shall root up Israel
out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers,
and shall scatter them beyond the river: because
they have made to themselves groves, to provoke
the Lord.

16 And the Lord shall give up Israel for the sins
of Jeroboam, whohath sinned, and made Israel tosin.

17 And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and depart-
ed, and came to Thersa: and when she was com-
ing in to the threshold of the house, the child died :

18 And they buried him. And all Israel mourn-
ed for him according to the word of the Lord, which
he spokeby thehandof his servant Ahiasthe prophet.

19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he
fought; and how he reigned, behold, they are writ-
ten in the Book of the words of the days of the kings
of Israel.*

20 And the days that Jeroboam reigned, w'ere
two and twenty years: and he slept with his fa-
thers: and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

21 And Roboam the son of Solomon reigned in
Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when
he began to reign : and he reigned seventeen years
in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of
all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And
his mother's name was Naama an Ammonitess.

22 And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and provoked him above all that their fathers had
done, in their sins which they committed.

23 For they also built them altars and statues,
and groves, upon every high hill, and under every
green tree :

24 There were also the effeminate f in the land :
and they did according to all the abominations of the
people whom the Lord had destroyed before the
face of the children of Israel.

25 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam,
Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

26 And he took away the treasures of the house
of the Lord, and the king's treasures, and cairied

the words of the days) they were certainly written after the book of
king's ; since they frequently refer to them. .

t The effeminate. Catamites, or men addicted to unnatural lust.

175

III. KINGS.

all o(T: ;is also the >li"uKN of gold which Solomon
Ilk] made :

27 \ml Roboam made shields of brass instead
of them, and delivered them into the hand of the
captains of the shield -bearers, itnd of them that
kept watch before the gate of the king's house.

\ml when the king went into the home of the
Lord, they whose office it was to ^1 before him,
carried them: and afterwards thej brought them
back to the armoury of the shield-bearers.

Now the rest of the acts of Roboam, and all
thai In- did, behold, they arc written in the Hook of
tin- words of the days of the kings of Juda.

30 And there was war between Roboam and Je-
roboam alwa\ s.

.'il And Roboam slept with Ids fathers, and u;i>
buried with them in tin- city of David : and his mo-
ther's name was Naaroa an Ammonites*; and Abiam
his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XV.

The actt of Abiam ami of .ha Lings of .huht : and iff Natlab
mill liana kings oj lsra< I.

NOW in the eighteenth year of the reign of Je-
roboam the sou of Nabat, Abiam reigned ovei

Jnda.

1 He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name
of his mother was Maaclia* the daughter of Abcs-
salom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father,
which he had done before him: and his heart was
not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart
of I )a\ id bis father.

4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gate
him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son alter
him, and to establish Jerusalem :

5 Because David had done that which was right
in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside
from any thins that he commanded him, all the
davs ol his life, except the matter of Unas the He-
thite.

6 But there was war between Roboam and Je-
roboaui all the time of his life.

', \nd the rest of the words of Abiam, and all
that he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Juda ? And there
was war between Abiam and Jeroboam.

8 And Abiam slept with his fathers: and they
buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son
reigned in his stead.

9 So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of
Israel, reigned Asa kins of Jnda,

10 And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusa-
lem. Mis mother'sf name was Maacha, the daugh-
ter of Abe-salom.

1 1 And *sa did that which was right in the sight
of the Lord, as did David his father:

* Bfurti, (rr She in called el«ewhcre Michaia, daughter ofl .,. i
but it wa» common in tboae day* for the same penon to hare two
I

* Ifu wwtkrr, *rt. That i«, hi» rran.linotl.rr; nnlcaa we *uppo*e,
which i« n<>t improbable, that Maacha here named ie different from the
Ma-vha mentioned, ver. t.

( Tktkigk /Um. There were attl— or Ugk placet of two different

12 And he took BWBj the effeminate out of the
id : and lit n mow 1
his fathers bad made.

i\ tin

.'lit In-

land : and he removed all the tilth ol the idols, which

13 Moreover he also removed his mother Ma
scha, Irom being the princess in the sacrifices Oi

Fria['tis, ami in the grow which she had consecrat-
ed to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in
pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it In the torrent

( i dron:

11 But the high places} he did not take BW8V.
Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the
Lord all his days:

15 Ami he brought in the things w hit h his father
had dedicated, and he had \<>w en, into the house of
the Lord. silver and gold, and \csscls.

16 \ml there was war between Asa, andBaasa
kins of Israel all their days.

17 Anil Baasa kingof Israel went up against Juda,
and built Rama, that no man might go out or come
in. of the side of Asa lung of Jnda.

1 8 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that re-
mained in the treasures of the house ol the Lord,
and in thetn asim s ( >l the king's house, and deliver-
ed it into the hands of his servants; and sent tin into
Benadad son of Tabieinon the son of He/ion, king
of Syria, who dwelt iu DamaM :US, saving:

15) There is a league between me anil thee, and
between my father and thy father: therefore I have
sent thee presents of silver and gold: anil I desire
thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa
kins of Israel, that he may depart from me.

JO Benaadad hearkening to kins Asa, Bent the
captains of his arinv against the cities of Israel: and
they smote Ahion, and Dan, and Aheldoinnin .Ma-

acba, and all Ce on e r o t h; that is, all the land of
Nephtali.

Jl And when Baasa had heard this, he left tifl

building Rama, and returned into Theraa.

- But king Asa sent wortl into all Juda, saving:
Let no man be BXCtSSed: and they took awa\ the
stones from Bama, and the timber thereof, whcie-
w it h Baasa had been building: and with them king
Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and iWasphu.

23 But the rest of all the BCtfl ol \sa, and all his
strength, andall that he did. aiidthecitiesthathe built,
are they not written in the Book of the w ords ol the

days 01 the kings of Juda? But in the time of his

old age, be was diseased in hi*- feet.

Jl And he slept with his lathers, and was buried
with them in the city of David his lather. And Jo-
saphat his son reigned in his place.

25 But Nadab the son of Jeroboam reigned over
Israel the second year of Asa kingof Juda: and he
reigned over Israel two years.

26* And he did evil iu the sight of the Lord, and
walketl 111 the wa\s of his father, and in his |k)S,
wherewith he made Israel to mil

UiimK Some were »et up, and dedicated to the wi>r-0.i|> of idoh, or
■tranfre {rods : and tboae A«a removed, < fWafi/xm. nv.2. ; olheii
were onlv altar* of the true God, but were creeled contrary to the
law, winch allowed of no sacrifice, but in the temple ; and time
/ • i."i iht Ijord. Ata bad hi* fault*,

but never forsook the worship of the Lord.

CHAP. XVI.

27 And Baasa the son of Ahias of the house of
Issaehar, conspired against him, and slew him in
Gebbethon, which is a city of the Philistines: for
Nadah and all Israel besieged Gebbethon.

28 So Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa
king of Juda, and reigned in his place.

29 And when he was king he cut off all the house
Of Jeroboam : lie left not so much as one soul of his
seed, till he had utterly destroyed him, according to
the word of the Lord, which he had spoken in the
hand of Ahias the Silonite :

30 Because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had
sinned, and wherewith he had made Israel to sin,
and for the offence wherewith he provoked the Lord
the God of Israel.

31 But the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Israel?

32 And there was war between Asa and Baasa
the king of Israel all their days.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa
the son of Ahias reigned all over Israel, in Thersa,
four and twenty years.

34 And he did evil before the Lord, and walked
in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, where-
with he made Israel to sin.

CHAP. XVI.

Jehu prophesieth against Baasa. His son Ela is slain, and all
his family destroyed by Zambri. Of the reign of A mri fa-
ther of Achab.

THEN the word of the Lord came to Jehu the
son of Hanani, against Baasa, saying :

2 Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out of the
dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and
hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to
anger with their sins :

3 Behold, I will cut down the posterity of Baasa,
and the posterity of his house : and I will make thy
house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

4 Him that dieth of Baasa in the city, the dogs
shall eat : and him that dieth of his in the country,
the fowls of the air shall devour.

5 But the rest of the acts of Baasa, and all that he
did, and his battles, are they not written in the Book
of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ?

6 So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was bu-
ried in Thersa : and Ela his son reigned in his
stead.

7 And when the word of the Lord came in the
hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the prophet against
Baasa, and against his house and against all the evil
that he had done before the Lord, to provoke him
to anger by the works of his hands, to become as
the house of Jeroboam : for this cause_ he slew him,
that is to say, Jehu the son of Hanani, the prophet.

8 In the nix and twentieth year of Asa king of
Juda, £la the son of Baasa resigned over Israel in
Thersa two years.

* In the one and thirtieth year, Sfc. Amri began to reign in the seven
»nd twentieth year of Asa ; but had not quiet possession of the king-

9 And his servant Zambri, who was captain of
half the horsemen, rebelled against him : now Ela
was drinking in Thersa, and drunk in the house of
Arsa the governor of Thersa.

10 And Zambri rushing in, struck him, and slew
him in the seven and twentieth year of Asa king of
Juda : and he reigned in his stead.

1 1 And when he was king, and sat upon his
throne, he slew all the house of Baasa : and he left
not one thereof to piss against a wall, and all his
kinsfolks and friends.

12 And Zambri destroyed all the house of Baasa,
according to the word of the Lord, that he had
spoken to Baasa in the hand of Jehu the pro-
phet,

13 For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela
his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, pro-
voking the Lord the God of Israel with their vani-
ties.

14 But the rest of the acts of Ela, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Israel ?

15 In the seven and twentieth year of Asa king
of Juda, Zambri reigned seven days in Thersa :
now the army was besieging Gebbethon a city of
the Philistines.

16 And when they heardthat Zambri hadrebelled,
and slain the king, all Israel made Amri their king,
who was general over Israel in the camp that day.

17 And Amri went up, and all Israel with him
from Gebbethon : and they besieged Thersa.

18 And Zambri seeing that the city was about
to be taken, went into the palace, and burnt himself
with the king's house: ana he died

19 In his sins, which he had sinned, doing evil
before the Lord, and walking in the way of Jero-
boam, and in his sin, wherewith he made Israel
to sin.

20 But the rest of the acts of Zambri, and of h's
conspiracy and tyranny, are they not written in the
Book of the words of the days of the kings of Is-
rael ?

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into
two parts : one half of the people followed Thebni
the son of Gineth, to make him king : and one half
followed Amri.

22 But the people that were with Amri, prevailed
over the people that followed Thebni the son of
Gineth : and Thebni died, and Amri reigned.

23 In the one and thirtieth year* of Asa king of
Juda, Amri reigned over Israel, twelve years : in
Thersa he reigned six years.

24 And he bought the hill of Samaria of Somer
for two talents of silver: and he built upon it : and
he called the city which he built Samaria after the
name of Semer the owner of the hill.

25 And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and acted wickedly above all that were before him.

26 And he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam
the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he

dom till the death of his competitor Thebni, which was in the one and
thirtieth year of Asa's reign.

277

III. KINGS.

made load tossa; to provoke ilir Lord the CJtnl of

In H I in angCf w ith I In ir rank*.

27 Now the rest til tin iSJCtg tit \inri. and the hat

ilea In- fought, an- tiny not written in dm Hook oi
tin- words of the days of the kings of Israel ?

\ ml Aniri slept with his fathers, and #81
buried in Samaria : anil Achah liis son rcLncd in
his stead.

Mow Achah the sou of Atnri retched over Is-
rael in the eight and thirtieth year or Asa king of
.Inda. And Aeliali the son of Amri reigned over

in Vim ii it iwo and twenty rears.

\ud \i lial) the son of Amri did evil in the
sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

.11 Nor was it enoudi for him to walk in the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nabat : but be also t(H>k to
wife Jeaabd daughter of Ethhaal kim; of the sido-
niant. And he Went, and served Baal, and adored
him.

32 knd be set up an altar for Baal in the temple
of Baal, which he had built in Samaria:

\nd be planted a grove : and Achabdid more
to provoke the Lord the God of Israel, than all the
kiims of Israel that were before him.

34 In his da vs Hiel of Bethel hnilt Jericho: in
Ahirain his liist-born he laid its foundations: and
in his vomiiiest SOO Beguh he set tip the gates (hereof;
according to the word of the Lord, which he spok
in the hand of Josue the son of Nun.

(HAP. XVII.

h'Jins shuttrth up the hravcn from minim:. lie is frd by ra-
mi*, ami aftrrmirds by a widow of Sun /iltta. He ruiseth
thr widow's son to life.

A ND Klias the Theshite of the inhabitants of
-£*- (ialaad said to Aehab : As the Lord liveth the
God of Israel, in whose siiiht I stand, there shall
not bedew nor rain these wars, but according to
tin- words of mj month.

I \nd the word of the Lord came to bim, saying:

i t thee hence, and go towards the east ; and
hide thyself by the torrent of (arith, which is over-
agaittSl the Jordan :

4 And there thon shalt drink of the torrent: and
I have commanded the ravens to feed thee ihere.

5 So he went, and did according to the word of
the Lord: and going, hedwi It by the torrent Carith,
which is over-a^ainst the .Ionian.

(J Ami the ravens brought him bread and flesh in
the morning, and bread and flesh in the evcnini; :
and he drank of the torrent.

7 But after some time the torrent was dried tip :
for it had not mined ii|h)ii the earth.

h* Thin the word of the Lord came to him. saving:

'.' kltSO, and goto Sarephta ol the SidoniattS,t
and dwell I here : for I have commanded a widow-

Woinail there to feed thee.

10 He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when
he w .is come to the gate of the <iiv. be saw the
widow-woman gathering sticks: and he called her,

• Ifi/* Iktir MnUiri.
.liK-riiful thing*.

TUat i«, tlmir idoU, Uictr giildvu calm, »ain,

and said to her: Give me a little watei in a vessel,
(hat I mat drink.

II And when she was going SO fetch it, he called

after ber. saying: Bring ma also, I beseech tin i

morsel of bread in thy hand.

U And she answered: As the Lord tin (bid
liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal
in a pot. and a little oil in a crtlsc : behold. I am
^alluring two sticks, I hat I may j:o in and dress ii,
lor me and my son, that we may it, and die.

13 And Lbas said to her: Fear not ; but £o. and
do as thon hast said: but first make for me of the
same meal a little hearth-cake, and bring it to me;
and after make for thyself and thy son.

^ 14 For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel.
The pot of meal shall not Waste, nor the ernse of
oil be diminished, until the day wherein the Lord
will ghre rain upon the face of the earth.

15 She went, and did according to the word of
Klias: and he ate, and she, and her house : and
from that day

16 The pot of meal wasted not, and the eruse of
oil was not diminished, according to the word of the
Lord, which he spoke in the hand of Klias.

17 And it came to pass after this, that the son of
the woman, the mistier of the house, fell sick : and
the sickness was very grievous, so that there was
no breath left in him.

18 And she said to Elias: What have I to do
with thee, thou man of Cod? art thou come to me
that my iniquities should be remembered, and that
thon shonldst kill my son ?

19 And Klias said to her: Give me thy son. Ain't
he took him out of her boBOtn, and carried him into
the upper chamber when he abode, and laid him
upon his own bed.

20 And he eried to the Lord, and said : O Lord
my God, hast thou afflicted also the widow, with
whom I am after a sort maintained, sons to kill
her son ?

21 And he stretched, and measured himself u[>on
the child three times: and cried to the Lord, and
said: O Lord my God, let the soul of this child, I
beseech thee, return into his body.

22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and
the soul of the child returned into him: and he re-
* ived.

23 And Elias took the child, and brought him
down from the upper chaml>cr to the house lielow ,
and delivered him to his mother, and said to her:
Behold, thy son liveth.

l\ And the woman said to Elias: Now, by this I
know (hat thon art a man of God : and the word of
the Lord in thy mouth is trie .

CHAP. XVIII.

Elias cometh before Ackab. He ronrinrtth ..W fnhr prophets
by bringing firr from heaven : he olttaineth ram by his jinn/i r

AFTER many days the word of the Lord came
to Klias, in the third year, saying: Go, and

f $<rrrpkla qf the 9 tf * mr m i . That U, a city of Uie .Sidoniaiu.

CHAP. XVIII.

show thyself to Achah, that I may give rain upon
tlio face of the earth.

2 And Elias went to show himself to Achat) :
and there was a grievous famine in .Samaria.

3 And Achah called Abdias the governor of his
house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.

4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the
Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by
fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread
and water.

5 And Achah said to Abdias: Go into the land
unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to
see if we can find grass, and save the horses and
mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish.

6 And they divided the countries between them,
that they might go round about them : Achah went
one way, and Abdias another way by himself.

7 And as Abdias was in the way, Elias met him :
and he knew hirn, and fell on his face, and said:
Art thou my lord Elias ?

8 And he answered : I am. Go, and tell thy
master: Elias is here.

9 And he said: What have 1 sinned, that thou
wouldst deliver me thy servant into the hand of
Achah, that he should kill me ?

10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation
or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek
thee : and when all answered : He is not here ; he
look an oath of every kingdom and nation, because
thou wast not found.

11 And now thou sayest to me : Go, and tell thy
master : Elias is here.

12 And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of
the Lord will carry thee into a place that I know
not: and I shall go in and tell Achab, and he not
finding thee, will kill me : but thy servant feareth
the Lord from his infancy.

13 Hath it not been told thee, my lord, what I
did when Jazebel killed the prophets of the Lord ;
how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the
Lord, by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with
bread and water ?

14 And now thou sayest: Go, and tell thy mas-
ter: Elias is here: that he may kill me.

15 And Elias said: As the Lord of hosts liveth,
before whose face I stand, this day I will show
myself unto him.

16 Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and
told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.

17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou
he that troublest Israel?

18 And he said : I have not troubled Israel, but
thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the
commandments of the Lord, and have followed
Baalim.

19 Nevertheless send now, and gather unto me
all Israel, unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of
Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the
groves lour hundred, who eat at Jezabel's table.

20 Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and
gal hered together the prophets unto mount Carmel.

21 And Elias coming to all the people, said: How
long do you halt between two sides ? If the Lord be

God, follow him : hut if Baal, then follow him.
And the people did not answer him a word.

22 And Elias said again to the people : I onlyrc-
main a prophet of the Lord: but the prophets of
Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

23 Let two bullocks be given us: and let them
choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in
pieces, and lay it upon wood, but put no fire under:
and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on
wood, and put no fire under it.

24 Call ye on the names of your gods; and I will
call on the name of my Lord : and the God that
shall answer by fire, let him be God. And all the
people answering, said: A very good proposal.

25 Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal:
Choose you one bullock, and dress it first, because
you are many: and call on the names of your gods;
but put no fire under.

26 And they took the bullock which he gave
them, and dressed it: and they called on the name
of Baal from morning even till noon, saying: O
Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any
that answered: and they leaped over the altar that
they had made.

27 And when it was now noon, Elias jested at
them, saying: Cry with a louder voice: for he is a
god; and perhaps he is talking, or is in an inn, or
on a journey; or perhaps he is asleep, and must be
awaked.

28 So they cried with a loud voice; and cut them-
selves after their manner with knives and lancets,
till they were all covered with blood.

29 And after mid-day was past, and while they
were prophesying, the time was come of offering
sacrifice ; and there was no voice heard, nor did any
one answer, nor regard them as they prayed:

30 Elias said to all the people: Come ye unto me.
And the people coming near unto him, he repaired
the altar of the Lord, that was Woken down :

31 And he took twelve stones according to the
number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom
the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be
thy name.

32 And he built with the stones an altar to the
name of the Lord : and he made a trench for water,
of the breadth of two furrows round about the altar.

33 And he laid the wood in order, and cut the
bullock in pieces, and laid it upon the wood;

34 And he said : Fill four buckets with water, and
pour it upon the burnt-offering, and upon the wood.
And again he said: Do the same the second time.
And when they had done it the second time, he
said: Do the same also the third time. And they
did so the third time.

35 And the water ran round about the altar: and
the trench was filled with water-

36 And when it was now time to offer the holo-
caust, Elias the prophet came near, and said: O
Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, show
this day that thou art the God of Israel, and I thy
servant; and that according to thy commandment I
have done all these things.

37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me; that this people

279

III. KINGS.

may learn, thai thou art the Laid (io<i, and thai
ihouhast turned their heart again.

38 Then the lire of the Lord fell; and consumed

the holocaust, mid die wood, and the stones, and

the dust; and licked up the water that was in the
trench.

39 And when all the people saw this, they fell
on their laces, and they said: The Lord he is (iod,
the Lord In- is (iod.

1<) And Klias said to them: Take the prophets of
Baal ; and let not one of ihem escape. And when
they had taken them. Klias brought them down to
the torrent Cboil, and killed them there.

11 And Klias said to Achali: ( ioup.eat.anddrink :
for there is a sound of ahiindance of rain.

Vchahwcnt Up to fat and drink : and Klias w eni
up to the top ot (armel: and casting himself down
it|M>n the earth, put his face between his knees:

1. ! Ami be Mai to his servant : Go up. and look
toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and
said: Then' is nothing. And again he said to him:
Return seven times.

H And at the seventh time : Behold, a little eloud
arose out of tin sea like a -mail's foot And he

said. Go up, and savtoAchab: Prenafe thy chariot,

and ^o down, lest the rain prevent thee.

45 And while he turned himself this way and
that w ay. behold, the heavens grew dark w ill) clouds
and wind; and there fell a peal rain. And Achali
getting up, went away to Jezrahel:

46 And the hand of the Lord was upon Klias:
and he girded up his loins, and ran before Aehah,
till he tame to Jezrahel.

CHAP. XIX.

in in-; from JrzahJ it fed bil an .-In?*-! in the drstrt ; and
Ly the ttrength itf lliatfuotl tratkrlh forty duyt, till he roineth
In ll,iri h, ir!i, ri lu li.ilk a rt'WOH of ditii.

AND Achat) told Jeaahel all thai Klias had done,
and how he had slain all the prophets with the

sword.

2 \nil .le/.alxl sent a messenger to Klias, saying:
Such and such things mat the gods do to me, and
add still more, if bj this hour to-morrow I make not
thy life as the life of one of them.

3 I hen dial WM afraid: and rising up he went
whithersoever be had a mind and he came to Ber-
sahee of Juda, and left his servant there i

4 And he went forward, one day's journey into
the desert. And when he wa> there, and sal under
a juuiper-trer. lie requested for his sonl that he

might die;* ami said: It is enough for me, Lord;

take aw a\ m\ s (( n| ; for I am no hetiei than ni\ fathers,
.si himself down, and slept in the sha-
dow ol the juniper-tree : and behold, an Angel of

That he mtirht Av

iiie ntr '

•he Urn
II..- wit.
<— irr in the hi

b. fried

• ti wmt to I'm

ID r> quested In i!h , ii.l nut ol nn| alienee or
of real auain.t tin ; MM lli.it In- inijht im lixiir.r
trie* of hi» peoele, and I lie war they were wag-

lii.

ial/i^dfl/r. 'Ill ' ilh which Klias wu

*» a fltril"- ol 'if life whieh tre IV-

we arc lo
Kracr llimiitrli tW wililnmc of thw wnrlil tall
iiiiiit.uti <ii < • • .niuahapi". eternity.

the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise, and
eat

6 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a
hearth-cake, and a vessel ot water: and he ate and
drank; and he fell asleep again.

7 And the Angel of the land came agaia the
second lime, and touched him, and said lo him :
Arise, eat ; for thou hast vet a great way 10 go.

8 And he arose, ami ate, and drank : and w alk> d
in the strength of that foodt forty days and forty
nights, unto the mount of (iod. Iloreh.

9 And when he was come thither, lie abode in B
Give: and beheld, the word of the Lord nniii onto
him : and he said to him : What dot st thou h
Klias?

10 And he answered: With zeal have 1 been
zealous for the Load t «»hI of hosts : tor the children

of Israel have forsaken thv cove na nts they have
thrown down thy altars; they have slain thy pro-
phets with the sword: and I alone am left;! and
they seek my life to take it away,

1 1 And he said to him : Go forth, and stand upon
the mount, before the Lord: and behold, the Lord
passeth ; and a great and strong wind before the
Lord overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the
roeks in pieces: The Lord is not in iht wind : and
after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in
the earthquake:

12 And after the earthquake a lire: the Lord is
not in the fire: and aftei the lire a whistling of a
gentle air.

13 And when Klias heard it, he covered his face
with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the en-
tering in of the cave; and behold, a voice unto him,
saying: What doest thou here, Klias r And he an-
swered :

14 With zeal have 1 been zealous for I he Lord
(itxl of hosts: because the children of Israel ha\e
Inrsaken thy covenant : they have destroyed thv
altars: they have slain thy prophets with the SWord,
and I alone am left ; and tliey seek my life to take

it awav.

15 And the Lord said to him : Go, anil return on
thy way through the desert to Damascus : and when
thou art eome thither, thou shah anoint llazael to
be king over Syria :

16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Nanisi
to be king over Israel: and EKseus the son ol Sa-
|ihat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to he prophet
m thy room.

17 And it shall eome to pass, that whosoever
shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain by
Jehu: ami whosoever shall escape the swonl of
Jehtt, shall be slain by Klisetis.$

18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in

{ lakme mm left, via. of the ujofibrti in tin- kingdom of Unci, or ol
Mir tin tribal : liir in tin' lniipli'in "f . I u. la religion wa* al lliat lime
in a very fionn Inner i ' l '"' king. A»a and Jutaphat.

And even in lurael there re m ai n ed teveral propLeta, tbowgii not tix n
known to Klias Sea chap- m

I Shall be itain hy £KmM I kill urn nfthr Mnlaj—

with the material »word ; hut he i% here joined with llazarland Ji Im,
the ureal in«tnimeni. of Cod in {^.

cmuac he foretold lu the former hi- eialUli

g£r&

gnat

CHAPTER XX.

Israel, "whose knees have not been bowed before
Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him
kissing the hands.

19 And Klias departing from thence, found Eli-
seus the son ol Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke
of oxen : and he was one of them that were plough-
ing with twelve yoke of oxen : and when Elias came
up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.

20 And he forthwith left the oxen, and ran after
Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father
and my mother; and then 1 will follow thee. And
he said to him: Go, and return back: for that
which was my part, I have done to thee.

21 And returning back from him, he took a yoke
of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with
the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people ; and
they ate : and rising up he went away, and followed

% Elias, and ministered to him.

CHAP. XX.

The Syrians besiege Samaria : they are twice defeated by
Achnb : toko is reprehended by a prophet for letting Bena-
dad go.

AND Benadad king of Syria gathered together
all his host : and there were two and thirty
kings with him, and horses, and chariots : and going
up he fought against Samaria, and besieged it.

2 And sending messengers to Achab king of Is-
rael into the city,

3 He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver and
thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy goodliest
children are mine.

4 And the king of Israel answered : According
)o thy word, my lord O king, 1 am thine, and all
Jhat I have.

5 And the messengers came again, and said :
Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy
jilver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy chil-
dren thou shalt deliver up to me.

6 To-morrow therefore at this same hour I will
send my servants to thee: and they shall search thy
house, and the houses of thy servants : and all that
pleascth them, they shall put in their hands, and
cake away.

7 And the king of Israel called all the ancients
of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he lay-
eth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives,
and for my children, and for my silver and gold :
Mini I said not nay.

8 And all the ancients, and all the people said
lo him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.

9 Wherefore he answered the messengers of
Benadad : Tell my lord the king: All that thou
didst send for to me thy servant, at first, 1 will do :
but this thing I cannot do.

10 And the messengers returning brought him
word. And he sent again, and said: Such and
such things may the gods do to me, and more may

they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice
liandfuls for all the people that follow me.

1 1 And the king of Israel answ ering, said : Tell
him : Let not the girded* boast himself as the un-
girded.

12 And it came to pass, when Benadad heard
this word, that he and the kings were drinking in
pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the
city. And they beset it.

13 And behold, a prophet coming to Achab kin&
of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord : Hast
thou seen all this exceeding great multitude? behold,
1 will deliver them into thy hand this day; that thou
mayst know that I am the Lord.

14 And Achab said: By whom? And he said to
him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the
princes of the provinces. And he said : Who shall
begin to fight r And he said : Thou.

15 So he mustered the servants of the princes of
the provinces, and he found the number of two
hundred and thirty-two : and he mustered after
them the people, all the children of Israel, seven
thousand :

16 And they went out at noon. But< Benadad
was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the
two and thirty kings with him, who were come to
help him.

17 And the servants of the princes of the pro-
vinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And
they told him, saying : There are men come out of
Samaria.

18 And he said: Whether they come for peace,
take them alive : or whether they come to fight, take
them alive.

19 So the servants of the princes of the pro-
vinces went out, and the rest of the army followed :

20 And every one slew the man that came
against him : and the Syrians fled ; and Israel pur-
sued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled
away on horseback with his horsemen.

21 But the king of Israel going out overthrew
the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with
a great slaughter.

22 (And a prophet coming to the king of Israel,
said to him : Go, and strengthen thyself, and know,
and see what thou doest : for the next year the king
of Syria will come up against thee.)

23 But the servants of the king of Syria said to
him: Their gods are gods of the hills ; therefore
they have overcome us : but it is better that we
should fight against them in the plains ; and we
shall overcome them.

24 Do thou therefore this thing : Remove all the
kings from thy army, and put captains in their
stead :

25 And make up the number of soldiers that
have been slain of thine, and horses according to
the former horses, and chariots according to the
chariots which thou hadst before : and we will fight

and the vengeance he would execute against Israel ; and anointed the
latter by one of his disciples to be king of Israel, with commission to I

ext'~*ate the house of Achab.

* Let not the girded, fye. Let him not boast before the victory : it
will tin 'ii be time to glory when he putteth off his armour, having

281

overcome his adversary.

III. KINGS.

against them in the plains; and thou slialt sec that
ire shall overcome them. He bettered their coun-
sel, ami (1»<!

26 Wherefore at the return of the year, Bena-
dad mastered the Syrians, and went up to Aphcc,
to fight adjust Israel.

J7 And the children of Israel were mustered,
and taking victuals went out on the other side, and

cimped over-sgamst i lii-m. like rwo little ieeka of

goats: i)iit the Syrians filled the land.

28 (And I man of ( iod coating, said to the king
of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Because the
Syrians have said : The Lord is(iodof the hills,
but is not (Jod of the valleys: I will deliver all this
great multitude into thy hand, and you shall know
that I am the Lord.)

29 And IkmIi si, I. > set their armies in array one
inst the other seven days : and on the seventh

day the hattle was fought : and the children of Is-
rael slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand foot-
men in one day.

.{<) And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the
city : and the w all fell upon seven and twenty thou-
sand men, that were left. And Benadad fleeing
went into the city, into a ehamher that was within
a chamber.

31 And his servants said to hiin : Behold, we
have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful : so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and
ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel :
perhaps he will save our lives.

32 So they gilded sackcloth on their loins, and

Of Is-

lith :

put ropes on their heads, and came the kins
rael, and said to him: Thy servant Benadad sa
I beseech thee let mc have my life. And he said :
If lie be \et alive, he is my brother.

33 The men took this for a sign : and in haste
caught the word out ol his month, and said: Tin
brother Benadad. And he said to them : Go. and
bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him :
and he lilted him up into his chariot

3-1 And he said to him
father took from thy father, I will restore: and do
thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father
in Samaria

The cities which mv

and having made a league I will
Bo he made a league with him,

made

depart from thee.

and let him go.

35 Then a certain man of the sons of the pro-

Ehels said to his companion in the word of the
,onl : Strike me. But hi- would not strike.

36 Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst
not hearken to the word of' the Lord, behold, thou
■hah depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee.
And when he was gone a little from him, a lion
found him, and slew him.

37 Then he found another man, and said to

Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded

him:
him.

38 So the prophet went and met tin- kins in the
w.n. .mil disguised himself by sprinkling dust on
his face and his ryes.

39 And as the kins passed by, he cried to the
king, ami said: Thy servant went () ut to fight hand

io hand : and when a certain man Jras run away,
one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man :
and if he shall slip awa\. thj life shall he foj his
life, or thou slialt pay a talent of silver.

W) And whilst I in the hurry turned this way
and that, on a sudden he was not to Im- seen. And
the kins of Israel said to him: This is thy judg-
ment, which thyself hast decr eed .

41 But he forthwith wiped oil the dust from his
face: and the kin» of Israel knew him, that he was
one of the prophets.

48 And he said to him': Thus saith the Lord:
Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man
worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and
thy people for his people.

43 And the king of Israel returned to his home,
slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria.

CHAP. XXI.

Naboth, for denying his vineyard to king Achab. it by Jt-uilnl't
command mr ill, f abely acrut il, and stoned Io ill nth. For trim h
rrimi I. /in* drnouncrth to Achab the judgment* of (Sod: upon
his humbling himself, the sentence is ■iflffuf

AND after these thing*, Nabotfa the Je/.rahelite,
-£*- who was in Jezraiiel, had at that time a \ine-
yard near the palace of Achab king of Samaria.

2 And Achah siioke to Nal>oth. saving: Give me
thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs,
because it is nigh, and joining to my house; and I
will give thee for it a hetter vineyard: or if thou
think it more convenient for thee, I will give tine
the worth of it in money.

3 Naboth answered him: The Lord be merci-
ful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance
of mv lathers.

4 And Achab came into his house Mgrj and
fretting, because of the word that Naboth the J< /-
rahelite had spoken to him, saving: I will not give

thee the iuliei nanceof my fathers. And Casting hfOt-
Seif upon hjs bed, he turned away his lace to the
wall, and would eat no bread.

5 And .le/.abel his wife went in to him. and said
to him : What is the matter that thy soul is so

grieved? ami why eatest thou no bread?

6 And he answered her: I spoke toNuboth the
.le/rahelite, and said to him : (ii\e me thy \ine\aid,
and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will
give thee a better vineyard for it. And In; said: 1

w ill not give thee my

7 Then .le/ahel h

vines aid.
is wife sai

id to him: Thou art
of great authority indeed, and govatuesl w ell the
kingdom of Israel. Arise, and eat bread, ami be
of ^.<)(mI cheer: I will give thee the vineyard ol Na-
both the Jezrahelile.

8 So she wrote letters in Aehah's name, and
sealed them with his rini, and sent them to the
ancients, and the chief men that were in his city,
and that dwelt with Naboth.

9 And this was the tenor ol the letters : Proclaim
a last : and make Naboth sit anion- the dm I ol' Un-
people:

10 And suborn two men. sons of Belial, against
him ; and lei (hem bear false witness, (hat he hatb

CHAP. XXII.

blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him
out, and stone him, and so let. him die.

11 And the men of his city the ancients and
nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jeza-
bel had commanded them, and as it was written
in the letters which she had sent to them :

12 They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth
sit among the chief of the people.

13 And bringing two men sons of the devil, they
made them sit against him: and they, like men of
the devil, bore witness against him before the people,
saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the
king: wherefore they brought him forth without
the city, and stoned him to death.

14 And they sent to Jezabel, saying : Naboth
is stoned, and is dead.

15 And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard
•that Naboth was stoned, and dead, that she said to

Achab : Arise, and take possession of the vineyard
of Naboth the Jezrahelite, who would not agree
with thee, and give it thee for money: for Naboth
is not alive, but dead.

16 And when Achab heard this, to wit, that
Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into
the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite, to take pos-
session of it.

17 And the word of the Lord came to Elias the
Thesbite, saying :

18 Arise, and go down to meet Achab king of
Israel, who is in Samaria : behold, he is going down
to the vineyard of Naboth, to take possession of it :

19 And thou shalt speak to him, saying : Thus
saith the Lord : Thou hast slain, moreover also
thou hast taken possession. And after these words
thou shalt add : Thus saith the Lord : In this place,
wherein the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth,
they shall lick thy blood also.

20 And Achab said to Elias : Hast thou found
me thy enemy. He said : I have found thee, be-
cause thou art sold, to do evil in the sight * of the
Lord.

21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee; and I
will cut down thy posterity; and I will kill of
Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up, and the last in Israel.

22 And I will make thy house like the house of
Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the house of
Baasa the son of Ahias : for what thou hast done,
to provoke me to anger, and for making Israel to
sin.

23 And of Jezabel also the Lord spoke, saying .
The dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel.

24 If Achab die in the city, the dogs shall eat
him : but if he die in the field the birds of the air
shall eat him.

25 Now there was not such another as Achab,
who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord : for
his wife Jezabel set him on,

26 And he became abominable ; insomuch that
he followed the idols which the Amorrhites had

+ Sold to do evil in Ike sight, SfC. That is, so addicted to evil, as if
thou hadst sold thyself to the devil, to be his slave to work all kind of
evil.

made, whom the Lord destroyed before the face of,
the children of Israel.

27 And when Achab had heard these words, he
rent his garments, and put hair-cloth upon his flesh,
and fasted, and sleot in sackcloth, and walked with
his head cast down.

28 And the word of the Lord came to Eiias the
Thesbite, saying .

29 Hast thou not seen Achab humbled before
me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself
for my sake, I will not bring the evtf in his days;
but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his
house.

CHAP. XXII.

Achab believing his false prophets, rather than Micheas, is slain
in Ramolh-Galaad. Ochozias succeedeth him. Good king
Josaphat dieth : and his son Jorum succeedeth him.

AND there passed three years without war be-
tween Syria and Israel.

2 And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda
came down to the king of Israel.

3 (And the king of Israel said to his servants :
Know ye not that Ramoth-Galaad is ours, and we
neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of
Syria ?)

4 And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with
me to battle to Ramoth-Galaad ?

5 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel : As I
am, so art thou : my people and thy people are one :
and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat
said to the king of Israel : Inquire, I beseech thee,
this day the word of the Lord.

6 Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets,
about four hundred men : and he said to them :
Shall I go to Ramoth-Galaad to fight, or shall I for-
bear ? They answered : Go up ; and the Lord will
deliver it into the hand of the king.

7 And Josaphat said : Is there not here some
prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him ?

8 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There
is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the
Lord : Micheas the son of Jemla ; but 1 hate him ;
for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil.
And Josaphat said : Speak not so, O king.

9 Then the king of Israel called a eunuch, and
said to him : Make haste, and bring hither Micheas
the son of Jemla.

10 And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of
Juda, sat each on his throne clothed with royal
robes, in a court by the entrance of the gate of
Samaria: and all the prophets prophesied before
them.

11 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made
himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the
Lord : With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou
destroy it.

12 And all the prophets prophesied in like man-
ner, saying : Go up to Ramoth-Galaad, and pros-
per ; for the Lord will deliver it into the king's
hands.

13 And the messenger, that went to call Miche-
as, spoke to him, saying : Behold, the words of the

283

III. KINGS.

prophets with one mouth dec. are good things to the
king: let tliv word therefore be like io theirs, and

speak that which is good.

11 But Micheai said to him : As the Lord liveth,
Whatsoever the Lord shall sa\ to me, that w ill I speak.

15 So he came to the king: ami the king laid
to him : Micbeas, shall we go to Ramoth-Galaad
to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him :
Go op,* and prosper: and the Lord shall deliver it
into the kind's hands.

16 But the kins; s;iid to him : I adjure thee again
and again, that thou tell me nothing l»ut that which
is true in the name of the Lord.

17 And he said : I saw all Israel scattered upon
the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd ; and the
Lord said: These ha\e no master: let every man
of them return to his house in peace.

18 (Then the kins of Israel said to Josaphat :
Did I not tell thee, that he prophesied no good to
me, hut always evil .')

19 And he added, and said : Here thou there-
fore the word of the Lord : 1 saw the Lord silting
on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing
by him on the right hand and on the left :

20 And the Lord said :f Who shall deceive
Achah kin^ of Israel, that he may go up, and fall
at Ramoth-Galaad ? And one spoke words of this
manner, and another otherwise.

J I And there came forth a spirit^ and stood he-
fore the Lord, and said : I will deceive him. And
the Lord said to him : By what means?

And he said : I will go forth, and be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And tin
Lord said : Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt pre-
Vaii : go forth, and do so.J

23 Now therefore heboid, the Lord hath given a
Kin? spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that
are here : and the Lord hath spoken cvilagainst thee.

24 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and
strut- k Micheas on the cheek; and said: Hath
then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to
thee ?

25 And Micheas said : Thou shalt see in the
day when thou shalt go into a chamher§ within a
chamber to hide thyself.

26 And the king of Israel said: Take Micheas.
and let him abide with Anion the governor of the
city, and with Joas the son of Atnalech :

27 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put
this man in prison, and feed him with bread of af-
fliction, and water of distress, till I return in peace.

\nd Micheas said: If thou return in peace,
the Lord hath not sjM)ken by me. And he said:
Hear, all ye people.

• C» up, Ift, Thi« wan spoken ironically, »nd by way of jeMing at
Otc flattering »pe*chea of the fal«c prophetic and to the king under-
•t'»<l it,a» appears by tu» adjuring Mirheas, in the following verse,
totfll bun iIh truth, in the name of the Lord.

t Tkt Ltd hU, Ift. God standeth not in need of any counsellor;
nor are we to suppose that thing* pan in heaven in the manner liere
described : hut this representation was made to the prophet, to be de-
livered by him in a manner adapted to the common ways and notion*
of men.

[(icjbrtk, tmd da m TIim arte not a command | but a permission

SSI

29 So the t»ins of Israel, and Josaphat king oi
Juda went up to Ramoth-Galaad.

.U) And the kins of Israel said to Josa|>hal :
Take armour, ami so into the battle, and put on ihy
own garments, lint the king ol Israel changed his
diess, ;itid wiiii into the battle.

31 And the king of Syria had commanded ihe
two and thirty captains of his chanots, savin:::
i oil shall not light against any, small or great, hut
against the king of Israel only.

.' So when the captains of the chariots saw
Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of
Israel: and making a violent assault they fought
■gainst him : and Josaphat cried out.

33 And the captains of the chariots perceived
that he was not the kins of Israel: ami they turn-
ed away from him.

34 And a certain man bent his bow, shooting ;■*
a venture, and chanced to strike the kins Of Israel
between the lungs and the stomach. But he said
to the driver of his chariot: Turn thy hand, and
carry me out of the army ; for 1 am greviously
wounded.

35 And the battle was fought that day; and ihe
king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Sy-
rians; and he died in the evening: and the blood
ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

36 And the herald proclaimed through all the
army before the sun set, saying: Let every man
return to his own city ? and to his own country.

37 And the king died, and was carried into >.i-
maria: and they huried the king in Samaiia.

30 And they washed his chariot in the |>ool of
Samaria : and the dogs licked up his blood, and
they washed the reins, according to the word ol
the Lord which he had spoken.

39 But the rest of the acts of Achah, and all
that he did, and the house of ivory that he made,
and all the cities that he built, are thev not written
in the Hook of the words of the days of the k;

of Israel?

40 So Achah slept with his fathers : and Ocho-
zias his son reigned in his stead.

41 But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign
over Juda in the fourth year of Achah king ol Is-
rael.

42 He was five and thirty years old whin be
In gan to reign : and he reigned five and twenty
years in Jerusalem: the same of his mother has

A/uha the daughter of Salai.

43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his la-
ther: and he declined not from it : and he did that
which was right in the sight of the Lord.

44 Nevertheless he took not away 8 the high

lor God never ordainotb lie*; though be often pemitteth the l\ mr
spint to deceive those wrlio lo\e i»i« llie truth. -' Thtml. li. In Aim-
in tin* mom it is »;<kI in the following verio, Ttu L irti hofh girrn a
lying tjnrtt in thr mouth of' nil thy finiphrU.

f Go into n < hnmUr, &■< . This happened wlien be bran! (h<
was slain, and justly apurcltcndcd that lie sliould be punisl cd for his
fitlae propli- 1

lie took not rnray, S(C He left some of the high place*, vir.. those
in which they worshipped the true G<"l: hut t<«>k :iway ail others 9
Kja, xvii. 6. and note ver. 14: of chap. xv. 3 Kin-jf.

CHAP. 1.

places : for as yet the people offered sacrifices and
burnt incense in the high places. •

45 And Josaphat had peace with the king of
Israel.

46 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his
works which he did, and his battles, are they not
written in the Book of the words of the days of the
kings of Juda?

47 And the remnant also of the effeminate, who
remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out
Of the land.

48 And there was then nokingappointedin Edom.

49 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea,
to sail into Ophir for gold : but they could not go :
for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.

50 Then Ochozias the son of Achab said to Jo-
saphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in
the ships. And Josaphat would not.*

51 And Josa^ Ml slept with his fathers, and was
buried with them in the city of David his father :
and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

52 And Ochozias the son of Achab began to
reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth
year of Josaphat king of Juda : and he reigned over
Israel two years.

53 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and
walked in the way of his father and his mother,
and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who
made Israel to sin.

54 He served also Baal, and worshipped him,
and provoked the Lord the God of Israel, according
to all that his father had done.

* Would not. He had been reprehended before for admitting such
a partner ; and therefore would have no more to do with him.

THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS.

CHAP. I.

Ochozias sendeth to consult Beelzebub: Elias foretelleth his
death : and causeth fire to come down from heaven, upon two
captains and their companies.

AND Moab rebelled against Israel, after the
death of Achab.

2 And Ochozias fell through the lattices of his
upper chamber which he had in Samaria, and was
sick : and he sent messengers, saying to them : Go,
consult Beelzebub the g_od of Accaron, whether I
shall recover of this my illness.

3 And an Angel of the Lord spoke to Elias
the Thesbite, saying : Arise, and go up to meet the
messengers of the king of Samaria; and say to them:
is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult
Beelzebub the god of Accaron ?

4 Wherefore thus saith the Lord : From the bed,
on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come
down : but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went
away.

5 And the messengers turned back to Ochozias.
And he said to them: Why are you come back ?

6 But they answered him : A man met us, and
said to us : Go, and return to the king that sent
you ; and you shall say to him : Thus saith the
Lord r Is it because there was no God hi Israel that
thou sendest to Beelzebub the god of Accaron ?
Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed
on which thou art gone up ; but thou shalt surely die.

7 And he said to them : What manner of man
was he who met you, and spoke these words?

8 But they said : A hairy man, with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said : It is Elias
the Thesbite.

* Let fire, SfC. Elias was inspired to call for fire from heaven upon
these captains, who came to apprehend him ; not out of a desire to
gratify any private passion: but to punish the insult offered to reli-

9 And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the
fifty men that were under him. And he went up
to him ; and as he was sitting on the top of a hill,
said to him ; Man of God, the king hath command-
ed that thou come down.

10 And Elias answering, said to the captain ol
fifty : If I be a man of God, let fire* come down
from heaven, and consume thee, and thy fifty. And
there came down fire from heaven, and consumed
him, and the fifty that were with him.

11 And again he sent to him another captain of
fifty men, and his fifty with him. And he said to
him : Man of God, thus saith the king: Make haste,
and come down.

12 Elias answering, said : If I be a man of God,
let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee,
and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven,
and consumed him, and his fifty.

13 Again he sent a third captain of fifty men,
and the fifty that were with him. And when he
was come, he fell upon his knees before Elias, and
besought him, and said : Man of God, despise not
my life, and tne lives of thy servants that are with
me.

14 Behold, fire came down from heaven, and con-
sumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the
fifties that were with them : but now I beseech thee
to spare my life.

15 And the Angel of the Lord spoke to Elias,
saying: Go down with him; fear not. He arose
therefore, and went down with him to the king,

16 And said to him : Thus saith the Lord : Be-
cause thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelze-
bub the god of Accaron, as though there were not a

gion, to confirm his mission, and to show how vain are the efforts Oi
men against God, and his servants, whom he willeth to protect.

285

IV. K N

find in Israel, of whom Ihon tnightesi inquire the
word, there for e from the bed «>n w bieh thou ;irt com
up, thou shah lit it ootte down : but thou shah surely
die.

17 So he died according to the freed of the

Lord which Klias spoke: and .lorain his brother

reigned in his Bead, in the second v ,;ir of Joram*
the son of Josaphat kin^ of Juda: because be had

no son.

18 Hut the MM of the Mil of Ochozias which he
did, an- they not written in the Hook of the words
of the days of the kitms of Israel ?

CHAP. II.

Eliseus trill not part from Elins. The water ofthe Jordan is rli-
viilrd fry KM rlnak. Elins fa taken up in a fieru chariot,
and hit double spirit is firen to Eliseus. FJisrus healrth thr
waters fry casting in salt, lloys are torn fry bears for mvcking
Elite**.

AND it came to pass, when the Lord would take
U|> Klias into heaveiiT by a whirlwind, that
Elias and Eliseus were going from Galgal.

2 \ mi Klias said to Kliseus : Stay thou here, be-
cause the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel.
And Eliseus said to him : As the Lord liveth, and
IS thy soul liveth: I will not leave thee. And when
they wen- come down to Hethel,

3 The sons of the prophets,! that were at P>ethcl.
came forth to EliseUS, ;md said to him : Dost thou
know that this day the Lord will take away thv mas-
ter from thee ? And he answered : I also know it :
hold your peace.

4 And Klias said to Eliseus : Stay here, because
the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said:
As the Lord liveth. and as thy soul liveth, I will
not leave thee. And when they were come to Je-
richo,

6 The sons of the prophets that were at Jericho,
came to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know
thai this dav the Lord will lake away thy master
from thee; And hi said : I also know it: hold your

peaee.

6 And Elias said to him : Stay here, because
the Lord hath sent me as tar as the Jordan. And he
said : As the Lord liveth. and as thy soul liveth.
I will not leave thee. And they two went on to-
gether.

7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets fol-
lowed t In-ill, and stood in siidit at a distance : but
they two stood by the Jordan.

8 And Klias took his mantle, and folded it to-
gether, and struck the waters; and the] were di-
vided hither and thither: and they both passed over
on drv ground.

9 \nd when thev were cone (hit. I'.li SI said
to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt have me to do for
thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eli-

* TW srrcnd »*«r nf Jvrmn, tr*- Counted from the lime that be was
Macerated Id ill.- limine hv hi. father Josaphat.

♦ Btmm, Hv Wm here n meant the air, the lowest of the heavenly
T* M aV*

J 7V mm »/ Ikr prepArf t. That i«. the ili.eiplen of the pmphet. : who
I t'i have had their •rhool., like roller... nrrommiitutir., in lhtli-
el, J enc ho, and other place* id tbed»v> >•( Klia* and Kliaena.

ISfl

sens s;iiil : I beseech tine that in me may lie Iny
double spirit.^

Ill And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard
thing : nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken
liom thee, thou shall have what thou hast asked :
hut if thou si i' me not, thou shall not have it.

1 1 And as they went on, walking and talking to-
gether, behold, a fiery chariot, and fiery horses part-
ed them both asunder : and Klias went up by a
w biriwmd into heaven.

12 And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father,
my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took
hold of his own garments, and rent them in two
pieces.

13 And he took up the mantle of Klias, that fell
from him : and going back he stood upon the bank
of the Jordan:

14 And be struck the waters with the mantle of
Klias, that had fallen from him: and they were not
divided. And he said : Where is now the (iod of
Klias' And he struck the waters, and they were
divided hither and thither: and Eliseus passed
over.

15 And the sons of the prophets at Jericho, who
were ovcr-against him, seeing it, said : The spirit
of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to
meet him, they worshipped him,|| falling to the
ground.

16 And they said to him: Behold, there are
with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and
seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit ofthe Kortl
hath taken him up, and cast him upon some moun-
tain or into some valley. And he said : Do not
send.

17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and
said : Send. And they sent fifty men : and they
sought three days, but found him not.

18 And the] came hack to him : for be ahode at
Jericho : and be said to them : Did I not say to you :
Do not send.

19 And the men ofthe city said to Eliseus ; He-
hold, the Situation of this city is \crv good, as thou
my lord seest : but the waters are very had, autl the
ground barren.

20 And he said : Bring me a new vessel, and
put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

21 He went out to the sprine ofthe waters, and
east the salt into it ; and SBM : Thus saith the Lord :
I have healed these waters: and there shall he no
more in them death or barrenness.

22 And the waters were healed unto this day,
according to the w ortl of Kliseus, which he spoke.

23 And he went up from thence to Hethel : and
as he w is going np by the way, little boys catoe out
of the city, and mocked him. saying: Co up, thou
bald-head : go up. thou bald-head.

I Dtiublr spirit. A douhlr portion of thy spirit, a* thy eldest <nn and
heir; or thy rpin itcublr iii rornpariaoa of that which God

u«u illv imparteth to hi. pro;

| 7Vy tronhlpprd lv li nn inferior, yet a relijriou. venera

lion, DOt for am temporal, but spiritual excellency.

CHAP.

24 And looking back, be saw them, and cursed
them* in the name of the Lord: and there came
forth two bears out of the forest, and tore of them
two and forty boys.

26 And from thence he went to mount Carinel ;
mid from thence he returned to Samaria.
CHAP. III.

The kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom, fight against the king of
Monk, fhey mint inutir,iclii<h Eliseus procure! It without rain:
and prophesieth victory. The Icing of Moab is overthrown :
his city is besieged : he sacrificeth his first-born son : so the
Israelites raise the siege.

AND Joram the son of Achab reigned over Is-
rael in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jo-
saphat king of Juda. And he reigned twelve years.

2 And lie did evil before the Lord, but irot like
his father and his mother : for he took away the sta-
tues of Baal, which his father had made.

3 Nevertheless he stuck to the sins of Jeroboain
the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin ; nor did
he depart from them.

4 Now Mesa king of Moab nourished many
sheep: and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred
thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with
their fleeces.

5 And when Achab was dead, he broke the
league which he had made with the king of Israel.

6 And king Joram went out that day from Sama-
ria, and mustered all Israel.

7 And he sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying:
The king of Moab is revolted from me ; come with
me against him to battle. And he answered: I
will come up: he that is mine, is thine; my people,
thy people ; and my horses, thy horses.

8 And he said : Which way shall we go up ? But
he answered : By the desert of Edom.

9 So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda,
and the king of Edom went: and they fetched a
compass of seven days journey : and there was no
water for the army, and for the beasts that followed
them.

10 And the king of Israel said : Alas, alas, alas,
the Lord hath gathered us three kings together, to
deliver us into the hands of Moab.

1 1 And Josaphat said : Is there not here a prophet
of the Lord, that we may beseech die Lord by him ?
And one of the servants of the king of Israel answer-
ed : Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, who pour-
ed water on the hands of Elias.

12 And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord
is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat
king of Juda, and the king of Edom went down to
him.

13 And Eliseus said to the king of Israel : What
have I to do with thee ? go to the prophets of thy
father, and thy mother. And the king of Israel
said to him : Why hath the Lord gathered together
these three kings, to deliver them into the hands of
Moab?

* Cursed them. This curse, which was followed by so visible a judg-
ment of God, was not the effect of passion, or of a desire of revenging
himself; but of zeal for religion, which was insulted, by these wjra,
iti the person of the prophet; and of a divine inspiration ; God pun-
U'.iing in this manner the inhabitants of Bethel (the chief seat of (he

111, IV.

14 And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord of hosts
liveth, in whose sight I stand, if I did not reverence
the face of Josaphat king of Juda, I would not have
hearkened to thee, nor looked on thee.

15 But now bring me hither a minstrel. And
when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came
upon him ; and he said :

16 Thus saith the Lord : Make the channel ol
this torrent full of ditches.

17 For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see
wind, nor rain : and yet this channel shall be filled
with waters : and you shall drink, you and your
families, and your beasts.

18 And this is a small thing in the sight of the
Lord: moreover he will deliver also Moab into your
hands.

19 And you shall destroy every fenced city, and
every choice city, and shall cut down every fruitful
tree, and shall stop up all the springs of waters ; and
every goodly field you shall cover with stones.

20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the
sacrifices used to be offered, that behold, water came
by the way of Edom ; and the country was filled
with water.

21 And all the Moabites hearing that the kings

were come up to fight against them, gathered to-
gether all that were girde
and stood in the borders.

ith a belt upon them,

22 And they rose early in the morning : and the
sun being now up, and shining upon the waters, the
Moabites saw the waters over-against them red,
like blood.

23 And they said : It is the blood of the sword:
the kings have fought among themselves ; and they
have killed one another : go now, Moab, to the
spoils.

24 And they went into the camp of Israel : but
Israel rising up defeated Moab,w holled beforethem.
And they being conquerors, went and smote Moab.

25 And they destroyed the cities : and they filled
every goodly field, every man casting his stone : and
they stopt up all the springs of waters ; and cut down
all the trees that bore fruit ; so that Brick-walls
only remained ;t and the city was beset by the
.•dingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

26 And when the king of Moab saw this, to wit,
that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him
seven hundred men that drew the sword, to break
in upon the king of Edom : but they could not.

27 Then betook his eldest son, that should have
reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-
offering upon the wall : and there was great indig-
nation in Israel : and presently they departed iron,
him, and returned into their own country.

CHAP. IV.

Miracles of Elisens. He raise.th a dead child to life.

NOW a certain woman of the wives of the pro-
phets cried to Eliseus, saying : Thy servant
my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy

calf worship,) who had trained up their children in a prejudice against
the true religion and its ministers.

t Brick-walls only remained : It was the proper name of the capita)
city of the Moabites. In Hebrew, Kir- Iluruscth.

2(37

iv. kin(;s.

servant was one that feared God: and behold, the
creditor is doom to take away my two sons la servi

him.

2 Arid Eliseus said to her : What wilt thou have
me do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy
house? And she answered : 1 thy handmaid ha\e
nothing in my bouse but a little oil, to anoint me.

3 And he said to her : Go, borrow of all thy
neighbours empty reseels not a few.

4 And eo in, and shut thy door, when thou art
within, and thy sons : and pour out thereof into all
Uiose vessels : and when t hey are lull, take t hem au a v.

5 So the woman went, and shut the door upon
her. and upon her sons: they brought her the retsels,
and she poured in.

6 And when the vessels wi re ftdl, she said to her
son : Bring me yet a vessel. And he answered : I
have no more. And the oil stood.

7 And she eame. and told the man of God. And
he said : Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor: and
thou and thy sons live of the rest.

8 And there was a day when Eliseus passed by
Sunam : now there was a great woman there, who
detained him to eat bread : and as he passed often
that way, he turned into her house to eat bread.

9 And she said to her husband : I perceive that
this is a holy man of («<>d, who often passeth by us.

10 Let us therefore niake him a little chamber,
and nut a little bed in it for him, and a table, and a
stool, and a candlestick, that when he comet h to us
be mav abide there.

1 1 Now there was a certain day when he came,
and turned in to the chamber, and rested their.

12 And he said to (iie/.i his servant: ("all this
Sunam*tese. And when he had called her, and she
Mood before him,

13 lit; said to his servant : Say to her : Behold.
thou hast diligently served us in all things: what
wilt thou have me to do for thee ? hast thou an\
business, and wilt thou that I speak to the king, or
to the general of the army? and she answered : I
dwell in the midst of mv own people.

14 And he said : What will she then that I do
for her ? And Gie/.i said: Do not ask; for she hath
no son ; and her husband is old.

15 Then he bid him call her: and when she was
called, and stood In-fore the door,

It! He said to her : At this time, and this SBBM
hour, if life accompany, thou shall have a son in thy
womb. But she answered : Do not, I beseech thee,

my lord, thou man oft iod,donot lie to thy handmaid.

17 And the woman COnceirad, and brought forth
a son in the time, and at the same hour, that Eliseus
had said.

1H And the child crew. And on a certain day,
when he went out to liis father, to the reapers,

19 He said to his father: My head acheth ; my

tat. He (hat i.nent In raiw to life the (inner npiritu-

n»t Miflrr hirmelf to be railed off, or diverted from

, bv the •alntatioM or eeremonV* of the world.

f St. Aof Mfwi a C 0W«id a n a (rreat our... !■■ wrought

h\ the proohet Cliwai. tbu< Uy the . Im* (errant i« figured

the rod of Mom* or the Old Law, whirh »», out iuffi< u-nt to hnng

ssa

head acheth. Hut he said to his servant: Take

him, and carry him to his mother.

And when he bad taken him, and brought
him to his mother, she set him on her knees until
nOOO : and then he died.

Jl And she went up, and laid him upon the bed
of the man of God, and shut the door: and going
out,

22 She called her husband, and said : Send with
me, 1 beseech the©, one of thy servants, and au ass
that I may run to the man of God, and come
again.

And he said to her: Why dost thou go to him ?
to-day is neither new moon nor sabbath. She an-
swered : I will go.

£4 And she saddled an ass, and commanded her
servant: Drive, and make ha-te ; make no sta\ in
going. And do that which 1 bid thee.

' So she went forward, and came to the man
of God to mount Carmel : and when the man of
God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi his
servant: Behold that SunamHess.

26 Go therefore to meet her, and say to her: Is
all well with thee, and with thv husband, and with
thy son? And she answered: Well.

27 And when she came to the man of God
to the mount, she caught hold on his feet : ami ( lie/i
came to remove her. And the man of God said :
Let her alone ; for her soul is in anguish : and the
Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

28 And she said to him : Did I ask a son of my
lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me.'

29 Then he said to (iie/.i: Gird up thy loins, and
take my staff in thy hand, and go. If any man meet
thee, salute him not:* and if any man salute thee,
answer him not : and lay my staff U|K)ii the face of
the child.

30 Hut the mother of the child said : As the Lord
liveth, and as thy soul livcth, I will not leave thee.
He arose, therefore, and followed her.

31 Hut (iie/.i was ymc before them, and laid the
stall' upon the face of the child :f and there was no
voice nor sense : and he returned to meet him, and
told him, saying! The child is not risen.

32 Eliseus therefore went into the house : and
behold, the child lay dead on his bed :

33 Anil going in he shut the door upon him, and
upon the child, and pra\ed to the Lord.

St And he wiiu up. and lav upon the child: and
he put his moUthupOU his mouth, and his eyesupoo
his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he
bowed himself upon him ; and the child's flesh trew
warm.

35 Then he returned, and walked in the bouse,
once to and fro: and he went Up, and lay upon him
and the child gaped seven times, and opened hisej

36 And he called (iie/.i, and said to him : i

mankind to life, then itfuil in (in.

wlfuhouki come, ami 1

fle*h, and rMtore »« to life. Int

it was neeeaaarr that 1

1" lilr, and re»ton him to hit mot

a figure of the Church.

It «

t him-

otne !um*.'lf (t> '

imw here, in .» ir

of oar

n't. ., .

CHAP. V.

this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to
him : and lie said : Take up thy son.

37 She came, and fell at his feet, and worshipped
upon the ground ; and took up her son, and went out.

38 And Eliseus returned to Galgal ; and there
was a famine in the land ; and the sons of the pro-
phets dwelt before him. And he said to one of his
servants : Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for
the sons of the prophets.

39 And one went out into the field to gather wild
herbs : and he found something like a wild vine,
and gathered of it wild gourds of the field,* and
filled his mantle ; and coming back, he shred them
into the pot of pottage : for he knew not what it was.

40 And they poured it out for their companions
to eat : and when they had tasted of the pottage, they
cried out, saying : Death is in the pot, O man of
God. And they could not eat thereof.

41 But he said : Bring some meal. And when
they had brought it, he cast it into the pot, and said :
Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And
there was now no bitterness in the pot.

42 And a certain man came from Baalsalisa,
bringing to the man of God bread of the first-fruits,
twenty loaves of barley, and new com in his scrip.
And he said : Give to the people, that they may eat.

43 And his servant answered him : How much
is this, that I should set it before a hundred men ?
He said again : Give to the people, that they may
eat : for thus saith the Lord : They shall eat ; and
there shall be left.

44 So he set it before them : and they ate ; and
there was left according to the word of the Lord.

CHAP. V.

Naaman the Syrian is cleansed of Ms leprosy. He professeth
kis belief in one God, promising to serve him. Giezi tuktth
gifts of Naaman ; and is struck with leprosy.

NAAMAN, general of the army of the king of
Syria, was a great man with his master, and
honourable : for by him the Lord gave deliverance
to Syria ; and he was a valiant man, and rich, but
a leper.

2 Now there had gone out robbers from Syria,
and had led away captive out of the land of Israel
a little maid ; and she waited upon Naaman's wife.

3 And she said to her mistress : I wish my mas-
ter had been with the prophet that is in Samaria ;
he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy
which he hath.

4 Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told
nim, saying : Thus and thus said the girl from the
land of Israel.

5 And the king of Syria said to him : Go, and I
will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he
departed ; and took with him ten talents of silver,
and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
raiment ;

6 And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in

* Wild gourds of tke field. Colocynthidas. They are extremely bitter,
and therefore are called the gall of the earth ; and are poisonous if ta-
Ken in a great quantity.

f Ji bhssing. A present

I Go in peace. What the prophet here allowed, was not an outward

these words : When thou shalt receive this letter,
know that 1 have sent to thee Naaman my servant,
that thou mayst heal him of his leprosy.

7 And when the king of Israel had read the let-
ter, he rent his garments, and said : Am 1 God, to
be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sen'
to me, to heal a man of his leprosy ? mark, and see
how he seeketh occasions against me.

8 And when Eliseus the man of God had heard
this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his gar-
ments, he sent to him, saying : Why hast thou rent
thy garments ? let him come to me, and let him
know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots,
and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus.

10 And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying:
Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan ; and thy
flesh shall recover health.; and thou shalt be clean.

11 Naaman was angry, and went away, saying:
I thought he would have come out to me, and
standing would have invoked the name of the Lord
his God, and touched with his hand the place of the
leprosy, and healed me.

12 Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers
of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel,
that I may wash in them, and be made clean ? So
as he turned, and was going away with indignation,

13 His servants came to him, and said to him :
Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great
thing, surely thou shouldst have done it : how much
rather what he now hath said to thee : Wash, and
thou shalt be clean ?

14 Then he went down, and washed in the Jor-
dan seven times, according to the word of the man
of God : and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of
a little child ; and he was made clean.

15 And returning to the man of God with all his
train, he came, and stood before him, and said :
In truth I know there is no other God in all the
earth, but only in Israel : I beseech thee therefore
take a blessingf of thy servant.

16 But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before
whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he
pressed him, he still refused.

17 And Naaman said: As thou wilt; but I be-
seech thee, grant to me thy servant, to take from
hence two mules burden of earth : for thy servant
will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim to
other gods, but to the Lord.

18 But there is only this, for which thou shalt
intreat the Lord for thy servant; when my master
goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship, and
he leaneth upon my hand, if 1 bow down in the tem-
ple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same
place, that the Lord pardon me thy servant for this
thing.

19 And he said to him: Go in peace. \ So he
departed from him in the spring time of the earth.

conformity to an idolatrous worship ; but only a service which by his
office he owed to his master : who on all public occasions, leaned on
him: so that his bowing down when his master bowed himself down,
was not in effect adoring the idols; nor was it so understood by tho
standers by, since he publicly professed himself a worshipper of Um

289

IV. KINGS.

20 But Giezi the servant of the man of God
■aid: My master bath spared Naamaii ibis Syrian,
in not receiving of him thai which be brought : a*

the Lord liM-tli, I will run after him, and lake sunn-
thin; of him.

M Ami Giexi followed after Maaman : ami when
he saw him running after him, he leapt down
from his chariot to meet him. and said: Is all well ?

22 And he said : Well : my master hath sent me
to thee, sa\ in:;: JiM now then are come to me from
mount Kpluaiui. two yoUOX nun of the sons of the
prophets: give them a talent of silver, and two
changes di garments.

unausaid: It is hotter that thou take
two talents. And he forced him, and hound two
talents of silver in twobaga,' and two changes of gar-
ments: and laid them ii|>on two of his servants: and
the\ carried them before him.

\nd whin he was come, and now it was the
evening, he took them from their hands, and laid
them up in the house, and sent the men away; and
departed.
lint he went in, and stood before bis master.
And Klisens said: Whence corneal thou, Gie/ir
II answered : Thy servant went no whither.

26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when
the man lamed back from bis chariot to meet thee.'
So now thou hast received money, and received gar-
ments, to buy olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep,
and oxen, and men-servants* and maid-servants.

27 But the leprosy of Naamun shall also stick
to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And be went out
from him a leper as w bite as snow.

CHAP. VI.

Eliseus mtikt'i i/t n to stcim upin thi tcater : he leadrth the Sy-
rians that trere srnt tn tipprrhind him, into Siimnriii. tr/ii rt
their ryes hi ing opened, they are CM ttnusly entertained. Tin
Syrian* berirge Samaria ; Ihr fam nr therr causetli a irnman
to rat hrr otrn child. Upon this the Icing commandcth Eliseus
to be put to drath.

AM) the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus:
Behold, the place where we dwell with thee
is too strait for us:

2 Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of
the wood, every man a piece of timber, that wo may
build us there a place to dwell in. And ho said: Go.

3 And one of them s;iid : But come thou also with
thy servants. He answered: I will come.

4 So he went with them. And when they were
come to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 And it happened, as one was felling some tim-
ber. thai the head of the axe fell into the water:
and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord,
for this same w as borrowed.

6 And the man of (Joel said : Where did it fall ?
and he showed him the place. Then ho cut off a
piece of wood, and cast it in thither, and the iron
swam.

onlr true and living f»od ; but it wan no more than (loin? a civil office
to tlba kinf hit master, whose leaning upon Urn obliged him to bow at
lb* aame time that he bowed.

* JaWisVim Tb* blindness her* spoken of was of a particular kind,
which hindemd them from serine; the obiects that war* reall? before
aerdilerent

thorn ; and repi eaenled other <

■zw

object* to their unaguiaUoQ ; so

7 And he said: Take it up. And he put out his
hand, and look it.

8 And the king of Syria warred against Israel,
and took counsel with his servants, saying : In such
and such a place let us lay ambush.

9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel,
sav ing : Beware that thou pass not to such a plate :
for the Syrians are there in ambush.

10 And the kim: of Israel sent to the place w hioh
the man of God had told him, and prevented him,
and looked well to himself there not once nor
twice.

1 1 And the heart of the king of Syria was trou-
bled for this thing. And calling together his ser-
vants, he said: Why do you not tell mo who it is
that betrays me to the king of Israel ?

12 And one of bis servants said : No one, my
lord () king: but Eliseus the prophet, that is in Is-
rael, telleth the king ot Israel all the words that thou

speakes) in thy privy chamber.

13 And he said to them : Go, and see where he
is, that I may send, and take him. And they told
him. Saying: Behold, he is in Dothan.

14 Therefore be sent thither horses and chariots,
and the strength of an army: and thev came by
night, and beset the city.

15 And the servant of the man of God rising
early, wont out, and saw an army round about the
city, and horses and chariots : and he told him, say-
ing: Alas, alas, alas, my lord ; what shall we do ?

16 But he answered: Feat not: for there are
more w ith us than with thorn.

17 And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open
his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened
the eyes of the servant; and he saw: and behold,
the mountain IMS full of horses, and chariots of fire
round about Eliseus.

18 And the enemies came down to him; hut
EliseUJ prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike,! I>e-
seech thee, this people with blindness.* And the
Lord struck them With blindness, according to the
word of Eliseus.

19 And Eliseus said to thorn: This is not the
way; neither is this the city: follow me, and I will
show you the man whom you seek. So he led
them into Samaria.

20 And when they were come into Samaria,
Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men,
that they may see. And the Lord opened their

; and they saw themselves to be in the midst
of Samaria.

21 And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when
he saw them: Mj father, shall 1 kill them?

22 And be said : Thou shall not kill them: for
thou didst not rake them with ihj sword, or thy

bow, that thou mays! kill them: but set broad and
water before them, that they may eat and drink, and

go to their master.

that they no longer perceived the city of I )..(!, an. nor were able to
know the person of E Ua e tU . but were e»»ily li-d by him. arhassj iIkt
took to be another man. to Samaria. So that lie truly told them. tUt
(a nnf fa* «r«y, neither it (hit lh' ri/y. kc. because be spot* with :
to tht way, aod to Uu city, which wu represented to them

CHAP. VII.

23 And a great provision of meats was set be-
fore them; and they ate and drank: and he let them
go; and they went away to their master; and the
robbers of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

24 And it came to pass after these things, that
Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his
army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria :
and so long did the siege continue, till the head of
an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and
the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five
pieces of silver.

26 And as the king of Israel was passing by the
wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying:
Save me, my lord O king.

27 And he said : If the Lord doth not save thee,
how can I save thee ? out of the barn-floor, or out
of the wine-press ? And the king said to her: What
aileth thee ? And she answered :

28 This woman said to me: Give thy son, that
we may eat him to-day : and we will eat my son to-
morrow.

29 So we boiled my son, and ate him. And 1
said to heron the next day: Give thy son, that we
may eat him. And she hath hid her son.

30 When the king heard this, he rent his gar-
ments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the
people saw the hair-cloth which he wore within
next to his flesh.

31 And the king said : May God do so and so to
me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus
the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day.

32 But Eliseus sat in his house ; and the ancients
sat with him. So he sent a man before: and be-
fore that messenger came, he said to the ancients:
Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent
to cut off my head ? Look then, when the messen-
ger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to
come in : for behold, the sound of his masier's feet
is behind him.

33 While he was yet speaking to them, the mes-
senger appeared, who was coming to him. And
he said : Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord :
what shall I look for more from the Lord?

CHAP. VII.

Elicits propkesieth a great plenty, which presently ensneth upon
the sudden Jlight of the Syrians ; of which four lepers bring
the news to the city. The incredulous nobleman is trod to
death.

AND Eliseus said : Hear ye the word of the Lord :
Thus saith the Lord: To-morrow about this
time a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater,*
and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate
of Samaria.

2 Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the
king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If
the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can
that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said:
Thou shalt see it with thy eyes ; but shalt not eat
thereof.

3 Now there were four lepers, at the entering in

* -J ttaier. It is the same as a side or shekel.

of the gate: and they said one to another: Wlut
mean we to stay here till we die ?

4 If we will enter into the city, we shall die with
famine: and if we will remain here, we must also
die: come, therefore, and let us run over to the
camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we shall
live: but if they kill us, we shall but die.

5 So they arose in the evening to go to the Sy-
rian camp. And when they were come to the first
part of the camp of the Syrians, they found no man
there.

6 For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp
of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and
of a very great army: and they said one to another:
Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the
kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians: and
they are come upon us.

7 Wherefore they arose, and fled away in the
dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses
in the camp; and fled, desiring to save their lives.

8 So when these lepers were come to the begin-
ning of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate
and drank : and they took from thence silver, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid it : and they
came again, and went into another tent, and carried
from thence in like manner, and hid it.

9 Then they said one to another : We do not
well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold
our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall
be charged with a crime: come, let us go, and tell
it in the king's court.

10 So they came to the gate of the city, and told
them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians;
and we found no man there, but horses, and asses
tied, and the tents standing.

1 1 Then the guards of the gate went, and told it
within in the king's palace^

.12 And he arose in the night, and said to his ser-
vants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us:
They know that we suffer great famine: and there-
fore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid
in the fields, saying: When they come outofthecity
we shall take them alive ; and then we may get
into the city.

13 And one of his servants answered : Let us
take the five horses that are remaining in the city
(because there are no more in the whole multitude
of Israel, for the rest are consumed,) and let us send,
and see.

14 They brought therefore two horses, and the
king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying: Go,
and see.

15 And they went after them as far as the Jordan:
and behold, all the way was full of garments and
vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their
fright : and the messengers returned, and told the

ki«£-

16 And the people going out, pillaged the camp

of the Syrians : and a bushel of fine flour was sold
for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater,
according to the word of the Lord.

17 And the king appointed that lord on whose
hand he leaned, to stand at the gate : and the peo-

291

IV. KINGS.

Ele trod upon him in the entrance of the gate ; ami
e died, as the man of God had said, when the kin::

cane down n> him.

18 And it came to pass according to the word of
the maiiof God, a hicb be spoke tothe kins, when be
said: Two bushels of barley shall be for ■ stater,

and a bushel of fine (lour for a slater, at this very time
to-morrow in the sale of Samaria.

19 When that lord answered the man of God,
and said: Although the Lord should make flood-
gates in heaven, could this come to |>ass which thou
sayest ; And he said to him : Thou shah see with thy

: and shall not eat thereof.

20 And so it fell out to him as it was foretold :
and the people trod upon him in the gate ; anil he
died.

CHAP.. VIII.

Afttr seven years'' famine foretold by Eliseus, the Sunamiless re-
turning home, rrrorrreth her land* and revenues. Elisen*
foreshnwetk the death of Benadad king of Syria, and the rrign
of Hazael. Jorum* wicked reign in Juda. He dirth, and
his son Ochozias succeeiieth.

A ND Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he

-^*- had restored to life. sa\ ins: Arise, and go thou

and thy household, and sojourn whensoever thou
canal find: for the Lord hath called a famine; and
it shall come upon the land sewn tears.

2 And she arose, and did according to the word of
the man of God: and going with her household, she
sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

3 And when the seven years were ended, the
woman returned out of the hmd of the Philistines:
and she went forth to speak to the king for her house,
and for her lands.

4 And the king talked with Giezi the servant of
the man of God, saying: Tell me all the peat things
that Eliseus hath done.

5 And when he was telling the king how he had
raised one dead to life, the woman appeared, whose
son he had restored to life, crying to the king for
her house, and her lands. And Giezi said : My lord
O king, this is the woman, and this is her son,
whom Klisens raised to life.

6 And the kins asked the woman: and she told
him. And the king appointed her a eunuch, saying :
Restore her all that is hers, and all the revenues of
the lands, from the day that she left the land, to
this present

7 Eliseus also came to Damascus: and Hcnadad
king of Syria was sick: and they told him, saying:
The man of God is come hitln r.

8 And the kins said to Hazael : Take with thee
presents, and so to meet the man of God, and con-
sult the Lord by him, saying : Can I recover of this
inv illness?

9 And Hazael went to meet him. taking with
him pr ind all the good things of Damascus,
the hurdens of forty camels. Ami when he stood

* Tilt Aim : I kit thait r act u r. By these won), the prophet »igm6ed
that the king's disease was not mortal ; and that he would ncovv, if
do violence were used. Or he might only express himself in this man-
oer, by way of fi»"»J Hazael to understand that be knew both what

re him. he said: Thy son Benadad the king of
Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Can! recover of

this inv illness ?

10 And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou
shall recover:* but the Lord hath shewn me thai he
shall surely die.

11 And he stood with him, and was troubled so
far as to blush: and the man of God Wept.

12 And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord
Weep ? And he said : Because I know the evil that
thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong
cities thou wilt burn with fire; and their yoUng men
thou wilt kill with the sword; and thou vsilt dash
their children, and rip up their pregnant women.

13 And Hazael said: Hut what am I thy servant
a dog, that I should do this great thing r And Eliseus
said: The Lord hath shown me that thou shalt be
kins of Syria.

1 i And when he was departed from Eliseus, he
came to his master, who said to him : What said
Eliseus to thee ? And he answered: He told me:
Thou shall recover.

15 And on the next day, he took a blanket, and
poured water on it, and spread it upon bis face; and he
died: and Hazael reigned in bis stead.

16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king
of Israel, and of Josaphat f king of Juda, reigned Jo-
ram son of Josaphat kins of Juda.

17 He was two and thirty years okl when he be-
gan to reign : and he reigned eight years in Jerusa-
lem.

18 And he walked in the ways of the kings of
Israel, as ihe house of Achab had walked: tor the
daughter of Achab was his wife; and he did that
w liieh was evil in the sight of the Lord.

19 But the Lord would not tlestroy Judah, for
David his servant's sake, as he had promised him,
to give him a light, and to his children always.

20 In his days Edom revolted, from being under
Juda, and made themselves a king.

21 And Joram came to Seira, and all the chariots
with him : and he arose in the night, and defeated
the Edomites that had surrounded him, and the cap-
tains of the chariots: but the people fled into their
tents.

22 So Edom revolted from being under Juda,
unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the
same time.

23 But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Juda ?

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and wat
buried with them in the city of David : and Ocho-
zias his son reigned in his stead.

25 In the twelfth vear of Joram son of Achah
king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king
of Juda.

26 Ochozias was two and twenty years old when

he would say and do; that he would indeed tell the king he should
corer; hut would be himself the instrument of his death.

t And «/Joiaph*t, let That is, Josaphat bcinr; yet alire ; who
time before hit death made hi* too Joram king, a* David had. done
(ore by bis too Solomon.

CHAP. IX.

he began to reign : and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Athalia the
daughter* of Amri king of Israel.

27 And he walked in the ways of the house of
Aehab : and he did evil before the Lord, as did the
house of Aehab: for he was the son-in-law ot»the
house of Aehab.

28 He went also with Joram son of Aehab, to
fight against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-
Galaad : and the Syrians wounded Joram :

29 And he went baekto be healed, in Jezrahel:
beeause the Syrians had wounded him in Ramoth
when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And
Oehozias the son of Joram king ot Juda, went down
to visit Joram the son of Aehab in Jezrahel ; be-
cause he was sick there.

CHAP. IX.

Jehu is anointed king of Israel, to destroy the house of Aehab
and Jezabel. He killeth Joram king of Israel, and Oehozias
king of Juda. Jezabel is eaten by dogs.

AND Eliseus the prophet called one of the sons
of the prophets, and said to him : Gird up thy
loins, and take this little bottle of oil in thy hand, and
go to Ramoth-Galaad.

2 And when thou art come thither, thou shalt see
Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi : and
going in thou shalt make him rise up from amongst
his brethren, and carry him into an inner chamber.

3 Then taking the little bottle of oil, thou shalt
pour it on his head, and shalt say : Thus saith the
Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel. And
thou shalt open the door, and flee ; and shalt not
stay there.

4 So the young man the servant of the prophet
went away to Ramoth-Galaad,

5 And went in thither : and behold, the captains
of the army were sitting; and he said : I have a
word to thee, O prince. And Jehu said : Unto
whom of us all? And he said : To thee, O prince.

6 And he arose, and went into the chamber: and
he poured the oil upon his head, and said: Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel : I have anointed thee
king over Israel, the people of the Lord.

7 And thou shalt cut off the house of Aehab thy
master: and I will revenge the blood of my servants
the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the
Lord at the hand of Jezabel.

8 And I will destroy all the house of Aehab: and
I will cut off from Aehab him that pisseth against
the wall, and him that is shut up, and the meanest
in Israel.

9 And I will make the house of Aehab like the
house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and like the
house of Baasa the son of Ahias.

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of
Jezrahel : and there shall be no one to bury her
And he opened the door, and fled.

1 1 Then Jehu went forth to the servants of his
lord: and they said to him: Are all things well ? why

* Daughter. That is, grand-daughter ; for she was daughter of
Aehab son of Amri, vor. 18

came this mad man to thee t Ann ne said to them
You know the man, and what he said.

12 But they answered: It is false; but rather do
thou tell us. And he said to them': Thus and thus
did he speak to me : and he said : Thus saith the
Lord : I have anointed thee king over Israel.

13 Then they made haste, and taking every man
his garment, laid it under his feet, after the manner
of a judgment-seat : and they sounded the trumpet,
and said: Jehu is king.

14 So Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi
conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged
Ramoth-Galaad, he and all Israel fighting with Ha-
zael king of Syria :

15 And was returned to be healed in Jezrahel
of his wounds; for the Syrians had wounded him,
when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And
Jehu said : If it please you, let no man go forth or
flee out of the city ; lest he go, and tell in Jez-
rahel.

16 And he got up, and went into Jezrahel: for
Joram was sick there; and Oehozias king of Juda
was come down to visit Joram.

17 The watchman therefore, that stood upon the
tower of Jezrahel, saw the troop of Jehu coming,
and said: I see a troop. And Joram said: Take
a chariot, and send to meet them; and let him that
goeth say: Is all well ?

18 So there went one in a chariot to meet him,
and said : Thus saith the king : A re all things peace-
able? And Jehu said: What hast thou to do with
peace? go behind, and follow me. And the watch-
man told, saying: The messenger came to them ;
but he returneth not.

19 And he sent a second chariot of horses: and
he came to them, and said : Thus saith the king :
Is there peace ? And Jehu said; What hast thou to
do with peace? pass, and follow me.

20 And the watchman told, saying: He came
even to them, but returneth not: and the driving is
like the driving of Jehu the son of Namsi; for he
drives furiously.

21 And Joram said : Make ready the chariot.
And they made ready his chariot: and Joram king
of Israel, and Oehozias king of Juda went out, each
in his chariot: and they went out to meet Jehu,
and met him in the field of Naboth the Jezrahelite.

22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said : Is there
peace, Jehu? And he answered: What peace? so
long as the fornications of Jezabel thy mother, and
her many sorceries are in their vigour.

23 And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said
to Oehozias : There is treachery, Oehozias.

24 But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and
shot Joram between the shoulders: and the arrow
went out through his heart: and immediately he fell
in his chariot.

25 And Jehu said to Badacer his captain: Take
him, and cast him into the field of Naboth the Jez-
rahelite: for 1 remember, when I and thou sitting
in a chariot followed Aehab this man's father, that
the Lord laid this burden upon him, saying :

26 If I do not requite thee in this field, saith the

293

IV. KINGS.

l^ord, for the blood of Naboth, ami for tin- blood of
b'u children, frhkh I n« yesterday, sakh the Lord.
So now take him, and cast hi in into the field, ac-
cording tn (be word of the Lord.

.', But Ochosias king of Juda seeina this. Bed
by tin- ua> of ihc garden-house ! and Jena pursued

him, and said: Strike him also in his chariot. And
thei itruck bin in the going up to (Saver, w hich is
by Jchlaam: and he tied into Mageddo, and died
there.

28 And his servants laid him noon his chariot,
and carried him to Jerusalem: and tliev buried him
in his sepulchre w itli his fathers in the city of David.

In t In- eleventh yeai ofJoram the son of Achah,
Ochoaiaa reigaed over Jnda:

30 And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But Jezahel
hearing ot liis coming in, painted her face with stihic
stone, and adorned her head; and looked out of a

window

81 It Jehu coming in at the gate: and said: Can

there be peace for Zarnbri,thai hath killed bis master?

\nd Jehu lifted up his face to the window,

and said: Who is this? And two or three eunuehs

bowed dow n to him.

\nd he said to them : Throw her down head-
long; and they threw her down ; and the wall was
sprinkled with her blood; and the hoofs of the hor-
ses trod upon her.

34 And when he w as come in, to eat and to drink,
he said : Go, and lee after that cursed woman, and
bury her: because she is a kind's daughter.

3o And when they went to bury her, they found
nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the extremi-
ties of her hands.

36 And coming hack they told him. And Jelin
said : It is the word of the Lord, which he siioke by
his servant Klias the Theshite, savin?: In the field
of Jesrahel, the i\t>i-> shall eat the flesh of Jezahel :

37 And the flesh of Jezahel shall he as dlingopofl
the face of the earth in the field of Jezrahel ; so
that the? who pass hy shall say: Is this that same
Jezabel?

CHAP. X.

Ji hit destroyeth the haute of Arhab ; abolisheth the worship of
Umil ; ami Ltllrth thr >rurshipi>eri : but ttirks to the coins of
Jeroboam. Israel is afflicted by the Syrians.

AND Achah had seventy sooa in Samaria: so
Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the
chief men of the city, and to the ancients, and to
tin in that brought up Achab's children, saying:

2 As soon as you receive these letters, ye that

have your master's suns, sad « harlots, and horses,
and fenced cities, and armour,

3 CboOSe the best, and him that shall please you
most of your master's sons ; jind set him on his fa-
ther's throne, and fight for the house of your master.

\ Hut they wire exceedingly afraid, and said :
Behold, two kin-s could not stand before him; and
how shall We be able to resist?

5 Therefore the overseers of the house, and the
rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the tutors
sent to Jehu, saving: We are thy servants; what-
soever thou shall command us we will do: neither

w ill we make us a kin? : do thou all that pleased)
til. e.

6 And h • wrote tetters the second tine to them,
saying: If yon be mine, and will obey me, take the

heads ot the sons ot \our master, and come to me to
Jeisahej b\ to-morrow this time. Now the kn
sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the
chief bmmi of the city.

7 And when the letters came to them, they took
the king's sons, sad slew seventy persons, and put
their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to
Jezrahel.

8 And a messenger came, and told him, SBymg :
They have brought the heads of the kind's sons.

And he sai.l : La> \e them in two heaps by the en-
tering in of the gate until the mornim:.

9 And when it was light, he went out, and
Standing said to all the people : You are just : if I
conspired against m) master, and slew him, who
hath slain all these?

10 See therefore now that there hath not fallen
to the ground any of the words of the Lord, which
the Lord spoke concerning the house of Achah;
and the Lord hath done that which he spoke in the
hand of his servant Llias.

11 So Jehu slew all that were left of the house
of Achah in Jezrahel, and all his chief men, and
his friends, and his priests, till there were no re-
mains left of him.

12 And he arose, and went to Samaria : and
w hen he was come to the shepherd's cabin in the

wav ' . ~

13 He met with the brethren of Ochozias king

of Juda, and he said to them : Who are you ? And
they answered : \\ c are the brethren of Ochozias;
and are come down to salute the sons of the king,
and the sons of the queen.

I I And he said : Take them alive. And they
took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the
cabin, two and forty men ; and he left not any of
them.

15 And when he was departed thence, he found
Jonadab the son of Recbsb coming to meet him;
and he blessed him. And he said to him: Is thy
heart right as my heart IS with thy heart ? And Jo-
said : It is. If it be, said be, give me thy

And he lifted him

with
made

me, and s, q
him ride in

nadah

hand. He gave him his baud.

up to him into the chariot,

16 And said to him: Come
m\ seal for the Lord. So he
his chariot,

17 And brought him into Samaria. And he
slew all that were left of Achah in Samaria, to a
man, according to the word of the Lord which he
spoke by Llias.

18 And Jehu gathered" together all the people,
and said to them: Achah worshipped Baal a little;
hut I will worship him more.*

19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of

• / trill wortSip Urn more. Jehu »innr.l in thu« pn-trmlin|r to wor-
ship H..»l. an I < »minir «arrifice to bo otTere! u> dim bacMM e»ii m
not to be done, tbat good may coma ol it Btm. in. 8.

CHAP. XI.

B;ial, and all his servants, and all his priests : let
none be wanting ; for 1 have a great sacrifice to
offer to Baal : whosoever shall be wanting shall
not live. Now Jehu did this craftily, that he might
destroy the worshippers of Baal.

20 And he said : Proclaim a festival for Baal.
And he called,

21 And he sent into all the borders of Israel ;
and all the servants of Baal came : there was not
one left that did not come. And they went into
the temple of Baal: and the house of Baal was
filled, from one end to the other.

22 And he said to them that were over the ward
robe; Bring forth garments for all the servants of
Baal. Ancl they brought them forth garments.

23 And Jehu and Jonadab the son of Rechab
went to the temple of Baal, and said to the wor-
shippers of Baal: Search, and see that there be
not any with you of the servants of the Lord, but
that there be the servants of Baal only.

24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-
offerings : but Jehu had prepared him four score
men without, and said to them : If any of the men
escape, whom I have brought into your hands, he
that letteih him go shall answer life for life.

25 And it came to pass, when the burnt-offering
was ended, that Jehu commanded his soldiers and
captains, saying: Go in, and kill them; let none
escape. And the soldiers and captains slew them
with the edge of the sword, and cast them out : and
they went into the city of the temple of Baal,

26 And brought the statue out of Baal's temple,
and burnt it,

27 And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also
the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place
unto this day.

28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel :

29 But yet he departed not from the sins of Je-
roboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin ;
nor did he forsake the golden calves that were in
Bethel and Dan.

30 And the Lord said to Jehu : Because thou
hast diligently executed that which was right and
pleasing in my eyes, and hast done to the house of
Achab according to all that was in my heart : thy
children shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the
fourth generation.

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of
the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart : for
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who
had made Israel to sin.

32 In those days the Lord began to be weary of
Israel : and Hazael ravaged them in all the coasts
of Israel,

33 From the Jordan eastward, all the land of
Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, from
Aroer, which is upon the torrent Arnon, and Galaad,
and Basan.

34 But the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that
he did, and his strength, are they not written in the
Book of the words of the days of the kings of Is-
rael ?

35 A J T ehu slept with his fathers ; and they

buried him in Samaria : and Joachaz his son reign-
ed in his stead.

36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel,
in Samaria, was eight and twenty years.
CHAP. XI.

.4thaha's usurpation and tyranny. Joas is made king. Atha-
lia is slain.

A ND Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing
- 1 *- that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the
royal seed.

2 But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister
of Ochozias, took Joas the son of Ochozias, and
stole him from among the king's sons that were
slain, out of the bed-chamber with his nurse; and
hid him from the face of Athalia: so that he was
not slain.

3 And he was with her six years hid in the
house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the
land.

4 And in the seventh year Joiada sent, and tak-
ing the centurions and the soldiers, brought them
in to him into the temple of the Lord, and made a
covenant with them : and taking an oath of them
in the house of the Lord, showed them the king's
son :

5 And he commanded them, saying: This is the
thing that you must do:

6 Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath,
and keep the watch of the king's house. And let
a third part be at the gate of Sur : and let a third
part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shield-
hearers : and you shall keep the watch of the house
of Messa.

7 But let two parts of you all that go forth on
the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the
Lord about the king.

8 And you shall compass him round about, hav-
ing weapons in your hands : and if any man shall
enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slain ;
and you shall be with the king coming in and go-
ing out.

9 And the centurions did according to all things
that Joiada the priest had commanded them : and
taking every one their men, that went in on the sab-
bath, with them that went out in the sabbath, came
to Joiada the priest.

10 And he gave them the spears, and the arms
of king David, which were in the house of the
Lord.

11 And they stood, having every one their wea-
pons in their hands, from the right side of the tem-
ple, unto the left side of the altar, aud of the tem-
ple, about the king.

12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put
the diadem upon him, and the testimony,* and they
made him king, and anointed him; and clapping
their hands, they said: God save the king.

13 And Athalia heard the noise of the people run-
ning : and going in to the people into the temple of
the Lord,

14 She saw the king standing upon a tribunal,!

* Tht testimony. The book of the law.

t A tribunal. A tribune, or a place elevated above the reit.
MS

IV. KINGS.

as the manner was. and the singers, and the trum-
pets near him, and all the people of the land re-
loicing, and sounding the trumpets : and she rent
her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.
1 > But Joiada commanded the centurioos thai

were over the army, and said to them: Have her

forth without the precinct of the temple; and who-
rer ihatl follow her, let him be slain with the
>rd. For the priest had said : Let her not be slain

in the temple of the Lord.

It! And they laid hands on her; and thrust Tier

.Hit by the way by which the horses go in, by the

palace; and she was slain there.

17 And Joiada made a covenant between the
Lord, and the kin:;, and the people, that they should
be the people of the Lord, and between the king and
the people.

18 And all the people of the land went into the
temple of Baal, and broke down his altars: and his
images they broke in pieces thoroughly; they slew
also Mathau the priest of Baal before the altar.
And the priest set guards in the bouse of the Lord.

19 And be took the centurions, and the bands of
the Cerethi ami the Pbelethi, and all the people of
the land: and they brought the king from the boose
of the Lord: and thev came by the wav of the gate
of the shield-bearers into the palace: and he sat on
the throne of the kiims.

\nd all the people of the land rejoiced; and
the city was quiet : but Athalia was slain with the
•word in the king's bouse.

21 Now Joas was seven years old when he began
to reign.

CHAP. XII.

The temple is repaired. Hnzarl it bought off from attacking
Jerusalem. Joas is slain.

1 \ the seventh year of Jehu, Joas began to reign:
-*• and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The
name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

1 And Joas did that which was right before the
Lord, all the davs that Joiada the priest taught him.

3 Bui yet he took not away the high places: for
the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the
high pla<

I \iul Joas said to the nriesfs: All the money
of the sanctified* things, which is brought into the
temple of the Lord l>\ those that pass, which is of-
ferred for the price of a soul, t and which of their
own accord, and of their own free heart they bring
into the temple of the Lord:

5 Let the priests take it according to their order,
and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any
thing that wanteth repairing.

6 Vow till the three and twentieth war of kim:
loas, the priests did not make the repairs of the
temple.

7 And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and
the priests, saving to them: Whv do \on not repair
the temple? Take you therefore money no more ac-

* tsmttifiU. That (TodH aerrice.

t 7V» priet at a tout. That iv (he ordinary oblation, which erery
•out wii to offer by the law. £W. ul

cording to your order; but restore it for the repairing
of the temple.

8 And thepr estswere forbidden to take any more
money of the people, and to make the repairs of the

house.

9 And Joiada the high priest took a (best, and
Inired a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at
the right hand of them that came into the house of
the Lord: and the priests that kept the doors put
therein all the mone) that was brought to the tem-
ple of the Lord.

10 And when they saw that there was very much
money in the chest, the king's scribe, and tin- high
priest came up, and poured it out, and counted the
money that was found in the house of the Lord:

11 And they gawil out by number and measure
into the hands of them that were over the builders
of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the
carpenters, and the masons that w rought in the house
of the Lord,

12 And made the repairs; and to them that cut
stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to he hewed,
that the repairs Of the house of the Lord might Ik?
completely finished, wheresoever there was need of
expenses to uphold the house.

13 But there were not made of the same money
for the temple of the Lord, bow Is or flesh-hooks, or
censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold and sil-
ver of the money that was brought into the temple
of the Lord ;

11 For it was »i ven to them that did the work, that
the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

15 And they reckoned not with the men that re-
ceived the money to distribute it to the workmen ;
but they bestowed it faithfully.

16 But the money for trespass, and the money for
sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord :
because it was for the priests.

17 Then Ha/.ael king of Syria went up. and
fought against (ielh, anil took it, and set his face to
go up to Jerusalem.

18 Wherefore Joas king of Juda took all the sanc-
tified things, which Josaphat. and Joram. and Ocho-
zias, his fathers the kings of Juda had dedicated to
holy uses, and which be himself had ofiered : and
all the silver that could be found in the treasures of
the temple of the Lord, and in the king's palace;
and sent it to Hazacl king of Syria: and he went
off" from Jerusalem.

19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that
he <lid, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Juda?

20 And his servants arose, and conspired among
themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in
the descent of Sella.

21 For Josachar the son of Semaath, and Jo/a-
bad the son of Somer his servant struck him, and he
died ; and thev buried him with his fathers in the
city of David :J and Amasias his son reigned in his

stead.

•

t T** city of Darid He wa» buried in the lame ril\ with lm father*,
but not in the ■epulchrea of the kiiuri 1 Pmlif. xir.

CHAP.
CHAP. XIII.

The reign of Joachaz. and of Joust kings of Israel. The last arts
and death of Eliseus the prophet : a dead man is raised to life
by the touch of his bones.
¥N the three and twentieth year of Joas son of
■*- Ochozias king of Juda, Joachaz the son of Jehu
reigned over Israel in Samaria, seventeen years.

2 And he did evil before the Lord, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made
Israel to sin ; and he departed not from them.

3 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled
against Israel: and he delivered them into the hand
of Hazael the king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benadad the son of Hazael all days.

4 But Joachaz besought the face of the Lord ;
and the Lord heard him: for he saw the distress of
Israel, because the king of Syria had oppressed
them :

5 And the Lord gave Israel a saviour: and they
were delivered outot the hand of the king of Syria :
and the children of Israel dwelt in their pavilions as
yesterday and the day before.

6 But yet they departed not from the sins of Je-
roboanij who made Israel to sin, but walked in
them : and there still remained a grove* also in Sa-
maria.

7 And Joachaz had no more left of the people
than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thou-
sand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them,
and had brought them low as dust by thrashing in
the barn floor.

8 But the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all
that he did, and his valour, are they not written in
the Book of the words of the days of the kings of
Israel ?

9 And Joachaz slept with his fathers; and they
buried him in Samaria : and Joas his son reigned in
his stead.

10 In the seven and thirtieth year of Joas king
of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz reigned over Is-
rael in Samaria sixteen years.

11 And he did that which is evil in the sight of
the Lord : he departed not from all the sins of Jero-
boam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin ; but
he walked in them.

12 But the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he
did, and his valour wherewith he fought against
Amasias king of Juda, are they not written in the
Book of the words of the days of the kings of
Israel ?

13 And Joas slept with his fathers: and Jero-
boam sat upon his throne. But Joas was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel.

14 Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof
he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him,
and wept before him, and said : O my father, my
father, the chariot of Israel and the snider thereof.

15 And Eliseus said to him: Bring a bow and
arrows. And when he had brought him a bow and
arrows,

* Ji grove ; dedicated to the worship of idols.

t 1/ thou Kadit smitten, Src. By this it appears that God had revealed
to the prophet that tlie king vhould overcome the Syrian* as many

XIII, XIV.

16 He said to the king of Israel : Put thy hand
upon the bow. And when he had put his hand
Eliseus put his hands over the king's hands,

17 And said : Open the window to the east. And
when be had opened it, Eliseus said: Shoot an ar-
row. And he shot. And Eliseus said: The ar-
row of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of the
deliverance from Syria: and thou shalt strike the
Syrians in Aphec, till thou consume them.

18 And he-said : Take the arrows. And when
he had taken them, he said to him: Strike with an
arrow upon the ground. And he struck three times,
and stood still.

19 And the man of God was angry with him,
and said: If thou hadst smittenf five or six or
seven times, thou hadst smitten Syria even to utter
destruction: but now three times shalt thou smite it.

20 And Eliseus died : and thev buried him.
And the rovers from Moab came into the land the
same year. '

21 And some that were burying a man, saw the
rovers, and cast the body info the sepulchre of
Eliseus. And when it had touched the bones of
Eliseus, the man came to life, and stood upon his
feet.

22 Now Hazael king of Syria afflicted Israel all
the days of Joachaz :

23 And the Lord had mercy on them, and re-
turned to them because of his covenant, which he
had made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob :
and he would not destroy them, nor utterly cast
them away, unto this present time.

24 And Hazael king of Syria died: and Benadad
his son reigned in his stead.

25 Now Joas the son of Joachaz, took the ci-
ties out of the hand of Benadad the son of Hazael,
which he had taken out of the hand of Joachaz his
father by war: three times did Joas beat him: and
lie restored the cities to Israel.

. . CHAP. XIV.

Amasias retgneth in Juda : he overcometh the Edomites : but is
overcame by Joas king of Israel. Jeroboam the second reign-
eth m Israel.

TN the second year of Joas son of Joachaz king
x of Israel, reigned Amasias son of Joas king of
Juda.

2 He was five and twenty years old when he
began to reign: and nine and twenty years he
reigned in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was
Joadan of Jerusalem.

3 And he did that which was right before the
Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did
according to all things that Joas his father did :

4 But this only, that he took not away the hich
places: for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt in-
cense in the high places.

5 And when he had possession of the kingdom,
he put his servants to death that had slain the king
his father:

— — — — — ^— — — «

times as he should then strike on the ground ; but as he had not at
the same time revealed to him how often the king- would strike, the
prophet was concerned to see that he struck but thrice.
297

I\. KINGS.

6 Hut the* children of the murderers he did not

put to death, according: to I hat which is written in
the Hook of the law of .Moses, wherein the l^ord
commanded, savins: The fathers shall not be pul
to death for the children ; neither shall the children
be put to death for the fathers: hut every man shall
die for his own sins.

7 He ikm of Kdom in the valley of the Salt-
pits ten thousand nun. and took the rock hy war.
and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day .

8 Then Amasias sent mes- to Joas, son
of Jonchaa, son of Jehu kins of Israel, saying:
Come, let us see one another.*

9 Ami .loas kins of Israel sent again to Amasias
king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Lihanus sent to
a cedar- tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give
thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the
forest, that are in Lihanus, passed and trod down
the thistle.

10 Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom;
and thy heart hath lifted thee up: be content with
the glory, and sit at home: why provokest thou evil,
that thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee?

_ 11 Hut Amasias did not rest satisfied. So Joas
king of Israel went up: and he and Amasias king of
Juda saw one another in Bethsames a town in Juda.

12 And Juda was put to the worse before Israel:
and they Bed every man to their dwellings.

13 Hut Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of
Juda the son of Joas, the son ofOchozias, in Beth-
satin a, and hrought him into Jerusalem : and he
broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of
Ephraim to the gate of the corner, four hundred
cubits.

14 And he took all the gold and silver,and all the
vessels, that were found in the house of the Lord,
and in the kins's treasures, and hostages; and re-
turned to Samaria.

15 Hut the reft of the acts of Joas, which he did,
and his valour, wherewith he fought against Ama-

kins of Juda. are they not written in the Hook
of the words of the days of the kings of Israel ?

16 And Joas slept with his fathers, and was
buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel : and
Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

17 And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda
lived, alter the death of Joas son of Joachas king of
Israel fifteen years.

18 And the rest of the acts of Amasias, are they
not written in the Hook of the words of the days of
the kings of Juda ?

VJ Now thev made a conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachis. And they sent
r him to Lachis, and killed him there.

20 And they brought him away u|>on horses: and
he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the
city of Dai id.

_' I And all the people of Juda took A/arias, w ho

* Let ui —t one « m «Wr . T1ii« wa» a challenge to fif lit.

♦ Ophtr. In the tribeof Z;«huloo.

J JUurUt. Olherwtta called Ouaa.

\\a^ sj\t,en years old, and made him king instead
of his father Amasias.
22 He built Klath, and restored it to Juda, after

that the kins slept with his fathers.

I In the fifteenth rear of Amasias son of Joas
king of Juda, reigned Jeroboam the son of J;-as
kin:: of Israel in Samaria, one and forty years:

I And he did that which is evil before the Lord.
He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam (he
son of Nahat, who made Israel to sin.

25 He restored the borders of Israel from the
entrance of Ematb, unto the sea of the wilderness,
according to the word of the Lord the God of Is-
rael, which be spoke hy his servant Jonas the son
of Atnathi, the prophet, who was of Geth, which is
in Opher.t

26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel that
it was exceeding bitter; and that they were con-
sumed even to them that were shut up in prison,
and the lowest persons ; and that there was no one
to help Israel.

27 And the Lord did not say that he would blot
out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he
saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of
Joas.

28 But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all
that he did, and his valour, wherewith he fought, and
how he restored Damascus, and Emath to Juda in
Israel, are thev not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Israel?

29 And Jeroboam slept with his fatbits the
kings of Israel: and Zacharias his son reigned in
his stead.

CHAP. XV.

The reign of Azariat, and Joatham in Juda : and of ZacMariat,
Si Hum. Stanahem, Phaceia, and Phacer, in Israel.

TN the seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam king
-■- of Israel, reigned A/.ariasJ son of Amasias, king
of Juda. »

2 He was sixteen years old, when he began to
reign; and he reigned two and fifty vears in Jeru-
salem: the name of his mother was Jechclia of Je-
rusalem.

3 And he did that which was pleasing before the
Lord, according to all thai his father Amasias had
done.

4 But the high places he did not destroy: for the
people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high
places.

5 And the Lord struck the king, so that he w as
a leper$ unto the day of his death; and he dwelt in
a free house apart: but Joatham the kins's son go-
verned the palace, and judged ihe peopleofthe land.

6 And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Juda ?

7 And Azarias slept with his fathers: and they

I A leftr. In puDi»hmen( of hit usurping the prie»tly function, t

I'Toltf. (XTI.

chap. xvi.

ouried him with his ancestors in the city of David :
and Joatliam his son reigned in his stead.

8 In the eight and thirtieth year of Azarias king
of Juda, reigned Zacharias son of Jeroboam over
Israel, in Samaria six months :

9 And he did that which is evil before the Lord,
as his fathers had done : he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Is-
rael to sin.

10 And Sellum the son of Jabes conspired against
him; and struck him publicly, and killed him; and
reigned in his place.

1 1 Now the rest of the acts of Zacharias, are they
not written in the Book of the words of the days of
the kings of Israel ?

12 This was the word of the Lord, which he
spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children to the fourth
generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And
so it came to pass.

13 Sellum the son of Jabes began to reign in the
nine and thirtieth year of Azarias king of Juda ; and
reigned one month in Samaria.

14 And Manahemthe son of Gadi went up from
Thersa: and he came into Samaria, and struck Sel-
lum the son of Jabes in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.

15 And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his
conspiracy, which he made, are they not written in
the Book of the words of the days of the kings of
Israel?

16 Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa and all
that were in it, and the borders thereof from Ther-
sa, because they would not open to him: and he
slew all the women thereof that were with child,
and ripped them up.

17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias king
of Juda, reigned Manahem son of Gadi over Israel
ten years in Samaria.

18 And he did that which was evil before the
Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin all his
days.

19 And Phul king of the Assyrians came into
the land ; and Manahem gave Phul a thousand ta-
lents of silver, to aid him, and to establish him in
the kingdom.

20 And Manahem laid a tax upon Israel, on all
that were mighty and rich, to give the king of the
Assyrians, each man fifty sides of silver: so the
king of the Assyrians turned back, and did not stay
in the land.

21 And the rest of the acts of Manahem, and all
that he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Israel?

22 And Manahem slept with his fathers: and
Phaceia his son reigned in his stead.

23 In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda,
reigned Phaceia the son of Manahem over Israel in
Samaria two years.

24 And he did that which was evil before the

* In the twentieth year of Joatham. That is in the twentieth year, from
the beginning of Joatham's reign. The sacred writer chooses rather

Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

23 And Phacee the son of Romelia, his captain,
conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria,
in the tower of the king's house, near Argoh. and
near Arie. and with him fifty men of the sons of the
Galaadites: andheslewhim, and reigned in his stead.

26 And the rest of the acts of Phaceia, and all
that he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Israel ?

27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azarias king of
Juda reigned Phacee the son of Romelia over Israel
in Samaria twenty years.

28 And he did that which was evil before the
Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

29 In the days of Phacee king of Israel, came
Theglathphalasar king of Assyria, and took Aion,
and Abel Domum, Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes
and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and all the
land of Nephtali ; and carried them captives into
Assyria.

30 Now Osee son of Ela conspired, and formed
a plot against Phacee, the son of Romelia, and
struck him, and slew him ; and reigned in his stead
in the twentieth year of Joatham* the son of Ozias.

31 But the rest of the acts of Phacee, and all
that he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Israel ?

32 In the second year of Phacee the son of Ro-
melia king of Israel, reigned Joatham son of Ozias
king of Juda.

33 He was five and twenty years old when he
began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Jerusa, the
daughter of Sadoc.

34 And he did that which was right before the
Lord: according to all that his father Ozias had
done, so did he.

35 But the high places he took not away: the
people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high
places: he built the highest gate of the house of the
Lord.

36 But the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all
that he did, are they not written in the Book of the
words of the days of the kings of Juda ?

37 In those days the Lord began to send into Juda
Rasin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia.

38 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was
buried with them in the city of David his father:
and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XVI.

The wicked reign of Achaz: the kings of Syria and Israel war
against him : he hireth the king of the Assyrians to assist him :
he causeth an altar to be made after the pattern of that of
Damascus.

TN the seventeenth year of Phacee the son of Ro-
■*- melia, reigned Achaz the son of Joatham king
of Juda.

2 Achaz was twenty years old when he began to

to follow here this date, than to speak of the year* of Achaz, who had
not yet been mentioned.

899

IV. KINGS.

reign : and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem :
he did not thai which wu pieasinc in the si-lit of

the Lord Ids God, as David his father.

3 Hut he walked in the way of tin- kiagsof Israel :
moreover he consecrated also Ins son, making him.
pass through the lire according to the idols of the
nations: which the Lord destroyed before the chil-
dren of Israel.

4 He sacrificed also, and l)iirnt incense in the
high places, and on the hills, and under every green
tree.

5 Then Ram king of Syria, and Phacee son of
Romclia kin:; of Israel, came up to •Jerusalem to
fight: and i hey besieged Achaz, but were not able
to overcome him.

6 At that time Rasin king of Syria restored
Aila to Syria, and drove the men of Juda out of
Aila: and the Kdomites came into Aila, and dwelt
there unto this day.

7 And Achaz sent messengers to Theglathpha-
lasar king of the Assyrians, saying: I am thy ser-
vant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the
hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of
the king of Israel, who are risen up together against
me.

8 And when he had gathered together the silver
and gold that could be found in the house of the
Lord, and in the king's treasures, he sent it for a
present to the king of the Assyrians.

9 And he agreed to his desire: for the king of
the Assyrians went up against Damascus, and laid
it waste: and he carried away the inhabitants
thereof to Cyrene : but Rasin he slew.

10 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet
Theglathphalasar king of the Assyrians: and when
he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Achaz sent
to Trias the priest a pattern of it, and its likeness
according to all the work thereof.

11 And I'rias the priest built an altar : according
to all tlvat kin:: Achaz had commanded from Damas-
cus, so did L'rias the priest, until king Achaz came
from Damascus.

12 And when the king was come from Damas-
cus, he saw the altar, and worshipped it; and went
up, and Offered holocausts, and his own sacrifice;

13 And offered libations, and poured the blood of
the peace-offerings, which he had offered, upon the
altar.

14 Hut the altar of brass that was before the Lord,
lie removed from the lace of the temple, and from
the place ol the altar, and from the place of the tem-
ple of the Lord : and he set it at the side of the al-
tar toward the north.

15 And king Achaz commanded Urias the priest.
saying: U|>onthe great altar offer the morning hol-

Mt, and the evening sacrifice, and the king's
holocaust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the
whole people of the land, and their sacrifices, and
their libations; and all the blood of the holocaust,
and all the blood of the victim thou sh alt [Miiir out

* Tfctire The rorert, or pmnlion, or tribune for the kinp .

♦ In tin htil/lk mot •/ JdfM king *f Jivi: lie >>«ff»n to ruga be-

■KM it : but the altar of brass shall be ready at my
pleasure.

16 So Urias the priest did according to all that
kin:: Achaz had commanded him.

I 7 Vnd kini; Achaz took away the graven bases,
ami the laver that was upon them : anil he took
down tin sea from the brazen OKM that held it up,
and put it upon a pavement of stone.

18 The Musach* also lor the sabbath, which he
had built in the temple, and the kind's entry from
without, he turned into the temple of the Lord, lie-
cause of the king of the Assyrians.

19 Now the rest of the acts of Achaz, which he
did, are they not written in the Hook of the words
of the days of the kings of Juda ?

20 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was
burled with them in the city of David : and Eze-
i Idas bis son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XVII.

The reign of Osee. The Israelites for their sin* are carried into
captivity : other inhabitants are tent to Samaria, who make
a mixture of religion.

IN the twelfth vear of Achaz king of Juda,f Osee
the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel
nine years.

2 And he did evil before the Lord : but not as the
kings of Israel that had been before him.

3 Against him came up Salmanasar king of the
Assyrians: and Osee became his servant and paid
him tribute.

4 And when the king of the Assyrians found that
Osee, endeavouring to rebel, had sent inessengets
to Sua the king of Egypt, that he might not pay-
tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as ne had done

j year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast
him into prison.

5 And he went through all the land : and going up
to Samaria, he besieged it three years.

6 And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the
Adrians took Samaria, and carried Israel awav to
Assyria: and he placed them in Hala, and Halior,
by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medcs.

7 Eor so it was that the children of Israel had sin-
ned against the Lord their (iod, who brought them
out of tin; land of Egypt, from under the hand of
I'haraoking of Egypt; and they worshipped strange
gods.

8 And they walked according to the way of the
nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight
of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel
because they had done in like maimer.

9 And the children of Israel offended the Lord
their God with things thai were not right; and built
them high places in all their cities, from the towel
of the watchman to the fenced city.

10 And thev made them statues and groves or
every high hill, and under every shady tree:

II And they burnt incense there upon altars af
ter the manner of the nations which the Lord hat

fore | but was not in quiet poeteaetoo of the
yeer of Acta*.

kingdom till tbe t«rtftt

CHAP. XVII.

removed from their face : and they did wicked things,
nrovoking the Lord.

12 And they worshipped abominations, concern-
in? which the Lord had commanded them that they
should not do this thing.

13 And the Lord testified to them in Israel and
in Juda by the hand of all the prophets and seers,
saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep
my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the
law which I commanded your fathers; and as I
have sent to you in the hand of my servants the
prophets.

14 And they hearkened not, but hardened their
necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would
not obey the Lord their God.

15 And they rejected his ordinances and the co-
venant that he made with their fathers, and the tes-
timonies which he testified against them: and they
followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they fol-
lowed the nations that were round about them, con-
cerning which the Lord had commanded them that
they should not do as they did.

16 And they forsook all the precepts of the Lord
their God: and made to themselves two molten
calves, and groves, and adored all the host of hea-
ven: and they served Baal;

17 And consecrated their sons, and their daugh-
ters through fire: and they gave themselves to divi-
nations, and soothsayings: and they delivered them-
selves up to do evil before the Lord to provoke
him.

18 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and
removed them from his sight: and there remained
oidy the tribe of Juda.

19 But neither did Juda itself keep the com-
mandments of the Lord their God: but they
walked in the errors of Israel, which they had
wrought.

20 And the Lord cast off" all the seed of Israel,
and afflicted them, and delivered them into the
hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his
face :

21 Even from that time, when Israel was rent
from the house of David, and made Jeroboam son
ofNabat their king; for Jeroboam separated Israel
from the Lord, and made them commit a great
sin.

22 And the children of Israel walked in all the
sins of Jeroboam, which he had done: and they de-
parted not from them,

23 Till the Lord removed Israel from his face, as
he had spoken in the hand of all his servants the

[>rophets: and Israel was carried away out of their
and to Assyria, unto this day:

24 And the king of the Assyrians brought people
from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Avah, and
from Emath, and from Sepharvaim ; and placed them
in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of
Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in
the cities, thereof.

25 And when they began to dwell there, they
feared not the Lord : and the Lord sent lions among
them, which k'Med them.

26 And it was told the king of the Assyrians,
and it was said : The nations which thou hast re-
moved, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria,
know not the ordinances of the God of the land :
and the Lord hath sent lions among them: and be-
hold, they kill them, because they know not the
manner of the God of the land.

27 And the king of the Assyrians commanded,
saying: Carry thither one of the priests whom you
brought from thence captive: and let him go, and
dwell with them: and let him teach them the or-
dinances of the God of the land.

28 So one of the priests, who had been carried
away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in
Bethel, and taught them how they should worship
the Lord.

29 And every nation made gods of their own, and
put them in the temples of the high places, which
the Samaritans had made, every nation in their ci-
ties where they dwelt.

30 For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth;
and the Cuthites made Nergel: and the men of
Emath made Asima.

31 And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac.
And they that were of Sepharvaim burnt their chil-
dren in fire, to Adramelech and Anamelech the gods
of Sepharvaim ;

32 And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord.
And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the
people, priests of the high places: and they placed
them in the temples of the high places.

35 And when they worshipped the Lord, they
served also their own gods according to the cus-
tom of the nations out of which they were brought
to Samaria:

34 Unto this day they follow the old manner : they
fear not the Lord ; neither do they keep his ceremo-
nies, and judgments, and law, and the command-
ment which the Lord commanded the children of
Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:

35 With whom he made a covenant, and charg
ed them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods ,
nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor
sacrifice to them.

36 But the Lord your God, who brought you out
of t lie land of Egypt with great power, and a strotch-
ed-out arm, him shall you fear; and him shall you
adore; and to him shall you sacrifice.

37 And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law,
and the commandment, which he wrote for you,
you shall observe to do them always : and vou shall
not fear strange gods.

38 And the covenant that he made with you, you
shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange
gods.

39 But fear the Lord your God; and he shall de-
liver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40 But they did not hearken, but did according to
their old custom.

41 So these nations feared the Lord, but never-
theless served also their idols: their children also
and grand children, as their fathers did, so do tney
unto this day.

301

IV. KING*.

CHAP. XVIII.

The reign of Kzeehias : he akoiishrth idtJtttry, and protp>rrt/i.
Smnaeherib cometh up agttiut him. RabtactM s<4t<itrth the
people to rrrolt ; and hlanphcmrth the Isird.

TN the third year of Owe the son of Kla king of Is-
-*■ r;nl. reigned Ezechias the son of Achat king of

Juda.

2 He was five and twenty yew old when lie be-
gan to reign : and In- reigned nine and tw cnty years
in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Am the
da tighter of Zachaiias.

3 And In- did iliai which was good before the
Lord, according to all that David bis father had
doiif.

4 He destroyed the high places, and broke the
statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and
broke the brazen serpent which Moses bad made:
for till that time the children of Israel buint incense
to it: and he called its name Nohestan.*

5 He trusted in the Lord the God of Israel: so
that after him there was none like him among all
the kings of Juda, nor any of them thai were before
him :

6 And he stuck to the Lord, and departed not
from his steps, but kept his commandments, which
the Lord commanded Moses.

7 Wherefore the Lord also was with him: and
in all things, to which he went forth, he behaved
himself wisely. And he rebelled against the king
of the Assyrians, and served him not.

He smote the Philistines as far as Caza. and
all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen
to the fenced city.

9 In the fourth year of king Ezechias, which was
the seventh year of Usee the son of Ida kin:; of Is-
rael, Sal m anaza r kin- of the Assyrians came up to
Samaria, and In-sieged it.

10 And took it. I or after three vears. in the sixth
year of Ezechias, that is, in the ninth year of Osce
king of Israel, Samaria was taken:

1 I And the ki

ting of the Assyrians carried away
Israel into Assyria, and placed them in I lata and iii
Habor by the rivers of (io/.an in the cities of the
Medes :

12 Because they hearkened not to the voice of
the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant :
all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded,
they would not hear nor do.

13 In the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, Sen-
nacherib king of the Assyrians came up against the
fenced cities of Juda: and took them.

14 Then Ezechias king of Juda sent messengers
to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying: I
have oft. -uded : depart from me: and all that thou
shalt put upon me, I will bear. And the kiim ol
the Assyrians put a tax upon Kzeehias kin- of Juda.
of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents
of gold.

15 And Ezechias gave all the silver that was found
in the house of the Lord, and in the king's treasun s.

• Md ht ntltd ilt nam JftktUm. That b, Iktir krnu, <rr « HuU hrnu-
Bo \m called it id conk-mot, briauv ihry bad made ao m1.>1 ol it

16 At that rune Kzeehias broke the doors of the
temple of the Lord, and the plates of goM which
In; bad fastened on them, and gave them to the king
of the Assyrians.

17 \ml the king of the Ass y ri ans sent Tharthan,
and Rabsaria, ami Rabsaces from Lachis to king
Ezechias w ith a strong army to Jerusalem : and rhei
went up and came to Jerusalem : and the} stood by
the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the wai
of the fullers field.

IK Antl they called for the kinn: and there wem
out to them Eliacim the son of Helenas who was
over the house, and Sohna the sciibe, and Joahe the
son of Asaph the recorder.

19 And Rabsaces saidtothem: Speak to Es> (bias:
Thus saiih the great king, the kins of the Assy-
rians : \\ hat is this confidence, w herein thou trtisi-
est?

20 Perhaps thou hast taken counsel, to prepare
thyself for battle. On whom dost thou trust, that
thou darest to rel>el ?

trust in Egypt, a staff of ■ broken
Itch If a man lean, it will break, and

fo into his hand, and pierce it? so isPharao king ol
'gvpt, to all that trust in him.

22 But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord
our God : is it not lie, whose high places and altars
Kzeehias hath taken away: and hath commanded
Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this
altar in Jerusalem?

23 Now therefore come over to my master the
king of the Assyrians; and I will give you two thou-
sand horses, and see whether you be able lo have
riders for them.

24 And how can von stand against one lord of

the least of my masters servants ? Dost thou trust in

EgJ pt for chariots and for horsi •men ?

25 Is it without the will of the Lord that 1 am
coine up to this place to destto) It? The Lord said
to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it.

26'riien Kliacim the son of Hcleias, and Sobna,

e pray thee, speak
we understand that

21 Dost thou
reed, upon w' '

and Joahe said to Kabsaces: \\

to us thy servants in Syriac: for

tongue : and speak not to us in the Jew s" language,

in the hearing of the people that are ii|>oii the wall.

27 And Rabsaces answered them, saying: Hath
my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to
speak these words, and not rather to the men that
sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung,
and drink their mine with you?

J" Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a
loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear
the words of the great king, the king of the Assi rians.

29 Thus saith the kinc: Let not Kzeehias de-
ceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you
0U1 of my hand.

30 Neither let him make you trust in the Lord,
saving: The Lord will surely deliver OS; and this
city shall not be given into the hand of the king of
the Ass\ rians.

31 Do not hearken to Kzeehias. ForthttS nrith
the king of the Assyrians: Do with roe thai which
is for your ad\ antagc, and come out to me : and cv-.->

CHAP. XIX.

man of you shall eat of his own vineyard, and of his
own fix-tree : and you shall drink water of your own
cisterns,

32 Till I come, and take you away to a land,
like to your own land, a fruitful land, and plentiful
in wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of
olives, and oil and honey; and you shall live and not
die. Hearken not to Ezechias, who deceiveth you,
saying: The Lord will deliver us.

33 Have any of the gods of the nations deliver-
ed their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Where is the god of Emath, and of Arphad ?
where is thegod of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava?
have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

35 Who are they among all the gods of the na-
tions, that have delivered their country out of my
hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of
my hand?

36 But the people held their peace, and answer-
ed him not a word : for they had received com-
mandment from the king that they should not an-
swer him.

37 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was
over the house, and Sobnathe scrilte, and Joahe the
sun of Asaph the recorder came to Ezechias, with
their garments rent ; and told him the words of Rab-
saces.

CHAP. XIX.

Ezechias is assured of God's help by Isaias the prophet. The
king of the Assyrians still threateneth and blasphcmeth. Eze-
chias prayeth : and God promiseth to protect Jerusalem. An
Angel destroyeth the army of the Assyrians. Their king re-
turneth to Ninive ; and is slain by his own sons.

\ ND when king Ezechias heard these words, he
-^*- rent his garments, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house,
and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests
covered with sackcloths, to Isaias the prophet the
son of Amos :

3 And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias:
This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and
of blasphemy: the children are come to the birth;
and the woman in travail hath not strength.

4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the
words of Kabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians
his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and
to reprove with words, which the Lord thy God
hath heard : and do thou offer prayer for the rem-
nants that are found.

5 So the servants of king Ezechias came to
Isaias.

6 And Isaias said to them : Thus shall you say
to your master: Thus saith the Lord : Be not afraid,
forthe words which thou hast heard, with which the
servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphem-
ed me.

7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him; and he
shall hear a message, and shall return into his own
country: and 1 will make him fall by the sword in
his own country.

8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the khi£ v(

the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard
that he was departed from Lachis.

9 And when he heard of Theraca king of Ethio-
pia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee ; and
was going against him, he sent messengers to Eze-
chias, saying:

10 Thus shall you say to Ezechias king of Juda:
Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest:
and do not say : Jerusalem shall not be delivered
into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

1 1 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of the
Assyrians have done to all countries; how they have
laid them waste: and canst thou alone be delivered?

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered any of
them, whom my fathers have destroyed, to wit, Go-
zan,and Haran, and Reseph, and the children of
Eden, that were in Thelassar?

13 Where is the king of Emath, and the king of
Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of
Ana and of Ava?

14 And when Ezechias had received the letter
of the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he
went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it be-
fore the Lord.

15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord
God of Israel, who sittestupon thecherubims; thou
alone art the God of all the kings of the earth-: thou
madest heaven and earth :

16 Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy
eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennache-
rib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living
God.

17 Of a truth, O Lord, thekings of the Assyrians
have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.

18 And they have cast their gods into the fire :
for they were not gods, but the works of men's
hands, of wood and stone: and they destroyed them.

19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may
know, that thou art the Lord the only God.

20 And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias,
saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I
have heard the prayer thou hast made to me con-
cerning; Sennacherib king of the Assyrians.

21 This is the word, that the Lord hath spoken
of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath de-
spised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daugh-
ter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy
back.

22 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast
thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted
thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against
the Holy One of Israel.

23 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproach-
ed the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude
of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the
mountains, to the top of Libanus, and have cut
down its tall cedars, and its choice fir-trees. And
I have entered into the furthest parts thereof, and
the forest of i ts Carmel.*

♦ Carmel. A pleasant fruitful hill in the forest. These expressions
are figurative, signifying under Ihe names of mountains and forest*,
the kings and provinces whom the Assyrians had triumphed over.

303

IV. KINGS.

24 I hare cut down, and I have drunk strange
waters ; and have (triad up withthe soles of m>

all the shut up waters.

25 Hast thou not heard what I have done from
the beginning? from the days of old I have formed
it;* and now I have brought it to effect: that fenced
cities of fighting men should be turned to heaps of
ruin :

26 And the inhabitants of them were weak of
hand; they trembled, and were confounded; thev
became like the grass <>f the field, and the green herb
on the torn of houses, w hieh withered before it came
to maturity.

27 Thy dwelling and thy going out, and thy com-
ing in. and thy way I knew before, and thy rage
against me.

28 Thou hast been mail ■gainst me; and thy pride
hathcome up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring
in thy MOB, and a bit between thv lips: and I will
turn thee bock by the way, by which thou earnest.

29 And to thee, O Ezeehias, this shall be a sign :
I'at this year what thou shalt find ; and in the se-
cond year, such things as springof themselves : but
in the third year sow and reap: plant vineyards, and
eat the fruit of them.

30 And whatsoever shall be left of the house of
Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit up-
ward.

31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant.
and that which shall be saved our of mount Sion:
the /.rd of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning
the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into
this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come be-
fore it wiih shield, nor cast a trench about it.

33 By the way that be came, he shall return :
and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.

34 And I will protect this city, and will save it
for my own sake, and lor David my servant's sake.

• ''"> \nd it came to pass that night, that an Angel
of the Lord came, ami slew in the camp of the Cs-
syrians a hundred anil eighty five thousand. And
when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the
bodies of the dead.

36 And SenittCherib king of the Assyrians de-
parting went away : and he returned, and al>ode in
Ninive.

37 And as he was worshipping in the temple of
\i sroch his nod, Adramelech and Sarasa his sons
slew him with the sword ; and they lied into the
land of the Armenians : and Asarhaddon his son
reigned in his stead.

CHAP. X\.

Ezrrhia* bring tirk it told bu haias that hr shall dir « hut pray-
ing to Hod hr nbtainrth lunger lifr ; anil in confirmation thrrr-
nf rrreirrth a sign by the tun'* returning bark, Hr thoin th
all hit trrntnrrs In the mnbnttud'/rt of the king of ftnbylon :
haias reproving him fur it,foretdlcth the Babylonish cap-
tirity.

T\ those days Ezeehias was sick unto death : and
■*■ Isaias the Son of Amos the prophet, came and

t Ikntfvrmti U,ifC. All thy riplmt., in which thoa t»We*t pride,
are no more that what I hare <tr« reed : and are not to he a*r.nhed
(i thy imdom oritraajrtli, but to mv will and ordinance: who hare

304

s aid to him : Thus saith the Lord God : Give
charge concerning thy house ; for thou shalt die,
and not live.

2 And he turned his face to the wall, and pray-
ed to the Lord, saying :

3 I beseech thee. O Lord, rememlier how 1 have
walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect
heart, and have done that which is pleasing before
thee. And Kzechias wept with much Weeping.

4 And before Lai is was gone out of the middle
of the court, the word of the Lord came to him,
saying :

5 Go back, and tell Kzechias the captain of my
people : Thus saith the Lord the God Of David thy
father : I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen
thy tears : and behold, I have healed thee : on the
third day thou shalt go unto the temple of the Lord.

6 And I will add to thy days fifteen yean : and
I will deliver thee and this citv out of the hand ir(
the king of the Assyrians : and I will protect this city
for my own sake and for David my servant's sake.

7 And Isaias said: Bring me a Jump of I;
And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his
boil, he w as healed.

8 And Kzechias had said to Isaias: What shall
l>e the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I
shall go up to the temple of the Lord the third day ?

9 And Isaias said to him : This shall be the sign
from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word
which he hath spoken : Wilt thou that the shadow
go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many de-
gret

10 And Ezeehias said : It is an easy matter for
the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not
desire that this be done : but let it return back ten
degrees.

1 1 And Isaias the prophet called upon the Lord :
and he brought the shadow ten decrees backwards
l>\ the lines, by which it had already gone down
in the dial of Achaz.

12 At that time Berodach Baladan, the son of
Baladan, king of the Babylonians, sent h Iters and
presents to Kzechias: for he had heard that Em -
chias had been sick.

13 And Ezeehias rejoiced at their coming : and
he showed them the house of his aromalical spi O -,
and the gold andthesilver, and dwell precious, hIoius,
and ointments, and the house of his vessels, and
all that he haa in bis treasures. There was no-
thing in his house, nor in all his dominions that
Ezeehias showed them not.

14 And Isaias the pronhet came to king Ezeehias,
and said to him: What said then incur, or
from whence came they to thee ? And Kzechias said
to him : Krom a far country they came to me. out of
Babylon.

15 And he said : What did they see in thy house 3
: ii;is said : They saw all the things that are

in mv house: there is nothing among my treasures
that 1 have not shown them.

to tli'-e to take ami .!• ' ritiea, an.l to rnrrr

terror whe'erer tbou corneal. ii*f «/ ndn. Literally, ntinafUlU

CHAP. XXI, XXII.

1G And Isaiassaid to Ezechias: Hear the word
of the Lord.

17 Behold, the days shall eome, that all that is
in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon :
nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

18 And of thy sons also that shall issue from
thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away :
and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king
of Babylon.

19 Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the
Lord, which thou hast spoken, is good : let peace
and truth be in my days.

20 And the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and all
his might, and how be made a pool, and a conduit,
and brought waters into the city, are they not
written in the Book of the words of the days of the
kings of Juda?

21 And Ezechias slept with his fathers: and
Manasses his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XXI.

The wickedness of Manasses : God's threats by his prophets.
His wicked son Anion succcedcth him : and is slain by his
servants.

MANASSES was twelve years old when he be-
gan to reign: and he reigned five and fifty
years in Jerusalem : the name of his mother was
Haphsiba.

2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, ac-
cording to the idols of the nations, which the Lord
destroyed from before the face of the children of Is-
rael.

3 And he turned, and built up the high places
which Ezechias his father had destroyed : and he
set up altars to Baal, and made groves, as Achab
the king of Israel had done: and be adored all the
host of heaven, and served them.

4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord,
of which the Lord said: In Jerusalem 1 will put
my name.

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven
in the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

6 And he made his son pass through fire : and
he used divination, and observed omens, and ap-
pointed pythons,* and multiplied soothsayers to do
evil before the Lord, and to provoke him.

7 He set also an idol of the grove, which he had
made, in the temple of the Lord : concerning
which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his
son : In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I
have chosen out or all the tribes of Israel, I will put
my name for ever.

8 And I will no more make the feet of Israel to be
moved out of the land, which I gave to their fathers :
only if they will observe to do all that I have com-
manded them according to the law which my ser-
vant Moses commanded them.

9 But they hearkened not ; but were seduced by
Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which
the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 And the Lord spoke in the hand of his ser-
vants the prophets, saying :

* Pythons. That is, diviners by spirits.

11 Because Manasses king of Juda nam done
these most vvieked abominations, beyond all that
the Amorrhites did before him, and hath made Ju-
da also to sin with his filthy doings :

12 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of
Israel : Behold, 1 will bring on evils upon Jerusa-
lem and Juda ; that whosoever shall hear of them,
both his ears shall tingle.

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of
Samaria, and the weight of the house of Achab :
and I will efface Jerusalem, as tables are wont to
be effaced : and I will erase and turn it, and draw
the pencil often over the face thereof.

14 And I will leave the remnants of my inheri-
tance, and will deliver them into the hands of their
enemies: and they shall become a prey and a spoil
to all their enemies.

15 Because they have done evil before me, and
have continued to provoke me, from the day that
their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day.

16 Moreover Manasses shed also very much in-
nocent blood, till he filled Jeruaslem up to the
mouth ; besides his sins, wherewith he made Juda
to sin, to do evil before the Lord.

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasses, and
all that he did, and his sin, which he sinned, are
they not written in the book of the words of the
days of the kings of Juda ?

18 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the garden of his own house, in the
garden of Ozar : and Amon his son reigned in his
stead.

19 Two and twenty years old was Anion when
he began to reign: and he •reigned two years in
Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Mcssale-
meth the daughter of Harus of Jeteba.

20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as
Manasses his father had done.

21 And he walked in all the way in which his
father had walked : and he served the abominations
which his father had served : and he adored them,

22 And forsook the Lord the God of his fathers,
and walked not in the way of the Lord.

23 And his servants plotted against him, and
slew the king in his own house.

24 But the people of the land slew all them that
had conspired against king Amon ; and made Jo-
sias his son their king in his stead.

25 But .the rest of the acts of Amon which he
did, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Juda?

26 And they buried him in his sepulchre in the
garden of Oza : and his son Joaias reigned iu his
stead.

CHAP. XXII.

Josias repaireth the temple. , The book of the law is found, up-
on which they consult the Jj>rd ; and are told that great evils
shall fall upon them, but not in the time ofjvsias.

JOSIAS was eight years old when he began to
reign : he reigned one and thirty years in Je
rusalem : the name of his mother was Idida, thn
daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath.

305

IV. KINGS.

2 Ami he tliil that which was righl in th<

nf the Lord, and walked in all the ways of Dartd

his lather: he turned nut a>ide to the right hand.
or to the left.

3 And in the eighteenth year of kins Josias, the
kin- sent Saphan the son of Assni. the son of M< I*
sulam, the scribe of the temple of the Lord, saying
to him :

4 (Jo to Helcias the high priest, that the money
in iv he pal together which is brought into the tem-
ple of the Lord, which the door-keepers of the tem-
ple have gathered of the people :

5 And let it be given to the workmen by the
overseers of the house of the Lord: and let them
distribute it to those that work in the temple of the
Lord, to repair the temple:

6 That is, to carpenters and masons, and to such
as mend breaches; and that timber may be bought,
and stones out of the quarries, to repair the temple
of the Lord.

7 But let there he no reckoning made with them
of the money which they receive ; but let them

it in their power, and in their trust.

8 And Helcias the high priest said to Saphan
the Scribe : I have found the l>ook of the law* in
the house of the Lord : and Helcias gave the book

- iphan ; and he read it.

9 And Saphan the scribe came to the king, and
brought him word again concerning that which he
had commanded, and said: Thy servants have
I ithered together the money that was found in the
house of the Lord : and they have given it to be
distributed to the workmen, by the overseers of the
works of the temple of the Lord.

10 And Saphan the scribe told the king, saving :
Helcias the priest hath delivered to me a book.
And when Saphan had read it before the king,

1 1 And the king had heard the words of the law
of the Lord, he rent his Karments.

12 And he commanded Helcias the priest, and
Ahicain the son of Saphan, and Achobor the son of
Mi. ha, and Saphan the scribe, and Asaia the king's
servant, saying :

13 Go and consult the Lord for me, and for the
people, and for all Juda, concerning the words of
this l>ook which is found: for the great wrath of
the Lord is kindled against us, because our fathers
have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do
all that is written for us.

14 So Helcias the priest, and Ahicain. and Acho-
bor, and Saphan, and Asaia went to Holda the pro-
phetess the wife of Sellum the son of Thecua, the
son of Araas keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in
.Jerusalem in the Second ;t and they spoke to her.

1 "> And she said to them: Thus saith the Lord
the God of Israel : Tell the man that sent you to
me :

•16 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring
evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants there-

• 7V. i~k tftht tmt, that i», Deuteronomy.

♦ TV Second: a .t reel, or part of the city, to called; io Hebrew,

Minim

30«

'| of, all the words of the law which the lungof Jud.l
hath read :

17 Because thev have forsaken me, and have
sacrificed to strange gods, provoking me by all tin-
works of their hands : therefore mv indignation
shall be kindled against this place, and shall not l>e
quenched.

18 But to the kins of Juda, who sent you to
consult the Lord, thus shall you say: Thus saith
the Lord the God of Israel : Forasmuch as thou
hast heard the words of the book,

19 And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and
thou hast bumbled thyself before the Lord, hear-
ing the words against this place, and the inhabit-
ants thereof, to wit, that they should become a won-
der and a curse : and thou hast rent thy cannents,
and wept before me, I also have beard thee, saith
the Lord :

20 Therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers :
and thou shall be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace,
that thy eyes may not see all the evils which I will
bring upon this place.

CHAP. XXIII.

Josias readeth the law before all the people : they promise to observe
it. He abolishcth all idolatry ; relrbratrth the phase ; is
slain in battle by the king of Egypt. The short rtigno/Jo-
achaz, in whose place Joakim is marie king.

A ND they brought the king word again w hat
-^*- she had said. And be sent : and all the an-
cients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to
him.

2 And the king went up to the temple of the Lord:
and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem with him, the priests and the prophets,
and all the people both little and great: and in the
hearing of them all he read all the words of the hook
of the covenant, which was found in the house of
the Lord.

3 And the king stood upon the step :t and made
a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord,
and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies
and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with
all their soul, and to perform the words of this
covenant, which were written in that book : and
the people agreed to the covenant.

4 And the king commanded Helcias the high
priest, and the priests of the second order, and the
door-keepers, to east out of the temple of the Lord
all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for
the grove, and for all the host of heaven : and he
burnt them without Jerusalem in the valley of Ci (Iron;
and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the
kin^s of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high
places in the cities of Juda, and round a!>out Jeru-
salem ; them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to
the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve si-ns.
and to all the host of beaven.

6 And be caused the grove to be carried out from

{ TV king tlooi nptmlkt ttep : That it, hi* tribune, or tribunal, a
more rimm-nt pfc*M, (ntm Ml gbt be aceii and heanl l>>

the people.

CHAP. XXIII.

the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the
valley of Ccdron : and he burnt it there, and re-
duced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves
of the common people.

7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the effemi-
nate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which
the women wove as it were little dwellings for the
grove.

8 And he gathered together all the priests out of
the cities of Juda : and he defiled the high places,
where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to
Bersabee : and he broke down the altars of the gates
that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue
governor of the city, which was on the left hand of
the gate of the city.

9 However the priests of the high places came
not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem : but
only ate of the unleavened bread among their bre-
thren.

10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley
of the son of Ennom ; that no man should consecrate
there his son or his daughter through fire to Moloch.

1 1 And he took away the horses which the kings
of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of
the temple of the Lord, near the chamber of Na-
thanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim : and
he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 And the altars that were upon the top of the
upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda
had made, and the altars which Manasses had made
in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the
king broke down: and he ran from thence, and
cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron.

13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem
on the right side of the Mount of offence, which
Solomon king of Israel had built to Astaroth the
idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the scandal
of Moab, and to Melchom the abomination of the
children of Ammon, the king defiled.

14 And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut
down the groves: and he filled their places with the
bones of dead men.

15 Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel,
and the high place, which Jeroboam the son of Na-
bat, who made Israel to sin, had made ; both the
altar, and the high place he broke down and burnt,
and reduced to powder, and burnt the grove.

16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw there
the sepulchres that were in the mount : and he sent
and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt
them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the
word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke,
who had foretold these things.

17 And he said : What is that monument which
I see? And the men of that city answered: It is
the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from
Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast
done upon the altar of Bethel.

18 And he said : Let him alone, let no man move
his bones. So his bones were left untouched with
trie bones of the prophet, that came out of Samaria.

19 Moreover all the temples of the high places
which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings

of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took
away: and he did to them according to all the acts
that he had done in Bethel.

20 And he slew all the priests of the high places,
that were there, upon the altars: And he burnt
men's bones upon them : and returned to Jerusalem.

21 And he commanded all the people, saying .
Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according
as it is written in the book of this covenant.

22 Now there was no such a phase kept from
thedaysof the judges, whojudged Israel, norin all the
days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda,

23 As was this phase that was kept to the Lord
in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias.

24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and sooth-
sayers, and the figures of idols, and the unclean-
nesses, and the abominations, that had been in the
land of Juda and Jerusalem, Josias took away : that
he might perform the words of the law, that were
written in the book which Helcias the priest had
found in the temple of the Lord.

25 There was no king before him like unto him,
that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with
all his soul, and with all his strength, according to
all the law of Moses : neither after him did there
arise any like him.

26 But yet the Lord turned not away from the
wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger
was kindled against Juda : because of the provoca
tions, wherewith Manasses had provoked him.

27 And the Lord said : I will remove Juda also
from before my face, as 1 have removed Israel : and
I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose,
and the house, of which I said : My name shall be
there.

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the days of the kings of Juda ?

29 In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt,
went up against the king of Assyria to the river
Euphrates : and king Josias went to meet him ; and
was slain at Mageddo, when he had seen him.

30 And his servants carried him dead from Ma-
geddo: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people
of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias : and
they anointed him, and made him king in his father's
stead.

31 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when
he began to reign : and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem : the name of his mother was Amital,
the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

32 And he did evil before the Lord, according
to all that his fathers had done.

33 And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla,
which is in the land of Ematb, that he should not
reign in Jerusalem : and he set a fine upon the land,
of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son
of Josias king in the room of Josias his father ; and
turned his name to Joakim. And he took Joachaz
away, and carried him into Egypt : and he died
there.

307

rv. KIN

35 And Joakim save the silver and the* ::old to
I'liarao. after lie had taxed tin- laud lor every man,
to contrihnte according to the eominandinent of
Bharao: and be eZKtcd lx>th the silver and the fold
of the people of the land, of e\ery man according
to his abilitv, to ptre to l'harao .\e< hao.

36 Joakim was live and twent\ \eais old when
he began to reign : ami he leagued eleven years in
Jerusalem : the name of his mother w as Zehida the
daughter of Phadaia of Kmna.

37 And he did evil before the Lord according to
all that his fathers had done.

CHAP. WIV.

The reign of Joakim, Joachin, and Sedecias.

IN his days Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
eame up; and Joakim became bJb servant three
years : then anain he rebelled against him.

2 And the Lord sent against him the rovers* of
the Chaldees. and the rovers of Syria, and the ro\ en
o( Moab, ana the rovers of the children of Ammon :
and he sent them against Juda, to destroy it, accord-
ing to the word of the Lord, whieh he had s|>okcn
by his servants the prophets.

3 And this came by the word of the Lord against
Juda, to remove them from before him for all the
sins of Manasses which he did,

4 And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling
Jerusalem with innocent bhxxl : and therefore the
Lord would not be appeased.

5 But the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that
he did, are they not written in the Book of the words
of the daya of the kings of Juda ? And Joakim slept
with his fathers:

6 And Joachin his son reigned in his stead.

7 And the kin:; of Egypt came not again any
more out of his own country : for the king of Main-
Ion had taken all that had belonged to the king of
Egypt, from the river of Egypt, unto the river Ku-
phrates.

8 Joachin was eighteen years old when he began
to reign : and he reigned three months in Jerusalem :
the name of his mother was Nohcsta the daughter
of FJuathan of Jerusalem.

9 And he did evil before the Lord, according to
all that his father had done.

10 At that time the servants of Nabuchodonosor
king of Babylon, came up against Jerusalem : and
the city was surrounded with their forts.

1 1 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came
to the city with his servants to assault it.

12 And Joachin king of Juda went out to the king
of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and
his nobles, and his eunuchs : and the king of Bain -
Ion received him in the eighth year of hi^ reign.

13 And he brought out from thenee all the trea-
sures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures
Of the kind's house: and he cut in pieces ;ill the
ressels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had

* TW Ltrd M*( <w«tmf kirn tkt r«r*r: t.*trunruUi. IUnH« or par
iji-. of men, who pill.igc I and jmmi+rmi wherever the > came.

made in the temple of the Lord, according to the
word of the Lord.

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all
the princes, and all the valiant men of thearmv.to

the Dumber of ten thousand mtocapth itj : and even

artificer and smith : and none were left but the poor
sort of the people of the land.

15 And he carried away Joachin into Bain Ion,
and the king's mother, and the king's wives, ana
his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried
into captivity from Jerusalem into Hah) Ion :

16 And all the strong men seven thousand, and
the artificers and the smiths a thousand, all that
were valiant men and fit for war: and the king of
Babylon led them captives into Babylon.

17 And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his
stead ; and called his name Sedecias.

18 Sedecias was one and twenty years old w hen
he began to reign: and he reigned eleven vear> in
Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Amital,
the daughter of Jercmias of Lobna.

19 And he did evil before the Lord, according
to all that Joakim had done.

20 For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem
and against Juda, till he east them out from his face:
and Sedecias revolted from the king of Bain Ion.

CHAP. XXV.

Jerusalem it besieged and taken by Nabuchodonosor : Srdccias
is taken: the city and temple are distrovi/l. GtdoRas,
who is left governor, is slain. Joachin is extdted by Kcil-
merodach.

AND it came to pass in the ninth year of his
reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the
month, that Nabuchodonosor kingof Bain Ion, came,
he and all his army against Jerusalem : and they
surrounded it, and mated works round about it.

1 Ami the city was shut up and licsiegcd till the
eleventh year of king Sedecias,

3 The ninth day of the month : and a famine
prevailed in the city: and there was no bread for
the people of the land.

4 And a breach was made into the city: and all
the men of war lied in the night betweo the two
walls by the king's garden (now the Chaldees l>e-
sieged the city round al>out,) and Redefine fled by
the way that leadeth to the plains of the w ildern

5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after

the king, and oveitook him in the plains of Jericho:

\. rs that were with '
lend, and left him

and all the warriors that were

him wi i. K

6 So they took the king, and brought him to the
kins of Babylon to Heblatha: and he gave Judgment
noun him.

7 And he slew the sons of Sedecias before his
face: and he put out his eyes, and bound him with
chains, and brought him to Bain Ion.

8 In the fifth month, the seventh da v ot the month,
that is, the nineteenth year of the kin;: of Bain l< n.
came Nabusarduu commander of the army, a ser-
vant of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

9 And he burnt the house of tin Loi.l, and thw

308

chap. xxv.

kind's house, and l lie houses oi'Ji.riuah'm, and every
house he burst wit ti lire.

10 And all the army of the Chaldees, which was
with the commander of the troops, broke down the
walls of Jerusalem round about.

1 1 And Nabuzardan the commander of the army,
carried away the rest of the people that remained
in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to
the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the com-
mon people.

12 But of the poor of the land he left some dres-
sers of vines and husbandmen.

13 And the pillars of brass that were in the tem-
ple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass,
which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldees
broke in pieces, and carried all the brass of them
to Babylon.

14 They took away also the pots of brass, and
the mazers, and the forks, and the cups : and the
mortars, and all the vessels of brass, with which
they ministered.

15 Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such
as were of gold in gold ; and such as were of silver
in silver ; the general of the army took away.

16 That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases
which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord:
the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17 One pillar was eighteen cubits high: and the
chapiter of brass which was upon it was three cubits
high: and the net-work, and the pomegranates that
were upon the chapiter of the pillar, were all of
brass: and the second pillar had the like adorning.

1 8 And the general of the army took Seraias the
ehief priest, and Sophonias the second priest, and
three door-keepers ;

19 And out of the city one eunuch, who was cap-
tain over the men of war; and five men of them that
had stood before the king, whom he found in the
city, and Sopher the captain of the army who exer-
cised the young soldiers of the people of the land,
and threescore men of the common people, who
were found in the city.

20 These Nabuzardan the general of the army

took away, and carried them to the king of Babylon
to Reblatha.

21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and
slew them at Reblatha in the land of Emath : so
Juda was carried away out of their land.

22 But over the people that remained in the land
of Juda, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
had left, he gave the government to Godolias the
son of Ahicam the son of Saphan.

23 And when all the captains of the soldiers had
heard this, they and the men that were with them,
to wit, that the king of Babylon had made Godo-
lias governor, they came to Godolias to Maspha, Is-
maelthe son of Nathanias, and Johanan the son of
Caree, and Saraia the son of Thanehumeth the
Netophatite, and Jezonias the son of Maachathi,
they and their men.

24 And Godolias swore to them and to their men,
saying: Be not afraid to serve the Chaldees: stay
in the land, and serve the king of Babylon ; and it
shall be well with you.

25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ismael the son of Nathanias, the son of Elisama of
the seed royal came, and ten men with him;
and smote Godolias so that he died : and also the
Jews and the Chaldees that were with him in Maspha.

26 And all the people both little and great, and
the captains of the soldiers, rising up went to Egypt,
fearing the Chaldees.

27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth
year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the
twelfth month, the seven and twentieth day of the
month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year
that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Joachin,
king of Juda out of prison.

28 And he spoke kindly to him : and he set his
throne above the throne of the kings that were with
him in Babylon.

29 And he changed his garments which he had
in prison: and he ate bread always before him all
the days of his life.

30 And he appointed him a continual allowance,
which was also given him by the king day by day,
all the days of his life.

309

THE FIRST

BOOK OF PARALIPOMEJNON.

Thtst hooks are called by the Greek interpreters Paralipomrnon
(nafXuwvpn;,) that is, of lh\ng% left out or omitl. ,| ; because
then are a kind of a supplement of such things at teere passed
over in the books of the kings. The Hebrews call them DSmc
Hajainin, that is, The words of the days, or The Chronicles.
Not that they are the books irhirh are so often quoted in ISM
kings, under the title of The words of the d;iyi of tlie kings of
bntf, and of the kings of Juda ; for the books of Pio-alipo-
menon werr irnttrn after the books of kings ; but because in
all probability they kare been abridged from those an<itiit
words of the days, by Esdras or some other sacred urilt r.

chap. r.

The genealogy of the patriarchs dotcn to Abraham: The pos-
terity of Abraham and of Esau.

A I* \M. Scili, Knos,
•**- 2 Caman, .Malalccl. Jared,

3 Hntor, Mafhosale, Lantech,

4 Nop, Sem, Chain, and Ja|)heth.

5 Tin- sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, ami Jama, Thubal, Mosoch, Thiras.

6 And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez, and Riphath,
and Tbogorma.

7 Ami the sons of Javan: Elisa aud Tharsis, Ce-
tliim and Dodanim.

8 The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesraim, and
l*Ii i it . and Chanaan.

9 And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, Sa-
hatha, and Kcgma, and Sabathaca. And the sons
of Regma : Saba, and Dadan.

10 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be
might* ii|M>n earth.

1 1 But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and
Laabim, and Nepbtoim,

1J I'lietrusim alto, and Casluim : from whom
came the Philistines, and Caphtorim.

13 And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-l>om, and
the Hethite.

^ 14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the
Gernsife,

15 And the Hevite, and the Aracite, and the
Sinite,

16 And the Aradian, and the Samarite, and the
Hamathite.

1 7 The sons of Sem: Elam, and Asur, and Ar-
pliavad, and Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul,
and Gether, and Mosoch.

18 And Arpliaxad begot Sale; and Sale begot
Heber.

• 19 And to Heber were born two sons; the name
of the one was Phaleg, because in his days the
♦ arth was divided ; and the name of his brother was
Jectan.

20 And Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and
Asannoth, and Jare,

21 And Adoram, and Usal, and Decla,

22 And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba,

23 And Ophir, and lle\ ila. and Jobab. All these
the sons of Jectan.

24 S*»ai Arpha.xad, S.i\e,

310

25 Heber, Phaleg, Ragaa,

26 Serug, Nachor, Thate,

27 Abram, tins is Abraham.

28 And the sons of Abraham: Isaac a:id iMiinne..

29 And that* are the generations of them. The
first-born of Ismahel, Nabaioth, then Cedar, and
Adbeel, and Mabsam,

30 And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Iladad. and
Thema,

31 Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the sow of
ismahel.

32 And the sons of Cetura, Abraham's concu-
bine,* whom she bore : Zamran. Jecsan, Madan,
Madian, Jesboc. and Sue. And the sons of Jec-
tan, Saba, and Dadan. And the sons of Dadan :
Assurim, and Latussim, and Laomim.

33 And the sons of Madia :i: Kpha, and Kplier,
and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. All these are
the sons of Cetura.

34 And Abraham begot Isaac: and his sons were
Esau and Israel.

35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Rahuel, Jehus,
Ihelorn, and Core.

36 The sons of Eliphaz : Theman, Omar, Sephi,
Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna, Amalec.

37 The sons of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara, Samma.
Meza.

38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Sebeon,
Ana. Dison, Eser. Disan.

39 The sons of Lotan : Hori, Homam. And the
sister of Lotan was Thamna.

40 The sons of Sobal : Alian, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. The sons of Seln -
on: Aja and Ana. The sons of Ana : Dison.

41 The sons of Dison : Hamram, and Eseban,
and Jethran, and Charan.

42 The sons of Eser : Balaan, and Zavan, and
Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus and Aran.

43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the
land of Edom, before then was a kins over the chil-
dren of Israel : Bale the son of Beor : and the name
of his city was Denaba.

4i And Bale died: and Jobab the son of Zare of
Bosra, reigned in his stead.

45 And when Jobab alio was dead, Husam >l
the land of the Themanites reigned in lii> st< ad.

46 And Husam also died: and Adad the son ol
Badad reigned in his stead; and he defeated the
Madianites in the land of Moab : and the uamt of
his city was Avith.

47 And when Adad also was dead, Semla o»
Masreca reigned in his stead.

48 Semla also died : and Saul of Kohohoth, M liich
is near the river, reigned in his stead.

49 And when Said was dead, Balanan the sou
of Achobor, reigned in his stead.

* Coneulm*. She was his lawful wife, but of so infrrior drgrrv.

CHAP. II.

50 lie also died: and Adad reigned ia bis stead:
and tlie name of his city was I'hau, and his wife
was called Meetabel the daughter of Mat red, the
daughter of Mezaab.

51 And after the death of Adad, there began to
be dukes in Edom instead of kings: Duke Thamna,
duke Alva, duke Jetheth,

52 Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,

53 Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,
51 Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. These are the

dukes of Edom.

CHAP. II.

The twelve sons of Israel. The genealogy of Juda, down to Da-
vid. Other genealogies of the tribe of Juda.
AND these are the sons of Israel : Ruben, Sime-
on, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,

2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and
Aser.

3 The sons of Juda: Her, Onan, and Sela. These
three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the
daughter of Sue. And Her the 'first-bom of Juda,
was wicked in the sight of the Lord : and he slew
him.

4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore him
Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda, were five.

5 And the sons of Phares were Hesronand Hamul.

6 And the sons also of Zara: Zamri, and Ethan,
and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara ; five in all.

7 And the sons of Charmi: Achar,* who troubled
Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.f

8 The sons of Ethan: Azarias,

9 And the sons of Hesron that were born to him :
Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi.

10 And Ram J begot Aminadab: and Aminadab
begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda.

1 1 And Nahasson begot Salma, the father of
Booz.

12 And Booz begot Obed: and Obed begot lsai.

13 And lsai begot EJiab his first-born, the second
Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

14 The fourth Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,

15 The sixth Asom, the seventh David.

16 And their sisters were Sarvia and Abigail.
The sons of Sarvia : Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.

17 And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was
J ether the Ismahelite.

18 And Caleb§ the son of Hesron took a wife
named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: And her
sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon.

19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to
wife Ephrata, who bore him Ilur.

20 And Hur besot Uri: and Uri begot Bezeleel.

21 And afterwards Hesron. went in to the daugh-
ter of Machir the father of Galaad; and took her to
wife when he was threescore years old: and she
bore him Segub.

22 And Segub begot Jair: and he had three and
twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

* Jtchar, aiWi Arhan josue vn

S The anatluma: the tiling devoted or accursed, viz. the spoils of
Jericho.

' Rnin. Ho is commonly called .Irrim. Bill il is to he observed
l»re ouou fjr all, that it was acotrvn >n thing among the Hebrews for

23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of
Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, three-
score cities. All these, the sons of Machir father
of Galaad.

24 And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in
to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia, who
bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.

25 And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Hes-
ron, were Ram his first-born, and Buna, and Aram,
and Asom, and Achia.

26 And Jerameel married another wife, named
Atara, who was the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jera-
meel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar.

28 And Onam had sons Semei and Jada. And
the sons of Semei: Nadab and Abisur.

29 And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail,
who bore him Ahobban and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab were Saled and Ap-
phaim. And Saled died without children.

31 But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi
begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai.

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei :
Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died with-
out children.

33 But Jonathan begot Phaleth and Ziza. These
were the sons of Jerameel.

34 And Sesan had no sons, but daughters : and a
servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa.

35 And he gave him his daughter to wife : and
she bore him Ethei.

36 And Ethei begot Nathan: and Nathan begot
Zabad :

37 And Zabad begot Ophlal : and Ophlal begot
Obed :

38 Obed begot Jehu : Jehu begot Azarias :

39 Azarias begot Helles : and Helles beget Elasa :

40 Elasa begot Sisamoi: Sisamoi begot Sellum:

41 Sellum begot Icamai: and Icamia begot Eli-
sama.

42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jera-
meel were Mesa his first-born, who was the father
of Ziph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua,
and Recem, and Samma.

44 And Samma begot Raham, the father of Jer-
caam: and Recem begot Sammai.

45 The son of Sammai Maon: and Maon the
father of Bethsur.

46 And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Ha-
ran, and Mosa, and. Gezez. And Haran begot
Gezez.

47 And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Jo-
atham, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and
Saaph.

48 And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Sa-
ber and Tharana.

the sarre persons to have different names : and that it is not impossi
b'.e among so many proper names, as here occur in the first nine chap-
ters of this book, that the transcribers of the ancient Hebrew copies
mav h >ve made some slips in the orthography.
{ Caleb, alias Calubi, ver. 9.
311

I. P\R\UPOMENO.\.

49 Ami Sasphthe father of Madmena h

the father <>f Machbeoa, and the rather of (Jabaa.
And tin- daughter of Caleb was Aches.

50 These were the was of Caleb, the son of Hur

the tir>t-born of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Caria-
thiarim,

51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the
father of Mi tlmader.

Vnd Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons:
He t tat cur* half of the places of rest

53 And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jeth-
rites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Msse*
riies. of thrill came the Samites and Iwhaolites.

54 The sons of Salma, Bethlehem and Netopha-
thi, the Crowns of the house of Joab, and half of
the place of rest of Sarai.

55 And the families of the scribes that dwell in
Jabrs, singing and making melody, and abiding in
tents. These are the Cinitcs, who came of Calor
(Chamath) father of the house of Rechab.

CHAP. III.

The genealogy) of the house of David.

TYTOW these were the sons of David that were
-L ' born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon
of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess; the second Daniel
of Abigail the Carmelitess ;

2 The third Absalom the son of Maacha the
daughter of Tolmai king of Gessur; the fourth Ado-
nias the son of Aggith ;

3 The fifth Sephatias of Abital; the sixth Jcthra-
hem of Egla his wife.

4 So six sons were bom to him in Hebron, where
he reigned seven years and six months. And in Je-
rusalem be reigned three and thirty years.

5 And these sons were born to him in Jerusalem :
Simmaa, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
four of Bethaabee the daughter of Ammiel.

6 Jebaar also and Elisama,

7 And Eliphaleth, and Noge, and Nepheg, and
Japhia,

8 Anil Elisama, and Eliada, and Elipheleth, nine:

9 All these the sons of David, beside the sons of
the concubines :f and they had a sister Thamar.

10 And Solomon's son was Rohoam : whose son
Abia bqMl Ass. And his son w;is Josaphat,

1 1 The father of Joram : and Joram ()cgot Och-
ozias, of whom was liorn JOSS !

1 1 And his son Amasias begot Azarias. And
Joathan the son of Annas

13 Begot Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom
was born .Manasses.

14 And Manasses begot Amon the father of
Josias.

15 And the sons of Josias were, the first-born Jo-
hanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedecias, the
fourth Sellutn.

1»; ( )l Joakim was born J e ch os i sa and Sedeciss
17 The sons of Jechonias were Asir, Salathiel,

• Hi Ikal m, 4*. The L*tin Interpreter teem* to hirr (rirrn u»
bare inttrad oft'ie prnnrr nainev t'te meaning nf thoie name*, in Jlw
Hebrew. He has Jooe in like man"*' rer. SS.

311

18 Melchtram. Phadata, Benneser and Jecemia,
s.im.i, and NadaoBL

19 Of Phadata were l>oni Zorobabel and Semei.
Zorobabel begot Mosollam, llananias, ami Salnmith
iluir sister:

20 Hasaba also, and Ohol, and Marachias, and
llnsadias, Jossbbesed. Inc.

21 And the son of llananias, iras Phaltias the
rather of Jeseias, whose son was Rapbata. And
his son was Arnan, of whom was born Olnlia, whose
son was Sechcuias.

22 The son of Sechenias toss Semeis: whose
sons w i re Hattus.and Jegaal,and Bsns, and Naaria,
and Sat hat, six| in number.

23 The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and Ezechias,
and Ezricam, three.

2 i The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and Eliasub, and
Pheleia, and Accub, and Johanan, and Dalaia, ami
Anani, seven.

CHAP. IV.

Other genealogies of Juda and of Stmeim, and their rittoriet.

THE sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi,
and Hur ; and Sobal.

2 And Rata the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of
whom were born Ahumai and Laad. These are
the families of Sarathi.

3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and
Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister
was Asalelphuni.

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar
the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the
first-born of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives,
Halaa and Naara.

6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and
Themani, and Ahastbari: These are the sons ol
Naara.

7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and
Ethnan.

8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kin-
dred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

9 And Jabes$ was more honourable than any of
his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabes,
saying: Because 1 bore him with sorrow.

10 And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, say-
ing: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge
my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou
save me from being oppressed by evil. And God
granted him the things he praved for.

11 And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir,
who was the father of Ksthon.

12 And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, ami
Tehinna father of the city of Naas: These are the
men of Recha.

1 9 \nd the sons of Ccnez, were Othoniel, and
Sarats. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and
Maonathi.

14 Maonathi begot Ophra : and Saraia begot

! r

The inferior wire*.
Sis. ( ounting itie father in llie number.
t JMt That i«, »err»w/W.

CHAP. V.

Joab the father of the Va.ley of artificers : for arti-
ficers were there.

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone,
were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of
Ela : Cenex.

16 The sons also of Jaleleel : Ziph, and Zipha,
Tliiria, and Asrael.

17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered,and
Either, and Jalon: and he begot Mariam, and Sam-
mai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

18 And his wife Judaia bore Jared the father of
> Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel

the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of
Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took
to wife.

19 And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of
Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo,
who was of Machathi.

20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna,
the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of
Jesi, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21 The sons of Sela the son of Juda : Her the
father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa,
and the families of the house of them that wrought
fine linen in the House of oath.

22 And He that made* the sun to stand, and the
men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were

Rrinces in Moab, and who returned into Lahem.
[ow these are things of old.

23 These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plan-
tations, and Hedges,! with the king for his works ;
and they abode there.

24 1 he sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin,
Jarib, Zara, Saul :

25 Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his
son.

26 The sons of Masma : Hamuel his son, Zachur
his son, Semei his son.

27 The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six
daughters : but his brethren had not many sons ; and
the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the
children of Juda.

28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and
Hasarsuhal,

29 And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

30 And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,

31 And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim,
and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David.

32 Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Rem-
mon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

33 And all their villages round about these cities
as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the
distribution of their dwellings.

34 And Mosabab, and Jemlech, and Josa the son
of Am isias,

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son
of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

* He that miule, Src. viz. Joaziir., the meaning of whose name in He-
Ijnw. is. he thai made the sun to stand. In like manner the following
i •'n™. J-yingt (Choz ha,) Secure, (Joas,) and Burning: (Saraph) are
%u istiliiloi hi place of the Hebrew names of tl'«> same signification.

2 B

36 And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and
Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,

37 Ziza also the son of Sephei, the son of Allon,
the son of Idaia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaia.

38 These were named princes in their kindreds,
and in the houses of their families were multiplied
exceedingly.

39 And they went forth to enter into Gador as
far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures
for their flocks.

40 And they found fat pastures, and very good,
and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in
which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

41 And these whose names are written above,
came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda : and
they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants
that were found there, and utterly destroyed them
unto this day : and they dwelt in their place ; be-
cause they found there fat pastures.

42 Some also of the children of Simeon five hun-
dred men, went into mount Seir, having for their
captains Phaltias, and Naaria, and Raphaia, and
Oziel, the sons of Jesi :

43 And they slew the remnant of the Amalecite*,
who had been able to escape : and they dwelt there
in their stead unto this day.

CHAP. V.

Genealogies of Ruben and Gad : their victories over the Agur-
ites : their captivity-

TVTOW the sons of Ruben the first- born of Israel
-*- * (for he was his first-born : but forasmuch as he
defiled his father's bed, his first birth-right was given
to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and he w as
not accounted for the first-born.

2 But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest
among his brethren, came the princes ; but the first
birth-right was accounted to Joseph.)!

3 The sons then of Ruben the first-born of Israel,
were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

4 The sons of Joel : Samia his son, Gog his son,
Semei his son,

5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

6 Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king
of the Assyrians carried away captive ; and he was
prince in the tribe of Ruben.

7 And his brethren, and all his kindred, when
they were numbered by their families, had for
princes Jehiel and Zacharias.

8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma,
the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo and
Beelmeon.

9 And eastward he had his habitation as far as
the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates.
For they possessed a great number of cattle in the
land of Galaad.

10 And in the days of Saul they fought against
the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents

t Plantations and Hedges. These are the proper names of the places
where they dwelt. In Hebrew, Jltharim and Gadira.

| Accounted to Joseph, viz. as to the double portion, which belonged
to the first-born : but the princely dignity was given to Juda, and l)i»'
j priesthood to Levi

313

I. PARALIPOMENO.N.

in their stead, in all the country, that looketb to tin-
east ofGalaad.

11 And the children of ( lad dwelt ovcr-against
them in the land of Hasan, as far as Selcha :

12 Johel the chic I. and Saplian the second: and
Janai and Saphat in Hasan.

13 And their brethren according to the houses of
their kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam. and
Sri*-, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Ileber,
seven.

11 These were the sons of Aliihail, the son of
Hnri, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad. the son of
Michael, the son ofjesesi, the sou of Jeddo, the son

of Bob.

15 And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son

ol (iiini, chief of the house in their families.

I'i And tlu-v dwelt in ( ial rid, and in Hasan, ami
in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Sa-
ron, unto the border-.

I 7 Ml these were numbered in the days of Joa-
than king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king
of Israel.

18 The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the
half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields,
and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up
to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred
and three score that went out to war.

19 They fought against the Agarites: but the Itu-
reans, and Naphis, and Nodal),

JO Gave them help. And the Agarites were de-
livered into their hands, and all that were with them,
because they called uikmi Got! in the battle: and he
heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

21 And they took all that they possessed, of ca-
mels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and
fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of
men ■ hundred thousand souls.

22 And many fell down slain : for it was the
I attleol the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead
till the captivity.

23 And the children of the half tribe of Manas-
ses possessed the land, from the borders of Hasan
unto Baal, llermon, and Sanir, and mount Her-
mon; for their number was great.

24 And these were the heads of the house of
their kindred, Kpher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Es-
riel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most va-
liant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their
families.

25 But they forsook the God of their fathers,
and went astray alter the gods of the people of the
laud, whom God destroyed before them.

to And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of
I'hul kiim of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Thel-
tathphahiasar kingof Assur : and he carried away
Kuben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Bfanal
and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to
Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

CHAP. VI.
The gmeahgirt of Lcri, and of Aaron : the cities of the Istitc*.

r pHK sons of Levi tcere demon, Cnath, and

•- M#»r ir

ir..

314

2 The sous of (aalh: Amram, Isaar, Hebron,
and ( )/.iel.

3 The children of Ami-am : Aaron, Moses, and
M ilia. The sons of Aaron : Nadab ami Abiu,
Klea/.ar and Itliamar.

4 Klca/ar begot Phinees : and Phinees begot
Abisue.

5 And Abisue begot Bocci : and Bocci begot
Ozi.

6 Ozi begot Zaraias : and Zaraias begot Marioth.

7 And Marioth begot Amarias : and Amarias be-
get Achitob.

8 Achitob begot Sadoc: and Sadoc begot Achi-
niaas.

9 Achimaas begot Azarias : Azarias l>egot Jo-
hanan.

10 Johanan begot A/arias. This is he that ess*
euted the priestly office in the house which Solomon
built in Jerusalem.

11 And Azarias begot Amarias: and Amarias
begot Achitob.

12 And Achitob begot Sadoc: and Sadoc hngol
Selluin.

13 Sellum begot Helcias : and lk-Icias begot
Azarias.

14 Azarias begot Saraias : and Saraias begot Jo-
sedec.

15 Now Josedec went out, when the Lord car-
ried away Juda and Jerusalem by the hands of Na-
buchodonosor.

16 So the sons of Levi were Gerson,Caath, and
Merari.

17 And these are the names of the sons of Gcr-
son: Lobni and Semei.

18 The sons of Caath: Amram. and Isaar, and
Hebron, and Ozicl.

19 The sons of Merari : Moboli and Musi. And
these are the kindreds of Levi according to their
families.

20 Of Gcrson, Lobni his son, Jahath his son,
Zamma his son,

21 Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son,
Jethrai his son.

22 The sons of Caath: Aminadab his son, Core
his son, Asir his son,

23 Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,

24 Thahath his son, Uriel bis son. < >/ias has son,
Saul his son.

25 The sons of Elcana: Amasai,and Achinioth,

26 And Elcana. The sons of Elcana : Bopttai
his son, Nah. uli his son,

27 Eliab his son. Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

28 The sons of Samuel : the first-born Yasseni,
and Abia.

29 And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his
son, Semei his son, O/.a his son,

30 Saminaa his son, Ha^^ia his son. Asaia his

SOU.

31 These arc thev. whom Da\id s. t over the
ringing men of the house of the Lord, after that the
ark was placed.

32 And they ministered before the tabernaeleof
the testimony, with sincin^ until Solomon built the

chap vi.

nouse of the Lord in Jerusalem: and they stood ac-
cording to their order in the ministry.

33 And these are they that stood with their sons,
of the sons of Caath, Hemani a singer, the son of
Joel, the son of Samuel,

34 The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the
son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

35 The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son
of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son
of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

37 The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son
of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

38 The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of
Levi, the son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his
right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of
Samaa,

40 The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the
son of Melchia,

41 The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son
of Adaia,

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son
of Semei,

43 The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son
of Levi.

44 And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the
left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi,
the son of Meloch,

45 The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasia, the
son of Helcias,

46 The son of Amasia, the son of Boni, the son
of Somer,

47 The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son
of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 Their brethren also the Levites, who were
appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of
the house of the Lord.

49 But Aaron and his sons "offered burnt-offer-
ings upon the altar of holocaust, and upon the altar
of incense, for every work of the holy of holies ;
and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses
the servant of God had commanded.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar
his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son,

51 Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zambia his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob
his son,

53 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

54 And these are their dwelling places by the
towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron,
of the families of the Caathites : for they fell to
them by lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of
Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

56 But the fields of the city and the villages to
Caleb son of Jephone.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities
for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs
thereof;

58 And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs;
and Helon and Dabir, with their suburbs;

59 Asan also and Bethsemes, with their suburbs.

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee an-i
its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also
with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their
families were thirteen.

61 And to the sons of Caath that remained of
their kindred thev gave out of the half tribe of Ma-
nasses ten cities in possession.

62 And to the sons of Gerson by their families
out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of
the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

63 And to the sons of Merari by their families
out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by
lot twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites
the cities, and their suburbs.

65 And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of
the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benja-
min, these cities, which they called by their names.

66 And to them that were of the kindred of the
sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were
of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 And they gave the cities of refuge, Sichem
with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with
its suburbs,

68 Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Bethho-
ron in like manner,

69 Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethrem-
mon in like manner.

70 And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner
and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to
them, that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

71 And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kin-
dred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Ba-
san, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its su-
burbs.

72 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its
suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs,

73 Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with
its suburbs.

74 And out of the tribe of Aser: Masai with its
suburbs, and Abdon in like manner,

75 Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohob with
its suburbs.

76 And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in
Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs,
and Cariathaim and its suburbs.

77 And to the sons of Merari that remained: out
of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmonoand its suburbs,
and Thabor with its suburbs:

78 Beyond the Jordan also over-against Jericho,
on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of
Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs
and Jassa with its suburbs.

79 Cademoth also andits suburbs, and Mephaath
with its suburbs.

80 Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ra-
moth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with
its suburbs,

81 Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with
its suburbs.

315

I. I'aKALITOMT.NO.Y

CHAP. VII.

OtHtalogiet of lssachar, Benjamin, SrphJali, Manauts,
I jihraim, and Ater.

NOW the sons of [aaachar utn Tliola, and Pima,
Jasub, and Simcron, lour.

S The IPOS of Tliola: O/.i, and liaphaia, and
Jeriel,and Jcmai, and Jehscm, and Samuel, chiefs of
the houses of tin ir kindreds. Of the posterity of
Tlmla wore Misaketed in the dun of David, two
and twenty thousand six bundled moot valiant nun.

3 Tin- BOOS of O/.i: T/rahia, of whom were born
Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all
great men.

\nd there were with them by their families and
peoples, six and thirty thousand most valiant men
n -adv for war: for the] had inan\ wives and children.

.") Their brethren also throughout all the house of
Issac liar, were iiumhi red fourscore and seven thou-
sand most valiant men for war.

ti The sons of Benjamin were Bcla,and Bechor,
and Jadilul, three.

7 The sons of Bela : Esbon, and Ozi, and Ozial,
and Jerimoth and L'rai, five chiefs of their families,
and most valiant warriors; and their number was
twenty two thousand and thirty-four.

8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamaria, and
Jnas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amri. and Je-
rimoth, and Abia and Anathoth, and Almath : all
thi m- were the sons of Bechor.

9 And they were numbered by the families, heads
ol tluir kindreds, most valiant men for war, twcnt\
thousand and two hundred.

10 And the ?ons of Jadihcl: Balan. And the
sons of Balan : Jehus, and Benjamin, and Aod, and
Chanana, and Zethan, and Tharsis, and Ahisahar.

11 All these wen sons of Jadihe], hi ads of their
kindreds, most valiant men, seventeen thousand
and two hundred fit to go out to war.

12 Sepham also and Hapham the sons of Hir:
and Hasim the sons of Aher.

13 And the sons of Nephtali were Jasiel, and
Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum, sons of Bala.

I 1 \ iid the son ol Manasses, Ezriel : and his con-
cubine the Syrian bore Machii the father of Galaad.

15 And Machii took wives for his sons Happhim
and Saphan : and he had a sister nam* d Maacha :
the name of the second was Salphaad : and Sal-
phaad had daughters.

\G And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son,
and she called his name i'hares: and the name of
his brother wasSares: and his sons were U lam and

lit cen.

17 And the son of Ulam, Badan. These are
the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasai

18 And his sister named Queen bore Goodlyman.
and Abie/er. and Molmla.

19 And the sons ol S< inida were Ainu, and Se-
chem, and I.eci, and Aniam.

Jn \nd the sons of Ephraim were Sathala.Bared

his son, Thabath his son, Klada his son, Thahath

his viu, and hit son Zabad.

316

21 And his son Suthala, and his s ( , n K/er, an I
Klad : and the men ol Getfa horn in the land slew
them, lieeause tin \ came down to iinade their pos-
•eoaons.

22 And Enhraim their father mourned many da\ I :
ami his brethren came to comfort him.

23 And he went in to his wife: and she conceiv-
ed, and bore a son; ami he called his name Beria,*
because be was born when il went evil v\ith his
house:

24 And his daughter was Sara, who built Betho-
ron, the nether and the upper, and Ozensara.

25 And Kapha was his son, ami licscph, and
Thole, ol whom was born Thaan,

26 Who besot Laadan: and hissonwasAmmiud,
who begol Klisania,

27 Of whom was born Nun, who had Josuc far
his son.

28 And their possessions and habitations were
Bethel with her daughters, and eastward Noran,
and westward Cia/ar and her daughters, Skin m
also with her daughters, as far as Asa with hei
daughters.

29 And by the borders of the sons of Manas
Bethsan and her daughters, Thanach and her daugh-
ters, Mageddo and her daughters, Dor ami hei
daughters: in these dwelt the children of Joseph,
the son of Israel.

30 The children of Asa were Jemna, and Jesua,
and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara their sister.

31 And the sons of Baria: Haberaud Melchiel:
he is the father of Barsaith.

32 And Heber begot Jephlat, and Somer, and
I lot ham. and Suaa their sister.

33 The sons of Jephlat: Fhotrrh, and Chamaal,
and Asoth : these are the sons of Jephlat.

34 And the sons of Somer : Alii, and Hoaga, and
llaha, and Aram.

35 And the sons of Helam his brother: Supha.
and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal.

36 The sons of Supha: Sue, Harnapher, and
Sual, and Beri, and Jamra.

37 Bosorand Hod, and Samma, and Salusa, and
Jet lii ;ni. and Bera.

38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phas|il.a,
and Ara.

39 And the sons of Olla: Aree, and Daniel, and
lit sia.

40 All these were sons of Aser, heads of tluir
families, choice and most valiant captains of cap-
tains: and the number of them that were of the age
that was lit for war, was six and twenty thousand.

CHAP. VIII.

The posterity of Benjamin it further declured down to Said.
Hit tttue.

NOW Benjamin bepot Bale his first-born, Asbcl
the second, Ahara the third,

2 Nohaa the fourth, and Kapha the fifth.

3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and Gera,
and Abiud.

* Brrim. Thi* Dame tigmfie* in ml, or m nfflicttt*.

CHAP. IX.

4 And Abisue, and Naaman, and Ahoe,

5 And Gera, and Sephnphan, and Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ahod, heads of families
that dwelt in Gabaa, who were removed into Mana-
hath.

7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he removed
them; and begot Ozaand Ahiud.

8 And Saharim begot in the land of Moab, after
he sent away Husim and Bara his wives.

9 And he begot of Hodes his wife Jobab, and
Sebia, and Mosa, and Molohom,

10 And Jehus, and Sechia, and Marma. These
were his sons heads of their families.

1 1 And Mehusim begot Abitob and Elphaal.

12 And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, and
Misaamand Samad; who built Ono, and Lod, and
its daughters.

13 And Baria and Sama wore heads of their kin-
dreds that dwelt in Aialon: these drove away the
inhabitants of Geth-

14 And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth,

15 And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder,

' 16 And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha, the sons
of Baria.

17 And Zabadia, and Mossollam, and Hezeci,
and Heber,

18 And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab sons of
Ephaal:

19 And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi,

20 And Elioneai, and Selethai, and Elial,

21 And Adaia, and Baraia, and Samareth the
sons of Semei.

22 And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel,

23 And Abdon, and Zechri, and Hanan,

24 And Hanania, and Elam, and Anathothia,

25 And Jephdaia,and Phanuel the sons of Sesac.

26 And Samsari, and Sohoria, and Otholia,

27 And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri the sons of
Jcroham.

28 These were the chief fathers and heads of
their families who dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon: and the
name of his wife was Maacha :

30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Sur, and
Cis, and Baal, and Nadab,

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher, and Ma-
celloth :

32 And Macelloth begot Samaa : and they dwelt
over-against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their
brethren.

33 And Ner begot Cis: and Cis begot Saul. And
Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisua, and Abina-
dab, and Esbaal.*

34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal : and
Meribbaalf begot Micha.

35 And the sons of Micha were Phithon, and
Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.

36 And Ahaz begot Joada: and Joada begot
Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri: and Zamri be-
got Mosa :

37 And Mosa begot Banaa, whose son was Ra-
pha, of whom was born Elasa, who begot Asel.

38 And Asel had six sons, whose names wore
Eziicam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, and Ha-
nan. All these were the sons of Asel.

39 And the sons of Esec his brother, wore Ulam
the first-born, and Jehus the second, and Eliphalet
the third.

40 And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men,
and archers of great strength: and they had many
sons and grandsons, even to a hundred and fifty.
All these were children of Benjamin.

CHAP. IX.

Tlie Israelites, priests, and Levites, who first dwelt in Jerusalem
after the captivity. A repetition of the genealogy of Saul.

AND all Israel was numbered : and the sum of
them was written in the Book of the kings of
Israel and Juda: and they were carried away to
Babylon for their transgression.

2 Now the first that dwelt in their possessions,
and in theircities, were the Israelites, and the priests,
and the Levites, and the Nathineans.f

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Juda,
and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children
of Ephraim, and of Manasses.

4 Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of Amri, the
son of Omrai, the son of Bonni,of the sons of Phares
the son of Juda.

5 And of Siloni: Asaia the first-born and his
sons.

6 And of the sons of Zara : Jehuel, and their
brethren, six hundred and ninety.

7 And of the sons of Benjamin : Salo the son of
Mosollam, the son of Oduia, the son of Asana:

8 And Jobania the son of Jeroham : and Elathe
son of Ozi, the son of Modioli: and Mosollam the
son of Saphatias, the son of Rahuel, the son of Je-
bania :

9 And their brethren by their families, nine hun-
dred and fifty-six. All these were heads of theii
families by the houses of their fathers.

10 And of thepriests: Jedaia, Joiarib, andJachin :

11 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of
Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth,
the son of Achitob, high priest of the house of God.

12 And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the son of
Phassur, the son of Melchias : and Massai the son
of Adiel, the son of Jezra, the son of Mosollam, the
son of Mossallamith, the son of Emmer.

13 And their brethren heads in their families «
thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong
and able men for the work of the ministry in the
house of God.

14 And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Has-
sub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the
sons of Merari.

15 And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and
Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zechri the
son of Asaph :

* F.shanL alias TnHoseth.

\ Meribbaal, aba* Miphiboseth. 2 King iv. 4.

\ Jfathintans. These were the posterity of the Oabaonites, whoie
office was to bring wood, water, fcc. for the service of the temple
317

I. PARAL1POMENON.

16 And Ol»din the son of Semen, the son ol" ( ia-
hi, the KM of Milium: anil Hnrachia the son ol \-i.
the son of Eleana, w ho dwelt in the suburbs of Ne-
tophati.

17 And the porters wcreSellmn, and Aecnli, and
Telmon, and Ahimam : and their hrother Sellum
w .is the prince,

18 Until that time, in the king's gate eastward,
the mmis dI Levi waited by their turns.

19 Hut Selhnn the son ol ( 'ore. the son of Abia-
saph, the son of Core, with his brethren, and his fa-
ther's house, the Coritcs were over the works of
the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle ;
and their families in turns were keepers of the en-
trance of the camp of the Lord:

80 And Phinees the son of Kleazar was their
prince before the Lord:

21 And Zachaiias the son of Mosollamia, was
porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony.

\l| these that were chosen to be porters at the
gates wire two hundred and twelve : and they wire
registered in their proper towns; whom David ami
Samuel the seer appointed in their trust :

23 As ft ell them as their sons, to keep the gates
of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their
turns.

JV In four quarters were the porters : that is to
say. toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

25 And their brethren dwelt in \ illagcs, and came
ni>on their sahhath-days from time to time.

26 To these four Levitts were committed tin-
whole number of the porters : and they were over
the chambers, and treasures, ofthe house of the Lord.

\nd they abode ia their watches round about
the temple ofthe Lord; that when it w as time, they
might open the gates in the morning.

28 And some of their Stock had the charge ofthe
vessels for the ministry : for the vessels Were both
brought in and carried out by number.

29 Some of them also had the instruments of the
sanctuary committed unto them, and the charge of
the fine flour, and wine, and oil, and frankincense,
and spices.

30 And the sons of the priests made the oint-
ments of the spices.

31 And Mathathias a Lcvitc, the first-born of
Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such things as
were fried in the trying-pan.

32 And some of the sons of Caatn their brethren
were over the loaves of proposition, to prepare al-
ways new for every sabbath.

33 These are the chief of the singing men of the
families ofthe Levites, who dwelt in the chambers,
by the temple, that they might serve continually day
and night in their ministry.

i The heads of the Levites, princes in their
families, abode in Jerusalem.

i And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Ga-
baon: and the name of his wile was Maaeha.

36 His first-born son tbdon, and Sur, and Cis,
and Baal, and Ner, and .\adah,

37 Gedof also, and Ahio, and Zacharias, and

Macelloth.

318

38 And Macelloth begot Samaan : these dwen
over-against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their
brethren.

^ 39 Now Ner begot Cis: and Cis In-got Saul: and
Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisua, and Ahina-
dah, and Lsbaal.

40 And the son of Jonathan was Mcribbaal: and
Meribbaal begot Micha.

41 And the sons of Micha, were Phithon, and
Melech,and Thaiaa, and Aha/..

•VJ And Abas begot Jan: and Jan beajot Ala-
math, and A/moth, and Zamri. And Zamri begot
Mosa.

43 And Moafl In 'got Hanaa ; whose son Haphaia
■>t Llasa; of w horn was born Asel.

44 And \mI had si\ sons, whose names are,
K/.ricani, Hochru, Ismahcl, Saria, OUha, llanan :
these are the BOBS oi Aael.

CHAP. X.

Saul U ulain for his sins : he is Imriul by thr mm nf Jab

NOW the Philistines fought against Israel : and
the men of Israel lied from before the Philis-
tines, and fell down wounded in mount Gelboe.

2 And (he Philistines drew near pursuing aftei
Saul, and his sons: and they killed Jonathan, and
Abinadab, and Melchisua, the sons of Saul.

3 And the battle grew hard against Saul: and
the archers reached him, and wounded him with
arrow s.

4 And Saul said to his armour-bearer : Draw thy
sword, and kill me : lest these uncircumciscd come,
and mock me. Hut his armour-bearer would not;
for he was struck with fear : so Saul took his sword,
and fell upon it.

5 And when his armour-bearer saw it, to wit,
that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his su ord. and
died.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his
house fell together.

7 And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the
plains, saw this, they fled : and Saul and his sons
being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scat-
tered up and down : and the Philistines came, and
dwelt in them.

8 And the next day the Philistines taking away
the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and
his sons lying on mount Gelboe.

9 And when they had Stripped him, and cut olT
his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it
into their land, to be carried about, and show u in the
temples ofthe idols and to the people.

10 And his armour thev dedicated in the temple
of their god: and his head they fastened up in the
temple of Dagon.

1 1 And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard
this, to wit. all that the Philistines had done to Saul

12 All the valiant men of tin in arose, and look
the bodies of Saul and of Ins sous, and brought them
to Jabes. and buried their bones under the oak that
was in Jabes; and thev lasted KVen da\s.

13 So Saul died for his iniquities, because be
Iransgn ssi d the commandment ol the Lord, w'iich

CHAP. XF.

lie had commanded, and kept it not; and moreover
consulted also a witch,

14 And trusted not in the Lord: therefore he
slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the
son of Isai.

CHAP. XI.

David is made king. He taketh the castle of Sion. A catalogue
of his valiant men.

rpHEN all Israel gathered themselves to David
-*- in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy
flesh.

2 Yesterday also, and the day before, when Saul
was king, thou wast he that leddest out and brought-
est in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee
Thou shalt feed my people Israel ; and thou shalt
be ruler over them.

3 So all the ancients of Israel came to the king
to Hebron ; and David made a covenant with them
before the Lord : and they anointed him king over
Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he
spoke in the hand of Samuel.

4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem,
which is Jehus, where the Jebusites were the in-
habitants of the land.

5 And the inhabitants of Jehus said to David :
Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the
castle of Sion, which is the city of David.

6 And he said : Whosoever shall first strike the
Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And
Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, ana was made
the general.

7 And David dwelt in the castle; and therefore
it was called the City of David.

8 And he built the city round about from Mello
all round : and Joab built the rest of the city.

9 And David went on growing and increasing ;
and the Lord of hosts was with him.

10 These are the chief of the valiant men of Da-
vid, who helped him to be made- king over all Is-
rael, according to the word of the Lord, which he
spoke to Israel.

1 1 And this is the number of the heroes of David :
Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among
the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hun-
dred wounded by him at one time.

12- And after him was Eleazar his uncle's son
the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

13 He was with David in Phesdomin, when the
Philistines were gathered to that place to battle:
and the field of that country was full of barley; and
the people fled from before the Philistines.

14 But these men stood in the midst of the field,
and defended it: and they slew the Philistines;
and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his peo-
ple.

15 And three of the thirty captains went down to
the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odal-
.am, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of
Raphaim.

16 And David was in a hold, and the garrison of
the Philistines in Bethlehem.

17 And David longed, and said: O that some

man would give me water of the cistern of Bethle-
hem, which is in the gate.

18 And these three broke through the midst of
the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of
the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate,
and brought it to David to drink: and he would not
drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord,

19 Saying: God forbid that I should do this in
the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of
these men: for with the danger of their lives they
have brought me the water. And therefore he
would not drink. These things did the three most
valiant.

20 And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief
of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hun-
dred whom he slew: and he was renowned among
the three,

21 And illustrious among the second three, and
their captain: but yet he attained not to the first
three.

22 Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant
man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew
the two ariels* of Moab: and he went down, and
killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of
snow.

23 And he slew an Egyptian whose stature was
of five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver's
beam : and he went down to him with a staff", and
plucked away the spear that he held in his hand,
and slew him with his own spear.

24 These things did Banaias the son of Joiada,
who was renowned among the three valiant ones,

25 And the first among the thirty; but yet to the
three he attained not: and David made him of his
council.

26 Moreover the most valiant men of the army,
were Asahel brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son
of his uncle of Bethlehem,

27 Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,

28 Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an
Anathothite,

29 Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,

30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of
Baana a Netophathite,

31 Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons
of Benjamin, Banaia a Pharathonite,

32 Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite,
Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,

33 The sons of Assem a Gezonite, Jonathan the
son of Sage an Ararite,

34 Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,

35 Eliphal the son of Ur,

36 Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,

37 Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son
of Agarai,

39 Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the
armour-bearer of Joab the son of Sarvia,

40 Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,

41 Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi,

* Two ariels. That is, two lions, or lion-like men ; for ariel in He-
brew signifies a lion.

319

I. PAHALIPO.MKNON.

42 Adiua the son of Si/.;i a Rubenite, the prince
of the Kubenites, and thirty withliim:

13 llanan tin- son of Maacha. am] Josaphat a
Mathanite,

41- O/.iaan Astarothite, Sainma, and Jchiel, the
sons of llotham an Aroritc,

46 Jedibel the son of Zamri, ami Joha his brother
a Tliovaite,

46 Hliel a Mahumite, and Jeribai, and Josaiathc
Mins of Hlnaiui, and Jethma a Moabite, Elicl, and
Obed, and Jasiel of Masohia.

CHAP. XII.

Who followed Dariil when hi Hi d from Saul: and who came
to J Iibrun to make him king.

"IVTOW these are they that came to David to Sice-

-L' It::, while he yet lied from Saul the son of Cis:
and tin \ were most valiant and excellent warriors,
J Beading the Ik>\v, and using either hand in hurl-
ins stones with slinks, and shooting arrows: of the
b re t h re n of Soul of Benjamin.

3 1 he chief was Ahia/er. and Joas, the sons of
Samaa of ( iaUiath, and Jaziel, and Phallet the sons
of \y.moth, and Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothitc.

4 And Samaias of Ciabaon, the stoutest amongst
the thirty, and over the thirty. Jeremias, and Jehe-
ziel, and Johaiian, and Je/.ahad ofGaderoth.

5 And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia, and Sa-
maria, ami Saphatia the Haruphite.

6 l.lcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and Joezer,
and Jesbaam of Carehim :

7 And Jtiela, and Zabadia the sons of Jeroham of
Gedor.

8 From Gaddi also there went over to David,
when he lay hid in the wilderness most valiant men,
and excellent warriors, holding shield and spear:
whose faces were like the faces of a lion, and they
wen- >wil't like the roebucks on the mountains.

;• K/.cr the chief, Obdias the second, Eliab the
third,

10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,
I I Kthi the sixth. Hliel the seventh,

12 Johanan the eighth, Kl/.diad the ninth,

13 Jeremias the tenth, Machhani the eleventh.

1 V The- >f the sons of Gad, captains of the

army: the least of them was captain over a hundred
soldiers, and the greatest over a thousand.

1") TIicm' are they who passed over the Jordan
in the first month, when it is used to flow over its
banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the
v allies both toward the east and toward the west.

16 And there came also of the men of Benjamin
and of Jnda to the hold in which David abode.

17 And David went out to meet them, and said:
If \nii an come peaceably to me to help me, let my
heart lie joined to you: but if you plot against me
for my enemies, whereas I have no iniquity in in\
hands, let the God of our fathers see, and judge.

1". But the spirit came upon Ama>ai ihe chief
anions thirty: and he said: We are thine. O David,
and for thee, O son of Isai: peace, peace lie to thee,
and peace t<> thy helper*. For thy God belpeth
thee. So David received them, and made them
raptains of the band.

19 And there Were some of Manages thai went
OVei to David, when be came with the Philistines
asainst Saul to fisht : tail be did not nghl w it li them
because the lords of the Philistines taking COUM*

sent him back, sa\ins: With the danger of om
heads be will return to his master Saul.

20 So when he went bad U> Sicekg, there Bed
to him of Manasses, Kdnas, and Jozabad, and Je
dibel, and Michael, and Ednas ami Jo/.abad. and
Eliu, and Saiathi, captains of thousands in Ma-
nasses.

21 These helped David against the rovers : for
they were all most valiant nun, and were mac 1 ■
commanders in the arniv.

22 Moreover day by day there came some to Dc-
vid to help him, till they became a great mimbe ,
like the army of God.

23 And tliis is the number of the chiefs of the
army who came to David, when he was in Hebron,
to transfer to him the kingdom of Saul, according
to the word of the Lord.

24 The sons of Juda bearingshield and spear, six
thousand eight hundred well appointed to war.

25 Of the sons of Simeon valiant men for war,
seven thousand one hundred.

26 Oftlu' sons of Levi, four thousand six hundred.

27 And Joiada prince of the race of Aaron, and
with him three thousand seven hundred.

28 Sadoc also a young man of excellent disposi-
tion, and the house of his father, twenty-two prin-
cipal men.

29 And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of
Saul, three thousand: for hitherto a great part of
them followed the house of Saul.

30 And of the sons of Kphraim twenty thousand
eight hundred, men of great \alour, renowned in
their kindreds.

31 And of the half tribe of Manasses, eighteen
thousand, every one by their names came to make
David king.

32 Also of the sons of Issachar, men of under-
standing, that knew all times to order what Israel
should do, two hundred principal men: and all the
rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

33 And of Zabulon such as went forth to battle,
and stood in array well appointed with armour for
war, there came fifty thousand to his aid, with no
double heart. %

34 And of Xephtali, a thousand leaders: and with
them seven and thirty thousand, furnished with shield
and spear.

35 Of Dan also twenty eight thousand six hun-
dred p r e par ed for battle.

36 And of Aser forty thousand going forth to fight ,
and challenging in battle.

37 And on the other side of the Jordan of the
sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half of the
tribe of Manatees, ■ hundred and twenty thousand.
furnished with arms lor war.

38 All these men of war well appointed to fight,
came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make Da-
vid king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel
were of one heart to make David king.

CHAP. XIII, XIV, XV.

?fi* \*id they were there with David three days
eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared
for them.

40 Moreover they that were near them even as
far as I ssachar, and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought
loaves on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and
on oxen, to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and
oxen, and sheep, in abundance: for there was joy
in Israel.

CHAP. XIII.

The ark >e brought from Cariathiarim. Oza for touching
it is struck dead.

AND David consulted with the captains of thou-
sands, and of hundreds, and with all the com-
manders-.

2 And he said to all the assembly of Israel : If
it please you, and if the words which I speak come
from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of
out brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to
the priests and the Levites, that dwell in the su-
burbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us:

3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to
us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.

4 And all the multitude answered that it should
be so: for the word pleased all the people.

5 So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of
Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring
the ark of God from Cariathiarim.

6 And David went up with all the men of Israel
to the hill of Cariathr.irim, which is in Juda, to bring
thence the ark of the Lord God sitting upon the
Cheruhims, where his name is called upon.

7 And they carried the ark of God upon a new
cart, out of the house of Abinadab. And Oza and
his brother drove the cart.

8 And David and all Israel played before God
with all their might with hymns, and with harps,
and with psalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and
trumpets.

9 And when they came to the floor of Chidon,
Oza put forth his hand, to hold up the ark: for the
ox being wanton had made it lean a little on oneside.

10 And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck
him, because he had touched the ark: and he died
there before the Lord.

1 1 And David was troubled, because the Lord
had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach
of Oza to this day.

12 And he feared God at that time, saying : How
can I bring in the ark of God to me?

13 And therefore he brought it not home to him-
self, that is, into the city of David; but carried it
aside into the bouse of Obededom the Gethite.

14 And the ark of God remained in the house of
Obededom three months : and the Lord blessed his
house, and all that he had.

CHAP. XIV.

David's house, and children : his victories over the Philistines.

AND Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to
David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and car-
penters, to build him a house.

2 And David perceived that the Lord had con-

firmed him king over Israel, and that his kingdom
was exalted over his people Israel.

3 And David took other wives in Jerusalem : and
he begot sons and daughters.

4 Now these were the names of them that were
born to him in Jerusalem: Sainua, and Sobad, Na-
than, and Solomon,

5 Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphalet,

6 And Noga, and Napheg, and Japhia,

7 Elisama, and Baaliada, and Eliphalet.

8 And the Philistines hearing that David was
anointed king over all Israel, went all up to seek
him: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

9 And the Philistines came, and spread them-
selves in the vale of Rapbaim.

10 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall
I go up against the Philistines; and wilt thou deli-
ver them into my hand ? And the Lord said to him :
Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hand.

11 And when ihey were come to Baalpharasim,
David defeated them there: and he said: God hath
divided my enemies by my hand, as waters are di-
vided : and therefore the name of that place was
called Baalpharasim.

12 And they left there their gods: and David
commanded that they should be burnt.

13 Another time also the Philistines made an ir-
ruption, and spread themselves abroad in the valley.

14 And David consulted God again, and God
said to him: Go not up after them, turn away from
them, and come upon them over-against the pear-
trees.

15 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one
going in the tops of the pear-trees, then shalt thou
go out to battle. For God is gone out before thee, to
strike the army of the Philistines.

16 And David did as God had commanded him,
and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them
from Gabaori to Gazera.

17 And the name of David became famous in all
countries : and the Lord made all nations fear him.

CHAPTER XV.

The ark is brought into the city of David, with great solem-
nity. Michol derideth David's devotion.

XTE made also houses for himself in the city of
-*--*- David; and built a place for the ark of God,
and pitched a tabernacle for it.

2 Then David said : No one ought to carry the
ark of God, but the Levites ; whom the Lord hath
chosen tocarry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jeru-
salem, that the ark of God might be brought into its
place, which he had prepared for it :

4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.

5 Of the children of Caatn, Uriel was the chief,
and his brethren a hundred and twenty.

6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief; and
his brethren two hundred and twenty:

7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief; and his
brethren a hundred and thirty:

8 Of the sons of Elisanhan, Semeias the chief;
and his brethren two hunched :

321

i. rwiu.iroMENON

Klicl the chit I; ami
Aminadah the chief;

9 Of the sous of Hebron,

his brethren eight) :

10 Of the mm of O/.id,
ami hi- brethrefl a hundred and twelve.

11 And David called Sadoe, and Ahiathar the

Ericsts, and the I .<\ aee, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Seaieia,
dii-l, and Aminadah:
I J \nd hi' said to ilicm: You tint arc the h. id-
of the Leritical families, lie sanctified with your bre-
tlircn. and bring the ark of ilic Lord the Ciod of Is-
rael to the place, which is prepared for it :

13 Lest as (he Lord at firs! struck ti-, because
Ml not present, the BMM should now al-<>
come to pass, by our doing something against the
law.

I I So the priests and the Lcvites were sanctified,
to earn the ark of the Lord the (mm! of Israel.

15 And the KIOS of Levi took the ark of God. as
Moses had commanded, according to the word of
tin- Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.

16 And David s|toketothe chiefs of the Lcvites.
to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with
musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps,
and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on
high.

17 And they appointed Lcvites, Neman the son
of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son of Bara-
chiaz: and of the sons of .Mer.iri, their brethren:
Ethan the son of Casata.

18 And with them their brethren: in the second
rank, Zacharias. and Hen, and Jaziel, and Semira-
moth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Kliab, and Banaias,
and Maasias, and Mathalhias, and Lliphalu, and
Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters.

19 .Now the siii-ers, Neman, Asaph, and Ethan,

sotiudrd with cvmbals of lira--.

20 And Zacharias, and O/.iel, and Scmiramoth.
and Jehiel, and Ani, and Khali, and Maasias, and

Banaias, Mine mysterk i upon psalteries.

21 And Maihathias. and Lliphalu, and Maceni-
as, and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sun- a
sons; of victor v for the octaveupoa harps.

22 And < honenias chief of the Lcvites, presided
over the prophecy, to give out the tunes:* for he
was very skilful.

23 And Barachtas,and Llcana were door-keepers

of the ark.

J V And Sebetuas, and Joeaphat and Nathanael,

and \ma-ai. and Zacharias, and Benaias mid f ■ , | i , ■ -
zer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the
ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were por-
ter- of the ark.

25 So David and all the ancients of Lrael, and
the captains over thousands, went to hrin- the ark
of the covenant of the Lord, out ol the house of
( )liededom with joy.

26 And when God had helped the LevHes who
carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, thev
offered in sacrifice seven oxen, ami seven rams.

• TV rr°P*"H. fo fir* ml thr tunt: Sintrinjf pr*i«<* In Im.Ii. hrrr
called profktry the more, toeaim thcae »ingm were often inspired

3."

27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine
linen, and all the Levitts that carried the ark, and
the siinJiin men, and ( honenias the ruler of the pro-
pheev among the Singers: and David also hail on
him an epbod of linen.

2ii And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant
of the Lord with joy I ul shout in-, sad sounding with
the sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and cym-
bals, and psalteries, and harps.

29 And when the ark of the covenant of the
Lord was come to the city of David, Michol the
daughter of Saul looking OUtal a window, saw kim;
David dancing and playing: and she despised him in
her heart.

CHAPTER XVI.

The ark it plarrd in the tubrriinrlr. S-irriftre is offered. Da-
vid blttsrth the people, dispotrth the qfictt of the fsriti *, and
maheth a psalm of praise to God.

CO they brought the ark of God. and set it in the

^midst of the tent, which David had pitched for
it: and they offered holocausts and pcacc-offeriims
before Clod.

2 And when David had made an end of offering
holocausts, and peace-offerings, he blessed the pi <;-
pie in the name of the Lord.

3 And he divided to all and every one, lioth men
and women, a loaf of bread, and a piece of roasted
beef, and flour fried with oil.

4 And he appointed Lcvites to minister ln-forc
the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works,
and to glorify, and praise the Lord ImxI of Israel :

5 Asaph the chief, and next alter him Zachari-
as ; moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Mathalhias, and Kliab, and Banaias, and Obe-
dedom ; and Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery,
and harpSj and Asaph to sound with cymbals :

6 But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound
the trumpet continually before the ark Of the cove-
nant of the Lord.

7 111 that day David made Asaph the chief to
give praise to the Lord with his brethren.

8 Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name:
make known his doings among the nations.

9 Sing to him ; yea sin- prai-es to him : and re-
late all his wondrous works.

10 Braise ye his holy name: let the heart of
them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye
his face evermore.

12 Remember his wonderful works, which he
hath done : his signs, and the judgments of his
mouth.

13 O ye seed of Israel his servants, yc children
of Jacob his chosen.

\\ He is the Lord our God: his judgments an
in all the earth.

15 Remember for ever his covenant ; the word,

which he commanded los thousand generations.
1G The cov e n an t which he made with Abraham,

and his oath to Isaac.

17 And be appointed the same to Jacob I it a
precept; and to Israel for an everlasting covenant '•

CHAP. XVII.

18 Saying : To then will I give the Ian J of Cha-
naan, the lot of your inheritance.

19 When they were but a small number; very
few, and sojourners in it.

20 And they passed from nation to nation ; and
from a kingdom to another people.

21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: and
reproved kings for their sake.

22 Touch not my anointed : and do no evil to
my prophets.

23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: show
forth from day to day his salvation.

21 Declare his glory among the Gentiles ; his
wonders among all people.

25 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be
praised : and he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are idols : but
the Lord made the heavens.

27 Praise and magnificence are before him :
strength and joy in his place.

28 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the
nations ; bring ye to the Lord glory and empire.

29 Give to the Lord glory to his name : bring
up sacrifice, and come ye in his sight : and adore
the Lord in holy becommgness.

30 Let all the earth be moved at his presence :
for he hath founded the world immoveable.

3 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be
glad : and let them say among the nations : The
Lord hath reigned.

32 Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof : let
the fields rejoice, and all things that are in them.

33 Then shall the trees of the wood give praise
before the Lord: because he is come to judge the
earth.

34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

35 And say ye : Save us, O God our Saviour :
and gather us together, and deliver us from the na-
tions, that we may give glory to thy holy name, and
may rejoice in singing thy praises.

36 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from
eternity to eternity : and let all the people say:
Amen, and a hymn to God.

37 So he left there before the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to min-
ister in the presence of the ark continually day by
day, and in their courses.

38 And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-
eight : and Obededom the son of ldithun, and
Hosa he appointed to be porters.

39 And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests,
before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place,
which was in Gabaon,

40 That they should offer holocausts to the Lord
upon the altar of holocaust continually, morning
and evening;, according to all that is written in the
law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.

41 And after him Heman, and ldithun, and the
rest that were chosen, every one by his name to
give praise to the Lord : because his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

42 And Heman and ldithun sounded the trum-

pet, and played on the cymbals, and all kinds ol
musical instruments to sing praises to God: and
the sons of ldithun he made porters.

43 And all the people returned to their houses ;
and David to bless also his own house.

CHAP. XVII.

David's purpose to build a temple, is rewarded by most ample
promises : David's thanksgiving.

"jVTOW when David was dwelling in his house,
- 1 -* he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold, I
dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord is under skins.

2 And Nathan said to David : Do all that is in
thy heart : for God is with thee.

3 Novv that night the word of God came to Na-
than, saying :

4 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus
saith the Lord : Thou shalt not build me a house
to dwell in.

5 For I have not remained in a house from the
time that I brought up Israel, to this day: but I
have been always changing places in a tabernacle,
and in a tent

6 Abiding with aH Israel. Did I ever speak to
any one, of aH the judges of Israel, whom I charg-
ed to feed my people, saving: Why have you not
built me a house of cedar ?

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my ser-
vant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: \ took
thee, from the pastures, from following the flock,
that thou shouldst be ruler of my people Israd.

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou
hast gone ; and have slain all thy enemies before
thee; and have made thee a name like that of one
of the great ones that are renowned in the earth.

9 And 1 have given a place to my people Israel :
they shall be planted, and shall dwell therein, and
shall be moved no more : neither shall the children
of iniquity waste them, as at the beginning,

10 Since the days that I gave judges to my peo-
ple Israel, and have humbled all thy enemies. And
I declare to thee, that the Lord will build thee a
house.

1 1 And when thou shalt have ended thy days to
go to thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee,
which shall be of thy sons : and I will establish his
kingdom.

12 He shall build me a house : and I will esta-
blish his throne for ever.

13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to
me a son : and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before
thee.

14 But I will settle him in my house, and in my
kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be most firm
for ever.

15 According to all these words, and according
to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

16 And king David came and sat before the Lord,
and said : Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my
house, that thou shouldst give such things to me?

17 But even this hath seemed little in thv sight,

323

I. PARALIPOMENON.

and therefore tlmn has! also spoken concerning the
hooie of thy servant foi the time to rone: and hast
made Die remarkable nbove all nun. O Lord God.

18 What can David add more, seeing thou haft
tlnix glorified tin servant, and known him ?

19 o Lord, lor thv servant's sake, according io
thv on n heart, ihou hast show n ;ill this marnrfieence,
ana wouldsl have all the great things to be known.

SO < \ Lord, there is none like tliee : and there is
no other God beside thee, oi all whom we have
heard of vv ith our Park.

J! For what otiier nation is rhere upon earth Hke
ill J people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and
make a people lor himself, and bj his greatness and
ti nois nut out nations before their lace, whom he
h id delivered out of Egypt ?

\nd thou has! made thy people Israel to Ik?
thv own people lor ever : and thou, O Lord, alt be-
come their (iod.

23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word which
thou hast spoken to thy servant, and concerning his
house, be established forever; and do as thou hast
said.

\nd let thy name remain, and he magnified for
e\i r : and let it he said : The Lord of hosts is God
of Israel ; and the house of David his servant re-
inaineih before him.

25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to
the ear of thv servant, thai thou wilt huild him a
house : and therefore thy servant hath found con/i-
denec to pray before thee.

26 And now, O Lord, thou art God : and thou
h i-t promised to tin servant such great benefits.

27 And thou hast begun to bless the bouse of thy
seivant, that it m i\ be always before thee : for see-
ing thou blessest it, O Lord, it shall l>c blessed for

ever.

(HAP. Will.

DamiFs victories. Ili.i rliii f ofia is.

A ND it came to pass after this, that David de-
-**- feated the Philistines, and humbled them ; and
look away Geth and her daughters out of the hand
of the Philistines :

2 And he defeated Moah: and the .Moahitcs were

made David's servants, and brought him gifts.

3 At that time David defeated also Adarezcr
kim; of Sobn ol the land of I It •math, w In n he went
to extend his dominions as laras the river Euphrates.

4 And David look from him a thousand chariots.

and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand
footmen : and he houghed all the rhariot-hon
only a hundred chariots, which he reserved for

himself.

5 And the Syrians of Damascus came also to

help Adare/.er king of Soba : and David slew of
them likewise two and tw enty thousand men.

6 And he put a garrison in Damascus, that Syria
also should serve him. and bring gifts. And the
Lord assisted him in all things to which he went.

7 And David took the golden quivers which the

nts of Adarezcr had: and lie brought tin in to
•«TUsah in.

Si*

1! Likewise out ofThcbath and ("bun, titles of
tdareser, be brought verj much brass, of which

Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and
the vessels of brass.

9 Now whin Thou khuj of Ileinath heard that
David had deflated all the arm> of Adarezer kin^
of Soba,

10 He sent Adoram bis son to king David, to
desire peace of him, and to congratulate him that
he had defeated and ov erthrow n Adaiczcr: foi Thou

w as ;iu enemy to Adarezcr.

11 And all the vessels of gold, and silver, and
brass, kinu I >av id consecrated to the Lord, w ith the
silver and gold which he had taken from all (he na-
tions, as will from Ldom, and from Moah, and from
the BOOBOf Amnion, as from the Philistines, and from
Ainalcc.

12 And Ahisaithe son of Sarvia slew of the Ed*
mites in the vale ol the salt-pits, eighteen thousand.

13 And he put a garrison in Ldom, that Edna
should serve David: and the Lord pr eser v ed David
in all things to which he west.

14 So David reigned over all Israel, and execut-
ed judgment and justice anion!; all his people.

15 And Josh the son of Sarvia was over the ar-
my, and Josaphat the son of Ahilud recorder.

16 And Sadoc the SOB of Achitoh, and Ahinielccli
the son of Abinthar, were the priest ; and Susa,s< rilie.

17 And Bamriastha son of.loiada was over the
bands of the Cerethi, and the Phclethi: and the sons
Of David where chief aliout the king.

CHAP. XIX.

The Ammonites abusr Din-id's embassadors: both they and their
confederate* are overthrown.

NOW it came to pass that Naas the king of the
children of Amnion died, and his son reigned
in his stead.

2 And Da\ id said : I will show kindness to I la-
non the son of Naas: for his lather did a favour to
me. And David sent messengers to comfort him
upon the death of his father. Put when thev were
come into the land of the children of Amnion, to
comfort 11 anon,

3 The princes of the children of Amnion said to
llanon: Thou thinkest nerhaps that David to do
honour to thy father hath sent comforters to thee :
and thou dost not take notice, thai his servants aie
come to thee to consider, and search, and spy out
thy land.

4 Wherefore Hanon shaved the heads and lieards
of the servants of David, and cut awa\ their gar-
ments from the buttocks to the feet, and sent them

away,

5 And when they wire gone, the) sent word to
David, who sent to meet them (for thev had suffer-
ed a great affront) and ordered them to stay at Jeri-
cho till their beard* grew, and then to return.

6 And when the children of Amnion saw that
thev had done an injury to David, llanon and tht
rest of the people sent a thousand talents of silver,
10 hire them chariots and ImMinni out ol Wesopo-
lamia. and out ol Syria M ia< ha. and out ol Soba-

CHAP. XX, XXI.

7 And they hired two and thirty thousand cha-
riots, and the king of Maacha, with his people.
And they came and camped over-against Medaba.
And the children of Amnion gathered themselves
together out of their cities, and came to battle.

8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and
all the army of valiant men:

9 And the children of Amnion came out, and put
their army in array before the gate of the city : and
the kings, that were come to their aid, stood apart
in the field.

10 Wherefore Joab understanding that the battle
was set against him before and behind, chose out
the bravest men of all Israel, and marched against
the Syrians.

11 And the rest of the people he delivered into
the hand of Abisai his brother : and they went against
the children of Ammon.

12 And he said: If the Syrians be too strong for
me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of
Ammon be too strong for thee, I will help thee.

13 Be of good courage; and let us behave ourselves
manfully for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and the Lord will do that which is good in
his sight.

14 So Joab and the people that were with him,
went against the Syrians to the battle : and he put
them to flight.

15 And the children of Ammon seeing that the
Syrians were fled, they likewise fled from Abisai his
brother, and went into the city: and Joab also return-
ed to Jerusalem.

16 But the Syrians seeing that they had fallen
before Israel, sent messengers, and brought to them
the Syrians that were beyond the river: and So-

1>hach, general of the army of Adarezer, was their
eader.

17 And it was told David: and he gathered together
all Israel, and passed the Jordan, and came upon
them, and put his army in array against them, and
the'-' fought with him.

18 But the Syrians fled before Israel: and David
slew of the Syrians seven thousand chariots,* and
forty thousand footmen, and Sophach the general of
the army.

19 And when the servants of Adarezer saw
themselves overcome by Israel, they went over to
David, and served him : and Syria would not help
the children of Ammon any more.

CHAP. XX.

Rabba is taken : other victories over the Philistineg.

A ND it came to pass after the course of a year,
-^*- at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab
gathered together an army and the strength of the
troops, and wasted the laud of the children of Am-
mon ; and went and besieged Rabba. But David
staid at Jerusalem, when Joab smote Rabba, and
destroyed it.

* Seven thousand chariots. That is, of men who fouirht in chariots,
t The number, tfc. The difference of the numbers here, and 2
Kings xxiv. is to be accounted for, by supposing the greater number

2 And David took the crown of Melchom from
his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and
most precious stones: and he made himself a diadem
of it: he took also the spoils of the city, which were
very great.

3 And the people that were therein he brought
out: and made barrows, and sleds, and chariots oc
iron to go over them, so that they were cut and
bruised to pieces: in this manner David dealt with
all the cities of the children of Amnion : and he re-
turned with all his people to Jerusalem.

4 After this there arose a war at Gazer against
the Philistines; in which Sabachai the Husathite
slew Saphai of the race of Raphaim, and humbled
them.

5 Another battle also was fought against the Phil-
istines, in which Adeodatus the son of Saltus a Beth-
lehemite slew the brother of Goliath the Gethite,
the staff" of whose spear was like a weaver's
beam.

6 There was another battle also in Geth, in which
there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and
toes were four and twenty, six on each hand and
foot; who also was born of the stock of Rapha.

7 He reviled Israel: but. Jonathan the son ol'Sa-
maa the brother of David slew him. These were
the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the hand of
David and his servants.

CHAP. XXI.

David's sin in numbering the people is punished by a pestilence :
which ceaseth upon his offering sacrifice in the thrashing-Jloor.
of Oman.

\ ND Satan rose up against Israel; and moved
**■ David to number Israel.

2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers ot
the people: Go, and number Israel from Bersabee
even to Dan; and bring me the number of them that
I may know it.

3 And Joab answered : The Lord make his people
a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord
the king, are they not all thy servants? why doth
my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as
a sin to Israel ?

4 But the king's word rather prevailed : and Joab
departed, and went through all Israel; and returned
to Jerusalem.

5 And he gave David the number f of them,
whom he had surveyed: and all the number of Is-
rael was found to be eleven hundred thousand men
that drew the sword : and of Juda four hundred and
seventy thousand fighting men.

6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number :
for Joab unwillingly executed the king's orders.

7 And God was displeased with this thing that
was commanded : and he struck Israel.

8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceed
ingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the
iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done foolishly.

to be that which was really found, and Uie lesser to be that which
Joab gave in.

325

I. PAKALIPOMEN

Ami the Lord ipoketo Gad the ten of David,

say 1 1 ■

10 I So. ami •peak |o I > avid, and (ell him: Thus
i the ! .'ii I: 1 tivathce thnchowt* of three things:

cIiih>si- iiiic which thou will, and I will do ii lu tl

11 And when Gad was come to I 'and, he said
to him: Thussaith the Lord: Choose which thou wilt:

1 1 Cither three mine;* or three month*

to Bee Ii oni thy enemies, and not to be ahle to es-
their sword; or three d IT! t<> have the sword
ot die Lord, and pestilence in the land, and ihe An-
gel of tin' I .oni destroying in all the coasts oj Israel :
theretbl what I shall answer him who

sent me.

\.i And David said to (hid : 1 am on every side
in n ,.nt : hut it is better for DM to Tall into the

hinds of the Lord, tor his mercies are many, than
into the hands of men.

1 1 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel.
And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

1") \nd be sent an Angel to Jerusalem, lo strike
it : and as he was striking it, the Lord heheld, and
took pity for the greatness of the aril: and said to
the Angel that destroyed : It is enough; now stop thy
band. And the Angel of the Lord stood by the
thrashing-door of Ornanf the Jebnsite.

i ' ; And David lifting nphis even, saw the Angel
of the Lord standing between heaven and earth,
with a drawn SWOfd in his hand, turned against Je-
rusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in
hair-cloth, fell down Baton the ground.

17 \iul David said to God : Am not I he that
commanded the people to he numbered ? It is I that

have sinned: It is I that have done (he evil: hut as
for this flock what hath it deserved? O Loid my
Qod, let thy hand he turned, I beseech thee, upon
me, ami upon my lather's house: and let not thy
people be destroyed.

19 And the AngH of the Lord commanded Gad
to tell Druid, to go up, and build an altar to the
Lord( Sod in the thrashing-floor of Oman the Jebnsite.

19 And David went up, according to the word of

Gad. which he spoke to him in the name of the Lord.
Jii Now when Oman looked up, and saw the An-
gel, he and his four sons hid themselves : for at that
time he was thrashing wheat in the Boor.

H And as David was coming to Oman, Oman
saw him, and went out of the thrashing- floor to inn t
Warn, and bowed down to him with his face to the

ground.

22 And David said to him: Give me this place
of thy thrashing-floor, that I may build therein an
altar to the Lord: but thou shalt lake of me as much
money as it is worth, that the plague may cease from
the people.

\iid Oman said to David: Take it, and let
mv lord the king do all that iilcascth him: and
moreover the oxen also 1 give lor a holocaust, and

• Tkrtt ymrt/amme; Which joined with (he three fureroinjr yean
of famine mentioned it Kin** U& and the lerenlh MM of he land'*
uld make up the seven year* proposed by the , rochet, 3
.. wn . 17

386

the drays for wood, and the wheat lor the sacrifice:
I will give it all w illiuglv.

JV And kim; David said to him: It shall not lie
so; hut I will give thee moue\ as mm h as ii i-
^\ in ib: for I must not lake it from thee, and so oiler
to the Lord holocausts free tost.

26 So David gate to Oman for the plan. -i\

hundred siclcsl ot gold of just weight.

26 And he Imilt there an altar lo (he Lord: and
he offered holocausts and peace-offerings: mid he
called upon (he Loid, and he heard him by sending
fire from heaven upon the attar of the holocaust.

27 And the lord commanded the Angel: and he
put up his sword again into the sheath.

28 And David seeing thai die Lord had heard him
in the thmshing-floot of Oman the Ji busile, forth-
with offered \ictiuis there.

29 But the talx-rnacle of the Lord, which Moses
made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was
at that time in the high-place of Gaboon*

30 And David could not BO to the altar there to
pray to God: for be was sewed with an exceeding
great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.

CHAP. XXII.

Darid having pripond all iietr.-xari* », chiir»t I'i Su'nmon to
build the It uiple, und the priiirrs t» ussntt him.

r T , HEN David said: This is the house of ( Sad ;
-■- and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.

2 And he commanded to gather together all (he
proselytes of the laud of Israel: and out of them he
appointed stone-cullers to hew stones and polish
them, to build the house of God.

3 And David prepared in abundance iron for the
nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings :
and of brass an immense weight.

4 And the cedar-trees were without numlier,
which the Sidonians and T_\ rians drought to David.

5 And David said : Solomon my son is very \ouug
and tender: and the house which I would BUVS to
be Imilt to the Lord, must Ik- such as to be reiiow ned
in all countries: therefore I will prepare him neces-
saries. And therefore before his death he prepared
all the charges.

6 And be called for Solomon his son : and com-
manded him to build a house to the Lord the God
of Israel.

7 And David said to Solomon : My son, it was mv
di sire to have built a house to the name of the Lord
my God.

8 But the word of the Lord came to me, sa\ keg :
Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many liat-
tles, so thou canst not build a house to my name,

after shedding so much blood before me:

9 The son that shall be bom to thee, shall be .t
most quiet man : for I will make him rest from all
his enemies round about : and therefore he shall lie
called Peaceable: and I will give peace and i|uiet-
ni ss to Israel all his days.

\ Oman; othcrwUe An una.

{ Six kunJrtd rirlrt, Ifc Thit wat the price of the whole place, on

whicli the trmplo was afterward* Imilt ; but the price of the omen was
fifty mil'* of uilrer, t kingi, hit. J4.

CHAP. XXIII.

10 He shall build a house to my name, and he
shall be a son to me, and I will be a lather to him:
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever.

1 1 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and
do thou prosper, and build the house to the Lord
thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.

12 The Lord also give thee wisdom ;md under-
standing, that thou mayst be able to rule Israel, and
to keep the law of the Lord thy God.

13 For then thou shah be able to prosper, if
thou ke^p the commandments and judgments, which
the Lord commanded Moses to teach Israel: take
courage and act manfully; fear not, nor be dismayed.

14 Heboid, I in my poverty have prepared the
charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hundred
thousand talents, and of silver a million of talents :
but of brass, and of iron there is no weight; for the
abundance surpasseth all account: timber also and
stones I have prepared for all the charges.

15 Thou hast also workmen in abundance, hew-
ers of stones, and masons, and carpenters, and of
all trades the most skilful in their work,

16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron,
whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be
doing; and the Lord will be with thee.

17 David also charged all the princes of Israel,
to help Solomon his son,

18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is
with you, and hath given you rest round about, and
hath delivered all your enemies into your hands; and
the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his
people.

19 Give therefore your hearts and 5 r our souls, to
seek the Lord your God: and arise, and build a
sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the co-
venant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to
the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is
built to the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XXIII.

David appointeth Solomon king. The distribution of the Le-
vites and their offices.

AND David being old and full of days, made
Solomon his son king over Israel.

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Is-
rael, and the priests and Levites.

3 And the Levites were numbered from the age
of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found
of them thirty eight thousand men.

4 Of these twenty four thousand were chosen, and
distributed unto the ministry of the house of the
Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and
judges.

5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as
many singers singing to the Lord with the instru-
ments, which he had made to sing with.

6 And David distributed them into courses by
the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson,
and of Caath, and of Merari.

7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semie.

8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Ze-
than. and Joel, three-

9 The sons ofSemei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and
Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of
Leedan.

10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza,
and Jaus, and Baria : these were the sons of Semei,
four.

11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second:
but Jaus and Baria had not many children ; and
therefore they were counted in one family, and in
one house.

12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar,
Hebron, and Ozial, four.

13 The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses. And
Aaron was separated to minister in the Holy of
Holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn inconse
before the Lord according to his ceremonies, and to
bless his name for ever.

14 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were
numbered in the tribe of Levi.

15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:

16 The sons of Gersom : Subuel the first.

17 And the sons of Eliezer were Rohobia the
first : and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons
of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.

18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Ama-
rias the second, Jahazicl the third, Jecmaam the
fourth.

20 The sons of Oziel : Micha the first, Jesia the
second.

21 The sons of Merari : Moholi, and Musi. The
sons of Moholi : Eleazar and Cis.

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but
daughters : and the sons of Cis their brethren took
them.

23 The sons of Musi : Moholi, and Eder, and
Jerimoth, three.

24 These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds
and families, princes by their courses, and the num-
ber of every head that did the works of the minis-
try of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old
and upward.

25 For David said : The Lord the God of Israel
hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in
Jerusalem for ever.

26 And it shall not be the office of the Levites
to carry any more* the tabernacle, and all the vessels
for the service thereof.

27 So according to the last precepts of David,
the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty
years old and upward.

28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons
of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord,
in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place
of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the
works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.

29 And the priests have the charge of the loaves
of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and
of the unleavened cakes, and of the frying-pan, and
of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.

30 And the Levites are to stand in the morning
to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord ; and
in like manner in the evening,

327

I PARALIPOMENON.

31 As well in the oblation of the L il eusta ol

In- Lord, as iii the sabbaths and in the new moons.

nd the rest of the solemnities, according to the
eumberand ceremonies prescribed for every thing,
i ontiaoalh before ilie Lord.

\nd lei then keep the observances of the
tabenwde of the covenant, and the ceremonies i»t

the sanctuary, and the charge of the BOM <>t Aaron

I beir brethren; that they may minister in the house
of the Lord.

CHAP. XXIV.

TKt divisions of thr prints into four and ttrenty courses, to serve
in the temple : the chief* of the ljrritrs.

NOW these were the divisions of the sons of
\ iron : The son- oi Aaron : Xadab, and
Aliin, and L lea /a r, and Ithamar.

ni Nadaband Abiu died before their father,
and had no children: so Klea/.ar and Ithamar did
the office of the priesthood.

3 \ii>l David distributed them, that is, Sadoc of
the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelecb of the bom of
Ithamar according to their courses and minis-

4 \nd there were found many more of the sons
of Eleazar among the principal men, than of the

- of Ithamar. And he divided them so, that
then- were of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen chief men
by their families ; and of the sons of Ithamar, eight
by their families and houses.

5 And M divided both the families one with the
other by lot: for there were princes of the snucluan,
and princes of God, both of the sons of Klca/ar,
and of the sons of Ithamar.

And Semt ins the son of Nathanael the scribe
a Levite, wrote them down before ihe kiim and the
princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Ahiinelech the
son of Abiathar, and the princes also of the priestly
and Levitical families: one bouse, which was over

the rest, ol Llen/.ai : and another house, which had
the rest under it, of Ithamar.

7 Now the first lot bathe forth to Joiarib; the
second to Jedci ;

8 The third to llarim ; the fourth to Seorim ;

9 The fifth to Melchia ; the sixth to Malthas ;

10 The seventh to Accos ; the eighth to
A bia:

1 1 The ninth to .lestia, the tenth to Sechenia ;

12 The eleventh to Eliasib; the twelfth to
Jacim:

13 Tne mirteenth to Ilo|)pha; the fourteenth to
Isbaab ;

1 V The fifteenth to IJclga: the sixteenth to Finer,

15 The seventeenth to Hezir ; the eightccnlu to
A | ili

16 The nineteenth to Phetcia ; the twentieth to

HeZechiel ;

17 The one and twentieth to J;.chin ; the two
and twentieth to Gamut ;

18 The three and twentieth to Dalaiau ; the four
and twentieth to Maaziau.

19 Thise are their courses according to their
ministries, to conic into tin bouse of the Lord, anil

328

according to their manner under the hand :f Aaron
iheir father: m the Lord the Godot Israel bad
commanded.

J() Now the rest of the BOM OB* Levi there
was of the sons of Ainram, Subacl : and ol the . sons
ui Subael, Jehedeia.

21 Also of the sons of llohobia. the chief Jesias.

22 And the sou of lsaar, Salemoth: and the SOU
of Salemoth, Jahnth :

23 And bis son Jeriau the first, Amarius the
second, . I aba/.iel the third, Jis inaain the fourth.

24 The son of Oziel, Michu : the son ol Micha,
Sauiir.

25 The brother of Micha, Jcsia : and the son of
.lesia, Zacharias.

26 The sons of Merari : Moholi and Musi : the
son of O/.iau, Benuo.

27 The son also of Merari : Oziau. and Soam,
and Zacchur, and Hehri.

28 And the son of Moholi : Eleazar, who had
no sons.

29 And the sons of Cis, Jeramacl.

30 The sons of Musi : .Moholi, Ldcr, and Jeri-
motb. These are the sons of Levi according to the
houses of their familu h

31 And they also cast lots over-against their
brethren, the sons of Aaron before David the king,
and .Sadoc, and Ahiinelech, and the princes ol the
priestly and Levitical families, both the elder and
the younger. The lot divided all equally.

CHAP. XXV.

The number and divisions of the musicians.

IITOREOVER, David and the chief officers of
-*-»-■- the armv separated for the ministry the sons of
\ saph, and of 1 1 cman, and of Milium; to prophesy with
harps, and with psalteries, ami with cxmhals, ai ■-
corning to their number serving in their oppoiated
office.

2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph,
and Natbania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph; under
the hand of Asaph, prophesying near the kin;:.

3 And of Idithun : the sons of Idithun. Godolias,
Sori, Jeseias, and llasahias, and Malhaihias, six,
under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophe-
sied with a harp to give thanks, and to praise the
Lord.

4 Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau,
Mnihaniaii, O/.iel. Siibuel. and Jerinioth, Hananias,
I lanani, Kliatha. ( ieddclthi, and Komenthie/.er, and
Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othur, Mabazioth:

5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of
the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn :
and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
dauglm rs.

6 All these under their father's hand were distri-
buted to sins in the temple of the Lord, with cym-
bals, and psalteries, and harps, lor the service of the
house of the Lord mar the king: to wit, ^Asaph,
and Idithun, and Heman.

7 And the number of them wilh their brethren,
that taught the song of the Lord, all the teach
win two hundred and eighty-eight.

CHAP. XXVI.

8 And they cast lots by their courses, the elder
ei|ii;illv.\vitli the younger, the learned and the un-
learned together.

9 And the fust lot came forth to Joseph, who was
of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his
sons, and his brethren twelve.

10 The third to Zacchur, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

1 1 The fourth to Isari, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

12 The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

13 The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

14 The seventh to. Isrcela, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

15 The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

16 The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

17 The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

18 The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

19 The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons and his
brethren twelve. ,

20 The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

21 The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

22 The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

23 The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

24 The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

25 The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

26 The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.

27 The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.

28 The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons
and his brethren twelve.

29 The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his
sons and his brethren twelve.

31 The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to
his sons and his brethren twelve.

CHAP. XXVI.

The divisions of the. porters- Officers of other Levites.

\ ND the divisions of the porters: of the Corites
-^*- Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of
Asaph.

2 The sons of Meselemia: Zaeharias the first-
born, Jadihel the second, Zabadias the third, Ja-
thanael the fourth,

3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the
seventh.

* He kail not a first-born. That is, liis first-born was either dead or
not fit to be chief : and therefore lie made Semri the chief.

T I

4 And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the first-
born, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar
the fourth, Nathanael the fifth.

5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phol-
latlii the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him.

6 And to Semei his son were born sons, heads
of their families: for they were men of great valour.

7 The sons then of Semeias were Othtii, and
Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most
valiant men : and Elihu, and Samachias.

8 All these of the sons of Obededom : they, and
their sons, and their brethren most able men for ser-
vice, sixty-two of Obededom.

9 And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren
strong men, were eighteen.

10 And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari :
Semri the chief (for he had not a first-born,* and
therefore his father made him chief.)

1 1 Helcias the second, Tabelias the. third, Za-
eharias the fourth : all these the sons and the brethren
of Hoza were thirteen.

12 Among these were the divisions of the por
ters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their
brethren, always ministered in the house of the
Lord.

13 And they cast lots equally, both little and great,
by their families, for every one of the gates.

14 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But
to his sou Zaeharias, a very wise and learned man,
the north gate fell by lot.

15 And to Obededom and his sons, that towards
the south: in which part of the house was the coun-
cil of the ancients.

16 To Sephim and Hosa towards the west, by the
gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent; ward
against ward.

17 Now towards the east were six Levites ; and
towards the north four a day; and towards the south
likewise four a day ; and where the council was, two
and two.

18 In the ce'lls also of the porters towards the
west four in the way; and two at every cell.

19 These are the divisions of the porters of the
sons of Core and of Merari.

20 Now Achias was over the treasures of the
house of God, and the holy vessels, f

21 The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of
Ledan were heads of the families, of Ledan, and
Gersonni, Jehieli.

22 The sons of Jehieli: Zathan, and Joel his
brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

23 With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and He-
bronites, and Ozielites.

24 And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of
Moses, was chief over the treasures.

25 His brethren also Eliezer, whose son Raha^
bia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his
son Zechri, and his son Selemith.

26 Which Selemith and his brethren, were over
the treasures of the holy things, which king David,

t Holy vasels. Or vessels of the holy places, or of things holy. Yata

MHctorum.

329

I. PAKAI.IPOMENOX.

nu.l the heads of families, and llw r;i|>t;tins ihit
thousands and out hundreds, and the captains ol

tin' host had dedicated,

< )ut of the wars, and the spoils won in battles,
which they had consecrated to the building and
furniture of the temple of the Lord.

Vn*l all these things that Samuel the
and Saul the sou ol ( is. and Alincr the son of Ncr,
and Joab the son of Salvia had sanctified : and
whosoever had sanctified those thing*, they were
under the hand of Scleuiith and his hrctlni n.

29 Hut (lionenias and his sons were over the

huarkcs. for the bustseaiahsoadover Israel toteacfa
them and judge them.

30 Ami of the Hehronttes Hasabias, and his

hrethren most abb: men, a thousand seven hundred
bad the charge over Israel beyond the Jordan west'
ward, in all the works of the Lord, and for the
service of the king.

31 And the chief of the Ilebronites was Jeria
according to their families and kindreds. In tile
fortieth year of the reisin of David thej were num-
bered : and there were found most valiant men in
Jazar (ialaad,

St An. I his brethren of stronger age, two thou-
sand seven hundred chiefs of families. And king
David made them rulers over the Hnheuites and
the (iadites, and the half tribe Of* Manasses, for
all the service of God, and the king.

CHAP. XXVII.

The Iwtler enpt i ins for every month : the tieehe princes of tin
trilta. Diiriil's M n nil nffirrn.

NOW the children of Israel according to their
number, the heads of families, captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and officers, that sen -
cd the kinu according to their companies, who
came in and went out every month in the year,
under every chief, were four and twenty thousand.

2 Over the first company the first month Jes-
hoatn, the son of Zahdiel was chief; and under
him W0K four and twenty thousand.

3 Of the sons of Phares. the chief of all the
captains in the host in the first month.

4 The company of the second month was under
Dudia, an Ahohite; and alter him was another
named Macelloth, who commanded a part of the
army of four and twenty thousand.

5 And the captain of the third company for

the third mouthi was Hanaias the son of .loiada
the priest ; and in his division were four and twen-
ty thousand.

6 This is that Hanaias the most valiant among
the thirty, and ahove the thirty. And Ami/.ahad
his son commanded his company.

7 The fourth, for the fourth mouth, was Asahel
the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his s ( ,n after him:
and in his company were four and twenty thou-
sand.

8 The fifth captain for the fifth month, was v i
maoth a Jezerite: ami hiscompanj were (bar and

twenty thousand.

9 The sixth, lor the sixth month, was Ilira the

son of A« . i s a Thecuite : and in bis company
w ( n lour and twenty thousand.

10 The s, irnth, for the seventh month, was
llelles a 1'hallonite of the sons of Kpluaiin : and
in his companv were lour and twenty thousand.

11 The eighth, lor the eighth month, was SoImv
chai a llusaihite of the race of Zaiahi : and in
his company were lour and twenty thousand.

I J The ninth, for the ninth month. Was A me-
ter an Anathoihilc of the sons ol .li mini : and in
his companv were lour and twenty thousand.

Id The tenth, lor the tenth month, was .Marai,
who was a Netuphathite of the race ol Zarai : and
in his company were four and twenty thousand.

14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was
Hanaias. a l'harathonite of the sons of Kphraitn :
and in his company were four and twenty thou-
sand.

15 The twelfth* for the twelfth month, was
lloldai a Nelophathite, of the race of (iothoiiiel :
and in his company were four and twenty thou-
sand.

16 Now the chiefs over the tribes of Israel were
these: over the Hubenites, Eliezi r the son of Ze-
chri was ruler ; over the Siniconites, Saphatias the
son of .Maacha ;

17 Over the Lcvites, llasebias the sonofCa-
mueJ; over the Aaronites, Sadoc ;

18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David ; over
Issachar, Amri the son of Michael ;

19 Over the Zabulonitcs, Jesmaias the son of
Adias ; over the Nephtalites, Jeriniolh the son ol
( )/riel ;

20 Over the sons of Ephraim, Osee the son of
Ozaziii ; over the half tribe of Manassts, Joel the
son of Phadaia :

21 And over the half tribe of Manasses in (ia-
laad, .laddo the son of Za< harias ; and over Ben-
jamin, Jasiel the son of Aimer ;

22 And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of Jeroham :
these were the princes of the children of Israel.

23 But David would not number them from
twenty years old and under: because the laid
had said that he would multiply Israel like the
stars of heaven.

24 Joab the son of Sarvia began to number :
but he finished not; because upon this there fell
wrath upon Israel: and therefor*' the number of
them that were numbered, was not registered in
the chronicles of king David.

25 And over the kind's treasures was Azmoth
the BOO of Adiel : and over those stores which
were in the cities, and in the villages, and in the
castles, was Jonathan 'be son of Oman.

26 And over the tillage, and the husbandmen,
who tilled the ground, was Ezri the son of Chcluh :

27 And over the dressers of the vineyards, was
Semeias a Ilomathite : and over the w mc-ccllais,
Zabdias an Aphonite.

28 And over the olive-yards and the fig-groi •
which were in the plains, was Halanam a (iederite ;
and over the otl-CellaiS, JOBS.

29 And over the herds that fed in Saron, was

CHAP. XXVIII, XXIX.

Setrai a Saronite : and over the oxen in the valleys,
Saphat the son of Adli:

30 And over the camels, Ubil an Ismahelite :
and over the asses, Jadias a Merouathite :

31 And over the sheep Jaziz an Agarene. All
these were the rulers of the substance of king
David.

32 And Jonathan, David's uncle, a counsellor,
a wise and learned man : he and Jahiel the son ol
Hachamoni where with the king's sons. ,

33 And Achitophel was the king's counsellor,
and Chusai the Arachite, the king's friend.

34 And after Achitophel was Joiada the son ol
Banaias, and Abiathar. And the general of the
king's army was Joab.

CHAP. XXVIII.

David's speech, in a solemn assembly : his exhortation to Solo-
mon. Hegiveth him a pattern of the temple.

A ND David assembled all the chief men of Is-
-£ *- rael, the princes of the tribes, and the cap*
tains of the companies, who waited on the king:
and the captains over thousands, and over hun-
dreds, and them who had the charge over the sub-
stance and possessions of the king, and his sons
with the officers of the court, and the men of power,
and all the bravest of the army of Jerusalem.

2 And the king rising up, and standing said:
Hear me, my brethren, and my people: I had a
thought to have built a house, in which the ark of
the Lord, and the footstool of our God might rest:
and I prepared all things for the building.

3 And God said to me : Thou shalt not build a
house to my name: because thou art a man of war,
and hast shed blood.

4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the
house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever:
for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house
of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of
my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all
Israel.

5 And among my sons (for the Lord hath given
me many sons) he hath chosen Solomon my son, to
sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over
Israel.

6 And he said tome: Solomon thy son shall build
my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to
be my son, and I will be a father to him.

7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if
he continue to keep my commandments, and my
judgments,asat this day.

8 Now then before all the assembly of Israel, in
the hearing of our God, keep ye. and seek all the
commandments of the Lord our God : that you may
possess the good land, and may leave it to your chil-
dren after you for ever.

9 And thou, my son Solomon, know the God of
thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and
awillina, mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts,
and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If
thoi'eek him, thou shall find him: but if thou for-
sati, j him, he will cast thee off for ever.

10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen

thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take cour-
age, and do it.

1 1 And David gave to Solomon his son a de-
scription of the porch, and of the temple, and of
the treasures, and of the upper floor, and of the in-
ner chambers, and of the house for the mercy-seat,

12 As also of all the courts, which he had in his
thoughts, and of the chambers round about, for the
treasures of the house of the Lord, and for the trea-
sures of the consecrated things,

13 And of the divisions ol the priests and of the
Levitcs, for all the works of the house of the Lord,
and for all the vessels of the service of the temple
of ( he Lord :

14 Gold by weight for every vessel for the minis-
try; and silver by weight according to the diversity
of the vessels and uses.

15 He gave also gold for the golden candlesticks,
and their lamps, according to the dimensions of eve-
ry candlestick, and the lamps thereof. In like man-
ner also he gave silver by weight for the silver can-
dlesticks, and for their lamps, according to the di-
versity of the dimensions of them.

10 He gave also gold for the tables of proposition,
according to the diversity of the tables; in like man-
ner also silver for other tables of silver.

17 For flesh-hooks also, and bowls, and censers
of fine gold, and for little lions of gold, according
to the measure he — ve by weight, for every lion.
In like manner also for lions of silver he set aside
a different weight of silver.

18 And lor the altar of incense, he gave the pur-
est gold ; and to make the likeness of the chariot of
the Cherubims spreading their wings, and covering
the ark of the covevnant of the Lord.

19 All these things, said he, came to me written
by the hand of the Lord; that 1 might understand
ail the works of the 1 pattern.

20 And David said to Solomon his son: Act like
a man, and take courage, and do: fear not; and be
not dismayed : for the Lord my God will be with
thee, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee, till
thou hast finished all the work for the service of
the house of the Lord.

21 Behold, the courses of the priests and the Le-
vites, for every ministry of the house of the Lord,
standby thee, and arejeady: and both the princes
and the people know how to execute all thy com-
mandments.

CHAP. XXIX.

David by word and example encourageth (he princes to contri-
bute liberally to the building of the temple. His thanksgiv-
ing, prayer, and sacrifices: his death.

ND king David said to all the assembly: Solo-
mon my son, whom alone God hath chosen,
is as yet young and tender: and the work is great;
for a house is prepared not for man, but for God.

2 And I with all my ability have prepared the
expenses for the house of my God. Gold for ves-
sels of gold, and silver for vessels of silver, brass for

A 1

things of brass, iron for

things

iron.

wood

lor

things of wood : and onyx-stones and stones like ala-
baster, and of divers colours, and all manner of pre-

331

I. PARALIPOMENON
and marble of Paraa in neat abuud-

nons stones,
aii< i :

S Now mcr and above the things which I have
offered into (In- bouse of m> Gorl, I give of my own
proper Roods, solil and silver for ihe temple of ni)
God, lii-Milculi.it tilings I bave prepared for the
hol\ house:

i Three thousand talents of sold of the gold of
Ophir ; and seven thousand talents of refined silver,
tn ouilav the walls of the temple:

5 \ ntl gold for wheresoever tbrre is need of
gold: and silver lor wheresoever there is need of
silver, lor the works to bfl made hv the hands of the
artificers: now if any man is willing to oiler, let him
fill bis hand to-day, and oiler what he pleaseth to
the Lord.

G Then the beads of the families, and the prin-
of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thou-
sands, and ot hundreds, and the overseers of the
kind's possessions promised.

7 \ 1 1 1 1 tliev gave for the works of the house of
the Lord, of Rold five thousand talents, and ten
thousand solids; of silver tea thousand talents; and
of brass eighteen thousand talents; and of iron ■
hundred thousand talents.

8 And all they that had stones, cava them to the
treasures of the house ot the Lord, by the hand of
Jahiel the ( ieroiisiie.

9 And the people rejoiced, when they promised
their offerings willingly : because they one red them
to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king
rejoiced also with a great joy.

10 And he blessed the Lord before all the mul-
titude; and he said : Blessed art thou, O Lord the
God of Israel, our father Iroin eternity to eternity.

11 Thine, () Lord, is magnificence, and power,
and glory, anil victory: and to thee is praise: for
all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine : thine
is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all
princes.

12 Thine arc riches, and thine is glory : thou hast

glit ;

ot a
things.

13 Now therefore, our God, we give thanks to
thee; and we praise thy glorious name.

14 Who am I, and what is my people, that we
should l»c able to promise thee all these things Pall
things are thine : and we bave given thee what we
received of thy hand.

16 I <>r we are sojourners before thee, and stran-
gers, as icerr all our fathers. Our days upon earth
ate as a shadow; ami there is no sia\.

16 O Lord our God, all this store that we bave

■SM

dominion over all : in thy hand is power and mi
in thy band greatness, and the empire

prepared to build tbee a bouse for thy holy name,
is Iroin (hv hand ; and all things arc thine.

17 I know, mv God, that thou provest hearts,

Jl"
aN

so in ttie sun

and |o\i st simplicity; wherefore

plicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these

things; and 1 bare seea with creel joy thy people

which are here present, oiler thee their offerings.

18 O Lord Gad of Abraham, and ot Isaac, and
of Israel, our fathers, keep for cut this w ill ol their
heart; and let this mind remain always for the wor-
ship Of thee.

19 And t:i\e to Solomon my son a perfect heart,
that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimo-
nies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and
build the bouse, for which I bave provided the
charges.

20 And David commanded all the assembly :
Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly
Weasea the Lord the God of their fathers : and they
bowed themselves, and worshipped God, and then
the king.

21 And they sacrificed victims to tiie Lord: and
they offered holocausts the next day, ■ thousand

bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with
their libations, and with everything prescribed most
abundantly for all Israel.

22 And they ate and drank before the Lord that
day with great joy. And they anointed the second
time Solomon the son of David. And they anoint-
ed him to the Lord to be prince, aud Sadoc to be
high-priest

23 And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord
as kins instead of David his father: and he pleased
all: and all Israel obeyed him.

2 )■ And all the prin es, and men of power, and
all the sons of king David gate their band, and
were subject to Solomon the king.

-'•') And the Lord magnified Solomon over all
Israel ; and gave him the glory of a reign, such as
noktltg of Israel had before him.

26 So David the sonoflsai reigned overall Israel.

27 And the days that he reigned over Israel,
were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years,
and in Jerusalem three and thirty years.

28 And he died in a good age, full of days, and
riches, and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in
his stead.

29 Now the acts of king David first and last are
written in the Book ot >amuel the seer, and in the
Book of Nathan the prophet, and in the Book ot
Gad the seer:

30 And of all his reign, and his valour, and of
the times that passed under him, either in Israel, or
in all the kingdoms of the countries.

THE SECOND

BOOK OF PARALIPOMENON.

CHAP. I.

Sobmon ofcrcth sacrifices at (Inbaim. His choicn of wisdom,
which God givcth him.

AND Solomon the son of David was strengthen-
ed in his kingdom : ;ind the Lord his God was
frith him, and magnified him to a high degree.

2 And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the
Captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the
rulers, and to the judges of all Israel, and the heads
of the families:

3 And he went with all the multitude to the high
place of Gabaon, where was the tahernacle of the
covenant of the Lord, which Moses the servant of
God made, in the wilderness.

4 For David had brought the ark of God from
Cariathiarim to the place which he had prepared fcr
it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that
is, in Jerusalem.

5 And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son
of Uri the son of Flip had made, was there before
the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all
the assembly sought it.

6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen
altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the
Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.

7 And behold, that night God appeared to him,
saying : Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

8 And Solomon said to God : Thou hast shown
great kindness to my father David; and hast made
me king in his stead.

9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be
fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my fa-
ther: for thou hast made me king over thy great
people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the
earth.

10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may
come in and go out before thy people : for who can
worthily judge this thv people, which is so great?

11 And God said to Solomon: Because this
choice hath pleased thy heart, and thou hast not ask-
ed riches, and wealth, and glory, nor the lives of
them that hate thee, nor many days of life; but hast
asked wisdom and knowledge, to be able to judge
my people, over which I have made thee king;

12 VVisdom and knowledge are granted to thee:
and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory,
so that none of the kings before thee, nor alter thee,
shall be like thee.

13 Then Solomon came from the hitdi place of
Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the
covenant, and reigned over Israel.

14 And he gathered to himself chariots and horse-
men: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen: and he placed them
in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in
Jerusalem.

15 And the king made silver and gold to be in

Jerusalem as stones, and cedar-trees as sycamores,
which grow in the plains in great multitude.

16 And there were horses brought him from
Egypt, and from Coa by the king's merchants, who
went and bought at a price,

17 Achariotof four horsesfor six hundred pieces
of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty : in
like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of
the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria.

(HAP. II.

Solomon's embassage to Hiram, who sends kirn a skilful workman,
and limber.

\ ND Solomon determined to build a house to the
■£*- name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.

2 And he numbered out seventy thousand men to
bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in
the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to
oversee them.

3 He sent also to Hiram king of Tyre, saying:
As thou didst with David my father, and didst send
him cedars, to build him a house, in which he dwelt:

4 So do with me, that I may build a house to the
name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to burn
incense before him, and to perfume with aromatical
spices, and for the continual setting forth of bread,
and for the holocausts, morning and evening, and
on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and the
solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which are
commanded for Israel.

5 For the house which I desire to build, is great:
for our God is great above all gods.

6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy
house ? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens can-
not contain him ; who am I, that I should be able to
build him a house? but to this end only, that incense
may be burnt before him.

7 Send me therefore a skilful man, that knoweth
how to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, and in
iron, in purple, in scarlet and in blue, and that hath
skill in engraving, with the artificers, which I have
with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom David my
father provided.

8 Send me also cedars, and fir-trees, and pine-
trees from Libanus : for I know that thy servants are
skilful in cutting timber in Libanus; and my ser-
vants shall be with thy servants.

9 To provide me timber in abundance. For the
house which I desire to build, is to be exceeding
great and glorious.

10 And 1 will give thy servants the workmen that
are to cut down the trees, for their food twenty
thousand cores of wheat, and as many cores of bar-
ley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and
twenty thousand measures of oil.

11 And Hiram kingofTyre sent a letter to Solo-
mon, saying: Because the Lord hath loved his peo-
ple, therefore he hath made thee king over them

o33

TI. PARAL1P0MEN0N.

12 And he added, saving :J3tessnd be the Lord
the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who
hath given to king David a wise and knowing son.
endued with understanding and prudence, to build

a house l<> tin- Lord, and a |>;dacc tor liiniM'If.

13 I therefore have sent thee my rather Hiram, a
and most skilful man,

1 V Tlii- son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,
whose father was a Tyriau, who knoweth how to
work in gold, and in Silver, in brass, and in iron,
and in marble, and in timber, in purple also, and
violet, and silk, and scarlet : and who knoweth to
■rave all sort otgrat ing. and to devise ingeniously all

that there may he need of in the work with thy arti-
ficers, and with the artificers of my lord David tin
father.

|6 The wheat therefore, and the bailey, and the
oil, and the wine, which thou, my lord, hast promis-
ed, «.end to thy servants.

1*1 \nd we will eut down as many trees out of
LibantlS as thou shall want, and will convey them
in floats by sea to .Joppe : and it will be thy part to
bring them thence to Jerusalem.

17 \nd Solomon numbered all the proselytes in
the land of Israel, alter the numbering which David
his rather had made : and they were found a hun-
dred fifty-three thousand and six hundred.

18 And he set seventy thousand of them to earn
burdens on their shoulders, and eights thousand to
hew stones in the mountains ; and three thousand
and six hundred to be over s eer s of the work of the
people.

CHAP. 111.

The plan and ornament* nfthr temple: the chrnibim*, the rril.
and the pdlurt.

\ ND Solomon began to build the bouse of the
j. JL Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had
been shown to David his father, in the place which
David had prepared in the thrashing-floor of Oman
the Jebiisite.

2 And he began tn build in the second month, in
the fourth \e;ir of his reign.

■ '• Now these are the foundations, u hich Solomon
laid, to build the house of God, the length by the

first ■annate sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits.

4 Ami the porch in the front, which was ex-
tended in length according to the measure of the

breadth of the house, twenty dibits :and the height

Was a hundred and twenty cubits : and he overlaid
it within with pure gold.

5 And the greater house he ceiled with deal
boards, and overlaid them with plaits of fine gold
throughout : and he graved in them palm-trees, and
like little chains interlaced with one another.

He paved also the floor of the temple w ith most
precious marble, of great beauty.

7 Anil the gold of the plates with which be over-
laid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts.
and the a alK. :md the doors, was of the finest ■ and
he graved eheruhinis on the walls.

B He made also the house of the holy of holies:

the length of it according to the breadth of the
temple, tweiiU cubits, and the breadth of it in like

SJ4

manner twenty cubits : nun nc overlaid it with plates
of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.

!» He made also nails of gold ; and the weight of
every nail was fifty sides : the Upper chambers also
he overlaid with gold.

10 He made also in the house of the holy of holies
two eheruhinis of image-work: and he overlaid
them w ith gold.

11 The wings of the eheruhinis were extended
twenty cubits, so that one wing was fivecubits long,
and reached to the wall of the house: and the other
was ;i|so five cubits long, and reached to the wing
of the other cherub.

I . In like manner the wins; of the other cherub
was live cubits long, and reached to the wall : and
his other wing u; ,s five cubits long, and touched
the w ing of the other cherub.

Id So the wings of the two eheruhinis were spread
forth, and were extended twenty rooks : and they
stood upright on their feet : and their faces were
turned toward the house without.

14 He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet,
and silk ; and wrought in if eheruhinis.

lfi He made also before the doors of the ti tuple
two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high :
and their chapiters were fivecubits.

1G He made also as it were little chains in the
oracle : and he put them on the heads of ihe pillars ;
and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between
the little chains.

17 These pillars he put at the entrance of the
temple, one on the right hand, and theothei on the
left : that which was on the right hand, he called
Jachin; and that on the left hand. Boo/.

CHAP. IV.

The altar of brass ; the molten sra upon ttrrlre orrn ; the ten
Innrs j t'u nindli sti,k*, and other ve*sih, and ornaments of
the temple.

TJTL' made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long,
-*--■- and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.

2 Also | molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass : it was five cubits high :
and a line of thirty cubts compassed it round about.

3 And under it there was the likeness of oxen,

and certain engravings on (he outside often cubits
compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two
rows.

4 And the oxen were cast : and the sea itself was
set upon the twelve oxen, three of which looked
toward the north : and other three toward the west ■
and other three toward the south; and the other
three that remained toward the east ; and the sea
stood upon them: and the hinder parts of the oxen
were inward under the sea.

6 Now the thickness of it was a hand-breadth,
and the brim of it w as like the brim of a cup, or of
a crisped lily: and it held three thousand measures.

6 He made also ten lavers : and he set five on
the right hand, and liveon the left, to wash u , thm*
all such things as they were to olfir lor holocaust j
but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 And he made ten golden candlesticks, accord-
'iug to the form which tln\ were commanded to

CHAP. V, VI

be made by : and he sot them in the temple, five
on the right hand, and live on the left.

8 Moreover also ten tallies: and lie set them in
the temple, five on the rif;ht side, and five on the
left ; also a hundred howls of gold.

9 He made also the court of the priests, and a
great hall, and doors in the hall, which he coveted
with brass.

10 And he set the sea on the right side over-
against the east toward. the south.

11 And Hiram made caldrons, and flesh-hooks,
and howls; and finished all the king's work in the
house of God :

12 That is to say, the two pillars, and the pom-
mels, and the chapiters, and the net-work, to cover
the chapiters over the pommels: ,

13 And four hundred pomegra'nates, and two
Wreaths of net-work ; so that two rows of pome-
granates were joined to each wreath, to cover the
pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars.

14 He made also bases, and lavers, which he
Bet upon the bases.

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea.

16 And the caldrons, and llesh-hooks, and
bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make
for Solomon inthe house of the Lord, of the finest
brass.

17 In the country near the Jordan did the king
rast them, in a clay-ground between Sochot and
Saredatha.

18 And the multitude of vessels was innumera-
ble, so that the weight of the brass was not known.

19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the
house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables,
upon which were the loaves of proposition,

20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold
with their lamps to give light before the oracle, ac-
cording to the manner.

21 And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden
torus: all were made of the finest gold.

Zi The vessels also lor the perfumes and the cen-
sers, and the howls, and the mortars, of pure gold.
And he graved the doors of the inner temple, that is,
for the holy of holies: and the doors of the temple
without were of gold. And thus all the work was
finished, which Solomon made in the bouse of the
Lord.

CHAP. V.

The ark is brought with great solemnity into the temple : the
temple is/illed icith the glory of Got/.

^THIEN Solomon brought in all the things that
-*- David his father had vowed, the silver, and
the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treas-
ures of the house of God.

2 And after this he gathered together the an-
cients of Israel, and all the princes of the tribes,
and the hands of the families, of the children of
Und to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord out of the city of David, which
*s bton.

3 And all the men of Israel came to the king in
the solemn day of the seventh month.

4 And w hen all the ancients of Israel were come,
the Levites took up the ark;

5 And brought it in, together with all the furni-
ture of the tabernacle. And the priests with the
Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which
Were in the tabernacle.

6 And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Is-
rael, and all that were gathered together before the
ark, sacrificed rams and oxen without number; so
great was the multitude of the victims.

7 And the priests brought in the ark of the cove-
nant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the ora-
cle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the
wings of the chei ubims :

8 So that the cherubims spread their wings over
the place, in which the ark was set, and covered
the ark itself and its staves.

9 Now the ends of the staves wherewith theaik
was carried, because they were something longer,
were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a
little outward, he could not see them. So the
ark has been there unto this day.

10 And there was nothing else in the ark but
the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb
when the Lord gave the law to the children of Is-
rael, at their coming out of Egypt*

11 Now when the priests were come out of the
sanctuary (for all the priests that coujd be found
there, were sanctified : and as yet at that time the
courses and order of the ministries were not divi-
ded among them.)

12 Both the Levites and the singing men, that
is, both they that were under Asaph, and they that
were under H email, and they that were under Idi-
ihnn, with their sons, and their brethren, clothed
with fine linen, sounded with cymbals, and psalte-
ries, and harps, standing on the east side of the altar,
and with them a hundred and tw cnty priests, sound-
ing with trumpets.

13 So when they all sounded together, both with
trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and organs, and
with divers kinds of musical instruments, and lilted
up their voice on high; the sound was heard afar
off, so that when they began to praise the Lord,
and to say : Give glory to the Lord, for he is good,
for his mercy enduretb forever; the house of God
was filled with a cloud.

14 Nor could the priests stand and minister by
reason of the cloud. For the glory ol the Lord
had filled the house of God.

CHAP. VI.

Solomon's blessings and prayer.

HP HEN Solomon said: The Lord promised that
-*- he would dwell in a cloud.

2 But I have built a house to his name, that be
might dwell there for ever.

3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all
the multitude of Israel (for all the multitude stood
attentive) and he said :

4 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who
hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke tc
David my father, saying :

335

II. PARAMroMKXON.

6 From the day thai I broaghl my people out of

tin- land of Egypt, 1 chose no city anion:; all the
(lilies of Israel, lor a house- to be built in it to my
name: neither cBOM I any other iii.ni, to be DM

Tiller Of 111V people Israel.

t» lint I chose Jerusalem, that my name might
Ite. there: and 1 chose Da\id ti> set him over m\
ix-ople Israel.

7 And whereas D;i\id my father had a mind to
build a house to the name of the Lord the God of
Diai'l,

8 The Lord said to him : Forasmuch as it w;is
thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast
done well indeed in having such a will :

9 But thou shall not build the house, but thy sou,
who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a
house to my name.

10 The Lord therefore hath accomplished his
word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the
place of David ni\ rather, and sit upon the throne
of Israel, as the Lord promised; and have built a
botHa 10 the name of the Lord God of Israel.

I 1 And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the
covenant of the Lord, which he made with the
children of Israel.

IJ And he stood before' the altar of the Lord, in
presence o! all the multitude of Israel, and stretched
forth his hands.

13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and
had set it in the midst of the temple, w Inch was five
cubits long, and li\e cubits broad, and three cubits
high: and he stood upon it : then kneeling down in
the presence of' all I he multitude of Israel, and lift-
ing up his hands towards heaven,

14 He said :() Lord Ge>el of Israel, there is no
God like thee in heaven nor in earih: who kecpest
covenant and mercy with thy servants, tlmt walk
before thee with all their hearts:

|.'» W ho hast pel turned to thv servant David my
father all that thou hast promised him: and hast ac-
complished in fact, what thou hast spoken with the
mouth, as also the present time proveth.

16 NoiV then,() Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy
servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast
promised him, savin;;: There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel:
vet so that thy children lake heed to their wavs, and
walk in my law. as thou hast vv;ilked before me.

17 And now. Lord God of Israel, let thy Word be
established which thou hasl spoken to thv seivaut
I >avid.

18 Is it credible then that God should dwell with
men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of
heavens do not contain thee, how much less this
house, whieh | have built?

19 Hut to this end only it is made, that thou
mavst regard the praver of thv servant, and his sup-
plication, <) Lord niv ( iod : and majrSt hear the pray-
ers which thy servant poureth out before thee.

20 That thou mavst open thv eves upon this
house dav and nicht, upon the place wherein thou
bast promisee that thv name should be called upon :

-'I Am that thou would*! beat the praver which

thv servantprayeth in it : hearken then to the prayer*
of 'thv servant, and of thy people Israel. \\ h«
ever shall pray in this place, hear thou from thy
dvv elling-place, that is, from heav en, and show mercy.
.' It any man sin against his neighbour, and
conic to swear against him, and bind himself with
a curse before the altar in tins house :

-'•! Then bear thou from heaven, and do justice
to thy servants, se> as to requite- the Wicked by
Unking his w ieke elncss fall upon his oft I In ael, and
to revenge the-. iust, rewarding him according to I is

justice'.

Jl If thy people Israel be overcome by their cue
mies, (for they will sin against thee) and bekig e-on-
verte-d shall do pe-nancc. and call ttpon tin name,
and pray lei the e- in this place,

Eo Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the
sin ofihy people Israel, and bring them back into
the land, which them gavest to them, and their
lathers.

26 If the- heavens be shut up, and there fall no
rain by reason of the sins of the people, and tin \
shall pray to thee in this place, and confeas te> thy
name, ami be- converted from their sins, w hen thou
eieist afflict thein ;

27 Then hear thou from heaven? O Lord, and
forgive the- sins of thy servants anil of thv people
Israel, anil teach them the gooel way, in which they
in iv walk: and give rain to thy land, which thou
hast given to thy people to possess.

28 If a famine- arise in the land, or a pestilence,
or blast ins, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars ,
or il their cm mies waste the country, ami besiege
the- cities, whatsoever scourge or infirmity shall Be
upon them:

29 Then if any of thy people' Israel, know bag bis
own scourge and infiumtv, shall pray, and shall
spread forth his hands in tins house';

30 Hear thou from beavea,fron thy high dwell-
ing-place, ami forgpvo, and render te> eve rv one 1 ac-
cording to his wavs. whieh them know est him te>
have- in his beart : (lor thou only know est the he at is
of the- children e>l limn :)

31 That they may fear thee, and walk in thy
ways all the days that the] live upon the blOS ofths
land, whieh them hast given to our fathers.

32 If the Stranger also, who is not of thy people
Israel, COOM bom a far country, for the- sake' of thy
great name, ami thy strong band, and thj stretch* el-
out arm. and aelorc in this pMCC :

33 Hear them from heaven thy firm dwelling-
(dace, and deiall thai which that stranger shall call

upon thee for; that all ihe' people of the- earth may

know th\ Dame, and may fear thee, as ihj people

Israel, and may know . that thv name is invoked up-
on this house, which 1 have built.

3i If thy people K'» out tei war against their ene-
mies, bl tin' way thai thou shall senel them, anel

adore thee towards the waj of this chy, which thou

hast chosen, anil the house w hit h I have' built (o thy
name :

. Then hear thou from heaven then pr»yc . aiX
their supplications, and ii reoge flu in.

CHAP. VII, VIII.

36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no
man that sinneth not) and thou he angry with them,
and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead
them away captive to a land either afar off, or near
at hand, •

37 And if they he converted in their heart, in the
land to which they were led captive, and do penance,
and pray to thee in the land or their captivity, say-
ing: We have sinned; we have done wickedly; we
have dealt unjustly :

38 And return to thee with all their heart, and
with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to
which they were led away, and adore thee towards
the way of their own land which thou gavest their
fathers, and of the city, which thou hast chosen, and
the house which I have built to thy name:

39 Then hear thou from heaven, that is, from thy
firm dwelling-place, their prayers, and do judgment,
and forgive thy people, although they have sinned :

40 For thou art my God : let thy eyes, I beseech
thee, be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the
prayer, that is made in this place.

41 Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy
resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength : let
thy priests, O Lord God, put on salvation, and thy
saints rejoice in good things.

42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy
.-inointed : remember the mercies of David thy servant.

CHAP. VII.

Fire from heaven consumeth the sacrifices. The solemnity of
the dedication of the temple. God signifieth his having heard
Solomon's prayer ; yet so if he continue to serve him.

\ ND when Solomon had made an end of his
-^*- prayer, fire came down from heaven, and con-
sumed the holocausts and the victims: and the ma-
jesty of the Lord filled the house.

2 Neither could the priests enter into the temple
of the Lord ; because the majesty of the Lord had
filled the temple of the Lord.

3 Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire
coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the
house : and falling down with their faces to the
ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored, and
praised the Lord; because he is good, because his
mercy endureth for ever.

4 And the king and all the people sacrificed vic-
tims before the Lord.

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-
two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty
thousand rams: and the king and all the people
dedicated the house of God.

6 And the priests stood in their offices ; and the
Leyites with the instruments of music of the Lord,
which king David made to praise the Lord ; be-
causehis mercy endureth for ever, singing the hymns
of David by their ministry : and the priests sounded
with trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court
belore the temple of the Lord : for he offered there
the holocausts, and the fat of the peace-offerings :
because the brazen altar, which he had made, could
not n °ld the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:

8 And Solomon kept the solemnity at that time

seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great
congregarion, from the entrance of Emath to the
torrent of Egypt.

9 And he made on the eighth day a solemn as-
sembly, because he had kept the dedication of the
altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity
seven days.

10 So on the three and twentieth day of the se-
venth month he sent away the people to their dwell-
ings, joyful and glad for the good that the Lord had
done to David, and to Solomon, and to all Israel
his people.

1 1 And Solomon finished the house of the Lord,
and the king's house, and all that he had designed
in his heart to do, in the house of the Lord, and in
his own house; and he prospered.

12 And the Lord appeared to him by night, and
said : I have heard thy prayer ; and I have chosen
this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

13 If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or
if I give orders, and command the locust to devour
the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:

14 And my people, upon whom my name is call-
ed, being converted, shall make supplication to me,
and seek out my face, and do penance for their most
wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and
will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.

15 My eyes also shall be open, and my ears at-
tentive tothe prayerof himthatshall pray inthis place.

16 For I have chosen, and have sanctified this
place, that my name may be there for ever, and my
eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou walk before me, as
David thy father walked, and do according to all
that I have commanded thee, and keep my justice
and my judgments:

18 I will raise up the throne of thy kingdom, as
I promised to David thy father, saying: Theie shall
not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in Israel.

19 But if you turn away, and forsake my justi-
ces, and my commandments, which I have set be-
fore you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and
adore them,

20 I will pluck you up by the root out of my land
which I have given you: and this house which I
have sanctified to my name, I will cast away from
before my face, and will make it a by-word and an
example among all nations.

21 And this house shall be for a proverb to all
that pass by: and they shall be astonished, and say:
Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to
this house ?

22 And they shall answer: Because they forsook
the Lord the God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on strange
gods, and adored them, and worshipped them : there-
fore all these evils are come upon them.

CHAP. VIII.

Solomon's buildings and other acts.

AND at the end of twenty years after Solomon
had built the house of the Lord and his own
house ;

2 He built the cities which Hiram had given to

337

II. lWKAI.iro.MENON.

Solomon, :inil cans, d the children of Israel to dw< II

there.

3 Ho went alao into K mat hSuba, and possessed it.
\nd he built Palmira in the desert: and he

built other strong cities in Kinath.

5 And he built Betttoron the upper, and Bctho-
nui the mtlur, walled eities w it li gales and har.s and

koeka j

6 Balaath also and all the Strong <iti< -s that were
Solomon's, anil all the cities of the chariots, and the
Cities of the horsemen. All that Solomon had a
mind, and designed, he buill in Jerusalem and in

Lihanns. and in all the land of his dominion.

7 All the people that were left of the Hethites.
and the Amorrhitcs. and the l'heie/ites, and the

Hevites, and the Jebusites, that wore not of the
stoek oi Israel:

8 Of their children, and of the posterity, whom
the children of Israel had not slain, Solomon made
to be tributaries until this day.

9 But of the children of Israel he set none to
st r\e in the kind's works: ' (,r 'hey were men of
war, and chief captains, and rulers of his chariots
and horsemen.

10 And all the chief captains of king Solomon's
army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the
people.

1 1 And he removed the daughter of Pharao from
the city of David, to the house which he had built
for her. For the sing said: My wife shall not dwell
in the house of I )a\ ici kim; of Israel; for it is sanc-
tified; because the ark of the Lord came into it.

12 Then Solomon offered holocaust* to the Lord
upon the altar of the Lord, which he had built be-
fore the porch,

13 That every day an offering might be made on
it according to the ordinance ot Moses, in the Sab-
baths, and on the new moons, and on the festival
davs three times a year: that is to say. in the feast
of unleavened bread, and in the feast Of weeks, and
in the feast of tabernacles.

14 And he appointed according to the ord-" ~ r
David his father the offices of the priests in . .
ministerics ; and the Levites in their order to give
praise, and minister before the priests according to
the duty of every day ; and the porters in their di-
n-dons by gate and gate: for so David the man of
God had commanded.

15 And the priests and Levites departed not from
the king's commandments, as to any thing that he
had commanded, and as to the keeping of the trea-
sun

16 Solomon had all chances prepared, from the
day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the
daj u herein he finished it.

17 Then Solomon went to AsMBgaber. and to
Ailath on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the
land of Kdom.

\nd Hiram sent him ships by the hands of
his servants, and skilful mariners: and thev vv <nt
with Solomon's servants to Ophir: and they took
thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and
brought it to king Solomon.

( HAP. IX.

The queen of Saba admirrth the wiadom qf Holomok. I lis i .
anil gioi y. His tit atlt.

AND w hen the queen of Saba beard of the fame
of Soloman, she came to trv him with hard
questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and ca-
mels, which carried spices, and abundance of gold,
and precious stones. And when she was come to
Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in lit r
heart.

2 And Solomon explained to her all that she
proposed : and there was not anything that he did
not make clear unto her.

3 And when she had seen these things, to wit,
the w isdom of Solomon, and the house which he
had built,

4 And the meats of his table, and the dwelling
places of his servants, and the attendance of hisol'ii-
eers, and their apparel, his cup-bearers also, and
their garments, and the victims which he offered
in the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit
in her, she was so astonished.

5 And she said to the Ling: The word : s *rue
which I heard in my country of thy virtues and
wisdom.

6 I did not believe them that told it. until I came,
and my eyes had seen, and 1 had proved that scarce
one half of thy wisdom had been told me : thou
hast exceeded thy fame with thy virtues.

7 Hapny are thy men, and happy are thy servants,
who stand always before thee, and hear thy w isdom.

8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been
pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord
thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will
pii serve them for ever: therefore hath he made

thee king ov er them, to do judgment and justice.

9 And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty
talents of gOM, and spices in meat abundance, and
most precious stones: there wire no such ap»
as these which the queen of Saba gave to king
Solomon.

10 Ami tin- servants also of Hiram, with the
servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and
thvine-trces. nnd most precious stones :

11 And the king made of the tbvine-trees stairs
in the house of the Lord, and in the king's house,
and harps and psalteries for the sin^iiiii men : never
\v< ie there seen such trees in the land of Juda.

12 And king Solomon gave to the queen ot
Saba all that she desired, and that she asked, and
many more things than she brought to him : so she
returned, and went to her own country with her

Ml \ Milts.

13 And the Weight of the gold, that was brought
to Solomon every year, was §a hundred and si\ty-
m\ talents of gold :

11 Beside the sum which the deputies of divers

nations, and the merchants were accustomed to

bring, and all the kings of Arabia, and the lords ol

the lands, who brought gold and silver to Solomon.

1.") \nd king Solomon made two hundred Balden

spears, of the sum of in hundred pie© s df |old

which went to ev< rv sjiear ■

CHAP. X, XI.

16 And. three hundred golden shields of three
hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering
of every shield : and the king put them in the ar-
moury, which was compassed with a wood.

17 The king also made a great throne of ivory,
and overlaid it with pure gold ;

18 And six steps to go up to the throne, and a
\botstool of gold, and two arms one on either side,
uid two lions standing hy the arms :

19 Moreover twelve other little lions standing
ipon the steps on hoth sides : there was not such a
throne in any kingdom.

20 And all the vessels of the king's table were
of sold ; and the vessels of the house of the forest
of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no ac-
count was made of silver in those days.

21 For the king's ships went to Tharsis with the
servants of Hiram, once in three years : and they
brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes,
and peacocks.

22 And Solomon was magnified above all the
kings of the earth for riches and glory.

23 And all the kings of the earth desired to see
the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wis-
dom which God had given in his heart.

24 And every year they brought him presents,
vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and ar-
mour, and spices, and horses, and mules.

23 And Solomon had forty thousand horses in
the stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and
horsemen : and he placed them in the cities of the
chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.

26 And he exercised authority over all the kings
from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philis-
tines, and to the borders of Egypt.

27 And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem
as stones ; and cedars as common as the sycamores,
which grow in the plains.

28 And horses were brought to him out of Egypt,
and out of all countries.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and
last are written in the words of Nathan the prophet,
and in the books of Ahias the Silonite, and in the
vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son
of Nabat.

30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
Israel forty years.

31 And he slept with his fathers : and they bu-
ried him in the city of David : and Roboam his son
reigned in his stead.

CHAP. X.

Roboam answereth the people roughly : upon tchich ten tribes

revolt.

\ ND Roboam went to Sichem : for thither all
J •*- Israel were assembled, to make him king.

2 And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who
was in Egypt (for he was fled thither from Solomon)
heard it, forthwith he returned.

3 And they sent for him ; and he came with all
srael ; and they spoke to Roboam, saying :

4 Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous
toke : do thou govern us with a lighter hand than

thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and
ease something of the burden, that we may serve.
thee.

5 And he said to them : Come to me again after
three days. And when the people were gone,

6 He took counsel with the ancients, who had
stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived,
saying : What counsel give you to me, that 1 m;\y
answer the people ?

7 And they said to him : If thou please this peo-
ple, and soothe them with kind words, they will be
thy servants for ever.

8 But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and
began to treat with the young men, that had been
brought up with him, and were in his train.

9 And he said to them : What seemeth good to
you ? or what shall I answer this people, who have
said to me : Ease the yoke which thy father laid
upon us ?

10 But they answered as young men, and brought
up with him in pleasures, and said : Thus shalt thou
speak to the people, that said to thee : Thy father
made our yoke heavy; do thou ease it: thus shalt
thou answer them : My little finger is thicker than
the loins of my father.

1 1 My father laid upon you a heavy yoke ; and
I will add more weight to it : my father beat you
with scourges ; but I will beat you with scorpions.

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Ro-
boam the third day, as he commanded them.

13 And the king answered roughly, leaving the
counsel of the ancients.

14 And he spoke according to the advice of the
young men : My father laid upon you a heavy yoke,
which I will make heavier : my father beat you with
scourges ; but I will beat you with scorpions.

15 And he condescended not to the people's re-
quests : for it was the will of God, that his. word
might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand
of Ahazias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of
Nabat.

16 And all the people upon the king's speaking
roughly, said thus unto him : We have no part in
David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to
thy dwellings, O Israel: and do thou, O David, feed
thy own house. And Israel went away to their
dwellings.

17 But Roboam reigned over the children of Is-
rael that dwelt in the cities of Juda.

18 And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was
over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned
him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to
get up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.

19 And Israel revolted from the house of David
unto this day.

CHAP. XI.

Roboam's reign. His kingdom is strengthened.

\ ND Roboam came to Jerusalem, and called to
-^*- gether all the house of Juda and of Benjamin,
a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men and
warriors, to fight against Israel, and to bring back
his kingdom to him.

339

II. PARALIPOMENON.

2 And the word of tin- Lord came to Semcias the
man ot ( Sod, raving:

- peak to Roboam the son of Solomon the king
of Juda, and to all Israel, in Jnda and Benjamin:

•V Tims saith tin- Lord: Von skill not go up, nor
fight against your brethren: let every man return to
his own house; lor by my will this thing has been
done. And when tlnv heard the word of the Lord,
they returned, ami did not pjo against Jeroboam.

6 And Kol>oam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built
walled cities in Jnda.

6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and The-
cue,

7 And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,

8 And (ieth.and .Maresa, and Ziph,

9 And Adurain, and Lathis, and Azecha,

10 Sana also, and Aialon, and Hebron, Watch are
'» Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities.

1 1 And when he had enclosed them with walls, he
put in them governors and store-houses of provisions,
that is, of oil and of wine.

12 Moreover in every city he made an armotirv
of shields and spears; and he fortified them frith

at diligence; and he reigned over Juda and Ben-
jamin.

13 And the priests and Levites, that were in all
Israel, came to hjm out of all their seats,

14 Leaving their suburbs, and their possessions,
and passing over to Juda, and Jerusalem, because
Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off, from exe-
cuting the priestly office to the Lord.

15 And he made to himself priests for the high

Clares, and for the devils, and for the calves which
i had made.

16 Moreover out of all the tribes of Israel, w hoso-
ever gave tin ir heart to seek the Lord the God of
Israel, came into Jerusalem to sacrifice their victims
before the Lord the God of their fathers.

17 And they Strengthened the kingdom of Jnda,
and established Roboam the son of Solomon for
three years: for they walked in the ways of David
and of Solomon, only three years.

18 And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the
daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Airmail
the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.

19 And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias,
and Zoom.

20 And after her he married Maaeha the daugh-
ter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and
Zi/a, and Salomitll.

21 And Roboam loved Maaeha the daughter of
Absalom above all his wives, and concubines: for
he had married eighteen wives, and time score con-
enhines: and he Ingot tight and twentj sons, and
three score danghti i-.

22 lint he pal at the head of them Abia the son
of Maaeha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren :
for he m« ant to make him king

23 Because he was wiser and mightier than all

lii> sons, and in all the countries of Jnda, and of

Uenjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave

them provisions in abundance: and he sought mam

wives.

340

CHAP. Ml.

Roboam for hi* sin* is. drlirrrrd up into the hands of the king
of Egypt : who carritth ateay alt the treasure* of the temple.

\ \ I > vv henthe kingdom of Koboam vv as strength*
- 1 *- ened and fortified, he forsook the law of the
Lord, and all Israel with him.

2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Koboam,
Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
(because they had sinned against the Lord)

3 With twelve hundred chariots, and three score
thousand horsemen: and the people were without
number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit,
Lybians, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians.

4 And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and
came to Jerusalem.

5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and
to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together
in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to
them: Thus saith the Lord: You have It It me; and
I have left you in the hand of Sesac.

6 And the princes of Israel, and the king, being
in a consternation, said: The Lord is in-t.

7 And when the Lord saw that they were hum-
bled, the word of the Lord came to §M imeias, sit-
ing: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy
them; and I will give them a little help; and my
vv rath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of
Sesac.

8 But yet they shall serve him, that they may
know the difference between my service, and the
service of a kingdom of the earth.

9 So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusa-
lem, taking away the treasures of the house of the
Lord, and of the lung's bouse: and he tot>k all with

him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made;

10 Instead of which the king made brazen ones,
and delivered them to the captains of the shield-
bearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.

11 And when the king entered into the house of
the Lord, the shield-bearers came, and took them,
and brought them back again to their armoury.

12 But yet because they were humbled, the
wrath of the Lord turned away from tin in. and they
were not utterly destroyed: for even in Juda there
were found good works.

13 King Rolxinm therefore was strengthened in
Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years
old when lie began to reign, and he reigned seven-
teen years in .It :ns;il« m. i he city whit lithe Lord
chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his
name there: and the name of his mother was Naa-
ma an Ammonite--.

14 But be did evil, and did not prepare his heart
k the Lord.

15 Now the acts of Roboam first ami last are
written in the books of Bemeias the prophet, ano

ni \dtlo the si 'i. and diligentlj recorded: and tin re

was war between Koboam and Jeroboam all their

days.

lfi And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was
burietl iii the citv <>l I»avid. And Abia his -on n igu-

ed in his stead.

* MitiMl, alias Maacha. Her father had also two names, viz. Ab-
salom or * ^vssalom, aud Uriel.

CHAP. XIII, XIV.
CHAP. XIII.

Abia's reign : his victory over Jeroboam.

rN the eighteenth year of king Jerohoam, Abia
reigned over Juda.

2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Michaia,* the daughter of Uriel
of Gabaa : and there was war between Abia and Je-
roboam.

3 And when Abia had begun battle, and had with
him four hundred thousand most valiant and chosen
men ; Jeroboam put his army in array against him,
eight hundred thousand men, who were also chosen
and most valiant for war.

4 And Abia stood upon mount Semeron, which
was in Ephraim, and said: Hear me, O Jeroboam,
and all Israel:

5 Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel
gave to David the kingdom over Israel for ever, to
him and to his sons by a covenant of salt.f

6 And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the servant of
Solomon the son of David, rose up : and rebelled
against his lord.

7 And there were gathered to him, vain men, and
children of Belial: and they prevailed against Ro-
boam the son of Solomon: for lloboam was unexpe-
rienced, and of a fearful heart, and could not resist
them.

8 And now you say that you are able to with-
stand the kingdom of the Lord, which he possesseth
by the sons of David: and you have a great multi-
tude of people, and golden calves, which Jeroboam
hath made you for gods.

9 And you have cast out the priests of the
Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: and you
have made you priests, like all the nations of the
earth: whosoever cometh and consecrateth his hand
with a bullock of the herd, and with seven rams, is
made a priest of those who are no gods.

10 But the Lord is our God, whom we forsake
not: and the priests who minister to the Lord are
the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are in their
order.

1 1 And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every
day morning and evening, and incense made accord-
ing' to the ordinance of the law : and the loaves
*re set forth on a most clean table : and there is with
us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to
be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the
precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have for-
saken.

12 Therefore God is the leader in our army, and
his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound
against you: O children of Israel, fight not against
the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good
for you.

13 While he spoke these things, Jeroboam caused
an ambush ment to come about behind him. And
while he stood facing the enemies, he encompassed
Juda, who perceived it not, with his army.

14 And when Juda looked back, they saw the

battle coming upon them both before and behind,
and they cried to the Lord : and the priests began
to sound with the trumpets.

15 And all the men of Juda shouted: and be-
hold, when they shouted, God terrified Jeroboam,
and all Israel that stood against Abia and Juda.

16 And the children of Israel fled before Juda:
and the Lord delivered them into their hand.

17 And Abia and his people slew them wilh a
great slaughter : and there fell wounded of Israel
live hundred thousand valiant men.

18 And the children of Israel were brought down
at that time : and the children of Juda were ex-
ceedingly strengthened, because they had trusted in
the Lord the Gbd of their fathers.

19 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and took
cities from him, Bethel and her daughters, and Je-
sana with her daughters, Ephron also and her
daughters.

20 And Jeroboam was not able to resist any
more, in the days of Abia : and the Lord struck him ;
and he died.

21 But Abia, being strengthened in his kingdom,
took fourteen wives; and begot two and twenty sons
and sixteen daughters.

22 And the rest of the acts of Abia, and of his
ways and works, are written diligently in the book
of Addo the prophet.

CHAP. XIV.

The reign of Asa : his victory over the Ethiopians.

\ ND Abia slept with his fathers: and they buried
-^*- him in the city of David: and Asa his son
reigned in his stead : in his days the land was quiet
ten years.

2 And Asa did that which was good and pleas-
ing in the sight of his God : and he destroyed the
altars of foreign worship, and the high places,

3 And broke the statues, and cut down the groves.

4 And he commanded Juda to seek the Lord the
God of their fathers, and to do the law, and all the
commandments.

5 And he took away out of all the cities of Juda,
the altars, and temples, and rei§ned in peace.

6 He built also strong cities in Juda, for he was
quiet, and there had no wars risen in his time, the
Lord giving peace.

7 And he said to Juda : Let us build these cities,
and compass them with walls, and fortify them with
towers, and gates, and bars, while all is quiet from
wars ; because we have sought the Lord the God
of our fathers, and he hath given us peace round
about. So they built, and there was no hindrance
in building.

8 And Asa had in his army of men that bore
shields and spears, of Juda three hundred thousand,
and of Benjamin ihat bore shields and drew bows,
two hundred and eighty thousand : all these were
most valiant men.

9 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them
with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and

t A covenant of salt. That is, a firm and perpetual covenant. See
Numb, xviii. 19.

3-11

II. PARALIPOMKNOX.

with three hundred chariots* and he came as far as
Mate* t.

10 And in Went OOt to meet him, and set his
army in array Cor battle in tin- rale of Sephata,

which is near Mares i :

1 1 Ami be called upon the Lord God, and said :
Lord, there is do difference with thee, \\ In-therthou
help with \\'\v, or with many : help ns, O Lord our
God : for w it li confidence in thee, and in thy name.
we are come against this multitude. O Lord, thou
art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

I J And the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before
\- 1 and Joda : and the Ethiopian! fled.

13 And Asa and the people that were with him,
pursued them to Gerara : and the Ethiopians fell
> ren to utter destruction; for the Lord slew them:
and his army fought against them ; and they were
destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils.

II And they took all the cities round about Ge-
rara: lor | great fear was come upon all men: and
they pillaged the cities, and carried off much booty.

I 5 Viitl they destroyed the sheep-cotes, and took
an infinite multitude of cattle and of camels : and
returned to Jerusalem.

CHAP. XV.

The prophecy qf Azarias. Asa's utvrnanl with God. lie <k
poteth hit mother.

AND the Spirit of God came upon Asanas the
son of Oded :

2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him :
Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin : The

Lord is with you ; because you have been with him.
If you seek him, you shall find : but if you forsake
him, lit; will forsake you.

3 And many days shall pass in Israel without the
true God, and without spriest a teacher, and with-
out the law.

4 And when in their distress they shall return to
the Lord the God of Israel, and shall sick him, they
shall find him.

."> \t that time there shall be no peace to him that
goeth out and cometfa in, but terrors on every side,
amOM all tin; inhabitants of the earth.

tl Tor nation shall light against nation, and citv
against city; for the Lord will trouble them with all
disti

7 I )o you therefore, take courage, and let not your
hands be weakened : for there shall be a reward for
your work

8 \nil when Asa had heard the words and the
prophecy of A/arias the »on of Oded the prophet, he
took courage, and took away the idols out of all the
land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the
rities of mount Ephraim. which he had taken : anil
he dedicated the altar or the Lord, which was be-
fore the porch of the Lord.

9 \ ni he gathered together all Juda and Benja-
min, and the strangers with them o! Ephraim, and
[VfanaSSt -. and Simeon : for manv wen- come over
to him out of I eing that the Lord his God
w is with him.

10 And when they were route to Jerusalem in

34<

the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign
of Asa.

1 1 Tiny sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the
spoils, and of the prey, that tiny had brought] seven
hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

12 And he went in to confirm as usual the cove-
nant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their
fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.

13 And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord
the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or
great, man or woman.

14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice,
with joyful snouting, and with sound of Crumpet,
and sound of cornets,

15 All that were in Juda with a curse: for with
all their heart they swore, and with all their will they
Sought him ; and they found him: and the Lord gave
tin in rest round about.

16 Moreoi ei Maacha the mother of king Asa he
deposed from the royal authority, because she had
made in a grove an idol of. Priapus: and he entirely
destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at
the torrent Cedron.

17 But high places were left in Israel : never-
thelesa the heart of Asa was perfect all his dav-..

IB And the things which his father had rowed,
and he himself had \o\\ed, he brought into the house
of the Lord, gold and silver, and ressela of divers

19 And there was no war unto tiie five and thir-
tieth year of the kingdom of Asa.

CHAP. XVI.

Asa is reproredfor seeking hrlp from the Syrians : his last arts
and (!((ith.

AND in the sixth and thirtieth vear of his king-
dom,* Baasa the king of Israel came up against
Juda, and built a wall about Katun, that no one

might saferj spout or come in of the kingdom of Asa.

2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold, out of

the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the
kind's treasures, and sent to Benadad king of Syria,
who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

3 There is a league between me and thee, as
there w as b e tw een my father and thy father ; w here-
fore I have sent thee silver and gold, that thou
mayst break thy league with Baaaa king of Israel.

and make him depart from me.

4 And when Uenadad heard this, he sent the
captains of his armies against the cities of Israel:
and the) took Ahion. and Dan, and Akhnaim, and
all the walled cities ol Xci.hthali.

6 \ru\ when Baasa heard of it, he left offthebuild-
ingof Kama, and interrupted his work.

Then king Asa took all Juda. and they carried
awaj from Kama, the stones and the timber that
Baasa bad prepared for the building: and he built
with them Gabaa and Maspha.

7 At that time llanani the prophet came to Asa
k'nm of Juda. anil said to him : Because thou hast
had confidence in the king of Syria, and not in the

• Sir and Mrtittk ftor tf his IdngtUmt. That i«, of Hip kinp.lom o.
Juda, taking- the date of it from the begtonmf of the rri(jn of Hoboa*

CHAP. XVII, XVIII.

Lord thy God, therefore hath the army of the king
of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans
much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and
an exceeding great multitude : yet because thou
trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy
hand ?

9 For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth,
and give strength to those who with a perfect heart
trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly;
and for this cause from this time wars shall arise
against thee.

10 And Asa was angry with the seer, and com-
manded him to be put in prison : for he was greatly
enraged because of this thing : and he put to death
many of the people at that time.

11 But the works of Asa the first and last are
written in the Book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

12 And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year
of his reign, of a most violent pain in his feet : and
yet in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but ra-
ther trusted in the skill of physicians.

13 And he slept with his fathers : and he died in
the one and fortieth year of his reign.

14 And they buried him in his own sepulchre,
which he had made for himself in the city of David :
and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odo-
riferous ointments, which were made by the art of
the perfumers : and they burnt them over him with
very great pomp.

CHAP. XVIlf

Jusaphafs reign : his care for the instruction of his people : his
numerous forces.

AND Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and
grew strong against Israel.

2 And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the
fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in
the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim,
which Asa his father had taken.

3 And the Lord was with Josaphat ; because he
Walked in the first ways of David his father, and
trusted not in Baalim,

4 But in the God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not according to the sins of
Israel.

5 And the Lord established the kingdom in his
hand ; and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat :
ami he acquired immense riches, and much glory.

6 And when his heart had taken courage for the
ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places
and the groves out of Juda.

7 And in the third year of his reign, he sent of
his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias,
and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cities
of Juda :

8 And with them the Lcvites, Semeias, and Na-
thanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, and Scmiranioth,
and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Tho-
hadonias Levites, and with them Elisama and
J oram priests.

9 And they taught the people in Juda, having
with them the book of the law of the Lord: and

(hey went about all the cities of Juda, and instructed
the people.

t 10 And the fear of the Lord came upon all the
kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda:
and they durst not make war against Josaphat.

1 1 The Philistines also brought presents to Josa-
phat, and tribute in silver: and the Arabians brougbt
him cattle, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and
as many he-goats.

12 And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding
great : and he built in Juda houses like towers, and
walled cities. "

13 And he prepared many works in the cities of
Juda : and he had warriors and valiant men in Je-
rusalem :

14 Of whom this is the number of the houses
and families of every one : in Juda captains of the
army, Ednas the chief; and with him three hun-
dred thousand most valiant men.

15 After him Johanan the captain; and with him
two hundred and eighty thousand.

16 And after him was Amasias the son of Ze-
chri, consecrated to the Lord ; and with him were
two hundred thousand valiant men.

17 After him was Eliada valiant in battle ; and
with him two hundred thousand armed with bow
and shield.

18 After him also was Jozabad ; and with him
a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war.

19 All these were at the hand of the king, beside
others, whom he had put in the walled cities in all
Juda.

CHAP. XVIII.

Josaphat accompanies Achab in his expedition against Ramoih :
where Achab is slain, as Micheas had foretold.

TVTOW Josaphat was rich and very glorious, and
-L* was joined by affinity to Achab. ■

2 And he went down to 'him after some years to
Samaria: and Achab at his coming killed sheep and
oxen in abundance for him and the people that
came with him : and he persuaded him to go up to
Ramoth Galaad.

3 And Achab king of Israel said to Josaphat king
of Juda: Come with me to Ramoth Galaad. And
he answered him : Thou art as I am, and my peo-
ple as thy people: and we will be with thee in the
war.

4 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: In-
quire, I beseech thee^ at present the word of the
Lord.

5 So the king of Israel gathered together of the
prophets four hundred men: and he said to them:
Shall we goto Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall we
forbear? But they said: Go up; and God will de-
liver it into the king's hand.

6 And Josaphat said : Is there not here a pro-
phet of the Lord, that we may inquire also of him ?

7 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There
is one man, of .whom we may ask the will of the
Lord: but I hate hirfi; for he never propliesiclh good
tome, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son
of Jemla. And Josaphat said : Speak not thus, O
king.

343

II. I'AUlLOl'o.MI ;.\o.\.

8 And the king of Israel called one of the no-

liuclis. and said to him: ( all quicklv Michcas the
son of Jemla.

9 Now the king of Israel, and Joaanhal kin- of
Jnda, both sat on their thrones, clothed in royal
robes: and they sal in I lie open court by the gate of
Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before
them.

10 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made him
horns of iron, and said : 'I'lnis saith the Lord : Willi
these slialt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

! 1 And all the prophets prophesied in like man-
ner, and said : Go DO to lianioth (ialaad, and tlion

shah prosper: and the Lord will deliver them into

the kind's hand.

IJ And the messenger that went to call Micheas,

said to him : Behold, the words of all the prophets
with one month declare good to the king: I beseech
thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them,
and speak thou also good success.

13 And Michcas answered him : As the Lord
liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that
will I speak.

I ) So he came to the king: and the king said to
him: Michcas, shall we go to Hamoth Galaad to
fight, or forbear? And he answered him: Go up;
for all shall succeed prosperously: and the enemies
shall be delivered into your hands.

15 And the king said: 1 adjure thee again and

iv nothing but the truth to me, in the
name of the Lord.

16 Then he said: I saw all Israel scattered in
the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd: and
the Lord said: These have no masters: let every
man return to his own house in peace.

17 And the king of Israel said toJosaphat: Did
I not tell thee that this man would not prophesy me
any good, but evil ?

It) Then he said: Hear ye therefore the word
of tin- Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne,
and all the army of heaven standing by him on the
right hand and on the left.

19 And the Lord said: Who shall deceive*
Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall in
Ramotb < ialaad ? And when one spoke in this man-
ner, and another Otherwise !

20 There came forth a spirit, and stood before the
Lord, and said : I will deceive him. And the Lord
said to him : Bj w hat means wilt thou deceive him?

21 And he answered: I will go our, and be a
lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And
the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive, and shall pre-
vail : -«' oat, and do so.

22 Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a
spirit of lying in the mouth of all thy prophets ;.and
the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.

23 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came,
and struck Michcas on the cheek, and said : Which
way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak
to th

24 Ami Ificheai -aid: Thou thyself shall seein

• U'/U tkcli itttirt, tfc See ibe»nn<ii..ii..ii , .; *...*•, txE

U44

that day, when ihou shall go in from chamber to
chamber, to hide thyself.

> And the kirn; of Israel c< minded, savin. :

Take .Michcas, and carry him to Anion the gover-
nor of the cit\ . and to Joas I In- son of \uie|ech,

26 And say: Thus saith the kin:: : I'ut this fel-
low in prison, and give him bread and water in a
small quantity till I return in pern

I And Michcas said : If thou return in peace,
the Lord hath not spoken by mc. And he said :
Hear, all ve people.

28 So the king of Israel and Josaphat king ol
Juda went up to Hamoth (ialaad.

29 And the king of Israel said to. Josaphat : I will
change my dress, and so I will go to the battle ; but
put thou on thy own -ai incuts. And the king of Is-
rael having changed his dress, went to the battle.

30 .Now the king of Syria had commanded the
captains of his cavalry, saving: Fight ve not with
small or great, but with the king of Israel only.

31 So w hen the captains of the cavalry saw Jo-
saphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And
they surrounded him to attack him: but be cried to
i lie Lord, and he helped him, and turned them aw a>
from him.

32 For when the captains of the cavalry saw that
he was not the king of Israel, they left him.

33 And it happened that one of the people shot
an arrow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel
between the neck and the shoulders: and he said
to his chariot-man : Turn thy hand, and carry me
out of the battle; for I am wounded.

34 And the fight was ended that day: but the
king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Sy-
rians until the evening, and died at the sun set

CHAP. XIX.

iphaf's rhargr to thr judges and to the Isritct.

A ND Josaphat king of Juda relumed to his house
■£*- in peace to Jerusalem.

2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him,
and said to him: Thou helped the ungodly, and
thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the
Lord; and therefore tl
wrath of the Lord :

in w III

didst (

teserve indeed the

3 But good works are found in thee, because
thou hast taken away the troves out of the land
of Juda, and hast prepared th] heart SO seek the
Lord the God of thy lathers.

4 And Josaphat dweh at Jerusalem : and he w eat

out again to the people from llersahee to mount
Kphraim, and brought them back to tin; Lord tin-
God of their fathers.

5 And he set judges of the land in all the fenced
cities of Juda, in even place.

6 And charging tin* judges, he said : Take heed
what vou do: for j'ou exercise not the judgment ol
man, but of the Lord: and w ha t s oever yon .indue,

it shall redound to you.

7 Let the fear of the Lord lie with yon, and do

all things w ith diligence: for there is no ini<|uilv with
tin' Lord our (iod, nor n spect of | I rVOna, nor de-
sire of |ifts.

:; Iii Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levitos,

CHAP. XX.

and priests, and chiefs of the families of Israel, to
judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for
the inhabitants thereof.

9 And he charged them, saying : Thus shall you
do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a per-
fect heart.

10 Every cause that shall come to you of your
brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kin-
dred and kindred, wheresoever there is question
concerning the law, the commandment, the cere-
monies, the justifications: show it them, that they
may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may
not come upon you and your brethren : and so do-
ing you shall not sin.

11 And Amariasthe priest your high priest shall
be chief in the things which regard God : and Za-
badias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house
of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to
the king's office : and you have before you the Le-
vites for masters: take courage and do diligently;
and the Lord will be with you in good things.

CHAP. XX.

'flte Ammonites, Moabites, and Syrians, combine against Josa-
phat. He seeketh God's help by public prayer and fasting.
A prophet foretelleth that God trill fight for his people : the
enemies destroy one another. Josaphat with his men gather
the spoils. He reigneth in peace: but his navy perisheth,for
his society with wicked Ochozias.

AFTER this the children of Moab, and the chil-
dren of Ammon, and with them of the Ammo-
nites, were gathered together to fight against Josa-
phat.

2 And there came messengers, and told Josaphat,
saying: There cometh a great multitude against
thee from beyond the sea, and out of Syria : and be-
hold, they are in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi.

3 And Josaphat being seized with fear, betook
himself wholly to pray to the Lord : and he pro-
claimed a fast for all Juda.

4 And Juda gathered themselves together to pray
to the Lord : and all came out of their cities to make
supplication to him.

5 And Josaphat stood in the midst of the assem-
bly of Juda and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord
before the new court ;

6 And said : O Lord God of our fathers, thou art
God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms
and nations: in thy hand is strength and power;
and no one can resist thee.

7 Didst not thou, our God, kill all the inhabitants
of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it
to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

8 And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctua-
ry to thy name, saying:

9 If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or

(>estilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence
>efore this house, in which thy name is called upon :
and we will cry to thee in our afflictions; and thou
wilt hear, and save us.

10 Now therefore behold the children of Am-
mon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose
lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they
rame out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them,
and slew them not:

11 Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us
out of the possession which thou hast delivered to
us.

12 O our God, wilt not thou then judge them Pas
for us, we have not strength enough, to be able to
resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon
us. But as we know not what to do, we can only
turn our eyes to thee.

13 And all Juda stood before the Lord, with their
little ones, and their wives, and their children.

14 And Jahaziel the son of Zacharias, the son of
Banaias, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mathanias, a
Levite of the sons of Asaph, was there; upon whom
the Spirit of the Lord came in the midst of the mul-
titude.

15 And he said : Attend ye, all Juda, and you
that dwell in Jerusalem, and thou king Josaphat :
Thus saith the Lord to you: Fear ye not, and be
not dismayed at this multitude : for the battle is not
yours, but God's.

16 To-morrow you shall go down against them ;
for they will come up by the ascent named Sis ; and
you shall find them at the head of the torrent, which
is over-against the wilderness of Jeruel.

17 It shall not be you that shall fight; but only
stand with confidence, and you shall see the help of
the Lord over you, O Juda, and Jerusalem : fear
ye nof, 'nor be you dismayed : to-morrow you shall
go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.

18 Then Josaphat, and Juda, and all the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem, fell flat on the ground before the
Lord, and adored him.

19 And the Levites of the sons of Caath, and of
the sons of Core, praised the Lord the God of Is-
rael with a loud voice, on high.

20 And they rose early in the morning, and went
out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were
marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them,
said : Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem : believe in the Lord your God,
and you shall be secure : believe his prophets, and
all things shall succeed well.

21 And he gave counsel to the people, and ap-
pointed the singing men of the Lord, to praise him
by their companies, and to go before the army, and
with one voice to say: Give glory to the Lord;
for his mercy endureth for ever.

22 And when they began to sing praises, the
Lord turned their ambushments upon themselves,
that is to say, of the children of Ammon, and of
Moab, and of mount Seir, who were come out to
fight against Juda : and they were slain.

23 For the children of Ammon and of Moab rose
up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to kill
and -destroy them : and when they had made an
end of them, they turned also against one another,
and destroyed one another.

24 And when Juda came to the watch tower,
that looked towards the desert, they saw afar of]
all the country, for a great space, full of dead bo-
dies, and that no one was left that could escape
death.

25 Then Josaphat came, and all the people

345

II. r.MIVLIl'O.MKNON.

with him, to take away ihe sptib of the dead :
and they found anion: the dead bodies, Muff of nh
rious kinds, and garments, and most precious res-
scls : and they took them lor themselves; inso-
much that tiny could not carrv all, nor in three

days take away the .spoils, the booty was m great
\ it • I on the fourth day the; were assembled

in the \ alley of Blessing: for there they blesaed the
Lord : and therefore they called that place the I al-
ii s of Blessing until this day.

27 And every man of .hula, and the inhabitants

of Jerusalem returned, and Josaphat at their head.
into Jerusalem with great joy; because the Lord

had made them rejoice over their enemies.

28 Ami thej cane into Jerusalem with psalte-
ries, and harps, and trumpets, into the house of the
Lord.

29 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the
kingdoms of the lands, when they heard that the
Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

30 And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet:
and God cave him peace round about

31 And Josaphat reigned over Juda: and he
was fa,, and thirty \ cars old when lie began to reign:
and be reigned ii% «• and twenty years in Jerusalem:
and the name of his mother w as Azuha the daugh-
ter of Selahi.

32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa,
and departed not from it, doing the things that
were pteasing before the Lord.

33 But yet he took not away the high places:
and the people had not vet turned their heart to the
Lord the God of their fathers.

31 But the rest of the acts of Josaphat first and
last, are written in t lit; words of Jehu the son of
llanaui. which be digested into the Books of the
kiims of Israel.

After these things Josaphat king of Juda
made friendship with Ocho/.ias king of Israel,
whose works were very wicked.

3(> And he was partner with him in making
ships, to goto Tharsig : and they made the ships in
Asiongaber.

\ud Lliezcr the son of Dodau of Mare*
prophesied to Josaphat. saying: Because thou hast
made a league with Ochozias, the Lord hath de-
stroyed thy works ; and tire ships are broken; and

tiie\ could not go to Thaisis.

< II \|\ XXI.

Jtramft trlcknl nigU : hi* jwnixhmrnt anil tlfftth.
A \ I) Josaphat slept with hi* fathers, and was

■**- buried with them in the city of David: and

Jorain his son reigned in his stead.

2 And he had brethren, the sons of Josaphat.
V/ .h'i .is, and Jahiel. and Zacharias. and A/aria,
and Michael, and Saphatias : all these were the
sons of Josaphat king of Juda.

3 And their father gave them great gifts of sil-
ver, and of gold, and pensions, with Strong cities
in Juda: hut the kingdom he gave to Joram; be-
cause In- was the eldest.

4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his fa-
ther : and when he had established himself, he slew

all his brethren with the sword, and some of the
princes of Israel.

5 Joram was two and thirty years old when he
in to reign: and he reigned eight years in Je-
rusalem.

6 And he walked in the wavs of the kings of
Israel, as the house of Achah had done; for his
wife was a daughter of Achab: and he did evil in
the Bight of the Lord.

7 But the Lord would not destroy the house of
David, because of the covenant which he had made
with him ; and because he had promised to give a
lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

8 In those days Edom revolted, from being sub-
ject to Juda, and made themselves a king.

9 And Joram went over with his princes, ana
all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and
defeated the Edomitcs who had surrounded him,
and all the captains of his cavalry.

10 However Edom revolted, from being under
the dominion of Juda unto this day : at that time
Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand:
for he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:

11 Moreover he built also high places in the
cities of Juda : and he made the inhabitants of Je-
rusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to trans-
gress.

12 And there was a letter brought him from
Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus
saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Be-
cause thou hast not walked in the ways of Josa-
phat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa kiii-
Juda,

13 But hast walked in the ways of the kin^s ol
Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating die for-
nication of tin- house of Achab: moreover also thou
hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father,
better men than thyself;

14 Behold, the Lord will strike thee with a
ureal plague, with all thy people, and thy children,
and thy wives, an (] all thy substance*

15 And thou sbalt be sick of a \ery grievous
disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out
by little and little every day.

16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the
spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who
border on the Ethiopians.

17 And they came up into the laud of Juda, and
wasted it: and the] carried away all the substance
that was found in the king's house, his sons also.
and his wives: so that there was no son left him
but Joaehaz,* who was the jmiBgnst

18 And besides all this the Lord struck him
with an incurable disease in his boweis

19 And as day came after day, and lime rolled
on, two whole yi us passed ■ then after being wast-
ed With a long consumption, so as to void Ins vi iv
bowels, his disease ended wiili his life. And In-
died ol a most w i itched illness: and the people did

* Jfthsz, »lia», Ocktxim.

CHAP. XXII, XXIII.

not make a funeral for him according to the man-
ner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
20 He was two and thirty years old when he
began his reign : and he reigned eight years in Je-
rusalem. And he walked not rightly: and they
buried him in the city of David, but not in the se-
pulchres of the kings.

CHAP. XXII.

The reign and death of Ochozias. The tyranny of Athalia.
\ ND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ocho-
-*■*- zias his youngest son king in his place : for the
rovers of the Arabians, who had broke in upon the
camp, had killed all that were his elder brothers..
So Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda reigned.

2 Ochozias was forty-two* years old when he
began to reign : and he reigned one year in Jerusa-
lem; and the name of his mother was Athalia the
daughter of Amri.

3 He also walked in the ways of the house of
Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wick-
edly.

4 So he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the
house of Achab did: for they were his counsellors
after the death of his father, to his destruction.

5 And he walked after their counsels. And he
went with Joram the son of Achab king of Israel,
to fight against Hazael king of Syria, at Ramoth
Galaad: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

6 And he returned to be healed in Jezrahel ; for
he received many wounds in the foresaid battle.
And Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda, went
down to visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrahel
where he lay sick.

7 For it was the will of God against Ochozias,
that he should come to Joram; and when he was
come, should go out also against Jehu the son of
Namsi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the
house of Achab.

8 So when Jehu was rooting out the house of
Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons
pi the brethren of Ochozias, who served him: and
he slew them.

9 And he sought for Ochozias himself, and took
him lying hid in Samaria : and when he was brought
to him, he killed him: and they buried him; be-
cause he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought
the Lord with all his heart. And there was no more
hope that any one should reign of the race of Ocho-
zias.

10 For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son
was dead, rose up, and killed all theroval family of
the house of Joram.

11 But Josabeth the king's daughter took Joas
the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the
king s sons, that were slain. And she hid him with
his nurse in a bed-chamber: now Josabeth that hid
him, was daughter of king Joram, wife of Joiada the
high priest, and sister of Ochozias : and therefore
Athalia did not kill him.

12 And he was with them hid in the house of

4 Lo^vuT'lf*' D ' VerS GrCek b ' bleS ' e; d lwmt y- lwo ' a £reeably to

God six years, during which Athalia reigned over
the land

CHAP. XXIII.

Joiada the high priest causeth Joas to be made king ; Athalia to
be slain ; and idolatry to be destroyed.

\ ND in the seventh year Joiada being encouraged,
-£*■ took the captains of hundreds, to wit, Azarias
the son of Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan,
and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasias the son
of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son of Zechri ; and
made a covenant with them.

2 And they went about Juda, and gathered to-
gether the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and
the chiefs of the families of Israel: and they came
to Jerusalem.

3 And all the multitude made a covenant with
the king in the house of God: and Joiada said to
them: Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the
Lord hath said of the sons of David.

4 And this is the thing that you shall do:

5 A third part of you that come to the sabbathf
of the priests, and of the Levites, and of the porters,
shall be at the gates ; and a third part at the king's
house ; and a third at the gate that is called the
Foundation : but let all the rest of the people be in
the courts of the house of the Lord.

6 And let no one come into the house of the
Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the
Levites: let them only come in, because they are
sanctified : and let all the rest of the people keep
the watches of the Lord.

7 And let the Levites be round about the king,
every man with his arms: (and if any other come
into the temple, let him be slain) and let them be
with the king both coming in, and going out.

8 So the Levites, and all Juda did according to
all that Joiada the high priest had commanded: and
they took every one his men that were under him,
and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with
those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go
out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the
companies to depart, which were accustomed to
succeed one another every week.

9 And Joiada the priest gave to the captains the
spears, and the shields, and targets of king David,
which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.

10 And he set all the people with swords in their
hands from the right side of the temple, to the left
side of the temple, before the altar, and the temple,
round about the king.

11 And they brought out the king's son, and put
the crown upon him, and the testimony, and gave
him the law to hold in his hand; and they made him
king : and Joiada the high priest and his sons anoint-
ed him : and they prayed for him, and said : God
save the king.

12 Now when Athalia heard the noise of the
people running and praising the king, she came in
to the people, into the temple of the Lord.

13 And when she saw the king standing upon

t To the sabbath. That is, to perform in your weeks the functions
of your office, or the weekly walches.

11. I'AKAI.iroMKNOX.

the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the
companies about him, and all the people ofthe land
rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing
on in>t riiiiit-iit s of diven kinds, and the voice of

those that praised, she rent her garments, and said:
Treason, treason.

11 And Joiaila the hLh p rie st coins out to the
captains, and the chiefs of the army, said to them:
Take her forth without the prccinrt of the temple;
and when she is without, let her be killed w r ith the
sword. For the priest commanded that she should
not lie killed in the boOOB of the Lord.

16 And they laid hold on her In the neck: and
when she was come within the horse-sate of the
palace, they killed her there.

It! And Joiada made a covenant between himself
and all the people, and the king, that they should be
the people of the Lord.

17 And all the people went into the house of
I'aal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his
altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest
of Baal before the altars.

18 And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of
the Lord, under tin- hands of the priests, and the
Le\ites, whom David had distributed in the house
of the Lord : to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is
written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing,
according to the disposition of David.

19 He appointed also porters in the gates of the
house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in
anv thing should enter in.

20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and
the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people,
and all the people of the land : and they brought
down the king from the house of the Lord, and
brought him through the upper sate into the king's
house, and set him 00 the roval throne.

21 And all the people of the land rejoiced,' and
the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the

■wosri.

CHAP. XXIV.

Joas-reignrth mil all t /ir day* nfji/itirla : nftenrards falhlh into
idolntru. mill ruuxrlh Ziirlmrius to or. slain. lie is sluin him-
self by his urrants.

JOAS was seven years old w hen he began to reign:
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem : the
name of his mother was SelVia of Ib-rsahee.

1 \nd he did that which is good before the Lord
all the days of Joiada the priest.

3 And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom
he had sons and daughters.

V After this Joas had a mind to repair the house
of the Lord.

.') And he assembled the priests, and the Le-
vites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda.
and gather of all Israel money to repair the temple
of your God, from year to year, and do this with
speed: but the Levites win negligent

ml the kins called Joiada the chief, and said
to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the
Levites to bring in OUt of Juda and Jerusalem the

money that was appointed l>\ .Moses, the servant ol

the Lord, for all the multitude of Israel to bring into
the tabernacle of the testimony :

7 For that wicked woman Athalia and her chil-
dren have destroyed the house of ( iod, and adorned

the temple of Baal with all the things that had l»t 1 1
dedicated in the temple of the Lord.

8 And the king commanded, and they made a
cheat j and set it by the gate of the house of the
Lord on the outside.

9 And they made a proclamation in Juda and Je-
rusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord,
the money which Moses the servant of God appoint-
ed for all Israel, in the desert.

, 10 And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced :
and going in they contributed and east so much
into the chest of the Lord, that it was fdled.

11 And when it was time to bring the chest be-
fore the king by the hands of the Levites (for they
MW there was much money,) the king's scribe, and
he whom the high priest had appointed, went in:
and they poured out the money that was in the cheat :
and they carried back the chest to its place: and
thus they did from day today; and there was gath-
ered an immense sum of money.

12 And the king and Joiada gave it to those w ho
were over the works of the house of the Lord: but
they hired with it stone-cutters, and artificer* ol
every kind of work to repair the house of the Lord :
and such as wrought in iron and brass, to uphold
what began to be falling.

13 And the workmen were diligent; and the
breach of the walls was closed up by their hand-:
and they set up the house of the Lord in its former
state, and made it stand firm.

14 And w hen they had finished all the works,
they brought the rest of the money before the kinu
and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the
temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and
howls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and ho-
locausts were offered in the house of the Lord con-
tinually, all the days of Joiada.

15 liut Joiada grew old, and was full of days,
and died when he was a hundred and thirtv \ears
old.

16 And they buried him in the city of David
among the kings, because he had done good to Is-
rael, and to his house. •

17 And after the death of Joiada, the princes of
Juda went in, and worshipped the kin::: and he was
soothed by their services, and hearkened to them.

18 And they forsook the temple of the Lord the
God of their fathers, and served groves and idols:
and Wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for thissin

19 And be sent prophets to them to bring them
back to the Lord, and they would not give ear w Ik n
tin \ testified against them.

20 The Spirit of God then came upon Zacharne.
the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the
Bight of the people, ami said to them: Thus saith
the Lord God: Why transgress you the command-
ment of the Lord, which will not be for vour good,
and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake
you ?

CHAP. XXV.

21 And they gathered themselves together against
him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in
the court of the house of the Lord.

22 And king Joas did not remember the kindness
that Joiada his father had clone to him, but killed his
son. And when he had died, he said: The Lord
see, and require it.

23 And when a year was come about, the army
of Syria came up against him: and they came to
Juda and Jerusalem, and killed all the princes of
the people : and they sent al the spoils to the king
to Damascus.

24 And whereas there came a very small num-
ber of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their
hands an infinite multitude, because they had for-
saken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on
Joas they executed shameful judgments.

25 And departing they left him in great diseases :
and his servants rose up against him, for revenge of
the blood of the son of Joiada the priest: and they
slew him in his bed ; and he died; and they buried
him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres
of the kings:

26 Now the men that conspired against him were
Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and
Jozabad the son of Semarith a Moabitess.

27 And concerning his sons, and the sum of money,
which was gathered under him, and the repairing
the house of God, they are written more diligently
in the book of Kings: and Amasias his son reigned
in his stead.

CHAP. XXV.

A mamas' s reign : he beginneth well : but endeth ill. He is over-
thrown by Joas ; and slain by his own people.

A MASIAS was five and twenty years old when
-^*- he began to reign : and he reigned nine and
twenty years in Jerusalem : the name of his mo-
ther was Joadan of Jerusalem.

2 And he did what was good in the sight of the
Lord ; but yet not with a perfect heart.

3 And when he saw himself strengthened in his
kingdom, he put to death the servants that had
slain the king his father.

4 But he slew not their children ; as it is written
in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord
commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be slain
for the children, nor the children for their fathers;
but every man shall die for his own sin.

5 Amasias therefore gathered Juda together, and
appointed them by families, and captains of thou-
sands, and of hundreds, in all Juda and Benjamin :
and he numbered them from twenty years old
and upwards, and found three hundred thousand
young men that could go out to battle, and could
hold the spear and shield.

6 He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand
valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

7 But a man of God came to him, and said: O
king, let not the army of Israel go out with thee ;
for the Lord is not with Israel, and all the children
of Ephraim:

8 And if thou think that battles consist in the
strength of the army, God will make thee to be

| overcome by the enemies : for it belongeth to God
both to help, and to put to flight.

9 And Amasias said to the man of God : What
will then become of the hundred talents which I
have given to the soldiers of Israel ? and the man
of God answered him : The Lord is rich enough to
be able to give thee much more than this.

10 Then Amasias separated the army, that came
to him out of Ephraim, to go home again : but they
being much enraged against Juda, returned to their
own country.

1 1 And Amasias taking courage led forth his peo-
ple, and went to the vale of salt pits, and slew of
the children of Seir, ten thousand.

12 And other fen thousand men the sons of Juda
took, and brought to the steep of a certain rock,
and cast them down headlong from the top ; and
they all were broken to pieces.

13 But that army which Amasias had sent back,
that they should not go with him to battle, spread
themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria
to - Bethhoron, and having killed three thousand,
took away much spoil.

14 But Amasias after he had slain the Edomites,
set up the gods of the children of Seir, which he
had brought thence, to be his gods, and adored
them, and burnt incense to them.

15 Wherefore the Lord being angry against Ama-
sias, sent a prophet to him, to say to him: Why
hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their
own people out of thy hand?

16 And when he spoke these things, he answered
him : Art thou the king's counsellor r be quiet, lest
I kill thee. And the prophet departing, said : I
know that God is minded to kill thee ; because thou
hast done this evil, and moreover hast not hearkened
to my counsel.

17 Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad
counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of
Jehu, king of Israel, saying : Come, let us see one
another.

18 But he sent back the messengers, saying: The
thistle that is in Libanus sent to the cedar in Liba-
nus, saying : Give thy daughter to my son to wife :
and behold, the beasts that were in the wood of Li-
banus passed by, and trod down the thistle.

19 Thou hast said : I have overthrown Edom ,
and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride : stay
at home ; why dost thou provoke evil against thee,
that both thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee?

20 Amasias would not hearken to him ; because it
was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into
the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom.

21 So Joas king of Israel went up; and they pre-
sented themselves to be seen by one another: and
Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda :

22 And Juda fell before Israel, and they fled to
their dwellings.

23 And Joas king of Israel took Amasias kingot
Juda, the son of Joas, the son of Joachaz, in Beth-
sames, and brought him to Jerusalem ; and broke
down the walls thereof from the gate of Ephraim,
to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.

349

II. IWKALll'OMI \<)\.

24 And he took all the gold, and siher. tad nil
the vi'-m K, tint be found in the house of God, end
with Obededom, end in the treasures of the king's

house; moreover alto ihr MM of the hostages, be
brought hack to Samaria.

25 And Amasias the son of Joas king of .Inda
lived, alter the death of Joas the son of Joachaz
king of Israel, fifteen \eais.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amasias the first
and last, are written in the Book of the kings of
Juda and Israel.

27 And alter he revolted from the Lord, they
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And
he Bed intoLachu; and they sent, and killed him
there.

28 And they brought him back upon horses, and
buried him with his lathers in the eity of David.

CHAP. XXVI.

Oziat rdgnrlh protperoudy tilt he inradtth the priests' office :
upon tchich he is utrurk with a It prosy.

AND all the people of Juda took his son Ozias
who was sixteen years old, and made hitn king
in the room of Amasias his father.

2 He Imilt Ailath, and restored it to the domin-
ion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

3 O/.ias was sixteen years old when he began to
reign; and be reigned two and fifty years in Jerusa-
lem: the name of his mother was Jeehelia of Je-
rusalem.

4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of
the Lord, according to all that AmasJM his father
had done.

5 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacha-
rias that understood and saw (iod : and as long as
lie soqghl the Lord he directed him in all things.

»; .Moreover, he went forth, and fought against the
Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and
the wall of Jabnta, and the wall of Azotus: and he
built tow ns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.

7 And God helped him against the Philistines,
and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurhaal, and
against the Ammonites.

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Ozias : and
his name was spread abroad even to the entrance
of Lgypt for his frequent victories.

And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the
gate of the corner, and over the gate of the \ alley,
and the rot, in the same side of the wall, and for-
tified them.

10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and
dug many cisterns : for he had much cattle both in
the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had
also vineyards and dressers of vines in the moun-
tains, and inCarmcl; for he was a man that loved
husbandry.

11 And the army of his fighting men that went
out to War, U as under the hand of Jehiel the scribe,

and Masias the doctor, and under the hand of Ha
nanias, w ho was one of the king's captains.

I J \nd the whole number Of the chiefs by the fa-
milies ol valiant men. were two thousand six hundred :

13 And the whole army under them three hun-
dred and seven thousand five hundred; who wen

350

fit for war, and fought for the king against the
enemy*

1 1 And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the
whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, md
coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast Bttaa

15 And he made in Jerusalem engines of divers
kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the
corners of the walls, to shoot arrows and great
stones: and his name went forth far abroad; lor
the Lord helped him. and had strengthened him.

16 But when he was made strong, his hem was
lifted up to his destruction: and he neglected the
Lord his God; and going into the temple of the
Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altai
of incense.

17 And immediately Azarias the priest going in
after him, and with him fourscore priests of the
Lord, most valiant men,

18 Withstood the king, and said : It doth not lie-
long to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord,
but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who
are consecrated for this ministry : go out of the sanc-
tuary, do not despise : for this thing shall not be ac-
counted to thy glory by the Lord God.

19 And Ozias was angry ; and holding in his hand
the censer to burn incense, threatened the prii
And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead
before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the
altar of incense.

20 And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest
of the priests, looked upon him, and saw the lepro-
sy in his forehead : and they made haste to thrust
him out. Yea, himself also being frightened, hast-
ed to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke
of the Liord.

21 And Ozias the king was a leper unto the dav
of his death : and he dwelt in a house apart, being
full of the leprosy, for w bicfa he had been cast out of
the house ot the Lord. And Joatham his son go-
verned the king's house, and judged the people of
tlie land.

22 But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and
last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the
prophet.

23 And Ozias slept with his fathers: and they
buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres, l>e-
cause he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned
in his stead.

CHAP. XXVII.

Joatham's good reign.

TOATHAM was live and twenty years old when

y he began to reign : and he reigned sixteen \ears

in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was J< insa

the daughter of Sadoc.

2 And he did that which was right before the
Lord, according toaM thai < hnaa his father had done;

only that he entered not into the temple of tin Lord ;

and the people still transgressed.

3 He built the high gate of the bouse of the Lord;
and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

i Moreover he built cities in the mountains of

Juda. and castles and lowers in the forests.

5 He fought against the king of the < bUdreu ol

CHAP. XXVIII.

Amnion, and overcame them : and the children of
Amnion gave him at that time a hundred talents of
silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as
many measures of barley: so much did the children
of Amnion give him in the second and third year.

G And Joatham was strengthened, because he
had his way directed before the Lord his God.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all his
wars, and his works, are written in the Book of
the kings of Israel and Juda.

8 He was five and twenty years old when he be-
gan to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jeru-
salem.

9 And Joatham slept with his fathers: and they
buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son
reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The wicked and unhappy reign of Achaz.

\ CHAZ was twenty years old when he began to
-^*- reign : and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusa-
lem : he did not that which was right in the sight of
the Lord, as David his father had done ;

2 But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel ;
moreover also he cast statues for Baalim.

3 It was he that burnt incense in the valley of
Benennom, and consecrated his sons in the fire ac-
cording to the manner of the nations, which the
Lord slew at the coming of the children of Israel.

4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the
high places, and on the hills, and under every
green tree.

5 And the Lord his God delivered him into the
hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and
took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried
it to Damascus: he wasalso delivered into the hands
of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a
great slaughter.

6 For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a
hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant
men: because they had forsaken the Lord the God
of their fathers.

7 At the same time Zechri a powerful man of
Ephraim, slew Maasias the king's son, and Ezri-
cam the governor of his house, and Elcana who was
next to the king.

8 And the children of Israel carried away of their
brethren two hundred thousand women, boys, and
girls, and an immense booty: and they brought it
to Samaria.

9 At that time there was a prophet of the Lord
there, whose name was Oded : and he went out to
meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to
them: Behold, the Lord the God of your fathers be-
ing angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your
hands: and you have butchered them cruelly, so
that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven.

1 Moreover you have a mind to keep under the
( hildren of Juda and Jerusalem for your bond-men
and bond-women, which ought not to be done: for
you have sinned in this against the Lord your God.

1 1 But hear ye my counsel, and release the cap-
ites, that you have brought of your brethren; be-

cause a great indignation of the Lord hangeth ovei
you.

12 Then some of the chief men of the sons oi
Ephraim, Azarias the son of Johanan, Barachias
the son of Mosollamoth, Ezechias the son of Sel-
lum, and Amasa the son of Adali, stood up against
them that came from the war.

13 And they said to them: You shall not bring in
the captives hither, lest we sin against the Lord.
Why will you add to our sins, and heap up upon our
former offences ? for the sin is great ; and the fierce
anger of the Lord hangeth over Israel.

14 So the soldiers left the spoils, and all that they
had taken, before the princes and all the multitude.

1 5 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose
up and took the captives, and with the spoils cloth-
ed all them that were naked : arid when they had
clothed and shod them, and refreshed them with
meat and drink, and anointed them because of their
labour, and had taken care of them; they set such
of them as could not walk, and were feeble, upon
beasts, and brought them to Jericho the city of
palm-trees, to their brethren: and they returned te
Samaria.

16 At that time king Achaz sent to the king ol
the Assyrians asking help.

17 And the Edomites came, and slew many ol
Juda, and took a great booty.

18 The Philistines also spread themselves among
the cities of the plains, and to the south of Juda :
and they took Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gade-
roth, and Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with
their villages : and they dwelt in them.

19 For the Lord had humbled Juda because' of
Achaz the king of Juda ; for he had stripped it of
help,* and had contemned the Lord.

20 And he brought against him Thelgathphalna-
sar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him,
and plundered him without any resistance.

21 And Achaz stripped the house of the Lord,
and the house of the kings, and of the princes, and
gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians: and yet it
availed him nothing.

22 Moreover also in the time of his distress he
increased contempt against the Lord, king Achaz
himself by himself,

23 Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus
that struck him : and he said : The godsof the kings
of Syria help them; and 1 will appease them with
victims; and they will help me; whereas on the
contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

24 Then Achaz having taken away all the ves-
sels of the house of God, and broken them, shut up
the doors of the temple of God, and made himself
altars in all the corners of Jerusalem.

25 And in all the cities of Juda he built altars to
burn frankincense : and he provoked the Lord the
God of his fathers to wrath.

26 But the rest of his acts, and all his works first

* For he had stripped il of help : that is, Achaz stripped the kingdom
of Juda of the divine assistance by his wickedness, and by his intro-
ducing idolatry.

301

II. PAKALII'OMENON.

■ad last are written in the Book of the kings of
Juda aiul Israel.

\111l Achas slept with his fathers: and the]
buried him in the chj of Jerusalem : for they receiv-
ed him nut into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel.
A 11. 1 L/.ct bias his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XX! \.

hint pttrifieth the temple, and restnreth religion.

N< >\\ Esechiaj began to reign, when he «as five
and twenty \ ears old: and he reigned nine and
twenty Tears in Jerusalem: the name of his mother

was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.

2 And he did that which was pleasing in the
sight uf the Lord, according to all that David liis
lather had done.

3 In the first vt-ar and month of his reign he open-
ed the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired
them.

4 And he brought the priests and the Levitcs,
and assembled them in the east-street.

5 And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levitcs,
and lie sanctified ; purify the house of the Lord the
God of your fathers ; and take away all filth out of
the sanctuary.

6 Our fathers have sinned, and done evil in the
sight of the Lord God, forsaking him : they have
tinned away their faces from the tabernacle of the
Lord,and turned their backs.

7 They have shut up the doors that were in the
porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt
incense, nor offered holocausts in the sanctuary of
the God of Israel.

8 Therefore the wrath of the Lord hath been
stirred un against Juda and Jerusalem: and he hath

delivered them to trouble, and to destruction, and
to be biased at, as von see w it 1 1 four eyes.

9 Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword:
our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led aw ay
captives for 1 1 1 i~- w ickedness.

10 Now therefore I have a mind that we make a
covenant with the Lord the God of Israel; and he
will turn away the wrath of his indignation from US.

11 My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath
chosen yon to stand before him, and to minister to
him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to
him.

12 Then the Levitcs arose : Mahath the son of
Amasai, and Joel the son of A/arias, of the sons of
Caath; and of the sons of Merari, (is the son of
Abdi, and A/arias the son of.lalaleel; and of the
sons of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemma, and Eden
the son of Joah :

13 And of the sons of Elisaphan. Samri and Jc-
hiel : also of the sons of Asaph, Zacharias and Ma-
thauias;

1 \ And of the sons of I leman, Jahiel and Scmei;
and of the sons of Iditlmn. Semeias and < >/.iel.
1") And they gathered together their brethren,

and sanctified themselves, and went in BCCOrdin
the commandment of die kin::, and the precept of

Lord, to purity the house of God.

16 Ami tin- priests went into the temvile of the
Lord to sann ii\ it ; ami brought out all the uncl< m

m ss, that they found within to the entrance of the
house of the Lord: and the Levitcs took it awav
and carried it out abroad to the torrent ( fdron.

17 Anil they began to cleanse on the first day ol
tlie first month: and on the eighth day of the same
month they came into the porch of the temple of the
Lord: ana they purified the temple in eight days; and
on the sixteenth day of the same month thev finished
what they had begun.

18 And thev went in to kins Iv/.t -chias. and said
to him: \\ <■ have sanctified all the house of the
Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels
thereof, and the table of proposition with all its
vessels.

19 And all the furniture of the temple, which
king Achaz in his reign had defiled, after his trans-
-nssion; and behold, they are all set forth before
the altar of the Lord.

20 And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all
the rulers of the city, ami went up into the house of
the Lord:

21 And they offered together seven bullocks, ami
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven be-goats
for sin, for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, for Juda :
and he spoke to the priests the sons of Aaron, to
offer them upon the altar of the Lord.

22 Therefore they killed the bullocks: and the
priests took the blood, and poured it upon the altar:
they killed also the rams, and their blood they pour-
ed also upon the altar: and they killed the iambs,
and poured the blood upon the altar.

23 And they brought the he-goats for am before
the king, and the whole multitude: and they laid
their hands upon them :

24 Ami the priests immolated them, ami sprink-
led their blood before the altar for an expiation of
all Israel : for the king had commanded that the ho-
locaust and the sin-offering should be made for all
Israel.

25 And he set the Levitts in the house of the
Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, ac-
cording to the regulation of David the king, and of
Gad the seer, and of Nathan the prophet: for it
\yas the commandment of the Lord by the band of
his prophets.

26 And the Levites stood with the instruments
Of David, and the priests with trumpets.

27 And Ezechias commanded that they should
offer holocausts upon the altar: and when the holo-
causts were offered, they began to sing praises ti
the Lord, and to sound w ith trumpets, and divers
instruments which David the king of Israel had pre-
pared.

28 And all the multitude adored : and the sin»-
ers, and the trumpeters were in their olhec, till the
holocaust was finished.

29 And when the (dilation was ended, the kinz.
and all that wt re with him bowed down, and adored.

30 And L/.echias and the princes commanded
the Lerhea t<> praise the Lord with the words ol

David, and Asaph the seer: and thev praised him
with peal joy, and bowing tin-knee adored.

31 And E/.ct In. is added, and said: You have fill-

CHAP. XXX.

ed your hands to the Lord; come and offer victims,
and praises in the house of the Lord. And all the
multitude offered victims, and praises, and holo-
causts, with a devout mind.

32 And the number of the holocausts which the
multitude offered, was seventy bullocks, a hundred
rams, and two hundred lambs.

33 And they consecrated to the Lord six hun-
dred oxen, and three thousand sheep.

34 But the priests were few, and were not
enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Le-
vites their brethren helped them, till the work was
ended, and priests were sanctified ; for the Levites
are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests.

35 So there were many holocausts, and the fat
of peace-offerings, and the libations of holocausts :
and the service of the house of the Lord was com-
pleted.

36 And Ezechias and all the people rejoiced,
because the ministry of the Lord was accomplish-
ed. For the resolution of doing this thing was
taken suddenly.

CHAP. XXX.

Ezechias inviteth all Israel to celebrate thepasch : the solemni-
ty is kept fourteen days.

AND Ezechias sent to all Israel and Juda : and
he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses,
that they should come to the house of the Lord in
Jerusalem, and keep the phase to the Lord the
God of Israel.

2 For the king taking counsel, and the princes,
and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep
the phase the second month.

3 For they could not keep it in its time : be-
cause there were not priests enough sanctified, and
the people was not as yet gathered together to Je-
rusalem.

4 And the thing pleased the king, and all the
people.

5 And they decreed to send messengers to all
Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should
come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of
Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as
it is prescribed by the law.

6 And the posts went with letters by command-
ment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and
Juda proclaiming according to the king's orders :
Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the
God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel : and
he will return to the remnant of you that have es-
caped the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

7 Be not like your fathers, and brethren, who
departed from the Lord the God of their fathers ;
and he hath given them up to destruction, as you
see.

8 Harden not your necks, as your fathers did :
yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanc-
tuary, which he hath sanctified for ever : serve the
Lord the God of your fathers ; and the wrath of
his indignation shall be turned away from you.

9 For if you turn again to the Lord, your bre-
thren and children shall find mercy before their mas-

2 x

ters, that have led them away captive ; and they
shall return into this land : for the Lord your God
is merciful, and will not turn away his face from
you, if you return to him.

10 So the posts went speedily from city to city,
through the land of Ephraim, and of Manasses,
even to Zabulon ; whilst they laughed at them, and
mocked them.

1 1 Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Ma-
nasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel,
came to Jerusalem.

1,2 But the hand of God was in Juda, to give
them one heart to do the word of the Lord, accord-
ing to the commandment of the king, and of the
princes.

13 And much people were assembled to Jeru-
salem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleaven-
ed bread in the second month :

14 And they arose, and destroyed the altars
that were in Jerusalem, and took away all things
in which incense was burnt to idols, and cast them
into the torrent Cedron.

15 And they immolated the phase on the four-
teenth day of the second month. And the priests
and the Levites being at length sanctified, offered
holocausts in the house of the Lord.

16 And they stood in their order, according to
the disposition and law of Moses the man of God:
but the priests received the blood which was to be
poured out, from the hands of the Levites,

17 Because a great number was not sanctified :
and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for
them that came not in time to be sanctified to the
Lord.

18 For a great part of the people from Ephraim,
and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had
not been sanctified, ate the phase, otherwise than
it is written : and Ezechias prayed for them, saying:
The Lord who is good, will show mercy .

19 To all them, who with their whole heart
seek the Lord the God of their fathers; and will
not impute it to them that they are not sanctified.

20 And the Lord heard him, and was merciful
to the people.

21 And the children of Israel that were found
at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread
seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every
day : the Levites also and the priests with instru-
ments, that agreed to their office.

22 And Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the
Levites, that had good understanding concerning .
the Lord : and they ate during the seven days of
the solemnity, immolating victims of peace-of-
ferings, and praising the Lord the God ot their fa-
thers.

23 And it pleased the whole multitude to keep
other seven days ; which they did with great joy.

24 For Ezechias the king of Juda had given to
the multitude a thousand bullocks, and seven thou-
sand sheep : and the princes had given the people
a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheep : and
a great number of priests was sanctified.

25 And all the multitude of Juda with the priests

353

II. PARALIPOMENON

and Lcvitrs. and all the assembly thai came out of
Israel ; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and

thai dwelt in .linla were lull of joy.

V ml there was a great solemnity in Jerusa-
lem, such a* had not been in that fit \ since the time
of Solomon the son of David k\uz of Israel.

27 And the priests and the Levhes rote up, and
Messed the people: and their voice was beard:
and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of
heaven.

CHAP. XXXI.

Idolatry it abolished ; and provision* made for the ministers.

AND when these things had been duly celebrat-
ed, all Israel that were found in the cities of
Juda went out, and they broke the idols, and cut
down the groves, demolished the high place-, and

destroyed the altars, not only out of all Juda and
Beniamm, but out of Ephraim also and Manasses,

till they had utterly destroyed them : then all the
children of Israel returned to their possessions and
fir i

2 And Kzechias appointed companies of the
priests, and trie Lc\ites, hv their courses, every man
in his own office, to wit, both of the priests, and of
the Levites, for holocausts, and for peace-offerings,
to minister, and to praise, and to Slug in the gates
of the camp of the Lord.

3 And the kind's part was. that of his proper
substance the holocaust should be offered always
morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and the
new moons, and the other solemnities, as it is writ-
ten in the law of Musis.

4 He commanded also the people that dwelt in
Jerusalem, to give to the priests and the Levites
their portion, that they mig'it attend to the law of
the Lord.

5 Which when it was noised abroad in the ears
of the people, the children <H' Israel offered in abun-
dance the first-fruits of com, wine, and oil, and
honey : and brought the tithe of all things which the
ground bringing forth.

6 Moreo\erthe children of Israel and Juda, that
dwelt in the cities of Juda. brought in the tithes of
oxen, and sheep, and the tithes of holy things, which
they had vowed to the Lord their God; and carry-
ing them all, made many heaps.

7 In the third mouth they began to lay the foun-
dations of the heaps ; and in the >e\ cut h mouth they
finished them.

8 Ami when Czechias and his princes came in.
they saw the heaps; and they blessed the Lord and
the people of Israel.

9 And Czechias asked the priests and the Lei ito.
why the heaps lay so.

10 A/arias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc
answered him, saying: Since the first fruits began
to lw offered in the house of the Lord, we have

eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left;
because the Lord hath blessed his people: and of
that w hich is left is this treat stoic w Inch thou seest

11 Then Ecechiaa commanded to prepare store-
houses in the house of the Lord And when the\
had done so,

354

12 They brought in faithfully l>oth the first-fruits,
and the tithes, and all the) Bad VOWfd. And the
overseer of them was Chonenias the Levite, and

Semei bis brother was the second.

I.! And alter him Jchiel, and Azarias. and Na-
hath, ami Asahcl, and Jer'unoih, and Jozabad, and
I'.liel. and Jesinachias. and Mahath, and Hani
overseers under the hand of Chonenias. and Scmci
his brother, by the commandment of K/cchias the

king, and Azarias the high priest of the bouse of
God, to whom all things appertained.

1 I Hut (ore the son of Jemna the Levite, tin-
port er of the east-gate, was overseer of the things
which were freely offered to the Lord, and of the
first-fruits, and the things dedicated lor the holies <>t
holies.

15 And under his charge were Lden, and Ben-
jamin, Jcsuc, ami Semt ias, and Amarias, and Se-
clienias, in the cities of the priests, lo distribute
faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and

great:

Iti Besides the males from three \ears old and
upward, to all that went into the temple of the Lord,
and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry,
and their offices according to their eours< s, day by
day.

17 To the priests by their families, and to the Le-
vites from the twentieth year and upward, by their
classes ami companies.

18 And to all the multitude, both to their wives,
and to their children of both sixes, victuals were
given faithfully out of the things that had been sanc-
tified.

19 Also of the sons of Aaron who were in the
fields and in the suburbs of each city, tin ic wi ire
men appointed, to distribute portions loall the males,
among the priests and the Levites.

20 So Czechias did all things which we have said,
in all Juda; and wrought that which was good ami
right and truth before the Lord his God,

21 In all the service of the ministry of the house
of tin; Lord according to the law and the ceremo-
nies, desiring toseeknis God with all his heart: and
he did it, and prospered.

CHAP. XXXII.

Sennnrherih invadeth Juda : hit army it destroyed by an Angel,
hias remit nth from his sickness : kit "th< r m t%.

A FTKIl these things, and this truth, Sennache-

**- rib king of the Assyrians <aine and entered in-
to Juda, and besieged the fenced cities, desiring to
take them.

2 And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was
come, and that the whole force ol the war was turn-
ing against Jerusalem,

3 lie took counsel with the princes, and the
most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the iprii
that were without the city: and as they were '.ill of
this mind,

4 He gathered together a very great multitude:
ami they stopped up all the Springs, and the brook,
that ran through the midst ol the laud, saying: Lest

I the kin-s ol the Assyrians should come, and Imd
I abundance of water.

CHAP. XXXFII.

5 He built up also with great diligence all the
Wall that had been broken down, and built towers
upon it 7 and another wall without: and he repaired
Mello in the city of David, and made all sort of
arms and shields:

6 And he appointed captains of the soldiers of
the army: ana he called them all together in the
street of the gate ofthe'eity, and spoke to their
heart, saying:

7 Behave like men, and take courage: be not
afraid nor dismayed for the king of the Assyrians,
nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there
are many more with us than with him.

8 For with him is an arm of flesh; with us the
Lord our God, who is our helper, and fighteth for us.
And the people were encouraged with these words
of Ezechias king of Juda.

9 After this Sennacherib king of the Assyrians
sent his servants to Jerusalem, (for he with all his
army was beseiging Lachis,) to Ezechias king of
Juda, and to all the people that were in the city,
saying:

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians:
In whom do you trust, that you sit still besieged in
Jerusalem.

11 Doth not Ezechias deceive you, to give you
up to die by hunger and thirst, affirming that the
Lord your God shall deliver you from the hand of
the king of the Assyrians?

12 Is it not this same Ezechias, that hath de-
stroyed his high places, and his altars, and com-
manded Juda and Jerusalem, saying: You shall
worship before one altar; and upon it you shall burn
incense ?

13 Know you not what I and my fathers have
done to all the people of the lands? have the gods
of any nations and lands been able to deliver their
country out of my hand?

14 Who is there among all the gods of the nations,
which my fathers have destroyed, that could deliver
his people out of my hand, that your God should
be able to deliver you out of this hand?

15 Therefore let not Ezechias deceive you, nor
delude you with a vain persuasion; and do not be-
lieve him. For if no god of all the nations and
kingdoms, could deliver his people out of my hand,
and out of the hand of my fathers; consequently
neither shall your God be able to deliver you out
of my hand.

1G And many other things did his servants speak
against the LordGod,and against Ezechias his servant.

17 He wrote also letters full of blasphemy against
the Lord the God of Israel; and he spoke against
him : As the gods of other nations could not deliver
their people out of my hand, so neither can the God
of Ezechias deliver his people out of this hand.

18 Moreover he cried out with a loud voice,in
the Jew's tongue, to the people that sat on the walls of
Jerusalem, that he might frighten them, and take
the city.

19 And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem,
as against the gods of the people of the earth, the
works of the hands of men.

20 And Ezechias the king, and Isaias the prophet
the son of Amos, prayed against this blasphemy, and
cried out to heaven. .

21 And the Lord sent an Angel, who cut off all
the stout men and the warriors, and the captains of
the army of the king of the Assyrians : and he re-
turned with disgrace into his own country. And
when he was come into the house of his god, his
sons that came out of his bowels, slew him with
the sword.

22 And the Lord saved Ezechias and the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem, out of the hand of Sennache-
rib king of the Assyrians, and out of the hand of
all ; and gave them treasures on every side.

23 Many also brought victims and sacrifices to
the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezechias
king of Juda : and he was magnified thenceforth
in the sight of all nations.

24 In those days Ezechias was sick even to death :
and he prayed to the Lord : and he heard him, and
gave him a sign.

25 But he did not render again according to the
benefits which he had received; for his heart vyas
lifted up : and wrath was enkindled against him,
and against Juda and Jerusalem.

26 And he humbled himself afterwards, because
his heart had been lifted up, both he and the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem : and therefore the wrath of
the Lord came not upon them in thedaysof Ezechias.

27 And Ezechias was rich, and very glorious,
and he gathered himself great treasures of silver,
and of gold, and of precious stones, of spices, and
of arms of all kinds, and of vessels of great price ;

28 Store-houses also of corn, of wine, and of oil,
and stalls for all beasts, and folds for cattle.

29 And he built himself cities : for he had flocks
of sheep, and herds without number; for the Lord
had given him very much substance.

30 This same Ezechias was he that stopped the
upper source of the waters of Gihon, and turned
them away underneath toward the west of the city
of David : in all his works he did prosperously what
he would.

31 But yet in the embassy of the princes of Ba-
bylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the won-
der that had happened upon the earth, God left
him that he might be tempted, and all things might
be made known that were in his heart.

32 Now the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and of
his mercies, are written in the Book of the kings of
Juda and Israel.

33 And Ezechias slept with his fathers: and they
buried him above the sepulchres of the sons of Da-
vid : and all Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem celebrated his funeral : and Manasses his son
reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Manasses for Ms manifold wickedness is led captive to Baby-
lon : he repenteth ; and if restored to kit kingdom; and de-
stroyed idolatry: his successor Anion is slain by his servants.

MANASSES was twelve years old when he
began to reign : and he reigned fifty-five years
in Jerusalem.

356

ii. pahalimomlnoy

2 And be diil evil before the Lord, Recording to
all the abominations uf the nations, which the Lord
i ast out before the children of Israel :

3 And In- turned, and built again the high places
which Elaechias bis rather had destroyed: and be
built altars to Ma dim, and made groves, and he

adored all the host ot heaven,* ami worshipped
them.

V Hi- liuilt abo altars in the house of tin' Lord,
whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my
nana' be lor ever.

\nd he built them for all the host of heaven
in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

\nd be made liis sons to pass through the lire,
in the valley of Buneuupm: lie observed dreams,
followed divinations, pave himself up to magic arts,
had with him magicians, and enchanters : and he
wrought many r\ ils before the Lord, to provoke him
to anger.

/ He set also a graven and a molten statue in the
house of God, of which God had said to David,
and to Solomon his son: In this house, and in Je-
rusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes
oi Israi I, will I |iut mv name for ever.

!! \ lid I will not make the loot of Israel to he
removed out of the laud which I have delivered to
their fathers: yel so if they will take heed to do
what I have commanded them, and all the law,
and the, ceremonies, and judgments, by the hand of

Mos

9 So Manassas seduced Juda, and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the uatious,
which the Lord had destroyed before the face of the

children of Israel.

10 And the Lord spoke to him, and to his people:
and they would not hearken.

11 Therefore he brought upon them the captains
of the army of the kim; of the Assyrians: and they
took Mtmatnrtt and carried him hound with chains
and letters to Babylon.

12 And after that he was in distress, he prayed
to the Lord his (io<l ; ami did penance exceedingly
before the God of his fathers.

13 And he entreated him, and besought him
earnestly : end be heard his prayer, and brought him

again to Jerusalem into his kingdom: and Maun
knew that the Lord was God.

1 I After this he built a wall without the city of
David, on the west side of (iiliou in the \ alley, from

the entering in of the fish-gate round about to Ophel.

and raised it up to a great height : and he appointed
captains of the army in all the fenced cities of Juda :

1") And he took away the strange cods ; ,| U | rJie
idol out of the house of the Lord; the altars also
which he had made in the mount ol the house of the
Lord, and in Jerusalem : and he cast tin in all out
of the city.

16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and
ificed upon it victims, ;i n<l peace-ofierings. ami
praise : and he commanded Suds to serve the Lord
the (tod of Israel.

Tkt halt o/ ktar in.

. iri'l »Ur».
3J«

17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the

high places to the Lord their God.

Mut the rest of the net-, of Manasses, and his
prayer t<> his God. and the words of the seers that
spoke to him in the name of the Lord the ( .'oil of
Israel, are contained in the words ol the kings of

Ll.l. |.

I!» His prayer also. and«his being heard, ami nil

his -ins, ;in,| contempt, and places wherein lie built
high places, and set up groves ami statin's, before
he diil penance, are written in the words of llo/ai.

20 And Manasses slept with his fathers : ami
tbej buried him in his house ; and his .son Amon
reigned in his stead.

J I Amon was two and twenty years old when he
began to reign : and he reigned two years in Jeru-
salem.

Vnd he did evil in the sij;ht of the Lord, as
Manasses his father had done : ami he sncrifii cd to
all the idols w Inch Manasses his father had made, and
served them.

; Vnd he did not humble himself before the Lord,
is Vfanasses his father had humbled himself, but
committed far greater sins.

JV Vnd his servants conspired against him, and
slew him iii his own house.

-'"> Mut the rest of the multitude of the people
slew them that had killed Anion, and made Josias
his son king in his stead.

CHAM. \\\IV.

Josias dittrfiiiith idolatry ; rrp mr eti tfir Irmfih ; and rtnnrrth
thv Covenant between God and tin j> upU.

TOSIAS was eight years old when he began to
*' reign: and he reigned one and thirty years in

Jerusalem.

2 And be did that which was rijdit in the sight ot
the Lord, ami walked in the ways of David his fa-
ther: he dei lined not, neither to the right hand, nor
to the left.

3 And in the eighth year of his reign, when he
was yet a boy, he began to se< k the God of his fa-
ther David : and in the twelfth year after he Regan
to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the
high places, and the gloves, and the idols, and the
graven things.

V And they broke down before him the altars of
Baalim, and demolished the idols that had been set

upon them : and he cut down the groves and the

craven things, and broke them in pieces ; and strew-
ed the fragments upon the gravis of them that had
sacrificed to them.

5 And he burnt the bonesof the priests on the al-
tars ofthe idols: and be cleansed Juda and Jerusalem.

(> And in the cities of Manasses, and of Lphraim,
and of Simeon, even to Nephthali. he demolished all.

7 And when he had destroyed the altars, and tlie
troves, and had broken the idols in pieces, and had
demolished all profane temples throughout all the
land of Israel, he returned lo Jerusalem.

!'. Now in the eighteenth \ ear of his reign, when
he had cleansed the land, and the temple of the

Lord, he s, nt Saphan the son of ETselias, and Maa-
siai the governor ofthe citv, John the son of Joa-

CHAP. XXXV.

chaz the recorder, to repair the bouse of the Lord
his God.

9 And they came to Helcias the high priest ; and
received of him the money which had been brought
into the house of the Lord, and Which the Levites
Nid porters had gathered together from Manasses,
rt-nd Epbraim, and all the remnant of Israel, and
from all Juda, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem,

10 Which they delivered into the hands of them
that were over the workmen in the house of the
Lord, to repair the temple, and mend all that was
weak.

11 But they gave it to the artificers, and to the
masons, to buy stones out of the quarries, and tim-
ber for the couplings of the building, and to rafter
the houses, which the kings of Juda had destroy-
ed.

12 And they did all faithfully. Now the over-
seers of the workmen were Jahath and Abdias of
the sons of Merari, Zacbarias and Mosollamof the
sons of Caath, who hastened the work ; all Levites
skilful to play on instruments.

13 But over them that carried burdens for divers
uses, were scribes and masters, of the number of
the Levites, and porters.

14 Now when they carried out the money that
had been brought into the temple of the Lord, Hel-
cias the priest found the book of the law of the
Lord, by the hand of Moses.

15 And he said to Saphan the scribe: I have
found the book of the law, in the house of the Lord:
and he delivered it to him.

16 But he carried the book to the king, and told
him, saying: Lo, all that thou hast committed to
thy servants, is accomplished.

17 They have gathered together the silver that
was found in the house of the Lord : and it is given
to the overseers of the artificers, and of the work-
men, for divers works.

1 8 Moreover Helcias the priest gave me this book.
And he read it before the king.

19 And when he had heard the words of the law,
he rent bis garments:

20 And he commanded Helcias, and Ahicam
the son of Saphan, and Abdou the son of Micha,
and Saphan the scribe, and Asaa the king's servant,
saying:

21 Go, and pray to the Lord for me, and for the
remnantof Israel, and Juda, concerning allthe words
of this book which is found : for the great wrath of
the Lorjl hath fallen upon us, because our fathers
have not kept the words of the Lord, todo all things
that are written in this book.

22 And Helcias and they that were sent with him
by the king, went to Olda the prophetess, the wife
of Sellum the son of Thecuath, the son of Hasra
keeper of the wardrobe, who dwelt in Jerusalem
in the Second part: and they spoke to her the words
above-mentioned.

23 And she answered them: Thus saiththe Lord
(he God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to
me:

24 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring
evils upon this place, and upon the inhabitants
thereof, and all the curses that are written in this
book which they read before the king of Juda.

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have sa-
crificed to strange gods, to provoke me to wrath
with all the works of their hands, therefore my
wrath shall fall upon this place, and shall not be
quenched.

26 But as to the king of Juda that sent you to
beseech the Lord, thus shall you say to him: Thus
saith the Lord the God of Israel : Because thou hast
heard the words of this book,

27 And thy heart was softened, and thou hast
humbled thyself in the sight of God tor the things that
are spoken against this place, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, ana reverencing my face, hast rent thy gar-
ments, and wept before me: I also have heard thee,
saith the Lord.

28 For now I will gather thee to thy fathers:
and thou shalt be brought to thy tomb in peace : and
thy eyes shall not see all the evil that 1 will bring
upon this place, and the inhabitants thereof. They
therefore reported to the king all that she had said.

29 And he called together all the ancients of Ju-
da and Jerusalem,

30 And went up to the house of the Lord, and all
the men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
priests and the Levites, and all the people from the
least to the greatest. And the king read in their
hearing in the house of the Lord, all the words of
the book.

*31 And standing up in his tribunal, he made a
covenant before the Lord to walk after him, and
keep his commandments, and testimonies, and jus-
tifications, with all his heart, and with all his soul,
and to do the things that were written in that book
which he had read.

32 And he adjured all that were found in Jeru-
salem and Benjamin, to do the same : and the in-
habitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant
of the Lord the God of their fathers.

33 And Josias took away all the abominations
out of all the countries of the children of Israel ,•
and made all that were left in Israel, to serve the
Lord their God. As long as he lived, they depart-
ed not from the Lord the God of their fathers.

CHAP. XXXV.

Josias celebralcth a most solemn patch. He is slain by the king
of Egypt,
\ ND Josias kept a phase to the Lord in Jerusa-
-*■*- lem ; and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth
day of the first month.

2 And he set the priests in their offices, and ex-
horted them to minister in the house of the Lord.

3 And he spoke to the Levites, by whose instruc-
tion all Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying :
Put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which
Solomon the son of David king of Israel built : for
you shall carry it no more: but minister now to the
Lord your God, and to his people Israel,

4 And prepare yourselves by your houses and
families, according to your courses, as David king

357

11. PARALIPOMENON.

of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath
written.

5 And mtvi' ye in the sanctuary by the families
and companies of Lei i:

\nd being sanctified kill the phase, and prepare
your brethren, thai they may <lo according lo the

words which the Lord spoke by the hand ofMoseS.

7 And Josias gav< to all the people that were found

there in the solemnity oftfae phase, of lambs, and of
kills of the (locks, and of other small cattle, thirty

thousand: ind of oxen three thousand: all these

were of the king's substance.

8 And his princes willingly offered what they had

vowed, Initli to the people, and to the priests and
the 1 .elites. Moreover rielcias, and Zacharias,
and Jahiel, riders of the house of the Lord. gave lo
the priests to keep the phase, two thousand six hun-
dred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

9 And Chonenias, and Semeias, and \athanael,
his brethren, HasabaiS, and Jehiel, and Jozahad.
princes of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Le-
vin* to celebrate the phase, five thousand small cat-
tle, and t'wr hundred oxen.

In And the ministry was prepared, and the priests
stood in their office; the Levitts also in fkerV com-
panies, according to the kind's commandment.

I I And the phase w as immolated : and the priests
sprinkled the hlood with their hand: and the Le-
v ill > flayed the holocausts:

12 And they separated them to give them hv the
hon>es and families of every one, and to be offered
to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses !
and wiih the o\rn tiny did in like manner. »

13 And they roasted the phase with fire, accord-
ing to that which is written in the law: but the vic-
tims of peace-offerings they boiled in caldrons, and
keitlcs, and pots: and thejj distributed them speedily
among all the people.

1 l And afterwards they made ready for them-
selves, and for the priests: for the priest wire hu-

sii d in offering of holocausts and the fat until night:
wherefore the Levins prepared for themselves, and
for the priests the sons of Aaron last.

15 And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in
their order, according to the commandment of Da-
vid, and Asaph, and Ileman, and Milium, the

prophets of the king: and the pollers kept guard at

ev en -ate. so as no! io depart one moment from their
sen iei • : and therefore their brethren the Levites
prepared meats for them.

16" So all the service of the Lord \v:is dul\ ar
eomplished that day, both in keeping the phase, and
Offering holocausts upon the altar ol the Lord, ac-
cording to the commandment of kin^ Josias.

17 And the children of Israel thai were fptmd

there, kept the phase at that time, and the least pf
unleavened bread -even days.

]>'• There was no phase like to this in Ltai I, from
the days of Samuel the prophet: neither did an> of
all the kin:;s ol Lrael keep such a phase as Josias
kept, with the priests, and the Lev iles. and all .Itula,

3 lid Israel that Were found, and the inhabitant ol
enis.d.ir

19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias
w:is this phase celebrated.

20 After that Josias had repaired the temple,
Nechao king of Egypt came up to fight in Cbarca-
mis by (he Euphrates: and Josias went OUt IO meet
him.

21 But he sent messengers td him, saying: What
have I to do with thee, kin;: of Ju.la- I come not
against thee this day; but 1 fight against another
house, to which God hath commanded me to go in

baste: forbear to do against God, who is with me,

lest he kill thee.

22 Josias would not return, but prepared to fight
against him, and hearkened not to the words of Ne-
chao from the month ol' God, but went to fight in
i In- field of Mageddo.

23 And _ there he was wounded by the auhcrs :
and he said to his servants: Cain me out of the
battle: fori am grievously wounded.

24 And they removed him from the chariot into
another, that followed him after the manner of kings :
and they carried him away to Jerusalem; and In-
died, and was buried in the monument ol his fa-
thers: and all Jnda and Jerusalem mourned for him,

25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations
for Josias all the singing men and sin^in^ Women
repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in
Israel : Behold, H is found written in the Lamen-
tations.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Josias and of his
mercies, according to what was commanded by tin-
law of the Lord:

27 And his works first and last, are written in the
Book of (he kings of Jnda and Israel

CHAP. XXXVI,

The reigns nfjonchtiz, Juukim, Jofirhin, and Stilerias : the rnp

tirily nf B ibylmi rtlttisi (I nl huuth f>u Ct/rici.
HPHEN the people ol the land look Joachaz the
-*- son of Josias. and made him king instead of
his father in Jerusalem.

2 Joachaz was three and twenty years old, when
he began to reign: and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem.

3 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and
deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred
talents of silver, and a talent of gold*

4 And he made l.liakim his brother kin- in his
stead, over Jnda and Jerusalem : and he turned his
name to Joakim: blithe took Joachaz with him,
and carried him away into Egypt

5 Joakim Was five and twenty years old when
he began to reign: and he reigned eleven vears in
Jerusalem: and he did evil before the Lord histoid.

6 Against him came up Nabuchodonosor kin. ol
the Chaldeans, and led him hound in chains into
Babylon.

7 And he carried also thither the m -m Is of the
Lord, and put them in his temple.

8 But the rest of the acts of Joakim. and his
abominations, which he wrought, and the things
that were found in him, are contained in (he Hook
ol the k'm-s ol Jnda and Israel. And Joachin his
son reigned in his stead

CHAP. I.

* Joachin was eight years old* when he began to
kOigu : and he reigned three months and ten days in
Jerusalem : and he did evil in the sight of the
Lord.

10 And at the return of the year, king Nabucho-
donosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, carrying
away at the same time the most precious vessels of
the house of the Lord: and he made Sedecias his
uncle king over Juda and Jerusalem.

11 Sedecias was one and twenty years old when
he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem.

12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his
God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias the

Erophet speaking to him from the mouth of the
.ord.

13 He also revolted from king Nabuchodonosor,
who had made him swear by God: and he hardened
his neck and his heart, from returning to the Lord
the God of Israel.

14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the
people wickedly transgressed according to all the
abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the
house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to him-
self in Jerusalem.

15 And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to
them, by the hand of his messengers, rising early,
and daily admonishing them: because he spared his
people and his dwelling place.

16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and
despised his words, and misused the prophets, until

* Eight years old. He was associated by his father to the kingdom,
when be was but eight years old : but after his father's death, when
be reijned alone, he was eighteen years old, 4 Kmgs xxiv. 8.

the wrath of the Lord arose against his people; and
there was no remedy.

17 For ht: brought upon them the king of the
Chaldeans: and he slew their young men with the
sword in the house of his sanctuary: he had no com-
passion on young man, or maiden, old man, or even
him that stooped for age: but he delivered them all
into his hands.

18 And all the vessels of the house of the Lord,
great and small, and the treasures of the temple, and
of the king, and of the princes, he carried away to
Babylon.

19 And the enemies set fire to the house of God,
and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burnt all
the towers; and whatsoever was precious they de-
stroyed.

20 Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into
Babylon, and there served the king and his sons,
till the reign of the king of Persia;

21 That the word of the Lord by the mouth of
Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might
keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation
she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were
expired.

22- But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Per
sians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had
spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred
up the heart of Cyrus king of the Persians: who
commanded it to be proclaimed through all his king
dom, and by writing also, saying:

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: All
the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God
of heaven given to me; and he hath charged me to
build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea:
who is there among you of all his people ? The
Lord his God be with him; and let him go up.

THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS.

This book taketh its name from the teriter: who was a holy
priest, ami doctor of the law. He is called by the. Hebrews
Ezra.

CHAP. I.

Cyrus king of Persia releaseth GorFs people from their captivi-
ty, icith license to return and build the temple in Jerusalem :
and restoreth the holy vessels which Nabuchodonosor had taken
from thence.

Ii\ the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians,
that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jere-
mias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit
of Cyrus king of the Persians : and he made a pro-
clamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writ-
ing also, saying:

2 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The
Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the
kingdoms of the earth : and he hath charged me to
build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

3 Who is there among you of all his people?

His God be with hi.rn. Let him go up to Jerusalem,
which is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord
the God of Israel ; he is the God that is in Jerusalem.

4 And let all the rest in all places wheresoever
they dwell, help him every man from his place, with
silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, besides that
which they offer freely to the temple of God, which
is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda
and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and
every one whose spirit God hath raised up, to go up
to budd the temple of the Lord, which was in Je-
rusalem.

6 And all they that were round ' - Ht, helped their
hands with vessels of silver, and ^d, with goods,
and with beasts, and with furnitui", beside? what
they had offered on their own accord.

7 And king Cyrus brought forth the yesse|s of

??9

I. ESDKAS.

the temple of the I^ml, which Nabuchodonosor had
taken from Jerusalem, and dm put tin m in the
temple of bis god.

Cyrus king of Peisia brought then forth.
l>\ the hand of Mitbridates the son ofGasabar, and
hiiiiiImtiiI them to Sassabasar the prince of Juoa.

.' \nil this is the number of them: thirty bowk

gold, ;i thousand bowls of silver, nine ami twenty
kiim -^. thirtj cups of gold.

|u Silver cups of ;i second sort, four hundred and
ten : other vessels;! thousand.

1 1 All the vessels of gold and silver, fire thousand
four hundred: All these Sassabasar brought with

them that came up from the captivity of.Babylon

to Jerusalem.

CHAP. II.

The number of them that returned toJudea I their oblation*.

NOW these are the children of the province, thai
went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodono-
sor k'um of Babylon had carried awaj to Babylon,
and who returned to Jerusalem and Juoa, every man
to lii» city :

1 Who came with Zorobabel. Jotue, Nehemia,
iia. Rahclaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphnr, Be-
&uai, Kehiiin, Baana. The number of the men of
the people of Israel:

. | The children of Pharos, two thousand one hun-
dred seventy-two.

V The children of Sephatia, three hundred se-
ventv-two.

6 The children of Area, seven hundred seventy -

fire.

6 The children of Phahath Moab, of the chil-
dren of Josue : Joab, two thousand eight hundred
twelve.

7 The children of Klam, a thousand two hun-
dred fifty-four.

;; The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty-
five.

9 The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty.

10 Thechildren of Hani, six hundred forty-two.
1 1 The children of Bcbai, six hundred twenty-
three.

\Z Tin- children ol Azgad, a thousand two hun-
dred twenty-two.

13 The children of Adonicam, six hundred six-

t\ MX.

14 The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty-

six.

fifty-

15 The children of Adin, four hundred
four.

16 Thechildren of Ather, who were of Ezechi-
as. ninety-eight.

17 The children of Besai, three hundred and
twi nty-three,

18 Thechildren of Jora, a hundred and twelve.

19 The children of Ilasum, two hundred twen-
ty -th

20 The children ofGebbari ninetv-fivr.

21 The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twen-

ly-tli

22 Tin unn of Netuphn, fifty-six.

The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty
eight.

The children of A-/.ina\eth, forty-two
i The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and
Heroth. seven hundred forty-din

26 Th« children of Kama and Gabaa, six hun-
dred twenty-one.

27 Tin' men of Machinas, a hundred twenty-
two.

28 The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred
twenty-three.

' The children of Nebo. fifty-two.
The children ol Megbts, a hundred filly-six
31 The children of the oilier Klam, a thousand
two hundred fifty-four.

■ <2 The children of llarim, three hundred and
tu enty.

33 The children of Lod, Madid, and Ono, sev< n
hundred twenty- five.

34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-
five.

35 The children of Senaa, three thousand six
hundred thirty.

30 The priests: The children of Jadaia of the
house of Jostle, nine hundred seventy-three.

37 The children of Conner, a thousand fifty-two.

3b* The children of Phe.shur, a thousand two
hundred forty-seven.

39 The children of llarim, a thousand and se-
renteeu.

40 The Levites : The children of Josue and of
Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four

41 The singing men: The children ol Asaph, a
hundred twenty-eight.

I J The children of the porters: The children
of Sellum. the children of Aler, the children ol
Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Sobai : in all a hundred
tbklv-uine.

43 The Nathinites: The children of Siha, the
children of Ilasiipha, the children of Tabbaoih,

44 The children of Ceroe, the children of Sia,
the children of Phadon.

45 The children of I.chaii:i,1hc children of Ha-
gaba, thechildren of Accub,

46 The children of Ilagah, the children of Sem-
lai, the children of llauan.

47 The children of, Gaddel, the children of Ga-

ber, the children of llaaia,

48 The children of IJasin, the children of Ne-
coda, the children of (ia/.ain.

49 The children of Aza, the children of Phasea,
the children of Best

50 The children of Asena, the children of Mil-
ium, the children of Nephiisiin.

51 The children of Bacbuc, the children of Ha-
cupha, the children of Harhor,

52 The children of Besluth, the children ol
Mahida. the children ol Ilarsa,

The children of Bercos, the children of Sisa
ra. the children of Thi n

54 The children of .Yim.i, the children of \lo
tiphu,

CHAP.

55 The children of the servants of Solomon, tlie
children of Sotai, the children of Sopheret, the
children of Pharuda,

56 The children of Jala, the children of Der-
con, the children of Geddel,

57 The children of Saphatia, the children of
Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of
Asehaim, the children of Ami,

58 All the Nathinites, and the children of the
servants of Solomon-, three hundred ninety-two.

59 And these are they that came up from Thel-
mela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Enter.
And they could not show the house of their fathers
and their seed, whether they were of Israel.

60 The children of Dalaia, the children of To-
bia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty-two.

61 And of the children of the priests: The chil-
dren of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children
of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of
BerzelIaitheGalaaditc,and w-as called by their name:

62 These sought the writing of their genealogy,
and found it not : and they were cast out of the
priesthood.

63 And Athersatha said to them, that they
should not eat of the Holy of Holies, till there arose
a priest learned and perfect.

64 All the multitudes as one man, were forty-
two thousand* three hundred and sixty :

65 Besides their men-servants, and women-ser-
vants, of whom there were seven thousand three
hundred and thirty-seven ; and among them sing-
ing men, and singing women two hundred.

66 Their horses seven hundred thirty-six ; their
mules two hundred forty-five ;

67 Their camels four hundred thirty-five ; their
asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68 And some of the chief of the fathers, vvhen
they came to the temple of the Lord, which is in
Jerusalem, offered freely to the house of the Lord
to build it in its place.

69 According to their ability, they gave towards
the expenses of the work, sixty-one thousand solids
of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hun-
dred garments for the priests.

70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of
the people, and the singing men, and the porters,
and the Nathinites, dwelt in their cities, and all
Israel in their cities.

CHAP. III.

An altar is built for sacrifice : the feast of tabernacles is solemn-
ly celebrated : and the foundations of the temple are laid.

AND now the seventh month was come; and
the children of Israel were in their cities : and
the people gathered themselves together as one
man to Jerusalem.

2 And Josuef the son of Josedec rose up, and his
brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Sa-

* Forty two thousand, Sfc. Those who arc reckoned op above of the
tribes of Juiia, Benjamin, and Levi, fall short of this number. The
rest, who must be taken in to make up the whole sum, were of the
other tribes.

(• Jostu : or Jesus, (Jestiua,) the son of Josedec ; he was the high
priest, at that lime.

111, IV.

Iathiel,and his brethren: and they built the altar of
the God of Israel, that they might offer holocausts
upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man
of God.

3 And they set the altar of God upon its basis,
while the people of the lands round about put them
in fear: and they offered upon it a holocaust to the
Lord morning and evening.

4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is
written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly
according to the commandment, the duty of the day
in its day.

5 And afterwards the continual holocaust, both
on the new-moons, and on all the solemnities of
the Lord, that were consecrated, and on all in which
a free-will-offering was made to the Lord.

6 From the hist day of the seventh month they
began to offer holocausts to the Lord: but the tem-
ple of God was not yet founded.

7 And they gave money to hewers of stones, and
to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sido-
nians and Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Liba-
mis to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders
which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them.

8 And in the second year of their coming to the
temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zo-
robabel the son of Salathiel, and Jostle the son of
Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and
the Levites, and all that were come from the captivi-
ty to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed Leviies
from twenty years old and upward, to hasten for-
ward the work of the Lord.

9 Then Josue and his sons and his brethren,
Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda,
as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work
in the temple of God : the sons of Henadad, and
their sons, and their brethren the Levites.

10 And when the masons laid the foundations of
the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their or-
naments with trumpets; and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of
David king of Israel.

11 And they sung togt^her hymns, and praise to
the Lord: because he is good, for his mercy endu-
reth for ever towards Israel. And all the people
shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, be-
cause the foundations of the temple of the Lord
were laid.

12 But many of the priests and the Levites, and
the chief of the fathers and the ancients, that had
seen the former temple; when they had the founda-
tion of this temple before their eyes, wept with a
loud voice: and many shouting for joy, lifted up
their voice.

13 So that one could not distinguish the voice ot
the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of
the people: lor one with another the people shouted
with a loud shout, and the voice was heard afar off

CHAP. IV.

The Samaritans by their letter to the king hinder the bhilding

NOW the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard
that the children of the captivity were building
a temple to the Lord the "God of Israel.

3C1

T. ESDRAS.

2 And they came to Zorobaln-1, and (he rhief of
the fathers, and said to them: Lei lis build with von,
tor hc M'lk Minr God as ye do: behold, we have
sacrificed to him, since the days of Asor Haddan
kins of Assyria, who brought us hither.

But Zoiohahel, and Josue, and the rest of the
chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have
nothing to do with ns to build a house to our (jiod:
hm we ourselves alone will luiild lo the Lord dim
God, OS Cyrus king of the Persians hath command-
ed lis.

4 Then the people of the laud hindered the hands
of the people of .luda, and (rotlliled them in building.
\nd the) hired counsellors against them, to
frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus kin:: of
I'ersia. even until the reign of Darius king of the
Persians.

6 And in the reign of Assuerus,* in the beginning
of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the in
habitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

7 And in the days of Artaxc-rxes, Hcm lam, Mith-
ridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the
council, wrote to Artaxcixes king of the Persians:
and the letter of accusation was written in Syriac,
and was read in the Syrian tongue.

8 Ileum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a
letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this
manner:

9 ileum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and
the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the
Apharsathaeites, the Therphalites, the Apharsites,
the Krchuites, the Bahvloniaus, the Susiinechites,
the Dieviiis, and the Kdamites,

10 And the rest of the nations, whom the great
and glorious Asenaphar brought over, and made to
dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the
countries on this side of the river in peace.

1 1 (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent
to him) To Arta\i i\cs the king, thy servants, tin-
men that are on this side of the river, send greeting.

12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who
came up from thee to u>. arc conic to Jerusalem a
rebellious and wicked city, which they are building,
setting up the ramparts thereof, and repairing the
walls.

13 And now be it known to the king, that if this
citv be built up, and the walls thereof repaired, they
will not pay tribute, nor toll, or yearly revenue-,;
and this loss will fall upon the kings.

1 | I » 1 1 r we remembering the salt that we have
eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime
to see the king wronged, have therefore sent and
certified the king,

15 That search may be made in the books of the
histories of thy fathers, and thou shall find written in
the records: and shalt know, that this city is | re-
bellious city, and hurtful to the kings and prov inces ;
and that wars were raised therein of old time: for
w Inch cause also the city was destroy) d.

..f

by a

snriM called Cambytea, the aon and
Oyni«. He i» alto in the following vtnt named Artaxerxea,
name common to almuat all (Ik- km<> of Portia.

.10 :

16 We certify the king, that if this city Ik? built,
and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no
(Kisscssion on this side of the river.

17 The king sent word to Ileum Beelteem, and
Samsai the scribe, and to the rest that wen- in ilieir
council, inhabitants of Samaria, and to the rest be-
yond the river, sending gre< liug and pe;nc.

18 The accusation, which you have sent to u<.
hath been plainly read Ik lore me.

19 And 1 commanded; ami search hath been
made; and it is found, that this city of old time
hath rebelled against kings; and seditions ami wais
have been raised therein.

20 For there have been powerful kings in Jerusa-
lem, who have had dominion over all the country
that is beyond the river; and have received tribute,
and toll, and rev.

21 Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder
those men, that this city be not built, till further
orders Ik? given by me.

22 See that you be not negligent in executing
this; lest by little and little the evil giow to the hurt
of the kings.

23Now the copy of the edict of king Arta\.i\ es
w as read Im fore Keiiin Beelteem. and Samsai the
scribe, and their counsellors: and they went up in
haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and hindered them
with arm and power.

24 Then the work of the house of the Lord in
Jerusalem was interrupted, and < cased till the se-
cond year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

chap. y.

Hi/ the rxhnrtation of Aggrus, and Y.ncharint, the people proceed
in building the temple : which their enemies strict in ruin to
hinilrr.

TVTOW Aggeus the prop h et, and Zachariasthe son
■*-* of Addo, prophesied to the Jews, that were in
Judea and Jerusalem, in the name of the God ol
ImicI.

2 Then rose up Zorohabel the son of Salathiel.
and Josue the son of Josedec, and began to luiild
the temple of God in J e r usale m ; and with them
were the prophets of God helping them.

3 And at the same time came to them Thathanai,
who was governor beyond the river, and Stharbu
y.auai, and their counsellors: and said thus to (hem
Who hath given TOO 0000004 to huild this house, ai.il
to repair the walls thereof.'

4 In answer to which we gave them the names
of the men who were the promoters of ilia! building.

5 But the eye ol their God was upon the ancients
of the Jews; and they could not hinder them. Aial
it was agreed that the matter should Im- referred
to Darius: and then they should give satisfaction
concerning that accusation.

(> The copy of the letter that Thathanai governor

of the country beyond the river, and Stliaraucanai,
and his counsellors the Arphasachites ; who dwelt
beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.

7 The letter which they sent him, was wiilten
thus: To Darius the king all peace.

;; Be it known to the king, that we went to the
province ol Judea, to the hOMBS of the great God,

CHAP. VI.

which they :ne nuilding with unpolished stones, and
timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried
on diligently, and advanceth in their hands.

9 And we asked those ancients, and said to them
thus: Who hath given yon authority to build this
house, and to repair these; walls?

10 We asked also of them their names, that we
might give thee notice : and we have written the
names of the men that are the chief among them.

11 And they answered us in these words, saying :
We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth:
and we are building a temple that was built these
many years ago, and which a great king of Israel
built and set up.

12 But after that our fathers had provoked the
God of heaven to wrath, he delivered them into the
hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon the
Chaldean : and he destroyed this house, and cai-
ried away the people to Babylon

13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Ba-
bylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house
of God should be built.

14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the
temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor had taken
out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and had
brought them to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus
brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were
delivered to one Sassabasar, whom also be appoint-
ed governor : 9

15 And said to him: Take these vessels, and go
and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem ;
and let the house of God be built in its place.

16 Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the
foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem ; and
from that time until now it is in building, and is not
yet finished.

17 Now therefore if it seem good to the king, let
him search in the king's library, which is in Baby-
lon, whether it hath been decreed by Cyrus the
king, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be
built : and let the king send his pleasure to us con-
cerning this matter.

CHAP. VI.

Ki n? Darius favoureth the building, and rontribufeth to it.

HP HEN king Darius gave orders: and they
-* searched in rhe library of the books that were
laid tip in Babylon.

2 And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a
castle in the province of Media, a book in which
this record was written.

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the
king decreed, that the house of God should be built,
which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may
offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations
that may support the height of threescore cubits,
and the breadth of threescore cubits,

4 Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows
of new timber: and the charges shall be given out
of the king's house.

5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the
temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor took out of
the temple of Jerusalem, and brought to Babvlon,
W. restored, and carried back to the temple of Je-

rusalem to their place, which also were placed in
the temple of God.

6 Now therefore Thathanai governor of the coun-
try, beyond the river, Stharbuzanai, and your coun-
sellors the Apharsachites. who are beyond the river,
depart far from them :

7 And let that temple of God be built by the
governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that
they may build that house of God in its place.

8 1 also have commanded what must be done by
those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God
may be built; to wit, that of the king's chest, that
is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country be-
yond the river, the charges be diligently given to
those men, lest (he work be hindered.

9 And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and
lambs, and kids, for holocausts to the God of hea-
ven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the
custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given
them day by day, that there be no complaint in
any thing.

10 And let them offer oblations to the God of
heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of
his children.

1 1 And I have made a decree : That if any who-
soever shall alter this commandment, a beam be ta-
ken from his house, and set up ; and he be nailed
upon it ; and his house be confiscated.

12 And may the God, that hath caused his name
to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the peo-
ple that shall put out their hand to resist, and to de-
stroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I
Darius have made the decree, which I will have
diligently complied with.

13 So then Thathanai governor of the country
beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his coun-
sellors, diligently executed what Darius the king
had commanded.

14 And the ancients of the Jews built, and pros-
pered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the pro-
phet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they
built and finished, by the commandment of the God
of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and
Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians.

15 And they were finishing this house of God,
until the third day of the mouth of Adar, which was
in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

16 And the children of Israel, the priests and
the Levites, and the rest of the children of the cap-
tivity kept thededicationof the houseof'God with joy.

17 And they offered atthededicationof the house
of God, a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four
hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israt I
twelve he-goats, according to the number of the
tribes of Israel.

18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and
the Levites in their courses over the works of God
in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

19 And the children of Israel of the captivity
kept the phase, on the fourteenth, day of the first
month.

20 For all the priests and the Levites were puri-
fied as one man : all were clean to kill the phase for

I. ESDKAS.

all the children of the captivity, and for their bre-
thren tin- priests, and themselves.

Jl \ud the children of Israel that were returned
from captivity, and all that had separated themselves
from the nlthinessot the natiousot the earth to them,

to -ri-k the Lord the God of Israel, (lid eat.

\ ml thev kept the feast Of" unleavened bread
seven da vs with joy; lor the Lord had made them
joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Ks-
svria to them, that he should bell) their hands in
the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.

(II \l\ VII.

Esdras forth up to Jtrnsali-m to triuk. and assist the people,
with a gracious decree of .Irlaxerxe*.

NOW after these things in the reign of Artax-
• hh kin:; of the Persians, Esdras the son of
S.oaias. the son of A/arias, the son of Helens,

I I'iie son nl Sellum, the son of Zadoc, the son
of Aehitoh,

3 The son of Amarias, the son of Azarias, tin-
son of Maraioth,

4 The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of
Bocci,

') The son of Ahisue, the son of Phinees, the .nn
of Klea/.ar, the BOD of Aaron the priest from the
beginning.

6 This Ksdras went up from Bah) Ion; and he
VMS ready Sfiliha in the law of Moms, w hieh the
Lord < iod had siven to Lrai I: and the king granted
him all his request, according to the hand of the
Lord his ( iod upon him.

7 And there went up some of the children of Is-
rael, and of the ehildren of the priests, anil of the
children oi' the Le\ iies. and of the singing men,
and of the porters, and of the Nathinites, to Jerota-
lem ia the seventh jreor of Aftaserxes the king.

\ id they came to Jerusalem in the tilth month,
in the seventh \car of the king.

!> 1'or upon the first day of the first month he be-
gan to so up from Bah) Ion: and on the first day of
the filth month he eame to Jerusalem, according to
the coed hand ol his < iod upon him.

Id I or Esdras liad prepared his heart to seek tin-
law ol tin- Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel
the commandments and judgment.

II And I his is die copy of the letter of the edict,
which kins; Artaxerves gave to Ksdras the priest,
the Kcril>e«iustructed in the words and command-
ment ot the Lord, and MS ceremonies in Israel.

IJ \rti\er\es king of kings to Ksdras t he priest,
the most learned scribe of the law of the (.iod of
heaven, greeting.

Id ll is decreed liv me. that all thev ol the people
ol Israel, and of the priests and of the Levites in
mv realm, that are minded to so into Jerusali in,
should so with thee.

1 \ For thou art sent from before the

kin:;, and
Jerusalem

is iii th\

his seven counsellors, to visit .India and

Rccordine to the law of thy God which
and:

15 And to earrv the silver and sold, which the
kins and hi- counsellors have freely Ottered to the
(iod of Israel, w hose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

•

16 And all the silver and sold that thou shall
lad in all the province of Babylon, and that the
people is willing to oiler, and that the i hall
ofl.i of their own accord lo the house of their God
w lech is in Jerusalem,

17 Take Irei l\ : and buy diligently with this mo-
no calves, rams, lambs, with the sacrifices and lihn-
tious of them, and oiler ihem upon the altar of the
temple of vour God, that is in Jerusalem.

IK And if it seem good to thee, and lo thy bre-
thren, to do any thins w uh the rest of the silver and
sold, do it according to the h ill of your God.

19 The ressela also, that are riven that for tin?
sacrifice of the house of thy (iod, deliver thou
in the sisht efOod in Jerusalem.

20 And whatsoever more there shall Im* need of
for the house of thy God, how much soever ihou
shah have occasion to s| end, it shall Ik- given out
of the treasury, and the king's exchequer, ami by
me.

21 I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and de-
creed to all the keepers of the public dust, thai are
lievond the river, that whatsoever Ksdras the priest,
the scribe of the law of ihe (iod of heaven, shall
require of you, you sive it without delay,

22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto a
hundred cores of wheat, and unto a hundred hales of
wine, and unto a hundred hates of oil, and salt w ith-
out measure. 1

23 All that heloneeth to the rites of the God of
heaven, let it he given diligently in the house of the
God of heaven: lest his wrath should he enkindled
against the realm of the king, and of his sons.

J i We sive \ on also to understand concerning all
the priests, and the Levites. and the singers, and the
porters, and the Xathinitcs. and ministers of the
house of this God, that \ou have no million!) to
impose toll, or tribute, or custom upon tin in.

25 And thou. Ksdras. according to the wisdom
of thy (iod, which is in th\ hand appoint jut]
and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that
is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the
law of thy (iod. yea. and iheisnorant teach ve freely,

26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy
God, and the law of the king dilisently, judsuient
shall be executed upon hint, either unto death, as
unto banishment, or to the confiscation of goods, or
al least to prison.

27 Blessed he the Lord the God of our fathers,
who hath put this in the kins's heart, to gloiify the
house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem ;

25! And hath i in lined his mercy toward me before
the kins and his counsellors, and all the mighty

nrinees of the king: and I being strengthened by t fie
hand of the Lord mv (iod. which was upon me,

men to so up

alhered together out of Israel chief
with me.

CHAP. XIII.

The companions of Ksdras. Tht fast which ir nppoinletl. Titty
bring thr halt/ rrssrli into ll" trn |

NOW these aie the chit Is of families, and the
of ihem, w ho came up w iih me
from Bah) Ion in the reign of Aitaxerxes the king.

CHAP VIII.

2 Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the
sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David,
Haltns.

3 Of the sons of Seclienias, the son of Pharos,
Zacharias, and with him were numbered a hun-
dred and fifty men.

4 Of the "sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the
son of Zareha, and with him two hundred men.

5 Of the sons of .Scehenias, the son of Ezeehiel,
and with him three hundred men.

G Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jona-
than, and with him fifty men.

7 Of the sous of Alam, Isaias the son of Atha-
lias, and with him seventy men.

8 Of the sons of Saphatia, Zebedia the son of
Michael, and with him eighty men.

9 Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of Ja-
hiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men.

10 Of the sons of Selomith, the son of Josphia,
and with him a hundred and sixty men.

11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the son of
Bebai, and with him eight and twenty men.

12 Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son of Ec-
cetan, and with him a hundred and ten men.

13 Of the sous of Adonicam, who were the last:
and these are their names: Eiiphelet, and Jehiel,
and Samaias, and with them sixty men.

14 Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and
with theiTLseventy men.

15 And I gathered them together to the river,
which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there
three days : and I sought among the people and
among the priests, for the sons of Levi ; and found
none there.

16 So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias,
and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan,
and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief
men ; and Joiarib and Elnathan, wise men.

17 And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in
the place of Chasphia : and I put in their mouth
the words that they should speak to Eddo, and his
brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia,
that they should bring us ministers of the house of
our God.

18 And by the good hand of our God upon us,
they brought us a most learned man of the sons of
Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sara-
bias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen,

19 And Hasabias, and with him isaias of the
sons of Merari, and his brethren, and his sons
twenty.

20 And of the Nathinites, whom David and the
princes gave for the service of the Levites, Nathin-
ites two hundred and twenty all these were call-
ed by their names.

21 And I proclaimed there a fast* by the river
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the
Lord our God, and mixht ask of him a right way
for us and for our children, and for all our sub-
stance.

♦ .iiid [proclaimed there a fast. It is DOl enough lo part from Baby-
lon, that is, fururatirely, from sin, but wc must alsi do works of pe-
nance : and therefore Esdras here proclaimed an extraordinary fast to

22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for aid
and for horsemen, to defend us from the enemv in
the way: because we had said to the king: The
hand of our God is upon all them that seek him in
goodness ; and his power and strength, and wrath
upon all them that forsake him.

23 And we fasted, and besought our God for
this ; and it fell out prosperously unto us.

24 And I separated twelve of the chief of the
priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten
of their brethren.

25 And I weighed unto them the silver and
gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of
our God, which the king and his counsellors, and
his princes, and all Israel that were found, had
offered.

26 And I weighed to their hands six hundred
and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred vessels
of silver, a hundred talents of gold,

27 And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand
solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass,
beautiful as gold.

28 And 1 said to them : You are the holy ones
of the Lord ; and the vessels are holy, and the sil-
ver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the
God of our fathers.

29 Watch ye, and keep them, till you deliver
them by weight before the chief of the priests, and
of the Levites, and the heads of the families of Is-
rael in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of
the Lord.

30 And the priests and the Levites received the
weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to
carry them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

31 Then we set forward from the river Ahava
on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Je-
rusalem : and the hand of our God was upon us,
and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and
of such as lay in wait by the way.

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed
there three days.

33 And on the fourth day the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels, were weighed in the house
of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of
Urias the priest, and with him was Ehazer the
son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of
Josue, and Noadaia the son of Bennoi, Levites :

34 According to the number and Weight of eve-
ry thing : and all the weight was written at thai
time.

35 Moreover the children of them that had
been carried away that were come out of the captivi-
ty, offered holocausts to the God of Israel, twelve
calves for all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams,
seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin:
all for a holocaust to the Lord.

36 And they gave the king's edicts to the lords
that were from the king's court, and the governors
beyond the river, and they furthered the people and
the house of God.

those that were come from captivity. This snows that fasting win
commanded and practised from the earliest limes.

365 •

( li \l\ IV

Etdrat mourne k for the ttamtgrrssion »f the people : Ms c*»l-
ftssioH and pro],

AM) after these things u. re accomplished, the
priii" is came lo me, The people pi

l>r;i> I, anii the pri«>t»> ami Leviles, have not sepa-
rated themselves from the people of the hinds, and
from their ahouiinaliniis, namely, of the ( hauaan-
iiev. and the Hethites, and the I'here/.ites, and the
Jchusites, and the Ajumonilcs, and the Moabilcs,
and the Lg.vpliaus, and the Ainorrhiies :

I lor they have taken of their daughters for
themselves, and for theu sons: and ibei hare min-
gled the holy seed with the people of the lands.
And the hand ot 'the princes and magistrate! hath
bet n first in thi* transgn WtOtt.*

\nd when I had heard this word. I rent mv
mantle and my coat, and plucked oil the hairs ol
my head and ins beard: and I sal down mourning.

4 And then wen assembled to me all that (eared
the God ot Israel, because of the transgression of
those, 'hat were mine Irom the captivity : and 1 sat
sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice.

5 \nd at the evening sacrifice I rose tip from my
affliction; and having rent mv mantle and ma gar-
inenl. 1 It'll upon my knees, and spiead out m> hands
to the Lord uiv God ;

6 And said : My God, I am confounded, and
ashamed to lift up my lace lo thee: for our iniqui-
tiea are multiplied over our beads ; and our sins an'
grown up even onto heaven,

7 Prom the days of our fathers: and we our-
sslves also have tinned grievouslj unto this daj :

and for onr iniquities we and our kim:s. and our

1>rie»i> have been delivered into the hands of till
.ings of the lands, and to the sword, and to cap-
livitv, and lo s|>oil, and to confusion of lace, as it is
at this day.

8 And now as a little, and for a moment has qui
prayer been made Inline die I and our ( iod, to It av e
us ,i remnant, and zive u> a pint m his holy place ;
and that onr God would enlighten onr eyes, and
would nive ns a little life in onr bondage.

'.i For we are bondmen: and in our oondageour

God halh not forsaken us. hut haih extended mercy
upon us before the k'nm of the Persians, to ^ive us
life, and to set up the house of our (iod, and to re-
build the desolation* I hereof, and u» pre us a fence
in .luda and Jerusalem,

1(1 And now, O our God, whit shall we Sfl)
after this? for we have forsaken thy co tandments,

11 Which thou hisi commanded by the hand ol
thy servants the prophet** saying : The laud which
v<ui go m possess, is an anclean land, according to
the uneleaiiii'ss of the people, and of other lands,
with their abominations who have filled it from
■OUth t outh w nil their filth.

12 Now therefore nive noi your daughters to their
sons; and take not their daughters for your sons:

i i ;duas.

and s, ek not their

ever; thai von

heir peace, nor their prosperity for
mav be strengthened, and dmtj eat

the mod things ol ihe land, and may have your
children jour heirs for ever.

I.I And alier all that is come upon us, for om
most wicked deeds, and our great mil teeing thai
thou our dod hast s;i\ M | us from our iniquity, ana
hast given us a deliverance as at this da v.

14 That we should not turn aw ay , nor break thy
commandments, nor join in marriage with the peo-
ple ol these abominations. Art thou angry with us
unto utler destruction, not to leave us a remnant to
lie s;im d .'

15 () Lord God of Israel, thou art just : for w<
remain yet to he saved as at this day. Behold, we
arc before thee in onr sin ; for there can be no
standing before thee in ihis matter.

CHAP. X.

(htltr ixliiLni for discharging strange vmnen : thr names of

the guilty.
TV' OW when Ksdras was thus pray in::, and fce-
-L* seeching, and weeping, and lying before the

temple of God, there was -allured to him of Israel
an exceeding great assembly of men and women
and children : and the people wept with much
lamentation.

2 And Seehenias the son of Jchie! of thr sons of
Klam. answered, and said to Csdras : We have
sinned against our God, and have take^i strange
wives of the people of the land: and now, if there
l>e repentance in Israel concerning this,

3 Let us make a covenant with the Lord oui
God, to put awaj all the w ive*. and such as are horn
o( them, according to the will of the Lord, and of
litem that (ear the commandment of the Lord our
(iod : let it he done according to the law.

4 Arise; it is thy part to give orders, and wo w ill
he w ill) thee: take courage, and do it.

6 So Ksdras arose, anil made tin- chiefs of the
priests, and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear
ihat the) would do according to this Word: and they
swore.

6 And l.sdras rose im from before the house ol
God. and went to the chamber of Johanan the son
of Kliasih, and entered in thither: he ale no bread,

and drank no water: for be mourned for the traaa-

-ression of them that w ere come out of the captiv tiv.

7 And proclamation was made in .luda and Je-
rusalem lo all the children of ihe captivity, that they
should assemble together into Jerusalem:

8 And that whottoever would not come within
three days, according to ihe counsel of ihe prim's

and the ancients, all liis tubstance should lie taken
away; and he should he casi out of the company ol
them that were returned from captivity.

9 Then all the men of .luda and Benjamin ga-
thered themselves together to Jerusalem within three
days, in the ninth mouth, the twentieth day of the
month: and all the people sal in the stint «.( the

♦Thit »how« how •infill it i> '" mtrrmarrv with iIhmc thai ll.ii
cbarctt forbids u«, on account of Die dinger of pcrroruoo, and foiling
off from the true I

* .1 fin nrnnl. In n- »l f H i » — M •Mtilrincnt or holding ; «
Ltdnu brm Mr, to prraenrr rrrn a purt of thr |Kii|.lr, who, 'n their
i gn-at iiii.|hih, had incurred Um auger ul Cud.

CHAP. I.

house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the
rain.

10 And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to
them: You have transgressed, and taken strange
wives, to add to the sins of Israel.

1 1 And now make confession to the Lord the
God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and se-
parate yourselves from the people of the land, and
from your strange wives.

12 And all the multitude answered and said with
a loud voice: According to thy word unto* us, so be
it done.

13 But as the people are many, and it is time of
rain, and we are not able to stand without, and it is
not a work of one day or two (lor we have exceed-
ingly sinned in this matter)

14 Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude:
and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange
wives come at the times appointed) and with them
the ancients and the judges of every city, until the
wrath of our God be turned away from us for this
sin.

15 Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia
the son of Thecua were appointed over this ; and
Mesollam and Sebethai Levites helped them:

16 And the children of the captivity did so. And
Ksdras the priest, and the men heads of the families
in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names,
went and sat down in the first day of the tenth
month to examine the matter.

17 And they made an end with all the men that
had taken strange wives, by the first day of the first
month.

18 And there were found among the sons of the
priests that had taken strange wives. Of the sons
of Josue the son of Josedec, and his brethren, Maa-
sia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia.

19 And they gave their hands to put away their
wives, and to offer for their offence a ram of the
Hock.

20 And of the sons of Emmer, Uanaiii, and Ze-
oedia.

21 And of the sons of Harim, Maasia, and Elia
and Semeia, and Jehiel, and Ozias.

22 And of the sons of Pheshur, Klioenai, Maasia,
Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed, and Elasa.

23 And of the sons of the Levites, Jozabed, and
Semei, and Celaia, the same is Calita, Phataia,
Juda, and Eliezer.

24 And of the singing men, Eliasib : and of the
porters, Sellum, and Telem, and Uri.

25 And ot Israel, of the sons of Pharos, Remeia,
and Jezia, and Malchia, and Miamin, and Eliezer,
and Melehia, and Banea.

26 And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacha-
rias, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jerimoth, and Elia.

27 And of the sons of Zethua,-Elioenai, Eliasib,
Mathania, Jc-rimuth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

28 And of the sons ofBebai, Johanan, Hanania,
Zabbai, Athalai:

29 And of the sons of Bani, Mosollam, and Mol-
luch,and Adaia, Jasub, and Saal, and Ramoih.

30 And of the sons of Phahath Moab, Edna and
Chalal, Banaias, and Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel,
Bennui, and Manasse.

31 And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue,
Melchias, Semeias, Simeon.

32 Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias.

33 And of the sons of Hasom, Mathanai, Matha-
tha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasse, Semei.

34 Of the sons of Bani, Maaddi, Amram, and
Uel,

35 Baneas, and Badaias, Cheliau,

36 Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,

37 Mathanias, Mathania, and .Jasi,

38 And Bani, and Bennui, Semei,

39 And Sahnias, and Nathan, and Adaias,

40 And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,

41 Ezrel, and Selemiau, Semeria,

42 Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.

43 Of the sonsofNebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Za-
bad, Zabina, Jeddu, and Joel, and Banaia.

44 All these had taken strange wives: and there
were among them women that had borne children.

THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAS,

WHICH IS CALLED

THE SECOND OF ESDRAS.

This booh takes its name from the writer, who was r.up-bearer to
Artaxerxes (sitrnamed Longimnnus) king (if Persia, ami was
sent by him with a commission to ri build the walls of Jerusa-
lem. It is also called the second book of F.sHras ; because it is
a continuation of the history, begun by Esdras, of the state, of
the people of God after their return from captivity.

CHAP. I.

Nehcmias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in Jude.a,
lamenteth,fasteth, and prayeth to (Sod for their relief.

HP HE words of Nehemias the son of Helchias.
-*- And it came to pass in the month of Casleu,in
the twentieth year, as I was in the castle of Susa,

2 That Hanani one of my brethren came, he and
some men of Juda ; and I asked them concerning
the Jews, that remained and were left of the cap-,
tivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

3 And they said to me : They that have remained,
and are left of the captivity there in the province,
are in great affliction, and reproach: and the wall
of Jerusalem is broken down ; and the gates thereof
are burnt with fire.

4 And when 1 had heard these words, I sat down,
and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted,
and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

3C7

II. ESDRAS.

5 Ami I said: | beseech thee, O Lord God of
heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who kee|>est co-
■v '-11:1111 :intl mercy wkh those thai lore thee, and
p tin commandments :

t! Let thy ears be attentive, and thy pyes open,
to hear the pnjtX of tin MrvM, which I pray be-
fore thee now, night mm day, for the children of Is-
iai-1 t It v servants: and I confess the sins of the chil-
dren of Israel, by which thej have sinned against
thee: 1 and mj father's house have tinned.

7 Wc have been seduced bj vanity, snd have

not kepi thv commandments, and ceremonies, mid

i'udgmentS, which thou hast commanded thy servant
rtos

H Keinember the word that thou eommandedst to

Moses thy servant, saj ins: li yon shall truosgn ss, I
will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9 Hut if JOB return to me, and keep my com-
mandments, and do them, though yon should he led

awav to the Utter Si parts of die w orld, I will

gather you from thence, and bring you hack to the
place which I have chosen for my name tod well there.

10 And these arc tin servants, and thy people.
w horn thou hast redeemed by thy great Strength, and
In tin mighty hand.

Ill beseech thee. O Lord, let thy ear he atten-
tive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer

of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and
direct thv servant this day, and give him mercy be-
fore this man. For I was the king's cup-hearer.

CHAP. II.

Krhrmiat with enmmixtinn from Ling ■irta.rrrxrs rnmrth to Jcrii-
nd<m ; ami rxhorteth thr Jew* to rebuild the wall*

A XI) it came to pass in the month of N.sati, in
the twentieth \ear of Arta\er\es the king, that
wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and
Cave it to the king: and I was as one languishing

away before his face.

2 And the king said to me: Why is thy counte-
nance sad. seems thou dost not appear to he sick ?
this is not without cause: hut some e\ il, I know not
what, is in ids heart. And I WM seized with an

exceeding great fear :

3 And I said to the kin::: () kin:;, live for ever:
win should not nn coilillenance he sot row fill, see-

ing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fa-
thers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt w ' it li

lire?

4 Then the kins said tome: Tor what dost thou
make req uest ? \nd I prayed to the God of heaven ;

') \ 1 n i I said to the kins: If it seem good to the

kins, and if tin servant hath found favour in thv

Bight, thai thou Would*! scud me into .ludea to the

citv of the sepulchreof my father; and I will build It.

ii \ud the king -aid to me. and the queen that

sat In him : For how long shall thy journev he, and
when wilt thou return' And it pleased the kin:: :
and he sent me: and I fi\cd him a time.

3 \nd I said to the kins: If il se< in good to the
kin::, let him give me letters to tin- governors of the

count i\ beyond the river, that thev convej me over,

till I come into Jlldl

8 And a knu to Asauh the keeper of the kind's

jtt

forest, to ^ive me timber thai I maj . ..v. 1 fhe sates

of the tower of the house, and the walls of tic citv,
and the house that I shall enter into. And the kin*
save me according to the good hand of m\ God
w itli me.

9 And I came to the governors of the country be-
yond the river, and save them the king's letters.
And the kins had sent w ith me captains of soldiers,
anil horsemen.

10 And Sanahallat (he Horonite, and Tobias the
servant the Ammonite heard it: and it grieved them

exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the

prosperity of the children of Israel.

1 1 And 1 came to Jerusalem, and was there three

dav s.

I -' And I arose in the night, I and some few men
with me: and I told not any man what God had put
in my heart to do in .Jerusalem; and there was no
beast with me, hut the beast that I rode upon.

13 Audi went out by night bj the gate of the val-
ley, and before the drason-fountain, and to the duns-
sate: and I viewed the wall of Jerusalem which
was broken down, and the ^ates thereof which w 1 re
consumed with lire.

14 And I passed to the gate of the fountain, and
to the king's aqueduct; and there was no place lor
the l>east on which I rode to pass.

15 And I went up in the nislit by the torrent,
and viewed the wall; and goins back I came to the
gate of the valley, and returned.

16 But the magistrates knew not whither I went,
or what 1 did : neither had I as vet told any thing
to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to
the magistrates, or to the rest that did the work.

17 Then 1 said to them: Von know the affliction
wherein we are, because Jerusalem IS desolate, and
the gates thereof are consumed w ith lire : come, and
li t us build up the walls of Jerusalem ; and let us
be no longer a reproach.

18 And I showed them how the hand of my God
Wasgood with me, and the king's words, which he
bad spoken to me: and I said: Let us rise up and
build. And their hands were strengthened in good.

19 But Sanahallat the Horonite, and Tobias the
servant the Ammonite, and GoBsem the Arabian
beard of ii: and they scoffed at us, mid despised us,
and said : What is this thing that you do: are \ on
aoins to rebel asainsl the kins.'

20 And I answered lucm. and said to them : The
God ol heaven he helpelh us, and we an- his ser-
vants: let us rise up, ami build: but you have uo
part, nor justice, nor remembrance in .Iciusal. 111.

CHAP. III.

They begin to build thr wall*: thr names and ordtr qf the

Imilili r*.

THEN Kliasib the hish priest arose, and his bre-
thren the priests: and thev built the flock-sate
they sanctified it. am! set up the doors thereof, even

unto the tower ol' a bundled cubits thev sanctified
it unto the tower of llananci 1.

\nd ne\! lo him the m< II of Jericho built : and

next to them built Zachtir the son of Amri.
3 Bui the fish-gate the sonsof Asnaa built • thev

CHAP. IV.

( overed it, and set up the doors thereof, and the
locks, and the bars. And next totliem built Mari-
muth the son of Urias the son of Accus.

4 And next to him built Mosollam the son of
Barachias, the son of Merezebel : and next to them
built Sadoc the son of Baana.

5 And next to them the Thecuites built : but their
great men did not put their necks to the work of
heir Lord.

6 And Joiada the son of Phasea, and Mosollam the
son of Besodia built the old gate : they covered it,
uul set up the doors thereof, and the locks, and the
bars.

7 And next to them built Meltias the Gabaonite,
md Jadon the Meronathite, the men of Gabaon and
Maspha, for the governor that was in the country
beyond the river.

8 And next to him built Eziel the son of Araia the
goldsmith : and next to him built Ananias the son of
the perfumer: and they left Jerusalem unto the
wall of the broad-street.

9 And next to him built Raphaia the son of Hur,
lord of the street of Jerusalem.

10 And next to him Jedaia the son of Haromaph
over-against his own house : and next to him built
Hattus the son of Hasebonia.

11 Melchias the son of Herem, and Hasubtheson
of Phahath Moab, built half the street, and the tow-
er of the furnaces.

12 And next to him built Sellumtheson of Alo-
hes, lord of half the street of Jerusalem, he and his
daughters.

13 And the gate of the valley Hanun built, and the
inhabitants of Zanoe : they built it, and set up the
doors thereof, and the locks, and the bars, and a thou-
sand cubits in the wall unto the gate of the dunghill.

1 4 And the gate of the dunghill Melchias the son
of Rechab built, lord of the street of Bethacharam :
he built it, and set up the doors thereof, and the
locks, and the bars.

15 And the gate of the fountain Sellum the son of
Cholhoza built, lord of the street of Maspha : he
built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof,
and the locks, and the bars, and the walls of the
pool of Siloe unto the king's guard, and unto the
steps that go down from the city of David.

16 After him built Nehemias the son of Azboc,
lord of half the street of Bethsur, as far as over-
against the sepulchre of David, and to the pool,
that was built with great labour, and to the house
of the mighty.

17 After him built the Levites, Rehum the son of
Benni. After him built Hasebias, lord of half the
street of Ceila in his own street.

18 After him built their brethren Bavai the son
oi Enadad, lord of half Ceila.

19 And next to him Aser the son of Josue, lord
of Maspha, built another measure, over-against the
going up of the strong corner.

20 After him in the mount Baruch the son of
Zachai built another measure, from the corner to
.he door of the house of Eliasib the high priest.

21 After him Merimuth the son of Urias the son

3 A

of Haccus, built another measure, from the doo r
of the house of Eliasib, to the end of the house of
Eliasib.

22 And after him built the priests, the men of the
plains of the Jordan.

23 After him built Benjamin and Hasub, over-
against their own house : and after him built Aza-
rias the son of Maasias the son of Ananias over-
against his house.

24 After him built Bennui the son of Hanadad
another measure, from the house of Azarias unto the
bending, and unto the corner.

25 rhalel the son of Ozi over-against the bending
and the tower, which lieth out from the king's high
house, that is, in the court of the prison: after him
Phadaia the son of Pharos.

26 And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophei, as far as
over-against the water-gate toward the east, and the
tower that stood out.

27 After him the Thecuites built another mea-
sure over-against, from the great tower that standeth
out unto the wall of the temple.

28 And upward from the horse-gate the priests
built, every man over-against his house.

29 After them built Sadoc the son of Emmer
over-against his house. And after him built Semaia
the son of Sechenias, keeper of the east-gate.

30 After him built Hanania the son of Selemia,
and Hanun the sixth son of Seleph, another measure :
after him built Mosollam the son of Barachias, over-
against his treasury. After him Melchias the gold-
smith's son built unto the house of the Nathinites,
and of the sellers of small wares, over-against the
judgment-gate, and unto the chamber of the corner.

31 And within the chamber of the corner of the
flock-gate the goldsmiths and the merchants built.

CHAP. IV.

The building is carried on, notwithstanding the opposition oj
their enemies.

\ ND it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard
J -*- that we were building the wall, he was angry:
and being moved exceedingly, he scoffed at the Je ws ;

2 And said before his brethren, and the multitude
of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing?
Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice
and make an end in a day? are they able to raise
stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are
burnt?

3 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him
said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap
over their stone wall.

4 Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn
their reproach upon their own head, and give them
to be despised in a land of captivity.

5 Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be
blotted out from before thy face; because they have
mocked thy builders.

6 So we built the wall, and joined it all together
unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people
was excited to work.

7 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and To-
bias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the
Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem weie

369

11. KSDKAS.

made up, and the breaches be:; in to lie closed, thai
they wen- exceeding!) imtt.

8 And ilicv all assembled themselves togetner, to
come an. I to ti-lit against Jerusalem, and to prepare
ambushes,

9 And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen
upon the wall day and night against them.

1<» And Juda s;iid Tin- strength of the hearer of
Durdeas is decayed ; and the rubbish is v< rj much;
and we shall nut be able to build t In* wall

11 And our enemies said: Let them not know,
nor understand, till we come in the midst of them,
and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

12 And it tame to pass, that when the Jews that
dwell by them, came and told us ten times, out of
all the places from whence they came to us,

l> I set the people in the place behind the wall
round about in order, with their swords, and spears,
ami l>n\\ -.

11 And I linked, and rose up: and I said to the
Chief men, and the magistrates, and to the rest of the
common people: Be not ■/ran of them. Remeaa
ber the Lord who is great and terrible; and fight for
your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and
\otir WFfeBj and your houses.

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard
that the thing had been told us, that God defeated
their counsel. Anil we returned all of us to the
walls every man to his work.

16 And it tame to pass from that day forward,
that half of their young men did the work: and half
were ready for to fight with spears, and shields,
end bows, and eoats ..I" mail; and the rulers were
Miiud them in all the house of Juda.

17 Of them that built on the wall, and that car-
ried hardens, and that laded ; with one of his hands
he ditl the work, and with the other he held a sword.

18 For ever] one of the builders was girded with
a sword alxnit his reins. And they built, and
sounded with a trumpet by me.

19 And I said to the nobles, and to the magis-
trates, and to the real of the common people: 'The
work is great and wide; and we are separated on
the wall one far from another :

20 In what place eoevei you shall hear the sound
of the trum|M't, run all thither unto us : our God
will fight for us.

21 And let us do the work : and let one half of
tut hold our spears from the rising of the morning,
till the stars appear.

22 At that time also I said to the people : Let
ry one with hi- servant stay in the midst of Je-
rusalem : and let us take our turns in the night, and
Sy day, to work.

23 Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and
the watchmen, that followed me, did not put off our
clothes : only every man stript himself when he was
to be washed.

CHAP. V.

NeAemai btamtth the rich, fnr.lhcir HBfKWimM the poor. Hit
exhort nt ion. 'i,i/l haunty to hit eaitntrymrn.

"|V"0\V there was a great cry of the people, and of
- 1 -™ their wives, against their brethren the Jews.

370

2 And there were some that said : Our sons and
our daughters are rerj maaj : let us take up corn
for the price of them ; and let us eat and live.

3 And there were tome that said: Let us mort-
our lands, and our vineyards, and on r In n

and let us take corn because of the famine.

4, And others said : Let us borrow money for t 1m*
king's tribute ; and let us give up our fields and
vineyards:

5 And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren;
and our children as their children. Behold, we bring
into bondage our sons and our daughters j and some
of our daughters are bond-women already; neither
tun e we w herein ith to redeem them ; and our fields
and our vineyards other men possess.

6 And I was exceeding angry, when I heard their
cry according to these words.

7 And my heart thought with myself: and I re-
buked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them :
Do \ou every one e\aet usury of your brethren ?
And I gathered together a great assembly against
them.

8 And I said to them : We. as you know, have
redeemed according to our ability our brethren the
Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles : and will vou
then sell your brethren, for US to redeem them? And
they held their peace, and found not what to answer

9 And 1 said to them : The thing you do is not
good : why walk you not in the fear of our God,
that we be not exposed to the r ep ro ache s of the
Gentiles our enemies ?

10 Both I and my brethren, and my servants,
have lent money and corn to many : le.' us all agree
not to call for it again ; let us forgive the debt that
is owing to us.

11 Restore ye to them this day their fields, and
their vineyards, and their oli\e-yards, and their
houses: and the hundredth part of the money, and
of the corn, the wine, and the oil. which you were
wont to exact of them, give it rather for them.

12 And they said : We will restore, and we will
require nothing of them : and we will do so as thou
sayest. And I called the priests, and took an oath
of them, to do according to what 1 had said.

13 Moreover I shook my Ian, and said : So may
God shake even man that shall not accomplish this
word, out of his house, and out of his labours ; thus
may he be shaken out, and become empty. And
all the multitude said : Amen. And they praised
God. And the people did according to what was
said.

1 \ And from the day, in which the king com-
manded me to be governor in the land of Juda. from
the twentieth rear even to the two and thirtieth year

of Artaxerxes the kin::, for twelve years, I a no my
brethren did not eat the \ early allowance that was
due tt) the governors.

15 Bui the former governors thai had been before
me, were chargeable to the people; and took of
them in bread, and wine, and in money every day
forty sides: and their officers also oppressed the
people. Bui I tlitl not so for the fearoTGod.

1G Moreover I built in the work of the wall; ano

CHAP. VI, VII.

I bought no land ; and all my servants were gather-
ed together to the work.

17 The Jews also and the magistrates to the
number of one hundred fifty men, were at my table,
besides them that came to us from among the na-
tions that were round about us.

18 And there was prepared for me day by day
one ox, and six choice rams, besides fovyls : and
once in ten clays I gave store of divers wines, and
many other things : yet I did not require my yearly
allowance as governor: for the people were very
much impoverished.

19 Remember me, O my God, for good according
to all that I have done for this people.

CHAP. VI.

The enemies seek to terrify Nehemias. He proceedeth and
Jinisheth the wall.

AND it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and To-
bias, and Gossern the Arabian, and the rest of
our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and
that there was no breach left in it (though at that
time I had not set up the doors in the gates,)

2 Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying:
Come, and let us make a league together in the
villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to
do me mischief.

3 And I sent messengers to them, saying : I am
doing a great work ; and 1 cannot come down, lest
it be neglected whilst I come, and go down to you.

4 And they sent to me according to this word,
four times : and I answered them after the same
manner.

5 And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth
time according to the former word, and he had a
letter in his hand written in this manner :

6 It is reported amongst the Gentiles, and Gos-
sem hath said it, that thou and the Jews think to
rebel; and therefore thou buildestthe wall, and hast
a mind to set thyself king over them : for which end

7 Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of
thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea.
The king will hear of these things : therefore come
now, that we may take counsel together.

8 And I sent to them, saying : There is no such
thing done as thou sayest : but thou feignest these
things out of thy own heart.

9 For all these men thought to frighten us, think-
ing that our hands would cease from the work, and
that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened
my hands the more:

10 And I went into the house of Samaia the son
of Delaia the son of Metabeel privately. And he
said : Let us consult together in the house of God
in the midst of the temple : and let us shut the doors
of the temple, for they will come to kill thee ; and
in the night they will come to slay thee.

1 1 And I said : Should such a man as I flee ?
and who is there that being as I am, would go into
the temple, to save his life ? I will not go in.

12 And I understood that God had not sent him,
but that he had spoken to me as if he had been pro-
phesying; and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired him.

13 For lie had taken money, that I being afraid

should do this thing, and sin, and they might have
some evil to upbraid me withal.

14 Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sa-
naballat, according to their works of this kind; and
Noadias the prophet, and the rest of the prophets
that would have put me in fear.

15 But the wall was finished the five and twenti-
eth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.

16 And it came to pass when all our enemies
heard of it, that all nations which were round about
us, were afraid, and were cast down within them-
selves : for they perceived that this work was the
work of God.

17 Moreover in those days many letters were sent
by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias ; and
from Tobias there came letters to them.

18 For there were many in Judea sworn to him,
because he was the son-in-law of Sechenias the son
of Area; and Johanan his son had taken to wife
the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.

19 And they praised him also before me; and
they related my words to him : and Tobias sent let-
ters to put me in fear.

CHAP. VII.

Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Jerusalem. The list of those
who came first fr 07ii Babylon. »

IVTOW after the wall was built, and I had set up
^ ' the doors, and numbered the porters, and sing-
ing men, and Levites,

2 I commanded Hanani my brother, and Hana-
nias ruler of the house of Jerusalem (for he seemed
as a sincere man, and one that feared God above
the rest.)

3 And I said to them : Let not the gates of Je-
rusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while
they were yet standing by, the gates were shut, and
barred : and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every
man over-against his house.

4 And the city was very wide and great, and the
people few in the midst thereof; and the houses
were not built.

5 But God had put in my heart, and I assembled
the princes, and magistrates, and common people,
to number them : and I found a book of the num-
ber of them who came up at the first, and tlterein it
was found written :

6 These are the children of the province, who
came up from the captivity of them that had been
carried away, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of
Babylon had carried away, and who returned into
Judea, every one into his own city :

7 Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemias,
Azarias, Raamias, Nahamani, Mardochai, Belsam,
Mespharath, Begoai, Nahum, Baana. The numb
of the men of the people of Israel :

8 The children of Pharos, two thousand one
hundred seventy-two.

9 The children of Sephatia, three hundred se-
venty-two.

10 The children of Area, six hundred fifty-two

1 1 The children of Phahath Moab of the children

371

II. ESDRAS.

of Josue and Juab, two thousand I Sghl hundred
eighteen.

I J The children of Elam, one thousand two huii-
tln d fifty-four.

IS Tho children of Zethua, eight hundred forty-

l'|\r.

1 V The children of ZachaL teven hundred sixty.

I ■ >Tliechildien olT>annui,.MX hundred fort y-» tight.

lb' The children ol Bebai, six hundred twenty*
elghti

17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three
hundred twenty-two.

lit The children of Adouicain, six hundred : si \tv-
sevcn. *

19 The children of Bcguai, two thousand sixty -

rhe children of Ailin, six hundred fifty-five.
J I The children ol ' Ater, children of Hezecias,
■linrty-eiiilit.

JJ The children of Hascm, three hundred twen-
\-« i-ht.

23 The children of Besai, three hundred twenty-
our.

24 The children of Hareph, a hundred and twelve.

25 The children of Gaboon, ninety-live.

26 The children of Bethlehem, and Netupha, a
lundred eighty-eight.

27 The men of Anathoth,a hundred twenty-eight.

28 The mcuof Bcthazmoth, forty-two.

29 The men of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Be-
roth, seven hundred forty-three.

30 The men of Kama and Geba, six hundred
twenty -o ne.

31 The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two.

32 The men of Bethel and llai, a hundred twen-
ty-three.

33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.

34 The men of the other Elam, one thousand
two hundred fifty-four.

35 The children of Harem, three hundred and
twenty.

36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-
five.

37 The children of Lod, of Hadid and Ono, se-
ven hundred twenty-one.

38 The children of Senaa, three thousand nine
hundred thirty.

39 The priests: The children of Idaia in tin-
house of Josue. nine hundred and seventy-three.

40 The children of Emmer, one thousand fifty-
two.

41 The children of Phashur, one thousand two
hundred forty-seven.

42 The (hildreu of Arcm, one thousand and
seventeen : The l.ev'm >.

43 The children of Josue and Cedmihel, the
sons

I )f Odtiia. seventy-four : The ringing men:

45 The children of Asaph, a hundred forty-eidit.

46 The porters: The children of Sellum, the
children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the chil-
dren of Accub, the children of Hatha, the children
of Sobai: a hundred th'uU e'mht.

47 The Nathinites : The children of Soha, the
children of HaMipha, the children of Tebhaoth.

48 The children of C'eros, the children of Siaa,
the children of Pbadon, the children of Lebana, the

children of 1 1 a^aba, the children of Sehnai.

19 The children of Hainan, the children of Ged-
del, the children of Gaher,

50 The children of Kaaia, the children of Rasin,
the children of Neooda*

51 The children of Gezem, the children of A
the children of l'hasea.

The children of Besai, the children of Munim,
the children of Nephussim,

53 The children of Bacbuc, the children of II a-
cupha, the children of Harhur,

54 The children of Besloth, the children of Ma-
hida, the children of Ilarsa,

55 The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara,
the children of Thema,

50 The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha,
.")7 The children of the servants of Solomon, the

children of Sotbat, the children of Sophereth, the

children of Pharida,

58 The childreu of Jahala, the children of Dar-
con, the children of Jeddel.

59 The children of Saphatia, the children of Ila-
til. the children of Phochereth, who was born of
Sal iniin. the son of Anion.

60 All the Nathinites, and the children of the
servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-two.

61 And these are they that came up from Telme-
la, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Emmer: and
could not show the house of their fathers, nor theii

!. w hether they were of Israel.

62 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia,
the children of Necoda, six hundred forty-two.

63 And of the priests, the children of I labia, the
children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who
took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Gala-
adite, and he was called by their name.

64 These sought their writing in the record, and
found it not : and they were cast out of the priest-
hood.

65 And Athersatha said to them, that they should
not eat of the Holies of Holies, until there stood up
a priest learned and skilful.

66 All the multitude as it were one man, forty
two thousand three hundred sixty,

67 Beside their men-servants and women-ser-
vants, who were seven thousand three hundred
thirty-seven; and among themsinging uicn, andsin--
ing women, two hundred forty-!i\e.

68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty-six: theii
mules. tWO hundred for!\-live:

69 Their camels, lour hundred thirty-five, theii

Bases, six thousand seven hundred and twenty .
Hitherto it related what was written in the record
M th is place forward ftodh on the history oj

\iln mius.

70 And SOtne 6f the heads of the familii
iintothe work. Athersatha* gave into the tr< asure a

• .Itktrtmtkm. Tliali*, NcbciniM; a* appcara from chap, xn Kill,.-

CHAP. VIII, IX.

thousand drams of gold, fifty bowls, and five hun-
dred and thirty garments for priests.

71 And some of the heads of families save to the
treasure of the work, twenty thousand drams of
Sold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of
silver.

72 And that which the rest of the people s : *ve,
was twenty thousand drams of s°ld, and two thou-
sand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven garments for
priests.

73 And the priests, and the Levites, and the por-
ters, and the singing men, and the rest of the com-
mon people, and the Nathinites, and all Israel, dwelt
in their cities.

CHAP. VIII.

Esdras readeth the law before the people. Nehemias comfort-
eth them. They celebrate the feast of tabernacles.

A ND the seventh month came : and the children
-^*-of Israel were in their cities. And all the
people were sphered together as one man to the
street which is before the water-sate: and they spoke
to Esdras the scribe, to brins the book of the law of
Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

2 Then Esdras the priest brought the law before
the multitude of men and women, and all those that
could understand, in the first day of the seventh
month.

3 And he read it plainly in the street that was
before the water-gate, from the mornins until mid-
day, before the men, and the women, and all those
that could understand : and the ears of all the peo-
ple were attentive to the book.

4 And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of
wood, which he had made to speak upon : and there
stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania,
and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right
hand ; and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Mel-
chia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and
Mosollam f

b And Esdras opened the book before all the

Eeople : for he was above all the people : and when
e had opened it, all the people stood.

6 And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God :
and all the people answered : Amen, amen, lifting
up their hands : and they bowed down, and adored
God with their faces to the ground.

7 Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin,
Accub, Septhai, Odia, Maasia, Celita, Azarias,
Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence
among the people to hear the law : and the people
stood in their place.

8 And they read in the book of the law of God
distinctly and plainly to be understood : and they
understood when it was read.

9 And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras
the priest and scribe, and the Levites who inter-
preted to all the people, said : This is a holy day to
the Lord our God : do not mourn, nor weep : for

*hat he was so called at the court of the king of Persia, where he
was cup-bearer : or that, as some think, this name signifies governor ■
and he was at that time governor of Judea

all the people wept, when they heard the words of
the law.

10 And he said to them : Go, eat fat meats, and
drink sweet wine, and send portions to them tha
have not prepared for themselves : because it is the
holy day of the Lord, and be not sad : for the joy o.
the Lord is our strength.

1 1 And the Levites stilled all the people, saying.
Hold your peace, for the day is holy ; and be no
sorrowful.

12 So all the people went to eat and drink, and
to send portions, and to make s r eat mirth : because
they understood the words that he had tausht them.

13 And on the second day the chiefs of the fami-
lies of all the people, the priests, and the Levites
were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he
should interpret to them the words of the law.

14 And they found written in the law, that the
Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that
the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles,
on the feast, in the seventh month :

15 And that they should proclaim and publish
the word in all their cities, ana in Jerusalem, saying:
Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive,
and branches of beautiful wood, branches»of myrtle,
and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees,
to make tabernacles, as it is written.

16 And the people went forth, and brought. And
they made themselves tabernacles every man on the
top of his house, and in their courts, and in the
courts of the house of God, and in the street of the
water-sate, and in the street of the sate of Ephraim.

17 And all the assembly of them that were re-
turned from the captivity, made tabernacles, and
dwelt in tabernacles : for since the days of Josue
the son of Nun, the children of Israel had not done
so, until that day : and there was exceedins great joy.

18 And he read in the book of the law of God
day by day, from the first day till the last : and they
kept the solemnity seven days, and in the eighth
day a solemn assembly according to the manner.

CHAP. IX.

The people repent with fasting and sackcloth. The Levites con-
fess God's benefits, and the people's ingratitude : they pray
for them ; and make a covenant with God.

A ND in the four and twentieth day of the month,
J ^ the children of Israel came together with
fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

2 And the seed of the children of Israel separa-
ted themselves from every stranger : and they stood,
and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their
fathers.

3 And they rose up to stand : and they read in the
book of the law of the Lord their God, four times
in the day, and four times they confessed, and
adored the Lord their God.

4 And there stood up upon the step of the Levites
Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni,
Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with
a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni,
Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, and Phathahia,
said : Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity

373

II. ESDRAS.

to etcrnitv : and blessed be the high name of thy
glory with all blessing and pcatl

6 Thou thyself, O Lord, alone, thou hast Dade
he.ixcn. and the heaven of hea\ ens, and all the host
thereof; the earth and all things that are in it ; the
s.;in and all that are therein: and thou niw st life
10 all these things ; and the host of heaven adoreth

the*.

7 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram,
and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chal-
dean-,* and gavest him the name of Abraham.

8 And thou didst find his heart faithful before
thee : and thou madesi a covenant with him, to
give him the land of the C'hanaanite, of the Hethite,
and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of
the Jebushe, and of the ( ler-esite, to give it to his

I: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because
thou art just.

9 And thou saucst the affiietion of our fathers
in Egypt : and thou didst hear their cry by the Red

Sea.

10 And thou showedst signs and wonders upon
IMiarao, and upon all his servants, and upon the
people of his land : for thou knowest that they dealt
proudly against them : and thou madcst thyself a
name, as it is at this day.

1 1 And thou didst divide the sea before them ;
and thev passed through the midst of the sea on dry
luid : but their persecutors thou threwest into the
depth, as a stone into mighty waters.

I J And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their
hader by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that
thev might see the way by which they went.

13 Thou earnest down also to mount Sinai, and
didst speak with them from heaven : and thou
_.i\est t In in right judgments, and the law of truth,
ceremonies, and good precepts.

14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sab-
hath, and didst prescribe to them commandments,
and eereinonies, and the law hy the hand of Moses
thy servant.

15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in
their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them
out of the rock in their thirst : and thou saidst to
them that thev shouid go in. and possess the land,
upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it
them.

16 But thev and our fathers dealt proudly, and
hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy
commandments.

17 And they would not hear; and they remem-
bered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for
them. And thev hardened their necks, and gave
the headf to return to their bondage, as it were by
contention. Hut thou, a forgiving God, gracious,
and merciful, long-suffering and full of companion.
didst not forsake them.

I ■ i when thev had made also to themselves
a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that

• Tktfir* o/ Iht CkaUtmu. The city of ( V I i < haldea, the name of
whU h »iifnittr« firt. Or out of the fire of the tribulations and tempta-
tion*, to which tie was there exposed. The ancient Rabbins urulcr-

374

brought thee out of EgJ pt ; and had committed great

blasphemies:

19 Vet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave
them in the desert : the pillar of (he cloud depart-
ed not from them by day to lead them in the way,
and the pillar of fire by night to show them the \\a\
liv which thev should go.

20 And thou i:a\est them thv good Spirit to teach
them; and thy manna thou didst not withhold from
their mouth; and thou gavest them water for their
thirst.

21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert,
and nothing was wanting to them: their garments
did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.

22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations.
and didst divide lots for tin m : and they po-si sst d
the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hese-
bon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

23 And thou didst multiply their children as the
stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land
concerning which thou hadst said to their fade
that they should go in and |>ossess it.

i 24 And the children came and possessed the land :
and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants
of the land, the (lianaanites, and gavest them into
their hands, with their kings, and the people of the
land, that they might do with them as it pleased
them.

25 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and
possessed houses full of all goods; cisterns made bj
others, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fniit-treea
inabundance: andtheyate, and w ere filled, and be-
came fat, and abounded with delight in thy great
goodness.

26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and depart-
ed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs:
and they killed thy prophets, who admonished tin m
earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of
great blasphemies.

27 And thou gavest them into the hands of their
enemies, and tiny afflicted them. And in the time
of their tribulation they cried to tine, and thou
heardest from heaven; and according to the multi-
tudeof thy tender mercies thou gavest them sn\ lours,
U) save them from the hands of their cnc.-ii

28 But after they had rest, they returned to do
e\il in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand
of their enemies; and they had dominion o\er tin -in.
Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou
heardest from hea\en, and deliw xedst them many
times in thy mercies.

29 And thou didst admonish them to return to
thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened
not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy
judgments, which if ■ man do, be shall li\ e in them •

and thev withdrew the shoulder, and hardened tin ir
neck, and would not hear.

30 And thou didst forbear with them for many
years, and didst testify against them bj thj spirit by

■tood tlii« literally, affirming that Abram wax cast into the fire by the
idolaters, and brought out by a miracle witliout anv hurt.

t Jlni for* Ikt ktad. That is, they tt their head, or were bent to
II return to Egypt.

CHAP. X.

the hand of thy prophets : and they heard not, and
thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people
of the lands-
Si Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not
utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because
thou art a merciful and gracious God.

32 Now therefore our God, great, strong, and
terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not
away from thy face all the labour which hath come
upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our
priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all
the people, from the days of the king of Assur, un-
til this day.

33 And thou art just in all things that have come
upon us : because thou hast done truth; but we have
done wickedly.

34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our
fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded
thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou
hast testified among them.

35 And they have not served thee in their king-
doms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou
gavest them, and in the large and fat land which
thou deliveredst before them; nor did they return
from their most wicked devices.

3Q Behold, we ourselves this day are bondmen :
and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat
the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and
we ourselves are servants in it.

37 And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings,
whom thou hast set over us for our sins: and they
have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts,
according to their will ; and we are in great tribu-
lation.

38 And because of all this we ourselves make a
covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites,
Hnd our priests sing it.

CHAP. X.

The names of the subscribers to the covenant, and the con-
tents of it.

AND the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha
£*• the son of Hachelai, and Sedecias,

2 Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias,

3 Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,

4 Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,

5 Harem, Merimoth, Obdias,

6 Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,

7 Mosollam, Abia, Miamin,

8 Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests.

9 And the Levites, Josue the son of Azanias, Ben-
l.ui of the sons of Henadad, Cedmihel,

10 And their brethren, Sebenia, Odaia, Celita,
Phalaia, Hanan,

11 Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,

12 Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,

13 Odaia, Bani, Baninu.

14 The heads of the people, Pharos, Phahath-
moab, Elam, Zethu, Bani,

15 Bonni, Azgad, Bebai,

16 Adonia, Begoai, Adin,

17 Ater, Hezecia, Azur,

18 Odaia, Hasum, Besai,

19 Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai,

20 Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir,

21 Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua,

22 Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia,

23 Osee, Hanania, Hasub,

24 Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,

25 Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia,

26 Echaia, Hanan, Anan,

27 Melluch, Haran, Baana:

28 And the rest of the people, priests, Levites,
porters, and singing-men, Nathinites, and all that
had separated themselves from the people of the
lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and
their daughters,

29 All that could understand promising for their
brethren, with their chief men, and they came to
promise and swear that they would walk in the law
of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the
servant of God, that they would do and keep all the
commandments of the Lord our God, and his judg-
ments and his ceremonies:

30 And that we would not give our daughters to
the people of the land, nor take their daughters for
our sons:

31 And if the people of the land bring in things
to sell, or any things for use, to sell them on the
sabbath-day, that we would not buy them of them
on the sabbath, or on the holy day : and that we
would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of
every hand.

32 And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give
the third part of a side every year for the work of
the house of our God,

33 For the loaves of proposition, and for the
continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust on
the sabbaths, on the new moons, on the set feasts,
and for the holy things, and for the sin-offering : that
atonement might be made for Israel, and for every
use of the house of our God.

34 And we cast lots among the priests, and the
Levites, and the people, for the offering of wood,
that it might be brought into the house of our God
by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year
to year; to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God,
as it is written in the law of Moses :

35 And that we would bring the first-fruits of our
land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of every tree,
from year to year, in the house of our Lord :

36 And the first-born of our sons, and of our cat-
tle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings
of our oxen, and of our sheep, to be offered in the
house of our God, to the priests who minister in the
house of our God :

37 And that we would bring the first-fruits of
our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of
every tree, of the vintage also, and of oil to the
priests, to the store-house of our God, and the tithes
of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also
shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the
cities.

38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with
the Levites in the tithes of the Levites* and the Le-
vites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house

376

II. ESDHAS.
into tilt* treasurc-

of our God, to the store-room
house.

39 For the children of [mal and the children of
Levi shall carry to the treasury the first-fruits of
corn, of wine, and of oil: and the sanctified wssels
shall he there, and the priests, and the tinging men,
and the porters, and ministers: and we will uot for-
sake the house of our God.

CHAP. XI.

Wmowere the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the other cities.

AND the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusa-
lem : hut the rest of the people cast lots, to
take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy
city, and nine purls in the oilier cities.

J \ nil the people blessed all the men that wil-

lindv offered tbetnserrefl to dwell in JefnsaJem<

9 rhese therefore are the chief men of the pro-
vince, who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of
Juda. And every one dwelt in his possession, in
their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites. the Na-
thinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon.
4 And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of the chil-
dren of Juda, and some of the children of Benja-
min: of the children of Juda, Athaias the son of
A/iam, the son of Zacharias, the son of Amarias.
the son of Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the
sous of Phares,

"> Maasia the sonof Baruch, the son of Cholhoza,
the son of lla/.ia, the son of Adaia, the son of Joia-
rih. the son of Zacharias, the sonof the Silonite:

6 All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Je-
rusalem, were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.

7 And these are the children of Benjamin: Sel-
lum the son of Mosollam, the son of Joed, the son
of Phadaia, the son of Colaia, the son of Masia, the
son of l.theel, the son of Isaia,

8 And after him Gebbai, Sellai, nine hundred
twenty-eight.

9 And Joel the son of Zechri their nder, and Ju-
das the sou of Senna was second over the city.

10 And of the priests ldaia the son of Joarih, Ja-
chin,

11 Saraia the son of llelcias, the son of Mosollam,
the sou of Sadoc, the son of Mcraioth, the son of
Acbitob the prince of the house of God,

12 And their brethren that do the works of the
temple: eight hundred twenty-two. And Adaia
the son of Jcroham, the son ol Phelelia, the son of
Anisi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur,
the son of Melchias,

13 And his brethren the chiefs of the fathers:
two hundred forty-two. And Amassai the son of
A/ni I, the son of Aha/i, the son of Mosollamoth,
the son of Kmmer,

I I \nil their brethren who were very mighty, a
hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabaiel son
of the aright] .

15 And of I In Levites Semeia the son ol I lasub.
the son of A /a i ieam, the sonof Ilasaliia, the son of
Boni,

16 And Saliathai and Jozabed, who were over
all the outward bttsinessof the house of God, of the
princes of the Levites.

316

17 And Mathania the son of Micha, the son ol
Zebedei, the son of Asaph was the principal man to
praise, and to gb« idory in praver, and Becbeek
the second, one of his brethren, and Alula the son o!
Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun.

18 All the l.e\itesin the holy city were two hun-
dred eighty-four.

19 And the porters, Accuh. Tclmon, and their
brethren, who kept the l o o t s , a hundred l e so nty- two.

> 20 And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Le-
vites were in all the cities of Juda, sects man in
his possession.

21 And the Nathinites, that dwelt in Ophel, and
Siaha, and Gaspha of the Nathiniti

22 And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem,
was Azzi the son of Bani, the son of llasahia, the
son of Mathania, the son of Micha. Of the sons of
Asaph, wire the singing men in the ministry of the
house of God.

23 For the king's commandment was concerning
them, and an order ■mOBg the singing men dav by
day.

24 And Phathahia, the son of Mese/ebel of the
children of Zara the son of Juda was at the hand
of the king, in all matters concerning the people.

25 And in the houses through all their countries.
Of the children of Juda some dwelt at Cariatharbe,
and in the villages thereof; and at Dihon. and in the
villages thereof; and at Cabscel, and in the villages
thereof;

26 And at Jesue, and at Molada, and at Bethpha-
leth,

27 And at Hasersual, and at Bersabee, and in
the villages thereof;

28 And at S* -cleg, and at Mochona, and in the
villages thereof;

29 And at Bemmon,andat Saraa,and at Jerimuth,

30 Zanoa, Odollam, and in their Tillages; at La-
chis and its dependencies; and at Aseca and the
villages thereof. And they dwelt from Bersabee
unto the valley of Ennom.

31 And the children of Beninmin. from Geba, at
Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the vil-
lages thereof,

32 At Anathoth, Nob, Anania,

33 Asor, Kama, Gethaim,

34 lladid, Seboim, and Neballat, l J od,

35 And Ono the valley of craftsmen.

36 And of the Levites were portions of Juda and
Benjamin.

CHAP. XII.

The priests, and Levites that came up with ZarobabeL The sue
cvskion of high priests : the solemnity of the. dedication of th*

trull.

NOW these are the priests and the Levites, that
went up with Zorobabel the son of Sahuhiel,

and Josue: Saraia, .leicinias, Esdras,

2 Amaria, Melluch, Harms,

3 Sclieuias, Khcuin, Meriinuth,

4 Addo, Genthon, Abia,

5 rMiamin, Madia. Bel

6 Semeia, and Joiarib, ldaia, Selluin, Amoc,
llelcias,

CHAP. XII.

7 Idaia. These were the chief of the priests, and
of their brethren in the days of Josue.

8 And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel,
Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren
were over the hymns :

9 And Becbecia, and Hanni and their brethren
< very one in his office.

10 And Josue begot. Joacim; and Joacim begot
Eliasib; and Eliasib begot Joiada ;

1 1 And Joiada begot Jonathan ; and Jonathan
begot Jeddoa.

12 And in the days of Joacim the priests and
heads of the families were : Of Saraia, Maraia : of
Jeivmias, Hanania ;

13 Of Esdras, Mosollam ; and of Amaria, Jo-
lianan ;

14 Of Milicho, Jonathan ; of Sebenia, Joseph ;

15 Of Haram, Edna ; of Marioth, Helci :

16 Of Adaia, Zacharia ; of Genthon, Mosollam;

17 Of Abia, Zechri ; ofMiamin and Moadia,
Phelti;

18 Of Belga, Sammua; of Semaia, Jonathan;

19 Of Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi ;

20 Of Sellai, Celai; of Amoc, Heber ;

21 Of Helcias, Hasebia ; of ldaia, Nathanael.

22 The Levites the chiefs of the families in the
days of Eliasib, and Joiada, and Johanan, and Jed-
doa, were recorded, and the priests in the reign of
Darius the Persian.

23 The sons of Levi, heads of the families were
written in the book of Chronicles, even unto the
days of Jonathan the son of Eliasib.

24 Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia,
Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their
brethren by their courses, to praise and to give
thanks according to the commandment of David the
man of God, and to wait equally in order.

25 Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosol-
lam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and
of the entrances before the gates.

26 These were in the days of Joacim the son of
Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehe-
mias the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe.

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusa-
lem they sought the Levites out of all their places,
to bring them to Jerusalem, and to keep the
dedication, and to rejoice with thanksgiving, and
with singing, and with cymbals, and psalteries and
harps.

28 And the sons of the singing men were gather-
ed together out of the plain country about Jerusalem,
and out of the villages of Nethuphati,

29 And from the house of Galgal, and from the
countries of Geba and Azmaveth : for the singing
men had built themselves villages round about Je-
rusalem.

30 And the priests and the Levites were purified :
and they purified the people, and the gates, and the
wall.

31 And 1 made the princes of Juda go up upon
the wall ; and I appointed two great choirs to give
praise. And they went on the right hand upon the
wall toward the dunghill-gate.

3 B

32 And after them went Osaias, and half of the
princes of Juda,

33 And Azarias, Esdras, and Mosollam, Judas,
and Benjamin, and Semeia, and Jeremias.

34 And of the sons of the priests with trumpets,
Zacharias the son of Jonathan, the son of Semeia,
the son of Mathania, the son of Michaia, the, son
of Zechur, the son of Asaph,

35 And his brethren Semeia, and Azareel, Mala-
lai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Judas, and Ha-
nani, with the musical instruments of David the
man of God : and Esdras the scribe before them at
the fountain-gate.

36 And they went up over-against them by the
stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the
wall of the house of David, and to the water-gate
eastward :»

37 And the second choir of them that gave thanks
went on the opposite side, and I after them, and the
half of the people upon the wall, and upon the tow-
er of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,

38 And above the gate of Ephraim, and above
the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower
of HananeeJ, and the tower of Emath, and even to
the flock-gate : and they stood still in the watch-
gate.

39 And the two choirs of them that gave praise
stood still at the house of God, and I and the half
of the magistrates with me.

40 And the priests, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin,
Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hananiawith trumpets.

41 And Maasia, and Semeia, and Eleazar, and
Azzi, and Johanan, and Melehia, and Elam, and
Ezer. And the singers sung loud ; and Jezraia was
their overseer :

42 And they sacrificed on that day great sacri-
fices, and they rejoiced ; for God had made them
joyful with great joy: their wives also and their
children rejoiced ; and the joy of Jerusalem was
heard afar off.

43 They appointed also in that day men over the
store-houses of the treasure, for the libations, and
for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, that the rulers
of the city might bring them in by them in honour
of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for
Juda was joyful in the priests and Levites that as-
sisted.

44 And they kept the watch of their God, and
the observance of expiation, and the singing men,
and the porters, according to the commandmeut of
David, and of Solomon his son.

45 For in the days of David and Asaph from the
beginning there were chief singers appointed, to
praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

46 And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and
in the days of Nehemias, gave portions to the sing-
ing men, and to the porters, day by day: and thev
sanctified the Levites ; and the Levites sanctified*
the sons of Aaron

* Sanctified. That is, they gave them that which by the law was Ml
aside, and sanctified for their use.

377

CHAP. XIII,

Dicers abuses are reformed.

A ND on that day thev road in the book of M

■**- in tlu- hearing of toe people: and therein was
fbund written, that the Ammonites and the Moab-

ites should not come in to tin- church of < Sod forever !

2 Be< ausc they met not the children of Israel
with bread and water: and thev hired against them

Balaam, to curse them: and oar God turned the

curse into blessing.

3 And it came to pass, when they had heard'the
law. that thev separated even stranger from Israel.

id over this ihin^* was Kliasib the priest, w ho
was set over the treason <>l the house of our God,
and was m;ir akin to Tobias.

5 And he made him a sreat store-room, where be-
fore him thev laid up gifts, and frankincense, and

isels, and the tithes of the com, of the trine, and
of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and or the
sinsins men, and of the porters, and the first-fruits
of the priests.

6 But in all this time 1 was not in Jerusalem ; be-
cause in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxervs
kins; of Babylon I went to the kin?;, aird after cer-
tain days I asked the kin:; :

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the
evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him
a store-house in the courts of the house of Ciod.

8 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast
forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the
store-house.

!* And I commanded, and they cleansed the store-
houses : and I brought thither again the reasels of
the houseofGod, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.

10 And I perceived that the portions of the l.t -
rites had not been given them ; and that the Levites,
and the singing men, and they that minister, d.
were fled awai everv man to his own country:

11 And I pleaded the matter against the magis-
trates, and said : Why have we forsaken the house
of God ? And I gathered them together, and I made
ihein to stand in their places.

12 And all .luda brought the tithe of the corn,
and the wine, and the oil into the Store-houses.

\3 And we set over the store-houses Selemias the

tiriest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites
'liadaia, and next to them Hauan the son of Xa-
chUT. the son of Mathauia : for thev w ere approved
as faithful ; and to them wr-rc committed the por-
tions of their brethren.

1 X R e membe r me, O my God, for this thing, and
wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done re-
lating to the house of my God, and his ceremonies.
15 In those days I saw in .luda some treading the
presses oa the BBObath, and earn in:; sheaves, and la-
ding asses with wine, and crapes, and I'lSs. and all
manner of burdens, and bringing them into Jerusa-

II. ESDRAS.

lem on the sabbath-day. And I charged them that
tbej should sell on a day on which it was lawful to

<ni I.

*W Hit Uflng, t(e. Or, he waa faulty in this thing, or in (hit
378

none

sell.

16 SomeTwians also dwelt there, w 1m> brousht
lish, and all manner ol wares: and the] soldthemon
the sabbaths t„ the children of Jmla in Jerusalem.

1/ Audi rebuked the chief men of Juda, and
said to them : \\ hat is this e\ il thing that you a..- do-
ing, profaning the sabbath-day?

18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our
liod brought all this evil upon us, and upon this cili -
And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating
the sabbath.

19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Je-
rusalem were at rest 00 the sabbath-day. 1 spoke-
and they shut the sates, and I commanded that thev
should not open them till after the sabbath : and 1
set some oi naj servants at the gates, that
should bring in burdens on' the sabbath-dav.

20 So the merchants and the\ that sold all kind
°f wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.

21 And I charged them, and I said to them : \\ hv
stay j on before the wall ? il von do so another time,
I will lay hands on you. And from that time thev
came no more on the sabbath.

22 I spoke also to the Levites, that they should
be purified, and should come to keep the sates, ami
to sanctify the sabbath-day: for this also remember
"•" i m X God, and spare me according to the mul-
titude of thy tender mercies.

23 In those days also I saw Jews that ma rricdw ives,
women of A/otus, and ofAmmon,andofMoab.

24 And their children spoke half in the speech of
Azotns, and could not speak the Jews' language;
but they spoke according to the language of this
and that people.

25 And I chid them, and laid mvciirse upon them.
And I beat some of them, and shaved off* their haii.
and made tin in swear by God that they would not
give their daughters to their sons, nor take their
daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:

2b Did not Solomon kins ol Israel sin in this kind

of thing r and surely ai is many nations there was

not a kins like him; and lie was beloved of his God,
and God made him king over all Israel: and ret
women of other countries brought even him io sin.

27 And shall We also he disobedient and do all this

si eat evil, totransgn list our God, and marry

strange women?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of FJi-
asib the btgh priest, was son-in-law to Sanaballat
the Hnronitc: and 1 drove him from me.

29 Remember them, () Lord mj God. that defile
the priesthood, and the law of priests ami Levites.

30 So I separated from them all Strangers: and I
appointed theCOWSesof the priests and the Levites
< \< iv man in his miuisti

31 And for the offering of wood at times appoint-
ed, and for the fuat-f rut's : remember m»- ra

( rod, unto good. Amen.

THE BOOK OF TOBIAS.

flu bonk takes its name from the holy man Tobias, whose won-
derful virlius arc herein recorded. It contains most excel-
lent documents of great piety, extraordinary patience, and of
a perfect resignation to the will of God. His humble prayer
was heard : and the Angel Raphael was sent to relieve him.
lie it thankful, and praises the Lord, calling on the children
of Israel to do the same. Having lived to the age of one
hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to
piety ; foretels the destruction of Ninive, and the rebuilding
of Jerusalem : lie dies happily.

CHAP. I.

Tobias's early piety ; his works of mercy, particularly in bury-
ing the dead.

rpOBIAS of the tribe and city of Nephthali (which
•*- is in the upper parts of Galilee above Naasson,
beyond the way that leadeth to the west, having on
the right hand the city of Sephet,)

2 When he was made captive m the days of Sal-
manasar king of the Assyrians, even in his captivity,
forsook not the way of truth ;

3 But every day gave all he could get to h„s bre-
thren his fellow-captives, that were of his kindred.

4 And when he was younger than any of the
tribe of Nephthali, yet did he no childish thing in his
work.

5 Moreover, when all went to the golden calves
which Jeroboam king of Israel had made, he alone
fled the company of all,

6 And went to Jerusalem to the temple of the
Lord, and there adored the Lord God of Israel,
offering faithfully all his first-fruits and hi^ tithes:

7 So that in the third year he gave all his tithes to
the proselytes, and strangers.

8 These and such like things did he observe when
but a boy, according to the law of God.

9 But when he was a man, he took to wife Anna
of his own tribe, and had a son by her, whom he
called after his own name :

10 And from his infancy he taught him to fear
God, and to abstain from all sin.

1 1 And when by the captivity he with his wife
and his son and all his tribe was come to the city
of Ninive,

12 (When all ate of the meats of the Gentiles) he
kept his soul, and never was defiled with their meats.

13 And because he was mindful of the Lord with
all his heart, God gave him favour in the sight of
Salmanasar the king.

14 And he gave him leave to go whithersoever
he would, with liberty to do whatever he had a
mind.

15 He therefore went to all that were in captivity,
and gave them wholesome admonitions.

16 And when he was come to Rages a city of the
Medes, and had ten talents of silver, of that with
which he had been honoured by the king:

17 And when amongst a great multitude of his
Kindred, he saw Gabelus in want, who was one of
lis tribe, taking a note of his hand he gave him the
foresaid sum of money.

18 But after a long time, Salmanasar the king

being dead, when Sennacherib his son, who reigned
in his place, had a hatred for the children of Israel:

19 Tobias daily went among all his kindred, and
comforted them, and distributed to every one as he
was able, out of his goods:

20 He fed the hungry, and gave clothes to th**
naked, and vyas careful to bury the dead, and they
that were slain.

21 And when king Sennacherib was come back
fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that
God had made about him for his blasphemy, and
being angry slew many of the children of Israel,
Tobias buried their bodies.

22 But when it was told the king, he commanded
him to be slain, and took away all his substance.

23 But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son
and with his wife, lay concealed ; for many loved him.

24 But after forty-five days, the king was killed
by his own sons.

25 And Tobias returned to his house ; and all his
substance was restored to him.

CHAP. II.

Tobias leaveth his dinner to bury the dead : he loseth his sight by
God's permission, for manifestation of his patience.

T? UT after this, when there was a festival of the
■*«* Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in To-
bias's house,

2 He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our
tribe, that fear God, to feast with us.

3 And when he had gone, returning he told him,
that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the
street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place
at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting
to the body:

4 And taking it up, carried it privately to his house,
that after the sun was down, he might bury him
cautiously.

5 And when he had hid the body, he ate bread
with mourning and fear,

6 Remembering the word which the Lord spoke
by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be
turned into lamentation and mourning.

7 So when the sun was down, he went and bu-
ried him.

8 Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying :
Once already commandment was given for thee
to be slain because of this matter: and thou didst
scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou
again bury the dead/

9 But Tobias fearing God more than the king,
carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and
hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them

10 Now it happened one day, that being wearied
with burying, he came to his house, and cast him
self down by the wall, and slept.

1 1 And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a
swallow's nest fell upon his eyes; and he was made
blind.

12 Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to

379

TOBIAS.

nappon to him, that an example might be (riven to

posterity of his patience, of holy .lob.

I.! por whereas he had always feared (iod from
/lis infancy, and kept his commandments, be repioed
not against (iod because ilie evil of blindness had
befallen him;

1 I Bui continued immoveable in the fear of God,
giving thanks to tiod all the days of ek life.

1") For as the kings* insulted over holy Job, so
his relations and kinsmen moched at his life, saying:

lb' \\h< re is thy hope, for which thou _
alms, and l»uried>t the dead?

I 7 Hut Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak
not

18 lor we are the children of saints, and look
for that life w Inch Ciod will give to those that never
change their faith from him.

ID Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving
work: and she brought home what she could get
for their living by the labour of her hands.

20 Whereby it came to pass, that she received I
young kid, and brought it home:

21 And when her husband heard it bleating, he
Raid: Take heed, lest perhaps it he stolen; restore
ye it to its owners; for it is not lawful for us either
to cat or to touch any thing that comet h by theft*

21 At these words his wife being angry answer-
ed: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and
thy alms now appear.

23 And with these, and other such like words
she upbraided him.

CHAP. III.

The prayer of Tobias, and of Sara, in their several afflictions,
are heard by God : and the Angel Raphael is sent to relieve

i >. a..

11 HEN Tobias sighed, and began to pray with
tears,

2 Saying: Thou art just, O Lord; and all thy
judgment! arejiist, and all thy wa\s niercv, ami
truth, and judgment:

3 And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not
revenge of my tins; neither remember my offences,
nor those of my parents.

4 For we have not obeyed thy commandments;
thtrS few are we delivered to spoil and to captivity,
and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to
all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.

5 And now, O Ford, meat are thy judgments, be-
cause we have not done according to thy precepts.
and have not walked Sincerely before thee;

6 And now, O Lord, do with me according to thy
will, and command my spirit to be received in peace:

for it is better for sse to die. than to lire.

7 Now it happened on the same day. that Sara
daughter of Raguet, in Raeest a city oi the Medea,
received a reproach from one of her father's servant-
maids-,

Because she had been niveu to seven husbands;
and a devi! named \smodeus had killed them, at
their first going in unto her.

• Kim* S..I..V, e,-,<- fncn-1. are here called, became they were
priro-M in their rwprctire ternloriea.

\ Rum. la to • Greek it n EeUlatu, winch wai abw called Ra-

sso

9 So when she reproved the maid for In r fault,
she answered her. saying: Mag <w nevei see son,

or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou uiunh
of thy husbands.

10 Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast already
killed seven husbands? At these words she went
into an Upper chamber of her house: and lor tine,
days and three eights did neither eat nor drink:

11 Hut continuing in prayer with tears besought
(jod, that he would deliver her from this reproach.

12 And it came to pass on the third day. when
she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the
Ford,

\li She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of
our fathers; who when thou hast been angry, wilt
show mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgives)
the sins of them that call upon thee.

14 To thee, O Lord, I turn my face; to thee I
direct mv eyes.

15 I beg, O Lord, that thou loose me from the
bond of this reproach, or else take me awa\ from
the earth.

16 Thou knowest, O Lord, that I neves now ted
a husband, and have kept my soul clean from all
lust.

17 Never have I joined myself with them that
play: neither have I made myself partaker with
them that walk in lightm

18 But a husband I consented to take, with thy
fear, not with my lust.

19 And either I was unworthy of them, or they
perhaps were not worthy of me : because perhaps

thou hast kept me for another man.

20 For thy counsel is not in man's power.

21 But tbneverj one is sure of that worshippeth
thee, that his life, if it be under trial, shall -be
crowned: and if it be under tribulation, it shall lie
delivered: and il it be under correction, it shall be
allowed to come to thy mercy.

22 For thou art not delighted in our being lost :
because altera storm thou makest a calm: and after
tears and weeping thou pourest mjoyfulness.

23 Be thy name, (J (iod of Israel, blessed for
ever.

24 At that time the prayers of them both wne
heard in the sight of the tJory of the most high God:

25 And the holy Angel ol the Lord Raphael was
sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time
were rehearsed in the sight of the Ford.

CHAP. IV.

Tobias thinking he ninth die, girrth his $nn godly admonitions
and 1 1 Hi tli him of money he hud lent In nfrunil.

THEREFOR F when Tobias thought that his
prayer was heard, that he might die, he called
to him 'Tobias bis son ;

2 And said to him: Hear, my SOU, the words ol
my mouth, and lay them as a foundation in thy
heart.

gW. Forthere were twocilM- in M. .h i ufthp n»nM>ol Kafreii. IU-
fuel dwelt in ooe of ihcm, and Gain-Ins in Am other

CHAP. V.

3 When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury
my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the
days of her life :

4 For thou must he mindful what and how great
perils she suffered for thee in her womb.

5 And when she also shall have ended the time
of her life, bury her by me.

6 And all the days of thy life have God in thy
mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor
transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.

7 Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not
away thy face from any poor person : for so it shall
come to pass that the lace of the Lord shall not be
turned from thee.

8 According to thy ability be merciful.

9 If thou have much, give abundantly: if thou
have little, take care even so to bestow willingly a
little.

10 For thus thou storest up to thyself a good re-
ward for the day of necessity.

1 1 For alms deliver from all sin, and from death,
and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.

, 12 Alms shall be a great confidence before the
most high God, to all them that give it.

13 Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all
fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to
know a crime.

14 Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or
in thy words : for from it all perdition took its be-
ginning.

15 If any man hath done any work for thee, im-
mediately pay him his hire ; and let not the wages
of thy hired servant stay with thee at all.

16 See thou never do to another what thou
wouldst hate to have done to thee by another.

17 Eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy;
and with thy garments cover the naked.

18 Layout thy bread and thy wine upon the bu-
rial of a just man; and do not eat and drink thereof
with the wicked.

19 Seek counsel always of a wise man.

20 Bless God at all times: and desire of him to
direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide
in him.

21 I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents
of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus,
in Rages a city of the Medes, and 1 have a note of
his hand with me :

22 Now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to
him, and receive of him the aforesaid sum of mo-
ney, and restore to him the note of his hand.

23 Fear not, my son : we lead indeed a poor life;
but we shall have many good things if we fear God,
and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.

CHAP. V.

Young' Tobias seeking a guide for Ins journey, the Angel Ra-
phael in shape of a man, undertaketh this office.

THEN Tobias answered his fattier, and said: I
will do all things, father, which thou hast com-
manded me.

2 But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell :
he knoweth not me, and 1 know not him: what

token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way
which leadeth thither.

3 Then his father answered him, and said :
have a note of his hand with me, which when thou
shalt show him, he will nresently pay it.

4 But go now, and seek thee out some faithful
man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst
receive it, while 1 yet live.

5 Then Tobias going forth, found a beautiful
young man, standing girded, and as it were, ready
to walk.

6 And not knowing that he was an Angel of God,
he saluted him, and said: From whence art thou,
good young man ?

7 But he answered : Of the children of Israel.
And Tobias said to him: Knowest thou the way
that leadeth to the country of the Medes ?

8 And he answered: I know it: and I have
often walked through all the ways thereof: and 1
have abode with Gabelus our brother, who dwelleth
at Rages a city of the Medes, which is situate in the
mount of Ecbatana.

9 And Tobias said to him : Stay for me, I beseech
thee, till I tell these same things to my father.

10 Then Tobias going in told all these things to
his father. Upon which his father being in ad-
miration, desired that he would come in unto him.

11 So going in he saluted him, and said: Joy be
to thee always.

12 And Tobias said : What manner of joy shall
be to me, who sit in darkness, and see not the light
of heaven ?

13 And the young man said to him: Be of good
courage; thy cure from God is at hand.

14 And Tobias said to him: Canst thou conduct
my son to Gabelus at Rages a city of the Medes ?
and when thou shalt return, I will pay thee thy hire.

15 And the Angel said to him: 1 will conduct him
thither, and bring him back to thee.

16 And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me,
of what family, or what tribe art thou?

17 And Raphael the Angel answered : Dost thou
seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired ser-
vant himself to go with thy son?

18 But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am
Azarias* the son of the great Ananias.

19 And Tobias answered : Thou art of a great
family. But I pray thee be not angry that I de-
sired to know thy family.

20 And the Angel said to him: I will lead thy
son sale, and bring him to thee again safe.

21 And Tobias answering, said : May you have
a good journey, and God be with you in your way
and his Angel accompany you.

22 Then all things being ready, that were to be
carried in their journey, Tobias bid his father and
his mother farewell ; and they set out both together.

23 And when they were departed, his mother be-
gan to weep, and to say : Thou hast taken the stafl
of our old age, and sent him away from us.

* Azarias. The angel took the form of Azarias ; and therefore
might call himself by the name of the man whom he personated. Aza>
Has in Hebrew signifies the help of God, and Ananias the grace of God.

381

TOBIAS.

JV I w ish the mono) forwhich thou hast sent him.
ri;id never been.

25 For our poverty was sufficient torus, thai we
might account it ;is riches, that u. viw our son.

26 And Tobias said to her: Weep not; our son
will arrive thither sate, and will return safe to us;
ami thv eyes shall see him.

27 for I believe that the good Angel of God doth
accompany him, and doth order all things well that
are done about him, so that he shall return to us
with jov .

28 At these words his mother ceased weeping,
and held her peace.

CHAP. VI.

By the AngeTs tulrirr young Tobias takelh hold on a fish that
tusaultcth him: rrserrcth the heart, the (.'all, and the lifer, for
medicines. They lodge at the housr if Ixagvel, whose daugh-
/, r Sura Tobias is to marry ; the had before been married to
serin husbandf, trho were all slain by a dtril.

AND Tobias went forward, and the dog follow-
ed him : andhe.lodgcd the first night by the river
of Tigris.

2 And he went out to wash his feet ; and behold,
a monstrous fish came up to devour him.

3 And Tobias being afraid of him, cried out with
a loud voice, saving: Sir, hecometh upon me.

# 4 And the Angel said to him : take him by the
gill, and draw him to thee. And when he had done
so, he drew him out upon the land ; and he began
to pant before his feet.

5 Then the Angel said to him : Take out the en-
trails of this fish, and lay up his heart, and his gall,
and his liver, for thee : for these are necessary for
Useful medicines.

6 And when he had done so, he roasted the flesh
thereof, and they took it with them in the way : the
rest they salted as much as might serve them, till
thev came to Rages the city of the Medes.

7 Then Tobias asked the Angel, and said to him :
I beseech thee, brother Azarias, tell mc what reme-
dies are these things good for, which thou hast bid
me keep of the fish ?

8 And the Angel answering, said to him: If thou
put a little piece of its heart* upon coals, the smoke
thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from
man or from woman, so that they come no more to
them.

9 And the gall is good for anointing the eyes, in
which then- is a white speck, and they shall be cured.

10 And Tobias said to him : Where wilt thou
that we lodge?

11 And the Angel answering, said: Here is one
whose name is RagneLa near kinsman of thy tribe ;
ami he hath a daughter named Sara; but he hath no
son nor any other daughter beside her.

I J All his substance is due to thee, and thou must
take her to wife.

13 Ask her therefore of her father, and he will
give her thee to wife.

• Hi krarl, fft. Tht liver, Tpr. 19. God wan plca*ed to frire to
MM thinpn a virtue apainM (hows proud »piril% to make them, who
•fleeted to be like tbe MoM High, Mihjcct to rnicli mean corporeal crca-
•irea, a* instrument! of hi* power.

3nj

11 Then Tobias answered, and said: I hear that
the hath been given to seven husbands, and thev
all died: moreover I have heard, that a devil killed
them.

15 Now I am afraid, lest the same thing should
happen to me also: and w henas I am the only child
of my parents, I should bring down their old age
with sorrow to hell.f

16 Then the Angel Raphael said to him: Hear
me, and 1 will show thee who thev are, over whom
the devil can prevail.

17 For they who in such manner receive matri-
mony, as toshutoutGod from themselves, and from
their mind, and to give themselves to their lust. ;is
the horse and mule, which have not understand-
ing, over them the devil hath power.

18 But thou when thou shalt take her, go into the
chamber, and for thru' days keep thyself continent
from her, and give thysell to nothing else but to
prayers with her.

19 And on that night lay the liver of the fish on
the fire; and the devil shall he driven away.

20 But the second night thou shalt be admitted
into the society of the holy Patriarchs.

21 And the third night thou shalt obtain a blessing
that sound children may be born of you.

22 And when the third night is past, thou shalt
take the virgin with the fear of the Lord, moved
rather for love of children than for lust, that in the
seed of Abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing in
children.

CHAP. VII.

They are kindly entertained by Ragurl. Tobiat demandeth

Sura to wife.

AND they went in to Raguel: and Raguel re-
ceived them with joy.
_ 2 And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna
his wife: How like is this voung man to niv cousin ?

3 And when he had spoken these words, he said :
Whence are ye, young men our brethren?

4 But they said : We are of the tribe of Neph-
thali, of the captivity of Ninive.

5 And Raguel said to them : Do you know To
bias my brother? And they said : We know him.

6 And when he was speaking manygood things
of him, the Angel said to Raguel: Tobias, eon-
ceruing whom thou inquire^, is this young man's
father.

7 And Raguel went to him, and kiss, d | mu with
tears, and weeping upon his neck, said : A blessing
be upon thee, my son, because thou art the son of a
goorl and most virtuous man.

8 And Anna hiswife. and Sara theirdaiighterwcpt.

9 And after they bad spoken, Raguel commanded
a sheep to be killed, and a ii &st to be prepared.
And when he desired them to sit dow n to dinner.

10 Tobias said : I will not eat nor drink here

f To htU. That i«, to the place where the iouU of the good wer»
kept before the coming of t'hriit

CHAP. VI11, IX.

this day, unless thou first grant me my petition, and
promise to give me Sara thy daughter.

11 Now when Raguel heard this he was afraid,
knowing what had happened to those seven hus-
bands, that went in unto her: and he began to fear
lest it might happen to him also in like manner :
and as he was in suspense, and gave no answer to
his petition,

12 The Angel said to him : Be not afraid to give
her to this man ; for to him whofeareth God is thy
daughter due to be his wife : therefore another could
not have her.

13 Then Raguel said : I doubt not but God hath
regarded my prayers and tears in his sight.

14 And I believe he hath therefore made you come
to me, that this maid might be married to one of
her own kindred, according to the law of Moses:
and now doubt not but I will give her to thee.

15 And taking the right hand of his daughter, he
gave it into the right hand of Tobias, saying : The
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob be with you ; and may he join you
together, and fulfil his blessing in you.

1 6 And taking paper they made a writing of the
marriage.

17 And afterwards they made merry, blessing
God.

18 And Raguel called to him Anna his wife, and
bid her prepare another chamber.

19 And she brought Sara her daughter in thither ;
and she wept.

20 And she said to her: Be of good cheer, my
daughter: the Lord of heaven give thee joy for the
trouble thou hast undergone.

CHAP. VIII.

Tobias burnetii part of the fish's liver ; and Raphael bindeth the
devil. Tobias and Sara pray.

\ ND after they had supped, they brought in the
-*• *- young man to her.

2 And Tobias remembering the Angel's word,
took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon
burning coals.

3 Then the Angel Raphael took the devil, and
bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

4 Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to
her : Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to-day, and
to-morrow, and the next day: because for these
three nights we are joined to God : and when the
third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.

5 For we are the children of saints ; and we must
not be joined together like heathens that know not
God.

6 So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both
together that health might be given them.

7 And Tobias said : Lord God of our fathers,
may the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the
fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that
are in them, bless thee.

8 Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth,
and gavest him Eve for a helper.

9 And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for
fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for

the love of posterity, in which thy name may ue
blessed for ever and ever.

10 Sara also said : Have mercy on us, O Lord,
have mercy on us ; and let us grow old both toge-
ther in health.

1 1 And it came to pass about the cock crowing,
Raguel ordered his servants to be called for ; and
they went with him together to dig a grave.

12 For he said : Lest perhaps it may have hap-
pened to him, in like manner as it did to the othei
seven husbands, that went in unto her.

13 And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel
went back to his wife, and said to her :

14 Send one of thy maids, and let her see if he
be dead, that I may bury him before it be day.

15 So she sent one of her maid servants, who
went into the chamber, and found them safe and
sound, sleeping both together.

16 And returning she brought the good news: and
Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord ;

17 And said : We bless thee, O Lord God of Is-
rael, because it hath not happened as we suspected.

1 8 For thou hast shown thy mercy to us, and hast
shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us.

19 And thou hast taken pity upon two only chil-
dren. Make them, O Lord, bless thee more fully:
and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise, and
of their health, that all nations may know, that thou
alone art God in all the earth.

20 And immediately Raguel commanded his ser-
vants, to fill up the pit they had made, before it was
day.

21 And he spoke to his wife to make ready a
feast, and prepare all kind of provisions that are ne-
cessary for such as go a journey.

22 He caused also two fat kine, and four wethers
to be killed, and a banquet to be prepared for all his
neighbours, and all his friends.

23 And Raguel adjured Tobias, to abide with
him two weeks.

24 And of all things which Raguel possessed, he
gave one half to Tobias, and made a writing, that
the half that remained should after their decease
come also to Tobias.

CHAP. IX.

The Angel Raphael goeth to Gabelus, receiveth the money, and
bringeth him to the marriage.

THEN Tobias called the Angel to him, whom
he took to be a man, and said to him : Brother
Azarias, I pray thee, hearken to my words:

2 If I should give myself to be thy servant I should
not make a worthy return for thy care.

3 However, 1 beseech thee, to take with thee
beasts and servants, and to goto Gabelus to Rages the
city of the Medes ; and to restore to him his note of
hand, and receive of him the money, and desire
him to come to my wedding.

4 For thou knowest that my father numbereth
the days : and if I stay one day more, his soul will
be afflicted.

5 And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath ad-
jured me whose adjuring I cannot despise.

383

TOBIAS

6 Then Raphael look four of Ragucl's servants,
«nd two camels, and went to Rages the city of the
M : b; and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of
hand, and received of him all the money.

\iid lie told him concerning Tobias the ><ui <it
Tobias, all thai bad been dose ; and made him come
n iili him to the wedding)

8 Am) when he was come into Raguel's house,
Se found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaped
ti|», and they kissed each other : and Gabelus wept,
and blessed God,

9 And said : The God of Israel hless thee, because
thou art the son of a very good and just man, and
that tcartth God, and doeth alms-deeds :

10 And may a blessing come upon thy wife, and
upon your parents.

1 1 And may you see your children, and your chil-
dren's children, unto the third and fourth generation :
and may your seed be hlessed by the God of Israel,
w ho reigneth for ever and ever.

12 Aud when all had said, Amen;tiioy went to
the feast: but the marriage feast they celebrated
also with the fear of the Lord.

CHAP. X.

The parrnls lament the long absence of their son Tobias. He sets
out to return.

DIT as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion
-"-* of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicit-
on-. Baying: Why ; thinkest thou, doth my son tarry,
liy is he detained there ?

2 Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man
will pay him the money?

;> And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and
Anna his wife with him: and tliev began lioth to
weep together; because their son did not return to
them on the day appointed.

I I Jut hi- mother wept, and was quite disconso-
late, and said: Wo. we is me, my son ; tj In did we
■end thee to ^o to ;i strange country, the light of our
-, the stall' of our old age, the comfort of our
lift*, the hope of our posterity.

5 We having all things together in thee alone,
ought not to have let thee go from us.

t» And Tobias said to her : Hold thy peace, and
be not troubled: our sou is safe: that man with whom
we sent him is very trusty.

7 But she could by no means be comforted, but
daily running out looked round about, and w ent into
all the ways by which there seemed any hope he
might return, that she might if possible see him
coming afar off.

:: Cut Raguel said to his son-in-law : Stay here,
and I will send a messenger to Tobias thy father,
that thou art in health.

9 Ami Tobias said to him: I know that my fa-
ther and mother now count the days; and their spirit
i- grievously afflieted within them.

10 And when Raguel had pressed Tobias with
many words, and he by no means would hearken to

* Thidog, tft. Thii may ieeni a verv minutr < ir< um.tance to be re-
corded in tacrvd hutorj : but a. wr letirn fmtn rair S a \ lour. M. M*U.
tr. 18. there are ioUu and I1/1//1 in the won! of God ; tli.it is to aay,

381

him, he delivered Sara unto him, and half of all his

substance in men-servants, and women-servant-, in
cattle, in camels, and in kitie, and in much money,
and sent him away safe and jovful from him,

11 Saying: The holy Angel of the Lord he with
you in your journey, and bring you through sale,
and that you may find all things well about yoin
parents, and my eves may BOO VOW children before
1 die.

12 And the parents taking their daughter, ki-
ller, and let lit r go:

13 Admonishing her to honour her father and
mother-in-law, to love her husband, to take care ol
the family, to govern the house, and to behave her-
self irreprehensibly.

CHAP. XI.

Tobias anointcth his father's eves with the fish's gall: and he
recovereth his sight.

\ ND as they were returning they came to Cln-
-*-*- ran, which is in the midway to Ntnive, tin ele-
venth day.

2 And the Angel said : Brother Tobias, thou
knowest how thou didst leave thy father.

3 If it please thee therefore, let us go before, and
let the family follow softly after us, together with
thy wife, and with the beasts.

4 And as this their going pleased him, Raphael
said to Tobias: Take with thee of the call of tin:
fish, for it will lie necessary. So Tobias took BOme
of that gall, and departed.

5 But Anna sat beside the way daily, on the top
of a hill, from whence she might see afar oft.

6 And while she watched his ooming from that
place, she saw him afar oil", and presently perceived
it was her son coming: and returning she told In r
husband. Baying' Behold, thy son cometh.

7 And Raphael said to Tobias : As soon as thou
shall come into thy house, forthwith adore the Lord
thy God: and giving thanks to him, go to thy father,
and kiss him,

8 And immediately anoint his eves with this call
of the fish, which thou earnest with thee. For be
assured that his eyes shall be presently opened : and
thy father shall see the light of heaven, and shall
rejoice in the sight of thee.

9 Then the dog,* which had been with them in
the way, ran before, and coming as if he had brought
the news, showed his joy, by his fawning and w
ging his tail.

10 And his fatherthat was blind rising up, began
to run stumbling with his feet; and giving a servant
his hand, went to meet his son.

1 1 And receiving him, kissed him, as did also his
wife: and they began to weep for ■joy.

12 And when they had adored God, and given
him thanks, they sat down together.

13 Then Tobias taking of the gall of the fish,
anointed 'tis father's eyes.

14 And he Btayed about half an hour : and a white

thing* that appear minute, but which have indeed a deep ami tm Wo
nun, meaning in tin in.

CHAP. XII, XIII.

skin began to come out of his eyes, like the skin of
an egg.

15 And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from
his eyes: and immediately he recovered his sight.

16 And they glorified God, hotli he and his wife,
and all that knew him.

17 And Tobias said : I bless thee, O Lord God
of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou
hast saved me : and behold, I see Tobias my son.

18 And after seven days Sara his son's wife, and
all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the ca-
mels, and an abundance of money of his wife's; and
that money also which he had received of Gabelus:

19 And he told his parents all the benefits of
God, which he had done to him by the man, that
conducted him.

20 And Achior and Nabath the kinsmen of To-
bias came, rejoicing for Tobias, and congratulating
with him for all the good things, that God had done
for him.

21 And for seven days they feasted and rejoiced
all with great joy.

CHAP XII.

Raphael maketh himself known.

THEN Tobias called to him his son, and said to
him: What can we give to this holy man, that
is come with thee ?

2 Tobias answering, said to his father : Father,
what wages shall we give him ? or what can be wor-
thy of his benefits ?

3 He conducted me, and brought me safe again;
he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to
have my wife; and he chased from her the evil
spirit: he gave joy to her parents; myself he deli-
vered from being devoured by the fish ; thee also he
hath made to see the light of heaven ; and we are
filled with all good things through him. What can
we give hiin sufficient for these things?

4 But I beseech thee, my father, to desire him,
that he would vouchsafe to accept of one half of all
things that have been brought.

5 So the father and the son calling him, took him
aside; and began to desire him that he would
vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had
brought.

6 Then he said to (hem secretly: Bless ye the
God of heaven ; give glory to him in the sight of all
that live; because he hath shown his mercy to you.

7 For it is good to hide the secret of a king ; but
honourable to reveal and confess the works of God.

8 Prayer is good with fasting and alms, more than
to lay up treasures of gold :

9 For aim delivereth from death; and the same
is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find
mercy and life everlasting.

10 But they that commit sin and iniquity, are
enemies to their own soul.

Ill discover then the truth unto you : and I will
not hide the secret from you.

* JtrmtleM. What is prophetically delivered here, and in the fol-
Jowinff chapter, with relation to Jerusalem, is partly to be understood
the rebuilding of the city after the captivity ; and partly of the spirit-

3 C

12 When thou didst pray with tears, and didst
bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide
thedead by day in thy house, and bury them by night,
I offered thy prayer to the Lord.

13 And because thou wast acceptable to God, it
was necessary that temptation should prove thee.

14 And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee,
and to deliver Sara thy son's wife from the devil.

15 For I am the Angel Raphael, one ofthe seven,
who stand before the Lord.

16 And when they had heard these things, they
were troubled ; and being seized with fear, they fell
upon the ground on their face.

17 And the Angel said to them: Peace be to you ;
fear not.

18 For when I was with you, I was there by the
will of God: bless ye him, and sing praises to him.

19 I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you:
but I use an invisible meat and drink, which cannot
be seen by men.

20 It is time therefore that I return to him, that
sent me: but bless ye God, and publish all his won-
derful works.

21 And when he had said these things, he was ta-
ken from their sight; and they could see him no more.

22 Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon
their face, blessed God: and rising up, they told all
his wonderful works.

CHAP. XIII.

Tobias the father praiseth God, exhorting all Isr^d tndotht
same. Prophesieth the restoration and better slate of Jew
salem.

\ ND Tobias the elder opening his mouth, bless-
-^*- ed the Lord, and said : Thou art great, O Lord,
for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all ages:

2 For thou scourgest, and thou savest : thou lead-
est down to hell, and bringest up again : and there
is none that can escape thy hand.

3 Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel,
and praise him in the sight of the" Gentiles:

4 Because he hath therefore scattered you among
the Gentiles, who know not him, that you may de-
clare his wonderful works, and make them know
that there is no other almighty God besides him.

5 He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he
will save us for his own mercy.

6 See then what he hath done with us, and with
fear and trembling give ye glory to him: and extol
the eternal King of worlds in your works.

7 As for me, I will praise him in the land of my
captivity : because he hath shown his majesty toward
a sinful nation.

8 Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do jus-
tice before God, believing that he will show his
mercy to you.

9 And I and my soul will rejoice in him.

10 Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days ot
joy, and give glory to him.

11 Jerusalem* city of God, the Lord hath chas-
tised thee for the works of thy hands.

ual Jerusalem, which is the church ot Christ, and the eternal Jeruut
lem in heaven.

395

ji:niTH.

12 Give dory to the Lord for thy good tilings
nnd bless the God eternal, tli.it h<- maj rebuild Ins
tabernacle in thee, and may *-n 1 1 back all the cap-
ti\t s tot bee, and thou maysfl rejoice for ever and <

19 Thou shah shine with a glorious light : and
all the ends of the earth shall worship thee.

14 Nations from alar shall come to thee: and
shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee.
and shall esteem tin land as holy.

15 For ther shall call upon the great name in thee.

16 They shall be cursed that shall de s pi s e thee :
nnd they shall Ik* cond e mned thai shall blaspheme
thee: and blessed shall they In- that shall build thee up.

17 But thou shah rejoice in thy children; because
they shall all be blessed, and shall be gathered to-
gether to the Lord.

18 Blessed are all they that love thee, and that
rejoice in thy peace.

19 My soul, bless thou the Lord; because the
Lord our God hath delivered Jerusalem his city from
all her troubles.

10 Happy shall I be if there shall remain of my
. to see the glory of Jerusalem.

. I The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of Sap-
phire, and Of Emerald, and all the walls thereof
round about of precious stones.

22 All its streets shall be paved with white and
clean stones: and Alleluia shall be sung in its streets.

23 Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it ; and
may he reign over it for ever and ever; Amen.

CHAP. XIV.

Old Tobtas dieth at the age of a hundred and tiro years, afttr ex-
horting his son and grandsons to piety, foreshowing that

•lire shall br destroyed, and J, •■rusidem rebuilt. The pot
Tobias rrtiimeth irith hit family to Raguel ; and dieth 'hapjdly
as he had lived.

AND the words of Tobias were ended. And after
- 1 *- Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two
and forty years, and saw the children of his grand-
children.

2 And alter he had lived a hundred and two
years, be was buried honourably in Ninive.

3 For he was six and fifty years old when he lost
the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered
it again

4 And the rest of his rife was in joy ; and with
great increaseot' the fear ol God he departed in peace.

6 And at the hour of bis death he called unto linn
his son Tobias anil his children, seven young men,
Ins .: rand-sons, and said to them :

6 The destruction of Ninive is at hand for the
word ol the Lord must lie fulfilled: and our bre-
thren, thai are scattered abroad from the land ol Is-
rael, s|i ;l || return to it.

7 And all the land thereof that is desert shall l>e
filled with people; and the house of God which is
burnt in it, shall again he rebuilt: and all that fear
God shall return thither.

8 And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and
shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.

9 And all the kints of the earth shall rejoice in it,
ndorillg the kinc ol Israel.

Id Heaikcn therefore, my children, to your fa-
ther: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do ihe
things that please him :

1 1 And command vour children that they do jus-
tice and alms-deeds, and that they be mindful of
God, and bless him at all limes in Hull), and with
all their power.

12 And now, children, hear me, and do not stay-
here: but as soon as yon shall bury your mother by
me in one sepulchre, without delay direct your steps
to depart hence :

13 For I seethat its iniquity will bring it todestruc-
tion.

14 And it came to pass that after the death of his
mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive w it li his w ile,
and children, and children's children, and returned
to his father and mother-in-law.

15 And he found them in health in a good old age :
and he took care of them, and he closed their eyes:
and all the inheritance of BagoeFs house came to
him : and he saw his children's children to (he fifth
generation.

16 And after he had lived ninetv-nine years in
the fear of the Lord, with joy they buried him.

17 And all his kindred, and all his generation
continued in good life, and in holy conversation, so
that they were acceptable both to God, and to men,
and to all that dwelt in the land.

THE BOOK OF JUDITH.

The Barred writer of this hook is generally hrliered to he the high
priest Eliaehim railed oho Joachim. The transaclitms hire-
in related, mint pmhahly huppi nrd in his day*, and in the
reign qf Ma.iatscs, after his repentant t nnd n turn from cap-
tivity . It takes its name from that illustrious woman, by whose
virtue and fw'.itiidt ■ and armed irith prayer, the rhildnn ol
Israel wert preserved from the destruction t/iniitrm tl tin m In/
Htil'ifernes and his great army. It finishes with her canticli
qf thanksgiving to

CHAP. I.

babii.hndontjiur king of the Assyrians overeometh Arphaxad

kinir tfthf Mrdts
"IYTOW Arphaxad* king of the Medes had brought

■»-" many nations under his dominions : and be

built a very strong city, which he called Ecliatnna,

2 Of stones squared and hewed: he made the
walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits
high: and the towers thereof he made a hundred
cubits high. But on the square of them, each side
was exiended the space of twent\ bet.

3 And he made the gates thereof according to the
height of the towers :

* Jlrpkaxsd He was probably Ibe tame u n railed Dtjtxti by 1 \e
mdotns ; to wbotn be attribute* tbc buiUliug of Ecbataoa, tbe cafuUk
city of Media.

CHAP. II, III.

<f And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of
his army and in the glory of his chariots.

5 Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabu-
chodonosor* king of the Assyrians, who reigned in
Ninive the great city, fought against Ar[>haxad,and
overcame him,

6 In the great plain which is called Ragau, about
the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Jadason, in
the plain of Erioch the king of the Elicians.

7 Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor ex-
alted, and his heart was elevated : and he sent to
all that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Liba-
u us,

8 And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and
Cedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee in the great
plain of Esdrclon,

9 And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the
river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of
Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia.

10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the As-
syrians sent messengers:

1 1 But they all with one mind refused, and sent
them hack empty, and rejected them without honour.

12 Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry
against all that land, swore by his throne and king-
dom that he would revenge himself of all those coun-
tries.

CHAP. 11.

Nabuchodonosor sendrth Holof ernes to waste the countries of the

west.

IN the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodo-
nosor, the two and twentieth day of the first
month, the word was given out in the house of Na-
oucbodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would
revenge himself.

2 And he called all the ancients, and all the go-
vernors, and his officers of war, and communicated
to them the secret of his counsel:

3 And be said that his thoughts were to hring all
the earth under his empire.

4 And when this saying pleased them all, Nahu-
chodonosor the king called Holofernes the general
of his armies,

5 And said to him : Go out against all the king-
doms of the west, and against them especially that
despised my commandment.

6 Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom ; and all
the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke.

7 Then Holofernes called the captains and offi-
cers of the power of the Assyrians : and he mus-
tered men for the expedition, as the king command-
ed him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men
on foot, and twelve thousand archers, horsemen.

8 And he made all his warlike preparations to go
before with a multitude of innumerable camels, with
all provisions sufficient for the armies in abundance,
and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without
number.

9 He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Sy-
ria in his passage.

* Nabuchodonosor. P>ot the king of Babylon, who took and destroy-
ed Jerusalem, but another of the same name, who reigned in Ninive ;
•ad is called by profane historians Sootducliin. lie succeeded Asar-

10 But gold and silver he took out of the king's
house in great abundance.

11 And he went forth, he and all the army, with
the chariots, and horsemen, and archers, who co-
vered the face of the earth, like locusts.

12 And vvhen he had passed through the borders
of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains ol
Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia : and he went
up to all their castles, and took all the strong places.

13 And he took by assault the renowned city of
Melothus, and pillaged all the children of Tharsis,
and the children oflsmahel, who were over-against
the face of the desert, and on the south of the land
of Cellon.

14 And he passed over the Euphrates, and came
into Mesopotamia: and he forced all the stately
cities that were there, from the torrent of Mambre,
till one comes to the sea :

15 And he took the borders thereof, from Cilicia
to thecoasts of Japhetb, which are towardsthe south.

16 And he carried away all the children of Ma-
dian, and stripped them of all their riches : and all
that resisted bun he slew with the edge of the sword.

17 And after these things he went down into the
plains of Damascus in the days of the harvest ; and
he set all the corn on fire ; and he caused all the trees
and vineyards to be cut down

18 And the fear of him fell upon all the inhabit-
ants of the land.

CHAP. III.

Mam ubmit themselves to Holofernes. He destroyeth their
cities, and their" gods, that Nabuchodonosor only might be call-
ed god.
^TMJFN the kings and the princes of all the cities
-*- and provinces of Syria, Mesopotamia, and
Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia, sent their am-
bassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said :

2 Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is
better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the
great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to
perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.

3 Allourcities and our possessions, all mountains',
and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of
sheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all
our goods, and families, are in thy sight:

4 Let all we have be subject to thy law.

5 Both we and our children are thy servants.

6 Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our ser-
vice as it shall please thee.

7 Then he came down from the mountains with
horsemen in great power, and made himself master
of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.

8 And from all the cities he took auxiliaries va-
liant men, and chosen for war.

9 And so jgreat a fear lay upon all those provin-
ces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes
and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet
him at his coming.

10 And received him with garlands, and lights, and
dances, and timbrels, and flutes.

haddon in the kingdom of the Assyrians, and ivas cotemporary with
Manasses king of Judah.

387

JUDITH.

11 And thoudi they did these th'mzv thej coald
not lor all that mitigate the fierceness <'t bin heart :

12 For In- lx>th destroyed their cities, and cut

clown their groves.

I> For Nabucbodonosor the kins; liail command-
ed him to il< stray all the gods of the earth, that he
nnlj might be called god bi those nations which
could l>c brought under him by the power of Holo-
fei

14 Ami wlnn he had passed through all Syria
Sobal, and all Apauna, and all .Mesopotamia, be
cone to the Iduineans into the land of Cmbaa :

I") Ami he took possession oftheir cities, and stav-
ed there foi thirty days, in whieh days he command-
ed all the troops Of his arms to he united.

chap, iv.

The children of Israel prepare ihrmf Ivri to resist Holofcrnet.
They cry to the Ijitrdfor help.

THEN the children of Israel, who dwelt in the
land of Juda, hearing these things, were ex-
lingly afraid of him.

J Dread and horror seized upon their minds; lest
lie should do the same to Jerusalem and to the tem-
ple of the Lord, that he had done toother cities,
and their temples.

3 And ibej sent into all Samaria round about, as
far as Jericho, and seized upon all the lops of the
mountains :

) And they compassed their towns with walls.
and gathered together com for provision for war.

5 And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that wen
over-against Esdrelon, which faeetfa the great plain
near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a
passage of way ; that they should take possession of
the a>ccnts of the mountains, by which there might
be an] way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch
where the way was narrow between the mountain-.

ti And the children of Israel did as the priest of
the Lord, Eliachim, had appointed them.

7 And all the people cried to the Lord with preat
earnestness: ana the) bumbled their souls in fast-
ings, and prayers, Inith they and their wives.

8 And tin priests put on hair-cloths; and they
caused the little children to lie prostrate before the
temple of the Lord : and the altar of the Lord they
covered with hair-cloth.

9 And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel
with one accord, that their children might not lie
made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their
cities destroyed, and their holj things profaned ; and
that t he v m khi not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.

10 Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord
Went about all Israel, and spoke to them.

11 Saying : Know ye that the Lord will hear J

prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fast-
ings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.

12 Remember .Moses the servant of the Lord,
who own aim- Amalee that trusted in his rjWU
strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in
his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen,
not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:

13 So shall all the enemies of Israel be, 'if you per-
severe in this work which W>U have begun.

14 Bo the] being mo* edb\ this exhortation of his,
prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight ot
the Lord.

J6 So that even they who offered the holocausts
to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord gird-
ed with hair-cloths, and with ashes upon their head.

16 And they all begged of God with all tin ir
heart, that he would \isit Ins people Israel.

( HAP. V.

Achinr fires Hotofernet tin a< cnunt of the people of Israel.

AND it was told liolofernet the general of the
army of the Assyrians, that the children of Is-
rael prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up
the wa\s of the mountains.

2 And he was transported with exceeding great
furv and indignation: and he called all the princes
of Moab and the leaders of Amnion,

3 And he said to them : Tell me w hat is this peo-
ple that hesetteth the mountains ; or w hat are tin ir
cities, and of what sort, ami how great ; also w hat is
their power, or what is their multitude; or who is
the kinu o*er their warfare:

4 Ami why they shove all that dwell in the east,
have despised us, and have not come out to uieet us,
that they might receive us with peace?

5 Then Achior captain of all the children of Ani-
mon answering, said: If thou vouchsafe, my lord,
to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning
this people, that dwelleth in the mountains; and
there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.

6 This people is of the offspring of the Chal-
deans.

7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they
would not follow the gods of their fathers, who
were in the land of the Chaldeans.

8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their
fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,

9 They worshipped one God of heaven, who also
commanded them to depart from thence, and lo
dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine
over all the land, they went down into Egypt ; and
there for four hundred years were so multiplied,
that the army of them could not be numbered.

10 And when the lung of Egypt oppressed them,
and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick,
in the building of his cities, they cried to their Lord;
and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers
plagues.

1 1 And when the Egyptians had cast them put
from them, and the plague had ceased from them,
and they had a mind to take (hem again, and bring
them back to their sen M

12 The God of heaven opened the sea to them
in their lliidit. so that the waters were made to stand
firm as a wall on either side; and they walked
through the bottom of the sea. and passed it dn foot.

13 And when an innumerable arm] of the Egyp*
tians pursued alter them in that place, they were
so overwhelmed with the waters, that there wis
not one left, to tell w hat had happened, to p o st er it y.

14 And after they came out ot the Ked Sea, they
abode in the deserts o! mount Sim, in which never
man could dwell, or son of man rested.

CHAP. VI.

15 There bitter fountains were made sweet for
chem to drink: and for forty years they received
food from heaven.

16 Wheresoever they went in without how and
arrow, and without shield and sword, their God
fought for them, and overcame.

17 And there was no one that triumphed over
this people, but when they departed from the wor-
ship of the Lord their God.

18 But as often as beside their own God, they
worshipped any other, they were given to spoil, and
to the sword, and to reproach.

19 And as often as they were penitent for having
revolted from the worship of their God, the God of
heaven gave them power to resist.

20 So they overthrew the king of the Chanaan-
ites, and of the Jebusites, and of the Pherezites,
and of the Hethites, and of the Hevites, and of the
Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon:
and they possessed their lands, and their cities :

21 And as long as they sinned not in the sight of
their God, it was well with them: for their God
riateth iniquity.

22 And even some years ago when they had re-
volted from the way which God had given them
♦o walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by
many nations; and very many of them were led away
captive into a strange land.

23 But of late returning to the Lord their Go.d,
from the different places wherein they were scatter-
ed, they are come together, and are gone up into
all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again,
where their holies are.

24 Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any
iniquity of theirs in the sight of their God ; let us go
uj) to them, because their God will surely deliver
them to thee, and they shall be brought under the
yoke of thy power :

25 But if there be no offence of this people in
the sight of their God, we cannot resist them; be-
cause their God will defend them; and we shall be
a reproach to the whole earth.

26 And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased
to speak these words, all the great men of H,olo-
fernes were angry: and they had a mind to kill him,
saying to each other :

27 Who is this, that saith the children of Israel
can resist king Nabnchodonosor, and his armies,
men unarmed, and without force, and without skill
in the art of war?

28 That Achior therefore may know that he de-
ceiveth us, let us go up into the mountains : and
when the bravest of them shall be taken, then shall
he with them be stabbed with the sword :

29 That every nation may know that Nabncho-
donosor is god of the earth, and besides him there
is no other.

CHAP. VI.

Holofernes in great rage sendeth Arhinr to BetJiulia, there to
be slain with the Israelites.

A ND it came to pass when they had left off
■** speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent
passion, said to Ach«

2 Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying
that the nation of Israel is defended by their God,
to show thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodo-
nosor :

3 When we shall slay them all as one man, then
thou also shalt di<> with them by the sword of the
Assyrians: and all Israel shall perish with thee:

4 And thou shalt find that Nahuchodonosoi is
lord of the whole earth : and then the sword of my
soldiers shall pass through thy sides: and thou shaft
be stabbed, and fall among the wounded of Israel;
and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed
with them.

5 But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy
countenance sink, and let the paleness that is in thy
face, depart from thee, if thou imaginest these my
words cannot be accomplished.

6 And that thou mayst know that thou shalt ex-
perience these things together with them, behold,
from this hour thou shalt be associated to their peo-
ple ; that when they shall receive the punishment
they deserve from my sword, thou mayst fall under
the same vengeance.

7 Then Holofernes commanded his servants to
take Achior, and to lead him to Bethulia, and to
deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel.

8 And the servants of Holofernes taking him,
went through the plains: but when they came near
the mountains, theslingers came out against them.

9 Then turning out of the way by the side of the
mountain, they tied Achior to a tree hand and foot ;
and so left him bound with ropes, and returned to
their master.

10 And the children of Israel coming down from
Bethulia, came to him. And loosing him, they
hrought him to Bethulia, and setting him in the
midstof the people, asked him what was the mat-
ter that the Assyrians had left him bound.

11 In those days the rulers there were Ozias the
son ofMicha of the tribe of Simeon, and Charmi,
called also Gothoniel.

12 And Achior related in the midst of the an-
cients, and in the presence of all the people, all that
he had said, being asked by Holofernes: and how
the people of Holofernes would have killed him for
this word :

13 And how Holofernes himself being angry had
commanded him to be delivered for this cause to the
Israelites; that when he should overcome the chil-
dren of Israel, then he might command Achior also
himself to be put to death by divers torments, for
having said : The God of heaven is their defender.

14 And when Achior had declared all these things,
all the people fell upon their faces, adoring the Lord,
and all of them together mourning and weeping
poured out their prayers with one accord to the
Lord,

15 Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth,
behold their pride, and look on our low condition,
and have regard to the face of thy saints*, and show
that thou forsakest not them that trust on thee, and
that thou humblest them that presumeof themselve*.
and glory in their own strength.

380

jriMTii.

16 So wlun their weeping was ended, and the
people's prayer, in wbkh they continued all the day,
m concluded, they comforted Achior,

17 Saying : Tie God <>f our fathers, whose power

thou hast set loith. will make this return to thee,
thai thou rather shah see their destruction.

18 And when the Lord our God shall give t li i>«
liberty to his servants, let God be with thee also in
the miilst of us: that as it shall please thee, so thou
with all thine maw converse with as.

19 Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken
up, received him into his house, and made him a

it supper.

\n(l all the ancients were invited; and they
refreshed themselves together after their fast was
o?er.

21 And afterwards all the people wen railed to-
gether; and they prayed all the night long within
the church,* desiring help of the God of Israel.

(HAP. VII.

Holafrmet hesiegeth Bethulia. The dixtres* nf the besieged.

"I>l.'T Hoiofernes on the oexi day jave orders to
•*-* his army logo up against Bcthnha.

J Now there were in his troops a hundred and
twent] thousand footmen, and two and twenty thou-
sand horsemen, besides the preparations of those
men who had been taken, and who had been brought
away out of the provinces and cities, of all the youth.

3 All these prepared themselves together to fight
against the children of Israel, and they came by the
hill side to the top, which lookelh toward Dotliain,
from the place which is called Belma, unto C'hel-
mon, which is over-aga'mst Ksdrelon.

4 But the children of Israel, when they saw the
multitude of them, prostrated themselves Upon the
ground, putting ashes upon their heads, praying
with one accord, that the Godof Israel would show
bis mercy upon his people.

5 \nd taking their arms of war, they posted them-
selves at the places, which by a narrow path-wav
led directly between the mountains ; and thev guard-
ed them all day and night.

6 Now Hoiofernes, in goiug round al>out found that
the fountain which supplied them with water, ran
through an aqueduct without the city on the south
sid": and he commanded their aqueduct to lie cut off.

7 Nevertheless there were springs not far from
the w alls, out of which they were seen secretlj to
draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather
than lo drink their I'll.

8 lint the children of Ammon and Moah came
to Hoiofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust
not in their spears, nor in their arrows: but the
mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and
precipices guard them.

9 l\ berefore thai thou mays! overcome them with-
out joining battle, set guards at the springs, that the;
tin\ not draw water out of them ; and thou shall
destroy them without sword; or it least being wea-
ried out they will yield np their city, which the)

* TVcWch.
pr»»er.

Th»t u, the tjnafof tie or place where they met t»r

suppose, l>erause it is situate iu the mo u n tai ns , to
be impregnable.

10 And these words pleased Hoiofernes. and his
officers: and be placed all round about a hundred
men at every spring.

11 \nd wheuthej had kept this watch for full
twenty (la\s. the cisterns, and tf,c reserve of wa-
ters failed anion:; all the inhabitants of Hethulia;
so that there was not within the city, enough to
tisfv them, no not for one day : for water was daily
given out to the people by measure.

1 J Then all the men and women. frOODg men,
and children, gathering themselvestogetner to ( teias,
all together wrth one mice,

18 Said: God be judge between ns and thee:
for thou hast done evil against us. in that thou wonldst
not speak peaceablj with the Assyrians: and lor
this cause (iod hath sold us into their hands.

14 And therefore there is no one to help us,
while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst,
and sad destruction.

15 And now assemble ye all that are in the city
that we may of our own accord yield OUTSetves all
up to the people of Hoiofernes.

16 For it is better, that being captives we should
live and bless the Lord, than that we should die,
and be a reproach to all flesh, after We have seen
our wives and our infants die before our cms.

t!7 We call to witness thisda) heaven and earth,
and the (iod of our fathers, who taketh vengeance
upon us according to our sins, conj u ring you to de-
liver now the city into the hand of the army of Holo-
lemes, that our end may be short by the edge of the
sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.

18 And when they had said these things, there
was ma! weeping and lamentation of all in the as-
sembly; and for many hours with one voice they
cried to God, sa\ ing:

1!* We have sinned with our fathers: we hjrre
done unjustly: we have committed imqertj :

J<> Have thou mercy on us, because thou art
good ; or punish our iniquities by chastising us thy-
self, and deliver not them that trust iu thee to a peo-
ple that knoweth not thee,

21 That they may not say among the Gentiles:
Where is their God?

' And when being wearied with these cries,
and tired with these w t ttfjttgs, they held their peace,

23 Ozias rising Up all in tears, said : He ol p
courage, my brethren: and let us wait these five
days for mercy from the Lord.

2 V For perhaps he will put a stop to his indigna-
tion, and will »\\r glory to his own name.

# 25 Hut if aftet ive davs be past, there come no
aid, we will do the things which you have spoken.
CHAP. VIII.

The character ■>/ Judith : her discourse to the anrirnt$.

TVTOW it came m pass, when Judith a widow had

-L' heard these words, who was the daughter of
Merari, the son of IdoX. the son of Joseph, the son
of Ozias, the son of l-.lai, tin sou of Jainnor, the
sou of (iedeon. the sou of Haphaim, the son of
Achitob, the son of Mekhias, the son of Enan, the

CHAP. IX.

son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of
Simeon, the son of Ruben :*

2 And her husband was Manasses, who died in
the time of the barley harvest:

3 For he was standing over them that hound
sheaves in the field ; and the heat came upon his
head; and he died in Bcthulia his own city, and
was buried there with his fathers.

4 And Judith, his relict was a widow now three
years and six months. •

5 And she made herself a private chamber in the
upper part of her house, in which she abode, shut
up with her maids.

6 And she wore hair-cloth upon her loins, and
fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths,
and new-moons, and the feasts of the houseof Israel.

7 And she was exceedingly beautiful : and her
husband left her great riches, and very many ser-
vants, and large possessions of herds of oxen, and
flocks of sheep.

8 And she was greatly renowned among all, be-
cause she feared the Lord very much ; neither was
there any one that spoke an ill word of her.

9 When therefore she had heard that Ozias had
promised that he would deliver up the city after the
lifth day,shesentto the ancients Chabri andCharmi.

10 And they came to her; and she said to them :
What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented
to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days
there come no aid to us?

1 1 And who are you that tempt the Lord ?

12 This is not a word that may draw down mercy,
hut rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle
indignation.

1 3 You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord ;
and you have appointed him a day, according to
rour pleasure.

14 But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us
be penitent for this same thing; and with many tears
let us beg his pardon :

15 For God will not threaten like man, nor be
inflamed to anger like the son of man.

16 And therefore let us humble our souls before
him; and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service,

1 7 Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according
to his will so he would show his mercy to us; that
as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we
may glorify in our humility:

18 For we have not followed the sins of our
father*, who forsook their God, and worshipped
strange gods.

19 For which crime they were given up to their
enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to con-
fusion : but we know no other God but him.

2f Let us humbly wait for his consolation; and
the Lord our God will require our blood of the

* Simeon the son of Ruben. In the Greek it is the son of Israel. For
Simeon the patriarch, from whom Judith descended, was not the son,
b.il the brother of Ruben. It seems more probable that the Simeon
and the Ruben here mentioned are not the patriarchs ; but two of the
descendants of the patriarch Simeon : and that the genealogy of Ju-
dith, lecorded in this place, is not carried up so high as the patriarchs.
No more than that of Elcana the father of Samuel, 1 Kings i, 1. and
that of king Saul, I Kings ix 1,

afflictions of our enemies : and he will humble all
the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring
them to disgrace.

21 And now, brethren, as you are the ancients
among the people of God, and their very soul restcth
upon you; comfort their hearts by your speech, that
they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted,
that they might be proved, whether they worshipped
their God truly.

22 They must remember how our father Abra-
ham was tempted, and being proved by many tribu-
lations, was made the friend of God.

23 So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that
have pleased God, passed through many tribulations,
remaining faithful.

24 But they that did not receive the trials with
the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience
and thereproachof their murmuringagainstthe Lord,

25 Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished
by serpents.

26 As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves
for these things which we suffer,

27 But esteeming these very punishments to be
less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these
scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we
are chastised, have happened for our amendment,
and not for our destruction.

28 And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All
things which thou hast spoken are true ; and there
is nothing to be reprehended in thy words.

29 Now therefore pray for us; for thou art a holy
woman, and one fearing God.

30 And Judith said to them : As you know that
what I have been able to say is of God :

31 So that which I intend to do, prove ye if- it
be of God, and pray that God may strengthen my
design.

32 You shall stand at the gate this night, and I
will go out with my maid-servant : and pray ye, that
as you have said, in five days the Lord may look
down upon his people Israel.

33 But I desire that you search not into what I
am doing; and till 1 bring you word let nothing else
be done but to pray for me to the Lord our God.

34 And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her : Go
in peace, and the Lord be with thee to take revenge
of our enemies. So returning they departed.

CHAP. IX.

Judith's prayer, to beg of God to fortify her in her undertaking.

\ ND when they were gone, Judith went into her
-^*- oratory ; and putting on hair-cloth, laid ashes
on her head : and falling down prostrate before the
Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying :

2 O Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest
him a sword t to execute vengeance against stran-

f Gavest him a sward, fyc. The justice of God is here praised, in
punishing by the sword of Simeon the crime of the Sichemites : and
not the fact of Simeon, which was justly condemned by his father,
Gen- xlix. 5. Though even with regard to this fact, we may distin-
guish between his *eal against the crime committed by the ravishers
of his sister, which aeal may be considered just i and "the manner of
his punishing that crim«, which was irregular and excessive.

391

JUDITH.

gers, who bad defiled l>y iheir unclcanucss, tod un-
red tlit- \ir^in unto c-oiifusioii :
\iid wlio gavest their \\ ives to Ik- made a prey,
;iui I their daughters into captivity : and all their
Spoilt to lie divided to thy sen ants, who W< re Ei B
lous with th> Seal : assist, 1 beseech lliee, () Lord
n idow.

V For thou nasi done the things of old, and bast
devised one thing alter another : and what thou hast
design* d hath been d -.

5 Tor all thy w a\ s are prepared, and in thy provi-
denee thou hast placed thy judgments.

• '. Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as
thou wast pleased to look upon the camp ot the

Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy ser-
\ nits, trusting in their chariots, and in their horse-
men, and in a multitude of warriors.

7 Hut thou loofcedst over their camp, and dark-
ness wearied them.

The deep held their feet, and the waters over-
whelmed them.

9 So may it lx- with these also, O Lord, who
trust in their multitude, and in their chariots, and in
tluir pikes, and in their shields, and in their arrows,
and glorj in their spears,

Id And know not that thou art our God, who
destroyesi wars from the beginning, and the Lord
is thy name.

11 Lift up thy arm as from the beginning, and
crush their power with thy power: let their power
tall in their wrath, w ho promise themselves to violate
thy sanctuary, and defile the dwelling-place of th\
name, and to beat down with their sword the horn
of thy altar.

1 1 lirim- to pass, O Lord, that his pride may be
tut oflT with his own sword.

1.) Let him be caught in the net of his own eyes
in m\ regard; arfd do thou strike him by the gra

of the words of my lips.

14 Give me constancy in my mind, that I may
despise him; and fortitude that I may overthrow him.

1") For this will be a glorious monument for thy
name, when he shall fall by the hand of a wo-
man.

1 ti For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude,
nor is thy pleasure in the Btrength of horses; nor
from the beginning have the proud been acceptable
to thee : but the prayer of the humble and the meek
bath always pleased tin

17 () (iod of the heavens, ( 'rcator of the waters,
and Lord of the whole creation, hear me a poor

w nidi, making supplication to thee, and presuming
of thy mere) .

18 Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, and put
thou words in my mouth, ami strengthen the re-
solution in my heart, that thy house may continue
in thy Imlim

1!' And all nations may acknowledge that thou
art God, and there is no other besides thee.

* Brtoun Iknrv. 1ft. In tla« Bad the following chanter, «4nnr thine*
*r* related to have hern »aid bv Judith, whir* *eem hard to reconcile
mih truth. But all that it related in ~ nntore of theaervanti of God

CHAP. X.

Judith goeth out totrardu the ramp, and it taken, and brmtgkt
to IhtliUrnts.
\ N I ) it came to pass, w hen she had ceased to cry
■**- to the Lord, that she rose from the place
wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord.

2 And she called her maid : and going down into
her house, she took off her haircloth, and put away
the garments of her w idow hood.

3 And she washed her body, and anointed her-
self with the best ointment, and plaited the hair
of her head, and put a Ixninet upon her head, and
clothed herself with the garments of her gladness,
and put sandals on her feel, and took her bracelets,
and lilies, and eailels. and rings, and adorned her-
self with all her ornaments.

4 And the Lord also gave her more beat*} : be-
cause all this dressing up did not proceed from sen-
suality, but from virtue: and therefore the Lord in-
creased this her beauty, so that she appealed to all

men's eyes incomparablj lovely.

5 And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to
carry, and a vessel of oil, and parched corn, and dry
tigs, and bread and cheese; and went out.

6 And w hen they came to the gate of the city, they
found O/.ias and the ancients of the city Waiting.

7 And when they saw her, the\ were astonished,
and admired bet heautx exceedingly.

8 But they* asked her no question; only they let

her pass, saying : The ( iod of our fathers give thee

grace, and may be strengthen all the counsel of thy

heart wirh his power, that Jerusalem ma\ glory in
thee, and thy name may be in the number of the
liolv and just.

9 And they that were there said, all with one

voice : So be it, so lie it.

10 But Judith praying to the Lord, passed
through the gates, SM and her maid.

11 And it came to pass, when she went down
the hill, about break of day, that the watchmen of
the Assyrians met her, and Stopped her, sa\ing:
Whence contest thou? or whither goest thour

12 And she answered : 1 am a daughter of the
Hebrews, and I am fled from them, because I knew *
they would be made a prey to you, because they
despised you, and would not of their own accord
Meld theuisehes, that they might find uure\ in \our
sight.

13 For this reason I thought with myself, saying:
I will go to the presence of the prince Hololerm s,
that I may tell him their secrets, and show him by
what way he may take them, without the losi of
one man of his army.

14 And when the men had heard her words, they
beheld her face, and their ayes were amazed ; lor
they wondered exceedingly at her beauty.

15 And they said to her : Thou hast saved thy
life by taking this resolution, to come don n to our lord.

16 And be assured of this, that when thou shall

U not approved bv the acrinturc : and eren the tainU in tttc-ir food en
terpriae* may •ocnetimea (lip into venial am*.

CHAP. XI, XII.

rfand before liim, he will treat thee well, and thou
wilt be most acceptable to his heart. And they
L.ought her to the tent of Holofernes, telling him
of her.

1" And when she was come into his presence,
forthwith Holofernes was caught by his eyes.

18 An 1 his officers said to him : Who can despise
the peopl 5 of the Hebrews, who have such beautiful
women, tiiat we should not think it worth our while
for their sakes to fight against them ?

19 And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting under
a canopy, which was woven of purple and gold, with
emeralds and precious stones,

20 After she had looked on his face, bowed down
to him, prostrating herself to the ground. And the
servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by the com-
mand of their master.

CHAP. XI.

Judith's speech to Holofernes.

THEN Holofernes said to her : Be of good com-
fort, and fear not in thy heart : for 1 have never
hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodono-
sor the king.

2 And if thy people had not despised me, I would
never have lifted up my spear against them.

3 But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left
them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us ?

4 And Judith said to him : Receive the words of
thy handmaid; for if thou wilt follow the words of
thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect
thing.

5 For as Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth
liveth, and his power liveth which is in thee for chas-
tising of all straying souls : not only men serve him
through thee, but also the beasts of the field obey him.

6 For the industry of thy mind is spoken of
among all nations: and it is told through the whole
world, that thou only art excellent and mighty in all
his kingdom ; and thy discipline is cried up in all
provinces.

7 It is known also what Achior said; nor are we
ignorant of what thou hast commanded to be done
to him.

8 For it is certain that our God is so offended
with sins, that he hath sent word by his prophets to
the people, that he will deliver them up for their sins.

9 And because the children of Israel know they
have offended their God, thy dread is upon them.

10 Moreover also a famine hath come upon them;
and for drought of water they are already to be count-
ed among the dead.

11 And they have a design even to kill their cat-
tle, and to drink the blood of them.

12 And the consecrated things of the Lord their
God which God forbid them to touch, in corn, wine,
and oil, these have they purposed to make use of:
anr 1 they design to consume the things which they
ought not to touch with their hands: therefore be-
cause they do these things, it is certain they will be
given up to destruction.

13 And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled
from them ; and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee
ihese very things.

14 For I thy handmaid worship God even now
that I am with thee; and thy handmaid will go out,
and I will pray to God :

15 And he will tell me when he will repay them
for their sins: and I will ^ome and tell thee, so that
I may bring thee hrouf, . the midst of Jerusalem ;
and thou shalt ha\ 2 all tne people of Israel, as sheep
that have no shepierd; and there shall not so much
as one dog bark against thee:

1G Because these things are told me by the pro-
vidence of God.

17 And because God is angry with them, I am
sent to tell these very things to thee.

18 And all these words pleased Holofernes, and
his servants; and they admired her wisdom ; and
they said one to another:

19 There is not such another woman upon earth
in look, in beauty, and in sense of words.

20 And Holofernes said to her: God hath done
well who sent thee before the people, that thou
Brightest give them into our hands:

21 And because thy promise is good, if thy God
shall do this for me, he shall also be my God ; and
thou shalt be great in the house of Nabuchodonosor,
and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth.

CHAP. XII.

Judith goeth out in the night to pray : she is invited to a ban-
quet with Holofernes.

^T^HEN he ordered that she should go in where
-■- his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry
there : and he appointed what should be given her
from his own table.

2 And Judith answered him, and said: Now I
cannot eat of these things which thou command) st
to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will
eat of the things which I have brought.

3 And Holofernes said to her: If these things
which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what
shall we do for thee?

4 And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord,
thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till
God do by my hand that which 1 have purposed.
And his servants brought her into the tent which he
had commanded.

5 And when she was going in, she desired that
she might have liberty to go out at night and before
day, to prayer, and to beseech the Lord.

6 And he commanded his chamberlains, that she
might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleas-
ed, for thrae days.

7 And she went out in the nights into the valley
of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of
water.

8 And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord
the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to
the deliverance of his people.

9 And going in, she remained pure in the tent,
until she took her own meat in the evening.

10 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that
Holofernes made a supper for his servants; and said
to Vagao his runuch: Go, and persuade thai He
brew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell
with me.

393

jrnmi.

11 For it is looked upon shameful among the
rttan*, it a w out. in mock a man, In doing so as

to pass free from him.

12 Then Vagao went in to Judith, ami mid: Let
not my good in. ml he afraid to go in to my lord, that
she may bt' honoured before his face, that she ma\
eal with him, and drink w ine, and M incrrv.

13 And Judith sjlssWflcd him: Who am I, that 1
should gaitisav m\ lord?

1 i- Ml that shall be good and best before his eyes,
I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, diat
shall b«' best to me all the days of my life.

15 And she arose, and dressed herself out with
her garments; and going in she stood before his face.

hi And the heart of llolofernes was smitten, for
he was burning with the desire of her.

17 Anil Holofernes said to her : Drink now, and
sit down, and he merry; for thou hast found favour
before me.

18 And Judith said: I will drink, my lord; be-
cause im life is magnified thisday above all my days,

19 And she took and ate and drank before him
what her maid had prepared for her.

20 And Holofernes was made merry on her occa-
sion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as
he had never drunk in his life.

CHAP. XIII.

Judith cutteik off the head of Holofernes, and retumeth to
Itcthulia.

\ NT) when it was grown late, his servants made
-^*- bMtC to their lodgings; and Vagao shut the
chamber-doors, and went his way.

2 And they were all overcharged with wine:

3 And Judith was alone in the chamber.

4 Hut Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, bring
exceedingly drunk. •

5 And Judith spoke to her maid, to stan 1 with-
out before the chamber, and to watch:

6 \ml Judith stood before the bed, praying with
tears, ami the motion of her lips in silence,

lying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel;
and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that
as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusa-
lem thy city: and that I maj bring to pass that which
I have piir|>osed, having a belief that it might be
done bj thee.

8 And whin she had said this, she went to the
pillar that was at kit bed's head, and loosed his
sword that hung tied upon it.

9 And when she had drawn it out, she took him
In the hair of his he.nl, ;iml said: Strengthen me,
Lord < o>d, at this hour.

10 And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut
ofl" his head, and took oil' his cauoity from the pillars,
and rolled awa\ his headless body.

11 And alter a while she went out, ami deliver-
ed the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her
put it into het wallet.

1 J And ihe\ two went out according to their cus-
tom, as if it wen to prayer: and they passed the

camp, and having compassed the valley, the) came
to the gate of the city.

13 And Judith from afar off cried to the wau.tl-
meii upon the walls: Open the for God is
with us, who hath show n his power in Israel.

14 And it came to pass, when the men had beard
her voice, that they called the ancients <>| the citv.

|6 tad all ran to meet her from the least to thr
greatest: for thej had now no hopes that she would
come

16 And lighting up lights they all gathered round
about her:' and she went up to a higher place, and
commanded silence to be made. And when all had
held their peace,

17 Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, w ho
hath not forsaken them that hope in him.

18 And by tne his handmaid he hath fulfilled his
mercy, which be promised to the house of Ism I:
and he hath killed the enemy of his people bj my
hand this night.

19 Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes
out of the wallet, ami showed it them, saying: Be-
hold the head of Holofernes the general of the army
of the \ss\ i ians: and behold his canopy, w herein he
lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God
slew him bj the hand of a woman.

20 But as the same Lord li\eth, his angel hath
been m\ keeper both going hence, and abiding there,
and returning from thence hither: and the Lord hath
not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled : but h i h
brought me back to you without pollution of sin,
rejoicing for bis victory, for my escape, and for your
deliverance.

21 Give all of you glory to him, because be is
good, because his mens endureth lor ever.

22 And they all adored the Lord, and said to her:
The Lord hath blessed thee by bis power; because

by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought.

23 And O/ias the prince of the people of Isiai I,
said to her: Blessed art thou, O (laughter, by tin-
Lord the most high God, above all women upon the
earth.

24 Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and
earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting olT the
head of the prince of our enemies.

23 Because he hath so magnified thy name this
da] . that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth
of men, who shall be mindful of the power of the
Lord forever: for that thou hast not spared t li\ life,
bt reason of the distress and tribulation of tin peo-
ple; but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of
our God.

26 And all the people said : So l>c it, so be it.

27 And Axhior being called for came; and Jurli h
said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou
..in si testimony, that be reveugeth himself of his
enemies, he hath cut oft the head of all the unbe-
lievers this night by my hand.

J.'! And that thou mays! find that it is so, behold
the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of ilil
pride despised the God of Israel; and threatened
thee with death. sa\ing: When the people of Israel
shall be taken, I will command thy sides to bepii n < d
w ith a sword.

29 Then Achior seeing the head of Holofernes,

CHAP.

being seized with a great fear, he fell on his face
upon the earth, and his soul swooned away.

30 But after he had recovered his spirits he fell
Jown at her feet, and reverenced her, and said :

31 Blessed art thou by thy God in every taberna-
cle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear
thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on
occasion of thee.

CHAP. XIV.

The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who, finding their general
slain, are seized with a panic fear.

AND Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my
brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls :

2 And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man
take his arms, and rush ye out, not as going down
beneath, but as making an assault.

3 Then the watchmen must needs run to awake
their prince for the battle.

4 And when the captains of them shall run to the
tent of Holofernes, and shall find him without his
head wallowing in his blood, fear shall fall upon
them.

5 And when you shall know that they are fleeing,
go after them securely; for the Lord will destroy
them under your feet.

6 Then Achior seeing the power that the God of
Israel had wrought, leaving the religion of the Gen-
tiles, he believed God, and circumcised the flesh of
his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel,
with all the succession of his kindred until this pre-
sent day.

7 And immediately at break of day, they hung up
the head of Holofernes upon the walls: and every
man took his arms, and they went out with a great
noise and shouting.

8 And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent
of Holofernes.

9 And they that were in the tent came, and
made a noise before the doorof the chamberto awake
him, endeavouring by art to break his rest, that
Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him,
but by their noise.

10 For no man durst knock, or open and go into
the chamber of the general of the Assyrians.

1 1 But when his captains and tribunes werecome,
and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the
Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:

12 Go in, and awake him; for the mice coming
out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to
fight.

13 Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood be-
fore the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands :
for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.

14 But when with hearkening, he perceived no
motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and
lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes,
lying upon the ground, without the head, weltering
in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with
weeping, and rent his garments.

15 And he went into the tent of Judith, and not
finding her, he ran out to the people,

16 And said: One Hebrew woman hath made
confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor ; for

XIV, XV.

behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and his
head is not upon him.

17 Now when the chiefs of the army of the As-
syrians had heard this, they all rent their garments;
and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them, and
their minds were troubled exceedingly.

18 And there was a very great cry in the midst
of their camp.

CHAP. XV.

The Assyrians fee : the Hebrews pursue after them, and are
enriched by their spoils.

A ND when all the army heard that Holofernes
x *- was beheaded, courage and counsel fled from
them : and being seized with trembling and fear, they
thought only to save themselves by flight :

2 So that no one spoke to his neighbour, but
hanging down the head, leaving all things behind,
they made haste to escape from the Hebrews, w ho,
as they heard, were coming armed upon them, and
fled by the ways of the fields, and the paths of the
hills.

3 So the children of Israel seeing them fleeing,
followed after them. And they went down sound-
ing with trumpets, and shouting after them.

4 And because the Assyrians were not united to-
gether, they went without order in their flight; but
the children of Israel pursuing in one body, de-
feated all that they could find.

5 And Ozias sent messengers through all the
cities and countries of Israel.

6 And every country, and every city, sent their
chosen young men armed after them : and they pur-
sued them with the edge of the sword, until they
came to the extremities of their confines.

7 And the rest that were in Bethulia went into
the camp of the Assyrians, and took away the spoils,
which the Assyrians in their flight had left behind
them ; and they were loaden exceedingly.

8 But they that returned conquerers to Bethulia,
brought with them all things that were theirs, so
that there was no numbering their cattle, and beasts,
and all their moveables, insomuch that from the least
to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils.

9 And Joachim the high priest came from Jeru-
salem to Bethulia with all his ancients to see Judith.

10 And when she was come out to him, they all
blessed her with one voice, saying : Thou art the
glory of Jerusalem ; thou art the joy of Israel ; thou
art the honour of our people :

1 1 For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has
been strengthened; because thou hast loved chastity,
and after thy husband hast not known any other :
therefore alsothehand of the Lord hath strengthened
thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.

12 And all the people said : So be it, so be it.

13 And thirty days were scarce sufficient for the
people of Israel to gather up the spoils of the As-
syrians.

14 But all those things that were proved to be
the peculiar goods of Holofernes, they gave to Judith,
in gold, and silver, and garments, and precious
stones, and all household stuff"; and they all were
delivered to her by the people.

395

F>TUER.

15 And all the people rejoiced] w ith the women,
and v u-^in-,, sod young men, playing on instruments

and harps.

CHAP. XVI.

The canticle qfjuduk: ktr rirtuoun life and death.

'TMIF.N Judith sung this canticle to the Lord,

o S ,jr, . U * :

2 Beau ye to the Lord with timbrels ; sing veto

the Lord withcjmbals; tune unto him a new psalm;
extoUind rail upon his name.

3 The Lord pulteth an end to wars, the Lord is
his name.

4 He hath set his camp in the midst of his people,
to deliver ns from the hand of all our enemies.

5 The Assyrian came out of the mountains from
the north in the multitude of his strength: his mul-
titude stopped up the torrents; and their In
covered the valleys.

6 He bragged that he would set my borders on
fire, and kill my young men with the sword, to
make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives.

7 But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and
hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and
hath slain him.

8 For their mighty one did not fall by young men ;
neither did the sons of Titan Strike him, DOT tall
giants oppose themselves to him : bat Judith the
daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty
ol her face.

9 For she put off her the garments of widow-
hood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give
JOJ to I lit: children of Israel.

10 She anointed her face with ointment, and hound
up her locks with a crown ; she took a new robe to

ive him.

11 Her sandals ravished his eyes; her beauty
made his soul her captive; with a sword she out off

his head.

12 The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the
Mcdes at her hold in

13 Then the ramp of the Assyrians howled, when
mj lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.

11 The sons of the damsels have pierced them
through; and they have killed them like children
fleeing away : they perished in battle before the luce
of the Lord my (iod.

15 Let us sing a hymn to the Lord let us sing
a new hymn to our God.

It> O Adonai Lord, great art thou, and glorioui
m thy power; and no one can Overcome th<

17 Let all thy creatines serve i h. e : because thou
h:ist spoken, and the\ w. re made: thou didst send
forth ihy Spirit, and the] were created ; and there
is no one that can resist thy voice.

18 The mountains shall be moved from the foun
datmns with the waters: the rocks shall melt as
was before thy bee.

19 But they that fear thee, shall Ik- great with
thee m all things.

20 Wo be to the nation that riseth up against my
people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on
them; m the day of judgment he will vis.it them.

21 For he will give tire and worms into their

o« t,,(V " KIN m,rn ' aml n,:iv , *' t ' 1 'or ever.

22 And it came to pass after these things, that all
the people, alter the victory, came to Jerusalem, to
adore the Lord : and as soon as ihe\ were purified,
they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their
promises.

, 23 And Judith offered for an anathema of obli-
vion* all the arms of Holoferues, which the people
gave her, and the canopy that she had takes away
out of his chamber.

24 And the people were joyful in the sight of the
sanctuary ; and for three months the joy of this vic-
tory was celebrated with Judith.

. 25 And after those days every man returned to
his house: and Judith was made great in Bethulia,
and she was most renow ned in all the land of Israel.

26 And chastity was joined to her virtue, so that
she knew no man all the days of her life, after the
death of Mauasses her husband.

27 And on festival days she came forth w ith great
glory.

28 And she abode in her husband's house a hun-
dred and five years, an. I made her handmaid free ;
and she died, and was buried with her husliand iu
Bethulia.

29 And all the people mourned for seven days.

30 And all the time of her life there was none
th.it troubled Israel, nor many years after her death.

31 But the day of the festivity of this victor) is
received by the Hebrews in the number of bolj days,
and is religiously observed by the Jews from thai
time until this day.

.Umalkttnt o/oWirio*. That a, a gift or offering made to God,
by way of an everla^inp monument, to prevent the oblivion or for-
getting' so great a benefit.

THE BOOK OF ESTHER.

Tkit book takes itt name from queen Esther ; whose history is
here reenrdrd. 'I'hr pr-iurrd opinion of id most all commenta-
tors em the Holv Srripturr mnkrs Mardorhai the writer of it:
tekicn alto map be collected Mote from chap. ii. per. 20.

CHAP. 1.

King Astntms makrth a great feast. Queen I'asthi being
sent for, refuuth to come : for tekicM disobedience stu u

FN the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India
*• to Klhiopia over a hundred ami twent> s< \. n
provinces i

~ When he sat on the throne of his kinedom, the
citj Susan was the capital of his kingdom.

3 Now in the third year of his reign he made a
great feast for all the princes, and for his servants.

CHAP. II.

for th-j most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles
of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in
his sight,

4 That he might show the riches of the glory of
his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his
power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and
fourscore days.

5 And when the days of the feast were expired,
he invited all the people that were found in Susan,
from the greatest to the least : and commanded a
feast to be made seven days in the court of tin; gar-
den, and of the wood, which was planted by the
care and the hand of the king.

6 And there were hung up on every side sky-
coloured, and green, and violet hangings, fastened
with cords of silk, and of purple, which were put
into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble
pillars. The beds also were of gold and silver, pla-
ced in order upon a floor paved with porphyry and
white marble : which was embellished with painting
of wonderful variety.

7 And they that were invited, drank in golden
rups ; and the meats were brought in divers vessels
one after another. Wine also in abundance, and
of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's
magnificence.

8 Neither was there any one to compel them to
drink that were not willing, but as the king had ap-
pointed, who set over every table one of his nobles,
that every man might take what he would.

9 Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women
in the palace, where king Assuerus was used tod well.

10 Now on the seventh day, when the king was
merry, and after very much drinking was well
wanned with wine, he commanded Mauman, and
Bizatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha,
and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that
served in his presence,

1 1 To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with
the crown set upon her head, to show her beauty to
all the people and the princes : for she was exceed-
ing beautiful.

12 But she refused, and would not come at the
kins's commandment, which he had signified to her
by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry,
and inflamed with a very great fury,

13 Asked the wise men, who according to the cus-
tom of the kin^s, were always near his person, and
all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws,
and judgments, of their forefathers:

14 (Now the chief and nearest him were, Char-
sena, and Sethar, and Ad mat ha, and Tliarsis, and
Mares, and Marsana, and Mamnchan, seven princes
of the Persians, and of the Medes, who saw the face
of the king, and were used to sit first after him:)

15 What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the
queen, who had refused to obey the commandment
of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by the
eunuchs?

16 And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of
the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not
only injured the king, but also all people and princes
that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus.

17 For this deed of the queen will go abroad to
all women, so that they will despise their husbands,
and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen
Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not.

18 And by this example all the wives of the
princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight
the commandments of their husbands: wherefore
the king's indignation is just.

19 It it please thee, let an edict go out from thy
presence, and let it be written according to the law
of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not
be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king;
but another that is better than her, be made queen
in her place.

20 And let this be published through all the pro-
vinces of thy empire (which is very wide) and let
ajl wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser,
give honour to their husbands.

21 His counsel pleased the king, and the princes:
and the king did according to the counsel of Ma-
muchan.

22 And he sent letters to all the provinces or nis
kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in
divers languages and characters, that the husbands
should be rulers and masters in their houses: and
that this should be published to every people.

CHAP. II,

Esther is advanced to be queen. Mnrdochai detecteth a plot
against the king:
A FTER this, when the wrath of king Assuerus
-£*■• was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and
what she had done, and what she had suffered :

2 And the king's servants and his officers said :
Let young vvoaien be sought for the king, virgins
and beautiful :

3 And let some persons be sent through all the
provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins:
and let them bring them to the city of Susan, and put
them into the house of the women, under the hand
of Egeus the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper
of the king's women : and let them receive w omen's
ornaments, and other things necessary for their use.

4 And whosoever among them all shall please the
king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi.
The word pleased the king: and he commanded
it should be done as they had suggested.

5 There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew,
named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the sou of Se-
mei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,

6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem
at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Bab}lou
carried away Jechonias king of Jurla,

7 And he had brought up his brother's daughter
Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now
she had lost both her parents, and was exceeding fair
and beautiful. And her father and mother being
dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter.

8 And when the king's ordinance was noised
abroad, ami according to his commandment many
beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were
delivered to Egeus the eunuch : Esther also among
the rest of the maidens was delivered to him to be
kept in the number of the women.

9 And she pleased him. and found favour in hi*
Sight. And he commanded (he eunuch to hasti n
the women's ornaments, and lo deliver to hi r her
part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens ol the
Ling's I id to adorn and deck out Iwith her

and her waiting-maids.

In \nd she would not tell him her people nor
her country ! for Mardochai had charged her to BBJ
nothing at all of that.

11 And lie walked every day before the court of
the house, in which the chosen \ ir_'ii^ were kept,
having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to
know what would befall her.

12 Now when every virgin's turn came to go in
to the kin:;, alter all hail been done for setting them
off to advantage, it was the twelfth month : so that
faff six months tln\ were anointed w if li oil of myrrh :
and for Other SIX mouths they used certain perfumes
and sweet spi<

13 And when they w ere going in to the king,
whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves thev

mil: and being decked out. as it pleased tin in.
they passed from the chamber of the women to the
king's chamber.

I I And she that went in at evening, came out in
the morning; and from thence she was conducted
to the second bouse, that was under ihe hand of Sil-
sagaz the eunuch, who had the charge over the
king's concubines: neither could she return anv
more to tiie king, unless the king desired it, and had
ordered her by name to come.

I ') tad as the time came orderly about, the da\
was at hand, when Esther the daughter of Abihail
the brother of Mardochai, whom he had adopted for
his daughter, was to go in 10 the king. But sin
sought not women's ornaments, but what soever
Egeus the eunuch the keeper of the virgins had a
mind, he gave her to adorn her. For she w;is , \
reeding fair, and her incredible beauty made her ap-
pear agreeable and amiable in the exes of all.

Iti So she was brought to the chamber of king
Assuerus the tenth month, which is called Tebeth,
in the seventh vear of his reiga.

17 And the king loved her more than all the wo-
men : and she had favour and kindness In-fore him
above all the women : and lie set the royal crown on
her head, and made her QOeen instead ol Vasthi.

18 And he commanded a magnificent feast to lie
prepared for all the princes, «k| for his servants, for
the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave
rest to all the provinces, and bestowed uilts accord-
ing to princely magnificence.

19 And wlnnthe virgins were sought the second
time, and gathered together, Mardocliai Stayed at
the king'- gate :

SO Neither had Ksther as yet declared her coun-
trv.aud people, according to his commandment.
For whatsoever be commanded, Esther observed :
and she did all things in die BB0M manner as s| M
was wont at that time when he brought her up a
little one.

'21 At that time therefore, when Mardochai abode

at th<- king's gate. |; i at ban and Thares, two of the

iaa ■

kingN eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in
the liist entrv of the pain e. were angry: and they
designed to rise up against the king, and to kill him.
-' And Mardochai had notice of it, and iniinc-
diaieU he told it to queen Esther : and she to the
king in Mardochai's name, who had reported the.
thing unto her.

23 It was inquired into, and found out ; and they
were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in
the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before
the king.

CHAP. III.

Iiiuni advanced hit the king, it tffrnded at Marditrhni : and
therefore proruritk the king's decree to destroy the tehuie na-
tion of the Jihm.

A FTER these things, king Assuerus advanced
-^■Amaii the son of Amadalhi, w ho was of the
race ol A gag: and he set his throne above all the
princes that were with him.

2 And all the kind's servants, that were at the
doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worship-
ped Aman : lor so the emperor had commanded
them : onh Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor
worship him.

3 And the king's servants that were chief at
the doors of the palace, said to him : Why dost thou
alone not observe the king's commandment ?

4 And when they were saying this often, and he
would not hearken to them, thev told Aman. desi-
rous to know whether he would continue in his re-
solution : for he had lold them that he was a Jew.

5 Now when Aman had heard this, and had prov-
ed In experience that Mardochai did not bend his
knee to him, nor worship him, he was exceedingly
angry.

6 And he counted it as nothing to lay his hands
upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he
was of the nation of the Jews; and he chose rather
to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the
kingdom of AsMiern

7 In the first month (which is called Nisan)in the
twelfth \<ar of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was
east into an urn, w inch in Hebrew is called I'hur,
before Aman, on what day and what mouth the na-
tion of the .lews should Im' destroyed: and there
came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar.

8 And Aman said to king Asauensi: There is a

[>eople scattered through all the provinces of thy
iingdom, and separated one liom another, that use
new law s and ct teutonics, and monov er despise the
king's ordinances : and thou knowest ver.v well that
it is not expedient for thy kingdom that the} should
grow insolent bv impiiuiiv.

9 If it please thee, decree that they ma> lie de-
stroyed; and I will pa) ten thousand talents to thy

MUIT8.

10 And the king took the ring that he used, from
his own hand, and ga\e it to Aman the son ol Ama-
dalhi of the race ol Igag, the eiicniN of the Jena.

11 Ami he said to him : As to the monev which
thou promisi s|, keep it lor thyself : and as to the

ile, do with them as s, , mi ih good to thee.

peo|

12 \nd the km,'> scribes wen called in the iir»l

chap, iv, v.

month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same
month : and they wrote, as Aman had commanded,
to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the
provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation
could read and hear accord ins; to their different lan-
guages, in the name of king Assuerus : and the let-
ters sealed with his ring

13 Were sent by the king's messengers to all pro-
vinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young
and old, little children and women, in one day, that
is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is
called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.

14 And the contents of the letters were to this
effect, that all provinces might know, and be ready
against that day.

15 The couriers that were sent made haste to
fulfil the king's commandment. And immediately
the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman
feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the
city weeping.

CHAP. TV.

Mardochai desireth Esther to petition the king for the Jews.
They join in fasting and prayer.

NOW when Mardochai had heard these things,
he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth,
strewing ashes on his head : and he cried with a
loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, show-
ing the anguish of his mind.

2 And he came lamenting in this manner even to
the gate of the palace : for no one clothed with sack-
cloth might enter the king's court.

3 And in all provinces, towns, and places, to
which the king's cruel edict was come, there was
great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wail-
ing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes
for their bed.

4 Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in,
and told her. And when she heard it she was in a
consternation : and she sent a garment to clothe him,
and to take away the sackcloth : but he would not
receive it.

5 And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the
king had appointed to attend upon her : and she
commanded him to go to Mardochai, and to learn of
him, why he did this.

6 And Athach going out went to Mardochai,
who was standing in the street of the city, before
the palace-gate:

7 And Mardochai told him all that had happened,
how Aman had promised to pay money into the
king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed.

8 He gave him also a copy of the edict which
was hanging up in Susan, that he should slnw it to
the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king,
and to entreat him for her people.

9 And Athach went back, and told Esther all that
Mardochai had said.

10 She answered him, and bade him say to Mar-
dochai :

1 1 All the king's servants, and all the provinces
that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever,
whether man or woman, cometh into the king's in-
ner court, who is not called for, is immediately to

be put to death without any delay except the king
shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token
of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I
go in to the king, who for these thirty days now
have not been called unto him ?

12 And when Mardochai had heard this,

13 He sent word to Esther again, saying : Think
not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou
art in the king's house, more than all the Jews :

14 For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews
shall be delivered by some other occasion : and thou
and thy father's house shall perish. And who
knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the
kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time
as this ?

15 And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these
words :

16 Go, and gather together all the Jews whom
thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Nei-
ther eat, nor drink for three days and three nights :
and 1 with my handmaids will fast in like manner :
and then I will go in to the king, against the law,
not being called, and expose myself to death and to
danger.

17 So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther
had commanded him.

CHAP. V.

Esther is graciously received : she inviteth the ling and Aman
to dinner. Aman prcparelh a gibbet for Mardochai.

AND on the third day Esther put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the inner court of the
king's house, over-against the king's hall: now he
sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over-
against the door of the house.

2 And when he saw Esther the queen standing,
she pleased his eyes, and he held out toward her the
golden sceptre, which he held in his hand: and she
drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre.

3 And the king said to her: What wilt thou,
queen Esther? what is thy request ? if thou shouldsv
even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall be given
to thee.

4 But she answered : If it please the king, I be-
seech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with
thee, to the banquet which I have prepared.

5 And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman
quickly, that he may obey Esther's will. So the
king and Aman came to the banquet which the
queen had prepared for them.

6 And the king said to her, after he had drunk
wine plentifully : what dost thou desire should he
given thee ? and for what thing askest thou? although
thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt
have it.

7 And Esther answered : My petition and re
quest is this:

8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and
if ir please the king to give me what I ask, and to
fulfil my petition; let the king and Aman come to
the banquet which 1 have prepared them ; and to-
morrow I will open my mind to the king.

9 So Aman went out that day joyful and merry.
And when he saw Mardochai sitting before the gata

399

ESTIIKR.

of the palace, anl ili:it ho not only did not rise up to
honour him, hut did not so much as move from the
place where he sat, he was exceeding!) angry:

10 But dissembling his auger, and returning into
his house, ho rafted (ogetncr tolinu his friends, and
Zares his \mIi-:

1 1 And he declared to them the greatness of his
riches, and the multitude of his children, and with
how great glory the kins had advanced him above
all his princes and sen ants.

12 And after this he said: Qceen Father also
hath invited no other to the banquet uiththe king,
lint mo: and with her 1 am also lo dine to-morrow
with the king.

13 And whereas 1 have all these things, I think
1 have nothing. so loBKM I MM .Mardochai the Jew
sitting before the kind's gate.

IV Then Zares his wile, and the rest of his friends
answered him. Order a great beam to be prepared,
titty cubits high : and in the morulas speak to the
king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it ; and
mi thou shall go full of JOJ w it li the kiiiii lo the ban-
quet. The counsel pleased him ; and he commanded
a high gibbet to be prepared.

CHAP. VI.

The king hearing of the good service tlnnr him hy Mardochai,
command/ tli Aman to honour him next to the king which he
prrformrth

HP HAT night the king passed without sleep : and
-* be eommaudi d the histories and chronicles of
former times to Ik; brought him. And when they
■71 re reading them before him,

2 They came to that place where it was written,
how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Hana-
than and Thnrcs the eunuchs, who sought to kill
king Assuenis.

3 And when the kins: heard this, he said : A\ hat
honour aod reward hath Mardochai received for this
fidelity ? His servants and ministers said to him :
He hath received no reward at all.*

4 And the king said immediately: 'Who is in the
court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court
of the king's noose, to sneak to the king, that he
might onlei Mardochai to be hanged upon thegib-

ln t which was prepared for him.

5 The servants answered: kman standeth in the

court. And toe king said : Let him conn- in.

6 And when be was come in, he said to him:
What Ottght 10 Ik' done to the man whom the king
is desirous to honour .' But Aman thinking in his
heart, and supposing that the king would honour no
other but himself,

7 Answered: The man whom the king desireth
to honour,

:: ( >ught to be clothed With the kinz's apparel.
and to Im- set upon the horse that the king ridelh
upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head.

9 And let the first of the king's princes and nobles
hold his horse, and going through the street of the

• .Va rrvsW «4 all lie received tome prrvnW from ihe kine. chap-
»ii. 5. hut taeae wrre to incomiderahle in the n|iimua of the courticn,
that lh«v et loomed the/n as uutliinf at all.

(itv. proclaim before him, and say. Thus shall he
lie honoured. v\ hom tin- king hath a mind to honour.
It) And the king said to him: .Make baste, ana
take the robe, and the horse; and do as thou hast
spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitleth before
the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any

of those things wbk'h thou hast spoken.

11 >o Aman took the robe, and the horse, and

arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and

Betting him on the horse, went Before him, and pro-
claimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the
king hath a mind to honour.

\1 And Mardochai returned to the palace-gate :
and A man made haste to go to his house, mounting
and having his head covered :

13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends
all that had In-fallen him. And the wise men whom
he had in counsel, and his wile answered liim : it

Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom
thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him,
but thou shall fall in his sight.

14 As ihev were vet speaking, the king's eunuchs

came, and compelled him to 1:0 quicklv to the ban-
quet which the queen had prepared.

CHAP. VII.

i'.ttht r's petition for ht-rsi If and her people : Aman is hinged
upon the RiUitt he had prepared for Mardochai.

SO the king and Aman w cut in, to drink w it h the
queen*

2 And the kins said to her again the second day.
after he was warm w ith w ine : \\ hat is thy petition,
Esther, that it may be granted thee: and what wilt
thou have done.' although thou ask the half of my
kingdom, thou shall have it.

• i Thin she answered : If I have found favour in
tliv sight. O king, and if it please thee, give me my
life for which 1 ask, and my people for which 1 re-
quest.

4 For we are given up, I and mv people, to be
destroyed, to Ik- slain, anil to perish. And would
God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen :
the evil might he borne with, and 1 would have
mourned in silence: but MOW we have an enemy
whose cruelty redoundcth upon the king.

5 And king Assuerus answered, and said: Who

is this, and of what power, that he should do these

ihinf

6 And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our
adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing
this was forthwith astonished, not bring able to Inar
tlie countenance of the king and of the queen.

7 Bui the king ileum angry rose up, and went
from the place Off the banquet into the garden set
w ith trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the
queen for his life; for he understood that evil was

prepared for him bj the kin:;.

And when the king I miic back out of the tar-
den srt with trees, and entered into the place of the

banquet, he found Aman was [alien upon the bed on
which Esther lav : and he said: He will force the
queen also in my presence, in im own house. The

word was 111.1 v. t gone out of the kind's mouth, and

—1

immediately thev covered his face.

CHAP. VIII, IX.

9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood
waiting on the kins, said : Behold, the gibbet which
he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for
the king, standeth in Aman's house, being fifty cu-
bits high. And the king said to him : Hang him
upon it.

10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet which lie
had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath
ceased.

CHAP. VIII.

Mardochai is advanced: Aman's letters are reversed.

ON that day king Assuerus gave the house of
Aman, the Jews' enemy, to queen Esther: and
Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had
confessed to him that he was her uncle.

2 And the king took the ring which he had com-
manded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it
to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her
bouse.

3 And not content with these things, she fell
down at the king's feet and wept; and speaking to
him besought him, that he would give orders that
the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wick-
ed devices which he had invented against the Jews,
should be of no effect.

4 But he, as the manner was, held out the golden
sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of cle-
mency: and she arose up, and stood before him,

5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have
found favour in his sight, and my request be not dis-
agreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former
letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews,
by which he commanded that they should be de-
stroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed
by new letters.

6 For how can I endure the murdering and slaugh-
ter of my people ?

7 And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen,
and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house
to Esther; and I have commanded him to be hang-
ed on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the
Jews.

8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth
you, in the king's name, and seal the letters with
my ring. For this was the custom, that no man
durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the
king's name, and were sealed with his ring.

9 Then the king's scribes and secretaries were
called for (now it was the time of the third month
which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day
of the month ; and letters were written, as Mardo-
chai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors,
and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were
rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces,
from India even to Ethiopia; to province and pro-
vince, to people and people, according to their lan-
guages and characters, and to the Jews, according
as they could read and hear.

10 And these letters which were sent in the king's

• To revenge, &c. The Jews on this occasion by authority from the
king, were made executioners of the public justice, for punishing by

name, were sealed with bis ring, and sent oy posts
who were to run through all the provinces, to pre-
vent the former letters with new messages.

11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak
to the Jews in every city, and to command them to
gather themselves together, and to stand for their
lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with
their wives and children and all their houses, and
to take their spoil.

12 And one day of revenge was appointed through
all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth
month Adar.

13 And this was the content of the letter, that it
should be notified in all lands and peoples that were
subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews
were ready to be revenged of their enemies.

14 So the swift posts went out, carrying the mes-
sages ; and the king's edict was hung up in Susan.

15 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace,
and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel,
to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden
crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk
and purple. And all the city rejoiced, and was glad.

16 But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise,
joy, honour, and dancing.

17 And in all peoples, cities, and provinces,
whithersoever the king's commandments came, there
was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and
keeping holy-day: insomuch that many of other na-
tions and religion, joined themselves to their wor-
ship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name
of the Jews had fallen upon all.

CHAP. IX.

The Jews kill their enemies that would have killed them. The day
of Phurim are appointed to be kept holy.

SO on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,
which as we have said above is called Adar,
when all the Jews were designed to be massacred,
and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the
case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper
hand, and to revenge* themselves of their adversa-
ries.

2 And they gathered themselves together in every
city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on theii
enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst
withstand them; for the fear of their power had gone
through every people.

3 And the judges of the provinces, and the go-
vernors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity,
that presided over every place and work, extolled
the Jews for fear of Mardochai :

4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace,
and to have great power : and the fame of his name
increased daily, and was spread abroad through all
men's mouths. .

5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their
enemies, and killed them, repaying according to
what they had prepared to do to them :

6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five
hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the

death a crime worthy of death, viz. A malicious conspiracy for extur
pating their whole nation.

401

ESTHr.K.

Agagite, the enemy of the Jews : whose mm ere
lhe>

7 Pharsandatha, and Pelphon, and Esphatha,

8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridaiha,

9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and
Jezatlia.

10 And when they had slain them, they would
not touch the spoils of their goods.

1 1 And presently the number of them that were
killed in Susan was brought to the king.

12 And lie said to the queen : The Jews have
killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides
the ten sons of Aman : how many dost thou think
they have slain in all the provinces? What askest
thou more, anil uh at wilt thou have me to command
10 be done?

13 And she answered: If it please the king, let
it be granted to the Jews, to do to-morrow in Susan
as they have done to-day, and that the ten sons of
A man mav l>e banged upon gibbets.

14 And the kins commanded that it should be
so done. And forthwith the edict was bttttg up in
Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were banged.

15 And on the fourteenth day of the month
Adar, the Jews gathered themselves together, and
they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they
took not their substance.

16 Moreover through all the provinces which
were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood
for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecu-
tors; insomuch that the number of them that wire
killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no
man took any of their goods.

17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar
was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and
on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they or-
dained to l)C kept holy-day, so that all times hereaf-
ter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and
banquets.

lb But they that were killing; in the city of Susan.
were emplo\ed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and
fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fif-
teenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed
that dav to lie a holy-day of feasting and gladness.

19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not wall-
ed, and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of
the month Adar lor banquets and gladness, so as to
rejoice on that dav, and send one another portions of
their banquets and meats.

20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and
sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that
abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lav
near and those alar off,

21 That they should receive the fourteenth and
fifteenth day of the month Adar for holv-days. and
always at the return of the year should celebrate
them with solemn honour:

22 Because on those days the Jews revenged
themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and
sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that
these Should he days of feas ti n g and gladness, in
which they should send one to another portions of

meats, and should give gifts to the poor.

23 And the Jews undertook to ohscrve with so-
lemnity all thei hail begun to do at that time, which
Mardochai by letters had commanded to U- done

I or Aman, the son of Aniatlalhi of the race of

Agag, the enemy and adversan of the Jews, had

devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy
them : and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.

25 And afterwaids Esther went in to the king,
beseeching him that bb endeavours might he made
void by the kind's letters: and the evil that he had
intended against the Jews, might return upon his
own head. And so both he and his sons w
hanged upon gibbets,

26 And since that time these days are called
Phurim, that is, of Lots: because l'hur, that is, the
lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were
done, are contained in the volume of this epistle,
that is, of this hook :

27 And the things that they suffered, and tnat
were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon them
selves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind
to be joined to their religion, so that it should \n>
lawful for none to pass these days w ithout soleinnilv :
which the writing testifieth, and certain times re-
quire, as the years continually succeed one another.

28 These are the days which shall never be for-
got: and which all provinces in the whole world
shall celebrate throughout all generations^ neither is
there any city wherein the days of l'hurim, that is,
of lots, must not he observed by the Jews, and by

their posterity, which is hound to these ecu monies.

29 And Esther the queen the daughter of Ahi-
hail, and Mardochni the Jew wrote also a second
epistle, that with all diligence this day should be
established a festival for the time to come.

30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in
the hundred and twenty-seven prov inces of king As-
Mieriis.thai they should have peace, and receive truth,

31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate
them with joy in their proper time, ^ Mardochai
and Esther had appointed: and (hey undertook them
to be observed by themselves and by their seed,
fasts, and cries, and the days of lots.

32 And all things which sre contained in the histo-
ry of this book, which is called Ksther.

CHAP. X.

Assuerus's greatness. Mardochafs dignity.

AND king Assuerus made all the laud, and all
the islands of the sea tributary.

2 And his strength and his empire, and the digni-
ty and greatness wherewith he exalted Mardochai,
are written in the !>ooks of the Modes, and of the
Persians :

3 And how Mardochai of the race of the Jews,
was next after king Assuerus : and great among
the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his bre-
thren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking
those things which were for the welfare of his seed.

4 Then Mardochai* said : God hath done these
things.

* Tktn Mardochai, Ift. II' D M J«NM arlvertivth the IM

that what fcUowi is not in the Hebrew ■ but u (uuad in the ttptuafiot

CHAP. XI, XII, XIII.

5 I remember a dream that I saw, which signified
these same things: and nothing thereof hath failed.

6 The little fountain which grew into a river,
and was turned into a light, and into the sun, and
abounded into many waters, is Esther, whom the
king married, and made queen.

7 But the two dragons: are I, and Aman.

8 The nations that were assembled : are they that
endeavoured to destroy the name of the Jews.

9 And my nation ' is Israel, who cried to the Lord,
and the Lord saved his people: and he delivered
us from all evils, and hath wrought great signs
and wonders among the nations:

10 And he commanded that there should be two
lots, one of the people of God, and the other of all
tiie nations.

11 And both lots came to the day appointed al-
ready from that time before God to all nations:

12 And the Lord remembered his people, and
had mercy on his inheritance.

13 And these days shall be observed in the month
of Adar on the fourteenth, and fifteenth day of the
same month, with all diligence, and joy of the people
gathered into one assembly, throughout all the gene-
rations hereafter of the people of Israel.

CHAP XI.

The dream of Mardochai which in the ancient Greek and Latin
bibles was in the beginning of the book, but was detached by
St. Jrrome, and put in this place.

IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and
Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest,
and of the Levitical race, and Ptolemy his son
brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said Ly-
simachus the son of Ptolemy had interpreted in Je-
rusalem.

2 In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes
the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mar-
dochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of
Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:

3 A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great
man and among the first of the king's court, had a
dream.

4 Now he was of the number of the captives,
whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried
away from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Juda :

5 And this was his dream :* Behold, there were
voices, and tumults, and thunders, and earthquakes,
and a disturbance upon the earth.

6 And behold, two great dragons came forth
ready to fight one against another.

7 And at their cry all nations were stirred up to
fight against the nation of the just.

8 And that was a day of darkness and danger, of
tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth.

9 And the nation of the just was troubled, fearing
their own evils, and was prepared for death.

10 And they cried to God : and as they were
crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river,
and abounded into many waters.

1 1 The light and the sun rose up, and the hum-
ble were exalted, and they devoured the glories.

I J reek edition, which the 72 interpreters translated out of the Hebrew,
«- added by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.

12 And when Mardochai had seen this, and arose
out of his bed, he was thinking what God would
do: and he kept it fixed in his mind, desirous to
know what the dream should signify ?

CHAP. XII.

Mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two eunuchs.

AND he abode at that time in the king's court
with Bagatha and Thara the king's eunuchs,
who were porters of the palace.

2 And when he understood their designs, and
had diligently searched into their projects, he learn-
ed that they went about to lay violent hands on king
Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof.

3 Then the king had them both examined, and
after they had confessed, commanded them to be
put to death.

4 But the king made a record of what was done :
and Mardochai also committed the memory of the
thing to writing.

5 And the king commanded him to abide in the
court of the palace, and gave him presents for the
information.

6 But Aman the son of AmadathitheBugite was
in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt
Mardochai and his people, because of the two
eunuchs of the king who were put to death.

CHAP. XIII.

A copy of a letter sent by Aman to destroy the Jews. MardochaPs
prayer for the people*

AND this was the copy of the letter. Artaxerx-
es the great king who reigneth from India to
Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the hun-
dred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject
to his empire, greeting.

2 Whereas 1 reigned over many nations, and had
brought all the world under my dominion, 1 was
not willing to abuse the greatness of my power, but
to govern my subjects with clemency and lenity,
that they might live quietly without any terror, and
might enjoy peace, which is desired by all men.

3 But when I asked my counsellors how this
might be accomplished, one that excelled the rest
in wisdom and fidelity, and was second after the
king, Aman by name,

4 Told me that there was a people scattered
through the whole world, which used new laws, and
acted against the customs of all nations, despised
the commandments of kings, and violated by their
opposition the concord of ail nations.

5 Wherefore having learned this, and seeing one
nation in opposition to all mankind using perverse
laws, and going against our commandments, and
disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces
subject to us,

6 We have commanded that all whom Aman shall
mark out, who is chief oyer all the provinces, and
second after the king, and whom we honour as a
father, shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies,

* A dream. This dream was prophetical and extraordinary : other-
wise the general rule is not to observe dreams.
403

ESTHER.

with then wives and children, and that none shall
have pity on iln-m, on the fourteenth day of the
twelfth month Adar of this present war:

7 That these wicked men point? down to hell in
one day, may restore ID our empire the peace which
they had d istu rbed.

8 But Mardochai besought the Lord, remember-
ing all his works,

9 And nid: Lord, Lord, almighty king, lor
all things are in thy power, and there is none thai
can r.sist thy will, if thou determine to save Israel.

10 Thou hast made heaven and earth, and all
things that are under the cope of heaven.

1 I Thou art Lord of all, and there is none that
can resist thy majesty.

1 -! Thou knowc-t nil things, and thou knowest
that it was not out of pride and contempt, or any
desire of glory that I refined to worship the proud
Am in.

1 ; For I would willingly and readily for tin
ration of Israel have kissed even the steps of his fi

1 \- Hut I reared lest I should transfer the honour
of my God to a man, and lest 1 should adore any
one except my God.

1 6 \m\ now, O Lord, O King, O God of Abra-
ham, have mercy on thy people, because our enemies
resolve to destroy us, and extinguish thy inheritance.

16 Despise not thy portion, which thou hast re-
deemed for thyself out of Egypt

17 Hear my supplication, and he merciful to thy
lot and inheritance, and turn our mourning into
joy, that we may live and praise thv name, O Lord,
and shut not the mouths of them that sing to thee.

18 And all Israel with like mind and supplication
cried to the Lord, because they saw certain death
hanging over their heads.

(HAP. XIV.

The proper of Esther for hertclf and her people.

Ql LL.\ Ksihei also, fearing the danger that was
at hand, had recourse to the Lord.

2 And when she had laid away her royal apparel,
she put on garments suitable for weepiugand mourn-
ing, instead of divers precious ointments, she cover-
ed her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled
her body with rastt : and all the places in w Inch be-
fore she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with
her torn hair.

3 And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel,
saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help
me a desolate woman, and who have no other help-
er but thee.

4 My danger is in my hands.

6 I have heard of my father that thou, O Lord,
didst take Israel from among all nations, and our la-
thers from all their predecessors, to possess them as
an everlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to
them as thou hast promised.

»; We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore
thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies:

7 For we have worshipped their gods. Thou
srtjust, Lord.

8 And now they are not content to oppress us

404

with most hard bondage, but attributing the strep£*h
of their hands to the power of their idols,

9 They design to change thy proaiises. : ■ 1 1 < 1 de-
stroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them
that praise thee, and extinguish the -lory of thy tem-
ple and altar,

10 That they may open the- mouths of Gentiles,
and praise the strength of idols, mid magnify lor
ever a carnal kin

11 Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that
are not, lest they laugh at our ruin: but Hun their
counsel upon themselves, and destroy him that hath
begun to rage against Us.

12 Remember, O Lord, and show thyself to us

in the time of our tribulation, and give me bold;.
O Lord. King of gods, and of all power:

\S dive me a well ordered speech in my mouth
in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the

hatred of our enemy, that both he himself maj pe-
rish, and the rest that consent to him.

1 \- Hut deliver us by thy hand, and help me. who
have no other helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast
the knowledge of all things.

15 And thou know est that I hate the glory of the
wicked, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcisi I.
and of every stranger.

16 Thou know est my necessity, that I abominate
the sign of my pride and glory, which is upon my
head in the days of my public appearance, and de-
test it as a niiustruous rag, and wear it not in the
days of my silence.

17 And that I have not eaten at Amaii's table
nor hath the king's banquet pleased me. and that J
have not drunk the wine of the drink-offerings;

18 And that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced,
since I was brought hither unto this day, but in thee,
O Lord, the God of Abraham.

19 O God, who art mighty above all, hear the
voice of them that have no other hope, and deliver
us from thehaudof the wicked, and deliver me from
my fear.

CHAP. XV.

Esther comet into the king's pretence : she it terrified, hut (I'd
turns hit heart.

AND he commanded her (no doubt but he was
Mardochai) to goto the king, and petition for
her people, and for her country.

2 Rcmemlier (said he) the days of thy low estate,
how thou wast brought up by my hand, because
Aman the second after the king hath spoken against
us unto death.

3 And do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to
the king for us, and deliver us from death.

4 And on the third day she laid away tie
mentsshe wore, and put on her glorious apparel.

5 And glittering in royal robes, after she had call-
ed upon God the ruler and saviour of all. she took
two maids with her,

6 And upon one of them she. leaned, as if for de-
licatencss and overmuch tenderness, she were not
able to l>ear up her own InmIv:

7 And the other maid followed her lady, bearing
up her train flowing on the ground.

CHAP. XVI.

8 But she with a rosy colour in her face, and
with gracious and bright eyes, hid a mind full of an-
guish, and exceeding great fear.

9 So going in she passed through all the doors in
order, and stood before the king, where he sat upon
nis royal throne, clothed with his royal robes, and
glittering with gold, and precious stones, and he was
terrible to behold.

10 And when he had lifted up his countenance,
and with burning eyes had shown the wrath of his
heart, the queen sunk down, and her colour turned
pale, and she rested her weary head upon her hand-
maid.

11 And God changed the king's spirit into mild-
ness, and all in haste and in fear he leaped from his
throne, and holding her up in his arms, till she came
to herself, caressed her with these words :

12 What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother,
fear not.

13 Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made
for thee, but for all others.

14 Come near then, and touch the sceptre.

15 And as she held her peace, he took the golden
sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kissed her,
and said : Why dost thou not speak to me?

16 She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an
Angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear
of thy majesty.

1 7 For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy
face is full of graces.

18 And while she was speaking, she fell down
again, and was almost in a swoon.

19 But the king was troubled, and all his servants
comforted her.

CHAP. XVI.

A copy of the Icings Utter in favour of the Jews.

'T'HE great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethi-
-■- opia,* to the governors and princes of a hun-
dred and twenty-seven provinces, which obey our
command, sendeth greeting.

2 Many have abused unto pride the goodness of
princes, and the honour that hath been bestowed up-
on them :

3 And not only endeavour to oppress the king's
subjects, but not bearing the glory that is given them,
take in hand to practice also against them that gave it.

4 Neither are they content not to return thanks
for benefits received, and to violate in themselves
the laws of humanity, but they think they can also
escape the justice of God who seeth all things.

5 And they break out into so great madness, as to
endeavour to undermine by lies such as observe dili-
gently the offices committed to them, and do all
things in such manner as to be worthy of all men's
praise,

6 While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears
of princes that are well-meaning, and judge of others
by their own nature.

7 Now this is proved both from ancient histories,
and by the things which are done daily, how the good

• From India to Ethiopia. That is, who reigneth from India to
Ethiopia

designs of kings uie depraved by the evil suggestions
of certain men.

8 Wherefore we must provide for the peace of all
provinces.

9 Neither must you think, if we command differ-
ent things, that it cometh of the levity of our mind,
but that we give sentence according to the quality
and necessity of times, as the profit of the common-
wealth requireth.

10 Now that you may more plainly understand
what we say, Aman the son of Amadathi, a Mace-
donian both in mind and country, and having no-
thing of the Persian blood, but with his cruelty stain-
ing our goodness, was received being a stranger by
us :

1 1 And found our humanity io great towards him,
that he was called our father, and was worshipped
by all as the next man after the king:

12 But he was so far puffed up with arrogancy, as
to go about to deprive us of our kingdom and life.

13 For with certain new and unheard-of devices
he hath sought the destruction of Mardochai, by
whose fidelity and good services our life was saved,
and of Esther the partner of our kingdom, with all
their nation :

14 Thinking that after they were slain, he might
w r ork treason against us left alone without friends,
and might transfer the kingdom of the Persians to
the Macedonians.

15 But we have found that the Jews, who were
by that most wicked man appointed to be slain, are
in no fault at all, but contrariwise use just laws,

16 And are the children of the highest and the
greatest, and the ever-living God, by whose benefit
the kingdom was given both to our fathers and to us,
and is kept unto this day.

17 Wherefore know ye that those letters which
he sent in our name, are void and of no effect.

18 For which crime both he himself that devis-
ed it, and all his kindred hang on gibbets, before the
gates of this city Susan : not we, but God repaying
him as he deserved.

19 But this edict, which we now send, shall be
published in all cities, that the Jews may freely fol-
low their own laws.

20 And you shall aid them that they may kill those
who had prepared themselves to kill them, on the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is called
Adar.

21 For the almighty God hath turned this day of
sadness and mourning into joy to them.

22 Wherefore you shall also count this day among
other festival days, and celebrate it with all joy, that
it may be known also in times to come,

23 That all they who faithfully obey the Persians,
receive a worthy reward for their fidelity : but they
that are traitors to their kingdom, are destroyed for
their wickedness.

24 And let every province and city, that will not
be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the sword
and by fire, and be destroyed in such manner as to
be made unpassable both to men and beasts, for an
example of contempt, and disobedience.

405

THE BOOK OF JOB.

This b-tok takes ./» name from the holy man. of whom it trrats :
who, according to the more probable opinion, was of the rare
of Esau ; and the tame as Jobab, king of Edom, mentioned
Gen. xxivi. 3A. It is uncertain tcho teas the writ,r ni it.
Some attributt it to Job himself ; others to Moses, or some out
of the pr„phrt». In the Hebrew it is written in pert*, from
the beginning of the third chapter to the forty-second
chapter.

CHAP. I.

Job's rirtue and riches. Satan, by permission from God, strip-
peth him of all his substance. His patience.

'TMIKIIK was a man in tin- land of II us,* whose
•*■ name was Job, and diat man was simplef and
upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.

J \ud then were born lo him seven sons and
three daudiu i

> \ml his possession was seven thousand sheep,
and three thousand camels, and li\e hundred yoke
of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a family

. cdiiii greal : and this man was great among ail
the people <>f the east.

4 And his sons went, and made a feast by hous-
es,! every one in his day. And lending they called
their three sisters, to eat and drink with them.

5 And when the days of their feasting were gone
about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them : and
rising up early offered holocausts for every one of
them. For he said : Lest perhaps my sons have sin-
ned, and have blesscd|| God in their hearts. So did
Jol all days.

6 Now on a certain dav when the sons of God$
came to stand before the Lord, Satan alsoll WU
present anion- them.

7 And the Lord said to him: Whenre contest
thon p And he answered and said: I have gone
round about the earth, and walked through it.

H And the Lord said to him: Hast thou consi-
dered my servant Job, that there is none like him in
the earth, a simple and Upright man, and fearing
G<»d, and avoiding evil ?

9 And Satan answering, said : Doth Job fear
God in vain ?

10 Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his
house, and alibis substance round about, blessed I
the works of his hands, and his possession hath in-
creased on the earth ?

1 1 Hut stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all
that hehath, and seeif he blesseth theenot to tbv face.

12 Then the Lord said to Satan : Heboid, all
that he hath is in thv hand : only put not forth thy
hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from
the presence of the Lord.

13 Now upon a certain day when his sons and

* Hut. The land of tins was a part of Edom : as appear* from
msnt. iv. SI.

\ mmplt. Thai is. innocent, sincere, and without iruilr
.Ind malt • /ml ky It— t o . Thai it, each made a frail in hi» own
• and bad his day, inviting the others ami their »i«trr«.
I BUttd For (rrealrr horror of the very HwftH of hlaaphemv, the
srni>lure both here and ver. II and in the following chapter, ver. 5.
tod 9. utn (ha word »Uu to signify it« contrary.

daughters were eating and drinking wine in tin
house of their eldest brother,

l ) There came a messenger to Jon. and said: Tim
oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding inside
them,

15 And the Baheans rushed in, and took all
away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I
alone have escaped to tell thee.

16 And while he was ret Speaking, another came,
and said: The tire of God fell from heaven, and
striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed
them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

17 And while bealsovras vet speaking, the r e cam e

another, and said: The( haldeansmade threetroops,
and have fallen upon the camels, ant) taken them,
morem er they hare slain the sen ants with the sword,
■nd I alone have escaped to tell thee.

# 18 He was yet speaking, and heboid another catre
in, and said : Thy sons anil daughters were eating
and drinking nrtne in the house of their elder brother.

19 A violent wind came on a sudden from thr-
side of the desert, and shook the four corners of thr
house, and it fell upon thy children, and thev an
dead, and 1 alone have escaped to tell ihee.

20 Then Job rose up, and tent bis garments, ant
having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground
and worshipped.

21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's
womb, and naked shall I return thiilur: the Lord
gave* and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath
pleased the Lord, so it is done: blessed be the name
of the Lord.

22 In all these thing! Job sinned not by his lips,
nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.

CHAP. II.

Satan, by GotT* permission, sfriketh Job trith ulcers from head

to foot : lb patience is still invincible.

A ND it came to pass w hen M a certain dav the

-£*- sous of God came, and stood before the Lord,

and Satan came IHOtl them, anil stood in his sight,

2Tbat the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest

thou? and he answered, and said: I have gone

roundabout the earth, and walked throudi it.

3 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou con-
sidered my servant Job, that there is none like him
in the earth, a man simple and upright, and feaiing

God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his inno-
cence? But thou hast mofed me against him, that
I should afflict him without cause.

4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin,
and all that a man hath he w ill gfve for his life.

5 Hut put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and

l7VK.it/ 0*4. The anr. I«.

1 Smlmn also, tic. This passage represents to m in a fieure. accom-
modated to the wajri and understandings of men. I . The restless en-
deavour* of Satan against the servants of God ; %. That be can da
nothing; without God's permisaioo ; 3. Thai Qad doth Dal permit l.nn
to attempt them above their strength: but aiM«t> them In Ins ilivina
graj <■ in such manner, that the vain efforts of the a
illustrate their virtue and increase their merit.

I wm y only serve la

CHAP. Ill, IV.

his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will hless
thee to thy face.

6 And the Lord said to Satan: Behold he is in
thy hand, but yet save his life.

1 So Satan went forth from the presence of the
Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer,
from the sole of the foot even to the top of his bead :

8 And he took a potsherd and scraped the cor-
rupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

9 And his wife said to him : Dost thou still con-
tinue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.

10 -And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like
one of the foolish women : if we have received good
things at the hand of God, why should we not re-
ceive evil ? In all these things Job did not sin with
his lips.

1 1 Now when Job's three friends heard all the
evil, that had befallen him, they came every one
from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and
Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite.
For they had made an appointment to come to-
gether and visit him, and comfort him.

12 And when they had lift up their eyes afar off,
they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and
rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon
their heads toward heaven.

13 And they sat with him on the ground seven
days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a
word : for they saw that his grief was very great.

CHAP. III.

Job' expresseth his sense of the miseries of man's life, by cursing
the day of his birth.

\ FTER this Job opened his mouth, and cursed
- L *- his day,*

2 And he said :

3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the
night in which it was said: a man-child isconceived.

4 Let that day be turned into darkness, let not
God regard it from above, and let not the light shine
upon it.

5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover
it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped
up in bitterness.

6 Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that
night, let it not be counted in the days of the year,
nor numbered in the months.

7 Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are
ready to raise up a Leviathan.

9 Let the stars be darkened with the mist there-
of: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising
of the dawning of the day :

10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb
that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

11 Why did I not die in the womb, why did 1
not perish when I came out of the belly ?

12 Why received upon the knees? why suckled
at the breasts ?

13 For now I should have been asleep and still,
and should have rest in my sleep :

* Cursed his day. Job cursed the day of his birth, not by way of
wishing evil to any thing of God's creation ; but only to express in a

14 With kings and consuls of the earth, who
build themselves solitudes :

15 Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill
their houses with silver:

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be,
or as they that being conceived have not seen the
light.

17 There the wicked cease from tumult, and
there the wearied in strength are at rest.

18 And they sometime bound together without
disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there, and the servant
is free from his master.

20 Why is light given to him that is in misery,
and life to them that are in bitterness of soul ?

21 That look for death, and it comelhnot, as they
that dig for a treasure.

22 And they rejoice exceedingly when they have
found the grave.

23 To a man whose way is hidden, and God
hath surrounded him with darkness?

24 Before I eat 1 sigh : and as overflov\ ing wa-
ters, so is my roaring:

25 For the fear which I feared, hath come upon
me ; and that which I wasafraidof, hath befallen me.

26 Have I not dissembled? have I not kept si-
lence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is
come upon me.

CHAP. IV.

Eliphaz charges Job with impatience, and pretends that God
never afflicts the innocent.

THEN Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and
said:

2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt
take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath
conceived ?

3 Behold, thou hast taught many, and thou hast
strengthened the weary hands:

4 Thy words have confirmed them that were stag-
gering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling
knees:

5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and
thou faintest : it hath touched thee, and thou art
troubled.

6 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience,
and the perfection of thy ways?

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished be-
ing innocent? or when were the just desfrcwed?

8 On the contrary I have seen those who work
iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed
by the spirit of his wrath.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the
lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are
broken:

1 1 The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and
the young lions are scattered abroad.

12 Now there was a word spoken to me in pri-
vate, and my ears by stealth as it were received the
veins of its whisper.

stronger manner his sense of human miseries in general, and of his own
calamities in particular.

407

JOB.

13 In tin- horror of ;i vision by night, when deep
sleep is wont to liolil MM,

I \ I /c.l ii|M)n me, and trembling, and all

mv Itones were affrighted:

1 ") \nd when a spirit passed before me, the hail
of my flesh stood up.

h; Then stood one whose countenance I knew

not. an Man befotC nn <\,s, audi heard the N ice
as it were of a gentle wind :

17 Shall man lie justified in comparison of < Jod.*
or shall a man 1h: more pure than his maker?

18 Behold, thev (hat serve him are not steadfast,
and in his angels he found wickedness:

19 How much more shall they that dwell m
houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be
consumed a> with the modi ?

20 From morning till evening they shall l>e cut
down: and be caus e no our imdeistaudelh, they
shall perish for ever.

J I And they that shall be left, shall be taken
away from them: thev shall die, and not in wisdom.

CHAP. V.

EJiphaz proceeds in his charge, and exhorts Job to acknoieltdgt

his sins.

CALL now if there l>e any that will answer thee,
and turn to some of the saints.

I Vnser indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slav-
eth the little one.

3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I
cursed his l>eauty immediately.

4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall
be destroyed in the gate, and there shall l>e none to
deliver them.

.") \\ hose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the
armed man shall take him by violence, and the
thirttt shall drink up his riches.

6 Nothing ii|M>n earth is done without a cause,
and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.

7 Man is bom to labour, and the bird to fly.

8 Wherefore 1 will pray to the Lord, and address
my speech to God :

!> Who doeth great things, and unsearchable and
wonderful things without number:

10 Who givcth rain upon the face of the earth,
and watereth all things with waters: _

II Who seiteth up the humble on high, and com-
forteth wi(h health those that mourn.

1 J Who hringeth to nought the designs of the
malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish
what thev had begun:

13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness and
disappointed! the counsel of the wicked :

I I They shall meet with darkness in the day,
and grope at noon-day as in the light.

16 But he shall save the needy from the sword
of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the

Violent.

16 And to the needy there shall be hope, but ini-
quity shall draw in her mouth.

* Shall mm irjuttifui >* companion of (ioj. Sic. Itww are the wonW
>!n Kliphax had lxninl (run an Angel, which, »er. I&. be caiU a

Mi sims, ttc.

He doe* not mean to compare tin ni Seringa with

10.

17 Blessed is the man whom God rorrccfeth
refuse not therefore the chastising of the Lord:

18 For he woundcdi, and curcth, he striked] and
his hands shall heal.

19 In si\ troubles he shall dt liver thee, and in
the seventh, evil shall not touch tin

20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death-,
and in hattle from the hand of the sword.

21 Thou shall In; hidden from the scourge of the
tongue: and thou shall not tear calamity when it
coineth.

22 In destruction and famine thou shah laugh :
and thou shalt not be afraid of the heasts of the earth.

23 But thou shalt have a cov enant vv ith the sioin s
of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall l>e at
peace with thee.

24 And thou shalt know that thy tal>ernacle is
in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.

23 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be
multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.

26 Thou shall enter into the grave in abundance,
as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

27 Behold, this is even so. as we have searched
out : which thou having heard, consider it thorough-
ly in thy mind.

CHAP. VI.

Job maintains his innoci ure, ami tuinphiiiis of hit friends.

BUT Job answered and said :
J () that my sins,f wherehv I have deserved
wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed
in a balance.

3 As the sand of the sea this would appeal
heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow :

4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage
w hereof driuketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the
Lord war against me.

5 Will the wild ass bray when he hath gra-
or will the ox low when he standeth before a full
manger?

6 Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is
not seasoned with salt ? or can a man taste that
which when tasted hringeth death?

7 The things which before my soul would not
touch, now through anguish are my meats.

8 Who will grant thai mv request may come: and
that God tnav give me what I look for?

9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me,
that he may let loose his hand, and cut sse oiT?

10 And that this may be my comfort, that afflict-
ing me with sorrow, he span not, nor I contradict
the words of the Holy one.

11 For what is mv strength, that I can hold out?
or what is my end that I shoulil keep patience f

12 .My strength is not the stiengih of stones, nor
is mv flesh of bra

13 Behold, there is no help for me in tnvself, and
my familiar friends also are departed from im i.

14 He thai taketh away menv from his friend,
forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

hit real tins ; but the imaginary crimes which hit friend, imputed to
him : and etpiyially with hit «r«U, or jrirf. rxprettcd in the third
chapter, which they so much ac cu sed. Though, at lie ti-llt litem her*,
it bore no proportion with the |,naUl— of hw calamity

CHAP. VII, VIII.

15 My brethren have passed by me, as the tor-
rent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

16 They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall
f all upon them.

17 At the time when they shall be scattered they
shall perish : and after it groweth hot they shall be
melted out of their place.

18 The paths of their steps are entangled : they
shall walk in vain, and shall perish.

19 Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of
Saba, and wait a little while.

20 They are confounded, because I have hoped :
they are come also even unto me, and are covered
with shame.

21 Now you are come : and now seeing my if-
fliction you are afraid.

22 Did I say : Bring to me, and give me of your
substance ?

23 Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty ?

24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace : and
if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me.

25 Why have you detracted the words of truth,
whereas there is none of you that can reprove me ?

26 You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and
you utter words to the wind.

27 You rush in upon the fatherless, and you en-
deavour to overthrow your friend.

28 However, finish what you have begun : give
ear and see whether I lie.

29 Answer, I beseech you, without contention :
and speaking that which is just, judge ye.

30 And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue,
neither shall folly sound in my mouth.

CHAP. VII.

Job declares the miseries of man's life : and addresses him-
self to God.

HPHE life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his
-*- days are like the days of a hireling.

2 As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hire-
ling looketh for the end of his work,

3 So I also have had empty months, and have
numbered to myself wearisome nights.

4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say : When shall
I arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and
shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

5 My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the
filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.

6 My days have passed more swiftly than the
web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without
any hope.

7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my
eyes shall not return to see good things.

8 Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes
are upon me, and I shall be no more-

9 As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away:
so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.

10 Nor shall he return any more into his house,
neither shall his place know him any more.

11 Wherefore I will not spare mv mouth, I will

speak in the affliction of my spirit: f will talk with

the bitterness of my soul.

3 F

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast en-
closed me in a prison ?

13 If I say : My bed shall comfort me, and I shall
be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:

14 Thou wilt frighten me with dreams, and ter-
rify me with visions.

15 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and
my bones death.

16 I have done with hope, I shall now live no
longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.

17 What is a man that thou shouldst magnify
him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

18 Thou visitest him early in the morning, and
thou provest him suddenly.

19 How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer
me to swallow down my spittle?

20 I have sinned, what shall I do to thee, O
keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to
thee, and I am become burdensome to myself?

21 Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why
dost thou not tak« awa" mine iniquity? Behold now,
I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the
morning, I shall not be.

CHAP. VIII.

Baldad, under pretence of di fending the justice of God, accuses
Job, and exhorts him to return to God.

HP H EN Baldad the Suhite answered, and said :

■- 2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and
how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong
wind?

3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Al-
mighty overthrow that which is just?

4 Although thy children have sinned against him,
and lie hath left them in the hand of their iniquity :

5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt
beseech the Almighty:

6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will
presently awake unto thee, and will make the
dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

7 In so much, that if thy former things were
small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceed-
ingly-

8 For inquire of the former generation, and
search diligently into the memory of the fathers:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant
that our days upon earth are but a shadow :)

10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak
to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or
a sedge-bush grow without water?

12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked
up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.

13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God,
and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish :

14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust
shall be like the spider's web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not
stand ; he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise :

16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun
cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot
forth.

17 His root shall be thick upon a heap of stones,
J and among the stones he shafl abide.

409

9 Who maketh Arcturus,* and Orion, and Hy-
ades, and the inner parts of the south.

\0 Who doeth things great and incomprehensi-
ble, ;in.l wonderful, of which there is no number.

11 If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he
depart I shall not understand.

12 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer
him.' or w ho can say: Why doest thou SO?

13 Ciod, whose wrath no man can resist, and un-
der w horn they stoop that hear up the world.

1 I What am I then, that 1 should answer him.
and have words with him?

15 I, who although I should have any just thing,
wool. I not answer, hut would make supplication m
my judge.

1 1 '> \ nd if he should hear me u hen I call, I should
not believe thai be had beard my voice.

17 For he shall crush DC in a whirlwind, and
multiply mv wounds even without cause. f

lb He allowed) not my spirit to rest, and he All-
ot h me w ith bitterness.

19 [/strength !><• demandeil, he is most strong: if
equity of judgment, no mandare bear witness for me.

J<» If I would justify myself, my own mouth
shall condemn me: if I would show myself inno-

ke,l.
simple, even this mv soul

cent, he shall prove me wic

21 Although I shouldlx
shall lx- ignorant of, and I shall DC weary of mi) life.
One thing there is that I have spoken, both

the innocent and the wicked be eoosometh.

let him kill at once, and not
laugh ;n the pains of the innocent.

* Jhttwru; kr. Theaa are name* of »Ura or comU-llstion*. In
Hebrew, Atb, Cecil, and Cimah. Hen mite ch. xxariii. rer. 31.

410

JOB.

10 If one swallow him up out of his place, he I
shall deny him, and shall say : I know thee not.

19 Fof this is the joy of his wa\,that others m a\
spring agoia out of the earth.

; will not cast away the simple, nor reach
out his hand to the evil doer :

21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and
tin lips w ith rejoicing

11 l'liev that hate thee, shall be clothed with
contusion : and the dwelling of the wicked shall
not .stand.

CHAP IX.

Job acknowledges God's justice ; although he often afflicts the
innocent.

\ \ I ) Job answered and said :
-**- 2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot
be justified, compared with God.

oil he w ill contend w ith him, he cannot answer
him one for a thousand.

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength :
who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom
he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.

6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and
the pillars thereof tremble.

7 Who commandeth the sun and it riseth not :
and slum, ih up the stars as it were under a seal.

b* Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and
Walked) upon the waves ol" the sea.

can-

go my
the bit-

2-1 The earth is given into the hand of tnr wick-
ed, he eorereth the face of the judges thereof: and

if it Ih- not he, who is it then?

-'."> M\ days have been swifter than a post : they
have tied away and haw not seen good.

26 They have passed by as ships earning fruits

a> an eagle Hying to the psey.

rj If I say: I will not speak so: I change my
race and am tormented with sorrow.

28 I feared all my w orks, know ing that thou didst
not spare the oilender.

88 But if so also I am wicked, why have I la-
boured in vain ?

30 If 1 be washed as it were with snow-waters,
and mv hands shall shine ever so clean :

31 Vet thou shall plunge me in filth, and my
garments shall abhor me.

32 For I shall not answer a man that is like my-
self: nor one that may be heard with me equally in
judgment.

33 There is none that may be able to reprove
both, and tojuit his hand between both.

34 Let him take his rod aw ay from me, and let
not his fear terrify me.

33 I will speak, and will not fear him : for 1
not answer while I am in fear.

CHAP. X.

Job laments hit afflictions, and beg< to be delivered.

"JV/TY soul is weary of my life, I will let
-L"-*- speech against myself, I will speak in
terness of my soul.

2 I will say to God : Do not condemn me : tell
DM why thou judgest me so.

3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst
calumniate me, and oppress me, the work ol th\ own
hands, and help the counsel of the Wicked ?

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh: or shall thou see as
man seeth ?

5 Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy
yean as the times of men:

6 That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity,
and search after my sin ?

7 And shouldst know that I have done no wick-
ed thing, whereas there is no man that can tfefivei
out of thy hand.

8 Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me
wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me
down headlong on a sudden'

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made
me as the clay, and thou Wilt bring me into dust
again.

10 Hast thou not milked me asmilk, and curdled
me like cheese .'

11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh:
thou hast put me together with bones and sinews*

12 Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy
visitation hath preserved my spirit.

13 Although thou conical these things in thy
heart, yet I know that thou icmemberest all thil

14 If I have sinned and thou hast spared me lot

f WilkmU cause. Ttmt », wiiImjuI my kix wmj lite value : or wilb
out any crime of mine.

chap, xi, xir.

an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean
from my iniquity?

15 And if I be wicked, wo unto me: and if just, I
shall not lift Up my head, being filled with affliction
and misery.

16 And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness,
and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and
multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against
me.

18 Why didst thou bring me forth out of the
womb ? O that I had been consumed, that eye might
not see me!

19 I should have been as if I had not been, car-
ried from the womb to the grave.

20 Shall not the fewness of my days be ended
shortly ? suffer me, therefore, that l may lament my
sorrow a little:

21 Before I go and return no more, to a land that
is dark and covered with the mist of death:

22 A land of misery and darkness, where the
shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting hor-
ror dwelleth.

CHAP. XI.

Sophar reprooeth Job for justifying himself , and inviteth him
to repentance.

HP HEN Sophar the Naamathite answered, and
■*- said :

2 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or
shall a man full of talk be justified?

3 Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and
when thou hast mocked others, shall no man con-
fute fehee?

4 For thou hast said : My word is pure, and I am
clean in thy sight.

5 And I wish that God would speak with thee,
and would open his lips to thee,

6 That he might show thee the secrets of wis-
dom and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest
understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than
thy iniquity deserveth.

7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps
of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?

8 He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou
do? He is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou
know ?

9 The measure of him is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.

10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press
them together, who shall contradict him ?

11 For he knowcth the vanity of men. and when
he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it ?

12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh
himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

13 But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast
spread thy hands to him.

14 If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity
that is in thy hand, and let not injustice remain in
thy tabernacle :

15 Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot,
and thou shalt be steadfast, and shah not fear.

16 Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember
it only as waters that are passed away.

17 And brightness like that of the noon-day, shall
arise to thee at evening; and when thou shall think
thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day-star.

18 And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set
before thee ; and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.

19 Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to
make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and
the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the
abomination of the soul.

CHAP. XII.

JoVs reply to Sophar. He extols God's power and wisdom.

HP HEN Job answered, and said :
-*- 2 Are you then men alone, and shall wisdom
die with your

3 I also have a heart as well as you: for who is
ignorant of these things, which you know?

4 He that is mocked by his friend as I, shall call
upon God and he will hear him : for the simplicity
of the just man is laughed to scorn.

5 The lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich,
is ready for the time appointed.

6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they
provoke God boldly, whereas it is he that hath
given all into their hands :

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach
thee : and the birds of the air and they shall tell thee.

8 Speak to the earth and it shall answer thee :
and the fishes of the sea shall tell.

9 Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord hath
made all these things?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
and the spirit of all flesh of man.

1 1 Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate
of him that eateth, the taste?

12 In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of
days prudence.

13 With him is wisdom and strength, he haih
counsel and understanding.

14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build
up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open.

15 If he withhold the waters, all things shall be
dried up: and 'if he send them out they shall over-
turn the earth.

16 With him is strength and wisdom : he know-
eth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived.

17 He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and
judges to insensibility.

18 He looseth the belt of kings, and girdeth their
loins with a cord.

19 He leadeth away priests without glory, and
overthroweth nobles.

20 He changeth the speech of the true speakers,
and taketh away the doctrine of the aged.

21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and re-
lieveth them that were oppressed.

22 He disco\ereth deep things out of darkness,
and bringeth up to light the shadow of death.

23 He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them,
and restoreth them again after they were overthrown.

24 He changeth the heart of the princes of (he
people of the earth, and deceiveth them that they
walk in vain where there is no way.

411

JOB.

t!i

Phev shall grope as in the <l:«rk, and not in

that art

ht : and he -hall make them Maggot like men
•hunk.

CHAP. Mil.

Job persists in maintaining *u innocence ; and reproves kit

HlU.

BI.HOLD niv eve hatli seen all these things »nd
mv ear hath heard then, and I

stood tlirin all.
2 According
neither am I infei

have under-

to your knowledge I aba know:

3 But vet I will speak to the Almighty, and I de-
sire to reason with (iod.

4 Having first shown that yon are forgers of lies,
and niaintainers of perverse opinions.

5 And I wish von would hold yonr peace, that
you might be thought to Ik.- wise men.

6 Hear ye then fore my reproof, and attend to the
judgment of mj lips.

7 Hath God any need of your lie, that you should
speak decehfullj for him .'

8 Do you accept his person, and do you endea-
vour to judge for ( >od ?

9 Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can
be CODCealed? <>r shall he be deceived as a man,
with \our deceitful dealings?

10" He shall reprove urn, because in secret yeu
ace -ept his person.

1 1 As soon as he shall move himself, he shall
trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.

I J Your remembrance shall he compared to ash-
es, and vour necks shall he bronchi to clay.

13 Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak
whatsoever in v mind shall irnfgfTl to me.

1 i Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and
earn mv soul in my hands?

15 Although he should kill me, I will trust in
him: but yet I will reprove niv ways in his sight.

16 And he shall be my saviour: lor no hypocrite
shall come In-fore his presence.

17 Hear ye my speech, and receive with your
ears hidden truths.

18 If 1 shall be judged, I know that I shall be
found just .

19 Who is he that will plead against me r let him
come: why am I consumed holding mj peace?

I'uo things only do not to me, and then from
th\ face 1 shall not lie hid:

21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not
thy dread terrify me.

.'J (all me, and I will answer thee: or else I will
speak, and do thou answer me.

29 How manv are niv iniquities and sins? make
me know mv crimes and offences.

24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkesi me
th\ enemy?

'25 Against a leaf, that is carried awav with the
wind, thou showest thy |>ower; and thou pursues!
a dn straw.

Jii lor thou writes! hitter things against me, ami
will consume me for the sins of my votith.

* Tktt thou auytf pnUct ms in ktll. That i«,"in the ttate of the dead,
•r.| ii, uh place when the tout* an krpt waiting Tor U.tir Hedeemcr.

41-'

27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, ami hast
observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps
of mv feet :

28 \\ ho am to be consumed as rottenness, and

as a garment that is moth-eaten.
CHAP. XIV.

Job declares the shortness of man's days ; ami professes his be-
lief of a resurrection.

MAN born of a woman, living for a short time,
is filled with many miseries.

2 Who Cometh forth like a Ilower, and is de-
stroyed, and lleeth as a shadow, and never conti-
nueth in the same state.

3 And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes
upon such a one, and to bring him into judgment
wilh thee?

4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of
unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

5 The days of man are short, and the number of
liis months is with thee: thou hast appointed his
bounds which cannot lie passed.

6 Depart a little fiom him, that he may rest, un-
til his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

7 A tree hath hope : if it be cut, it groweth green
again, and the 1m>iij:I)s thereof" sprout.

8 If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be
dead in the dust,

9 At the scent of water it shall spring, and bring
forth leaves, as w hen it was first planted.

10 But man when he shall be dead, and strip-
ped and consumed, 1 pray you where is he?

11 As if the w ali rs should depart out of the sea,
and an emptied river should be dried up:

12 So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise
again till the heavens lie broken: he shall not awake,
nor rise up out of his sleep.

13 Who will Kraut me this, that thou mavst pro-
le ct me in hell,* and hide me till thy wrath pass,
and appoint me a time w'hen thou wilt remember
me?

14 Shall man that is dead, thinkrst thou, live
again ? all the days, in which I am now in warfare,
1 expect until mv change come.

15 Thou shall call me, and I will answer thee:
to the work of thy hands thou shall reach out thy
right hand.

16 Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but
spare niv sins.

17 Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were
in a has, but hast cured my iniquity.

18 A mountain falling Cometh to nought, and a
rock is removed out of its place.

I',) Waters wear away the stones, and with in-
undation the DOUnd by little and little is w ashed
awav : so in like niaiint r thou shah destrO) man.

20 Thou hast st lengthened him for a little wh'vje,
that he may pass away lor ever: thou shall change
his face, and shalt semi him awav.

.'1 \\ bother his children conic to honour or dis-
honour, he shall not understand.

22 Hut yet his flesh, w hile he shall live, shall havs
I>aiu, and his soul shall mourn over him.

CHAP. XV, XVI.

CHAP. XV.

Eliphaz returns to the charge against Job, and describes the
wretched stale of the wicked.

AND Eliphaz the Thetnanite answered, and
said:

2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking
ir the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal
to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good
for thee.

4 As much as in thee, thou hast made void fear,*
and hast taken away prayers from before God.

5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou
imilatest the tongue of blasphemers.

6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I :
and thy own lips shall answer thee.

7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast
thou made before the hills ?

8 Hast thou heard God's counsel, and shall his
wisdom be inferior to thee ?

9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant ofr
what dost thou understand that we know not?

10 There are with us also aged and ancient men,
much elder than thy fathers.

11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort
thee ? but thy wicked words hinder this.

12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost
thou stare with thy eyes, as if thou wert thinking
great things?

13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to ut-
ter such words out of thy mouth?

14 What is man that he should be without
spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should
appear just?

15 Behold, among his saints, none is unchange-
able: and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

16 How much more is man abominable, and un-
profitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?

17 1 will show thee, hear me: and I will tell thee
what I have seen.

1 8 Wise men confess, and hide not their fathers :f

19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no
stranger hath passed among them.

20 The wicked man is proud all his days: and
the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

21 The sound of dread is always in his ears : and
when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

22 He believeth not that he may return from
darkness to light, looking round about for the sword
on every side.

23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he
knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his
hand.

24 Tribulation shall terrify him; and distress shall
surround him, as a king that is prepared for the
battle.

25 For he hath stretched out his hand against
God, and hath strengtheued himself against the Al-
mighty.

* Tlum host made void fear.
God

That is, cast off the fear of offending-

26 He hath run against him with his neck raised
up, and is armed with a fat neck.

27 Fatness hath covered his face; and the fat
hangeth down on his sides.

28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in de-
sert houses that are reduced into heaps.

29 He shall not be enriched ; neither shall his
substance continue; neither shall he push his root
in the earth.

30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame
shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken
away by the breath of his own mouth.

31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by
error, that he may be redeemed with any price.

32 Before his days be full, he shall perish: and
his hands shall wither away.

33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes
are in the first flower, and as an olive-tree that cast-
eth its flower.

34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is bar-
ren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who
love to take bribes.

35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought
forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.

CHAP. XVI.

Job expostulates with Ms friends ; and appeals to the judg~
ntent of God.

HP HEN Job answered, and said :
-■- 2 1 have often heard such things as these ;
you are all troublesome comforters.

3 Shall windy words have no end ? or is it any
trouble to thee to speak ?

4 I also could speak like you : and would God
your soul were for my soul.

5 I would comfort you also with words, and would
wag my head over you.

6 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and
would move my lips as sparing you.

7 But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will
not. rest : and if I hold my peace, it will not depart
from me.

8 But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all
my limbs are brought to nothing.

9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false
speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.

10 He hath gathered together his fury against me,
and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth
upon me : my enemy hath beheld me with terrible
eyes.

1 1 They have opened their mouths upon me, and
reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek;
they are filled with my pains.

12 God hath shut me up with the unjust man,
and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.

13 1 that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a
sudden broken to pieces : he hath taken me by my
neck ; he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be
his mark.

14 He hath compassed me round about with his

f Wise men confess, and hide not their fatliers. That is, the knowledge
and documents they liave received from their fathers they are not asha.
med to own.

413

.inn.

lances; he hath wounded my loins; lit- kadi not
apnrt'il. ami h.nli poured out my bowels on the earth.

15 He bath torn me w ith wound upon wound:
he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.

It'. I have sowed sackcloth ti|K>n my skin, and have
covered my flesh with ashes.

17 M> t.ii v is swoln with weeping, and m> eye-
lids arc dim.

18 TbeM things have I sa fl et ed without the ini-
quitvof my hand, when I offered pure pra vers to God.

19 earth, core* not thou mv blood, neither let
ni\ cry find I hiding place in tli

20 For behold, m\ nritaeas is in heaven, and he
that knowetli m> conscience is on high.

21 My friends arte full of words: my eye poureth
out ttar» to God.

22 And O tliat a man Bight so Ik? judged with
God. ;is the son of own b judged withhiscompanion!

For behold, short years pass away, and I am
walking in a path by which I shall not return.

CHAP. XVII.

Job's hope in God : he expects reti in death.

MY spirit shall be wasted : my days shall be
shortened; and only the crave remainclh tor me.

2 I have not sinned,* and my eye abide! h in bit-
terness.

3 Deliver me, Lord, and set me beside thee,
and let any man's hand fight against me.

4 Thou hast set their heart Far from understand-
in. : therefore they shall not be exalted.

5 He promise! h a prey to his companions ; and
the eyes of his children shall fail.

6 \\c hath made me as it were a by-word of the
people : and I am an example before them.

7 .My eve is dim through indignation ; and my
limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

8 The just shall be astonished at this : and the
innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

9 And thejtist man shall hold on his way : and he
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Ki Wherefore be you all converted, and come,
and I shall not find anions you any wise man.

1 1 My days have passed away ; my thoughts are
dissipated, tormenting m\ heart.

1 2 They have turned nigh I into day ; and after
darkness I hope for licht again.

13 If I wait. he||T is m\ house; and I have made

my bed in darktx

14 I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father:
to worms: my mother and tn\ sister.

15 Where is now thru m\ expectation, and who
considered! mi patience '

16 All that I have shall go down info the deepest
pit:} thinkest that there at least 1 shall bare rest?

CH\I\ Will.

Raldad again reproves Job ; and ilescribts the miseries of the

wirkrd.

THEN Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
.' Mow long will ye throw out words? un-
ders f an ! I rst, and so let us speak.

me with.

That it, I am not puilty of tucb tint m they charge

414

3 rVfcj are we reputed as beasts, and counted
vile before you?

4 Thou that deetroyeet thy soul in thy fury, shall

the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be
removed out of their pfaw

5 Shall not the hgbl of the wicked be extin-
guished, and the ll.inie of his lire not shine -

b* The light shall be dark in his la)>ernaclc . and
the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

7 The step of his strength shall Ik- straightened:
and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walk-
eth in its meshes.

9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare;
and thirst shall burn against him.

10 \ gin is hidden lor him in the earth, and his
trap upon the path.

1 1 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shak'
entangle his feet.

12 Let his strength be wasted with famine, and
let hunger invade his rihs.

13 Let it devour the beauty of bis skin, let the
first-born death consume his arms.

14 Let his confidence be rooted out of his taber-
nacle, and let destruction treatl upon him like a kins.

16 Let the companions of him that is not, dwell
in bis tabernacle: let brimstone !>e sprinkled in his tent.

16 Let his roots he dried up beneath, and his
harvest destroyed alnwe.

17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth,
and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

18 He shall drive him out of light into darkness,
and shall remove him out of the world.

ID His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring
among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

20 They that come alter him shall be astonished
at his day: and horror shall fall upon them that went
before.

21 These then are the tabernacles of the wicked,
and this the place of him that knowcth not God.

CHAP. XIX.

Job complain* of the ( rmllu of his fritmk : he describes his own
sufferings, and his Iteluf of a future resurri ttiun.

r lMIFN Job answered, and said:
-■- 2 How Ion:; do you afflict m\ soul, ;i nd break
me in pieces with words. -

8 Heboid, these tea times you confound me, and
are not ashamed to oppress inc.

4 For if I bare been ignorant, my ignorance shall
be with me.

5 Hut yon set yourselres np sgainsl ma, and re-
prove me w ith my reproaches.

6 At least now understand, that God hath not af-
flicted me with an equal judgment.' and compass-
ed me with his scour

7 Behold. I shall <i \ Suffering \ iolence, and noone
will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

8 He hath hedged in my path round about, an.'
I cannot pass: and inmywa\ he hath set darkm

, M t of the <

II
♦ With n rqual jiUgmmL St. Gregory explains theso worda Unit

CHAP. XX.

9 He hath stript me of my glory, and hath taken
the crown from my head.

10 He liaih destroyed me on every side, and I am
lost: and be hath taken away my hope, as from a
tree that is plucked up.

1 1 His wrath is kindled against me: and he hath
counted me as his enemy.

12 His troops have come together, and have made
themselves a way hy me, and have besieged my ta-
bernacle round about.

13 He hath put my brethren far from me: and
my acquaintance like strangers have departed from
me.

14 My kinsmen have forsaken me; and they that
knew me have forgotten me.

15 They that dwell in my house, and my maid-
servants have counted me as a stranger; and I have
been like an alien in their eyes.

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no an-
swer: 1 entreated him with my own mouth.

17 My wife hath abhorred my breath: and I en-
treated the children of my womb.

18 Even fools despised me: and when I was
gone from them, they spoke against me.

19 They that were some time my counsellors,
have abhorred me : and he whom I loved most, is
turned against me.

20 The flesh being consumed, my bone hath
cleaved to my skin: and nothing but lips are left
about my teeth.

21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least
you my friends; because the hand of the Lord hath
touched me.

22 Why do you persecute me as God, and glut
yourselves with my flesh?

23 Who will grant me that my words may be
written? who will grant me that they may be mark-
ed down in a book,

24 With an iron pen, and in a plate of lead, or
else be graven v\ it h an instrument in flint-stone?

25 * For I know that my Redeemer liveth; and
in the last day I shall rise out of the earth:

26 And 1 shall be clothed again with my skin,
and in my flesh I shall see my God;

27 Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall
behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in
my bosom.

28 Why then do you say now : Let us persecute
him; and let us find occasion of word against him?

29 Flee then from the face of the sword, for the
sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye
that there is a judgment.

CHAP. XX.

Sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked,
and their sudden downfall.

rpHEN Sophar the Naamathite answered, and
-*- said :

Job being a just man, and truly considering his own life, thought that
his affliction was greater than his sins deserved ; and in that respect.
fcat the punishment was not equal: yet it was just, as coming from
God, who gives a crown of justice to those who sulfer for righteousness'
lake, and proves the just with tribulations, as gold is tried by fire.
* Vkjl 25, 26, and 27, show Job's explicit belief in his Redeemer

2 Therefore various thoughts succeed one ano
ther in me; and my mind is hurried away to differ-
ent things.

3 The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I
will hear; and the spirit of my understanding shall
answer for me.

4 This I know from the beginning, since man
was placed upon the earth,

5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the
joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his
head touch the clouds:

7 In the end he shall be destroyed like a dnng-
hill: and they that had seen him, shall say: Where
is he?

8 As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be
found; he shall pass as a vision of the night:

9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no
more ; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall be oppressed with want;
and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.

11 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his
youth; and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

12 For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth,
he will hide it under his tongue.

13 He will spare it, and not leave it; and will
hide it in his throat.

14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the
gall of asps within him.

15 The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall
vomit up: and God shall draw them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the head of asps; and the vi-
per's tongue shall kill him.

17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the
brooks of honey and of butter.)

18 He shall be punished for all that he did, and
yet shall not be consumed: according to the multi-
tude of his devices,! so also shall he suffer.

19 Because he broke in and stript the poor: he
hath violently taken away a house which he did not
build.

20 And yet his belly was not filled : and when he
hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to
possess them.

21 There was nothing left of his meat : and there-
fore nothing shall continue of his goods:

22 When he shall be filled, he shall be straiten-
ed, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon
him.

23 May his belly be filled, that God may send
forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and
rain down his war upon him.

24 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall
fall upon a bow of brass.

25 The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth
from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness:
the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.

and also of the resurrection of the flesh : not as one tree riseth in place
of another, but that the self-same flesh shall rise at the last day, by the
power of God, changed in quality but not in substance, every one to
receive sentence according to his works in this life.

t According to the multitude of his devices. That is, his stratagems to
gratify his passions, and to oppress and destroy the poor.

415

JOB.

26 All darkness is hid in his stent places: ;i fur
that is not kindled shaH devour him : In- shall be
afflicted when left in his tabernacle.

27 The. heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the
earth shall rise up against him.

2b" The offspring ot his house shall Ik* expos-
ed, be shallbe pulled now u in the del ot ( rod*sn rath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from
God, and the in he rit a nce of his doings Iron the
Lord.

CHAT. XXI.

Joh shotrs that the trit knl tfftm prosper in thin world, em to
the end qf their l\fe ; but that their judgment is in another
world.

r |^ II l.\ Job answered, and said:
-■- 2 Bear, 1 beaeeco >ou, my words, and do
penance.

3 Suffer me, and I will speak; and after, if you
please, laugh at my words.

4 Is niv debate against man, that I should not
have just reason to be troubled?

5 Hearken to me and Ih* astonished; and lay
vour tinner on \our mouth.

6 As lor me, when I remember, I am afraid, and
trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

7 W kj then do the wicked live, arc they advan-
ced, and strengthened with riches?

heir seed eoutiuueth before them, a multitude
of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.
.9 Their houses are secure and peaceable: and
the rod of God is not upon them.

10 Their cattle ha\e conceived, and failed not:
their cow hath calved, and is not deprived of her
fruit.

I I Their little ones go out like a flock; and their
children dance and play.

1 _' They take the timbrel, and the harp, and re-
joice at the sound of the organ.

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a
moment (hey go down to hell:

14 Who nave said to God : Depart from us, we
desire not the knowledge oi tin ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve
him ? and what doth it profit ns if we pray to him ?

1 6 Yet because their (mod things are not in their
hand, ma} the counsel ol the wicked be far from me.

17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be
put out, and a deluge i otne upon them, and he sball
distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

18 They shall fie ai chaff before the face of the

«ind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattered).

19 God shall la\ up the sorrow of the father for
his children : and w hen he shall repay, then shall he
know .

20 His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he
shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what is it to him what befallelh his house
after him : and it the number of his months be di-
minished by one half?

22 Shall any que teach God knowledge, who
judgeth those that are high?

1 hie man dieth strong and hale, rich and hap-
RJ :

2 V His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are
moistened w ith marrow.

25 But another dieth in bitterness of soul with-
out any richest

26 And yet they shall sleep together in the dust,
and worms shall covet them.

27 Surely I know your thoughts, and your un-
just judgments against me.

2J! For you saj : Where hi the house of the prince?

and w here are the dwelling-places of the w icked?

29 Ask any one of them that go by the way, and
you shall perceive that he knowcth these same
thines.

30 Because the wicked man is reserved to the
day of destruction, and he shall be brought to tin-
day of w rath.

31 Who shall reprove his way to his face? and
who shall repay him what he hath done?

32 He shall be brought to the graves, and shall
watch in the heap of the dead.

33 He hath been* acceptable to the gravel ofCo-
cytur* and he shall draw every man alter him, and
there are innumerable before him.

34 How then dove comfort me in vain, whereas
your answer is shown to be repugnant to truth?

CHAP. XXII.

Eliphaz falsely imputes many Crime* t» Job: but promises him

prosperity if he trill n pint.

■TMIEN Eliphaz the Tbemanite answered, and

-*- said :

2 (an man be compared with God, even though
be were of perfect know ledgi

3 What doth it profit God if thou be just ' or w hat
dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted ?

4 Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with
thee intojudgmenl :

5 And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy
infinite iniquities?

(! For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy
brethren w itlioul cause, and slript the naked of their
clothing.

7 Thou hast not given water to* the weary; thou

hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

8 lii the Strength of thy arm thou didst post
the land: and being the most mighty thou boldest it.

9 Thou hast sent willows away empty, and the
arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

in Therefore art thou surrounded with snares,
and sudden fear troubh th thee.

11 And didst thou think that thou shouldst not
see darkness, and that thou shouldst not lie covered
w ith the violence of ovei flowing w at-

12 I >ost not thou think that God is higher than
beaven, and u elevated above the height of the stars?

!l» lb freer' •/ Cory/us. Thr Hebrew wi.nl. which St.
i bare rendered liv Ihr namr rVw/u, (whi< h Um
. at a rirpr in liell.) iifinfiea a M&y or a larrmt . arnl in tbU |m
place, u taken for the low rrgi..n of death and lull which willingly, J

rkrd at their death ; win are uabered in by
ive gone before them, and are followed by

uitiluui'ft iitxiYC nuinDcr.

CHAP. XXII I, XXIV.

13 And thousayst: What doth God know? and
he judgeth as it were through a mist.

14 The clouds are his covert ; and he doth not
consider our things ; and he walketh about the poles
of heaven..

15 Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages,
which wicked men have trodden ?

16 Who were taken away before their time, and
a flood hath overthrown their foundation:

17 Who said to God: Depart from us; and look-
ed upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

18 Whereas he had filled their houses with good
things; whose way of thinking be far from me.

19 The just shall see, and shall rejoice: and the
innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

20 Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not
fire devoured the remnants of them ?

21 Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace:
and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

22 Receive the law of his mouth ; and lay up his
words in thy heart.

23 If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt
be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from
thy tabernacle.

24 He shall give for earth flint, and for flint tor-
rents of gold.

25 And the Almighty shall be against thy ene-
mies; and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

26 Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Al-
mightv, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

27 Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee;
and thou shalt pay vows.

28 Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come
to thee; and light shall shine in thy ways.

29 For he that hath been humbled shall be in
glory : and he that shall bow down his eyes, shall be
saved.

30 The innocent shall be saved ; and he shall be
saved by the cleanness of his hands.

CHAP. XXIII.

Job wishes to be triedat God's tribunal.

nn HEN Job answered, and said :
-■- 2 Now also my words are in bitterness : and
the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my
mourning.

3 Who will grant me that I might know and find
him, and come even to his throne?

4 I would set judgment before him, and would
fill my mouth with complaints.

5 That I might know the words that he would
answer me, ana understand what he would say to
me.

6 I would not that he should contend with me
with much strength, nor overwlielm me with the
weight of his greatness.

7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my
judgment come to victory.

8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to
the west, I shall not understand him.

9 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall

not take hold on him : if I turn myself to the right

hand, I shall not see him.

10 But he knowcth my way, and has tried me
as gold that passeth through the fire:

11 My foot hath followed his steps. I have kept
his way, and have not declined from it.

12 I have not departed from the commandments
of his lips: and the words of his mouth I have hid
in my bosom.

13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away
his thought : and whatsoever his soul hath desired,
that hath he done.

14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me,
many other like things are also at hand with him.

15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence;
and when I consider him I am made pensi/e with
fear.

16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty
hath troubled me.

17 For I have not perished because of the dark-
ness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist
covered my face.

CHAP. XXIV.

God's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long lime in
their sins ; but punisheth them in another life.

'XHMES are not hid from the Almighty : but they
-*- that know him, know not his days.

2 Some have removed land-marks, have taken
away flocks by force, and fed them.

3 They have driven away the ass of the father-
less, and have taken away the widow'sox forapledge.

4 They have overturned the way of the poor, and
have oppressed together the meek of the earth.

5 Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to
their work : by watching for a prey, they get bread
for their children.

6 They reap the field that is not their own, and
gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence
they have oppressed.

7 They send men away naked, taking away their
clothes who have no covering in the cold :

8 Who are wet with the showers of the mountains,
and having no covering embrace the stones.

9 They have violently robbed the fatherless and
stript the poor common people.

10 From the naked and them that go without
clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away
the ears of corn.

1 1 They have taken their rest at noon among the
stores of them, who after having trodden the wine-
presses suffer thirst.

12 Out of the cities they have made men to groan;
and the soul of the wounded hath cried out ; and God
doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

13 They have been rebellious to the light; they
have not known his ways ; neither have they return-
ed by his paths.

14 The murderer risethatthe very break of dav:
he killeth the needy, and the poor man : but in the
night he will be as * thief.

15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness,
saying: No eye shall see -me: and he will cover
his face.

16 He diggeth through houses in the dark as in

417

JOB.

the day they had appointed for themselves, and they
have not known the light.

17 If th«.> morning suddenly appear, it is to them
the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness i-
if it were in light.

18 He is light upon the face of the water: curs-
ed be his portion on the caith : let him not walk !>\
the way of the rinejaida.

19 Let him pass froiu the snow waters to exces-
Un heat, and his sin even to hell.

20 Let mercy forget hint : may worms he his
sweetness; ht him be rememhered no more, but be
broken in pieces a> an unfruitful tree.

_M For he hath fed the barren that Ixareth not :
and to the widow he hath done no good.

He hath pulled down the strong by Ids might:
and when lie sjandeth up, lie shall uot trust to his
life.

23 God hath given him place for penance, and
he abuseth it unto pride : but his eyes are upon his
wa

24 They are lifted up for a little while, and shall
not stand, and shall be brought down as all thugs,
and shall betaken away : and as the lops of the ears
of corn they shall be broken.

26 And if it be not so, who can convince me that
I have lied, and set my words before God?

CHAP. XXV.

Baidad represents the justice of Cod, brfure whom no man can
be justified.

HP HEN Baidad the Suhite answered, and said :

»■ 2 Power and terror are with him, who inaketh
peace in his high places. _

3 Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and up-
on whom shall not his light arise?

4 Can man be justified compared with God, or
he that is l>orn ol a woman appear clean ?

5 Behold, even the moon doth not shine, and the
stars are not pure in his sight.

6 How much less man that is rottenness, and the
son of man w ho is a worm ?

CHAP. XXVI.

Job derlarts his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God.

THEN Job answered, and said:
2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is
weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that
has no strength ?

3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to
him that hath no wisdom; and thou hast shown thy
very great prudence.

4 Whom hast thou desired to teach ? was it not
him that made life ?.

5 Behold, the giants groan under the waters, and
thevthat dwell with them.

6 Hell is naked before him, and there is noco-
vcring for destruction.

7 He stretched out the north oner the empty space,
and hangctli the earth upon nothing.

• Hit tksUtrit hand rrvugkl forth the vindinf trrprnt. That i», the
' iotM>t power of God, which brought fortli all iluoo created in
but conceived in the Diwne mir d frofp C XWOtU. The
418

8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that
they break not out ami fall down together.

9 He withholdcth the face of his throne, and
spreadeth his cloud over it.

10 He hath set Ixiunds about the waters, till light
and darkness come to an end.

11 The pillars ol heaven tremble, and dread at
his heck.

12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered
together, and his wisdom has .struck the proud one.

li His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his
obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.*

14 Lo, these things are said in part of his wa\s :
and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his
word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of
his great lie-

CHAP. XXVII.

Job persists in asserting his oirn innocence, and that hypocrites
will be punished in the end.

JOB also added, taking op his parable, and said:
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my
judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my
soul to bitterness :

\s long as breath remaineth in me, and the
Spirit of God in my nostrils,

4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall
my tongue contrive King.

5 God forbid that I should judge you to be just:
till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

6 My justification, which I have begun to hold.
I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend
me in all my life.

7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my ad
versary as the wicked one.

8 For w hat is the hop*: of the hypocrite, if through
copiousness be take by violence, and God deliver
not his soul.

9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come
upon him ?

10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty,
and call upon God at all times?

1 1 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the
Almighty hath; and I will not conceal it.

12 Behold you all know it : and why do you
speak vain things without cause ?

13 This is the portion of a w icked man w ith God.
and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall
receive of the Almighty.

14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall he for the
sword, and his grandsons shall not lie filled with
bread.

15 They that shall remain of him, shall lie buried
in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, ami
prepare raiment as clay :

17 He shall prepare indeed; but the just man
shall he clothed with it, and the innocent shall divide
the silver.

tcin<hng serpent, a conMell - ' •>'■• S fued »iir. winding round th* north
pole, called Ih-ru-o. '« few *f0 ' * 'eotr IV i i rtej j-u-t of ihe ta*ie
rerie i Hit spirit /Ui tit ■'•'**,.

CHAP. XXV III, XXIX.

18 He hath built his house as a moth ; and as a
eeper he hath made a booth.

19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take
awaj' nothing with him: he shall open his eyes,
and find nothing.

20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a
tempest shall oppress him in the night:

21 A burning wind shall take him up, and carry
him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him
from his place.

22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not
spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall
hiss at him, beholding his place.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Man's industry searcheth out many things; true wisdom is
taught by God alone.

SILVER hath beginnings of its veins; and gold
hath a place wherein it is melted.

2 Iron is taken out of the earth ; and stone melted
with heat is turned into brass.

3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end
of all tilings he considereth, the stone also that is
in the dark, and the shadow of death.

4 The flood divideth from the people that are on
their journey, those whom the foot of the needy man
hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

5 The land out of which bread grew in its place,
hath been overturned with fire.

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and
the clods of it are gold.

7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath
the eve of the vulture beheld it.

8 The children of the merchants have not trod-
den it ; neither hath the lioness passed by it.

9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint:
he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his
eye hath seen every precious tiling.

11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched :
and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where
is the place of understanding ?

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither
is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

14 The depth saith : It is not in me: and the sea
saith : It is not with me.

15 The finest gold shall not purchase it : neither
shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours
of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx,
or the sapphire.

17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it; neither shall
any vessels of gold be changed for it.

18 High and eminent things shall not be men-
tioned in comparison of it : but wisdom is drawn
out of secret places.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to
it; neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dying.

,20 Whence then cometh wisdom ? and where is
the place of understanding ?

21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, and the
fowls of the air know it not.

22 Destruction and death have said : With otu
ears we have heard the fame thereof.

23 God understandeth the way of it; and he
knoweth the place thereof.

24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world : and
looketh on all things that are under heaven.

25 Who made a weight for the winds, and weigh-
ed the waters by measure.

26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way
for the sounding storms.

27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared,
and searched it.

28 And he said to man : Behold the fear of the
Lord, that is wisdom ; and to depart irom evil is
understanding.

CHAP. XXIX.

Job relates his former happiness, and the respect that all mm
showed him.

TOB also added, taking up his parable, and said :
** 2 Who will grant me, that I might be accord-
ing to the months past, according to the days in
which God kept me ?

3 When his lamp shined over my head, and 1
walked by his light in darkness ?

4 As 1 was in the days of my youth, when God
was secretly in my tabernacle ?

5 When the Almighty was with me, and my ser-
vants round about me ?

6 When I washed my feet with butter, and the
rock poured me out rivers of oil ?

7 When 1 went out to the gate of the city, and
in the street they prepared me a chair ?

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves :
and the old men rose up and stood.

9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger
on their mouth.

10 The rulers held their peace, and their tongue
cleaved to their throat.

1 1 The ear that heard me blessed me ; and the
eye that saw me gave witness to me :

12 Because I had delivered the poor man that
cried out, and the fatherless that had no helper.

13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish
came upon me : and I comforted the heart of the
widow.

14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself"
with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

15 1 was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame

16 I was the father of the poor: and the cause
which I knew not, I searched out most diligentl

17 1 broke the jaws of the wicked man : and out
of his teeth I took away the prey.

18 And I said : I shall die in my nest, and as a
palm-tree shall multiply my da vs.

19 My root is opened beside the waters ; and
dew shall continue in my harvest.

20 My glory shall always be renewed : and my
bow in my hand shall be repaired.

21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence,
and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

22 To my words they durst add nothing: and
my speech dropped upon them.

419

JOB.

23 They waited for me as for rain ; and thej
opened their mouth as tor a latter shower.

24 If at anv time I laughed on them, they believt d
not : and the light of my countenance fell not on the
earth.

25 It I had a mind to go to them, I sat first : and
when I sat as a kin:;, with his army standing about
him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.

CHAP. XXX.

Job skew s the wonderful change of hit temporal estate, from wcl-
fart to great calamity.

BUT now the younger i n time* scorn me, whose
fathers I would not have set with the dogs of
my flock :

2 The strength of whose hands was to me as
nothing : and they were thought unworthy of life

itself.

3 Barren with want and lumper, who gnawed in
the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and miserj ■

4 And they ate crass, and harks of trees : and
the rout of junipers was their food.

5 Who snatched up these things out of the valleys :
and when they had found any of them, they ran to
them with a cry.

6 They dwelt in the desert p laces of torrents, and
in caves of the earth, or upon the gravel.

7 They pleased themselves among these kind of
things, and counted it delightful to he under the
briars.

8 The children offboKsh and base men, and not
appearing at all upon the earth :

9 Now I am turned into their song, and am he-
come their by-word.

10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and
are not afraid to spit in my face.

1 1 For he hath opened his ipi'iver. and hath afflict-
ed me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.

1 2 \t the right hand of mv lis'uii:, nn calamities
forthwith arose : they have overthrown mv feet, and
have overwhelmed me with their paths as with
waves.

13 They bare destroyed my ways; tbej have lain

in wait against me ; and thev ha\e prevailed ; and
there \v;is none to help.

14 They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall
is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled them-
selves down to my miseries.

15 I am brought to nothing : as a wind thou hast
taken aw ay my desire : and my pro s p eri ty hath
passed away like a cloud.

16 And now my soul fadeth within myself; and
the days of affliction possess me.

17 In the night mv hone is pierced with sorrows :
and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.

18 With the multitude of them mv garment is con-
sumed : and they have girded me about, as with the
collar of my coat.

19 I am compared to dirt, and am likened to em-
bers and ashes.

• Bui tkt fuugtr m txmu : that i«. yoangrr than I am, and is a. it
were oUcurr. when 1 tu cooapicuutu and in magnificence , the) now
look down on me.

420

20 I cry to thee, and thou hearest mc not : I

stand up, and thou dost not regard me.

'J I Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and
in the hardness of thv hand thou art against me.

22 Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were
upon the wind : and thou' hast mightily dashed me.

23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death,
where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.

24 But yet thou stretches! not forth thy hand to
their consumption : and if they shall fall down, tholi
wilt save.

25 I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted ;
and my soul had compassion on the poor.

26 I expected good things, and e\ils are conn- up-
on me : I waited for light, and darkness broke out

J7 Mv inner parts have boiled without any rest ■
the days of affliction have prevented me.

28 f went mourning without indignation ; I rose
up and cried in the crowd.

29 I was the brothel of dragons,f and companion
of ostriches.

30 My skin is become black upon me, and my
bones are dried up with heat.

31 My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ
into the voice of those that weep.

CHAP. XXXI.

Job, to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends,
give* a sincere account of his otcn virtues.

I MADE a covenant w ith my eyes, that I would
not so much as think upon a virgin.

2 For w hat part should Ciod from above have in
me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high ?

3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion
to them that work iniquity?

4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all
my steps ?

'5 If 1 have walked in vanity, and my foot hath
made haste to deceit :

ti Let him weigh me in a jusl balance ; and let
God know my simplicity.

7 If my step hath turned out of the way. and if my
heart hath followed my eves, and if a spot hath ( -leav-
ed to my hands :

8 Then let me SOW. and let another eat : and let
my offspring be rooted out

9 If my heart hath been dec e i v ed upon a woman,
and if 1 have laid wait at my friend's door:

10 Let my wife be the harlot ol another, and let
other men lie with her.

1 1 For this is a heinous crime, and a most griev-
ous iniquity.

I J It is a fire that devoured) even to distinction,
and rooteth up all things that spring.

13 If I have despised to abide judgment w ith my
mail-servant, or mv maid-servant, w hen they had
anv controversy against me:

14 For what shall I do when (iod shall rise to
judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I
answer him?

} SrvHirr of Draft**, ItC.

at.lc I

Imitating theae creature- n their hwent-

CHAP. XXXII.

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make
nim also: and did not one and the same form me in
the womb?

16 If I have denied to the poor what they desir-
ed, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:

17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fa-
therless hath not eaten thereof:

18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with
me : and it came out with me from my mother's
womb:)

19 If I have despised him that was perishing for
want of clothing, and the poor man that had no co-
vering :

20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he
were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep :

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fa-
therless, even when I saw myself superior in the
gate :

22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint : and let
my arm with its bones be broken.

23 For I have always feared God as waves swell-
ing over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.

24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have
said to fine gold : My confidence :

25 If 1 have rejoiced over my great riches, and
because my hand had gotten much :

26 If I beheld the sun* when it shined, and the
moon going in brightness:

27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I
have kissed my hand with my mouth :

28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial
against the most high God;

29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that
hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found
him.-

30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by
wishing a curse to his soul.

31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said :
Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?

32 The stranger did not stay without; my door
was open to the traveller.

33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have con-
cealed my iniquity in my bosom:

34 If I have been afraid at a very great multi-
tude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified
me : and I have not rather held my peace, and not
gone out of the door :

35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Al-
mighty may hear my desire : and that he himself
that judgeth would write a book :

36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put
it about me as a crown ?

37 At every step of mine, I would pronounce it,
and offer it as to a prince.

38 If my land cry against me, and with it the
furrows therrof mourn;

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without mo-
ney, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:

* If I beheld the sun, &c. If I behold the sun and moon with adinira-
boc, knowing- them to be created and governed by the power of God,
I call on my adversaries to produce any thing against me, whereby I
could be charged with worshipping the sun or moon.

f J will not Uvel God with man. Here £<iu considers that Job hath

40 Let thistles grow up to me, instead of wheat,
and thorns instead of barley.

Tlie words of Job are ended.

CHAP. XXXII.

Eliu is angry both with Job and his friends. He boasts of himself

SO these three men ceased to answer Job, because
he seemed just to himself.

2 And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of
the kindred of Ram, was angry and was moved to
indignation: now he was angry against Job, because
he said he was just before God.

3 And he was angry with his friends, because
they had not found a reasonable answer, but only
had condemned Job.

4 So Eliu waited while Job was speaking, be-
cause they were his elders that were speaking.

5 But when he saw that the three were not able
to answer, he was exceedingly angry.

6 Then Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite an-
swered, and said : I am younger in days, and you
are more ancient; therefore hanging down my head,
I was afraid to show you my opinion.

7 For I hoped that greater age would speak, and
that a multitude of years would teach wisdom.

8 But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding.

9 They that are aged are not the wise men ; nei-
ther do the ancients understand judgment.

10 Therefore I will speak: Hearken to me: I also
will show you my wisdom.

11 For 1 have waited for your words : I have
given ear to your wisdom, as long as you were dis-
puting in words.

12 And as long as I thought you said something.
I considered : but, as I see, there is none of you that
can convince Job and answer his words.

13 Lest you should say: We have found wisdom :
God hath cast him down, not man.

14 He hath spoken nothing to me, and I will not
answer him according to your words.

15 They were afraid, and answered no more, and
they left off speaking.

16 Therefore because I have waited, and they
have not spoken; they stood and answered no more.

17 I also will answer my part, and will show my
knowledge.

1 8 For I am full of matter to speak of, and the
spirit of my bowels straiteneth me.

19 Behold, my belly is as new wine which want-
eth vent, which bursteth the new vessels.

20 I will speak, and take breath a little: I will
open my lips, and will answer.

21 I will not accept the person of man ; and I will
not level God with man.f

22 For I know not how long I shall continue,
and whether after a while my maker may take
me away.

put himself on a level with God, by the manner he assumed to justify
his own life in speaking to God as if he spoke to an equal : Eliu ex-
presses in the following ver. 22. his fear of punishment hereafter for
such an attempt.

421

JOB.

CHAP. XXXIII.

hlamrt Job for rutcrtirur his otcn innocent*.

IT K A It therefore, O Joh, my speeches, and hear-
ken to all my word-.
| Behold, now I have opened my mouth let my
tongue speak within my jaws.

3 Mv words are from my upright heart, and my
lips shall speak a pun- sentence.

4 The Spirit of God made me, and the breath
of the almighty gave me life.

5 If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against
mv face.

ti Behold, God hath made me as well as thee;
and uf the same clay I ;•!-<> was formed.

7 Hut >et lit not my wonder terrify thee, and let
not -in \ eloquence be burdensome to thee.

:: Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have
heard (lie voice of thy words:

'.» I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted,
and there is no iniquity in me.

10 Because he hath found complaints against
me, therefore be hath counted me for his enemy.

11 He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath
observed all my paths.

IJ Now this is the thins in which thou art not
justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater
than man.

13 Dost thou strive against him, because he hath
not answered thee to all words?

11 tiod speaketh once and repeateth not the
self same thing the .second time.

15 By a dream in a vision by night) when deep
sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in
their beds:

lb" Then he openeth the ears of men, and teach-
ing instrucieth them in what they are to lenm.

17 That he may withdraw a man from the
things lie is doiilft. and may deliver him from pride.

HI Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his
life from parsing to the sword.

19 lie rebuketh also hy sorrow in the bed, and
he inakelh all his hones to wither.

I Wead becometh abominable to him in his life,
and to his soul the in< at which before he desired.

21 His flesh shall he consumed away, and his
bones that were covered, shall be made bare.

His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and
his life to the destroyers.

J '. It there shall he an Angel speaking for him,

one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness.

lie shall have mercy on him, and shall say:

I K liver him, that he may not ^o down to corruption:

I have found wherein I may he merciful to bun.

Hi- flesh i- consumed with punishments, let
jt return to the nays of his youth.

He shall pray to God, and he will b.
cious to him: and he shall see his fact with joy,
and he will render to man bis justice.

_'7 He shall look noon men, and shall say: ]
have sinned, and indeed I have offended; and I
have not received what I have deserved.

He hath delivered his soul from noiug into
destruction, that it may live and see the light.

20 Behold, all these things God worketh three
times within every one.

That he may withdraw their souls from cor-
ruption, and eiilkliten them with the light of the
living.

31 Attend, Job, and hearken to me: and hold
thy peace, whilst I speak.

1 But if thou hast any thing to s;iy, answer
me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.

.l> And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy
peace, and 1 will teach line wisdom.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Klin charge* Job teith blnyjhemi/ ; and sets forth the power and
justice of God.

j\ND Fliu continued his discourse, and said:

2 Hear, ye wise men, my words: anil ye learn-
ed, hearken to me:

3 For the ear trieth words, and the mouth dis-
cerneth meats hy the taste.

4 Let us choose to us judgment, and let us see
anion? ourselves what is the best.

5 for Job hath said: I am just; and God hath
overthrown my judgment.

_ 6 For in judging me, there is a lie: my arrow is
violent without any sin.

7 What man is there like Job, who drinketh up
scorning like water?

8 Who goeth in company with them that work
iniquity, and waJketh with wicked men?

9 For he hath said: .Man shall not please Cod,
although he run with him.

10 Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear
me; far from Cod l>e wickedness, and iniquity from
the Almighty.

11 For he will render to a man his work: and
according to the ways of every one he will reward
them.

I I For in very deed Cod will not condemn with-
out cause: neither will the Almighty pervert judg-
ment

13 What other hath he appointed over the earth.'
or whom hath beset over the world which he made?

14 If* he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his
spirit and breath unto himself.

15 All flesh shall perish together: and man shall
return into ashes.

16 If then thou hast understanding, hear what
is said, and hearken to the voice of mv words.

17 Can lie he healed that loveth not judgment?
and how dost thou so far condemn him thai is just?

III Who saith to the kin^: Tho* art an apos-
tate; who calleth rulers ungodly:

19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes; nor
hath regarded the tyrant, w hen he contended against
the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.

20 They shall Suddenly die, and the people shall
be troubled at midnight] and they shall pass, ami
take away the violent without hand.

21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and
he eonsidereth all their steps.

There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of
death, where they may Ik- hid who work iniquity.

CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI.

23 For it is no longer in the power of man to en-
ter into judgment with God.

24 He shall break in pieces many and innumera-
ble; and shall make others to stand in their stead.

25 For he knoweth their works: and therefore
he shall bring night on them; and they shall be de-
stroyed.

26 He hath struck them as being wicked, in open
sight.

27 Who as it were on purpose have revolted from
him, and would not understand all his ways:

28 So that they caused the cry of the needy to
come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

29 For when hegranteth peace vyho is there that
can condemn? When he hideth his countenance,
who is there that can behold him, whether it regard
nations, or all men?

30 Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to
reign for the sins of the people?

31 Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not
hinder thee in thy turn.

32 If I have erred, teach thou me: if 1 have spo-
ken iniquity, I will add no more.

33 Doth God require it of thee, because it hath
displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and
not I : but if thou know any thing better, speak.

34 Let men of understanding speak to me ; and
let a wise man hearken to me.

35 But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words
sound not discipline.

36 My father, let Job be tried even to the end :
cease not from the man of iniquity.

37 Because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins,
let him be tied fast in the mean time among us : and
then let him provoke God to judgment with his
speeches.

CHAP. XXXV.

Eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach God.

IVrOREOVER, Eliu spoke these words:

±Y_I_ 2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that

thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

3 For thou saidst : That which is right doth not
please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin ?

4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy
friends with thee.

5 Look up to heaven, and see, and behold the
sky, that it is higher than thee.

6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him ? and if
thy iniquities be multiplied, what shaltthou do against
him?

7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him,
or what shall he receive of thy hand ?

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like
thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they
shall cry out ; and shall wail for the violence of the
arm of tyrants.

10 And he hath not said : Where is God, who
made me, who hath given songs in the night?

*Out of the narrow mouth. That is, out of hell, whose entrance is nar-
row, and its depth bottomlesg, but 6gurativclv meant here, that is,
from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of
happiness.

1 1 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the
earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the
air.

12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear,
because of the pride of evil men.

13 God therefore will not hear in vain: and the
Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

14 Yea when thou shalt say: Heconsidereth not :
be judged before him, and expect him.

15 For he doth not now bring on his fury: neither
doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain,
and multiplieth words without knowledge.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice andpotcer of God.

T^ LIU also proceeded, and said:

<*-* 2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee: for

I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.

3 1 will repeat my knowledge from the beginning,
and I will prove my maker just.

4 For indeed my words are without a lie: and
perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas
he himself also is mighty.

6 But he saveth not the wicked: and he giveth
judgment to the poor.

7 He will not take away his eyes from the just:
and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and
they are exalted.

8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound
with the cords of poverty,

9 He shall show them their works, and their
wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them;
and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall ac-
complish their days in good, and their years in glory.

12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the
sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath
of God : neither shall they cry when they are bound.

14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life
among the effeminate-

15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress,
and shall open his ear in affliction.

16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the
narrow mouth,* and which hath no foundation un-
der it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the
wicked : cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee, to op-
press any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn
thee aside.

19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation,
and all the mighty of strength.

20 Prolong not the night, that people may come
up for them.

21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for
this thou hast begun to follow after misery. f

t For this thou hast begun to follow after mitery, Eliu charges Joh,
that notwithstanding his misery, he does not fear God as he ought
but in his judgment, falls into iniquity.

423

JOB

22 Beno.n, Ci.nl is high in his strength : and none
is like him among the lawgivers.

23 Who cm search out his ways? or who can
say to him : Thou hast wrought iniquity ?

I Remember that thou knowest not hit work,
concerning which men have sun

\ll men tee bin: ever] onebebeMethaiaxofT.
26 Behold, God is great, ex<*eeding our know-
ledge: the number of his years is inestimable.

11 He lit'teth up the drops of rain, and poureth
out showers like floods:

I Which flow from the clouds that rover all above.

29 It" he will spread out clouds ;is his tent,

30 And lighten with his li^ht from above, he shall
covet also the ends of the sea.

31 For by these he judgeth people, and giwth
food to many mortals.

32 In his hands he hideth the light, and com-
mandeth it to come again.

33 He show ctli his friend concerning it, that it
is his possession, and that he may come up to it.

CHAP. XXXVII.

FJiu got* on in his discourse, shotting (loti's wisdom and power,
by his wonderful works.

AT this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of
its place.

I Hi ar ye attentively the terror of his voice, and
the sound that cometh out of his mouth.

3 He beholdctli under all the heavens; and his
bght is upon the ends of the earth.

4 \lirr it a noise shall roar: he shall thunder
with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found
out, wheai his roiee shall be heard.

5 God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice,
he that doeth great and unsearchable things.

G He commandeth the snow to go down upon the
earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his
Strength.

7 lb sealeth up* the hand of all men, thai every
one may know his works.

8 Then the beast shall go into his covert, and
shall abide in his den.

9 Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and
cold out of the north.

10 When God blowt th, there cometh frost ; and
again the waters are poured out abundantly.

I I Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread
their liicht :

1 1 Which go round about, whithersoever the w ill
of him that governeth them shall lead them, to what-
soever he shall command them U|k>ii the face of the
whole earth :

13 Whether in one tril>e, or in his own land, or
in what place soever of his men y he shall command
them to be found.

I \ Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and con-
sider the wondrous works of God.

* lit utlttk tat, fas. Whrn be tend* tkatt ttmnn of Us t&rnttk.
that ta, those ttorm* of rain, kt mats up, that is, he shut- up the l. ..ml.
of am from their mtual work* abroad, and confine* Um-iii wittun door*.

to consider kit work*; or to forecast Ikm work*, that it, what Hmj

tl.i'in« !»•. .ir. t.< do

16 Dost thou know when God commanded tlie
rains, to show the lijdit of his clouds

16 Knowest (huii the great paths of the clouds,
and the perfect kaowledgi

17 Are not thy garments hot, whea the south
wind blows upon the earth ?

18 Thou perhaps hast made the hea\( ns with
him, which are most strong, as if they were of mol-
ten brass.

19 Show us what we may say to him : for we
are wrapped up in darkness:

20 Who shall tell him the things I Speak .' <\< n
if a man shall speak, he shall Ik- swallow ed up.f

21 But now they see not the light, the air on a
sudden shall lie thickened into clouds, and the w ind
shall pass and drive them away.

22 Gold cometh out of the north, and to God
praise with fear.

23 We cannot find him worthily : he is great in
Strength, and in judgment, and in justice, ami he is
ineffable.

24 Therefore men shall fear him : and all that
seem to themselves to be w is< , shall not dare to be-
hold him.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

God interposes ; and shows from the things he hath made, that
limn canniit comprehend his jmiriT und oitdmu.

HP HEN the Lord} answered Job out of a whirl-
A wind, and said :

2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in un-
skilful words ?

3 Gird up thy loins like a man : 1 will ask thee,
and answer thou me.

4 Where Wast thou when I laid the foundations
of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it ?

6 I'pon what are its bases grounded? or who laid
the coiner stone thereof,

7 When the morning stars praised me together,
and all the sons of God made a joyful melody ?

8 Who shut up the sea with doors w hen it broke
forth as issuing out of the Womb:

9 When I made a cloud the* varment thereof, and
wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

10 1 set my bounds around it, and made it bars
and doors;

11 And I said: Hitherto thou shall come, and
shalt go no further: and here thou shalt break thy
swelling waves.

12 Didst thou since thy birth command the morn-
ing, and show the dawning of the day its place'

13 And didst thou hold the extremities of the
earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the un-
godlv out of it .'

14 The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall

stand as a garment :

4 lit shall kt nrtlUtrtd up. All that man can ui whrn he speaks of
■ mi little and inconsiderable in comparison with tin- subject,
that man H lost and a* it were .wallowed up m so immriw an ocean
| 7bM That la, an angel aoeukmg in the name of U.e !x>rd.

•I .'I

CHAP. XXXIX.

15 From the wicked their light shall be taken
away, and the high arm shall be broken.

16 Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea,
and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee,
and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth ?
tell me, if thou knowest all things?

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth, and
where is the place of darkness:

20 That thou mavst bring every thing to its own
bounds, and understand the paths. of the house
thereof.

21 Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be
born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the
snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail :

23 Which I have prepared for the time of the en-
emy, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light spread, and heat di-
vided upon the earth?

25 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way
for noisy thunder:

26 That it should rain on the earth without man
in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

27 That it should fill the desert, and desolate land,
and should bring forth green grass ?

28 Who is the father of rain? or who begot the
drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the
frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and
the surface of the deep is congealed.

31 Shalt thou be able to join together the shining
stars the Pleiades,* or canst thou stop the turning
about of Arcturus ?

32 Canst thou bring forth the day-star in its time,
and make the evening-star to rise upon the children
of the earth ?

33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, and
canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
that an abundance of waters may cover thee ?

35 Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go,
and will they return, and say to thee : Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man,
or who gave the cock understanding ?f

37 Who can declare the order of the heavens, or
who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep ?

38 When was the dust poured on the earth, and
the clods fastened together ?

39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and
satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

40 When they couch in the dens, and lie in wait
in holes ?

41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her
young ones cry to God, wandering about, because
they have no meat ?

* Pleiades. Hebrew, Cinuh A cluster of seven stars in the constel-
lation Taurus, or the Bull. Arcturus a bright star in the constellation
Bootes. The Hebrew name Cesil is variously interpreted ; by some
Orion; by others, the rreal Bear is understood.

CHAP. XXXIX.

TJie wonders of the. power and providence of God in many ofhtt
creatures.

KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats
bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou ob-
served the hinds when they fawn ?

2 Hast thou numbered the months of their con-
ceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring
forth ?

3 They bow themselves to bring forth young, and
they east them, and send forth roarings.

4 Their young are weaned, and go to feed : they
go forth, and return not to them.

5 Who hath sent out the wild-ass free, and who
hath loosed his bonds ?

6 To whom 1 have given a house in the wilderness,
and his dwellings in the barren land.

7 He seorneth the multitude of the city, he hear-
eth not the cry of the driver.

8 He looketh round about the mountains of his
pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.

9 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or
will he stay at thy crib ?

10 Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong
to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys
after thee ?

1 1 Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength,
and leave thy labours to him ?

12 Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee
the seed, and gather it into thy barn-floor?

13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of
the heron, and of the hawk.

14 When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou
perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.

15 She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon
them, or that the beast of the field may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as
though they were not hers : she hath laboured in
vain, no fear constraining her.

17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither
hath he given her understanding.

18 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings
on high : she seorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe
his neck with neighing ?

20 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts ? the
glory of his nostrils is terror.

21 He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he
pranccth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed
men.

22 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to
the sword.

23 Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear
and shield shall glitter.

24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground :
neither doth he make account when the noise of the
trumpet soundeth.

25 When he heareth the trumpet, he saith . Ha,

t Understanding. That instinct by which he distinguishes the timet
of crowing in the night.

4*5

jon.

ha! be sm< Hctli the bottle afar off, the encouraging
of the cairfains, and the shouting of the fumy.

26 l)oth the hawk was feathered by thy wisdom,
spreading her wings to the south ?

Will the eagle roouiii upal thy command, and
make her ncs| in high plan

28 She abideth among the rocks, and dwelled)
HKMa; ctagfjed dims, and Moaj hills, where there
is no ;irccs>.

29 From thence she looketh for the prey, and
her eyes behold alar oil".

30 1 1 t-r _\niin:i ours shall suck up blood : and
whensoever the carcass shall be, she is immediate-
ly there.

. i| And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
Shall he thai contendeth w ith God be so easi-
ly silenced ? surely be thai reproved) God ought to
auswer him.

33 Then Job answered the Lord, and said :
What can I answer, who have spoken incon-
siderately .'* I will lay my hand upon my month.

35 One thing. 1 have spoken, which I wish I had
not said : and another, to w Inch 1 will add no more.

CHAP. XL.

Of the potter nf Gini in the Im hi moth and theJtviathan.

AND the Lord answering Job out of the whirl-
wind, said :

2 (iird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee,
anil do thou tell me.

3 Wilt thou make void my judgment : and con-
demn me, that thou mayst be justified?

4 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou
thunder with a voice like him?

iothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up
on high, and be glorious, anil put on goodly garments.
Scatter the proud in thv indignation, and be-
hold every arrogant man, ami humble him.

7 Look on all that are proud, and confound them,
and crush the w icked in their place.

8 Hide them in the dust together, and plunge
their faces into the pit.

9 Then I will confess that thy right hand is able
to save thee.

10 Behold behemotht whom I made with thee.
he eateth grass like an ox.

11 His strength is in his loins, and his force in
the navel of bis belly.

12 He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews
of liis t esticles are wrapped together.

13 His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle
like plates of iron.

14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who
made him : he will apply his sworil.J

16 To him the mountains bring forth grass: there
all the benatl of the field shall play.

lt> lie sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert
of the reed, and in moist pfcv

fnxT

• Sfktn {iwwuUrratWy. If we dracnM all Job*i worth (tmtk 81. Grt-
r*.) we «hall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be ralhcrrd
. lite wunl« <>f the l»nl Ininvlf, chap. xlii. rer. 7. k II. but what
tii reprehensible in turn, »»« the manner of exnrrssinr; himself at
time), tpeakinr; too much of hi« own affliction, and too little ol Gofi
towards him, which here he acknowledge* aa wMeajulrrafa.

17 The shades cover his shadow, the willows of
the brook shall compass him aliout.

18 Behold, be "ill drink up a river, and not
Wonder: and be trustcth thai 'he Jordan may run
into bis mouth.

I!' In his cm- as with a hook he shall take him,
and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

20 Canst thou draw out the leviathan^ with a
hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord ?

21 Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or boic
through his jaw with a buckle.'

22 Will he. make liiiinv supplications to thee, or
speak soft words to thee?

-'. > W ill he make a covenant with thee, and wilt
thou take him to be a servant for ever.'

24 Shall thou play wilh him as with a bin), or
tie him up for thy handmaids?

25 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall mer-
chants divide him?

'J*! Wilt thou till nets with his skin, and the ca-
bins of fishes with his head:

27 Lay thy hand upon him: remember the bat-
tle, and speak no more.

28 lb-hold his hope shall fail him, and in the
sight of all he shall be cast down.

CHAP. XLL

A further description qf the leviathan.

I WILL not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for
, who can resist my countenance?

2 Who hath given me before that I should repay
him? All things that are under heaven aie mine.

3 I will not spare him, nor his mighty w onls. and
framed to make supplication.

4 Who can discover the face of his raiment? or
who can go into the midst of his month?

5 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth
are terrible round aliout.

6 His ImmIv is like molten shields, shut close up
with scales pressing upon one another.

7 One is joined to another, and not so much as
any air can come between them:

8 Thev slick one to another, and they hold one
another fast, ami shall not be separated.

9 His snee/.iim is like the shining of fire, and his
eyes like the eye- lids of the morning.

10 Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches
of lighted tire.

1 1 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a
|>ot heated and boilings

12 His breath kindle th coals, and a flame cometh
forth out of his mouth.

13 In bk neck strength shall dwell, and want
goeth before his face.

1 \ The members of his flesh cleave one to ano-
ther: be shall send lightnings against him, am) they
shall not be carried to another place.

f Bfkrmotk. in Hebrew fearaw, which »i|rnine» in rrneral an
but m:mv authors explain, that here it i» pill f»r (lie Klrphmnl.

I llr vill tpply hit nemd This test is rariously explained tome ex-
plain the nrard, th* liorn given to the animal for lii» defence : oilier*
the power that Cod hath fired to man to slay him, iiotwuh lauding hn
p^eat »i/.e and strength.

I Lnimlkm*. Tlie while, or totne tea monster.

CHAP.

15 His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as
firm as a smith's anvil.

16 When he shall raise him up, the angels* shall
fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.

17 When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not
be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breast-plate.

1 8 For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass
as rotten wood.

19 The archer shall not put him to flight, the
stones of the sling to him are like stubble.

20 As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and
ne will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

21 The beams of the sun shall be under hnn,t
and he shall strew gold under him like mire.

22 He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot,
and shall make it as when ointments boil.

23 A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem
the deep as growing old. J

24 There is no power upon earth that can be
compared with him who was made to fear no one.

25 He beholdeth every high thing, he is kiug§
over all the children of pride.

CHAP. XLII.

Job submits himself. God pronounces in his favour. Job offers
sacrifice for his friends. He is blessed with riches and chil-
. dren, and dies happy.

THEN Job answered the Lord, and said:
2 I know that thou canst do all things, and no
thought is hid from thee.

3 Who is this that hideth counsel without know-
ledge? Therefore 1 have spoken unwisely, and
things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

4 Hear, and I will speak : 1 will ask thee, and
do thou tell me.

5 With the hearing of the ear I have heard thee,
but now my eye seeth thee.

6 Therefore 1 reprehend myself, and do penance
in dust and ashes.

7 And after the Lord had spoken these words to

* .ingcls. Elim, Hebrew: which signifies here, the mighty, the most
valiant, shall fear this monstrous fish, and in their fear shall seek to
be purified.

f Under him. He shall not value the beams of the sun ; and gold to
him shall be like mire.

XLII.

Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite : My wrath
is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends,
because you have not spoken the thing that is right
before me, as my servant Job hath.

8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen, and se-
ven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for
yourselves a holocaust: and my servant Job shall
pray for you: his face 1 will accept, that folly be not
imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things
before me, as my servant Job hath.

9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the
Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite, went, and did
as the Lord had spoken to them: and the Lord ac-
cepted the face of Job.

10 The Lord also was turned at the penance of
Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the
Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11 And all his brethren came to him, and all his
sisters, and all that knew him before, and they eat
bread with him in his house : and bemoaned him, and
comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought
upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and
one ear-ring of gold.

12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Jol
more than his beginning. And he had fourteen
thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a
thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

14 And he called the name of one Dies, and the
name of the second Cassia, and the name of the
third Cornustibij.

15 And there were not found in all the earth wo-
men so beautiful as the daughters of Job : and
their father gave them inheritance among their bre-
thren.

16 And Job lived after these things, a hundred
and forty years, and he saw his children, and his
children's children, unto the fourth generation: and
he died an old man, and full of days.

| The deep as growing old. Grow ing hoary, as it were, with the froth
wliich he leaves behind him.

i He is king, &c. He is superior in strength to all that are great and
strong amongst living creatures : mvstically it is understood of the
devil, who is king over all the proud.

THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

The Psalms are called by the Hebrews tehillim, that is, hymns
of praise. The author, of a great part of them at lea<t, was
king David: but many are of opinion that some of them were
made by Asaph, and others, whose ttames are prefixed in the
titles.

PSALM I.

Beatus vir.

The happiness of the just : and the evil state of the wicked.

BLESSED is the man who hath not walked in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way
of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.

2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on
his law he shall meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted
near the running waters, which shall bring forth its'
fruit, in due season.

And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever
he shall do shall prosper.

4 Not so the wicked, not so : but like the dust
which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in
judgment : nor sinners in die council of the just

427

PSALMS.

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of tin* just : and
the way of the wricked shall perish.

PSALM II.

Quart' fremut-riiut.
The rain effort* of persecutors against Chrint anil his church.

WHY have the gentiles raged, and the people de-
viled \aiu things?

2 The kings of (he earth stotxl up, and the prin-
ces met together, against tin- Lord, and against his
Christ

3 Let us break their honds asunder : and let us
cast awaj their yoke from us.

4 He that dw clleth in hea\ en shall laugh at them :
and the Lord shall deride them.

5 Then shall lie speak to them in his anger, and
trouble them in his rage.

6 But I am appointed kin^ by him over Sion his
holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

7 The Lord hath saidto me : Thou art my son,
this day have 1 begotten tin .-.

8 Ask of me, and I w ill give thee the gentiles for
thy inheritanee, and the utmost |>arts of the earth
for thv possession.

'.' ' ("In ui sh;i|t rule them with a rod of iron, and
shalt break them in pieees like a potter's vessel.

10 And now, () ye kin^s, understand : receive in-
struction you that judge the earth.

1 1 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto
him with trembling.

12 Embrace discipline, lrst at any time the Lord
be angry, and \ou perish from the just way.

13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short
time, blessed are all thev that trust in him.

PSALM III.

Domine, quid multiplicati.

Tne prophet's danger anil delivery from his ton Abtalom: nyx-

tiriilly the pnuitm and resurrection of Christ.

1 The psalm of David when he lied from the face
of his son Absalom. [- Kings w.J

2 \\THV ; () Lord, are they multiplied that afflict

" me ' many are thev who rise up against me.

.'? Many say to my soul : There is no salvation for
him in his God.

4 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory,
and the lifter up of my head.

F, I have cried to the Lord with my voice : and he
hath heard me from his holy hill.

t! I have slept and have taken my rest : and I
have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

7 I will not fearthoiisandsoftlie people, surround-
ing me : arise. ( ) Lord : save me, O m\ < Sod.

8 For thou hast struck all them who are my ad-
versaries without cause : thou bast broken the teeth
of sinners.

9 Salvation is of the Lord : and thy blessing is

ui»on tin people.

* l'»ta the nU. Or, ai Si. Jerome render, it, rtrlori, /• Urn that orer-
tMfU; which tome understand of lit chief sssuicim ; to whom thc\
suppose the pwlmv which tx-ar ih ,i title, were given to he mmjj: we
rather unlerMand Ihe patlm il. ped to refer l« Christ. »

Um end of Ik* law. and I lie great conqueror of death and hell, and to the
New Testament.

Ibid. Interiet.incarmtlmhut. In the Hebrew it it n/ghinotk, suppo-

PSALM IV.
Cum invocarem.

The prophet ttocheth u* to fUe to Hod in tribulation, with conjl-

I Into the end, * in verses. A psalm for David.

1 \\ III..N I called U|K)ii him, the ( Sod of my JUS-

» * tice heard ine ; when I was in distress, llioil

hast enlarged me.

Haas mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

3 O ye sons of men, how long will vou be dull
of heart? why do \ou love vanity, and seek alter

Ijmf

4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy
one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall
cry unto him.

5 Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you s ; ,\
in vour hearts, be sorry for them upon >our In-ds.

6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the
Lord : many say, Who showeth us good thii.

7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed
itiKiii us: thou hast given gladness in m\ heart.

8 By the fruit of their corn, their Wine, ami oil,
they are multiplied.

9 In peace in the self same I will sleep, and I
will rest :

10 For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me
in hope.

PSALM V.

Verba una auribus.

A prayer to (1ml agoiiut the iniquities of men.

1 Unto tne end, for her that obtaineth the inherit*

ance.f A psalm for David.

2 f~^ IVE ear, O Lord, to my words, understand
^*~ my cry.

3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my king
and my God.

4 For to thee will 1 pray : O Lord, in the morn-
ing thou shalt hear my voice.

5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and
will see: because thou art not a God that wiliest
iniquity.

b Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor
shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

7 Thou bates! all the workers of iniquity: thou

will destroy all that speak a lie.

The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will
abhor.

8 But as forme in the multitude of thy mercy,
I will come into thy house; 1 will worship tow;,
thy holy temple, in thv fear.

9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because
of mv enemies, direct my way in thy si-ht.

Ki For there is no truth in their mouth: their
heart is vain.

1 1 Their throat is an open sepulchre: thev dealt
deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, Goo.

Let them fall from their devices: according to

acd by wmr to be a musical instrument, with which this psalm wa* to
Ih' aunt?*

!. For Dmwid, or U Dmwid, rS W, Uut i», inspired to David
. ur ti> l>e .u.ir.
i rV her thai obtaineth the mkeriUmtt. That i», for the church ut
f'hrist.

PSALMS VI, VII, VIII.

the.multitude of their wickednesses cast them out:
for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

12 Hut let all them he glad that hope in thee:
they shall rejoiee for ever, and thou shalt dwell in
them.

And alt they that love thy name shall glory in
thee:

13 For thou wilt hless the just.
O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield

of thy good will.

PSALM VI.
Domine, ne in furore.

A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The
first penitential Psalm.

1 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for

the octave.*
2/~\ LORD, rebuke me not in thy indignation,
^^ nor chastise me in thy wrath.

3 Have mercy on me, U Lord, for I am weak:
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

4 And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou,

Lord, how long?

5 Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O
save me for thy mercy's sake.

6 For there is no one in death, that is mindful of
thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?

"7 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I
will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my
tears.

8 My eye is troubled through indignation : I have
grown old amongst all my enemies.

9 Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity: for
the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

10 The Lord hath heard my supplication: the
Lord hath received my prayer.

1 1 Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very
much troubled: let them be turned back, and be
ashamed very speedily.

PSALM VII.

Domine Deus meus.

David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's

help against his enemies.

1 The psalmof David which he sungtothe Lord, forthe

words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings xvi.]
2^"\ LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust:
^-* save me from all them that persecute me,
and deliver me.

3 Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a
lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

4 O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if
there be iniquity in my hands

5 If I have rendered to them diat repaid me evils,
let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

6 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and
tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my
glory to the dust.

7 Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger : and be thou
exalted in the borders of my enemies.

* For the octave. Thatis, to besungon an instrumentof eight strings.
St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last resurrection, and
the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, or eighth dav,

after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this octave, sinners!! \ The presses. In Hebrew Gillith, supposed- to be a musical inslrti

11 ment.

439

And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which
thou hast commanded: 8 And a congregation of
people shall surround thee.

And for their sakes return thou on high. 9 The
Lord iudgeth the people.

Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and
according to my innocence in me.

10 The wickedness of sinners shall be brougbt
to nought; and thou shalt direct the just : the search-
er of hearts and reins is God.

Just 11 is my help from the Lord: who saveth
the upright of heart.

12 God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he
angry every day?

13 Except you will be converted, he will bran-
dish his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it
ready.

14 And in it he hath prepared the instruments of
death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that
burn.f

15 Behold, he hath been in labour with injustice:
he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

16 He hath opened a pit and dug it : and he is
fallen into the hole he made.

17 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head :
and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

18 I will give glory to the Lord according to his
justice : and will sing to the name of the Lord the
most high.

PSALM VIII.

Domine Dominus noster.

God is wonderful in his works : especially in mankind, singu-
larly exalted by the incarnation of Christ.

1 Unto the end, for the presses :f a psalm for David.

2 f\ LORD our Lord, how admirable is thy name
^f in the whole earth!

For thy magnificence is elevated above the
heavens.

3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings
thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies,
that thou ma v st destroy the enemy and the avenger.

4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy
fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast
founded.

5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? or
the son of man that thou visitest him?

6 Thou hast made him a little less than the An-
gels, thou hast crowned him with glory and ho-
nour: 7 and hast set him over the works of thy nands.

8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the
fields.

9 The birds of the air and the fishes of the sea,
that pass through the paths of the sea.

10 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name
in all the earth!

must dispose themselves like David, by bewailing thcirsins, whilst they
are here upon earth.

f For them that burn. That is, arrain9t the persecutors ofliis Saints

PSALM-.

PSALM IV

I ufitcbor til)i, Domine.
The ekttrek praiselk God for kit protection against ker enemies

1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the son.*

A psalm lor I )a\id.

2 T Will give praise to thee. Lord, witli m\ whole
•■- heart: I will relate all thj wonders.

3 I will be clad and rejoice in thee: I will sing
to thv name, thou inosi high.

1 when mv enemi shall be turned back: they
shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.

m tin. u bast maintained m> judgment and mv
cause: thou hast sal on the throne, who judges!
justi • .

6 I'liou hast rebuked the gentiles, and the wick-
ed one bath perished: thou bast blotted out their
name for ever and ex er. .

7 The swords of the enemy have railed unto the

end: and their titles thou hast destroyed.

Tin ir memory hath perished with a noise: 8 But
the Lord remained) for ever.

He hath prepared his throne in judgment: 9 and
he shall judge the world in equity, lie shall judge the
people in justice.

10 And the Lord U become a refuge for the poor:
a helper in due time in tribulation.

1 1 And let them trust in thee whokuow thy name:
for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O
Lord. . '

12 Sing ye to the l,ord, who dwelled) in bion:
declare his ways among the ^.«ntil«> :

l.i For requiring their blood be hath remembered
them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

14 Have menv on me, O Lord: see my humilia-
tion uhirh I suffer from my enemies.

I") Thou that liftest roe up from the gates ol
d.ath, that I may declare all thy praises in the gales
of the daughter of Siou.

16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the gentiles have
stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared.

Their foot hath been taken in tin: wry antra
which they bid.

17 The Lord shall be known when he e\c( uteth

judgments: theaianei bath been caught in the works
of his own bands.

18 The wicked shall !«■ turned into hell, all the
nations thai forget God.

19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to
the end: the patience of the |>oor .shall not perish for
ever. _

20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened:
let the -entiles be judged in thy sight.

i\ Appoint, <) Lord, a law-giver over them, that
the gentiles may know themselves to l>e but men.f

Psalm X. according to Ike Hebrew*.
1 Whv, Ixml, hast thou retired afar off 5 why
dost thou slight MM our wants, in fAc /jot* (/trouble .-

• TV h' JJ — things of the —*. The humility awl «unorinjr« of Chri»l,
the Son of (Jod ; and of jp»"d rhri«tian». who nrt tii« mm hv adoption;
HuUtn things, with rrfjr.l in tin- children of tlm world, wfco
ktxiw Dot «nd iwnt of itiroi.

e late Hebrew doctor- d.»rfe tliit p»altn into two, making,
49S

Whilst the w icked man is proud, the poor is set
on lire; they are caught in the counsels which they
(lev;

3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his
soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

) The sinner hath provoked the Lord: according
to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him

5 God is not before hk eyes: bis ways are filmy
at all times.

Thy Judgments are removed from his sight; he
shall rule over all his enemies.

6 For be hath said in his heart: I shall not '<c
moved from generation to generation, and shall 6c
without e\ il.

7 His mouth is full of eVTSag, and of bittei at m .
and of deceit : under htstoagueart labourand sorrow .

8 He sitteth in ambush wiih the rich in private
places, that he may kill the innocent.

9 His e\es an- upon the poor man: he lieu in wait
in secret like a lion in his den.

He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor
man : tocatchthe |xx>r, whilst he draw eth him to him.

10 In his in t he will bring him down: he will
crouch and fall, when he shall have powefOVei ihe
poor.

11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath for-
gotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to
the end.

12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand lie exalted:
forget not the |x>or.

l.i Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for
he hath said in his heart: He will not require it,

11 Thou seest it. tor thou considerest lalxmi and
sorrow : that thou ma\st deliver them into thy hands.

To thee is the poor man left: thou wiltbea helper
to the orphan.

15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the
malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be
found.

1G The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea for e\rr
and ever: ye gentiles shall perish from his land.

17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the |xx>r:
thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart,

18 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble.
that man may no more presume to magnify himsrlt
upon earth.

I'SXLM X.
In Domino conlido.

Tke jutl mnn* confidence in <iod in Ike midst of persecution*.

1 Into the end. A psalm for David.
2 TN the Lord 1 put my trust: how then do you say
-■- to my soul: Get thee away from hence tothe

mountain

like;

a sparrow

3 For lo, the wicked have bent their lx>u : tbey
have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot
in the dark the upright oi heart.

4 For the\ have destroyed the things which thou
hast made: but what has thejttst man done?

ver. « the he«inninfr of paalm «• And ajrain they join tine pralm*
<\U\. A; rxlvn. into one, in order that the whole numher of pnJmt
•hould not exceed 150. And in tlm maimer U* ptalou arc uuinberad
in the. proteaUnt luhlc.

PSALMS XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV

5 TheLordts in liisholy temple: the Lord's throne
is in heaven.

His eyes look on the poor man: his eye-lids ex-
amine the sons of men.

6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: hut
he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.

7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brim-
stone and storms of winds shall be the portion of
their cup.

8 For the lord is just, and hath loved justice: his
countenance hath beheld righteousness.

PSALM XI.

Salvum me fac.
The prophet calls for Cod s help against the wicked.

1 Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David-

2 C AVE me, O Lord, for there is now no Saint;
^ truths are decayed from among the children

of men.

3 They have spoken vain things every one to his
neighbour : with deceitful lips, and with a double
heart have they spoken.

4 May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the
tongue that speaketh proud things.

5 Who have said : we will magnify our tongue ;
our lips are our own ; who is Lord over us?

6 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the
groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord.

I will set hi in in safety ; 1 will deal confidently
in his regard.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words : OS sil-
ver tried by the fire, purged from the earth refined
seven times.

8 Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us and keep us
from this generation for ever.

9 The wicked walk round about; according to
thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.

PSALM XII.

Usquequo, Domine.
A prayer in tribulation.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

HOW long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the
end ? how long dost thou turn away thy face

from me i

2 How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sor-
row in my heart all the day ?

3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me ?

4 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God.
Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death :

5 lest at any time my enemy say : I have prevailed
against him.

They that trouble me will rejoice when I am
moved : 6 but I have trusted in thy mercy.

My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation : I will sins
*o the Lord, who giveth me good things : yea I will
sing to the name of the Lord the most high-

PSALM XIII.

Dixit insipiens. 1.

The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

TH E fool hath said in his heart : There is no
God.

They are corrupt, and are become abominable in
their ways: there is none that doeth good, no not
one.

2 The Lord hath looked down from heaven up-
on the children of men, to see if there be any that
understand and seek God.

3 They are all gone aside, they are become un-
profitable together : there is none that doeth grvod,
no not one.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their
tongues they acted deceitfully ; the poison of asps is
under their lips.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;
their feet are swift to shed blood.

Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and
the way of peace they have not known: there is no
fear of God before their eyes.

4 Shall not all they know that work iniquity,
who devour my people as they eat bread ?

5 They have not called upon the Lord : there have
they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

6 For the Lord is in the just generation : yon
have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but
the Lord is his hope.

7 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Is-
rael ? when the Lord shall have turned away the
captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Is-
rael shall be glad.

PSALM XIV.

Domine, quis habitabit.
What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion.

1 A psalm for David.
ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ?
-" who shall rest in thy holy hill?

2 He that walketh without blemish, and worketh
justice :

3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath
not used deceit in his tongue :

Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken
up a reproach against his neighbours.

4 In bis sight the malignant is brought to nothing:
but he glorifietb them that fear the Lord.

He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth
not, 5 he that hath not put oui his money to usury,
nor taken bribes against the innocent:

He that doeth these things shall not be moved
for ever.

PSALM XV.
Conserva me, Domine

; Clirist's future victory and triumph over the world, and death.

1 The inscription of a title* to David himself.

PRESERVE me, O Lord, for I have put my trust
in thee. 2 1 have said to the Lord, thou art
my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.

3 To the saints who are in his land, he hath made
wonderful all my desires in them.

4 Their infirmities were multiplied : afterwards
they made haste.

* The inscription of a title. That is, of a pillar or monument, rv*°rt*-
0«i : which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be
engraved on an everlastinjr monument.

PSALMS.

I will not Rather together _ their meetings forblood-
oferinzs : nor will I lie mindful of their names li\
my lii>*.

5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and
of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore mv inherit-
ance to me.

6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly pi
for mv inheritanee is goodly to me.

7 f will bfotttbe Cord, who hath given me un-
derstanding : moreover my reins al-o have corrected
me even till night

3 I Set the Lord always in mv night : for he is at
my right hand, that I be not moved.

9 Therefore mv heart hath lieen glad, and mv
tlMJglM hath rejo ic ed: moreover mj flesh also shall

rest in hope.

10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ;
nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.

I I Thon hast made known to me the ways of life,
thou shah (ill me w it H joy with thy countenance : at
thy right hand are delights even to the end.

PSALM XVI.

Exaudi, Domine, justitiam.

A just mm'i prayer in tribulation against the malice of
his enemies.

1 The prayer of David.

HEAR, O Lord, my justice: attend to my sup-
plication.
Give ear unto my prayer, xohich proceedeth not
from deceitful lips.

2 Let my judgment come forth from thy counte-
nance: let thy eyes behold the things that are
equitable.

3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by
night; thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath
not been found in me:

4 That my mouth may not speak the works of
men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have
kept hard wavs

that mv

•pi

5 Perfect thon my goings in thy paths
footsteps be not moved.

f> I have cried to ther, for thou, O God, hast
heard me: O incline ihj eat unto me, and hear
my words.

7 Show forth thy wonderful mercies ; thou who
savest them that trust in thee.

r) From them that resist thy right hand keep me,
as the apple of thy eye.

Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. 9
From the face of the wicked w ho h:i\ e afflicted me.

My enemies have surrounded my soul : 10 they
have shut up their fat:* their mouth hath spoken

proudly.

1 1 They have cast me forth, and now they have
surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing
down to the earth.

12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the
prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

* Tfcrir fit. That it, their bowels of companion : for tiny have
nun* for me.

t Piridt Ikrmfrom thr frit. SB. Tli:it is. ml thrtn ofTfrom Ike rurlh,
and the fne triri ir« >•> |>r..n,l af, <.r *%■

rvU tktm frtm. Ik- it Ih.-v

way no longer have it in their powrr tn opprcai tin m It k not

432

13 Arise. O Lord, disappoint htm. and supplant
htm; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thv
■word 1 V from the enemies of lb) hand.

O Lord, divide them from the' few + ol the earth
in their life: their bellj is filled from th\ hidd
stort*.%

They are full of children : and thev have hit
their little 0068 the rest ,,/' thrir snlistiince.

15 But as for me, I will appear before thv sight

injustice: 1 shall be satisfied when thy glory shall

appear.

PSALM M II.
Diliiiam te. Domine.
David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies.
I Into the end, for David the servant of the Lord,
who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle,
in the day that the Lord delivered him from the
hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of
Saul. [2 King* wii.)

T Will love thee. O Lord, my strength :
■*■ 3 The Lord is my firmament, ray refuge,
and my deliverer.

\l\ God is pay helper, and in him will I put
my trust.

My protector and the horn of my salvation, and
my support

4 Praising I will call upon the Lord : and I shall
be saved from mv enemies.

5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the
torrents of iniquity troubled me.

6 The sorrows of he|| encompassed me: and the
snares of death prevented me. •

7 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I
cried to my (iod :

And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and
mv civ before him came into his ears.

8 'The earth shook and tremhled : the foundations
Of the mountains were troubled and were moved.
In cause he was angry w ith them.

9 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a
fire flamed from his face: coals wire kindled hy it.

10 He bowed the heavens, and came down : and
darkness iras under his feet.

11 And In- ascended upon the cherubim, and he

flew upon the wings of the winds.

12 And be made darkness his covert, his pavilion
round aboul him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

13 At the brightness thut was before him the
clouds passed, hail and coals of lire.

1 V And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the
highest gave his voice: hail and coals of lire.

15 And lie sent forth his arrow s, ; ,| l( ] |, ( > scattered
them: he multiplied lightnings, and trouhled them.

16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the
foundations of the world were discovered:

At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the Mast of the spirit
of thy wrath,

by way of a carte or imprecation ; hut, as many other the like pama
er« in'thi- p»alm«, by wav ..' bSBJ »f what thouid

come Opoa thrm. in ptiniUirnMt of their « if-knlneM.

J 7'Av hiMrn ilortt: thy wcrrt treasure., "in of wlilrh Ihon fnrimli-
ih,i il.ox- rarthlv (rood*, whi< ti with a bountiful hand ihuu ha*t diatri
'>uted lx>Ui to th>- gtmd and the bad.

PSALM XVIII.

.7 lie sent from on high, aud took me: and re-
ceived me out of many waters.

18 He delivered ine from my strongest enemies,
and from them that hated me: for they were too
strong for me.

19 They prevented me in the day of my afflic-
tion : and the Lord became my protector.

20 And he brought me forth into a large place:
he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

21 And the Lord will reward me according to my
justice; and will repay me according to the clean-
ness of my hands:

22 Because 1 have kept the ways of the Lord;
and have not done wickedly against my Cod.

23 For all his judgments are in my sight: and his
justices I have not put away from me.

24 And I shall he spotless with him: and shall
keep myself from my iniquity.

25 And the Lord will reward me according to
my justice: and according to the cleanness of my
hands before his eyes.

26 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the
innocent man thou wilt be innocent:

27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with
the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

28 For thou wilt save the humble people ; but wilt
brine down the eyes of the proud.

29 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my
God, enlighten my darkness.

30 For by thee I shall be delivered from tern pta-
tion: and through my God I shall go over a wall.

31 As for my God, his way is undefiled : the words
of the Lord are fire-tried : he is the protector of all
that trust in him. •

32 For who is God but the Lord? or who is God
but our God ?

33 God who hath girt me with strength; and made
my way blameless.

34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts:
and who settetb me upon high places.

35 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast
made my arms like a brazen bow.

36 And thou hast given me the protection of thy
salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up:

Andthy discipline hath corrected me unto the end:
and thy discipline the same shall teach me.

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; and
my feet are not weakened.

38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake
them: and 1 will not turn again till they are con-
sumed.

39 I will break them, and they shall not be able
to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto
battle ; and hast subdued under me them that rose
up against me.

41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their
back upon me, and hastdestroyed them that hated me.

42 They cried, but there was none to save them:
to the Lord, but he heard them not.

43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust be-
fore the. wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the
dirt in the streets.

44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions
of the people: thou wilt make me head of the gentiles.

45 A people, which I knew not, hath served me:
at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

46 The children that are strangers have lied to
me: strange children have faded away, and have
halted from their paths.

47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God: aud
let the God of my salvation be exalted.

48 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the
people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.

49 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise
up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt de-
liver me.

50 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord,
among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy
name.

51 Givinggreat deliverance tohisking, and show-
ing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed
for ever.

PSALM XVIII.

Coeli enarrant.

The works of God show forth his glory : his law is greatly to be
esteemed and loved.

1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2 'T'HE heavens show forth the glory of God, and
-*- the firmamentdeclareth the workof his hands.

3 Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night
showeth knowledge.

4 There are no speeches nor languages where
their voices are not heard.

5 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth:
and their words unto the ends of the world.

6 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun : and he
as a bridegroom coming out of his bride-chamber,

Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way : 7 His
going out is from the end of heaven,

And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there
is no one that can hide himself from his heat.

8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting
souls : the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving
wisdom to little ones.

9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing
hearts : the commandment of the Lord is lightsome,
enlightening the eyes.

10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring foi
ever and ever : the judgments of the Lord are true,
justified in themselves,

11 More to be desired than gold and many pre-
cious stones : and sweeter than honey and the
honey-comb.

12 For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping
them there is a great reward.

13 Who can understand sins ? from my secret
ones cleanse me, O Lord : 14 and from those of
others spare thy servant.

If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall
I be without spot : and I shall be cleansed from the
greatest sin.

15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as
may please : and the meditation of my heart always
in thy sight.

O Lord, my helper, and mv redeemer.

433

PSALMS.

PSALM XIX.
E&xaudiai te Dominus.

Aprayrrfor the king.

1 I'nto the end. A psalm lor David.
2 7\I X^i ili«' Lord hear thee in the dav of trihula-

-L"- 1 - tion : may the name of the God of Jacob
protect thee.

3 May he send thee help from the sanctuary : and
defend thee out of Sum.

i \l;i\ hfl l»e mindful of all thy sacrifices : and
man thy whole In u an offering be made rat.

5 Mm he ^ive thee according to thy own heart ;
and confirm all thy counsels.

6 We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the
name of our God we shall he exalted.

7 I'll.- Lord fulfil all thy petitions : now have I

known that the Lord hath saved his anointed.

He will hear him from his holy heaven : the sal-
vation of his right hand is in powers.*

^onie trust in chariots, and some in horses : but
we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

9 They are hound, and have fallen : but we are
mm n, and are set upright.

O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day
that we shall call upon thee.

PSALM XX.
Domine, in virtute.

Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion.

1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.

2 TN thy strength, O Lord, the kiug shall joy ; and

-*- in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

3 Thou hast men him his heart's desire : and
hast not wiihhnldeii from him the will of his lips.

4 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of
etness : thou hast set on his head a crown of

precious stones.

He asked life of thee : and thou hast given him
length of days for ever and ever.

6 His glory is great in thy salvation : glory and
great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

7 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for
ever and ever : thou shalt make him joyful in glad-
ness with thy countenance.

8 For the king hopeth in the Lord : and through
the mercy of the most High be shall not be moved.

9 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let
thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in
the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them
in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

1 1 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth :
and their seed from among the children of men.

12 For they have intended evils against thee : they
have devised counsels which they have not been
able to establish.

• The tahation tf Us right hand is in jmrtrt. That », in strength.
Hii right hand ia strong ami mighty to sare them that tni»t in him.

\ In thy rtrnnmnt$ thou skull f tmtr t their fart : or thnti .halt «<t th\
rrmnanti againM thnr Tare*. That tv BM «h ill makr lliem see

i , uuiah m cn t i n sssiii fur 1hrm Vrrnft-r f 1 Ihr j r ti ~ In.tiail

of i mita*4\ St. Jerome render* it /««/••, thai ia cards or string*, i

13 For thou shalt make them turn their back : in
thy remnants thou shalt prepare then face.t
I i I'm thou exalted) < ) Lord, in ihj own strength :

we will sing and praise thv power.

PSALM XXI.
Dens I reus mens.

Christ's paSltOH : and the cm, ' l'ir (',, ntilrs.

1 Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm

for David.

2 ff\ God my God, look upon me : why hast thou
Vr forsaken me?

Fir from my salvation are the words «. f my sins.J

3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt
not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputi d
as follv in me.

4 But thou dwellcst in the holy place, the praise
of Israeh

5 In thee have our fathers hoped: they have
hoped, and thou hast delivered them.

6 They cried to thee, and they were saved : they
trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

7 But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach
of men, and the outeast of the people.

8 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn :
they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the
head.

9 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliverliim : hi
him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

10 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the
womb : my hope from the breasts of my mother.

Ill was cast upon thee from the womb.

From my mother's womb thou art my God, 12
depart not from me.

«For tribulation is very near : for there is none to
help me.

13 Many calves have surrounded me : fat bulls
have besieged me.

14 They have opened their mouths against me,
as a lion ravening and roaring.

15 I am poured out like water; and all my boo
are scattered.

My heart is become like wax melting in the midst
of my Iwwels.

16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my
tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou bast
brought me down into the dust of death.

17 For many dogs have encompassed me; the
council of the malignant hath besieged me.

They have dug my hands and feet. 18 They
have numbered all my bones.

And they have looked and stared upon me. 19
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon
my vesture they cast lots.

20 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a
distance from me ; look towards my defence.

21 Deliver, O God, my son] from the sword:
my only one from the hand of the dog.

/•

the bow of divine justice, from which God directs hit arrasd against the
" cm of hu eoetniea.

t 7V wards of an tins. That i«. tlw «in« o^thr wnrl.l, which 1 hnve
lakrn upon rnvvolf, cry out ag:iin»t IK, and arc the canae of all my

mi IIV rings.

PSALMS XXII, XXIII, XXIV.

22 Save me from the lion's mouth; and my low-
ness from the horns of the unicorns.

23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the
midst of the church will I praise thee.

24 Ye that fear the Lord praise him: all ye the
seed of Jacob glorify him.

23 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because
he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of
the poor man.

Neither hath he turned away his face from me:
and when I cried to him he heard me.

26 With thee is my praise in a great church : I
will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.

27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled ; and
they shall praise the Lord that seek him : their hearts
shall live for ever and ever.

28 All the ends of the earth shall remember, and
shall be converted to the Lord:

And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore
in his sight.

29 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall
have dominion over the nations.

30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and
have adored : all they that go down to the earth shall
fall before him.

31 And to him my soul shall live : and my seed
shall serve him.

32 There shall be declared to the Lord a gene-
ration to come : and the heavens shall show forth
his justice to a people that shall be born, which
the Lord hath made.

PSALM XXII.
Dominus regit me.

God's spiritual benefits to faithjul souls.

1 A Psalm for David.

THE Lord ruleth me:* and I shall want nothing.
2 He hath set me in a place of pasture.
He hath brought me up, on the water of refresh-
ment: 3 he hath converted my sonl.

He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his
own name's sake.

4 For though I should walk in the midst of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art
with me.

Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

5 Thou hast prepared a table before me, against
then? that afflict me.

Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my
chalice which inebriateth me how goodly is it!

6 And thy mercy will follow me all the days of
my life.

And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord,
unto length of days.

PSALM XXIII.
Domini est terra.

Who are they that shall ascend to heaven ; Christ's triumphant
ascension thither.

1 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David.
r T^HE earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof:
- 1 - the world and all they thabdwell therein.

+ Rulelh me. In Hebrew, Is my shepherd, viz. to feed, guide, and go- I

rprn nrwv

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas. a<id
hath prepared it upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend into the mountain ot the
Lord : or who shall stand in his holy place ?

4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, whe
hath not taken his soul in vain, nor swon d( ceitful
ly to his neighbour.

5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, anc
mercy from God his Saviour.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him.
of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift-
ed up, O eternal gates ; and the King of Glory shall
enter in.

8 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is
strong and mighty : the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted
up, O eternal gates : and the King of Glory shall
enter in.

10 Who is this King of Glory ? the Lord of hosts
he is the King of Glory.

PSALM XXIV.

Ad te, Domine, levavi.
A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.
nnO thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
■*■ 2 In thee, O my God, I put my trust ; let me
not be ashamed.

3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me : for none
of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.

4 Let all them be confounded that act unjust
things without cause.

Show, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me
thy paths.

5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me ; for thou
art God my Saviour ; and on thee have I waited all
the day long.

6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion ;
and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the
world.

7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do
not remember.

According to thy mercy remember thou me : for
thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

8 The Lord is sweet and righteous : therefore he
will give a law to sinners in the way.

9 He will guide the mild in judgment : he will
teach the meek his ways.

10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth,
to them that seek after his covenant and his testi-
monies.

1 1 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt par-
don my sin : for it is great.

12 Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He
hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.

13 His soul shall dwell in good things: and his
seed shall inherit the land.

14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear
him : and his covenant shall be made manifest to
them.

15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he
shall pluck my feet out of the snare.

435

1'SAI.MS.

16 Look thou ujion DM : Bad km imrcv on im- ;
for I urn alone and poor.

17 The troubles of my heart are multiplied : deli-
ver me from my necessities.

18 See my abjection ;iml my labour : and forgive
me all my sins.

19 Consider my enemies, lor thev are multipli-
ed, ;ind have hated me with an unjust hatred.

20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me : 1 shall
not be • ashamed, fori have hoped in thee.

f] The innocent and the upright have adhered
to me: be cam e I have waited on thee.

-2 Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.

PSALM XXV.

.Indira me, Domine.

David'* prayer to God in hit distress, to be delirered, that he
May come to worship him in his tabernacle.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walked in my
innocence : and I have put my trust in the Lord,
and shall not be weakened.

2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me ; burn my reins
and my heart.

• ! For thy mercy is before my eyes: and I am
well pleased with thy truth.

4 1 have not sat with the council of vanity : nei-
ther will 1 go in with the doers of unjust things.

5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant ;
and with the wicked I will not sit.

6 I will wash my hands among the innocent ; and
will compass thy altar, O Lord,

7 That I may hear the voice of thy praise : and
tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house;
and the place where thy glory dwclleth.

9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wick-
ed : nor my life with bloody men.

10 In whose hands arc iniquities : their right hand
is filled with gift*.

1 1 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence:
redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12 My foot hath stood in the direct way : in the
churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

PSALM XXVI.

Dominus illuminatio.
David'i faith and hope in God.

The psalm of David before he was anointed.
r PHE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom
-*- shall I fear ?

The Lord is the protector of my life ; of whom
shall I be afraid ?

2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat
my flash.

My enemies thattrouble me, have themselves been
weakened, and have fallen.

3 If armies in camp should stand together against
me, my heart shall not fear.

It | battle should rise up against me, in this will
I be confident.

4 One thins I have asked of the Lord, this will
I seek after; that I may dwell in the beose "I tin-
Lord, all the days of my life.

436

That I may MS the delight of the Lord, and may
\isit his temple.

5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle : in the
day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret plai e
of his tabernacle. i,

6 lie bath exalted me upon a rock: and now he
hath lifted up my head above my eiicnm »,

I have gone round, and hare offered up in his ta-
liernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and
recite a psalm to the Lord.

7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which 1 have
cried to thee: have mercy on me. and hear inc.

8 My heart hath said to thee: Mj face hath sought

thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

9 Turn not away thy face from me: decline not
in thy wrath from thy servant.

Be thou my helper, forsake me not ; do not thou
despise me, O God my Saviour.

10 For my father and my mother have left me.
but the Lord hath taken me up.

11 Set me. O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide
me in the right path, because of my enemies.

12 Deliver me not over to the will of them that
trouble me: forunjust witnesses have risen upagainst
me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

13 1 believe to see the good things of the Lord in
the land of the living.

14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy
heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

PSALM XXVII.

Ad te, Domine, clamabo.

David's prayer that his enemies may not prevail over him.

1 A psalm for David himself.
TTNTO thee will 1 cry, O Lord: O my God, be
^ not thou silent to me: lest j/thou be silent to
me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication
when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to 1 1 1 v
holy temple.

3 Draw me not away together with the wicked;
and with the workers at iniquity destroy me not :

Who speak peace with their neighbour, but Si ils
are in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their works, and acrord
ing to the wickedness Of their inventions.

According to the works of their hands give thou to
them: render to them their reward.

5 Because they have not understood the works of
the Lord, and the operations of his hands; thou shall
destroy them and shalt not build them up.

6 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath beard the: voice
of my supplication.

_ 7 The Lord is my In Iper and my protector : in
him hath my heart confided, and I bare been helped.
Ami niv ilesh hath nourished again, and with my
will I will give praise to him.

8 The Lord ■ the strength of bis people, and the

protector of the salvation Of his anointed.

9 Save. () Lord, thy people, anil Mess thy inherit-
. and rule them and exalt them foi evi r.

PSALMS XXVIU, XXIX, XXX.

PSALM XXVIII.

Afferte Domino.

An invitation to glorify God, mth a commemoration of his
mighty works.

1 A psalm for David, at the finishing of the taber-
nacle.
BRING to the Lord, O ye children of God; bring
to the Lord the offspring of rams.

2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour; bring to
the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in
his holy court.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the
God of majesty hath thundered, the Lord upon
many waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of
the Lord in magnificence.

5 The voice of the Lord breakcth the cedars: yea,
the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

6 And shall reduce them to pieces,* as a calf of
Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and
the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and
he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple
all shall speak his glory.

10 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the
Lord shall sit king for ever.

The Lord will give strength to his people: the
Lord will bless his people with peace.
PSALM XXIX.
Exaltabo te, Domine.

David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful deal-
ings with him.

1 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's

house.

2 " [ WILL extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast up-
-*- held me : and hast not made my enemies to

rejoice over me.

3 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou
hast healed me.

4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from
hell : thou hast saved me from them that go down
into the pit.

5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints : and give
praise to the memory of his holiness.

6 For wrath is in his indignation ; and life in his
good will. .

In the evening weeping shall have place, and in
the morning gladness.

7 And in my abundance I said : I shall never
be moved.

8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to
my beauty.

Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I be-
came troubled.

9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry ; and I will make
supplication to my God.

* Shall reduce them to pieces, &c. In Hebrew, Shall make tliem to skip
like a calf. The psalmist here describes the effects of thunder (which
he calls th» voice of the Lord) which sometimes breaks down the tall-
est auj strongest trees: and makes their broken brandies strip, tx.

10 What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go
down to corruption ?

Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth ?

1 1 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on
me : the Lord became my helper.

12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into
joy : thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compass-
ed me with gladness :

13 To the end that my glory may sing to thee,
and I may not regret : O Lord my God, 1 will give
praise to thee for ever.

PSALM XXX.
In te, Domine, speravi.

A prayer of a just man under affliction.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstacy.
2 "IN thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never
-*- be confounded : deliver me in thy justice.

3 Bow down thy ear to me : make haste to deli-
ver me.

Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house
of refuge to save me.

4 For thou art my strength and mv refuge ; and
for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, «md nourish
me.

5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which
they have hidden for me : for thou art my protector.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast
redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to
no purpose.

But I have hoped in the Lord : 8 I will be glad
and rejoice in thy mercy.

For thou hast regarded my humility, thou hast
saved my soul out of distresses.

9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of
the enemy : thou hast set my feet in a spacious place

10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflict
ed : my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and
my belly.

1 1 For my life is wasted with grief: and my years
in sighs.

My strength is weakened through poverty : and
my bones are disturbed.

12 I am become a reproach among all my ene-
mies, and very much to my neighbours ; and a fear
to my acquaintance.

They that saw me without fled from me. 13 1 am
forgotten as one dead from the heart.

I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. 14 For
I have heard the blame of many that dwell round
about.

While they assembled together against me, they
consulted to take away my life.

15 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord : I
said: Thou art myGod. 16 My lots are in thy hands.

Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and
from them that persecute me.

17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save
me in thy mercy.

All this is to be understood mystically, of the powerful voice of God's
word in his church : which has broke the pride of the great ones ot
ibis world, and brought many of them meekly and joyfullv to suhn.it
their necks to the sweet yoke of Christ.
43-

PSALMS.

lt» Look thou uiKHi DM

for I ■a ilooc and poor.

ami have mercy 00 DM :
deli-

17 The troubles ol' my heart are multiplied
vcr tne from my necessities.

18 See my abjection ami mv labour : ami torsive
me all my sins.

19 Consider my enemies, for they are multipli-
ed, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.

20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me : 1 shall
not be ashamed, for 1 bar* hoped in thee.

SI The innocent and the upright have adhered
to me: because I have waited on thee.

22 Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.

PSALM XXV.

Judica me, Domine.

David 1 * prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he
may come to worship him in his tabernaclt.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walked in mv
innocence : and I have put my trust in the Lord,
ami shall not be weakened.

2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me ; burn my reins
and my heart.

3 For thy mercy is before my eyes : and I am
well pleased with thy truth.

4 1 have not sat with the council of vanity : nei-
ther will 1 go in with the doers of unjust things.

5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant;
and with the wicked I will not sit.

6 I will wash mv hands among the innocent ; and
•vill compass thy altar, O Lord,

7 That 1 may hear the voice of thy praise : ami
ii II of all thy wondrous works.

8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house ;
and the place where thy glory dwclleth.

9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wick-
ed : nor mv life with bloody men.

1 In whose hands arc iniquities : their right hand
is filled with gifts.

1 1 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence:
redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12 My foot hath stood in the direct way : in the
churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

PSALM XXVI.

Dominus illuminatin.
David's faith and hope in God.

The psalm of David before he was anointed.

THE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom
shall I fear?
The Lord is the protector of my life ; of whom
shall I be afraid ?

2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat
my flesh.

My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been
•rettOMd, and have fallen.

3 If armies in camp should stand together against
in- . mv heart shall not fear.

If a battle should rise up against me, in this will
I be confident.

4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will
I seek after; that I m iv dwell in the house of (he
Lord, all the days of mv life.

That I may set- the delight of the Lord, and may

visit his temple.

5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle : in the
day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret puu a
of his tabernacle.

6 lie hath exalted me upon a rock: and now lie
hath lifted Up my head above m\ cueum I,

I have gone round, and bare offered up in his ta-
bernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sin:;, and
recite a psalm to the Lord.

7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which 1 ham
cried to thee: have mercy on me, and hear me.

8 Mv heart hath said to thee: .Mv face hath sought
thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

9 Turn not away thy face from me: decliuc not
in thy wrath from thy servant.

Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou
despise me, O God my Saviour.

10 For my father and my mother have left me.
but the Lord hath taken me up.

11 Set me. O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide
me in the right path, because of my enemies.

12 Deliver me not over to the will of them that
trouble me: forunjust witnesses have risen upagainst
me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

13 1 believe to see the good things of the Lord in
the land of the living.

14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy
heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

PSALM XXVII.

Ad tc, Domine, clamabo.

David's prayer that his enemies may not prevail over him.

1 A psalm for David himself.

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be
not thou silent to me: lest {/thou be silent to
me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication
when I pray to thee; w hen I lift up my bauds to tliv
holy temple.

3 Draw me not away together with the wicked;
and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not :

Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils
are in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their works, and accord
ing to the wickedness of their inventions.

According to the works of their hands d\c thou to
them: render to them their reward.

5 Because they have not understood the works of
the Lord, and the operations of his hands; thou shall
destroy tnem and shalt not build them up.

6 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice
of my supplication.

t 7 The Lord is my helper and my protector : in
him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped.
And mv fletfa hath llouiished again, and with mv
w ill I will give praise to him.

8 The Lord is the strength of his people, and tile

protector of the salvation Of his anointed.

9 Sare«0 lord, tin people, and Mess thy inherit-

: and rule them ami exalt them foi evt r.

PSALMS XXVIU, XXIX, XXX.

PSALM XXVIII.

Afferte Domino.

An invitation to glorify God, leith a commemoration of his
mighty works.

1 A psalm for David, at the finishing of the taber-
nacle.
BRING to the Lord, O ye children of God; bring
to the Lord the offspring of rams.

2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour; bring to
the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in
his holy court.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the
God of majesty hath thundered, the Lord upon
manv waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of
the Lord in magnificence.

5 The voice of the Lord breakcth the cedars : yea,
the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

6 And shall reduce them to pieces,* as a calf of
Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and
the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and
he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple
all shall speak his glory.

10 The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the
Lord shall sit king for ever.

The Lord will give strength to his people: the
Lord will bless his people with peace.
PSALM XXIX.
Exaltabo te, Domine.

David praiseth God for Ma deliverance, and his nicrciful deal-
ings with him.

1 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's

house.

2 T WILL extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast up-
-*- held me : and hast not made my enemies to

rejoice over me.

3 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou
hast healed me.

4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lerd, my soul from
hell : thou hast saved me from them that go down
into the pit.

5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints : and give
praise to the memory of his holiness.

6 For wrath is in his indignation ; and life in his
good will.

In the evening weeping shall have place, and in
the morning gladness.

7 And in my abundance I said : I shall never
be moved.

8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to
my beauty.

Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I be-
came troubled.

9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry ; and I will make
supplication to my God.

* Shall reduce them to pieces, &c. In Hebrew, Shall make tltem to skip
like a calf. Th 8 psalmmt here describes tlie effects of thunder (which
he calls th" voice of the Lord) which sometimes breaks down the tall-
est and strungist trees: and makes their broken branches drip, tic.

10 What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go
down to corruption ?

Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth ?

11 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on
me : the Lord became my helper.

12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into
joy : thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compass-
ed me with gladness :

13 To the end that my glory may sing to thee,
and I may not regret: O Lord my God, 1 will give
praise to thee for ever.

PSALM XXX.
In te, Domine, speravi.

A prayer of a just man under affliction.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstacy.
2 "IN thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never
-*- be confounded : deliver me in thy justice.

3 Bow down thy ear to me : make haste to deli-
ver me.

Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house
of refuge to save me.

4 For thou art my strength and mv refuge ,' and
for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish
me.

5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which
they have hidden for me : for thou art my protector.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast
redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to
no purpose.

But I have hoped in the Lord : 8 I will be glad
and rejoice in thy mercy.

For thou hast regarded my humility, thou hast
saved my soul out ot distresses.

9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of
the enemy : thou hast set my feet in a spacious place

10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflict
ed : my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and
my belly.

1 1 For my life is wasted with grief: and my years
in sighs.

My strength is weakened through poverty : and
my bones are disturbed.

12 I am become a reproach among all my ene-
mies, and very much to my neighbours ; and a fear
to my acquaintance.

They that saw me without fled from me. 131 am
forgotten as one dead from the heart.

I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. 14 For
I have heard the blame of many that dwell round
about.

While they assembled together against me, they
consulted to take away my life.

15 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord : I
said: Thou art myGod. 16 My lots are in thy hands.

Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and
from them that persecute me.

17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save
me in thy mercy.

All this is to be understood mystically, of the powerful voice of God's
word in his church : which has broke the pride of the great ones ot
this world, and brought many of them meekly and joyful] v to sulni.it
their necks to the sweet yoke of Christ.
4'J-

PSALMS.

18 Lit DM not !»• confounded. < ) I ,ord, for I have
oiled upon thee.

Let tin- wicked be ■shamed, and be brought down
to lull. 19 Let deceitful lips be made dumb.

Which speak iniquity against theju-t, \\ ith pride
and abuse.

20 O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness,
O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear
thee !

Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in
thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

21 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face,
from the disturbance of men.

Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from
the contradiction of tongues.

Zl Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shown his
wonderful mercy tome ins fortified city.

23 But I said in the excess of my mind : I am
tw i\ from before thy eyes.

Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer,
when I cried to thee.

I V O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the
Lord will require truth, and will repay them abun-
dantly that act proudly.

25 Do \e manfully, and let your heart be strength-
ened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

PSALM XXXI.

Bead quorum.

The second penitential psalm.

1 To David himself, understanding.

BLESSED are they whose iniquities are forgiv-
en, and whose sins are covered.
1 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not
imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
.) Because I was silent,* my bones grew old ;
whilst 1 cried out all the day long.

) I or day and night thy hand was heavy upon
me : 1 am turnedf in my anguish, whilst the thorn is
fastened.

5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my
injustice I have not c sealed.

I said I will confess against myself my injustice
to the Lord; and thou bast forgiven the wickedness
of mv sin.

6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to
thee, in a seasonable time.

And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not
come nigh unto him.

7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath
encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them
that surround me.

81 will ui\c thee understanding, and I will in-
struct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go : I
w ill fix my eyes upon thee.

!» Do not become like the horse and the mule,
who have no understanding.

With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who
come not near unio thee.

• haw /»u <Ural ftc. That i«, wlnM I krnt »il.>n< <\ by eoncral-
inr. or rWuuof; to ctmfen my mm, il>v lianH wa> heavj "|x>n mc, tw.

f / <rmturiui tw.. I || n, iq, >..

far ease in m» pain, »ln!.i ll.«- lUirn of tin ju,in-.- nuTcci rnv flesli,

4J8 '

10 Many arc the scourges of the sinner, but mcr-
(\ shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye just, and
glory all re right of heart.

PSALM XXXII.
Exultatejueti.

An exhortation to praise Hod, and to trust in him.

\ A psalm for David.
"D EJOICE in the Lord, O ye just: praise becom-
-■-*' eth the upright.

2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to
him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strin-

3 Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him
with a loud noise.

4 For the word of the Lord is right, and all his
works are done with faithfulness.

5 He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is
full of the mercy of the Lord.

6 By the wind of the Lord, the heavens were es-
tablished : and all the |x>wer of them by the spirit
of his mouth :

7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, ap in
a vessel; laying up the depths in store-houses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the
inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.

9 For he spoke, and they were made : he com-
manded, and they were created.

10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of
nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and
casteth away the counsels of princes.

1 1 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever:
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord :
the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.

13 The Lord hath looked from heaven : he hath
beheld all the sons of men.

14 From his habitation which he hath prepared,
he liath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.

15 He who hath made the hearts of every one ot
them : who understandeth all their works.

16 The king is not saved by a great army: nor
shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.

17 Vain is the horse for safety : neither shall he be
Bared by the abundance of his strength.

18 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them
that fear him : and on them that hope in his mercy.

19 To deliver their souls from death: and feed
them in famine.

20 Our sold w aiteth for the Lord : for he is our
helper and protector.

21 For in him our heart shall rejoice : and in his
holy name we have trusted.

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, !>c upon us, as wc
have hoped in tbt

PSALM XXXIII.
Beaedicam Dominum.

An exhortation io thr jiraisr. and n rwtt* <>/ fiod.

1 For David when be changed bis countenance oe-

fore Achimelech. who dismissed him, and hf
went his ua\. [I King* XXI.]

ami lUckl fa«t in mc. Or, lam hmt<l; tin

nn Ged, t.\ Mag 1'nnnriit in a better mi

mrnU. In tlic llrlirvw il is, my woulwrr i

retted to thee.

linir h\ till

into Ihr Jrmif, A/l ■/ Iht

PSALM XXXIV.

i 1 WILL bless the Lord at all times, his praise
J- shall be always in my mouth.

3 In tlit? Lord shall my soul be praised; let the

.neck hear and rejoin'.

4 O magnify the Lord with me: and let us extol
iiis name together.

5 1 sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he
delivered me from all my troubles.

6 Come ye to him and be enlightened : and your
faces shall not be confounded.

7 This poor man cried ; and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.

8 The angel of the Lord shall encamp round
about them that fear him, and shall deliver them.

9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet : bless-
ed is the man that liopeth in him.

10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints : for there
is no want to them that fear him.

1 1 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hun-
ger : But they that seek the Lord shall not be de-
prived of any good.

12 Come, children, hearken to me : I will teach
you the fear of the Lord.

13 Who is the man that desireth life ; who loveth
to see good days ?

14 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.

15 Turn away from evil, and do good: seek
after peace, and pursue it.

16 The eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and
his ears unto their prayers.

17 But the countenance of the Lord is against
(hem that do evil things ; to cut off the remembrance
of them from the earth.

18 The just cried; and the Lord heard them,
nnd delivered them out of all their troubles.

19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a
contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

20 Many are the afflictions of the just ; but out
of them all will the Lord deliver them.

21 The Lord keepeth all their bones : not one of
them shall be broken.

22 The death of the wicked is very evil : and they
(hat hate the just shall be guilty.

23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his ser-
vants : and none of them that trust in him shall of-
fend.

PSALM XXXIV.

Judica, Domine, nocentes me.

Dtrirl, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors ;
prophetically foreshowing the punishments that shall fall
upon them.

1 For David himself.
FUDGE thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: over-
•^ throw them that fight against me:

2 Take hold of arms and shield ; and rise up to
help me.

3 Bring out thesword,and shutupthe wayagainst
them that persecute me : say to my soul : I am thy
salvation.

4 Let them he confounded and ashamed that seek
a(Vr my som

Let them be turned back, and be confounded,
that devise evil against me.

5 Let them become as dust before the wind: and
let the Angel of the Lord straiten them.

6 Let their way become dark and slippery ; and
let the Angel of the Lord pursue them.

7 For without cause they have hidden their net
for me unto destruction : without cause they have
upbraided my soul.

8 Let the snare which he knoweth not come up-
on him : and let the net which he hath hidden catch
him : and into that very snare let him fall.

9 But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and
shall be delighted in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say : Lord, who is like to
thee ?

Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them
that are stronger than he ; the needy and the poor
from them that strip him.

11 Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me
things I knew not.

12 They repaid me evil for good : to the depriv-
ing me of my soul.

13 But as for me when they were troublesome
to me, I was clothed with hair-cloth.

I humbled my soul with fasting : and my prayer
shall be turned into my bosom.

14 As a neighbour and asan own brother, so did I
please : as one mourning and sorrowful, so was 1
humbled.

15 But they rejoiced against trie, and came to-
gether : scourges were gathered together upon me,
and I knew not.

16 They were separated, and repented not : they
tempted me, they scoffed at me with scorn : they
gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue
thou my soul from their malice ; my only one from
the lions.

18 I will give thanks to thee in a great church ;
I will praise thee in a strong people.

19 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me; who have hated me without cause,
and wink with the eyes.

20 For they spoke indeed peaceably to me: and
speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.

21 And they opened their mouth wide against
me ; they said : Well done, well done, our eyes have
seen it.

22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent :
O Lord, depart not from me.

23 Arise, and be attentive to my judgment ; to
my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy
justice ; and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts : It is well, it
is well, to our mind : neither let them say : We
have swallowed them up.

26 Let them blush, and be ashamed together,
who rejoice at my evils. ■

Let them be clothed with confusion and shame,
who speak great things against me.

27 Let them rejoice and he glad, who are well

439

PSALMS.

pleased with my justice : and let them myatony* :
riic Lord be magnified, who delight in the i
of his servant

\inl my tongD6 shall meditate thy justice,
thy praise all the dav long

PSALM XXXV.
Dixit injiistiis.

The malice of tinners, and the Roodnrts of God.

1 Unto the end, for the servant of God David

himself.

2 r IMIL unjust hath said within himself, that he

-■- would sin: there is no fear of Cod before
his ejJPS.

3 For in his sidit he hath done deceitfully, that
his iniquity may be found unto hatred.*

4 The word-, of his mouth are iniquity and guile:
he would not understand that he might do well.

5 He hath devised iniquity on his bed: he hath
pet himself on every way that is not good, but evil
he hath not hated.

6 O l^ord, thy mercy is in heaven: and thy truth
rtacheih even to the clouds.

7 Thy justice is as the mountains of God: thy
judgments are a great deep.

Men and beasts thou w ill preserve, O Lord: 8 O
how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God!

But the children of men shall put their trust un-
der the covert of thy wings.

9 They shall he inebriated with the plenty of thy
house: and thou shall make them drink, of the tor-
rent of thy pleasure.

10 For with thee is the fountain of life: and in
thy light we shall see light.

1 1 Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and
thy justice to them that are right in heart.

12 Let not the foot of pride come to me: and let
got the hand of the sinner move me.

13 There the workers of iniquity are fallen: they
are east out, and could not stand.

PSALM XXX \ I.

Noli annulari. .

An exhortation to demise thin trorld, and the short prosperity
iff thv wiemd ; and to trust in providenet.

1 A psalm for David himself.

BE not emulous of evil doers; nor envy ihem that
work iniquity.

2 For they snail shortly wither aw ay as grass: and
as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in
the land, and thou shaft he fed with its riches.

4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the
requests of thy heart.

5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him,
and he will do it.

\nd he will bring forth thy justice as the light,
and thv jmlgllMllll as the noon day. 7 He Mbjecl
to the Lord, and pray to him.

I.iu v not the man who prospercth in his way: the
man w ho doetli unjust thin

* "nttUlrtd.

, hateful i

;: ( lease nom anger, and have nge; have do em-
ulation to do evil.

9 1 or evil doers shall 1m> cut off: but they that
wait upon the Lord, thev shall inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while, and the w ieked shall not
lie: and thou shalt seek his place and shah nut
find it.

11 Hut the meek shall inherit the land, and shall
delight in abundance of peace.

12 The sinner shall watch the just man ; and shall
gnash upon him with his teeth.

13 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he fore-
seeth that his day shall come.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword: they
have bent their Ik>w,

To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the up-
right of heart.

15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts;
and let their bow he broken.

16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches
of the wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in
pieces: but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the undelilcd;
and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time;
and in the days of famine they shall be Idled: 20
because the wicked shall perish.

And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they
shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing,
and vanish like smoke.

21 The sinner shall l>orrow, and not pay again ■
but thejustshoweth mercy, and shall give.

22 For such as bless him shall inherit the land:
but such as curse him shall perish.

23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be di-
rected, and he shall like well his way.

24 When he shall fall, he shall not" be bruised; for
the Lord putteth his band under him.

26 I have he»n young, and now am old: and 1
have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking
bread.

26 He sboweth mercv, and lendeth all the day
long: and his seed shall be in Messing.

J7 Decline from evil, and do good, and dwell for
ever and ever.

28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not
forsake his saints: they shall be preserved forever.

The unjust shall be punished, and (he seed of the
wicked shall perish.

29 But the just shall inherit the land, and shall
dwell therein for evermore.

30 The mouth of the jvfj shall meditate w tsdom ;
and his tongue shall speak judgment.

31 The law of his God is in bis heart, and bis
steps shall not be supplanted.

M The wii ked wateheth the just man, and seek
etb to put him to (bath.

33 Hut the Lord will not leave him in hatbands;

nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

34 Exped the Lord, and keep his way: and he
will exalt thee to inherit the land : when the sim.. i,
shall perish thou shtlt s,

PSALMS XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX.

85
lifted

ami

I have seen (he wicked highly exalte
tip like the cedars of Lihanus.

And I passed by, and lo, lie was not: and 1
sought him, and his place was not found.

37 Keep innocence, and behold justice ; for there
are remnants for the peaceable man.

38 But the unjust shall be destroyed together :
the remnants of the wicked shall perish.

39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord :
and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

40 And the Lord will help them and deliver
them : and he will rescue tliem from the wicked,
•and save them, because they have hoped in him.

PSALM XXXVII.

Domine, ne in furore.

/prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins
penitential psalm.

1 A psalm for David, for a remembrance* of the

sabbath.

2 "13 EBUKE me not, O Lord, in thy indignation,
CV nor chastise me in thy wrath.

and thy

The third

3 For thy arrows are fastened in me
MHiid hath been strong upon me.

4 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy
wrath • there is no peace for my bones, because of
my sins.

5 For my iniquities are gone over my head ; and
as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

6 My sores are putrefied and corrupted, because
of my foolishness.

7 I am become miserable, and am bowed down
even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long.

8 For my loins are filled with illusions ; and
there is no health in my flesh.

9 I am afflicted, and humbled exceedingly : I
roared with the groaning of my heart.

10 Lord, all my desire is before thee: and my
groaning is not hidden from thee.

1 1 My heart is troubled, my strength hath left
me : and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

12 My friends and my neighbours have drawn
near, and stood against me.

And they that were near me stood afar off : 13 and
they that sought my soul used violence.

And they that sought evils to me spoke vain
things, and studied deceits all the day long.

I l But I, as a deaf man, heard not : and as a
dumb man not openiug his mouth.

15 And I became as a man that heareth not, and
that hath no reproofs in his mouth.

16 For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped : thou wilt
hear me, O Lord my God.

17 For I said : Lest at any time my enemies re-
j lice over me ; and whilst my feet are moved, they
speak great things against me.

1 8 For I am ready for scourges : and my sorrow
is continually before me.

19 For I will declare my iniquity; and I will

think for my sin.

•

* For a remembrance, viz. of our miseries and sins ; and to be sung on
11 -e Bulibath dity

20 But my enemies live, and are stronger than I
and tlie\ that, hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

21 They that render evil for good, have detract
ed me, because I followed goodness.

22 Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not
thou depart from me.

23 Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my
salvation.

PSALM XXXVIII.
Dixi, custodiam.

A just man's peace and patience in his sufferings ; considering
the vanity of the world, and the providence of God.

1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle ol

David.

2 T SAID: I will take heed to my ways, that I
-*- sin not with my tongue.

I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner
stood against me.

3 I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept si-
lence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.

4 My heart grew hot within me, and in my medi-
tation a fire shall flame out.

5 I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me
know my end.

And what is the number of my days : that I may
know what is wanting to me.

6 Behold, thou hast made my days measurable .
and my substance is as nothing before thee.

And indeed all things are vanity, every man living.

7 Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he
is disquieted in vain.

He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he
shall gather these things.

8 And now what is my hope ? is it not the Lord ?
and my substance is with thee.

9 Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou
hast made me a reproach to the fool.

10 1 was dumb, and I opened not my mouth,
because thou hast done it. 1 1 Remove thy scourges
from me,

The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in
rebukes : 12 thou hast corrected man for iniquity.

And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a
spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication :
give ear to my tears.

Be not silent ; for I am a stranger with thee, and
a sojourner as all my fathers were.

14 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before

1 go hence, and be no more.

PSALM XXXIX.

Expectans expectavi.

Christ's coming, and redeeming mankind.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

2 \M/TTH expectation I have waited for the Lord ,
▼ T and he was attentive to me.

3 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out
of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs.

And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my
steps.

441

PSALMS.

. \mi be put ■ pew canticle into my month, |
I in our God.

Mail} shall Bee, and shall fear: and they shall
BOM m the Lord.

Uessed is the man whoM trn-t i- in tin- MUM
of the Lord ; and who hath not had regard to vani-
ties, and lying lolh'

t". Thou bast multiplied thy wonderful works, O
Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one
(ike to thee.

I have deelared, and I have spoken : they are
multiplied above lumber.

icrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; hut
thou haH pierced ears for me.

Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou didst not re-
quire : >'> then said I : Behold, 1 come.

In the head of the hook it is w ritten of me 9 that

1 should do thy will : () my God, I have desired it,
and thv law in the midst of my heart.

10 ( have deelared thy justice in a great church :
lo,I will not restrain myllpsrO Lord thou knowest it.

II I have not hid thy justice within my heart: 1
bstre deelared thy truth and thy salvation.

I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth
from a tireat council.

1 J Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mer-
CHN from me : thy mercy and thy truth have always

Upheld me.

13 For evils without number have surrounded me :
my iniquities* have overtaken me, and 1 was not
able to see.

They are multiplied above the hairs of my head :
and mi heart hath forsaken me.

14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: look
dow n. () Lord, to help me.

15 Let them be confounded and ashamed toge-
ther, that seek alter my soul to take it away.

I..t them be turned backward, and be ashamed
that desire evils to me.

16 Let them immediately bear their confusion,
that say to me : 'lis well, 'tis well.f

17 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
thee : and let Mich as love thy salvation say always:
The Lord be magnified.

18 But 1 am a and poor; the Lord is
careful for me.

Thou art my helper and my protector; O my
(Jod, be not slack.

PSALM XL.
lb atus qui intelligit.

The happiness nf him that shall brlirrr in Christ ; notwithstand-
ing the humility ami poverty in which he shttll come : the ma-
in i of his enemies, especially of the truilnr J mint.
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

2 T>LI'.ss|.|) is he that understaodetb concern-
-*-* inj the needy and the poor: the Lord will

deliver him in the evil day.

.; The Lonl preserve him and give him life, and
make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him
not up 10 the w ill 01 his cneini'

ie Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou
bast turned all his couch in his sickness.

* My iniiuilus. That it, (ho tin* of all mankind, which | dare taken
upon DM

5 I said: () Lord, be thou merciful to me; heal
my soul, for I have unned against tin e.

6 My enemies ha\e spoken e\ ils against me:
when shall he die, and his name perish ?

7 And if be came in to see un . he spoke vain
duMS; his heart gathered together iniquity to itself.

lb- went out, and spoke to the same purpi-

8 All my enemies whispered together against me :
thev devised evils to me.

9 They determined against me an unjust word :
shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

10 Lor even the man of my peace, in whom I
trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted
me.

11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and
raise me up again : and 1 w ill requite them.

12 By this I know that thou hast had a good w ill
for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

13 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my in-
nocence ; and hast established me in thy sight for
ever.

14 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from
eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

PSALM XLI.

Quemadmodum desidcrat.
The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in affliction*

1 Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.

2 \ S the hart panteth after the fountains of wa-
-f*- tert; BO my soul panteth after thee, O God.

3 My soul hath thirsted after the strong living
God; when shall 1 come, and appear belore the
lace of God?

X .M\ tears have been my bread day and night,

whilst it is said to me dail\ : Where is thy God?

5 These things I remembered, and poured out
mj soul in me: lor I shall go over into the place of
the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of
one feasting.

6 Why an thou sad, O my soul? and why dost
thou trouble me?

Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him :
the salvation t>f my countenance, 7 and my God.

My soul is troubled within myself: therefore
will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and
Hcrntoniim, from the little hill.

8 Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-
gates.

All thy heights and thy billows have passed over
me.

9 In the day time the Lord hath commanded his
mercy, and a canticle to him in the night.

\\ nh me is prayer to the God of my life, 10 1
will say to God : Thou art my support.

Why hast thou forgotten me: and why go I
mourning, whilst my enemy afflictcth me?

II Whilst my bones are broken, my enem
who trouble me have reproached me.

Whilst tin \ sa\ tome da\ by day: Where is thy
God?»

t 'TV. irrH The II . ,. ; ,„ iiii.rjcctioo of insult arid deri.

■ion. like the Vah. M<tl xxvii. 40.

PSALMS XLT1, XLIII, XLIV

12 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and
A'hy dost thou disquiet me?

Mope thou in God, for 1 will still give praise to
him : the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
PSALM XLII.
Judica me, Deus.

The prophet aspireth after the temple nn/1 altar of God.

1 A psalm for David.

JUDGE me, God, and distinguish my cause
from the nation that is not holy: deliver me
from the unjust and deceitful man.

2 For thou art God my strength : why hast thou
cast me off? and why do I go sorrowful whilst the
enemy afflicteth me ?

3 Send forth thy light and thy truth : they have
conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill,
and into thy tabernacles.

4 And I will go in to the altar of God, to God
who giveth joy to my youth.

5 To thee, O God my God, 1 will give praise
upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and
why dost thou disquiet me?

6 Hope in God, for 1 will still give praise to him:
the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

PSALM XLIII..
Deus, auribus nostris.

The church commemorates former favours, and present afflic-
tions ; under which she prays for succour.

1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core to give under-
standing.
2\I7"E have heard, O God, with our ears : our fa-

» * thers have declared to us,

The work thou hast wrought in their days, and
in the days of old.

3 Thy hand destroyed the gentiles, and thou
plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and
cast them out.

4 For they got not the possession of the land by
their own sword : neither did their own arm save

them, j , i- ,

But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of
thy countenance : because thou wast pleased with

them. *■'***<'-*

5 Thou.art thyself my king and my God ; who
commandest the saving of Jacob.

6 Through thee we will push down our enemies
with the horn: and through thy name we will de-
spise them that rise up against us.

7 For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall
my sword save me.

"8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict
us ; and hast put them to shame that hate us.

9 In God shall we glory all the day long: and
in thy name we will give praise for ever.

10 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to
shame : and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our
armies.

1 1 Thou hast made us turn our back to our ene-
mies : and they that hated us plundered for them-
selves.

12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten:
thou hast scattered us among the nations.

13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and
there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

14 Thou hist made us a reproach to our neigh
hours, a scoff and derision to them that arc round
about us.

15 Thou hast made us a by-word among the
gentiles; a shaking of the head among the peoples.

16 All the day long mv shame is belore me : and
the confusion of my face hath covered me,

17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and de-
tracted me; at the face of the enemy and persecu-
tor.

18 All these things have come upon us, yet we
have not forgotten thee : and we have not done
wickedly in thy covenant.

19 And our heart hath not turned back; neither
hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of af-
fliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.

21 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange
god :

22 Shall not God search out these things ? for
he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Because for thy sake we are killed all the day
long : we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord ? arise, and
cast us not off to the end.

24 Why turnest thou thy face away ? and forget-
test our want and our trouble?

25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust :
our belly cleaveth to the earth.

26 Arise, O Lord, help us : and redeem us for
thy name's sake.

PSALM XLIV.

Eructavit cor meum.

The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his

church.

1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed,* for
the sons of Core, for understanding : A canticle
for the beloved.f

2 TVfY heart hath uttered a good word : I speak
-L™JL my works to the king :

My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth
swiftly.

3 Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace
is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God
blessed thee for ever.

4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most
mighty.

5 With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, pro-
ceed prosperously, and reign.

Because of truth and meekness and justice: and
thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

6 Thy arrows are sharp : under thee shall people
fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

7 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : the
sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

8 Thou hast loved justice, and hatedst iniquity :
therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows.

* For the m that shall be changed, i. e. For souls happily changed by
hciwr converted to God.

■f Tlu betuved, viz. Our Lord Jesus Christ.
413

and didst I ittditl agaiiusl tin mot hi

these thiueH hast tlrau done, and 1 was silent.

Thou Utoughtesi unjustly thai I shall be like to
llu-r: hut I irtll reprove thee, and aetbefore thy face.
Understand theae things you thai forget God;
leal In- snatch yon atony, and there beaoaa to deli-
ver KM.

[ rifioe of praise shall (doriry me: and

then' is tin- way by which I will show him the sal-
vation of (iod.

PSALM L

Miserere

The repentance and confession of David after Ait tin. The
fourth penitential ptalm.

1 Unto the end. a psalm of David, 2 when Nathan

the prophet earn.- to him. after he had sinned with

Betnsabee. | J kings xii.]
3 1 I W I. men \ on me, O God, according to thy

-■--■- greal bm rcj .

And according to the multitude of thy tender mer-

~, tint out niv iniquity.

4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and
cleans.- me from my sin.

For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always
before me.

6 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil
before thee; thatthou mayst be justified in thy words,
and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities ; and
in sins did my mother c o n ceiv e me.

8 For behold, thou hast loved truth: the uncer-
tain anil hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast in id
manifest to me.

9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and 1
shall he cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and 1 shall
he made whiter than snow.

10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and glad-
-: and the bones that have been humbled shall

rejoice.

11 Turn away tin
out all my iniquities.

12 ('irate a clean heart in me, O God
new a right spirit within mv bowels.

13 Cast me not away from thy face; and take
not thy holy spirit from me.

14Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and
strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the
wicked shall be converted loth

16 Deliver me from blood, <) (iod, thou (Iod of
mv salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips : and my
mouth shall declare thy peak

18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would
indeed bttvegive&it: svith burnt-offerings thou will
not be delighted.

19 \ sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit : a coo-
trite and bumbled heart, o (iod, thou will not de-
spis<

* MtMk, or Marhalalh. A mn.ieal instrument, or a charm of
t >mici » iw : for 8«. Jerome render* it. frr tknrum.

I Cat k*th uall'rcd tmt bvntt. Sir. That e, »i««i ha* brought In no.

PSALMS

: Jl

face from my sins, and blot
and re-

20 Deal favourably. () Lord, in thy good-will
with Sion; that the walls <>! Jerusalem may lie built
up.

Jl Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice,
oblations ami w hole burnt-offerings: then shall the]
lay calves upon thy altar.

PSALM* LI.

Quid gloriaris.

David condemnrth the nrktdnr n of Doeg, and foretcllrth An

ill strurtiim.

1 Unto the end, understanding for David, 2 when
Doeg the Kdomite came and (old Saul: David
went to the house of Achimelech. [1 njngs
xxii. !».]

3\^HV dost thou glory in malice, thou that art
▼ » mighty in iniqtiit\ ?

4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised in-
justice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit

5 Thou hast loved malice, more than goodm M
and iniquity rather than to speak rightcousm

6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O de-
ceitful tongue.

7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever : he
will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwell-
ing place; and th\ root out of the land of the liviog.

8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at
him, and say: Behold the man that made not (iod
his helper:

hut trusted in the abundance of his riches, and
prevailed in his vanity.

Id Hut I, as a fruitful olive-tree in the house of
God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea
lor ever and ever.

1 I I will praise thee for ever, because thou bast
done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good
in the sight of ih.v saints.

PSALM LI I.

Dixit insipiens.

Tl-e Sim ml rorriipt'mn of man before the coming of Christ.

1 Unto the end, for Maeleth* understandings to
David.

THE fool said in his heart: There is no God.
2 They are corrupted, and become al>ominn-
ble in iniquities: there is none that doethgood.

3 God looked down from heaven on the children
of men. to see if there w en- an\ that did understand,
or ditl seek God.

4 All have none aside, they are become unprofit-
able together: there is none that doethgood, no not
one.

5 Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who
rat nil my people as thev eat bread f

6 They ha\e not called upon God: there have
they trembled for fear, where there was QO fear.

For (iod hath scattered the b o OO Sf of them that
please men: the\ha\e been confounded, because

God hath despised them.

7 Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Is-
rael: when (iod shall bring back the captivity ni

tlimjr the •trrnrth of all theae that aeck to pie— 8 men, to the | ri ji>
ili. ir Hut; to !'>> ir maker

PSALMS LIII, LI\, L.V.

Ins pcoi)lc, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be
glad.

PSALM LIII.
Deus, in nomine tuo.

A prayer for help in distress.

I Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
2 When the men of Ziph had come, and said to
Saul: Is not David hidden with us? [1 Kings
xxiii. 19.]

3 CAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me
^ in thy strength.

4 O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words
of my mouth.

5 For strangers have risen up against me; and
the mighty have sought after my soul; and they
have not set God before their eyes.

6 For behold, God is my helper: and the Lord
is the protector of my soul.

7 Turn back the evils upon my enemies: and
cut them off in thy truth.

8 I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give
praise, O God, to thy name : because it is good :

9 Fo'rthou hast delivered me out of all trouble:
and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.

PSALM LIV.
Exaudi, Deus.

A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It
agrees to Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by
Judas.

1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

2 T-IEAR, O God, my prayer, and despise not my
-tJ- supplication : 3 be attentive to me, and

Var me.

I am grieved in my exercise ; and am troubled,
4 at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation
of the sinner.

For they have cast iniquities upon me : and in
wrath they were troublesome to me.

5 My heart is troubled within me ; and the fear
of death is fallen upon me.

6 Fear and trembling are come upon me ; and
darkness hath covered me.

7 And I said : Who will give me wings like a
dove, and I will fly, and be at rest ?

8 Lo, 1 have gone far off flying away; and I abode
in the wilderness.

9 I waited for him that hath saved me from pu-
sillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

10 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues;
for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

II Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon
its walls ; and in the midst thereof are labour, 12
and injustice.

And usury and deceit have not departed from
its streets.

* Let death, Sx. This, and such like imprecations, which occur in
the psalms, are delivered prophetically; that is, by way of foretelling
the punishments which shall fall upon the wicked from divine justice,
nn<\ approving the righteous ways of God: but not by way of ill will,
or uncharitable curses, which the law of God disallows.

t .9mnniT mini/, top. That is, they that drew near to attack me were
namj in company, all combining to fight against me.

13 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would
verily have borne with it.

And if he that hated me had spoken great things
against me : I would perhaps have hidden myself
from him.

14 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and
my familiar.

15 Who didst take sweet meats together with me*
in the house of God we walked with consent.

16 Let death* come upon them, and let them go
down alive into hell.

For there is wickedness in their dwellings in the
midst of them.

17 But 1 have cried to God: and the Lord will
save me.

1 8 Evening and morning, and at noon 1 will speak
and declare ; and he shall hear my voice.

19 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them
that draw near to me : for among manyf they were
with me.

20 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble
them.

For there is no change with them, and they have
not feared God ; 21 he hath stretched forth his hand
to repay.

They have defiled his covenant : 22 they are di-
vided! by the wrath of his countenance ; and his
heart hath drawn near.

His words are smoother than oil, and the same
are darts.

23 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain
thee ; he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

24 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into
the pit of destruction.

Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half
their days : but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

PSALM LV.

Miserere mej Deus.

A prayer of David in danger and distress.

1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a
distance from the sanctuary : for David, for an
inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philis-
tines held him in Geth.

2 XT AVE mercy on me, O God, for man hath
■*--*- trodden me under foot: all the day long he

hath afflicted me fighting against me.

3 My enemies have trodden on me all the day
long ; for they are many that make war against me.

4 From the height of the day|| I shall fear; but
I will trust in thee.

5 In God I will praise my words ;§ in God I
have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do
against me.

6 All the day long they detested my words : all
their thoughts were against me unto evil.

7 They will dwell and hide themselves : they will
watch my heel.

J They are divided, &c. Dispersed, scattered, and brought to nothing,
by the wrath of God : who looks with indignation on their wicked and
deceitful ways.

|| The height of the day. That is, even at noon day, when the sun is
the highest, I am still in danger.

{ Jtfi/ words. The words or promises God has made in my favour.

PSALM-.

they li:t \ t- waited for my soul, 8 for nothing
shah ilnm save them :* in th) anger thou shah break
the people in pieces.

< » < iod, !» 1 haw declared to thee my life! tliou
hast m t m\ tears in tliv Bight,

\ dao in thy promise. 10 Then shall my ene-
mies he turned hack.

In what day soewr I shall call upon thee, behold,
I kuow thou art my God.

11 In God will I praise the word; in the Lord
will I praise hit speech. In God have 1 hoped: I
will not fear what man can do to me.

12 In me, God, are rows to thee, which I will
pay, praises to thee.

IS Because thou hast delivered my soul from
(huh. my feet from falling: that I may please in
the sight of God, in the light of the living.

PSALM L\ I.
Miserere met, Dens.

The prnphrt prays in his aMirtion, and praises G»d for his

delivery.
I Into the end, destroy not,t for David, for an in-
scription of a title, When he fled from Saul into
the cave. [1 Kings xxiv.]
-II ^ '' mt ' riV (,n mP > ^ God, have mercy on
Mm. me: for mv soul trus'.eth in thee.
And in the shadow of thy wiugs will I hope, until
iniquity pass away.

a 1 w ill cry to God the most High; to God who
hath done good to inc.

4 He hath scut from heaven, and delivered me:
he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me.

I hath sent his mercy and his truth: 5 and he
hath delivered mv soul from the midst of the JOttDg
lions. I slept troubled.

The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons, and
arrows, anil their tongue a sharp sword.

6 Me thou exalted, ( ) < iod, above the heavens, and
thy Khx y abo\e all the earth.

7 1 'iirv prepared a snare for my feet; and they
bowed down mv soul.

They dug a pit before my face, and they arc
fallen into it.

:i Mv heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready:
I will sitm. and rehearse a psalm.

9 Arise, O my (lory; arise, psaltery and harp: I
will arise early.

1() I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the
people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.

11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the Ina-
w us; ami thy truth unto the clouds.

U Be thou exalted. O God. above the heavens;
and thv glory above all the earth.

PSALM TAIL

Si vere uliqiie.
/ reprorrth the wicked, and foretrttrth thrir punishment.

1 Unto the end. destrov not.f for David, for an in-
scription of I title.

* Ft mt Un r •*•* •*•« *■** '*•"•• That i\ rinc* the> In- in wail to
riin ■ "I »halt for no ron.idcralion 6m our or inM tlirm, bnt

■«m Ihfin.
• ■rm, n/il S.ilf.r me nnl In be deatrored.
I B^frrt awrr Itonu. If. Tint i«, b.-firv joor thornt gnm up, ao »«

II .

II in rerj deed you speak justice:
things, ye son-, of men.

right

judge

your hands

3 For in \our heart you work iniquity :
forge injustice in the earth.

4 The wicked are alienated from the womh; tiny
have cone astray from the womb: they haw spoken
false things.

5 Their iiiadm ss is according to the likeness of
a serpent; like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

6 Which will not hear the voice ol the channels;
nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

7 God shall break in pieces their teeth in their
mouth: the Lord shall break the grjadefs of the lions.

8 They shall come to nothing, like water naming
down: he hath bent his how till they be weakened.

9 Like wax that melteth the\ shall he taken
away : lire hath fallen on them, and they shall not
see the sun.

10 Before your ihoriisj could know the briar; he
sw allow eth thenf up, as alive, in his wrath.

11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the

revenge: Jie shall wash his hands$ in the blood of
the sinner.

1 J And man shall say: If indeed there be frun
to the just : there is indeed a God that judgeth them
on the earth.

PSALM LVMI.

Kripc me.

. / prat/rr to hr delivered from the tricked, tcith eonfuhtice in
Cod'n ht/n and protection. Jt agrees to Christ and hi* me-
mil s the Jetm.

1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an in-
scription of a title, when Saul sent and watched
his house to kill him. [I kinus \\\.)

- \\ ELIVER me from my enemies, O my (iod;
*-* and defend me from them that rise up

against me.

3 Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and
save me from bloody men.

4 For behold, they have caught my soul : the migh
ty have rushed in upon me:

5 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord;
without iniquity have I run, and directed mv steps.

6 Rise Up thou to meet me, and behold: even
thou, O Lord the God of hosts, the God of Israel.

Attend to visit all the nations : have no mercy on
all them that work iniquity.

7 They shall return at evening, and shall suffei
hunger like dogs; and shall p> round about the city.

8 Behold, they shall speak With their mouth, and
a sword is in their lips : for who, my ilnu. hath
heard us?

9 But thou, O Lord, shah laugh at tin in: thou
shall brin- all the nations to nothing.

10 I will keep mv strength to thee : lor thou art
myprotector: 11 My God, his mercy shall prevent
me.

12 God shall lei DM BflC oxer my enemies: slay

them not, lest at any time my people fori

to become itronr briar*, they aball be orertaken and cotwumed by di
\ mi- illowinjr them up, a* i( wcrr, mlm m kit tmlk.

♦ Skmll trash *ii hands, kr. Shall applaud tin I Col. and

take, nrnwmn from the oo«»«ler-.il i-mi of ilip pmiatraent of tin- » i< ki J
lo wa»h and ol— .nit hie h—di from etc

Scatter them uythy power ; and bring them down,
O Lord my protector.

13 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of
their lips : and let them be taken in their pride.

And for their cursing and lying they shall be talk-
ed of, 14 when they are consumed ; when they are
consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more.

And they shall know that God will rule Jacob,
and all the ends of the earth.

15 They shall return at evening, and shall suffer
hunger like dogs ; and shall go round about the city.

16 They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and
shall murmur if they be not filled.

17 But I will sing thy strength ; and will extol
thy mercy in the morning.

For thou art become my support, and my refuge,
in the day of my trouble.

18 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing ; for thou
art God my defence ; my God my mercy.

PSALM LIX.

Deus, repulisti nos.

After many afflictions, the church of Christ shall prevail.

1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed,
for the inscription of a title, to David himself,
for doctrine, 2 when he set fire to Mesopotamia
of Syria and Sobal ; and Joab returned and slew
of Edom, in the vale of the salt-pits, twelve
thousand men.

3 (~\ GOD, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroy-
^S ed us ; thou hast been angry, and hast had

mercy on us.

4 Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled
it : heal thou the breaches thereof; for it has been
moved.

5 Thou hast shown thy people hard things; thou
hast made us drink the wine of sorrow.

6 Thou hast given a warning to them that fear
thee ; that they may flee from before the bow ;

That thy beloved may be delivered. 7 Save me
with thy right hand, and hear me.

8 God hath spoken in his holy place : T will re-
joice, and I will divide Sichem ; and will mete out
the vale of tabernacles.

9 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine : and
Ephraim is the strength of my head.

Juda is my king : 10 Moab is the pot of my hope.*
Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe : to me
the foreigners! are made subject.

11 Who will bring me into the strong city ? who
will lead me into Edom ?

12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies r

13 Give us help from trouble : for vain is the
salvation of man.

14 Through God we shall do mightily : and he
shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

PSALMS LIX, LX, LXI.

PSALM LX.

* The pot of my hope ; or, my watering pot. That is, a vessel for
meaner U9es, by being reduced to serve me, even in the meanest em-
ployments.

t Foreigners. So the Philistines are called who had no kindred with
the Israelites ; whereas the Edomites, Moabites, &c. were originally
of the same family.

Exaudi, Deus.

A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall

have no end.

1 Unto the end, in hymns, for David.
2 TTEAR, O God, my supplication : be attentive

- 1 --*- to my prayer.

3 To thee have I cried from the ends of the
earth ; when my heart was in anguish, thou hast
exalted me on a rock.

Thou hast conducted me ; 4 for thou hast been
my hope ; a tower of strength against the face of
the enemy.

5 In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever : I shall
be protected under the covert of thy wings.

6 For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer :
thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy
name.

7 Thou wilt add days to the days of the king ;
his years even to generation and generation.

8 He abideth for ever in the sight of God : his
mercy and truth who shall search r

9 So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever
and ever : that I may pay my vows from day to
day.

PSALM LXI.

Nonne Deo.

The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God,
and serve him.

I Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David.

2 ©HALL not my soul be subject to God ? lor
^ from him is my salvation.

3 For he is my God and my saviour : he is my
protector ; I shall be moved no more.

4 How long do you rush in upon a man ? you all
kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall,
and a tottering fence.

5 But they have thought to cast away my price : I
ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth, but
cursed with their heart.

6 But be thou, O my soul, subject to God : for
from him is my patience.

7 For he is my God and my saviour : lie is my
helper, I shall not be moved.

8 In God is my salvation and my glory : he is
the God of my help, and my hope is in God.

9 Trust in him all ye congregation of people:
pour out your hearts before him: God is our helper
for ever.

10 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men
are liars in the balances:! that by vanity they may
together deceive.

I I Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robbe-
ries: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them

12 God hath spoken once, these two things ha\e
I heard, that power belongeth to God, 13 and mercy

I Are liars in the balances, &c. They are so vain and ligltt, that if
they are put into the scales, they will be found to be of no weight ;
and to be mere lies, deceit, and vanity. Or, They are liars in their ba-
lances, by weighing things by false weights, and preferring the temuo-
ral before the eternal.

440

PSALMS.

to thee, Lord: for thou wilt render to every man
•rding to his works.

PSALM I, XII.
Deus Deus meus, ad te.

The prophet atpirtlh after God.

] A psiilin of David when he was in the desert of

Kiloin.

2f\ GOD my God, to thee do I watch at break of
^ day.

For thee my soul bath thirsted ; for thee my flesh,
how nianv ways!

3 In a (It m rt land, and where there is no way,
ami no water: so in the SBOCtnar* 1 have I come be-
fore thee, to see thy power ami thy glory.

4 For thy mercj is better/than lives: thee my lips
shall praise.

5 Thus will I Mess thee all my life long : and in
thy name I will lift up my hands.

6 Let my soul l>e filled as with marrow and fat-
aeat: and my mouth shall praise thee with joy liil
lips.

7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will
meditate on thee in the morning: 8 because thou
hast been niv helper.

And I will rejoice under the covert of thy wings:
9 My soul hath stuck close to thee : thy right hand
hath received me.

10 But they have sought mv soul in vain, they
shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

11 They shall be delivered into the hands of the
■M ord, they shall be the portions of foxes.

I J Hut the king shall rejoice in God, all thev
shall Ik- praised that swear by him : because the
mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

PSALM LXI1I.

I •'. \audi. Deus, orationcm.

A prayer in affliction, uith confidence in Qsni that he. will bring
tit nought the machinations of persecutors.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.
2 TJTEAR, O God, my prayer, when I make stip-
-■--*■ plication to thee : deliver my soul from the
fear of the enemy.

3 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of
the malignant; from the multitude of the workers
of iniquity.

4 For they have whetted their tongues like a
sword; they have bent their bow a bitter tiling, 5 to
shoot in secret the undefiled.

6 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will
not fear: they are resolute in wickedness.

Thev have talked of hiding snares: they have said:
Who shall see them?

7 They have searched after iniquities: they have
failed in their search.

M in shall come to a deep heart:* 8 and God
shall be exalted.

• .1 drtp Krmrt. Thai i«, crafty, subt If, deep project! and design. ;
which n< rertbeless shall not socceed ; for God skull b* exmllrd in bring- -
nr thern to noujrbl bv hit wi»dnm and power.

> TW mm ffddUrm art tkrir w uni s . That it. the wound*, stripes,
or blow*, they aeek to inflict upon the just, are but like the weak ef-

460

The arrows of children are their wounds:f and
their tongues against them are made weak.

All that saw them were troubled; 10 and every
man was afraid.

And i hey declared the works of God : and under-
stood his (loin-s.

11 The just shall rejoice in the Lota\ and shall
hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be
praised.

PSALM LXIV.

Te decet.

God is to be praised in his church, to which ail notions shall be

died.

1 To the end, a psalm til David. The canticle of

.lereinias and F./.echiel to the people ol the capti-
vitv.t when thev began to go out.

2 \ HYMN, O God, becomcth thee in Sion : and
-^*- a \ow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.

3 O hear mv prayer : all llesh shall come to thee.

4 The words of the wicked have prevailed ovei
us: and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

5 Bleated is he whom thou hast chosen, and ta-
ken to thee : he shall dwell in thy coin!

We shall 1m- filled with the good things of thy
Irouse ; holy is thy temple, t> wonderful injustice.

Hear us, O God our saviour, Nafta ail the hope of
all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

7 Thou who pieparest the mountains by thy
sti-emiih. befog girded with power: 8 who troublesl
the depth of the sea. the noise of its Wares.

The gentiles shall he troubled, 9 and thev that
dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at
thy signs: thou sbalt make the outgoings of the
DBOrnrocand of the evening to be joyful:

10 Thou hast risked the earth, and hast plenti-
ful! v watered it : thou hast many w ays enriched it.

The river of (iod is filled with water, thou bast
prepared their food : for so is its preparation.

11 Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multi-
ply its fruits ; it shall spring up and rejoice in its
showers.

12 Thou shall bless the crown of the year of thy
goodness : and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

IS The beautiful places of the wilderness shall
grow fat: and the bills shall be girded about with
joy.

14 The rams of the flock are clothed, and the
\ales shall abound with corn : they shall shout, yea,
they shall sing a hymn.

PSALM LXV.

Jubilate Deo.

An invitation to praise God.

1 Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resnr

rection.
CHOUT with joy to God, all the earth, 2 sing
^ ye a psalm to his name ; give glory to his praise.

forU of child renS arrows, which can do do execution : and fkrir tansy**,
that in, their speeches against them, come to nothing-.

1 Of llu captivity. That is. The people of the captirity of Bah, loo.
Tim is not in the Hebrew, but is found in the ancient translation <4
the SeptuafinL

PSALMS LXVI, LXVH.

S Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O
Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies
shall lie to thee.

4 Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee :
let it sing a psalm to thy name.

5 Come and see the works of God: who is terri-
ble in his counsels over the sons of men.

6 Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river
they shall pass on foot : there shall we rejoice in
him.

7 Who by his power ruleth for ever : his eves be-
hold the nations ; let not them that provoke him be

'exalted in themselves.

8 O bless our God, ye gentiles ; and make the
voice of his praise to be heard.

9 Who hath set my soul to live : and h»th not
suffered my feet to be moved.

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou hast
tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

1 1 Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid
afflictions on our back: 12 thou hast set men over
our heads.

We have passed through fire and water, and thou
hast brought us out into a refreshment.

13 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings:
I will pay thee my vows, 14 which my lips have ut-
tered,

And my mouth +ath spoken, when I was in
trouble.

15 I will offer up to thee holocausts full of mar-
row, with burnt-offerings of rams : I will offer to
thee bullocks with goats.

16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God : and I
will tell you what great things he hath done for my
soul.

17 I cried to him with my mouth : and I extolled
him with my tongue.

18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the
Lord will not hear me.

19 Therefore hath God heard me, and hath at-
tended to the voice of my supplication.

20 Blessed be God, who hath not turned away
my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

PSALM LXVI.

Deus misereatur.

A prayer for the propagation of the church.

1 Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for

David.

2 TVTAY God have mercy on us, and bless us:
-L'A may he cause the light of his countenance

to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

* Who ascendeth upon the west. Super occasum. St. Gregory under-
stands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west,
by his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all be-
fore him. St Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through
the deserts.

+ Of one manner. That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in We, and
following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants
of God living together in his house, which is the church. 1 Tim. iii. 1 5.

1 Them that were bound, &c. The power and mercy of God appears,
in his bringing out of their captivity those that were strongly bound in
their sins: and in restoring to his grace those whose behaviour had
been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were not only dead,
Cut buried in their sepulchres.

3 That we may know thy way upon earth : thy
salvation in all nations.

4 Let people confess to thee, O God : let all peo-
ple give praise to thee.

5 Let the nations be glad and rejoice : for thou
judgest the people with justice, and directest the
nations upon earth.

6 Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all
the people give praise to thee: 7 the earth hath yield-
ed her fruit.

May God our God bless us, 8 may God bless us*
and all the ends of the earth fear him.

PSALM LXVI I.

Exurgat Deus.

The glorious establishment of the church of the new Testament,
prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel.

1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David

himself.

2 1 ET God arise, and let his enemies be scat-
-L^ tered : and let them that hate him flee from

before his face.

3 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away ;
as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked pe-
rish at the presence of God.

4 And let the just feast, and rejoice before God:
and be delighted with gladness.

5 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name:
make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west:*
the Lord is his name.

Rejoice ye before him: but the ivicked shall be
troubled at his presence, 6 who is the father of or-
phans, and the judge of widows.

God in his holy place: 7 God who maketh men
of one mannerf to dwell in a house:

Who bringeth out them that were boundj in
strength; in like manner them that provoke, that
dwell in sepulchres.

8 O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight
of thy people, when thou didst pass through the
desert :

9 The earth was moved, and the heavens drop-
ped at the presence of the God of Sina. at the pre-
sence of the God of Israel.

10 Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free
rain, 11 O God : and it was weakened, but thou hast
made it perfect.

11 In it$ shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweet-
ness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.

12 The Lord shall give the word to them that
preach good tidings II with great power.

|| A free rain. The manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in
favour of God's inheritance, that is, of his people Israel : which wot
weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect bv
God, that is, was still supported by divine providence, and brought on
to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ,
his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the/r« rain of
heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribu-
lations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory.

{ In it, &c. That is, in this church, which is thy fold and thy inhe-
ritance, shall thy animals, thy sheep, dwell: where thou hast plentifully
provided for them.

IT To them that preach good tidings. Evangeliztmtibus. That is, to the
preachers of the gospel ; who receiving the word from the Lord shall
451

PSALMS.

I? Tli. khii of powers* m of the beloved, uf
the beloved ; and the beauty of tin bouae abaJJ di-
vide spoils.

1 \ If \ou steep HMM the midst of lots;f you
sit ill be as the yrings of ■ dmc DOTered with sil-
ver, and the hinder parts of her I Kick with the pale-
Beta of gold.

15 when he thai is in heaven appotateth kin^s

over hrr.t 'hey shall Ik- whiled wiili snow in -Si-
mon, lti The Mountain of Ciod,|| is a fat moun-
tain.

A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. 17 Why
suspect ye curdled mountain-

A mountain in which CjihI is well pleased to
dwell: for there the lord shall dwell unto the end:

18 The chariot ofGodl is attended by ten thou-
sands : thousand*, ot 'them that rejoice: the Lord is
among them in Sina, in the holy place.

19 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led
captivity captive;** thou hast received gifts in men.

\ for those also that do not believe, the dwel-
ling of the Lord (Jod.

20 Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God
of our salvation will make our journey prosperous
tons.

21 Our God is the God of salvation : and of the
Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death. ft

22 But God shall break the heads of his enemies :

the baby crown of them thai walk on in their sins.

23 The Lord said: I will turn them from Ba-
san,tt I w 'll turn tli m into the depth of the sea:

24 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of

with great power and efficacy preach tlirotijjl.oiil tlie world llie glad
Mir, and of eternal »:ilvn urn through Mm.

• Tke king tf passers. That i«, the might y Kmtr. the Ixml of hosts,
u e>/ tke kW of tkt betottd : that i», 11 on the side of Christ kit moil be-
booed tun: ami lu« beautiful house, vi/.. the church, in which God dwells
\ bar spiritual conquests divide tkt tpoilt of many na-
tions. The Hebrew (as it now standi pointed) is thus rendered, TV
Magi of annul kortfied, Ikeu km fUd tmd tkt tkat dvrlh at ho.ne (or the
beauty of tkt koute) ikall dituU tkt tpoUt

f tf you tieep tmongit tkt midit of lots, (inter nudiot clrrnt, tye.) viz.
In such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting
bii for vour goods and persons : or in the midst of tkt loll (inter mediot
terminal, a- Si Jerome renders it; that is, uihiii the very bounds or
borders of the dominions of your ctiuilliw i you shall be secure never-
tbelea* under the .livino protection; and shall be enabled to fly away,
like a dore, with glittering wings, and feather* shining like the palest
and most precious gold ; that is, with great increase of virtue, and
glowing with tho ferrour of charity.

J A\n*io»*r ker. That is, pastors and rulers over his church, viz.
the apostles and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men
he made whiter than the snow which lies on the top of the high
mountain Selmon.

| Tkt mtunlttn tf Qod. The church, which, lotiak ii. 4. is called
Tkt mountain tf Ike smn •/ tkt ljrrd upon Ike too of mountains. It is
here called a fat and « eurdttd mounUin ; that is to sav. most fruitful,
and enriched bv the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Qfcaet,

i Why turoett yr curdled mount tint f Why do ye suppose or imagine
then may beany oilier such curdled mom iken:

the mountain thus favoured by God is but one ; and this same be has
chosen for his dwelling for ever.

1 Tkt tkoriot of Gcd, descending to give his law on Mount Sina : as
also of Jesus ( S.in. ascending into heaven, to tend from

a the II .It Ghost, to publish Ins new law, is attended with ten
thousands, that is, with an innumerable multitude of

** Ltd otptinly eaptire. Car rung away with
who before had been the captives of Satan ; and res •
the Father gifts to be distributed to men ; even to thoae who were be-
fore unbelievers.

461

thy enemies; the toniaic ol ihy dogs lx: red with
the same.

i They have seen thy gD,0gS,|!|j () Clod, the
goings of my God: of nag king who is m his
■aoctuan .

26' lYuices'/, went before joined with singers, in
the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.

i In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from
the fountains of larael.ll

28 There is Benjamin a youth, in testacy of mind.
The princes of Juda ore their leaders: the prin-
ces of Zabulon, the princes of Nephtali.

29 Command thy strength,*** O God : confirm,.
O God, what thou hast wrought in us.

30 From th\ temple in Jerusalem, kings shall
Offer pies, nis 10 thee.

31 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed&vHi the
cougregation of bulls with the kJaeof the people;
who teat to exclude them who are tried with silver.

Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: 32
embassadors shall comeJtJ out of Lgypt: Ethiopia
shall soon stretchout her hands to God.

S3 Sina to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing
ye to the Lord:

Siugyc to God, ->V w ho mounteth above the lea-
ven of heavens, to the east.||||||

Behold, he will give to his \oicetlic voice of pow-
er,^ 36 give jte glorj to God for Israel, bie mag-
nificence, and his power is in the clouds.

36 Gtxl is wonderful in his saints: the God of
Israel is he who w ill give power and strength to his
people. Blessed he God.

ft Tkt inuet from dratk. The Lord alone is master of the ism**, by
which we may escape from death.

JJ I trill' turn them from Bason, tic. I will cast ml sty enemies from
their rkh possessions, signified by Patau, a fruitful country: and I
will drive them into tkt depth of Ike ttt: aod make such a slaughter of
!.at tlic feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood

1 1{ Tky goings. Thy ways, thy proceeding', bv which thou didtl for-
merly take possession of the promised land in throw of tli v p. .
and shall afterwards of the whole world, which thou shall subdue to
thy Son.

il Pnnni. The apostle*, the first converters of nation*; attended
by numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins
consecrated to God.

Tl Frew the fountain*, of Irrael. From whom both Christ and his apos-
tles sprung. By Honjamin, the holy fathers on this place understand
St. I'. ml. who was of that tribe, named here • ftulk, because he was
the last called to the apostleship. Ily ttie princes of Juda, Zabulon,
nnd Nephtali, we may understand the other a|«.«tlos, who were of the
tribe of Juda; orof the tribes of Zabulon and .Nephtali, where our
Lord began Id pram h. Matt. iv. 13. kr.

*•" Command thy ttrengik. Give orders that Ihy strength may be al-
ways with us.

Ttt Rebuke tke wild befit of tkt rtedt : or tkt triU btottt, which lie hid in
Ike rtedt. That is, the devils, who hide themselves in order to surprise
their prey. Or by wild betttt, are here understood persecutors, who,
for all their attempts against tlie Church, arc hut as wttkretdt, whi< h
i -aiuiol prevail against ibetn who are supi>orted by the strength of the
Almighty. The tame are also called the congregation of built r
tin ir rage against the Church) who assemble together all their kuu,
that is, the people, tin . to exclude, if they ran, from <

ami lus inheritance, his constant confessors, who are like si!
by fire.

\' t \ F.mbattadori iktll eomt. aft. It is a prophecy of the conversion at
tiles, and bv name ol ians and Ethiopians.

Ul To tke tail. From Mount Olivet, which is on the east side ot
Jerusalem.

Ml Tkt roiee of potter. That is, he will make hit roie* to be t poverful
by calling from death to life, such as were dead in mortal sin l

TSALMS LXV1I1, LX1X

PSALM LXVIII.

Salvuin me fac, Deus.

Chr7.1l in his pastion declarelh the greatness of his sufferings,
and the malice of his persecutors tlu Jews ; and foretellelk
their t eprobation.

1 Unto the end, for them that shall he changed ;*
for David

eliver it : save me

2 OAVE me, God: for the watersf are come
>3 in even unto my soul.

3 I stick fast in the mire of the deep : and there
is no sure standing.

I am come into the depth of the sea ; and a tem-
pest hath overwhelmed me.

4 I have laboured with crying ; my jaws are be-
come hoarse : my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in
my God.

5 They are multiplied above the hairs of my head,
who hate me without cause.

My enemies are grown strong who have wrong-
fully persecuted me : then did I pay that which I
took not away.J

6 O God, thou knowest my foolishness ; and my
oflfences|| are not hidden from thee.

7 Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for
thee, O Lord the Lord of hosts.

Let them not be confounded on my account, who
seek thee, O God of Israel.

8 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ;
shame hath covered my face.

9 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an
alien to the sons of my mother.

10 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up:
and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are
fallen upon me.

1 1 And I covered my soul in fasting ; and it was
made a reproach to me.

12 And I made hair-cloth my garment : and I be-
came a by-word to them.

13 They that sat in the gate spoke against me :
and they that drank wine made me their song.

14 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord;
for the time of thy good pleasure, O God.

In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the
truth of thy salvation.

15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick
fast : deliver me from them that hate me, and out
of the deep waters.

16 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor
the deep swallow me up : and let not the pit shut
her mouth upon me.

1 7 Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind ; look
upon me according to the multitude of thy tender
mercies.

18 And turn not away thy face from thy servant:
for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

as «t the last day he will by the power of his voice call all the dead
from their graves.

* For ikrm that shall he changed. A psalm for Christian converts, to
remember the passion of Christ.

t The vcatert ; of afflictions and sorrows. My soul is sorrowful even unto
death. Malt. xxvi.

\ I pay that which I took not away. Christ in his passion made restitu-
tion of what he had not taken away, by suffering the punishment due
lo our sins, and so repairing the injury we had done to God.

19 Attend to my soul, and'd
because of my enemies.

20 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confu-
sion, and my shame.

21 In thy sight are all they that afflict me : my
heart hath expected reproach and misery.

And I looked for one that would grieve together
with me, but there was none : and for one that
would comfort me, and 1 found none.

22 And they gave me gall for my food: and in
my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

23 Let their tabled become as a snare before
them, and a recompense, and a stumbling-block.

24 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not;
and their back bend thou down always.

25 Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let
thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

26 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let
there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

27 Because they have persecuted him whom thou
hast smitten ; and they have added to the grief of
my wounds.

28 Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity : and
let them not come into thy justice.

29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the liv-
ing : and with the just let them not be written.

30 But I am poor and sorrowful : thy salvation,
O God, hath set me up.

31 1 will praise the name of God with a canticle .
and I will magnify him with praise.

32 And it shall please God better than a youn^
calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

33 Let the poor see and rejoice ; seek ye God,
and your soul shall live.

34 For the Lord hath heard the poor, and hath
not despised his prisoners.

35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him ;
the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.

36 For God will save Sion,H and the cities of
Juda shall be built up.

And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by in-
heritance.

37 And the seed of his servants shall possess
it : and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

PSALM LXIX.

Dens, in adjutorium.

A prayer in persecution.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to re-

membrance that the Lord saved him.

2 (~\ GOD, come to my assistance ; O Lord,
^^ make haste to help me.

3 Let them be confounded and ashamed that
seek my soul :

4 Let them be turned backward, and Lusn for
shame that desire evils to me :

|| My foolishness and my offences ; which my enemies impute to me :
or the follies and sins of men, which I have taken upon mvself.

} Let their table, &c. What here follows in the style of an impreca-
tion, is a prophecy of the wretched state to which the Jews should
be reduced in punishment of their wilful obstinacy.

U Sion. The catholic church. The cities of Judah, &c. her places nf
worship, which shall be established throughout the world. And there,
viz. in this church of Christ, shall his servants dwell, &.c

453

l'SAI.MS.

v turned awav blushing for

• Pis well, 'tis well *

Let them be present
shame tiiai s;i\ |q me :

5 Let all that seek thee njonr. ami In- dad in
fine: and let Such SB kite tbj saltation say aluavs:

'I'll- Lord Ik- magnified.

But I am needy and |>oor ; O God, help me.

TIiimi an my helper am! my deliverer: O Lord,
nmke no delav.

i'SALM LXX.
In le I Nxnine.

A prayer for per severance.

1 A psalm for David. Of the sous of Jonadab.f

and the former captive*.

IN thee* O Lord, I have hoped, let me new b.
put to cDuiiiNH.ii : J deliver me in thy justice,

and risen- me.

Incline thy ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be thou unto me ■ God, r protector, and a
place of >t i tii-t li : that thou mavst make me safe.

For thou art mv firmament and my refuge.

4 Deliver me, my God, out of the hand of the
sinner, and out of the hand of the transgressor of
the law and of the unjust.

5 For thou art my patience, Lord: my hope,
O Lord, from my youth.

(5 By thee have \ been confirmed from the womb:
from my mother's womb thou art my protector.

Of thee shall I continuallv sing: 7 I am In-come
unto many as a wonder, hut thou art a strong helper.

8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may
sing thy glory ; thy greatness all the day long.

9 Cast me not oil" in the time of old age: when
my strength shall tail, do not thou forsake me.

10 For my enemies have spoken again* me ; and
they that watched mv soul have consulted together.

1 1 Saving: God hath forsaken him; pursue and
take him, for there is none to deliver him.

1 2 O God, be not thou far from me : O my God,
make haste to my help.

13 Let them be confounded, and come to nothing
that detract my soul ; let them lie covered with con-
fusion and shame that seek my hurt.

14 But I will always hope; and will add to all
thy praise.

lo My mouth shall show forth thy justice; thy
salvation all the day long.

Because I have not known learning.! 16 I will
enter into the powers of ihe Lord: O Lord, I will
be mindful of thy justice alone.

17 Thou hast taught me, () God, from my youth :
and till now I will declare thy wonderful works,

18 And unto old age and grey hairs : O God, for-
sake me not,

Until I show forth thy arm to all the generation
that is to come :

Thy power, 10 and thy justice, O God, even to

* 'T.< irtll '/uwv// F.un. r»r»- St. Jerome render* it,***. r«* .'
which is theroice of one insiiltinr an* deriding. Some understand
it a* a deteatalion of deceitful flatterer*

f Of tkeitmi •/ Jotudmh. The ltr< hahites, of whom aee Jeremiai
xnv. Us this addition of the seventy-two interpreters, we gather
that tlm psalm vaa usually sung in tlir'avnagoguc, in the person of tin

the highest great things thou hast dont . O God,

who is like to tin

20 How great troubles hast thou shown me,
many and grievous: and turning thou hast brought
to lite, and hast brought me back again from the
depths ol the earth :

21 Thou hast multiplied thy Magnificence : and
turningto He (BOO hast comforted me.

22 For I will also confess to line lh\ truth with
the instruments ol psaltery : O God. I will sing to
thee with the harp, thou nolj one of Israel.

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice, when 1 shall
siim to thee: and my soul which thou hast re-
deemed.

24 Yea, and my tongue shall meditate on thy jus-
tice all the day : w hen they shall he confounded and
put to shame that seek evils to me.

PSALM 1AM.
Deus, judicium tuum.

A prophecy of I he coming of Christ, and if his kingdom : pre-
figured by SmmWtm mid hit floppy reign.
1 A psalm on Solomon.
2 (~* IVE to the king thy judgment, O God : and
^-*~ to the king's son thy justice :
To judge thy people with justice, and thy poof
w iih judgment.

3 Let the mountains receive peace for the peo-
ple, and the hills justice.

4 He shall judge the poor of the people: and he
shall save the children of the poor : and he shah
humble the oppressor.

5 And he shall continue with the sun, and befort
the moon, throughout all generations.

6 He shall come down like rain upon the fleece
and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

7 In his days shall justice spring up, and abun
dance of peace, till the moon he taken aw ay.

8 And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the
river unto the ends ol the earth.

9 Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down : ana
his enemies shall lick the ground.

10 The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall of-
fer presents : the kings of the Arabians and of Sab?
shall bring gifts :

11 Ana all kings of the earth shall adore him: all
nations shall serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the |>oor from the mighty
and the needy that had no helper.

13 He shall spare the poor and needy: and he
shall save the SOuls of the |ioor.

14 He shall redeem their souls from usuries and
iniquity : and their name shall be honourable in his
sight.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of
the gold of Arabia ; for him they shall always adon ,
they shall bless him all the day.

16 Ami there shall he a firmament on the earth, ||

Rechahitea. and of those who were first carried away into raptu \U .

t LmtwSsw. As much as to say, I build not u|h*i human learning,
Imt oiil> mi the power and justice of God

| Jfirmmmnt on Ikt —rtk. Arc. Tin. may he understood of thecliurch
of Christ, ever firm and risible; and of the flourishing condition of its
coogregatioa.

* Are ended. By this it appears that this psalm, though placed here,
was in order of time the last of those which David composed.

f Fatness. Abundance, and temporal prosperity, which hath en-
couraged them in their iniquity ; and made them give themselves up
to their irregular affections.

t Return here ; or hither. The weak among the servants of Ood,
will be apt oftpn to return to this thought, and will be shocked when
they consider the /uU days, that is, the long and prosperous life of the
wicked; and will ho tempted to make the reflections against provi-
dence which are set down in the following verses.

PSALMS LXXIl

on the tops of mountains : above Lihanus shall the
fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall
flourish like the grass of the earth.

17 Let his name be blessed for evermore: his
name continueth before the sun.

And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be
blessed : all nations shall magnify him.

18 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who
alone doeth wonderful things.

19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for
eVer : and the whole earth shall be filled with his
majesty. So be it. So be it.

20 The praises of David the son of Jesse are end-
ed.*

PSALM LXXII.
Quam bonus Israel Deus.

The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the
tricked, is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God,
who will quickly render to every one. according to his works.

1 A psalm for Asaph.

HOW good is God to Israel, to them that are of
a right heart!

2 But my feet were almost moved; my steps had
Well nigh slipt.

3 Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wick-
ed, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

4 For there is no regard to their death; nor is
there strength in their stripes.

5 They are not in the labour of men: neither shall
they be scourged like other men.

6 Therefore pride hath held them fast : they are
covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

7 Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from
fatness :f they have passed into the affection of the
heart.

8 They have thought and spoken wickedness:
they have spoken iniquity on high.

9 They have set their mouth against, heaven : and
their tongue hath passed through the earth.

10 Therefore will my people return here: J and
full days shall be found in them.

1 1 And they said : How doth God know ? and is
there knowledge in the Most High?

12 Behold, these are sinners ; and yet abounding
in the world they have obtained riches.

13 And I said : Then have I in vain justified my
heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

14 And I have been scourged all the day : and
my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

15 If I said : || I will speak thus ; behold, I should
condemn the generation of thy children.

16 I studied that I might know this thing, it is a
labour in my sight :

17 Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and
understand concerning their last ends.

18 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to thorn :$
when they were lifted up, thou hast cast them down.

19 How are they brought to desolation ! they
have suddenly ceased to be : they have perished by
reason of their iniquity.

20 As the dream of them that awake, O Lord ; so
in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

21 For my heart hath been inflamed, and my
reins have been changed : 22 and I am brought to
nothing, and I knew not.

23 1 am become as a beast before thee : and I
am always with thee.

24 Thou hast held me by my right hand : and by
thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory
thou hast received me.

25 For what have I in heaven ? and besides thee
what do I desire upon earth ?

26 For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted
away ; thou art the God of my heart and the God
that is my portion for ever.

27 For behold, they that go far from thee shall
perish : thou hast destroyed all them that are dis-
loyal to thee.

28 But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to
put my hope in the Lord God :

That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates
of the daughter of Sion.

PSALM LXXIII.

Ut quid, Deus.
A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions.

1 Understanding for Asaph.
f\ GOD, why hast thou cast us off unto the end ?
^-* why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep
of thy pasture ?

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast
possessed from the beginning;

The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast
redeemed; mount Sion in which thou hast dwell.

3 Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the
end ; see what things the enemy hath done wicked-
ly in the sanctuary.

4 And they that hate thee have made their boasts,
in the midst of thy solemnity.

They have set up their ensigns H for signs : 5 ana
they knew not both in the going out, and on the
highest top.

As with axes in a wood of trees, 6 they have cnl
down at once the gates thereof: with axe and hatchet
they have brought it down.

7 They have set fire to thy sanctuary : they have
defiled the dwelling place ofthy name on the earth

|| If I said, Sic. That is, if I should indulge such thoughts as theiie.

} Thou hast put it to them. In punishment of their deceits, or for de-
ceiving them, thou hast brought evils upon them in their last end
which in their prosperity they never apprehended.

H Their ensigns, Sic. They have fixed their colours for signs and
trophies, both on the gates, and on the highest top of the temple : am)
they knew not, that is, they regarded not the sanctity of the place.
This psalm manifestly foretells the time of the Machabees, and the
profanation of the temple by Antiochus.

455

PSALMS.

8 They s:iid in their heart, tin- whole kindred of

them together: Let us abolish all the festival days
ol i i<nl Irom ilif land.

9 Our m^iis we have not seen, there is now no
prophet : and he will know us nomoie.

1<> How long, () (iod. shall the enemy reproach ?
tA the adversary to provoke thy name tor ever ?

1 I Why dost thou turn away thv hand ? and thy
right hand out of the midst of thy Imisoiii for ever.'

I J Hut (iod is our king before ages; he hath
wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

l.> Thou by thv strength didst make the sea firm :*
thoudidst crush the hcadsof thcdrngonsinlhc waters.

14 Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon :
thou hast given him to lie meat for the people of the
Ethiopia ns.

1") Thou hast broken up the fountains and the
torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers. f

16 Thine is the day, and thine is the night : thou
hast made the morning light and the sun.

17 Thou hast made all the borders of the earth :
the summer and the spring were formed by thee.

18 RememlxT this, the enemy hath reproached
the Lord : and a foolish people hath provoked thy
naiin .

19 Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess
to thee : and forget not to the end the souls of thy
poor.

20 Have regard to thy covenant : for they that
are the obscure of the earthf have been filled with
dwellings of iniquity.

21 Let not the humble be turned away with con-
fusion : the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

22 Arise, O God, judge thv own cause : remem-
ber thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath
re p roa ch ed thee all the day.

23 Forget not the voices of thv enemies: the
pride of them that bate thee ascenrjeth continually.

PSALM LWIV.

Conlitebiiiiur tibi.

There is a just judgment to come: therrforelet the tricked take

i an-.

1 Unto the end, corrtipt not,|| a psalm of a canticle

for Asaph.

2 VM7*E will praise thee, () (iod : we will praise,

▼ T and we will call upon thy name.
We will relate thy wondrous works : 3 when I
shall take a time,<$ I will judge justici s.

4 The earth is united, ami all that dwell therein :
1 have established the pillars thereof.

5 I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly :
and to the sinners : Lift not up the horn.

6 Lift not up your horn on nigh : speak not ini-
quity against God.

• TW —jam. By making ibe waters of the Red sea stand like firm
wall*. whiUt Israel Desaed tlirouirti ; and destroying the Egyptian*,
called here aVafMU Irom their cruelty, in the same water*, with their
kin* ; casUna; op their hodiea on the shore to be stript by the Ethio-
pian*, inhahilinr in those days the coast of Arabia.

T Ktkmn risers. That i». Htm tekick ran teith tlremr sfrMau. This
was verified in Jordan, Jome in. and in Arnnn, .Mm*. xx<. 1 t.

t TV ssssars a/ Ike tarla Mean and if noble wretches asaw area fill-
ed, thai i«, enriched, with kmttt* tf aasfsasy, that is, with our estates and

aooa, which they ha»i- uiijii. (U u<murr<l.
B Cerruat tut. Tls believed lo base been the beginning of some

7 For neither from Hit nor from the west,

nor from the desert hills : 8 for God is the fudge.

One he putteth down, and another he Irfteth up:
!» for in the hand ol the Lord thire is a cup ol
strong wine full of mixture.

And he hath poured it out from this to that : but
the dugs thereof are not emptied : all the sinners
ol the earth shall drink.

10 Hut I will declare forever : I will sing to the
Got! of Jacob.

11 And I will break all the horns of sinners:
but the horns of the just shall be exalted.

PSALM l.\\v.

Status in Judaa.
(Sod is knotrn in his i hiirrh : am! i .verts his jtnirrr in protecting
it. It alludes to the slaughter of the Assyrians, in the duys
of Icing Ezechois.

1 Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph : a

canticle lo the Assyrians.

2 TN Judea (iod is know n : his name is great in
-*- Israel :

3 And his place is in peace: and his abode in
Sion :

4 There hath he broken the powers of bows, the
shield, the sword, and the battle.

6 Thou enjigbtenesl wonderfully from the ever-
lasting hills : 6 All the foolish of heart w ere troubled.

They have slept their sleep : and all the men of
riches have found nothing in tin ir hands.

7 At thy rebuke, () God of Jacob, the] have all
slumbered (hat mounted on horseback.

8 Thou art terrible, and who shall resist thee j
from that timeU thy wrath

9 Thou hast caused judgment to Ik- heard from
heaven : the earth trembled, and was still,

10 When (iod arose in judgment to save all the

poeek of the earth.

11 For the thought of man shall give praise to
thee : and the remainders of the thoughts shall keep
holvdny to thee.

12 Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God : all
you that round about him bring presents.

To him that is terrible, 13 even to him whotaketh
away the spirit of princes : to the terrible with the
kings of the earth.

PSALM LXXVI.
Voce mea.

The faithful hare recourse to Cod in trouble of mind, teith con-
fidence in his merry and piiterr.

1 Unto the end, for Idifhun, a psalm of Asaph.
2 ¥ Cried to the Lord with tn\ voice ; to (iod with
M. my voice ; and he gave ear lo me.
3 In the day of my trouble I sought God, with

ode or hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St. An-
(niitine and other fathers take it to he an admonition of the Spirit of
God, not to faint or fail in our nana | >>ut to persevere with ronstancy
in (rood; because God will not fail in his due time to reader to every
man according to his work*.

» When I tkall take a Nav. In proper timet: particularly at the last
day, when la* tart* shall mrtt awav at the presence of (he cretit jixlpe :
ilic .amr » I*, originally laid the foundation! of it, and as it were est*.
hlrshed its pillars.

1 f'rsm laW time, he. From the time that thy wrath shall break
out

PSALM LXXV1I.

my hands lifted up to him in the night : and I was
not deceived.

My soul refused to be comforted : 4 I remember-
ed God, and was delighted, and was exercised :
and my spirit swooned away.

5 My eyes prevented the watches : I was trou-
bled, and I spoke not.

6 I thought upon the days of old : and I had in
my mind the eternal years.

7 And I meditated in the night with my own
heart : and I was exercised, and I swept my spirit.

8 Will God then cast off for ever ? or will he
never be more favourable again ?

9 Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from gene-
ration to generation ?

10 Or will God forget'to show mercy? or will
he in his anger shut up his mercies ?

11 And I said, Now have I begun: this is the
change of the right hand of the most High.

12 I remembered the works of the Lord : for I
will be mindful of thy wonders from the beginning.

13 And I will meditate on all thy works: and
will be employed in thy inventions.

14 Thy way, O God, is in the holy place : who
is the great God like our God ? 15 Thou art the
God that doest wonders.

Thou hast made thy power known among the
nation: 16 with thy arm thou hast redeemed thy
people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.

17 The waters saw thee, O God : the waters
saw thee : and they were afraid, and the depths
were troubled.

1 8 Great was the noise of the waters : the clouds
sent out a sound.

For thy arrows pass ; 19 the voice of thy thun-
der in a wheel.

Thy lightnings enlightened the world : the earth
shook and trembled.

20 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many
waters: and thy foot-steps shall not be known.

21 Thou hast conducted thy people like sheep,
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

PSALM LXXVII.

Attendite.

God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding
their ingratitude.

1 Understanding for Asaph.
A TTEND, O my people, to my law : incline
-t*- your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in parables : I will utter
propositions* from the beginning.

3 How great things have we heard and known,
and our fathers have told us.

4 They have not been hidden from their children,
in another generation.

Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers,
and his wonders which he hath done.

5 And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made
a law in Israel.

* Proposition. Deep and mysterious sayings. By this it appears that
(lie historical facts of ancient times, commemorated in this psalm, were

Sli

How great things he commanded our fathers,
that they should make the same known to their
children : 6 that another generation might know
them.

The children that should be born, and should rise
up, and declare them to their children ;

7 That they may put their hope in God, and may
not forget the works of God : and may seek his
commandments.

8 That they may not become like their fathers, a
perverse and exasperating generation.

A generation that set not their hrart aright ; and
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9 The sons of Ephraim who head and shoot
with the bow: they have turned back in the day of
battle.

10 They kept not the covenant of God: and
in his law they would not walk.

11 And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders
that he had shown them.

12 Wonderful things did he do in the sight of
their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of
Tanis.

13 He divided the sea, and brought them through:
and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.

14 And he conducted them with a cloud by day,
and all the night with a light of fire.

15 He struck the rock in the wilderness: and
gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.

16 He brought forth wa^er out of the rock: and
made streams run down as rivers.

17 And they added yet more sin against him :
they provoked the most High to wrath in the place
without water.

18 And they tempted God in their hearts, by
asking meat for their desires.

19 And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can
God furnish a table in the wilderness ?

20 Because he struck the rock, and the waters
gushed out, and the streams overflowed.

Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his
people ?

21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry :
and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath
came up against Israel.

22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted
not in his salvation.

23 And he had commanded the clouds from
above, and had opened the doors of heaven.

24 And had rained down manna upon them to
eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

25 Man ate the bread of angels : he sent them
provisions in abundance.

26 He removed the south-wind from heaven ; ind
by his power brought in the south-west wind.

27 And he rained upon them flesh as dust ; and
feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

28 And they fell in the midst of their camp,
round about their pavilions.

29 So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly,

deep and mysterious; as being figures of great truths appertaining to
the time of the new testament. ,. „

45T

PSALMS.

and lie gave them their desire : SO tiny were not de-
frauded ol that which they cra\ed.

As yet their meat was in their mouth: ;>1 ami the
wrath of ( IimI came upon them.

And In- slew tiic tat ones amount them, ami
brought down tin- chosen men ol Israel.

32 In nil these things they sinned still: and they
believed not for his wondrous works.

33 And their days were consumed in vanity, and
their years in haste.

34 When be slew them, then they sought him:
and they returned, and came to him early in the
morning.

35 And they rememl>ered that Got! was their help-
er; and the most high ( iod their redeemer.

36 And they loved him with their mouth: and
with their tongue they lied unto him :

37 But their heart was not right with him: nor
were they counted faithful in his covenant.

38 But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins;
and will not destroy them.

And many a time did he turn away his anger;
and did not kindle all his wrath.

39 And he remembered that they are flesh; a
wind that goeth and retumeth not.

40 How often did they provoke him in the desert;
and move him to wrath m the place without wa-
ter ?

41 And they turned back and tempted God ; and
grieved the holy one of Israel.

18 Thev remembered not his hand in the day
that he redeemed them from the hand of him that
afflicted them :

43 How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his
bonders in the field of Tanis.

44 And he turned their rivers into blood, and
their showers that they might not drink.

45 He sent amongst tlieni divers sorts of flies,
which devoured them ; and frogs which destroy i id
them.

46 And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and
their labours to the locust.

47 And lie destroyed their vineyards with hail,
and their niull>erry-trccs with hoar frost.

48 And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and
their stock to the fire.

# 49 And he scut upon them the wrath of his in-
dignation: indignation and \\ rath and trouble, which
he sent by evil angels.

30 lie made a way for a path to his anger: he
spand not their souls from death ; and their cattle
he shut up in death.

51 And he killed all the first-born in the land of
Egypt : the first-fruits of all their lalxmr in the
tabernacles of Cham.

62 And In- took away his own people as sheep;
and guided them in the wilderness like a Hock.

63 And he brought them out in hope, and they
feared not : and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

.')!■ And he brought them into the mountain of his

Jt jf Minm. Tlial i«, firm »" 1 «lr..n -, like the Ix-rn of lUv wm
TbM m ooa of the chietnt of tbe fropottittri of thii [Malm, for. -

4S8

sanctuary : the mountain which his right hand had
purchased.

Vnd he cast out the gentiles before them : and by
lot du hied to them (heir land by a line of distribution.
i \inl he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in
their tabernacles.

.')*; ^ tt they tempted, and provoked the most high
God : and they kept not his testimonies.

57 And they turned away, and kept not tlw co-
venant : even like their fathers tiny wne turned
aside as a CfOohed 1k)W.

58 They provoked him to anger on their hills ;
and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

59 God heard, and despised than: and he reduced
Israel exceedingly as it in rr to nothing.

60 And he put away flit- tabernacle of Silo, his
tabernacle where he dwelt among men.

61 And he delivered their strength into captivity,
and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

62 And he shut up his people under the sword.
and he despised his inheritance.

63 1- ire < on.Mimed their young men : and their
maidens were not lamented.

64 Their priests fell by the sword : and theit
widows did not mourn.

65 And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep,
and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with
wine.

66 And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts .
he put them to an everlasting reproach.

67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph ; and
chose not the tribe of Ephraim :

68 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion
which he loved.

69 And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns,* in
the land which he founded for ever.

70 And he chose his servant David, and took him
from the flocks of sheep : he brought him from fol-
lowing the ewes great with young,

71 To feed Jacob bis servant, and Israel his in
heritance.

72 And he fed them in the innocence of his heart
and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands

PSALM LXXVIH.

Deus, venerunt gentcs.

The ckttrch in time of persecution prnyeth for relief. It seems to
belong to tki time of the Mttci abets.

1 A psalm for Asaph.

OGOD, the heathens are come into thy inherit-
ance, liny have defiled thy holy temple: they
have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.

2 They have nvea the dead bodies of thy ser-
vants to be meat for the fowls of the ail ; the flesh
of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood as water,
round altout Jerusalem ; and there was none to bury
the in.

4 We are beeOUM a reproach to our neighbours
a scorn and derision to them that are round about us

«1m.wiii(j tin- firm rMaolMlimentoflbe one, true, and crcriaslmg tunc
tiiary of God and hucliun li.

PSALMS LXXIX, LXXX.

5 How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for
ever; shall thy zeal he kindled like a fire?

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that iiave
not known thee; and upon the kingdoms that have
not called upon thy name.

7 Because they have devoured Jacob; and have
laid waste his place.

8 Remember not our former iniquities: let thy
mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become ex-
ceeding poor.

9 Help us, O God our Saviour: and for the glory
of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our
sins for thy name's sake :

10 Lest they should say among the gentiles:
Where is their God? And let him be made known
among the nations before our eyes,

By the revenging the blood of thy servants, which
hath been shed : 11 let the sighing of the prisoners
come in before thee.

According to the greatness of thy arm, take pos-
session of the children of them that have been put
to death.

12 And render to our neighbours seven-fold in
their bosom, the reproach wherewith they have re-
proached thee, O Lord.

13 But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pas-
ture, will give thanks to thee for ever.

We will show forth thy praise, unto generation
and generation.

PSALM LXXIX.

Qui regis Israel.

A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemoratinp God's
former favours.

1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a

testimony for Asaph, a psalm.

2 f" 1 IVE ear, O thou that rulest Israel; thou that
^*" leadest Joseph like a sheep.

Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

3 before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses.

Stir up thy might, and come to save us.

4 Convert us, O God: and show us thy face, and
We shall be saved.

5 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be
angry against the prayer of thy servant?

6 How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of
tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

7 Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our
neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

8 O God of hosts, convert us: and show thy face,
and we shall be saved.

9 Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt :
thou hast cast out the gentiles, and planted it.

10 Thou wast the guide of its journey in its
sight : thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled
the land.

1 1 The shadow of it covered the hills : and the
branches thereof the cedars of God.

* Things set on fire, Sic. So this vineyard of thjne, almost consumed
already, must perish if thou continue tny rebukes.

ITht man of thy right hand. Christ.
For the wine- presses, Sic lorcularibus.

It either signifies a musical

12 It stretched forth its branches unto the sea,
and its boughs unto the river.

13 Why hast thou broken down the hedge there-
of; so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it.

14 The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste*
and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.

15 Turn again, O God of hosts ; look down from
heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:

16 And perfect the same which thy right hand
hath planted; and upon the son of man whom thou
hast confirmed for thyself.

17 Things set on fire* and dug down shall perish
at the rebuke of thy countenance.

18 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right
hand;f and upon the son of man whom thou hast
confirmed for thyself.

19 And we depart not from thee, thou shalt
quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.

20 O Lord God of hosts, convert us : and show
thy face, and we shall be saved.

PSALM LXXX.

Exultate Deo.

An invitation to a solemn praising of God.

1 Unto the end, for the wine-presses,J a psalm for

Asaph himself.

2 T> EJOICE to God our helper: sing aloud to the
-*-*' God of Jacob.

3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel :
the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

4 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the
noted day of your solemnity.

5 For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judg-
ment to the God of Jacob.

6 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph,
when he came out of the land of Egypt : he heard a
tongue which he knew not.

7 He removed his back from the burdens: his
hands had served in baskets.

8 Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I de-
livered thee : 1 heard thee in the secret place of tem-
pest :|| I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

9 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee:

Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me, 10 there shall
be no new god in thee : neither shalt thou adore a
strange god.

1 1 For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee
out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and

1 will fill it.

12 But my people heard not my voice: and Is-
rael hearkened not to me.

13 So I let them go according to the desires of
their heart : they shall walk in their own inventions.

14 If my people had heard me; if Israel had
walked in my ways ;

15 1 should soon have humbled their enemies,
and laid my hand on them thai troubled them.

instrument, or that this psalm was to be sung at the feast of the taber-
nacles after the gathering in of the vintage.

|| In the secret place of tempest. Heb. Of thunder. When thou
soughtrsttoAuk thyself from the tempest : or, when I came down ta
mount bina, hidden from thy eves in a storm u( thunder.

"4*2

PSALMS.

16 The enemies of the Lm nave lied to him:
*ind their time shall \n> for ever.*

17 And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and
filled them with lionev out of the nick.

PSALM l.\\\i.
Deus Nut it.

An exhortation to judge* and men in potter.

1 A Pate for Asaph.

(T^.OD hath stood in the congregation of gods: and
^-*" being in the midst qf tin m. he judgeth cods.

2 How long will you judge unjustly; ami accept
the |>ersons of the wicked ?

3 Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice
to the hmnhle and the |>oor.

4 Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of
the hand of the sinner.

5 They have not known nor understood; they
walk on in darkness: all the foundationsof the earth
.shall be moved.

6 I have said : you are gods, and all of you the
sons of the most High.

7 But you like men shall die; and shall fall like
one of the princes.

8 Arise^ O God, judge thou the earth : for thou
shah inherit among all the nations.

PSALM LXXXII.

Deus, quis similis.

A prayer again*! the enetniet of God's church.

1 A canticle of a psalm for Asaph.
2 f\ GOD, who shall be like to thee? hold not
^-' thv peace; neither be thou still, O God.

3 For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they
that hate thee ha\e lifted up the head.

4 They have taken a malicious counsel against
thy people, and have consulted against thy saints.

5 They have said: Come and let us dtiMMj
them, so that they Im> not a nation : and let the name
of Israel he remembered no more.

6 For they have contrived with one consent: they
have made a covenant together against thee, 7 the
ta b er na cles of the Bdotnites, and the Ishmaeliti

Moah, andthe Agnrens,8Gebal, and Ammon. and
Amalec:the Philistines, \\ iththe inhabitantsof Tyre.

9 Yea, and the Insyraa also is joined with them:
they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

10 Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to
Sisara; as to Jahin at the brook of Cisson:

1 1 Who perished at Endor; and became as dung
for the earth.

12 Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and
Zehee, and Salmana.

All their princes, 13 who have said | Let us pos-
sess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.

1 V O mv God, make them like a wheel ; and as
stubble In-fore the wind :

\~> As fire which burnetii the wood ; and as a
flame burning mountains:

• Ttuir limr iWI bt for mtr. Invienitpnt 'inner* thall unffer forever.

t In kit ktmrt k* k*tk dim— 4 I* ***** ky tlrpt. Su-. mention** in cord,
M Mmtnuit. A« *y ■(/•pi won mttndtd lo the tample of lid. Miiuii .1
d a lull : to the good christian atcmJt inward* the eternal temple bv

460

16 So shah thou pursue them with thy tempest
and shall trouble them in thy wrath.

17 hill their faces with shame: and they shall
seek thy name. () Lord.

18 Let them lie ashamed and troubled for BVW
and ever: and let them lie confounded and perish.

19 And let then know thai the Lord is thy name:
thou alone art the most High over all the earth.

PSALM LWMIL

Quam dilecla.

The soul aspirith aftir hcacrn : i>jnning in the mean time, in

being in the commtinitin of Gad's church upon earth.

1 L'nto the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm for

the sons of Core.
~ XX OW lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord oi

■*-■*- hosts! 3 mv soul longeth and fainteth for the
courts of the Lord.

My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in ihe living
God.

4 For the sparrow hath found herself a house,
and the turtle a nest for herself where she ma\ lay
heryouug ones:

Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my
God.

5 Blessed are they that dwell in thv house, O
Lord: they shall praise thee for ever ana ever.

6 Blessed is the man whose help is from tie

in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, t 7
in the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.

8 For the lawgiver shall give a blessing; they
shall go from virtue to virtue : the God of gods shall

■ 11 in Sion.

9 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear,
O God of Jacob.

10 Behold, O God, our protector; and look on
the face of thy Christ.

1 1 For better is one day in thy courts above thou-
sands.

I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my
God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sin-
ners.

12 For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord
will give grace and glon .

13 He will not deprive of good things them that
walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, bleated is the
man that trusted) in thee.

PSALM LXXXIV.

Benedixisti, Domine.
The coming of Christ to bring peace and salvation to man.
1 l'nto the end, for the sons of (ore, a psalm.

OKD, thou hast blessed thy land : thou hast
•XJ turned away the captivity ot Jacob.

3 Thou hast rbrnVea the iniquity ofilsj people:

thou bast covered all their sins.

4 Thou hast initiated all thv ingei : thou hast
turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

5 Convert us, O God our saviour: and III u oft*
thy anger from us.

certain***** of »irtue d uf t t d or ordered within Ihe heart. ■ad'Unawhikl
helirota* yp| in the lx«l\ . in \h\\rau ojlirrt, Ike fdtt which man knthtd
that i», which lie hath brought luiiwlf to ; bring cast out of paradise
fi.r hi* tin.

PSALM LXXXV, LXXXVI, LXXXVIf.

6 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever : or wilt thou
extend tli v wrath from generation to generation _?

7 Thoii wilt turn, God, and hrmg us to life :
and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

8 Show us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy
salvation.

9 I will hear what the Lord God will speak m
me : for he will speak peace unto his people :

And unto his saints : and unto them that are con-
verted to the heart.

10 Surely his salvation is near to them that fear
him : that glory may dwell in our land.

1 1 Mercy and truth have met each other : justice
and peace have kissed.

12 Truth is sprung out of the earth : and justice
-hath looked down from heaven.

13 For the Lord will give goodness: and our
earth shall yield her fruit.

14 Justice shall walk hefore him ; and shall set
his steps in the way.

PSALM LXXXV.

Inclina, Domine.

A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end.

1 A prayer for David himself.

INCLINE thy ear, O Lord, and hear n^ : for 1
am needy and poor.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy :* save thy ser-
vant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried
to thee all the day. 4 Give joy to the soul of thy
servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild ; and
plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer : and attend to
the voice of my petition.

7 1 have called upon thee in the day of my trouble;
because thou hast heard me.

8 There is none among the gods like unto thee,
O Lord : and there is none according to thy works.

9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and
adore before thee, O Lord : and they shall glorify
thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wonderful things:
thou art God alone.

11 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will
walk in thy truth : let my heart rejoice that it may
fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my
whole heart : and I will glorify thy name for ever:

13 For thy mercy is great towards me : and thou
hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

14 O God, the wicked are risen up against mc ;
and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul :
and they have not set thee before their eyes.

15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion,
and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

* l am holy. I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy ser-
»ice.

tThe holy mountains. The apostles and prophet?. Eph. ii. 20.
Rahab. Egypt, &c. To this Sion, which is the church of God,
many shall resort from all nations.

|| Shall not Sion say, &c. The meaning is, tha< Sion,riz. the church,
■hall not only be able to commemorate this or that ; articular person of

16 O look upon me, and have mercy on me
give thy command to thy servant, and save the son
of thy handmaid.

17 Show me a token for good : that they who
hate me may see, and be confounded, beeause thou,

Lord, hast helped me, and hast comforted me.

PSALM LXXXVI.

Fundamenta ejus.

The glory of the church of Christ.

1 For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle.

THE foundations thereof are in the holy moun-
tains:!

2 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the
tabernacles of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.

4 1 will be mindful of Rahabf and of Babylon
knowing me.

Behold the foreigners and Tyre, and the people
of the Ethiopians, these were there.

5 Shall not Sion say:|| This man and that man is
born in her? and the Highest himself hath found-
ed her.

6 The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples
and of princes, of them that have been in her.

7 The dwelling intheeisas it were of all rejoicing.

PSALM LXXXVI I.

Domine Deus salutis.

A prayer of one under grievous affliction : it agrees to Christ

in his passion, and alludes to his death and burial.

1 A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core : unto the

end, for Maheleth,§ to answer, understanding"!
of Eman the Ezrahite.

2 C\ LORD the God of my salvation : 1 have cried
^-^ in the day, and in the night before thee.

3 Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy
ear to my petition.

4 For my soul is filled with evils; and my life hath
drawn nigh to hell.

5 I am counted among them that go down to the
pit: I am become as a man without help, 6 free
among the dead.

Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom
thou reniemberest no more : and they are cast off
from thy hand.

7 They have laid me in the lower pit ; in the dark
places, and in the shadow of death.

8 Thy wrath is strong over me : and all thy waves
thou hast brought in upon me.

9 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from
me: they have set mean abomination to themselves.

I was delivered up, and came not forth; 10 my
eyes languished through poverty.

All the day I cried to thee, Lord: I stretched
out my hands to thee.

I I Wilt thou show wonders to the dead ? or shall
physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

renown born in her, but also to glory in great multitudes of people anj
princes, of her communion ; who have been foretold in the writing*
of the prophets, and registered in the writings of the apostles.

{ Maheleth. A musical instrument, or chorus of musicians, to an-
swer one another.

11 Understanding. Or a psalm of instruction composed by Eman tht
Ezrahite, or by David, in his name.

461

PSALMS.

12 Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mer-
cy, and thv truth in destruction?

13 Shall thy wonders be known in tin- dark; and
tin justice in the land of IbrgetfuIlK

1 I Hut I, O Lord. ba?« cried to thee; and in the
morning my prayer shall prevent thee.

1 ") Lord, why ca-tcth thou off mv prayer: why
turnest thou away thy lace from me ?

16 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and
bciii£ exalted hare bean humbled and troubled.

17 Thy wrath hath come upon me: and tin ter-
rors have trouhled me.

18 They bate CMM round about me like water
allthedav : they ha vc compassed me about together.

19 Friend aiid neighbour tl hast put far from

me; and my acquaintance, because ol misery

PSALM L\ XXVIII.
Misericord ias Domini.
The perytrtuitu of the church of Christ, in consequence of the
promises of God ; whirh notwithstmuling, God permits her to
infer sometimes most grievous affliitiont.

1 Of understanding, for Kthan the K/.rahite.
2 FTMIK mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever.
JL 1 will show forth thy truth with my mouth
to generation and generation.

3 For thou hast said : .Mercy shall he built up for
r in tin' heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in

them.

4 I have made a covenant with my elect: I have
sworn to David my servant : 5 Thy seed will 1 set-
tle f«>r ever.

And I will build up thy throne unto generation and
generation.

fi The heavens shall confess thv wonders, O Lord:
and thy truth in the church of the saints.

7 For who in the clouds can be compared to the
Lord: or who anions the sons of Ciod shall be like
to God?

8 God who is glorified in the assembly of the
saints: 0Otf and terrible above all them that are
about him.

'.) ( ) Lord (iod of hosts, who is like to thee? thou
art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about
thee.

10 Thou rulest the power ol the sea: and ap-
peasest the motion of the waves thereof.

1 I Thou hast bumbled the proud one. as our that
is slain : w ith the arm of thy strength thou hast scat-
tered thv enemies.

I 1 Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth :
the world and I he fulness thereof thou hast founded :
1.; the north and the sea thou hast created.

Thabor and Mention shall rejoice in thy name:
14 thy arm is with might.

Let thv hand be strengthened, and thy right hand
Ited : 15 justice and judgment are the prepara-
tion of thy throne.

Mercj and truth shall go before thy face: 1 6 bless-
ed is the people thai kaoweth jubilation.

They shall walk, () Lord, in the light of thy

• Orrrtkrotn the mennt. kc. All the term* lo rrlile to thr time
•f the raplivity of B.a.,h>n, m which, for ll* lint of the reoj>lc and

^ m

countenance : 17 and in thy name they shall rejoice
all the dav ; and in thv justice they shall l»e exalted.

18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and
in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.

19 1 or our protection is of the Lord, and of our
king the holv one of Israel.

W Then thou s|H.kest in a vision to thy saints,
and saidst : I have laid help upon one that is mighty,
and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

21 I have found* Dav id my servant : with mv holy
oil I have anointed him.

22 For my hand shall help him : and mv arm
shall strengthen him.

I The enemj shall have no advantage over him :
nor the son of iniquity have power to -hurt him.

; And I will cut down bis enemies before his
fact : end them (hat bate him I will put to flight.

25 And my truth ami my mercy shafl be with him:
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

26 And I will set his hand in the sea; and his
rLht hand in the rivers.

27 He shall cry out to me : Thou art my father;
my God, and the support of my salvation.

28 And 1 will make him my iirst-born, high above
the kings of the earth.

29 I^ill keep my mercy for him for ever: and
my covenant faithful to him.

30 And I will make his seed to endure for ever-
more; and his throne as the days of heaven.

31 And if his children forsake mv law , and walk
not in my judgments :

32 If they profane my justices : and keep not my
commandments :

33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod ; and
their sins with stripes.

34 Hut my mercj 1 will not take away from him :
nor will I sutler mv truth to fail.

!"i Neither will I profane my covenant: and the
words that proceed from mj mouth I will not make
void.

36 Once have I sworn by mv holiness: I will not
lie unto David: 37 his seed shall endure for ever.

38 And his throne as the sun before me ; and as
the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness j n
Ik BVen.

31) Hut thou hast rejected and despised : thou hast
been angry n Ufa thy anointed.

40 Thou hast overthrow n the covenant* of thy

thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the

thou
he

servant
earth.

41 Thou hast broken down all his hedges:
hast made his strength fear.

42 All that pass by (he way have robbed him
is become a reproach to his neighbours.

43 Thou hast set up the ri^ht hand of them that
oppress him : thou hast made all his enemies lo re-
joice.

■VI Thou hast turned away the help of his swortl ;
and hast not assisted him in battle.

45 Thou hast made his purification to cease : and

thou hast cast his throne (town to the ground.

; 'inrn, God mm m o d to have art aside lor a while the covenM>
he made with David.

PSALMS LXXXIX, XC.

46 Thou hast shortened the days of his time : thou
hast cou-nd liini with confusion.

47 How Ibng, O Lord, turnest thou away unto
the end ? shall thy anger burn like fire?

48 Remember what my substance is : for hast
thou made all the children of men in vain ?

49 Who is the man that shall live, and not see
death* that shalldeliverhissoul from the hand of hell?

50 Lord, where are thy ancient, mercies, accord-
ing to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth ?

51 Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy
servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many
nations :

52 Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O
Lord ; wherewith they have reproached the change
of thy anointed.

53 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it,
so be it.

PSALM LXXXIX.
Domine, refugium.

A prayer for the mercy of God ; recounting the shortness and
miseries of the days of num.

1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

LORD, thou hast been our refuge from genera-
tion to generation.

2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth
and the world was formed ; from eternity and to
eternity thou art God.

3 Turn not man away* to be brought low : and
thou hast said : Be converted, O ye sons of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as yester-
day, which is past.

And as a watch in the night, 5 things that are
counted nothing, shall their years be.

6 In the morning man shall grow up like grass;
in the morning he shall flourish and pass away ; in
the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.

7 For in thy wrath we have fainted away ; and
are troubled in thy indignation-

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes ;
our life in the light of thy countenance.

9 For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath
we have fainted away.

Our years shall be considered as a spiderf : 10
the days of our years in them are threescore and
ten years.

But if in the strong they be fourscore years : and
what is more of them is labour and sorrow. .

For mildness is come upon us :{ and we shall be
corrected.

11 Who knoweth the power of thv anger, and
for thy fear 12 can number thy wrath ?

So make thy right hand known, and men learned
in heart in wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord, how long ? and be entreated
in favour of thy servants.

14 We are filled in the morning with thy mercy :
and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.

* Turn not man atony, Sic. Suffer him not quite to perish from thee,
«nce thou art pleased to call upon him to be converted to thee.

T «9s o spider. As frail and weak as a tpider's web ; and miserable
irithal, whilst, like a spider, we spend our bowels in weaving webs to
■;atch flies.

15 We have rejoiced for the days in which thou
hast humbled us ; lor theyears in which we have seen
evils.

16 Look upon thy servants and upon their works;
and direct their children.

17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God
be upon us : and direct thou the works of our hands
over us ; yea the work of our hands do thou direct.

PSALM XC.

Qui habitat.

Thejust is secure under the protection of God-

1 The praise of a canticle for David.
T-TE that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High,
-■--*- shall abide under the protection of the Godot
Jacob.

2 He shall say to the Lord : thou art my protec-
tor, and my refuge : my God, in him will I trust.

3 For he hath delivered me from the SHareof the
hunters, and from the sharp word.

4 He will overshadow thee with his shoulders:
and under his wings thou shalt trust.

5 His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou
shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night;

6 Of the arrow that flieth in the day ; of the bu-
siness that walketh about in the dark ; of invasion,
or of the noon-day devil.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thou-
sand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 But thou shalt consider with thy eyes ; and
shalt see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou, O Lord, art my hope : thou hast
made the Most High thy refuge.

10 There shall no evil come to thee : nor shall
the scourge come near thy dwelling.

1 1 For he hath given his Angels charge over thee ;
to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 In their hands they shall bear thee up ; lest
thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk,
and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the
dragon.

14 Because he hoped in me, 1 will deliver him :
I will protect him, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall cry to me, and I will hear him : I
am with him in tribulation : 1 will deliver him, and

1 will glorify him.

16 1 will fill him with length of days : and 1 will
show him my salvation.

PSALM XCI.

Bonum est confiteri.

God is to be praised for his wondrous irorks.

1 A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath-day.

2 TT is good to give praise to the Lord ; and to
■*- sing to thy name, O Most High:

3 To show torth thy mercy in the morning, and
thy truth in the night :

4 Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the
psaltery ; with a canticle upon the harp.

f Mildness is come upon us, &c. God's mildness corrects us ; inasmuch
as he deals kindly with us, in shortening the days of this miserable
life; and so weaning our affections from all its transitory enjoyment*
and teaching us true wisdom.

463

PSALMS.

5 For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in
thy doings: and iu the works of thy hands 1 shall re-
join.

6 O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts
are exceeding deep.

7 The senseless man shall not know: nor \\ ill
the fool understand these things.

8 When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and
all the workers of iniquity shall appear,

That they may perish tor ever and ever: 9 but
thou, O Lord, art .Most High for evermore.

10 For Ixhold, thy enemies, <) Lord, for behold
thj[ enemies shall perish : and all the workers of ini-
quity shall be scattered.

11 Hut inv horn shall be exalted like that of the
unicorn : and my old age in plentiful mercy.

1J M\ eye also hath looked down upon my ene-
mies: and my ear shall \u-.\r of the downfall of the
malignant that rise up against me.

I.! The just shall flourish like the palm-tree : he
shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

\\ They that are planted in the house of the
Lord, shall flourish iu the courts of the house of our
God.

15 They shall still increase in a fruitful old age ;
and shall be well treated, 16 that they may show,

That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is
no iniquity in him.

PSALM XC1I.
Hominus regnavit.

The glory and stability of thr kingdom, that is of the church of

Christ.
Praise in the way of a canticle, for David himself,

on the day before the sabbath, when the earth was

founded.
1 MM UK Lord hath reigned: he is clothed with
-*■ beauty : the Lord is clothed with strength,
and hath girded himself.

For he hath established the world which shall not
he moved.

2 Thy throne is prepared from of old : thou art
from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord ; the floods
have lifted np their voire.

The Hoods have lifted up their waves, !■ with the
noise of many waters.

Wonderful are the surges of the sea : wonderful
is the Lord on high.

5 Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credi-
ble : holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto
length of days.

PSALM XCIII.

Dens iiltionum.

God shall judge and punish thr oppressors of hi* people.

A psalm for David himself, on the fourth day of the

week.

I rpilF. Lord is the God to whom revenue belong-
•*- eth : the God of revenge hath acted freely.

• Re* ferns Ik* nil dmuu That thou mavM mitigate the >orr«iw«, to
whiih he i« expovd, during the «Wt and eril da\» <>( tu« Mortality.

| I'hIiI juiliet h, turned into judgment, kc. Bv heing put in execu-
tion ; which will be agreeable to mil Ike upright in ktmrt-

J Oort tkt stmt *f Mfwtty stick to ike,, fcc. That ■-, will thou, O God,

2 Lift upthxself, thou that judgest the earth : rpn-
<ler a reward to the proud.

• > How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall
sinners glory t

4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity : shall all
speak who work injustice?

6 Thy people, () Lord, they have brought low :
and they have afflicted thy inheritani

G They have slain the widow and the Stranger !
and thej have murdered the fatherless.

7 And thej kavfl said : The Lord shall not v
neither shall tbeGod of Jacob understand.

8 Understand, ye senseless among the people :
and you tools, be u ise at last.

9 He that planted the ear, shall he "not hear? or
he that formed the eye, doth he not consider.'

10 lie that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke :
he that tencheth man knowledge?

11 The Lord know eth the thoughts of men, that
they are vain.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct,

Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil
days:* till a pit be dug for the wicked.

14 For the Lord will not cast off his people :
neither will he forsake his own inheritance.

15 Until justice be turned into judgment if and
they that are near it are all the upright iu heart.

1G Who shall rise up for me against the evil doers?
or who shall stand With me against the workers of
iniquity.

17 Unless the Lord had been my helper; my
soul had almost dwelt iu hell.

18 If I said : My foot is moved; thy mercy, O
Lord, assisted me.

19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in
my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee,! who
framest labour in commandment ?

21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and
will condemn innocent blood.

22 But the Lord is my refuge ; and my God the
help of my hope.

23 And he will render them their iniquity : and
in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our
God will destrov them.

PSALM XCIV.
Venite, exultemus.

An inritatinn to adorr and srrre God, and to hear his voice.
Praise of a canticle for David himself.

1 /^OMK, let lis praise the Lord with joy: letus
^ joyfully siim to God our Saviour.

2 Let us come before his prcseiier w ith thanks-
giving ; and make a joyful noise to him w ith psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King
above all gods.

4 For in his hand are all the ends of the earth :
and the heights of the mountains are his.

Iwar* ju»t, admit of the —t mf iniauit* ; that i«. of injuMicr,
.. to hare any partnership with thee ? TIm>u vk»

who art al way
or unjust ,

frmmetl, <<r make*!, Uimr in camnundmrnl. that i«, thou wlio oblige*!
ut to Imbour with all diligence to keep thy c*nm*ndmnlt.

PSALMS XCV, XCVI, XCVII, XCVIII.

5 For the sea is his, and he made it : and his
hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let us adore and fall down, and weep
before the Lord that made us.

7 For he is the Lord our God : and we are the
people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 To-day if you shall hear his voice, harden not
your hearts :

9 As in the provocation, according to the day of
temptation in the wilderness : where your fathers
tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

10 Forty years long was I offended with that
generation, and I said : These always err in heart.

1 1 And these men have not known my ways :
so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter
into my rest.

PSALM XCV.

Cantate Domino.

An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and

his kingdom.

1 A canticle for David himself, when the house
was built* after the captivity.

SING ye to the Lord a new canticle : sing to the
Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing ye to the Lord, and bless his name : show
forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the gentiles; his won-
ders among all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be
praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the gentiles are devils: but
the Lord made the heavens.

6 Praise and beauty are before him ; holiness and
majesty in his sanctuary.

7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the
gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour :

8 bring to the Lord glory unto his name.
•Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts:

9 adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

Let all the earth be moved at his presence. 10
Say ye among the gentiles : The Lord hath reigned.

For he hath corrected the world, which shall not
be moved : he will judge the people with justice.

1 1 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be
glad : let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:
12 the fields and all things that are in them shall
be joyful.

Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice 13
before the face of the Lord, because he cometh ;
because he cometh to judge the earth.

He shall judge the world with justice, and the
people with his truth.

PSALM XCVI.

Dominus regnavit.

AR are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of

Christ.

1 For the same David, when his land was restored

again to him.
HP HE Lord hath reigned; let the earth rejoice:
-*- let many islands be glad.

* When the house was built, Slc. Alluding to that limp, and then or-
derM to be. sung: but principally relating to the building of the
church of Christ, after our redemption from the captivitv of satan.

2 Clouds and darknessf are round about him :
justice and judgment are the establishment of his
throne.

3 A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his
enemies round about.

4 His lightnings have shone forth to the world ■
the earth saw, and trembled.

5 The mountains melted like wax, at the pre-
sence of the Lord ; at the presence of the Lord, all
the earth.

6 The heavens declared his justice : and all
people saw his glory.

7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven
things, and that glory in their idols.

Adore him, all you his Angels : 8 Sion heard,
and was glad.

And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of
thy judgments, Lord.

9 For thou art the most high Lord over all the
earth : thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

10 You that love the Lord, hate evil : the Lord
preserveth the souls of his saints : he will deliver
them out of the hand of the sinner.

1 1 Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right
of heart.

12 Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord : and give praise
to the remembrance of his holiness.

PSALM XCVII.

Cantate Domino
All are again invited to praise the Lord, fm ..he victories of

Christ.

* 1 A psalm for David himself.

SING ye to the Lord a new canticle : because he
hath done wonderful things.
His right hand hath wrought for him salvation,
and his arm is holy.

2 The Lord hath made known his salvation : he
hath revealed his justice in the sight of the gentiles.

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth
toward the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation
of God.

4 Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: make melo-
dy, rejoice and sing.

5 Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the
harp, and with the voice of a psalm : 6 with long
trumpets, and sound of cornet,

Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king :
7 let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.

8 The rivers shall clap their hands, the moun-
tains shall rejoice together 9 at the presence of the
Lord ; because he cometh to judge the earth.

He shall judge the world with justice, and the
people with equity.

PSALM XCVIII.

Dominus regnavit.

The reign of the Lord in Sion; that is, of Chiist in his

Church.

1 A psalm for David himself.

f Clouds and darkness. The coming of Christ in the clouds w ith
great terror and majesty to judge the world, is here prophesied.

4«

PSALMS.

Til E Lord hath reigned, l< t the people be engrj :*
he thai ntteth oa the cherubim* : let the earth

moved.

J The Lord is great in Sion, and high above
all people.

3 Let them give praise to ihy treat name: for it
i> terrible and holy : 4 and the King*! honour lovetfa
judjonenuf

Thoo bast prepared directions:} thou hast done
judgment and justice in Jacob.

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his
foot-stool, || for it is holy.

6 Mosea and Aaron among his priests :$ and
Samuel among them that call upon his name.

They called upon the Lord, and he heard them:
7 lw spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud.

They kept his testimonies, and the command-
ment which lie gave them.

8 Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God : thou
«,hi a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance
on all their inventions.!

9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his
holy mountain : for the Lord our God is holy.

PSALM XCIX

Juhilate Deo.

All are incited to rejoice in God the Creator of all.

1 A psalm of praise.
2 WING joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye
^ the Lord with gladness.
Come in before his presence with exceeding great

joy-

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : he made
us, and not we ourselves.

rVe are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts
u it li hymns : and give glory to him.

Pram ye his name: 5 for the Lord is sweet,
\n> mercy endureth' for ever, and his truth to gene-
ration and generation.

PSALM C.
Misericordiam &t judicium.

The prophet exhortcth all by his example, to follow mercy and

justice.

1 A psalm for David himself.

MERCY and judgment I will sing to thee, O
Lord:
1 \\ ill sing, 2 and I will understand** in the un-
spotted way, when thou shalt come to me.

• Let the profit ht angry. Though many enemies res*, and the
whole earth be stirred up to oppose the reign of Christ, he shall still
prevail.

JL—ttk judgment. Requireth discretion.
DirmHtmt. Most right and iust laws to dirttt mm.
Aiort his foot-stooL The ark of the covenant was called, in the
testament, God's fool-stool: over which he was understood to sit,
on his propitiatory, or mercy-seat, as on a throne, between tlie wings
of the cherubim*', in the sanctuary : to which the children of Israel
paid a great veneration. But as this psalm evidently relates to Christ,
and the new testament, where the ark has no place, the holy fathers
understand this text, of the worship paid by the church to the body
and blood of Chn»t in the sacred mysteries:' inasmuch as the humam-
iv of ( brut is. as it were, the foot stool of the divinity. So St. Am-

.f,..

I walked in the innocence ol my heart, in the
midst of my house.

15 I did not set before my cms any unjust thing:
I hated tin: workers of iniquities.

4 The perverse heart did not cleave to me : and
the malignant, that turned aside from me, 1 would
not know.

5 The man that in private detracted his ncigh-
bour ; him did I persecute.

\\ ith him that had a proud eye, and an unsala-
ble heart, 1 would not eat.

6 My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth,
to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect

ma . lie served me.

7 He that workcth pride shall not dwell in the
midst of my house : he that speaketh unjust tilings
did not prosper before my eyes.

8 In the morning I put to death all the wicked
of the land ; that I might cut off all the workers of
iniquity from the chj of the Lord.

PSALM CI.

Domine, exaudi.
A prayer for one in affliction : the fifth penitential psalm.

1 The prayer of the poor man. when lie was anxious,
andpoured out his supplication before the Lord.

2 TJEAR, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry
•*--»- come to thee.

3 Turn not away thy face from me: in the day
when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me.

In what day soever 1 shall call upon thee, hear
me speedily.

4 Eor my days are rarusbfld like smoke, and my
hones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is wither-
ed : because I forgot to eat my bread.

6 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone
hath cleaved to my flesh.

7 I am become like to a pelicanft of the wilder-
ness : 1 am like a night-raven in the boast*

8 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow,
all alone on the house-top.

9 All the day long my enemies reproached me :
and they that praised me did swear against me.

10 I 'it I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled
my drink with weeping.

11 Because of thy anger and indignation: for
bavine lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

12 My days have declined like a shadow, and I
am withered like grass.

brose, L. 3. de Spiritu Sancto, c. IS; and St. Augustine upon this
psalm.

I Mosts rmi Jlanm among his musts. By this it is evident, that Mo-
Ma also was a priest, and indeed the chief priest, inasmuch as he cow-
secrated Aaron, anil offered sacrifice for him. Leviticus viii. So that
his pre-eminence over Aaron makes nothing for lay-church headship.

T .111 their inventions. That is, all the enterprises of their cnemiea
against tin m, as in the case of Core, Dailian anil Abiron.

** I inli mndtrttml, fcc. That is, I will apply my mind, I will do
my endeavour, to know and to follow ilie perfect tray o'f thy command-
ments : not trusting to my own strength, but relting on Uiv toming
to me bv thy grace.

it A ptiiemn, kc. I am become, through grief, like birds that affect
solilude and darkness.

PSALMS en, cm

13 But thou, Lord, endurest for ever; and thy
memorial to all generations.

14 Thou shaft arise, and have mercy on Sion:
for it is time to have mercy on it ; for the time is
come. ,

15 For the stones thereof have pleased thy ser-
vants : and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

17 For the Lord hath built up Sion : and he shall
be seen in his glory.

1 8 He hath had regard to the prayer of the hum-
ble : and he hath not despised their petition.

19 Let these things be written unto another gene-
ration : and the people that shall be created shall
praise the Lord :

20 Because he hath looked forth from his high
sanctuary : from heaven the Lord hath looked upon
the earth :

21 That he might hear the groans of them that
are in fetters : that he might release the children of
the slain :

22 That they may declare the name of the Lord
in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem.

23 When the people assembled together, and kings
to serve the Lord,

24 He answered him in the way of his strength ;*
Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

25 Call me not away in the midst of my days :
thy years are unto generation and generation.

26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the
earth : and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

27 They shall perish, but thou remainest : and all
of them shall grow old like a garment :

And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they
shall be changed. 28 But thou art always the self-
same, and thy years shall not fail.

29 The children of thy servants shall continue :
and their seed shall be directed for ever.

PSALM CII.

Benedic, anima.

Thanksgiving to God for his mercies.

1 For David himself.

BLESS the Lord, O my soul : and let all that is
within me bless his holy name.

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget
all he hath done for thee.

3 Who forgiveth all thy iniquities : who healeth
all thy diseases :

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction : who
crowneth thee with mercy and compassion :

5 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things : thy
vouth shall be renewed like the eagle's.

6 The Lord doeth mercies and judgment for all
that, suffer wrong.

7 He hath made his ways known to Moses ; his
wills to the children of Israel.

* He answered him in the way of his strength. That is, the people men-
tioned in the foregoing verse, or the penitent, in whose person this psalm
i^ ivhvered, answered the Lord in the way of his strength ; that is, accord-
in? to the hest of hi« power and strength ; or when he was in the

8 The Lord s compassionate and merciful long
suffering and plenteous in mercy.

9 He will not always be angry : nor will he
threaten for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us according to our
sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For according to the height of the heaven
above the earth ; he hath strengthened his mercy
towards them that fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath
he removed our iniquities from us.

13 As a father hath compassion on his children,
so hath the Lord compassion on them that few him :
14 for he knoweth our frame.

He remembereth that we are dust: 15 man's
days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall
he flourish.

16 For .the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall
not be : and he shall know his place no more.

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and
unto eternity upon them that fear him :

And his justice unto children's children, 18 to
such as keep his covenant,

And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven :
and his kingdom shall rule over all.

20 Bless the Lord, all ye his angels : you that are
mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearken-
ing to the voice of his orders.

21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts : you ministers
of his that do his will.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works : in every place
of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord,

PSALM CHI.

Benedic, anima.

God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful provi-
dence.

1 For David himself.

BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God,
thou art exceedingly great.
Thou hast put on praise and beauty : 2 and art
clothed with light as with a garment.

Who stretchiest out the heaven like a pavilion :
3 who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water:
Who makest the clouds thy chariot : who walk-
est upon the wings of the winds.

4 Who makest thy Angels spirits ; and thy minis-
ters a burning fire :

5 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases:
it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

6 The deep like a garment is its clothing : above
the mountains shall the waters stand.

7 At thy rebuke they shall flee : at the voice of
thy thunder they shall fear.

8 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend
into the place which thou hast founded for them.

9 Thou hast set abound which they shall not pass
over : neither shall they return to cover the earth.

flower of his age and strength ; inquiring after the fewness of his dayt;
to know if he should live long enough to see the happy restoration of
Sion, &c.

467

10 Thou nudes* forth springs in the vales: !><•-
tweea tin- midst of the bills the waters snail pa

1 1 All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild
s shall expect in their thirst.

I j< >ver them the birds of the air shall dwell: from
the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voi

13 rhou wateresl the hills from thv upper rooms:
tli

..rtl. shall ho filK-d with the fruit ol thj works:

1 i Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb lor the

service of men. > ■.-

That Ukm maw bring bread out of the earth: to

and thai wine maj cheer the heart of man.
Thai he may make the face cheerful with oil: and

that bread maj strengthen man's heart.

[Tie trees of the field shall be filled, and the

i Libanus which he hath planted : 17 there

the sparrows shall make their nests.

The highest of them is the house of the heron.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock
I.M the in hins.

19 He bath made the moou for seasons : the sun
knoweth his going down. .....

2H i Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night :
in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about.

21 The young lions roaring alter their prey, and
seeking their meat from God.

:: The sun ariseth, and they are gathered toge-
ther: and thev shall lie down in their dens.

I Man shall go forth to his work, and to his la-
bour until the evening.

24 How great are thv works, O Lord ! thou hast
made all things in wisdom ; the earth is filled with
ibv riches.

23 So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its
arms: there are creeping things without number;
itures little and great. 26 There the ships

shall go. ,

This sea-dragon which thou hast formed to play
therein. 27 All expect of thee that thou give them
food in season.

28 What thou givest to them they shall gather up:
when thou opencst thy hand, they shall all be filled

29 But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall
be troubled ; thou shalt take away their breath, and
thev shall fail, and shall return to their dust.

30 Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall
be created : and thou shall renew the face ol the earth.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever;
the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

lb lookcth upon the earth, and inakcth it
i remble : he toucheth the mountains, and thej smoke.

I u ill sum to the Lord as Long as 1 live :
■'tug praise to mj <i<>d while I have my bein
, Lei my speech be acceptable to him
will take delight in the Lord.

1 ,<t sinners be consumed out of the earth, and
the rnriusL so that they be »<> more: O my soul, bless
thou the Lord.

rSALMS.

PSALM CIV.

Coiifitemiui Domino.
A thanksgiving to (iwlfur hi* benefits to Ais people Israel

Alleluia.

Gl\ E glon to the Lord, and call upon his name :
ill i I, ire his deeds anion;; the gntil

2 Sins to him, fee sin:; praises to him : relate all
his wondrous works.

3 Glory ye in his hob name: let the heart of them
rejoice, that seek the Lord.

4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened : seek
his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath
done; his wonders, and the judgment! of bis mouth.

6 O ye seed of Abraham hii servant ; ye sons of
Jacob his chosen.

7 I le is the Lord our God ; his judgments arc in
all the earth.

8 He hath remembered his covenant forever: the
w<wd which he commanded lo a thousand generations:

9 Which be made to Abraham ; and his oath to
1 saac.

10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law,
and to Israel for an everlasting testament :

11 Saying : To thee will 1 gi\c the land of Cha-
naan, the lot of your inheritance.

12 When they were but a small number, yea very
lew and sojourners therein :

13 And they passed from nation to nation, and
from one kingdom to another people.

14 He suffered no man to hurt them : and he re-
proved kings for their takes.

15 Touch ye not my anointed : and do no evil to
my prophi is.

16 And he called a famine upon the land: and
he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

17 He sent a man before tliem ; Joseph, who was
sold for a slave.

18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron
pierced his soul, 19 until his word came.

The word of the Lord inflamed him. 20 The
king sent, and he released him ; the ruler of the
people, and he set him at liberty.

21 He made him master of his house, and rulei
of all his possession.

22 That he might instruct his princes as himself,
and teach his ancients u iadoB).

23 And Israel went into Egypt; and Jacob was
a sojourner in the land of Cham.

24 And he increased his people i jo i dingly; and
strengthened them over their enemies.

but 1

• )U twnui Uuii html, tw.. Not tfaal Ood (who ■ never the author
of tin) rmired the Kcrptiai" to bate and pei>. .ople ; but

thai tlie I »>k«n.o—ioi of bfttiaf K"'l •■"» J'inf litem, from

ihe tifht of the benefit* win. h God b«-.towr.l npM them.

25 He turned their heart* to hate his people ;
and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

26 He sent Moses his servant ; Aaron the man
w bom he had chosen.

27 He gave them power to show his signs, and
his wonders in the land of (ham.

28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure : and
grieved not his words, t

f Grirrrd net kil teordt : That i», he «» not wanting to fulfil lii<
word- ! not rrier* Uimnu, tint i», hi, mni, thr c-hildn-n ol

. njoyed liffht whilst tin- I i '>p|>ni*cd wit>

darknea*.

M .

PSALM CV.

29 He turned their waters into blood, and de-
stroyed their fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner
chambers of their kings.

31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies,
and cinifes* in all their coasts.

32 He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in
their land.

33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig-
trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bru-
chus,t of which there was no number.

35 And they devoured all the grass in their land,
and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

36 And he slew all the first born in their land ;
the first fruits of all their labour.

37 And he brought, them out with silver and
gold : and there was not among their tribes one
that was feeble.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed : for
the fear of them lay upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and
fire to give them light in the night.

40 They asked, and the quail came : and he fill-
ed them with the bread of heaven.

41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed : ri-
vers ran down in the dry land.

42 Because he remembered his holy word, which
he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

43 And he brought forth his people with joy,
and his chosen with gladness.

44 And he gave them the lands of the gentiles :
and they possessed the labours of the people :

45 That they might observe his justifications, t
and seek after his law.

PSALM CV.

Confitemini Domino.
A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites.

Alleluia.

GIVE glory to the Lord, for he is good : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who shall declare the powers of the Lord ?
who shall set forth all his praises ?

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do
justice at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy
people : visit us with thy salvation.

5 That we may see the good of thy chosen, that
we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation : that thou
mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

6 We nave sinned with our fathers : we have
acted unjustly : we have wrought iniquity.

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in
Egypt : they remembered not the multitude of thy
mercies.

* Cinifes. See the annotation, Exod. viii. 16.

!Bruchus, an insect of the locust kind.
His justifications. That is, his commandments ; which here and
in many other places of the scripture, are called justifications, hecause
the keeping of them makes man just. The Protestants render it hy
the word statutes, in favour of their doctrine, which does not allow
good works to justify.

And they provoked to wrath going up to the sep
even the Red sea.

8 And he saved them for his own name's sake,
that he might make his power known.

9 And he rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried
up ; and he led them through the depths as in a
wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of them
that hated them : and he redeemed them from the
hand of the enemy.

11 And the water covered them that afflicted
them : there was not one of them left.

12 And they believed his words : and they sang
his praises.

13 They had quickly done: they forgot his
works : and they waited not for his counsel.

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert:
and they tempted God in the place without water.

15 And he gave them their request: and sent ful-
ness into their souls.

16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron
the holy one of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan ;
and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation :
the flame burned the wicked.

19 They made also a calf in Horeb : and they
adored the graven thing.

20 And they changed their glory into the likeness
of a calf that eateth grass.

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had
done great things in Egypt, 22 wondrous works in
the land of Cham : terrible things in the Red sea.

23 And he said that he would destroy them ; had
not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,

To turn away his wrath lest he should destroy
them. 24 And they set at nought the desirable
land.

They believed not his word : 25 and they mur-
mured in their tents : they hearkened not to the
voice of the Lord.

26 And he lifted up his hand over them, to over-
throw them in the desert :

27 And to cast down their seed among the na-
tions, and to scatter them in the countries.

28 They also were initiated|| to Beelphegor; and
ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 And they provoked him with their inventions :
and destruction was multiplied among them.

30 Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him ;
and the slaughter ceased.

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, to
generation and generation for evermore.

32 They provoked him also at the waters of con-
tradiction : and Moses was afflicted for their sakes ;
33 because they exasperated his spirit.

And he distinguished with his lips.§ 34 They

|| Initiated. That is, they dedicated, or consecrated themselves to
the idol of the Moabites and Madianites, called Beelphegor, or Baal-
Peor. Numb. xxv. 3.

Ibid. The dead, viz. idols without life.

? He distinguished with his lips. Moses, by occasion of the people'*
rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing with his lips,
when, instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded, he said
4P9

PSALMS.

did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke
unto thrm.

35 And they wore mingled among the heathens,
■nd learned their works ; 96 ;uni served their idols:
ami it became ■ stumbling block to-them .

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daugh-
ters to devils.

38 And they shed innocent Mood; the blood of
their sons and of their daughters which they sacri-
ficed to the idols of Chanaan.

And the land was polluted with blood, 39 and
\\ as defiled H ith their works : and they went aside
alter their own inventions.

40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with
his people : and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 And he delivered them into the Hands of the
nations: and they that hated them had dominion
over them.

42 And their enemiesafflicted them: and they were
bumbled under their hands: 43 many times did he

deliver them.

Hut they provoked him with their counsel : and
they were brought low by their iniquities.

M And he saw when they were in tribulation :
and he heard their prayer.

45 And he was mindful of his covenant; and re-
pented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight
of all those that had made them captives.

47 Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us
from among the nations:

That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and
mav glory iii thy praise.

48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from
everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say:
So be it, so be it.

PSALM CVI.

Conliteinini Domino.
All are invited to give thanks to God for hit perpetual provi-
dence over men.

Alleluia.

GIVE glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy endureth forever.

2 Let them say so that have been redeemed by
the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand
of the enemy, and gathered out of the countries,

3 From the rising and from the setting of the sun,
from the north and from the sea.

4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place
without water: they found not the way of a city for
their habitation.

5 They were hungry and thirsty : their soul faint-
ed in them.

6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation:
and he delivered them out of their distresses.

I \nd he led them into the right wav, that they
might go to a city of habitation.

. t the mercies of the Lord give glorj to him;
and his wonderful works to the children of men.

lo the people, with a certain hesitation in kit faith, Hr*r, v rrktllitu,
m»4 ineniulma : Cam mn /rem Ikit nek bring out tcaltr Jot yott 1 Numb.
xx. 10.

470

9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul; and hath
filled the hungry soul with good things.

Ill Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of
death, hound in want and in iron.

11 Because they had exasperated the words of
God; and provoked the counsel of the .Most High.

12 And their heart was humbled with labours :
they were weakened, and there was none to help
them.

13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction
and he delivered them out of their distresses.

14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the
shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.

15 Let the mercies of the Lord ghre glon to him,
and his wonderful works to the children of men.

16 Because he hath broken gates of brass, and
burst iron bars.

17 He took them out of the way of their iniquity :
for they were brought low for their injusiic. ft.

18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and
they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

19 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction:
and he delivered them out of their distress, s.

20 He sent his word, and healed tin in : and de-
livered them from their destructions.

21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glorv to him,
and his wonderful works, to the children of men.

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise :
and declare his works with joy.

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing
business in the great waters :

1\ These have seen the works of the Lord, and
his wonders in the deep.

25 He said the word, and there atOM a storm of
wind : and the waws thereof were lifted up.

26 They mount up to the heavens, ana they go
down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.

27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunk-
en man : and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

28 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction:
and he brought them out of their distresses.

29 And he turned the storm into a breeze: and
its waves were still.

30 And they rejoiced because they were still: and
he brought them to the haven which they wished for.

31 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him,
and his wonderful works to the children of men.

32 And let them exalt him in the church of the
people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients.

83 He hath turned rivers into a wilderness, and
the sources of waters into dry ground :

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wick-
edness of them that dwell therein.

35 He hath turned a wilderness into pools of wa-
ters, anil a dry land into water sprin

36 And hath placed there the hungry: and they
made a city for their habitation.

37 And the] sowed fields, and planted vine-yards:
and they yielded fruit of birth.

38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied *
exceedingly: and their cattle he sull'ered not to de-
crea

39 Then they were brought to be few : and thev

PSALMS CVII, CV1II.

were afflicted through thetrouhleof evils and sorrow.

40 Contemnt was poured forth upon their princes:
and he caused them to wander where there was no
passing, and out of the way.

41 And he helped the poor out of poverty ; and
made him families like a flock of sheep.

42 The just shall see, and shall rejoice : and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 Who is wise, and will keep these things, and
will understand the mercies of the Lord ?

PSALM CVII.
Paratum cor meum.

The prophet praiseth God for benefits received.
1 A canticle of a psalm for David himself.
2 1VTY heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready
±T_L J w jii smg} an d will give praise, with m;
glory.

3 Arise, my glory ; arise, psaltery and harp : I
will arise in the morning early.

4 I will praise thee, Lord, among the people :
and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

5 For thy mercy is great above the heavens : and
thy truth even unto the clouds.

6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and thy glory over all the earth : 7 that thy beloved
may be delivered.

Save with thy right hand, and hear me. 8 God
hath spoken in his holiness :

I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem : and I
will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

9 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine : and
Ephraim the protection of my head.

Juda is my king : 10 Moab the pot of my hope.

Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe : the aliens
are become my friends.

I I Who will bring me into the strong city ? who
will lead me into Edom ?

12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off.
and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies r

13 O grant us help from trouble : for vain is the
help of man.

14 Through God we shall do mightily: and he
will bring our enemies to nothing.

PSALM CVIII.

Deus laudem meam.

David in the person of Christ prayeth against his persecutors ;
more especially the traitor Judas : foretelling and approving
his just punishment for his obstinacy in sin, and final impeni-
tence.

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.
2 /"\ GOD, be not thou silent in my praise : for

^-^ the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of
the deceitful man is opened against me.

3 They have spoken against me with deceitful
tongues ; and they have compassed me about with
words of hatred ; and have fought against me with-
out cause.

* Set thou the sinner over him, &c. Give to the devil, that arch-sin
ner, power over him : let him enter into him, and possess him. The
imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this psalm, are opposed
to the thirty pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed our Lord ; and
are to be taken as prophetic denunciations of the evils that should be-

4 Instead of making me a return of love, they de-
tracted me : but I gave myself to prayer.

5 And they repaid me evil for good, and hatred
for my love.

6 Set thou the sinner over him :* and may the
devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, may he go out condemned ,
and may his prayer be turned to sin.

8 May his days be few : and his bishopric let an-
other take.

9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a
widow.

10 Let his children be carried about vagabonds,
and beg : and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

1 1 May the usurer search all his substance : and
let strangers plunder his labours.

12 May there be none to help him ; nor none to
pity his fatherless offspring.

13 May his posterity be cut off; in one genera-'
tion may his name be blotted out.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remember-
ed in the sight of' the Lord : and let not the sin of
his mother be blotted out.

15 May they be before the Lord continually, and
let the memory of them perish from the earth : 16
because he remembered not to show mercy :

17 But persecuted the poor man and the beggar,
and the broken in heart to put him to death.

18 And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto
him : and he would not have blessing, and it shall
be far from him.

And he put on cursing like a garment : and it went
in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his
bones.

19 May it be unto him like a garment which co-
vereth him; and like a girdle with which he is gird-
ed continually.

20 This is the work of them who detract me be-
fore the Lord, and who speak evils against my soul.

21 But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's
sake : because thy mercy is sweet.

Do thou deliver me, 22 for I am poor and needy,
and my heart is troubled within me.

23 I am taken away like the shadow when it de-
clineth ; and I am shaken off as locusts.

24 My knees are weakened through fasting : and
my flesh is changed for oil.f

25 And I am become a reproach to them : they
saw me, and they shaked their heads.

26 Heli) nie > O Lord my God : save me accord-
ing to thy mercy.

27 And let them know that this is thy hand ; and
that thou, O Lord, hast done it.

28 They will curse, and thou wilt bless : let them
that rise up against me be confounded : but thy ser-
vant shall rejoice.

29 Let them that detract me be clothed with
shame : and let them be covered with their confu-
sion as with a double cloak.

fall the traitor and his accomplices the Jews ; and not properly as
curses.

t For oil, propter oleum. The meaning- is, my flesh is changed, being
perfectly emaciated and dried up, as having lost all its oil or fatness.

471

PSALMS.

30 I will give great thanks to the Lord with my
mouth : and in the midst of many I will praise him.

81 Because be hath stood at the right hand of the
poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
PSALM ( IV

1 >ixil Doiiiiiius.
Christ's exalt.it mn. and rvrri, sting priesthood.

1 A psalm of David.
f r* 1 1 E I ion] said to my Lord : Sit thou at my right
-*■ hand :

Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

1 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy
power out of Sion : rule thou in the midst of thy
• - 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 i ■

3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy
strength ; in the brightness of the saints: from the
womb before the day-star I begot thee.

V The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent :
Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of
M< Ichisedech.

5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings
in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among nations; he shall fill
ruins : he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

7 He shall drink of the torrent iu the way:
therefore shall he lift up the head.

PSALM CX.

Confitebor tibi, Domine.

God it to be praised for his grace*, and benefits to hit church.

Alleluia.
WILL praise rheCj O Lord, with my whole
•*■ heart ; iu the councd of the just, and in the con-
gregation.

1 (mat are the works of the Lord; sought out
according to all his wills.

3 His work, is praise and magnificence: and his
justice eontinueth for ever and ever.

•4 He hath made a remembrance of his wondrr-
ful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: 5
he hath given food to them that fear him.

He will be mindful for ever of his covenant : 6 he
will show forth to his people the power of his works:

7 That he may give them the inheritance of the
gentiles : the works of his hands are truth and judg-
ment.

8 All his commandments are faithful : confirmed
for ever and ever, made in truth ami equity.

( J He hath sent redemption to his people: he
hath commanded his covenant for ever.

Holy and terrible is his name: 10 the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

A good understanding to all that 00 it : his praise
eontinueth for ever and ever.

PSALM CXI.
ItUS \ ir.
The gimd man is happy.

Alleluia, of the returning - and Zacharias.

DLESSEDisthe man that feareth the Lord:
-*-* he shall delight exceeding!; in his command-
ments.

• Of Ikt Tttmrrumg , lie. Tin. i, in 1 1,.- Ort-ek and I .atin. but not in the
llclrrw. It ugnine* that thn p*alrn wi« proper to be rang at the
Linear the return of the people from their caplmty , to inculcate to

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the gene
ration of the righteous shall be blessed.

3 (.dory and wealth shall br iu his bouse: and
his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

4 To the righteous a light is risen up in dark-
ness : he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

5 Acceptable is the man that showeth mercy and
leudcth : he shall order his words with judgment :
6 because he shall not be moved for ever.

7 The just shall be in everlasting remembrance:
he shall not fear the evil hearing.

His heart is ready to hoiie in the Lord : 8 his
heart is strengthened, he shall not be mowd until
he look over his enemies.

9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor :
his justice remaineth for ever and ever : his horn
shall be exalted iu glory.

10 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry :
he shall gnash with his teeth, and pine awa\ : the
desire of the wicked shall perish.

PSALM CXI I.

Laudate, pueri.

God is to be praised,/or hit regard to the poor and humble.

Alleluia.

TJ> RAISE the Lord, ye children: praise ye th«

-*- name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from hence
forth now and for ever.

3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down
of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy ol
praise.

4 The Lord is high above all nations : and his
glory above the heavens.

5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth
on high, 6 and looketfa down on the low things in
heaven and in earth ?

7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lift-
in.: up the |>oor out of the dunghill:

8 That he may place him With princes, with the
princes of his people.

9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell iu a
house, the joyful mother of children.

PSALM CXI 1 1.

In c.xitu Israel.

God hath shown hit potrer in delivering his people: idols are

vain. The Hebrews divide this into two Psalms.

Alleluia.

WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the house of
Jacob from a barbarous people :

2 Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his do-
minion.

3 The sea saw, and fled : Jordan was turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the
hills like the lambs of the flock.

5 What aileththee, O thou sea, that thou didst
flee; and thou, OJordan, thai thou wast turned back?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and
ye hills, like lambs of the fl<x:k ?

7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was
moved, at the presence of the < iod of Jacob :

them, how happy they might be, if they would be constant in the aar.
»ice of Uod.

PSALMS CXIV, CXV, CXVI, CXVII.

8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, and
the stony hill into fountains of water.

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us ; but to thy name
give glory.

2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest
the gentiles should say: Where is their God?

3 But our God is in heaven : he hath done all
things whatsoever he would.

4 The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold,
the works of the hands of men.

5 They have mouths, and speak not : they have
eyes, and see not :

6 They have ears, and hear not: they have noses,
and smell not:

7 They have hands, and feel not: they have feet,
and walk not; neither shall they cry out through
their throat.

8 Let them that make them become like unto
them, and all such as trust in them.

9 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord :
he is their helper and their protector.

10 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord:
he is their helper and their protector.

1 1 They that fear the Lord have hoped in the
Lord : he is their helper and their protector.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath
blessed us.

He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath
blessed the house of Aaron.

13 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both
little and great.

14 May the Lord add blessings upon you; upon
ynu, and upon your children.

15 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven
and earth.

16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the
earth he hath given to the children of men.

17 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord ; nor
any of them that go down to hell.

18 But we that live bless the Lord, from this
time now and for ever.

PSALM CXIV.

Dilexi.
The prayer, of a just man in affliction, with a lively confidence

in God.

Alleluia.
r HAVE loved, because the Lord will hear the
-*- voice of my prayer.

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me : and
in my days 1 will call upon him.

3 The sorrows of death have compassed me:
and the perils of hell have found me.

I met with trouble and sorrow : 4and I called upon
the name of the Lord.

O Lord, deliver my souk 5 The Lord is mer-
ciful and just, and our God showeth mercy.

6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was
humbled, and he delivered me.

7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord
hath been bountiful to thee.

8 For he hath delivered my soul from death ; my
eyes from tears; my feet from falling.

9 I will please the Lord in the land of the livmc

3 o

PSALM CXV.

Credidi.

This in the Hebrcto is joined with the foregoing Psalm, and cor*
tinues to express the faith and gratitude of the Psalmist.

Alleluia.
10 T HAVE believed, therefore have I spoken:
-*- but I have been humbled exceedingly.
Ill said in my excess : Every man is a liar.

12 What shall I render to the Lord, for all the
things that he hath rendered to me ?

13 I will take the chalice of salvation: and I
will call upon the name of the Lord.

14 I will pay my vows to the Lord, before all his
people: 15 precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of his saints.

16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy ser-
vant, and the son of thy handmaid.

Thou hast broken my bonds: 17 I will sacrifice
to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon
the name of the Lord.

18 1 will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight
of all his people : 19 in the courts of the house oi
the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

PSALM CXVI.

Laudate Dominum.

All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy ana

truth.

Alleluia.
f\ PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations : praise him,
^^ all ye people.

• 2 For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the
truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

PSALM CXVII.

Confitemini Domino.

The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils; putteth
his whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ.

Alleluia.
/^ IVE praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his
*~* mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let Israel now say, that he is good; that his
mercy endureth for ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy
endureth for ever.

4 Let them that fear the Lord now 'say, that his
mercy endureth for ever.

5 In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the
Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

6 The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what
man can do unto me.

7 The Lord is my helper: and I will look over
my enemies.

8 It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to
have confidence in man.

9 It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to
trust in princes.

10 All nations compassed me about: and in the
name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.

1 1 Surrounding me, they compassed me about .
and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged
on them.

12 They surrounded me like bees, and they burn-
ed likefire amongthorns: and inthenameof the Lord
I was revenged on them.

473

PSALMS.

13 Being pushed, 1 was overturned that I might
fall: hut the Lord supported me.

14 The Lord is my strength and my praise: and
In- is become my salvation.

15 The voire of rejoicing and of salvation is in
the tabernacles of the just

16 The right hand of the Lord hath wrought
Strength: the light hand of the Lord hath exalted
me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.

17 I shall not die, hut live: and shall declare the
works of (he Lord.

18 The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but
he hath not delivered ne over to death.

19 Oirmi ye to me the gates of justice: I will go

in to them, and give praise to the Lord. 20 This

is the gale of the Lord, the just shall enter into it.

2] I will uive glory to thee, because thou hast
heard me. and ait heroine my salvation.

The stone which the huilders rejected; the
same is become the head of the corner.

23 This is die Lord's doing: and it is wonderful
in our e

24 This is the day which the Lord hath made : let
us be glad, and rejoice therein.

26 O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the
Lord.

We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

27 The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us.
Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even

to the horn of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and 1 will praise thee: thou
art my God, and I will exalt thee.

1 will praise thee, because thou hast heard me,
and art become my salvation.

29 O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy endureth for ever.

PSALM CXVIII.

Beati immaculati.

Of the exctllenrr of wirtm consisting in the lore and observance

of the commandments of God.

Alleluia.

ALEPH.-

BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who
walk in the law of the Lord.

2 Blessed are they that search his testimonies ;t
that seek him with their whole heart.

3 For they that work iniquity, have not walked
in his ways.

4 Thou hast commanded thy commandments to
be kept most diligently.

5 O! that my ways m.i.v hi' din < t t -cl to keep thy
justifications.

6 Then shall I not be confounded, when T shall
look into all thy commandments.

7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart.

• M.tPB. 'I
inn with Ai rrii
alphabet. The second 4
MK-ood letter of ON IM
alphabet, in all twin

This order is rmriooaljr <t|>oiimiiNl In tl
shows the difficulty of undemanding the

when I shall have (earned the judgments ol thy

justice.

8 I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou
utterly forsake me.

B£TH.

9 By w hat doth a joung man correct his w .w ? by
oils, rvrog thy words.

10 With my whole heart have 1 sought after tliee :
let me not stray from tin commandments.

11 Thy words have I hidden in m\ heart, that 1
may not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy jus-
tifications.

13 "\ V i 1 1 1 my lips I have pronounced all the judg-
ments of thy mouth.

14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testi-
monies, ;is in all riches.

15 I will meditate on thy commandments: and 1
will consider thy ways.

16 I will think of thy justificalions: I will not
forget thy words.

G1MEL.

17 Give bountifully to thy servant; enliven me,
and I shall keep thy words.

18 Open thou my eyes : and I will consider the
wondrous things of thy law .

19 I am a sojourner on the earth : hide not thy
commandments from me.

20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifica-
tions, at all times.

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : they are cursed
w ho decline from thy commandments.

22 Remove from me reproach and contempt:
because I have sought after thy testimonies.

23 For princes sat, and sooke against me: but
thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

24 For thy testimonies are my meditation : and
thy justifications my counsel.

DALLTIL

25 My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken
thou me according to thy word.

26 I have declared my w av s. and thou hast heard
me: teach me thy justifications.

27 Make me to understand tin- way of thy justi-
fications: and 1 shall be cm rcised in thy Wondrous
works.

28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness:
strengthen thou me in thy words.

29 Remove from me tin wav of iniquity : and
out of thy law have mercy on nu.

30 I have chosen the way of truth : thy judg-
ments I have not forgotten.

31 I have stuck to ihv testimonies, O Lord: put
me not to shame.

32 I have run the wav of tliv commandments,
when thou didst enlarge my heart.

verses of this psalm in the original be- qnentlv with what humility, and submission to the Church Uiey are U
name of ' ew I] \h- man.

\ llii Utlimtmhi. The commandments of God are called his ImJuss-
Iphahet: ami so to tbeendof the whole sin, becau»< boll will untota, N,,ir here, that in al

each Ice eight Terse*. 1 most cverj verse of this psalm (shn h in nutnlxr are 176) Ike word and

-; which law of God, and the lore and obaervanceof it. i- perpetual!* inculca
■ res, and cunse- II ted, under a variety of denominations, all njrnifuiig \ he same usiu|;.

PSALM CXV1II.

HE.

33 Set before me for a law the way of thy justifi-
cations, Lord : and I will always seek after it.

34 Give me understanding, and I will search thy
law ; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments;
for this same I have desired.

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not
to covetousness.

37 Turn away my eyes that they may not be-
hold vanity : quicken me in thy way.

38 Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.

39 Turn away my reproach, which I have ap-
prehended: for thy judgments are delightful.

40 Behold, 1 have longed after thy precepts:
quicken me in thy justice.

VAU.

41 Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord ;
thy salvation according to thy word.

42 So shall 1 answer them that reproach me in
any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.

43 And take not thou the word of truth utterly
out of my mouth : for in thy words I have hoped
exceedingly.

44 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

45 And. I walked at large, because I have sought
after thy commandments.

46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings ;
and I was not ashamed.

47 I meditated also on thy commandments, which
1 loved.

48 And I lifted up my hands to thy command-
ments, which I loved : and I was exercised in thy
justification.

ZAIN.

49 Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant,
in which thou hast given me hope.

50 This hath comforted me in my humiliation :
because thy word hath enlivened me.

51 The proud did iniquitously altogether : but 1
declined not from thy law.

52 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of
old : and I was comforted.

53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of
the wicked that forsake thy law.

54 Thy justifications were the subject of my song,
in the place of my pilgrimage.

55 In the night I have' remembered thy name, O
Lord ; and have kept thy law.

56 This happened to me, because I sought after
thy justifications.

HETH.

57 O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would
keep thy law.

58 I entreated thy face with all my heart : have
mercy on me according to thy word.

59 I have thought on my ways ; and turned my
feet unto thy testimonies.

60 I am ready, and am not troubled ; that I may
keep thv commandments.

61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed
me : but I hwe not forgotten thy law.

62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee, for
the judgments of thy justification.

63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee,
and that keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach
me thy justifications.

TETH.

65 Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord,
according to thy word.

66 Teach me goodness and discipline and know-
ledge ; for I have believed thy commandments.

67 Before I was humbled, I offended ; therefore
have I kept thy word.

68 Thou art good ; and in thy goodness teach me
thy justifications.

69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multipli-
ed over me : but I will seek thy commandments
with my whole heart.

70 Their heart is curdled like milk : but I have
meditated on thy law.

71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me,
that I may learn thy justifications.

72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above
thousands of gold and silver.

JOD.

73 Thy hands have made me and formed me :
give me understanding, and 1 will learn thy com-
mandments.

74 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be
glad ; because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

75 I know, O Lord, that" thy judgments are
equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

76 O ! let thy mercy be for my comfort, accord-
ing to thy word unto thy servant.

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I
shall live : for thy law is my meditation.

78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they have
done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed
in thy commandments.

79 Let them that fear thee, turn to me, and they
that know thy testimonies.

80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications,
that I may not be confounded.

CAPH.

81 My soul hath fainted after thy salvation : and
in thy word I have very much hoped.

82 My eyes have failed for thy word, saying :
When wilt thou comfort me ?

83 For I am become like a bottle in the frost :
I have not forgotten thv justifications.

84 How many are the days of thy servant: when
wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

85 The wicked have told me fables, but not as
thy law.

86 All thy statutes are truth: they have perse-
cuted me unjustly : do thou help me.

87 They had almost made an end of me upon
earth : but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

88 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy : and
I shall Keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

LAMED.

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in
heaven :

471

VL.MS.

90 Thy truth unto all generations : thou bast
founded tin' earth, ami it coutiimcth.

91 Bj thy ordinance tin- da !i on : for all
thinjcB serve th

92 Unless thy law bad been my meditation, I had
then perhaps perished in my abjection.

93 Thy justifications I will never forget; for by
them thou hast given me life. "

94 I am thine, save thou me : for I have sought
thj justifications.

The wicked have waited for me, todestroj
me : but I have understood thy testimonies*

'.'(I I have seen an end of all perfection: thy com-
mandment is exce< dins broad.

HEM.

97 () how have I bred thy law, O Lord! it is
1 1 1 > meditation all the day.

98 Throimh thy commandment, thou hast made
me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

99 I have understood more than all my teachers ;
tuse thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I have had understanding above ancients;
because I have sought thv commandments.

101 I have restrained my feet from every evil
WU : that I may keen thv words.

103 I have not declined from thy judgments; be-
cause thou hast set me a law.

Kl.5 How sweet arc thy words to my palate!
more than honey to my mouth.

104 By thy command nts 1 have had under-
standing: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

NUN.

105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light
to my paths.

106 I have sworn, and am determined to keep the
judgments of thy justice.

107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceeding-
ly : quicken thou me according to thy word.

108 The free offerings of my mouth make ac-
ceptable. () Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is continually in my hands : and I
bate not forgotten thy law.

1 10 Sinners have laid a snare for me : but I have
not erred from thy precepts.

111 I bate purchased thy testimonies for an in-
heritance for ever ; because they are the joy of my
heart.

II— I have inclined my heart to do thy justifica-
tions for ever, for the reward.
SAMKCH.

113 I have hated the unjust; and have loved tin-
law.

1 14 Thou art my helper and my protector: and
in thv word I have greatly hoped.

1 1") Depart from me, ye malignant : and I will
search the commandments of my God.

lit'. Uphold me according to thy word, and I

shall live : and let me not be confounded in my
expectation.

117 Help me and I fthall be s;n ,<1: and 1 will
meditate alwavs on thy justifications.

118 Thou hast despised all them that fall oil
from thy judgments; lor their thought is unjust.

476

11!' I have accounted all the sinners of the earth
prevaricators : therefore have I loved thyteatisaoaaas.

1 20 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear : for I am
afraid of thy iudgmei

A IN.

121 I have done judgment and jusfj . : give me

not up to them that slander me.

122 Uphold thj se r v an t unto pood: lit not the

proud calumniate me.

123 Mye\eshave fainted after thy salvation, and
for the word of thv justice.

12 1 Dial with thy servant according to thy mer-
CJ : and teach me thy justifications.

IJ.'j 1 am thy servant: give mc understanding
that I may know thy testimonies.

126 It is time Lord, to do: they have dissi-
pated thi law.

127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments
above gold and the topaz.

128 Therefore was I directed to all thy command-
ments : I have hated all wicked wavs.

1*11 II-

129 Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore
my soul hath sough! them.

130 The declaration of thy words giveth light:
and jdveth understanding to little ones.

1 31 I opened my mouth, and panted*: because
I longed for thy commandments.

132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me,
according to the judgment of them that love thy
name.

133 Direct my steps according to thy word : and
let no iniquity have dominion over me.

134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that
I may keep thy commandments.

l3.5 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant :
and teach me thy justifications. ^0

136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water:
because they have not kept thy law.

SADE.

137 Thou art just, O Lord : and thy judgment
is right.

138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimo-
nies, and thy truth exceedingly.

!.!'.» My zeal hath made nie pine away; because
my enemies forgot thy words.

140 Thy word is exceedingly refined ; and thy
servant hath loved it.

141 I am very young and despised ; 6m/ I forgot
not thy justifications.

142 Thy justice is justice forever: and thy law
is the truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have found mc ; thy
commandments are mj meditation.

144 Thy testimonies ate justice forever; give
me understanding, and I shall live.

corn.

145 I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O
Lord : I will seek thy justifications.

146 I cried unto tin., save me: that I BjJSjj

keep thj commandnx nts.

I i7 I prevented the daw nitm of the day, and cri-
ed : because in 'hy words 1 iciy min h hop d.

PSALMS CXIX, CXX, CXXI.

1 48 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning :
that I might meditate on thy words.

149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to
thy mercy ; and quicken me according to thy judg-
ment.

150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to
iniquity ; but they are gone far off from thy law.

151 Thou art near, O Lord : and all thy ways
are truth.

152 I have known from the beginning concern-
ing thy testimonies ; that thou hast founded them
for ever.

RES.

153 See my humiliation, and deliver me : for 1
have not forgotten thy law.

154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: quick-
en thou me for thy word's sake.

155 Salvation is far from sinners; because they
have not sought thy justifications.

156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies : quicken
me according to thy judgment.

157 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict
me ; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

158 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined
away ; because they kept not thy word.

159 Behold, I have loved thy commandments,
O Lord : quicken me thou in thy mercy.

160 The beginning of thy words is truth: all
the judgments of thy justice are for ever.

SIN.

161 Princes have persecuted me without cause :
and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

162 I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath
found great spoil.

163 1 have hated and abhorred iniquity: but I
have loved thy law.

164 Seven times a day I have given praise to
thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

1 65 Much peace have they that love thy law :
and to them there is no stumbling-block.

166 I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I
loved thy commandments.

167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and hath
loved them exceedingly.

168 1 have kept thy commandments and thy tes-
timonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

TAU.

169 Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in
thy sight; give me understanding according to thy
word.

170 Let my request come in before thee: deliver
thou me according to thy word.

171 My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt
teach me thy justifications.

172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: be-
cause all thy commandments are justice.

173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I
have chosen thy precepts.

* The following psalms, in number fifteen, are called gradual psalms
or canticles, from the word gradus, signifying steps, ascensions, or dc-
. grees : either because they were appointed to be sung on the fifteen
slept, by which the people ascended to the temple; or tint in the sing-
ing of them tin- voice was to be raised by certain steps or ascensions : or
that they were to be su ig by the people' returning from their cuplivi-

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord: and
thy law is my meditation.

175 My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and
thy judgments shall help me.

176 1 have gone astray like a sheep that is lost:
seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy
commandments.

PSALM CXIX.
Ad Dominum.

A prayer in tribulation.

A gradual canticle.*
TN my trouble I cried to the Lord ; and he heard
-*- me.

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and
a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be
added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

4 The shnrp arrows of the mighty, with coals that
lay waste.

5 Wo is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I
have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: 6 my soul
hath been long a sojourner.

7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable :
when I spoke to them they fought against me with-
out cause.

PSALM CXX.

Levavi oculos.

God is the keeper of his servants.

A gradual canticle.
T HAVE lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from
-*- whence help shall come to me.

2 My help is from the Lord, who made heaven
and earth.

3 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither
let him slumber that keepeth thee.

4 Behold, he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that
keepeth Israel.

5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy pro-
tection upon thy ri^ht hand.

6 The sun shall not burn thee by day; nor the
moon by night.

7 The Lord keepeth thee from all evil : may the
Lord keep thy soul.

8 May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going
out ; from 'henceforth now and for ever.

PSALM CXXI.
Laetatus sum in his.

The desire avd hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom

of God, and the peace of his church.

A gradual canticle.

I REJOICED at the things that were said to me:
We shall go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Je-
rusalem.

3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is
compact together.

4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of
the Lord ; the testimony of Israel, to praise the name
of the Lord.

ty and ascending to Jerusalem which was seated amongst mountains
The holy fathers, in a mystical sense, understand these steps, or ascen-
sions, of the degrees bv wliieh Christiana BuirituaAv attend to virtut
and perfection ; and to tin true temple of God in the heavenly Jeru

ah m.

477

PSALMS.

5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, s«
upon the house of David.

6 Pray \e foi the things that are lor the peace of
Jerusalem; and ahiindanee for them that love thee.

7 Let peace be in thy .strength: and abundance
in thy towers.

8 For the sake of my brethren and of my neigh-
bours I spoke peace of C li •

9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I
have sought good tiling for thee.

P8ALM CXXII.

Ad te levavi.
A prayer in affliction with confidence in God.

\ gradual canticle.

TO thee have I lifted up my cms, who dwellest
in heaven.

• .hold, as the eyes of servants are on the hands
of their mad

As the eyes of the hand-maid are on the hands of
her mistress : so are our e\ es unto the Lord our God,
until he have mercy upon us.

3 Have mepcy on us. O Lord, have mercy on us;
for we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 lor our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach
to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

PSALM CXX11I.

Nisi quia Dominus.

The church giveth glory to God far her deliverance fro* the

hands of her enemies.

A gradual canticle.

IF it had not been that the Lord was with us, let
Israel now say : 2 If it had not been that the Lord
was with us,

When men rose tip against us, 3 perhaps they had
■wallowed us up alive.

When their fury was enkindled anainst us, 4 per-
haps the water had swallowed us up.

»ur soul hath passed through a torrent; per-
haps our soul had pasted through I water insupport-
able.

6 Blessed Ikj the Lord, who hath not given us to
be a prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul hath been delivered, as a sparrow out
'of the snare of the fowlers.

The snare is hroken, and we are delivered.

8 Our help is in the name Of" the Lord, who
made heaven and earth.

PSALM CXXIV.

Sui confiduut.
\rayt un

The just are always under GWj protection.
A gradual canticle.

I^IIKY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount
- Sion: he shall not l>e moved for ever that
dwelled! 2 in Jerusalem.

.Mountains are round about it : so the Lord is
round about his people from henceforth now and

lor e\er.

3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners

U[>on the lot of the ju>i ; thai the jum may not stretch
forth their hands to iniquity.

1 Do fOOd, <) Lord. tO those tfaal are good, and
to the upright of heart.

5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord

47H

shall lead out with the workers of iniquity : peace
upon Israel.

PSALM exxv.

In convertendo.
The people of God rejoice at their dtlircryfrom captivity.

A gradual canticle.
TiniK.N the Lord brought hack the captivity ol

** sion, we became like men comforted.

2 Then w.iv our mouth tilled with gladness; and
our tongue with joy.

Then shall they say amonc the p utiles: The
Lord hath done great things for them.

3 The Lord hath done great things for us: we
are become joyful.

4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream
in the south.

5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

6 Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.

7 But coming, they shall come with jo\!iilnt ISS,
carrying their sheai

PSALM CXXVI.

Nisi Dominus.

Nothing can be done without Qo$T» grace and blessing.
A gradual canticle of Solomon.

TNLESS the Lord build rhe house, they labour
*-' in vain that build it.

Unless the Lord keep the city, he watehetb in
lain that keepcth it.

2 It is vain for you to rise before light :* rise ye
after you have sitten, you that eat the Head of sor-
row.

When he shall give sleep to his beloved : .'> He-
hold, the inheritance of the Lord are children , the
reward, the fruit of the womb.

4 As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the
children of them that have been shaken.

5 Blessed is the man that hath tilled his desire
with them; he shall not be confounded w hen he
shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

PSALM CXXVIL

Beati omues.
The fear of God is the way to happiness.

A gradual canticle.

BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord ; that
walk in his uaw.

2 For thou shaft eat the labours of thy hands.
I blessed art thou, and it shall he well with tine.

3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy
house.

Thy children as olive plants, round about thy
table.'

4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fear
eth the Lord.

5 May the Lord blew thee out of Sion : and
mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the
days of thy life.

6 And ssayat thou see thy children's children,

peace upon Israel.

• It u r«m Jtr fan U tit htf"* ****- That •*. v ««r «"arl\ ifcfclf,

font l-t»»ir, and woridly anlicitod*, will he mm, that i«. will avail
von nothing, with? it lb* Itffhl, grace, and bleating of God.

PSALMS CXXVIII, CXXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXX11, CXXXIII.

PSALM CXXVIII.

Same expugnaverunt.
The church of God is invincible ; her persecutors come to nothing.

A gradual canticle.

OFTEN have they fought against me from my
youth, let Israel now say.

2 Often have they fought against me from my
youth: but they could not prevail over me.

3 The wicked have wrought upon my back :
they have lengthened their iniquity.

4 The Lord ivho is just, will cut the necks of
sinners : 5 Let them all be confounded and turned
back, that hate Sion.

6 Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses,
which withereth before it be plucked up:

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor
he that gathereth sheaves, his bosom.

8 And they that passed by have not said: The
blessing of the Lord be upon you : we have blessed
you in the name of the Lord.

PSALM CXXIX.
De profundis.

A prayer of a sinner, trusting in the mercies of God. The 6th
penitential psalm. %

A gradual canticle.
fiUT of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord :
^-J 2 Lord, hear my voice.

Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my sup-
plication.

3 If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities, Lord,
who shall stand it ?

4 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness : and
by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord.

My soul hath relied on his word : 5 My soul hath
hoped in the Lord.

6 From the morning watch even until night, let
(srael hope in the Lord.

7 Because with the Lord there is mercy ; and
with him plentiful redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniqui-
ties.

PSALM CXXX.
Domine, non est.

The prophet's humility.

A gradual canticle of David.

LORD, my heart is not exalted : nor are my eyes
lofty.
Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in
wonderful things above me.

2 If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my
soul :

As a child that is weaned is towards his mother,
so reward in my soul.

' 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth
now and for ever.

PSALM CXXXI.
Memento, Domine.

A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David.
A gradual canticle.
f\ LORD, remember David, and all his meek-
^-^ ness :

* We have heard of it in Ephrata. When I was young 1 , and lived in
riethelem, otherwise called Ephrata, I heard of God's tabernacle and
.ik. ind had a devout desire of seeking it ; and accordingly I found

2 How he swore to the Lord : he vowed a vow
to the God of Jacob.

3 If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house ;
if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie ;

4 If 1 shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to
my eye-lids,

5 Or rest to my temples ; until I find out a place
for tlu> Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

6 Behold, we have heard of it in Ephrata :* we
have found it in the fields of the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle : we will adore
in the place where his feet stood.

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place ; thou and
the ark, which thou hast sanctified.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with justice : and let
thy saints rejoice.

10 For thy servant David's sake, turn not awav
the face of thy anointed.

11 The Lord hath sworn truth to David ; and he
will not make it void : of the fruit of thy womb I
will set upon thy throne.

12 If thy children will keep my covenant, and
these my testimonies which I shall teach them :

Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy
throne.

13 For the Lord hath chosen Sion : he hath cho-
sen it for his dwelling.

14 This is my rest for ever and ever : here will I
dwell, for I have chosen it.

15 Blessing I will bless her widow ; I will satis-
fy her poor with bread.

16 I will clothe her priests with salvation: and
her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.

17 There will I bring forth a horn to David : I
have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

18 His enemies I will clothe with confusion : but
upon him shall my sanctification flourish.

PSALM CXXXII.

Ecce, quam bonum.
The happiness of brotherly love and concord*

A gradual canticle of David.
"DEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for
-*-* brethren to dwell together in unity :

2 Like the precious ointment on the head, that
ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron,

Which ran down to the skirt of his garment : 3 as
the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount
Sion.

For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and
life for evermore.

PSALM CXXXIII.

Eece, nunc benedicite.

An exhortation to praise God continually.

A gradual canticle.
T5EH0LD, now, bless ye the Lord, all ye ser-
-*-* vants of the Lord,

Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts
of the house of our God.

2 In the nights lift up your hands to the holy
places, and bless ye the Lord.

it, at Cariathiarim, the city of the woods : where it was till it was re-
moved to Jerusalem. See 1 Paralipom. xiii.

479

psalm:.

3 May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that
made heaven and earth.

PSALM ( AWIV.
Laudaie nomeu.
An exhortation to praise God : the amity of idol*.
I Alleluia.

PRAISE ye the name of the Lord : you his
servants, praise the Lord.

2 You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the
courts of the house of our God,

3 Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good : sing
ye to his name, for it is BWeeL

4 lor the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself :
Israel for his own possession.

."> For I have known that the Lord is great, and
our God is above all gods.

o* Whatsoever the Lord pleased be hath done, in
heaven, in earth, in the sea. and in all the deeps.

7 lie brinseth Dp clouds from the end of the
earth : he hath made lightnings for the rain.

He briogeth forth winds out of his stores. 8 He
slew the first-born of Egypt, from man even unto

DflsMsl

'.' II. s,nt forth si^ns and wonders in the midst
of thee, ( ) Egypt ; upon Pharao, and upon all his
servants.

10 He smote many nations; and slew mighty
kinss :

1 1 Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, and Og, king
of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan :

12 And gave their land for an inheritance, for
an inheritance to his people Israel.

13 Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memo-
rial, O Lord, unto all generations.

1 V For the Lord will judge his people, and will
be entreated in favour of his servants.

15 The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold,
the works of men's hands.

16 They have B mouth, hut they speak not: they
have eyes, but they see not

17 They have ears, but they hear not : neither is
there any breath in their mouths.

18 Let them that make them be like to them :
and everyone that trnsteth in them.

19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israt 1 : bless the
Lord, O house of Aaron.

20 Bless the Lord, () house of Levi: you that
fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

21 Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwell-
ed in Jerusalem.

PSALM (WW.

Conliiemini Domino.

God it to be praised fur his irondi if id work*.

Mui,,.

PRAISE the Lord,* for he is good: for his men y
endureth for ever.

J Praise re the God of gods: for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

3 Praise ye the Lord of lords : for his merry en-
»\ireth for ever.

• prmttths I*rd. By tin. bi itatkn >>■ prai«e the I /rint, thrice ro-
l*iie.l. wr prnfot the Blawed Trioily. One fSod in three dwUm iPer-
r, and the Son, .•!»! the Holj <;iio»t.

i-u

4 Who alone <iocth great wonders : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

Who made the heavens in understanding: for
his nil rev endureth for ever.

<> \\ ho established the earth aline the waters :
for his mercy endureth forever.

7 Who made the aval lidiis : lor his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy endureth
forever.

9 The noon and the stars to rule the night : for
his BSerei endureth for e\er.

10 Who smote Egypt with their first-born : for
his mercy endureth lor ever.

11 Who broudit out Israel from anions them •
for his mercy endureth foi <\er:

\1 With a mighty hand and with a stretched-
out arm: for his mercy • ndureth for ever.

13 Who divided the Red sea into parts : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

14 And brought out Israel through the midst
thereof: for his mercy endureth tor ever:

15 And overthrew l'harao and his host in the
Red sea : for his' mercy endureth tor ever.

16 Who led his people through the desert : for
his mercy endureth forever.

17 Who smote great kings: for his mercy endu-
reth for ever.

18 And slew strong kings: for his mercy endu-
reth for ever.

19 Sehon king of the Amorrhites : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

20 And Og king of Basan : for his mercy endu-
reth for ever.

21 And be gave their land for an inheritance :
for his mercy endureth tor ever.

22 For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for
his mercy endureth for ever.

23 For be was mindful of us in our affliction :
for his merev endureth forever.

24 And he redeemed us from our enemies : for
his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

26 Give glory to the God of Heaven: for his
mercy endureth tor ever.

27 Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy
endureth for ever..

PSALM ( XXXVI.

Super tlumina.

The lamentation of the pmpti «/ <hhI in thiir mjitirity in

li<ilii/lon.

A psalm of David, for Jeremias.f

UPON the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and
wept: when we renumbered Sion:
2 On the willows in the midst thereof we hung
up our instruments. 3 For there they thai led US
into captivity, required of us the words d sot

And they thai carried us away, said: Sing ye to

us a hymn of the son on.

f F*r JtrtmUs I' r ihr turn- of Jrrcmiat, and Uie captivity of Ba
by Ion.

PSALMS CXXXVII, CXXXVIII, CXXXIX.

4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a
strange land ?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let. my right hand
be forgotten.

6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not
remember thee :

If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in
the day of Jerusalem:

Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation
thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon miserable: blessed shall
he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou
hast paid us.

9 Blessed he that shall take and dash thy little
ones* against the rock.

PSALM .CXXXVII.

Confltebor tibi.

Thanksgiving to God for hit benefits.
For David himself.

I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole
heart : for thou hast heard the words of my
mouth.

I will sing praise to thee in the sight of the Angels:
2 I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I
will give glory to thy name :

For thy mercy, and for thy truth : for thou hast
magnified thy holy name above all.

3 In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear
me : thou shalt multiply strength in my sold.

4 May all the kings of the earth give glory to
thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.

5 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord :
for great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low:
and the high he knoweth afar off.

7 If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou
wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy
hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy
right hand hath saved me.

8 The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O
Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the works
of thy hands.

PSALM CXXXVIII.

Domine, probasti.

God's special providence over his servants

1 Unto the end, a psalm of David.

LORD, thou hast proved me, and known me :
2 thou hast known my sitting down, ind my
risingup.

3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off:
my path and my line thou hast searched out.

4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there
is no speechf in my tongue.

5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,

* Dash thy little ones, Sic. In the spiritual sense, we dash the little ones
ofBabylon against the rock, when we mortify ourpassions, and stifle the
fiist motions of them, by a speedy recourse to the rock, which is Christ.
\ There is ne speech, fee. viz. unknown to 'See : or when there is no
•peech in my tongue ; yet my whole interior and my most secret
•Jioujrlit'. are kpown to thee.

I Be. a' st yo . t ,j '* tkavgh/, fr ;. Depart from me you wicked, who
J*

the last and those of old : thou hast formed me, and
hast laid thy hand upon me.

6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me
it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? orwhithet
shall I flee from thy face?

8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there : if I
descend into hell, thou art present.

9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me; and
thy right hand shall hold me.

11 And 1 said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me:
and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee ; and
night shall be light as the day : the darkness thereof,
and the light thereof, are alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins : thou hast
protected me from my mother's womb.

14 1 will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magni-
fied : wonderful are thy worlds, and my soul know-
eth right well.

15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou
hast made in secret ; and my substance in the lower
parts of the earth.

16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in
thy book all shall be written : days shall be formed,
and no one in them.

17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made ex-
ceedingly honourable : their principality is exceed-
ingly strengthened.

18 1 will number them, and they shall be multi-
plied above thesand : I rose up,andam still w : .ththee.

19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God : ye men
of blood, depart from me :

20 Because you say in thought : J They shall re-
ceive thy cities in vain.

21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated
thee ; and pined away because of thy enemies ?

22 I have hated them§ with a perfect hatred :
and they are become en< mies to me.

23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: ex-
amine me, and know my paths:

24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity:
and lead me in the eternal way.

PSALM CXXXIX.

Eripe me, Domine.

A prayer to be delivered from the tricked.

1 Unto the end, a psalm of David.
2T\ELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man:
■*~* rescue me from the unjust man.

3 Who have devised iniquities in their hearts:
all the day long they designed battles.

4 They have sharpened their tongues like a ser-
pent: the venom of asps is under their lips.

plot against the servants of God, and think to cast them out of tr.e
cities of their habitation ; as if they have received them in vain, and to no
purpose.

♦ / have haled them. Not with an hatred of malice, but a zeal for tne
observance of God's commandments ; which he saw were despised b»
the wicked, who aFe to be considered enemies to God.

481

PSALM>

5 Keep mc, O Lord, from the hand of tin
id: and from unjust men deliver inc.

Wlui have promised to supplant my steps: G the
proud have hidden a net lor inc.

And the} have stretched out cords for a snare: thej
have laid tor mc a stumbling-block bj tbewaj tide.

7 I said to the Lon): Thou art my God: hear,
O Lord, the voice of mv supplication.

8 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation.
thou hast overshadowed mv head in the (lav of battle

9 * ■ iv c mc not tip, O Lord, from mv desire to

the wricked: they have plotted against me; do not
thou forsake me, lestthej should triumph.

10 The bead of them compassing ma about: the
labour of their lipa shall overwhelm them.

1 I Burning coals shall fall upon them: thon will
oast them down into the lire: in miseries they shall
not be (ihlt to stand.

\2 A oaaa full of tongue shall not be established
in the earth: evils .shall catch the unjust man unto
destruction.

li I know that the Lord will do justice to the
needy, and will revenge the ["oor.

11 Hut ;i- fo i the just, they shall give glory to
thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy
countenance.

PSALM CXL.

Domine, clamavi.

4 prayer aguhtst sinful words, and di a itf id flatterer*.

A psalm of David.

I HAVE cried to thee, () Lord, bear me: hearken
to mj voice, when I cry to thee.

2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy
sight ; the lifting up of raj hands, as evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; and
a door round about my lips.

V Incline not my heart to evil words;, to make
excuses, m sins.

With men that work iniquity: and 1 will not
communicate with the choicest of them.

6 The just man sh;dl correct me in mercy, and
shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner*
fatten my head.

For my pra.verf aUo.s7i«//.s/i///)r against the things
with which the] are well pleased : ti their judges!
falling upon the rock have been swallowed up.

They shall hear my words, lor the.v have prevail-
ed : 7 as when the thickness of the earth is broken
up upon the ground :

Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. 8
Bill to thee, () Lord. Lord, arc BJ) eyes: in thee
have I put my trust, take not awav ni\ soul.

'J keep Be from the snare, which they have laid
for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of then
that work iniquity.

lit The wicked shall fall in his net : I am alone$
until I pass.

• IM nM tkt otl *j the miur, Sc. That «, the flatter;, or deceitful
praise. .

f f ar aw araarr, fcr. So far from roretmir their prai«e«, who are
never well otaaaed but with 0ni.tr- that are evil. I »hall continuallv
pray to be preaorred from tocb thin|r» a* tbcv are delighted will,

, fcc. Their ruler*, or chick quickly Tanith and
4 I

I Tktir ju*g",<

PSALM CXLL

I B uiea.
A prayer of Dawid M r.itrtmity of danger.

1 Of understanding lor David. Aprayei when he

was in the cave. 1 Kin us wiv.
2T CRIED to the Lord with mv voice: with my

-*- voice I made supplication to the Lord.

3 In his sight I |M>ur out my prayer; and be-
fore him I declare mv trouble.

4 When my spirit laded me, then thou kuewesl
my paths.

In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden
a snare lor inc.

5 I looked on nj right hand, and k-held : and
them was no one that would know me.

Flight hath failed me: and then; is no one that
hath regard to my soul.

6 1 cried to thee, O Lord; I said: Thou art my
hope, mv portion in the land of the 1 i x in::.

7 Attend to my supplication : for 1 am brought
vers low.

Deliver me from my j>crsecutors ; for they are
stronger than I.

8 Bring my soul out of prison, thai I may praise

thy name: thejiist wait for tne, until thou reward inc.

PSALM CXLII.

Domine, e.xaudi.

The psalmist in tribulation colli th upon Ctxl for hit dilirery.
'I'lu- srrcnlh prnitt -iitiut psalm.

1 A psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued

him. 2 Kmgt xvii.
T1TEAR, O Lord, my pravi i : give ear to my sup
- 1 -- 1 - plication in thy truth: hear me in tin justice,

2 And enter not into judgment with th\ servant:
for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he
hath Draught down my life to the earth.

He hath made me to dwell in darkness as tho>r
that have been dead of old : 4 and mv spirit is in
anguish within tne: my heart within me is troubled

5 1 remembered the davs of old : I meditated on
all thy works: I meditated u|K>n the works of thy
hands.

6 I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is
as earn without water unto thee.

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath
fainted away.

Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like
unto them that go down into the pit.

8_ Cause me to hear thy mercy in the inornii
for in thee have 1 hoped.

Make the way known to inc. wherein I should
walk : for I have lilted up my soul to thee.

9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee
have I fled : 10 teach mc to do thy will, for thou art
my God.

Thy good spirit shall lead me into the ridit land .

pcri»h, like ship* dashed Bfraintt lhe rock*, and swallowed up hr the
ware*. Let (bom then bear mv word*, for they are powerful and
will prevail ; or, a* it i. in the ft. ■/,*<, ftrtkty art nrrtl.

» / m mlone, fcc. Singularly p- . ,7/ J. Ak.ug.ily, imfi/ /»af
alt their ucU and tuarea.

PSALMS CXLIII, CXLIV, CXLV.

1 1 for thy name's sake, Lord, tliou wilt quicken
we in thy justice.

Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble : 12 and
in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my euemies.

And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul :
for I am thy servant.

PSALM CXLIII.
Benedictus Dominus.
The prophet praiseth God, and prayeth to be delivered from his
enemies. No worldly happiness is to be compared with that of
serving- God.

A psalm of David against Goliath.

BLESSED be the Lord my God, who teacheth
my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

2 My mercy, and my refuge ; my support, and my
deliverer;

My protector, and I have hoped in him ; who sub-
dueth my people under me.

3 Lord, what is man, that thou art made known
to him ? or the son of man, that thou makest ac-
count of him ?

4 Man is like to vanity : his days pass away like
a shadow.

5 Lord, t*»w down thy heavens, and descend :
touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter
them : shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble
them.

7 Put forth thy hand from on high ; take me out,
and deliver me from many waters : from the hand
of strange children :

8 Whose mouth hath spoken vanity : and their
right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

9 To thee, O God, I w'ill sing a new canticle:
on the psaltery and an instrument of teu strings I
will sing praises to thee :

10 Who givest salvation to kings: who hast re-
deemed thy servant David from the malicious sword :
11 deliver me,

And rescue me out of the hand of strange children ;
whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right
hand is the right hand of iniquity :

12 Whose sons are as new plants in their youth:
Their daughters decked out, adorned roundabout

after the similitude of a temple :

13 Their storehouses full, flowing out of this into
that.

Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their
goings forth : 14 their oxen fat.

There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor cry-
ing out in their streets.

15 They have called the people happy, that hath
these things : but happy is that people whose God is
the Lord.

PSALM CXLIV.

Exaltabo te, Delis.

A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God.

Praise, for David himself.

[" WILL extol thee, O God my king: and I will

■*- bless thy name for ever, yea for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I bless thee : and I will praise
thy name for ever, yea for ever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised :
and of his greatness there is no end.

4 Generation and generation shall praise thy works,
and they shall declare thy power.

5 They shall speak of the magnificence of the
glory of thy holiness ; and shall tell thv wondrous
works.

6 And they shall speak of the might of thy terri-
ble acts ; and shall declare thy greatness.

7 They shall publish the memory of the abun-
dance of thy sweetness ; and shall rejoice in thy jus-
tice.

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful ; patient and
plenteous in mercy.

9 The Lord is sweet to all : and his tender mer-
cies are over all his works.

10 Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee : and
let thy saints bless thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom;
and shall tell of thy power :

12 To make thy might known to the sons of men ;
and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages : and
thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

The Lord is faithful in all his words : and holy in
all his works.

14 The Lord lifteth up all that fall; and setteth
up all that are cast down.

15 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Ldrd : and
thou givest them meat in due season.

16 Thou openestthy hand, and fillest with bless-
ing every living-creature.

17 The Lord is just in all his ways, and holy in
all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon
him ; to all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will do the will of them that fear him : and
he will hear their prayer, and save them.

20 The Lord keepeth all them that love him :
but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord -
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever, yea
for ever and ever.

PSALM CXLV. #

Lauda, anima.
We are not to trust in men, but ill God alone.

1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.
2 T> RAISE the Lord, O my soul : in my life I

-*- will praise the Lord : I will sing to my God
as long as I shall be.

Put not your trust in princes, 3 in the children of
men, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit shall go forth ; and he shall return
into his earth : in that day all their thoughts shall
perish.

5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for
his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God : 6
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things
that are in them :

7 Who keepeth truth for ever ; who executeth
judgment for them that suffer wrong ; who giveth
food to the hungry.

The Lord looseth them that are fettered : 8 the
Lord eulighteneth the blind.

483

PSALMS.

The Lord liftifli up them that arr cast (low I : the
F,(.ni loveth tin- just.

i u Locd keepetfa the strangers: be will sop-
port the fatherless and the widow : and the wsjfi oi

sinners he w ill destroy.

lo The Lord shall reign for ever; thy God, O
Sion, unto generation and generation.
PSALM CXLVI.
Laudate I tominum.

An exhortation to prniit Cud for hit benejili.

Alleluia.

PK \ tin' Lord, because pnhn is good: to

our God hi' joyful and comely pra:

2 Thf Lord buildeth up Jerusalem : hr will ga-
ther together the dispersed of I sraeL

3 Who bealeth the broken of heart, and bindeth
up their bruises.

4 Who telleth the number of the stars; and call-
eth them all by their names.

.real i> our Lord, and peal is his power: and
of his wisdom there is no Dumber.

6 The Lord liftetb up the meek; and bringeth
the wicked down even to the ground.

7 Suis ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our
God upon the harp.

Who covereth the heaven with clouds; and
prepared! rain for the earth.

Who maketli grass to grow on the mountains, and
herbs for the sen ice of men.

9 Who giveth to beasts their food ; and to the
young ravens that call upon him.
. 10 He shall not delight in the stre n gt h of the horse;

nor take pleasure in the l> £S of I man.

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear
him ; and in them that hope in his mercy.
PSALM CXLVI I.
Lauda, Jerusalem.

The rhurch is calld upnn (>i pruisr Q >7 far hit nernH V trrnn,
and ffW'inrt tn his people. In the Hebrew this ptal.n it join ■
ed to the foregoing.

Alleluia.
12 "pRAIsK the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy
-t God, (i Sion.

13 Because he hath strengthened the l>olts of thy
gates: he hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 Who hath placed peace in thy borders; and
fillet h thee with the fat Of corn.

15 Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth :
his word runneth swiftly.

16 Whogiveth snow like wool ; scattereth mists
like ashes.

17 He sendeth his crystal* like morsels: who
shall stand before the face of his cold ?

18 He shall send out his word, and shall melt
them : his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run.

19 Who deelareth his word to Jacob; his justi-
ces and his judgments to Israel.

20 He hath not done in like manner to every na-
tion : and his judgments he hath not made manifest
to them. Alleluia.

PSALM CXLVIII.

Laudate I louiinum de coelis.

he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass
from the earth, ye dragons,

* He tmirtk kit cryifi. That i* hi* in. Shim- undrntaikj it ui kail.
which i* u it wcr* ict, divided into particle* or meruit

All creatures arr invited tn prmst t/nir Creator.
Alleluia.

PK USE re the Lord from the heavens: praise
ye him in the high plat

2 Praise ye him, all his Angels: praise ye him, all
his ho>t^-

3 Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all
ye stars and light.

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens : and let
all the waters that are above the heavens, 5 praise
the name of the Lord.

For.be spoke, and they were made : he command-
ed, and they were created.

6 He hath established them for e\ er. and for Sgl I
of ages :
aw a\ .

7 Praise the Lord
and all ye deeps :

c\ Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy w inds, w Inch ful-
fil his word :

9 Mountains, and all hills, fruitful trees, and all
eedais: •

10 Beasts, and all cattle: serpents, and feathered
low ]s :

1 1 Kings of the earth, and all people : princes
and all judges of the earth :

12 Young men, and maidens : let the old with
the younger praise the name of the Lord: 13 for
his name alone is exalted.

14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth :
and lie hath exalted the horn of his people*

A hymn to all his saints : to the children of Israel,
a people approaching to him. Alleluia.
PSALM CXLIX.

Cantate Domino.

The church is particularly bound to praitc God.

Alleluia.

SING ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise
be in the church of the saints.

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and
let the cbildraa of Sion be joyful in their king.

3 Let them praise his name in choir : let them
sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.

4 For the Lord is well pleased with his people :
and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

5 The saints shall rejoice in glory : they shall be
joyful in their beds.

6 The high praises of God shall be in their mouth :
and tWO-edged swords in their hands:

7 To execute rengeance upon the nations, chas-
tisements among the people : |

8 To bind their kings with fetters, and their no-
bles with manacles of iron.

9 To execute upon them the judgment that is
written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.

PSALM CL.

Laudate Doininuin in Sanctis.

An exhortation to prut sr ( ltd irilh all sorts r-f instruments.

Alleluia.

places : praise
s power.

.in* nun.

PRAISE ye the Lord in his holy
ye him in the firmament of his

CHAP. I, II.

2 Praise ye him for his mighty acts : praise ye
him according to the multitude of his greatness.

3 Praise him with sound of trumpet : praise him
with psaltery and harp.

4 Praise him with timhrel and choir: praise him
with strings and organs.

5 Praise him on high-sounding cymbals: praise
him on cymbals of joy: let every spirit praise the
Lord. Alleluia.

THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.

This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty
sentences, regulating the morals of men, and directing them
to wisdom and virtue. And these sentences are also called
parables ; because great truths are often couched in them
under certain figures and similitudes.

CHAP. I.

The use and end of the proverbs. An exhortation to flee the
company of the wicked: and to hearken to the voice of wis-
dom.

THE parables of Solomon, the son of David»
king of Israel,

2 To know wisdom, and instruction :

3 To understand the words of prudence, and to
receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judg-
ment, and equity:

4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young
man knowledge and understanding.

5 A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser
and he that understandeth, shall possess govern-
ments. .

6 He shall understand a parable, and the inter-
pretation, the words of the wise, and their myste-
rious sayings.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis-
dom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and
forsake not the law of thy mother :

9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a
chain of gold to thy neck. \

10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent
not to them.

11 If they shall say : Come with us; let us lie
In wait for blood ; let us hide snares for the inno-
cent without cause : '

12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and
whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

13 We shall find all precious substance; we shall
fill our houses with spoils.

14 Cast in thy lot with us; let us all have one purse.

15 My son, walk not thou with them: restrain
thy foot from their paths.

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to
shed blood.

17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes
of them that have wings.

18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own
blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

19 So the ways of every covetous man destroy
the souls of the possessors.

20 Wisdom preacheth abroad : she uttereth her
voice in the streets :

21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out : in

the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her
words, saying :

22 O children, how long will you love childish-
ness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful
to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge.

23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold, I will utter
my spirit to you, and will show you my words.

24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched
out my hand ; and there was none that regarded.

25 You have despised all my counsel, and have
neglected my reprehensions.

26 I also will laugh in your destruction ; and will
mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and
destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand ; wht<a
tribulation and distress shall come upon you;

28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not
hear : they shall rise in the morning, and shall not
find me :

29 Because they have hated instruction, and re-
ceived not the fear of the Lord,

30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised
all my reproof.

31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own
way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without
terror, and shall enjoy abundance,without fear of evils.

CHAP. II.

The advantages of wisdom ; and the evils from which it delivers.

MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt
hide my commandments with thee,

2 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom : incline
thy heart to know prudence.

3 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline
thy heart to prudence ;

4 If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig
for her as for a treasure ;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the
Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God :

6 Because the Lord giveth wisdom : and out of
his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

7 He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and
protect them that walk in simplicity :

8 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the
ways of saints. *

9 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judg-
ment, and equitv, and every good path.

10 If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and
knowledge please thy soul :

485

morons.

11 Conned shall keep thee, :uid prudence shall
preserve tine,

1J That (lion maw be delivered from th<

n ,i\ .ami from the man thai speaketh perverse things:

I '• \\ ho leave the right wax .and walk l>\ darkwsj b:

I I Who are glad when the] hare done evil, and
rejoice in most w icked thin

15 Whose ways art perverse, and their steps
infamous.

lt"> That thou mayst be delivered from the strange
woman, and from the stranger, who softened) her

words ;

17 And fbrsaketh the rjiide of her youth,

18 Ami hath forgotten the covenant of her God t
for her noose inclineth unto death, and her path*
to hell.

1!> None thai zn in unto her, shall return again,
neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.

That thou mayst walk in a good way, and
mayst keep the paths of the just.

J I For they that are upright, shall dwell in the
earth : and the simple shall continue in it.

J J Hut the wicked shall be destroyed from the
earth: and they that do unjustly shall he taken away
from it.

CHAP. III.

An exhortation to tht practice of virtue.

MY son, forget not my law , and let thy heart keep
my commandments.

2 For they shall add to thee length of days, and
years of fife, and peace,

3 Let not mercy and truth leave thee: nut them
about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thj
heart :

\ nd thou shall find grace, and good understand-
ing before God and men.

5 Have confidence in (he Lord with all thy heart;
and lean not upon thy own prudence.

6 In all thy ways think on him, and he will di-
rect thy steps.

7 lie not wise in thy own conceit : fear God, and
depart from evil :

K For it shall be health to thy navel, and moist-
ening to thy bones.

9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give
him of the first of all thy fruits:

10 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance;
and thy presses shall run over with wine.

J J i\l\ sou. reject not the correction of the Lord:
and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

12 For whom the Lord lovetbbe chastiseth: and
as a father in the son hepleateth himself.

13 Blessed i» the man that lindeth wisdom, and is
rich in prudence.

1 I The purchasing thereof is better than the
merchandise of silver, and ber frail than tbechiefest
and pme>t gold :

16 She is more precious than all riches: and all
the things that are desired, arc not to be Compared
with her.

|ti Length of days is in her ri^ht hand: and in
her hit hand riches and j;h.rx.

48«

17 Her ways are beautiful ways: and all her paths
are peaceable.

IK She is ;i tree of life to them that lay hold on
her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth,
hath established the heavens by prudence:

20 By bis wisdom the depths have broken out;
and the clouds STOW thick with dew.

21 My son. let not these things depart from thy
: keep the law and council :

E2 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace
to thx mouth.

23 Then shall thou walk confidently in thy way ;
and thv foot shall not stumble :

24 If thou sleep, thou shall not fear: thou shall
rest, nnd thv sleep shall be sw eet.

25 He not afraid of sedf-Cu fear, nor of the power
of the wicked railing upon thee.

26 For the Lord will beat lliy side, and will keep
thy loot that thou be not taken.

27 Do not withhold him from doing good, who
is able : if thou art able, do good I by self also.

28 Say not to thy friend : Go, and come again :
and to-morrow 1 will give to thee: when thou canst,
give at present.

29 Practise not evil against thy friend, when he
hath confidence in thee.

30 Strive not against a man without cause, when
he hath done thee no exil.

31 Fnvy not the unjust man, and do not follow
bis ways ;

32 For every mocker is an abomination to the
Lord: and his communication is with the simple

.'».) Want is from the Lord in the house ol the wick-
ed ; but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

• >1 He shall scorn the scorned ; and to the meek,
he w ill rive grace.

3o The w ise shall possess glory : the promotion
of fools is disgrace

CHAP. IV.

A further exhortation to seek after wisdom.

TJTF.AH, ye children, the instruction of a father;
-*--*■ and attend that you may know prudence.

2 I will give you a good sift ; forsake not my law.

3 For I also was my father's son. tender and as
an only son in the sight of my mother :

4 And he taught me, and said : Let thy heart re-
ceive my words; keep mv commandments, and thou

shah Ine.

b Get wisdom : net prudence : forget not, neither
decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not; and sin
her; and she shall p reser v e t"

7 The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom
with all thy possession purchase prudence*

8 Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee:
thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shall em-
brace her.

!• She shall j;ive to thy head increase of -races,
and protect thee with a noble crown.

lit II. II. ( ) mv son. and receive mv words, that
years of life maj be multiplied to thee.

shall keep thee: lo\e

iee.

and

CHAP. V, VI.

1 1 I will show thee the way of wisdom : I will
lead thee by the paths of equity :

12 Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps
shall not be straitened: and when thou runnest thou
shalt not meet a stumbling-block.

13 Take hold on instruction; leave it not: keep
it, because it is thy life.

14 He not delighted in the paths of the wicked:
neither let the way of the evil men please thee.

15 Flee from it ; pass not by it : go aside, and for-
sake it.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done
evil : and their sleep is taken away unless they have
made some to fait.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink
the wine of iniquity.

18 But the path of the just, as a shining light,
goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is darksome: they
know not where they fall.

20 My son, hearken to my words ; and incline
thy ear to my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thy eyes : keep
them in the midst of thy heart :

22 For they are life to those that find them, and
health to all flesh.

23 With all watchfulness keep thy heart, be-
cause life issueth out from it.

24 Remove from thee a froward mouth : and let
detracting lips be far from thee.

25 Let thy eyes look straight on : and let thy
eye-lids go before thy steps.

26 Make strait the path for thy feet ; and all
thy wavs shall be established.

27 Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left :
turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord know-
eth the ways that are on the right hand : but those
are perverse which are on the left hand. But he
will make thy courses straight : he will bring for-
ward thy ways in peace.

CHAP. V.

An exhortation to fly unlawful lust, and the occasions of it.

"1VTY son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy
_LTJ_ ear j n ,y prudence,

2 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips
may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of
a woman.

3 For the lips of a harlot are like a honey comb
dropping : and her throat is smoother than oil.

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp
as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down into death ; and her steps go
in as far as hell.

6 They walk not by the path of life ; her steps
are wandering, and unaccountable.

7 Now therefore, my son, hear me; and depart
not from the words of my mouth.

3 Remove thy way far from her ; and come not
nigh the doors of her house.

9 Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years
to the cruel.

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,
and thy labours be in another man's house,

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt
have spent thy ilesh and thy body, and say :

12 Why have I hated instruction, and my heart
consented not to reproof;

13 And have not heard the voice of them that
taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters ?

14 I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of
the church and of the congregation.

15 Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the
streams of thy own well.

16 Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad: and
in the streets divide thy waters.

17 Keep them to thyself alone : neither let stran-
gers be partakers with thee.

18 Let thy vein be blessed; and rejoice with
the wife of thy youth.

19 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agree-
able fawn : let her breasts inebriate thee at all
times : be thou delighted continually with her love.

20 Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange
woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?

21 The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and
considereth all his steps.

22 His own iniquities catch the wicked : and he
is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

23 He shall die, because he hath not received in-
struction ; and in the multitude of his folly he shall
be deceived.

CHAP. VI.

Documents on several heads.

1VTY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast
-L"-*- engaged fast thy hand to a stranger :

2 Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth,
and caught with thy own words.

3 Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver
thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of
thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up
thy friend :

4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eye-
lids slumber.

5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as
a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her
ways, and learn wisdom :

7 Which, although she hath no guide, nor mas-
ter, nor captain,

8 Provideth her meat for herself in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest.

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when
wilt thou rise out of thy sleep ?

10 Thou wi|t sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a
little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep :

11 And want shall come upon thee, as a travel-
ler, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be
diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain ; and
want shall flee far from thee.

12 A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man
walketh with a perverse mouth.

13 He winketh with the eyes; presseth with the
foot ; sneaketh with the finger,

14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil* and at
all times he soweth discord.

15 To such a one his destruction shall presently

487

PROVERBS.

come: and be shall suddenly be destroyed, and
shall no looker have any remedy.

16 Six tilings there sre, which the Lord hateth,
and the seventh hi- bouI delesteth :

17 Haughti eyes, ■ lying tongue, hands that abed
UWOCeot blood,

I". A heart ihat devi-eth wicked pints, feet thai
■n -wilt to rim into mi-chief,

19 A deceitful witness ihat uttereth lies, and him
that soweth diseord among brethren.

20 .Ms son, keep the eommandments of thy la-
ther, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

21 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put
them about thy neck.

When thou walke-t. let them go with thee:
when thou -leepe-t, lei them keep thee : and when
thou awakest. talk with them.

23 Because the commandment is a lamp, nnd the
law a fight, and reproofs of instruction are the way
of life :

That they mav keep thee from the evil wo-
man, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

Lei not thy heart covet her hcauty; be not
caught with her winks:

for the price of a harlot, is scarce one loaf:
but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

27 Can a man hide fire in his hosom, and his
garments not hum '

28 Or can he walk u|>on hot coals, and his feel
not be hurnt ?

29 So he that cocth in to his neiKh!>our's wife,
shall not Im- clean when he shall touch her.

30 The fault is not so meat* when a man hath
stolen : for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul :

31 And if he he taken, he shall restore sevenfold,
and -hall u.\\f up all the -uh-taiice of his house.

lint he thai is an adulterer, for the folly of his
heart shall destroy his own soul:

33 He gathered! to himself shame and dishonour:
and his reproach shall not he blotted out.

34 Because the jealoii-v and rage ol the husband
will not spare in the dav of revenue.

35 Nor will he yield to any man's prayers; nor
will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

CHAP. VII.

Tie love of icisdom it the bent preservative from being led astray
by trmptatiim.

MY son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts
with thee. Son,

2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live;
and mv law as the apple of thy eye:

3 Bind it upon thy bogeri : w rite it u|>on the ta-
ble- of thv heart.

- 1\ to wisdom : Thou art my titter: and call

prudence thy friend

That she ma\ keep tin e
is not thine, and from the stranger who sweetencth
her words.

DM1 keep thee from the woman t hat

• TU ftmlt u not to gr—t, tic.. TV tin of theft ia not m> great a* to
be compared with adultery : especially when a peraon preaaed with
hungrr (which » tlx> raw here apokrn of) «t. iture.

Murmur Un da m age doii' inch more eaaily be repair

6 For I looked out of the window of my house
through the lattice.

7 And I see little ones, I lahold a foolish young
man,

Who passe th through the street by the corner,
and HMdl Btgh the way of her house,

9 lu the dark, when it crow- late, in the dark-
ness and obscurity of the night.

10 And lieholti. a woman meeteth him in harlot's
attire, prepared to deceive soul.-; talkative and vvan-
dcrini:.

1 1 Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still
at home,

12 Now ahroad, now in the streets, now lying in
wait near the corners.

I.! And catching the young man she kisseth him;
and with an impudent face, tlattereth, saying:

14 1 vowed victims for prosperity ; this day 1 have
paid mv vow -.

15 Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desi-
ioii- to see thee, and 1 have found thee.

16 I haTe Proven my bed with cords: I have co-
vered it with painted m pee tiy , brought from Egypt.

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, al»
and cinnamon.

18 Come, let OS be inebriated with the hreasts :
and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day
appear:

19 For my husband is not at home: he is gone
a very long journey.

20 He took with him a bag of money: he will
return home the day of the full moon.

21 She entangled him with many words; and
drew him BWaj with the (lattery of her lip-.

22 Immediately he lollowcth her as an ox led to
be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and
not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to Umd-.

23 Till the arrow pierce his liver : as if a hird
should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not
that his life is in danger.

24 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend
to the words of my mouth.

25 Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways :
neither be thou deceived with her paths.

26 For she hath east down many wounded, and
the Strongest have been slain by her.

27 Her house is the way to hell, reaching even
to the inner chambers of death.

CHAP. VIII.

The preaching of tcitdum. Her excellence.

P\OTH not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put
-*-' forth her voice ?

2 Standing in the top of the highest places by the
way, in the midst of the paths,

3 Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors,
-he ipeaketh, saying:

4 O ye nit ii, to you I call, and mv voice is to the
sons of men.

• <l. than the wrong done by adultery. Out thi» doe* not Ml haat
ihat theft alto u a mortal tin, forbidden by ooe of the tcr otniiwixt-

ini-nla.

CHAP. IX, X.

5 O little ones, understand subtilty ; and ye un-
wise, take notice.

6 Hear, for I will speak of great things : and my
lips shall be opened to preach right things.

7 My mouth shall meditate truth; and my lips
shall hate wickedness.

8 All my words are just: there is nothing wick-
ed, nor perverse in them.

9 They are right to them that understand, and
just to them that mid knowledge.

10 Receive my instruction, and not money :
choose knowledge rather than gold.

1 1 For wisdom is better than all the most precious
things : and whatsoever may be desired cannot be
compared to it.

12 I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present
in learned thoughts.

13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil : 1 hate arro-
gance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a
mouth with a double tongue.

14 Counsel and equity is mine; prudence is mine;
strength is mine.

15 By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just
things.

16 By me princes rule, and the mighty decree
justice.

17 I love them that love me : and they that in the
morning early watch for me, shall find me.

18 With me are riches and glory, glorious riches
and justice.

19 For my fruit is better than gold and the pre-
cious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.

20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of
the paths of judgment.

21 That I may enrich them that love me, and
may fill their treasures.

22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his
ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.

23 I was set up from eternity, and of old before
the earth was made.

24 The depths were not as yet, and 1 was alrea-
dy conceived ; neither had the fountains of waters
as yet sprung out :

25 The mountains with their huge bulk had not
as yet been established : before the hills I was brought
forth :

26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers,
nor the poles of the world.

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was present;
when with a certain law and compass he enclosed
the depths :

28 When he established the sky above, and pois-
ed the fountains of waters :

29 When he compassed the sea with its bounds,
and set a law to the waters that they should not pass
their limits : when he balanced the foundations of
the earth :

30 I was with him forming all things; and was
delighted every day, playing before him at all times ;

31 Playing in the world: and my delights were
to be with the children of men.

32 Now therefore, ye children, hear me : Blessed
are they that keep my ways.

i 3Q

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it
not.

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that
watchefh daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts
of my doors.

35 He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall
have salvation from the Lord:

36 But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt
his own soul. All that hate me love death.

CHAP. IX.

Wisdom invites all to her feast. Folly calls another way.

WISDOM hath built herself a house: she hath
hewn out her seven pillars.

2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine,
and set forth her table.

3 She hatTi sent her maids to invite to the tower,
and to the walls of the city :

4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me.
And to the unwise she said :

5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which
I have mingled for you.

6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the
ways of prudence.

7 He that teacheth a scorner, dqeth an injury to
himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, get-
teth himself a blot.

8 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Re-
buke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom
shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he
shall make haste to receive it.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis
dom : and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied; and
years of life shall be added to thee.

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself;
and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of
allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a
high place of the city,

15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on
their journey :

16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me.
And to the fool she said :

17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread
is more pleasant.

18 And he did not know that giants are there,
and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

THE PARABLES OF SOLOMON.
CHAP. X.

In the twenty following chapters are contained many wise say-
ings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.

A WISE son maketh the father glad: but a
foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

2 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing :
but justice shall deliver from death.

3 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just
with famine : and he will disappoint the deceitful
practices of the wicked.

4 The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but
the hand of the industrious getteth riches.

489

PROVERBS.

Ho that tmstcth to lies feedeth the winds: and
the satin- runneth after birds, ihat lly away.

5 He that gathereth in the han wise mm:

but he that snorieth in the summer, is tin' son of
confusion.

6 The blessing of the Lord is ti|x>n the head ol
the just: hut iniquity covcreth tin- motiih ol the
wicked.

7 The memory of the just u with praises : and
tin- Dame of the wicked shall rot.

8 The win ol heart reeeivelh precepts: a fool is
beaten with lips.

9 He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently:
but he that pervert eth his ways, shall he manifest.

11) He that winketh w ith the e\e shall cause sor-
row : and the foolish in lips shall he beaten.

1 I The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and
the mouth of the inched covereth iniquity.

1 J Hatred stirreih up strifes: and charity cover-
eth all sins.

13 In the lips of the w ise is wisdom found : and
a rod on the hack of him that wanteth sense.

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth
of the fool is next to confusion.

15 The nibetance of a rich man, is the city of
his strength : the fear of the poor is their poverty.

It! The work of the just if unto life: but the
fruit of the wicked unto sin.

17 The way of life to him that observeth cor-
rection : hut he that forsaketh reproofs goctli astray.

18 Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth re-
proach is foolish.

19 In the multitude of words there shall not
want sin: hut he that refraiuetli his lips is most
w ise.

20 Tin? tongue of the just is as choice silver: but
the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

21 The lip* of the just teach many: hut they that
are ignorant, shall die in the want ol understanding.

The blessing of the Lord makelli men rich:
neither shall affliction he joined to them.

\ fool worketb mischief as it were for sport:
but wisdom is prudence to a man.

1\ That which the wicked feareth, shall come
ti|M>n him: to the just tin ir desire shall be given.

it a tempest thai passeth, so the wicked
shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting
foundation.

\s vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the
-. m> is the sluggard to them that sent him.

The tear of the Lord shall prolong days: and
the rears of the wicked shall be shortened.

28 The expectation of the just is joy : but the
hope of the wicked shall perish.

29 The strength of the upright if the way of the
l.ord: and fear to them that Work evil.

.'.<) The just shall never Ik- moved : hut the wicked
shall not dwell on the earth.

.;i The mouth of the just shall bring forth wis-
dom : the tongue of the perverse shall perish

32 The lips of the JU81 consider what is accepta-
ble: and the mouth ol the wicked uttereth perverse
things

CHAP. XI.

ADECFITFl'L balance is an aliominafion be
• fore the Lord : and a just weight U his will.
2 Where pride is, then- also shall he reproach
hut where humility is, there also is wisdom.

.'$ The Simplicity of the just shall guide them: and

the deceufulness of the wicked shall destroy them.

4 Riches shall not profit in the day of reveuf

hut justice shall deliver from death.

5 The justice Ol the Upright shall make his way
pr osp er ou s : and the wicked man shall fall by his
own wickedness.

6 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them:
and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

7 When the wicked man is dead, there shall be
no hope any more: and the expectation of the so-
licitous shall perish.

8 The just is delivered out of distress: and the
w icked shall be nvea up for him.

9 The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his
friend: but the just shall be delivered h\ knowledge.

10 When it goeth well with the just the city
shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there
shall be praise.

11 By the blessing of the just the city shall be
exalted: and by the mouth of the wicked it shall
be overthrown.

12 He that despiset Ii his friend, is mean of hcait:
but the wise man will hold his peace.

13 He that walketh deceitfully, revealetk -

< rets: but he that is faithful, concealetb the thing
commuted to him by his friend.

14 Where there is no governor, the people shall
fall : but there is safety where there is mm h counsel.

15 He shall Ik; afflicted with evil, that is surety
lor a stranger: but he that is aware ol the shims,
shall be secure.

16 A gracious woman shall find glory: and the
Strong shall have riches.

17 A merciful man ddeth good to his own soul:
hut he that is cruel casleth oil' even his ow n kin-
dred.

18 The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but
to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.

19 Clemency prcparelh life; and the pursuing of
evils death.

20 A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord :
and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

21 Hand in hand the evil man shall not lie inno-
cent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.

22 As a golden ring in a swine's snout, so is a
woman fair and foolish.

23 The desire of the just is all ^<kh1 : the expec-
tation of the wicked is indignation.

24 Some distribute their own goods, and RTOSW
richer: others take away what is not tln-ir own,
and an- always in want.

25 The soul which bleeseth, shall be made I'at.
and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also him-
self.

26 He that hidelhiipcorn, shall he cursed anion:;

the people: but a blessing upon the head of them
that

peopl

sell.

CHAP. XII, XIII.

27 Well doth he rise early who seeketh good
things: but he that seeketh alter evil things shall
be oppressed by them.

28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall : but
the just shall spring up as a green leaf.

29 He that troubleth his own house, shall inhe-
rit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.

30 The fruit of the just man is a tree of life:
and he that gaineth souls, is wise.

31 If the just man receive in the earth, how much
more the wicked and the sinner?

CHAP. XII.

HE that loveth correction, loyeth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof is foolish.

2 He that is good, shall draw grace from the
Lord : but he that trusteth in his own devices, doeth
wickedly.

3 Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness ;
and the root of the just shall not be moved.

4 A diligent woman is a crown to her husband :
and she that doeth things worthy of confusion, is as
rottenness in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the just are judgments : and
the counsels ol the wicked are deceitful.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood:
the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

7 Turn the wicked, and they shall not be : but
the house of the just shall stand firm.

8 A man shall be known by his learning : but he
that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to con-
tempt

9 Better is the poor man that provideth for him-
self, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

10 The just regardeth the lives of his beasts:
but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.

11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with
bread : but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

He that is delighted in passing his time over
wine, leavetb a reproach in his strong-holds.

12 The desire of the wicked is the fortification
of evil men : but the root of the just shall prosper.

13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to
the evil man : but the just shall escape out of distress.

14 By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be
filled with good things: and according to the works
of his hands it shall be repaid him.

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:
but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

16 A fool immediately shovyeth his anger: but he
that dissembleth injuries is wise.

17 He that speaketh that which he knoweth,
showeth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceit-
ful witness.

18 There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it
were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of
the wise is health.

19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever;
but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying
tongue.

20 Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil
things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of
peace.

21 Whatsoever shall ' efall the just man, it shall

not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled
with mischief.

22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord:
but they that deal faithfully please him.

23 A cautious man concealeth knowledge : and
the heart of fools publisheth folly.

24 The hand of the valiant shall bear rule : but
that which is slothful, shall be under tribute.

26 Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low:
but with a good word he shall be made glad.

26 He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a
friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall de-
ceive them.

27 The deceitful man shall not find gain : but
the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

28 In the path of justice is life: but the by-way
leadeth to death.

Awi

CHAP. XIII.

ise son heareth the doctrine of his father :
but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is
reproved.

2 Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be
filled with good things : but the soul of transgress-
ors is wicked.

3 He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul:
but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet
with evils.

4 The sluggard willeth and willeth not : but the
soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

5 The just shall hate a lying word: but the wick-
ed confoundeth, and shall be confounded.

6 Justice keepeth the way of the innocent : but
wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

7 One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing:
and another is as it were poor, when he hath great
riches.

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but
he that is poor, beareth not reprehension.

9 The light of the just giveth joy : but the lamp
of the wicked shall be put out.

10 Among the proud there are always conten-
tions : but they that do all things with counsel, are ■
ruled by wisdom.

11 Substance got in haste shall be diminished :
but that which by little and little is gathered with
the hand shall increase.

12 Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul : de-
sire when it cometh, is as a tree of life.

13 Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing, bindeth
himself for the time to come : but he that feartth
the commandment, shall dwell in peace.

Deceitful souls go astray in sins : the just are
merciful, and show mercy.

14 The law of the wise w a fountain of life, that
he may decline from the ruin of death.

15 Good instruction shall give grace : in the way
of scorners is a deep pit.

16 The prudent man doeth all things with coun-
sel : but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly.

17 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into
mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

18 Poverty and shame to him that refuseth in-

491

PROVKRHS.

■miction: hut he that yieldcth to reproof, shall be
glorified.

19 The desire that is accomplished, delighteth

the soul : tooK hate them that lee from evil thiugs.

I Ir that w alkcth with tin- u is, , shall be vv ise :
a friend of tools shall In-come like to tin in.

'Jl Evil pursueth siniuTs: and 10 the just good
shall In- repaid.

Tin' ^<mm1 man Iravrth heirs, sons, anil grand-
sons: and the subs t the sinner is kept for
tin- just.

Much food is iii the tillage of fathers: but for
others it is Dithered inthout judgment.

24 He that spareth the r< k! hateth his son: hut
he (hat loveth him correcteth him betimes.

25 The just ealeth and lilltth his soul: but the
belly of the wicked is never to he Idled.

(HAP. Xl\.

AW ISK woman buildeth her house: but the
foolish will pull dow n with her hands that also
which is built

_' lie that walketh in the right way, and feareth
God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous

3 In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride : but
the lips of the wise preserve them.

4 Where there are no o\en. the crib is empty :
but where there is much corn, there the strength of
the o\ is manliest

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful
w ituess uttereth a lie.

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and fmdeth it not:
the learning; of the wise is easy<

7 Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not
the lii »-» of prudence.

8 The w isdom of a discreet man is to understand
his way: ami the imprudence of fools ertreth.

9 A fool will laugh at sin: hut among the just
grace shall abide.

10 The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his
own soul, in his jnv the Strang r shall not inter-
meddle.

11 The house of the wicked shall be destroyed:
but the talMTiiaclcs o! the iust shall flourish.

IJ There is a wav which s, , until just to a man :
but the rinis thereof lead to diath.

13 Laughter shall he mingled with sorrow: and
mourning taketfa hold of the end of joy.

1 V A fool shall be filled wiili his own ways : and
the good man shall be above him.

1 5 I'hi' innocent believeth every word : the dis-
creet man considereth his steps.

No good shall come to the deceitful son : but the
wise servant shall pros|>er in hid dealings, and his
wav sh;il| Iw made straight.

16 A wise man feareth and declineth from evil:
the fool lea pet h oxer, and is confident.

17 Tin- impatient man shall work folly: and the
( -rail v man is hateful.

18 The childish shall possess folly ; and the pru-
dent shall look for knowledge.

19 The evil shall fall down before the good; and
the wit kid before the gate* of the just.

i The poor man shall he hateful even to his own
neighbour: but the friends of the rich me many.

ft He that riesptseth his in ighbour, s'niueih : but
he (bat shovveth mercy to the pom, shall be blessed.

He that believeth in the Lord, loveth mercy.

J2 Thej err thai work evil: but inerev and (rutli

prepare good things.
23 In much work there shall be abundance: but

w here there are many words, there is oftentimes
want.

84 The crown of the wise is their riches : the
folly of fools, imprudence.

25 A faithful witness delivereth souls: and the
double dealer utientli lies.

26 In the fearofthe Lord is confidence of strength;

and (here shall be hope for his children.

J7 The tear of the Lord If a fountain of life, to
decline from the ruin of death.

28 In the multitude of people is the dignity of
the king : and in the small number of people the dis-
honour of the prince.

29 He (hat is patient, is governed with much wis-
dom : but he that is impatient, exahetfa his folly.

30 Soundness of heart is the life of the flc.'i: but
envy if the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor, Dpbfaideth his
maker : but he that hath pity on the poor, honouieili
him.

32 The wicked man shall be driven out in his
wickedness: but (he just hath hope in his death.

33 In the heart of the prudent resteth wisdom;
and it shall instruct all the ignorant

34 Justice exalteth a nation : but sin makeih na-
tions miserable.

35 A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he
that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.

(HAP. XV.
A MILD answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh
-£*- word stirrelh up fury.^

2 The tongue of the wise adornelh knowledge :
but (he mouth of fools bubblethout folly.

3 The eves of the Lord in every place behold the
good and the evil.

4 A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that
which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

5 A fool laugheth at the instruction ot his father.
hut he that regardeth re proofs shall become prudent

In abundant justice there is tin greatest ttiengtb.
but the devices of the w icked shall be rooted out.

6 a The house of the just is \.n much strength
and in the fiuits of the wicked is trouble.

7 The lips of the wise shall disperse know led.

the heart of fools shall be unlike.

8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to
the Lord: the vows ofthejusi sre acceptable.

9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to
the Lord : he thai follow ith justice is beloVt il In him

10 Instruction is grievous to him that lorsaketh
the wav of life: he thai hateth reproof shall die.

11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord:
how much more the hearts of the children of men?

12 A corrupt man loveth not i in that reproveth
him : nor w ill he go to the w is ( -.

CHAP. XVI.

13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.

14 The heart of the wise seeketh instruction:
and the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

15 All the days of the poor are evil: a secure
mind is like a continual feast.

16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than
great treasures without content.

17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love,
than to a fatted calf with hatred.

18 A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that
is patient appcaseth those that are stirred up.

19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of
thorns : the way of the just is without offence.

20 A wise son maketh a father joyful: but a fool-
ish man despiseth his mother.

21 Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man
maketh straight his steps.

22 Designs are brought to nothing where there
is no counsel : but where there are many counsel-
lors, they are established.

23 A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth :
and a word in due time is best.

24 The path of life is above for the wise, that he
may decline from the lowest hell.

25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud ;
and will strengthen the borders of the widow.

26 Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord :
and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed
by him.

27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own
house: but he that hateth bribes shall live.

By mercy and faith sins are purged away : and by
the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.

28 The mind of the just studieth obedience : the
mouth of the wicked overfloweth with evils.

29 The Lord is far from the wicked : and he will
hear the prayers of the just.

30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul : a
good name maketh the bones fat.

31 The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall
abide in the midst of the wise.

32 He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his
own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof posscsseth
understanding.

33 The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom :
and humility goeth before glory.

CHAP. XVI.

IT is the part of man* to prepare the soul : and of
the Lord to govern the tongue.

2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes:
the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

3 Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy
thoughts shall be directed.

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: the
wicked also for the evil day.

5 Every proud man is an abomination to the
Lord : though hand should be joined to hand, he is
not innocent.

* It is the part of man, &c. That is, a man should prepare in his
heart and soul what he is to say : but after all it must he the Lord that
must govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we can
think any thing of good without God's grace ; but that after we have

The beginning of a good way, is to do justice,
and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer
sacrifices.

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed: and
by the fear ot the Lord men depart from evil.

7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord
he will convert even his enemies to peace.

8 Better is a little with justice, than great reve
nues with iniquity.

9 The heart of man disposeth his way : but the
Lord must direct his steps.

1 Divination is in the lips of the king : his mouth
shall not err in judgment.

1 1 Weight and balance are judgments of the
Lord : and his work all the weights of the bag.

12 They that act wickedly are abominable to
the king: for the throne is established by justice.

13 Just lips are the delight of kings: he that
speaketh right things shall be loved.

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death:
and the wise man will pacify it.

15 In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance
is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.

16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold:
and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than
silver.

17 The path of the just departeth from evils: he
that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

1 8 Pride goeth before destruction : and the spirit
is lifted up before a fall.

19 It is better to be humbled with the meek,
than to divide spoils with the proud.

20 The learned in word shall find good things :
and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater
things.

22 Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that
possesseth it : the instruction of fools is foolish-
ness.

23 The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth :
and shall add grace to his lips.

24 Well-ordered words are as a honey-comb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

25 There is a way that seemeth to a man right :
and the ends thereof lead to death.

26 The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for
himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

27 The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips
is a burning fire.

28 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one
full of words separateth princes.

29 An unjust man allureth his friend: and lead-
eth him into a way that is not good.

30 He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked
things, biting his lips bringeth evil to pass.

31 Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is
found in the ways of justice.

32 The patient man is better than the valiant:

(with God's grace) thought and prepared within our souls what we
could speak ; if God does not govern our tongue, we shall not suc-
ceed in what we speak.

493

PBorKRBa

ruleth his spirit, than he that takcth
hut they arc dis-

iiml he that
cities.

33 LoO an- cast into tin 1 lap ;
posed of by tin- Lord.

CHAP. Wll.

BETTER is a drj morsel with joy, than a boose
lull of victims with strife.

2 A wise sen ant shall rule iivit foolish son-, ami
shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

3 As silver is died by fire, and u.< >lri in the fur-
nace; so the Lord tricth the hearts.

4 The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue.: and
the deceitful bearkeneth to lying lips.

5 He that despiseth tin- poor, reproae-heth his"
maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin,
shall not he unpunished.

6 Children's children are the crown of old men:

ire their fathers.
not beeome a fool,

nor

and the glorj of children

7 Eloquent words do
lying lips a prime.

8 The expectation of him that cxpecteth, is a
most acceptable jewel : whithersoever he turneth
himself, he understandetli wisely.

!• He that cpncealeth a transgression, seeketh

friendships: he that repeated) it again, separated)
friends.

10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man.
than a hundred stripes with a fool.

11 An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a
cruel angel shall he sent against him.

1 J It is better to meet a hear robbed of her
whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.

13 He that rendered! evil for good, evil shall not
depart from his house.

1 V Tin' beginning of quarrels has when onelet-
teth out water: hefore he stilTercth reproach, he for-
siketh judgment

15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemned] the just, both are abominable before
God.

16 What doth it avail a fool to have riches, see-
ing he cannot buy wisdom?

Tie that tnakeih his house high, seeketh a down-
full: and he that reftiscth to learn, shall fall intoevfl.

17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a
brother is proved in distress.

18 A foolish m, in will clap hands, when he is
surety for his friend.

I!) lie that studied) discords, loveth quarrels:
and he that exalted) his door, seeketh ruin.

Jn He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find
pood ; and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall
into evil.

21 A fool is horn to his own disgrace : and even
hi- lather sh;i|| not rejoice in a tool.

Jl t joyful mind maketh age nourishing: a sor-
rowful spirit drieth up the hones.

The wicked man takcth gifts out of the
som, that he may pervert the paths of judgment
Wisdom shineth in the face ofthewise:
are in the ends of the earth.

2") A foolish son is the aimer of the father
the sorrow of the mother thai bore him.

bo-

the
, and

8 It is no good tiling to do hurt to the just ; nor
:ike the prince, whojudgeth right.
27 He that setteth bounds to his words, is know*

in- and wise: and the man of Understanding is of a
precious spirit.

Even a fool, if he will hold Iris peace, shall l>e
counted w isc ; and if he close his lips, a man of un-
derstanding.

TTE that

iJ - seeketh

CHAP. XVIII.

hath a mind to depart from a friend
occasions: he shall ever he BUbjecl to
reproach.

J A fool rcceiveth not the words of prudence ;
Unless thou say those thiims which are in his heart.

3 The wicked man w hen In- is come into the
depth of sins, contcmuetli : hut ignominy ami re-
proach follow him.

4 Words from the mouth of a man art as deep
water ; and the fountain of w isdom as an overflow-
ing stream.

5 It is not good to accept the person of the wick-
ed, to decline from the truth of judgment.

6 The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and
his mouth provoked) quarrels.

7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction : and
his lips are the ruin of his soul.

8 The words of the double-tongued areas if they
were harmless; and they reach even to the inner
parts of the bowels, l'ear casteth down the slothful

and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

9 He that is loose and slack in his work, is the
brother of him that wasteth his own works.

10 The name of the Lord is a Strong tower: the
just runneth to it, and shall he exalted.

11 The Substance of the rich man is the city ol
his Strength, and as a strong Wall compassing him
about.

1 2 Hefore destruction, the heart of I man is ex-
alted : and hefore he he glorified, it is humbled.

13 He that aiiswercth hefore he heaieth. showed)
himself to he a fool, and worthy of confusion.

1 I The spirit of a man tipholdeth his infirmity:
hut a spirit that beastly angered, who can bear/

15 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge : and
the ear of the wise seeketh instruction:

16 A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh
him room hefore prin

17 The just is first accuser of himself: his friend
cometh. and shall search him.

18 The lot SUppresseth contentions, and deter-
mined! even between the mighty.

19 A brother that is helped by his brother, is like
a strong city : and judgments art like the hars of
cities.

JO Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly
I'islied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill
him.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tOttgue:
the) that love it shall eat the fruits thereof.

' He that huh found a good wife, hath found a

food thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the
„ord. He that drivcth away a good wife, driveth

CHAP. XIX, XX.

a good thing: but he that kecpeth an adulteress, is
foolish and wicked.

23 The poor will speak with supplications ; and
the rich will speak roughly.

24 A man amiable in society, shall be more
friendly than a brother.

CHAP. XIX.

BETTER is the poor man, that vvalketh in his
simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in
bis lips, and unwise.

2 Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there
is no good : and he that is hasty with his feet shall
si nmble.

3 The folly of a man supplanteth his steps : and
he fretteth in bis mind against God.

4 Riches make many friends : but from the poor
man, even they whom he had, depart.

5 A false witness shall not be unpunished : and
be that speaketh lies, shall not escape.

6 Many honour the person of him that is mighty,
and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

7 The brethren of the poor man hate him : more-
over also his friends have departed far from him.

He that followeth afterwords only, shall have
nothing.

8 But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own
soul ; and he that keepeth prudence shall find good
things.

9 A false witness shall not be unpunished : and
he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

10 Delicacies are not seemly for a fool ; nor for
a servant to have rule over princes.

1 1 The learning of a man is known by patience :
and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

12 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger
of a king ■ and his cheerfulness as the dew upon
the grass.

13 A foolish son is the grief of his father : and a
wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping
lb rough.

14 House and riches are given by parents : but a
prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep : and
an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16 He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth
his own soul : but he that neglecteth his own way,
shall die.

17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to
the Lord : and he will repay him.

18 Chastise thy son, despair not : but to the kill-
ing of him set not thy soul.

19 He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and
when he shall take away he shall add another thing.

20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that
thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.

21 There are many thoughts in the heart of a
man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

22 A needy man is merciful :■ and better is the
poor than the lying man.

23 The fear of the Lord is unto life : and he
shall abide in fulness without being; visited with evil.

24 The slothful hideth his hand under his arm-
pit, and will not so much as bring it to bis mouth.

25 The wicked man being scourged, the fool
shall be wiser : but if thou rebuke a wise man he
will understand discipline.

26 He that afilicteth his father, and chaseth
away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.

27 Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and
be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.

28 An unjust witness scorneth judgment : and
the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

29 Judgments are prepared lor scorners : and
striking hammers for the bodies of fools.

CHAP. XX.
"Y17TNE i s a luxurious thing, and drunkenness ri-
^* otous : whosoever is delighted therewith shall
not be wise.

2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of
a king : he that provoketh him, sinneth against his
own soul.

3 It is an honour for a man, to separate himself
from quarrels : but all fools are meddling with re-
proaches.

4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not
plough : he shall beg therefore in the summer, and
it shall not be given him.

5 Council in the heart of a man is like deep wa-
ter : but a wise man will draw it out.

6 Many men are called merciful : but who shall
find a faithful man ?

7 The just that walketh in his simplicity shall
leave behind him blessed children.

8 The king that sitteth on the throne of judgment,
scattereth away all evil with his look.

9 Who can say : My heart is clean, I am pure
from sin ?

10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both
are abominable before God.

11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his
works be clean and right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the
Lord hath made them both.

13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee ;
open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

14 It" is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer:
and when he is gone away then he will boast.

15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels : but
the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

16 Take away the garment of him that is surety
for a stranger ; and take a pledge from him for stran-
gers.

17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man : but
afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

18 Designs are strengthened by counsels : and
wars are to be managed by governments.

19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets
and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

20 He that curseth his father and mother, hi?
lamp shall be put out hi the midst of darkness.

21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the begin-
ning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

22 Say not : I will return evil : wait for the Lord,
and he will deliver thee.

23 Diverse weights are an abomination before

the Lord : a deceitful balance is not good.

PROVERDS.

21 Tin- steps of man arc guided bj the Lord :
and who is tin- man that (an u n d ers ta n d his OWn
w |

It ifl min to | man to devour holy ones, and
after \DHs to retract.

V w ise kirn: scattered] the w icked, and briog-
cth over them tin- wheel.

11 The spirit ol a man is the lamp of the Lord,
w Inch searched) all the bidden things of the bowels.
ml truth preserve the kin:; : and his
throne is strengthened by clemency.

29 The joy of voting men is their strength ; and
the dignity ot old men, their gray hairs.

The bkMMaot a wound shall wipe away
e\ils; and stripes in the more inward parte of the

belly.

CHAP. \\l.

A S the divisions of waters, so the heart of the
■• *- kirn: is in the hand of the Lord : whithersoever
he will he shall turn it.

I Everj way of a man seemeth right to himself :

hilt the Lord weinheth the hearts.

• > To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord
more than victim-.

4 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the
heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

5 The thoughts of the industrious always bring
forth abundance : but every sluggard is always in
want.

»J He that eathercth treasures by a lying tongue,
i in and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares
»f death.

7 The robberies of the wicked shall be their
downfall; because they would not do Judgment.

8 The perverse way of a man is arrange ! but as
for Hi in that is pure, his work is right.

9 It is better to sit in a corner of the house-top.
than with a brawTuiu, woman, and in a common
bon

10 The soul of the wicked desinth e\ il : he will
not have pity on his neighbour.

II When a pestilent man is punished, the little
one will bswiaer: and il be follow the wise, he
will receive know ledge.

1J The iust considereth seriously the house of
the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from
ev il.

13 He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of
the poor, shall also cry himself, ami shall not be
beard.

14 A secret present quencheth anger ; and a gift
in the bosom the greatest wrath.

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment ; and
dread to them that work iniquity.

It! A man that shall wander out of the way of
doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

17 He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want :
he that loveth w inc. and lat things, shall not be rich.

18 The wicked is delivered up lor the just ; and
the unjust for the righteous.

Ill It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than
with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

is a treasure to be desired, and oil in

the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall
spend it.

21 lie that followeth justice and mercy, shall
find life, justice, and glory.

I The wise man hath scaled the city of the
Strong, and hath cast down the strength of the con-
fidence thereof.

29 He that keepetb his mouth and his tongue,
keepeth his soul from distress.

24 The proud and the arrogant is called ignorant,
w ho iii anger w orketh pride.

Desires kill the slothful : for his hands have
refused to work at all.

26 Helongeth and desireth all the day: but he
that isjiist. will give, and will not cease.

J. The s;i,|jfices of the w icked are abominable ;
because thev are offered of wickedness.

28 A lying witness shall perish: an obedient
man shall speak of victory.

29 The wicked man impudently hardenelh his
face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.

30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence,
there is no counsel against the Lord.

31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle :
but the Lord givetb safety,

CHAP. XXII.
\ GOOD name is better than great riches : and
-^*- good favour is above silver and gold.

2 The rich and |>oor have met one another : the
Lord is the maker of them both.

3 The prudent man saw the evil, and hid him-
self: the simple passed on and Buffered loss.

4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord,
riches mid glory and life.

5 Arms and swords are in the way of the pcr-
: hut he that keepeth his own soul departeth

far from them.

6 It is a proverb : A young man according to his
way. even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

7 The rich rulcth over the poor : and the bor-
rower is servant to him that lendeth.

8 He that sow eth iniquity, shall reap evils: and
with the rod of his anger he shall he consumed.

9 He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed :
for of his bread he hath given to the poor.

He that maketh presents shall purchase victory
and honour: but he carried) awav the souls of the

receivers.

10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go
out with him: and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.

1 1 He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace
of bis lips shall have the kin:: for his friend.

12 The eyes of the Lord pi (serve knowledge:
and the words of the unjust arc overthrown.

13 Tie- slothful man saith : There is a lion w itb-
out : 1 shall be slain in the midst of the stret

1 J The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit :
he whom the Lord is angry with shall fall into it.

15 Lolly is bound up in the heart of a child : and
the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Iti He that opprcsseth the poor to increase his
own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer
and shall be in need.

CHAP. XXIII, XXIV.

17 Incline thy car, and licar the words of the
wise : and apply thy heart to my doctrine :

18 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep
it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips :

19 That thy trust maybe in the Lord, wherefore
I have also shown it to thee this day.

20 Behold, I have described it to thee three man-
ner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

21 That I might show thee the certainty and the
words of truth, to answer out of these to them that
sent thee.

22 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor;
and do not oppress the needy in the gate :

23 Because the Lord will judge his cause : and
will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

24 Be not a friend to an angry man ; and do not
walk with a furious man :

25 Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take
scandal to thy soul.

26 Be not with them that fasten down their hands,
and that offer themselves sureties for debts :

27 For if thou have not wherewith to restore,
what cause is there, that he should take the cover-
ing from thy bed ?

28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which
thy fathers have set.

29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work ? he
shall stand before kings, and shall not be before
those that are obscure.

CHAP. XXIII.

WHEN thou shaltsitto eat with a prince, con-
sider diligently what is set before thy face :

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that
thou have thy soul in thy own power.

3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the
bread of deceit.

4 Labour not to be rich : but set bounds to thy
prudence.

5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst
not have: because they shall make themselves wings
like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not
his meats :

7 Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he think-
eth that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will
he say to thee : and his mind is not with thee.

8 The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt
vomit up : and shall lose thy beautiful words.

9 S|>eak not in the ears of fools : because they
will despise the instruction of thy speech.

10 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and en-
ter not into the field of the fatherless.

11 For their near kinsman is strong: and he will
judge their cause against thee.

12 Let thy heart apply itself to instruction : and
thy ears to words of knowledge.

13 Withhold not correction from a child : for if
thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver
his soul from hell.

15 My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall
'ejoice with thee;

16 And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall
speak what is right.

17 Let not thy heart envy sinners : but be thou
in the fear of the Lord all the day long :

18 Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end;
and thy expectation shall not be taken away.

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide
thy mind in the way.

20 Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in
their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat :

21 Because they that give themselves to drink-
ing, and that club together, shall be consumed; and
drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

22 Hearken to thy father, that begot thee : and
despise not thy mother when she is old.

23 Buy truth ; and do not sell wisdom, and in-
struction, and understanding.

24 The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that
hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.

25 Let thy father and thy mother be joyful ; and
let her rejoice that bore thee.

26 My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes
keep my ways.

27 For a harlot is a deep ditch : and a strange
woman is a narrow pit.

28 She lieth in wait in the way as a robber : aiu"
him whom she shall see unwaryj she will kill.

29 Who hath wo? whose father hath wo? who
hath contentions? who falls into pits? who harli
wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ?

30 Surely they that pass their time in wine, and
study to drink on their cups.

31 Look not upon the wine when it is yellow,
when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goetli
in pleasantly :

32 But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and
will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

33 Thy eyes shall behold strange women : and
thy heart shall utter perverse things :

34 And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst
of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern
is lost.

35 And thou shalt say : They have beaten me,
but I was not sensible of pain : they drew me, and
I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again?

CHAP. XXI V.

SEEK not to be like evil men ; neither desire to
be with them :

2 Because their mind studieth robberies ; and
their lips speak deceits.

3 By wisdom the house shall be built : and by
prudence it shall be strengthened.

4 By instruction the store-rooms shall be filled
with all precious and most beautiful wealth.

5 A wise man is strong : and a knowing man
stout and valiant.

6 Because war is managed by due ordering: and
there shall be safety where there are many counsels

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool : in the gate ht
shall not open his mouth.

8 He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a
fool.

497

PROVf
the detractor

9 The thought of a fool is sin : mm
is the abominatiou of men.

10 It lliou lose hope Ix-ing weary in t lit' dav of
distress, thy strength (ball be diminished.

1 1 Deliver them that an- led to death : and those
that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.

\2 If thou say; I haw not strength enough: he
that seelh into I lie heart, lit- understand* th, and no-
thing deeetveth the keeper of thj soul, and he shall
render to a man according to his works.

13 Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and
the honey-comb most swei i to thv throat :

14 So aKo m the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul:
which whea thou hast found, thou shall have hope
in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.

\~> Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedoen in

the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

16 For a just man shall Tall seven times and shall
rise again : mil the wicked shall fall down into evil.

17 When thy enemy shall fall, l»e not glad : and
in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice;

18 Lest the Lord see, and it displease him. and
he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be
like the ungodly :

20 For evil men have no hope of things to come :
and the lamp of the wicked shall he nut out.

21 Ml son, fear the Lord, and the king; and
have nothing to do with detractors.

22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly : and
W ho know eth the ruin of both ?

23 These things tin to the w ise : It is not good
to have respect to persons in judgment.

• 24 They that say to the wicked man : Thou art
just ; shall Ik* cursed by the people ; and the tribes
shall abhor them.

25 They that rebuke him, shall be praised : and
a blessing shall come upon them.

26 He shall kiss the lips, who answered) right
words.

27 Prepare thy work without, and diligently till
thy ground, that afterwards thou mayst build thy

hollar.

28 Be not witness without cause against thy
neighbour; and deceive not any man with thy lips.

Say not : I will do to him as be hath done to
me: I will render to every one according to his work.

30 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and
by the vineyard of the foolish man :

31 Ami behold, it was all tilled with nettles ; and
thorns had covered the face thereof: and the stone
wall was broken down.

32 Which, whin I had seen, I laid it up in my
hc«rt: and by the example I received instruction.

33 Thou wilt sleep a little, said I : thou wilt slum-
ber a little ; thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest :

34 And poverty shall come to thee as a runner,
and In-ggary as an armed man.

(HAP. XXV.

THESE are also parables of Solomon, which the
men of l./.ei bias king of Juda copied out :
2 It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and
the glory of kings to search out the speech.

3 The heaven above, and the earth beneath, and
the heart of kin^s is unsearchable.

4 Take away the rust from silver, and there
shall come forth a most pure vessel :

6 Take away wickedness from the face of the
king; and his throne shall be established w it li justice.

ti Appear not glorious before the kin;;; and stand
not in the place of great men.

7 For it is better that it should be said to tine .
Cone up hither ; than that thou sbouldst be humbled
before the prince.

8 The things which th] eves have seen, Utter not
hastily in a quarrel : lest afterwards ihou mavst not
be able to make amends, when thou hast dishorn ur-
ed thv friend.

9 Treat thy cause with thy friend; and discover
not the secret lo a stranger:

10 Lest be insult over thee, when he hath heard
it, and cease not to upbraid tin e.

Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these
for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.

11 To speak a word in due time, i.s like apples

of gold on beds of silver*

12 As an ear-ring of gold and a bright pearl, so is
he that repruvclh the Wise, and the oUdient car.

13 As the cold of snow in the time of haivcsl. so
is a faithful messenger to him that scut him; ./or he
refresheih his soul.

14 As clouds, and wind, when no rain follow eth,
-•> is the man that boastcth, and doth not fulfil his
promises.

15 By patience a prince shall l>e appeased ; and
a soft tongue shall break hardness.

16 Thou hast found honey ; eat what is sufficient
for thee, lest being glutted therewith, thou vomit it
up.

17 Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy
neighbour, lest having his fill, he hate thee.

18 A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp
arrow.

19 To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of
trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

20 And one that loscth his garment in cold wea-
ther.

As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs
toa very evil heart. As a moth doeth bj a garment,
and a worm by the wood ; so the sadness ol a man
c otisiimeth the heart.

21 If tin enemy be hungry ? give him to eat : if
he thirst, give him water to drink :

22 For thou shah heap hot coals upon his head,
and the Lord will reward thee.

23 The north wind drivcth away rain, as doth a
sad countenance a backbiting tongue.

24 It is better to sit in a comer of the house-
top, than with a brawling woman, and in a common

house.

25 yfxcold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings
from a far country.

26 A just man railing down before the wicked,

is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a cor
rup'.ed spring.

CHAP. XXVI, XXVII.

27 As it is not good for a man to eat much honey,
so he that is a searcher of majesty,* shall be over-
whelmed by glory.

28 As a city that lieth open, and is not compass-
ed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his
own spirit in speaking.

CHAP. XXVI.

AS snow in summer, and rain in harvest ; so glo-
ry is not seemly for a fool.

2 As a birdf flying to other places, and a spar-
row going here or there ; so a curse uttered with-
out cause shall come upon a man.

3 A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass,
and a rod for the back of fools.

4 Answer not a foolf according to his folly, lest
thou be made like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he
imagine himself to be wise.

6 He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger,
is lame of feet, and drinketh iniquity.

7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain ; so a pa-
rable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

8 As he that castcth a stone into the heap of Mer-
cury ; so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

9 As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a
niunkard ; so is a parable in the month of fools.

10 Judgment determineth causes: and he that
putteth a iool to silence, appeaseth anger..

1 1 As a dog that returneth to his vomit ; so is the
fool that repeateth his folly.

12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit ?
there shall be more hope of a lool than of tikri.

13 The slothful man saith : There is a lion in the
ivay, and a lioness in the roads.

14 As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth
He slothful upon his bed.

15 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit ;
and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than
seven men that speak sentences.

17 As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he
that nasseth by in anger, and meddleth with another
man's quarrel.

18 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows and lances
Unto death :

19 So is the man, that hurteth his friend deceit-
fully : and when he is taken, saith : I did it in jest.

20 When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out :
and when the tale-bearer is taken away, conten-
tions shall cease.

21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to
fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.

22 The words of a tale-bearer are as it were
simple ; but they reach to the innermost parts of
the belly.

23 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are
like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

* Mnjtsly, viz. of God. For to search into that incomprehensible
Majesty, and to pretend to sound the depths of the wisdom of God, is
exmiMttjr our weak understanding- to be blinded with an excess of
li<r'it and irlon', which it cannot comprehend.

I .Is a bird, &c. The meaning is, that a curse uttered without cause

24 An enemy is known by his lips, when in his
heart he entertaineth deceit.

25 When he shall speak low, trust him not: be-
cause there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

26 He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his ma-
lice shall be laid open in the public assembly.

27 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and
he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.

28 A deceitful tongue loveth not truth : and a
slippery mouth worketh ruin.

CHAP. XXVII.

BOAST not for to-morrow ; for thou knowest not
what the day to come may bring forth.

2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own
mouth ; a stranger and not thy own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty : but the
anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it break-
eth forth : and who can bear the violence of one
provoked ?

5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the de-
ceitful kisses of an enemy.

7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honey-
comb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even
bitter for sweet.

8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is
a man that leaveth his place.

9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart : and
the good counsels or a friend are sweet to the soul.

10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend for-
sake not : and go not into thy brother's house in the
day of thy affliction.

Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother
afar off.

11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart
joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that
reproacheth.

12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself:
little ones passing on have suffered losses.

13 Take away his garment that hath been surety
for a stranger : and take from him a pledge for
strangers.

14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud
voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that
curseth.

15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a
contentious woman, are alike.

16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold
the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

17 Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth
the countenance of his friend.

18 He that keepeth the fig-tree, shall eat the
fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master,
shall be glorified.

19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine
in the water ; so the hearts of men are laid open to
the wise.

shall do no harm to the person that is cursed, but will return upon
him that curseth ; as, whithersoever a bird flics, it returns to its own
nest.

I Answer not a Jool, &c. Viz. so as to imitate him, but only so as to
reprove his folly.

499

PROVERBS.

20 Hell and destruction are never filled : so the
eyes of men are never satisfied.

21 As silver ia tried in the fining pot. and gold in
the furnace ; so I man is tried by the mouth of him
that praiscth.

The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils; but
the righteous heart seeketh alter knowledge.

rhough thou shouhlst bray a fool in the mor-
tar, as w hen a pestle striketh upon sodden barley,
his folly would not be taken from him.

23 Re diligent to know the countenance of thy
cattle; and consider th) own flocks:

24 For thou shall not always have power: but a
crown shall be given to generation and generation.

25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs
have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the
mountains.

I .ambs are for thy clothing ; and kids for the
price of the fi'ld.

27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for tin
food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for
maintenance For thy handmaids.

CHAP. XXVIII.

'I'MIF wicked man fleeth, when no man pursued) :
*■ but the just, hold as a lion, shall be without
dread.

2 For the sins of the land many are the princes
thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the
knowledge of those things that are said, the life of
the prince shall be prolonged.

3 A |>oor man that oppressed) the poor, is like a
violent shower, which bnngeth a famine.

4 They that forsake the law, praise the Wicked
man; they thai keep it, are incensed against him.

5 Evil men think not on judgment: hut they
that seek after the Lord, fake notice of all things.

6 Better is the poor man walking in his simpli-
city, than the rich in crooked ways.

7 He that keepelh the law, is a wise son : but
be that feedeth gluttons, shamed) his father.

!{ He thai heapeth together riches by usury and
loan, gathered] them for him that will be bountiful
to the poor.

9 He that turneth aw ay his ears from hearing the
law, his prayer shall In 1 an abomination.

10 He that deceiveth the just in a wicked wav,
shall fall in his own destruction ! and the upright
shall possess his goods.

11 The rich man seemeth to himself wise : but
the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.

12 In the joy of the just there is -teat glory:
.\\\< u the wicked reign, men are mined.

13 He that hided] his sins, shall not prosper: but
he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain
mercy.

1 V I Messed is the man that is alwa\s fearful : but
he thai is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.

15 visa roaring lion, and a hungry bear, jo it a
wicked prince over the |w>or people.

16 A prince void of prudence shall oppress mam
by calumny : but be that hatcth tovetoaaneas, shall
prolong his days.

17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of a
person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay
him.

II? He thai walketh uprightly, shall be saved ; he
that is perverse In his ways, shall fall at once.

19 He that tilleth his ground, shall »>c tilled with
bread : but he that followed] idleness, shall be filled
with poverty.

20 A faithful man shall be much praised: but he
that maketh haste to he rich, shall not be innocent.

21 He that hath respect toa person ia judgment,

doeth not well: such a man even for a morsel oi
bread forsakedi the truth.
> 22 A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and en-
\ieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come up-
on him.

23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find
lavour with him, more than he that bj a flattering

tongue deceiveth him.

J't He that stealeth any thing from his father, or
from his mother, and sailh: This is no sin, is the
partner of a murderer.

25 He that housteth, and puffeth up himself, stir-
reth up Quarrels: but he that trusted] in the Lord,
shall lie healed.

26 He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool:
but he that walketh wisely, he shall lie saved.

27 He that giyeih to the poor, shall not want : he
that despisedi his entreaty, shall suffer indigence

J!! When the wicked rise up, men shall hide
themselves : when they perish, the ju.st shall be mul-
tiplied.

CHAP. XXIX.
r pHL man that with a si ill" neck despiseth him
- 1 - that reproveih him, shall suddenly be destioycd:
and health shall not follow him.

2 When just men increase, the people shall re-
joice: when the wicked shall hear rule, the people
shall mourn.

3 A man that loved) wisdom, rejoiceth his fa
ther: but he that maintained! harlots, shall squander
away his substance.

4 A JUSt King setted) ap the land :a com tons man
shall destroy it.

5 A man that speakethto his friend with flatter
ing and dissembling words, sprcadcth a net lor his
feet

6 A snare shall entangle the w ickc.l man when he
sinneth : and the just shall praise and rejoice.

7 The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor:
the wicked is void of knowledge.

8 Corrupt men bring a city to ruin : but wise
men turn away wrath.

9 If a w ise man contend wilh a fool, whether he
be angry, or laugh, be shall find no rest.

10 Blood-thirsty men hate the upright : but just
men seek his soul.

1 1 A fool uttcreih all his mind : a wise man de-
ferreth. and keepeth it till afterwards.

12 A prince thai gladly heart ih lying words, hath
all his servants w icki d.

13 The |x>or man and the creditor have met one
another : the Lord is the enlightener of them both.

CHAP. XXX.

1 1 The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his
t|ir(.», shall be established for ever.

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child
that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.

16 Wtieu the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall
be multiplied : but the just shall see their downfall.

17 Instruct thy son : and he shall refresh thee,
and shall give delight to thy soul.

18 When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be
scattered abroad : but he that keepeth the law, is
blessed.

19 A slave will not be corrected by words : be-
cause he understandeth what thou sayest, and will
not answer.

20 Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak ? folly
is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

21 He that nourished] his servant delicately from
his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.

22 A passionate man provoketh quarrels : and
he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more
prone to sin.

23 Humiliation followeth the proud : and glory
shall uphold the humble of spirit.

24 He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his
own soul : he heareth one putting him to his oath,
and discovereth not.

25 He that feareth man, shall quickly fall : he
that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

26 Many seek the face of the prince : but the
judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.

27 The just abhor a wicked man : and the wicked
loathe them that are in the right way.

The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from
destruction.

CHAP. XXX.

The wise man thinketk humbly of himself. His prayer, and
sentiments upon certain virtues and vices.

THE words of Gatherer* the son of Vomiter.
The vision which the man spoke, with whom
God is, and who being strengthened by God, abi-
ding with him, said :

2 I am the most foolish of men : and the wisdom
of men is not with me.

3 I have not learned wisdom, and have not known
the science of saints.

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and de-
scended ? who hath held the wind in his hands ?
who hath bound up the waters together as in a gar-
ment ? who hath raised up all the borders of the
earth ? what is his name, and what is the name of
his son, if thou knowest ?

5 Every word of God is fire-tried :f he is a
buckler to them that hope in him.

6 Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be
reproved, and found a liar:

7 Two things 1 have asked of thee; deny them
not to me before I die.

* Gatherer, &c. or, as it is in the Latin, Congregant the son of Vontent.
The Latin interpreter has given us in this place the signification of
the Hebrew names, instead of the names themselves, which are in
the Hebrew, Agur the son of Jakeh. But whether this Agur he the
lame person as Solomon, as many think, or a < li lie rent person, whose
doctrine was adopted by Solomon, and inserted among his parables or
proverbs <s uncertain.

8 Remove far from me vanity and lying words
Give me neither beggary, nor riches : give me only
the necessaries of life :

9 Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted
to deny, and say : Who is the Lord ? or being com-
pelled by poverty, 1 should steal, and forswear the
name of my God.

10 Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he
curse thee, and thou fall.

11 There is a generation that curseth their fa-
ther, and doth not bless their mother.

12 A generation, that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

13 A generation whose eyes are lofty, and their
eye-lids lifted up on high.

14 A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and
grindeth with their jaw-teeth, to devour the needy
from off the earth, and the poor from among men.

15 The horse-leeehj hath two daughters that
say: Bring, bring.

There are three things that never are satisfied :
and the fourth never saith : It is enough.

16 Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the
earth which is not satisfied with water : and the fire
never saith : It is enough.

17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and that
despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him,
let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the
young eagles eat it.

18 Three things are hard to me; and the fourth
I am utterly ignorant of.

19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a
serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst
of the sek, and the way of a man in youth.

20 Such is also the way of an adulterous woman,
who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith : 1
have done no evil.

21 By three things the earth is disturbed : and
the fourth it cannot bear:

22 By a slave when he reigneth ; by a fool when
he is filled with meat ;

23 By an odious woman when she is married ;
and by a bond-woman when she is heir to her
mistress.

24 There are four very little things of the earth;
and they are wiser than the wise :

25 The ants, a feeble people, which provide
themselves food in the harvest: 4

26 The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh
its bed in the rock :

27 The locust hath no king, yet they all go out
by their bands :

28 The stellio§ supporteth itself on hands, and
dwelleth in kings' houses.

29 There are three things, which go well, and
the fourth that walketh happily :

30 A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no
fear of any thing he meeteth ;

t /» fire-tried: that is, most pure, like gold purified by fire.

| The horie-leech. Concupiscence, which hath two daughters that
are never satisfied, viz. lust and avarice.

♦ The shllio. A kind of house-lizard marked with spots like stars,
from whence it has its name.

601

ECCLES

■ad I rain

31 A cock (tided about the loins
and a kin:;, whom none can resist.

1'here is lhat lialli appeared a fool after he
was lilted up on high : lor if he had understood,
he would have laid his hand U|k>u his mouth.

33 And he that strongly sqtieey.cth the paps to
bring out milk, straineth out liutter : and he that
violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood : and
he lhat provoketh wrath, bringeth forth strife.

CHAP. XXXI.

An exportation to chastitn. f< ■«/>. run re, ami works of mercy ;
with the pr,ii>r r,/' n trisr woman.

'ItHE words of king Lemuel.* The vision
-*- wherewith his mother instructed him.

2 What.O ins beloved : what, () the beloved of
my womb; whit. O the beloved of nsj vows?

3 Give not thy substance to women, and thy rich-
es to d< atroj kiims.

4 Give not to kin^.s, o Lemuel, pre nut wine to

kin^s : be. aiis. their i> no .secret wheredrunkeunrss
reigneth :

lad lest they drink and forget judgments, and
pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

t! Give stroni; drink to them that are sad, and
wine to them that are grieved in mind :

7 Let them drink, and forget their want, and re-
member their sorrow no more.

8 OjM'n thy mouth for the dumb, and for the
causes of all the children that pas^.

9 Ojh-'H thy mouth; decree that which is just ; and
do justice to Oie needy and poor.

10 Who shall find a valiant woman
the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

11 The heart of her husband tiusuth in her;
he shall have no need of spoils.

1 1 She will render him good, and not evil, all
the da\s of her life.

13 She hath sought wool and flax, and hath
wrought by the counsel of her hands.

* Lmt mt l Tim name «i<»nifiM God with turn, and U »u,>(x»ed to
hare been one of tbc name* of Solomon

; far, and from
and

|4 She is like the merchant's ship; she bringctb
her bread from afar.

If \ud she halh risen in the night, and giveo a
pre\ to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

|6 She huh considered a field, and bought it:
with the fruit of her hands the hath pi. mud a
\ iinvard.

17 She hath girded her loins with strength, and

hath strengthened her arm.

18 She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is
good : her lamp shall not lie put out in the nighl.

19 She hath put out her hand to strong things:
and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

20 She hath opened her hand to the needy, and
stri tcheil out her hands to the poor.

21 She shall not fear for her house in the told of
snow : for all In i -domestics are clothed with double

garments :

. She hath made for herself clothing of tap
try : tine linen and purple is her covering*

23 ller husband is honourable in the gates, when
he sittelh anion- the senators of the land.

24 She made fine linen, and sold it ; and deli-
vered a girdle to the ('liaiiauitcf

25 Strength and beauty are her clothing: and
she shall laugh in the latter day.

26 She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and
the law of clemency is on her tongue.

27 She halh looked well to the paths of her
house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

28 Her children rose up, and called her blessed :
her husband, and he praised her.

29 Many daughters have gathered together rich-

I | : thou hast surpassed them all.

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : the
wouianthat lean -th the Lord, she shall be praised.

31 (Jive her of the fruit of her hands: and let
her works praise her in flic gates.

f The CkmumUe,
a merchant.

the merchant : for Ckmumitt in Hebrew Mi,ni.ic

ECCLESIASTES.

This book it called Eccletiiwtes, or tin- Prt-nrlwr, (in Hebrew,
Cohclrth,) because in it Solomon, at tin rxcellrtit pn-arlirr,
trtteth forth the canity of tlte thingt »f this irorld ; to with-
draw the hearts and affections of men from such empty toys.

(HAP. I.

The vanity of all temporal thingt.

r ¥l HE words of Ecclesrapteii the son of David,

■*■ king of Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, said F.cclesiastes : vanity of
vanities, and all is vanity.

3 What hath a man more of all his lalmur, that he
taketh under the sun ?

4 One Z' aeration passeth awav, and another ge-
neration eometh: but the earth standeth for evi

5 The sun riscth, and goeth down, and rcturncth
to his place: and there risinz azain,

6 Maketh his round by the South, and turneih
again to the North : the spirit ttocth forward siirve\-
iim all pkiees round about, and rcturncth to his cir-
cuits.

7 All the rivers run into the sea ; vet the sea doth
not overflow : unto the place from wlience the rivers
come, they return, to How again.

8 All things are hard : man cannot explain them
bj word. The eve is not filled w ith s, , jng, mil lit r
is the ear filled with hearin

9 What is it that hath lx en ? the same thine that
shall Ih\ What is it that hath been done ? the same
that shall lx- done.

chap. n. in.

10 Nothing under the sun is new : neither in any
man able to say : Behold, this is new : for it hath
already gone before, in the ages that were before us.

1 1 There is no remembrance of former things :
nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to
come, shall there be any remembrance with them
that shall be in the latter end.

12 1 Eeclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem:

13 And I proposed in my mind to seek and search
out wisely concerning all things that are done under
the sun. This painful occupation hath God given
to the children of men, to be exercised therein.

14 I have seen all things that are done under the
sun : and behold, all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

15 The perverse are hard to be corrected; and
the number of fools is infinite.

16 I have spoken in my heart, saying : Behold, I
am become great, -and have gone beyond all in wis-
dom, that were before me in Jerusalem : and my
mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I
have learned.

17 And I have given my heart to know prudence,
and learning, and errors, and folly : and I have per-
ceived that in these also there was labour, and vex-
ation of spirit ;

18 Because in much wisdom there is much in-
dignation : and he that addeth knowledge, addeth
also labour.

CHAP. II.

The vanity of pleasures, riches, and worldly labours.

SAID in mv heart : I will go, and abound with
-*- delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that
this also was vanity.

2 Laughter I counted error : and to mirth I said :
Why art thou vainly deceived ?

3 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh
from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom,
and might avoid folly, till I might see what was
profitable for the children of men : and what they
ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

4 I made me great works : I built me houses,
and planted vineyards:

5 I made gardens and orchards, and set them with
trees of all kinds :

6 And I made me ponds of water, to water there-
with the wood of the young trees :

7 I got me men-servants, and maid-servants; and
had a great family, and herds of oxen, and great
flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Je-
rusalem :

8 I heaped together for myself silver and gold,
and the wealth of kings, and provinces : I made me
singing men, and singing women, and the delights
of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour
out wine :

9 And I surpassed in riches all that were before
me in Jerusalem : my wisdom also remained with me.

10 And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused
them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoy-
ing every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things
which I had prepared ; and esteemed this my por-
tion, to make use of my own labour.

11 And when I turned myself to all the works

which my hands had wrought, and to the .abours
wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things
vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was
lasting under the sun.

12 I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors,
and folly : (What is man, said I, that he can follow
the king his master?)

13 And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much
as light differeth from darkness.

14 The eyes of a wise man are in his head : the
fool walketh in darkness: and 1 learned that they
were to die both alike.

15 And I said in my heart: If the death of the
fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me,
that I have applied myself more to the study of wis-
dom ? And speaking with my own mind, 1 perceived
that this also was vanity.

16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise
no more than of the fool for ever : and the times to
come shall cover all things together with oblivion :
the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

17 And therefore I was weary of my life, when
I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all
vanity and vexation of spirit.

18 Again 1 hated all my application wherewith I
had earnestly laboured under the sun ; being like to
have an heir after me,

19 Whom I know not whether he will be a wise
man or a fool: and he shall have rule over all my
labours with which I have laboured and been soli-
citous : and is there any thing so vain ?

20 Wherefore 1 left off, and my heart renounced
labouring any more under the sun.

21 For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and
knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath
gotten to an idle man : so this also is vanity, and a
great evil.

22 For what profit shall a man have of all his
labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath
been tormented under the sun ?

23 All his days are full of sorrows and miseries:
even in the night he doth not rest in mind : and is
not this vanity ?

24 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show
his soul good things of his labours ? and this is from
the hand of God.

25 Who shall so feast and abound with delights
as I ?

26 God hath given to a man that is good in his
sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy : but to the
sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care,
to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to
him that hath pleased God : but this also is vanity,
and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.

CHAP. III.

All human things art liable to perpetual changes. We are to
rest on God's providence, and cast away fruitless cares.

ALL things have their season : and in their times
all things pass under heaven.

2 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time
to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal A time to
destroy, and a time to build.

time to gather.
from

A time to
A time to

A time

ECCLF,

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A n
to mourn, ami a time to (I;iiut.

5 A t it lit- to scatter stones, ;nul a
A time to embrace, ami a time to be far i
braces.

6 A time to {jet, ami a time to lose.

keep, and a time to <a>.t away.

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew
ketp sill-nee, and a time to speak.

8 A time of love, ami a time of hatred.
of war, and a time of pea

9 What had) man more of his labour?

10 I have seen the trouble, which God hath given
the sons of men, to be e\< rcised in it.

11 He hath made all things good in their time,
ami hith delivered the world to their consideration :
so that man cannot find out the work which God
hath made from the beginning to the end.

12 And 1 have known that there was no better
thins than to rejoice, and todowell in his life.

13 for every man that eateth and driuketh, and
seetfa iiood ot h\> la!>oiir, this is the sift of God,

1 1- I have learned that all the works which God
hath made, continue for ever : we cannot add any
thins, HOC take away from those things which God
hath made that he may he feared.

15 That which haih been made, the same con-
tinucth : the things that shall he, have already been :
and (iod rotorcih that which is past.

16 I saw under the sun in the place of judgment
wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

17 And I said in my heart : God shall judge both
the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of

i thing.
1" I said in my heart concerning the sons of men,
that God would prove them, and .show them to be
like beasts.

19 Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is
one: and the condition of them both is equal : as
man dicth, so they also die : all things breathe alike ;
and man hath nothing more* than beast : all things
are subject to vanitj ,

20 And all things so to one place : of earth they
Were made, and into earth they, return together.

21 Who knowetht if the spirit of the children of
Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts
descend downward ?

22 And I have found that nothing is better than
for a man to rejoice in hil work ; and that this U
his portion. For who shall bring him to know the
thins* that shall be after him :

CHAP. IV.

Other inxtanrt t of human misrrir*.

ITUBNF.I) myself to other things ; and I saw the
oppressions that are done under the sun, and the
trar> of the innocent; and they had no comforter:
and they Were not able to resist tlnir violence, being
destitute of help from any.

2 And I praised the dead rather than the living.

3 And I judged him happier than them both, that

♦ Mm tola ntMng mer*. tic. via. u to tlir life of the '
f W\a hunrrlk. ki . rir.. trp<rimmt«ll<) ; tint* no one in thw lite ran
•ee m »i int. But mi to the »i>mt of the heaati which U merely w riwt,

104

is not \et born, nor hath seen the evils that are done
under the sun.

4 Again I considered all the lalmtirs of men : and
I remarked that their industries are exposed to the
envy of their neighbour: so in this also there u va-
nitv and fruitless care.

5 The fooi foldeth his hands together, and eateth

his ow u flesh, say in .

6 Better is a handful with rest, than both hands
full with labour, and vexation of mind.

7 Considering I found also another vanity under
the sun :

8 There is but one, and he hath not a second, no
child, no brother : and vet be ccaseth not to labour;
neither are his eyes satisfied with riches; neither
doth be reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and
defraud my soul 01 good things? in this also is va-
nity, and a grievous vexation.

9 It is better therefore that two should be to|
ther, than one : for the) have the advantage of tin ir
society :

10 If one fall, he shall be supported by tin- other :
wo to him that is alone; for when he falleth, he
hath none to lilt him up.

11 And if two lie together, they shall warm one
another: how shall one alone be warmed?

12 And if a man prevail against one, two shall
Withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.

18 Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a
kins that is old and foolish, who know etli not to
fotcsee lor hereafter.

14 Because out of prison and chains sometimes
a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another
born kins is consumed with poverty.

1.5 I saw all men livhlg, that walk under the sun
with the second young man, who shall rise up in his
place.

16 The number of the people, of all that were
before him is infinite: and they that shall come af-
terwards, shall not rejoice in him : but this also is
ranjty. and vexation of spirit.

17 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house
of God, and draw oigb to hear. For much better
is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know
not w hat evil they do.

CHAP. V.

Caution in word*. Votes are to be paid. Riches art often

firrnirinut : the math-rate use of them ii the gift of (iod.
'I. \K not any thins rashly, and let not thy heart
be hasty to utter a word Before ( iod. For God

therefore let thy

is in heaven, and thou upon earth :
words be few.

2 Dreams follow many cares: and in many words
shall be found folly.

3 If thou bast VOWed any thing to God. defer not

to pay it : for an unfaithful and foolish promise dis-
pleased] him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed,
paj it :

4 And it is much better not to VOW, than after a
vow not to perform the things promised.

and become* extinct bv the <l«-atli of llie heMt, who ran tell the man-
ner it acbao a« to give, life and motion, Bad by death to descend down-
ward, that u. to be do more?

CHAP. VI, VII.

5 Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin :
and say not before the angel : There is no provi-
dence : lest God he angry at thy words, and destroy
all the works of thy hands.

6 Where there are many dreams, there are mftny
vanities, and words without number: but do thou
fear God.

7 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor.
and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the
province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is
nigh hath another higher : and there are others still
higher than these.

8 Moreover there is the king that reigneth over
all the land subject to him.

9 A covetous man shall not be satisfied with
money : and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit
from them : so this also is vanity.

10 Where there are great riches, there are also
many to eat them. And what doth it profit the
owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?

11 Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether
he eat little or much : but the fulness of the rich will
not suffer him to sleep.

12 There is also another grievous evil which I
have seen under the sun : riches kept to the hurt of
the owner.

13 For they are lost with very great affliction : he
hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of
want.

14 As he came forth naked from his mother's
womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing
away with him of his labour.

15 A most deplorable evil : as he came, so shall
he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath
laboured for the wind ?

16 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness,
<nd in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

17 This therefore hath seemed good to me, that
a man should eat, and drink, and enjoy the fruit of
his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the
sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given
him : and this is his portion.

18 And every man to whom God hath given riches,
and substance, and hath given him power to eat
thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of
his labour; this is the gift of God.

19 For he shall not much remember the days of
his life, because God entertaineth his heart with de-
light.

CHAP. VI.

The. misery of the covetous man.

HP HERE is also another evil, which I have seen
•*- under the sun, and that frequent among men.

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and
substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing
of all that he desireth : yet God doth not give him
power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up.
This is vanity and a great misery.

3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live
many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul
make no use of the goods of his substance, and he
be without burial ; of this man I pronounce, that the
untimely born is better than he.

3 S

4 For he came in vam, and goeth to darkness ;
and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

5 He hath not seen the sun, nor known the dis-
tance of good and evil :

6 Although he lived two thousand years, and hath
not enjoyed good things : do not all make haste to
one place ?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth : but his
soul shall not be filled.

8 What hath the wise man more than the fool?
and what the poor man, but to go thither, where
there is life ?

9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire,
than to desire that which thou canst not know. J3ut
this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

10 He that shall be, his name is already called:
and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend
in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.

1 1 There are many words that have much vanity
in disputing.

CHAP. VII.

Prescriptions against worldly vanities : mortification, patienee,
and seeking wisdom.

X1/"HAT needeth a man to seek things that are
* ™ above him, whereas he knoweth not what is
profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his
pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow?
Or who can tell him what shall be alter him under
the sun ?

2 A good name is better than precious ointments
and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

3 It is better to goto the house of mourning, than
to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in
mind of the end of all; and the living thinketh what
is to come.

4 Anger* is better than laughter : because by
the sadness of the countenance the mind of the of-
fender is corrected.

5 The heart of the wise is where there is mourn-
ing, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

6 It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than
to be deceived with the flattery of fools.

7 For as the crackling of thorns burning under
a pot, so is the laughter of a fool ; now this also is
vanity.

8 Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall de-
stroy the strength of his heart.

9 Better is the end of a speech, than the begin-
ning. Better is the patient mail than the presump-
tuous.

10 Be not quickly angry: for anger restetb in
the bosom of a fool.

1 1 Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that
former times were better than they are now? for
this manner of question is foolish.

12 Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and
bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

13 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a
defence : but learning and wisdom excel in this, that
they give life to him that possesseth them.

14 Consider the works of God, that no man can
coirect whom he hath despised.

A>tgtr.

That is, correction, or just wrath an J zeal against evil
50

I < CLESIASTES.

15 In the Rood day enjoy good things, and l>e-
^^ ir«> beforehand ol the evil day: for God hath
made Ixiih ihe one ami the other, that man may not
(ind against him any just complaint.

16 I'hese things also I s.tw in the days of my
vanity: A just man pcrisheth in his justice: and a
Wicked man livetlia long time ill his U'irkedness.

17 Be not over just ;* ami !*• not more w iae than
is necessary, list thon lieeome stupid.

18 lie not overmuch wicked:! and be not foolish,
lest thou die before thy time.

I'.' h is good that thou shouldst hold up the just.
JTOa and from him withdraw not tin hand: for he
that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.

Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more
than ten princes of the city.

J I For there is no just man upon earth, that do-
eth good, and siuneth not.

11 Hut do not apply thy heart to all words that
are spoken : lest perhaps thou hear thy servant re-
viling thee.

For thy conscience knoweth, that thou also
hoot often spoken evil of others.

24 I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said:
I will be arise: and it departed farther from me,

26 Much more than it was ; it is a. great depth ;
who shall find it out ?

26* 1 have surveyed all things with my mind, to
know, and consider, and seek out wisdom, and rea-
son ; ami to know the wickedness of the fool, and
the error of the imprudent :

27 And I have found a woman more bitter than
death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a
net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God
shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner shall
Ik* caught by her.

1 I Lothis have I found, said EccleOHMtoa. weigh-
ing one thing alter another, that 1 might find out
the account,

29 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I h'ivp not
found it. One man among a thousand I have found:
a woman among them all I have not found.

30 Only this I have found, that God made man
right: ami he hath intangled himself with an infini-
ty of questions. Who is as the wise man? and
who hath known the resolution of the word ? J

CHAP. Vlll.

True wisdom it to obtrrtr Ciitd'i commandments. The way* of
(lint arr unsrarrhablr.

r |^IIF wisdom of a man shim-th in his counte-
-■- nance, and the most mighty will change his
face.

2 I observe the mouth of the king, and the com-
mandments of the oath of God.

3 Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do
not continue in an evil work: for he will do all
that pleaseth him :

* Omt juU, rut, Bv tut excessive rifoar in censuring tbe ways of

Col in bcnrvig with the tricked.

{ Ht not ntTMutk rietud. That M, le»t by the greatness of your sin
you leave mo iw«n f.ir merer.

!Of tkt irvrd That i«, of tin* obvure and difficult matter.
.*»• food far a mm. k' ■ .mmrntatwi think the wiv man

here speak* in the pe- on of the libertine; representing the •

4 And his word is full of power, neither cat
any man say to him : Whydorst thon mi:

lb that keepeth the commandment, shall fuu
no e\il. The heart of a wise man uuderslandetli
time and answer.

tl I here is a time and opportunity for every busi-
ness, ;ind great affliction for man:

7 Because he is ignorant of things past : and
things to come he cannot know bj any messenger.

8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit ; ma-
tin r hath he power in the day of death ; neither is
be suffered to rest when war is at hand: neither
shall wickedness save the wicked.

9 All these things I have considered, and applied
my heart to all the works that are done under the
sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to
liis of) n hurt.

10 1 saw the wicked buried ; who also when they
were yet living were in the holy place, and were
praised in the city as men of just works : but this
also is vanity.

11 For because sentence is not speedily pro-
nounced against the evil, the children of men com-
mit evils without any tear.

12 But though a sinner do evil a hundred times,
and by patience be borne withal, I know from
thence that it shall be well with them that fear God,
who dread his face.

13 But let it not be well with the wicked, nei-
ther let his days lie prolonged : but as a shadow let
them pass away that fear not the face ol the Lord.

14 There is also another vanity, which is done
upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils
happen, as though they had done the works ol the
w icked ; and there are w icked men, who are as s, -
i ine, as though they had the deeds of the jnst :
but this also I judge most vain.

15 Therefore I commended mirth, because there
was no good for a man$ under the sun, but to eat,
and drink, and lie merry : and that he .should take
nothing else with him of his labour in the days of
his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

16 And 1 applied my heart to know w isdoin. ami
to understand the distraction that is BSMM earth:
for there are some (hat day and night take no sh ep
with their eves.

17 And 1 understood that man can find no rea-
son of all those works of God that are done under
the sun : and the more he shall labour to seek, so
much the less shall he find: yea though the wise
man should say, that he knoweth it, he shall not
Im- aide to find it.

CHAP. IX.

Man know* not certainly that he if in (iixTt tract. Aft< r di nth
no morr work or mi nt.

ALL these things have I considered in my heart,
that I might carefully umh island them : Tin ic

■ •( these men against dirine providence, and tl»o infer,
draw from thence, which he take* care afterwanU t>> refute Rut it

mav alio beaatd, that hi* meaning i- In inim ( tbe mmirct.

Ibe good* of thi* world, preferably to the care* and solicitude* of wotU
lings, Ibcir attachment to vanity ami curiosity, and | "iMiiplUuUs*
l\ iln mr into the unsearchable ways of divine providence

CHAP. X.

are just men and wise men, and their works are in
the hand of God : and yet man knoweth not whether
he he worthy of love, or hatred.

2 But all things are kept ascertain for the time
to come ; because all things equally happen to the
just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil,
to the clean and to the unclean, to him that of-
fereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices.
As the good is, so also is the sinner ; as the perjur-
ed, so he also that sweareth truth.

3 This is a very great evil among all things that
are done under the sun, that the same things happen
to all men : wherehy also the hearts of the children
of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while
they live : and afterwards they shall he brought
down to hell.

4 There is no man that liveth always, or that ho-
peth for this : a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 For the living know that they shall die : but
the dead know nothing more,* neither have they
a reward any more : for the memory of them is
forgotten.

6 Their love also, and their hatred, and their en-
vy are all perished ; neither have they any part in
this world, and in the work that is done under
the sun.

7 Gothen,andeatthybreadwithjoy,and drinkthy
wine with gladness : because thy works please God.

8 At all times let thy garments be white; aud
let not oil depart from thy head.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest,
all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to
,hee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for
this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour where-
with thou labourest under the sun.

10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it ear-
nestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom,
nor knowledge, shall be in hell, whither thou art
hastening.

Ill turned me to another thing ; and I saw that
under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches
to the learned, nor favour to the skilful : but time
and chance in all.

12 Man knoweth not his own end : but as fishes
are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught
with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time,
when it shall suddenly come upon them.

13 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun,
and it seemed to me to be very great :

14 A little city, and few men in it: there came
against it a great king, and invested it, and built
bulwarks round about it: and the siege was perfect.

15 Now there was found in it a man poor and
wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom : and
no man afterwards remembered that poor man.

16 And I said that wisdom is better than strength:
how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted,
and his words not heard ?

* Know nothing more, viz. As to tlie transactions of this world, in
which they have now no part, unless it be revealed to them ; neither
n»re they any knowledge or power now of doing any thing to secure

17 The words of the wise are heard in silence,
more than the cry of a prince among fools.

18 Better is \yisdom, than weapons of war : and
he that shall offend in one. shall lose many good
things.

CHAP. X.

Observations on wisdom and folly, ambition and detraction.

PAYING flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment.
U Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small
and short-lived folly.

2 The heart of a wise man is in his right hand :
and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

3 Yea and the fool when he walketh in the way,
whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.

4 If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend up-
on thee, leave not thy place: because care will make
the greatest sins to cease.

5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun,
as it were by an error proceeding from the face of
the prince :

6 A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting
beneath.

7 I have seen servants upon horses; and princes
walking on the ground as servants.

8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it : and he
that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

9 He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them:
and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

10 If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but
be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharp-
ened : and after industry shall follow wisdom

11 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing bet-
ter that backbiteth secretly.

12 The words of the mouth of a wise man arc
grace : but the lips of a fool shall throw him down
headlong.

13 The beginning of his words is folly : and the
end of his talk is a mischievous error.

14 A fool multiplied) words. A man cannot tell
what hath been before him : and w hat shall be after
him, who can tell him ?

15 The labour of fools shall afflict them that
know not how to go to the city.

16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,
and when thy princes eat in the morning.

17 Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and
whose princes eat in due season for refreshment,
and not for riotousness.

18 By slothfulness a building shall be brought
down : and through the weakness of hands, the
house shall drop through.

19 For laughter they make bread, and wine that
the living may feast : and all things obey money.

20 Detract not the king, no not in thy thought ;
and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private
chamber : because even the birds of the air will
carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell
what thou hast said.

their eternal state, (if they have not taken care of il in their life
time;) nor can thev now procure themselves any good, as the living
always may do, by the grace of flod.

507

THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES.

CHAP. XI.

Exhortation to works of mercy, white we httre timr, to diligence
in gixxt, and to the remembrance of death and judgment.

CAST tin bread upon the running waters: for
after ■ long time thou shall find it again.

2 (Jive a portion to mm ii, ami alsotoeight: for
tliou knowest not what evil shall be upoo the earth.

3 If the clouds be lull, the? will pouf out rain
naoa the earth. It' the tree tall* to the south or to

tin- north, in what plan soever it shall fall, there
shall it be.

4 He thatobservetb the wind, shall not sow: and
be that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

5 As thou know, st not what is tin- way of the
spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the
evomb of her that is with child : so thou know est
ihK the works of pod, who is the maker of all.

6' In the morning sow thy seed, and in the eve-
ning let not thy hand cease: for thou know est not
which may rather sprim; up, this or that : and if both
together, it shall Ik- the better.

7 The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the
eyes to see the sun.

8 If a man live many wars, and have rejoiced in
them all, In- must remember the darfcsonu Mine, and
the many days: which when they shall co/ne, the
things passed shall lie accused of vanity.

9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth:
and let thy heart he in that which is good in the
days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart,
and in tin- sight of thy eyes: and know that for all
these God will brim; tint- into judgment.

10 Remove anger from thy heart, and put away
evil from thy flesh. For \outh and pleasure arc vain.

CHAP. XII.

The Creator it to be rrmemberrd in the days of our youth : all
worldly things are rain : we should fear Liod, and keep hi*
command merits.

REMEMBER thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, before the time of aflliction come, and
the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say : They
please me not \

• If the Ins jslL, kc. The stale of the soul u unchangeable, when
lo heaven or lull : and a vml that departs this life in a

state of grace, shall never fall from grace , a* on (he other side, a soul
that dies oat aif the state of % rare, .hall never come to it. But Mi
doe* not exclude a place of temporal punUhmcnts for such souls as
die La the slate of grace j yet not so as to be entire! y pure i and tliere-

'2 Before the sun,t and the light, and the moon,
and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return
after the rain :

3 When the keepers of the house shall tremble,
and the strong men shall stagger, and t lit: grinders
shall be idle in a small number, and they that look,
through the holes shall be darkened :

4 And they shall shut the doors in the street, w hen
the grinder's voice shall be low, and the] shall n-e
up at the voi< e of the bird, and all the daughters ol
Motif shall grow deaf.

5 And tiny shall fear high things, and they shall
!>e afraid in the way; the almond-tree shall flourish ;
the locust shall be made fat; and the caper-tree shall
be destroyed: because man shall go into the house
of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round
about in the street.

6 Before the silvercord lie broken, and the golden
fillet shrink back, and the piieher be Stashed at the
fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,

7 And the dust return into its earth, from whence
it srns*aad the spirit return lo God, who gave it.

8 Vanity of vanities, said Ecelesiastes, and all
things are \anity.

9 And whereas Ecelesiastes was \«r\ ar i se , he
taught the people, and declared the things that he
had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

10 He BOSJght profitable words, and wrote words
most right, and full of truth.

1 1 The words of the w i scare as goads. and as nails
deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters
are given from one shepherd.

12 More than these, my son, require not. Of
making many books there is no end: and much
study is an affliction of the flesh.

13 Let us all hear together the conclusion of the
discourse. Eear God, and keep his commandments :
for this is all man. J

14 And all things that are done, God will bring
into judgment for every error,§ whether it be good
or evil.

fore they shall ke saved, indeed, yt «• «> fcy fire. 1 Csv. iii. 13, I4. IS*
t Before Ike tuu, kc. Thai is, before old age : the e Sects of which
upon all the senses and faculties are described in the following verses,
under a variety of figures.

IJtll Man. The wliolc business and duty of man.
£rror. Or hidden and secret Uiing.

SOLOMON'S

CANTICLE OF CANTICLES.

This book is called Tiir. Can Tin.* or CANTIci.rs, that it to tan.
the mail exrellent of all Canticles : because it is full of high
mysteries, relating to the happy union of Christ and his spouse:
which is here In nun by lore, and is to be eternal in hearrn.
The srocts; of Christ is the chiirrh : more f specially to tin
happiest part of it , n':. perfect souls, ecrry one of which is kit
beloned ; but, altove all others, the immaculate and eticr-bless-
ml virgin mother.

CHAP. I.

The spouse aspire* to an union icith Christ: their mutual lovt
for one another.

LET him kiss me* with the kiss of his mouth .
for i by breasts are better than wine,

♦ 1st kirn kiss me. The Church the spouse of Christ prays, that he
may love and have peace with nor, wntcb Use spouse prefers to ever*

CHAP. II, III.

2 Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy
name is as oil poured out; therefore young maidens
have loved thee.

3 Draw me :* we will run after thee to the odour
of thy ointments. The kins hath brought me into
bis store-rooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee,
remembering thy breasts more than wine : the right-
eous love thee.

4 I am black but beautiful, t O ye daughters of
Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of
Solomon.

5 Do not consider me that I am brown, because
the sun hath altered my colour : the sons of my mo-
ther have fought against me : they have made me
the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not
kept.

6 Show me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where
thou feedest, where thou best in the mid-day, lest 1
ocgin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.

7 If thou know not thyself,! O fairest among
women, go forth, and follow alter the steps of the
flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the
shepherds.

8 To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's cha-
riots, have I likened thee, O my love.

9 Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtle dove's;
thy neck as jewels.

10 We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with
silver.

1 1 While the king was at his repose, my spike-
nard sent forth the odour thereof.

12 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me : he
shall abide between my breasts.

13 A cluster of cypress my love is to me, in the
vineyards of Engaddi.

14 Behold, thou art fair, my love: behold, thou
art fair ; thy eyes are as those of doves.

15 Behold, thou art fair, my beloyed, and come-
ly. Our bed is flourishing.

16 The beams of our houses are of cedar, our
rafters of cypress trees.

CHAP. II.

Christ caresses his spouse : lie invites her to him.

I AM the flower of the field,§ and the lily of the
rallies.

2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among
the daughters.

3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the woods,

thin£ howsoever delicious : and therefore expresses (ver. 2) thai
young maidens, that is, the souls of the faithful, have loved thee.

* Draw me. That is, with thy gTace ; otherwise I should not be able
to come to thee. This metaphor shows that we cannot of ourselves
come to Christ our Lord, unless he draws us by his grace, which in-
laid up in his store-rooms : that is, in the mysteries of Faith, which Goit
in his goodness and love for mankind hath rerealcd, first by his servanl
Moses in the Old Law in figure only, and afterwards in reality by his
only beg-often Son Jesus Christ.

r I am otack but beautiful. That is, the Church of Christ, founded in
humility, appearing outwardly afflicted and as it were black and con-
temptible; but inwardly, that is, in its doctrine and morality, fair and
beautiful.

J If thou know not thyself, &c. Christ encourages his spouse to follow
and watch her flock ; and though she know not entirely the power at
hand to assist her, he tells her, ver. 8. my company of horsemen, that is,
his Angels, are always watching- and protecting her. And in the fol-
lowing verses he reminds her of the virtues and gifts with which he
his endowc* 1 her.

so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down undei
his shadow, whom I desired : and his fruit was
sweet to my palate.

4 He brought me into the cellar of wine : he set
in order charity in me.

5 Stay me up with flowers ; compass me about
with apples : because I languish with love.

6 His left hand is under my head ; and his right
hand shall embrace me.

7 I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by
the roes, and the harts of the fields, that you stir not
up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.

8 The voice of my beloved ;|| behold, he enmeth
leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.

9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Be-
hold, he standeth behind our wall, looking through
the windows, looking through the lattices.

10 Behold, my beloved speaketh to me: Arise,
make haste, my love, my clove, my beautiful one,
and come.

1 1 For winter is now past : the rain is over and
gone.

12 The flowers have appeared in our land ; the
time of pruning is come : the voice of the turtle is
heard in our land :

13 The fig-tree bath put forth her green figs:
the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise,
my love, my beautiful one, and come :

14 My dove in the clifts of the rock, in the hol-
low places of the wall, show me thy face ; let thy
voice sound in my ears : for thy voice is sweet and
thy face comely.

15 Catchusthe littlefoxesll that destroy the vines:
for our vineyard hath flourished.

16 My beloved to me, and I to him, who feedeth
among the lilies,

17 Till the day break, and the shadows retire.
Return : be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to a young
hart upon the mountains of Bether.

CHAP. III.

The spouse seeks Christ. The glory of his humanity.

TN my bed by night** I sought him whom my soul
■*- loveth : 1 sought him, and found him not.

2 I will rise, and will go about the city:' in the
streets and the broad ways I will seek him wliniu
my soul loveth : 1 sought him and 1 found him not.

3 The watchmen who keep the city, found me*
Have you seen him whom my soul loveth?

i I am the flmcer of the field. Christ professes himself the flower of
mankind, yea, the Lord of all creatures : and ver. 2. declares the ex-
cellence of his spouse, the true Church, above all other societies,
which are to be considered a* thorns.

|| The voice of my beloved: that is, the preaching of the 'Gospel nir-
immnting difficulties, figuratively here expressed by mountain}, and little
hills.

IT Catch us the little foxes. Christ commands his pastors to catch falso
teachers, by holding forth their fallacy and erroneous doctrine, which
like foxes would bite and destroy the vines.

** In my bed by night, Sic. The Gentiles as in the dark, and seeking-
in heathen delusion what they could not find, the true God, until
Christ revealed his doctrine to them by his watchmen, (ver. 3,) that is,
by the Apostles and teachers, by whom they were converted to the
true faith; and holding that faith firmly, the spouse, the Catholic
Church, declares, ver. 4. That she will not let him go. tilhhc bring Aim
into her mother's house, fee. that is, till at last, the Jews also shall find
him.

Till: CANTICLK 01 f \\TI('[J>.

4 When I had a little passed by them. I found

him whom mv soul loveth: I held him: and I will not
let him co, till 1 bring him into mv mother's house,
and into the chamber of her that bote inc.

.') I adjnrr v on, () daughters of Jerusalem, by the
roes and the haris of tin- fields, that jrou stir not up,
nor awake mv beloved, till she please.

6 Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a

fiillar of smoke of aromalical spices, of myrrh, and
rankincense,and of all tin- powders of the perfumer?

7 Behold, threescore valiant ones of the most va-
liant of Israel, surround tin- bed of Solomon.

8 All holding swords, and most expert in war :
iv man's sword upon bis thigh, he< ause of Tears

in the night

?' Kim: Solomon hath made him a litter of the
wood of Lihanus :

10 The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat
of gold, the going tip of purple : the midst he cover-
ed with chanty for the daughters of Jer usal em.

1 1 (Jo forth, ye daughters of Sion : and see king
Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother
crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the
dav of the joy of his heart.

CHAP. IV.

Christ sets forth the graces of his spouse : and declare* his love

for her.

HOW beautiful art thou,* my love, how beauti-
ful art thou! thy eyes are doves' eyes, besides
what is hid within. Thy hair is as flocks of goat*,
whieh come up from mount tialaad.

I Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are shorn,
whieh come up from the washing, all with twins;
and there is none barren among them.

:i Tliv lips areas a scarlet lace ; and thy speech
sweet. Thy checks areas a piece of a |M>uiegranate,
besides that which lieth hid within.

i Thf neck is as the tower of David, which is
built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang up-
oii it, all the armour of valiant men.

"> Thy two lirea-i^r like two voting roes that are
twins, which feed among the lilies.

ti Till the dft] break, and the shadows retire, I
will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of
frankincense.

7 Thou art all fair, O my love ; and there is not
a snot in thee.

8 Come from Lrbanits, my s|>onse ; come from
Lihanus, come: thou shall lie crowned from the top
of Amana, from the top of Sanir, and lleimon, from
the deal of the lions, from the mountains of the
leopards.

9 Thou hast wounded my heart, my sMcr, my

• A* mruulifut art tknn. Christ again prat** the beauties of his
Church, which lliro.ijrh t »>#- wlmlc <if this chapter arc exemplified by
a Tandy of ineUj'h in, setting f.»rtt« her purity, ber simplicity, and bcr
■lability.

f Thy If* tofuti. kc. Mvstioallv to be understood I the loi-e of God
and the love nf our neighbour, which are so united as twins «■*«•* Jttd
tmnne Ifcr '<'«•«; "'at »'• ''"* l,,v «* "* ***' » nd °* our nci|rhl«mir, fe.
the ■'. vnei and the bolv sacrament*, left oy Cl>n-i in hi.

spouse, to feed and nourish her cbiU

t Jsf* stater, br.. • fsrsVsi inelaud. t'hrirativcK tl.e Church i. in-
closed, containing only the faithful. .* /■"• ' «f • T' 1 *' n""*'

can drink <<( i<« wateri. th»l iv ' ut-fil* of the

holy sacrament*, but those wboarr wilhin ii- walla.

' 610

spouse : thou hast wounded ny heart ivith one of
tflj I res, and with one hair of thy neck.

10 How beautiful are thy breast*, my sister, wit;
ipoose! thy breasts are more beautiful than wine,
and the sweet smell of thy ointments above all aio-
matical spices.

11 Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honey-
comb : honey and milk are under iliy tongue : and
die sroellof thy garments, astbesnieilcf frankincense.

12 My sister, styspoose ; is a garden inclosed, J
a garden inclosed, a fountain scaled up.

13 Thy plants area paradise of |>oinegranate3
with the mm of the orchard. Cyprus with spike-
nard.

14 Spikenard and saffron, sweet cane and cin-
namon, with all the trees Of Lihanus, myrrh and
aloes, with all the chief perfumes.

15 The fountain ol 'garden* : the well of living
waters, w hichrun w iih a strong stream from Libanus.

16 Arise, O north wind, and come. () south
wind : blow through mv garden ; and let the aro-
matical spices thereof flow.

CHAP. V.

Christ calls his spouse : she languishes with love : and describes
him oy his graces.

ET my beloved come into his garden. || and eat
-■— ^ the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into
my garden, O my sister, uni spouse : I have gaiher-
eo my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: 1 h

eaten the honey-comb with my honey : I have drunk
m\ wine with ni.v milk : cat, () friends, and drink,
and lw inebriated, my dearly beloved.

J I sleep, and inv heart walchclh: the voice of

my beloved knocking ; open to me, mj sister, my

love, my dove, my undeliled : for my head is full of
dew , and mv locks of the drops ol the nigi.ts.

3 I have put off mj carmen! : how shall I put it
on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

4 My beloved put his hand through the fcey-bole,§
and mv bowels were mov ed at his touch.

5 I arose up to open 10 my beloved : my hands
dropped with invrrli, and my lingers were lull of the
choicest myrrh.

6 I opened the bolt of mv door to my beloved ■
but be had turned aside, and was rone. My smil
melted, when he spoke : I sought him, and found
him not : I called, and he tlid not answer me.

7 The keepers thai go about the city found me :

they siruck me, and wounded me: the keepers of

the walls look awav mv veil from me.

8 I adiure you, (> daughtirs (,| .Jerusalem, if von
find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish
with love.

| Ijtt my telortd cmnt into hit garden, tir. Garden, rm.iii all) llie
' Ii of Christ, abuondiiiff »Hli Jruil. thai in, Uie good works of the
rlcel.

I Ma beloved put kit hand through the kry-kete, iic. Tlie spouse til
Christ, his Cliurrh, at times a. it were |» unci ii|i bj iton,

snd in fears, expeetinp llw divine ssaait an ee, here .irnifwsl b\ Ait
lumd: and ver. 6. hul kt k*d turned undt and was syne, thai i«, Christ per-
mittint; a farther (rial mp AihI airain. rer. 7. Tkt ktnrn,

he. sijtiifvinf the violent ami rrml pefaacutori (if the Church lakinr
her util, de.podmr the Church ol its places of worthif and <
f<.r i lie divine i

rnovr.nns.

9 What manner of one is thy beloved of the he-
loved, O thou most beautiful among women? what
m inner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that
thou hast so adjured us ?

10 My beloved* is white and ruddy, ehosen out
of thousands.

11 His head is as the finest gold : his loeks as
branches of palm-trees, black as a raven.

12 His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters,
which are washed with milk, and sit beside the
plentiful streams.

13 His cheeks are as beds of aromatical spices
set by the perfumers. His lips are as lilies drop-
ping choice myrrh.

14 His hands are turned and as of gold, full of
hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

15 His legs as pillars of marble, that are set upon
bases of gold. His form as of Libauus, excellent
as the cedars.

16 His throat most sWeet, and he is all lovely :
such is my beloved, and he is my friend, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem.

17 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou most
beautiful among women ? whither is thy beloved
t lined aside, and we will seek him with thee ?

CHAP. VI.

The spouse of Christ is but one.: she. is fair and terrible.

MY beloved is gone down into his garden,t to
the bed of aromatical spices, to feed in the
gardens, and to gather lilies.

2 I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who
feedeth among the lilies.

3 Thou art beautiful, O my love, sweet and
comely as Jerusalem ; terrible as an army set in ar-
ray.

4 Turn away thy eyes from me ; for they have
made me flee away. Thy hair is as a flock of
goats, that appear from Galaad.

5 Thy teeth as a flock of sheep, which come up
from the washing, all with twins, and there is none
barren among them.

6 Thy cheeks are as the bark of a pomegranate,
beside what is hidden within thee.

7 There are threescore queens, and fourscore
concubines, and young maidens withour number.

8 One is my dove ;J my perfect one is but one ;
she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her
that bore her. The daughters saw her, and de-
clared her most blessed ; the queens and concu-
bines, and they praised her.

9 Who is she|| that cometh forth as the morning
rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible
as an army set in array ?

10 1 went down into the garden of nuts, to see

* My beloved, &r. In this and the following verses the Church mysti-
cally describes Christ to those who know him not, that is, lo infidel-,
in order to convert them to the true faith.

f My beloved is gone down into his garden. Christ, pleased with the
pood works of his holv and devout servants labouring in his pardon, is
alwavs present with them : hut the words is gone down are to be under-
itoori' that after trying his Church by permitting persecution, he comes
to her assistance, and she rejoiceth at his coming.

t O-.ie is my dove, Sic. That is, my Church is one, and she only is per-
V* and biased

the fruits of the vallies, and to look if the vineyard
had flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

1 1 I knew not : my soul troubled me for the
chariots of Aminatlab.

12 Return, return, O Sulamitess : return, return,
that we may behold thee.

CHAP. VII.

A further description of the graces of the church the spouse of

Christ.
V^THAT shalt thou see in the Sulamitess but the
" " companies of camps ? How beautiful are thy
steps§ in shoes, O prince's daughter ! The joints of
thy thighs are like jewels, that are made by the liana
of a skilful workman.

2 Thy navel is like a round bowl never wanting
cups. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, set about
with lilies.

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that
are twins.

4 Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy eyes like
the fish-pools in Hesebon, which are in the gate of
the daughter of the multitude. Thy nose is as the
tower of Libauus, that looketh towards Damascus.

5 Thy head is like Carmel ;11 and tin; hairs of
thy head as the purple of the king bound in the
channel.

6 How beautiful art thou, and how comely, my
dearest, in delights !

7 Thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy
breasts to clusters of grapes.

8 I said : I will go up into the palm-tree, and
will take hold of the fruit thereof: and thy bieasts
shall be as the clusters of the vine ; and the odour of
thy mouth like apples.

9 Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my
beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ru-
minate.

10 I to my beloved, and his turning is towards me.

1 1 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the
field : let us abide in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards : let us
see if the vineyard flourish, if the flowers be ready
to bring forth fruits, if the pomegranates flourish :
there will I give thee my breasts.

13 The mandrakes give a smell. In our gates
are all fruits: the new and the old, my beloved, 1
have kept for thee.

CHAP. VIII.

The lore of the church to Christ : his love to her.

\\THO shall give thee to me for my brother, suck-
™ * ing the breasts of my mother, that I may find
thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may
despise me ?

2 I will take hold of thee, and bring thee into

|| Who is she, &c. Here is a beautiful metaphor describing the
Church from the beginning. As, the morning rising, signifying the
Church before the written Law : fair as the moon, showing her under
the written law of Moses : bright as the sun, under the light of the gos-
pel ; and Jerr>6/e as an army, the power of Christ's Church against its
enemies.

{ How beautiful are thy steps. &c. Bv these metaphors are sicriified
the power and mission of the Church in propagating the true faith.

H Thy head is like Carmel. Christ the invisible head of his Church it
here signified

511

WISDOM.

my mother's house: there tliou shall teach me, and
I will •aim- thee a cup of spiced wine, and new \\ me
ol im

3 His lefi hand* under m\ head, and his right
hind shall enilir.ice nie.

I- I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that
fOU >t ir not ii|>, uorawake niv hue till she please.
\hois!hi>f that eouielh up h'oin the dcscil.

flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved?

I n<h i the apple-lice I laised lineup: there thy
mother was corrupted ; there she was dclloiircd thai

bore thee.

t! I'm me as a seal U|>on thy heart, as a seal upoa
thy arm: for love M strong m death: jealousy ia
hard as hell; the lamps thereof art lire and llames.

7 Man v waters cannoi quench charilv : neither
.-in the (foods drown it : il a man should give all
the sti'istance of his house lor love, he shall despise
it as nothing.

8 Our siMer is linle.J and hath no hreasts. What

• HitU/l krnni, kc. Wonlt of ihe Church to CM*, llis left Kami
■qraifvmif ihe Old Testament, and his right hand the New.

U'so is this, itc. The AngvU with admiration behold the Grn-
til»"» converted Hi the faith: coming up from Ike desert, that is, cotninir
from Heathenism and false worship ; living teitk delights, thai i*.
-Standing with pood work* wl lot are pleasnnr to God : lining on

• Wms,OD the promise of Christ to In- < hnrch, ;/.. I Ike gates he:
I mot prevail against it , and supportc I by his grace, conferred by

shall we do to out sister, in the day when she is to
be s|Mikeu ii

9 It she he a wall, let us huild upon it bulwarks
of silver: il she he a dooi. hi us join it together with
l>nanls of cedar.

10 I am a wall : and my hreasts are as a tower,
since I am become in his presence, as one rinding
peace.

11 The peaceahle had a \ine\ard, in that which
hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every
man hringeth, lor the fruit thereof, a thousand
pieces of silver.

12 My vineyard is Ix-fore me. A thousand arc
lor thee, the peaceahle; and two hundred for iht in
that keep the fruit thereof.

13 Thou that dwelled in the gardens, the friends
hearken : make me hear thy voice.

14 Flee away, O m\ li loved: and lie like to the
me. and to the young hart upon the mountains ot
aroniaiical apices.

the sacraments. T 'niter the apple-tree I raited thet vp I lhat i«. that
ChriM redeemed the O a uUT eS at tlie foot of tlie cross, where fne svna-
■QgM of Ihe Jews (tlie mother Church) seat corrupted by tlieir deny-
ing him, and crocifv ing him.

{ Our titter it tilth . ,V< . M> ttioafl* siiMiifjes tl»e Jews, who are to
he tp-tlcen to; that Is, eonverled towards the end of tltc wortd; and
tbea shall become a irnlt. that is, a part of tlie building, tlie Church
of Chn-t.

THE BOOK OF WISDOM.

Thin book MM railed, b mute il treats of the excellence of Wi -
in i m, the meant to iibt tin it- anil the happy fruits it produces.
It is written in the person of Solomon, antl nmtaint his tent'
mi nit. Hut it it uncertain irho urns t he trriler. It olmiinds
trith instruction* and exhortations In kings anil all magistral,
to minister Justice in the < ummontrralth, teaching all kinds nt
virtue* uiiilrr the general numt of justice and tritdom. It
conliiint also many jiropherics of Christ'* coming, passion, n ■
tirrrrrtion. and other christian miislerirs. The irhole may l,e
divided into three parts : In I he six first rhapirrs, the author
admonishes all tupcrioet to lore anil noerritr j-atice ond in.,-
dam. In the next three, he tan heth that irisdom prorinlif/i
only from fiifl, and is procur, d hi, pTtlffi r and a good life. hi
the other ten rhaplirt, he shointh the ejiillnit iffrct* and
mtilily of tritdom and jvttirc.

CHAP. I.

An exhortation tn seek (iinl sinei rely, trho cannot be dicc.ivcd,
and di sin th not our death.

LOVE justice, \ on thai arc the judges of the
earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and

si . k him in simplicity of heart :

2 For he is found by them that tempt him not:
and he showeth himsell tothein that have faith in him.

3 For perverse thoughts separate from (iod : and
his power, when it is tried, reproveth ihe unwise:

X For wisdom will not enter into a malicious

soul, nor dwell in a body sullied to mus.

or the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from

the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from

thoughts that are without understanding ; and he

shall not abide when iniquity corneth in.

fi For the spirit of wisdom i^ beuevolcnt, and

will not acquit the evil Speaker from his lips; for
( iod isvv knew of his it ins; ;uul he is a true seaicher
of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.

7 For the spirit of the Lord bath filled the whole
world: and that, w hich contaiueih all things, hath
know ledge of the voice.

8 Therefore be that sneaketh unjust things, can-
not he hid: neither shall the chastising judgment

pass him by.

9 For inquisition shall he made into the thoughts
of the ungodly: and the hearing of his vvonls sliall
i ome to God, to the chastising of his iniquities.

10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things; and
the tumult of murmuring shall not he hid.

1! Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring,
which profile! h nothing; and refrain vour ton
from detraction : for an obscure speech shall not -i>
lor noiighl : ami the mouth that hclicth, kilhth the
soul.

12 Seek not death in the error of vour life:
neither procure ye destruction h\ ihewoiks of your
hands.

13 For God made not death, neither hath he
pleasure in the destruction of the living.

I V For he created all things that t In v might Im- :
and he made the nations of the earth for health:
and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor
kingdom of hell upon the earth.

to For justice is perpetual and immoital.

CHAP. II, III.

16 But (he wicked with works and words have
called it to them : and esteeming it a friend, have
fallen away, and have made a covenant with it : be-
cause they are worthy to be of the part thereof.

CHAP. II.

The vain reasonings of the wicked : their persecuting the just,
especially the Son of God.

FOR they have said, reasoning with themselves,
but not right : The time of our life is short and
tedious ; and in the end of a man there is no remedy ;
and no man hath been known to have returned from
hell :

2 For we are born of nothing ; and after this we
shall be as if we had not been : for the breath in
our nostrils is smoke : and speech a spark to move
our heart,

3 Which being put out, our body shall be ashes ;
and our spirit shall be poured abroad as soft air ;
and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud,
and shall be dispersed as a mist, which is driven
away by the beams of the sun, and overpowered
with the heat thereof :

4 And our name in time shall be forgotten : and
no man shall have any remembrance of our works.

5 For our time is as the passing of a shadow;
and there is no going back of our end : for it is fast
sealed, and no man retumeth.

6 Come therefore, and let us enjoy the good
things that are present, and let us speedily use the
creatures as in youth.

7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and oint-
ments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.

8 Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they
be withered : let no meadow escape our riot.

9 Let none of us go without bis part in luxury:
let us every where leave tokens of joy: for this is
our portion, and this our lot.

10 Let us oppress the poor just man, and not
spare the widow, nor honour the ancient gray hairs
of the aged.

11 But let our strength be the law of justice : for
that which is feeble, is found to be nothing worth.

12 Let us therefore lie in wait for the just; be-
cause he is not for our turn ; and he is contrary to
our doings, and upbraideth us with transgressions
of the law, and divulgeth against us the sins of our
way of life.

13 He boasteth that he hath the knowledge of
God, and calleth himself the son of God.

14 He is become a censurer of our thoughts.

15 He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for
his life is not like other men's, and his ways are
very different.

i6 We are esteemed by him as triflers; and he
abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness ; and
he preferreth the latter end of the just, and glorieth
that he hath God for his father.

17 Let us see then if his words be true; and
let us prove what shall happen to him ; and we
shall know what his end shall be.

18 For if he be the true son of God, he will de-
fend him, and will deliver him from the hands of
his enemies.

3 T

19 Let us examine him by outrages and tortures,
that we may know his meekness and try his patience.

20 Let us condemn him to a most shameful death :
for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.

21 These thingsthey thought, and were deceived :
for their own malice blinded them.

22 And they knew not the secrets of God, nor
hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the
honour of holy souls.

23 For God; created man incorruptible, and to the
image of his own likeness he made him.

24 But by the envy of the devil, death came in-
to the world :

25 And they follow him that are of his side.

CHAP. III.

The happiness of the yist ; and the unhappiness of the wicked.

DUT the souls of the just are in the hand of God ,-
■*■* and the torment of death shall not touch them.

2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die :
and their departure was taken for misery :

3 And their going away from us, for utter de-
struction : but they are in peace.

4 And though in the sight of men they suffered
torments, their hope is full of immortality.

5 Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be
well rewarded : because God hath tried them, and
found them worthy of himself.

6 As gold in the furnace he hath proved them ;
and as a victim of a holocaust, he hath received
them ; and in time there shall be respect had to
them.

7 The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro
like sparks among the reeds.

8 They shall judge nations, and rule over people ;
and their Lord shall reign for ever.

9 They that trust in him, shall understand the
truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest
in him : for grace and peace is to his elect.

10 But the wicked shall be punished according
to their own devices; who have neglected the just,
and have revolted from the Lord.

11 For he that rejecteth wisdom and discipline, is
unhappy : and their hope is vain, and their labours
without fruit, and their works unprofitable.

12 Their wives are foolish, and their children
wicked.

13 Their offspring is cursed : for happy is the
barren ; and the undefiled, that hath not known bed
in sin : she shall have fruit in the visitation of
holy souls.

14 And the eunuch, that hath not wrought ini-
quity with his hands, nor thought wicked things
against God : for the precious gift of faith shall be
given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the tem-
ple of God.

15 For the fruit of good labours is glorious ; and
the root of wisdom never faileth.

16 But the children of adulterers shall not come
to perfection ; and the seed of the unlawful bed shall
be rooted out.

17 And if they live long, they shall be nothing
regarded ; and their last old age shall be without
honour.

513

Wis I).

I!'. And if they die quickly, they ^h;ii I have no
hope, nnr speech of comfort in tin day of trial.
19 For dreadful arc the ends of a tricked race

CHAP. IV.

The diJT, irnre hettreen the chaste and the adulterous genera-
tion* : mmd b -tun-en the death of the just and the tricked.

/"| HOW beautiful is the chaste generation with
^-J glory ! for the memory thereof is immortal : be-
catrse it is knows both with God and with men.

J When it is pretest) they imitate it: and they
desire it whoa it hath withdrawn itself: and it tn-
umjiheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of
undefiled conflicts.

3 Hut the multiplied brood of the wicked shall
not thrive: and bastard slips shall not take deep
root, nor any fast foundation.

) And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet
standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the
wind: and through the force of the winds they
shall be rooted out.

5 For the bran ches not being perfect, shall be
broken: and their fruits shall l>e unprofitable, and
sour to eat and lit for nothing.

ti For the children that arc born of unlawful
beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their pa-
rents in their trial.

7 But the just man, if he be prevented with
death, shall be in teat

8 For venerable old age is not that of Ions, time,
nor counted by the number of years: but the un-
dcrstanding of a man is gray hairs;

9 And a spotless life is old age.

10 lie pleased God, and was beloved, and living
BBOflg sinners, he was translated.

11 He was taken away lest wickedness should
alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.

12 For tin* bewitching of vanity obscoreth good
things: and the wandering of concupiscence over-
turned! the innocent mind.

13 Being made perfect in a short space, he ful-
filled a long time :

1 I For his too] pleased God : therefore he
hastened to brine him out of the midst of iniquities :
but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay
up such things in their hearts:

15 That the grace of God, and his mercy is with
his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen.

16 Bui the just that is dead, condemned- the
wicked that arc Irving ; and youth soon ended, the
long life of the unjust.

17 For they shall see the end of the wise man.
and shall not understand what God hath designed
for him. and why the Lord bath set him in safety.

18 They shall sec him, and shall despise him : but
die Lord soall laugh them to scorn:

19 And they shall fall after this without honour,
and liea reproach among the dead for ever: fi>r lii-
shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall

shake them from the ft datkms : and they shall be

utterly laid Waste: they shaU be in sorrow ; and
their memory shall perish.

**rt Thev shall come with fear at the thought of

514

their sins : and their iniquities shall stand against

them to earn id them*

CHAP. \.

The fruitless repentance of the icicbd in another world: the

• reward of the in*!.

r I^IIEN shall the just stand with greal constancy
-*- against those that have afflicted them, and

taken away their labours.

2 These seeing it. shall be troubled with terrible
fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of tin ir
unexpected salvation,

3 Saying within themselves, repenting and groan-
ing for anguish of spirit : These are they, w bom we
had sometime in derision, and for a parable o'
reproach.

4 We fools esteemed their life madness, and
their end without honour.

6 Behold, how they are numbered among the
children of God, and their lot is anions the saints.

6 Therefore we have erred from the wav of
truth; and the light of justice bath not sinned unto
us; and the sun of understanding hath not risen
upon us.

7 We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity
and destruction, and have walked through hard
ways : but the way of the Lord we have not known.

8 What hath pride profited us; or what advan-
tage hath the boasting of riches brought us?

9 All those things arc passed away like a sha
dow, and like a post that runneth on,

In And as a ship that passeth through the wivi
vv hereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be
found, nor the path of its keel in the waters :

11 Or as when a bird flicth through the air; of
the passage of which no mark can be found, but
only the sound of the wings beating the light air.
and parting it by the force of her (light ; she moved
her wings, and hath down through; and there i*
no mark found afterwards of her way:

12 Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the
divided air presently cometh together again, so thai
the passage thereof is not known:

13 So we also being born, forthwith ceased to
be ; and have been able to show no mark of virtue;
but are consumed in our wickedness.

14 Such things as these the sinners said in hell :

15 For the hope of the w ieked is as dust, which
is blown away with the wind ; and as a thin froth
which is dispersed by the storm; and as smoke
that is scattered abroad by the w hid ; and as the
remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.

16 But the just shall live for evermore: and their
reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with
the nio^t High.

17 Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of
glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the
Lord: for with bis right hand he will cover them;
and with his holy aim he will defend them.

18 And bis leal will take armour: and he will
arm the creature for the revenge ol bis enemii •».

19 He will put on jasticeas a breast-plate: and

will take true judgment instead of a helmet:

'JO He will take equity lor an invincible shield •

CHAP.

Sil And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a
spear : and the whole world shall fight with him
against the unwise.

22 Then shafts of lightning shall go directly
from the clouds ; as from a bow well bent, they
shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.

23 And thick hail shall be cast upon them from
the stone-casting wrath: the water of the sea shall
rage against them ; and the rivers shall run together
in a terrible manner.

24 A mighty wind shall stand up against them,
and as a whirlwind shall divide them ; and their
iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert; and
wickedness shall overthrow the thronesof the mighty.

CHAP. VI.

An address to princes to seek after xoisdom : she is easily
found by those that seek her.

WISDOM is better than strength : and a wise
man is better than a strong man.

2 Hear therefore ye kings, and understand; learn
ye that are judges of the ends of the earth;

3 Give ear, you that rule the people, and that
please yourselves in multitudes of nations:

4 For power is given you by the Lord, and
strength by the most High, who will examine your
works, and search out your thoughts :

5 Because being ministers of his kingdom, you
have not judged rightly, nor kept the law of justice,
nor walked according to the will of God.

6 Horribly and speedily will he appear to you :
for a most severe judgment shall be for them that
bear rule.

7 For to him that is little, mercy is granted: but
the mighty shall be mightily tormented.

8 For God will not accept any man's person ;
neither will he stand in awe of any man's great-
ness: for he made the little and the great; and he
hath equally care of all.

9 But a greater punishment is ready for the
more mighty.

10 To you therefore, O kings, are these my
words, that you may learn wisdom, and not fail
from it.

11 For they that have kept just things justly,
shall be justified : and they that have learned these
things, shall find what to answer.

12 Covet ye therefore my words, and love them,
and you shall have instruction.

13 Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away,
and is easily seen by them that love her, and is
found by them that seek her.

14 She preventeth them that covet her, so that
she first showeth herself unto them.

15 He that awaketh early to seek her, shall not
labour: for he shall find her sitting at his door.

16 To think therefore upon her, is perfect un-
derstanding: and he that watcheth for her, shall
quicklv be secure.

17 For she goeth about seeking such as are wor-
thy of her : and she showeth herself to them cheer-
fully in the ways, and mectcth them with all pro-
vidence.

VI, VII.

18 For the beginning of her is the most true de-
sire of discipline:

19 And the care of discipline is love: and love
is the keeping of her laws : and the keeping of her
laws is the firm foundation of incorrnption :

20 And incorruption bringeth near to God.

21 Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to
the everlasting kingdom.

22 If then your delight be in thrones and scep-
tres, O ye kings of the people, love wisdom, that
you may reign for ever.

23 Love the light of wisdom, all ye that bear
rule over peoples.

24 Now what wisdom is, and what was her ori-
gin, I will declare : and I will not hide from you
the mysteries of God, but will seek her out from
the beginning of her birth, and bring the knowledge
of her to light, and will not pass over the truth:

25 Neither will I go with consuming envy : for
such a man shall not be partaker of wisdom.

26 Now the multitude of the wise is the welfare
of the whole world : and a wise king is the uphold-
ing of the people.

27 Receive therefore instruction by my words ;
and it shall be profitable to you.

CHAP. VII.

The excellence of unsdom : how she is to be found.

I MYSELF also am a mortal man, like all others,
and of the race of him, that was first made of
the earth : and in the womb of my mother I was
fashioned to be flesh,

2 In the time of ten months I was compacted in
blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep
concurring.

3 And being born I drew in the common air,
and fell upon the earth, that is made alike: and
the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all
others do.

4 I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and with
great cares.

5 For none of the kings had any other beginning
of birth.

6 For all men have one entrance into life, and
the like going out.

7 Wherefore I wished, and understanding was
given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit
of wisdom came upon me :

8 And I preferred her before kingdoms and
thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison
of her.

9 Neither did I compare unto her any precious
stone : for all gold in comparison of her, is as a
little sand : and silver in respect to her shall be
counted as clay.

10 I loved her above health and beauty, and
chose to have her instead of light : for her light
cannot be put out.

1 1 Now all good things came to me together with
her, and innumerable riches through her hands.

12 And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom
went before me, and I knew not that she was the
mother of them all :

13 Which I have learned without guile, and oom-

515

WMJU.M.

municate without envy ; and bet ricba I hide not

14 For she is an infinite treasure to men : which
they that OH become the friends of Goil, being com-
llieildrd lor the gift of discipline.

15 A nd .God hath Riven to me tos|>eak as 1 would,
and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that
arc given me : because he is the guide ot wisdom,
and the director of the wise.

16 For in his hand are Inith we, and our words.
and all w isdom,and the know ledge and skillol works.

17 For be hath given DM the true knowledge ol
the things that are ; to know the disposition ot the
whole world, and the virtues ol the elements,

18 The beginning, and ending, and midst of the
times, the alterations ot their courses, and the chan-
ges of seasons,

19 The revolutions of the year, and the disposi-
tions ot" the stars,

20 The natures of living creatures, and rage of
wild beasts, the force of winds, and reasonings of
men, the diversities of plants, and the virtuesof roots:

J I And all such things as are hid and not fore-
seen, I have learned : for wisdom, which is the
worker of all things, taught me.

22 For in her is the spirit of understanding; holy,
one, manifold, subtile, eloquent, active, undented,
sure, sweet, loving that which is good, quick, which
nothing hindereth, beneficent,
. J- ! < ientle, kind. steadfast, assured, secure, having
all power, overseeing all things, and containing all
spirits : intelligible, pure, subtile.

24 For wisdom is more active than all active
things; and rcacheth everywhere by reason of her
purity.

25 For she is a vapour of the power of God, and
i rain pure emanation of the glory of the almighty

God ; and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her.

26 For she is the brightness of eternal light, and
the unspotted mirror of God's majesty, and the
image of his goodness.

\nd being but one, she can do all things: and
remaining in herself the same, she renewed) all
things, and through nations conveyetfa herself into
holy souls, she makcth the friends of God and
pronli

28 For God loveth none but him that dwelleth
with wisdom.

29 For she is more beautiful than the sun, and
■hove all the order of the stars: being compared
with the light, she is found before it.

30 For after this cometh night; but no evil can
overcome wisdom.

CHAP. VIII.

Further praises of wisdom ; and hrr fruit*.

SI 1 1 . rcacheth therefore from end toend mightily,
and ordereth all things sweetly.
2 Her have I loved, and have sought her out from
my youth, and have desired to take her for my
spouse : and I became a lover of her beauty.

3he glorinetb. her nobility by being vcrsant with

God: yea, and the Lord of all things hath loved her.

4 For it is she that teaeheth the knowledge of

Goil, and i> the ehoOW t Of his works.

Ill

5 And if riches be desired in life, what is richer
than wisdom, which maketh all things?

t> And if sense do work, who is a more artful
worker than she of those things that I

7 And if a man love justice, her labours have great
virtues: for she teacluth temperance, and prudence,

and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as
men can have nothing more profitable in life.

8 And if a man desire much know ledge, she know-
eth things past, and judgeth of things to come: the
knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions
ot arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders be-
fore they be done, and the events of times and ai

9 I purposed therefore to take her to me to uve
ajptfa me; knowing that she will communicate to
me of her good things, and will be a comfort iu my
cares and grief.

10 For her sake 1 shall have glory among the
multitude, and honour with the ancients though I
be young :

11 And I shall be found of a quick conceit in
judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the
mighty: and the faces of princes shall wonder
at me.

12 They shall wait for me when I hold my peace;
and they shall look upon me when 1 speak: and if
I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouth.

13 Moreover by the means of her 1 shall have
immortality; and shall leave behind me an ever-
lasting memory to them that come after me.

14 I shall set the people in order : and nations
shall be subject to me.

15 Terrible kings hearing shall be afraid of me:
among the multitude I shall be found good, and
valiant iu war.

16 When I go into my house, 1 shall repose myself
with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor
her company any tediousness, but joy and gladiu BS.

17 Thinking thete things with myself, and pon-
dering them in my heart, that to be allied to wis-
dom is immortality,

18 And that there is great delight in her friend-
ship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her
hands, and in the exercise of conference with her.
wisdom, and glory in the communication of her
words: I went about seeking, that I might take
her to myself.

19 And I was a witty child, and had received
a good soul.

20 And whereas I was more good, I came to a
body undefiled.

21 And as I knew that I could not otherw ise be
continent, except God gave it, and this also was a
point of w imIoui. to know w hose gift it was; I went
to the Lord, and besought him, and said with my
whole heart :

CHAP. IX.

Solomon' 1 's prayer for wisdom,

GOD of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who
hast made all things with thy word,
2 Ami bj thy wisdom hast appointed man, that
be should have dominion o\ er the creatine I hat was
made by thee,

CHAP. X.

3 That he should order the world according to
equity and justice, and execute justice with an up-
right heart :

4 Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne,
and cast me not off from among thy children:

5 For I am tliy servant, and the son of thy hand-
maid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling
short of the understanding of judgment and laws.

6 For if one be perfect among the children of
men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall
be nothing regarded.

7 Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people,
and a judge of thy sons and daughters :

8 And hast commanded me to build a temple on
thy holy mount, and an altar in the city of thy dwell-
ing-place, a resemblance of thy holy tabernacle,
which thou hast prepared from the beginning :

9 And thy wisdom with thee, which knoweth
thy works, which then also was present when thou
madest the world, and knew what was agreeable to
thy eyes, and what was right in thy commandments.

10 Send her out of thy holy heaven, and from
the throne of thy majesty, that she may be with me,
and may labour with me, that I may know what is
acceptable with thee :

1 1 For she knoweth and understandeth all things,
and shall lead me soberly in my works, and shall
preserve me by her power.

12 So shall my works be acceptable, and T shall
govern thy people justly, and shall be worthy of the
throne of my father.

13 For who among men is he that can know the
counsel of God ? or who can think what the will
of God is ?

14 For the thoughts of mortal men are fearful,
and our counsels uncertain.

15 For the corruptible body is a load upon the
soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the
mind that museth upon many things.

16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that
are upon earth : and with labour do we find the
things that are before us. But the things that are
in heaven, who shall search out ?

17 And who shall know thy thought, except thou
give wisdom, and send thy holy Spirit from above :

18 And so the ways of them that are upon earth
may be corrected, and men may learn the things
that please thee ?

19 For by wisdom they were healed, whosoever
have pleased thee, O Lord, from the beginning.

CHAP. X.

What wisdom did for Adam, Noe, Abraham, Lot, Jacob, Jo-
seph, and the people of Israel.

CHE preserved him, that was first formed by God,
^ the father of the world, when he was created
atone:

* Tlu tmjusl. Cain.

}For whose cause, viz. For the wickedness of the race of Cain.
The Just. Noe.

♦ She knew the just. She found out and approved Abraham.

| And kept him strong. kc. Gave him strength to stand firm against
the efforts of his natural tenderness, when he was ordered to sacrifice
his son

2 And she brought him out of his sin, and gave
him power to govern all things.

3 But when the unjust* went away from her in
his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he
murdered his brother.

4 For whose cause,t when water destroyed the
earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course
of the just! by contemptible wood.

5 Moreover, when the nations had conspired to-
gether to consent to wickedness, she knew the just,§
and preserved him without blame to God, and kept
him strongjl against the compassion for his son.

6 She delivered the just manll who fled from the
wicked that were perishing, when the fire came
down upon Pentapolis:**

7 Whose land, for a testimony of their wicked-
ness, is desolate, and smoketh to this day ; and the
trees bear fruits that ripen not; and a standing pillar
of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.

8 For regarding not wisdom, they did not only
slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things,
but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly,
so that in the things in which they sinned, they
could not so much as lie hid.

9 But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them
that attend upon her.

10 She conducted the just,ft when he fled from
his brother's wrath, through the right ways; and
showed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the
knowledge of the holy things; made him honourable
in his labours, and accomplished his labours.

1 1 In the deceit of them that over-reached him,
she stood by him, and made him honourable.

12 She kept him safe from his enemies : and she
defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong
conflict,!} that he might overcome, and knew that
wisdom is mightier than all.

13 She forsook not the just when he was sold,^;
but delivered him from sinners: she went down
with him into the pit.

14 And in bands she left him not, till she brought
him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against
those that oppressed him ; and showed them to be
liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting
glory.

15 She delivered the just people and blameless
seed, from the nations that oppressed them.

16 She entered into the soul of the servant of
God;j||| and stood against dreadful kings in wonders
and signs.

17 And she rendered to the just the wages of
their labours, and conducted them in a wonderful
way : and she was to them for a covert by day, and
for the light of stars by night :

1 8 And she brought them through the Red sea,
and carried them over through a great water.

19 But their enemies she drowned in the sea.

V The just man. Lot.

** Pentapolis. The land of the five cities, Sodom, Gomorrha be

H Tlujust. Jacob.

\\ Conflict, viz. With the Angel.
H The just when he was sold, viz. Joseph.
The servant of God, viz. Moses.

517

WISDOM.

and from the depth of hell she brought them out.
Therefore the just took the spoils of the wicked.

20 Ami they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and
they praised with one accord thy victorious hand.

Jl lor wisdom opened the mouth of the dumh,
and made the tongues of infants eloquent.

CHAP. XI.

Other benefits of wisdom to the people of (»'.*/.

SHE prospered tluir works in the hands of the
holy prophet.*

I I ) went through wildernesses that were not
inhabited : and in desert places they pitched llieir
ten

3 Tliev stood against their enemies,! and re-
renged themselves of their adversarial.

i he) were thirst\, and tliev called upon thee:
and wafer was ni\en them out of the high rock, and
a refreshment of their thirst out of the hard stone.

■ I or bj what things] their enemies were pu-
nished, when their drink failed them, while the
children of Israel abounded therewith and rejoiced:
uiie things they in their need were

lienefited.

7 For instead of a fountain of an ever-running
river, tboogavesl human hlood to the unjust.

8 And whilst they wire diminished for a mani-
fest reproof of their m ur dering the infants, thou

si to thine abundant water unlooked for:

9 Showing hy the thirst that was then, how thou
didst exalt thine, and didst kill their adversaries.

lit For when they were tried, and chastised with
mercy, tliev knew how the wicked were judged with
wrath, and tormented.

I I for thou didst admonish and try them as a
father: hut the others as a severe king, thou didst

nine and condemn.

I 2 For w diet her absent or present, they were tor-
mented alike.

I '> For a double affliction came upon them, and
a groaning for the remembrance of things past.

I | for when they heard that by their punish-
ments} the others were benefited, they remembered
the Lord, wondering at the end of what was come
to pass.

I j I 'or whom they scorned before, when he was
throw n out at the time of his being wickedly ex-
posed to perish, him they admired in the end, when
they s;iw the event; their thirsting being unlike to
that of the just.

1G Hut lor the foolish devices of their iniquity,
mse some being deceived worshipped dumb ser-
pents, and worthless beasts, t hoi i didst send U|>on
them a multitude of dumb beasts|| for veimeain

17 That they might know that by what things a
man sinueih. bl the SBUM also he is tormented.

For thy almighty hand, w Inch made the world

• Tkt k**i prophet. Mom*.

f Thrimimtrt. The Amaleritc*.

| By mkUlkimgt. fcc The meaning i«, thai God, who wrought a
miracle to puni.h the repliant hy thiraf, when lie turned all iheir
water* into Wood, (at who Israelite*, who were exempt from

Ihoae plagnea. bad plenty of water) wrought another mirarle in favour
of hi* 'own people in their thirtt, hy g-iung tbem water utit of ibc nx It.

Of matierw ithout form, was not unable to send upon
them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,

19 Or iinknow n be asts of a new kind. lull of rage:
either breathing out a fiery vapour, or sending forth

a stinking smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out of
their evt

20 Whereof not only the hurt might be able to
destroy them, but also the rerj sidit might kill
them through fear.

21 Yea and without these, they might have been
slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds,
and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou
bast ordered all things in measure and number, and
weight

.'J For great power always belonged to thee
alone: and who shall resist the Strength of thy arm'

-'• ! For the whole world before thee is as the least
grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning
dew, that railed) down upon the earth.

- i l!ut thou hast mercy upon all, because thou
canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men
for the sake of repentance.

25 For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest
none of the things which thou hast made: for thou
didst not appoint or make any thing, hating it.

26 And how could any thing endure, if thou
wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee?

27 Hut thou sparest all: because they are thine,
O Lord, who lovest souls.

CHAP. XII.

God's irifdom and merry in hi* proceeding* with the Chananiles.

OI M)W good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in
all things!

2 And therefore thou ch as t is es! them that err, by
little and little; and admonishest them, and speak-
est to them, c o ncerning the things wherein they of-
fend; that leaving their wickedness, they may be-
lieve in thee, O Lord.

3 For, those ancient inhabitants of thy holy laud,
whom thou didst abhor,

4 Because they did works hateful to thee by their
sorceries, and wicked sacrifices.

5 And those merciless murderers of their ow u
children, and eaters of men's bowels, and dc voiirers
of blood from the midst of thy consecration, H

6 And those parents sacrificing with their own
hands helpless souls, it was thy will to destroy by
the hands of our parents,

7 That the land, which of all is most dear to
thee, might receive a worthy colony of the children
of God.

8 Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst
send wasps forerunners of thy host, to destroy them
by little and little.

9 Not that thou Waal unable to bring the wicked
under the just by war, or bv cruel beasts, or with
one rough word to destroy them at once:

I Hy Ikeir puniikmrnt; kc. That », that (lie I.rulitr* had been
benefited and miraculously favoured in the tame kind, in wliirh they
had been punished.

tlhimi brut: «iz. Frogs,, ariniph*, flie*, and locnats.
From the midtt f Iky eon$eeralion. I .ill-rally, uenment. That is,
the land sacred to thee, in winch thy temple wa«'lo be established , and
maji'» redemption to be wrought.

CHAP. XIII.

iO But executing thy judgments by degrees thou
gavestthem place of repentance, not being ignorant
that they were a wicked generation, and their malice
natural , and that their thought could never be changed.

1 1 For it was a cursed seed from the beginning:
neither didst thou for fear of any one give pardon
to their sins.

12 For who shall say to thee: What hast thou
done? or who shall withstand thy judgment ? or who
shall come before thee to be a revenger of wicked
men ? or who shall accuse thee, if the nations perish,
which thou hast made?

13 For there is no other God but thou, who hast
care of all, that thou shouldst show that thou dost
not give judgment unjustly.

14 Neither shall king nor tyrant in thy sight in-
quire about them whom thou hast destroyed.

15 For so much then as thou art just, thou order-
est all things justly ; thinking it not agreeable to thy
power, to condemn him who deserveth not to be

punished. , -'.''.

16 For thy power is the beginning of justice :
and because thou art Lord of all, thou makest thy-
self gracious to all.

17 For thou showest thy power, when men will
not believe thee to be absolute in power : and thou
convincest the boldness of them that know thee not.

1 8 But thou being master of power, judgest with
tranquillity, and with great favour disposest of us :
for thv power is at hand when thou wilt.

19 'But thou hast taughtthy people by such works,
that they must be just and humane, and hast made
thy children to be of a good hope : because in judg-
ing thou givest place for repentance for sins.

20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy
servants, and that deserved to die, with so great de-
liberation, giving them time and place whereby they
might be changed from their wickedness :

21 With what circumspection hast thou judged
thy own children, to whose parents thou hast sworn,
and made covenants of good promises ?

22 Therefore whereas thou chastisest us, thou
scourgest our enemies very many ways, to the end
that when we judge we may think on thy goodness :
and when we are judged, we may hope for thy mercy.

23 Wherefore thou hast also greatly tormented
them who in their life have lived foolishly and un-
justly, by the same things which they worshipped.

24 For they went astray for a long time in the
ways of error, holding those things for gods which
are the most worthless among beasts, living after
the manner of children without understanding.

25 Therefore thou hast sent a judgment upon
them as senseless children to mock them.

26 But they that were not amended by mock-
eries and reprehensions, experienced the worthy
judgment of God.

27 For seeing with indignation that they suffered
by those very things which they took for gods, when
they were destroyed by the same, they acknowledged
him the true God, whom in time past they denied
that they knew: for which cause the end also of
I heir condemnation came upon them.

CHAP. XIII.

Idolaters are inexcusable : and those most if all that worship
for gods the works of the hands of men-

BUT all men are vain, in whom there is not the
knowledge of God ; and who by these good
things that are seen, could not understand him that
is, neither by attending to the works have acknow-
ledged who was the workman :

2 But have imagined either the fire, or the wind,
or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the
great water, or the sun and moon, to be the gods
that rule the world :

3 With whose beauty if they being delighted,
took them to be gods ; let them know how much the
Lord of them is more beautiful than they : for the
first author of beauty made all those things.

4 Or if they admired their power and their ef-
fects, let them understand by them, that he that
made them, is mightier than they :

5 For by the greatness of the beauty, and of the
creature, the creator of them may be seen, so as to
be known thereby.

6 But yet as to these they are less to be blamed.
For they perhaps err, seeking God, and desirous to
find him.

7 For being conversant among his works, they
search : and they are persuaded that the things are
good which are seen.

8 But then again they are not to be pardoned.

9 For if they were able to know so much, as to
make a judgment of the world ; how did they not
more easily find out the Lord thereof?

10 But unhappy are they, and their hope is among
the dead, who have called gods the works of the
hands of men, gold and silver, the inventions of art,
and the resemblances of beasts, or an unprofitable
stone, the work of an ancient hand.

1 1 Or if an artist a carpenter hath cut down a
tree proper for his use in the wood, and skilfully
taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, dili-
gently forme th a vessel profitable for the common
uses of life,

12 And useth the chips of his work to dress his
meat :

13 And taking what was left thereof, which is
good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and
full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath
nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashion-
eth it, and maketh it like the image of a man;

14 Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it
over with vermilion, and painting it red, and cover-
ing every spot that is in it :

15 And maketh a convenient dwelling-place for
it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron,

16 Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing
that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image,
and hath need of help.

17 And then maketh prayer to it, inquiring con-
cerning his substance, and his children, or his mar-
riage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that
which hath no life :

18 And for health he maketh supplication to the
weak : and lor life prnyeth to that which is dead

310

\\IH>OM.

and for belp t alU-th upon that wh'u h is unprofitable :
19 And lor a good journey lit- pethioneth him
that cannot walk : and tor pttffig, and for Working,
and for tin- e\. - i it of all things, nc askcth him that
is unable to do any thin

CHAP. XIV

Thr beginning of worshipping iduls ; and the effects thereof.

AGAIN, another opening to sail, and beginning
to make hw voyage through the ragmt. waves,
calleth upon | piece of wood, more frail than the
wood that earricth him.

J For this the desire of gain devised ; and the
knum built it by his skill.

3 Hut thy providenee, () Father, governeth it:

for thou bast made a way even in the sea, and a

most Mire path ■rnong the waves,

Showing that thou art ahle to save out of all
things, yea though a man went to sea without art.

.') Bui that the works of thy wisdom might not
be idle: the r e fo re men also trust their Irveseyen to
a little wood, and passing over the sea by ship are

vived.

6 And from the l>eginning also when the proud
giants perished, the hope of the world fleeing to a
vessel, which was governed by thy hand, left to the
world seed of generation.

7 For blessed is the wood, by which justice
eometh.

■ lit the idol that is made by hands, is cursed,
as well it, as he that made it: be, because he made
it : and it, because being frail, it is called a god.

9 But to God the wicked and his wickedness are
hateful alike.

Hi For that which is made, together with him
that made it, shall suffer torments.

11 Therefore there shall be no respect had even

to the idols of the gentiles : because the creatures of

! are turned to an abomination, and a temptation

to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the

UI1W

1 1 For the beginning of fornication isthe devising
of idols : and the invention of them is the corrup-
tion of life.

13 For neither were they from the beginning:
neither shall they be for ever.

14 For by the vanity of men they came into the
world : and therefore they shall be found to come
shortly to an end.

For a father being afflicted with bitter grief,
Dade to himself the image of his son who w;is
quickly taken away : and him who then hail died as
a mill, he began now to worship as ;i god, and
appointed him rheanndsacrificesamonghis servants.

16 Then in process of time, wicked custom pre-
vailing, this error was kept as a law : and statues

wen- worshi pp ed by the commandment of tyrants.

17 And those whom men could not honour in

presence, because the\ dwelt far ofT, they brought
their resemblance from alar, and made an express
image of the kins whom they had a mind to ho-
nour : that by this their diligence, they might honour
H* present, him that was absent.

[8 And to the worshipping of these, the singu-
ssa

lar diligence also of the artificer hel|K-d to set for-
ward the ignorant

19 For he being willing to phase him that em-
ployed him, laboured with all his art to make the
resemblance in the best manner.

20 And the multitude pf men, carried away by
the beauty of the work, took him now lor a god,
that a little before was but honoured as a man.

21 And this was the occasion of deceiving human
life: for men serving either their affection, or their
kings, gave the incommunicable name to stones and
wood.

22 And it was not enough for them to err about
the knowledge of God; but whereas they li\e in a
great war of ignorance, they call SO many and so
pn ;it evils peace.

23 For either they sacrifice their ow n children or
use hidden sacrifices, or keep Witches lull of mad-

24 So that now they neither keep life, nor mar-
riage iimli tiled : but one kilh-th another through
envy, or grievetfa him by adultery :

25 And all things are mingled together, blood,
murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and un-
faithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the
good,

26 Forget fulness of God, defiling of souls, chang-
ing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregu-
larity of adultery anoTuncleanneas.

27 For the worship of abominable idols is die
cause, and the beginning and end of all e\ il.

28 For either they are mad when they are mer-
ry,or they prophesy lies ; or they live unjustly, or
easily forswear themselves.

29 For whilst they trust in idols, which are with-
out life, though thej sweat amiss, they look not to
be hurt.

30 But for two things they shall be justly pu-
nished, because they bare thought not well of God,
giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in
guile despising justice.

31 For it is not the power of them, by whom
they swear : but the just vengeance of sinners al-
ways puuislieth the transgression of the unjust.

CHAP. XV.

The terpants of God praise him who hath delivered them from
idolatry ; condemning both the makers and the worshippers of
idnh.

BUT thou, our God, art gracious and true, pa-
tient, and ordering all things in mercy.

2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy great-
ness : and if we sin not, we know that we are count-
ed with thee.

3 For to know thee, is perfect justice: and to
know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of im-
mortality.

4 For the invention of mischievous men hath not
deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless
labour, a graven figure with divers ooJoun,

.5 The sight whereof entketh the fool to lust

alter it: and he lovcth the lid less figure of a dead

image.

li The lovers of evil things dtsene to ha\e no

CHAP. XVI.

better things to trust in, botli they that make them,
and they that love them, and they that worship them.

7 The potter also tempering soft earth, with la-
bour fashioneth every vessel for our service: and of
the same clay he maketh both vessels that are for
clean uses, and likewise such as serve to the con-
trary : but what is the use of these vessels, the pot-
ter is the judge.

8 And of the same clay by a vain labour he maketh
a god : he who a little before was made of earth
himself, and a little after returneth to the same out
of which he was taken, when his life which was
lent him shall be called for again.

9 But his care is, not that he shall labour, nor
that his life is short ; but he striveth with the gold-
smiths and silversmiths : and he endeavourelh to do
like the workers in brass; and counteth it a glory to
make vain things.

10 For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain
earth, and his life more base than clay:

1 1 Forasmuch as he knew not his maker, and
him that inspired into him the soul that worketh,
and that breathed into him a living spirit.

12 Yea, and they have counted our life a pastime,
and the business of life to be gain, and that we
must be getting every way, even out of evil.

13 For that man knoweth that he offendeth above
all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle ves-
sels, and graven gods.

14 But all the enemies of thy people that hold
them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and
proud beyond measure :

15 For they have esteemed all the idols of the
heathens for gods, which neither have the use of
eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to
hear, nor fingers of hands to handle, and as for their
leet, they are slow to walk.

16 For man made them: and he that borroweth
his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can
make a god like to himself.

17 For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead
thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than
they whom he worshippeth ; because he indeed hath
lived, though he were mortal, but they never.

18 Moreover, they worship also the vilest crea-
tures : but things without sense compared to these,
are worse than they.

19 Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of
these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of
God, and from his blessing.

CHAP. XVI.

God's different dealings with the Egyptians, and with his own

people.

T^OR these things, and by the like things to
-*- these, they were worthily punished, and were
destroyed by a multitude of beasts.

2 Instead of which punishment, dealing well with
thy people, thou gavest them their desire of delicious

* They indeed desiring food, &c. He means the Egyptians : who
were restrained even from that food which was necessarv, by the frogs
and the flies that were sent amongst them, and spoiled all their meats.

f But these, viz. The Israelites.

food, of a new taste, preparing for them quails for
their meat :

3 To the end that they indeed desiring food,* by
means of those things that were shown and sent
among them, might loathe even that which was ne-
cessary to satisfy their desire. But these,! after
suffering want for a short time, tasted a new meat.

4 For it was requisite that inevitable destruction
should come upon them that exercised tyranny: but
to these it should only be shown how their enemies
were destroyed.

5 For when the fierce rage of beasts came upon
these, they were destroyed with the bitings of crook-
ed serpents.

6 But thy wrath endured not for ever; but thev
were troubled for a short time for their correction,
having a sign of salvationj to put them in remem-
brance of the commandment of thy law.

7 For he that turned to it, was not healed by that
which he saw, but by thee the Saviour of all.

8 And. in this thou didst show to our enemies,
that, thou art he who deliverest from all evil.

9 For the bitings of locusts, and of flies killed them :
and there was found no remedy for their life: be-
cause they were worthy to be destroyed by such things.

10 But not even the teeth of venomous serpents
overcame thy children: for thy mercy came, and
healed them.

1 1 For they were examined for the remembrance
of thy words, and were quickly healed, lest falling
into deep forgetfulness, they might not be able to use
thy help.

12 For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaster
that healed them, but thy word, O Lord, which
healeth all things.

13 For it is thou, O Lord, that hast power of life
and death, and leadest down to the gates of death,-
and bringest back again :

14 A man indeed killeth through malice ; and
when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return ;
neither shall he call back the soul that is received :

15 But it is impossible to escape thy hand.

16 For the wicked that denied to know thee,
were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being
persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain,
and consumed by fire.

17 And which was wonderful, in water, which
extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force :§
for the world fighteth for the just.

18 For at one time, the fire was mitigated, that
the beasts which were sent against the wicked might
not be burnt, but that they might see and perceive
that they were persecuted by the judgment of God.

19 And at another time the fire, above its own
power, burnt in the midst of water, to destroy the
fruits of a wicked land.

20 Instead of which things thou didst feed thy
people with the food of Angels, and gavest them
bread from heaven prepared without labour; having

| Sign of salvation. The brazen serpent, an emblem of Christ our
Saviour.

} The fire had more force, viz. When the fire and hail mingled to
gethcr laid waste the land of Egypt. Exod. ix.

521

\\I>|M)M.

in it nil that is delicious, ami the sweetness of every

t\ For thy sustenance showed thy sweetness to
thy ehildren. and serving ( very man's will, it was
(timed to wliat evei v man liked.

I tut snow ami ice endured the force of fire,
and melted not : that they might know that tire
burning in the hail and Hashing in the rain destroy-
ed the fruits of the enemii M.

lint this same a^ain, that the just might be
nourished, did even forget its own strength.

I m the creature serving thee the Creator, is
made fierce against tlie unjust for their punishment;
and sbsteth its strength for the benefit of them that
trust in thee.

Then-lore even then it was transformed into
all things, and was obedient to tliv grans that nou-
risbeth all, according to the will of them that desired
it of ili

26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst,
■right know that it is not the growing of fruits that
nourishtth men, but thy word preserveth them that
believe in thee.

J7 For that which could not be destroyed by fire,
being warmed with a little sun-beam presently melt-
• .1 awav :

28 That it might be known to all, that we ought
to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at
the dawning of the light.

29 For the hope of the unthankful shall melt
\ is the winter's ice, and shall run ofFas unpro-
fitable water.

CHAP. XVII.

The Et/ptian darkness.

FOR thy judgments, O Lord, are great; and thy
words cannot he expressed : therefore undisci-
• plined souls have erred.

_' For while the wicked thought to lie able to
have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves
being lettered with the bonds of darkness, and a
long light) shut up in their houses, lay th ere exiled
from the eternal providence.

3 And while they thought to lie hid in their ob-
scure -ins. they were scattered under a dark veil of
forset fulness, being horribly afraid, and troubled
with exceeding great astonishment.

i I or neither did the den that held them, keep
them from fear: for noises coming down troubled
them : and sad visions appearing to them, affrighted
them.

5 And no power of fire could give them light :
neither could the bright llames of the stars enlighten
that horrible night.

6 But there appeared to them a sudden fire, very
dreadful: and being struck with the fear of that

which was not seen, they thought the things

Which tliev s;iu to lie worse:

7 And the delusions of their magic art were put
down; and their boosting of wisdom was reproach-
fully relinked.

I or they who promised to drive aw as fears
and troiililes fiom a sick soul, were sick themselves
of a fear worthy to be laughed at

9 For though no terrible thin- d i st urb ed them .

ibf ing scared with the passing by of beasts, and
lissing of serpents, they died for fear; and denying
that they saw the air, which could l>\ DO means be
■voided.

Id For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth
witness of its condemnation : for a troubled con-
science always forecasteth grievous thuu

1 1 For fear is nothing else but a yielding up of
the succours from thought.

12 And while there is less expectation from with-
in, the greater doth it count the ignorance of that
cause which bringeth the torment.

13 But they that during that night, in which no-
thing could be done, and which came upon them
from the lowest ami deepest hell, slept the same
sleep,

14 Were sometimes molested with the fear of
monsters, sometimes fainted away, their soul failing
them : for a sudden and unlooked-for fear was come
upon them.

15 Moreover, if any of them had fallen down, he
was kept shut up in prison without irons.

16 For if any one were a husbandman, or a
shepherd, or a labourer in the field, and was sud-
denly overtaken, he endured a necessity from w hich
he could not fly.

17 For they were all bound together with one
chain of darkness. Whether it were a whistling
wind, or the melodious voice of birds, among the
spreading branches of trees, or a fall of water run-
ning down with violence,

18 Or the mighty noise of stones rambling down,
or the running that could not be seen of beasts
playing together, or the roaring voice of wild beasts,
or a rebounding echo from the highest mountains ;
these tilings made them to swoon for fear.

19 For the whole world was enlightened with a
clear light; and none were hindered in their labours.

20 But over them only was spread a bear] night,
an image of that darkness which was to come upon
them. But they were to themselves more grievous
than the darkness.

CHAP. XVIII.

The slaughter of the first-born in Egypt: the efheacy of Aaron's
intercession, in the sedition on occasion if Cor*

BUTthy saints had a very great light ; and they
heard their voice indeed, but did not see their
shape. And because they also did not suffer the
same things, they glorified thee:

2 And they that before had been wronged, gave
thanks, because they were not hurt now; and asked
this gift, that there might be a difference.

3 Therefore they received a braving pillar of
fire for a guide of the way which they knew not ;
and thou gavest them a harmless sun* of a good
entertainment.

4 The others indeed were a orthy to l»e deprived
of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who kept thy
children shut up, l>\ whom the pore light Of the
law w as to be given to the world.

* A kmmhm ma. A lipt.t that thoukl not hurl or molc»t Una ; but
that thoukl be an agreeable (uett to III— l

€liAF. XIX.

5 And whereas they thought to kill the bahes of
the just; one child* being cast forth, and saved, to
reprove them, thcu tookest away a multitude of their
children, and destroyedst them altogether in a migh-
ty water.

6 For that night was known before by our fa-
thers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had
trusted to, they might be of better courage.

7 So thy people received the salvation of the
just, and destruction of the unjust.

8 For as thou didst punish the adversaries ; so
thou didst also encourage and glorify us.

9 For the just children of good menf were of-
fering sacrifice secretly: and they unanimously or-
dered a law of justice ; that the just should receive
both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of
the fathers.

10 But on the other side there sounded an ill-
according cry of the enemies: and a lamentable
mourning was heard for the children that were be-
wailed.

11 And the servant suffered the same punish-
ment as the master; and a common man suffered in
like manner as the king.

12 So all alike had innumerable dead, with one
kind of death. Neither were the living sufficient
to bury them : for in one moment the noblest ofT-
springl of them was destroyed.

13 For whereas they would not believe any thing
before by reason of the enchantments, tluen first
upon the destruction of the first-born, they acknow-
ledged the people to be of God.

14 For while all things were in quiet silence, and
the night was in the midst of her course,

15 Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven
from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into
the midst of the land of destruction,

16 With a sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned com-
mandment: and he stood and filled all things with
death, and standing on the earth reached even to
heaven.

17 Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled
them, and fears unlooked-for came upon them.

1 8 And one thrown here, another there, half dead,
showed the cause of his death.

19 For the visions that troubled them foreshow-
ed these things, lest they should perish, and not
know why they suffered these evils.

20 But the just also were afterwards touched by
an assault of death; and there was a disturbance of
the multitude in the wilderness: but thy wrath did
not long continue.

21 For a blameless man made haste to pray for
the people, bringing forth the shield of his ministry,
prayer, and by incense making supplication, with-
stood the wrath, and put an end to the calamity,
showing that he was thy servant.

22 And he overcame the disturbance, not by
strength of body, nor with force of arms: but

* One child, viz. Moses.

t Of good men, viz. of the patriarchs. Their child ten, the Israel-
ites, offered in private the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb; and were

with a word he subdued him that punished them,
alleging the oaths and covenant made with the fa-
thers.

23 For when they were now fallen down dead
by heaps one upon another, he stood between, and
stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.

24 For in the priestly robe which he wore, was
the whole world : and in the four rows of the stones
the glory of the fathers was graven: and thy ma-
jesty was written upon the diadem of his head.

25 And to these the destroyer gave place, and
was afraid of- them: for the proof only of wrath
was enough.

CHAP. XIX.

Why God showed no mercy to the Egyptians. His favour to
the Israelites. All creatures obey God's orders for the ser-
vice of the good, and the punishment of the.wicked.

BUT as to the wicked, even to the end there
came upon them wrath without mercy. For
he knew before also what they would do :

2 For when they had given them leave to de-
part, and had sent them away with great care, they
repented and pursued after them.

3 For whilst they were yet mourning, and la-
menting at the graves of the dead, they took up ano-
ther foolish device; and pursued them as fugitives
whom they had pressed to be gone:

4 For a necessity, of which they were worthy,
brought them to this end : and they lost the re-
membrance of those things which had happened,
that their punishment might fill up what was want-
ing to their torments:

5 And that thy people might wonderfully pass
through, but they might find a new death.

6 For every creature according to its kind was
fashioned again as from the beginning, obeying thy
commandments, that thy children might be kept
without hurt.

7 For a cloud overshadowed their camp; and
where water was before, dry land appeared ; and
in the Red sea a way without hinderance, and out
of the great deep a springing field:

8 Through which all the nation passed which
was protected with thy hand, seeing thy miracles
and wonders.

9 For they fed on their food like horses; and
they skipped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who
hadst delivered them.

10 For they were yet mindful of those things
which had been done in the time of their sojourn-
ing, how the ground brought forth flies instead of
cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of
frogs instead of fishes.

1 1 And at length they saw a new generation of
birds, when being led by their appetite they asked
for delicate meats.

12 For to satisfy their desire, the quail came up
to them from the sea; and punishments came upon
the sinners, not without foregoing signs by the force

regulating- what they were to do in their journey, when that last and
most dreadful plague was coining upon their enemies.
t The noblest offspring. That is, the first-born.
523

FX( LESIASTICUS.

of thunders: for they Suffered justly according to
their own wickedness.

13 For they exercised a mora detestable mhos-

pkalky Ikttn aay: o th er s i n d e ed re cei ved not stran-

- unknown in them, but these brought their

-ts into bondage that had deserved will of them.

IV And not only so, but in another respect also

they were worse: tor the others against their "ill
ived the strangers.
Ifi Hut these grievously afflicted them whom
they had received with joy, and who lived under

the same la •

It) Hut they were struck with blindness: as
those other-; were at the doors of (In- just man, when
they were covered with sudden darkness, and ewry
one sought the passage of his ow n door.

* Eimuntt an cmangti, he. The meaning i«, that whatever rhanga
* rough! in tin- element* b* miracle* in favour of hit people, lliey
•till kept their harmony by obeying bu will.

17 For while the elements are changed in them-

as in an instrument the sound of the qiiali-

t> is changed, yet all keep their sound: whieh mav

clearly lie perceived by the trerj ^ii:ht

things of the land wen- turned into

before

18Tor the

things of the water: and the things that
BWam in the water passed upon the land.

19 The tire had power in water alxive its own
virtue; and the water forgot its quenching nature.

20 On the other side, the flames wasted not tin-
flesh of corruptible animals walking therein; neither
did they melt that good food,t which was apt to
null as ice. For in all things thou didst magnify
thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and
didst not despise them, but didst assist lliein at all
times, and in every place.

f Tkmt good food. The Manna.

ECCLESIASTICUS.

TTtis book is <n called from a Greek word that signifies a Preacher :
because, like an excellent preacher, it gives admirable lessons
of all virtues. The author was Jesus the son ofSirach of Jeru-
salem, who Nourished about two hundred years befort Christ.
As it was written after the time of Esdras, it is not in the
Jewish Canon : but is received as canonical and dirine
by the catholic church, instructed bp apostolical tradition,
and directed by the Spirit of (Sod. It was first wrote in the
11- brew, hut afterwards translated into (ireek by another Je-
sus, the grandson of the author ; whose prologue to this book
is the following:

THE PROLOGUE.

TUP" knowledge of many and great things hath
been shown us bv the law, and the prophets,
and othersthat bare followed them : for which things
Israel is to be commended for doctrineand wisdom :
liecause not only thev that sneak must needs be skil-
ful, but strangers also both speaking and writing,
mav In/ their means become most learned. My
grandfather Jesus, after he had much given him-
self to a dilkent reading of the law, and the pro-
phets, and other books, that were delivered to lis
from our fathers, had a mind also to write something
himself, pertaining to doctrine and wisdom ; that
such as are desirous to learn, and are made know-
ing in these things, may be more and more at-
tentive in mind, and b«- Strengthened to live accord-
ing to the law. I entreat you therefore to come
with benevolence, and to read with attention, and to
pardon us for those things wherein we mav seem.
while we follow the image of wisdom, to come
short in tin- composition of words: for the Hebrew
words have not the same force in them when trans-
lated into another tongue. And not only these, but

the law also itself, and the prophets, and the rest of
the books, have no small difference, when thev are
ken in their own language, lor in the eighth
and thirtieth year eoming into Egypt, when Ptolemy
Evergetes was king, and continuing there a Ion:;

6*4

time, I found there books left, of no small nor con-
temptible learning. Therefore I thought it good,
and necessary for me to bestow some diligence and
labour to interpret this book : and with much watch-
ing and study in some space of time, I brought the
book to an end, and set it forth for the service ot
them that are willing to apply their mind, and to
learn how they ought to conduct themselves, who
purpose to lead their life according to the law of the
Lord.

CHAP. I.

--/// Wisdom is from God, and is given to them that fear and

lore ('mil.

ALL Wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath
been always with him, and is before all time.

2 Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and
the drops of rain, and the days of the world ?
Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the
breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss ?

3 Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that
goeth before all things ?

4 Wisdom hath been created before all things,
and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.

5 The word of God on high is the fountain of
wisdom ; and her ways arc everlasting command-
ments.

6 To whom hath the root of wisdom lx-en reveal-
ed, and who hath known her wise counsels?

7 To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been
revealed ami made manifest ? and who hath under-
stood the multiplicity of her Bte|

8 There is one most high Creator Almighty, and
a powerful Kin::, and greatly to be feared, who sit-
teth UDOn his throne, and is tin- ( Sod of dominion.

!• He created her in tin- Holy Ofaost, and SSW
her, and numbered her, and measur ed her.

10 And In- poured her out upon all his^vorks and

CHAP. II.

upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given
her to them that love him.

1 1 The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and
gladness, and a crown of joy.

12 The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart,
and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days.

13 With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go
well in the latter end, and in the day of his . death
he shall be blessed.

14 The love of God is honourable wisdom.

15 And they to whom she shall show herself,
love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her
great works.

16 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wis-
dom, and was created with the faithful in the womb :
it walketh with chosen women, and is known with
the just and faithful.

1 7 The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of
knowledge.

18 Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart :
it shall give joy and gladness.

19 It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord;
and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.

20 To fear God is the fulness of wisdom ; and
fulness is from the fruits thereof.

21 She shall fill all her house with her increase,
and the storehouses with her treasures.

22 The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom,
filling up peace and the fruit of salvation :

23 And it hath seen, and numbered her : but both
are the gifts of God.

24 Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and un-
derstanding of prudence ; and exalteth the glory of
them that hold her.

25 The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord : and
the branches thereof are long lived.

26 In the treasures of wisdom is understanding,
and religiousness of knowledge : but to sinners wis-
dom is an abomination.

27 The fear of the Lord driveth out sin :

28 For he that is without fear cannot be justified :
for the wrath of his high spirits is his rain.

29 A patient man shall bear for a time : and af-
terwards joy shall be restored to him.

30 A good understanding will hide his words for
a time: and the lips of many shall declare his wis-
dom.

31 In the treasures of wisdom is the signification
of discipline :

32 But the worship of God is an abomination to
a sinner.

33 Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and
God will give her to thee.

34 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and disci-
pline : and that which is agreeable to him,

35 Is faith, and meekness : and he will fill up his
treasures.

36 Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord;
and come not to him with a double heart.

37 Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men : and
let nor thy lips be a stumbling-block to thee.

38 Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dis-
honour upon thy soul,

39 And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee
down in the midst of the congregation :

40 Because thou earnest to the Lord wickedly :
and thy heart is full of guile and deceit.

CHAP. II.

God's servants must look for temptations : and must arm them-
selves with patience and confidence in God.

SON, when thou comest to the service of God,
stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy
soul for temptation.

2 Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear,
and receive the words of understanding : and make
not haste in the time of clouds.

3 Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God,
and endure, that thy life may be increased in the
latter end.

4 Take all that shall be drought upon thee : and
in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep
patience :

5 For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but
acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

6 Believe God, and he will recover thee : and
direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear,
and grow old therein.

7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy : and
go not aside from him, lest ye fall.

8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him : and your
reward shall not be made void.

9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him : and mer-
cy shall come to you for your delight.

10 Ye that fear the Lord, love him ; and your
hearts shall be enlightened.

1 1 My children, behold the generations of men .
and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord,
and hath been confounded.

12 For who hath continued in his commandment,
and hath been forsaken ? or who hath called upon
him, and he despised him ?

13 For God is compassionate and merciful, and
will forgive sins in the day of tribulation : and he
is a protector to all that seek him in truth.

14 Wo to them that are of a double heart, and to
wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to
the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.

15 Wo to them that are faint-hearted, who be-
lieve not God : and therefore they shall not he pro-
tected by him.

16 Wo to them that have lost patience, and that
have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside
into crooked ways.

17 And what will they do, when the Lord shall
begin to examine ? .

18 They that fear the Lord, will not be incredu-
lous to his word : and they that love him, will keep
his way. ;

19 They that fear the Lord, will seek after the
things that are well pleasing to him : and they that
love him, shall be filled with his law. .

20 They that fear the Lord, will prepare their
hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.

21 They that fear the Lord, keep his command-
ments, and will have patience even until his visitation,

22 Saying: If we do not penance, we shall lall

5-5

ECCLESIASTICUS.

into the hands of the Lord, and mil into the hands
of nun.

23 For according to his greatness, so aU<> is his
incrc\ w ith him.

CHAP 111.

Lesions concerning the honour of parents, and humility, and
avoiding curiosity.

Tl I E sons of wisdom an die church of the just ;
and their cent-ration, obedience and low.

2 Children, hear the judgment ofyouf father, and
SC do that you may he sa\ed.

3 For God hath made the father honourable to
the children: and seeking the judgment of the mo-
thers, hath confirmed it U|K>n the children.

4 He that lovcth God shall obtain pardon for his
sins In nrayer, ami shall refrain himself from them,
and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

5 And he that honourelh his mother is as one
that laveth up a trcaMire.

»» lie that honoureth his father shall have joy in
his oir/i children: and in the day of his prayer he
shall Ik; heard.

7 He that honoureth his father shall enjoy along
life : and he that oheyelh the father shall he acomfort
to his mother.

8 He that feareth the Lord honoureth his pa-
rents, and will serve them as his masters that brought
him into the world.

9 Honour thy father, in work and word, and all
patience.

10 That a blessing may come upon thee from
him, and his blessinn may remain in the latter end.

11 The father's DKMUIg < stablisheth the houses
of the children : but the mother's curse rootcth up
the foundation.

12 (.lory not in the dishonour of thy father: for
bis shame is no glory to thee.

13 For the don of a man is from the honour of
his father : and a father without honour is the dis-
grace of the son.

14 Son, support the old age of thy father; and
grieve him not in his life:

15 And if his understanding fail, have patience
with him, and despise him not w hen thou art in thy
Strength: for the relieving of the father shall not
be forgotten.

16 For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin
of thy mother :

1/ And in justice thoa shall be built up.and inthc
d a\ ofatllictionthoiishalt Im- remembered :aud thysins
shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.

18 Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his
father ? and he is cursed of God that angereth his
molher.

19 Mv son. do thy works in meekness, and thou
shalt be beloved above the dory of men.

_'i» The greater thouart.ihe more humble thyself
in all things ; and thou shalt I'm. I -race before God:

-M I it is the DOW( r ol ( rod slOM ! and he

is honoured by the humble.

k not the things that arc- too high for thee,
and si arch not into things above thy ability ! but

the things that God hath commanded thee, think

on them always : and in many of his works be not
curious.

23 For it is not necessary for thee to see with
thy eyes those things that are hid.

. In unnecessary matters be not over-curious;
and in many of his woiks thou shalt not he in-
quisitive.

25 For many things arc shown to thee above the
understanding of men.

Jo' And the suspicion of them hath deceived
many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.

2/ A hard heart shall fare evil at the last : and
he that lovcth danger shall perish in it.

28 A heart thatgoeth two ways shall not have
success: and the perverse of heart shall be scan-
dalized therein.

29 A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows,
and the sinner will add sin to sin.

30 The congregation of the proud shall not be
healed : for the plant of wickedness-shall take root
in them, and it shall not be |>crceived.

31 The heart of the wise is understood in w is-
dom : and a good ear will hear wisdom with all
desire.

32 A wise heart, and which hath understanding,
will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice
shall have success.

33 Water quencheih a flaming fire : and alms
resisteth sins :

34 And God provideth for him that showeth fa-
vour: he remembereth him afterwards: and in the
time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.

CHAP. IV.

.■In exhortation to works of mercy, and to the. love oftrixdoni.

SON, defraud not the poor of alms; and turn not
away thy eyes from the poor.

2 Despise not the hungry soul : and provoke not
the poor in his want.

3 Afflict not the heart of the needy: and defer
not to give to him that is in disti

4 Reject not the petition of the afflicted : and
turn not away thy face from the needy.

5 Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for real
of anger : and leave not to them that ask of thee to
CUrse thee behind thy back.

6 For the prayer of him that eurseth thee in the
bitterness of his soul,, shall be. heard: for he that
made him will hear him.

7 Make thyself affable to the c ong reg a tion of the
poor ; and humble thy soul to the ancient ; and bow
thy bead t<>a meat man.

8 How down thy ear cheerfully to the poor ; and
pay what thou owest; and answer htm peaceable
words with mildness.

9 Deliver him that suffered) wrong out of the
hand of the proud ; and be not faint -heaited in

lll\ sOlll.

10 In judging be merciful to the fatherlesi

father, and as a husband to tin ir mother :

11 And thou shall be as the obedi- nt son of the

most High, and he will haw mere] ea (bee more

than a mother.

12 Wisdom insotreth life into bei children, and

CHAP. V, VI.

protceteth them that sock after her, and will go be-
fore them in the way of justice.

13 And he that loveth her, loveth life : and they
that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

14 They that hold her fast, shall inherit life : and
whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.

15 They that serve her, shall be servants to the
holy one : and God loveth them that love her.

16 He that hear keneth to her, shall judge nations :
and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.

17 If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his
generation shall be in assurance.

18 For she walketh with him in temptation ;* and
at the first she chooseth him.

19 She will bring upon him fear, and dread, and
trial : and she will scourge him with the affliction
of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and
trust his soul.

20 Then she will strengthen him, and make a
straightway to him, and give him joy.

21 And will disclose her secrets to him, and will
heap upon him treasures of knowledge and under-
standing of justice.

22 But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and
deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

23 Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

24 For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.

25 For there is a shame that bringeth sin : and
there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.

26 Accept no person against thy own person,
nor against thy soul a lie.

27 Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall :

28 And refrain not to speak in the time of salva-
tion. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.

29 For by the tongue wisdom is discerned ; and
understanding, and knowledge, and learning, by the
word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of
justice.

30 In no wise speak against the truth : but be
ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.

31 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins ; but
submit not thyself to every man for sin.

32 Resist not against the face of the mighty, and
do not strive against the stream of the river.

33 Strive for justice for thy soul ; and even unto
death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy
enemies for thee.

34 Be not hasty in thy tongue : and slack, and
remiss in thy works.

35 Be not as a lion in thyhouse, terrifying them of
thy household, and oppressing them that are under
thee.

36 Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive,
and shut when thou shouldst give.

CHAP. V.

We must not presume on our wealth or strength ; nor on the mer-
cy of God to goon in sin: we must be steadfast in virtue and
truth.

SET not thy heart upon unjust possessions; and
say not : I have enough to live on : for it shall be
of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.

* In temptation, &c. The meaning is, that before wisdom will
choose any for her fav • jrite, she will try them by leading them through

2 Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy
heart:

3 And say not : How mighty am I ? and who
shall bring me under for my deeds ? for God will
surely take revenge.

4 Say not : I have sinned, and what harm hath
befallen me ? for the most High is a patient re-
warder.

5 Be not without fear about sin forgiven ; and
add not sin upon sin :

6 And say not : The mercy of the Lord is great :
he wijl have mercy on the multitude of my sins.

7 For mercy and wrath quickly come from him :
and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

8 Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and de-
fer it not from day to day.

9 For his wrath shall come on a sudden ; and in
the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

10 Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten : for
they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and
revenge.

1 1 Winnow not with every wind, and go not in-
to every way : for so is every sinner proved by a
double tongue.

12 Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in
the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge : and
let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.

13 Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst
understand : and return a true answer with wis-
dom.

14 If thou have understanding, answer thy neigh-
bour : but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth,
lest thou be surprised in an unskilful word, and be
confounded.

15 Honour and glory is in the word of the wise,
but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.

16 Be not called a whisperer : and be not taken
in thy tongue and confounded :

17 For confusion and repentance is upon a thief,
and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double-
tongued, but to the whisperer hatred and enmity,
and reproach.

18 Justify alike the small and the great.

CHAP. VI.

Of true and false friends : and of the fruits of wisdom.

TNSTEAD of a friend become not an enemy to
■*- thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit re-
proach and shame : so shall every sinner that is en-
vious and double-tongued.

2 Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like
a bull ; lest thy strength be quashed by folly,

3 And it eat up thy leaves and destroy thy fruit,
and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.

4 For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath
it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and
shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.

5 A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeas-
eth enemies: and a gracious tongue in a good man
aboundeth.

6 Be in peace with many : but let one of a thou-
sand be thy counsellor.

contradictions, afflictions, and temptations, the usual noviceship of the
children of God.

127

ECCLESIASTICUS.

7 If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before
thou takes! him, tnd do mm credit bin easily.

8 For there is ;i friend for his own occasion: and
he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.

9 And there is ■ friend that tumuli to enmity:

and there is ;i friend that will disclose hatred, and
strife, and reproach

10 And then' is a friend a companion at tin- ta-
ble; and he will not abide in the day of distress.

1 1 A friend if he continue steadfast thai] lie to
thee H thyself, and shall act with confidence among
them of thy household.

I-! If he humble himself before thee, and hide
himself from thy lire, thou shah have unanimous
friendship for good.

13 Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take
Ik ( d of thy friends.

14 A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he
that hath found him, hath found a treasure.

1 ) Nothing can he compared to a faithful friend:
and no Weight of gold ami silver is able to counter-
vail the goodness of his fidelity.

16 A faithful friend is the medicine of life and
immortality: and they that fear the Lord, shall
find him.

17 1 1 e that feareth God, shall likewise have good
friendship: because according to him shall his
friend lie.

18 My son, from thy youth up receive instruc-
tion; and even to thy gray hairs thou shalt find
wisdom.

19 Come to her as one that plougheth, and sow
eth. and wait for her good fruits.

J" For in working about her thou shalt labour a
little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.

21 How rerj unpleasant is wisdom to the un-
learned P and the unwise will not continue w ith her.

22 She shall he to them as a inizhty stone of
trial: and they will cast her from theui before it
be long.

23 For the wisdom of doctrine is according to
her name- and sin? is not manifest unto many; but
with them to whom she is known, she continued]
(\en to the right of God.

24 ( iive ear, my sou. and take wise counsel, and
cast not away mj ad rice.

25 Pot thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck
into her chains:

26 Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her; and
be not grieved with her bands.

('omc to her with all thy mind ; and keep her
wavs with all thy power.

9earch for her, and she shall be made known
to thee; and when thou hast gotten In r, let her not go:
29 For in the latter end thou shalt find rest in
her. and she shall be turned to thy joy.

Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for
thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a rol>e
of dorr :

. ;i I or in her is the beauty of life, and her bands
are a healthful binding.

Thou shalt put her on as a robe of elorv : and
thou shalt set her upon the. .i. i CTOWn "l icy.

33 My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shah
learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shall
be wise.

34 If thou w ilt iiK line thy ear. thou shalt receivt
instruction: and if thou" love to hear, thou shah
he w ise.

35 Stand in the multitude of ancients that are
wise, and join thyself from thv heart to their wis-
dom, that thou mayst hear even discourse of God,
and the savings of praise may not escape ll

36 And if thou see a man of understanding, go
to him early in the morning; and let thy foot wear
the steps of his doors.

37 Let thy thoughts l>e upon tin precepts of Got!,
and meditate continually on his commandments:
and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wis-
dom shall be given to thee.

CHAP. VII.

Religious and moral duties.
r\0 no evils, and no evils shall lav hold of thee.
-^ 2 Depart from the unjust : and evils shall de-
part from thee.

3 My son, sow not evils in the furrow s of injus-
tice: and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

4 Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of
the king the seat of honour.

6 Justify not thyself before God, for he know eth
the heart : and desire not to appear wise before the
kin-.

6 Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have
strength enough to extirpate iniquities: hst thou
fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stum-
bling-block for thy integrity.

7 Offend not against the multitude of a city
neither cast thyself in upon the people,

8 Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt
not lie unpunished.

9 Be not faint-hearted in thy mind:

10 Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.

11 Say not: God will have respect to the mul-
titude of my gifts, and when 1 ones to the most
high God, be will accept my oflcrin.

12 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of
his soul: for there is one that hiinihleth and ezaltetb,
God who seeth all.

13 Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither
do the like against thy friend.

14 Be not willing to make any manner of lie:
for the custom thereof is not good.

15 Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients:
and repeat not* the word in thy prayer.

16 Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry or-
dained by the most High.

17 Number not thyself among the multitude of
the disorderly.

18 Remember wrath ; for it will not tarry long.

19 Humble thv spirit very much: for the ven-
geance on the flesfi of the ungodly is fire and worms.

20 Do not transgress against thy friend deferring
money; nor despise thy dear brother for the sake bl
gold.

• Rrprct not, he. Make not nun-h babbling by repetition of
wunl. : but aim more at fervour of heart.

CHAP. VIII, IX.

21 Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom
thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the
grace of her modesty is above gold.

22 Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully,
nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.

23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own
soul : defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him
needy.

24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and
if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.

25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow
down their neck from their childhood.

26 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their
nody : and show not thy countenance gay towards
the in.

27 Marry thy daughter well; and thou shalt do a
great work, and give her to a wise man.

28 If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast
her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thy-
self. With thy whole heart,

29 Honour thy father, and forget not the groan-
ings of thy mother:

30 Remember that thou hadst not been born but
through them : and make a return to them as they
have done for thee.

31 With all thy soul fear the Lord ; and reve-
rence his priests.

32 With all thy strength love him that made thee :
and forsake not his ministers.

33 Honour God with all thy soul; and give ho-
nour to the priests, and purify thyself with thy
arms.*

34 Give them their portion, as it is commanded
thee, of the first-fruits and of purifications: and for
thy negligences purify thyself with a few.

35 Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders,
and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first-fruits
of the holy things:

36 And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy
expiation and thy blessing may be perfected.

37 A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living;
and restrain not grace from the dead. f

38 Be not wanting in comforting them that weep;
and walk with them that mourn.

39 Be not slow to visit the sick : for by these
things thou shalt be confirmed in love.

40 In all thy works remember thy last end ; and
thou shalt never sin.

CHAP. VIII.

Other lessons of wisdom and virtue.

STRIVE not with a powerful man; lest thou fall
into his hands.

2 Contend not with a rich man ; lest he bring an
action against thee.

3 For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and
hath reached even to the heart of kings, and pervert-
ed them.

4 Strive not with a man that is full of tongue ;
and heap not wood upon his fire.

* Thy arms. That is, with all thy power : or else, by arms (brachiis)
are here signified the right shouldert of the victims, which by the law
fell to the share <<( the priests. See ver. 35.

f And restrain not grace from the dead. That is. withhold not from

3 X

an ignorant man: lesi

5 Communicate not with
he speak ill of thy family.

6 Despise not a man that turneth away from sin,
nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are
all worthy of reproof.

7 Despise not a man in his old age : for we also
shall become old.

8 Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy : know-
ing that we all die, and are not willing that others
should rejoice at our death.

9 Despise not the discourse of them that are an-
cient and wise; but acquaint thyself with their pro-
verbs.

10 For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and in-
struction of understanding, and to serve great men
without blame.

1 1 Let not the discourse of the ancients escape
thee ; for they have learned of their fathers :

12 For of them thou shalt learn understanding,
and to give an answer in time of need.

13 Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking
them 5 lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire
of their sins.

14 Stand not against the face of an injurious per-
son ; lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.

15 Lend not to a man that is mightier than thy-
self: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.

16 Be not surety above thy power : and if thou
be surety, think as if thou wert to nay it.

1 7 Judge not against a judge ; for he judgeth ac-
cording to that which is just.

18 Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he
burden thee with his evils : for he goeth according
to his own will ; and thou shalt perish together
with his folly.

19 Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go
not into the desert with a bold man : for blood is as
nothing in his sight ; and where there is no help he
will overthrow thee.

20 Advise not with fools ; for they cannot love
but such things as please them.

21 Before a stranger do no matter of counst I :
for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

22 Open not thy heart to every man ; lest he re-
pay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully
to thee.

CHAP. IX.

Cautions with regard to women, and dangerous conversations.

BE not jealous over the wife of thy bosom ; lest
she show in thy regard the malice of a wicked
lesson.

2 Give not the power of thy soul to a woman ;
lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be con
founded.

3 Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for
many ; lest thou fall into her snares.

4 Use not much the company of her that is a

them the benefit of alms, prayers, and sacrifices. Such was the doc-
trine and practice of the church of God, even in the time of the old
testament. And the same has always been continued from the day* c4
the apostles in the church of the new testament.

■^ 529

l.( ( LESI W1K US.

(l.iiui r. and hearken not to her ; lest thou parish bj
the force of ber charms.

not upon I maiden : bat her beaut]
stumbling-block to tin

6 Give DOl thy soul to harlots in any point : lest
thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

7 Look not round about thee in the ways of the
citv, nur wander up and down in the Street! thereof.

8 Turn away thy face from a woman dressed
up : and gaze not ahout upon another's beauty.

9 For ■any hare perished by tins beauty of a
woman ; and herein lust is enkindled as a fire.

lit Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trod-
den upon as dun:; in the way.

1 1 Many hy admiring the beauty of another
man's wife, have become reprobate ; for her con-
cation burnetii as lire.

12 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor re-
|K>se upon the bed with her :

13 And strive not with her over wine ; lest thy
heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou
fall into destruction.

14 Forsake not an old friend; for the new will
not lie like to him.

1) A new friend is as new wine : it shall grow
old ; and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

16 Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner:
for thou knowesl not what his ruin shall be.

17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the
unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall
not please.

1 8 Keep thee far from the man that hath power
to kill ; so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.

19 And if thou come to him, commit no fault ;
lest he take away thy life.

20 Know it to be a communication with death :
for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walk-
ing upon the arms of them that are grieved.

J 1 According to thy power beware of thy neigh-
boor ; and treat with the wise and prudent.

22 Let Just men be thy guests : and let thy glory
be in the fear of God.

23 And let the thought of God be in thy mind,
and all thy discourse oil the commandments of the
High

24 Works shall be praised for the hand of the ar-
tificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom
of his speech ; but the word of the ancients for the
sense.

25 A man full of tongue is terrible in his city :
and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.

(HAP. X.

The virtue i and ricei of men in power: the great evil of pride.

A WISE judge shall judge his peonle :* ana the
-**- government of a prudent man shall be steady.
\s the judge of the people is himself, so also
are his ministers: and what manner of man the
ruler of a city is, such alsoare they that dwell therein.
3 An unwise king shall be the ruin of bit people:
and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence
of the rulers.

• ■/..<!«•' *m ri>lr. In ll.r Cm U n ... t>w.*r< hi* people.
\ Tkt itriit. Thai it. the iy and learned in Ibe Ifctr.

ISO

4 The power of the earth is in the hand of God .
and in his time he will raise up a profitable rulei

over it.

5 The prosperity of man is in the hand of God .
and upon the person of the scribcf he shall lay his
honour.

6 Remember not any anjury done tin r hy thy
neighbour ; # and do thou nocningbj deeds off injury.

I Pride is hateful before God and men : and all
iniquity of nations is execrable.

8 A kingdom is translated from one people to
another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and in-
juries, and divers deceits.

9 But nothing is more wicked than the covetous
man. Why is earth and ashes proud ?

10 There is not a more wicked thing than lo
love money : for such a one setteth even his on n
soul to sale : because while he liveth he hath cast
away his bowels.

II All power is of short life. Along sickness
is troublesome to the physician.

12 The physician cutteth orT a short sickness :
so also a king is to-day ; and to-morrow he shall
die.

13 For when a man shall die, be shall inherit
serpents, and beasts, and worms.

14 The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall
off from God :

15 Because his heart is departed from him that
made him : for pride is the beginning of all sin :
he that holdeth it. shall be filled with malediction-* :
and it shall ruin nim in the end.

16 Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assem-
blies of the wicked, and hath utterly des tr o ye d
them.

17 God hath overturned the thrones of proud
princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.

18 God hath made the roots of proud nations to
wither, and hath planted the humble of these na-
tions.

19 The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the
Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foun-
dation.

20 He hath made some of them to wither away,
and hath destroyed them, and hath made the me-
mory of them to cease from the earth.

21 God hath abolished the memory of the proud,
and hath preserved the memory of them that are
humble in mind.

22 Pride was not made for men ; nor wrath for
the race of women.

23 That seed of men shall be honoured, which
feareth God : but that seed shall be dishonoured.
which transgresseth the commandments of tin-
Lord.

24 In the midst of brethren their chief is honoura-
ble : so shall they that fear the Lord, be m his
eyes.

25 The fear of God is the glory of the rich, ana
of the honourable, and of the poor :

26 Despise not a just man that is poor ; and do
notmagnrrj s sinful man that is rich.

I real man, and the judge, and the mighty

CHAP. XI, XII.

is iii honour : and there is none greater than he that
fen ret h God.

28 Tliey that are free shall serve a servant that
is wise : and a man that is prudent and well-instruct-
ed will not murmur when he is reproved : and he
thai is ignorant, shall not be honoured.

29 Extol not thyself in doing thy work ; and
linger not in the time of distress :

30 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in
all things, than he that boasteth himself, and want-
eth bread.

31 My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give
it honour according to its desert.

32 Who will justify him that sinneth against his
own soul ? and who will honour him that dishonour-
ed) his own soul ?

33 The poor man is glorified by his discipline
and fear: and there is a man that is honoured for
his wealth.

34 But he that is glorified in poverty, how much
more in wealth ? and he that is glorified in wealth,
let him fear poverty.

CHAP. XI.

Lessons of humility and moderation in all things.

HP HE wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head,
-*- and shall make him sit in the midstof great men.

2 Praise not a man for his beauty; neither de-
spise a man for his look.

3 The bee is small among flying things ; but her
fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.

4 Glory not in apparel at anytime, and be not
exalted in the day of thy honour : for the works of
the Highest only are wonderful : and his works are
glorious, and secret, and hidden.

5 Many tyrants have sat on the throne : and he
whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.

6 Many mighty men have been greatly brought
down : and the glorious have been delivered into
the hand of others.

7 Before thou inquire, blame no man : and when
thou hast inquired, reprove justly.

8 Before thou hear, answer not a word : and in-
terrupt not others in the midst of their discourse.

9 Strive not in a matter which doth not concern
thee ; and sit not in judgment with sinners.

10 My son, meddle not with many matters: and
if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin : for
if thou pursue after, thou shalt not overtake: and
if thou run before, thou shalt not escape.

1 1 There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and
maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the
more in want.

12 Again, there is an unactive man that wanteth
help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty :

13 Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for
good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate,
and hath exalted his head : and many have wonder-
ed at him, and have glorified God.

14 Good things and evil, life and death, poverty
and riches, are from God.

15 Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of
the law are with God. Love and the ways of good
things are with him.

16 Error and darkness are created with shiners:
and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

17 The gift of God abideth with the just: and
his advancement shall have success for ever.

18 There is one that is enriched by living sparing-
ly : and this is the portion of his revvard,

19 In that he saith : I have found me rest, and
now I wiH eat of my goods alone :

20 And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and
that death approacheth, and that he must leave all
to others, and shall die.

21 Be steadfast in thy covenant ; and be conver-
sant therein ; and grow old in the work of thy com-
mandments.

22 Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust
in God, and stay in thy place.

23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden
to make the poor man rich.

24 The blessing of God maketh haste to reward
the just : and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.

25 Say not : What need I, and what good shall I
have by this ?

26 Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what
shall I be made worse by this ?

27 In the day of good things be not unmindful of
evils : and in the day of evils be not unmindful of
good things :

28 For it is easy before God in the day of death to
reward every one according to his ways.

29 The affliction of an hour maketh one forget
great delights ; and in the end of a man is the dis-
closing of his works.

30 Praise not any man before death ; for a man
is known by his children.

31 Bring not every man into thy house ; for many
are the snares of the deceitful.

32 For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking
breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage,
and as the roe into the snare ; so also is the heart
of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall
of his neighbour.

33 For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into
evil : and on the elect he will lay a blot.

34 Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one
deceitful man much blood : and a sinful man lieth in
wait for blood.

35 Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man ;
for he worketh evils ; lest he bring upon thee re-
proach for ever.

36 Receive a stranger in : and he shall overthrow
thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of
thy own.

CHAP. XII.

We are to be liberal to the just : and not to trust the ictckrd.

TF thou do good, know to whom thou doest it ;
-*- and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.

2 Do good to the just; and thou shalt find great re-
compense: and if not of him, assuredly of i he Lord.

3 For there is no good for him that is alwavs oc-
cupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: -for the High-
est hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.

4 Give to the merciful ; and uphold not the sin-
ner : God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and

531

r.( ( u>i writ i s.

to sinners, and keep then against the day of vcn-

5 Give to the good ; ami receixe not a sinner.
(I DogOOd to the humble; ami uhe not to the

ungodly: Bold back thj bread, ud (ire it not to ban;
l«>t thereby be over-master th<

7 For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for
all the good thou shalt have done to bin : for the
1 1 ighi stalso hatcth sinners, and will repay vengeance
to the ungodly.

8 A friend shall not be known in prosperity: and
an enemy shall not he hidden in adversity.

9 In the prosperity of a man. his enemies are

grieved: and a friend is known iii his adversity.

10 Never trust thy enemy ; for as a hrass pot his
wickedness rusteth :

11 Though he humble himself, and go crouch -

et lake Rood heed, and beware of him
to Bel him not hv thee: neither let him sit on
thy ri^ht hand ; lest he turn into thy place, and seek

intake thy seat : and at the last thou acknowledge
my words, and lie pricked with my saying*.

1.! Who will pity an enchanter struck hy a ser-
pent, or any that come near wild beasts ? so is it
with him that keepeth company with a wicked man.
and is involved in his sins.

11 For an hour he will abide with thee: but if
thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

15 An enemv speaketh sweetly with his lips: but
in his heart he Victh in wait, to throw thee into a pit.

16 An enemy weepeth with his eves: but if he
find an opportunity, he will not be satisfied wit h Mood :

17 And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find
him there first.

18 An enemy hath tears in his eyesj and while
he prctendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.

19 He will shake his head, and clap his hands,
and whisper much, and change his countenance.

CHAP. XIII.

Cautions in the choice of company.

HE that touched) pitch, shall be defiled with it:
and he that hath fellowship with the proud,
shall put on nride.

2 He shall take a burden Upon him that hath fel-
lowship with one more honourable than himself.
And have no fellowship w ith one that is richer than
thyself.

3 What agreement shall the earthen pot have with
the kettle ? for if they knock one against the other,
it shall be broken.

4 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will
fume : but the poor is wronged, and must hold his
peace.

6 If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if
thou hate nothing, he will forsake thi

6 If thou have any thin::, he will live with thee,
and will make thee hare : and he will not be sorry
for tl

7 If be btVe Bead ofthee.be will deceive thee.

will speak thee lair, and will say: What wanted

and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope: he
will sneak thee fair, and will

111! ••'

. i! be will shame thee tn his meats, till be

have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he

Will laugh at thee: and afterward w hen he seeih
thee, h« Will forsake thee, and shake Itis head at I her.

'.' Humble thyself to God, and wait lor his hands.

10 Beware that thou be not deceived into foil},
and be humbled.

1 1 Be not lowly in thy wisdom : lest being hum-
bled thou Ik- deceived into folly.

12 If thou be invited by one that is mightier, with-
draw thyself: for so he will invite ihee the more.

13 Be not troublesome tu him ; lest thou be put
back: and keep not far from him; lest thou be for-
gotten.

14 AlTcct not to speak with him as an equal:
and believe not his many words: for hv much talk he
will sift thee, and smiling w ill examine thee concern-
ing thv secrets.

15 Bis cruel mind w ill lay opt bywords: and hew ill
not spare to da thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.

Iti Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to

what thou nearest: for thou waikest in danger of thy

ruin.

17 When thou hearest those things, see as it were
in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

18 Cove Ciod all thy life, ami call upon him for
ih\ salvation.

19 Ever] beast loveth its like: so also every man
him that is nearest to himself.

20 All flesh shall consort with the like to itself:
and every man shall associate himself to his like.

21 If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship
with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.

22 What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog;
or what part hath the rich with the poor?

23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert
so also the poor are devoured by the rich.

24 Andashumility is an abomination to the proud
so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.

25 When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up bi
his friends : but when a poor man is fallen down, h»t
is thrust away even by his acquaintance.

26 When a rich man hath been deceived, be harti
many helpers : he hath spoken proud things, and they
have justified him.

27 The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked
also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have noplace.

28 The rich man spoke ; and all held then peace :
and what he said they extol even to the clouds.

29 The poor man spoke, and they say : Who is
this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.

30 Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his
conscience : and poverty is very wicked in the mouth
of the ungodly.

31 The heart of a man changeth his countenance,
either for good, or for evil.

32 The token of a good heart, and a nod coun-
tenance thou shalt hardlv find, and wilh labour.

(HAP. \IV.

The evil of ararice : works of mercy arc recommended, and the

MM of triidnm.

BLESSED is the man that hath BOtstipt by a
word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with
I'the remorse of sin.

CHAP. XV.

i Happy is be that hath had no sadness of his
mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.

3 Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a
niggard : and what should an envious man do with
gold ?

4 He that gathereth together by wronging his
own soul, gathereth for others : and another will
squander away his goods in rioting.

5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be
good ? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.

6 There is none worse than he that envieth him-
self : and this is the reward of his wickedness :

7 And if he do good, he doeth it ignorantly, and
unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wicked-
ness.

8 The eye of the envious is wicked : and he turn-
eth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.

9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his
portion of iniquity : he will not be satisfied till he
consume his own soul, drying it up.

10 An evil eye is towards evil filings : and he shall
not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pen-
sive at his own table.

1 1 My son, if thou have any thing, do good to
thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.

12 Remember that death is not slow, and that the
covenant of hell* hath been shown to thee : for the
covenant of this world shall surely die.

13 Do good to thy friend before thou die: and
according to thy ability stretching out thy hand give
to the poor.

14 Defraud not thyself of the good day: and let
not the part of a good gift overpass thee.

15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot
thy sorrows and labours?

16 Give and take, and justify thy soul.

17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell
there is no finding food.

18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf
that springeth out on a green tree.

19 Some grow and some fall off: so is the gene-
ration of flesh and blood: one cometh to an end, and
another is born.

20 Every work that is corruptible shall fail in
the end : and the worker thereof shall go with it.

.21 And every excellent work shall be justified :
and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.

22 Blessed is the man that shall continue in
wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice,
and in his mind shall think of the all-seeing eye of
God.

23 He that considereth her ways in his heart,
and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth
after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her
ways :

24 He who looketh in at her windows, and
hcarkeneth at her door :

25 He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening
a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto
her, where good things shall rest in his lodging
for ever :

* The covenant of hell. The decree by which all are to g» down to
the regions of death.

26 He shall set. his children under her shelter,
and shall lodge under her branches:

27 He shall be protected under her covering from
the heat, and shall rest in her glory.

CHAPTER XV.

Wisdom embraceth them that fear God. God u not the author

of si?i.

XTE that feareth God, will do good: and he that
-*--*- possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her:

2 And she will meet him as an honourable mother,
and will receive him as a wife married of a vir-
gin.

3 With the bread of life and understanding, she
shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome
wisdom to drink : and she shall be made strong in
him ; and he shall not be moved :

4 And she shall hold him fast : and he shall not
be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his
neighbours.

5 And in the midst of the church she shall open
his mouth; and shall fill him with the spirit of
wisdom and understanding; and shall clothe him
with a robe of glory.

6 She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and
gladness ; and shall cause him to inherit an ever-
lasting name.

7 But foolish men shall not obtain her; and wise
men shall meet her; foolish men shall not see her:
for she is far from pride and deceit.

8 Lying men shall not be mindful of her : but
men that speak truth shall be found with her, and
shall advance, even till they come to the sight of
God.

9 Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner :

10 For wisdom came forth from God: For praise
shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound
in a faithful mouth: and the sovereign Lord will
give praise unto it.

11 Say not: It is through God, that she is not
with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.

12 Say not: He hath caused me to err; for he
hath no need of wicked men.

13 The Lord hateth all abomination of error:
and they that fear him shall not love it.

14 God made man from the beginning, and left
him in the hand of his own counsel.

15 He added his commandments and precepts.

16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and
perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall pre-
serve thee.

17 He hath set water and fire before thee :
stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.

18 Before man is life and death, good and evil :
that which he shall choose shall be given him :

19 For the wisdom of God is great; and he is
strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.

20 The eyes of the Lord are towards them tha*
fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.

21 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly
and he hath given no man licence to sin.

22 For he desireth not a multitude of faithless
;n d unprofitable children.

' 6J3

ECCLESI wncus.

CHAP. XVI.

It it better to hare none than many wicked children. Of the
justice and mercy qf C.*i. His if ay* are unsearchable.

REJOICE not in ungodly children, If they be
multiplied: neither be w lighted in them, if the

fear of God be not with them.

J Trust nut to their life; and respect not tin ir
an.

3 For better is one. that feareth God, than a
thousand ungodly children.

4 Ami it is better to die without children, than
to leave ungodly children.

i Mv one that is wise, a country shall be inha-
bited: the tril>eofthe ungodly shall become deso-
late.

b' Mmv such thing! hath my eyes seen; and
greater things than these, my ear hath heard.

7 In the congregation of sinners, a fire shall be
kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall
llaine out.

! 'he ancient giants did not obtain pardon for
theii sins; who were destroyed, trusting to their own
strength.

9 And he spared not the place where Lot so-
journed; but abhorred them for the pride of their
word.

10 He had not pity on them, destroying the
whole nation, that extolled themselves in their sins.

1 1 So did he with the six hundred thousand foot-
men.* who were gathered together in the hardness
of their heart: and if one had been stiff-necked, it

wonder if he had escaped unpunished:

12 For mercy and wrath are with him. He is
mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation :

13 According as his mercy is, so his correction
judgeth a man according to his works.

14 The sinner shall not escape in his rapines:
and the patience of him, thatshovveth mercy, shall
not Im- put off.

15 All mercy shall make a place for every man,
according to the merit of his works, and according
to the wisdom of his sojournment.

16 Say not: I shall be hidden from God: and
who shall remember me from on high ?

17 In such a multitude I shall not be known: for
what is my soul in such an immense creation?

18 Heboid, the heaven, and the heavens of hea-
vens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things
that are in them, shall be moved in his sight;

19 The mountains also, and the hills, and the
foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon
them, thev shall be shaken with trembling.

20 And in all these things, the heart is senseless:
and every heart is understood by him:

21 Ana bis ways who shall understand, and the
storm, which no eye of man shall see?

For many of his works are hidden: but the
Works of his justice, who shall declare? or who
shall endure' for the testament is far from some;
and the examination of all is in the end.

• S,t ImtUrrd IhcfitnJ Jeotmrr kr. »ir. lUr chiMn ■ of UlMl, whom
be MOtraced to J* in t!>« wilJ«nim«. .VWmk ur.

» 4

23 He that waiiteth understanding, thinketh vain
things : and the foolisl', and erring man, thinketh
foolish things.

24 Hearken to me, my son, and learn the disci-
pline of understanding, and attend to my words in
thy heart.

25 And I will show forth good doctrine in equity,
and will seek to declare wisdom : and attend to my
words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit 1
tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his woiks
from the beginning, and I show forth in truth his
knowledge.

26 The works of God .ire done in judgment from
the beginning: and from the ainhina of them he
distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in
their generations.

27 He beautified their works for ever : they have
neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not
ceased from their works.

28 Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour
at any time. *

29 Be not thou incredulous to his word.

30 After this God looked upon the earth, and
filled it with his goods.

31 The soul of every living thing hath shown
forthf before the face thereof; and into it they re-
turn again.

CHAP. XVII..

The creation and favour of God to man. An exhortation to
turn to God.

GOD created man of the earth; and made him
after his own image.

2 And he turned him into it again ; and clothed
him with strength according to himself.

3 He gave him the number of his days and time;
and gave him power over all things that are upon
the earth.

4 He put the fear of him upon all flesh : and he
had dominion over beasts and fowls.

5 He created of him a helpmate like to him-
self: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and
eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise : and he filled
them with the knowledge of understanding.

6 He created in them the science of the spirit :
he filled their heart with wisdom, and showed them
both good and evil.

7 He set his eye upon their hearts to show
them the greatness of his works:

8 That they might praise the name w Inch be hath
sanctified; and glory in his wondrous acts, that they
might declare the glorious things of his works.

9 Moreover, he gave them instructions, and the
law of life for an inheritance.

10 He made an everlasting covenant with them :
and he showed them bit justice and judgments.

1 1 And their eye sawi the majesty of his glory .
and their ears heard his Morions voice; and he said
to them: Beware of all iniquity.

12 And he gave to even one of them command-
ment concerning his neighbour.

♦ Star* fniky rir.. tke (ftorv tnd po»«r of Q<vl ii|>f>n tl* Mrth.

* TMr rye tarn, fcc. »t« when be p»ve lite law on mouut BBM.

chap, xviir.

13 Their ways are always before him : they are
not hidden from his eyes.

14 Over every nation he set a ruler.

15 And Israel was made the manifest portion of
God.

16 And all their works are as the sun in the
sight of God : and his eyes are continually upon
their ways.

1 7 Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity :
and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.

1 8 The alms of a man is as a signet with him ;
and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple
of the eye :

19 And afterward he shall rise up, and shall
render them their reward, to every one upon their
own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels
of the earth.

20 But to the penitent he hath given the way of
justice : and he hath strengthened them that were
fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them
the lot of truth.

21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins :

22 Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord,
and offend less.*

23 Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy
injustice, and greatly hate abomination.

24 And know the justices and judgmentsof God:
and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer
to the most high God.

25 Go to the sidef of the holy age, with them
that live and give praise to God.

26 Tarry not in the error of the ungodly: give
glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead
as nothing.

27 Give thanks whilst thou art living : whilst
thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks,
and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies.

28 How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his
forgiveness to them that turn to him !

29 For all things cannot be in men ; because
the son of man is not immortal ; and they are de-
lighted with the vanity of evil.

30 What is brighter than the sun ? yet it shall be
eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which
flesh and blood hath invented ? and this shall be
reproved.

31 He beholdeth the power of the height of
heaven : and all men are earth and ashes.

CHAP. XVIII.

God's works are wonderful : we must serve him, and not our

lusts.

HE that liveth for ever created all things together.
God only shall be justified : and he remaineth
an invincible king for ever.

2 Who is able to declare his works ?

3 For who shall search out his glorious acts ?

4 And who shall show forth the power of his
majesty ? or who shall be able to declare his mercy ?

5 Nothing maybe taken away, nor added ; neither

* Offend less : minue nffendicula. That is, remove sins and the occa-
sions of sins.

f Go to the side &c. Flv from the side of Satan and sm, and join
/rith the holy ones, that follow God and godliness.

is it possible to find out the glorious works of
God :

6 When a man hath done, then shall he begin :J
and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.

7 What is man, and what is his grace ? and
what is bis good, or what is his evil ?

8 The number of the days of men at the most are
a hundred years ; as a drop of water of the sea are
they esteemed : and as a pebble of the sand, so are
a fewyears, compared to eternity.

9 Therefore God is patient in them, andpoureth
forth his mercy upon them.

10 He hath seen the presumption of their heart,
that it is wicked, and hath known their end, that it.
is evil.

1 1 Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their
favour, and hath shown them the way of justice.

12 The compassion of man is toward his neigh-
bour : but the mercy of God is upon all flesh.

13 He hath mercy, andteacheth, and corrected),
as a shepherd doth his flock.

14 He hath mercy on him that receiveth the dis-
cipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judg-
ments.

15 My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint :
and when thou givest anything, add not grief by an
evil word.

16 Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? so also
the good word is better than the gift. •

17 Lo, is not a word better than a gift ? but
both are with a justified man.

1 8 A fool will upbraid bitterly : and a gift of one
ill taught consumeth the eyes.

19 Before judgment prepare thee justice : and
learn before thou speak.

20 Before sickness take a medicine: and before
judgment examine thyself ; and thou shalt find
mercy in the sight of God.

21 Humble thyself before thou art sick : and in the
time of sickness show thy conversation.

22 Let nothing hinder thee from praying always ;
and be not afraid to be justified even to death : for
the reward of God continueth for ever.

23 Before prayer prepare thy soul : and be not
as a man that tempteth God.

24 Remember the wrath that shall be at the last
day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn
away his face.

25 Remember poverty in the time of abundance,
and the necessities of poverty in the day of
riches.

26 From the morning until the evening the time
shall be changed ; and all these are swift in the eyes
of God.

27 A wise man will fear in every thing, and in
the days of sins will beware of sloth.

28 Everyman of understanding knoweth wisdom,
and will give praise to him that findeth her.

29 They that were of good understanding in
words, have also done wisely themselves; and nave

I Then shall he begin. God is so great and incomprehensible, that
when man has done all that he can to find out his greatness and houfid-
less perfections, he is still to begin : for what he has found out, is but
a mere nothing in comparison with bis infinity.

535

r.( rw.si.wm i s.

understood truth and justice', and have poured forth
proverbs and judgments.

30 Go not alter thy lusts: but turn away from
thy own will.

31 If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will
make thee a joy to thy enemies.

32 Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be
i tli- to small: fortheireoiiccrtatioii M eontintial.

'33 Make not thyself |>oor by borrowing to con-
tribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse:
for thou shah be an enemy to thy own life.

CHAP. XIX.

Admonitions against tundry rices.

A WORKMAN that isa.lruiikar.lshallnot be rich:
and lie that coniemneth small things, shall fall
bv little and little.

J W toe and women make wise men fall off, and
shall rebuke the prudent :

3 And he that joined) himself to harlots, will be
wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him:
and he shall be lifted up for a greater example; and
his mmiI shall be taken away out of the number.

4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart,
and shall he lessened : and he that sinueth against
his own soul, shall be despised.

5 He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured:
and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life:
and lie tji.it hateth babbling, extinguished evil.

6 He that sinneth against his own soul, shall re-
pent : and he that is delighted with wickedness,
shall be condemned.

7 Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word;
and thou shalt not fare the worse.

8 Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there
he a sin with thee, disclose it not.

9 For he will hearken to thee, and will watch
thee; and as it were defending thy sin he will hate
thee, and so will be be with thee always.

10 Hast thou heard a word against thy neigh-
bour ? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not
burst thee.

1 1 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail,
as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child.

12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh ;
so is a word in the heart of a fool.

13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have under-
stood, and say, I did it not : or if he did it, that he
may do it no more.

1 1 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath
not said it : and if he hath said it, that he may not
say it Main.

I") Admonish thy friend : for there is often a fault
committed.

16 And believe not every word. There is one,
that tlippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.

17 For who is there that hath not olVended with
his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour be fore thou
threaten him.

18 And Live place tothe fearof the most lli^h : for
the fear of < !od is all u isdom, and therein is to bar
God, sad the disposition of the law is mall wisdom.

|9 Rut the lea nil 112 of St irked ne>s is not \\ i doll

•<nd the device of sinners is not nrudca

20 There is a subtle wickedness, and the same
detestable : and there is a man thai is foolish,

wanting in wisdom

21 Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and
wanteth uuderstandiu;:, with the (ear of dud, than
he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgress
eth the law of the most High.

22 There is an exquisite subtility, and the same
is unjust.

23 And there is one that uttereth an exact word
telling the truth. There is one that humblelh him-
self wickedly, and his interior is full of dec tit.

24 And there is one that submitted) himself ex-
ceedingly with a great lowliness : and there is one
that casteth down his countenance, and makelh as
if he did not see that w hich is unknown :

23 And if he be hindered from sinning for want
of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, lie
will do it.

26 A man is known by his look : and a w ise man,
when thou meet< st him, is know a by his countenance.

27 The attire of the body, and the laughter ol
the teeth, and the §ait of the man. show what he is

28 There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an in-
jurious man : and there is a judgment that is not al-
lowed to be good : and there is one that holdeth his
peace : he is wise.

CHAP. XX.

Rule* teith regard to correction, discretion, and avoiding .ies.

HOW much better is it to reprove, than to be
angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in
prayer?

2 The lust of an eunuch shall deflour a young
maiden:

3 So is he that by violence executeth unjust
judgment.

4 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to
show repentance! for so thou shaltescape wilful sin.

5 There is one that holdeth his peace, that is
found wise : and there is another that is hateful,
that is bold in speech.

6 There is one that holdeth his peace, because
he know eth not what to say : and there is another
that holdeth his peace, knowing the proper time.

7 A wise man will hold his peace till he see op-
portunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no
time.

8 He that useth many words shall hurt his own
soul: and he that taketh authority to himself un-
justly, shall be hated.

9 There is success in evil things to a man w ithont
discipline ; and there is i finding thai turneth to loss.

10 There is a gift that is not profitable: and there
is a giftj the recompense of which is double.

11 There is an abase mint because of glory : and
there is one that shall lift up his in an from a low

estate.

12 There is that buy eth much for a small price,
and restored) the same sevenfold.

13 A man wise in words shall make hinisvlf 1m-
lo\ed ; but the graces of tools shall be pourt d onl

14 The gift of the fool shall do In-e nn gi,od

for his eyes are sevenfold.

CHAP. XXI.

15 He will give a few tilings, and upbraid much :
and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.

16 To-day a man lendeth ; and to-morrow he
asketh it again : such a man as this is hateful.

17 A fool shall have no friend; and there shall
be no thanks for his good deeds.

18 For they that eat his bread are of a false
tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him
to scorn ?

19 For he doth not distribute with right under-
standing that which was to be had : in like man-
ner also that which was not to be had.

20 The slipping of a false tongue is as one that
fallefb on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked
shall come speedily.

21 A man without grace is as a vain fable : it
shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.

22 A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall
he rejected : for he doth not speak it in due season.

23 There is that is hindered from sinning through
want : and in his rest he shall be pricked.

24 There is that will destroy his own soul through
shamefacedness : and by occasion of an unwise per-
son he will destroy it : and by respect of person he
will destroy himself.

23 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his
friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.

26 A lie is a foul blot in a man : and yet it will be
continually in the mouth of men without discipline.

27 A thief is better than a man that is always
lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.

28 The manners of lying men are without ho-
nour : and their confusion is with them without
ceasing.

29 A wise man shall advance himself with his
words : and a prudent man shall please the great
ones.

30 He that tilleth his land shall make a high
heap of corn : and he that worketh justice shall he
exalted ; and he that pleaseth great men shall escape
iniquity.

31 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges,
and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they
cannot correct.

32 Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not
seen ; what profit is there in them both ?

33 Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man
that hideth his wisdom.

CHAP. XXI.

Cautions against sin in general, and some sins in particular.

MY son, hast thou sinned ? do so no more : but
for thy former sins also pray that they may be
forgiven thee.

2 Flee from sins as from the faceof a serpent : for
if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.

3 The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, kill-
ing the souls of men.

4 All iniquity is like a two-edged sword ; there is
no remedy for the wound thereof.

5 Injuries and wrongs will waste riches : and
the house that is very rich shall be brought to no-
thing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall
be ••noted on

6 The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall
reach the ears of God; and judgment shall come
for him speedily.

7 He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the
trace of a sinner : and he that feareth God will turn
to his own heart.

8 He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known
afar off: but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.

9 He that buildeth his house at other men's char-
ges, is as he that gathereth himself stones to build
in the winter.

10 The congregation of sinners is like tow heap-
ed together ; and the end of them is a flame of fire.

1 1 The way of sinners is made plain with stones :
and in their end is hell and darkness, and pains.

12 He that keepeth justice shall get the under-
standing thereof.

13 The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom
and understanding.

14 He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.

15 But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in
evil : and there is no understanding where there is
bitterness.

16 The knowledge of a wise man shall abound
like a flood : and his counsel continueth like a foun-
tain of life.

17 The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel ;
and no wisdom at all shall it hold.

18 A man of sense will praise every wise word
he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxu-
rious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him ,
and he will cast it behind his back.

19 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the
way : but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.

20 The mouth of the prudent is sought after in
the church : and they will think upon his words
in their hearts.

21 As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to
a fool : and the knowledge of the unwise is as words
without sense.

22 Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet,
and like manacles on the right hand.

23 A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter : but a
wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.

24 Learning to the prudent is as an ornament of
gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.

25 The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour's
house : but a man of experience will be abashed at
the person of the mighty.

26 A fool will peep through the window into the
house : but he that is well taught, will stand without.

27 It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door :
and a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.

28 The lips of the unwise will be telling foolish
things : but the words of the wise shall be weighed
in a balance.

29 The heart of fools is in their mouth : and the
mouth of wise men is in their heart.

30 While the ungodly* curseth the devil, hecurs-
eth his own soul.

* Wiile the ungodly. &c. He condemneth and curseth himself: i» an
much as by sin he takes part with the devil, and is, as it tveie \m
member aud subject.

637

ECCLESIASTICUS.

81 The talc-bearer shall defile his own soul, and
shall be hated by all : and he that shall abide with
him shall lie hateful : the silent and wise man shall
be honoured.

CHAP. XXII.

Witt laying* on divert tubjtrtt.

HP HE sluggard ii palled with a dirty stone; and
■■ all men will apeak of his disgrace.

2 The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen:
ami e\i n OBC that tOUCheth him will shake his
hands.

3 A son ill taught is the confusion of the father;
and a foolish daughter shall Ik* to his loss.

\ arise daughter shall bring an inheritance to
her husband : but the that conloundeth, becometh
a disgrace to her father.

5 She that is l>old shamed) both her father and
haehaadj Bid will not be inferior to the ungodly:
and shall be disgraced by them Itoth.

6 A tale out of time is like music in mourning :
bui the Stripes and instruction of wisdom are never
out of time.

7 He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth
a potsherd together.

8 He that telleth a word to him that heareth not,
is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.

'.' IK- spcaketh with one that is asleep, w ho utter-
ad) wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the dis-
course he saith : Who is this ?

10 Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed :
and weep for the fool,* for his understanding fail-
ed).

1 1 Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.
1 J lot the wicked life of a w icked fool is worse

than death.

13 The mourning for the dead is seven days:
but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of
their life.

1 V Talk not much with a fool; and go not with
him that hath DO sense.

|fi Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not
hare trouble ; and thou shalt not be defiled with
his sin.

16 Turn away from him, and thou shall find rest,
and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.

17 What is heavier than lead? and what other
name hath he but fool ?

IB Sand and salt and a mass of iron is easier to
bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish
and wicked.

19 A frame of wood l>ound together in the foun-
dation of a building, shall not Ik- loosed : so neither
shall the heart that is established by ad\ ised coun-
sel.

20 The thouzhtof him that is wise at all times,
shall not be depraw d by fear.

1\ As pales set in high places, and plastcrings
made without cost, will not stand against the face
of the wind :

• For IW/M. In the Ungwure ofihr Holy Ohott, he it »tvl«<l a fact
thai tarn* »w»y from Ood to follow ratiitr mad tin. And what it ukl
b v th" wiw man ajrainit /Mi i» meant or tuch fooU at theee.

/»» tW tix. The tongue and the tip*, mentioned in the latt
rerte ofUkt foregoing chapter.

22 So also a fearful heart in the imagination of
a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.

23 Asa fearful heart in the thought of a fool at
all times will not fear, so neither shall he that con-
tinued! always in the commandments of God.

24 He that prieketh the eye, bringeth OUt tears .
and he that prieketh the heart bringeth forth resent-
ment.

25 He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive
them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, break-
eth friendship.

26 Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend,
despair not : for there may be a returning. 'J
friend

27 If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear not. for
there may be a reconciliation : except upbraiding,
and reproach, and pride, and disclosing of secrets,
or a treacherous wound: for in all these cases a
friend will the away.

28 Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that
in his nrosperity also tliou mayst rejoice.

29 In the time of his trouble continue faithful to
him, that thou mayst also be heir with him in his
inheritance.

30 As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke
of the fire goeth up before the fire ; so also injurious
words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.

31 I will not be ashamed to salute a friend ; nei-
ther will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil
happen to me by him, I will bear it.

32 But everyone that shall hear it, will beware
of him.

33 Who will seta guard before my mouth, and a
sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, ane
that my tongue destroy me not?

CHAP. XXIII.

A prayer for grace toJUe tin : caution* againtt profane twear
ing and other rices.

f\ LORD father, and sovereign ruler of my life.
^* leave me not to their counsel . nor suffer me u
fall by them.f

2 Who will set scourges over mv thoughts, ami
the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that tiny
spare me not in their ignorances,} and that their
sins may not appear :

3 Lest my ignorances increase, and my often ■
be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before
my adversaries, and my enemies rejoice over me ?

4 O Lord father, and God of my life, leave me not
to their devices.

5 Give me not haughtiness of my eyes ; and turn
away from me all coveting.

6 Take from me the greediness of the belly : and
let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me : and
give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.

7 Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the
month : and he that will keep it, shall not perish by
liis lips, nor be brought to fall into most wicked
works.

| Tkatthm nmrt aw not in Uttir ignorancri. fcc. That u, that tlie
econrgee and eWiplioe of witdoni mar restrain the irnor<mct$. that
i», the tlipt and oSeocet which are otuallj committed by the tongue
and tbelipe.

CHAP. XXIV.

8 A sinner is caught in his own vanity : and the
proud and the evil speakers shall fall therehy.

9 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing :
for in it there are many falls.

10 And let not the naming of God be usual in
thy mouth; and meddle not with the names of saints;
for thou shalt not escape free from them.

1 1 For as a slave daily put to the question, is ne-
ver without a blue mark : so every one that svvear-
eth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.

12 A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with
iniquity ; and a scourge shall not depart from his
house.

13 And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon
him : and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double : ^

14 And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justi-
fied : for his house shall be rilled with his punish-
ment.

15 There is also another speech opposite to death ;
let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.

16 For from the merciful all these things shall be
taken away ; and they shall not wallow in sins.

17 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet
speech : for therein is the word of sin.

18 Remember thy father and thy mother ; for
thou sittest in the midst of great men :

19 Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou,
by thy daily custom, be infatuated, and suffer re-
proach ; and wish that thou hadst not been born,
and curse the day of thy nativity.

20 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious
words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.

21 Two sorts of men multiply sins : and the third
bringeth wrath and destruction.

22 A hot soul is a burning fire : it will never be
quenched, till it devour something.

23 And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his
flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.

24 To a man that isa fornicator all bread is sweet :
he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.

25 Every man that passeth beyond his own bed,
despising bis own soul, and saying : Who seeth me ?

26 Darkness compasseth me about ; and the
walls cover me ; and no man seeth me : whom do 1
fear ? the most High will not remember my sins.

27 And he understandeth not that his eye seeth
all things; for such a man's fear driveth from him
the fear of God, and the eyes of men fearing him:

28 And he knoweth not that the eyes of the
Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round
about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the
deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the
most hidden parts.

29 For all things were known to the Lord God,
before they were created : so also after they were
perfected, he beholdeth all things.

30 This man shall be punished in the streets of
the city ; and he shall be chased as a colt : and
where he suspected not, he shall be taken.

31 And he shall be in disgrace with all men,
because he understood not the fear of the Lord.

32 So every woman also that leaveth her hus-
band, and bringeth in an heir by another:

33 For first she hath been unfaithful to the law
of the most High : and secondly, she hath offended
against her husband : thirdly, she hath fornicated in
adultery, and hath gotten herchildrenofanotjierman.

34 This woman shall be brought into the assem-
bly ; and inquisition shall be made of her children.

35 Her children shall not take root; and her
branches shall bring forth no fruit.

36 She shall leave her memory to be cursed ; and
her infamy shall not be blotted out.

37 And they that remain shall know, that there
is nothing better than the fear of God : and that
there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the
commandments of the Lord.

38 It is great glory to follow the Lord : for length
of days shall be received from him.

CHAP. XXIV.

Wisdom praiseth herself: her origin, her dwelling; her dig-
nity, and her fruits.

WISDOM shall praise her own self, and shall
be honoured in God, and shall glory in the
midst of her people ;

2 And shall open her mouth in the churches of
the most High ; and shall glorify herself in the
sight of his power :

3 And in the midst of her own people she shall
be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy as-
sembly :

4 And in the multitude of the elect she shall
have praise ; and among the blessed, she shall be
blessed, saying :

5 1 came out of the mouth of the most High,
the first-born before all creatures :

6 1 made that in the heavens there should rise
light tli.it never faileth ; and as a cloud I covered
all the earth :

7 I dwelt in the highest places : and my throne
is in a pillar of a cloud.

8 I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven,
and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep,
and have walked in the waves of the sea,

9 And have stood in all the earth : and in every
people,

10 And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

1 1 And by my power I have trodden under my
feet the hearts of all the high and low : and in all
these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inherit-
ance of the Lord.

12 Then the creator of all things commanded,
and said to me : and he that made me, rested in
my tabernacle.

13 And he said to me : Let thy dwelling be in
Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root
in my elect.

14 From the beginning, and before the world,
was I created ; and unto the world to come I
shall not cease to be; and in the holy dwelling-place
I have ministered before him.

15 And so was I established in Sion, and in the
holy city likewise I rested: and my power was in
Jerusalem.

16 And I toik root in an honourable peorle, and

i39

ECCLESIASTICUS.

in the portion of my God his inheritance: and my
abode is in the full assembly of saints.

17 I was exalted like a cedar in Libamis, antl
as a cvyjus-trec on mount Sion.

18 I was exalted like a |talm-tree in Cades, and
as a rose-plant in Jericho:

19 As a fair olive-tree in the plains, and as a
plane-tree by the inter in the streets, was I exalted.

20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aro-
matical balm: 1 yielded a sweet odour like the
best mvrrh :

21 And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and
galbanum, and onyx, and uoes, and as the frank-
incense not cut : ami my odour is as the purest halm.

I have stretched out my branches as the tur-
pentine-tree, and 111 y branches are of honour and

gnu

23 As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant
odour: and niv lion us are the fruit of honour and

rich

1 am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and
of knowledge, and of holy hope.

25 In iiu is all grace of the way and of the
truth : in me is all hope of life and of virtue.

26 Come over to me, all ye that desire mc, and
be filled with niv fruits.

27 For my spirit is sweet alxwe honey, and my
inheritance above honey and the honey-comb.

28* Mv memory is unto everlasting generations.

29 They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they
that drink me, shall yet thirst.

50 He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be con-
founded : and they that work by me, shall not sin.

31 They that explain me, shall hare life everlast-
ing.

32 All these things are the book of life, and the
covenant ofthe most High, and the knowledge of
truth.

Mom commander] a law in the precepts ni

justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob,
and the promises to Israel.

.'-V He appointed to David his servant to raise up
of him a most mighty king,* and sitting on the
throne el glory for ever :

Who filletb up wisdom as the Phison, and as
ihe Tigris in the days of the new fruits :

36 Who uiaktth understanding to abound as the
Euphrates, who multiplied! it as the Jordan in the
lime of harvest :

37 Who scndtth knowledge as thelight, and riseth
up as Genoa in the time of the vintage :

Who fust hath perfect knowledge of her :f

and a weaker shall not search her out :

.:'.• Tor her thoughts are more vast than the sea,

and her councils more deep than the great ocean.
40 I wisdom have poured out rivers.^
\\ I like a brook out of a river of i mighty water,

I like a channel of a riser, and like an aqueduct,

came out of paradise.

I s.,id : I will water my garden of plants ; and

I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.

* .ImtHmiKkl^kin, ■ i«l, who by hit KOipcl, like no urtr-

fluwiur rirer, ba* enncbed Ibe mrlb with beaveoljr w adorn.

43 And behold, my brook became a great river
and mv river came near to a sea :

44 For I make doctrine t<> shine forth to all as
the morning light : and 1 will declare it afar off.

45 1 will penetrate to all the lower parts of the
earth ; and will behold all that sleep, and will en-
lighten all that hope in the Lord.

46 I will yet nour out doctrine as prophecy : and
will leave it to them that seek wisdom ; ami will not
cease to instruct their offspring even to the 1k,1\ .,

47 See ye that I have not laboured lor mysell
only, but for all that seek out the truth.

CHAP. XXV.

Documents of wisdom on several subjects.

ITU three things my spirit is pleased, which
are approved before Ciod and men :

2 The concord of brethren, and the love of neigh-
bours, and man and wife that agree well together.

3 Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly
grieved at their life :

4 A poor man that is proud ; a rich man that is a
liar; an old man that is a fool, and doting.

5 The things that thou hast not gathered in thy
youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?

6 O how comely is judgment for a gray head, and
for ancients to know counsel!

7 O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and un-
derstanding and counsel to men of honour!

8 Much experience is the crown of old men ; and
the fear of Ciod is their glory.

9 Nine things that are not to be imagined by the
heart have 1 magnified ; and the tenth 1 will utter to
men with my tongue.

10 A man that hath joy of his children ; and he
that liveth, and seeth the fall of his enemies.

1 1 Blessed is he that dwelled) with a wise woman,
and that hath not (lipped with his tongue, and that
hath not served such as are unworthy of him.

12 Blessed is he that lindelh a true friend ; and
that deelareth justice to an ear that heareth.

13 How great is he that findetfa wisdom and
know ledge ! but there is none above him that fear-
eth the Lord.

14 The fear of God hath set itself above all thin.

15 Blessed is the mapi to whom it is given to have
the fear of God : he that holdeth it, to whom shall
he Im' likened ?

16 The fear of God is the beginning of his love:
and the beginning of faith is to he fastjoined onto it.

17 The sadness of the heart is every plague : and
the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

18 And a man will choose any plague, but the
plague of the heart ;

19 And any wickedness, but the wickednessof a
woman ;

Jo And any affliction, but the affliction from them
that hate him :

21 tod any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.

22 There is no bead WOfSe than the head of a
serpent :

• HkofirM kmlk ftrfert ImeuUdgt »f kfr. Mm.l w <u the Grit that bad
perfect kiiuwlcJj-e of b».m»<^lv wmImii.

CHAP. XXVI, XXVII.

23 And there is no anger above the anger of a
woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a
lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked wo-
man.

24 The wickedness of a woman changeth her
face : and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear,
and showeth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her
neighbours,

25 Her husband groaned; and hearing he sighed
a little.

26 All malice is short to the malice of a woman :
let the lot of sinners fall upon her.

27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet
of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.

28 Look not upon a woman's beauty ; and de-
sire not a woman for beauty.

29 A woman's anger, and impudence, and con-
fusion is great.

30 A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary
to her husband.

31 A wicked woman abateth the courage, and
maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.

32 Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman
that doth not make her husband happy.

33 From the woman came the beginning of sin ;
and by her we all died.

34 Give no issue to thy water, no not a little :
nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.

35 If she walk not at thy hand, she will con-
found thee in the sight of thy enemies.

36 Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always
abuse thee.

CHAP. XXVI.

Of good and bad women.

HAPPY is the husband of a good wife : for the
number of his years is double.

2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and
shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.

3 A good wife is a good portion ; she shall be
given in the portion of ihem that fear God, to a man
for /<is good deeds: >

4 Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his counte-
nance shall be cheerful at all times.

5 Of three things my heart hath been afraid ; and
at the fourth my face hath trembled :

6 The accusation of a city, and the gathering to-
gether of the people,

7 And a false calumny, all are more grievous
than death.

8 A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of
the heart.

9 With a jealous woman is a scourge of the
tongue which communicateth with all.

10 As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro,
so also is a wicked woman : he that hath hold of
her, is as he thattaketh hold of a scorpion.

11 A drunken woman is a great wrath : and her
reproach and shame shall not be hid.

12 The fornication of a woman shall be known
by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.

* From negligence. That is, from the neglect of the service of God :
because the eager pursuit of the mammon of this world, is apt to
iiialco men of that calling forget the great duties of loving God above
all things, and their neighbours as themselves.

13 On a daughter that turneth not away herself
set a strict watch : lest finding an opportunity, she
abuse herself.

14 Take heed of the impudence of her eves, and
wonder not if she slight thee.

15 She will open her mouth as a thirsty travel-
ler to the fountain, and will drink of every water
near her ; and will sit down by every hedge, and
open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.

16 The grace of a diligent woman shall delight
her husband, and shall fat his bones.

1 7 Her discipline is the gift of God.

1 8 Such is a wise and silent woman : and there
is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.

19 A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon
grace.

20 And no price is worthy of a continent soul.

21 As the sun when it riseth to the world in the
high places of Gorl, so is the beauty of a good wife
for (he ornament of her house.

22 As the lamp shining upon the holy candle-
stick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.

23 As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are
the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.

24 As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock,
so the commandments of God in the heart of a holy
woman.

25 At two things my heart is grieved, and the
third bringeth anger upon me :

26 A man of war fainting through poverty ; and
a man of sense despised ;

27 And he that passeth over from justice to sin •
Gorl hath prepared such an one for the sword.

28 Two sorts of callings have appeared to me
hard and dangerous : a merchant is hardly free from
negligence :* and a huckster! shall not be justified
from the sins of the lips.

CHAP. XXVII.

Dangers of sin from several heads : the. fear of God is the best
preservative. He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it.

'XHIROUGH poverty many have sinned : and he
■*■ that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his
eye.

2 As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the
joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and
buying, sin shall stick fast.

3 Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.

4 Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear
of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.

5 As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust
will remain : so will the perplexity of a man in his
thoughts.

6 The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the
trial of affliction just men.

7 As the dressing of a tree showeth the fruit
thereof; so a word out of the thought of the heart
of man.

8 Praise not a man before he speaketh ; for this
is the trial of men.

9 If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her,

f A huckster ; or a retailer of wine. Men of that nrofe«ion are
both greatly exposed to danger of sin them'selves, ana are too ofte*
accessary to the sins of others.

ECCLESIASTICUS.

and shalt put hyr on as a long robo of honour: and
thou shalt dwell With her: and she .shall protect

thee !<>r ever: ami in the day of acknowledgment

thou shalt find a strong foundation.

ID Birds resort unto their like: so truth will re-
turn to them that practise her.

11 The lion alwa\s licih in wait for prey: so do
sins for ihem that work iniquities.

1 J A holy man contintieth in wisdom as the sun:
hut a fool is changed as the moon.

13 In the midst ol the unwise keep in the word
till its time: but be continually among men that
think.

1 \ The divo'ii-e of sinners is hateful; and their
lauehter is at the pleasures of sin.

I > The speech that sweareth much shall make
the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreu-
renee shall make one stop his ears.

It", la the quarrels of the proud is the shedding
of Mood : and their cursing is a grievous hearing.

17 He that disclosed) the secret of a frit-nd,
loseth his credit, anil shall never find a friend to
his mind.

18 Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him
w iih fidelity.

19 But if thou discover his secrets, follow no
more alter him.

For as ■ man that destroyeth his friend, so
also it be that destroyeth the friendship of his
miiihlMHir.

I I And as one that letteth a bird go out of his
hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou
shah not get him again.

Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar
ofi : he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare:
lis soul is wounded.
I'hou canst no more bind him up. And of
I curst- there is reconciliation:*

21 But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leav-
t ih no haaa to an unhappy soul.

i le that winketh with the eve, forgcth wick-
ed things; and no man will cast him oil":

26 In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his
mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last
he will writhe his mouth; and on thy words he
will lav a stumbling-block.

27 1 have haled many things, but not like him;
and the Lord will hate him.

28 If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon
his own head : and the deceitful stroke will wound
tlie deceitful.

29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it : and
he that settetha stone for his neighbour, shall stum-
ble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another,
shall perish in it.

30 A mischievous counsel shall be rolled hack
u|H)ti the author: and he shall not know from
whence it cometh to him.

31 Mockery ami reproa c h are of the proud: and
vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.

* And of « cart* tktrt U r tm ntilUHan. That iv it i. ca.ier to obtain
a recooc if taboo after a cane, than after disclosing a

I Tiiev shall perish in a snare, the JH . I. -light-
ed with the fall ol the just : and sorrow shall con-
sume them In lore lhe\ die.

33 Aimer and fury are hoth of I hem aliominable :
and the sinful man shall be subject to them.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Lrtson* against revenge and quarrels. ITie evils of the tongue..
T1JE that sceketh to revenge himself, shall find
-*--«- vengeance from the Lord: and he will surely
keep his sins in remembrance.

2 Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee:
and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when
thou pnraseti

3 Man toman reserveth anger; and doth he seek
remedy of God ?

4 He hath BO mercy on a man like himself; and
doth he entreat for his own sins?

5 He that is but flesh nourisheth anger: ami
doth he ask forgiveness of God ? who shall ohtain
pardon for his sins ?

6 Kememlier thy last things, and let enmity COM

7 For corruption and death hang over in his
commandmeiits.t

8 Remember the fear of God ; and be not an-
gry with thy neighbour.

9 Remember the covenant of the most High, and
overlook the ignorance ol thy ncighhour.

10 Refrain from strife; and thou shalt diminish
tin/ sins :

11 For a passionate man kindled) strife: and a
sinful man will trouble his friends, and bring in de-
bate in the midst of them that are at peace.

12 For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire
burnetii : and as a man's strength is, so shall his
anger be : and according to his riches he shall in-
crease his anger.

13 A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a
hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that
beared) witness briogeth death.

14 If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire:
ami if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched : both
come out of the mouth.

15 The whisperer and the doubled-tongued is
accursed : for he hath troubled many that were at
peace.

16 The tongue of a third person hath disquieted
many, ami scattered them from nation to nation.

17 It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich,
and hath overthrown the houses of great men.

18 It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and
undone strong nations.

19 The tongue of a third person hath cast out
valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.

20 He that hearkened) to it, shall never have
rest; neither shall he have a friend in w horn he may
repose.

21 The stroke of a whip naked) a blue mark:
but the stroke of the tongue will break the bone-..

22 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword;

\ In kit ctmmsnAmtnts. Supply the sentence out of the Greek thus I
Remember corruption and death, and tiiit ta Ikt i

CHAP. XXIX, XXX.

but not so many as have perished by their own
tongue.

23 Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked
tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof,
and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath
not been bound in its bands:

24 For its yoke is a yoke of iron : and its bands
are bands of brass.

25 The death thereof is a most evil death ; and
hell is preferable to it.

26 Its continuance shall not be for a long time;
but it shall possess the ways of the unjust : and the
just shall not be burnt with its flame.

27 They that forsake God shall fall into it: and
it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched :
and it shall be sent upon them as a lion ; and as a
leopard it shall tear them.

28 Hedge in thy ears with thorns; hear not a
wicked tongue : and make doors and bars to thy
mouth.

29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a
balance for thy words, anda just bridle for thy mouth :

30 And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue,
and fall in the sight of thy enemies who he in wait
for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death.

CHAP. XXIX.

Of charity in lending money, and justice in repaying. Of alms,
and of being surety.

HE that showeth mercy lendeth to his neighbour :
and he that is stronger in hand,* keepeth the
commandments.

2 Lend to thy neighbour in the time of his need;
and pay thou thy neighbour again in due time.

3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him :
and thou shaft always find that which is necessary
for thee.

4 Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing
found, and have given trouble to them that helped
them.

5 Till they receive, they kiss the hands of the
lender; and in promises they humble their voice:

6 But when they should repay, they will ask
time, and will return tedious and murmuring words,
and will complain of the time :

7 And if he be able to pay, he will stand off, he
will scarce pay one half, and will count it as if he
had found it:

8 But if not, he will defraud him of his money,
and he shall get him for an enemy without cause :

9 And he will pay him with reproaches and curs-
es : and instead of honour and good turn will re-
pay him injuries.

10 Many have refused to lend, not out of wicked-
ness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without
cause.

11 But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty ;
and delay not to show him mercy.

12 Help the poor because of the commandment:
and send him not away empty-handed because of
his poverty.

* Jind he that is stronger in hand. That is, he that is hearty and
bountiful in lending to his neighbour in his necessity.

13 Lose thy money for thy brother and t\
friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

14 Place thy treasure in the commandments « I
the most High: and it shall bring thee more proi.t
than gold.

15 Shut up alms in the heart of the poor; and it
shall obtain help for thee against all evd.

16 Better than the shield of the mighty, and bet-
ter than the spear;

17 It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.

18 A good man is surety tor his neighbour: and
he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.

19 Forget not the kindness of thy surety : for he
hath given his life for thee.

20 The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his
surety.

21 A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of
his surety : and he that is of an unthankful mind
will leave him that delivered him.

22 A man is surety for his neighbour: and when
he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.

23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of good
estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.

24 It hath made powerful men to go from place
to place round about ; and they have wandered in
strange countries.

25 A sinner that transgresseth the command-
ment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship :
and he that undertaketh many things shall fall into
judgment.

26 Recover thy neighbour according to thy pow-
er : and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.

27 The chief thing for man's life is water and
bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.

28 Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of
boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another
man's house.

29 Be contented with little instead of much ;
and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.

30 It is a miserable life to go as a guest from
house to house : for where a man is a stranger, he
shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.

31 He shall entertain and feed, and give drink to
the unthankful : and moreover he shall hear bitter
words.

32 Go, stranger, and furnish the table : and give
others to eat what thou hast in thy hand.

33 Give place to the honourable presence of my
friends : for I want my house, my brother being to
be lodged with me.

34 These things are grievous to a man of under-
standing : the upbraiding of house-room, and the
reproaching of the lender.

CHAP. XXX.

Of correction of children. Health is better than wealth. Ex
cessive grief is hurtful.

HE that loveth his son, frequently chastiseth him
that he may rejoice in his latter end, and not
grope after the doors of his neighbours.

2 He that instructeth his son shall be praised in
him, and shall glory in him in the midst of them ol
his househould.

] 3 He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy

ECCLESIASTICUS.

jealous: and in the inid>t of his friends he shall
glory in him.

4 His father is dead, and hfl ■ as if be were not
drad : lor he bath left one behind him that is like
himself.

While he lived be WW and rejoiced in him : and

when be died be era not lonowful : neither was he

eonfoiindi'd before his eiiemn B.

6 I or be left behind him ■ defender of his house
■I mist his enemies, and one that will requite kind-
neM to his friends.

Off the souls of his sons he shall bind up his
wounds : and at ever* erv his bowels shall be trou-
bled.

8 A horse not broken berometh stubborn : and a
child left to himself will become headstrong.

9 Give thy son his way. and he shall make thee
afraid : play with him, and he shall make thee sor-
row fid.

10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow,
Ud at the last thy teeth be set on edge.

11 Give him not liberty in his youth; and wink
not at his devie.

\2 How down his neck while he is young, and
beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow Stub-
l>orn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of
heart to thee.

13 Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest
his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee.

14 Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong
of constitution, than a rich man who is weak, and
afflicted with evils.

1.) Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is bet-
ter than all gold and silver ; and a sound body,
than immense revenues.

If! There is no riches aliove the riches of the
health of the body : and there is no pleasure above
the joy of the heart.

17 Better M death than a bitter life; and everlast-
ing rest, than continual sicklies*.

18 Good things that are hidden in a mouth that
is -duii, are as messes of meat set about a grave.

19 What good shall an offering do to an idol ?
for it can neither eat nor smell :

JO So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bear-
ing the reward of his iniquity :

21 He seeth with his eyes, and groancth, as an
eunuch embracing a virgin and sighing.

22 Give not up thy soul to sadness : and afflict
not thyself in thv own counsel.

23 The joy fulness of the heart is the life of a man,
and a never-failing treasure of holiness : and the joy
of a man is length of life.

24 Have pity on thy own soul, plotting God, and
contain thyself: gather up thv heart in his holiness :
and drive away sadness far from thee.

I or sadness hath killed many ; and there is no
profit in it.

Envy and an^er shorten a man's days : and
pensiveness will bring old age before the time.

27 A cheerful and good In-art is stt ^ting:

for his banquets are prepared with diligence.

(II \I'. XWI.

Ofthr dt sirr of rirhtt, and of Moderation in fating and drinking

WATCHING for r'u lies consumed! the flesh :
and the thought thereof drivelh nway sleep.

2 The thinking beforehand turaeta away the un-
derstanding : and a grievous sickness makethtbe

soul sober. ,

3 The rich man hath laboured in pathcrin;. rich-
es together : and when he resit th he shall l>e filled
with his goods.

4 The jioor man hath laboured in his low way of
life: and in the end be is still poor.

5 He that loveth Bold, shall not be justified : and
he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled
with it.

6 Many have been brought to fall for gold ; and
the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

7 Gold is a stumbling-block to them that sacrifice
to it: wo to them that eagerly follow alter it; and
every fool shall perish by it.

8 Blessed is the rich man that is found without
blemish : and that hath not gone after gold, nor put
his trust in money nor in treasures.

9 Who is he, and we will praise him ? for he
hath done wonderful things in his life.

10 Who hath been tried thereby, and made |>er-
fect, he shall have glorv everlasting. He that could
have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and
could do evil things, and hath not done them :

1 1 Therefore are his goods established in the
Lord : and all the church of the saints shall declare
his alms.

12 Art thou set at a great table? be not tin-
first to open thy mouth upon it.

13 Say not: There are many things which are
upon it.

14 Remember that a wicked eye h evil.

15 What is created more wicked than nne\e ;
therefore shall it weep over all the face when it
shall see.

16 Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being dis-
graced with envy thou be put to confusion.

17 Be not hasty in a least.

1 8 Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by
thyself.

19 Use as a frugal man the things that are eel
U-forc thee : lest if thou eatcst much, thou be haft d.

20 Leave off first, for manners' sake : and ex-
ceed not, lest thou offend.

21 And if thou sittest amongst many, reach not
thy hand out first of all : and be not the first to ask
for drink.

22 How sufficient is a little wine for a man well
taught: and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy
w ith it : and thou shalt feel no pain.

23 Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with
an intemperate man :

24 Sound and w holcsomc sleep with a moderate
man : be shall sleep till morning ; and his soul shall
be delighted with him.

23 And if thou hast been forced to eel much,
arise, co out, and vomit : and it shall refresh thee
and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body

CHAP. XXXII, XXXIII.

26 Hear me, my son, and despise me not : and
in the end thou shaft rind my words.

27 In all thy works be quick ; and no infirmity
shall come to thee.

28 The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal
of his bread : and the testimony of bis truth is faithful.

29 Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the
city will murmur; and the testimony of his niggard-
liness is true.

30 Challenge not them that love wine : for wine
hath destroyed very many.

31 Fire trieth hard iron : so wine drunk to ex-
cess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.

32 Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men :
if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.

33 What is his life, who is diminished with wine?

34 What taketh away life ? death.

35 Wine was created from the beginning to
make men joyful, and not to' make them drunk.

36 Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of
the soul and the heart.

37 Sober drinking is health to soul and body.

38 Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels,
and wrath, and many ruins.

39 Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the
soul.

40 The heat of drunkenness is the stumbling-
Mock of the fool, lessening strength and causing
wounds.

41 Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of
wine : and despise him not in his mirth.

42 Speak not to him words of reproach: and
press him not in demanding again.

CHAP. XXXII.

Lessons for superiors and inferiors. Advantages of fearing
God, and doing nothing without counsel.

HAVE they made thee ruler ? be not lifted up :
be among them as one of them.

2 Have care of them, and so sit down : and
when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge,
take thy place :

3 That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive
a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour
of the contribution.

4 Speak, thou thatartelder: for it becomeththee,

5 To speak the first word with careful know-
ledge, and hinder not music.

6 Where there is no hearing, pour not out words;
and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom.

7 A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as
a carbuncle set in gold.

8 As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold :
so is the melody of music with pleasant and mode-
rate wine.

9 Hear in silence ; and for thy reverence good
grace shall come to thee.

10 Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.

1 1 If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.

12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant ;
and hear in silence, and withal seeking.

13 In the company of great men take not upon
thee : and when the ancients are present, speak
not much.

14 Before a storm gocth lightning : and before
shamefaced ness gocth favour : and for thy reverence
good grace shall come to thee.

15 And at the time of rising be not slack : but
be first to run home to thy house ; and there with-
draw thyself; and there take thy pastime.

16 And do what thou hast a mind, but not in
sins or proud speech.

17 And for all these things bless the Lord, that
made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his
good things.

1 8 He that feareth the Lord, will receive his dis-
cipline : and they that will seek him early, shall
find a blessing.

19 He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with
it : and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with
a stumbling-block therein.

20 They that fear the Lord, shall find just judg-
ment, and shall kindle justice as a light.

21 A sinful man will flee reproof, and will fii.i
an excuse according to his will.

22 A man of counsel will not neglect understanu-
ing : a strange and proud man will not dread fear :

23 Even after he hath done with fear without
counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his
own seeking.

24 My son, do thou nothing without counsel: and
thou shalt not repent when thou hast done.

25 Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not
stumble against the stones : trust not thyself to a
rugged way, lest thou set a stumbling-block to thy
soul.

26 And beware of thy own children; and take
heed of them of thy household.

27 In every work of thine regard thy soul in
faith:* for this is the keeping of the command-
ments.

28 He that believeth God, taketh heed to the
commandments : and he that trusteth in him, shall
fare never the worse.

CHAP. XXXIII.

The fear of God is the best security. Times and men arc in the
hands of God. Take care of thyself as long as thou livest,
and look to thy servants.

NO evils shall happen to him that feareth the
Lord : but in temptation God will keep him,
and deliver him from evils.

2 A wise man hateth not the commandments
and justices : and he shall not be dashed in pieces
as a ship in a storm.

3 A man of understanding is faithful to the law
of God : and the law is faithful to him.

4 He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare
what to say : and so having prayed he shall be heard,
and shall keep discipline; and then he shall answer.

5 The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart :
and his thoughts are like a rolling axle-tree.

6 A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion-
horse : he neigheth under every one that sitteth up-
on him.

7 Why doth one day excel another, and one light

* In failh. That is, follow sincerely thy soul .n her faith and con-
science.

545

ECCLESIASTICUS.

another, and our year another year, when all come
of the MIM ?

Bj the know ledge of the Lord they arete dis-

tmguisned, the miii i>ciiig made, and keeping his

command meat.

'.' And In- ordered the seasons, and li Ay-dayeof

them : and ill I In in they celebrated |< >ti\al> at an
hour.

li» Some of then God made high and ::rcat days:
and some of than be pat in the numlx i of ordinan
days. And all m«n are from the ground, and out
of the earth, from nrheace Adam was created.

1 1 With much knowledge the Lord hath divi-
ded them, and diversified their \\a\-.

12 Some of them hath he Messed, and exalted :
and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near
himself: and some ot 'them hath he cursed, and brought
low. and turned them from their station :

13 As the | otter's clay is in his hand, to fashion
ami order it.

I I All his ways are according to his ordering:
so man is in the hand of him that made him; and he
will render to him according to his judgment.

15 Good is set against evil, and life against death :
mi also is the sinner against a just man. And so
look, upon all the works of the most High. Two
and tWO, and one against another.

16 And I awaked last of all, and as one that ga-
thcreth after the grape ■gatherers.

17 In the Messing of Ciod I also have hoped: and
as one that gathereth grapes, have 1 filled the wine-
press.

18 See that I have not laboured for myself only,
hut for all that seek discipline.

19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people :
and hcai ken \\ ith your ears, ye rulers ol' the church.

20 Give not to son or wife, brother or friend,
power o\.-r thee while thou I i vest ; and give not thy
estate to another : lest thou repent, and thou entreat
for the same.

21 As bof as thou livest, and hast breath in thee,
]< t no man change thee.*

22 For it is better that thy children should ask
of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of
thy children.

In all ihv works keep the prc-emiuence.t
J I Let no slain sully thy dory. In the time
When thou shall end the days of thy life, and in the
time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.

25 Fodder, and a wand, ami a burden arc for an
ass: bread, and correction, and work foi a slave.

26 He worketh under correction, and secketh to
rest : jet his h amis be idle, and he seekeih liberty.

27 The yoke and the thoag bend a still' neck:
and continual lalioms bow a slave.

28 Torture ami fetters ;ire for a malicious slave :
send him to work, that he Ix; not idle :

29 For idleness hath taught much evil.

30 Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And
if he lie not obedient, briag him down with fetters;

* Chang* '*"• That u,mulo hare (hi* power orrr the*,
r 7V fre- t mm mrt . Tint la, be nwlir in ll,v own hotuo, and part
not with thy authority.

but be not excessive towards any one : and do no
griexoiis thing without judgment.

31 If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to
thee as thy own soul: tr<;it him as a brother; he*

cause iu the blood of thv soul thou hast gotten bun.

32 If thou hint him uujusilv, he will run away :

33 And if be rise up and depart, thou knowi st
not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.

CHAP. XXXIV.

The vanity of dreams. The adrantiige <tf experience, and of tit*
fear of Goal

r l^IIF hopes of a man that is void of understainl-
-*- ing, art: vain and deceitful : and dreams lift
up fools.

2 The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is
like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and follow elh
after the wind.

• 3 The risen of dreams is the resemblance of
one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is
before the face of a man.

4 What can be made clean by the unclean ? ami
what troth can come from that which isfdse?

5 Deceiilul divinations and l.ving omens, and
the dreams of evil doers, are vanity.

6 And the heart fancieth as that of a woman in
travail : except it lie a vision sent forth from the
most High] set not lliy heart upon them.

7 For dreams have deceived many: and they
have tailed that put their trust in them.

8 The word of the law shall be fulfilled without
a lie : and w isdom shall be made plain iu the mouth
of the faithful.

9 What doll) he know, that bath not been tried?
A man that hath much experience, shall think of
many things: and he that bath learned many things,

shall show forth understanding.

10 He thai hath no e xp erience, knoweth little:

and he that hallibeen experienced in many things,
multiplied! prudence.

11 He that hath not been trird, what manner of
things doth he know? he that hath been surprised,
shall abound with subtlety.

12 I have seen many things by travelling, and
many customs of things.

13 Some time s I have been in danger of death for

these things: and 1 have been delivered by the grace
of God.

1 \ The spirit of those that fear God, is sought
after, and by his regard shall be blessed.

15 For their hope is on him that saveth them :
and the eyes of God are upon them that love him.

16 He that feareth the Lord shall tremble at no-
thing, and shall not be afraid: for he is his hope.

17 The soul of him that feareth the Lord w
blessed.

18 To whom doth he look, and who is his
strength ?

19 The eyes of the Lord arc upon them that fear
him: he is their powerful protector, ami Krone "tap,
a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun
at noon,

20 A preservation from stumbling, aud a heb/

CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI.

from falling: he raisoth up the soul, and cnlighteneth
the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and Messing.

21 The offering of him that sacrificed! of a thing
wrongfully gotten, is stained : and the mockeries of
the unjust are not acceptable.

22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him
in the way of truth and justice.

23 The most High approveth not the gifts of the
wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of
the unjust : nor will he be pacified for sins by the
multitude of their sacrifices.

21. He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the
poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence
of his father.

25 The bread of the needy is the life of the poor:
he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of hlood.

26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by
sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.

27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraud-
eth the lahourer of his hire, are brothers.

28 When one buildeth up, and another pulleth
down ; what profit have they but the labour ?

29 When one prayeth, and another curseth ;
whose voice will God hear?

30 He that washeth himself after touching the
dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his wash-
ins avail ?

31 So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doeth
the same again, what doth his humbling himself
profit him ? who will hear his praver?

CHAP. XXXV

What sacrifices are pleasing to God.

HE that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.
2 It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to
the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.

3 And to depart from injustice, is to offer a pro-
pitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of
pardon for sins.

4 He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour :
and he that doeth mercv, offereth sacrifice.

5 To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth
the Lord ; and to depart from injustice, is an en-
treaty for sins.

6 Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of
the Lord.

7 For all these things are to be done because of
the commandment of God.

8 Theoblationof the just maketh the altarfat, and
is an odourof sweetness in the sight of the mostHigh.

9 The sacrifice of the just is acceptable : and the
Lord will not forget the memorial thereof,

10 Give glory to God with a good heart : and
diminish not the first-fruits of thy hands.

11 In every gift show a cheerful countenance ;
and sanctify thy tithes with joy.

12 Give to the most High according to what he
hath given to thee : and with a good eye do accord-
ing to the ability of thy hands :

13 For the Lord maketh recompense, and will
give thee seven times as much.

14 Do not offer wicked gifts; for such he will
not receive.

15 And look not upon an unjust sacrifice ; for

the Lord is judge : and there is not with him re-
spect of person.

16 The Lord will not accept any person against
a poor man : and he will hear the prayer of him
that is wronged.

17 He will not despise the prayers of the father-
less ; nor the widow, when she poureth out her
complaint.

18 Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek,
and her cry against him that causeth them to fall r

19 For from the cheektheygoupeven to heaven:
and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted
with them.

20 He that adoreth God with joy, shall be ac-
cepted ; and his prayer shall approach even to the
clouds.

21 The prayer of him that humbleth himself,
shall pierce the clouds : and till it come nigh he
will not be comforted : and he will not depart till
the most High behold.

22 And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge
for the just, and will do judgment : and the Almighty
will not have patience with them, that he may crush
their back :

23 And he will repay vengeance to the gentiles,
till he have taken away the multitude of the proud,
and broken the sceptres of the unjust ;

24 Till he have rendered to men aceordingto
their deeds: and according to the works of Adam,
and according to his presumption ;

25 Till he have judged the cause of his people,
and he shall delight the just with his mercy.

26 The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of
affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought

CHAP. XXXVI.

A prayer for the church of God. Of a good heart, and a good

wife.
TJTAVE mercy upon us, O God of all ; and behold
-*--*- us, and show us the light of thy mercies.

2 And send thy fear upon the nations, that have
not sought after thee : that they may know that
there is no God beside thee, and that they may
show forth thy wonders.

3 Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that
they may see thy power.

4 For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their
sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in
our presence,

5 That they may know thee, as we also have
known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O
Lord.

6 Renew thy signs, and work new miracles.

7 Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.

8 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath.

9 Take away the adversary, and crush the
enemy.

10 Hasten the time, and remember the end,
that they may declare thy wonderful works.

11 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the
rage of the fire : and let them perish that oppress
thy people.

12 Crush the head of the princes of the enemies
that say : There is no other beside us.

647

Jacob

icsidcs thee,
Hid thou shall

13 Gather together all the trilm of

they ma\ know thai there M M C • <>«!

ami mat declare thy great works
inherit them as from the heginning.

14 Bare mercj oa thy people, upon whom thy

name is invoked ; and upon Israel, whom llioii hast

raised an to be thy first-Dora.

16 Hare mercy on Jerusalem, the city which
thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.

It! Kill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and
thy people with thy glory.

17 Give testimony to them that arc thy creatures
Irom the beginning; and raise up the pro p h e cies
which the former prophets spoke in thy name.

18 Reward them that patiently wait for thee,
that th\ prophets may Im« round faithful : and hear
the prayers of thj servants,

I!* Iccordmg to the blessing of Aaron over thy

Iieople, and direct us into the way of justice : and
et all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou
an (iod the beholder of all ages.

Jo The belly will devour all meat: yet one is
letter than another.

21 The palate tasteth venison : and the wise
heart false speeches.

22 A perverse heart will cause grief: and a man
of experience w ill resist it.

J.{ A woman will receive every man:* yet one
daughter is better than another.

The beauty of a woman cheereth the coun-
tenance of her husband : and a man desireth nothing
more.

If she have a tongue that can cure, and like-
w i>e mitigate and show mercy ; her husband is not
like other men.

26 He that |M)ssesseth a good wife, beginneth a
possession : she is a help like to himself, and a pil-
lar of rest.

11 Where there is no hedge, the possession shall
he spoiled : and where there is no wife, he mourneth
that is in want.

Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that
lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a rob-
ber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city ?
CHAP. XXXVII.

Of the rhoict of friends and counsellors.

E7VERY friend will say: I also am his friend:
J - i hut there is a friend that is only a friend in
name. Is not this a grief even to death ?

J lint a companion and a friend shall he turned
to an enemy.

. ! < ) w icked presumption, whence earnest thou to
cover the earth with th\ malice and deceitfulnt

4 There is a companion who rcjoiceih with his
friend in his joys: hut in the time of trouble, he
will In- against him.

■ There is ■companioa who condoleth with his

friend for his belly's sake : and he will take up a

shield against the enemy.

ECCLES1AS riCl

that

That it. anv man (hat her parent!
I.. Ii.t to marry, though «he doea not likr him, hut narriea to
•bofdieace to her parent* who make ttw rhuiee for her.

6 Forget not thy friend in thy mind : and he not
unmindful of him in thy riches.

7 Consult not with him that layeth a snare for
thee : and hide thy counsel from them that enw tin c

8 Kvery counsellor giveth out counsel : hut there
is one that is a counsellor lor himself.

9 Beware of a counsellor. And know before
what need he hath: for he will devise to his own
mind :

10 Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and
say to thee :

1 1 Thy way is good ; and then stand on the other
side to see what shall befal thee.

12 Treat not with a man without religion con-
cerning holiness ; nor with an unjust man concern-
ing justice j nor with a woman touching her of
w in mi she is jealous ; nor with a coward concerning
war; nor with a merchant ahout traffic; nor with
a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of
giving thanks ;

13 Nor with the ungodly of piety ; nor with the
dishonest of honesty ; nor with the held labourer of
every work ;

1 l Nor with him that workcth by the year of
the finishing of the year; nor with an idle servant
of much husiness : give no heed to these in any
matter of counsel.

But Ik' continually with a holy man, whom-

soever thou shah know to observe the fear of Hod ;

16 Whose soul is according Jo thy own soul ;
and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will
he sorry for tine.

17 And establish within thyself a heart of good
counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth
to thee than it.

18 The soul of a holy man discovered) some-
times true things, more than seven watchmen that
sit in a high place to watch.

19 But above all these things pray to the most
High, that he may direct thy way in truth.

20 In all thy works let the true word go before
tine, and steady counsel before every action.

21 A wicked word shall change the heart : out
of which four manner of things arise, good and evil,
life and death: and the tongue is continually the
ruler of them. There is a man thai is subtle and a
teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his ov\ u
soul.

22 A skilful man hath taught many, and is sweet
to his own soul.

23 1 le that speaketh sophistically, is hateful : he
shall be destitute of every thing.

24 Grace is not given him from the Lord : for
he is deprived of all wisdom.

25 There is a wise man that is wise to his own
soul : and the fruit of his understanding is com-
mendable.

26 A wise man instracteth his own people: and
the fruits of his understanding an- faithful.

27 A wise man shall lie filled with blessings'
anil thej that KC shall praise him.

28 The life of a man. is in the number of his
davs : but the days of Israel an' innumerable.

CHAP. XXXVIII, XXXIX.

29 A wise man shall inherit honour among his
people : and his name shall live for ever.

30 My son, prove thy soul in thy life : and if it
be wicked, give it no power :

31 For all things are not expedient for all : and
every kind pleaseth not every soul.

32 Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not
out thyself upon any meat :

33 For in many meats there will he sickness;
and greediness will turn to choler.

34 By surfeiting many have perished : hut he
that is temperate, shall prolong life.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Of physicians and medicines : what is to be done in sickness ;
and how we are to mourn for the dead. Of the employments
of labourers and artificers.

IJONOUR the physician for the need thou hast
•*--*• of him; for the most High hath created him.

2 For all healing is from God : and he shall re-
ceive gifts of the king.

3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head:
and in the sight of great men he shall he praised

4 The most High hath created medicines out of
the earth : and a wise man will not abhor them.

5 Was not bitter water made sweet with wood ?

6 The virtue of these things is come to the know-
ledge of men : and the most High hath given know-
ledge to men, that he may be honoured in his
wonders.

7 By these he shall cure, and shall allay their
pains: and of these the apothecary shall make sweet
confections, and shall make up ointments of health:
and of his works there shall be no end.

8 For the peace of God is over all the face of
the earth.

9 My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself;
but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.

10 Turn away from sin, and order thy hands
aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.

Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine

flour; and make a fat offering, and then give place
to the physician.

12 For the Lord created him : and let him not
depart from thee, for his works are necessary.

13 For there is a time when thou must fall into
their hands :

14 And they "shall beseech the Lord, that he
would prosper what they give for ease and remedy,
for their c onversation.

15 He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker,
shall fall into the hands of the physician.

16 My son, shed tears over the dead; and begin
to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm,
and according to judgment cover his body, and ne-
glect not his burial.

. 17 And for fear of being ill spoken of, weep
bitterly for a day ; and then comfort thyself in thy
sadness.

18 And make mourning for him according to his
merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction.

19 For of sadness cometh death; and it over-
whelmed the strength : and the sorrow of the heart
boweth down the neck.

20 In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth : and
the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
. 21 Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive
it from thee : and remember the latter end.

22 Forget it not ; for there is no returning : and
thou shalt do him no good, and shall hurt thyself.

23 Remember my judgment: for thine also shall
be so : yesterday for me, and to-day for thee.

24 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance
rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.

25 The wisdom of a scribe* cometh by his time
of leisure : and he that is less in action, shall re-
ceive wisdom.

26 With what wisdom shall he be furnished that
holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad,
that driveth the oxen therewith, and is occupied in
their labours, and his whole talk is about the off-
spring of bulls ?

27 He shall give his mind to turn up furrows;
and his care is to give the kine fodder.

28 So every craftsman and workmaster that la-
boureth night and day, he who maketh graven seals,
and by his continual diligence varieth the figure :
he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the
picture, and by his watching shall finish the work.

29 So doeth the smith sitting by the anvil and
considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire
wasteth his flesh : and he fighteth with the heat of
the furnace :

30 The noise of the hammer is always in his
ears : and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel
he maketh.

31 He setteth his mind to finish his work, and
his watching to polish them to perfection.

32 So doth the potter sitting at his work, turn-
ing the wheel about with his feet, who is always
carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work
by number:

33 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and
boweth down his strength before his feet :

34 He shall give his mind to finish the glazing,
and his watching to make clean the furnace.

35 All these trust to their hands : and every one
is wise in his own art.

36 Without these a city is not built.

37 And they shall not dwell, nor walk about there-
in : and they shall not go up into the assembly.

38 Upon the judge's seat they shall not sit ; and
the ordinance of judgment they shall not under-
stand ; neither shall they declare discipline and
judgment : and they shall not be found where para-
bles are spoken :

39 But they shall strengthen the state of the
world : and their prayer shall be in the work of their
craft, applying their soul, and searching in the law
of the most High.

CHAP. XXXIX. *

The exercises of the wise man. The Lord is to be glorified for

his works.
HP HE wise man will seek out the wisdom of all
-*- the ancients, and will be occupied in the
prophets.

* M scribe.

That is, a doctor of the law, or a learned man.
519

ECCLESIASTICUS.

i I ]r will keen the sa\ inga of renowned men, ami
will enter « ithal into the suhtilties of parabl. s.

.; He will search oat the bidden meaning! of
proverbs. ;ni.| will be conversant ill the secret* of
parables.

4 Hi- shall serve among great 1MB, aiui appear
before the govern o r .

5 He shall pass into strange countries; for he
shall try good and evil among men.

6 Hi* will rire his heart to resort early to the
Lord, that made him: and lie will pray in the sight
of the most High.

7 lit- will open his mouth in prayer, and prill
matte supplication for his sins.

8 For if it shall please the great Lord, he will
fill him with the spirit of understanding :

9 And he will |x>ur forth the words of his wis-
dom as showers: and in his prayer he will confess

to the Lord*

1 i > \iiil be shall direct his counsel, and his know-
: and in his secrets shall he meditate.

11 He shall show forth the discipline he hath
learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant
of the Lord.

12 Mmrj shall praise his wisdom; and it shall
never be forgotten.

13 The memory of him shall not depart away:
and his name shall be in request from generation
to generation.

14 Nations shall declare his wisdom; and the
church shall show forth his praise.

1") It he continue, he shall leave a name above a
thousand : and if he rest, it shall !>e to his advantage.

16 I will yet meditate that I may declare* for
I am filled as with a holy trans|>ort.

17 By a eoice he saith: Hear me, ye divine off-
spring;" and bud forth as the rose planted by the
brooks of waters.

18 (rive ye a sweet odour as frankincense.

19 Send forth (lowers, as the lily, and yield a
smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise
with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.

20 Magnify his name, and give glory to him with
the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your
mouths, and with harps: and in praising him, you
shall my in this manner :

21 All the works of the Lord are exceeding
good.

22 At his word the waters stood as a heap: and
at the words of his mouth the re cep tacles of waters :

23 For at his commandment favour is shown :
and there is no diminishing of his salvation.

24 The works of all flesh an- before him; and
there is nothing hid from his eyes.

25 He teeth from eternity to eternity; and then-
is nothing wonderful before him.

There is no Baring: What is this, or what is
that? for all things shall be MMght in their time.
His blessing hath overflowed like a river.

\uil as a flood hath watered the earth ; so

• Y. M« 4rVfe<.
pleoTOud; wboahe

<-ak« »o thw rhil-'rrn of lira*!, the peo-
e»bort» to boH Awth ami IVxiriah with virtue.

shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have hot
sought alter him :

1 Even as he turned the waters into a dry land,
and the earth was made dry. and his ways were
made plain tor their journey : so to sinners (aeyave
stumbling-blocks in his wrath.

30 Good thing! were created for the good from
the beginoiag* so lor the wicked, Bjnau and evil
things.

31 The princ ipa l thnien necessary for the life of
men, are water, lire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread
of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape,
and oil, and clothing.

32 All these things shall be for good to the holy ;
so to the sinners and the ungodly the) shall be turn-
ed into evil.

33 There are spirits that are created for ven-
geance, and in their furv the \ la) on grievous torments:

34 In the time of destruction they shall pour out
their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him
that made them.

35 Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these were
created for vengeance.

36 The teeth of In-asts. and scorpions, and ser-
pents, and the sword taking vengeance ii|K>n the
ungodlv unto destruction.

37 In his commandments they shall feast ; and
they shall be ready upon earth when need is : and
when their time is come they shall not transgress
iiis word.

38 Therefore from the beginning I was resolved :
and I have meditated, and thought on these things,
and left them in writing.

39 All the works of the Lord are good : and he
will furnish every work in due time.

40 It is not to be said : This is worse than that :
for all shall lie well approved in their time.

41 Now therefore with the whole heart and mouth
praise ye him, and bless the name of the Lord.

CHAP XL.

The miseries of the life of man are relieved by the grace of (ind
and his ft'iir.

f* REAT labour is created for all men, and a
^-*~ heavv voke is upon the children of Adam, from
the day of their comiim out of their mother's womb,
until the day of their burial into the mother of all.

2 Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their
imagination of things to come, and the day of their
end :

3 From him that sitteih on a glorious throne,
unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:

4 From him that wenreth purple, and Uareth
the crown, even to him that is covered with rough
linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquiet ness. and the
fear of death, continual aimer, and strife :

5 And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep
of the nicht changeth his know led

6 A little and as nothing is his test, and afterward
in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.

7 lie is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he
had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his
safety he rose up, and wondcrclh (hat there is no

CHAP. XLI.

8 Such things happen tc all flesh, from man even
to beast; and upon sinners are sevenfold more.

9 Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and
sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and
scourges:

10 All these things are created for the wicked:
and for their sakes came the flood.

11 All things that are of the earth, shall turn to
the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.

12 All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out;
and fidelity shall stand for ever.

13 The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like
a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a
great thunder in ram.

14 While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice:
but transgressors shall pine away in the end.

15 The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring
forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean
roots upon the top of a rock.

16 The weed growing over every water, and at
the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all
grass.

17 Grace is like a paradise in blessings; and
mercy remaineth for ever.

18 The life of a labourer that is content with
what he hath, shall be sweet ; and in it thou shalt
find a treasure.

19 Children, and the building of a city shall esta-
blish a name: but a blameless wife shall be counted
above them both.

20 Wine and music rejoice the heart: but the
love of wisdom is above them both.

21 The flute and the psaltery make a sweet me-
lody : but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

22 Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more
than these green sown fields.

23 A friend and companion meeting together in
season ; but above them both is a wife with her
husband.

24 Brethren are a help in the time of trouble :
but mercy shall deliver more than they.

25 Gold and silver make the feet stand sure : but
wise counsel is above them both.

26 Riches and strength lift up the heart: but
above these is the fear of the Lord.

27 There is no want in the fear of the Lord ;
and it needeth not to seek for help.

28 The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of
blessing: and they have covered it above all glory.

29 My son in thy life-time be not indigent: for
it is better to die than to want.

30 The life of him that looketh toward another
man's table is not to be counted a life : for he feed-
eth his soul with another man's meat.

31 But a man well instructed and taught, will
look to himself.

32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the
unwise: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.

CHAP. XLI.

Of the remembrance of death : of an evil and of a good name :
of what things we ought to be ashamed.

/~\ DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of
" * thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions.

2 To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are
prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take
meat !

3 O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man
that is in need, and to him whose strength failcth,

4 Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in caie
about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth
patience !

5 Fear not the sentence of death. Remember
what things have been before thee, and what shall
come after thee : this sentence is from the Lord
upon all flesh.

6 And what shall come upon thee by the good
pleasure of the most High? whether ten, or a hun-
dred, or a thousand years.

7 For among the dead there is no accusing of
life.

8 The children of sinners become children of
abominations, and they that converse near the houses
of the ungodly.

9 The inheritance of the children of sinners shall
perish : and with their posterity shall be a perpetual
reproach.

10 The children will complain of an ungodly fa-
ther; because for his sake they are in reproach.

1 1 Wo to you ungodly men, who have forsaken
the law of the most high Lord.

12 And if you be born, you shall be born in ma-
lediction : and if you die, in malediction shall be
your portion.

13 All things that are of the earth, shall return
into the earth ; so the ungodly shall from maledic-
tion to destruction.

14 The mourning of men is about their body : but
the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

15 Take care of a good name; for this shall con-
tinue with thee, more than a thousand treasures
precious and great.

16 A good life hath its number of days: but a
good name shall continue for ever.

17 My children, keep discipline in peace: for
wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen,
what profit is there in them both ?

18 Better is the man that hideth his felly, than
the man that hideth his wisdom.

19 Wherefore have a shame* of these things I am
now going to speak of.

20 For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness:
and all things do not please all men in opinion.

21 Be ashamed of fornication before father and
mother : and of a lie before a governor and a man in
power ;

22 Of an offence before a prince, and a judge ;
of iniquity before a congregation and a people ;

23 Of injustice before companion and friend; and
in regard to the place where thou dwellest,

24 Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the
covenant; of leaning with thy elbow over meat;,
and of deceit in giving and taking ;

* Hare, a shame &c. That is to say, Be ashamed of doing any of
these things which I am now going to mention : for though sometime*
shamefacedness is not to be indulged ! yet it is often good and nece«
sarv ; as in ttie following cases.

' 551

ECCFFSIASTICUS.

Of silence 1* fore them that salute tht'C ; of
looking ii|M)ii a harlot; ami of turning away thy l.tcc
from thy kinsman.

rum mil nwsythj fare from thv neighbour,
and of taking .iw.iv a portion and not restoring.

< rase imi upon another in. in'-, w ile : and be
not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not
I. r bed.

fie ashamed of upbraiding speeches before
friends : and alter thou hast gives, upbraid not.

(II \T. \l.ll.
Of what tkingt te ought not to br atkomrd. Caution* teitk rr-
l In ir.nitrn. The trorhuami greatness nf (lint.

RI.I'F \T not tin- word which thou hast heard;
and disclose not the thing that is secret ; so
shalt thou Im- trulv without contusion, and shalt find
favour before all men : be not ashamed of any of
these things: and accept no person to sin thereby.
J < rfthe law of the st nigh, and of his cove-
nant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly :

M the affair of companions and travellers, and
of the gift of the inheritance of friends :

\ Of exactness of balance and weights, of get-
ting much or little :

5 Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants,
and of much correction of children, and to make
the side of a wicked slave to bleed.

6 Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.

7 Where there are man] hands, shut up and de-
liver all things in number, and weight: and put all
in w riting that thou nivest out or receives! in.

H Be not ashamed to inform the unw ise and fool-
ish, and the aged, that are jinked by young men :
and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and
well approved in the sight of all men living.

!• I he father waketh for the daughter when no
man knoweth : and the care fat In r taketh away his
sleep when she is young, list she pass away the
flower of her age; and when she is married, lest
she should be hateful.

H» In her virginity, lest she should 1m? corrupted,
and he found with child in her lather's house: and
having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself,
or at the least In-come liarren.

1 1 keep a sure w atch o\ er a shameless daughter ;
lest tf any tine she make thee become i laughing
stock to thy enemies, and a by-word in the city, and
a reproach among the people, and she make thee
ashamed before all the multitude.

12 Heboid not everybody's beauty: and tarry
not among women.

I.J For from garments cometh a moth, and from
a woman the iniquity of a man.

I t For better is the iniquity* of a man. lhan a
woman doii od nun, and a woman bringing

shame and reproach.

I ."> I will now remember the works of the Ford:
and 1 w ill declare the things I have seen,
wools ol the Lord are his works.

|ii The sun giving light hath looked upon .ill
things: and full Of the glory of the Ford is his work.

* tlrttrr it tkt taifaUf kr T'i it i>, llirrr i«, oomnw.nh «|»'»kinr, !«"•»

daufrr to be appf M oudol to UwmniI fmm tMobariMin M,orinhirie*

Uy th.

17 Hath not the Ford made the saints to drctat-
all his wonderful works, which the Ford almighty
hath firmly settled to Im- established for bis glory ?

18 He hath searched OIM the deep, and the heart
of men : and considered their craft] devices.

19 For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and
hath beheld ihe signs of the world: he declareth the
things that are past, and the things that aie tocome,
and revealeih the traces of hidden thn

20 No thought escapeth him : and no word can
hide itself from him.

21 He hath beautified the glorious works of his
window : and he is from eternity to eternity ; and
to him nothing may be added,

22 Nor can he he diminished: and he bath no
need of any counsellor.

23 O bow desirable are all his works ; and what
we can know is hut as a spark !

24 All these things live, and remain for ever;
and fbf every Use all thing* obey him.

25 All things arc double, one against another;
and he hath made nothing defective.

26 He hath established the good things of every
one. And who shall l>e filled with beholding his
glory?

CHAP. XFHF

The works of God are rxcertliiialy ■.•/annus ami iconderfui : no
MM it able tujjicicntly to praise him.

rpPHF. firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty
-*- of heaven with its glorious show.

2 The sun when hesppesreth showing forth at
his rising, an admirable instrument, the w <>i k of
the most High.

3 At noon he burnetii the earth; and who can
abide bis burning beat ? Asaua keeping a furnace
in works of heat :

4 The sun three times as much, burnetii the
mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining
with his beams, he blindeth the cm s.

5 Great is the Lord that made him; and at his
words he hath hastened his course.

6 And the moon in all her season, is lor a
declaration of times and a sign of the world.

7 From the moon is the sigB of the festival day,
alight that decreaseth in her perfection.

8 The month is called alter her name, increasing
wonderfully in her per fe c ti on.

9 Being an instrument of the armies on high,
shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.

10 The iiloi v Of the stars is the beauty of heaven :
the Lord enlightened) the world on high.

11 Uy the words of the holy one they shall stand
in judgment, and shall sever tail in their watches.

12 Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that
made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.

13 It encompasseth the heaven shout with the

circle of its glory : the hands of the most High have
displayed it.

14 By his commandment he maketh the snow-
to fall apace, :md sendeth forth swiftly the light-
nings of his judgment.

we receive from men. limn fmm the flattering favour, and familiarity
of women.

CHAP. XLIV.

15 Through this are the treasures opned, and
the clouds fly out like birds.

16 By his greatness he hath fixed th clouds;
and the hailstones are broken.

17 At his sight shall the mountains be shaken:
and at his will the south Wind shall blow.

18 The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth,
so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:

19 And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he
scattereth snow: and the falling thereof, is as the
coming down of locusts.

20 The eye admireth at the beauty of the white-
ness thereof: and the heart is astonished at the
shower thereof.

21 lie shall pour frost as salt upon the earth :
and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops
of thistles.

22 The cold north wind bloweth ; and the wa-
ter is congealed into crystal: upon every gathering
together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the
waters as a breast-plate.

23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn
the wilderness, and consume all that is green as
with fire.

24 A present remedy of all is the speedy coming
of a cloud ; and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat
that cometh, shall overpower it.

25 At his word the wind is still ; and with his
thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath
planted islands therein.

26 Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers
thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall
admire.

27 There are great and wonderful works ; a va-
riety of beasts, and of all living things, and the mon-
strous creatures of whales.

28 Through him is established the end of their
•ourney: and by his word all things are regulated.

29 We shall say much, and vet shall want words:
but the sum of our words is, He is all.

30 What shall we be able to do to glorify him ?
for the Almighty himself is above all his works.

31 The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great,
and his power is admirable.

32 Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can : for
he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is
wonderful.

33 Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you
can : for he is above all praise.

34 When you exalt him, pot forth all your strength,
and be not weary : for you can never go far enough.

35 Who shall see him, and declare him? and
who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?

36 There are many things hidden from us that
are greater than these : for we have seen but a few
of his works.

37 But the Lord hath made all things : and to
the godly he hath given wisdom.

CHAP. XLIV.

The praises of the holy fathers ; in particular of Henoch, Koe,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

LET us now praise men of renown, and our
fathers in their generation.
4 A

2 The Lord hath wrought great glory through
his magnificence from the beginning.

3 Such as have borne rule in their dominions,
men of great power, and endued with their wis-
dom, showing forth in the prophet! the dignity of
prophets,

4 And riding over the present people, and by the
strength of wisdom instructing the people in most
holy words.

5 Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes,
and published canticles of the scriptures.

6 Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness .
living at peace in their houses.

7 All these have gained glory in their genera-
tions, and were praised in their days.

8 They that were born of them have left a name
behind them, that their praises might be related :

9 And there are some, of whom there is no me-
morial ; who are perished, as if they had never
been ; and are born, as if they had never been born,
and their children with them.

10 But these were men of mercy, whose godly
deeds have not failed :

1 1 Good things continue with their seed,

12 Their posterity are a holy inheritance: and
their seed hath stood in the covenants :

13 And their children for their sakes remain for
ever : their seed and their glory shall not be for-
saken.

14 Their bodies are buried in peace: and their
name liveth unto generation and generation.

15 Let the people show forth their wisdom, and
the church declare their praise.

16 Henoch pleased God, and was translated
into paradise, that he may give repentance to the na-
tions.

17 Noe was found perfect, just ; and in the time
of wrath he was made a reconciliation.

18 Therefore was there a remnant left to the
earth, when the flood came.

19 The covenants of the world were made with
him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with
the flood.

20 Abraham was the great father of a multitude
of nations : and there was not found the like to
him in glory, who kept the law of ihe most High,
and was in covenant with him.

21 In his flesh he established the covenant : and
in temptation he was found faithful.

22 Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in
his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of
the earth,

23 And that he would exalt his seed as the stars •
and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the
river to the ends of the earth.

24 And he did in like manner with Isaac for the
sake of Abraham his father.

25 The Lord gave him the blessingof all nations,
and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jamb.

26 He acknowledged him in his blessings, and
gave him an inheritance, and divided him his por-
tion in twelve tribes.

553

ECCLESIASTICUS.

27 And ho pr.*s.i rvcd for him men of mercy, thai
foil! in the i\«s of all llesh.

(II IP. \l.\.
Thr ftraift of Mutt: if .4«r m. ami of Phintrs.

M< >M ^ tea* beloved of God, and men; whose
1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 > i \ is in Ik nediction.
J lit- made him like- the saints in glory, ami
magnified him in flic fear of his enemies : and w illi
hi- words In- maili' prodigies la cease.

3 He glorified him inlln- sighlof kings, and gave
him ( (iiiim anduients in the sight of bit people, and
shovvi-il him his glory.

I He sanctified him in his faith and meekness,
and chose him out of all flesh.

I or lit- heard him, and his voice, and brought
him into a cloud.

6 And he gave him commandments before his
face, and a law of life and instruction, that he
might teach Jacoh his covenant, and Israel his judg-
ments.

7 He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to him-
self of the trilie of Levi :

8 He made an everlasting covenant with him.
and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and
made him blessed in dory.

9 And he girded him al>oiit with a glorious girdle,
and clothed him with a rohe of glory, and crowned
him with majestic attire.

10 He put upon him a garment to the feet, and
breeches, and an ephod ; and he compassed him
with many little l>. lis of sold all round aliout,

II Tlwl as he went there might be a sound, and
a noise made, that might be heard in the temple,
for a Memorial to the children of his people.

1J II. gave him a holy robe of gold, and hhie,
and purple, a woven work, of a wise man, endued
w nh judgment and truth :

13 Ol twisted scarlet, the work of an artist,
with precious stones cut and set in -old, and graven
by the work of a lapidarv for a memorial, according
to the numlM-r of the trilies of Israel.

14 And a crown of gold upon his mitre, w herein
was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour, a
work of |K)wer, and delightful to the eyes for its
beauty.

15 Before him there were none so beautiful, em
from the beginning.

16 No stranger wai ever clothed with them, but
only his children alone, and bis grandchildren for

ever.

17 His sacrifices w . re consumed with lire every-
day.

18 Moses filled his hands, and anointed him
with luilv oil.

19 This was made to him for an everlasting
testament, and to his seed as the davs of heaven.
o> . -\ei nte the office of the priesthood, and to li.tv <
praise, and to glorify his people in his name.

lie chose him out of all men living, to ofT.i
ifice to God, incense, and a good savour, foi a
memorial to make reconciliation for bis people:

• Jrtut tkt im tf .Vinw So Jomio i* name I i i i •- > . i . i W
Fur Jtm auJ Jutu Mguily Ik-- »«m«- lliinj, » ■ • a

21 And he gave him power in his commandments
in the covenants of his judgments, (hat he should

h Jacob his testimonies, and give ligjil to Israe
in his law.

22 And strangers stood up against him : ami
through envy the men that were with Dalban and
Abiron, compassed him about in (he wilderness, and
the congregation of Core in their wrath.

23 The Lord God saw, and it pleased him not:
and thev were consumed in his wrathful indignation

24 He wrought wonders upon them, and consumeu
them w ith a llame of fire.

25 And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him
an inheritance, and divided unto him the first-fruits
of the increase of the earth.

20 He prepared ihem bread in the first place unto
fulness : for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall
eat. w Inch he gave to him, and to his seed.

27 But he shall not inherit among the people in
the land, and he hath no portion among the people :
for he himself is his portion and inheritance.

28 Phinees the son of Klea/.ar is the third in
glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:

29 And he stood up in the shameful fall of the
people: in the good uess and readiness of his soul
he appeased Ciod for Israel.

30 riierefoie he made to him a covenant of peace,
to lie the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people,
that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and
to his seed lor ever.

31 And a covenant to David the king, the son
of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him
and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into out
heart to judge his people injustice, that their good
things might not be abolished: and he made llieil
glorv in their nation everlasting.

CHAP. XLVI.

Thr praitr if Jiaue, if Ctdrb, and if Samuel.

VALIANT in war was Jesus die son of Nave,*
who was successor of Moses among the prophets,
wlu) was great according to his name.

2 Very great for the saving the elect of God, to
overthrow the enemies that rose op against them,
that he might get the inheritance for Israel.

3 How great glory did be gain when he lifted up
his hands, and stretched out swords against thecit.

4 Who before him hath so resisted ? for the Lord
himself brought the enemies.

5 Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one
dav made as two?

G He called upon (he mosl High sovereign win u
the enemies assaulted him on every sub: and the
great and holy God beard him by bail-stones d
exceeding great force.

7 He made a violent assault against the nation of
his enemies: and ill the descent f he destroyed the
adversaries,

8 That the nations might know his poutr, that
it is not easy to light against God. And be followed
the mighty one :

9 And in the davs of Moses he did a w ( rk of

t .IhJih 14c iltKinl nl Uc-lWuo (Juaite, cU. X.)

CHAP. XLVII.

mercy, he and Caleb the son of .Tephone, in standing
against the enemy, and withholding the people from
sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.

10 And they two being appointed, were delivered
out of the danger from among the number of six
hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into
their inheritance, into the land that iloweth with
milk and honey.

11 And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb:
and his strength continued even to his old age, so
that he went up to the high places of the land: and
his seed obtained it for an inheritance:

12 That all the children of Israel might see, that
it is good to obey the holy God.

13 Then all the judges, every one by name, whose
heart was not corrupted; who turned not away from
the Lord,

14 That their memory might be blessed, and
their bones spring up out of their place,

15 And their name continue for ever, the glory
of the holy men remaining unto their children.

16 Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved
of the Lord his God, established a new government,
and anointed princes over his people.

17 By the law of the Lord he judged the con-
gregation : and the God of Jacob beheld ; and by
bis fidelity he was proved a prophet.

18 And he was known to be faithftd in his
words, because he saw the God of light :

19 And called upon the name of the Lord Al-
mighty, in lighting against the enemies who beset
him on every side, when he offered a lamb without
blemish.

20 And the Lord thundered from heaven ; and
with a great noise, made his voice to be heard :

21 And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians,
and all the lords of the Philistines :

22 And before the time of the end of his life in
the world, he protested before the Lord, and his
anointed : money or any thing else, even to his shoe,
he had not taken of any man : and no man did ac-
cuse him.

23 And after this he slept : and he made known
to the king, and showed him the end of his life ;
and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy
to blot out the wickedness of the nation.

CHAP. XLVII.

The praise of Nathan, of David, and of Solomon ; of his fall
and punishment.

THEN Nathan the prophet arose in the days of
David.

2 And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so
was David chosen from among the children of Israel.

3 He played with lions as with lambs : and with
bears he did in like manner as with the lambs of
the flock, in bis youth.

4 Did not he kill the giant, and take away re-
proach from his people ?

5 In lifting up his hand, with the stone in the
sling he beat down the boasting of Goliah :

6 For he called upon the Lord the Almighty :
and he gave strength in his right hand, to take

away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of
his nation.

7 So in ten thousand did he glorify him, and
praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering
to him a crown of glory :

8 For he destroyed the enemies on every side,
and extirpated the Philistines the adversaries unto
this day: he broke then born for ever.

9 In all his works he gave thanks to the holy
One, and to the most High, with words of glory.

10 With his whole heart he praised the Lord,
and loved God that made him : and he gave him
, ower against his enemies :

11 And he set singers before the altar : and by
their voices he made sweet melody.

12 And to the festivals he added beauty, and set
in order the solemn times even to the end of his
life, that they should praise the holy name of the
Lord, and magnify the holiness of God in the
morning.

13 The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his
horn forever: and he gave him a covenant of the
kingdom, and a throne of glory in Israel.

14 After him arose up a wise son, and for his
sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.

15 Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God
brought all his enemies under him, that he might
build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary
for ever : O how wise wast thou in thy youth.

16 And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom,
and thy soul covered the earth.

17 And thou didst multiply riddles in parables:
thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and
thou wast beloved in thy peace.

18 The countries wondered at thee for thy canti-
cles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,

19 And at the name of the Lord God, whose
surname is, God of Israel.

20 Thou didst gather gold as copper, and didst
multiply silver as lead,

21 And thou didst bow thyself to women : and by
thy body thou wast brought under subjection,

22 Thou bast stained thy glory, and defiled thy
seed, so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to
have thy folly kindled,

23 That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be
divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom
to rule.

24 But God will not leave off his mercy, and he
will not destroy nor abolish his own works, neither
will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect :
and he will not utterly take away the seed of him
that loveth the Lord.

25 Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and
to David of the same stock.

26 And Solomon had an end with his fathers.

27 And he left behind him of his seed, the folly
of the nation,

28 Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who
turned away the people through his counsel :

29 And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused
Israel to sin, and showed Ephraim the way of sin,
ami their sins were multiplied exceedingly.

655

KCCLESIASTICUS.

30 They removed them far away from their land.

31 And tin > sought out all iniquities, till ren-

Seaiu •«• (Mine U|m)ii iIk in, and put an « nil to all
nir sms.

CUM'. \I.VII1.

The praise of FJlas, iff FJisruM, of Exrcti i*. nml of Uaiai.

a fire, and

AM) EUias thr prophet stood ii|>. as
his word l)iimt like a torch.

I llr brought a famine upon tin-in, and they that
provoked him in their envy, were redueeil 10 a
small iiuiiiIm r, for the\ could OOt endure the com-
mandments of the Lord.

S Bjf the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven,
and he brought down lire from heaven thrice.

4 Thus Wai I .lias magnified in his wondrous
works. An. I who can -'orv like to thee ?

5 Who raisedsl up a dead man from below, from
the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

ii Who broughtest down kings to destruction,
and hrokist easily their power in pieces, and the
glorious from their bed,

7 Who nearest judgment iu Sina, and in I Ion h
the judgments of vengeance.

8 Who anointest Kings U) penance, and makest
prophets successors after thee.

'.» \\ 'ho was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, iu a
chariot of fury horses.

10 Who art registered in the judgments of times

to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the
heart of the father to the son, and to restore the
tribes of Jacob.

I I Blessed are they that saw thee, and were
honoured with thy friendship.

12 For we live only in our life, but after death
our name shall not be such.

13 I lias was indeed covered with the whirlwind,
and his spirit was filled up iu Kliseus : in his days
he feared not the prince, and no man was more
powerful than he.

14 No word could overcome him, and after death
his body prophesied.

I ") Iu his life he did great w onders, and in death
he wrought miracles.

16 Tor all this the people repented not, neither
did thej depart from their sins, till they were cast
out of their laud, and were scattered through all
the earth.

17 And there was left but a small people, and a
of David.

tat which pleased God :
ins

prince in the hoiisi

18 Some of these did t
hut others committed many s

19 K/.echias fortified his

<itv, and

brought iu
jpsd a rock

water into the midst thereof, and he ill

with iron, and made a well tor water.

20 In his davs Sennacherih came up, and KM

Kah mil lifted up his hand against them, and

stretched out his hand against 5km, and became

proud through his power.

Jl Then their hearts and hands trembled : and

tlit- > were in pain as women iu travail.

\nd they called upon the Lord who is m. i
ciful, and sprcadiug iheii hands, tbcjf lilted them

pleased Godj
David his fa

tm ■ i _■» . f i r i

Tin:
J- of a

up to heaven : and the holy Lord God quickly beard
their voice.

II. was not mindful of their sin-., neither did
be deliver them up to their enemies, but be purified
them bj the hand of Isaias the holy prophet

| He ovet threw tbearmj of the Assyrians, and
the Ansel of the Lord destroyed them.

25 For K/.cchias did that which
and walked valiantly in the wa\ of
ther, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful
in tin- sight of God, had commanded him.

26' In his days the sun went backward, and he
lengthened the sing's life.

27 With a great spirit he saw the things that are
come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners iu
Sion.

28 He showed what should come to pass for
ever, and secret things before thev came.

CHAP. XL1X.

The praue nfjosian. of Jrremias, Ezrehicl, ami the ttoelvr pro-
phets. .Ilso of 'Zorohohtl, .It sin the ton of Joseiltch, St he
miiis. I It not It. .lost ph, Srth.Srm, unit Adam.

memory of Josias is like the composition
sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer.

2 His remembrance shall be sweet as honej in
every mouth, and as music at a banquet of Wine.

3 He was directed by God unto the repentance
of the nation, and he took away the abominations of
wickedness.

4 And he directed his heart towards the Lord,
and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.

5 Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all
committed sin.

6 For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the
most High, and despised the fear of God.

7 So they gave their kingdom to others, and their
glory to a strange nation.

8 They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and
made the streets thereof desolate according to the
prediction of Jeremias.

9 For tnej treated him evil, who was cdDM cra-
ted a prophet from his mother's womb. to overthrow,
and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and
renew .

10 It was F./echicl WHO Saw the gtorioUS vision,
which was shown him Upon the chariot of clieruhinis.

11 For he made mention of the enemies under
the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that
showed i Llit ways.

12 And may the lwnies of the twelve prophets
spring up out of their place : for they strengthened
Jacob, and redeemed themselves by stroll- _ faith.

13 How shall we magnify Zorobabcl ? for he
was asasignetonth • right hand ;

14 In like manner Jesiisthe son of Josedec f w ho
in their da\s built the house, and set up a holy temple
to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.

15 And let Nehemhu be a loajgtime remembered,

w ho raised Up for us our walls that were cast dow n.
and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our
hoic

16 No man was born upon earth like Henoch:
for he also was taken up from tin earth.

CHAP. L, LI.

17 Nor as Joseph, who was a man horn prince
of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler
of his brethren, the stay of the people :

IB And his hones were visited, and after death
they prophesied.*

19 Seth, and Sem obtained glory anions men:
and above every soul Adam in the beginning.

CHAP. L.

The pr nixes of Simon the high priest. The conclusion.

CIMON the high priest, the son of Onias, who in
^ his life propped up the house, and in his days
fortified the temple.

2 By him also the height of the temple was found-
ed, the double building and the high walls of the
temple.

3 In his days the wells of water flowed out, and
they were filled as the sea above measure.

4 He took care of his nation, and delivered it
from destruction.

5 He prevailed to enlarge the city, and obtained
glory in his conversation with the people : and en-
larged the entrance of the house, and the court.

6 He shone in his days as the morning star in the
midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full.

7 And as the sun when it shineth, so did he
shine in the temple of God.

8 And as the rainbow giving light in the bright
clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the
spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the
water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the
time of summer.

9 As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in
the fire.

10 As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every
precious stone.

1 1 As an olive-tree budding forth, and a cypress-
tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the
robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection
of power.f

12 When he went up to the holy altar, he ho-
noured the vesture of holiness.

13 And when he took the portions out of the
hands of the priests, he himself stood by the altar,
and about him was the ring of his brethren: and as
the cedar planted in mount Libanus,

14 And as branches of palm-trees, they stood
round about him, and all the sons of Aaron in their
glory.

15 And the oblation of the Lord was in their
hands, before all the congregation of Israel : and
finishing his service, on the altar, to honour the of-
fering of the most High king,

16 He stretched forth his hand to make a libation,
and offered of the blood of the grape.

17 He poured out at the foot of the altar a divine
odour to the most high Prince.

18 Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sound-
ed with beaten trumpets, and made a great noise to
be heard for a remembrance before God.

* They prophesied. That is, by their being carried out of Egypt they
verified the prophetic prediction of Joseph, Gen. L.

f Ctotlied with the perfection of pmcer. That is, with all the vestments
denoting his dignity and authority.

19 Then all the people together made haste, and
fell down to the earth upon their faces, to adore trie
Lord their God, and to pray to the Almighty God
the most High.

20 And the singers lifted up their voices, and in
the great house the sound of sweet melody was in-
creased.

21 And the people in prayer besought the Lord
the most High, until the worship of the Lord was
perfected, and they had finished their office.

22 Then coming down, he lifted up his hands
oyer all the congregation of the children of Israel, to
give glory to God with his lips, and to glory in his
name:

23 And he repeated his prayer, willing to show
the power of God.

24 And now pray ye to the God of all, who hath
done great things in all the earth, who hath increas-
ed our days from our mother's womb, and hath
done with us according to his mercy :

25 May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that
there be peace in our days in Israel for ever.

26 That Israel may believe that the mercy of God
is with us, todeliverus in his days.

27 There are two nations which my soul abhor-
reth:$ and the third is no nation, which I hate:

28 They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philis-
tines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichern.

29 Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem, hath
written in this book the doctrine of wisdom and in-
struction, who renewed wisdom from his heart.

30 Blessed is he that is conversant in these good
things: and he that layeth them up in his heart, shall
be wise always.

31 For if he do them, he shall be strong to do all
things: because the light of God guideth his steps

CHAP. LI.

A prayer of praise and thanksgiving.

\ PRAYER of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will
-^ give glory to thee, O Lord, O king, audi will
praise thee, O God my saviour.

2 I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast
been a helper and protector to me.

3 And hast preserved my body from destruction,
from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the
lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them
that stood by, thou hast been n»y helper.

4 And thou hast delivered me, according to the
multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that
did roar, prepared to devour.

5 Out of the hands of them that sought my life,
and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed
me about :

6 From the oppression of the flame which sur-
rounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not
burnt.

7 From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an
unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an un-
just king, and from a slanderous tongue :

\ Jlblunreth. viz. With a holv indignation, as enemies of God and
persecutors of his people. Such were then the Edomites who abodo
in mount Seir, the Philistines, and the Samaritans who dwelt in
Sichern, awl had their schismatical temple in that neighbourhood,

SS7

ISA1AS

8My soul shall praise tin- Lord even to death.

9 And my lite was drawing mar to In II beneath.

10 The) compassed me mi run side, .tint there

was no one (hat would help uir. I looked lor the
succour of men, and there was none.

11 I reiuemhi red thy iiich», () l.oid, and thy

•rarkik urhien era from the beginning oJ the world".

\ J. I lo\s (Iuhi delivcrcst them dial wait lor thee,
<) Lord, and saves! ihem out of (he hands of (lit-
nations.

13 Thou hart exalted my dwelling-place upon the

earth, and I have prayed lor death to pass aw a v.

1 1 I oatled u|K>n the Lord, the fat her of at j Lord,
that he would not leave me in the day of mj trouble,
and in the time ol the proud, wiihoiit help.

15 I will praise tliv name ( •ouihiually, and will

tiraise it with thank^'uing, and my prayer was
u-ard.

16 tod thou bast saved na from destruction, and
hast delivered me from the evil time.

17 Therefore I will give thanks, and praise tlice,
and tilo-, the name of the Lord.

18 Winn I araa yet young, before I wandered
about. I KWghl fo? wisdom openly in my prayer.

19 I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the
very end I will seek alter her, and she flourished as

ipe soon tipe.

20 M) heart delighted in her, my foot walked in
the right Way, Ik. iii m\ youth lip I sought after her.

l\ I bowed down my ear a little, and received
her.

22 I found much wisdom in myself, audi profited
much therein.

23 To him that givcth me wisdom, will I five
gbty.

24 For I have determined to follow her: I have
had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.

25 My soul hath wrest Icil lor her, and in doing
it I have been continued.

2b' 1 stietched forth my hands on high, and I be-
wailed inv ignorance of her.

27 I directed my soul to her, and in knowledge
I found her.

: | possessed niy heart with her from the be-
ginning: therefore I shall not Ik- forsaken.

-J .My entrails were troubled in seeking her:
therefore shall I possess a good PO SSesa ioa.

30 The Lord hath given me a tongue for my i< -
ward: and with it I will praise him.

31 Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and grthef
yourselves together into the house of discipline.

.!-! Why are ye slow? and what do you say ot
these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.

33 1 have opened my mouth, and have spoken :
boy her for yourselves without silver,

34 And submit your neck to the yoke, and let
your soul receive discipline : for she is near at hand
to be found.

35 Behold with your eyes how I have laboured
a little, and have found much rest to myself.

.'JG Receive ye discipline as a great sum of mo-
ney, and possess abundance of gold by her.

37 Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and you
shall not be confounded in his praise.

SR W org your work before the time, and he will
give you your reward in his time.

THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS.

Thii inspired trritrr, is called by thr Holy Ghost, F.rrlpsia tic.
xlviii. 23. (be IIWil |ir.'pl»i; from tfir greatness of his pro-
phetic spirit, Of irhirh he hath forrtnla, so long before, nvrl
in so clear o manner, the coming of Christ, thr mysteries nf
our redemption, the rolling ol thr Gentiles, and thr glorious
ihlishnunt, and I" rpttmml Ihniiishing of the church of
Christ: insomuch that he man term-to harr hrrn rat lor on
evangelist than a pro'phi t. Hit n r ti name is not without mys-
trry : for twins in Hebrew signiji'-t tin' ««lvntion "f the
I lit. or. Jrtin h thr l.oril. II'- mat, according to thr tra-
dition aj thr llil, ■ N'fnl roi/ol nf thr kings of Judo :
and after a most holu life, rnd-d his dans by o glorious mar-
tgrdnm | ftn'af sairrd in tiro, at thr command of his wicked
son indaic, long Monases. for reproving hit evil mint.
( II \l\ I.

Thr prophet complains of thr sin* of Judo and .Irrnsalrm : and
rrhnrlf them to a sinrrrr ronrrrsinn.

'I 1 UK vision of Isaias the son nf \mos. which he

■ saw co n c er n ing Joda and Jerusalem in the
■ (.( < tzias, Joathan, Achax, and Eaechba, kings
of Imta.

Hear, ye heavens, and give ear. O earth,
for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up chil-
dren, and I salted them : but ihe\ have despised me.

5*8

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his

master's crib: but Israel hath not known nie. and

my people hath not understood.

4 Wo to the linful nation, a people laden with
iniqttity ( a wicked seed, ungracious children : they
have forsaken (he Lord, they have blasphemed the
Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.

5 l'or what shall I strike yon any more, you that
increase transgression.' the w hole head is sick, and
the w hole heart is sad.

6 From the sole of the foot unto the top of th«
luad, there is no soundness therein: wounds ami
bruises ami swelling sons: they aie not bound up,
nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt
with fire : your country strangers devour before your
face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by
enemies.

R And the daughter of Sion shall lie left ;h i
covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a gardeu ot
CUCUmbers, and as a city that is laid waste.

CHAP. II.

9 Except thfe Lord of hosts had loft us seed, toe
had been as Sodom, and we should have heen like
to Gomorrha.

10 Hear l lie word of the Lord, ye rulers of So-
dom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of
Gomorrha.

1 1 To what purpose do you offer me the multi-
tude of your victims, saith the Lord ? 1 am full, I
desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fallings,
and Mood of calves, and lambs, and buck-goats.

12 When you came to appear before me, who
required these things at your hands, that you should
walk in my courts ?

13 Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense js an
abomination to me. The new moons, and the sab-
baths, and other festivals, I will not abide, your
assemblies are wicked.

14 My soul hateth your new moons, and your
solemnities : they are become troublesome to me, I
am weary of bearing them.

15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I
will turn away my eyes from you : and when you
multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands arc-
full of blood.

16 Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the
evil of your devices from my eyes : cease to do
perversely,

17 Learn to do well : seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge for the fatherless,defendthewidow.

18 And then come, and accuse me, saith the
Lord : if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made
as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson,
they shall be white as wool.

19 If you be willing, and will hearken to me,
you shall eat the good things of the land.

20 But if you will not, and will provoke me to
wrath : the sword shall devour you, because the
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

21 How is the faithful city, that was full of judg-
ment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now
murderers.

22 Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is
mingled with water.

23 Thy princes are faithless, companions of
thieves : they all love bribes, they run after rewards.
They judge not for the fatherless : and the widow's
cause cometh not in to them.

24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts,
the mighty one of Israel : Ah ! I will comfort my-
self over my adversaries : and I will be revenged of
my enemies.

25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will
clean purge away thy dross, and 1 will take away
all thy tin.

26 And I will restore thy judges as they were
before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this
thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.

27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they
shall bring her back in justice.

28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sin-

* Tlie last dmjs. The whole time of the new law from the cominp
of Christ till the end of the world, is called in the scripture the Inst duys ;
because no other age or time shall couie after it, but only eternity.

neistogother : and they that have forsaken the Lord
shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be confounded for the idols, ti
which they have sacrificed : and you shall be asha-
med of the gardens which you had chosen.

30 When you shall be as an oak with the leaves
falling off: and as a garden without water.

31 And your strength shall be as tl»- ashes of
tow, and your work as a spark : and both -.ball burn
together, and there shall be none to quench it.

CHAP. H.

All nations shall flow to the church of Christ. The feu* sha?
be rejected for their sins. Idolatry shall be destroyed.

HP HE word that Isaias the son of Amos sav- con
*- cerning Juda and Jerusalem.

2 And in the last days,* the mountain of theL'USo
of the Lord shall be prepared, on the top of m -un
tains,f and it shall be exalted above the hills* mM
all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many people shall go, and say: Come
and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to
the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach u$>
his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for the law
shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke
many people : and they shall turn their swords intr
ploughshares, and their spears into sickles : nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shah
they be exercised any more to war.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in
the light of the Lord.

6 For thou hast cast off thy people, the house oJ
Jacob : because they are filled as in times past, and
have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have
adhered to strange children.

7 Their land is filled with silver and gold : and
there is no end of their treasures.

8 And their land is filled will) horses : and their
chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full o(
idols : they have adored the work of their owu hands
which their own fingers have made.

9 And man hath bowed himself down, and man
hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.

10 Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the
pit, from the face of the fear of the Lord, and frorv
the glory of his majesty.

11 The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the"
haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the
Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be
upon every one that is proud and high-minded, and
upon everv one that is arrogant, and he shall be hum
bled.

13 And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Li-
banus, and upon all the oaks of Basaii.

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon
all the elevated hills.

15 And upon every high tower, and every fenced
wall.

f On the top of mountains. &c. This shows the perpetual visibility
of the church of Christ : for a mouDtain upon the top of mountain!
cannot be hid.

659

ISA: \-.

16 And MM :ill tin- ships of Thirds, anil U|K)ii
all that is fair to behold.

17 Ami the loftiness of dm shall be beared

down, anil thr haughtiness of nun shall be hum-
bled, ami tin Lord alone shall be exalted in that dag •
I idols shall be urterlj destroyed.*

1!' Wul they shall go into the holes of rocks, and
into the caves oi (In Null, from the face of the fear
of tbfl Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when
be shall rise up to strike the earth.

Ji» In that daj a man ■hall east away his idols of
silver, and his idols o| -old. which he had made lor
himself to adore, umli - .mil hats.

21 And he shall go into the cliffs of rocks, and
into the holes of >toiiis, fiomthe face of the fear ol
the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when
In shall rbe 1 1 1 > to strike the earth.

i ease ye tin refine, from the man w hose breath
is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high*
CHAP. III.

Tie confi.'i m anil nth r rrils thai thall ciimr upon thr Jeirg for
Uk ir sin*. 'I'hr priile of Ihrir teamen shall If punishril.

Ft )|{ !» hold the sovereign tin- Lord of hostsshall
take awa\ from Jerusalem, and from Jnda the
valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread,
•.tin I the whole strength of water.

J I'lii- strom; man, and the inanof war, the judge,
lnd the prophet, and the cunning man, and tiie an-
cient.

3 The captain over fifty, and the honourable in
Countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect,
ami the skilful in eloquent speech.

i \nd I will give children to he their princes,
and the effeminate shall ride over them.

5 And the people shall rush one upon another,
and even man against his neighbour : the child
shall make a tumult against the ancient, and the
i_ linsl the honourable.

6* 1 or a man shall take hold of his brother, one
of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a gar-
ment, be thou our ruler, and lei this ruin be under
thy hand.

7 In thai day he shall answer, saying: I am no
heahr, and in my house there is no bread, nor
clothing: make me not ruler of the people.

lor Jerusalem is ruined} and Juda is fallen:
In cause their tongue, and their devices are agaiust
i Lord, to provoke the cms of his majesty.

9 The show of their countenance hath answered
them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as
om, and tiny have not hid it : wo to their Soul,
foi i \ ils are rendered to them.

|u s., iv i„ thejiisi man that it is Well, for he shall
eat the I'ruit of his doings.

I 1 Wo to the wicked unto evil: for the reward
of Ids hands shall he liven him.

I J As for in) people, their oppressors ha\e strip-
ped them, and women have ruled Over tin in. (J
m\ people, they that call thee Messed, the same de-
ceive thee, and destroj the waj of thj steps.

* /Job tkmlt W ullrrtf itttnyi ; or «(/<•./» /> u» away, lb.. •» «

\n I l.\ ii.m and oOmt
the wtl«l M<iiin <>l ««ii< iii'.l. in teclarioti*

lr»t»i»<

13 The Lord standeth up to judge, and he stand-

eth to (UiL'e the people.

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the
ancients of his people, and its princes ! for von have
di roared Uie vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is
in your house.

15 Why do you consume my people, and grind
the laces of the poor, wiithtbe Lord the God ofhosts?

16 And the Lord mid : Because the daughters of

Sum are haughty, and have walked with stietehed-
out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and
made a noise as they walked with their feet, and
moved in a set pace :

17 The Lord will make bald the crown of the
head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will
discover their hair.

18 latitat daj the Lord will take away the orna-
ments of shoes, and little moons,

19 And chains and necklaces, and bract lets, and
bonnets,

20 And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and
tablets, and street halls, and ear-rin.-.

21 And rings, and jew els banging oa the forehead,

22 And changes of apparel, and short cloaks,
and fine linen, and crisping pins,

23 And looking-glasses, and lawns, and head-
hands, and fine veils.

-' i And instead of a sweet smell there shall be
stench, and instead of a girdle a cord, and insie.id
ol curled hair baldness, and in.stead of a sloinachei
hair-cloth.

25 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword,
and thy valiant ones in battle.

26* And her gates shall lament and mourn, and
she shall sit desolate on the ground,
(HAT. IV.

After an extremity of n-ils that rhall fall upon fhrjnr$,a rem-

unnt \ha!l In rumf'irtiil liy Christ.

A ND in that day seven wimihii shall take hold of
**• one man, sayrag : We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel : only let us he called by
thy name, take away our reproach.

2 In that day the hud of the Lordf shall he in
magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth
thall be high, and a great joy to them thai shall have

escaped of Israel.

.'? And it shall come to pass, that even one that
shall he left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jeru-
salem, shall he called holy, every one that is written
in life in Jerusalem.

4 If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the
daughters ol Sion, and shall wash away ihe blood
of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by (he spirit of
judgment, mid by the spirit of burning.

\ud the Lord will create upon every place of
mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud
by day : and a smoke and the brightness of a (laming
lire in the night : for over all the glon .shall he a pro-
n-ction.

• > And there shall he a taheruacle for a shade in

•ibuntlantlj coofated, who Charge Ok- whole cluuti.-incfcurch witb

i.inr hlnl-.for main ..

i n. bud oj ike Urd. i rut

CHAP. V, VI.

die day-time from the heat, and for a security and
covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.
CHAP. V.

The reprobation of the Jews is foreshown under the parable, of a
vim i/ord. A wo is pronounced against sinners : the army
God shall send against them.

I WILL sing to my heloved the canticle of my cou-
sin* concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a
vineyard on a hillf in a fruitful place.

2 And he fenced it in, and picked the stones out
of it, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built
a tower in the midst thereof, and set up a wine-press
therein: and he looked that it should bring forth
grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

3 And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.

4 What is there that I ought to do more to my
vineyard that I have not done to it? was it that I
looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it hath
brought forth wild grapes?

5 And now I will show you what I will do to
my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof,
and it shall be wasted : I will break down the wall
thereof, and it shall be trodden down.

6 And 1 will make it desolate : it shall not be
pruned, and it shall not be digged : but briers and
thorns shall come up ; and I will command the clouds
to rain no rain upon it.

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the
ho'jse of Israel : and the man of Juda, his pleasant
plant : and I looked that he should do judgment,
and behold iniquity : and do justice, and behold a cry.

8 VVo to you that join house to house, and lay
field to field, even to tin end of the place: shall you
alone dwell in the midst of the earth ?

9 These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of
hosts; Unless many great and fair houses shall
become desolate, without an inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little
measure: and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three
bushels.

1 1 Wo to you that rise up early in the morning
to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening,
to be inflamed with wine.

12 The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and
the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work
of the Lord you regard not; nor do you consider the
works of his hands.

13 Therefore is my people led away captive,
because they had not knowledge; and their nobles
have perished with famine ; and their multitude
were dried up with thirst.

14 Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and
opened her mouth without any bounds: and their
strong ones, and their people, and their high and
glorious ones shall go down into it.

15 And man shall be brought down, and man
shall be humbled: and the eyes of the lofty shall
be brought low.

16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in

* My cousin. S> the prophet calls Chrisf, as being' of his family and
kindred, by descending from the house of David.

i On a kill Si". Literallv, in Ike hum, the son of oil.

4 8 •

judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified m
justice.

17 And the lambs shall feed according to their
order; and strangers shall eat the deserts turned
into fruitfulness.

18 Wo to you that draw iniquity with cords of
vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.

19 That say: Let him make haste, and let his
work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the
counsel of the holy one of Israel come, that we may
know it.

20 Wo to you that call evil good, and good evil,
that put darkness /or light, and light for darkness;
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

21 Wo to you that are wise in your own eyes,
and prudent in your own conceits.

22 Wo to you that are mighty to drink wine, and
stout men at drunkenness;

23 That justify the wicked for gifts, and take
away the justice of the just from him.

24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth
the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth
it; so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall
go up as dust : for they have cast away the law of
the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word
of the holy one of Israel.

25 Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled
against his people : and he hath stretched out his
hand upon them, and struck them : and the moun-
tains were troubled, and their carcasses became as
dung in the midst of the streets. For all this hisanger
is not turned away : but his hand is stretched outstill.

26 And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar
off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the
earth: and behold, theyshallcomewithspeedswiftly.

27 There is none that shall faint, nor labour
among them : they shall not slumber, nor sleep;
neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor
the latchet of their shoes be broken.

28 Their arrows are sharp; and all their bows are
bent. The hoofs of their horses shall be like the
flint, and their wheels like the violence of a tempest.

29 Their roaring like that of a lion; they shall
roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take
hold of the prey ; and they shall keep fast hold of
it; and there shall be none to deliver it.

30 And they shall make a noise against them
that day, like the roaring of the sea: we shall look
towardsthe land, and behold, darknessof tribulation,
and the light is darkened with the mist thereof.

CHAP. VI.

A glorious vision, in which the prophet's lips are cleansed: he
foretelleth the obstinacy of the Jews.

IN the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord
sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his
train filled the temple.

2 Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six
wings; and the other had six wings: with two they
covered his face; and with two they covered his
feet; and with two they flew.

3 And they cried one to another, and said: Holy,
holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts; all the earth is
full of his glory.

IS MAS.

4 And the lintels of the doors were moved at the
voice of htm tlmt cried; and the hone was filled

with smoke.

\u>l I nidi Wo m mo, because I have held
my peace; because I am a man of unclean lip*:
and I dwell in the nidsl of a people thai hath un-
clean lips; and 1 have s, ,n w ilh m\ e\es the King

the Lord of boats.

6 And one of the seraphim* flew tome: and in

his hand was a life coal, which he had taken with

the tongs off the altar.

7 And be touched my month, and said: Behold.
this hath tou che d thy hps: and thy iniquities shall
be taken awa\, and th\ sin shall he cleansed.

\nd I heard the voice of the I. old. savin:;:

Whom shall I send: and who shall go for us? And

!. Lo. here am I ; send me.

1 \nd he said: Go, and tfiou shalt say to this

people: Hearing hear, and understand not: and see

tlie vision, and know it not.

Id Blind the heart of this people, and make their

- beery, and shut their eyes; lest they see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them.

II And I said: How long, O Lord? And he
said : Until the cities lie wasted without inhabitant,
ami the houses without man, and the land shall be
h it deeolatn.

1J And the Lord shall remove men faraway:
and slu- shall be multiplied that was left in the midst
of the earth.

1> And there shall be still a tithing therein : and
she shall turn, and shall he made a show as a tur-
IK-ntiue-tree.and as an oak that sprcadcth its branch-
es : that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy
seed.

CHAP. VII.

The prop > king Achat that thr tiro lings his enemies

ahull not take Jerusalem. A virgin shall conceive and bear

AM) it came to pass in the days of Achaz the
i of Joathan, the son of Ozias king of Juda,
that Kasin kinu. ol Syria, and I'haeee the sun of Ro-
tnelia kiiu ol Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight
against it : but they could not prevail over it.

\ud they told the house ol' David, saying:

i hath rested upon Ephraim : and his heart was

moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of

■ "is an- moved with the w hid.

3 And the Lord said tolsaias: Go forth to meet
Achaz, thou and Jasuh thy sou that is left, to the
« luit of the upper pool, in the way of the Fullers

field.

4 And thou shall say to him : See thou be <|tiirt :
fear n-rf. and let not thy hearts he afraid ol the two

tails .i tins, firebrands, smoking with the wrath of

the fury of Rasin kin- ol Syria, and of the sou ol
i

i hath taken counsel ngainst thee,
til ol Ephraim and the son ol Komclia,

unto the <

us. and mak

king in the midsi .i".

I : .•

to Juda, and r

it lip, ai
of Tali-

and
el

7 Thus sait'n the Lord God: It shall not stand,
and this shall not he.

:; lint the head of Syria is Damascus, and the
head of Damascus is Rastn: and within threescore
and li\e Tears, Ephraim shall cease to be ■ people:

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the
head of Samaria the sun of Koiuelia. If you will

not believe, you shall not continue.

10 And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:

1 1 Ask thee a si^n of the Lord th\ God, either
unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

12 And Achaz said : 1 will not ask : and I will
not tempt the Lord.

!•! And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house
of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous
to men, that you are grievous to my (iodalso?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son : and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

15 He shall eat butter and honey, that he may ■
know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

16 For before the child know to refuse the evil,
and to choose the good, the land w Inch thou abhor-
rest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy
people, and upon the house of thy father, days that
nave not come since the time or the separation of
Ephraim from Juda, with the king of the Assvrians.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost
parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is
in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come, and shall all of them rest
in the torrents of the vallies, and in the holes of the
rocks, and upon all places set with shrubs, and in
all hollow places.

20 In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor
that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by
the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs ol
the feet, and the whole beard.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a
man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep,

22 And for the abundance of milk he shall cat
butter: for butler and honey shall everyone eat,
that shall be left in the midst of the land.

J.» And it shall come to pass in that day, that
everyplace where there were a thousand vines, at ■
thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and
briars.

24 With arrows and with bows they shall go in
thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.

25 And as lor all the hills that shall be raked
with a rake, the fear of thorns and briars shall not
come thither: but they shall be for the o\ to U id
"ii. and the leaser cattle to tread upon.

CHAP. V1I1.

The name, of a child that is to Itc bom : many evils shall come
upon the Ji IM fur their tins.

A ND the Lord said to me: Take thee a gnat
-f*- book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take
awaj the spoils with speed ; aukklj take the pi

v I I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias
the priest, and Zacharias the son ol Bam bias.

CHAP. IX.

3 And 1 went to the prophetess ; and she con-
ceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said tome:
Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils :
Make haste to take away the prey.

4 For before the child know to call his Father
and his mother, the strength of Damascus, and the
spoils of Samaria shall be taken away before the
kmy; of the Assyrians.

5 And the Lord spoke to me again, saying :

6 Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the
waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath
rather taken llasin, and the son of Romelia :

7 Therefore behold, the Lord will bring upon

them the waters of the river strong and many, the
king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he
shall come up over all his channels, and shall over-
flow all his banks,

8 And shall pass through Juda, overflowing ;
and going over, shall reach even to the neck. And
the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth
of thy land, O Emmanuel.

9 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and
be overcome : and give ear, all ye lands afar off:
strengthen yourselves, and be overcome; gird your-
selves, and be overcome.

10 Take counsel together, and it shall be defeat-
ed : speak a word, and it shall not be done : because
God is with us :

11 For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath
taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk
in the way of this people, saying :

12 Say ye not: A conspiracy : for all that this
people speaketh, is a conspiracy; neither fear ye
their fear, nor be afraid.

13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself : and let
him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14 And he shall be a sanctification to you : hut
for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence
to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

1 5 And very many of them shall stumble and fail,
and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared,
and taken.

16 Bind up the testimony : seal the law among
my disciples.

17 And 1 will wait for the Lord, who hath hid
his face from the house of Jacob : and I will look
for him.

18 Behold, land my children, whom the Lord
hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel
from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount
Sjon.

19 And when they shall say to you : Seek of
pythons,* and of diviners, who mutter in their en-
chantments : should not the peoole seek of their
God, for the living of the dead ?

20 To the law rather, and to the testimony. And
if they speak not according to this word, they shall
not have the morning light.

21 And they shall pass by it: they shall fall, and
be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they
will he angry, and curse their king, and their God,
and look upwards.

22 And they shall look to the earth; and behold,
trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a
mist following them : and they cannot fly away from
their distress.

CHAP. IX.

What joy shall come after afflictions by the birth and Icingdnm of
Christ : tehich shall flourish for ever. Judgments upon Israel
for their sins.

A T the first time the land of Zabulon, and the
-£*- land of Nephthali was lightly touched : and at

* Sick of pythons. That is, people pretending to tell future tinners
hy a prophesying spirit. Should not the people seek of their God for the
thing of the dead I Here is signified, thn( it i' to God we should p a»- ti-

the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of
the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded.

2 The people that walked in darkness, have seen
a great light:* to them that dwelt in the region of
the shadow of death, light is risen.

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not
increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee,
as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors re-
joice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils.

4 For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of
their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor
thou hast overcome, as in the day of Madian.

5 For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult,
and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt,
and be fuel for the fire.

6 For a child is born to us; and a son is given
to ns; and the government is upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsel-
lor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to
come, the Prince of peace.

7 His empire shall be multiplied; and there shall
he no end of peace : he shall sit upon the throne of
David, and upon his kingdom ; to establish it and
strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from
henceforth and for ever : the zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this.

8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob ; and it hath
lighted upon Israel.

9 And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and
the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and
haughtiness of their heart:

10 The bricks are fallen down: but we will build
with square stones : they have cut down the syca-
mores, but we will change them for cedars.

1 1 And the Lord shall set up the enemies of Ra-
sin over him, and shall bring on his enemies in a
crowd :

12 The Syrians from the east, and the Philis-
tines from the west : and they shall devour Israel
with open mouth. For all this his indignation is
not turned away; but his hand is stretched out still.

13 And the people are not returned to him who
hath struck them, and have not sought after the
Lord of hosts.

14 And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel tin

be directed, and not to seek of the dead, (that is, of fortune-tellers dead
in sin,) for the health of the living.

563

I- MAS.

bead and the tail, bin that bendeth dovva, ami him
ili, tt holdeth back, in one day.

l.) The aged and honourable, be b ihe head:
ami tin- prophet tliat teacheth lies, he is the tail.

lii Ami they that call this people blessed, shall
cause then to err .-and they that are called blessed,

shall he thrown down headlong.

17 Therefore the Lord >,hall have bo joy in ihejr
young men: neither shall be have mere] on their

fatherless ami widows: for everj one i> a hypocrite

ami w irked, and every month hath tookee Wiy. For
all this his indignation ia not turned away; but his
hand is stretched out still.

18 I 'or arickednesa is kindled as a fire, it shall
devour the brier and the thorn; and shall kindle in
the thicket of the forest: and it shall he wrapped up
in smoke ascending on high.

19 By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is
troubled, and the people shall he as fuel for the lire:
no man shall spare his hrother.

\ml he shall turn to the right hand, and shall
be hungry : and shall eat on the hit hand, and shall
not Ik- tilled: every oiii' shall eat the llesh of his own
arm : Manasses L'phraim, and Ephraim Manasses,
(//(</ thej together shall he against Juda.

21 After all these things his indignation is not
turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
CHAP. X.

'« the makers of tricked law*. The Assyrians shall be a rod
/or punishing Israel : but for their pride they shall be de-
stroyed : and a remnant of Israel saved.

WO to them that make wicked laws; and when
they w rite, write injustice:
2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do vio-
lence lo the cause of the humble of my people:
that widows might be their prey, and that they
might roh the fatherl

. '. What will you do in the day of visitation, and
of the calamity which eoiueth from afar ? to whom
will you flee lor help ? and where will ye leave your
gioi

I iiat you Ik- not bowed down under the bond,

and fall wiih the slain: In all these things his anger

is not turned away, hut his hand is stretched out si ill.

> Wo to the Assyrian, lie is the rod and tin' staff

of my anger, ami my indignation is in their hands.

6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will
■ him a charge against ihe people of my wrath,

ike away the spoils, and to lav hold on the prey,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 Hut he shall not take it so, and his heart shall
not think so: hut his heart shall he set to destroy,
ami to cut off nations not a few.

>r lie shall s.,\ :
'.' We not my princes as so many kiims : is not
< harcamis: ami Kmaih as kiphadfia
ii it S I Damascus ?

IK W ins hand hath found the kingdoms of the
idi ' their idols of Jerusalem, ana ol Samaria.

I rnanl tfthrm thill it eoirrrttd. Tim w» ,
rhildi I

.remount .ifii.r .low* i ']»i.

11 Shall I not, as I have done to Sam;. /i and
her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idol*!

I 1 And it shall come to pass, that when tlir Lord
shall have performed all his works in mpOBJ Sion,
ami in Jerusalem, 1 will visit the fruit of the proud
heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the
haughtiness of bis eyes.

Li For he bath said : By the strength of mv own
hand I have done it. and by mv own wisdom I have
understood: and I have removed the hounds of Un-
people, and have taken the spoils of their prim
and as a mighty man have pulled down them that
silt on high.

II And my hand hath found the strength of the
people as a nest : and as eggs are gathered, that an
left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was
none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
made the least noise.

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that
etittcth with it.' or shall the saw exalt itself against
him by whom it is drawn' as if a rod should lift it-
self up against him that lifleth it up, and a stall' ex-
alt itself, which is hut wood.

16 Therefore the sovereign Lord the Lord of
hosts shall send leanness among his fat ones: and
under his glory shall he kindled a burning as it were
the burning oi a fire.

17 And the light of [area] shall he as a fire, and
the holy One thereof as a llame: and his thorns ami
his briars shall he set on tire,, and shall he devoured
in one day.

18 And the glory of bis forest, and of his beauti-
ful hill shall he consumed from the soul even to the
llesh, and he shall run away through fear.

19 And they that remain of tin of his forest
shall be so few. that they shall easily be numbered,
ami a child shall write them down.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that
the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of
the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him
that striked) them : but they shall lean ui>oii the
Lord the holy one of Israel, in truth.

21 The remnant shall be converted, the remnant,
1 say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.

22 For if thy people, O Israel, shall he as the
s and of the sea, a remnant of them shall be convert-
ed,* the consumption abridgedf shall overflow with
justice.

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make I con-
sumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all
the land.

21 Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God ot
hosts: O my people thai dwellest in Sion, be not

afraid of the Assyrian : he shall strike thee with his
rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the
wa\ of Egypt

25 For yet a little and a very little while, and
my indignation shall cease, ami my wrath shall be

upon their wickedness.

f 7V remntmition » ' i», tlir numtir of (Ami nit tkml,

mmi re uini /e Jr>-, -.lia!! floliruh in ahtin<laiirr of jil*!:-

CHAP. XI, XII, XIII.

20 And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge
against him, according to the slaughter of Madian
in the rock of Orel), and his rod over the sea, and
he shall lift it up in the way of Egypt.

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his
burden shall he taken away from off thy shoulder,
and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke, shall
putrefy at the presence of the oil.*

28 He shall come into Aiath,f he shall pass into
Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.

29 They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodg-
ing: Rama was astonished, Gahaath of Saul lied
..way.

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, at-
tend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.

31 Medemena is removed : ye inhabitants of Ga-
bim, take courage.

32 It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he
shall shake his hand against the mountain of the
daughter of Sion, the hill.of Jerusalem.

33 Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall
break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall
of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be
humbled.

34 And the thickets of the forest shall be cut
down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones
shall fall.

CHAP. XI.

Of the spiritual kingdom of Christ, to which all nations shall

repair.

AND there shall come forth a rod out of the root
of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his
root.

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him :
the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the
spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of know-
ledge, and of godliness,

3 And he shall be filled with the spirit of the
fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to
the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the
healing of the ears.

4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and
shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth:
and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his
mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay
the wicked.

5 And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and
faith the girdle of his reins.

6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the
lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little
child shall lead them.

7 The calf, and the bear shall feed : their young
ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw
like the ox

8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole
of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his
hand into the den of the basilisk.

9 They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all

* .it the presence of the oil- That is, by Hie sweet unction of divine
mercy.

| Jnlo Aialh &r Here the prophet describes the march of the As-

my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the
knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of
the sea.

10 In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth
for an ensign of people, him the Gentiles shall be-
seech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.

1 1 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess
the remnant of his people, .which shall be left from
the Assyrians, and from Egypt and from Phetros,
and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sen-
naarand from Emath,and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he shall set up a standard unto the na-
tions, and shall assemble the fugitives of Israel, and
shall gather together the dispersed of Juda from the
four quarters of the earth.

13 And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken
away, and the encmiesof Juda shall perish: Ephraim
shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not fight against
Ephraim.

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
Philistines by the sea, they together shall spoil the
children of the east: Edom, and Moab shall be un-
der the rule of their hand, and the children of Am-
nion shall be obedient.

15 And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of
the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the
river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike
it in the seven streams, so that men may pass
through it in their shoes.

16 And there shall be a high-way for the remnant
of my people, which shall be left from the Assyri-
ans: as there was for Israel in the day that he
came up out of the land of Egypt.

CHAP. XII.

A canticle of thanksgiving for the benefits of Christ.

\ ND thou shalt say in that day : I will give
-*■*- thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry
with me : thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast
comforted me.

2 Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confi-
dently, and will not fear: because the Lord is my
strength, and my praise, and he is become my sal-
vation.

3 You shall draw waters with joy out of the sa-
viour's fountains :

4 And you shall say in that day : Praise ye the
Lord, and call upon his name: make his works
known among the people: remember that his name
is high.

5 Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great
things : show this forth in all the earth.

6 Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion :
for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the holy
one of Israel.

CHAP. XIII.

The desolation of Babylon.

r rHlE burden of Babylon, J which Isaias the son
-■- of Amos saw.

svrians under Sennacherib; and the terror they should carry with
them ; and how thev should suddenly be destroyed.

t The burden of Babylon. That is, a prophesy against Babyltn.

565

ISAIAS.

2 Upon the dark Mountain lilt je up a bnnner,
Ice, lift up the band, and let the mien
go into the - iti i<
.; I nave commanded my nnctified ones, and

n.iv <■ called my Strong onei in m> w i.nli. them that

rejoice in my dory.

I The noise <>t' a multitude in the mountaioa, aa
it hi re of many people, tin- noise of the sound of
lungs, of nations |atneced together; the Lord of
hosts hath given charge t<> the troopa of war.

[.i them that come from a country alar oft,
from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instru-
ments of hia wrath, to destroj the whole land.

t; Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it
shall come aa a destruction from the Lord.

; rherefore shall all bands be faint, and every

: of man shall melt,

8 Ami shall be broken. Gripingsand pain* shall

take bold of them, they shall l>e in pain as a woman
in lalniur. Lv.iv one shall be amazed at his neigh-
bour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.

9 Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel
. and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury,

lolaj the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners
thereof out of it. .

Hi Tor the stars of heaven, and their brightness
shall not display their light : the sun shall be dark-
1 in his rising, and the moon shall not shine
with her light

II And I will visit the evils of the world, and
ii^t the wicked for their iniquity, and I will
..■ the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring

down the arrogancy of the mighty.

1 J A man shall he more mecious than gold, yea
a man than the finest of gold.

IS For this I will trouble the heaven: and the
i shall he moved out of her place, for the indig-

..II of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his

w rath.

I i. And they shall be as a doe fleeing nway, and

.mil there shall be none to gather them

,. r> man shall turn to his own people,

and ever) one shall llee to his own land.

I ') I ,\ ery one that shall he found, shall he slain :
and ne that shall come to their aid, shall lall

by tip' sword.

Iti Their infants shall he dashed in pieces before
ill,. their bouses shall he pillaged, and their

w ives -hi!! i" ravished.

1 7 Behold I will stir up the \I. .!■ I against them,
who shall not seek silver, DOr desire -old:

19 But with their ai rows they shall kill the chil-

d and shall ha\e no pity upon the sucklings ol

the WOOlb. and their eye shall not span- their sons.

19 And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms,
the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall he even as
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.

It shall no more he inhabited lor ever, and it
diall not he founded unto generation and gent ra-
tion : neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents tie re,
nor shall sheple I there.

21 Bui wild h. asts s|,,iil nst there, and their
houses shall be Idled with serpent*, and ostriches

shall dwell tnere, and the hairy ones shall dance
then

I And owls shall answer one another tin r< . in
the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples ol

pleasure.

< HAP. XIV.

TV Trituration nf hr.nl iiftrr thrir r</;</iriV«.
or tang itumltvu; unr the king of llahylon.
against the I'hilistiiun.

||KII

The parahle
A iir<

time is near at hand, and her days shaL
not be prolonged. For the Lord will have

meicy <>n Jacob, and will vet choose out ol Israel,
and will make them rest upon their own ground :
ami the Strangers shall be joined with them, and
shall adhere to the house of Jacob.

And the pnopk shall take them, and bring them
into their place: and the house of Israel shall
possess them in the land of the Lord for servants
and handmaids : and they shall make them captives
that bad taken them, and shall subdue their op-
pressors.

3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that
when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and
from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage w here-
with thou didst serve before,

4 Thou shalt take up this parable against the
king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the op-
pressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased : .

5 The Lord hath bioken the staff of the wicked,
the rod of the rulers,

6 That struck the people in wrath with an un-
curable wound, that brought nations under in fury,
that persecuted in ■ cruel manner.

7 The w hole earth is quiet and still, it is glad
and hath rejoiced.

8 The fir-trees also have rejoiced over thee, and
the cedars of Libanus, sin/iiiL r : Since thou hast slept,
there hath none come up to cut us down.

9 Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at
thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All
the princes of the earth are risen up from their
thrones, all the princes of nations.

10 All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also
art wounded as well as we, thou art become like
unto ii-.

1 1 Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass
is fallen down : under thee shall the moth bestrew-
ed, and worms shall be thy covering.

I J How an thou fallen irom heaven, O Lucifer,*
who didst rise in the morning ; how art thou fallen
to the earth, that didst wound the nations?

13 And thou saidst in thy heart : I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant,
in the sides of the north.

1 V 1 will ascend above the height ol the clouds,
I will be like the most High.

15 But yet thou shall be brought down to hell,
into the depth of the pit.

* O l.wjfrr. O da\-»t.ir. All this according to UM letter, ii ipokem
oflhckiugul B.lnliw- l«it ii IMJ alto b« applied, io a •pirilual i ~
tj Lu t of dcT.U

CHAP. XV, XVI.

16 They that shall see thee, shall turn toward
thee, and behold thee: Is this the man that troubled
the earth, thai shook kingdoms,

17 That made the world a wilderness, and de-
stroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison
to his prisoners?

18 All the kings of the nations have all of them
slept in glory, every one in his own house.

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave, as an un-
profitable branch defiled, and wrapped up among
them that were slain by the sword, and are gone
down to the botton of the pit, as a rotten carcass.

20 Thou shalt not keep company with them,
even in burial : for thou hast destroyed thy land,
thou hast slain thy people : the seed of the wicked
shall not be named for ever.

21 Prepare his children for slaughter for the ini-
quity of their fathers : they shall not rise up, not
inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with
cities.

22 And I will rise up against them, saith the
Lord of hosts : and I will destroy the name of Ba-
bylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the off-
spring, saith the Lord.

23 And I will make it a possession for the er'cius
and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear
it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts.

24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying : Sure-
ly as 1 have thought, so shall it be : And as I have
purposed,

25 So shall it fall out: That I will destroy the
Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread
him under foot : and his yoke shall be taken away
from them, and his burden shall be taken off their
shoulder.

26 This is the counsel that I have purposed upon
all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched
out upon all nations.

27 For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who
can disannul it ? and his hand is stretched out : and
who shall turn it away ?

28 In the .year that king Achas died, was this
burden :

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod
of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out
of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk,
and his seed shall swallow the bird.

30 And the first-born of the poor shall be fed,
and the poor shall rest with confidence : and I will
make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill
thy remnant.

31 Howl, O gate, cry, O city: all Philistia is
thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the
north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.

32 And what shall be answered to the messen-
gers of the nations ? That the Lord hath founded
Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.

CHAP. XV.

Aprophery of the desolation of the Moabitis.

HP HE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar

-■- of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the

wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high

places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moan
hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness,
and every beard shall be shaven.

3 In their streets they are girded with sackcloth :
on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, all
shall howl and come down weeping:

4 Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their voice is
heard even to Jasa. For this shall the well-appoint-
ed men of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to itself.

5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereoi
shall fee unto Segor, a heifer of three years old :
for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping:
and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry
of destruction.

6 For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate,
for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded,
all the greenness is perished.

7 According to the greatness of their work, is their
visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent ot
the willows.*

8 For the cry is gone round about the border ot
Moab : the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto
the well of Elim the cry thereof.

9 For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood:
for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon
them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant
of the land.

CHAP. XVI.

The prophet praye.th for Christ's coming. The affliction of
the Moabites for their pride.

SEND forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the
earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of
the daughter of Sion.

2 And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing
away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so
shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of
Arnon.

3 Take counsel, gather a council : make thy sha-
dow as the night in the mid-day: hide them that
flee, and betray not them that wander about.

4 My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab,
be thou a covert to them from the face of the de-
stroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch is come
to naught: he hath failed, that trod the earth under
foot.

5 And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and
one shall sit upon it, in truth in the tabernacle of
David, judging and seeking judgment, and quickly
rendering that which is just.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is
exceedingly proud: his pride and his arrogancy and
his indignation is more than his strength.

7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one
shall howl : tothem that rejoice upon the brick walls,
tell ye their stripes.

8 For the suburbs of Hesebon are desolate, and
the lords of the nations have destroyed the vine-
yard of Sabama : the branches thereof have reached
even to Jazer: they have wandered in the wilder-
ness, the branches thereof are left, they are gone
over the sea.

* Torrent of tlie willows. That is, as some say, the waters of Baby-
lon : others render it a vallev of the Arabians.
567"

I- MAS.

9 Therefore I will lament with DM weeping "I
r the rineyard of Sabama: I will water thee
wuli nij tears, Hcsclion, and Elcale: for the voice
of the hath nulled in upon thy vim

and upon (h\ I;

In \n I gladueM ami joy shall be taken aw ay from

mi 1.* anil thru shall l>e no rejoicing nor >hmit-

IBfl in ih«' vim-yards, lit- shall not triad out \\ ine

in the press that was wont to tread it out: the voice

ol the tnailt rs I have taken aua\ .

1 I \\ heretore my bowels shall sound like a harp
tor Moab, and m\ inward parts for the brick wall.

I J Vint it shall come to pass, w hen it is seen that
Moib is weaned on his high plares, that he shall
go into his sanetuaries to pray, anil shall not pre\ ail.

13 I i- a the word thai the Lord spoke to Moab
from that time:

1 \ Ami son tin' Lord hath spoken, nying: In
three \ears. as the yean of a hireling, the filt>r_\ of
Moab shall he taken awa\ for all the multitude of
the people, and it shall he left small and feeble, not
main.

(II W. WII.

Judgments upon Damascus anil S, anuria. The overthrow of
the Assyrians.

TIIK burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus
shall .ease to be a CftJ , and shall be as a ruin-
ous heap of stones.

I The cities of Aroer shall be lel\for flocks, and
h<v shall rest there, and there shall be none to
make them afraid.

3 And aid shall cease from Ephraini, and the
kingdom from I Damascus: and the remnant of Syria
shall be as the {dory of the children of Israel: saith
In- land of hosts.

I And it shall come to pass in that day. that the

dory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of

his Bestl shall grow lean.

5 And it shall be as w hen one gathered! 10 the
harvest that which reniaineth, and his arm shall
gather the ears of corn : and it shall be as he that
seeketh ears in the rale of liaphaim.

• I \nd the fail tin rent that shall be left upon it,
shall be as one cluster of crapes, and as the shaking
of the olive-tree, two or thn e berries in the top ol a
bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith
the Lord the (iod of Israel.

7 In that i!a\ man shall bow down himself to his
Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of
Israel

8 And he shall not look to the altars which his
hands made : and he shall not ha\e respect to the
things that his fingers W rou gh t, such as groves and
temples a/ toVWff.

'.' In that day his strons cities shall be forsaken,
as the ploughs, and the com that were leftt before
the face ol the children of Isiai |. and timn slialt lie

10 i thou hast forgotten God thy Saviour,

• Ctrmil Thw DM
lull., t. win

t TkitKtrt Uf:
came luto tbeir land.

Uir and fruitful
diIgs, when the children of I .rati

and hast not remembered tin Strong helper i ..ivre-

foie shall thou plant good |ilants, and shah -

strange seed.

II In the day of thy planting shall be the wild
grape, and in the morning thi seed shall flourish:
the harvest is taken away in the day of inheritance,

and shall grieve thee much.

1J Wo m toe multitude? of many people, like
the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of

crowds, like the noise of many waters.

13 .Nations shall make a noise like the noise of
waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and
he shall lite far off: and he shall be carried awav
as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as

a whirlwind before a tempest.

14 III the time of the evening, behold there shall

he trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall
not be: ttrku the portion of them thai have wasted

ii-. and the lot of them that spoiled Us.
CHAP. XVIII.

A wo to the Ethiopians, who fid ltrarl with rain hopes ; their

futiirr vonremion.

TM7"0 to the land the winged cj mbal, w huh is be-
* " yopd the rivers of Ethiopia,

2 That sentleth ambassadors by the sea, anil in

vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift
angels, T t0 a nation rent and torn in pieces : to a
terrible ppople, after which there is no other : to a
nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land
the rivers have spoiled :

3 All ye inhabitants of the world] who dwell on
the earth, when the sign shall be lilted up on the
mountains, you shall see, and you, shall hear the
sound of the trumpet :

4 For thus saith the Lord to me : I will take my
I' -i. and consider in my plate, as the noon light is
clear, ami as a cloud of dew in the day of ban est.

5 For before the harvest it was all flourishing,
and it shall bud without perfect ripeness, ami the
sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning hooks :
and what is left shall be cut a\\a\ and shaken out.

6 And (hey shall be left together tff the birds of
the mountains, and the beasts of the earth : and the
fouls shall he upon them all the summer, ami all
the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

7 At that time shall a pres en t be brought to the
Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pie.
from a terrible people, alter which there hath been
no other, from a nation expecting, expecting and
Hodden under foot, whose laud the rivers have
spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of
hosts, to mount Sinn.

CHAP. XIX

The punishment of Bgfpt ; tlmriall to the rhurrh.

nPHL burden of Egypt: Behold the Lord will

•*■ ascend upon s swift cloud, and will enter into

pt, and the idols of Egypt shall he moved at
his presence, anil the heart of Egypt shall melt in
the midst thereof.

J The mulhluil'. A I ,i» and all thai folUrt ■ nd of the

liapUT. retain to the Auyrian arm;, uiuIit Sennacherib.
I .tngtlt. Or ni iwamcr*,

CHAP. XX, XXI.

2 And I will set the Egyptians to fight against
the Egyptians : and they shall fight brother against
brother, and friend against friend, city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the
bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel ;
and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners,
and their wizards, and soothsayers.

4 And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel
mastera, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith
the Lord the God of hosts.

5 And the water of the sea shall be dried up; and
the river shall be wasted and dry.

6 And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the
banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The
reed and the bulrush shall wither away.^

7 The channel of the river shall be laid bare from
its fountain, and every thing sown by the water shall be
dried up; it shall wither away, and shall be no more.

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a
hook into the river shall lament: and they that spread
nets upon the waters shall languish away.

9 They shall be confounded that wrought in flax,
combing and weaving fine linen.

10 And its watery places shall be dry; all they
shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.

11 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the
wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish coun-
sel : how will you say to Pharao : I am the son of
the wise, the son of ancient kings ?

12 Where are now thy wise men ? let them tell
thee, and show what the Lord of hosts hath purpos-
ed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Tanis are become fools; the
princes of Memphis are gone astray; they have de-
ceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.

14 The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof
the spirit of giddiness : and they have caused Egypt
to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth
and vomiteth.

15 And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make
head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth
back.

16 In that day Egypt shall be like unto women:
and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of
the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which
he shall move over it.

17 And the land of Juda shall be a terror to
Egypt: every one that shall remember it shall trem-
ble, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts,
which he hath determined concerning it.

18 In that day there shall be five cities in the
land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan,
and swearing by the Lord of hosts : one shall be
called the city of the sun.

19 In that day there shall be an altar of the Lord
in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument
of the Lord at the borders thereof:

20 It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to

the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they

shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor: and

he shall send them a saviour and a defender to de-

liverthem.

4 c

21 And the Lord shall be known by Egypt-, and
the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and
shall worship him with sacrifices and offerings : and
they shall make vows to the Lord, and perform them.

22 And the Lord shall strike Egvpt with a
scourge, and shall heal it; and they shall return to
the Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them,
and heal them.

23 In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to
the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into
Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians: and
the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian.

24 In that day shall Israel be the third to the
Egyptian and the Assyrian : a blessing in the midst
of the land,

25 Which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying :
Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of
my hands to the Assyrian : but Israel is my inherit-

ance.

CHAP. XX.

The ignominious captivity of the Egyptians, and the Ethiopians.

TN the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus,
-^- when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent
him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had
taken it :

2 At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand
oflsaias the son of Amos, saying : Go, and loosethe
sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes
from thy feet. * And he did so, and went naked,
and barefoot.

3 And the Lord said : As my servant Isaias hath
walked naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and
a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon
Ethiopia,

4 So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away
the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethio-
pia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their
buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.

5 And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethio-
pia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

6 And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in
that day : Lo, this was our hope, to whom we
fled for help, to deliver us from the face of the king
of the Assyrians : and how shall we be able to

escape i

CHAP. XXI.

The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians ; a pro-
phecy against the Edomites and the Arabians.

HPHE burden of the desert of the sea.* As whirl-
*- winds come from the south, it cometh from
the desert, from a terrible land.

2 A grievous vision is told me : he that is un-
faithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoil-
er, spoileth. Go up, O Elam,t besiege, O Mede :
1 have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain; an-
guish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a
woman in labour : I fell down at the hearing of it;
I was troubled at the seeing of it.

* The desert of the sea. So Babylon is here called, because, from a
city as full of people as the sea is with water, it was become a desert.
+ Elam. That is, O Persia.

669

1SAIAS.

I My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Baby-

lon mv b el o ved is becomei womlrr i<> me.

> Prepare the table, behold in the watch-tower
them thai eat an.l drink : arise, ft princCSi take up
tlie shield.

6 I "or thus hath the Lord said t<> me: (in, and

i watchman: and whatsoever lie shall set
him tell.

; \ud he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a
rider upon an ass,* and a rider upon a camel : anil he
beheld them diligently with much heed.

8 And a lion cried OUt:t 1 am upon the watch-
tower ol the Lord standing continually by day: and
I am upon my ward, Btandtnc whole nights.

9 1 It hold, t his man cometh, the rider upon the
chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and
said: Hahvlon is fallen, slit is fallen, and all die gra-
ven nods thereof are broken uotothe ((round.

10 my threshing, and the children of my floor,

that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts the
God of Israeli I have declared unto you.

II The burden of Duma} calletn to mc out of
Seh: Watchman, what of the night? watchman,
w hat of the night ?

12 The watchman said: The morning cometh,
also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

_ 13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest at eve-
ning you shall sleep, in the paths of IVdanim.

14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that
inhabit the laud of the south, meet with bread him

thai lleetll.

16 For they are fled from l>efore the swords,
from the sword that hung over them, from the bent
bow, from the face of a grievous battle.

h; For thussaith the Lord to me: Within ■ year,
Recording to the years of a hireling, all the glory of
( Vdai § shall be taken away.

I 7 \ml the residue of the number of strong arch-
ers of the children of f "edar shall he diminished :
for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

CHAP. XXII.

The prnphrl laments the flrrnstiition nf Juda. He foretells the
iit)iriration of Subnet, and the tmSttUmtion if Eltaciin, a
Jigureof Chi

THE burden of the valley of vbion.| Whataileth
thee aNo. that thou too art wholly gone up to
the bouse tops?

ill of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city :
thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in
battle.

3 All thy princes are Bed together, and are bound
hard : all that wets found, are bound tog eth e r , they
are Bed far off.

V Therefore have I said: Depart from me; I
will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for
the devastation of the daughter of my people.

For it is a day of slaughter, and Of treading

tnult upor

rfiwm. Jeruaalem. The temple of Jeruaalem w*«
/ ,nn, <>r llic mountain of tiiion. But tin

i .ton ; ritlxr bccau«c it im lower than tl*
irmple, or becauje of the low condition to which it waa to be re-

down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hi

in the \ alley of vision, searching the wall, and m
u i lit cut upon the mountain.

6 And Flam took the tpiiver, the chariot of the
horseman, anil the shield was taken down from tho
wall.

7 Andihy choice valleys shall Im- full of chariots,
and the horsemen shall place themselves in the gate.

!l And the covering of Juda shall be discovered,
and thou shah st e m that day the armoury of the
house of the forest.

9 And you shall see the breaches of the city of

David, that they are many : and you have gathered
together the waters of the lower pool,

10 Anil have numbered the houses of Jerusalem.

and broken down houses to fortify the wall.

I 1 And you made a ditch between the (wo walls
for the water of the old |>ool: and you bare not
looked up to the maker (hereof, nor regarded him
even at ■ distance, that wrought it long ago.

12 And the Lord tho Clod of boats in that day
shall call to w eeping, and to mourning, to baldn
ami to girding with sackcloth:

13 And behold, joy and gladness, killim; call
and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine:
Let Us tat. and drink; for to-morrow we shall die.

14 And the voice of the Lord of hosts was re-
vealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be
forgiven you till voudie.saith the Lord God of hosts.

1") Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, gt I
thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to
Sohna who is o\er the temple: and thou shall si>
to him:

]G What dost thou here, or as if thou Weft some
liody here? for thou bast hewed thee out a sepul
ehre here, thou hast hewed out a monument cart
fully in a high place, ■ dwelling for thyself in a rod .

17 Heboid, the Lord will cause thee to be carr'u d
away, as a cock is carried away, and be will lift
thee up as a raiment

18 He will crown thee with a crown of tribula-
tion, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spa-
cious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall
the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house
of thy Lord.

19 And 1 will drive thee out from thy station, and
depose thee from thy ministry .

20 And it shall come io pass in ihat day, that
I will call my servant Eliacim the son ofHelcias,

21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, ami will
strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy

power into his hand: ami he shall be as a lather to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house ol
Juda.

22 Audi will lay the key of the house of Davjd
upon his shoulder: ami he shall open, and none
shall shut: anil he shall shut, and none shall open.

2J Ami I will fasten him as i pi | in a mih

Tbeao two rider* are the king* of tlie
aproacluny

Pcroam and Med

t And a twn rritd out. Set. That i«, I, Iaaiaa, arcing tlie
turn of Babylon, hare cried out a» a boo roaring.

t Dwma. That n, ldamea, or Edom. ♦ Ctdar. Arabia.

y.o

CHAP. XXIII, XXIV.

and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house
of his father.

24 A»nd they shall hang upon him all the glory of
his father's house, divers kinds of vessels, every
little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every
instrument of music.

25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the
peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place :
and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that
which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord
hath spoken it.

CHAP. XXIII.

The destruction of Tyre. It shall be repaired again after se-
• venty years.

THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea,
for the house is destroyed, from whence they
were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is
revealed to them.

2 Be silent, you that dwell in the island : the mer-
chants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.

3 The seed of the Nile in many waters, the har-
vest of the river is her revenue : and she is become
the mart of the nations.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the seaspeak-
eth, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not
been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have
I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.

5 When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be
sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:

6 Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the
island,

7 Is not this your city, which gloried from of old
in her antiquity ? her feet shall carry her afar off to
sojourn.

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre that
was formerly crowned, whose merchants were
princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth ?

9 The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull
down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all
the glorious ones of the earth.

10 Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the
sea, thou hast a girdle no more.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he
troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge
against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof.

12 And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O
virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed : arise,
and sail over to Cethim, there also thou shalt have
no rest.

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; there was
not such a people; the Assyrian founded it : they
have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity ;
they have destroyed the houses thereof; they have
brought it to ruin.

14 Howl, O ye ships of the sea ; for your strength
is laid waste.

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou,
O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, accord-
ing to the days of one king: but after seventy years,
•here shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot.

16 Take a harp; go about the city, thou harlot
that hast been forgotten; sing well, sing many a
song, that thou mayst be remembered.

17 And it shall come to pass after seventy years,
that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her
back again to her traffic; and she shall commit for-
nication again with all the kingdoms of the world
upon the face of the earth.

18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be
sanctified to the Lord:* they shall not be kept in
store, nor laid up: for her nierchandise shall be for
them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they
may eat unto fulness, and be clothed for a continu-
ance.

CHAP. XXIV.

The judgments of God upon all the sinners of the world. A
remnant shall joyfully praise him.

BEHOLD, the Lord shall lay waste the earth,
and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face there-
of, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2 And it shall be as with the people, so with the
priest; and as with the servant, so with his master:
as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with
the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so
with the borrower; as with him that calleth for his
money, so with him that oweth.

3 With desolation shall the earth be laid waste ;
and it shall be utterly spoiled; for the Lord hath
spoken this word.

4 The earth mourned, and faded away, and is
weakened . the world faded away : the height of
the people of the earth is weakened.

5 And the earth is infected by the inhabitants
thereof: because they have transgressed the laws :
they have changed the ordinance; they have broken
the everlasting covenant

6 Therefore shall a curse devour the earth; and
the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they
that dwell therein shall be mad: and few men shail
be left.

7 The vintage hath mourned ; the wine hath
languished away; all the merry hearted have sighed.

8 The mirth of timbrels hath ceased : the noise
of them that rejoice is ended; the melody of the
harp is silent.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song : the
drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of vanity is broken down; every
house is shut up; no man cometh in.

1 1 There shall be a crying for wine in the streets :
all mirth is forsaken : the joy of the earth is gone
away.

12 Desolation is left in the city; and calamity
shall oppress the gates.

13 For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth,
in the midst of the people, as if a 'few olives, that
remain, should be shaken out of the olive-tree; or
grapes, when the vintage is ended.

14 These shall lift up their voice, and shall give
praise; when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall
make a joyful noise from the sea.

15 Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction ;
the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands
of the sea.

* Sanctified to the Lord. This alludes to the conversion of the Gentiles.
571

IS MAS.

16 From tlif mils of the earth we have beard
praises, tlic glory of the just ana* Ami I said: Mj
secret to myself, mv secret to myself, wo is me : the
p ee yi ri c a ton have prevaricated: and with the pre-
varication of transgressor! the] have pr e va ric ated.

17 Fear, ami die pit, ami the sns upon
thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.

1!! Ami it .shall come to pate, that he thai shall
flee from the noise of the liar, shall fall into the

I lit: and he that shall rid himself out uf the pit, shall
le taken in the snare: lor the flood-gates from on
high are opened; and the foundations of the earth
shall be shaken.

19 W it li breaking shall the earth be broken;

with crushing shall the earth be ciusht d; w itb trem-
bling shall the earth he moved.

20 With •baking shall the earth he shaken as ■
drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of

one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be baavj

upon it: and it shall fall and not rise again.

21 And it shall come to pass, that in that day tin-
Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high,*
and upon the kinus of the earth, on the earth.

\nd they shall be gathered together as in the

§athering of one bundle into the pit ; and they shall
e shut up there in prison: and after many days
they shall he visited.

23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall
be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in
mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified
in the sight of his ancients.

CHAP. XXV.

A canticle nf thanksgiving for CMPtJHdgWUHtl and In nr fits.

i\ LOR I), thou art my God; I will exalt thee.
^-^ and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done
wonderful things, thy designs of old, faithful, amen.

2 For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the
Strong city to ruin, the house of strangers: to be no
city, and to be no more built up for ever:

3 Therefore shall a strong people praise thee:
the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.

4 Because thou hast been a strength to the poor,
a strength to the needv in his distress; a refuge from
the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the
Mast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating
against a wall.

5 Thou shalt brittg down the tumult of strangers,
as heat in thirst : anil as with heat under a burning
cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the mighty to
wither awav.

6 And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all
people in this mountain, a feast of fat things,! feast
of wine, offal things full of marrow, of wine purified
from the lees.

7 And he shall destroy in this mountain the face
of the band with which all people were tied, and the
web that he began over all nations.

:: He shall < -ast death down headlong for ever:
and the Lord God shall wipi awa] teara from every

TVWrts/
Scripture are to
t signify the

•a Ugh. The itmn, which in many places of the
Some commentators explain that these word,
of the air.

67*

I. ir. : and the reproach of his people he shall take
away from oil" the whole earth: lor the Lord hath

spoken it.

9 And they shall say in that day : Lo, this is our
Godj we have waited for him. and be will sevens:

this is the Lord; we have patiently waited for him;
we shall njoice and be joyful in dm salvation.

10 For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this
mountain: and Moabfshall be trodden down under
him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.

11 And he shall stretch forth his hands under
him, as he that sw immeth stretcln th forth his hands
to swim: and he shall bring down his glorv with
the dashing of his hands.

I 2 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall
and be brought low , and shall he pulled down to
the ground, even to the dust.

CHAP. XXVI.

A canticle of thanks for the deliverance nf Cod's people.
FN that da\ shall this canticle be sun;: in the land of
•*- Juda. Sion the cit\ of OUT strength, a saviour, a
wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.

2 Open ye the gates; and let the just nation that
keepeth the truth enter in.

3 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep
peace: peace, because we ha\e hoped in tin e.

4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in
the Lord God mighty for ever.

# 5 For be shall bring down them that dwell on
high : the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring
it down even to the ground; he shall pull it down
even to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the
poor, the steps of the needy.

7 The way of the just is right; the path of the
just is right to walk in.

8 And in the way of thy iudgments, O Lord,
we have- patiently wailed for thee: thy name and
thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.

"9 My soul hath desired thee in the night : yea,
and with my spirit within me in the morning, early
I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy
judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world
shall learn justice.

10 Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will
not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath
done wicked things; and he shall not see the glory
of the Lord.

II Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them
not see; let the envious people see. and be con-
founded: and let fire devour th> enemies.

12 Lord, thou Wilt give u : for thou hast
wrought all our works for us.

13 O Lord our God, other lords besides thee
have had dominion over us ; only in thee let us
member thy name.

14 Let not the dead live; let not the ghmta rise
again: therefore hasi thou \ isit< d and destroyed them,
and hast d estroy ed all their memory.

f Moat. That i», the reprobate, whose eternal iniiii.Kiii.nl, front
which thcr can no way escape, is described under these figures.

CHAP. XXVII, XXVIII.

15 Thou liast been favourable to the nation, O
Lord; thou hast been favourable to the nation: art
thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of
the earth far off.

16 Lord, they have sought after thee in distress;
in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was
with them.

17 As a woman with child, when she draweth
near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth
out in her pangs : so are we become in thy pre-
sence, O Lord.

1 8 We have conceived, and been as it were in
labour, and have brought forth wind : we have not
wrought salvation on the earth ; therefore the inha-
bitants of the earth have not fallen.

19 Thy dead men shall live; my slain shall rise
again: awake and give praise, ye that dwell in the
dust : for thy dew is the dew of the light : and the
land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

20 Go, my people, enter into thy chambers: shut
thy doors upon thee; hide thyself a little for a mo-
ment, until the indignation pass away.

21 For behold, the Lord will come out of his
place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the
earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her
blood, and shall cover her slain no more.*

CHAP. XXVII.

The punishment of the oppressors of God's people. The Lord's
favour to his church.

JN that day the Lord with his hard, and great
and strong sword shall visit Leviathanf the bar
serpent, and Leviathan the crooked serpent; and
shall slay the whale that is in the sea.

2 In that day there 'shall be singing to the vine-
yard! of pure wine.

3 I am the Lord that keep it; I will suddenly
give it drink :§ lest any hurt come to it, I keep it
night and day.

4 There is no indignation inme;|| who shall
make me a thorn and a brier in battle; shall I march
against it, shall I set it on fire together ?

5 Or rather shall it take hold of my strength,
shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace
with me?

6 When they shall rush inTT unto Jacob, Israel
shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face
of the world with seed.

7 Hath he struck him** according to the stroke
of him that struck him ? or is he slain, as he killed
them that were slain by him ?

* Shall cover her slain no more. This is said with relation to the mar-
tyrs, and their happy resurrection.

t Leviathan. That is, the devil, the great enemy of the people of
God. He is called the bar serpent from his strength ; and the crooked
terpenl from his wiles ; and the whale of the sea, from the tyranny he ex-
ercises in the sea of this world. He was spiritually slain by the death
ol Christ, when nis power was destroyed.

| Tht vineyard. Sic. The church of" Christ.

t / mil suddenly give it drink. Or, as the Hebrew may also be ren-
4ered, I will continually water it.

|| JVj indignation in me, &c. viz. against the church : n>r shall I he-
?ome as a thorn or brier in its regard ; or march against it, or set it on
(irt: but it shall always take fast hold of me, and keep an everlasting
peace with me.

1 YVhen lliey shall msh in, &c. Some understand this of the enemies I

8 In measure against measure, when it shall be
cast off, ft thou shalt judge it. He hath meditatedJJ
with his severe spirit in the day of heat.

9 Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the
house of Jacob§§ be forgiven : and this is all the
fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away,
when he shall have made all the stones of the altar,
as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and
temples shall not stand.

10 For the strong city |||| shall be desolate; the
beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as
a wilderness-: there the calf shall feed: and there
shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches.

11 Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought,
women shall come and teach it : for it is not a wise
people ; therefore he that made it, shall not have
mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.

12 And it shall come to pass, that in that day the
Lord will strike from the channel of the river even
to the torrent of Egypt ; and you shall be gathered
together one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13 And it shall come to pass, that in that day a noise
shall be made with a great trumpet;HH and they that
were lost, shall come from the land of the Assy-
rians, and they that were outcasts in the land of
Egypt : and they shall adore the Lord in the holy
mount in Jerusalem.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The punishment of the Israelites, for their pride, intemperance,
and contempt of religion. Christ the corner-stone.

\J\fO to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
* * Ephraim,*** and to the fading flower the glory
of his joy, who were on the head of the fat val-
Jey,ftt staggering with wine.

2 Behold, the Lord is mighty and strong, as a
storm of hail; a destroying whirlwind, as the vio-
lence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth
upon a spacious land.

3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of
Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.

4 And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who
is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty
fruit before the ripeness of autumn ; which when
he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh
it in his hand, he will eat it up.

5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown
of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his
people :

6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth
in judgment, and strength to them that return out
of the battle to the gate.

of the true Israel, that shall invade it in vain. Others of the spiritual
invasion made by the apostles of Christ.

**Halh he struck him. &c. Hath God punished the carnal persecuting
Jews, in proportion to their doings against Christ and his saints?

ft When it shall be cast off, &c. When the synagogue shall be cast off,
thou shalt judge it in measure, and in proportion to its crimes.

It He hath meditated, &c. God hath designed severe punishments in
the day of his wrath.

H Of the house of Jacob, viz. of such of them as shall be convei ted.

fThe strong city. Jerusalem.
IT A great trumpet. The preaching of the gospel for the conversion
of the Jews.

*** Ephraim. That is, the kingdom of the ton bribes.
ftt The head of the fit valley. Samaria, situate on a hill, having un-
der it a most fertile vallev.

673

ISA! \S.

7 But these also* have been ignorant through
wine, and through drunkenness have erred : the
pri«*st and the prophet liave been ignorant through
drunkenness: they are swallowed up with wine:
they have gone astray in drunkenness ; they have
not known him that seeth; they have been igno-
rant of judgment.

8 For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so
that there was no more place.

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge! 1 and whom
shall he make to understand the hearing? them that
are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away
from the breasts.

10 For command, command again,t command,
command again : expect, expect again ; expect, ex-
pect agon : a little there, a little there.

1 1 For with the speech of lips, and with another
tongue be w ill speak to this people.

\2 To whom he said: '1 his is my rest, refresh
the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they
would not hear.

13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them :
Command, command again, command, command

tin; expect, expect again, expect, expect Ogata :
a little there, a little there: that they may go, and
fall backward, and be broken, and snared and taken.

I » Wherefore hear the word of the Lord. ye
scornful men, who rule over my people that is in
Jerusalem.

15 For you have said : We have entered into a
league with death; and we have made a cove-
nant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, it shall not come upon ns : tor we
have placed our hope in lies: and by falsehood we
are protected.

It! Therefore thussaith the Lord God : Behold,
I will lay a stone in the foundations^ of Sion, a tried
stone, a corner stone, I precious stone, founded in
the foundation. He that believeth, let him not
hasten.)

17 And I will set judgment in weight, and jus-
tice in measure : and nail shall overturn the hope of
falsehood : and waters shall overflow its protection.

18 And your league with death shall be abolished;
and your covenant with hell shall not stand : when
the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be
trodden down by it.

19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take
you away : because in the morning early it shall pass
through, in the day and 10 the night ; and vexation
alone shall make you understand w hat you hear.

Jn For the bed is straitened. || so that one must
fall out : and a short covering cannot COVei both.

.'I I or the Lord shall stand up asinthe mountain*!
of divisions: he shall be nngr> ;is in the valle\
which is in (iabaon; that he ma\ do his work, his

• 7Vi/ alt* The kingdom of .1
I oauunU, a mm m n i f tm, k.r. Thi« i« «ai I in 1h« prv>n of the
Jew*, routing the repeated command* of God, and still putting him
#.tf.

t A **m in tU J*auUHm$. viz. Christ

\ 1st Urn nl k*4m, he. Let him eipcct till coming with patienee.

jlVMil Mrmtttud. S.C. It n too narrow to hold two: God Will
hare the bod of our heart all to him.. If.

strange work : that he may perform his work ; his
work is strange t«> him.

22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tW
strait. Fori have In aril ot "the Lord the God of hosts
a Cons um ption and a catting short upon all the earth

89 Give ear. and hear my voice; hearken, and
hear mv speech.

24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow ;
shall be open and harrow his ground?

25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the
surface thereof, sow gith. and scatter cummin, and
put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and
vetches in their bounds ?

2b* For he will instruct him in judgment : his
God will teach him.

27 For git h shall not Ik* threshed with saw-,
neither shall the cart-wheel turn about upon enor-
mia : but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and
cummin with a staff.

28 But bread-corn shall be broken small : but the
thresher shall not thresh it forever; neither shall
tin cart-wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.

29 This also** is come forth from the Ford God
of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and in
nify jus:,

CHAP. XXIX.

< Wj heavy judgments upon Jerusalem, for their hl'tirf oj rfnua.
ry : with a prophecy of the conrersion of the (iuililis.

X\fO to Ariel, ft to Ariel the city which David
•™ took: year is added to year : the solemnities
are at an end.

2 And I will make a trench about Ariel: and it
shall be in sorrow and mourning ; and it shall be
to me as Ariel.

3 And I will make a circle round al out thee, and
will cast op a rampart against thee, and raise up
bulwarks to besiege thee.

4 Thou shalt be brought down: thotishalt sneak
out of the earth; and thy speech shall be beard em
of the ground : and thy voice shall be from the earth
like that of the Python ; and out of the ground thy
speech shall mutter.

5 And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall
be like small dust: and as ashes passing awax.fhe
multitude of them that have prevailed against U

6 And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A
visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in
thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great
noise of w hirlwind and tempest, and with the flame
of devouring fire.

7 And the multitude of all nations that have
fought Bgaiosl Ariel, shall be as the dream of a
vision b\ night : and all that ha\e fought, Rod be
sieged, and prevailed against it.

8 And as he that is lummy dreamed), and eaterh,
but when he is awake, his soul is emptj : and as

' M in iht mouiUiin .&.<•. A* Um Lord (bogfct against lhl Pharasim, S Kingi *. and against the Chan..anitr-, in Ika I
of Oihaon. Jontx.

** Thit six, fcc Surh also is the proceeding of the Lord wild hi.
had, ami llir divers seeds be tows therein.

t) .IruL Tins word signifies, Ou lion o/ Cod, and here is tale
the strong city of Jerusalem

I.HAP. XXX.

he that is thirst} drcameth, anu nrinkcth, and after
lie is awake, is >et taint with tliirst, and his soul is
empty : so shall be the multitude of all the gentiles
that have fought against mount Sion.

9 Be astonished, and wonder, waver, and stagger :
be drunk, and not with wine ; stagger, and not
with drunkenness.

10 For the Lord hath mingled for you the spirit
of a deep sleep ; he will shut up your eyes ; he will
cover your prophets and princes, that see visions.

11 And the vision of all shall be unto you as the
words of a book that is sealed, which when they
shall deliver to one that is learned, they shall say :
Read this : and he shall answer : I cannot ; for it
is sealed.

. 12 And the book shall be given to one that
knoweth no letters ; and it shall be said to him :
Read : and he shall answer : 1 know no letters.

13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people
draw near me with their mouth, and with their
lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and
they have feared me with the commandment and
doctrines of men :

14 Therefore behold, I will proceed to cause an
admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful
miracle : for wisdom shall perish from their wise
men; and the understanding of their prudent men
shall be hid.

1 5 Wo to you that are deep of heart, to hide your
counsel from the Lord : and their works are in the
dark : and they say : Who seeth us, and who know-
eth us ?

16 This thought of yours is perverse: as if the
clay should think against the potter, and - the work
should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me
not ; or the thing framed should say to him that
fashioned it : Thou understandest not.

17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus
shall be turned into charmel,* and channel shall be
esteemed as a forest ?

18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words
of the book ; and out of darkness and obscurity the
eyes of the blind shall see.

19 And the meek shall increase their joy in the
Lord : and the poor men shall rejoice in the holy
One of Israel.

20 For he that did prevail hath failed ; thescom-
er is consumed ; and they are all cut off that watch-
ed for iniquity :

21 That made men sin by word, and supplanted
him that reproved them in the gate, and declined
in vain from the just.

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of
Jacob, he that redeemed A bra ham : Jacob shall
not now be confounded ; neither shall his counte-
nance now be ashamed :

23 But when he shall see his children, the work
of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my
name, and they shall sanctify the holy One of Ja-
cob, and shall glorify the God of Israel :

24 And they that erred in spirit, shall know un-

♦ Charmel This word signifies a fruitful field.

derstanding, and they that murmured, sh di learn the
law.

CHAP. XXX.

The people are blamed for their confidence in Egypt. God't
mercies towards his church : the punishment of sinners.

\J\fO to you apostate children, saith the Lord,
T ' that you would take counsel, and not of me ;
and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that
you might adcf sin upon sin :

2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have
not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the
strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of
Egypt.

3 And the strength of Pharao shall be to your
confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of
Egypt to your shame.

4 For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messen-
gers came even to Hanes.

5 They were all confounded at a people that
could not profit them : they were no help, nor to any
profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

6 The burden of the beasts of the south. In a
land of trouble and distress, from whence come the
lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basi-
lisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of
lieasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of
camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.

7 For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose :
therefore have I cried concerning this : It is pride
only : sit still.

8 Now therefore go in and write for them upon
box, and note it diligently in a book ; and it shall
be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

9 For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and
lying children, children that will not hear the law of
God:

10 Who say to the seers : See not : and to them
that behold : Behold not for us those things that are
right : speak unto us pleasant things ; see errors
for us.

1 1 Take away from me the way ; turn away the
path from me ; let the holy One of Israel cease from
before us.

12 Therefore thus saith the holy One of Israel :
Because you have rejected this word, and have trust-
ed in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

13 Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a
breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high
wall; for the destruction thereof shall come on a
sudden, when it is not looked for.

14 And it shall be broken small, as the potter's
vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking :
and there shall not a shred be found of the pieces
thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from
the hearth, or a little water be drawn out of the pit.

15 For thus saith the Lord God the holy One
of Israel : If you return, and be quiet, you shall he
saved : in silence and in hope shall your strength he.
And jou would not :

16 Buthavesaid: No, but we will flee to horses-
therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon
swift ones : therefore shall they be swifter that shall
pursue after you.

f.75

ISA IAS.

17 A thousand men shall flee for fear of one :
■ad tor frar of five shall you flee, lill you lie 1 1 • I r a-
the mast of a ship on tin- top of a mountain, ami aa
an ensura upon a hill.

18 Therefore the Lord waitcth that In- may have
mercy on you: and t h e r e fo re shall lie he exalted

i ii ii von: because the Lord is the God of judg-
ment : blessed are all they that wait for him.

19 For the people of 5km shall dwell ia Jerusa-
lem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely
hive pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon
as h<- shall hear, he will answer th<

20 And tin- Lord will give you spare bread, and
short water; and will not cause thytearher to flee

iv fiom thee any more : and thy eyes shall
th\ teacher.

J I And thy ears shall hear the word of one ad-
moaishiai thee behind thy hack : This is the way ;
walk ye in it ; and go not aside neither to the right
I nor to the hit.

22 And thou shah defile the plates of thy graven
things of silver, and tin ■ garment of thy molten things
oi gold \, and shalt cast them away as the anclean-

- of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it :

( let thee hence.

23 And rain shall he men to thy seed, where-
I cr thou shalt sow in the land : and the bread of

the corn of the land shall be most plentiful and fat.
The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thypos-
ion :

-'i And thy oxen, and the ass-colts that till the
{round, shall eat mingled provender as it was win-
nowed in the floor.

Vnd there shall be upon every high mountain,
and upon every elevated hill, rivers of running
waters in the day of the slaughter of many, whin
the tower-, shall fall.

26 And the light of the moon shall lie as the
light of the sun; and the light of the sun shall be
sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day
when the Lord shall hind up the wound of his peo-
ple, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.

'7 Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from

afar; his wrath burnetii, and is heavy to hear: his
lips are filled w it li indignation, and his tongue a> a
devouring lire.

His breath as a torrent overflowing even to

the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto
nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the
j.iu s oi' t in- people.

Von shall have ■ song as in the night of the
Sanctified solemnity, and joy of heart, as when one
th with a pipe, to come into the mountain of the
Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.

\nd the Lord ^lt:ill make the glory of his
voice to he heard, and shall show the terror of his
arm, in the threatening of wrath, and the flame of
devouring fire : he shall crush to pieces with whirl-
wind ami hail-stones.

at the voice of the Lord the \
ill fear, being struck with the rod.

\nd the passage of the rod -
w Inch the Lon

• Tipbtk. TU the «mp a» C'Vmim, »uJ u taken for hell.

678

hall make to rest upon
d in great battles he

ground?*

him with timhrels and harp
shall overthrow them.

For Topheth* is prepared from vesterdav.
prepared by the kin::, deep anil wide. The nourish-
ments thereof are lire and much wood : the breath
of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone hindliue it.

en \r. \\\i.

The folly of trusting to Egypt, ,nul forgetting G„d. lie trill

fight for hit p< ojil, agaitut the Assyrians.
YM^Otothem that go down to Egypt for help,
" trusting hi horses, and putting their confi-
dence in chariots, because they are man\ ; and in
horsemen, because they are verj strong : and have
not trusted in the hol\ One of Israel, and have not
soueht alter the Lord.

2 13 ut he that is the wise one hath brought evil,
and hath not r e mov e d his words : an( ] he will rise
up against the noose of the wicked, and against the
aid of them that work iniquity.

3 Egypt is man, and not ('.'od ; and their hoi
flesh, and not spirit : and the Lord shall put down
his hand; and the helper shall fall ; and he that is
helped shall fall; and they shall all he confounded
together.

4 For thus saith the Lord tome: Like as the
lion roareth, and the lion's whelp upon his prey,
and when a multitude of shepherds shall coilie
against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor In-
afraid of their multitude : so shall the Lord bfhosts
come down to fight DOM mount Son, and upon
the hill thereof.

5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosis pro-
tect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing
OVer and sa\ ing.

6 Return as you had deeply rev oiled. O children
of Israel.

7 For in that day a man shall cast aw ay his idols
of Silver, and his idols of gold, which vour hands
have made for \ou to sin.

8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not
of a mail : and the sword not of a man shall devour
him: and he shall flee not at the face of the sword
and his young men shall be tribular'x I :

9 And his strength shall pass away with dread :
and his princes fleeing shall he afraid : the Lord
hath said it, whose lire is in SlOB, and his (urn

in Jerusalem.

ciim'. \\\ii.

The ble.stingf nf the rrign uf Chrint. The ill tolatio* if the
Jrtrs. and prosperity of the church of C hris t.

Bl°. 1 1 OLE), a kin:: shall reign in justice; and
princes shall rule in judgment.

2 And a man shall he as when one is bid from
the wind, and hideth himself from astorm, asrii r>
ol Waters in drought, and the shadow ol ,i ,,., k n.il
Btandeth OUl in a desert land.

3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim :
and the ears of taem that heir shall hearken dili-
gently.

4 And the heart of fools shall understand know-

aud the tongue of stammerers shall speak
lir» and olain.

CHAP. XXXIII.

6 The fool shall no more be called prince: nei-
ther shall the deceitful be called great :

6 For the fool will speak foolish things : and his
heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and
speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty
the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from
the thirsty.

7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked :
for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with
lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

8 But the prince will devise such things as are
worthy of a prince ; and he shall stand above the
rulers.

9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice :
ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

10 For after days and a year, you that are confi-
dent shall be troubled : for the vintage is at an end,
the gathering shall come no more.

11 Be astonished, ye rich women; be troubled,
ye confident ones : strip you, and be confounded ;
gird your loins.

12 Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful
country, for the fruitful vineyard.

13 Upon the land of my people shall thorns and
Briers come up : how much more upon all the houses
of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of
the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come
upon its dens for ever. * A joy of wild asses, the
nastures of flocks,

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on
rtigh : and the desert shall be as a charmel ; and
iharmel shall be counted for a forest.

16 And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness;
md justice shall sit in charmel.

17 And the work of justice shall be peace, and
the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

18 And my people shall sit in the beauty of
peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in
wealthy rest.

19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest;
and the city shall be made very low.

20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, send-
ing thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

CHAP. XXXIII.

God's revenge against the enemies of his church. The happiness
of the heavenly Jerusalem.

WO to thee that spoilest;* shalt not thou thy-
self also be spoiled ? and thou that despisest,
shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt
have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled:
when being wearied, thou shalt cease to despise,
thou shalt be despised.

2 O Lord, have mercy on us ; for we have wait-
ed for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and
our salvation in the time of trouble.

3 At the voice of the Angel the people fled : and
at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.

4 And your spoils shall be gathered together as

* Thai spoilest, &c. This is particularly directed to Sennacherib,
f The angels of peace. The messengers or deputies sent to negociate
A peace.

t (1/ rivers. He speaks of the rivers of endless joys that flow from

the locust is gathered, as when the ditches are full
of them.

5 The Lord is magnified ; for he hath dwelt on
high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.

6 And there shall be faith in thy times ; riches
of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of
the Lord is his treasure.

7 Behold, they that see shall cry without : the
angels of peacef shall weep bitterly.

8 The ways are made desolate ; no one passeth
by the road ; the covenant is made void : he hath re-
jected the cities; he hath not regarded the men.

9 The land hath mourned, and languished: Li-
banus is confounded, and become foul: and Saron
is become as a desert : and Basan and Carmel are
shaken.

10 Now will I rise up, saith the Lord : now will
I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

1 1 You shall conceive heat; you shall bring forth
stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

1 2 And the people shall be as ashes after a fire :
as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

13 Hear, you that are far off, what 1 have done ;
and you that are near, know my strength.

14 The sinners in Sion are afraid; trembling
hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you
can dwell with devouring fire ? which of you shall
dwell with everlasting burnings ?

15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh
truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and
shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his
ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that
he may see no evil :

16 He shall dwell on high; the fortifications of
rocks shall be his highness; bread is given him ; his
waters are sure.

17 His eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they
shall see the land far off.

18 Thy heart shall meditate fear : where is the
learned ? where is he that pondereth the words of
the law? where is the teacher of little ones?

19 The shameless people thou shalt not see, the
people of profound speech : so that thou canst not
understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom
there is no wisdom.

20 Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity :
thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a ta-
bernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the
nails thereof be taken away for ever; neither shall
any of the cords thereof be broken :

21 Because only there our Lord is magnificent :
a place of rivers,t very broad and spacious streams
no ship with oars shall pass by it; neither shall the
great galley pass through it.

22 For the Lord is our judge ; the Lord is our
lawgiver : the Lord is our king : he will save us.

23 Thy tacklings§ are loosed ; and they shall be
of no strength: thy mast shall be in such condition,
that thou shalt not be able to spread the flag. Then

the throne of God, to water the heavenly Jerusalem, where no o«ie-
my's ship can come, &c.

t Thy tacklings. He speaks of the enemies of the church, aadot
the allegory of a ship that is disabled.

5»1

ISAJ iS.

the lam

•hall the spoils ol inuch prey be divided
shall take (lie BDOil.

24 Neither snail be thai is mar. say: [an feeble.
Tin- people that dwell therein, shall bare their ini-
quity taken avva.v Itom them.

< HAP. XXXIV.

The general judgment of the teirktd.

/^OMI". aear, ye gentiles, ami bear; ami hearken,
^-^ m people: let tin- earth hear, and all that is

therein, the world, and every thing that cometfa
forth <>t' it.

.' I or the indignation of the Lord is ti|>on all na-
tions, and his liny upon all their armies : he hath
killed them, and delivered them to slaughter.

Ilu ir slain shall be east forth ; and out of
their carcasses shall rise a stink : the mountains
shall he melted with their blood,

4 And all the host of the heavens* shall pine
away: and the heavens shall be folded together as

a bonk : and all their host shall fall down as the
leaf failed) from the vine, and from the fig-tree.

I or my sword is inebriated in heaven ; behold
it shall come down upon ldumea,t and upon the
■Ir oi' my slaughter unto judgment

6 The sword of the Lord is tilled with blood; it
is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck-
goata, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for

- a victim of the Lord in Bosra, and a great
■laughter in the land of Kdom.

7 \ml tin- unicorns] shall go down with them,
and the bulls with the mighty: their land shall be
soaked with blood, and their ground with the fat of
fat ones.

8 For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord,
the >ear of recompenses^ of the judgment of Siou.

9 And tin' streams thereof shall be turned into
pitch, and (he ground thereof into brimstone: and
the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 Night and day it shall not be quenched; the
smoke thereof shall go up forever: from genera-
tion to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass
through it for ever and ever.

1 1 The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and
the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it : and a line
shall be stretched out upon it ; to bring it to nothing,
and a plummet, unto desolation.

The nobles thereof shall not he there: they
shall call rather upon the king; and all the princes
thereof shall be nothing.

13 And thorns and nettles shall crow up in its
houses, and the thistle in the fortresses thereof: ami
it shall be the habitation of dragons, and the pas
lure of ostriches.

11 And demons and monsters sh ill meet : and
the hairy ones shall Cty Ottt to one another: there
hath the lamia lain dow n, and found rest for herself

1.') There hath the ericius hail its hole, and
brought up its jrooagonea, ami hathdug round ahoui,

• .ltd all llu torft of ikt ktmtm. Thai i«, the tun, moon, and Man
t limnta. Under tb<i name of U*mt* or Edmn, a people that were

•nemiei of the Jew*, are bat* understood the wicked in faoaral, tbe

eoemie* of God and hi* church.

•78

and cherished them in the shadow thereof: thither
an the kites gathered together one to another.

1G Search ye diligently in the book of the Lord.

and read: not one of them was wanting; one hath

Bought for the other: for that -which moceedelh

out of my mouth, he hath commanded; and his

spirit it hath gathered them.

17 And he hath cast the lot for them ; and his
hand hath divided it to them b\ line: they shall
possess it lor ever: from generation to generation
they shall dwell therein.

chap. xxxv.

The joyful flourishing nf Christ's Hwfdvm ; in hit church shall

lit- a holy and Ktriirr u-ny.
r |^IIK land that was desolate and im passable shall
-*- be glad ; and the wilderness shall rejoice, aial
shall flourish like the lily.

2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice
with joy and praise : the glory of Libanus is given
to it : the beauty of Carmel, and Saron ; they shall
see theglorj of the Lord, and the beautv ofourGod.

3 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm
the weak km is.

4 Say to the faint-hearted: Take courage, and
fear not: behold, your God will bring the revenge
of recompence: Cod himself will come, and will
save ypu.

5 Then shall tbe eyes of the blind be opened ; and
thecals of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart; and the
tongue of the dumb shall be free: lor waters are'
broken out in the desert, and streams in the wil-
derness.

7 And that which was dry land shall become a
pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the
dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the
verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

8 And a path and a way shall be there: and it
shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not
pass over it; and this shall be unto you a straight
Way, so that fools shall not err therein.

9 No lion shall be there; nor shall any mis-
chievous beast go Up by it, nor be found there: but

i in i shall walk there, that shall be delivered.

10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
and shall come into Sion with praise; and rv« i-
lastinn joy shall be upon their heads: they shall ob-
tain joy and gladness; and sorrow and mourning
shall flee away.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Sennacherib incudes Juda : his blasphemies.

AND it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
• king Ezekias, that Sennacherib king of the
\ Syrians came up against all the fenced cities of
Juda, and took them.

2 And the kiim of the Assyrians sent Ivabsaces
from Lachis to Jerusalem, to kin:: K/ekias with a
great army: and he stood by the conduit of the up-
:*?r pool in the way of the Fuller's field.

t TV« unicorns. That in, the preat and miphty.

I TTu for •/ r www iun, Jlc. When tbe pertecaton of Sion, thai

of the church, thall receive Ibeir reward.

CHAP. XXXVII.

3 And there went out to him Eliacim the son of
Helcias, who was over the house, and Sohna the
scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder.

4 And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezekias:
Thussaith the great king, the king of the Assyrians:
What is this confidence wherein thou trustcst?

5 Or with what counsel or strength dost thou
prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, thatthou
art revolted from me ?

6 Lo, thou trustest upon this broken staff of a
reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will
go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of
Egypt to all that trust in him.

7 But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the
Lord our God : is it not he whose high places and
altars Ezechias hath taken away, and hath said to
Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this
altar ?

8 And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king
of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand
horses, and thou wilt not be able on thy part to find
riders for them.

9 And how wilt thou stand against the face of the
judge of one place, of the least of my master's ser-
vants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and
in horsemen :

10 And am I now come up without the Lord
against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to
me: Go up against this land, and destroy it.

11 And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to
Rabsaces : Speak to thy servants in the Syrian
tongue: for we understand it: sneak not to us in the
Jews' language in the hearing ot the people, that are
upon the wall.

12 And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master
sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these
words; and not rather to the men that sit on the
wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink
their urine with you?

13 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a
loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the
words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.

14 Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias de-
ceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

15 And let not Ezechias make you trust in the
Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us; and
this city shall not be given into the hands of the
king of the Assyrians.

16 Do not hearken to Ezechias; for thus said the
king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for
your advantage; and come out to me, and eat ye
every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree;
and drink ye every one the water of his cistern,

17 Till I come and take you away to a land, like
to your own, a land of corn and of wine, a land of
bread and vineyards.

1 8 Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying : The
Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the
nations delivered their land out of the hand of the
king of the Assyrians?

19 Where is the god of Emath, and of Arphad?
where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they deliver-
ed Samaria out of my hand ?

20 Who is there among all the gods of these lands
that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that
the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

21 And they held their peace, and answered him
not a word. For the king had commanded, saying :
Answer him not.

22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over
the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son
of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with
their garments rent, and told him the words of Rab-
saces.

CHAP. XXXVII.

Ezechias, his mourning and prayer. God's promise of protec-
tion. The Assyrian army is destroyed. Sennacherib is slain.

AND it came to pass, when king Ezechias had
heard it, that he rent his garments, and cover-
ed himself with sackcloth, and went in to the house
of the Lord.

2 And he sent Eliacim who was over the house,
and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests
covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos
the prophet.

3 And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias:
This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and
of blasphemy ; for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth.

4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words
of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his
master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and
to reproach with words which the Lord thy God
hath heard : wherefore lift up thy prayer for the rem-
nant that is left.

5 And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.

6 And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say
to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid
Of the words that thou hast heard, with which the
servants of the king of the Assyrians have blas-
phemed me.

7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him; and he
shall hear a message, and shall return to his own
country: and I will cause him to fall by the sword
in his own country.

8 And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of
the Assyrians besieging Lobna. For he had heard
that he was departed from Lachis.

9 And he heard say about Tharaca the king of
Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee.
And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Eze-
chias, saying:

10 Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of
Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in
whom thou trustest, saying : Jerusalem shall not be
given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

11 Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of
the Assyrians have done to all countries which they
have destroyed; and canst thou be delivered?

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them
whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozam, and Ha-
ram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that
were in Thalassar?

13 Where is the king of Emath, and the king of
Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, ot
Ana, and of Ava ?

579

ISAIAS.

IV And Em bias took tlir letter from the hand
of the mess iikI read it, and went up to the

house of tfafl LOra: anil Kzcchias spread it before
the Lord.

I") And Kzcchias prayed to the Lord, saving:

16 O Ixjrd of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest
upon the Cherubims; thou alone art the Ciod of all
the kingdoms of the earth; thou bast made heaven
and earth.

17 Im line, () Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O
Lord, thy eves, ami see, and hear all the words of
Sennacherib) which he nth sent to blaspheme the
living (jod.

18 For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assy-
rians have laid waste lands, and their countries.

19 And they have catt their gods into the fire;
for they were not gods, but the works of men's
hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in
pieces.

20 And now, O Lord our God, save in out of his
hand: and let all the kingdom of the earth know,
that thou only art the Lord.

Jl And haias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias.
saying: Thus saith the Lord the Ciod of Israel : For
the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Senna-
cherib the king of the Assyrians:

This is the word which the Lord hath spoken
of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath de-
id thee, and laughed thee to scorn : the daughter
of Jerusalem hath wagged the head alter (Inc.

23 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast
thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou ex-
alted thy roice, and lifted up thy eyes on high?

ust the holy One of Israel.

24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproach-
ed the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of
liiv chariots I have -one up to the height of the moun-
tains, to the top of Libanus: and I will out down
its tall cedars, and its choice fir-trees, and will enter
to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.*

I have digged, and drunk water, and have
dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers shut
up in banks.

26 Hast thou not heard what I have done to him
of old? from the dsrjl of old I have formed it: and
now I have brought it to effect : and it hath come
to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities
should be destroyed.

J7 The inhabitants of them were weak of hand;
they trembled, and were confounded: they became
like the pasoef the field, and the herb of the pas-
ture, and like the »rassol the house-tops, which w ith-
(ii (I before it was ripe.

I know thy dwelling, and thv ioing out, and
thy coming in, and thj rage against trie.

29 When thou wast mad against me, thy pride
le up to ui\ ears: therefore I will put a ring in thv
nose, and I bit between thv lips: and I will turn thee
hark by the wav 1>\ which thou earnest.

Mut to thee this shall be a sign: Kat ihisyear
the things that spring of themselves: and in these-

* CarmeL See Ihete figurative expreannn* explained in the anaoU-
ttoat on the sixth chapter of the Fourth Bo>k of Kion.

cond \ear eat fruits : but in the third year sow and
reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

pi;
d tl

31 And that which shall l>e saved of the house
of Juda. and which is left, shall take root down-
waid, and shall bear fruit upward:

32 For out of Jerusalem shall »o forth a remnant,
and salvation from mount Sinn: the zeal of the
Lord of hosts shall do this.

33 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the
king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this
city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come btfoTC it
with .shield, nor cast a trench 80001 it.

34 li\ the way that be came, he shall return :
and into this city he shall not conic, saith the Lord.

35 And I will protect this city, and will save it
for my own sake, and for the sake of David my
H n ant.

36 And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew
in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-
five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and
behold, they were all dead corpl

37 And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians
went out, and departed, and returned, and dwelt in
Xinive.

38 And it came to nnss, as he was worshipping in
the temple of Ncsroch his god, that Adramclcch and
Sarasar his sons slew him w its the s\\ old : and they
lied into the land nf Ararat: and Asarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Ezechias being adrertircd thtit he shall die, obtains bp prayer a
prolongation of hi* life: in confirmation nf which the sum
gotstuck. Thti canticle of Ezechias.

FN those days Ezechias was sick even to death :
-*- and Isaias the sun of Amos the prophet came
unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord :
Take order with thy house; for thou shalt die, and
not li\c.

2 And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall,
and prayed to the Lord ;

3 And said : I beseech thee, O Lord, remember
how I have walked before thee in tuith, and with
a perfect heart, and have done that which is good
in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weepim:.

4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaias,
saying:

6 Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord
the ( Sod of David thy father: I have heard thy nraycr,
and I ha\e seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy
days fifteen years ;

6 And 1 will deliver thee and this city out ol
the hand of the king of the Assyrians : and I w ill
protect it.

7 And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord,
that the Lord will do this word w Inch he hath spoken :

8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the
lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun-dial
ol Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And
the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which
it was gone down.

9 The writing of Ezerhias king of Juda. when
he had been sick, and was recovered ol his sickness.

10 1 said : In the midst of mv days I shall goto

CHAP. XXXIX, XL

the gates of hell:* I sought for the residue of my
vears.

11 I said: 1 shall not see the Lord God in the
land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor
the inhabitant or rest.

12 My generation is at an end ; and it is rolled
away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is
cut off. as by a weaver: whilst 1 was yet but : begin-
nig, be cut me off: from morning even to night thou
wih make an end of me.

13 1 hoped till morning; as a lion so hath he
broken all my bones: from morning even to night
thou wilt make an end of me.

14 I will cry like a young swallow; I will me-
ditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking
upward: Lord, I suffer violence: answer thou for me.

15 What shall I say, or what shall he answer for
me, whereas he himself hath done ir ? I will recount
to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

16 Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of
my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt
correct me, and make me to live.

17 Behold, in peace is my bitterness most bitter:
but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not
perish: thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 For hell shall not confess to thee; neither
shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down
into the pit, look for thy truth.

19 The living, the living, he shall give praise to
thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy
truth known to the children.

20 O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms
all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

21 Now Isaias had ordered that they should take
a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound,
and that he should be healed.

22 And Ezechias had said : What shall be the
sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

CHAP. XXXIX.

Ezechias shows all his treasures to the embassadors of Babylon :
upon which Isaias forelels the Babylonish captivity.

AT that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Ba-
ladan king of Babylon, sent letters and pre-
sents to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been
sick, and was recovered.

2 And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming: and
he showed them the storehouse of his aromatical
spices, and of the silver, and of the gold, and of the
sweet odours, and of the precious ointment, and all
the store-houses of his furniture, and all things that
were found in his treasures. There was nothing
in his house, nor in all his dominion that Ezechias
showed them not.

3 Then Isaias the prophet came to king Ezechias,
and said to him: What said these men, and from
whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said :
From a far country they came to me, from Babylon.

4 And he said: What saw they in thy house?
And Ezechias said : All things that are in my house
have they seen: there was not any thing which I
have not shown them in my treasures.

♦ HrU Shpol or Hades, the region of the dead.

5 And Isaias said to Ezechias : Hear the woid
of the Lord of hosts.

6 Behold, the days shall come, that all that is in
thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store
until this day, shall be carried away into Babylon :
there shall not anything be left, saith the Lord.

7 And of thy children, that shall issue from thee,
vyhom thou shalt beget, they shall take away: and
they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.

8 And Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the
Lord, which he hath spoken, is good. And he said :
Only let peace and truth be in my days.

CHAP. XL.

The prophet comforts the people with the promise of the coming
of Christ to forgive their sins. God's almighty power and
majesty.

T>E comforted, be comforted, my people, saith

- XJ your God.

2 Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call
to her: for her evil is come to an end ; her iniquity
is forgiven : she hath received of the hand of the
Lord double for all her sins.

3 The voice of one crying in the desert: Pre-
pare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in tho
wilderness the paths of our God.

4 Every valley shall be exalted : and every moun-
tain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked
shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.

5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed;
and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken.

6 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said :
What shall 1 cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory
thereof as the flower of the field.

7 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen,
because the Spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it.
Indeed the people is grass:

8 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen :
but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

9 Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that
bringest good tidings to Sion : lift up thy voice with
strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusa-
lem : lift it up ; fear not. Say to the cities of Juda :
Behold your God :

10 Behold, the Lord God shallcome with strength;
and his arm shall rule: behold, his reward is with
him, and his work is before him.

11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he
shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and
shall take them up in his bosom: and he himself
shall carry them that are with young.

12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow
of bis hand, and weighed the heavens with his
palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk
of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance ?

13 Who hath forwarded the Spirit of the Lord?
or who hathbeenhiscounsellor, and hath taught him?

14 With whom hath he consulted? and who
hath instructed him, and taught him the path of jus-
tice, and taught him knowledge, and showed bin)
the way of understanding ?

581

ISAIAS.

1") Behold, tin' Gcntilrs nn- as a drop of a bucket,
mil are counted as (lie smallest grain of a balance:
behold, the islands an- as a little iln-t.

Ill And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor
tin* beasts thereof sufficient tor a burut-offering.

17 All nations art 1 before him as if they had no
being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and
vanity.

18 To whom then have you likened God? or
what image will you make for him?

19 Haih the workman cast a graven statue? or
hith the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the sil-
\ , i - : 1 1 i t li W llll |ilatrs of silver '

20 He hath chosen Strong wood, and that will
not rot: tin- skilful workman set kith how he max
sit up an idol that may not lie moved.

21 Do you not know- bath it not been beard ?
hath it pot been told you from the beginning? hate
you not Understood the foundations of the earth?

It is be that sitteth u|ioa the globe of the

earth; and the inhaliitanls thereof are as locusts :
he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

23 He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to
nothing, that hath made tlie judges of the earth as
vanit] .

24 And surelv their stock was neither planted,
nor sown, nor rooted in the earth : suddenly he hath
blown upon them; and they are withered, and a
whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

25 And to whom have ye likened me, or made
me equal, saith tin- holy One?

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath
created these things; WOO bringeth out their host
by BUIttber, ami calleth them all by their names:
bj the greatness of his might, and strength, and pow-
er, not one of them was missing.

27 Why s ;i \e>t thou, <) Jacob, and speakcst, O
Israel : My w i\ is hid from the Lord : and my judg-
ment is passed over from my God ?

28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard ?
the Lord is the everlasting God, who bath created
the ends of the earth : he shall not faint, nor labour ;
neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.

29 It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and
increased) force and might to them that are not.

30 Youths shall faint and labour ; and young men
shall fall by infirmity.

.'■I But tiny that bojie in the Lord shall renew
their strength ; they shall take w nigs as eaglet ;
thev shall run, and not be weary ; they shall walk
and not taint.

Cll IP. \LI.

Thf rrign of the just one : the vanity of idols.

LET the islands keep silence before me, and the
nations take new strength: ht them come near,
a ml I hen speak : let iiseome near to judgment together.
J Who hath raised up the just ( )ne from the east,
bath called him to follow him ? he shall give the na-
tions in his sight, and he shall rule over kings ; he
shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble
driven by the wind to his how.

3 He shall pursue them : he shall pass in peace;
no path shall appear after his feet.

4 Who hath wrought and done these things, call
ing the general ions from the beginning? I the Lord

I am the fust and the last.

6 The islands saw it and feared ; the ends of the
earth were astonished : they drew near, and came.

6 Every one shall help his neighliour, and shall
say to his brother : lie of good coinage.

7 The coppersmith Striking with the hammer
encouraged him that forged at that time, saving: It
is readv for Soldering: and he strengthened it with
nails, that it should not be moved.

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom
I have c h ose n . I he seed of Abraham my friend.

9 In whom I have taken thee from the ends ol the
earth, and from the remote parts thereof have call-
ed thee, and said to thee : Thou art my servant: I
have chosen thee, and have not cast thee aw av.

10 Fear not. for I am with thee : turn not aside,
for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and
have helped thee ; and the right hand of my just
One hath upheld thee.

1 1 Heboid all that fight against thee shall be con-
founded and ashamed: the] shall be as nothing,
and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

12 Thou shall seek them, and shall not find, the
men that resist thee : thev shall -lie as nothing; and
as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.

I.) For I am the Lord thv God, who take thee by
the hand, and sav tothee: Fear not, I have helped thee.

14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, von that are
dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord,
and thv redeemer the holy One of Israel.

15 1 have made thee as a new threshing wain,
with teeth like a saw : thou shall thresh the moun-
tains, and break them in pieces ; and shalt make the
hills as chair.

16 Thou shalt fan them : and the wind shall
carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter
them : and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord; in the holy
One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.

17 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and
there are none : their tongue hath been drv with
thirst. I the Lord will hear them : I the God of
Israel will not forsake them.

18 I will open rivers in the high hills, and foiin
tains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the tie
sert into pools of waters, and the impassable land
into streams of waters.

19 I will plant iu the wilderness the cedar, ami
the thorn,* and the myrtle, and the olive-tree: I
will set in the desert the fir-tree, the elm, and the
box-tree together :

20 That they may see and know, and eonsidei
and understand together that the hand of the Lord
hath done this, and the holy One of Israel bath

ited it.

21 Bring your cause near, saith the Lord : bring
hither, if you have any thing to allege, said the King
of Jacob.

* TV thorn, la Hebrew, tlie tkuu at tttm, a tree resembling tk»
white Utorn.

CHAP. XLII, XL1II

22 Let them come, and tell us all things that are
to come : tell us the former things what they were :
;tnd we will set our heart upon them, and Shall
know the latter end of them, and tell us the things
that are to come.

23 Show the things that are to come hereafter ;
and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also
good or evil, if you can : and let us speak and see
together.

24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work
of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen
you is an abomination.

25 I have raised up one from the north : and he
shall come from the rising of the sun : he shall call
upon my name ; and he shall make princes to be
as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that
we mav know ; and from time of old, that we may
say : Thou art just ? There is none that showeth,
nor that foretelieth, nor that heareth your words.

27 The first shall say to Sion : Behold, they are
here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.

28 And I saw, and there was no one even among
them to consult, or who, when I asked, could an-
swer a word.

29 Behold, they are all in the wrong, and their
works are vain : their idols are wind and vanity.

CHAP. XLII.

The office of Christ. The preaching of the gospel to the Gen-
tiles. The blindness and reprobation of the Jews.

OEHOLD my servant;* I will uphold him:
-^-* my elect, my soul delighteth in him : I have
given my spirit upon him ; he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles.

2 He shall not cry, nor have respect to person ;
neither shall his voice be heard abroad.

3 The bruised reed he shall not break : and
smoking flax he shall not quench : he shall bring
forth judgment unto truth.

4 He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he
set judgment in the earth : and the islands shall wait
for his law.

5 Thus saith the Lord God that created the hea-
vens, and stretched them out : that established the
earth, and the things that spring out of it : that
giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to
them that tread thereon.

6 I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken
thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have
given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light
of the Gentiles :

7 That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind,
and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them
that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8 I the Lord, this is my name : I will not give
my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

9 The things that were first, behold, they are
come : and new things do I declare : before they
spring forth, 1 will make you hear them.

10 Sing ye to the Lord a new song ; his praise
is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to

* My servant. Christ, who, according to his hunu siity, is the servant
qi God.

the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and
ye inhabitants of them.

1 1 Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalt-
ed : Cedar shall dwell in houses : ye inhabitants
of Petra,+ give praise ; they shall cry from the top
of the mountains

12 They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall
declare his praise in the islands.

13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man: as
a man of war shall he stir up zeal : he shall shout
and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.

14 I have always held my peace; I have kept

silence; I have been patient; I will speak now as
a woman i
up at once.

a woman in labour

n pane
; I wi

ill destroy, and swallow

15 1 will lay waste the mountains and hills, and
will make all their grass to wither : and I will turn
rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.

16 And I will lead the blind into the way which
they know not : and in the paths which they were
ignorant of, I will make them walk : 1 will make
darkness light before them, and crooked things
straight : these things have I done to them, and
have not forsaken them.

17 They are turned back : let them be greatly
confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to
a molten thing : You are our gods.

18 Hear, ye deaf; and ye blind, behold, that
you may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant ? or deaf, but
he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is
blind but he that is sold ? or who is blind, but the
servant of the Lord.

20 Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not
observe them ? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou
not hear ?

21 And the Lord was willing to sanctify him,
and to magnify the law, and exalt it.

22 But this is a people that is robbed and wast-
ed : they are all the snare of young men : and they
are hid in the houses of prisons : they are made a
prey ; and there is none to deliver them : a spoil, and.
there is none that saith : Restore.

23 Who is there amongyou that will give ear to this,
that will attend and hearken for times to come?

24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel
to robbers ? hath not the Lord himself, against
whom we have sinned ? And they would not walk
in his ways: and they have not hearkened to his law.

25 And he hath poured out upon him the indig-
nation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath
burnt him round about; and he knew not; and set
him on fire ; and he understood not.

CHAP. XLTII.

God comforts his church, promising to protect her for ever: he
expostulates with the Jews for their ingratitude.

\ ND now thus saith the Lord that created thee,
-£*■ O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel : Fear nor,
for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy
name: thou art mine.

f Petra. A city that gives name to Arabia Fetraa.
583

f When thou shah pass through the waters I will
be with thee: ud the riven shall not covet thee:

when thou shall walk in the fire, thou shall not \n-
burnt: and the llaines shall not luirn in tin. :

.r I am the Lord thy God. the holy One of
Israel, thj Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atone-
ment, Ethiopia, and Saba for thee.
4 Since thou becamest boeourable in mv eyes

thou an glorious: I have loved thee, and 1 will give
men for lint, and people tor thv life.

'» l'cat not. lor lam with thee: I will bring thy
I from the eaat, and gather thee from the west.

6 I will say to the north: Give up: and to the
south: Keep not bark: bring my sons from alar,
and mv daughters Irom the ends of the earth.

, \iiii even one that ealleth upon my name, I
have (Hated him lor my glory : I have formed him
and made him.

!'. Bring forth the people that are blind, and have
; that are deaf, and have ears.

9 All the nations are assembled together, and the
triU's are gathered: who among you can declare
this, and shall make its hear the former things? let
them bring forth th«ir witnesses: let them be justi-
fied, and hear, and say: It is truth.

10 You are my Witnesses, saith the Lord, and
m\ si r\ ant whom I have ehosen; that you may know,
and believe me, and understand that I myself am.
Before me there was no God formed, and after me
there shall be none.

11 1 am, I am tin- Lord: and there is no saviour
besides me.

11 I have declared* and have saved: I have made
it heard: and there was no strange one among you.

You are my w 'mioses, saith the Lord, and I am Ciod.

13 And from the beginning I am the same: and
lure is none that can deliver out of my hand: 1 will
vork. and who shall turn it away?

1 V Thus s;iitli the Lord your redeemer, the holy
One of Israel : For your sake I sent t<> Babj Ion, and
have brought down all (heir bars, and the Chaldeans
glorying in their ships.

l.i 1 dm the Lord your holy One, the Creator of
Israel, your King.

16 Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the
sea, and a path in the mighty waters:

17 Who brought forth the chariot and the horse,
the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep
together, and they shall not i in: they are
broken as flax, and are extinct.

18 Remember not former things, and look not on
things of old.

18 Behold, 1 do new things: and now they shall
spring forth: verily you shall know them: I will
make a « a\ in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 The beast of the in Id shall glorify me, the
dragons and the ostriches : because 1 have Riven
waters in the wilderness; rivers in the desert, to
give drink to my people, to my chosen.

Jl This people have I formed for myself: they
shall show forth my praise.

Hut thou hast not <alled upon me, O Jacob;
neither hast thou laboured about me, <> Liael.

604

ISAIAS,

23 Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy ho
locaUSt, nor hast thou glorified DM with thy victims.
1 have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor
wearied thee with iuccn

24 Thou hast bought DM DO SWCet cane with
money ; neither hast thou tilled DM with the fat of
thy victims. Hut thou hast made me to serve with
thy sins; thou hast wearied me with thy hi'ujuiticv

25 I am, I am he that blot out thv iniquities |',,r
my own sake: and I will not remember thy sins.

26 Put me in remembrance, and let us plead to-
gether: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.

27 Thy first father sinned: and thy teachers
have transgressed against me.

28 And 1 have profaned the holy princes: I have
given Jaeob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach

CHAP. XLIV.

tldd** favour to liis rhurrh. Tin Jolly qf idolatry. The people
shall be delivered from eaptiritu.

AND now hear, O Jaeob my servant, and Israel
w horn I have chosen.

2 Thus saith the Lord that made and formed
thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, () m
servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom
Dave chosen.

3 For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty
ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour
out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon
thy stoek.

4 And they shall spring up among the herbs, as
willows beside the running waters.

5 One shall say: I am the Lord's: and another
shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another
shall suliserilK- with his hand, To the Lord, and
surname himself by the name Of Israel.

6 Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and
his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the first and
I am the last : and besides me there is no gctd.

7 Who is like to me? let him call and declare.
and let him set before me the order since I appointed
the ancient people: and the things to come, and
that shall be hereafter, let them show unto them.

8 Fear ye not; neither be ye troubled, from that
time 1 have made thee to hear, and have declared:
you are my witnesses. Is there a God l* sides tin,
a maker, whom I have not known?

9 The makers of idols are all of them nothing ;
and their best beloved things, shall not profit tin in.

They are their WJtBCBSCB, that they do not see, nor
understand, that they may be ashamed.

10 Who hath formed a god, and made a grat< n
thing that is profitable for nothing?

11 Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be con-
founded: for the makers are men: they shall all as-
semble together: they shall stand and fear, and
shall be confounded together*

12 The smith hath wrought with his file: with
coals and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath
wrought with the Strength of his arm: he shall hun-
ger and faint: he shall drink no water, and shall l>e
weary.

13 The carpenter hath stretched out his rule; hv

CHAP. XLV.

hath formed it with a plane : he hath made it with
comers, and hath fashioned it round with the com-
pass: and he hath made the image of a man as it
were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.

14 He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and
the oak that stood among the trees of the forest :
he hath planted the pine-tree, which the rain hath
nourished.

15 And it hath served men for fuel: he took
thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and
baked bread : but of the reist he made a god, and
adored it : he made a graven thing, and bowed down
before it.

16 Part of it he burnt with fire; and with part of
it he dressed his meat : he boiled pottage, and was
filled, and was warmed, and said : Aha, I am warm ;
1 have seen the fire.

17 But the residue thereof he made a god, and a
graven thing for himself: he boweth down before it,
and adoreth it and prayeth unto it, saying : Deliver
me ; for thou art my God.

18 They have not known, nor understood: for
their eyes are covered that they may not see, and
that they may not understand with their heart.

19 They do not consider in their mind, nor know,
nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it
in the fire, and 1 have baked bread upon the coals
thereof: 1 have broiled flesh, and have eaten ; and
of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I
fall down before the stock of a tree?

20 Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth
it: and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps
there is a lie in my right hand.

21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel :
for thou art my servant. I have formed thee; thou
art my servant, O Israel ; forget me not.

22 I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud,
and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have re-
deemed thee.

23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath
shown mercy : shout with joy, ye ends of the earth :
ye mountains, resound with praise; thou, O forest,
and every tree therein : for the Lord hath redeemed
Jacob; and Israel shall be glorified.

24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy
maker, from the womb: lam the Lord, that make
all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that
establish the earth: and there is none with me:

25 That make void the tokens of diviners, and
make the soothsayers mad : that turn the wise back-
ward, and that make their knowledge foolish :

26 That raise up the word of my servant, and

Serform the counsel of my messengers, who say to
erusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the ci-
ties of Juda : You shall be built; and I will raise
up the wastes thereof:

27 Who say to the deep : Be thou desolate, and I
will dry up thy rivers:

28 Who say to Cyrus : Thou art my shepherd,
and thou shalt perform all my pleasure: Who say
to Jerusalem :Thou shalt be built : and to the tem-
ple • Thv foundations shall be laid.

CHAP. XLV.

A prophecy of Cyrus, as a figure of Christ, the great deliverer
of God's people.

HPHUS saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus,
- 1 - whose right hand I have taken hold of, to sub-
due nations before his face, and to turn the backs
of kings, and to open the doors before him ; and the
gates shall not be shut.

2 I will go before thee, and will humble the
great ones of the earth: 1 will break in pieces the
gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

3 And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the
concealed riches of secret places : that thou mayst
know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name,
the God of Israel.

4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel
my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I
have made a likeness of thee; and thou hast not
known me.

5 I am the Lord, and there is none else : there is
no God besides me : I girded thee ; and thou hast
not known me :

6 That they may know who are from the rising
of the sun, and they who are from the west, that
there is none besides me. 1 am the Lord, and there
is none else :

7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make
peace, and create evil :* I the Lord that do all these
things.

8 Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and
let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened,
and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up
together: I the Lord have created him.

9 Wo to him that gainsayeth his Maker, a sherd
of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that
fashioneth it: What art thou making; and thy work
is without hands?

10 Wo to him that saith to his father: Why be-
gettest thou ? and to the Woman : Why dost thou
bring forth ?

1 1 Thus saith the Lord the holy One of Israel,
his Maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning
my children, and concerning the work of my hands
give ye charge to me.

12 1 made the earth: and I created man upon it :
my hand stretched forth the heavens; and I have
commanded all their host.

13 I have raised him up to justice, and I will di-
rect all his ways: he shall build my city, and let go
my captives, not for ransom, nor lor presents, saith
the Lord the God of hosts.

14 Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt,
and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim,
men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be
thine : they shall walk after thee ; they shall go bound
with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and
shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God;
and there is no God besides thee.

15 Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israe
the saviour.

* Create evil , ifc. The evils of afflictions and punishments, but ml
the evil of sin.

685

1SAIAS.

even

16 They are all confounded, and ■shamed: the
for g e r s of errors ire gone together into confusion.

1 7 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal sal-
ration: yon shall not be confounded; and yon shall
not be ashamed for ever and ever.

18 For thus saith the Lord that ereated the hea-
vens, God himself that formed the earth, and made
it, the very maker thereof: lie did not create it in
vain : In- formed it to be inhabited. I <///« the Lord,
and there is no other.

19 I here not spoken in secret, in a dark place of
the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek
me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that
declare right thil

20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw
near together, ye that are eared of the gentiles: they
have no knowledge thai set up the wood of their
graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.

SI Tell fe, and come, and consult together: who
hath declared this from the beginning, who hath
foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord,
and there is no God else besides me? A just God
and a Bariour; there is none besides mc.

Be converted to me, and you shall be saved,
all re ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is
no other.

23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice
•hall no out of my mouth, and shall not return:

lor every knee shall be bowed to me, and
tongue shall swear.

Therefore shall he say: in the Lord are my
justices and empire: they shall come to him; and
all that resist him, shall be confounded.

26* In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justi-
fied and praised.

CHAP. XLVI.

The iilolf oj Bdhylan tltiill he Histr'iii-il. Snlruliun is prnmiterl
thyiis't Christ.

BEL is broken : Nairn is destroyed: their idols
are put upon beasts and cattle: yom burdens of
heavy weight even unto weariness.

I |'he\ are consumed, and are broken together:
they could not save him that carried them; and the]
themselves shall go into captivity.

• I Hearken unto me. O house of Jacob, nil the
remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried by
my bowels, are l>orn up by mv womb.

4 Even to '/"»' old age I am the same; and to

your gray hairs 1 will canv mm: I have made you,
and I will bear: I will earn, and will save.

5 To whom have you likened me, and made me
equal, and compared me, and made me 1 i k i • '

t> Vou that contribute Bold out of the bag, and
ih out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith
to make a rod: and thev tall down, and Worship.

7 Thev bear him on their shoulders, and carry
him. and set him in his place: and he shall stand.
and shall not stir out of his place. Yea. when they
shall crv also unto him. he shall not hear : he shall
not save them from tribulation.

8 Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye
transgressors, to the heart.

9 Remember the former ajp; for I am God, and

there is no God beside, neither is th re the like to
me :

10 Who show from the he-inning the things that
I be at last, and from ancient times the things

that as yet are not done, taring : Mj counsel -hah
stand: and all my will shall be done:

11 Who call a bird from the east, and from a fat
Country the man of my own w ill ; and I have spoken,
and will bring it to pass: 1 have created, and I will
do it. Hear me, O ye hard-hearted, who arc far
from justice.

12 I have brought my justice near: it shall not In-
far off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will
give salvation in Sion, and mv glory in Israel.

CHAP. XLVII. '

CofTs judgment upon lluhyhn.

/^OME down: sit in the dust, o \ irgin daughter

yJ of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no ihrone
for the daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shall no
more be called delicate and tender

2 Take a mill-stone, and grind meal; UBCOrei
thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy I
pass over the rivers.

3 Thy nakedness shall be discovered : and thy
shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and
no man shall resist me.

4 Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name,
the holy One of Israel.

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness. O
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shah no more
be called tiie lady of kingdoms.

6 1 was angry with my people: I have polluted
my inheritance, and have given them into thy hand.
thou hast shown no mercy to them: upon the an-
cient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.

7 And thou hast said: I shall he a lady lor ever:
thou hast not laid these things to thv heart; iieilhci

hast thou remembered thj latter end.

8 And now hear these; things, thou that art deli-
cate, and dwellest confidently, that savestin thy
heart: I am, and there is none else besides me: I
shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know har-
rennt

9 These two things shall come upon thee sud-
denly in one day. barrenness and w idow hood. All
things are come upon thee, because of the multitude
of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy
enchanters.

10 And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and
hast said: There is none that seeth inc. Thv wis
dom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived line.
And thou hast said in thy heart : I am; and besides
me there is no other.

11 Evil shall come upon thee; and thou shall not
know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall v io-
Icntlv upon thee, which thou canst not keep oil":
misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou
shall not know.

I J Stand now with thy enchanters, ami w ith the
inultitudeof tin sorceries, in which thou hast labour-
ed from thy youth, if so be it mav profit thee any

thins;, or iftnou mavst become stronger,

13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy couo

CHAP. XLVIII, XLIX.

sels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee,
they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months,
that from them they might tell the things that shall
come to thee.

14 Behold, they are as stuhble ; fire hath burnt
them; they shall not deliver themselves from the
power of the flames: there are no coals wherewith
they may be warmed, nor fire that they may sit
thereat.

1 5 Such are all the things become to thee, in which
thou hast laboured : thy merchants from thy youth,
every one hath erred in his own way; there is none
that can save thee.

CHAP. XLVIII.

He reproaches the Jews for their obstinacy : he will deliver them
out of their captivity, for his own name's sake.

HEAR ye these things, O house of Jacob, you
that are called by the name of Israel, and are
come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who
swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention
of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.

2 For they are called of the holy city, and are
established upon the God of Israel : the Lord of
hosts is his name.

3 The former things of old I have declared; and
they went forth out of my mouth ; and I have made
them to be heard : I did them suddenly, and they
came to pass.

4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck
is an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass.

5 I foretold thee of old : before they came to pass
I told thee; lest thou shouldst say: My idols have
done these things: and my graven and molten things
have commanded them.

6 See now all the things which thou hast heard :
but have you declared them ? I have shown thee new
things from that time ; and things are kept which
thou knowest not :

7 They are created now, and not of old ; and be-
fore thexiay, when thou heardestthem not; lest thou
shouldst say : Behold, I knew them.

8 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither
was thy ear opened of old. For I know that trans-
gressing thou wilt transgress; and I have called thee
a transgressor from the womb.

9 For my name's sake 1 will remove my wrath
far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest
thou shouldst perish.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver:
I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.

1 1 For my own sake, for my own sake will I do
it, that I may not be blasphemed : and I will not give
my glory to another.

12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel,
whom I call : I am he ; I am the first, and I am the
last.

13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my
right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call
them, and they shall stand together.

14 Assemble yourselves together, all you, and
hear : who among them hath declared these things ?
the Lord hath loved him : he will do his pleasure in
Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I have spoken, and called him : 1
have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, and hear this : I have
not spoken in secret from the beginning : from the
lime before it was done, I was there : and now the
Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.

17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the holy
one of Israel : I am the Lord thy God, that teach
thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way
that thou walkest.

18 that thou hadst hearkened to my command-
ments ! thy peace had been as a river, and thy jus-
tice as the waves of the sea ;

19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the
offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his
name should not have perished, nor have been de-
stroyed from before my face.

20 Come forth out of Babylon ; flee ye from the
Chaldeans ; declare it with the voice of joy : make
this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends
of the earth. Say : the Lord hath redeemed his
servant Jacob.

21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led
them out : he brought forth water out of the rock
for them : and he clove the rock, and the waters
gushed out.

22 There is no peace to the wicked, saith the
Lord.

CHAP. XLIX.

Christ shall bring the Gentiles to salvation. God's love to his
church is perpetual.

f 1 IVE ear, ye islands ; and hearken, ye people
^-*~ from afar. The Lord hath called me from
the womb : from the bowels of my mother he hath
been mindful of my name.

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp
sword : in the shadow of his hand he hath protect-
ed me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow : in
his quiver he hath hidden me.

3 And he said to me : Thou art my servant
Israel ; for in thee will I glory.

4 And I said : I have laboured in vain : I have
spent my strength without cause and in vain : there-
fore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work
with my God.

5 And now, saith the Lord, that formed me
from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring
back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be ga-
thered together : and 1 am glorified in the eyes of the
Lord ; and my God is made my strength.

6 And he said : It is a small thing that thou
shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Ja-
cob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I
have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that
thou may st be my salvation even to the farthest part
of the earth.

7 Thus saith the Lord, the redeemer of Israel,
his holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the na-
tion that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers :
Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore
for the Lord's sake ; because he is faithful, and for
the holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

8 Thus saith the Lord : In an acceptable time I

5G7

ISAIAS.

have heard thee : and in the day of salvation 1 have
helped thee! and I have preserved thee, and given
thee to heacovenant of thc|>cople. thai thou mightest
raise HP tin' cartli. and possess the inheritances that
were destroyed :

9 Thai thou mightestsaj to them thai arebomd:
Cotne forth : and to them thai are in darkness:

Show yourselves. The; thnM feed in tlie treys,
and their pastures shall l>c in every plain.

1<» Thej shall n. >t hunger, nor t hirst : neither
shall the heal nor the mil strike them : for he that
is merciful to them. ahaH he their shepherd : and
at the fountain^ of waters lie shall give then drink.

1 1 And I w ill make all my mountains a way, and
my paths shall he exalted.

12 Behold, these shall come from afar, and he-
hold, these from the north and from the sea, and
these from the south country.

13 Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O
earth : ye mountain* give praise with jubilation :
I), cause the Lord hath comforted his people, and
will have mercy on his jioor ones.

14 And Sion said : The Lord hath forsaken me,
and the Lord hath forgotten me.

15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to
have pitv on the son of her womb ? and if she
should forget yet will not 1 forget thee.

16 Behold, I have graven thee in my hands : thy
walls are always before my eyes.

17 Thy builders are come: they that destroy
thee, and make thee waste shall go out of thee.

18 Lift up thy eyes round al>oiit, and see all
fhese are gathered together ; they are come to thee :
A»\ live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with
all these as with an ornament; and as a bride thou
shalt put them about thee.

19 For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and
the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow
by reason of the inhabitants: and they that swal-
lowed thee up shall be chased far away.

20 The children of thy barrenness shall still sa\
in thy ears: The place is too strait for me; make
me room to dwell in.

21 And thou shalt say in thy heart : Who hath
begotten these ? I was barren, and brought not forth,

and w ho hath brought up
and these where

led away, and captive

- I UXU destitute and alone:
wen- they ?

22 Thus saith the Lord God : lb-hold, I will
lift un my hand to the (ientiles, and will set up my
standard to the jx-ople. And they shall bring thy
sons in their arms, and carry thy daughters upon
their shoulders.

.'■ '. And kinfJ shall he thv nursing fathers.
and qoeepa thy nurses : they shall Worship thee
with their face toward the earth: and they shall
lick up the dust of thv feet. And thou shalt know
that I am the Lord ; for they shall not be confound-
ed that wait for him.

Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or
can that w hich Was taken bj the might] he delivered?

thus saith the Lord : Yea, verily,
the captivity shall Ik* taken away from the strong :

and that Which was taken by the mighty, shall be
delivered. Hut I will judge those that have judged
the.'; and thy children I will save.

86 Ami I will feed thy enemies with their own

flesh: and they shall be made drunk with their ow n
blood, a> with new wine : and all flesh shall know,
that I am the Lord that save thee, and thy Re-
deemer the mighty One of Jacob.

( HAP. L.

The synagogue *h<ill he dirorcrd for her iniquities. Christ for
her sake will endure ignominious affliction*.

nnilUS saith the Lord: What is this bill of the
•*■ divorce of your mother, with which I have
put her away? or who is mv creditor, to whom I
sold you r behold, you are sold for your iniquities : and
for your wicked deeds have I put your mother BWBj .

2 Because I came, and there was not a man: I
called, and there was none that would hear. Is
my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot
redeem ? or is there no strength in me to deliver?
Behold, at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert ;
I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall
rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst.

3 I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and
will make sackcloth their covering.

4 The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that
I should know how to uphold by word him that is
weary: he wakeneth in the morning; in the morning
he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.

5 The Lord God hath opened my eai, and I do
not resist: I have not gone back.

6 1 have given my body to the strikers, and my
cheeks to them that plucked them : I have not
turned away my face from them that rebuked me.
and spit upon me.

7 The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I
not confounded : therefore have 1 set my face as a
most hard rock ; and I know that 1 shall not be
confounded.

8 He is near that justifieth me: who will con-
tend with me? let us stand together: who is my
adversary? let him come near to me.

9 Behold, the Lord God is my helper: who is
he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be de-
stroyed as a garment : the moth shall eat them up.

10 Who is there among you that tea ret h the
Lord, that heareth the voice of his s. i \ ,i ?it. that
hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? jet him
hope in the name of the Lord, and lean unonhisGod.

11 Behold, all \ou that kindle a ore, encom-
passed with flames, walk in the light of your fire,
and in the flames which yon have Kindled: this is
done to you by my band ; you shall sleep in s<tiow s.

CHAP. LI.

An exhortation to trust in Christ. He shall protect the chil-
dren of his church.

GIVE ear to me, you thai follow that which is
just, and \ou that seek the Lord: look unto
the took w hence you are hewn, and to the hole ol
the pit from w hich you are dug out.

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara

CHAP. I II.

that bore you : for I called him alone, and blessed
him, and multiplied him.

3 The Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and
will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make
her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness
as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall
l>e found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of praise.

4 Hearken unto me, O my people; and give ear
to me, O my tribes : for a law shall go forth from
me; and my judgment shall rest to be a light of
the nations.

5 My just one is near at hand ; my Saviour is
gone forth; and my arms shall judge the people:
the islands shall look for me, and shall patiently
wait for my arm.

6 Lift up your e3'es to heaven, and look down to
the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish like
smoke ; and the earth shall be worn away like a gar-
ment; and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like
manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and
my justice shall not fail.

7 Hearken to me, you that know what is just,
my people who have my law in your heart : fear
ye not the reproach of men; and be not afraid of
their blasphemies.

8 For the worm shall eat them upas a garment:
and the moth shall consume them as wool : but my
salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from
generation to generation.

9 Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of
the Lord: arise as in the days of old, in the ancient
generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one,
and wounded the dragon ?

10 Hast not thou dried up the sea, the water of
the mighty deep, who madest the depth of the sea
a way, that the delivered might pass over?

1 1 And now they that are redeemed by the Lord,
shall return, and shall come into Sion singing prais-
es ; and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads :
they shall obtain joy and gladness ; sorrow and
mourning shall flee away.

12 I, I myself will comfort you: who art thou,
that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of
the son of man, who shall wither away like grass ?

13 And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker,
who stretched out the heavens, and founded the
earth: and thou hast been afraid continually all the
day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee,
and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where
is now the fury of the oppressor ?

14 He shall quickly come that is going to open
unto you: and he shall not kill unto utter destruc-
tion : neither shall his bread fail.

15 But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the
sea, and the waves thereof swell: the Lord of
hosts is my name.

16 1 have put my words in thy mouth, and have
protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou
mightest plant the heavens; and found the earth;
and mightest say to Sion : Thou art my people.

17 Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which
hast drunk at. the hand of the Lord the cup of his
wrath: thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the

cup of dead sleep ; and thou hast drunk even to
the dregs.

18 There is none that can uphold her among all
the children that she hath brought forth : and there
is none that taketh her by the hand among all the
children that she hath brought up.

19 There are two things that have happened "to
thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and
destruction, and the famine, and the sword : who
shall comfort thee?

20 Thy children are cast forth ; they have slept
at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is
snared ; full of the indignation of the Lord, of the
rebuke of thy God.

21 Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and
thou that art drunk but not with wine.

22 Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord, and thy
God, who will fight for his people : Behold, I have
taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the
dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not
drink it again any more.

23 And I will put it in the hand of them that
have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul :
Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast
laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them
that went over.

CHAP. LII

Under the figure of the deliverance from the Babylonish cap-
tivity, the church is invited to rejoice for her redemption from
sin. Christ's kingdom shall be exalted.

A RISE, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion ; put
-^*- on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the
city of the holy One : for henceforth the uncircum-
cisedand unclean shall no more pass through thee.

2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit up, O
Jerusalem : loose the bonds from off thy neck, O
captive daughter of Sion.

3 For thus saith the Lord : You were sold gra
tis; and you shall be redeemed without money.

4 For thus saith the Lord God : My people wen!
down into Egypt at the beginning to sojourn there :
and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without any
cause at all.

5 And now what have I here, saith the Lord ; for
my people is taken away gratis ? They that rule
over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord : and
my name is continually blasphemed all the day long.

6 Therefore my people shall know my name in
that day: for I myself that spoke, behold, I am here.

7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that brin^eth good tidings, and that
preacheth peace; of him that showeth forth good,
that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy
God shall reign!

8 The voice of thy watchmen : they have lifted
up their voice, they shall praise together: for they
shall seeeye to eye when the Lord shall cob vert Sion.

9 Rejoice, and give praise together, O ye deserts
of Jerusalem : for the Lord hath comforted his
people: he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The Lord hath prepared his holy arm in the
sight of all the gentiles: and all the ends of the
earth shall see the salvation of our God.

688

rSAlAS.

11 Depart, depart, co ye out from thence; touch
no unclean thing: go out of the midsl of her: be
ye clean, you thai cam the vessels of the Lord.

1 2 For you vli.ill not uo out in a tiiimilt ; neither
shall you make haste In flight : lor the Lord will

before you; and (he God of Israel will gather
Mm together.

13 Behold, ni) mi \ ant shall understand: he shall
l>e exalted, and extolled, and shall he < xi ceding
high.

I V As tnanv have been astonished at thee, so
shall his visage Ik? inglorious among men, and his
form among the sons of men.

15 He shall sprinkle many nations: kiims shall
shut their mouth at him: lor they to whom it arai
not told of him. have seen: and i hey that heard not,
have beheld.

( ll\l\ I. IV.

(HAP. I. HI.

A prnphtcy of the passion of Christ.

HO hath believed our report? and to whom is

the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 And he ■hall grow up as a tender plant before

him, and as B root out of a thirst v around : there is

no beauty in him, nor eometinees : and we have

ii him, and ihere was no sightliness, that we

should he desirous of him :

.; D e s p ised , and the most abject of men, a man
of sorrows and acquainted with infirmity : and his
look UWt as it Wen hidden and despised: u hereupon

we esteemed him not.

4 Surely be hath l>orne our infirmities, and car-
ried our sorrows: and WO have thought llilll as ii
were a leper, and as one struck by God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our iniquities, be was
bruised for our sins: the chastisement pf oar peace

UXU Upon liiui. and bj his bruises we are healed.

6 Ml we like sheep have gone astray, every one
hath turned aside iuto his own way: and the Lord
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was offered because ii was his own will.
and he opened not his mouth : he shall be led as a
sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb
before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.

8 He was taken away from distress, and from
judgment: who shall declare his generation? bet
cause be is cut otl'out of the land or the living: for
the wickedness of my people have I struck him.

9 And lie shall give the ungodly for his burial,
and the rich for his death : because he hath done
no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth.

10 And the Lord was pleased to bruise him iu
infirmity : if he shall lay down his life for sin, he
shall s,e a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord
shall be prosperous in his hand.

11 Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see

and be filled : by bis knowledge shall this my just

servant justifi many, and he shall bear their iniquities.

1 1 Therefore will I distribute to him verj many,

and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because

lie hath delivered his soul unto death, and was re-
puted with the wicked : and he hath borne the sins
of many, and hath prayed for the u an s pressors.

I'hr (irntilrs, teho terre barrtn hrforr, shall multiply in the rhirrh
qf Christ : from ir/nrh Uoii's mirry tliall neeir d<purt.

Z"" 1 IVK praise, O thou barren that liearest not;
^J sins: forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou

that didst not travail w ith child : for many are the
children of the desolate, more than of her that hath
a husband, saith the Lord.

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out
the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen
thy coids. and siren-then thy stakes.

3 For thou shall pass on to the ri- lit hand, and to
(he left: and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and
shall inhabit the desolate cit'n B.

4 Fear not, for thou shall not be confounded, nor
blush: for thou shalt not be put to shame, because
thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shall
remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.

5 For he that made thee shall rule over thee, the

Lord of heats is his name: and thy Redeemer, the

holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the
earth.

6 For the Lord hath called thee as a woman for-
saken, and mourning in spirit, and as a wile cast
oil' from her youth, said thy God.

7 For a small moment have 1 forsaken thee, but
with pea! mercies will I gather thee.

\\ In a moment of indignation have I bid my face
a little while from thee, but with everlasting kind-
ness have I had mercy ou thee, said the Lord thy
Redeemer.

9 This thing is to mc as in the days of Xoe, to
whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the
waters ofNoe upon the earth : BO have I sworn not

be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.

10 For the mountains shall be moved, and the
hills shall tremble : but my mercy shall not depart
from line, and the covenant of my peace shall no)

be moved : said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

1 1 O poor little one. tossed a it!i tempest, without
all comfort, behold, I will la\ thy stones in order,
and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

12 And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and

thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of
desirable stones.

13 All thy children shall be taught of the Lord :
and great shall be the peace ol thy children.

I i \ndthou shall be founded in justice : depart
far from oppression, for thou shall not fear ; and
from terror, for it shall not come near tin B,

lb Behold, an inhabitant shall come, w ho w
not with me, he that was a stranger to thee bete
shall be joined to thee.

16 Behold. I have created the smith that blow-
eth the eo. ils in the lire, and bfingetO forth an instru-
ment for his work : and I have created the killer to

destroy.

17 No we ap on that is formed afBMBSl thre shall
prosper: and every tongee that resisteth thee in

judgment, thou shall condemn. This is the inhe-
ritance 01 the servants of the Lord, and their justice

with mc, saith the Lord.

CHAP. LV, LV1, LVI1.

CHAP. LV.

God promises abundance of spiritual graces to the faithful,
that shall believe in Christ out of all nations, and sincerely
serve him.

ALL you that thirst, come to the waters: and
you that have no money, make haste, buy, and
eat : come ye, buy wine and milk, without money,
and without any price.

2 Why do you spend money for that which is not
bread, and your labour for that which doth not
satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat
that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted
in fatness.

3 Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and
your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, the faithful mercies ol David.

4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the
people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation, which thou
knewest not; and the nations that knew not thee
shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and
for the holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.

6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found :
call upon him, while he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the un-
just man his thoughts, and let him return to the
Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our
God, for he is bountiful to forgive.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts : nor
your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are exalted above the
earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways,
and my thoughts above your thoughts.

10 And as the rain and the snow come down
from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak
the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater :

' 1 1 So shall my word be, which shall go forth
from my mouth : it shall not return to me void, but
it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper
in the things for which I sent it. , , " , ,

12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led
forth with peace : the mountains and the hills shall
sing praise before you, and all the trees of the
country shall clap their hands.

13 Instead of the shrub shall come up the fir-
tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the
myrtle-tree : and the Lord shall be named tor an
everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.

Go Ai . Li V I.

God invites all to keep his commandments : the Gentiles that
keep tliem shall be the people of God: the Jewish pastors
are reproved. . . ,

THUS saith the Lord : Keep ye judgment, and
do justice ; for my salvation is near to come,
and my justice to be revealed. , , , . , ,

2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the
son of man that shall lay hold on this : that keepeth
the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his
hands from doing any evil.

3 And let not the son of the stranger, that ad-
hereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will
divide and separate me. from his people. And let
not the eunuch say • Behold, I am a dry tree.

4 For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs : They
that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the
things that please me, and shall hold fast my co-
venant :

5 1 will give to them in my house, and within
my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and
daughters : I will give them an everlasting name,
which shall never perish.

6 And the children of the stranger that adhere
to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name,
to be his servants ; every one that keepeth the sab-
bath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my
covenant :

7 1 will bring them into my holy mount, and will
make them joyful in my house of prayer ; their ho-
locausts, and their victims shall please me upon my
altar : for my house shall be called the house of
prayer for all nations.

8 The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered
of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his
congregation.

9 All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all
ye beasts of the forest.

10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ig-
norant : dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain
things, sleeping and loving dreams.

11 And most impudent dogs, they never had
enough : the shepherds themselves knew no under-
standing : all have turned aside into their own way,
every one after his own gain, from the first even
to the last.

12 Come, let us take wine, and be filled with
drunkenness : and it shall be as to-day, so also to-
morrow, and much more.

CHAP. LVII. i M

The infidelity of the Jews: their idolatry. Promises to humble
penitents.

THE just perisheth, and no man layeth it to
heart, and men of mercy are taken away, be-
cause there is none that understandeth, for the just
man is taken away from before the face of evil.

2 Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that
hath walked in his uprightness.

3 But draw near hither, you sons of the sor-
ceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.

4 Upon whom have you jested ? upon whom
have you opened your mouth wide, and put out your
tongue ? are not you wicked children, a false seed:

5 Who seek vour comfort in idols under every
green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under
the high rocks? . ...

6 In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this
thv lot : and thou hast poured out libations to them,
thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry
at these things ? , . .

7 Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast lam
thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer vtctims

8 And behind the door, and behind the post thoo
hast set up thy remembrance : for thou hast disco-
vered thyself near me, and hast received 1 au adul-
terer : thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made a cove-
nant with them: thou hast loved their bed with
open hand. g9]

I-\1 *s.

9 And thou hast adorned thyself for the kin-
w ith ointment. ;iikI hast multiplied thy perfumes.

Thou ha>i sent thy mesi iar off, and wast de-

based even to bell.

10 Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of
thy ways : ytl I lion saidst not : I will rest : thou hast

found lite of thy hand, therefore thou bad not
asked.

11 For whom hast thou been solicitous and
afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful
of me, nor thought on me in thy heart ? for I am
silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast for-
gotten me.

12 1 will declare thy justice, and thy works shall
not profit thee.

1.5 When thou shall cry, let thy companies de-
liver thee, hut the winds shall carry them all off, a
breeze shall take them away : but he that putteth
his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall pos-
,iiy holy mount.

1 \ And 1 will say : .Make a way : give free pas-
sage, turn out of the path, take away the stumbling-

- out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that
inhahiteth eternity: and his name, is Holy, who
dw elleth in the high and holy place, and with a con-
trite and humble spirit : to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I
be angry unto the end : because the spirit shall go
forth from my face, and breathings I will make.

17 For the inimhty of his covetousness I was ajt-
*ry, and 1 struck him : I hid my face from thee,
and was angry : and he went away wandering in
his ow n heart.

18 1 saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought
him back, and restored comforts to him, and to
them that mourn for him.

1!) I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to
him that is far olT. and to him that is near, said the
Lord, ami I healed him.

20 Hut the wicked an like the rasing sea. which
cannot rest, ami the wares thereof cast up dirt and
mire.

21 There is no peace to the wicked, saith the
Lord Ciod.

CHAP. I. VIll.

God rrjtcti the hi/porritiral/attt of the Jrtrt ; recommend* work?
of merry, nnrl tinrrrr godlinets.

Z"" 1 RV, case not, lift up thy voi.r like a trumpet,
^ and show my people their wicked doings, and
the house of Jacob their sins.

2 For they seek me from day to day, and desire
to know niv w | | nation that hath done jus-
tice, and bath not forsaken the judgment of their

1 : they ask of me the judgments of justi< i : they
arc willing to approach to ( lod.

3 \\ h\ have we fasted, and thou hast not regard-
ed ; bare we bumbled our souls, and thou hast not
taken notice - Behold, in the d.iv of vour fast vour
ow n will is found : and you exact of all vour debt

) Behold, you rest for debate! and suite, md
strike with the list wickedly. Do n»i fastas

tea

have done until this day, to make your cry to l>e

heard on high.

5 Is this such a fast as I have chosen ; for a man
to afflict his soul for ■ day } is this it, to wind his
head about like a circle, and to spr e ad sackcloth
and ashes } wilt thou (all this a fast, and a da\
eeptable to the Lord ?

6 Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen ?
loose the bands of w ickedness : undo the bundles
that oppress ; let them that are broken, go free ; and
break asunder everv burden.

7 Deal thy bread to the hungry; and bring the
needy and the harliourlcss into thy house: w hen
thou shalt see one naked, cover him and despise not
thy own flesh.

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morn-
ing : and thy health shall speedily arise ; and thy
justice shall go before thy face ; and the glory of the
Ford shall gather thee up.

9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear:
thou shalt cry, and he shall say: Here I am. If
thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of
thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to
speak that which proliteth not.

10 When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hun-
gry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall
thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall
be as the noon-day.

11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually,
and will fill thy soul with brightness, nui deliver
thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a fountain of water, whose waters shall
not fail.

12 And the places that have been desolate for
. shall be built in thee : thou shalt raise up the

foundations of generation and generation : and thou
shall be called the repairer of the fences, turning
the paths into rest.

13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath,
from doing thv own will in my holy day. and call
the sahbath delightful, and the holy Of the Ford
glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy
own ways, and thy own will is not found, to speak
a word :

14 Then shalt thou be delighted in the Ford;
and I will lift thee up above the high places of the
earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Ja-
cob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it.

CHAP. LIX.

Thr dreadful evil of tin is display d, at Iht great obttarle to oh
good from (irxf: yrt he irilt tend a Redeemer, and make an
everlasting eovrnant irith his rhurch.

BFIIOLD, the hand of the Ford is not shorten-
ed, that it cannot save; neither is his car heavy,
that it cannot hear.

2 But your iniquities have divided between you
and your 6od : and vour sins have hid his face from
jrou, thai be should not hear.

3 For your bands are defiled with blood, and
vour fingers with iniquity: your lips have s|x>ken
lias, aad jour tongue uttereth iniquity.

4 There is none who calleth upon justice; nei-

CHAP. LX.

thei is there any one, who judgeth truly: but they
trust in a men; nothing, and speak vanities: they
have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.

5 They have broken the eggs of asps, and have
woven the webs of spiders : he who shall eat of
their eggs shall die: and that whieh is brought out
shall be hatched into a basilisk.

G Their webs shall not be for clothing ; neither
shall they cover themselves with their works: their
works are unprofitable works, and the work of ini-
quity is in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
innocent blood their thoughts are unprofitable
thoughts: wasting and destruction arc in their ways.

!> Tliev have not known the way of peace : and
there is no judgment in their steps : their paths are
become crooked to them: everyone that treadethin
them, knoweth no peace.

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice
shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and
behold, darkness; brightness and we have walked
in the dark.

10 We have groped for the wall: and like the
blind we have groped, as if we had no eyes : we
have stumbled at noon-day as in darkness : we are
in dark places as dead men.

11 We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall
lament as mournful doves. We have looked for
judgment, and there is none ; for salvation and it is
far from us.

12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee;
and our sins have testified against us : for our wick-
ed doings are with us, and we have known our
iniquities,

13 In sinning and lying against the Lord : and
we have turned away, so that we went not after
our God, but spoke calumny and transgression: we
have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words
of falsehood.

14 And judgment is turned away backward : and
justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen
down in the street, and equity could not come in.

15 And truth hath been forgotten: and he that
departed from evil, lay open to be a prey : and the
Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because
there is no judgment.

16 And he saw that there is not a man : and he
stood astonished, because there is none to oppose
himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him,
and his own justice supported him.

17 He put on justice as a breast-plate, and a hel-
met of salvation upon his head : he put on the gar-
ments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with
a cloak.

18 As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to
his adversaries: and a reward to his enemies: he
will repay the like to the islands.

19 And they from the west, shall fear the name
of the Lord ; and they from the rising of the sun,
his glory : when he shall come as a violent stream,
which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:

* This is my covenant, kc. Note here a clear promise of perpetual
3\hodoxy to the church of Chris'.

20 And there shall come a redeemer to Sion,
and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith
the Lord.

21 This is my covenant* with them, saith the
Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that
I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from
henceforth and for ever.

CHAP. LX.

The light of true faith shall shine forth in the church of Christ,
and shall be spread through all nations, and continue for all
ages.

ARISE, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy
light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
risen upon thee.

2 For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and
a mist the people : but the Lord shall arise upon
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and
kings in the brightness of thy rising.

4 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see : all these
are gathered together, they are come to thee : thy
sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall
rise up at thy side.

5 Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy
heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the mul-
titude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the
strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.

6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the
dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from
Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense,
and showing forth praise to the Lord.

7 All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered toge-
ther unto thee; the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to
thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable al-
tar, and l will glorify the house of my majesty.

8 Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves
to their windows?

9 For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of
the sea in the beginning ; that I may bring thy sons
from afar; their silver, and their gold with them,
to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the holy
One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

10 And the children of strangers shall build up
thy walls; and their kings shall minister to thee: for
in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my recon-
ciliation have I had mercy upon thee.

1 1 And thy gates shall be open continually : they
shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of
the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings
may be brought.

12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not
serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be
wasted with desolation.

13 The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the
fir-tree, and the box-tree, and the pine-tree together,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and! will
glorify the place of my feet.

14 And the children of them that afflict thee,
shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slan-
dered thee, shall worship the steps of thy feet, and

f.!)S

I -MAS

shall call thee tin- city <>l the Lord, the Sion of the
holy Oncol' Israel.

15 Became ihoa wast forsaken, and hated, and

dicri' was none that passed through thee, twill make
line to be an everlasting story, a joy unto genera*
lion and generation:

It! And thou shall sink the milk of the Gentiles,

tad thou shalt be nursed with tin- breaal of kings:

and thou shalt know that I am the Lord tliv Sa-
viour, and thy Redeemer, the might] One of Jacob.

17 For brass 1 will bring cold, and lor iron I will
bring silver ; and lor wood brass, and for stones
iron: and I will make thj notation j)eace, and thy
orereeers justice.

18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land,
wasting DOT destruction in thy borders; and salva-
tion shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates

19 Thou shalt no more* have the sun for thy
light by day, neither shall the brightness of the
moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto
thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy
Jorv.

Jo Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon
shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee
lor an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourn-
shall be ended.

21 And thy people shall be all just ; they shall
inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting,
the work of my hand to glorify me.

22 The least shall become a thousand, and a lit-
tle one a most strong nation: I the Lord will sud-
lenlv do this thing in its time.

CHAP. LXL

The ojice of Christ : the mission of the Apostles : the happi-
ness of their converts.

r |"MlE Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the
-*- Lord hath anointed me : he hath sent me to
preach to tin" meek, to heal the contrite of heart,
and to preach a release to the captjves, and deli-
verance to them that are shut up:

I'o proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all
that mourn :

3 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to
e them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for

mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief:
i nd they shall be called in it the mighty ones of
justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.

4 And they shall build the places that have been
waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins,
and shall repair the desolate cities, that were de-
stroved for gen era tion and generation.

5 And strangers shall stand and shall feed your
llo« ks: and the sons of strangers shall be your hus-
bandmen, and the dressers M 1 our vines.

t; lint \ou shall be called the priests of the Lord:
to you it "shall be said: Ye ministers of our God :
you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you
shall pride yourselves in their dory.

7 For your double contusion and shame, they
shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive

* 7Vw tkttil M mart, *c. In tl>l» latter part of ll.r chapter, tin- pro-
phot \mmn* from Oh* illuMrioni promiv* made to the church militant
•n earth, to the (lory of thcrlmn l triumphant in heaven.

double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto
them.

8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, and
hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make thtir
work in truth, and I will make a perpetual cove-
nant with them.

9 And thev shall know their seed among the
Gentiles, anq their offspring in the midst of peo-
ples: all that shall see them, shall know them, thai
these are the seed which the Lord hath bless, ,|.

10 I will greath rejoice in the Lord, and my
soul shall be joyful in my God : for he hath cloth-
ed me with the garments of salvation : and with the
robe of justice he hath covered me. as a bride-
groom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorn-
ed with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringetfa forth her bud, and
as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth; so
shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and
praise before all the nations.

CHAP. LXII.

The prophet trill not cease from preaching Christ: to trhom all
nations shall be converted : and whose church shall continue
fur rrer.

FOR Sion's sake, I will not hold my peace, and
for the sake of Jerusalem. I will not rest, till
her just One come forth as brightness, and her sa-
viour be lighted as a lamp.

2 And the Gentiles shall see thy just One, and
all kings thy glorious One; and thou shalt be called
by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall
name.

3 And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand cf
the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand ol thy God.

4 Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and
thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou
shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land in-
habited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased
with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.

5 For the young man shall dwell with the vir-
gin, and thy children shall dwell in thee. And the
bridegroom shall rejoice over the bride, and thy
God shall rejoice over thee.

C Upon tbv walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed
watchmen all the day, and all the night, ihev shall
never hold their peace. You that are mindful of
the Lord, hold not your peace,

7 And give him no silence till he establish, and
till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8 The Lord hath sworn by bis right band, and
by the arm of his Strength: surely I will no more
give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the
sons of the Strangers shall not drink thy wine, for
which thou hast laboured.

9 For they that gather it shall eat it, and shall
praise the Lord: and they that bring it together,
shall drink it in my holy courts.

10 Go through, go through the WtotHy prepare the
way for the people, make the road plain, pick out

.ties, and lilt up the standard to the people.

11 Behold, tin; Lord hath made it to be heard in
the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Be-
hold, thj Saviour cometh: behold, his reward is
with him. and his work before him.

CHAP. LXI1I, LXIV

12 And they shall call them: The holy people,
The redeemed of the Lord. But thou shalt be call-
ed: A city sought after, and not forsaken.

CHAP. LX1II.

Christ's victory over his enemies : his mercies to his people :
their complaint.

WHO is this that cometh from Edom,* with dyed
garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his
robe, walking in the greatness of his strength ? I, that
speak justice, and am a defender to save.

2 Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments
like theirs that tread in the wine-press ?

3 I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the
Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have tram-
pled on them in my indignation, and have trodden
them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled
upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.

4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart : the
year of my redemption is come.

5 I looked about, and there was none to help : I
sought, and there was none to give aid : and my own
arm hath saved for me, and my indignation itself
hath helped me.

6 And I have trodden down the people in my
wrath, and have made them drunk in my indigna-
tion, and have brought down their strength to the
earth.

7 I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord,
the praise of the Lord for all the things that the
Lord hath bestowed upon us, 'and for the multitude
of his good things to the house of Israel, which he
hath given them according to his kindness, and ac-
cording to the multitude of his mercies.

8 And he said: Surely they are my people, chil-
dren that will not deny: so he became their saviour.

9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and
the angel of his presence saved them : in his love,
and in his mercy, he redeemed them, and he carried
them and lifted them up all the days of old.

10 But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the
spirit of his holy One: and he was turned to be their
enemy, and he fought against them.

11 And he remembered the days of old of Moses,
and of his people: Where is he that brought them
up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock ?
where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit
of his holy One ?

12 He that brought out Moses by the right hand,
by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters
before them, to make himself an everlasting name.

13 He that led them out through the deep, as a
horse in the wilderness that stumble th not.

14 As a beast that goeth down in the field, the
spirit of the Lord was their leader: so didst thou
lead thy people to make thyself a glorious name.

* Edom. Edom and Bosra fa strong city of Edom) are here taken
n a mystical sense for the enemies of Christ and his church.

f They have held back, &c. This is spoken by the prophet in the per-
son of the Jews at the time when for their sins they were (riven up to
their enemies.

t Abraham hath not knovn ui, &c. That is, Abraham will not now
acknowledge us for his children, bv reason of our degeneracy : but
thou, O Lord, art our true lather and our redeemer, and no other can
be called our parcnl in comparison with thee.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from
thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory :
where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude
of thy bowels, and of thy mercies ? they have held
backf themselves from me.

16 For thou art our father, and Abraham hath
not known us,f and Israel hath been ignorant of
us : thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from
everlasting is thy name.

17 Why hast thou made us to err,§ O Lord, from
thy ways ? why hast thou hardened our heart, that
we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy
servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.

18 They have possessed thy holy people as no-
thing: our enemies have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are become as in the beginning, when thou
didst not rule over us, and when we were not called
by thy name.

CHAP. LXIV.

The prophet prays for the release of his people, and for the
remission of their sins.

f~\ THAT thou wouldst rend the heavens, and
*»•* wouldst come down: the mountains would
melt away at thy presence.

2 They would melt as at the burning of fire, the
waters would burn with fire, that thy name might
be made known to thy enemies; that the nations
might tremble at thy presence.

3 When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall
not bear them : thou didst come down, and at thy
presence the mountains melted away.

4 From the beginning of the world they have not
heard, nor perceived with the ears : the eye hath
not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou
hast prepared for them that wait for thee.

5 Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doeth
justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee : be-
hold, thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them
we have been always, and we shall be saved.

6 And we are all become as one unclean, and all
our justices|| as the rag of a menstruous woman:
and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities,
like the wind, have taken us away.

7 There is none that calleth upon thy name; that
riseth up, and taketh hold of thee: thou hast hid thy
face from us, and hast crushed us in the hand of
our iniquit)*.

8 And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we
are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are
the works of thy hands.

9 Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no
longer our iniquity : behold, see we are all thy people.

10 The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert*
Sion is made a desert; Jerusalem is desolate.

1 1 The house of our holiness, and of our glory,

* Made us to err, &c. hardened our heart, Sic. The meaning is, that
God in punishment of their great and manifold crimes, and their long
abuse of his mercy and grace, had withdrawn his graces from them,
and so given them up to error and hardness of heart.

|| Our justices, &c. That is, the works by which we pretended to
make ourselves just. This js spoken particularly of the sacrifices,
sacraments and ceremonies of the Jews after the death of Christ, and
the promulgation of the new law.

101

ISAlAa.

where cot fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire,

and all our lovely thing! arc turned into ruins.

\1 Wilt thou "refrain thyself, <> Lard, upon ,! "" M '
things? "ill thou hold thy and allhct us ve-

hemently?

CHAP. IA\.

The Grntilrs shall seek and find Christ : but the Jnrs tnll per-
Mrrute him, and b< oily a remnant shall If reserved.

church shall multiply, and abound iritk graces.

THEY have sought me that before asked not
forme, then have found me, that sought me
not. ' I s.iid : Behold me, behold me, toa nation that
did not tall tij>on my name.

8 I bate spread forth my hands all the day to an
uobeuering people, irho walk in a way that is not
I, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that continually provoke me to aimer
In-fore my See ; that immolate in gardens, and sa-
crifice upon bricks ;

V That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the tem-
ple of idols; that eat sw im "s flesh, and profane broth
is in their resseli :

5 That say : Depart from me, come not near me,

because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in

anger, a fire burning all the day.

r. Behold, it is written before me: I will not be

silent, but 1 will render and repay into their bosom,

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fa-
thers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed
upon the mountains, and have reproached DM upon
the hills : and I will measure back their first work
in their bosom.

8 Thus saith the Lord : As if a grain be found
in a cluster, and it be said : Destroy it not, because
it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my

nits, that I may not destroy the whole.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
and out of Juda a possessor of my mountaius: and
my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall
dwell there.

10 And the plains shall be turned to folds of
tlixks, and the valley of Achor into a place for the
herds to lie down in, for my people that have
sought me.

11 And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that
have fo r g ott e n my holy mount, that set a table for
fortune, and offer libations upon it :

12 I will number you in the sword, and vou shall
all fall by slaughter: because I called, and you did
not answer : I spoke, and you did not hear : and
m.ii did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the
things that displease me.

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Behold,
my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: be-
hold, mvservants shall drink, «nd vou shall be thirsty.

14 Behold, my servants shall rejoice, and vou

shall be confounded: behold, my servants shall

praise for joyfulness of heart, and vou shall cry for

v of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit.

* rTTUi it this hnm, Ik. Thi» U a prophecy that the temple tbould
he rant off.

f !l, ilul %*erifirrtk mar. ttr. Thia n a prophecy, that U* aarriSOM
whirh wrrr <inVre«l in ihr old law ahould be aboluhcd in the new; and
that the offcrinf of them tbould be a r rime.

15 And you shall leave your name for an exe-
cration to my elect : and the Lord ( iod shall slay
thee, and call his servants by another name:

16 In which be that is blessed upon the earth,
shall be blessed in God, amen : and he that swear-
eth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen : because
the former distresses are forgotten, and because they
are hid from m\ < \. I.

17 For behold, I create new heavens, and a new
earth : and the former thlags shall not be in remem-
brance, and they shall not come upon the heart.

18 But you shall lie glad and reioicc for ever in
these things, which 1 create: for behold, I create
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and the people thereof joy.

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in
my people : and the voice of Weeping shall no more
be heard in her. nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall no more be an infant of daysthero,
nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: lor
the child shall die a hundred wars old, and the sin-
ner l>ciiig-a hundred Mars old shall be accursed.

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit
them: and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the
fruits of them.

22 They shall not build and another inhabit :
they shall not plant, and another eat : for as the dart
of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and tli<
works of their hands shall l>e of long continuance.

23 My elect shall not labour in vain, nor brine
forth in trouble : for they are the seed of the blessed
of the Lordj and their posterity with them.

24 And it shall come to past, that before tin v
call, I will bear: as they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together:
the lion and the ox shall cat straw : and dirtt shall
be the serpent's food : they shall not hurt, nor kill
in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

CHAP. LXVI.

More of the reprobation of the Jews, and of the call of the

(!< utiles.

THIS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne,
and the earth my footstool : w hat is this house*
that you will build to me ? and what is this place
of my rest ?

2 My hand made all these things, and all these
things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall
1 have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and
of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?

3 He that saerificcth an ox,t is as if he slew a
man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he
should brain a dog : he that oflereth an oblation, as
if he should oiler swine's blood: he that reniem-
berelh incense,} as if he should bless an idol. All
these thing! have they chosen in their ways, and
their soul is delighted in their abominations.

4 Wherefore I slso will choose their mockeries;(
and will bring upon them the things they fean t 1 :
because I called, and there was ,„,ne that would
answer: I ha\e spoken, and they heard not : and

iRe m tmitrttk mttnu. rix. To ofivr it in the way of a sacrifice.
I will t kt n t Ikeir a nW I will turn their mockeries upon thrm
•elrea i and will caute thorn to be mocke I by their enctniaa.

CHAP. LXVI.

they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen
the things that displease me.

5 Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble
at his word : Your brethren that hate you, and cast
you out for my name's sake, have said : Let the
Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy : but
they shall be confounded.

6 A voice of the people from the city, a voice
from the temple, the voice of the Lord that render-
eth recompence to his enemies.

7 Before she was in labour,* she brought forth :
before her time came to be delivered she brought
forth a man-child.

8 Who hath ever heard such a thing ? and who
hath seen the like to this ? shall the earth bring
forth in one day ? or shall a nation be brought
forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and
hath brought forth her children ?

9 Shall not I that make others to bring forth
children, myself bring forth, saith the-Lord? shall
I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith
the Lord thy God ?

10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with
her, all you that love her : rejoice for joy with her,
all you that mourn for her.

1 1 That you may suck, and be filled with the
breasts of her consolations : that you may milk
out, and flow with delights from the abundance of
her glory.

12 For thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring
upon her as it were a river of peace, and as an
overflowing torrent the glory of the Gentiles, which
you shall suck : you shall be carried at the breasts,
and upon the knees they shall caress you.

13 As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I
comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Je-
rusalem. •

14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice,
and your bones shall flourish like an herb ; and the

* Before she was in labour, &c. This relates to the conversion of the
Gentile?, who were born, as it were all on a sudden to the church of
God.

hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants .
and he shall be angry with his enemies.

15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and
his chariots arelike a whirlwind, to render his wrath
in indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his
sword unto all flesh : and the slain of the Lord
shall be many.

17 They that were sanctified, and thought them-
selves clean in the gardens behind the gate within,
they that did eat swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse : they shall be consumed together,
saith the Lord.

18 But I know their works, and their thoughts :
I come that I may gather them together with all
nations and tongues : and they shall come, and
shall see my glory.

19 And 1 will set a sign among them, and I will
send of them, that shall be saved, to the Gentiles
into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia, them that draw
the bow ; into Italy, and Greece, to the islands
afar off", to them that have not heard of me, and have
not seen my glory. And they shall declare my
glory to the Gentiles :

20 And they shall bring all your brethren out of
all nations for a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and
in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and in
coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the
Lord, as if the children of Israel should bring an
offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord

21 And I will take of them to be priests and
Levites, saith the Lord.

22 For as the new heavens, and the new earth,
which I make to stand before me, saith the Lord ;
so shall your seed stand, and your name.

23 And there shall be month after month, and
sabbath after sabbath : and all flesh shall come to
adore before my face, saith the Lord.

24 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses
of the men that have transgressed against me : their
worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quench-
ed : and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS.

jeremias was a priest, a native of Anatlwth, a priestly city in
the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanctified from his mother's
womb, to be a prophet of God ; tohich office he began to exe-
cute when he was yet a child in age. He was in his whole
life, according to the signification of his name, great before
the Lord ; and a special figure of Jesus Christ, in the per-
secutions he underwent for discharging his duty ; in his chari-
ty for his persecutors ; and in the violent death he suffered at
their hands : it being an ancient tradition of the Hebrews,
that he was stoned to death by the remnant of the Jews who
had retired into Egypt.

CHAP. I.

The.lime, and the calling, of Jeremias ; his prophetical visions.

God encouro^pshim.
HPHE words of Jer< rnias the son of Helcias, of
-*- the priests that wtre in Anathoth, in the land
of Benjamin.

2 The word of the Lord which came to him in
the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in
the thirteenth year of his reign.

3 And which came to him in the days of Joakim
the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the
eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of
Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem
captive, in the fifth month.

4 And the word of the Lord came tome, saying:

5 Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mo-
ther, I knew thee, and before thou earnest forth out
of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a
prophet unto the nations.

6 And I said : Ah, ah, ah, Lord God : behold, I
cannot speak, for I am a child.

507

JKKEMIAS

7 And the Lord said to me: Say not : I am a
child : for llioii shalt go to all that I shall send thee :
and \vh r I shall command tint', thou shalt
speak.

8 Be not afraid at their pt U M W ! for I am with
thee to deliver thee, saith tin- Lord.

9 And the Lord nut forth his hand, and touched
my mouth : and the Lord said to mo: behold, I
line ghres my words in thy mouth :

10 Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations,
and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down,
and tow aste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant.

1 I And the word of the Lord came to me, say-
ins : What s« est thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see
a rod watching.

1 J And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen
well : for I will watch o\er my word to perform it.

13 llld the word of the Lord came to me I se-
cond time, savins: What seest thou? And I said:
I see ■ boiling caldron, and the face thereof from
the face of the north.

IV And the Lord said to me: From the north
shall an i \ il break forth upon all the inhabitants
of the land.

I") For behold, I will call together all the families
of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord: and
they shall come, and shall set every one his throne
in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon
all the walls thereof round about, and upon all the
cities of Juda.

16 And I will pronounce my judgments against
them, touching all their wickedness, who have for-
saken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, and
have adored the work of their own hands.

17 Thou therefore eird up thy loins, and arise,
and Beak to them all that 1 command thee. Be
not atraid at their presence: fori will make thee
not to tear their countenance.

1M For behold, I have made thee this day a for-

t it'n <1 city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass,

over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the prin-

r hereof, and to the priests, and to the people of

tin laud.

19 And they shall fight against thee, and shall
not prevail : lor 1 am with thee, saith the Lord, to
deliver tine.

CHAP. IF.

God txpottuLtlrt with the Jetes for their ingratitude and
infidelity.

AND the word of the Lord came to me. saying :
2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, say-
ing ; Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered
thee, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espou-
sals, when thou followcdst me in tint desert, in a
laud that is not sown.

.'? Israel is holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his
increase: all thev that devour him offend: evils
shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

Heat M' the word of the Lord,. () house of
Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel :
I bus s;iiib the Lord : What iniquity have pour

I'tnv 1 Thai it, a fruitful, | l> ntilu!

fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me,
and have walked after vanity, and are become vain. 1 '

6 And they have not said : Where is the Lord,
that made us come up out of the land of Egypt.
that led us through the desert, through a land unin-
habited and impassable, through a land of drought,
and the image of death, through a land, wherein no
man walked, nor any man dwelt?

7 And I brought you into the land of CanneL*
to eat the fruit thereof and the best things thereof:
and when ye entered in, you defiled my land, and
made my inheritance an abomination.

8 The priests did not say : Where is the Lord ?
and they that held the law knew DM not, and the

pastors transgressed against me: and the prophets

prophesied in Baal, and followed idols.

9 Therefore will I yet contend in judgment with
you, saith the Lord, and 1 will plead with your chil-
dren.

10 Pass over to the isles of Cethim; and see : and
send into Cedar, and consider diligently : and n e
if there hath been done any thing like this.

11 If a nation hath changed their gods, and in-
deed they are not gods : but my people nave changed
their glory into an idol.

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this: and
ye nates thereof, be very desolate, saith the Lord.

13 For my people have done two evils. The]
have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and
have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a bondman, or a home-born slave ?
why then is he become a prey ?

(5 The lions have roared upon him, and have made
a noise: they have made his land a wilderness: his
cities are burnt down, and there is none to dwell in
them.

16 The children also of Memphis and of Tanhnes
have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.

17 Hath not this been done to thee, bec a use thou
hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when
he led thee by the wav?

18 And now what Last thou to do in the way of
Egypt, to drink the troubled water ? And what bast
thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink
the water of the river ?

19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee ; and
thy apostacy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and
see, that it is an e\ il ami a bitter thing for thee, to
have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not
with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

20 Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou
hast burst my bands, and thou saidst : 1 will not
serve. For on every high hill, and under every
green tree thou didst pros titut e thyself.

21 Yet I planted thee ■ chosen vineyard, all true
seed: how then art thou turned unto mc into thai
which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard ?

22 Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and
multiply to thyself the herb borith.t thou art staib-
ed in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.

t florilk. An licrb u*cd U» clean clothe*, ami Ukeout »|*>U kttl dirt

CHAP. HI.

iS How anstthou say: I am nol polluted, I have
lot walked after Baalim ? see the ways in the val-
ley, know what thou hast done : as a swift runner
pursuing his course.

24 A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in
the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his
love . none shall turn her away : all that seek her
shall not fail : in her monthly filth they shall find
her.

25 Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat
from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope,
I will not doit: fori have loved strangers, and 1
will walk after them.

26 As the thief is confounded when he is taken,
so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their
kings, their princes and their priests, and their pro-
phets,

27 Saying to a stock : Thou art my father : and
to a stone : Thou hast begotten me: they have turn-
ed their back to me, and not their face : and in the
time of their affliction they will say : Arise, and de-
liver us.

28 Where are the gods, whom thou hast made
thee ? let them arise and deliver thee in the time of
thy affliction: for according to the number of thy
cities were thy gods, O Juda.

29 Why will you contend with me in judgment?
you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.

30 In vain have I struck your children, they
have not received correction : your sword hath de-
voured your prophets, your generation is like a ra-
vaging lion.

31 See ye the word of the Lord : Am I become
l wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land ?
why then have my people said : We are revolted,
we will come to thee no more ?

32 Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride
her stomacher ? but my people hath forgotten me
days without number.

33 Why dost thou endeavour to show thy way
good to seek my love, thou who hast also taught thy
malices to be thy ways,

34 And in thy skirts is found the blood of the
souls of the poor and innocent ? not in ditches have
I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned
before.

35 And thou hast said : I am without sin, and
am innocent : and therefore let thy anger be turned
away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee
in judgment, because thou hast said : I have not
sinned.

36 How exceeding base art thou become, going
the same ways over again ! and thou shalt be asha-
med of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

37 For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand
shall be upon thy head : for the Lord hath destroyed
thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous
therein.

CHAP. III.

God invite* the rebel Jews to return to him, with a promise to
receive them : he foretells the conversion of the Gentiles.

IT is commonly said : If a man put away his wife,
and she go from him, and marry another man,

shall he return to her any more ? shall nol that
woman be polluted, and defiled ? but thou hasi
prostituted thyself to many lovers : nevertheless re-
turn to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.

2 Lift up thy eyes on high : and see where thou
hast not prostituted thyself : thou didst sit in the
ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilder-
ness : and thou hast polluted the land with thy
fornications, and with thy wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers were withholden, and
there was no lateward rain : thou hadst a harlot's
forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

4 Therefore at the least from this time call to
me : Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

5 Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou con-
tinue unto the end ? Behold, thou hast spoken, and
fiast done evil things, and hast been able.

6 And the Lord said to me in the days of king
Josias : Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath
done ? she hath gone of herself upon every higli
mountain, and under every green tree, ana hath
played the harlot there.

7 And when she had done all these things, I
said : Return to me : and she did not return. And
her treacherous sister Juda saw,

8 That because the rebellious Israel had played
the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill
of divorce : yet her treacherous sister Juda was not
afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

9 And by the facility of her fornication she de-
filed the land, and played the harlot with stones and
with stocks.

10 And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda
hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but
with falsehood, saith the Lord.

11 And the Lord said tome: The rebellious
Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the
treacherous Juda.

12 Go, and proclaim these words towards the
north, and thou shalt say : Return, O rebellious
Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my
face from you : for 1 am holy, saith the Lord, and 1
will not be angry for ever.

13 But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou
hast transgressed against the Lord thy God : and
thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every
green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord .

14 Return, O ye revolting children, saith the
Lord : for I am your husband : and I will take you,
one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring
you into Sion.

15 And I will give you pastors according to my
own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge
and doctrine.

16 And when you shall be multiplied, and in-
creased in the land in those days, saith the Lord,
they shall say no more : The ark of the covenant
of the Lord : neither shall it come upon the heart
neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be
visited, neither shall that be done any more.

17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the
throne of the Lord : and all the nations shall be
gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to

Jerusalem, and tlw y thai] not walk after the perver-
sity of their mo-t w icked heart.

IN It those days the house of Juda shall goto
the house of Israel, and they shall come together out
of the land of the north to the land which 1 gave to
vour fathers.

I!> lint I said : How shall I pot thee anion:; the
children, and givfl thee a lovely land, the goodly in-
heritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said:
Thou shalt call tnc father, and shalt not cease to
walk alter me.

20 lint as a woman that despiscth her lover,
so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the
Lord.

J I A voice was heard in the high ways, weeping
and how ling of the children of Israel : because they
have made their way wicked, they have forgotten
the Lord their God.

RetUfth )(iu rebellious children, and I will
heal four rebellions. Behold, we come to thee :
for thou art the Lord our God.

in \. ry deed the hills were liars, and the mul-
titude of the mountains : truly in the Lord our God
is the salvation of Israel.

Jl Confbsion hath devoured the labour of our
fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.

16 We shall sleep inour confusion, andour shame
shall cover us, because we have sinned against the
Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth
even to this day : and we have not hearkened to the
voice of the Lord onr God.

CHAP. IV.

An admonition to tineere repentance, and eirrumcisiim oftht
heart, with threat* of grievous punishment to those that ]>er-
sist in tin.

IK thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, re-
turn to me: if thou wilt take aw ay thy stumbling-
blocks out of my light, thou shalt not be moved.

.' \nd thou shalt swear : As the Lord liveth, in
truth, and In judgment, and injustice : and the Gen-
tiles shall hless him, and shall praise htm.

9 lor tliiis saith the Lord to the men of Juda,
and Jerusalem : Break up anew your fallow ground,
and sow not ii|K>n thorns :

4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away
the foreskins of your hearts, ye men of Juda, and yc
Inhabitants of Jerusalem : lest my indignation come
forth like fire, and hum, and there be none that can
quench it: becaaseofthewickednessofyourthoughts.

5 Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Je-
rusalem : speak, and sound with the trumpet in the
land : cry aloud, and say: Assemble yourselves, and
let us so into strong cities.

6 Setup the standard in Sion. Strengthen your-
\. -|\es, stay not ; for I bring evil from the north and
great destruction.

7 The lion is come up out of his den, and the
robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come
forth out of his place, to make thy mud desolate :
thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an
inhabitant

U For this nird yoursdve* with hair-cloth, Liment

JEREMIAS.

for the fierce auger of the Lord is not

and how 1

turned awav from us.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
Lord : That the heart of the king shall perish, and
the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be
astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.

10 And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God,
hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem,
saving: You shall have peace: and behold the sword
reacheth even to the soul ?

11 At that time it shall be said to this people,
and to Jerusalem : A burning wind is in the ways
that are in the desert of the way of the daughter ol
my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.

12 A full wind from these places shall come to
me : and now 1 will speak my judgments With them.

13 Behold, be shall come up as a cloud, and his
chariots as a tempest : his horses ore, swifter than
eagles: wo unto us, for we are laid waste.

l\ Wash thy heart from wickedness, () Jerusa-
lem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall
hurtful thoughts abide in thee ?

15 For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and
giving notice of the idol from mount Kphraim.

16 Say ye to die nations: Behold, it is heard in
Jerusalem, that guards arc coming from a far coun-
try, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda.

17 They are set round about her, as keepers of
fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath,
saith the Lord.

18 Thy ways, and thy devices have brought
these things upon thee : this is thy w ickedness, be-
cause it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.

19 My bowels, my bowels are in pain, the senses
of my heart are troubled within me. I will not hold
my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the
trumpet, the cry of battle.

20 Destruction upon destruction is called for,
and all the earth is laid waste : my tents are de-
stroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment.

21 How long shall I see men fleeing awav, how
long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?

22 For mv foolish people have not known me:
they are fooiish and senseless children : they are
wise to do evils, but to do good they have no
knowledge.

23 I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and
nothing: and the heavens, and there was no ligb
in them.

24 I looked upon the mountains, and behold they
trembled : and all the hills wire troubled.

25 I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all
the birds of the air were gonp.

26 I looked, and behold (armel was a wilder-
ni^v and all its cities were destroyed at the pre-
sence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath
of his indignation.

27 For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall
be desolate, but yet 1 will not utterly destroy,

28 The earth shall mourn, and the In .iven- shall
lament from above: because 1 have spoken. I have
purposed, and I have not repented, neither am I
turned away from it.

CHAP. V.

29 At the voice of the horsemen, and the archer,
all the city is fled away: they have entered into
thickets and have climbed up the rocks : all the ci-
ties are forsaken, and there dwelleth not a man
ill them.

30 But when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do?
though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though
thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, and paint-
est thy eyes with stihick-stone, thou shalt dress thy-
self out in vain : thy lovers have despised thee, they
will seek thy life.

31 For I have -heard the voice as of a woman
in travail, anguishes as of a woman in lahour of a
child. The voice of the daughter of Sion, dying
away, spreading her hands : Wo is me, for my soul
hath fainted because of them that are slain.

CHAP. V.

The judgments of God shall fall upon the Jews for their mani-
fold sins.

GO about through the streets of Jerusalem, and
see, and consider, and seek in the broad places
thereof, if you can find a man that executeth judg-
ment, and seeketh faith : and 1 will be merciful
unto it.

2 And though they say : The Lord liveth ; this
also they will swear falsely.

3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth : thou hast
struck them, and they have not grieved : thou hast
bruised them, and they have refused to receive cor-
rection : they have made their faces harder than
the rock, and they have refused to return.

4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and fool-
ish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judg-
ment of their God.

5 I will go therefore to the great men, and will
speak to them : for they have known the way of
the Lord, and the judgment of their God : and
behold these have altogether broken the yoke more,
and have burst the bonds.

6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain
them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a
leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that
shall go out thence shall be taken, because their
transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are
strengthened.

7 How can I be merciful to thee ? thy children
have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not
gods : I fed them to the full, and they committed
adultery, and rioted in the harlot's house.

8 They are become as amorous horses, and stal-
lions : every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the
Lord ? and shall not my soul take revenge on such
a nation ?

10 Scale the walls thereof, and throw them down,
but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches
thereof, because they are not the Lord's.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of
Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith
the Lord.

12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is
not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we
shall not see the sword and famine.

4 G

13 The prophets have spoken in the Wind, and
there was no word of God in them : these things
therefore shall befall them.

14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts : Because
you have spoken this word : behold, I will make my
words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood,
and it shall devour them.

15 Behold, I will bring upon you a nation from
afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord : a strong
nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language
thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.

16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are
all valiant.

17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread:
they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they
shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds : they shall eat
thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they
shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.

18 Nevertheless, in those days, saith the Lord,
I will not bring you to utter destruction.

19 And if you shall say: Wliy hath the Lord
our God done all these things to us ? thou shalt say
to them : As you have forsaken me, and served a
strange god in your own land, so shall you serve
strangers in a land that is not your own.

20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and
publish it in Juda, saying :

21 Hear, O foolish people, and without under-
standing : who have eyes, and see not : and ears,
and hear not.

22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord :
and will you not repent at my presence? I have set
the sand a bound for the sea, an everlastingordinance,
which it shall not pass over : and the waves thereof
shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail : they
shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

23 But the heart of this people is become hard
of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone
away.

24 And they have not said in their heart : Let
us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early
and the latter rain in due season : who preserveth
for us the fulness of the yearly harvest.

25 Your iniquities have turned these things away,
and your sins have withholden good things from you.

26 For among my people are found wicked men,
that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps
to catch men.

27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are
full of deceit: therefore are they become great and
enriched.

28 They are grown gross and fat : and have most
wickedly transgressed my words. They have not
judged the cause of the widow, they have not ma-
naged the cause of the fatherless, and they have not
judged the judgment of the poor.

29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the
Lord ? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a
nation ?

30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been
done in the land.

31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the
priests clapped their hands : and my people loved

GUI

JLIIF.MIAS.

■■eh things: what i hen shall bo done in tin; end
thereof?

C11AP.VI.

The evils that threaten Jerusalem- She it invited tn riturn. and
walk in the good way, and not to rely on tacr\Jiees without
obedience.

SI KKXGTHKX yourselves, vc sons of Ben-
jamin, in tlu: midst of Jerusalem, and sound tin-
trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over
Bcthacarcm: for evil is seen out of the north, and
a great destruction.

J I have likened tlie daughter of Sion to a Beau-
tiful and delicate woman.

.'< The shepherds shall come to her with their
flocks : the? have pitched their tents against her
round ehaafl I every one shall feed them that are
under his hand.

4 Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let pago
up at mid-day: WO unto ns. for the day is declined,
or the shadows of the evening are gTOWa longer,

5 Arise, and k't us go up in the eight, and destroy
her houses.

6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts : Hew down
her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem : this
is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the
midst of her.

7 As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath
she made her wickedness cold : violence and spoil
■hall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are con-
tinually before me.

8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul
depart from thee, lest 1 make thee desolate, a land
uninhabited.

i» Thus saith the Lord of hosts: they shall gather
the remains of Israel, as in a vine, even to one
cluster: turn back thy hand, as a grape-gatherer
into the basket.

1<» To whom shall I speak? and to whom shall
I testify, that he may hear? behold, their ears are
uncircumcised, and they cannot bear; behold, the
word o! the Lord is become unto them a reproach:
and they will not receive it.

11 Therefore am I full of the fury of the Lord,
I am weary with holding in: pom it out upon the
child abroad, and upon the council of the young
men together: lor mankind woman shall be taken,
the ancient and he that is full of days.

12 And their houses shall he turned over toothers,
with their lands and their wives together: for 1
will sireteh forth mv hand uj>on the inhabitants of
the land, saith the Lord.

13 For from the least of them even to the great-
est, all are gtvefl to eovetousness : and from the
prophet even to the oriest, all are guilty of deceit.

I i And they healed the breach of the daughter
of say people disgracefully, saving: Peace, peace:
ami there was no peace.

[6 They were confounded, because thev com-
mitted abomination : yea, rather thev were not con-
founded with confusion, and they knew not how
to Mush: wherefore thev shall fall annum them thai
fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall

down, kaith the Lord.

1G Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways,
and sec, and ask for the old paths, which is the
good way, and walk ye in if and you shall find
refreshment for your souls. And they said: We
w ill not walk.

17 And 1 appointed watchmen over you. saying:
Hearken ye to the sound ol the trumpet. And thev
said: We will not hearken.

18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
congregation, what great things I will do to them.

l'J Hear, O earth: Behold, 1 will bring evils
upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts :
because they have not beard my words, and thev
have cast away my law.

20 To what purpose do you bring me frankin-
cense from Saba, and the sweet-smellim: cane from
a far country? your holocausts are not acceptable,
nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I
will bring destruction upon this people, by which
fathers and sons together shall fall, neighbour and
kinsman shall perish.

22 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, a people comcth
from the land of the north, and a great nation
shall rise up from the ends of the earth.

23 They shall lay hold on arrow and shield:
they are cruel and will have no mercy. Their
voice shall roar like the sea: and thev shall mount
upon horses, prepared as men for war, against thee,
O daughter of Sion.

21 We have heard the fame thereof, our hands
grow feeble : anguish hath taken hold of us, as a
woman in labour.

25 Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the
high way: for the sword of the enemy, ami l< ar is
on every side.

26 Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter of my
peoplcj and sprinkle thee with ashes: make thee
mourning as for an only son. a bitter lamentation,
because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

27 1 have set thee for a strong trier among mv
people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.

28 All these princes go out of the way. thev
walk deceitfully, they arc brass and iron; the] en
all corrupted.

29 The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed
in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain : for
their wicked deeds are not consumed.

30 Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath
rejected them.

CHAP. VII.

The trmplr of God shall not protrrt a sinful people, without a
sincere conversion. The Jjiinl trill not receive the prayers oj
the prophet for them ; because they are obstinate in their -

rPHE word that came to Jeremias from the
-■- Lord, saying :

2 Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord.
and proclaim there this word, and H] : Hear ye
the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that en-
ter in at these eates, to adore the Lord.

:'. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel :
Make vour wavsand your doings good : and I will
dwell vv ith you ill this pi >

chap. vin.

4 Trust not in lying words, s;i}*ing: The temple
of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the tem-
ple of the Lord.

5 For if you will order well your ways, and your
doings ; if you will execute judgment between a
man and his neighbour;

6 If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this
place, and walk not after strange gods to your own
hurt;

7 I will dwell with you in this place : in the land,
which 1 gave to your fathers from the beginning
and for evermore.

8 Behold, you put your trust in lying words,
which shall not profit you :

9 To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to
swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after
strange gods, which you know not.

10 And you have come and stood before me in
this house, in which my name is called upon, and
have said : We are delivered, because we have done
all these abominations.

11 Is this house then, in which my name hath
been called upon, in your eyes become a den of
robbers? I, I am he : 1 have seen it, saith the Lord.

12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name
dwelt from the beginning : and see what I did to it
for the wickedness of my people Israel :

13 And now, because you have done all these
works, saith the Lord : and I have spoken to you
rising up early, and speaking, and you have not
heard: and I have called you, and you have not
answered :

14 1 will do to this house, in which my name is
called upon, and in which you trust, and to the place
which I have given you and your fathers, as I did
to Silo.

15 And I will cast you away from before my
face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the
whole seed of Ephraim.

16 Therefore do not thou pray for this people,
nor take to thee praise and supplication for them,
and do not withstand me : for I will not hear thee.

17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of
Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem ?

18 The children gather wood, and the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to
make cakes to the queen of heaven,* and to offer
libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to
anger.

19 Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord ?
is it not themselves to the confusion of their own
countenance ?

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold,
my wrath, and my indignation is enkindled against
this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon
the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land,
and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is-

+ The queen of heaven. That is, the moon, which they worshipped
un'ler that name.

t 1 commanded them not, viz. Such sacrifices a? the Jews at this time

rael : Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and
eat ye the flesh.

22 For I spoke not to your fathers, and I com-
manded themf not, in the day that I brought them
out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter ol
burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

23 But this thing I commanded them, saying :
Hearken to ray voice, and I will be your God, and
you shall be my people : and walk ye in all the
way, that I have commanded you, that it may be
well with you.

24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their
ear : but walked in their own will, and in the per-
versity of their wicked heart ; and went backward
and not forward,

25 From the day that their fathers came out of
the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have
sent to you all my servants the prophets from day
to day, rising up early, and sending.

26 And they have not hearkened to me, nor in-
clined their ear : but have hardened their neck, and
have done worse than their fathers.

27 And thou shalt speak to them all these words,
but they will not hearken to thee : and thou shalt
call them, but they will not answer thee.

28 And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation
which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord
their God, nor received instruction : faith is lost,
and is taken away out of their mouth.

29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away : and take
up a lamentation on high : for the Lord hath reject-
ed, and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

30 Because the children of Juda have done evil
in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their
abominations in the house in which my name is
called upon, to pollute it :

31 And they have built the high places of To-
pheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom,
to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire :
which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.

32 Therefore behold the days shall come, saith
the Lord, and it shall no more be called Tonheth,
nor the Valley of the son of Ennom : but the Valley
of slaughter: and they shall bury in Topheth, be-
cause there is no place.

33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat
for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the
earth, antl there shall be none to drive them away.

34 And I will cause to cease, out of the cities of
Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice
of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride : for the land
shall be desolate.

CHAP. VIII.

Other evils that shall fall upon the Jews for their impenitence'

\ T that time, saith the Lord, they shall cast out
-^*- the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones
of the princes thereof, and the bones of the priests,

offered, without obedience; which was the tiling principally com-
manded : so that in comparison with it, the offering- of the holocausts
and sacrifices was of small account.
603

.ir.UKMIAS.

and the lumps of tin- prophets, ;nnl the bones of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their pi

\iiil they sli;ill spread them abroad to tin- MID,
and the BOOB, and all the host of heave n, whom they
have loved, and whom they have served, and after
w hom the; ha\ e walked, and whom they have sought,
and adored: they shall not be fathered, and they
shall not he buried : they shall be as dung u|»on the

e of the earth.

3 And death shall l>e chosen rather than life, by
all that shall remain of this wicked kindred in all
places, which are left, to which 1 have cast them
OUt, saith the Lord of BOStS.

V fend thou shah sav to them: Thus saith the
Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he
that is turned away, shall he not turn auain?

6 \\ liv then is this people in Jerusalem turned
aw av with a stuhhorn revolting? they have laid hold
on lying, and have refused to return.

6 I attended and hearkened : no man speaketh
what is good, tbefe is none that doeth penance for
his sin. saying : \\ hat have I done?Theyare allturn-
ed totheir own course, ass horse rushing to the battle.

7 The kite in the air hath known her time: the
turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observ-
ed the time of their coming: but my people have not
known the judgment of the Lord.

8 How do you say: We are wise, and the law of
the Lord is with us? Indeed, the lying pen of the
scribes hath wrought falsehood.

9 The wise men are confounded, they are dis-
iiKived. and taken: for they have cast away the word
of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.

10 Therefore will I give their women to stran-
s, their fields to others for an inheritance : l>e-

eause from the least even to the greatest all follow
covetousness : from the prophet even to the priest
all deal deceitfully.

1 I And they healed the breach of the daughter
of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace;
when then was no peace.

12 They are confounded, because they have
< oinuiitted abomination: yea rather they are not
confounded with contusion, and they have not
know n how to blush: therefore shall they fall among
then that fall, in the time of their visitation they
shall fall, saith the Lord.

13 Gathering 1 will gather them together, saith
the Lord, there is no grape on the \incN, and there
are do figs on the fig-tree, the leaf is fallen : and I
have men them the things that are passed away.

14 Why do we sit still ? assemble yoursi

and let us enter into the fenced eitv. and let us be
silent there: for the Lord our (i«xl hath put us to
silt nee, and hath gi\en us water of gall to drink :
for we bare sinned against the Lord.

1~> We looked for peace, and no good came :
for a time of healing, and behold fear.

1(> The ■Hotting of his horses was heard from
Dan. all the laud was mo\ed at the sound of the
aeighing of his warriors: and they came and de-
toured the land, and all that was in it ; the eitv and
its inhabitants.

17 For behold I will send among you serpents.
haMlisks. againtt which there is DO charm: and they
shall bite you, saith the Lord.

18 M\ sorrow is above sorrow, in\ heart mourn-
t th within me.

19 Behold the voice of the daughter of my peo-
ple from a far country : Is not the Lord in Sion, or
is nut her king in her? why then have they pro-
voked me to wrath with their idols and strange
sanities?

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved.

21 For the affliction of the daughter of my people
lam afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment
hath taken hold on me.

22 Is there no balm in Galaad ? or is there no
physician there ? Why then is not the wound ot
the daughter of my people closed ?

CHAP. IV

The prophet laments the miseries of his people, and their sins,
which are the cause of them. He exhorts them to repentance.

\J^rilOw'\\\ give water to my head, and a foun-
** tain of tears to my eves? and I will weep
day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people.

2 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodg-
ing-place of wayfaring men, and 1 will leave my
people, and depart from them ? because they are
all adulterers, an assembly of transgressor.

3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow . for
lies, and not for truth : they have strengthened
themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded
from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith
the Lord.

4 Let every man take heed of his ncighl>our,and
let him not trust in any brother of bis : for avers
brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will
walk deceitfully.

5 And a man shall mock his brother, and they
will not speak the truth : for they have taught then
tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to com-
mit iniquity.

6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit :
through deceit they have refused to know me, saith
the Lord.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Be-
hold 1 will melt, and try them : for what else shall
I do before the daughter of my people ?

8 Their tongue is a piercing arrow ; it hath
spoken deceit : with his mouth one speaketh peace
with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for
him.

9 Shall I not visit (hem for these things, saith
the Lord ? or shall not my soul be revenged on
such a nation ?

10 For the mountains I will take- Dp weeping
and lamentation, and for the beautiful places o| the
desert, mourning : l>< eauee they arc burnt on, for
that there is not a man that passeth through them :
and they have not heard the voice of the owner '
from the fowl of the air to the beasts they are -one

away and departed.

11 And I will make Jerusalem to he heaps oi

chap. x.

sand, and dens of dragons : and I will make the
cities of J uda desolate, for want of an inhabitant.

12 Whoisthe wiseman, that may understand this,
and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord
may come that he may declare this, why the land
hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness,
which none passeth through ?

13 And the Lord said : Because they have for-
saken my law, which I gave them, and have not
heard my voice, and have not walked in it.

14 But they have gone after the perverseness of
their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fa-
thers taught them.

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel : Behold, I will feed this people with
wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

16 And I will scatter them among the nations,
which they and their fathers have not known : and
I will send the sword after them,till they be consumed.

17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel:
Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, and
let them come: and send to them that are wise
women, and let them make haste :

18 Let them hasten and take up a lamentation
for us : let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run
down with waters.

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion :
How are we wasted and greatly confounded ? be-
cause we have left the land, because our dwellings
are cast down.

20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the
Lord : and let your ears receive the word of his
mouth : and teach your daughters wailing; and every
one her neighbour mourning.

21 For death is come up through pur windows:
it is entered into our houses, to destroy the children
from without, the young men from the streets.

22 Speak: Thus saith the Lord : Even the car-
cass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the
country, and as grass behind the back of the mower,
and there is -none to gather it.

23 Thus saith the Lord : Let not the wise man
glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man
glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory
in his riches :

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that
he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord
that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in
the earth : for these things please me, saith the Lord.

25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and
I will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin
circumcised,

26 Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and upon Edom,
and upon the children of Ammon, and upon Moab,
and upon all that have their hair polled round, that
dwell in the desert : for all the nations are uncircum-
cised in the flesh : but all the house of Israel are
uncircumcised in the heart.

CHAP. X.

Neither stars nor idols are to be f carrel, but the great Creator of
all things. The chastisement of Jerusalem for her tint.

TTEAR ye the word which the Lord hath spoken
■■■-■■ concerning you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus saith the Lord : Learn not according to
the ways of the Gentiles : and be not afraid of the
signs of heaven, which the heathens fear :

3 For the laws of people are vain : for the
works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree
out of the forest with an axe.

4 He hath decked it with silver and gold : he
halh put it together with nails and hammers, that
it may not fall asunder.

5 fhey are framed after the likeness of a palm-
tree, and shall not speak : they must be carried to
be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore
fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

6 There is none like to thee, O Lord : thou art
great, and great is thy name in might.

7 Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations ?
for thine is the glory : among all the wise men of the
nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like
unto thee.

8 They shall be all proved together to be senseless
and foolish : the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Thar-
sis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer,
and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and
purple is their clothing; all these things are the
work of artificers.

10 But the Lord is the true God : he is the living
God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the
earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be
able to abide his threatening.

11 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods
that have not made heaven and earth, let them
perish from the earth, and from among those [laces
that are under heaven.

12 He that maketh the earth by his power, that
prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth
out the heavens by his knowledge.

13 At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters
in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the
ends of the earth : he maketh lightnings for rain,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

14 Every man is become a fool for knowledge,
every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for
what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in
them.

15 They are vain things, and a ridiculous work :
in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it
is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod,
of his inheritance : the Lord of hosts is his name.

17 Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou
that dwellest in a siege.

18 For thus saith the Lord : Behold, I vyill cast
away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time :
and I will afflict them so, that they may be found.

19 Wo is me for my destruction, my wound is
very grievous. But 1 said : Truly this is my own
evil, and I will bear it.

20 My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords ait.
broken : my children are gone out from me, and
they are not : there is none to stretch forth my tent
any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 Because the pastors have done foolishly, and

f.05

JLREM1 VS.

have not sought the Lord : therefore have tiny not
understood, and all their dock is weltered.

22 Behold, the sound of a noise comet!). •
commotion out of the land of the north: to make
the cities of Juda a desert, and a d\\ elling fordragons.
I knew, O Lord, that the w a\ of a man is not
his:* neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct
his -.tens.

(I Coned me, () Lord, hut vet with judgment:
and not in thy tun, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Tour out thy indignation upon the nations
that bare not known thee, and upon the provinces
that have not called upon thy name: because they
have eaten up .lacoh, and devoured him, and con-
sumed him, and have destroyed his glory.

CHAP. XI.

The prophet proclaims the con mint of (!ml : and denounces
evils to the nh-tinate transgressor* of it. The conspiracy of
the Jeics against him, a Jigure of their conspiracy again ft

r l^ 1 1 E word that came from the Lord to Jeremias,
-*- saying:

2 1 1 ear ye the words of this covenant, and speak
to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jeru-

alem,

3 And thou shah say to them : Thus saith the
Lord the God of Israel: Cursed is the man that
shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,

4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day
that I brought them out of the land of Fgypt, from
the iron furnace, Saying : Hear ye my voice, and do
all things that I command you : and you shall be
my people, and I will be your God :

5 That I may accomplish the oath which I swore
to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with
milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered,
and said : Amen. () Lord.

G And the Lord said to me: Proclaim aloud all
these WDffdl in the cities of Juda, and in the St r e et!
of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this
covenant, and do them :

7 For protesting 1 conjured your fathers in tin-
day that 1 brought them out of the laud of Egypt
even to this day : risiim early I conjured them, and
said: Hearken veto my voice:

8 And they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear:
but walked every one in the pervcrscness of his own
wicked heart: and I brought upon them all the
words of this covenant, which I commanded them
to do, hut they did them not.

9 And the Lord said to me: A conspiracy is
found amonz the men of Juda, and among the in-
habitants of Jerusalem.

10 They are returned to the former iniquities of
their fathers, who refused to hear my words: mi
these likewise have pine after strange u<>il>. to sen e
them: the house of Israel, and the house of Juda
have made void my covenant which I made w it 1 1
their fathers.

TV w«j •/« ■

i\ free will, ret he

«tiI without In. prmiiMinn. S. that, n

in.: man |

liiHltu. The meaning |«, dial rn.twitliMaii.l-
he can do no fc*ood without QodS beta, DOT
iw, nil tin
whi«-h Nabvctiodonosor *M about to briaf iij-.ii Jrnttala-rn, i
not hare come but by the u ill ol I

64.6

11 Wherefore thus saith the Lord : Behold.]
will bring in evils Upon them, which they shall not
be able to escape : and they shall civ to me, and I
will not hearken to them.

12 And the cities of Juda, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem shall go, and cry to the nods to whom
the] oflfef sacrifice, and they shall not save them in
the time of their affliction.

13 For according to the number of thycitics w en-
tity gods, O Juda : and according to the number
of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up alia:
confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.

14 Therefore do not thou pray for this people,
and do nol take up praise and prayer for them : for
I will not hear them in the time of their cry to me,
in the time of their affliction.

15 What is the meaning that my beloved hath
wrought much wickedness in tin house? shall the
holy Mesh bike away from thee thy crimes in which
thou hast boasted?

16 The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive-
tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful: at the noise of a
word, a great fire was kindled in it, and the branches
thereof are burnt.

17 And the Lord of hosts that planted thee hath
pronounced evil against thee: for the evils of the
house of Israel, and of the house of Juda, which
they have done to themselves, to provoke me, offer-
ing sacrifice to Baalim.

18 But thou, O Lord, hast shown me, and I have
known : then thou showedst me their doings.

19 And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to
be a victim: and 1 knew not that they had devised
counsels against me, saving: Let us put wood on
his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living,
and let his name be remembered no more.

But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth,t whojudgest
justly, and triestthe reins and the hearts, let me see
tin revengc{ on them : for to thee have 1 revealed
my cause.

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of
Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shall
not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shah
not die in our hands.

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts : lb-
hold I will visit upon them: their young men shall
die by the sword, their sons and their daughters
shall die by famine.

23 And there shall be no remains of them : for
I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the
year of their visitation.

(HAP. XII.

The prosperity of the wicked shall hr but for a ihort time. The
desolation of the Jew* for their gins. Their r< turn from their
captivitw.

r |M10U indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead w it ii
-*- thee, but vet I will speak what is iust to thee:

why doth the way of the wicked prosper : w hv is

itwell withall them that transgress. and (low ickeJly?

f BetaifH That is, of hosts or anniri, a name frequently gircn to
God in tlir S.n|.tiire».

J Tfty rrrenzt. This was raitirr a prfsintion of what was to happen,
with an approbation of the di\ im- jiutice, than an imprecation.

CHAP. XIII.

2 Thou hast planted them, and they have taken
root : they prosper, and brins forth fruit : thou art
near in their mouth and far from their reins.

3 And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast
seen me, and proved my heart with thee ? gather
them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare
them for the day of slaughter.

4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herb
of every field wither for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein ? The beasts and the birds are
consumed : because they have said : He shall
not see our last end.

5 If thou hast been wearied with running with
footmen, how canst thou contend with horses ? and
if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what
wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan ?

6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy
father, even they have fought against thee, and
have cried after thee with full voice : believe them
not when they speak good things to thee.

7 I have forsaken my house, I have left my in-
heritance : I have given my dear soul into the hand
of her enemies.

8 My inheritance is become to me as alion in the
wood : it hath cried out against me, therefore have
I hated it.

9 Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird ? is
it as a bird dyed throughout ? come ye, assemble
yourselves, all ye beasts of the earth, make haste to
devour.

10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard,
they have trodden my portion under foot : they
have changed my delightful portion into a desolate
wilderness.

1 1 They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned
for me. With desolation is all the land made de-
solate : because there is none that considereth in
the heart.

12 The spoilers are come upon all the ways of
the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall de-
vour from one end of the land to the other end
thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.

13 They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns :
they have received an inheritance, and it shall not
profit them : you shall be ashamed of your fruits,
because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.

14 Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked
neighbours, that touch the inheritance that I have
shared out to my people Israel : Behold, I will

Eluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the
ousc of Juda out of the midst of them.

15 And when I shall have plucked them out, I
will return, and have mercy on them ; and I will
bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and
every man into his land.

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will be
taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to
swear by my name : The Lord liveth, as they have
taught my people to swear by Baal : that they shall
be built up in the midst of my people.

17 But if they will not hear, 1 will utterly pluck
out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.

CHAP. XIII.

Under the figure of a linen girdle in foretold the destruction of
the Jews. Their obstinacy in sin brings all miseries »^>.^i
them.

HP II US saith the Lord to me : Go and get thee a
- 1 - linen girdle, and thou shalt put it about thy
loins, and shalt not put it into water.

2 And I got a girdle according to the word ol
the Lord, and put it about my loins.

3 And the word of the Lord came to me the
second time, saying :

4 Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is
about thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and
hide it there in a hole of the rock.

5 And I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as
the Lord had commanded me.

6 And it came to pass after many days that the
Lord said to me : Arise, go to the Euphrates, and
take from thence the girdle which I commanded
thee to hide there.

7 And I went to the Euphrates, and digged and
took the girdle out of the place where I had hid it :
and behold the girdle was rotten so that it was fit
for no use.

8 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying :

9 Thus saith the Lord : After this manner will
I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride ol
Jerusalem to rot.

10 This wicked people that will not hear my
words, and that walk in the perverseness of their
heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve
them, and to adore them : and they shall be as this
girdle, which is fit for no use.

1 1 For as the girdle sticketh close to the loins of
a man, so have I brought close to me all the house
of Israel, and all the house of Juda, saith the Lord :
that they might be my people, and for a name, and
for a praise, and for a glory : but they would not hear.

12 Thou shalt speak therefore to them this word:
Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Every bot-
tle shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to
thee : Do we not know that every bottle shall be
filled with wine ?

13 And thou shalt say to them : Thus saith the
Lord : Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this
land, and the kings of the race of David that sit
upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets,
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunk-
enness. *

14 And I will scatter them every man from his
brother, and fathers and sons in like manner, saith
the Lord : I will not spare, and I will not pardon :
nor will I have mercy, but to destroy them.

15 Hear ye, and give ear. Be not proud, for the
Lord hath spoken.

16 Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before
it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the
dark mountains : you shall look for light, and he
will turn it into the shadow of death, and into
darkness.

17 But if you will not hear this, my soul shall
weep in secret for your pride : weeping it shall

607

JEREMIA.S

weep, and my eves shall run down with tears. !><•-
isc the Hock of the l.onl is carried away captive.

18 Say to tin; kins, and to the queen: Humble
yourselves, sit down ■ for tin* crown of your glorj

■ •me down from your head.

19 Tin' cities of tin- south arc shut up, and there
is none to open them : all Juda is carried away cap-
tive wiih an entire captivitv.

20 Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come
from the north : w here is the flock that is given
thee. th\ beautiful cattle ?

21 What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee?
for thou hast taught them against thee, and instruct-
ed tin in against thy own head: shall not sorrows
lav hold on thee, as a woman in labour?

\nd if thou shalt say in thy heart : Why arc
these things come upon me? For the greatness, of
tin iniquity, thy nakedness is discovered, the soles
of thy feet axe defiled.

'25 If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the
leopard his spots; JOU al-o may do well, when you
have learned e\ il.

JV Ami I will scatter them as stubhle, which is
carried away by the wind in the desert.

thy lot, and the portion of thy mea-
sure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast
jot ten inc. anil hast trusted in falsehood.

Wherefore I have also bared thy thighs against
thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.

27 I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing,
the wickedness of thy fornication, and thy abomi-
nations, upon the hills in the field. Wo to thee.
Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me ?
how long Mir

CHAP. XIV.

A grirrous famine : ami llir prophet's prayer on that occasion.
• uncvd tofaUr prophets. The prophet mourns for
hi* people.

r pilL word of the Lord that came to Jeremias
J- concerning the words of the drought.

1 Judea bath mourned, and the gates thereof are
fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and
the erv of Jerusalem is gone up.

;> The treat ones sent their inferiors to the wa-
ter: they came to draw, they found no water, they
carried back their vessels empty: they were con-
founded and afflicted, and covered their heads.

\ for the destruction of the land, because there
came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were
confounded, they covereS their beads.

5 Yea the hind also brought forth in the field,
and left it: because there was no grass.

6 And the w - ■ 1(1 asses stood upon the rocks : thev
Snofied up the wind like dragons : their eves failed,
because there was no urate.

7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O
Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake; for our re-
bellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

8 O expectation of Israel, the Saviour thereof in
time of trouble: why w ilt thou be as a stranger in the
land, and as a wayfaring man turning in tolod

1 \\h\ wilt thou be as a wandering man.
mighty man tint cannot save ? Hut thou, O Lord,

art among us, arid thy name is called upon us ; for-
sake us not.

10 Thus saith the Lord to this* people, that have
loved to move their feet, and have not rested. ;1 nd
have not pleased the Lord : lie will now remember
their in* quities, and visit their sins.

11 And the Lord said to me: Pray not for this
people for tlitir good.

12 When they fast I will not hear their pra\ers ■
and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not
receive them : for I will consume them bj the sword,
and by famine, and by the pestilence.

13 And 1 sail! ■ Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God : the
prophets say to them : You shall not see the sword.
and there shall be no famine among you ; but he u ill
give you true peace in this place.

14 And the Lord said to DM : The prophets pro-
phesy falsely in my name : I sent (hem not. neither
have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them:
they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divina-
tion and deceit, and the seduction oftheirown, heart

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the
prophets that prophesy in my name, whom I did not
send, that say: Sword and famine shall not be m
this land : By sword and famine shall those prophets
lie consumed.

16 And the people to whom they prophesy, shall
be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of
the famine and the sword, and there shall be none
to bury them : they and their wires, their sons and
their daughters, and 1 will pour out their own wick-
edness upon them.

17 And thou shalt speak this word tothem : Let
my eyes shed down tears night and day. and let them
not cease, because the virgin daughter of my nee
pie is afflicted with a meat aflliction, with an exceed
nig grievous evil.

18 If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain
with the sword : and if I enter into tin- city, behold
them that are consumed with famine. 'The pro-
phet also and the priest are gone into a land which
they knew not.

19 Hast thou uttei |y cast aw ay Jnda. or hath thv
soul abhorred Sion ? why then bast thou struck us.
so that there is no healing for US? We have looked
for peace, and there is no good : and for the time
of healing, and behold trouble.

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedn.
the iniquities of our fathers, because we bare sinned
against thee.

21 Give us not to be a reproach, for thy nam
sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy
glory : remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22 Arc there any among the graven things of the
Gentiles that can send rain.' or can the heavens
Live showers f Art not thou the Lord our Qod
whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all
these things.

CHAP. XV.

God is determined tn pnni>h thr .lursfor their tins. Tttepro-
plot's eomjtlaint, and (iird's promise to him.

AN I ) the Lord said to me : If .Moses and Samuel
shall stand before me, mv soul is not towards

CHAP. XVI.

this people : cast them out from my sight, and let
them CO forth.

2 And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall
we ko forth ? thou shalt say to them: Thus saiththe
Lord : Such as are for death, to death : and such as
are for the sword, to the sword : and such as are
for famine, to famine: and such as are for captivity, to
captivity.

3 And I will visit them with four kinds, saith
the Lord : The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear,
and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth
to devour and to destroy.

4 And I will give them up to the rage of all the
kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son
of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in
Jerusalem.

5 For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem?
or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray
for thv peace?

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou
art gone backward : and I will stretch out my hand
against thee, and I will destroy thee : I am weary
ol entreating thee.

7 And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates
of the land : 1 have killed and destroyed my people,
and yet they are not returned from their ways.

8 Their widows are multiplied unto me above
the sand of the sea : I have brought upon them
against the mother of the young man a spoiler at
noon-day : I have cast a terror on a sudden upon
the cities

9 She that hath borne seven is become weak,
her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down,
while it was yet day : she is confounded, and asham-
ed: and the residue of them I will give up to the
sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.

10 Wo is me, my mother: why hast thou borne
me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the
earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any
man lent to me on usury, yet all curse me.

11 The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be
well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in
the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation
against the enemy.

12 Shall iron be allied* with the iron from the
north, and the brass?

13 Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto
spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all
thy borders.

14 And I will bring thy enemies out of a land
which thou knowest not : for a fire is kindled in my
rage, it shall burn upon you.

15 O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and vi-
sit me, and defend me from them that persecute me,
do not defend me in thy patience :f know that for
thy sake 1 have suffered reproach.

16 Thy words were found, and T did eat them,
and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my

* Shall iron be allied. Sic. Shall the iron, that is, the strength of Judea,
stand against the stronger iron of the north, that is, of Babylon : or
enter into an alliance upon equal footing with it ? no certainly : but it
must be broken by it.

' 4 H

heart : for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God
of hosts.

17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I
make a boast of the presence of thy hand : 1 sat
alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

1 8 Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my
wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed ? it is
become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters
that cannot be trusted.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt
be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt
stand before my face : and if thou wilt separate the
precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth :
they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be
turned to them.

20 And I will make thee to this people as a strong
wall of brass : and they shall fight against thee, and
shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee,
and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the
wicked, and 1 w ill redeem thee out of the hand of
the mighty.

CHAP. XVI.

The prophet is forbid to marry. The Jews shall be vtterly ruin-
ed for their idolatry : but shall at length be released from their
captivity, and the Gentiles shall be converted.

A ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
-^*- 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither
shalt thou have sons, and daughters in this place.

3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons
and daughters, that are born in this place, and con-
cerning their mothers that bore them : and concerning
their fathers, of whom they were born in this land :

4 They shall die by the death of grievous ill-
ness; they shall not be lamented, and they shall not
be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of
the earth: and they shall be consumed with the
sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall
be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts
of the earth.

5 For thus saith the Lord: Enter not into the
house of feasting, neither go thou to mourn, nor to
comfort them : because I have taken away my peace
from this people, saith the Lord, my mercy and
commiserations.

6 Both the great and the little shall die in this
land : they shall not be buried nor lamented, and
med shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves
bald for them.

7 And they shall not break bread among them to
him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead :
neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to
comfort them for their father and mother.

8 And do not thou go into the house of feasting,
to sit with them, and to eat and drink :

9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel : Behold, I will take away out of this plate in
your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and

t Do not defend me in thy patience. That is, let not thy patience and
loop-suffering-, which thou usest towards sinners, keep thee firm
making haste to my assistance-
SOS

JF.RF.MIAS.

llm voice of gladness, tin- voice of the bridegroom,
and t Ik* voice of the bride.

lit Ami when thou shah tell this people all these

words, and they shall say to tine: Wherefore liatli

the Lord prooouaced against us all this meat evil ?

what i>our iniquity .' and what is our sin, that we

sinned against the Lord our God?

11 Thou shah say to them: lb ■< nr fathers

forsook me, saith the Lord : and went alter strange
tods, and served them, and adored them : and tin >
forsook me, and kept not my law.

I J And yon also have done worse than your fa-
thers : for behold every one of you walketh after the
|nr\ M of his evil heart, so as not to hearken

to aw.

13 So I will cast you forth out of this land, into
a land which von know not, nor your lathers : and
there \ou 'shall serve strange gods day and night,
which shall not give you any rest.

1 V Therefore behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, when it shall he said no more: The Lord
liveth, that brought forth the children of Israel out
of the land of F.gvpt:

15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought the children
of Israel out of the land of the north, and out of all
the lands to which 1 cast them out: and 1 will
bring them again into their land, which I gave to
their lathers.

16 Behold,! will send many fishers, saith the Lord,
and they shall lish them : and alter this I will send
then) many hunters, and they shall hunt them from
every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the
holes of the rocks.

17 For my eyes are upon all their ways : they arc
not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not
Keen hid from my eyes.

18 And I will repay first their double iniquities,
ami their sins : because they have defiled my land
with the carcasses of their idols, and they have fill-
ed my inheritance with their abominations.

19 Lord, my might, ami m\ strength, and my
refuge in the day of tribulation : to thee the Gen-
tiles shall come from tin' ends of the earth, and shall

: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a va-
nitv which hath not profited them.

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods ?

21 Therefore behold, I will this once cause them
to know, I will show them my hand and mv power:
and they shall know that mv name is the Lord.

CHAP. XVII.

For their obstinacy in tin the Jews shall be led captire. He is
cursed that trusteth in fiesh : God alone searrhtth the heart,
giving to every one a* he deserve*. The prophet pmyrth to
be delivered from his enemies : and preachtth up the obser-
vance of the sabbath.

THE sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron,
with the j>oint of a diamond, it is graven upon
the table of their heart, upon the horns oft heir altars.

* Twtrif A barren throb that groin in the driest parti of the wil-
aVrneaa.

f Lrt lira W Mi0nW, kr. Foch exprewiow a* tbeae in the
w:itirn.iof il* | ropbet., are not i"br u nderttood a» imprecation* pm-

f.jo

2 When their children shall remember tin if
altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon
the high mountains.

3 Sacrificing in the field: 1 will z'uc ihj strength,
and all thy treasures to tin; ipoU, and thy high pla-

eea for sin in all thy b order s .
. 4 And thou shaft be left stript of thy inheritance,
which 1 gave thee: and I will make thee serve thy
enemies in a land which thou know est not : U-cause
thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall burn
for ever.

5 Thus saith the Lord : Cursed be the man that
trusteth in man, and maketli flesh his arm, and
whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6 For be shall be like tamaric* in the desert, and
he shall not see when good shall come : but he shall
dwell in dryness in the desert, in a salt laud, and
not inhabited.

7 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord
and the Lord shall be his confidence.

8 And he shall be as a tree that is planted by tho
waters,. that spreadeth out its roors towards mois-
ture : and it shall not fear when the heat cometh.
And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time
of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it
cease at any time to bring forth fruit.

9 The heart is perverse above all things, and
unsearchable, who can know it?

10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and
prove the reins : who give to every one according
to his way, and according to the fruit of bis de-

1 1 As the partridge bath batched eggs which
she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches.
and not by right: in the midst of bis days he shall
leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a

lool.

12 A high and glorious throne from the begin-
ning is the place ol our sanctification :

13 O Lord, the hope of Israel : all that forsake
thee shall be confounded: they that depart from
thee, shall be written in the earth : because they
have forsaken the Lord the vein of living waters.

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed : save
me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

15 Behold they say to me : Where is the word
of the Lord ? let it come.

16 And 1 am not troubled, following thee for my
pastor, and I have not desired the day of man,
thou knowcst. That which went out of my lips,
hath been right in thy sight.

17 Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my
hope in the day of affliction.

18 Let them be confoundedf thai persecute me,
and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid,
and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day
of affliction, and with a double destruction, de-
stroy them.

cecding from malica or de»ire of rercnire; but ai propbeti? predic-
tions of erils that were about to fall ii|*"i unpenitent nwitn, and ap
probation* of the ways of dirine justice.

< HAP. XVIII.

19 Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand
in the gate of the children of the people, by which
the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all
the gates of Jerusalem :

20 And thou shalt say to them: Hear the word
of the Lord, ye kings of Juda, and all Juda, and all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these
gates.

21 Thus saith the Lord : Take heed to your
souls, and carry no burdens on the sabbath-day : and
bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem.

22 And do not bring burdens out of your houses
du the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work : sanc-
tify l he sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.

23 But they did not hear, nor inclined their ear:
hut hardened their neck, that they might not hear
me, and might not receive instruction.

24 And it shall come to pass : if you will hear-
ken to me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdens
by the gates of this city on the sabbath-day: and
it you will sanctify the sabbath-day, to do no work
therein:

25 Then shall there enter in by the gates of this
city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of
David, and riding in chariots and on horses, they
and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited
for ever.

26 And they shall come from the cities of Juda,
and from the places round about Jerusalem, and
from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains,
and from the mountains, and from the south, bring-
ing holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frank-
incense, and they shall bring in an offering into the
bouse of the Lord.

27 But if you will not hearken to me, to sanc-
tify the sabbath-day, and not to carry burdens, and
not to bring them in by the sates of Jerusalem on
the sabbath-day, 1 will kindle a fire in the gates
thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusa-
lem, and it shall not be quenched.

CHAP. XVIII.

As day in the hand of the potter, so is Israel in God's hand.
He pardoncth penitents, and punishelh the obstinate. They
conspire against Jeremias, for which he denounceth to them
the miseries that hang over them.

^T^HE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord,
-*- saying:

2 Arise, and go down into the potter's house,
and there thou shalt hear my words.

3 And I went down into the potter's house, and
behold he was doing a work on the wheel.

4 And the vessel was broken which he was ma-
king of clay with his hands: and turning he made
another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to
make it. •

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, say-
ing:

6 Cannot 1 do with you, as this potter, O house
of Israel, saith the Lord? behold, as clay is in the
hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house
M' Israel.

7 I will suddenly speak against a nation, and

against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull dou r
and to destroy it.

8 If that nation against which I have spoken
shall repent of their evil, 1 also will repent of the
evil that I have thought to do to them.

9 And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of
a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

10 If it. shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not
my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spo-
ken to do unto it.

11 Now therefore tell the men of Juda, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the
Lord: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise
a device against you : let every man of you return
from his evil way, and make ye your ways and
your doings good.

12 And they said: We have no hopes: for we
will go after our own thoughts, and we will doevery
one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among
the nations : Who hath heard such horrible things,
as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess?

14 Shall the snow of Libanus fail from the rock
of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out
and run down, be taken away ?

15 Because my people have forgotten me, sacri-
ficing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in an-
cients paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden :

16 That their land might be given up to desola-
tion, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that
shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his
head.

17 As a burning wind will I scatter them before
the enemy: I will show them the back, and not
the face in the day of their destruction.

18 And they said : Come, and let us invent de-
vices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish
from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the
word from the prophet: come, and let us strike
him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all
his words.

19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice
of my adversaries.

20 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they
have digged a pit for my soul? Remember* that I
have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them,
and to turn away thy indignation from them.

21 Therefore deliver up their children to fa
mine, and bring them into the hands of the sword:
let their wives be bereaved of children, and widows:
and let their husbands be slain by death : let their
young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.

22 Let a cry be heard out of their houses : for
thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly:
because they have digged a pit to take me, and have
hid snares for my feet.

23 But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel
against me unto death : forgive not their iniquity,
and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight :

♦ Remember, &c. This is spoken in the person of Christ, persecuted
by the Jews, and prophetically denouncing the evils that should fall
upon them in punishment of their crimes.
611

JEREMI VS.

let them lw overthrown before thy eyes, in the time
of th\ wrath do thou destroj (lit in.

(II \l\ \l\.

Under the twpe ij breaking a potter's vessel, the prophet fore-

ihiMCtth the (I, l the Jews for thrir tin*.

T HI'S saith tin- Lord: Go, ;iiul take a potter's
(.in Inn Untie, (tad take of the ancients of tlu-
people, and of the ancients of the priests :

nil CO forth into the Valley of the son of I
noil), vv hich is bv the entrv of the earthen gate : ami
there thou shalt proclaim the words, that 1 shall
tell thee.

3 Ami thou shah sa\ : Hear the word of the

Lord, O ye kings of Juda, and ye inhabitants of

usalem: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the CJod

of Israel: Behold I will bring an affliction upon this

plaee: SO that whosoever shall hear it, his cars shall
tingle:

I Because they have forsaken me, and have pro-
faned this place: and bare sacrificed therein to
straage gods, whom neither they, nor their fathers
knew, nor the kings of Juda: and they have filled
this place with the blood of innocents.

\nd they have built the high nlaccs of Baalim,
to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to
Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of,
neither did it once come into my mind.

6 Therefore behold the days come, saith the
Lord, that this place shall no more be called To-
pheth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom, but the
valley of slaughter.

7 Ami I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of
Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them
\\ ith the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by
the hands of them thai seek their lives: anil [will
(ire their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the
air. ami for the Inasts of the earth.

8 And I will make this city an astonishment, and
a hissing: event one that shall pass by it, shall be
astonished, and shall hiss because of all the plaguj I
thereof.

!» And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons.
and with the flesh of their daughters: and they shall
eat t\rr\ one (he flesh of his friend in the sieue, and
in the distress wherewith their enemies, anil they
that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

10 Anil thou shall break the bottle in the sight of
the nun that shall go with thee.

II And thou shall saj to them: Thus saith the
Lord of hosts : Even so will I break this people,
and this city, as the potter's vessel is broken, which
cannot be made whole again: and they shall be
buried in Topheth, because there is no other place
to bury in.

I J Thus w ill I do to this place, saith the Lord.

and to the inhabitants thereof: ami 1 will make this

is Topheth.

3 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the homes

Thi« i

fore it here

• atajjfaj

and printlmmUtt l and there-

to JHmgtr MU mM , or Fur snnrrf suit i to de-
note the erili that «houW come upon bim in punuhmrnt of hit op-

The meaning of the prophet, » Dot to
fiU

pminr the word of < ■
f 7Vw JUjI ituwtd, he.

of the kin^s of Juda shall be DUCll an as the place of
Topheth: all the houses upon w hose roots they have
i ilieetl to all the host ol heaven, and ha\e poun d
out drink-offerings to sti

14 Then Jereiuias came from Topheth, whither
the Loid had sent him to prophesy, ami he stood in
the court of the house of the Lord, and said to all
the people :

15 'I Inis saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is-
rael: Behold I will brim; in upon this city, mid upon
ail the cities thereof all the evils that I have spoken
against it: because they have hardened their necks,
that thev nii^lit not hear my words.

CHAP. XX.

The prophet is persecuted : he denounces captivity to his per-
secutors, and bemoans himself.

"jVTOW Phassur the son of Einmer the priest, w ho
-L^l was appointed chief in tin; house of the Lord,
heard Jereiuias prophesying tlrrsc words.

2 And Phassur struck Jeiemias the prophet, ami
put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate
of Benjamin, in the house of the Lord.

3 And when it was li-ht the next day, Pbaasur
brought Jeremias out of the stocks. And Jeremiai
saitl to him: The Lord hath not called thy name
Phassur,* but Fear on every side.

4 For thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will deliver
thee up to fear, thee and all thy friends: and they
shall fall by the sword of their enemies, ami thy
eyes shall see it, and I will give all Juda into Un-
hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall carrv
them away to Babylon, and shall strike them with
the sword.

5 And I will give all the substance of this city,

and all its labour, and even precious thing^tbereof,

and all the treasures of the kings of Juda will 1 ^iv e
into the hands of their enemies: and they shall pil-
lage them, aud take them away, and carrv them to
Babylon.

6 But thou, Phassur, ami all that dwell in thy
house, shall go into captivity, and thou shah go 'a
Babylon, andthere thou shalt die, and there thou
shall be buried, thou and all thy friends, to whom
thou hast prophesied a lie.

7 Thou hast deceived ine,t O Lord, ami I am
deceived: thou hast been Stronger than 1, ami thou
hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all

the day, all scoff at me.

8 For I am speaking now tins lone
out against iniquity, and 1 often proclaim devasta-

8 For I am speaking now this long time, crying

tion: and the wora of the Lord is made areproaci,
to me, and a derision all the day.

9 Then I said: I will not make mention of him
nor speak any more in his name: ami there came in
inv heart as a burning lire, shut up in uiv bonea, am.
I was wearied, not being able to bear it.

10 For I heard the reproaches of many, and ter
ror on every side : Persecute him, and let us perse-

charjre Ood with any untruth : hut what he call* deeriring, wu only
the ooaceaJirur from him, when he accepted of the prophetical com
miwiim, the irreatne** of the eril« which It a of that com

■JMaioa wa» to bring upon him.

CHAP. XXI, XXII.

CUte nim : fiom all the men, (hat were my familiars,
and continued at my side : if by any means he may
be deceived, and we may prevail against him, and
be revenged on him.

11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior :
therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and
shall be weak : they shall be greatly confounded,
because they have not understood the everlasting re-
proach, which never shall be effaced.

12 And thou, O Lord of hosts, proverof the just,
who seest the reins and the heart : let me see,* I
beseech thee, thy vengeance on them : for to thee
I have laid open my cause.

13 Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord : be-
cause he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of
the hand of the wicked.

14 Cursed be the day,f wherein I was born :
let not the day in which my mother bore me, be
blessed.

15 Cursed be the man that brought the tidings
to my father, saying : A man-child is born to thee :
and made him greatly rejoice.

16 Let that man be as the cities which the Lord
hath overthrown, and hath not repented : let him
hear a cry in the morning, and howling at noon-
tide :

17 Who slew me not from the womb, that my
mother might have been my grave, and her womb
an everlasting conception.

1 8 Why came I out of the womb, to see labour
and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in
confusion ?

CHAP. XXI.

The prophet's answer to the messengers, of Sedecias, when Jeru-
salem was besieged.

THE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord,
when king Sedecias sent unto him Phassur the
son of Melchias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias
the priest, saying :

2 Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nabuchodono-
sor king of Babylon maketh war against us : if so
be the Lord will deal with us according to all his
wonderful works, that he may depart from us.

3 And Jeremias said to them : Thus shall you
say to Sedecias :

4 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : Be-
hold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are
in your hands, and with which you fight against the
king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans, that besiege
you round about the walls : and I will gather them
together in the midst of the city.

5 And I myself will fight against you with an
outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in
fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.

6 And 1 will strike the inhabitants of this city,
men and beasts shall die of a great pestilence.

7 And after this, saith the Lord, I will give Se-

* Let me see. Sic. This prayer proceeded not from hatred or ill-will,
but zpal of justice.

f Cursed be the day, &c. In these and the following words of the
prophet, there is a certain figure of speech to express with more ener-
gy the greatness of the evils to which his birth had exposed him.

J To thee that dwellest, &c. He speaks to Jerusalem, confiding in

decias the king of Juda, and his servants, and his
people, and such as are left in this city from the
pestilence, and the sword, and the famine, into the
hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and
into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of
them that seek their life, and he shall strike them
with the edge of the sword, and he shall not be
moved to pity, nor spare them, nor show mercy to
them.

8 And to this people thou shaltsay : Thus saith
the Lord : Behold, I set before you the way of life,
and the way of death.

9 He that shall abide in this city, shall die by
the sword, and by the famine, and by the pesti-
lence : but he that shall go out, and flee over to
the Chaldeans, that besiege you, shall live, and his
life shall be to him as a spoil.

10 For I have set my face against this city for
evil, and not for good, saith the Lord : it shall be
given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall burn it with fire.

1 1 And to the house of the king of Juda ; Hear
ye the word of the Lord ,

12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord :
Judge ye judgment in the morning, and deliver him
that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the
oppressor : lest my indignation go forth like a fire,
and be kindled ? and there be none to quench it, be-
cause of the evil of your ways.

13 Behold I come to thee that dwellestf in a val-
ley upon a rock above a plain, saith the Lord : and
you say : Who shall strike us ? and who shall enter
into our houses ?

14 But I will visit upon you according to the
fruit of your doings, saith the Lord : and I will
kindle a fire in the forest thereof: and it shall de-
vour all things round about it.

CHAP. XXII.

An exhortation both to king and people to return to God. The
sentence of God upon Joachaz, Joakim, and Jechonias.

rf^HUS saith the Lord : Go down§ to the house
-*- of the king of Juda, and there thou shalt
speak this word.

2 And thou shalt say : Hear the word of the Lord,
O king of Juda, that sittest upon the throne of Da-
vid : thou and thy servants : and thy people, who
enter in by these gates.

3 Thus saith the Lord : Execute judgment and
justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the
hand of the oppressor : and afflict not the stranger,
the fatherless and the widow, nor oppress them un-
justly ; and shed not innocent blood in this place.

4 For if you will do this thing indeed, then shall
there enter in by the gates of this house, kings of
the race of David sitting upon his throne, and riding
in chariots and on horses, they and their servants,
and their people.

the strength of her situation upon rocks, surrounded with a deep
valley.

4 Go down, &c. The contents of this chapter are of a more ancient
date than those of the foregoing chapter ; for the order of time is not
always observed in the writings of the prophets.

613

J K REM IAS.

b But if ton will not In ;irkm to these words: I
-\m ,ir liv myself, saith the Lord, tli.it this house
•hail become a desolation.

• I lor thus earth the Lord to the boose of the kin?:
of Juda: Thou art tonic (ialaad the head of Liba
nus:* yet surely 1 will make thee a wilderness, and
c hies not habitable

7 And I will preparef against tine thedestrover
and his weapons: andthev shall cot down thy cho-
se.i cedars, and shall east then headlong iutotne fire.

8 And many naiions shall pass by this city : and
they shall my every man to his neighbour: Why
hath the Lord done so to this great city ?

9 And they shall answer : Because they have for-
saken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have
adored strange gods, and served them.

10 Weep not for him that is dead, J nor bemoan
him with vour tears; lament him that goeth away,$
for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

1 1 For ihns taith the Lord to Sellum the son of
Josmi the kin:: of Juda, who reigned instead of his
father, who went forth out of this place: He shall
return hither no inon :

12 11 nt in the place to which I have removed
nim, there shall he die, and he shall not see this
land anv more.

13 Wo to him that htiildcth up his house by in-
justice, and his chambers not in judgment: that
will oppress his friend without cause, and will not
pm him bis wages.

14 Who saith : I will build me a wide house,
and large chambers : who opeueth to himself win-
dows, and maketh roofs of cedar, and paiuteth them
with vermilion.

I ■'> Shalt thou reign, because thou comparcst
thyself to the cedar.' did not thy father eat and drink,
and do judgment and justice, and it was then well
with him?

ItJ He judged the cause of the poor and needy
for his own Band : was it not therefore because he
knew me, sailh the Lord ?

17 But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covet-
oti-itess, and upon shedding innocent blood, and
upon oppression, and running after evil works.

18 Therefore thus saith I he Lord concerning
Joakim, the son of Josias king of Juda : They shall
not mourn for him, Alas, my brother, and alas, sis-
ter : they shall not lament for him, Alas, my lord,
or alas, the noble one.

19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,
rattan and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.

20 Go up to Libauus, and cry : and lift up thy
voice in Basan, and cry to them that pass by, for
all thy lovers are destroyed.

21 I spoke to thee in thv pro speri ty i and thou
sniast: I will not hear: this hath been thy way from
thy youth, because thou hast not heard my voice.

•G»U*4 Ik, ktm4tf UUnt. By Oalaad, a rich and fruitful rountrr.
the rorml paJac*« '

royal palace of the kino «f the home of David
bl l.iKanu*. a high mountain abounding in cedar-Ire**, the populou*
nli »( J.Tuaalera.

f rVaaar*. Li'arallr, wndifr.

; Wt,p net fvrkimtktt it 4n4, lie. H« mean* the fuod kin; Joaia*,

614

22 The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy
lovers shall go into captivity: and then shall thou be
confounded, and ashamed of all th\ wickedly

23 Thou that sittest in Libanus, ;ind makest thy
nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when
sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman
in labour?

24 As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son
of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right
hand, I would pluck him thence.

25 And I will give thee into the hand of them
that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose
face thou barest, and into the hand of ISabucho-
donosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of the
Chaldeans.

26 And Twill send thee and thy mother that bore
thee, into a strange country, in which you were not
born, and there you shall die :

27 And they shall not return into the land, w In ie-
unto they lift up their mind to return thither.

28 Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a bro-
ken vessel ? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure ?
why are they cast out, he and his seed, ami are cast
into a land which they know not ?

29 Oearth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

30 Thus saith the Lord : Write this man bar-
ren, If a man that shall not prosper in his days : for
there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit
upon the throne of David, and have power any
more in Juda.

CHAP. XXIII.

God reproves evil governor} ; and promises to send good pat-
tors ; and Christ himself the prinee of the pastors, lie inveighs
against false prophets preaching teithout being sent.

WO to the pasfors, that destroy and tear the
sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Is-
rael to the pastors that feed my people : You have
scattered my flock, and driven them away, and
have not visited them : behold I will visit upon
you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

3 And I will gather together the remnant of my
flock, out of all the lands into which 1 have cast
them out: and I will make them return to their
mvn fields, and they shall increase and be multiplied.

4 And I will set up pastors over them, and they
shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they
shall not be dismayed : and none shall be wanting
of their number, saith the Lord.

5 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I
will raise up to David a just branch: and a king
shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute
judgment and Justice in the earth.

6 In those days shall Juda lie saved, and Israel
shall dwell confidently : and this is the name that
thej shall call him: The Lord our just one.

7 Therefore behold the days come, saith the

who by death waa taken away, to a* not to tee the miaeriea of hia
country.

1 fhm tkat gftk away, TUt fl i t l—, alia* Juacliax, who wu carried
captive into r-rrpt.

1 Writ* this a»aa hn-raa. That i». childleat : not that he had no elm.
dren, bul laal Ml children abould never tit uii lU throne of J.J...

CHAP. XXIII.

Lord, and they shall say no more : The Lord liveth,
who brought up the children of Israel out of the land
of Egypt :

8 But, The Lord liveth, who hath brought out,
and brought hither, the seed of the house of Israel
from the land of the north, and out of all the lands,
to which I had cast them forth : and they shall
dwell in their own land.

9 To the prophets : My heart is broken within
me, all my bones tremble : I am become as a
drunken man, and as a man full of wine, at the

Kresence of the Lord, and at the presence of his
oly words.

10 Because the land is full of adulterers, because
the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the
fields of the desert are dried up : and their course
is become evil, and their strength unlike.

1 1 For the prophet and the priest are defiled :
and in my house I have found their wickedness,
saith the Lord.

12 Therefore their way shall be as a slippery
way in the dark : for they shall be driven on, and
fall therein : for 1 will bring evils upon them, the
year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Sa-
maria : they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my
people Israel.

14 And I have seen the likeness of adulterers,
and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem :
and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that
no man should return from his evil doings ; they
are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabit-
ants thereof as Gomorrha.

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts to the
prophets : Behold, 1 will feed them with worm-
wood, and will give them gall to drink : for from
the prophets of Jerusalem corruption is gone forth
into all the land.

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not
to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you,
and deceive you : they speak a vision of their own
heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

17 They say to them that blaspheme me: The
Lord hath said : You shall have peace ; and to
every one that walketh in the perverseness of his
own heart, they have said: No evil shall come
upon you.

1 8 For who hath stood in the counsel of the
Lord, and hath seen and heard his word : Who
hath considered his word and heard it ?

19 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord's indigna-
nation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break
out and come upon the head of the wicked.

20 The wrath of the Lord shall not return till
he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of
his heart : in the latter days you shall understand
his counsel.

21 I did not send prophets, yet they ran : 1 have
not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 If they had stood in my counsel, and had

* Burden of the Lord. This expression is here rejected and disallow-
ed, at least for those times: because it was then used in mockery and

made my words known to my people, 1 should have
turned them from their evil way, and from their
wicked doings.

23 Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the
Lord, and not a God afar off?

24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and 1
not see him, saith the Lord ? do not I fill heaven
and earth, saith the Lord ?

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that
prophesy lies in my name, and say : I have dream-
ed, I have dreamed.

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the
prophets that prophesy lies, and that prophesy the
delusions of their own heart ?

27 Who seek to make my people forget my name
through their dreams, which they tell every man
to his neighbour : as their fathers forgot my name
for Baal.

28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a
dream : and he that hath my word, let him speak
my word with truth : what hath the chaff to do with
the wheat, saith the Lord ?

29 Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord :
and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?

30 Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,
saith the Lord : who steal my words every one
from his neighbour.

31 Behold, 1 am against the prophets, saith the
Lord : who use their tongues, and say : The Lord
saith it.

32 Behold, I am against the prophets that have
lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and
cause my people to err by their lying, and by their
wonders : when I sent them not, nor commanded
them, who have not profited this people at all, saith
the Lord.

33 If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the
priest shall ask thee, saying : What is the burden of
the Lord? thou shalt say to them: You are the
burden: for I will cast you away, saith the Lord.

34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and
the people that shall say : The burden of the Lord :*
1 will visit upon that man, and upon his house.

35 Thus shall you say every one to his neigh-
bour and to his brother : What hath the Lord an-
swered ? and what hath the Lord spoken ?

36 And the burden of the Lord shall be men-
tioned no more, for every man's word shall be his
burden : for you have perverted the words of the
living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet : What
hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the
Lord spoken ?

38 But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord :
therefore thus saith the Lord : Because you have
said this word: The burden of the Lord: and 1
have sent to you, saying: Say not, The burden of
the Lord :

39 Therefore behold, I will take you away car-
rying you, and will forsake you, and the city which

contempt by the false prophets, and unbelieving people, who ridiculed
the repeattd threats of Jercmias unrler the name of his burdent.

615

JEREMIAS.

I gave to you, and to your fathers, out of my pre-

40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon
. and a perpetual shame, which shall never be

CH \r. wiv.

Under the type of good and bad fig*, he foretells the restoration
of the Jiirs that had been camul airay captire with Jcchoni-
as, and the deflation of those that tcrre left behind.

THE Lord showed me: ami bebokU two baskets
full of tigs. Ml before tin- temple of the Lord:
after that NabuchodoDoaor king of Babylon had car-
ried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of
Juda. and his chief men, and the ( -raftsmen, and en-
gravers of Jerusalem, and had brought them to
Babylon.

2 One basket had very good figs, like the I
the first season: and the other basket had very had
tigs, which could not be eaten, because they were
bad.

; \iid the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Je-
remiai r And 1 said : Figs, the good figs, very good:
and the had ti_-. wn had. wliich cannot be eaten
because thej an- had.

\ml tlie word of the Lord came to me, savins:

5 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Like
these good figs, so will I regard the captives of
Juda, whom I have sent forth out of this place into
the land of the Chaldeans, for their good.

6 And I will set my eyes upon them to be pad-
tin), and I will bring them again intothis land: and
I will build them up, and not pull them down: and
I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that
I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, ami I
will 1h- their God : because they shall return to m»
w it ti their whole heart.

8 Anil as tin- mt\ bad figs, that cannot he eaten
because they are had : thus saith 'he Lord : So will
I gin 5« s the king of Juda, and his princes,
and the residue of Jerusalem, that haw remained in
this city, and that dwell in the land of Egypt.

9 And 1 will deliver them up to vexation, and
affliction, to all the kingdoms o| (he earth: to be a
reproach, and a by-word, and a proverb, and to be
a curse in all places to which I have cast them out.

10 And I will send among them the sword, and
the famine, and the pestilence : till they lie consumed
out of the land which I gave to theiii, and their la-
thers.

CHAP. XXV.

The prophet foretell* the tevrnty years captirity : andufler that
the destruction <f Babylon, and nlhi r nation*.

THE word that came to Jeremias concerning all
the people of Juda, in the fourth year ol .l<u
kim, the son of Josias. king of Juda (the same is the
first year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon.)

I Which Jeremias the prophet spoke to all the
people of Juda. and to all the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem. s;i\ m_ :

o/ my wrttnt*

L« Mill ml M

That i», tlw l-ord ilrHam that mil
litem, and brinf diem tu csiuti» it y far their tram-

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiaa the son of

Amnion, kim; of Juda, until this »la\ : this is the
three and twentieth \ car, the word of the Lord hath
come to me, and I hare spoken to you rising he-
tore day. and speaking, and m>u ha\e not hearkened.

4 And the Lord hath sent to \ on all his ten ant*
the prophets, rising early, and sending, and you
have not hearkened, nor inclined your ears to hear

5 When he said : Return \e, c\ery one from his
evil way, and from your wicked devices, and urn
shall dwell in the land whit lithe Lord hath given
to you, and your fathers for ever anil evt r.

6 And go not after strange gods to serve them,
and atlore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the
works of your hands, and 1 will not afflict you.

7 And you have not heard me, saith the Lord,
that you might provoke me to anger with the w orks
of \ our hands, to your own hurt.

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: be-
cause you have not beard my words :

9 Behold, I will send, and take all the kindreds
of the north, saith the Lord, aud Nabuchodonosor
the king ol bain Ion my servant :f and I will brio*:
them against this laud, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all the nations that are around
about it : and 1 will destroy them, and make tin in
an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual deso-
lations.

10 And I will take away from them the voice of
mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of
the mill, and the light of the lamp.

11 And all this land shall be a desolation, and
an astonishment : and all these nations shall serve
the king of babylon seventy years.

12 And when the seventy years shall be expired,
I will punish} the king of bab\ Ion, and that nation,
saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of
the Chaldeans: and 1 will make it perpetual deso-
lations.

13 And 1 will bring upon that land all my words,
that I have spoken against it, all that is written in
this book, all that Jeremias hath prophesied against
all nations :

14 For they have served them, whereas they
were many nations, and great kings : and I will re-
pay them according to their deeds, and according to
the works of their hands.

15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the Cod of
Israel: Take the cup of wine of this fury at mv
hand : and thou shall make all the nations to drink
thereof, unto which I shall send thee.

16 And they shall drink, and lie troubled, and be
mad because of the sword, which I shall send
among them

17 Aud 1 took the cup at the hand ol the Lord,
and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it,
to w hirh the Lord sent me :

18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the citi. s of Juda.
and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to

t Mf servant 80 tiiii wickr<l liinr • ill.-,! : hwau»e (iod

made him hi. instrument in punialuug the »iu« ul lu< pt-u{ilc.
t Punish. Literally, visit -pm.

CHAP. XXVI.

make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and
a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day.

19 Pharaothe king of Egypt, and his servants,
and his princes, and all his people,

20 And all in general : all the kings of the land
of Ausitis, and all the kings of the land of the
Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron,
and the remnant of Azotus,

21 And Edom, and Moab, and the children of
Am mon,

22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings
of Sidon : and the kings of the land of the islands
that are beyond the sea.

23 And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all
that have their hair cut round.

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings
of the west, that dwell in the desert.

25 And all the kings of Zambri, and all the
kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes :

26 And all the kings of the north far and near,
every one against his brother: and all the kingdoms
of the earth, which are upon the face thereof: and
the king of Sesac* shall drink after them.

27 And thou shalt say to them : Thus saith the
Lord of hosts the God of Israel : Drink ye, and be
drunken, and vomit : and fall, and rise no more,
because of the sword, which I shall send among you.

28 And if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand
to drink, thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the
Lord of hosts: Drinking you shall drink :

29 For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city
wherein my name is called upon, and shall you be
as innocent and escape free ? you shall not escape
free ; for I will call for the sword upon all the in-
habitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

30 And thou shalt prophesy unto them all these
w oids, and thou shalt say to them : The Lord shall
roar from on high, and shall utter his voice from his
holy habitation: roaring he shall roar upon the place
of his beauty : the shout as it were of them that
tread grapes shall be given out against all the in-
habitants of the earth.

31 The noise is come even to the ends of the
earth: for the Lord entereth into judgment with
the nations : he entereth into judgment with all
flesh, the wicked I have delivered up to the sword,
saith the Lord.

32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold, evil
shall go forth from nation to nation : and a great
whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the earth.

33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that
day from one end of the earth even to the other end
thereof: they shall not be lamented, and they shall
not be gathered up, nor buried : they shall lie as
dung upon the face of the earth.

34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and sprinkle
yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock : for
the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are
accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

•* Sesad Tliat is Babel, or Babylon : which after bringing all these
people under her yoke, should quickly fall and be destroyed herself.

t The tlnvf. This is commonly understood of Nabuchodonosor,
whose military staudarJ, thev sav, was a dove. Bat the Hebrew word

"4 I

35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee,
nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves.

36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a
howling of the principal of the flock: because the
Lord hath wasted their pastures.

37 And the fields of peace have been silent be-
cause of the fierce anger of the Lord.

38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion, for
their land is laid waste because of the wrath of the
dove,f and because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

CHAP. XXVI.

The prophet is apprehended and accused by the priests : but
discharged by the princes.

TN the beginning c4' the reign of Joakim the son
-*- of Josias king of Juda, came this word from the
Lord, saying :

2 Thus saith the Lord : Stand in the court of
the house of the Lord, and speak to all the cities
of Juda, out of which they come, to adore in the
house of the Lord, all the words which I have com-
manded thee to speak unto them ; leave not out one
word.

3 If so be they will hearken and be converted
every one from his evil way ; that I may repent me
of the evil that I think to do unto them for the
wickedness of their doings.

4 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the
Lord: If you will not hearken to me to walk in
my law, which I have given you,

5 To give ear to the words of my servants the
prophets, whom 1 sent to you rising up early, and
sending, and you have not hearkened:

6 I vyill make this house like Silo, and I will
make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

7 And the priests, and the prophets, and all the
people heard Jeremias speaking these words in the
house of the Lord.

8 And when Jeremias had made an end of speak-
ing all that the Lord had commanded him to speak
to all the people : the priests, and the prophets, and
all the people, laid hold on him, saying: Let him
be put to death.

9 Why hath he prophesied in the name of the
Lord, saying : This house shall be like Silo: and
this city shall be made desolate, without an inha-
bitant ? And all the people were gathered together
against Jeremias in the house of the Lord.

10 And the princes of Juda heard these words :
and they went up from the king's house into the
house of the Lord, and sat in the entry of the new
gate of the house of the Lord.

11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to
the princes, and to all the people, saying: The Judg-
mentofdeathisforthisman : because he hath prophe-
sied against this city, asyou have heard withyourears.

12 Then Jeremias spoke to all the princes, and
to all the people, saying: The Lord sent me, to
prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this
city all the words that you have heard.

Jonah, which is here rendered a dove, may also signify a waster or op-
pressor, which name better agrees to that unmerciful prince; or by
comparison, as a dove's flight is the swiftest, so would their destruc
tion come upon them.

617

JEREMIAS.

13 Now therefore amend your ways, ami your
doings, ami hearken to the voice of the Lord your

Got! : ami the Lord will repeal him of ike evil thai

lie hath spoken against TOO.

14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hands:
do with DM what is good ami right in your eyes.

15 But know ye, and understand, that it' y on put
me to death, you will shed innocent blood against
vonr own selves, nnd against this citv, and tin- in-
habitants tin riot. For in truth the Lord sent me
to yoiij to speak all these words in your hearing.

16 Then the princes, and all the people said to
the priests, and to the prophets: There is DO judg-
ment of death for this man : 4or he hath spoken to
us in the name of the Lord our God.

17 And some of the ancients of the land rose up:
and they spoke to all the assembly of the people,
saying:

18 Mieheas of Morasthi was a prophet in the
days of Ezeehias king of Juda. and he spoke to all
the people of Juda, say ing : Thus saith the Lord of
hosts : Sion shall l>e ploughed like a field, and Je-
rusalem shall be a heap ot stones: and the moun-
tain of the house the high places of woods.

19 Did Ezeehias king of Juda, and all Juda,
condemn him to death? did they not fear the Lord,
and beseeeh the face of the Lord : and the Lord
repented of the evil that he had spoken against
them? therefore we are doing a great evil ngnhwrl
our souls.

20 There was also a man that prophesied in the
n one of the Lord, Urias the son of Semei of Cari-
athiarim: and he prophesied against this city, and

nst this laud, according to all the words of Je-

remias.

21 And Joakim, and all his men in power, and
his primes heard these words : and the kins sought
to put him to death. And Urias heard it, and was
afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt

\nd kim: Joakim sent men into Egypt Elna-
than the son of Achobor, and men with him into
Egypt

23 And thev brought Urias out of Egypt, and
brought him to king Joakim: and he slew him with
the sword; and he east his dead body into the graves
of the common people.

24 So tin; hand of Ahieam the son of Senium
was with Jeremias, that be should not be delivered
into the hands of the people, to put him to death.

CHAP. XXVII.

The prophet sends chain* In dicirs king*, signifying Ihnt thry
must hrnd their necks, under the yob at llu- faftf nt' li.itiylon.
The vessels of the temple shall not be brought buck till ull
the rest are carried away.

IN the beginning of the reign of Jnikim* the sod
of Josias king of Juda, this word eaine to Jere-
iiii is from the Lord. MTHlg !

1 Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands,
and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.

* Joakim. Toij rereUtion wu maitr tu tin- prophet in tin- beginnine;
sf (be reijpi of Joakim I but ill* band* were not tent, lo the p
here nmid, before the reign of Sedectai, t. 3.

618

3 And thou shall send them to the kim: of l'.dom.
and to the king of Moab, and to the kim: of tin
children of Amnion, and to the king ot I and
to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messenger
that are come to Jerusalem to Sedecias the kiugo -
Juda.

4 And thou shalt command them to speak to thei/
masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the < iod <»
Israel: Thus shall you say to your mast.

5 I made the earth, and the men, and the beastr
that are upon the face of the earth, by im great
power, and by my stretched out aim: and I iia\<
given it to whom it seemed good in my ey<

6 And now 1 have given all these lands into the
hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Baby Ion my ser-
vant: moreover also the beasts of the field 1 bavi
given him to serve him.

7 And all nations shall serve him, and his 100,1
and his son's son, till the time come for his land and
himself: and many nations and great kings shall
serve him.

8 But the nation and kingdom that will not serve
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and trbosoevef
will not bend his neck under the yoKe of the king
of Babylon; I will visit upon that nation with the
sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, saith
the Lord ; till I consume them by his hand.

9 Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and
dinners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sor-
cerers, that say to you: Vou shall not serve the king
of Babylon.

10 For they prophesy lies to you, to remove you
far from your country, and cast you out, and to make,
you perish.

1 1 But the nation that shall bend down their ne< k
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and shall
serve him ; I will let them remain in their own land,
saith the Lord : and thev shall till it, and dwell in ii.

12 And I spoke to Sedecies the king of Juda ac-
cording to all these words, saying: Bend down yoiu
necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
serve him, and his people; and you shall live.

13 Why will you die, thou and thy people hv the
sword, and by (amine, and by the pestilence, as the
Lord hath spoke against the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon ?

1 i Hearken not to the words of the prophets that
say to you: You shall not sene the king of Babylon :
for thev tell you ■ lie.

15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord : am'
they prophesy in my name falsely, to drive you out.
and that you may perish, both you, and ihe pro-
phets that prophesy to you.

16 I spoke also to the priests, and to this people.
Hying: Thus saith the Lord: Hearken not to tin.

words of your prophets, that pr o phe sy to you, i

ing: Behold, the vessels of the Lord shall now in a
short time be brought again from Babylon: lor they
prophesy ■ lie unto \ou.

• •

f llu ton, tit.. ^dach; and hit «onS ton, »i/.. Nalmnylm,

or rtelwilil. the BnlUtH.r of Daiuel, chap. v. aud the Isut of (he
Chaldeaa kings.

CHAP. XXVIII, XXIX.

17 Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the
kins of Babylon, that you may live. Why should
this eity be given up to desolation ?

18 But if they be prophets, and the word of the Lord
be in them, let them interpose themselves before the
Lord of hosts, that the vessels which were left in
the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king
of Juda, and in Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.

19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts to the pillars,
and to the sea, and to the bases, and to the rest of
the vessels that remain in this city :

20 Which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon
did not take, when he carried away Jechonias the
son of Joakim the king of Juda, from Jerusalem to
Babylon, and all the great men of Juda and Jerusa-
lem :

21 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel, to the vessels that are left in the house of the
Lord, and in the house of the king of Juda and Je-
rusalem :

22 They shall be carried to Babylon ; and theie
they shall be until the day of their visitation, saith
the Lord : and I will cause them to be brought, and
to be restored in this place.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The false prophecy of Hananias : he dies that, same year, as
Jeremias foretold.

\ ND it came to pass in that year, in the begin-
a *- ning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, in
the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananias
the son of Azur a prophet of Gabaon spoke to me,
in the house of the Lord before the priests, and all
the people, saying :

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is-
rael : 1 have broken theyokeof the king of Babylon.

3 As yet two years of days, and I will cause all
the vessels of the house of the Lord to be brought
back into this place, which Nabuchodonosor king
of Babylon took away from this place, and carried
them to Babylon.

4 And I will bring back to this place Jechonias
the son of Joakim king of Juda, and all the captives
of Juda, that are gone to Babylon, saith the Lord :
for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

5 And Jeremias the prophet said to Hananias
the prophet in the presence of the priests, and in
the presence of all the people that stood in the
house of the Lord :

6 And Jeremias the prophet said : Amen, the
Lord do so : the Lord perform thy words, which thou
hast prophesied : that the vessels may be brought
again into the house of the Lord, and all the cap-
tives may return out of Babylon to this place.

7 Nevertheless hear this word, that I speak in
thy ears, and in the ears of all the people :

8 The prophets that have been before me, and
before thee from the beginning, and have prophesied
concerning many countries, and concerning great
kingdoms, of war, and of affliction, and of famine.

9 The prophet that prophesied peace : when
his word shall come to pass, the prophet shall be
Icnown, whom the Lord hath sent in truth.

10 And Hananias the prophet took the chain from
the neck of Jeremias the prophet, and broke it.

11 And Hananias spoke in the presence of all
the people, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Even so
will I break the yoke of Nabuchodonosor the king
of Babylon after two full years from off the neck
of all the nations.

12 And Jeremias the prophet went his way.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after
that Hananias the prophet had broken the chain
from off the neck of Jeremias the prophet, saying :

13 Go, and tell Hananias: Thus saith the Lord :
Thou hast broken chains of wood, and thou shalt
make for them chains of iron.

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel : I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of
all these nations, to serve Nabuchodonosor king of
Babylon; and they shall serve him: moreover also
I have given him the beasts of the earth.

15 And Jeremias the prophet said to Hananias
the prophet: Hea/ now, Hananias: the Lord hath
not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to
trust in a lie.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I
will send thee away from off the face of the earth :
this year shalt thou die: for thou hast spoken against
the Lord.

17 And Hananias the prophet died in that year,
in the seventh month.

CHAP. XXIX.

Jeremins writeth to the captives in Babylon, exhorting them to
be ea.ty there, and not to hearken to false prophets : that they
shall be delivered after seventy years. But those that remain
in Jerusalem shall perish by the sicord, famine, and pesti-
lence. And that Achab, Sedecias, and Semeias, false pro-
phets, shall die miserably.

1VTO W these are the words of the letter which Je-
-L ' remias the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the
residue of the ancients that were carried into cap-
tivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to
all the people whom Nabuchodonosor had carried
away from Jerusalem to Babylon :

2 After that Jechonias the king, and the queen,
and the eunuchs, and the princes of Juda, and of Je-
rusalem, and the craftsmen, and the engravers were
departed out of Jerusalem :

3 By the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and
Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias kjng
of Juda sent to Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king
of Babylon, saying:

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel,
to all that are carried away captives, whom I have
caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Baby-
lon.

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them : and plant
orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters:
and take wives for your sons, and give your daugh-
ters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daugh-
ters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in
number.

7 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have
caused you to be carried away captives : and prav

619

ji:i;i mi \s.

to the Loid for it : for in the peace thereof shall he
Mtur peace.

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts tin- God of
Lrael : I, tt not votir prophets that are in the midst
of you, tad your dinnera deceive >ou: and give no
heed to your dw MM which you dream :

9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name :
and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

10 For thus saith the Lord : When the seventy
years shall hegiu to he accomplished in Babylon.
I will visit you : and I will perform my good word
in your favour, to brine; you again to this place.

11 Fori know the thoughts that I think towards
you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of
affliction! to give you an end and patience.

12 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go:
and. vou shall may to me, and I will hear you.

13 You shall seek me, and shall find me, when
you shall seek DM with all your heart.

14 And I will l>e found by you, saith the Lord :
and I will bring back your captivity, and 1 will ga-
ther vou out of all nations, and from all the places
to which 1 have driven you out. saith the Lord : and
I will bring you hack from the place to which I caus-
ed you to be carried away captive.

15 Because you have said : The Lord hath rais-
ed us up prophets in Babylon :

16 For thus saith tin' Lord to the king that sit-
teth upon the throne of David, and to all the people
that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not
gone forth with you into captivity :

17 Thus saith the Lord o! hosts : Behold, I will
send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the
pestilence: and I will make them like had figs that
cannot he eaten, because they are very had.

18 Ami 1 will persecute them with the sword,
and with famine, and with the pestilence : and I will
pre then up unto mHicfion to all the kingdoms of

the earth ; to be a curse, and an astonishment, and
a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations to which
I have driven them out :

I'.' Became they have not hearkened to my words,
saith the Lord ; which I sent to them by my servants
the prophets risim; by night, and sending': and you
have not heard, saith the Lord.

20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all
re of tin' captivity, whom I have sent out from Je-
rusalem to Babylon.

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel,
Vhah the son ofColias, and to Sedeciasthe son

of .Maasias, who prophesy unto vou in my name
falsely: Behold. I will deliver them up into the
hands of Nabuchodonosor the kinii of Bain Ion : and
he shall kill them before your eyes.

22 And of them shall he taken up a rttrse by all
the captivity of Juda, that are in Babylon, saving:
The Lord make thee like Sedecias, and like Achat),
whom the kin- of Main Ion fried in the fire:

mse they have acted folly in Israel, and
have committed adultery with the wives of their
friend-., and have spoken lying words in inv name.

which [commanded them not : I am the judge a nd
the witness, saith the Lord.

24 And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shall say

25 Thus saith the Lord of boStSthe < iod of Israel .
Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all
the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias
the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the pri<

BBJ ing :

26 The Lord hath made thee priest instead of
Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst Ik: ruler in
the house of the Lord, oyer every man that raveth
and prophesied!, to put him in the slocks, and into
prison.

27 And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias
the Auathothite, who propht sietfa to you ?

28 For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, say-
ing : It is a long time : huild ye houses, and dwell
in them : and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of
them.

29 So Sophonias the priest read this letter in the
hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

30 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
say ing :

31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying:
Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the .Nehelamite :
Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent
him not, and hath caused you to trust in a lie:

32 Therefore thus saith' the Lord : Beheld, I will
visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and u|>on his
seed : he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of
this people : and he shall not see the good that I will
do to my people, saith the Lord : because he hath
spoken treason against the Lord.

CHAP. XXV

God will deliver his people from their roptirity : Christ shall be
their king : and his rhurrh shall be glorious for erer.

rTUUS is the word that came to Jeremias from
-■- the Lord, saying :

2 Thus saitn the Lord, the Got! of Israel, say ing :
Write thee all the words that 1 have spoken to thee,
in a hook.

3 For, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
and I will bring again the captivity of my people
Israel and Juda, saith the Lord : and I will cause
them to return to the land which I gave to their fa-
thers : and they shall possess it.

4 And these are the words that the Lord hath
spoken to Israel and to Juda :

5 For thus saith the Lord : We have heard a
voice of terror : there is fear, and no peace.

6 Ask ye, and see if a man l>ear children ? why
then have I seen every man with his hands on his
loins, like a woman in labour, and all fares are tinn-
ed yellow ?

7 Alas, for that day is great, neither is there the
like to it : and it is the time of tribulation to Jacob,
hut he shall be saved out of it.

8 And it shall come to pass in that day. sap lit he
Lot dot' hosts. that I will break his yoke from off
thy neck, and will burst his hands : and strangers
shall no more rule over him :

9 But they shall serve the Lord their God. nun
David* their king, whom I will raise up to them.

• DmJ. That i«, Cliriit, of the boim of David.

CHAP. XXXI.

10 Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob,
sa-th the Lord ; neither be dismayed, O Israel : for
behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and
thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob
shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all
good things : and there shall be none whom he
may fear :

11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save
thee : for I will utterly consume all the nations,
among which I have scattered thee : but I will not
utterly consume thee : but I will chastise thee in
Judgment, that thou mayst not seem to thyself in-
nocent.

12 For thus saith the Lord : Thy bruise is incu-
rable, thy wound is very grievous.

13 There is none to judge thy judgment to bind
it up : thou hast no healing medicines.

14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will
not seek after thee : for I have wounded thee with
the wound of an enemy, with a cruel chastise-
ment : by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities,
thy sins are hardened.

15 Why criest thou for thy affliction ? thy sorrow
is incurable : for the multitude of thy iniquity, and
for thy hardened sins I have done these things to
thee.

16 Therefore all they that devour thee, shall be
devoured : and all thy enemies shall be carried into
captivity : and they that waste thee shall be wasted :
and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17 For I will close up thy scar, and will heal
thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. Because they
have called thee, O Sion, an outcast : This is she
that hath none to seek after her.

18 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will bring
back thecaptivity of the pavilions of Jacob, and will
have pity on his houses : and the city shall be built
in her high place : and the temple shall be founded
according to the order thereof.

19 And out of them shall come forth praise, and
the voice of them that play : and I will multiply
them, and they shall not be made few : and I will
glorify them, and they shall not be lessened.

20 And their children shall be as from the be-
ginning : and their assembly shall be permanent
before me : and I will visit against all that afflict
them.

21 And their leader shall be of themselves : and
their prince shall come forth from the midst of
them : and I will bring him near, and he shall come
to me : for who is this that setteth his heart to ap-
proach to me, saith the Lord ?

22 And you shall be my people : and I will be
your God.

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord, his fury
going forth, a violent storm, it shall rest upon the
head of the wicked.

24 The Lord will not turn away the wrath of his
indignation, till he have executed and performed the
thought of his heart : in the latter days you shall
understand these things.

CHAP. XXXI.

The restoration of Israel. Rarhel shall cease from mourning
The new covenant. The church shall never fail.

A T that time, saith the Lord, I will be the God
- LM - of all the families of Israel : and they shall be
my people.

2 Thus saith the Lord : The people that were
left and escaped from the sword, found grace in the
desert : Israel shall goto his rest.

3 The Lord hath appeared from afar to me.
Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love ;
therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee.

4 And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be
built, O virgin of Israel : thou shalt again be adorn-
ed with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dances
of them that make merry.

5 Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the moun-
tains of Samaria : the planters shall plant, and they
shall not gather the vintage before the time :

6 For there shall be a day, in which the watch-
men on mount Ephraim shall cry : Arise, and let
us go up to Sion to the Lord our God.

7 For thus saith the Lord : Rejoice ye in the joy
of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gen-
tiles : shout ye, and sing, and say : Save, O Lord,
thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north coun-
try, and will gather them from the ends of the
earth : and among them shall be the blind and the
lame, the woman with child, and she that is bring-
ing forth together, a great company of them returning
hither.

9 They shall come with weeping : and I will
bring them back in mercy : and I will bring them
through the torrents of waters in a right way, and
they shall not stumble in it : for I am a father to
Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

10 Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations,
and declare it in the islands that are afar off, and
say : He that scattered Israel will gather him : and
he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock.

1 1 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and de-
livered him out of the hand of one that was migh-
tier than he.

12 And they shall come, and shall give praise in
mount Sion : and they shall flow together to the
good things of the Lord, for the corn, and wine, and
oil, and the increase of cattle and herds : and their
soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall
be hungry no more.

13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
the young men and old men together: anu I will
turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them,
and make them joyful after their sorrow.

14 And I will fill the soul of the priests with
fatness : and my people shall be filled with my
good things, saith the Lord.

15 Thus saith the Lord : A voice was heard
on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping,
of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to
be comforted for them, because they are not.

16 Thus saith the Lord : Let thy voice cease

J!-;!iKMIAS.

from weeping, and iby eyes from tears : for then is
a reward i»»r thj work, nitli th«- Lord: and they

shall return out of the land of (lie enemy.

17 And there is hope for lliy last end. saitli the
Lord: and the children shall return to their own
borders.

18 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went

into captivity : Thou hast chastised me, and I was
instructed, as a \oung bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke* Convert me, and I shall he converted: for
thou art the Lord my (Jod.

19 For after thou diilst convert me. I did penance :
and after thou didst show unto me, I struck m\
thigh : I am confounded and ashamed, because I
have home the reproach of my \oiith.

20 Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me,
surely he is a tender child : for since I spoke of him,
I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels
troubled for him : pitying I will pity him, saitb the
Lord.

Jl Set thee tip a watch-tower, make to thee
bitterness : direct thy heart into the right way.
wherein thou Jia>t walked: return, O* virgin of
Israel, return to these thy cities.

How long wilt thou be dissolute in delicious-
ness, () wandering daughter? for the Lord hath
created a new thing upon theearth ; a woman shall

COMPASS A MAN.

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God Israel :
As yet shall they say this word in the land of Juda,
and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring back
their captivity : The Lord bless thee, the beauty of
justice, the holy mountain.

\nd Juda and all his cities shall dwell there-
in together; the husbandmen and they that drive the
flocks.

25 For I have inebriated the weary sold : and I
have filled every hungry soul.

-'<'> UpOfl this 1 was as it were awaked out of a
p: and 1 saw, and my sleep was sweet to me.

J7 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord : and
I will sow the house of Israel and the house of
Judawiththeseedof men, and with the seed of beasts.

28 And as I have watched over them, to pluck
up and to throw down, and to scatter, and d est r oy ,
and afflict : so will I watch over them, to build up,
and to plant them, saith the Lord.

29 In those days they shall say no more : The
fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the
children are set on edge.

30 But every one snail die for his own iniquity :
every man that shall cat the sour grape, his teeth
shall l»e set on edge.

31 Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord,
and I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house ol Juda :

Not according to the covenant which I made
with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the
baud to brine them out of the land of Egypt : the
renant which thei made void, and I had domi-
nion over them, saith the I «ord.

•lilt this shall be the covenant, that I will make
with the house of Israel after those d.i\s. saith the

Lord:! will give m> law in their bowels, and 1 will
write it in their heart : and I will be their God, and
thev shall be my people.

34 And the\ Spall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying: Know
the Lord : for all shall know me from the least ol
them even to the greatest, saith the Lord : lor 1
will forgive their iniquity, and 1 will remember their
sin no more.

36 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for
the light of the da v, the order of the moon and
of the stars, for the light of the night ; w ho stirreth
up the sea, and the waves thereof roar; the Lord of
hosis i> hi N name.

36 If these ordinances shall fail In-fore me. saith
the Lord; then also the seed of Israel shall tail, so
as not to be a nation before me for ever.

37 Thus saith the Lord: If the heavens aho\c
can be measured, and the foundations of the earth
-i arched out beneath : I alsow ill cast awa\ all the. seed
of Israel, for all that they havedone. saitli the Lord.

38 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord: thai
the city shall Ik- built to the Lord Gram the lower ol
Ilananieel even to the gate of the comer.

< 39 And the measuring line shall go out farther in
his sight upon the hill Gareb : and it shall com;
Goatha.

40 And the whole valley of dead bodies, and ol
ashes, and all the country of death, even to the tor-
rent Cedron, and to the corner of the tone-gate to-
wards the east, the Holy of the Lord: it shall not lie
plucked up, and it shall not be destroyed anj more for
ever.

CHAP. XXXII.

Jeremias by God , s commandment, purchases a fit Id of hi*. Lint
mail ; 'and prophesies the return of the. people out o/roptirity
and the everlasting covenant God trill make with his church.

T^HE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord

-*- in the- tenth year of Sedecias king of Juda :

the same is the eighteenth year of Nabucnodooosor.

2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon

besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremias the prophet wa»
shut up in the court of tin
house of the king of Juda.

is the nrop
, which w;

is in the

3 For Sedecias king of Juda had shut him up,
sa\ing: Why dost thou prophesy, saying: Tim-,
saith the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into tin
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it ?

4 And Sedecias king of Juda shall not escapt
out of the hand of the ( haldeans: but he shall he de-
livered into the bands of the king of Babylon : and
he shall speak to him mouth to mouth, and Ins < \, >
shall sec his eye8.

5 And he shall lead Sedecias to Babylon: and
he shall be there till I visit him, saith the Lord.
But if you will light against the ( 'haldeans, you
shall have no success.

6 And Jeremias said: The word of the Lord came
to me, saj in

7 Behold, Ilananieel the son of Sclhim thy
cousin shall come to thee, saying: Bin thee my
field, which is in Anathoth : for it is thj right to buy
it, being next akin.

CHAP. XXXII.

8 And Hanameel my uncle's son came to me,
according to the word of the Lord, to the entry of
the prison, and said to me : Buy my field, which is
in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin : for the right
of inheritance is thine, and thou art next of kin to
possess it. And I understood that this was the
word of the Lord.

9 And 1 bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's
son, that is in Anathoth: and I weighed him the
money, seven staters, and ten pieces of silver.

10 And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and
took witnesses : and I weighed him the money in
the balances.

11 And I took the deed of the purchase that was
sealed, and the stipulations, and the ratifications
with the seals that were on the outside.

12 And 1 gave the deed of the purchase to Baruch
the son of Neri the son of Maasias in the sight of
Hanameel my uncle's son, in the presence of the
witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase,
and before all the Jews that sat in the court of the
prison.

13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying:

14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is-
rael : Take these writings, this deed of the purchase
that is sealed up, and this deed that is open : and put
them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue
many days.

15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel : Houses, and fields, and vineyards shall be
possessed again in this land.

16 And after I had delivered the deed of purchase
to Baruch the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord,
saying :

17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold, thou
hast made heaven and earth by thy great power,
and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard „o
thee:

18 Thou showest mercy unto thousands, and re-
turnest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of
their children after them: O most mighty, great,
and powerful, the Lord of hosts is thy name:

19 Great in counsel, and incomprehensible in
thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of
the children of Adam, to render unto every one ac-
cording to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
devices :

20 Who hast set signs and wonders in the land of
Egypt even until this day, and in Israel, and amongst
men, and hast made thee a name as at this day ;

21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out
of the land of Egypt, with signs, and with wonders,
and with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm,
and with great terror;

22 And hast given them this land which thou didst
swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing
with milk and honey.

23 And they came in, and possessed it : but they
obeyed not thy voice; and they walked not in thy
law : and they did not any of those things that thou
didst command them to do ; and all these evils are
:',ome upon them.

94 Behold, works are built up against the city to

take it : and the city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and
the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast
spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest.

25 And sayest thou to me, O Lord God : Buy a
field for money, and take witnesses, whereas the city
is given into the hands of the Chaldeans?

26 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias
saying :

27 Behold, I am the Lord the God of all flesh:
shall any thing be hard for me?

28 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Behold I will
deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, and
into the hands of the king of Babylon ; and they shall
take it.

29 And the Chaldeans that fight against this city,
shall come and set it on fire, and burn it, with the
houses upon whose roofs they offered sacrifice to
Baal, ana poured out drink-offerings to strange gods,
to provoke me to wrath.

30 For the children of Israel, and the children
of Juda, have continually done evil in my eyes from
their youth : the children of Israel who even till now
provoke me with the work of their hands, saith the
Lord.

31 For this city hath been to me a provocation
and indignation from the day that they built it, until
this day, in which it shall be taken out of my sight

32 Because of all the evil of the children of Is-
rael, and of the children of Juda, which they have
done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings,
their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

33 And they have turned their backs to me,
and not their faces : when I taught them early in
the morning, and instructed them, and they would
not hearken to receive instruction.

34 And they have set their idols in the house, in
which my name is called upon, to defile it.

35 And they have built the high places of Baal,
which are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to con-
secrate their sons and their daughters to Moloch :
which I commanded them not, neither entered it
into my heart, that they should do this abomination,
and cause Juda to sin.

36 And now therefore thus saith the Lord the
God of Israel to this city, whereof you say that it
shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Ba-
bylon by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence :

37 Behold, I will gather them together out of all
the lands to which I have cast them out in my an-
ger, and in my wrath, and in my great indignation:
and I will bring them again into this place, and will
cause them to dwell securely.

38 And they shall be my people, and I will be
their God.

39 And I will give them one heart, and one way,
that they may fear me all days ; and that it may be
well with them, and with their children after them.

40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with
them, and will not cease to do them good: and I
will give my fear in their heart, that they may not
revolt from me.

623

JF.KKM1A!

41 And I will rejoice over them, wlirn I shall
do (hem gOOlh and 1 will plant them in this land
in truth, with my whole ht-art. and with all mv sonl.

48 Fof thus saith the Lord: \s I have brought
upon this people all this great e\il: so will I bring
upon them all the good that I now speak to them.

43 And fields shall he purchased in this land;
wheri'of \on say that it is desolate, heeause there
remaineth neither man norheast, and it is given into
the hands of (he ( "haldcaiis.

44 Fields shall he bought for money, and deeds
shall Im- written, and sealed, and witnesses shall be
taken in the land of Benjamin, and round about Je-
rusalem, in the cities ot Jnda, and in the cities on
'he mountains, and in the cities of the plains, and
in the cities ihat are towards the south: for 1 will
bring back their captivitv, saith the Lord.

CHAP. WXIII.

God promise* reduction from eaptiritp, and other binning* : es-
pecially tkr coming of Christ, whose reign in his church shall
be glorious and perpetual.

AND the word of the Lord rame to Jeremias (he
second time, while he was \et shut up in the
OMIri of the prison, saying :

1 Tims saith the Ford, who will do, and will
form it. and prepare it; The Lord is his name.

3 Cry to me, and 1 will hear thee : and I will
show thee great things, and sure thins;* which thou
knowest not.

4 For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to
the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king
of Juda, which are destroyed, and to the bulwarks,
and to the sword.

5 Of them that come to fight with the Chal-
deans, and to till them with the (had bodies of the
men whom I have slain in mv wrath, and in my in-
dignation hiding my lace from this city, because of
all their wickedness.

tj Behold. I will close their wounds and givethem
health, and I will cure them: and I will reveal to
them the prayer of peace.* and truth.

7 And I will brim: back the captivity of Juda,
and the captivity of Jerusalem : and 1 will build
them as from the beginning.

8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity,
whereby they have sinned against me: and I will
forgive all their iniquities, whereby they have sin-
neil against me, and despised me.

9 And it shall be to me a name, and a joy, and a
praise, and a gladness before all the nations of the
earth, that shall hear of all the good things which I
will do to them: and they shall fear and be troubled
for all the good things, and for all tin: peace, that
I will make for them.

10 Thus saith the Lord: There shall be heard
again in this place (which yon s;n is desolate, be-

»e there is neither man nor beast, in the cities

of .Inda, and without Jerusalem, which are desolate

* TV araasv »/ ftmt. That is, the peace mod welfare wbtcli tktj
pray for

\ Tkrrt sfcatt m( U cut tf from Parid, ttc. This was TPnfied in
Christ, who it of (he house of David; and wboae kingdom in hia
church (ball hare no end.

J .S'ttthtr shall tktr* k* rai off from Ik* srwrtt, kr. Thu i.innnw re.

6-4

without man, and without inhabitant, and without
beasi)

11 The voice of joy and the voire of dadness
the voice of the bride-room and the \oice of the
bride, the voice of them that shall say: tine \c glory
to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his
mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shul
bring their vows into the house of the Lord : lor I
will bring back the captivity of the land as at the
first, saith the Lord.

12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall be
again in this place that is desolate without man. and
without beast, and in all the cities thereof, an habi-
tation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

13 And in the cities on the mountains, and in the
cities of the plains, and in the cities that are tow aids
the south: and in the land of Benjamin, and round
abott Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda shall the
flocks pass again under the hand of him that nuuiber-
eth them, saith the Lord.

14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that 1
will perform the good word that 1 have spoken to
the house of Israel, and to the house of Juda.

15 In those days, and at that time, I will make
the bud of justice to spring forth unto David: and
he shall do judgment and justice in the earth.

16 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Jeru-
salem shall dwell securely: and this is the name
that they shall call him, The Lord our just one.

17 For thus saith the Lord: There shall not In-
cut off" from Davidf a man to sit upon die throne ol
the house of Israel.

18 Neither shall there be cut off from the priests}
and Levitesa man before my face, to offer holocausts,
and to burn sacrifice, and to kill victims continually

19 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
saying:

20 Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant with
the day can be made void, and mv covenant with
the night, that there should not be day and night in
their season :

21 Also my covenant with David my servant may
be made void, that he should not have a son to reign
upon his throne, and with the Levites and pr*
my ministers.

22 As the stars of heaven cannot be n umber ed,
nor the sand of the sea be measured : so will I mul-
tiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites
my ministers.

23 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
taring:

_'V Hast thou not seen w hat this people hath spo-
ken, saying: The two families 1 ^ which the Lor I
had chosen, are cast off : and they have despised mv
people, so that it is no more a nation before them.'

25 Thus saith the Lord: If I have not set m>
covenant between day and night and laws toht-avcu
aim earth:

late* to the Christian priesthood ; w huh shall also continue for erer ;
the fiinrlioni of whirh, (more especially the great sacrifice of the al-
tar) are here expressed by the name of holocausts, and other offering*
of the law, which were to many figures of the Christian sacrifice.
t Tu>» Jmmdlut, be six. The families of the kings and priests.

CHAP. XXXIV, XXXV.

26 Surely I will also cast off the seed of Jacob,
and of David my servant, so as not ro take any of his
seed to he rulers of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob: for I will bring hack their captivity, and will
have mercy on them.

CHAP. XXXIV.

The prophet foretells that Sedecias shall fall into the hands of
Nnbuchodonosor : God's sentence upon the princes and peo-
ple that had broken his covenant.

^THIE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord,
-*- (when Nahuchodonosor king of Babylon, and
all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that
were under the power of his hand, and all the peo-
ple fought against Jerusalem and against all the ci-
ties thereof,) saying:

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Go,
and speak to Sedecias king of Juda, and say to him :
Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this
city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he
shall burn it with fire.

3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand : but
ihou shalt surely be taken, and thou shalt he de-
livered into his hand : and thy eyes shall see the
eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall
speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

4 Yethearthe word of the Lord, O Sedecias kins
of Juda: Thus saith the Lord to thee: Thou shalt
not die by the sword :

5 But thou shalt die in peace,* and according to
the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that
were before thee, so shall they burn thee : and they
shall mourn for thee, saying: Alas, Lord: for I
have spoken the word, saith the Lord.

6 And Jeremias the prophet spoke all these
words to Sedecias the king of Juda in Jerusalem.

7 And the army of the kjng of "Babylon fought
against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Juda
that were left, against Lachias, and against Aze-
cha : for these remained of the cities of Juda,
fenced cities.

8 The word that eame to Jeremias from the
Lord, after that king- Sedecias had made a cove-
nant with all the people in Jerusalem, making a
proclamation :

9 That every man should let his man-servant,
and every man his maid-servant, being a Hebrew
man, or a Hebrew woman, go free : and that they
should not lord it over them, to wit, over the Jews
their brethren.

10 And all the princes, ^nd all the people who
entered into the covenant, heard that every man
should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-
servant go free, and should no more have dominion
over them : and they obeyed, and let them go free.

11 But afterwards they turned ; and brought
back again their servants, and their handmaids,
whom they had let go free, and brought them into
subjection as men-servants, and maid-servants.

12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias
from the Lord, saying :

* Die in prate. That is, by a Datural death.

13 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : i
made a covenant with your fathers in the day ;hat
1 brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the.
house of bondage, saying :

14 At the end of seven years, let ye go every
man his brother heing a Hebrew, who hath been
sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years : and
thou shalt let him go free from thee : and your fa-
thers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline
their ear.

15 And you turned to-day, and did that which
was right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every
one to his brother : and you made a covenant in my
sight, in the house upon which my name is invocated.

16 And you are fallen back, and have defiled
my name : and you have brought back again every
man his man-servant, and every man his maid-ser-
vant, whom you had let go free, and set at liberty :
and you have brought them into subjection to he
your servants and handmaids.

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord : You have not
hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty every man
(o his brother, and every man to his friend : behold,
I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the
sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine : and I
will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of
the earth.

18 And I will give the men that have trans-
gressed my covenant, and have not performed the
words of the covenant which they agreed to in my
presence, when they cut the calf in two, and passed
between the parts thereof:

19 The princes of Juda, and the princes of Jcru
salem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the
people of the land that passed between the parts of
the calf.

20 And I will give them into the hands of their
enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their
life : and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the
fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

21 And Sedecias the king of Juda, and his prin-
ces, I will give into the hands of their enemies, and
into the hands of them that seek their lives, and into
the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon,
which are gone from you.

22 Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and
I will bring them again to this city ; and they shall
fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire:
and I will make the cities of Juda a desolation,
without an inhabitant.

CHAP. XXXV.

The obedience of the RechalAtes condemns the disobedience of the
Jews. The reward of the Rechabites.

HP HE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord
-*- in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king
of Juda, saying :

2 Go to the house of the Rechabites :f and speak
to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord,
into one of the chambers of the treasures, and thou
shalt give them wine to drink.

t Rechabites. These were of the race of Jethro, father-in-law U>
Moses.

825

JEREMIAS.

3 Ami I took Jesoaias the son of Jeremias the
son of ll.ili-iiii.iv. and liis brethren, ami all his sous,
and the whole house of the Rechabil

. \nd I brought them into the house <>i" the Lord,
to the ueasure-nouse of the ^mis of Ilanan, the son
of Jegedeiias tin- man ol' God, which was l>y the

tsure-bouse of the princes, abore the treasure
of Ma i-i i> tin; son of Sellum, who was keeper of
the entry.

5 And I set before the sons of the house of the
bftbhes pots full of wine, and cups : and I said

to then : Drink ye wine.

6 Ami they um end : We will not drink wine :
because Jonadab the son of Rechab. our father,
< amiiiaiuh (1 us, savin-: Vou shall drink no wine,
neither you, nor your children, for evi r:

7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor
plant vinivards, nor have any: but you shall dwell
in tents all \onr days, that you may live many days
upon the tact of the earth, in which you are strangers.

8 Therefore we have oheyed the voice of Jona-
dab the sou of Rechab, our father, in all things that
be commanded us, so as to drink no wine all our
days, neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor

our daughters :

9 Nor to luiild houses to dwell in, nor to have
vinevard, or field, or seed :

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have been
obedient according to all that Jonadab our father
commanded us.

1 1 But when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
came up to our land, we said : Come, let us go into
Jerusalem from tin: face of the army of the Chal-
deans, and from the face of the army of Syria : and
we have remained in Jerusalem.

12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
saying :

13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is-
rael: Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to the
inhabitant! of Jerusalem: Will you not receive in-
struction, to obey my words, saith the Lord ?

14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab,
by which he commanded his sons not to drink wine,
have prevailed : and they have drunk none to this
day, oec an se they have obeyed the commandment
of their father : but I have spoken to you. rising
early and speaking, and you have not oheyed me.

15 And I have sent to you all my servants the

ffophets, rising early, and sending, and saying:
{eturn ye every man from his wicked way, and
make your ways good : and follow not strange gods,
nor worship them : and you shall dwell in the land.
which I save you and your fathers: and you have
oot inclined your ear, nor hearkened tome.

16 So the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab

have constantly kept the commandment of their
father, which he commanded them : but this people
hath not obeyed me.

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel : Behold, I will brim: upon Juda, and
upon all the inhabitanti of Jerusalem all the evil

that I have pronounced ag mist them, because I have

spoken to tin in. and thev hive not heard: I have

I .6

called to them, and they have not answered in. .

18 And Jeremias said to the house of the Recha-
!>it. s : Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel: Because yen have obeyed the command-
ment of Jonadab your father, and have kept all his
precepts, and have done all that be commanded you:

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts' the
God of Israel: There shall not be wanting a man
of the race of Jonadab the son of Rechab, standing
before me for ever.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Jeremias sends Raruch to read his prophecies in the temple : the
book is brought to king Joakim, vho burns it. The prophet
denounces kit judgment : and causes Baruch to urite a neu>
copy.

A ND it came to pass in the fourth year of Joa-
-£*- kim the son of Josias king of Juda, that this
word came to Jeremias by the Lord, saying :

2 Take thee a roll of a book, and thou shall.
write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee
against Israel and Juda, and against all the nations
from the day that I spoke to thee, from the days of
Josias even to this day.

3 If so be, when ihe house of Juda shall hear
all the evils that I purpose to do unto them, that
thev may return every man from his wicked way:
and I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

4 So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias :
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all
the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon
the roll of a book.

5 And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying: lam
shut up,* and cannot go into the house of the Lord.

G Go thou in therefore, and read out of the vo-
lume, which thou hast written from my mouth, the
words of the Lord, in the bearing of all the people
in the bouse of the Lord on the fasting day : and
also thou shalt read them in the hearing of all Juda
that come out of their cities:

7 If so be they may present their supplication
before the Lord, and may return every one from his
wicked way : for great is the wrath and indigna-
tion which the Lord bath pronounced against this
people.

8 And Baruch the son of Nerias did according
to all that Jeremias the prophet had commanded
him, reading out of the volume the words of the
Lord in the nouse of the Lord.

9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Joakim
the son of Josias king of Juda. in the ninth month,
that they proclaimed a fast ImIoic the Lord to all
the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that
were come together out of the cities of Juda to
Jerusalem.

10 And Baruch read out of the volume the words
of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the treasury
of Gamarias the SOU of Saphan the scribe, in the
upper court, in the entry of the in vv gate of the
bouse of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people.

11 And when tticheai the SOU of (lamarias the

• Skul up. Not thmt the prophet wu now in prison ; for the con.
Irmrjr mppeart from r. 19. bat thai he kept him., If .hut up,
of the pertecutiom he had lately met with. See chap xxri.

CHAP. XXXVII.

son of Saphan had heard out of the book all the
words of the Lord.

12 He went down into the king's house to the
secretary's chamber : and behold, all the princes
sai there, Elisaina, the scribe, and Dalaias the son
of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor,
and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the
son of llananias, and all the princes.

13 And Micheas told them all the words that he
had heard, when Baruch read out of the volume in
the hearing of the people.

14 Therefore all the princes sent Judi the son of
Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi,
to Baruch, saying : Take in thy hand the volume
in which thou hast read in the hearing of the people,
and come. So Baruch the son of Nerias took the
volume in his hand, and came to them.

15 And they said to him: Sit down, and read
these things in our hearing. And Baruch read in
their hearing.

16 And when they had heard all the words, they
looked upon one another with astonishment, and they
said to Baruch: We must tell the king all these
words.

17 And they asked him saying: Tell us how
didst thou write all these words from his mouth ?

18 And Baruch said to them: With his mouth
he pronounced all these words as if he were read-
ing to me : and 1 wrote in a volume with ink.

19 And the princes said to Baruch, Go, and
hide thee, both thou and Jeremias, and let no man
know where you are.

20 And they went in to the king into the court:
but they laid up the volume in the chamber of Eli-
sama the scribe : and they told all the words in the
hearing of the king.

21 And the king sent Judi that he should take
the volume; who bringing it out of the chamber of
Elisama the scribe, read it in the hearing of the
king, and of all the princes that stood about the king.

22 Now the king sat in the winter-house, in the
ninth month : and there was a hearth before him
full of burning coals.

23 And when Judi had read three or four pages,
he cut it with the penknife, and he cast it into the
fire, that was upon the hearth, till all the volume
was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth.

24 And the king and all his servants that heard
all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend
their garments.

25 But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias
spoke to the king, not to burn the book : and he
heard them not.

26 And the king commanded Jeremiel the son of
Amelech, and Saraias the son of Ezriel, and Sele-
mias the son of Abdeel, to take up Baruch the scribe,
mid Jeremias the prophet : but the Lord hid them.

27 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias
the prophet, after that the king had burnt the vo-
lume, and the words that Baruch had written from
the mouth of Jeremias, saying:

28 Take thee again another volume: and write
in it all the former words that were in the first

volume which Joakim the king of Juda hath burnt.

29 And thou shalt say to Joakim the king of
Juda: Thus saith the Lord : Thou hast burnt that
volume, saying: Why hast thou written therein, and
said : The king of Babylon shall come speedily, and
shall lay waste this land ; and shall cause to cease
from thence man and beast ?

30 Therefore thus saith the Lord against Joakim
the king of Juda : He shall have none* to sit upon
the throne of David : and bis dead body shall be
cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.

31 And I will punish him, and his seed, and his
servants, for their iniquities : and I will bring upon
them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
upon the men of Juda all the evil that I have pro-
nounced against them, but they have not heard.

32 And Jeremias took another volume, and gave
it to Baruch the son of Nerias the scribe ; who
wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words
of the book which Joakim the king of Juda had
burnt with fire : and there were added besides many
more words than had been before.

CHAP. XXXVII.

Jeremias prophecies that the Chaldeans, who had drparted
from Jerusalem, would return and burn the city. He is
cast into prison. His conference with Sedecias.

NOW king Sedecias the son of Josias reigned
instead of Jechonias, the son of Joakim; whom
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon made king in the
land of Juda.

2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the peo-
ple of the land did obey the words of the Lord,
that he spoke in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.

3 And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Se-
lemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest
to Jeremias the prophet, saying : Pray to the Lord
our God for us.

4 Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of
the people : for they had not as yet cast him into
prison. And the army of Pharao was come out of
Egypt : and the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem,
hearing these tidings, departed from Jerusalem. _

5 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias
the prophet, saying :

6 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel : Thus
shall you say to the king of Juda, who sent you to
inquire of me : Behold, the army of Pharao, which
is come forth to help you, shall return into their
own land into Egypt.

7 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight
against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

8 Thus saith the Lord : Deceive not your souls,
saying : The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go
away from us : for they shall not go away.

9 But if you should even beat all the army of the
Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be
left of them some wounded men ; they shall rise up,
every man from his tent, and burn this city with fire.

10 Now when the army of the Chaldeans was
gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao'sarmy,

* He shall have none, &c. Because his son Joachin or Jechonias,
within three months after the death of his father, was carried away
to Babylon, so that his reign is not worthy to be taken notice of.

627

J KH KM I AS.

1 1 .' - wriit forth out i'l Jerusalem t" po

into the land of Henjamin, audio divide a poj
sion there in the presence of the citizen.

I J And wlirn In' u.i- come to tin gate <>! Benia-
inin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his
turn, was one named Jerias, tin' son of St'lemias,
the .son of llananias : and he took hold of Jeremias
the prophet, saying : Thou art fleeing tothe Chal-
deans.

19 And Jeremias answered : It is not so ; I am
DOC fleeing to the Chaldeans. Bui he hearkened
not to him : SO Jerias took Jeremias, and btOUghl
him to the prim

I 1 Wherefore the princes were an pry with Jere-
mias ; and they heat him, and east him into the pri-
son that was in the house of Jonathan the scribe:
for he was chief over the prison.

16 So Jeremias went into the house of the prison,
and into tin* dungeon : and Jeremias remained

"there many il

It! Then Sedecias the kin? sending, took him,
and asked him Merely in bis house, and said: Is
there, thinkest thou, any word from the Lord ?
And Jeremias said : There is. And he said: Thou
shah be delivered into the hands of the king of
Babylon.

17 And Jeremias said to kin? Sedecias: In
what have I offended against thee, or tflj servants.
< i thj people, that thou hast east me into prison '

18 Where are vour prophets that prophesied to
you. and said : The king of Babylon shall not come
againsl you, and against this land ?

19 Now therefore hear, 1 beseech thee, my lord
the king : ht m\ petition be accepted in thy sight :
and send me not back into the house of Jonathan
the Scribe, h Si I die there.

I "Inn king Sedecias commanded that .1. re-
tinas should he committed into the entry of the pri-
son : and that thev should give him daily a piece
of bread, beside broth, till all the bread in tin' cit)
were spenl : and Jeremias remained in the entry of
the prison.

Cll \l". WWIII.

The propki I tit the instance nf the grt at m< ;i it rant into a filthy
dungeon : hr it ilrmrn uut b§ Audi nu I. ih,and has another
conference irith the kin?.

NOW Saphatias the son of Alathan, and Gi
lias the son of PhaSSUr, and Juchel the sou
of Si lemias, and Phnssiir the son of Melchias,
Inard the words that Jen mias .spoke to all the
v. raj ii

I luis saith the Lord : WhotOt ret shall remain
in this city, shall die by the sword, and by famine,
and by pestilence : hut he that shall BO forth to the
Chaldeans, shall live, and his life shall he safe, and
Iw shall live.

i lius saitfl the Lord : This city shall surely
be delivered into the hand of the army of the king
of Babylon, and he shall take it.

I \nd the princes said to the kin:; : We beseech
thee that this man may be pul in death : for on pur-
pose be weakeneth the hands of the nun ol w sr that
remain in this city, anil the hands "I the peoplo.

sneaking to them according to these words : for this
man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.

5 And kin- Sedecias said : behold, he is in
your hands : for it is not lawful for the kin:: to deny
yon any thing.

6 Then they took Jeremias, and cast him into
the dungeon of .Melchias the son of Atnelecli. v\ liich
Wai in the entry of the prison : and they let down
I. remias by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there
was no water, but mire. And Jeremias Mink into
the mire.

7 Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch
that was in the kill's house, heard that they hail
put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was
sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

8 And Abdemelech went out of the king's house,
and spoke to the kiin;, sa\ing:

9 My lord the kin::, these men have done evil in
all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet,
Casting him into the dungeon to die there w it li hun-
ger ; for there is no more bread in the city.

10 Then the kin- commanded Abdemelech the
Ethiopian, saving: Take from hence thirty nun
with thee, and draw up Jeremias the prophet out of
the dungeon, before be die.

11 So Abdemelech taking the men with him,
went into the king's house that was under the store-
house : and he took from thence old ra^s, and old
rotten things, and lie let them down by cords to
Jeremias into the dungeon.

12 \\\i\ Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jere-
mias : Put these old rau.s, and these nut and rotten
things under thy arms, and upon the cords: ami
Jeremias did so.

13 And they drew tip Jeremias with the cords,
and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And
Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.

14 And kin- Sedecias sent, and took Jeremias
the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in
the house of the Lord : and the kin:: said to Jere-
mias : I will ask thee a thing, hide nothing from me.

15 Then Jeremias said to Sedecias : If 1 shall
declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death?
and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken
to me.

It! Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremias, in
private, saying: As the Lord li vet h, that made us this
soul, 1 will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver
tine into the hands of these men that seek thy life.

17 And Jeremias said to Sedecias: Thus saith
the Lord of hosts the C«od of Israel: If thou wilt
take a resolution, and go OUl to the princes of the
kin- of lialnlon, thy soul shall live, and this city
shall not be burnt with lire: and thou shalt be s ..
and thy lion

lf{ But if thou wilt not go out to the princes of
the kin- of Babylon, this city shall be delivered into
the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it
w ith lire: and thou shalt not esi ape out of their hands.

19 And king S * said to Jeremias: | am

afraid because of the Jews that are fled over to

the Chaldeans : lest | should be delivered into the'r

hands, and tln-v should abuse me.

5=
©
22

CHAP. XXXIX, XL.

20 But Jeremias answered : They shall not de-
liver thee : hearken, 1 beseech thee, to the word of
the Lord, which I speak to thee, and it shall be well
with thee, and thy soul shall live.

21 But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the
word which the Lord hath shown me:

22 Behold, all the women that are left in the
house of the king of Juda, shall be brought out to
the princes of the king of Babylon: and they shall
say : Thy men of peace* have deceived thee, and
have prevailed against thee ; they have plunged thy
feet in the mire, and in a slippery place ; and they
have departed from thee.

23 And all thy wives, and thy children shall be
brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not
escape their hands ; but thou shalt. be taken by the
hand of the king of Babylon : and he shall burn this
city with fire.

24 Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man
know these words, and thou shalt not die.

25 But if the princes shall hear that I have spo-
ken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to
thee : Tell us what thou hast said to the king ; hide
it not from us, and we will not kill thee ; and also
what the king said to thee :

26 Thou shalt say to them : I presented my sup-
plication before the king, that he would not com-
mand me to be carried back into the house of Jo-
nathan, to die there.

27 So all the princes came to Jeremias, and ask-
ed him : and he spoke to them according to all the
words that the king had commanded him ; and they
left him : for nothing had been heard.

28 But Jeremias remained in the entry of the
prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken : and
it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.

CHAP. XXXIX.

After two years siege Jerusalem is taken. Sedecias is carried
before Nabuchodonosor, who kills his sons in his sight, and
then puts out his eyes. Jeremias is set at liberty.

TN the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in
-*- the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of
Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they
besieged it.

2 And in the eleventh year of Sedecias, in the
fourth month, the fifth day of the month, the city
was opened.

3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon
came in, and sat in the middle gate : Neregel, Se-
reser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel,
Sereser, Rebmag, and all the rest of the princes of
the king of Babylon.

4 And when Sedecias the king of Juda, and all
the men of war saw them, they fled : and they went
forth in the night out of the city by theyvay of the
king's garden, and by the gate that was between the
two walls; and they went outto the way of thedesert.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after
them : and they took Sedecias in the plain of the
desert of Jericho : and when they had taken him,

* Thy men nf peace. Viri fiucij.ci liti. That is, thy false friends,
promising- thee peace and happiness, and hy their evil counsel involv-
ing thee m misery.

they brought him to Nabuchodonosor king of Baby-
lon to Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath :
and he gave judgment upon him.

6 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sede-
cias in Reblatha, before his eyes: and the king of
Babylon slew all the nobles of Juda.

7 He also put out the eyes of Sedecias; and
bound him with fetters to be carried to Babylon.

8 And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house, and
the houses of the people with fire : and they threw
down the wall of Jerusalem.

9 And Nabuzardan the general of the army car-
ried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the
people that remained in the city, and the fugitives
that had gone over to him, and the rest of the peo-
ple that remained.

10 But Nabuzardan the general left some of the
poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda:
and he gave them vineyards, and cisternsat that time.

11 Now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had
given charge to Nabuzardan the general concerning
Jeremias, saying :

12 Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do
him no harm : but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

13 Therefore Nabuzardan the general sent, and
Nabusezban, and Rabsares,and Neregel, and Sereser,
and Rebmag,and all the noblesofthekingof Babylon,

14 Sent, and took Jeremias out of the court of
the prison, and committed him to Godolias the son
of Ahicam the son of Saphan, that he might go
home, and dwell among the people.

15 But the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
when he wasyet shut up in the court of the prison, say-
ing: Go, and tell Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying:

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Is-
rael : Behold, 1 will bring my words upon this city
unto evil, and not unto good : and they shall be ac-
complished in thy sight in that day.

17 And I will deliver thee in that day, saith the
Lord : and thou shalt not be given into the hands of
the men whom thou fearest :

18 But delivering, I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt not fall by the sword : but thy life shall be sav-
ed for thee, because thou hast put thy trust in me,
saith the Lord.

CHAP. XL.

Jeremias remains with Godolias the governor; who receives all
the Jews that resort to him.

HP HE word that came to Jeremias from the Lord,
-■- after that Nabuzardan the general had let him
go from Rama, when he had taken him, being bound
with chains, among all them that were carried away
from Jerusalem and Juda, and were carried to Ba-
bylon.

2 And the general of the army taking Jeremias,
said to him : The Lord thy God hath pronounced
this evil upon this place,

3 And he hath brought it: and the Lord hath
done as he hath said : because you have sinned
against the Lord, and have not hearkened to his
voice, and this word is come upon you.

4 Now then behold, I have loosed thee this day
from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it

629

JEREM1AS.

r lease thee income with me to Babylon, conic : and
will set niv evi s upon thee : hut if it do nut please
thee to come with me to llabylon, stay here: be-
hold, all the laml i> before thee, as thou shall choose,
and whither K shall please thee to to, thither go,

5 And conic not with me: but dwell with Godo-
ihe M>n of Ahicam the son of Saphan, whom

the tine of llabylon hath made governor over the
cities of .hula : dwell therefore with him in the
midst of the people : or whithersoever it shall pfa • !-<
thee to to, to. And the tent ral of the army |
him victuals anil pretests, and let him go.

6 Anil Jeremi n went to (iodoliasthe son of Ahi-
to Masphath ; and dwelt w ith him in the midst

of the people that were left in the laml.

7 Anil when all the captains of the army that
were Mattered through the countries, they and their
companions, had heard that thekintof Babylon had
maile Godolias the son of Ahicam tnvernor of the
country, and that he hail committed unto him men.
ami women, and children, and of the poor of the
land, them that had not been carried away captive
to Babylon :

H They came to Godolias to Masphath : and Is-
mahel the son of Nathanias, and Johanan, and Jo-
nathan, the sons of Caree, and Sareas the son of
mentioned), and the children ofOphi, that were of

tophathi, and Jezonias the son ot Maachati, they
ami their tin n.

1» And Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of

ban -wore tothem. ami to their companions, sav-

iag : Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the

land, and serve the king of Bab) Ion, and it shall be

well with you.

|() Behold, I dwell in Masphath) that I may an-
swer the commandment of the Chaldeans that are
sent to us : hut as for yon, gather ye the vintage,
ami the harvest, and the oil, and lay it up in your
-i N. and abide in your cities which you hold.

11 Moreover all the Jew s that vv i i c in Moah, and
among the children of Amnion, and in I'.doin.
and in all the countries, when they beard thai the
kint of Haldoii had left a remnant in Judea, and
(hat he had made < iodolias the son of Ahicam the
son of Saphan ruler over them :

12 All the Jews. | lay, returned out of all the
places to which they had Bed : and tiny tame into
the land of Juda to Godolias to Masphath : and they
gathered wine, and a very treat harvest.

13 Then Johanan the sou of Caree, and nil the
captains of the army, that had In en scattered about
in the countries, came to Godolias to Masphath ;

14 And they said to him : Know that BaaltS the
kins; of the children of Amnion hath scut Ismabel
the son of Nathanias to kill thee. And Godolias
the son of Ahicam believed them not.

16 But Johanan, the sou of Caree, spoke to
I I I lolias privately in .Masphath. saying : I will go.
and I will kill Ismahel the sou of Nathanias; and
no man shall know it j leal he kill thee, and all the
Jews be scattered, that are gathered unto thee, and
tin- remnant of Juda perish.

ID And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Jo-

ti3u

hanan the son of Caree : Do not this thing : for what
thou sayest of Ismahel is false.

( HAP. \LI.

Godulias it tlain : the Jetri Ihut trrrr irilh him are upprehrif
tire of the Chmliunm.

AND it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ismahel the son of Nathanias, the son Of Kli-
sama, of the ro\al blood, and the nobles of the kint,
and ten men with him, came to Godolias the son of
Ahicam into Masphath: and they ate bread there to-
gether in Masphath.

2 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, and
the ten men that were with him: and they struck
Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan w ith
the sword, and slew him whom the king of Baby-
Ion had made governor over the land.

3 Ismahel slew also all the Jews that were with
Godolias in Masphath, and the Chaldeans that wi re
found there, and the soldiers.

4 And on the second day after he had killed Go-
dolias, no man yet knowing it,

5 There came some from Sichcm. and from Silo,
and from Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards
shaven, and their clothes rent, and mourning: and
i hey had offerings and incense in their hand, to offer
in the house of the Lord.

6 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias went forth
from Masphath to meet them, weeping all along as
he went : and when lie had met them, lie said to
them : Come to Godolias the son of Ahicam.

7 And'whcn they were come to the midst of the
city, Ismahel the sou of Nathanias slew them, and
ins! iht m into the midst of the pit, he and the men
thai were with him.

8 But ten men were found among them, that said
to Ismahel: Kill us not: for we have stores in
the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.
And he forcbore, and slew them not with their
brethren.

9 And the nit into which Ismahel cast all the
dead bodies of the men whom he slew because of
Godolias, is the same that king Asa made, for fear of
Baasa the king of Israel: the same did Ismahel the
son of Nathanias fill w ith them that were slain.

10 Then Ismahel carried away captive all the
remnant of the people that were in Masphath; the
king's daughters, and all the people that remained
in Masphath: whom Nabuzardan the general of the
army had committed to Godolias the son of Aim am.

\ntl Ismahel the son of Nathanias took them, and
he departed, to go over to the children of Amnion.

1 1 Rut J ohanan the son of Caree, and all the cap-
tains of tin; fighting men that were with him, beard
of the evil that Isinalu 1 the son of Nathanias had
done:

12 And taking all the men, tin v went out to fight
itainsi Ismahel the son Of Nathanias, and they
found him by the great waters that are in Gaboon.

13 And when all the people that were with Is-
mahel, had seen Johanan the sou of < 'art e. ami all
the captains of the fighting men that were w ith him,
they rejoiced.

I \ \nd all the people whom Ismahel had taken,

CHAP. XLII, XLI1I.

Went back to Masphath : and they returned and went
to Johanan the son of Caree.

15 But Ismahel the son of Nathanias fled with
eight men, from the face of Johanan, and went to
the children of Amnion.

16 Then Johanan the son of Caree, and all the
captains of the soldiers that were with him, took all
the remnant of the people whom they had recover
ed from Ismahel the son of Nathanias, from Mas
phath, after that he had slain Godolias the son of
Ahicam : valiant men for war, and the women, and
the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought
back from Gabaon:

17 And they departed, and sat as sojourners in
Chamaam, which is near Bethlehem ; in order to
go forward, and enter into Egypt,

18 From the face of the Chaldeans: for they were
afraid of them, because Ismahel the son of Natha-
nias had slain Godolias the son of Ahicam, whom
the king of Babylon had made governor in the land
of Juda.

CHAP. XLII.

feremias assures the remnant of the people, that if they will
stay in Juda, they shall be safe : but if they go down into
Egypt, they shall perish.

r |^HEN all the captains of the warriors, and Jo-
-*- hanan the son of Caree, and Jezonias the son
of Osaias, and the rest of the people from the least
'.o the greatest came near.

2 And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our
supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us
to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we
are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.

3 And let the Lord thy God show us the way by
which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.

4 And Jeremias the prophet said to them: I have
heard you: behold, I will pray to the Lord your God
according to your words: and whatsoever thing he
shall answer me, I will declare it to you: and I will
hide nothing from you.

5 And they said to Jeremias: the Lord be wit-
ness between us of truth and faithfulness, if we do
not according to every thing for which the Lord thy
God shall send thee to us.

6 Whether it be good or evil,* we will obey the
voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee:
that it may be well with us when we shall hearken
to the voice of the Lord our God.

7 Now after ten days, the word of the Lord came
to Jeremias.

8 And he called Johanan the son of Caree, and all
the captains of the fighting men that were with him,
and all the people from the least to the greatest,

9 And he said to them : Thus saith the Lord
the God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to present
your supplications before him :

10 If you will be quiet and remain in this land,
I will build you up, and not pull you down : I will
plant you, and not pluck you up : for now I am ap-
peased for the evil that 1 have done to you.*

1 1 Fear not because of the king of Babylon, of

* Good or evil. That is. nirreeable or disagreeable.

♦ / am appeased for the evil that i have done to you. That is, I am ap

whom you are greatly afraid : fear him not, saith
the Lord : for I am with you, to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.

12 And I will show mercies to you, and will take
pity on you, and will cause you to -dwell in your
own land.

13 But if you say: We will not dwell in this
land, neither will, we hearken to the voice of the
Lord our God,

14 Saying : No, but we will go into the land of
Egypt ; where we shall see no war, nor hear the
sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger : and there
we will dwell.

15 For this now hear the word of the Lord, ye
remnant of Juda : Thus saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel : If you set your faces to go into
Egypt, and enter in to dwell there :

16 The sword which you fear, shall overtake
you there in the land of Egypt : and the famine,
whereof you are afraid, shall cleave to you in Egypt :
and there you shall die.

1 7 And all the men that set their faces to go in-
to Egypt, to dwell there, shall die by the sword,
and by famine, and by pestilence ; none of them
shall remain, nor escape from the face of the evil
that I will bring upon them.

1 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel : As my anger and my indignation hath been
kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem ■ so
shall my indignation be kindled against you, when
you shall enter into Egypt : and you shall be an
execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and
a reproach : and you shall see this place no more.

19 This is the word of the Lord concerning you,
O ye remnant of Juda : Go ye not into Egypt :
know certainly that I have adjured you this day.

20 For you have deceived your own souls : for
you sent me to the Lord our God, saying : Pray
for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that
the Lord our God shall say to thee, so declare unto
us, and we will do it.

21 And now I have declared it to you this day ;
and you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your
God, with regard to all the things for which he hath
sent me to you.

22 Now therefore know certainly that you shall
die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence
in the place to which you desire to go to dwell
there.

CHAP. XLIII.

The Jews, contrary to the orders of God by the prophet, go into
Egypt, carrying Jeremias with them. He foretells the devasta-
tion of that land by the king of Babylon.

AND it came to pass, that when Jeremias had
made an end of speaking to the people all the
words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord
their God had sent him to them, all these words :
2 Azarias the son of Osaias, and Johanan the son
of Caree, and all the proud men, made answer, saying
to Jeremias: Thou tellest a lie : the Lord our God

peased, as I have sufficiently punished you, and now I am reconciled
with you.

631

.1 1. 1; KM IAS.

hath not sent thee, saying: Go not into Egypt, to
dwell il'

iitt Barueh the son of Nerias s. ttttli thee on
against us, to deliver us into tin- bands of the Coal*
deans, to kill us. mill u> cause us to be carried away
captives to Babylon.

; ^.. Jobanan the son of Cane, and ;ill the cap-
tains of the soldiers, and all the people, obeyed not
the voice of the Lora\tn remain in tbelandof Juda.

5 But Johanaa the son of Caree, and all the

captains ol'jhe soldiers took all the remnant of Ju-
da, that were returned out of all nations, to which
they hail before been scattered, to dwell in the land

of Juda:

6 Men, and women, ami children, and the kind's
daughters, and even soul, which Nabusardan the

teral had left with Goooliaa the son of Ahicaui

the mm nfSaphan, and Jeremias the prophet, and

lJaiuch the son <>l .Vrias.

7 And they went into the land of Egypt; for
they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: and they

came as tar as Taphnis.

8 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in
T ! mis, saying :

I ike ureal stones in thy hand ; and thou shah
hid.- them in the vault that is under the brick wall
at the gate of Pharao's house in Taphnis, in the
sight of the men of Juda:

1<) And thou shalt say tothem: Thus saith the
Load offcasts the God of Israel: Behold, I will send,
and take Nabuchodonosojr the kins of Babylon my

Servant : and I will set his throne over these stones
which I have hid ; and he shall set his throne over
(hem.

1 1 And he shall come and strike the land of
pt; such as are for death, to death: and such Bfl
for captivity, to captivity; and such as are for
the IWOrd, to the sword.

I .' \ tul he shall kindle a fire in the temples of
the gods ol Egypt: and be shall hum them, and he
shall carry them away captives : and be shall array
himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puttcth
on his earment: and he shall ko foith from thence

garment: and lie snail go
in peace.

13 And be shall break the statues of the house
of the sun. that are in the land of Egypt: and the
temples of the gods of Egypt be shall hum with fire.
< IIAl". XLIV.

The prnphft't lulmnvitiim tnthr J"r< in Effptmrmmt iiLlu-
tni it nut regitrdrd : he denouncrt to them their distructum.

THE word that came to Jeremias concerning all
the .lews that dwelt in the land of Egypt dwell-
ing in Magdaljmd in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and

in the land of IMiatmes. s;i\n

I ThttS s.iith the Lord Of hosts the God of Is-
rael: Vou bare seen all this evil that I have brought
UpOfl .I' i usiliin, and UpOfl all the cities of Juda : and
behold. the> are desolate this day; ami there is not
an inhabitant in them:

mseof the wickedness which they have
committed to provoke me to wrath, and to go and
■•fler sacrifice, and worship other gods, which mi-

they, nor yon. nor your lathers knew.

4 And I sent to you all my servants the prophets,
rising early, and sending, and paying: Do not com-
mit this abominable thing, which I hate.

5 But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to
turn from thoir evil ways, and not to sacrifice to
■trance gods.

6 Wherefore my indignation and my fury was
poured forth, and was kindled in the cities ol Juda,
and in the streets of Jerusalem : and they are turned
to desolation and waste, as at this das .

7 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God
of Israel : Why do you commit this great evil against
your own souls, that there should die of you man
and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of
Juda, and no remnant should be left you:

8 In that you provoke me to wrath with the
works of your hands, by sacrificing to other gods
in the land of Egypt, into which you are come to
dwell there: and that you should perish, and be a
curse, and a reproach to all the nations of the earth?

9 Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers,
and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of
their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your
wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and
in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 They are not cleansed even to this day: nei-
ther have they feared, nor walked in the law of the
Lord, nor in my commandments, which 1 set be-
fore you and your fathers.

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts tin-
God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face upon you
for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.

12 And I will take the remnant of Juda that
bare set their faces to go into the land of Egypt,
and to dwell there: and they shall be all consumed
in the land of Egypt; they shall fall by the sword,
and by the famine: and they shall be consumed
from the least even to the greatest: by the sword,
and by the famine shall they die: and they shall be
for an execration, and for a wonder, and for a curse,
and for a reproach.

13 And t will visit them that dwell in the land
of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, by the sword,
and li\ (amine, and by pestilence.

14 And there shall be none that shall escape and
remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to
sojourn in the land of Egypt, and that shall return
into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire
to return to dwell there : there shall none return but
they that shall flee.

15 Then all the men that knew that their wives
sacrificed toother gods, and all the women of w horn
there stood by a great multitude, and all the people
of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in l'ha-
lures, answered Jeremias, saving:

16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us
in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to rbi

17 But we will certainl] do every word that
shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sa cri fic e to
the queen of heaven,* and to pour out drink-offer-
ings to her. as we and our father! have done, our

* Thr qntnt of ktmn. The moon, which the) worshipped under
tliU

CHAP. XLV, XLV1.

kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and
in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled
with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no
evil.

18 But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the
queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings
to lier, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword, and by famine.

19 And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of hea-
ven, and pour out drink-offerings to her j did we
make cakes to worship her, to pour out drink-offer-
ings to her, without our husbands?

20 -And Jeremias spoke to all the people, to the
men, and to the women, and to all the people which
had given him that answer, saying :

21 Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in
the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
you and your fathers, your kings, and your princes,
and the people of the land, which the Lord hath re-
membered, and hath it not entered into his heart?

22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, be-
cause of the evil of your doings, and because of the
abominations which you have committed : there-
fore your land is become a desolation, and an
astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant,
as at this day.

23 Because you have sacrificed to idols, and have
sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the
voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his law,
and in his commandments, and in his testimonies :
therefore are these evils come upon you, as at this
day.

21 And Jeremias said to all the people, and to
all the women : Hear ye the word of the Lord, all
Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt:

25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel,
saying : You and your wives have spoken with
your mouth, and fulfilled with your hands, saying :
Let us perform our vows which we have made to
offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour
out drink-offerings to her : you have fulfilled your
vows, and have performed them indeed.

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all
Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt : Behold,
I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord ;
that my name shall no more be named in the mouth
of any man of Juda, in the land of Egypt, saying :
The Lord God liveth.

27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and
not for good : and all the men of Juda that are in
the land of Egypt, shall be consumed, by the sword,
and by famine, till there be an end of them.

28 And a kw men that shall flee from the
sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the
land of Juda : and all the remnant of Juda that are
gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall
know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.

29 And this shall be a sign to you, saith the
Lord, that I will punish you in this place ; that you
may know that my words shall be accomplished in-
deed against you for evil.

30 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will deliver
Pharao Ephree king of Egynt into 'he hand of his

4 L

enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his
life ; as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the
hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, his
enemy, and that sought his life.

CHAP. XLV.

The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction.

HP HE word that Jeremias the prophet spoke to
-*- Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had writ-
ten these words in a book, out of the mouth of Jere-
mias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias
king of Juda, saying :

2 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to thee,
Baruch :

3 Thou hast said : Wo is me, wretch that I am;
for the Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow : I
am wearied with my groans, and I find no rest.

4 Thus saith the Lord : Thus shalt thou say to
him : Behold, them whom I have built, I do de-
stroy : and them whom I have planted, I do pluck
up, and all this land.

5 And dost thou seek great things for thyself ?
Seek not : for behold, I will bring evil upon all
flesh, saith the Lord : but 1 will give thee thy life,
and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt
go-

CHAP. XLVI.

A prophecy against Egypt. The Jews shall return from cap-
tivity.

rpHE word of the Lord that came to Jeremias
-*- the prophet against the Gentiles,

2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharao
Nechao king of Egypt, which was by the river
Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor
the king of Babylon defeated, in the fourth year of
Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda.

3 Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go
forth to battle.

4 Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen:
stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on
coats of mail.

5 What then ? I have seen them dismayed, and
turning their backs, their valiant ones slain: they
fled apace, and they looked not back : terror was
round about, saith the Lord.

6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong
think to escape : they are overthrown, and fallen
down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.

7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood : and
his streams swell like those of rivers?

8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves
thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say :
I will go up, and will cover the earth : I will de-
stroy the city and its inhabitants.

9 Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots :
and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians,
and the Lybians that hold the shield, and the Ly-
dians that take and shoot arrows.

10 For this is the day of the Lord the God of
hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may revenge
himself of his enemies : the sword shall devour

633

jkiikmixs.

and shall 1h> filled, ami shall l>e drunk with their
nlood : for there is a sacrifice of the Lord God of
hosts in the north country, by the river Kuphratcs.

II Go up into GeJead, and take balm, O virgin
daughter of Egypt : in vain dost toon multiply
medicines; tin-re iball be no cure for thee.

1 2 The nations have heard of thy (I . and

thy howling hath filled (he land : lor the BtlOM hath
stumbled against the strong, and Inithare fallen to-
gether.

13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jereinias
the prophet, how Nabochodonosor kin? of Babylon

should come and strike the land of Egypt :

1 I Declare ye to Egypt, and publish it in Mazdal,
and let it he known in Memphis and in Taphnis :
SB] ve : Stand tip, and prepare thyself : for the
sword shall devour all round about thee.

1") Why are thy valiant men come to nothing?
they Stood BOt : b ecau s e the Lord hath overthrown
them.

16 He hath multiplied them that fall, and one
hath fallen upon another, and they shall say : Arise,
and let us return to our own people, and to the land
of our nativity, from the sword of the dove.*

17 Call ye the name of Pharao king of Egypt, a
tumult time hath brought.

18 As I live (saith the king, whose name is the
Lord of hosts) as Thabcf is anion? the mountains,
am! as ( 'armel by the sea. SO shall he come.

19 Furnish thyself to go into captivity, thou
daughter inhabitant nfEgypt : for Memphis shall be
rnadedesolate, and shall be forsaken anduninhahitcd.

_*' » Egypt islike a fair and beautiful heifer: there
shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

SI Her hirelings also that lived in the midst of
her, like fatted calves are turned hack, and are fled
away together, and they could not stand: for the
day of their slaughter is come upon them, the time
of their visitation.

Her void- shall sound like brass; for tbev
shall hasten with an armv ; and w ith axes they shall
come against her, as hewers of wood.

23 They have cut down her forest, saith the
Lord, which cannot be counted : thev are multiplied
above locusts, and are without number.

24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded, and
delivered into the hand ot the people of the north.

The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said :
Behold, I will visit BpOnfthfl tumult of Alexandria,
and upon I'harao. and upon Egypt, and upon her
Bjoda, and upon her kiniis, and U|K)n Pharao, and
upon them that trust in him.

26 And Iwilldeliver them into the hand of them
that seek their lives, and into the hand ol Nabucho*
donosor kiiii of Babylon, and into the hand of his
Servants I and afterwards it shall be inhabited as iii

the days of old, saith the Lord.

27 And thou. BU sen ant Jacob, fear not. and be
not thou dismaved,0 Israel : for behold, I will save
tine from afar off, and thy seed out of the land of

* Tht dtm. See the annotation on chap. xx». rcr. 36.
t VIM upon. Tliat n. |>uni«h.

Ibid, .liar— drie. In the Hebrew, A/V, which waa the ancient

thy captivity : and Jacob shall return, and be at rest,
and prosper: and there shall be none to terrify him.
I And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not. saith
the Lord : because I am with thee ; for I will con-
sume all the nations to which I have cast thee out:
but thee I will not consume ; but I will correct thee
in judgment, neither will I spare thee as if thou wert

innocent

CHAP. XLVI1.

A prophecy of the desolation of the I'hilistinrs, of Tyre, Sidon,
Gaza, and Ascalon.

nPUL word of the Lord that came to Jeremias
-*• the prophet against the people of Palestine,
before I'harao took Gaza :

2 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, there come up
waters out of the north, and they shall be as an over-
llow in- torrent, and they shall cover the land, and
all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants there-
of: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants
of the land shall howl,

3 At the noise of the marching of arms, and of
his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the
multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not
looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,

4 Because of the coming of the day, in which all
the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre, and
Sidon shall be destroyed with all the rest of their
helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines,
the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia :

5 Baldness is come upon Gaza : Ascalon hath
held her peace, with the remnant of their valley
how long shalt thou cut thyself?

6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou
notbequiet ? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

7 How shall it bequict, when the Lord hath giv. u
it a charge against Ascalon, and against the coun-
tries thereof !>y the sea side, and there hath made an
appointment for it ?

CHAP. XLVIII.

Aprpphtcy of the drsulation if Moabfor their pride : but their
rajitirity ahull at last be released.

AGAINST Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts
the God of Israel : Wo to Nabo ; for it is laid
waste, and confounded : Cariathaim is taken : the
strong city is confounded, and hath trembled.

2 There is no more rejoicing in Moab over
lbs, bon: they have devised evil. Come, and let
us cut it off from being I nation. Therefore shalt
thou in silence hold thy peace, and the sword shall
follow thee.

3 A voice of crying from Oronaim : waste, and
great destruction.

4 Moab is destroyed : proclaim a cry for her lit-
tle ones.

5 For by the ascent of Luith shall the mourner
go Up with Weeping: fbf in the descent of Oronaim
the enemies have heard a bowling of destruction :

6 Flee, save your lives : and be as heath in the
wilderness.

of the city, to which Alexander (are afterward* (he name of Alexan-
dria.

CHAP. XLVIII.

7 For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks,
and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken : and
Chamos* shall go into captivity, his priests, and his
princes together.

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city;
and no city shall escape : and the valleys shall perish,
and the plains shall be destroyed ; for the Lord hath
spoken :

9 Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall
go out : and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and
uninhabited.

10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord
deceitfully :f and cursed be he that withholdeth his
sword from blood.

1 1 Moab hath been fruitful! from his youth, and
hath rested upon his lees ; and hath not been pour-
ed out from vessel to vessel, nor hath gone into cap-
tivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and
his scent is not changed.

12 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, and I will send him men that shall order and
overturn his bottles : and they shall cast him down,
and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles
one against another.

13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as
the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel,^ in
which they trusted.

14 How do you say : We are valiant, and stout
men in battle?

15 Moab is laid waste, and they have cast down
her cities ; and her choice young men are gon? down
to the slaughter ; saith the king, whose name is the
Lord of hosts.

16 The destruction of Moab is near to come :
the calamity thereof shall come on exceeding
swiftly.

17 Comfort him, all you that are round about him,
and all you that know his name, say : How is the
strong staff broken, the beautiful rod ?

18 Come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst,
O dwelling; of the daughter of Dibon: because the
spoiler of Moab is come up to thee ; he hath destroy-
ed thy bulwarks.

19 Stand in the way, and look out, O habitation
of Aroer : inquire of him that fleeth : and say to him
that hath escaped : What is done ?

20 Moab is confounded, because he is over-
thrown : howl ye, and cry: tell ye it in Anion, that
Moab is wasted.

21 And judgment is come upon the plain coun-
try, upon Helon, and upon Jasa,and upon Mephaath.

22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nabo, and upon
the house of Deblathaim.

23 And upon Cariathaim, and upon Bethgamul,
and upon Bethmaon.

24 And upon Carioth, and upon Bosra, and upon
all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

* Chamos. The idol of the Moabites.

\ Deceitfully. In the Greek, negligently. The work of God here
spoken of is the punishment of the Moabites.

\ Moab hath been fruitful. That is, rich and flourishing 1 . And hath
rested upon his lees : That is, remained in its bad morals : as wine not
decanted has its lees mixt, am) remains muddy.

25 The horn of Moab is cut oiF,|| and his arm is
broken, saith the Lord.

26 Make him drunk, because he lifted up him-
self against the Lord: and Moab shall dash his hand
in his own vomit . and he also shall be in derision.

27 For Israel hath oeen a derision unto thee, as
though thou hadst found him amongst thieves : for
thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against
him, thou shalt be led away captive.

28 Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you
that dwell in Moab: and be ye like the dove that
maketh her nest in the mouth of the hole in the
highest place.

29 We have heard the pride of Moab: he is ex-
ceeding proud; his haughtiness, and his arrogancy,
and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart.

30 I know, saith the Lord, his boasting; and that
the strength thereof is not according to it; neither
hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able.

31 Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will
cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick-wall
that mourn.

32 O. vineyard of Sabama, I will weep for thee,
with the mourning of Jazer : thy branches are gone
over the sea : they are come even to the sea of Ja-
zer : the robber hath rushed in upon thy harvest and
thy vintage.

33 Joy and gladness is taken away from Carmel,
and from the land of Moab: and I have taken away
the wine out of the presses : the treader of the grapes
shall not sing the accustomed cheerful tune.

34 From the cry of Hesebon even to Eleale, and
to Jasa, they have uttered their voice; from Segor
to Oronaim as a heifer of three years old: the waters
also of Nemrim shall be very bad.

35 And I will take away from Moab, saith the
Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and that
sacrificeth to his gods.

36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like
pipes : and my heart shall sound like pipes for the
men of the brick-wall : because he hath done more
than he could, therefore they have perished.

37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard
shall be shaven': all hands shall be tied together, and
upon every back there shall be haircloth.

38 Upon all the house-tops of Moab, and in the
streets thereof general mourning : because 1 have
broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.

39 How is it overthrown, and they have howled ?
How hath Moab bowed down the neck, and is con-
founded ? And Moab shall be a derision and an ex-
ample to all round about him.

40 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, he shall fly as
an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

41 Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds are
won : and the heart of the valiant men of Moab in
that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.

i Of Bethel. That is, of their golden calf, which they worshipped in
Bethel.

|| The horn of Moab is cutoff. That is, the strength of Moab is cut
off. A metaphor drawn from animals whose strength is in their horns.

635

JEKKMIVS.

42 And Miuli shall ci asc to be a people ; because
ho bath iJoried against the Lord.

ir,* ana tin- i>it, and the snare come upon
thee. () iobabhaal of Moah, saith tin- Lord.

U Hi' dial shall Bee final the fear, shall fall into

the pit : ami lie that .shall get up out of the pit . shall

bo taken in the snare: for I will bring upon Moan

he \i«ar of their \ isitation, saith tin- Lord.

45 The* that led own the Mian- stood in the
shadow oi Hi v, bun: hut there came ■ tire out of
HeeeboBj and ■ Bame oafl of the midst of Soon: and

it .shall devour part of Moah. ami the erown of the
head of the children of tumult.

46 Wo to the., .Moah; thou hast perished. O
people of Chamos; (bff thy sons and thy daughters
are taken capti\< I,

47 And I xx ill bring hack the captivity of Moah
in the last davs, saith the Lord. Hitherto the judg-
ments of .Moah.

CHAP. XLIX.

Thi like desolation of Amnion, of Idumea, of the Syrians, of (he
Agarenes, and of the Elamites.

AGAINST the children of Amnion. Thus saith
the Lord : Hath Israel no sons ? or hath he no
heir? Why then hath Melchomf inherited Gad,
and his people dwelt in his cities?

J2 Therefore hehold, the days come, saith the
I rd, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard
in Rabbath of the children of Ammon : and it shall
be destroyed into aheap; and her daughters shall he
burnt with fire: and Israel shall possess them that
have posst ssed him, saith the Lord.

Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry,
daughters of Hahhath, gird yourselves with hair-
cloth : mourn and go about by the hedges: forMel-
ehom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and
his princes together.

4 Why doriest thou in the valleys? thy valley
hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that tiasl
trusted in thy treasures, and hast said : Who shall
come to Hi

5 lii hold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the
Lord (iod of hosts, from all that are round about
thee: am! you shall he scattered every one out of
one another's sight: neither shall there be any to
gather together them that flee.

6 \iid afterwards I will cause the captives of the
children of Amnion to return, saith the Lord.

7 Against Fdom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts:
Is wisdom no more iuThctnan? counsel is perished
from her children: their wisdom is become unprofit-
alile.

6 Flee and turn your hacks: go down info the
deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan : for I have
brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time
of his visitation.

9 If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would
they not have hit a hunch? If thieves in the night,
they would hive taken a hat was enough for them.

• FW. That i«, ilic >«r..rd nflhc momx. Tin pit. That it onforc-
«een calamine. 7V mmiy. That i«. the arnhu.hc* laid by the cotmv.
| MtUkam. The idol of tbe Ammonite*.

l.J.6

_ 10 But I have made F.sau hire : I have revealed
his secrets, and he cannot he hid: hi^ m . d is laid
waste, and his hrethren, and his neighbours, and he
shall not he.

11 Leave thy fatherless children: I will make
them live : and thv widows shall hope in me.

1 J For thus saith tin Lord : Hehold, they whose
judgment was not to drink of the cupshall certainly
drink: and shall thou come oil" as innocent.' thou
shall not come off as innocent, hut driukiug thou
shaft drink.

V.i I' or I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord,
that Basra shall become a desolation, and a reproach,
and a desert, and a curse : and all her cities shall be
everlasting wastes.

14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an
ambassador is sent to tbe nations: Gather your-
selves together, and come against her; and lei us
rise up to battle.

15 For hehold, I have made thee a little one
among the nations, despicable anions men.

16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the
pride of thy heart: O thou that dweUestin theclifts ot
the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height
of the hill : but though thou shouldst make thy nest
as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from
thence, saith the Lord.

17 And Edom shall be desolate : every one that
shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss
at all its plagues.

18 As Sodom was overthrown, and Gomorrha,
and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord : there
shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son
of man inhabit it.

19 Behold, one shall come up as a lion from the
sw elling of the Jordan, against the strong and beau-
tiful; for I will make him run suddenly upon her:
and who shall be the chosen one w horn 1 may ap-
point over her? for who is like to me? and who
shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can
w ithstand my countenance ?

20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord,
which he hath taken concerning Edom; and his
thoughts, which he hath thought concerning the
inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the
dock shall cast them down; of a truth they shall
destroy them with their habitation.

21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall:
the <ry of their voice is heard in the Bed sea.

22 Behold, he shall come up as an eagle, and llv :
and he shall spread his wings over Boers : and in
that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall
be as the heart of a woman in lahour.

23 Against Damascus. Final h is confounded,
and Arphad : for they have heard very had tidings,
tin v are troubled as in the sea : through care tin y
could not rest.

i Damascus is undone: she is put to flight:
trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrow s
have taken her a^ I w miian in labour.

25 How have they forsaken the city of renown.
the citv of j<>

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her

CHAP. L.

streets : and all the men of war shall be silent in
that dav, saith the Lord of hosts.

27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Da-
mascus, and it shall devour the strong-holds of
Benadad.

28 Against Cedar,* and against the kingdoms of
Asor, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon de-
stroyed. Thus saitli the Lord: Arise, and go ye up
to Cedar, and waste the children of the east.

29 They shall take their tents, and their flocks :
and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and
all their vessels, and their camels : and they shall
call fear upon them round about.

30 Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep holes,
you that inhabit Asor, saith the Lord : for Nabu-
chodonosor king of Babylon hath taken counsel
against you, and hath conceived designs against you.

31 Arise, and go up to a nation that is at ease,
and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord : they
have neither gates, nor bars : they dwell alone.

32 And their camels shall be for a spoil, and the
multitude of their cattle for a booty : and I will scat-
ter into every wind them that have their hair cut
round, and I will bring destruction upon them from
all their confines, saith the Lord.

33 And Asor shall be a habitation for dragons,
desolate for ever : no man shall abide there, nor son
of man inhabit it.

34 The word of the Lord that came to Jcremias
the prophet against Elam,t in the beginning of the
reign of Sedecias king of Juda, saying :

35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Behold, I will
break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

36 And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from
I he four quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them
into all these winds: and there shall be no nation,
to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come.

37 And I will cause Elam to be afraid before
their enemies, and in the sight of them that seek
their life : and I will bring evil upon them, my
fierce wrath, saith the Lord : and I will send the
sword after them, till I consume them.

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and de-
stroy kings and princes from thence, saith the Lord.

39 But in the latter days I will cause the cap-
tives of Elam to return, saith the Lord.

CHAP. L.

Babylon, which hath afflicted the Israelites, after their restora-
tion, shall be utterly destroyed.

THE word that the Lord hath spoken against
Babylon, and against the land of the Chal-
deans, in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.
■ 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish it,
lift up a standard: proclaim, and conceal it not:
say: Babylon is taken, BelJ is confounded, Mero-
dach is overthrown, their graven things are con-
founded, their idols are overthrown.

3 For a nation^ is come up against her out of

* Cedar and .*sorwere parts of Arabia: which with Moab, Ammon,
Iviorn, &c. were all brought under the yoke of Nabuchodonosor.

•f Elam. A part of Persia.

\ Bel, &c. Bel and Mcrodach were worshipped for gods bj the men
of lV>S-lon.

the north, which shall make her land desohue : and
there shall be none to dwell therein, from man even
to beast : yea they are removed, and gone away.

4 In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord,
the children of Israel shall come, they and the chil-
dren of Juda together : going and weeping they
shall make haste, and shall seek the Lord their God.

5 They shall ask the way to Sion, their faces
are hitherward. They shall come, and shall be
joined to the Lord by an everlasting covenant, which
shall never be forgotten.

6 My people hath been a lost flock : their shep-
herds have caused them to go astray, and have made
them wander in the mountains : they have gone
from mountain to hill: they have forgotten their
resting place.

7 All that found them, have devoured them : and
their enemies said : We have not sinned in so do-
ing : because they have sinned against the Lord
the beauty of justice, and against the Lord the hope
of their fathers.

8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon ; and go
forth out of the land of the Chaldeans: and be ye
as kids at the head of the flock.

9 For behold, I raise up, and will bring against
Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land
of the north: and they shall be prepared against her;
and from thence she shall be taken : their arrows,
like those of a mighty man, a destroyer, shall not
return in vain.

10 And Chaldea shall be made a prey: all that
waste her shall be filled, saith the Lord.

11 Because you rejoice, and speak great things,
pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread
abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed
as bulls.

12 Your mother is confounded exceedingly; and
she that bore you is made even with the dust: be-
hold, she shall be the last among the nations, a wil-
derness unpassable, and dry.

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not
be inhabited, but shall be wholly desolate : every
one that shall pass by Babylon, shall be astonished,
and shall hiss at all her plagues.

14 Prepare yourselves against Babylon round
about, all you that bend the bow: fight against her;
spare not arrows : because she hath sinned against
the Lord.

15 Shout against her ; she hath every where given
her hand ; her foundations are fallen, her walls are
thrown down ; for it is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance upon her : as she hath done, so do
to her.

16 Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him
that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest : for
fear of the sword of the dove|| every man shall re
turn to his people, and every one shall flee to his
own land.

} Ji ■nation, &c. viz. The Medes.

|| The Dove, or the destroyer; for the Hebrew word signifies either
the one or the other.

637

JEREM1AS.

17 Israel is | s ca t ter ed flock, the lions have
driven him aw a\ : first the kins of Assyria devour-
ed him: ami last this .Nahuchodonosor king of Ba-
h\lon hath broke* his Ixmes.

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel : Behold, 1 will visit the kin:; of l» a
bylon and his laud, as 1 have visited the king of
Assyria.

19 And I will bring Israel ■gain to his habitation:
and be shall feed on Carmel, and Bason; and hit
soul shall be satisfied in mount Ephraim, and Ga-
laad.

20 In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord,
the iniquity of Israel shall be Sought for, and tin re
shall be none ; and the sin of Juda, and there shall
none be found : lor I will be merciful to them, whom
I shall leave.

_M Go ap against the land of the rulers, and
punish the inhabitants thereof; waste, and destroy
all Ik hind them, saith the Lord ; and do according
to all that I have commanded thee.

1 1 A noise of war in the land, and a great de-
struction.

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth bro-
ken, and destroyed ? bow is Babylon turned into
a desert among the nations?

JV 1 have caused thee to fall into a snare, and
thou art taken, O Babylon; and thou wast not aware
of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast
provoked the Lord.

25 The Lord hath opened his armory, and hath
brought forth the weapons of his wrath : for the
Lord the God of hosts hath a work to be done in
the land of the Chaldeans.

26 Comeyeagainst In -r from the uttermost borders:
open that they in ay 00 forth that shall tread her

down: taketnestoneaout oftbeway, and make heaps,

and destroy her: and let nothing of her he left.

27 Destroy all her valiant men ; let them go
down to the slaughter : wo to them, for their day
is come, the time of their visitation.

28 The voice of them that flee, and of them that
have escaped out of the laud of Main Ion : to declare
in Sion the revenge of tbe Lord our God, the re-
venc«" of his temple.

29 Declare to many against Babylon, to all that
bead the bow: stand together against her round

about, and let none escape: pay her according to
her work : according to all that she hath done, do
\e to her: for she hath lifted up herself against the
Lord, against the holy One of Israel.

30 Therefore shall her young; men fall in her
Hn eta: and all her men of war shall hold their peace
in that day, saith the Lord.

51 Behold, 1 come again* thee, O proud one,
saith the Lord the God of hosts: for thy day is
come, the time of thy visitation.

32 And the proud one shall fall, he shall fall
down, and there shall be none to lift him up: and
I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall de-

\otir all round SDOUl him.

ihhtbe Lord of hosts: The children

of Israel, and the children of Jllds are oppressed to-

S3S

aether : all that have taken them captives, hold

then) fast ; they will not let them cu.

31 Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts
is his name: be wall defend their cause in judgment,
to terrify the laud, and to disquiet the inbabitanti of
Bab] Ion.

3d A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the
Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and
upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

36 A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be
foolish : a sword U|»on her valiant ones, and they
shall be dismayed.

37 A sword upon their horses, and upon then
chariots, and upon all the people that are in the
midst of her: and they shall become as women: a
sword upon her treasures, and they shall be made a
spoil.

38 A drought upon her waters, and they shall be
dried up: because it is a land of idols, and they
glory in m ons trous things.

39 Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the
fig-fauns :* and ostriches shall dwell therein : and
it shall be no more inhabited for ever, neither shall
ii be built up from generation to generation.

40 As the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomor-
rha, and their neighbour cities, saith the Lord : No
man shall dwell there; neither shall the son of man
inhabit it.

41 Behold, a people cometh from the north, and
a great nation; and many kings shall rise up from
the ends of the earth.

42 They shall take the bow, and the shield :
they are cruel and unmerciful : their voice shall roar
like the sea: and they shall ride upon horses, like a
man prepared for battle against thee, O daughter of
Babylon.

43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of
them, and his hands are grOtR n feeble : anguish hath
taken hold of him, pangs as of a woman in labour.

44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from
the swelling of the Jordan to the strong and beauti-
ful : for I will make him run suddenly upon her:
and who shall be the chosen one whom I may ap-
point over her? for who is like to me? and who shall
bear up against me? and who is that shepherd thai

can withstand my countenance?

45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord,
which he hath taken against Bain Ion; and his

thoughts which he bath thought against the land of

the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks
shall pull them (low n : of a truth their habitation
shall be destroyed with them.

46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon tin-
earth is moved, and the en is heard amongst the
nations.

CHAP. LI.

The miseries that shall Ml upon Bahvlnn from the Meiiet : the
ih sti in tinn of her idols.

T IIl'S saith the Lord : Behold, I will raise Op
as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon

• Fig-fmtmt. Mounter* «T the nWrt. .>rili-ino«n in n»"ii»tn.ii» -limpet:
.ailed Fount ami Saiyr,: «nd ».• the? imn
llirm to livr upon wild fiftthey ctlted them >.imjjU*ni, or Fifr-fauna-

CHAP. LI.

and against tlie inhabitants thereof, who have lift-
ed up their heart against me.

2 And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall
fan her, and shall destroy her land : for they are come
upon her on every side in the day of her affliction.

3 Let not him that bendeth, bend his bow, and
let not him go up that is armed with a coat of mail:
spare not her young men ; destroy all her army.

4 And the slain shall fall in the land of the
Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.

5 For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken by
their God the Lord of hosts : but their land hath
been filled with sin against the holy One of Israel.

6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let
every one save his own life : be not silent upon her
iniquity : for it is the time of revenge from the
Lord ; he will render unto her what she hath de-
served.

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand
of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk : the
nations have drunk of her wine, and therefore they
have staggered.

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed :
howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may
be healed.

9 We would have cured Babylon, but she is not
healed : let us forsake her, and let us go every man
to his own land : because her judgment hath
reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to
the clouds.

10 The Lord hath brought forth our justices :
come, and let us declare in Sion the work of the
Lord our God.

1 1 Sharpen the arrows, fill-the quivers : the Lord
hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes:
and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, be-
cause it is the vengeance of the Lord, the ven-
geance of his temple.

12 Upon the walls of Babylon set up the stand-
ard, strengthen the watch : set up the watchman,
prepare the ambushes : for the Lord hath both pur-

Cosed, and done all that he spoke against the inha-
itants of Babylon.

13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich
in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruc-
tion.

14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself,
saying : I will fill thee with men as with locusts,
and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee.

15 He that made the earth by his power, that
hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretch-
ed out the heavens by his understanding.

16 When he uttereth his voice the waters are mul-
tiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the
ends of the earth : he hath turned lightning into rain,
and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures.

17 Every man* is become foolish by his know-
ledge: every founder is confounded by his idol ; for
what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in
them.

* Erery man, &c. That is. everv maker of idols, however he boasts
of his knowledge and skill,djes but show himself a fool in pretend-
ing to make a God.

18 They are vain works, and worthy to ».*
laughed at: in the time of their visitation they shall
perish.

19 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he
that made all things he it is, and Israel is the scep-
tre of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

20 Thou dashest together for me the weapons oi
war ; and with thee I will dash nations, together,
and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:

21 And with thee I will break in pieces the horse,
and his ruler: and with thee I will break in pieces
the chariot, and him that getteth up into it:

22 And with thee 1 will break in pieces man and
woman ; and with thee I will break in pieces the
old man and the child; and with thee I will break
in pieces the young man and the virgin:

23 And with thee I will break in pieces the shep-
herd and his flock; and with thee I will break in
pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen ; and
with thee I will break in pieces captains and rulers.

24 And 1 will render to Babylon, and to all the
inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that they have
done in Sion, before your eyes, saith the Lord.

25 Behold, 1 come against thee, thou destroying
mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the
whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon
thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will
make thee a burnt mountain.

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for the
corner, nor a stone for foundations ; but thou shalt
be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord.

27 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with
the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations
against her: call together against her the kings of
Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar
against her; bring the horse as the slinging locust.

28 Prepare the nations against her, the kings
of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and
all the land of their dominion.

29 And the land shall be in a commotion, and
shall be troubled : for the design of the Lord
against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of
Babylon desert and unhabitable.

30 The valiant men of Babylon have forborne
to fight, they have dwelt in holds : their strength
hath failed, and they are become as women : her
dwelling-places are burnt, her bars are broken.

31 One running post shall meet another, and
messenger shall meet messenger, to tell the king of
Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the
other :

32 And that the fords are taken, and the
marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are
affrighted.

33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of
Israel : The daughter of Babylon is like a thresh-
ing-floor; this is the time of her threshing: yet a
little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

34 Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten
me up; he hath devoured me : he hath made me
as an empty vessel : he hath swallowed me up like
a dragon : he hath filled his belly with my delicate
meats, and he hath cast me out.

639

JKRKMIAS.

35 Tin* wrong done to me, and mv flesh he up-
on Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion : and m\
blood upon tin: inhabitants ofC'haldca. saith Jerusa-
lem.

36 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Behold. I
will judge thy cause, and will take Mii-canet* for
thee, and I will make her sea desolate, and will dry
Up her s|uinu.

37 And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a
dwelling place lor dfSgOM, an astonishment, and
a hissing, because there is no iidiahitant.

38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall
shake their manes like young lions.

39 In their heat 1 will set them drink : and I will
make them drunk, that thev may similiter, and
sleep an e\ Sftasting sleep, and awake 00 more, saith
the Lord.

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the
slaughter, and like nuns with kids.

41 I low is s s;k h taken, and the renowned one
of all the earth surprised ? How is Babylon become
an astonishment among the nations?

42 The tea is come up over Babylon: she is
covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

43 Hereities are become an astonishment, a land
uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can
dwell, nor son of man pass through it.

H And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and
I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he
had swallowed down : and the nations shall no
more (low toother to him, for the wall also of Baby-
lon shall fall.

45 Go out of the midst of her, my people, that
rv man may save his life from the fierce wrath

of the Lord.

46 And lest your hearts faint, and ye fear for the
rumour that shall be heard in the land: and a ru-
mour shall come in one year, and after this year
another rumour : and iniquity in the land, and ruler
upon rider.

47 Therefore behold, the days come, and I will
visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall
be confounded* and all her slain shall fall in the
midst of her.

48 And the heavens and the earth, and all things
that are in them shall rive praise for Babylon : for
spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the
Lord.

i'.* And as Babylon caused that there should fall
dain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain
in all the earth.

50 You that have escaped the sword, come away,
stand not still : remember the Lord afar off, and let

Jerusalem come into your mind.

>l We are confounded, because we have heard
reproach: shame hath covered OUT faces: because
i-i rs are come upon the sanctuaries of the house
of the Lord.

Therefore behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all
her land the wounded shall groan.

53 If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and

(to

establish her strength on high: from me there should
come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.

h\ The noise of a en I i Babylon, and great

destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

55 Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste,

and d e str o y e d col of her the greet voice: and their

waxes shall roar like many waters: their voice hath
made a noise :

56 Because the ■poller is come upon her, that is.
ti|)on Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and
their bow is weakened, because the Lord who is
a strong revenger will surely repay.

57 And I will make her princes drunk, and her
wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and
her valiant men : and they shall Bleep an everlasting
sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the kin::.
w hose name is Lord of hosts.

58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad
wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down; and
her high gates shall be burnt with lire : and the la-
bours of the people shall come to nothing; and of
the nations shall go to the lire, and shall perish.

59 The word that Jcremias the prophet com-
manded Saraias the son of Nerias, the son of Rlaa-
sias, when he went with kin:: Sedeciaa to Babylon,
in the fourth year of his reign: now Saraias was
chief over the prophecy.

60 And Jeremias wrote in one book all the evil
that was to come upon Babylon ; all these words
that are written against Babylon.

61 And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou
shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shall
read all these words,

62 Thou shalt say : O Lord, thou hast spoken
against this place to destroy it : so that there should
be neither man nor beast to dwell therein, and that
it should be desolate tor ever.

G.'5 And when thou shalt have made an end of
reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and
shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:

t'.l And thou shall sa\ : Thus shall Babylon sink:
and she shall not rise up from the affliction thai I '
will bring upon her ; and she shall be utterly de-
stroyed. Thus far arc the words of Jcrem:

CHAP. LI I.

A recapitulation of thv riiz, r iiof Sidirin*. and thr dcttruction
of .li nifidriii. 'I'/it unmix r of thr captirct.

SLDKCIAS was one and tw enty years old when
he began to reign: and be reined eleven yeara
in Jerusalem : and the name of his mother was
Amital, the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of
the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done.

3 For the wrath of the Lord was against Jerusa-
lem, and Bgainst Juda, till be Cast them OUt from his
presence : and Sedecias revolted from the kin:; of
Balis loii.

4 And it came to pass in the ninth yea? of his
reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the
month, that Nahuchodonosor the kin:: of Babylon
came, he and all his army Against Jerusalem : and they
besieged it, and built fort* against it round about.

CHAP. LII.

5 And the city was besieged until the eleventh
year of king Sedecias.

6 And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the
month, a famine overpowered the city : and there
was no food for the people of the land.

7 And the city was broken up; and the men of
war fled, and went out of the city in the night by
the way of the gate that is between the two walls,
and leadeth to the king's garden, (the Chaldeans
besieging the city round about,) and they went by
the way that leadeth to the wilderness.

8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after
the king : and they overtook Sedecias in the desert
which is near Jericho: and all his companions were
scattered from him.

9 And when they had taken the king, they car-
ried him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, which
is in the land of Emath : and he gave judgment
upon him.

10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Se-
decias before his eyes : and he slew all the princes
of Juda in Reblatha.

11 And he put out the eyes of Sedecias, and
bound him with fetters: and the king of Babylon
brought him to Babylon, and he put him in prison
till the day of his death.

12 And in the fifth month, the tenth day of the
month, the same is the nineteenth year of Nabu-
chodonosor king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the
general of the army, who stood before the king of
Babylon in Jerusalem.

13 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the
king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and
every great house he burnt with fire.

14 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were
with the general broke down all the wall of Jeru-
salem round about.

15 But Nabuzardan the general carried away
captives some of the poor people, and of the rest of
the common sort who remained in the city, and of
the fugitives that were fled over to the king of Ba-
bylon, and the rest of the multitude.

16 But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the
general left some for vine-dressers, and for hus-
bandmen.

17 The Chaldeansalso broke in pieces the brazen
pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the
bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of
the Lord : and they carried all the brass of them
to Babylon.

18 And they took the cauldrons, and the flesh-
hooks, and the psalteries, and the bowls, and the
little mortars, and all the. brazen vessels that had
been used in the ministry : and

19 The general took away the pitchers, and the
censers, and the pots, and the basins, and the can-
dlesticks, and the mortars, and the cups : as many

as were of gold, in gold ; and as many as were ol
silver, in silver:

20 And the two pillars, and one sea, and twelve
oxen of brass that were under the bases, which
king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord ;
there was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.

21 And concerning the pillars, one pillar was
eighteen cubits high : and a cord of twelve cubits
compassed it about: but the thickness thereof was
four fingers, and it was hollow within.

22 And chapiters of brass were upon both : the
height of one chapiter was five cubits : and net-
work, and pomegranates were upon the chapiters
round about, all of brass. The same of the second
pillar, and the pomegranates.

23 And there were ninety-six pomegranates hang-
ing down : and the pomegranates being a hundred in
all, were compassed with net-work.

24 And the general took Saraias the chief priest,
and Sophonias the second priest, and the three keep-
ers of the entry.

25 He also took out of the city one eunuch that
was chief over the men of war; and seven men of
them that were near the king's person, that were
found in the city ; and a scribe an officer of the
army, who exercised the young soldiers ; and three-
score men of the people of the land, that were found
in the midst of the city.

26 And Nabuzardan the general took them, and
brought them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha.

27 And the king of Babylon struck them, and
put them to death in Reblatha in the land of Emath :
and Juda was carried away captive out of his land.

28 This is the people whom Nabucho Joaosor
carried away captive : In the seventh year, three
thousand and twenty-three Jews.

29 In the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosnr,
eight hundred and thirty-two souls from Jerusalem

30 In the three and twentieth year of Nabucho-
donosor, Nabuzardan the general carried away of
the Jews seven hundred and forty-five souls. Sc
all the souls were four thousand six hundred.

31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth
year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the
twelfth month, the five and twentieth day of the
month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the
first year of his reign, liftedup the head of Joachin king
of Juda, and brought him forth out of prison.

32 And he spoke kindly to him, and he set his
throne above the thrones of the kings that were with
him in Babylon.

33 And he changed his prison-garments; and he
ate bread before him always all the days of his life.

34 And for his diet a continual provision was al-
lowed him by the king of Babylon, every day a
portion, until the day of his death, all the 'ays of
his life.

641

THE

LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAS.

7* these Jerk mi as laments in a most pathetiral manner the mise-
ries of hi* people, and the 'i of Jercsalem and the
templr, in II, hri ir treses, beginning with different U tiers ac~
((inline to the order of the Iltbrrtr alphabet.

' \nil ii came to pass, after Israel was carried into
iptivity, and Jerusalem was desolate, thatjere-
anas the prophet sat weeping, and mourned with
tliis Lameotatioa over Jerusalem, and with a sor-
rowful mind, sighing ami mourning, he said:

CHAP. I.

.I/i/i/i.TTOW doth the city sit solitary that was
-■-•*• lull of people! how is the mistress of the
Gentries become as the widow: the princes of pro-
\ inces made tributary!

/{>di. Weeping sin- hath wept in the night, and
bar tears are on her clucks: there is none to com-
fort ber among alt then that were dear to her: all her
friends have despised her. and are heroine her enemies.

3 Ghimrl. Juda hath removed her dwelling place,
b e ca u s e of bet affliction, and the greatness of her
bondage: she hath dwelt among the nations, and
she hath found no rest: all her persecutors have
taken her in the midst of straits.

l I lultlli. The wa\ sol' Sion mourn, herausethcre
are none that come to the solemn feast: all her gates
are broken down: ber priests sigh: her virgins are in
affliction, and she is oppressed w ith bittern

6 //'. Her adversaries are become ber lords: her
enemies are enriched: because the Lord hath spo-
ken against her for the multitude of her iniquities:
her children arc led into captivity, before the face
of the oppressor.

6 Vau. And from the daughter of Sion all her
heauty is departed: her princes are Income like;
runs that find bo pastures: and they are gone awaj
without Strength before the face of the pursuer.

7 Zttin. Jerusalem hatjj remembered the days of
her affliction, and prevarication ol all her desirable
things which she had from the davs of old, when
her people fell in the enems 's hand, and there was
no helper: the enemies have seen her, and have
mocked at her sabbath*

8 lirth. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned ; there-
fore is she become unstable : all that honoured her,
have d es p i se d her, bec a use thev hive seen her shame:
hut she rigbed, and turned backward.

9 Teth. Her fiithinesi is on her feet j and she hath
jot remembered her end: she is wonderfully cast
don a. not having a comforter : behold, U Lord, im
afiln'ion. because the enemy is lifted up.

10 Joil. The enemy hath put out his hand to all

• I hit preface arts not written bv Jercmiaa, bill added b? tbe aevrn-
tr interpreter*, to five tbe reader to understand upon what occasion
tLe Lainootatiw were published.

her desirable things: for she hath seen the Gentiles

enter into her sauetuarv, of w horn thou £a\ est com-
mandment that they should not enter into thy church.

11 Caph. All her people sigh, they sees bread .
they have given all their precious things for food to
relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider, for I
am become vile.

12 Lamed, O all ye that pass by the way, attend,
ainl sec if there he any sorrow like to my sorrow ;
for he hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke
in the day of his fierce anger.

13 Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my
l>ones, and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net
for my feet; Ik; hath turned me hack : he hath made
me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the da\ long.

14 Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watch-
ed : they are folded together in his hand, and put
upon my neck: my strength is weakened : the Lord
hath delivered me into a hand, out of which I am
not ahle to rise.

15 Satnech The Lord hath taken away all my
mighty men out of the midst of me : he hath called
against me the time, to destroy my chosen men : tin-
Lord hath trodden the wine-press for the virgin-
daughter of Juda.

lb' Jin. Therefore do I weep, and my eyes run
down with water: because the comforter, the relief
of my sold, is far from me : my children are desolate,
hecause the enemy hath prevailed.

17 Phe. Sion hath spread forth her hands ; then-
is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded
against Jacob, his enemies are round about him : Je-
rusalem is as a nienstiuoiis woman among them.

18 Sade. The Lord is just, for 1 have provokt d
his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people,
and see my sorrow : my virgins, and my young nun
are gone into captivity.

19 Copk. 1 called for my friends, hut they de-
ceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away
in the city; while they sought their food, to relieve
their souls.

20 Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my
bowels are troubled: my heart is turned within me,
for lam ftdl of bitterness: abroad the sword destroy -
eth.and at home there is death alike.

Jl iSlMla They have heard that 1 si^h, and then-
is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard

of my evil; they have rejoiced that thou hast (lone
|ht a da

shall he like unto inc.

it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they

22 TIiiui. Let all their evil he present before

thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made

vintage of me for all my iniquities: lor my sighs are

many, and my heart is sorrowful.

CHAP.

CHAP. 11.

Alepk. TTOW hath the Lord covered with obscu-
-n rity the daughter of Sion in his wrath !
how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the
glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his
footstool in the day of his anger.

2 Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and
hath not spared, all that was beautiful yi Jacob : he
hath destroyed in his wrath the strong-holds of the
virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the
ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the
princes thereof.

3 Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all
the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right
hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled
in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round
about. .

4 Dahth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy : he
hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he
hath killed all that was fair to behold in the taber-
nacle of the daughter of Sion; be hath poured out
his indignation like fire.

5 He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath
cast down Israel headlong; he hath overthrown all
the walls thereof: he hathdestroyedthe strong-holds,
and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the af-
flicted both men and women.

6 Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a gar-
den, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord
hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
Sion; and hath delivered up king and priest to re
proach, and to the indignation of his wrath.

7 Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar ; he hath
cursed his sanctuary:* he hath delivered the walls
of the towers thereof into the hand ol the enemy:
they have made a noise in the house of the Lord,
as in the day of a solemn feast.

8 Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the
wall of the daughter of Sion: he hath stretched out
his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand from de-
stroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the
wall hath been destroyed together.

9 Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he
hath destroyed, and broken her bars: her king and
lier princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no
more, and her prophets have found no vision from the
Lord.

10 Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit
upon the ground; they have held their peace: they
have sprinkled their heads with dust; they are girded
with hair-cloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down
their heads to the ground.

11 Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping;
my bowels are troubled : my liver is poured out upon
the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my
people, when the children, and the sucklings, faint-
ed away in the streets of the. city.

12 Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where
is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the
wounded in the streets of the city; when they

* He hath cursed his sanctuary. That is, he permitted his sanctuary
to be destroyed, as if it had not been consecrated, but execrable

II, III.

breathed out their souls in the bosoms of then
mothers-

13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee, or to
what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?
to what shall 1 equal thee, that 1 may comfort thee,
O virgin daughter of Sion ? for great as the sea is
thy destruction : who shall heal thee?

14 Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and fool-
ish things for thee : and they have not laid open thy
iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but they have
seen for thee false revelations and banishments.

15 Samech. All they that passed by the way have
clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and
wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem,
saying : Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of
all the earth?

16 Phe. All thy enemies have opened th^ir mouth
against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with
the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up:
lo, this is theday which we looked for : we have found
it ; we have seen it.

17 Ain. The Lord hath done that which he pur-
posed; he hath fulfilled his word, which he com-
manded in the days of old: he hath destroyed, and
hath not spared: and he hath caused the enemy to
rejoice over thee, and hath set up the horn of thy
adversaries.

18 Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the
walls of the daughter of Sion : Let tears run down
like a torrent day and night: give thyself no rest,
and let not the apple of thy eye cease.

19 Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the
beginning of the watches: pour out thy heart like
water before the face of the Lord : lilt up thy hands
to him for the life of thy little children, that have
fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets.

20 Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom
thou hast thus dealt with : shall women then eat
their own fruit, their children of a span long ? shall
the priest, and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary
of the Lord ?

21 Sin. The child and the old man lie witnout
on the ground : my virgins and my young men are
fallen by the s\^ord : thou hast slain them in the
day of thy wrath : thou hast killed, and shown the m
no pity. • . ,

22 Thau. Thou hast called, as to a festival,
those that should terrify me round about : and mere
was none in the day of the wrath of the Lord that
escaped and was left : those that 1 brought up, and
nourished, my enemy hath consumed them.

CHAP. III.

Ateph. T Am the man that see my poverty by tne
-l rod of his indignation.

2 Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into
darkness, and not into light.

3 Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and
turned again his hand all the day.

4 Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old
he hath broken my bones.

5 Belli. He hath built round about me, and n*
hath compassed me with gall, and labour

643

LAMIATATIONS.

6 lirth. lie hath set me in daik places, as those
iliat ne dead i«>r ever.

7 (ihinul. He halh built against mc round alxmt.
iliat 1 may not get out : he liath made inv fetters
heavy.

8 GhimiL Tea, and when I cry, and entreat, lie
bath shut OUt mv praver.

9 Ghiiml. He bath slmt op my ways with
ire stones : lie liath turned my paths upside

down.

10 Dahth. Be is heconie to me as a bear lying
in wait : as a lion in vet-ret pla.

11 Dahth. He hath turned aside pry paths, and
hath broken me in pieces : he hath made me d

12 Dahth. He hath bent bis bow, and set me as

a mark lor his arrow >.

13 //'. Id hath shot into my reins the daughters
of his quiver.

1 X lb . I am made a derision to all my people,
their son:; all the day Ion::.

15 /A. Il< hath filled me with bitterness: he
hath inebriated me with wormwood.

16 Win. And he hath hroken my teeth one by-
one : In- hath fed me with ashes.

17 I'au. And my soul is removed far off from

I have f o r g otten good things.

18 1'an. And 1 said : My end and my hope is
hed from the Lord.

19 Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgres-
i. the wormwood, and the gall.

20 Zain. 1 will be mindful and remember; and
ni\ soul shall languish within me.

21 Zain. These things 1 shall think over in my
heart, therefore will 1 hope.

22 Helh. The mercies of the Lord that we are
not consumed ; because his commiserations have
not failed.

23 Huh. Th< y are new every morning : great is
thy faithfulness.

21 Huh. The Lord is my portion, said my soul :
there tore will 1 wait for him.

T< '//. The Lord is good to them that hope in
him. to the soul that seeketh him. •

Tnh. It is good to wait with silence for the
salvation of Uod.

Trlh. It is good for a man, when lie hath
home the yoke from his youth.

28 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace:
because he hath taken it up u|m>ii himself.

29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so
be there may be hope.

30 Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that
strikcth him : he shall he filled with reproaches.

■ >] Caph. Fvthe Lord will not cast off* for ever.
32 Caph. For if be hath cast oiV.he will ;i ls<> have

m« online to the multitude ol his mercies.

' /</;. For he hath not willingly »Micted, nor
ofTthe children of men.
.'<) Lamed, To crush under his feet all the pri-
m mi i s of the land.

35 Lamed, To turn aside the judgment of a man
before the face of the moat High.

jpened their

36 Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his
judgment, ihe Lord hath not approved.

1A///. Who is he that hath commanded a
thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it
not ?

38 Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed
out of the mouth of the Highest :

39 Mtm. Why hatha living man murmured, man
suffering for* his sins.

40 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and
return to the Lord.

41 Aun. Let us lift up ourhcarts with our hands
to the Lord in the heavens.

»2 \un. We have done wickedly, and provoked
thee to wrath : therefore thou art inexorable.

43 Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and
bast struck us : thou hast killed, and hast not spa-
red.

44 Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee,
that OUT prayer may not pass through.

45 Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast,
and refuse in the midst of the people.

46 l J he. All our enemies have or
mouths against u».

47 Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a
snare, and destruction.

48 Phe. My eye hath rundown with streams of
water, for the destruction of the daughter of mv
people.

49 Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been
quiet, beca u se there was no real i

50 Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down
from the heavens.

51 Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because ol
all the daughters of my city.

62 Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught
me like a bird, without cause.

53 Sade, My life is fallen into the pit, and tin \
have laid a stone over me.

64 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head : I
said : I am cut off.

65 Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord,
from the lowest pit.

66 Coph. Thou hast heard my voice : turn not
away thy ear from my sighs, and cri'

6/ Coph. Thou drewest near in the day,when 1
called upon thee: thou saidst : Fear not.

58 Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause
of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

59 Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity
against me : judge thou my judgment.

60 Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all
their thoughts against mc.

61 Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord,
all their imaginations against me.

62 Sin. The lips of them that rise up against
me: and their devices against me all the da v.

63 Sin. Behold their sitting down, and tlu-ir ri-
sing up, I am their sons.

64 Thau. Thou shall reuderlhema recompei

i » I .nrd. according to the works of their hands.

■ 'Thau. Thou shall -ive tin in a l-iu klci ol
heart thy labour.

CHAP.

66 Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and
shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

CHAP. IV

Aleph.TJfOW is the gold become dim, the finest
-■--*- colour is changed, the stonesof the sanc-
tuary are scattered in the top of every street ?

2 Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that
were clothed with the best gold : how are they es-
teemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter's
hands?

3 Ghimel. Even the sea-monsters have drawn
out the breasts, they have given suck to their young,
the daughter of my people i*> cruel, like the ostrich
in the desert.

4 Daleth. The tongue of the suckling child hath
stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst : the little
ones have asked for breaTL and there was none to
break it unto them.

5 He. They that were fed delicately have died
m the streets : they that were brought up in scarlet,
have embraced the dung.

6 Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my
people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which
was overthrown in a moment, and hands took no-
thing in her.

7 Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow,
purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory,
fairer than the sapphire.

8 HetR. Their face is now made blacker than
coals, and they are not known in the streets : their
skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is
become like wood.

9 Teth. It was better with them that were slain
by the sword, than with them that died with hunger :
for these pined away, being consumed for want of the
fruits of the earth.

10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have
sodden their own children : they' were their meat in
the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath,
he hath poured out his fierce anger : and he hath
kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the
foundations thereof.

12 Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the
inhabitants of the world would not have believed,
that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by
the gates of Jerusalem.

13 Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the
iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of
the just in the midst of her.

14 Nun. They have wandered as blind men in
the streets, they were defiled with blood : and when
they could not help walking in it, they held up their
skirts.

15 Samech. Depart, you that are defiled, they
cried out to them : Depart, get ye hence, touch not :
for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said
among the Gentiles : He will no more dwell among
them.

16 Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them,

* Christ, &c. This according to the letter,!* spoken of their king,
who i9 called the Christ that is, the Anointed of the Lord. But ital-

IV, V.

he will no more regard them : they respected not
the persons of the priests, neither had they nity.on
the ancient.

17 Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes
failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked
attentively towards a nation that was not able to
save.

18 Sade. Our steps have sjipped in the way ol
our streets, our end draweth near: our days art
fulfilled, for our end is come.

19 Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the
eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the moun-
tains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 Res. The breath of our moulh Christ* the
Lord is taken in our sins : to whom we said : Un-
der thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

21 Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of
Edom, that dwellest in the land of Hus: to thee
also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made drunk
and naked.

22 Thau. Thyiniquityis accomplished, O daugh-
ter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into
captivity : he hath visited thy iniquity, O daughter
of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins.

THE PRAYER OF JEREMIAS THE PROPHET.
CHAP. V.

REMEMBER, O Lord, what is come upon us :
consider and behold our reproach.

2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens : our houses
to strangers.

3 We are become orphans without a father : our
mothers are as widows.

4 We have drunk our water for money • we have
bought our wood.

5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary,
and no rest was given us.

6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the
Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.

7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we
have borne their iniquities.

8 Servants have ruled over us : there was none
to redeem us out of their hand.

9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the desert.

10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of
the violence of the famine.

11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the
vi rains in the cities of Juda.

12 The princes were hanged up by their hand : they
did not respect the persons of the ancient.

13 They abused the young men indecently : and
the children fell under the wood.

14 The ancients have ceased from the gates : the
young men from the quire of the singers

15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is
turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen from our head : wo to us,
because we have sinned.

17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful; therefore
are our eyes become dim,

so relates, in the spiritual sense, to Christ our Lord, suffering foroui
sins.

646

BARUCH.

J8 For mount sion, became it is<l( sinntil, finei
bare walked upon it.

19 Rut thou, (J Lonl. shah remain forever, thy
throoe from generation to gen er a t io n.

20 Why wilt thou forget us for e\cr. ? tchy wilt
thou forsake us for a long time ?

'Jl Convert us, O Lord, to thee ; and we shal
be converted: renew our days, u from the begin
nine.

22 Rut thou baal utterly rejected us : thou an
angry against us.

THE PROPHECY OF BARUCH.

BanichiMua manofnobir txtrartwn, mdjmmmi in the law, n \o And that the Lord may give us strength, and

secretary and di>ri,,h to th ,„„,>h,t Jrremmt, and a thorn- „ n i:„ Ufnn ,», r ..v..* tl-» «,«. «»«„ K— ....I..-' .1..

in Ai* labours and persecutions : irhiih is the reason i
ancient fathers hart considered this book as a part
prophecy of Jeremias, and have usually quoted it under his

CHAP. I.

The Jews of Babylon send the book of Baruch, with money to
Jerusalem, requesting thtir brethren there to offer sacrifice,
and to pray for the king and for them, acknowledging their
mam f ,id sins.

A ND these are the words of the l>ook which Ra-
-^*- ruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias,
the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son of
Helcias, wrote in Babylonia,

2 In the filth year, in the seventh dav of the month,
at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and
burnt it with fire.

3 And Raruch read the words of this l>ook in the
hearing of Jechonias the sou of Joakim king of
Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came
to hear the l>ook,

4 And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of
the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and
in the hearing of the people, from the least e\en to
the greatest of them, that dwelt in Rah) Ionia, by
the rivi t Sodi.

5 And when they heard it, they wept, and fasted,
and prayed before the Lord.

G And they made a collection of money, accord-
ing to e\ery man's power.

7 And thty sent it to Jerusalem to Joakim the
priest, the son ol Helcias, the son of Salom, and to
the priests, and to all the people, that were found
with him in Jerusalem \

8 At the time when he received the vessels of
the temple of the Lord, which hud been taken away
out ol the temple, to return then into the land of
Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan. the silver
vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of
Juda had made,

9 Afwr that Nabuchodonosor the king of Raby-
lon had carried away Jechonias, ;md the princes,
and all the powerful men, and the people of the land,
from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to Bab) Ion.

10 And thev said : Behold, we have snit you mo-
ney : hu\ witli it holocausts, and frankiin ense. and
make meat-offerings and offerings lor sin at the al-
tar of the Lord our Cod :

11 Andprav\e lor the life of Nabochodonosor
the king of Babyloo, and for the life of Halihassarhis
son. that their dan may be upon earth as the da\s
of heaven :

IfAy/A* rnM & nten °« ,r , eyes, thwt we may live u
■t of the »haaoW i of NahuchodonoMir the king of

ar bis

nder the

Rahylon,

and under the shadow of Rait hassar bis son; and

may serve them many days, and may find favour in

their sight.

13 And pray ye for us to the Lord our God : for
we have sinned against the Lord our God ; and his
w rath is not turned away from us e\ en to this day.

11 And read ye this book, which we have sent to
you to be read in the temple of the Lord, on fee
and proper days.

15 And you shall say : To the Lord our God
/Wfo/i.'v/// justice, but to us confusion of our fa
as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

16 To our kings, and to our princes, and to our
priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers.

17 We have sinned before the Lord our God,
and have not be tt er e d hiss, aor pot oar trust in him :

18 And we were not obedient to him. and we have
not hearkened to the voice ol the Lord our God, to
walk in his commandments, which he hath gi\en us.

19 From the day that be brought our fathers
out of the land of Kgypt, even to this day, we were
disobedient to the Lord our God : and going astray
we turned away from hearing his voice.

20 And many evils have cleared to us. and
the curses which the Lord foretold by Moses his ser-
vant : who brought our fathers out of the land of
Egypt, to give us a land Sowing with milk and ho-
ney, as at this day.

21 And we hare not hearkened to the voice of
the Lord our God according to all the words of the
prophets whom he sent to us :

22 And \M' have goneawavevery man after the in-
clinations of his own wicked heart to serve strange
gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

(HAP. II.

A further confession of the tins of the people, and of the justice

of God.

\\7"HEREFORE the Lord our God hath made
" ™ good his word, that he spoke to us, and to
our judges that have judged Israel. ;ind to our kings,
and to our princes, and to all Israel andliida :

2 That the Lord would bring upon us great evils,
such as never happened under heaven. ssthej hare
come to past in Jerusalem, according to the things

that are written in the law of MoSBS :

3 Thai a man should cat the llesh of disown
son, and the llesh of his o\\ n daughtt i.

CHAP. HI.

4 And he bath delivered diem up to be under the
hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be
a reproach, and desolation among all the people,
among whom the Lord hath scattered us.

5 And we are brought under, and are not upper-
most : because we have sinned against the Lord
our God, by not obeying his voice.

6 To the Lord our God belongeth justice : but to
us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.

7 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all
these evils that are come upon us :

8 And we have not entreated the face of the
Lord our God, that we might return everyone of us
from our most wicked ways.

9 And the Lord hath watched over us for evil,
and hath brought it upon us : for the Lord is just
in all his works which he hath commanded us :

10 And we have not hearkened to his voice, to
walk in the commandments of the Lord which he
hath set before us.

1 1 And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought
thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong
hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with
thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast
made thee a name as at this day.

12 We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we
have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all
thy justices.

13 Let thy wrath be turned away from us : for
we are left a few among the nations, where thou
hast scattered us.

14 Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions,
and deliver us for thy own sake : and grant that we
may find favour in the sight of them that have led us
away ;

15 That alJ the earth may know that thou art
the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon
Israel, and upon his posterity.

16 Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy
house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.

17 Open thy eyes, and behold : for the dead that
are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their
bowels, shall notgive glory and justice* to the Lord :

1 8 But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness
of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and
feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul
giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.

19 For it is not for the justices of our fathers
that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy
sight, O Lord our God :

20 But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and
thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the
hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:

21 Thus saith the Lord : Bow down your shoul-
der, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon:
and you shall remain in the land which I have given
to your fathers.

22 But if you will not hearken to the voice of
the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon ;

* Justice, &c. They that are in hell shall not give justice to God ;
that is, they shall not acknowledge and glorify his justice, as peni-
tent sinners do ui.ou earth.

I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda.
and from without Jerusalem.

23 And I will take away from you the voice of
mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the
land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.

24 And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve
the king of Babylon : and thou hast made good thy
words, which thou spokest by the hands of thy ser-
vants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and
the bones of our fathers should be removed out of
their place :

25 And behold, they are cast out to the heat of
the sun, and to the frost of the night : and they have
died in grievous pains, by famine, and by the sword,
and in banishment.

26 And thou hast made the temple, in which thy
name was called upon, as it is at this day, for the
iniquity of the house of Israel, and of the house of Juda.

27 And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God,
according to all thy goodness, and according to all
that great mercy of thine :

28 As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant
Moses, in the day when thou didst command him
to write thy law before the children of Israel,

29 Saying: If you will not hear my voice, this
great multitude shall be turned into a very small
numberamongthe nations, where I willscatterthem:

30 For I know that the people will not hear me,
for they are a people of a stiff neck : but they shall
turn to their heart in the land of their captivity :

31 And they shall know that I am the Lord their
God : and I will give them a heart, and they shall
understand : and ears, and they shall hear.

32 And they shall praise me in the land of their
captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.

33 And they shall turn away themselves from
their stiff" neck, and from their wicked deeds : for
they shall remember the way of their fathers, that
sinned against me.

34 And I will bring them back again into the
land which I promised with an oath to their fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ; and they shall be mas-
ters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they
shall not be diminished.

35 And I will make with them another covenant
that shall be everlasting, to be their God, and they
shall be my people : and I will no more remove my
people, the children of Israel, out of the land that
I have given them.

CHAP. III.

They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly pu-
nished for forsaking true wisdom. A prophecy of Christ.

AND now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel,
the soul in anguish, and the troubled spirit
crieth to thee :

2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art
a merciful God, and have pity on us: for we have
sinned before thee.

3 For thou remainest for ever, and shall we pe-
rish everlastingly ?

4 O Lord almighty, the God of Israel, hear now

" 617

BAltUCH.

the prayer of the dead of Israel, and of their chil-
dren, that have sinned before thee, and liave not
kened to the \ oire of the Lord their (iod, where-
fore oils liave cleaved last to us.

Remember not the iniquities of our fathers,
hut think U|K)ii thy hand, and upon thy name at
this time :

6 For thou art the Lord our God, and we will
praise tine, (.) Lord :

7 Because for this end thou hast put thy fear in
our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon
thv name, and praise thee in our captivity; for we
are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who
sinned before thee.

8 And behold, we are at this day in our captivi-
ty, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach,
and a curse, and an offence, according to all the
iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee,
O Lord our God.

9 Hear, O Israel, (he commandments of life:
give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom.

10 How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in
thy enemies' land ?

1 1 Thou art grown old in a strange country :
thou art defiled with the dead : thou art counted
with them that go down into hell.

12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom :

13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God,
thou had>t surely dwelt in peace for ever.

14 Learn where is wisdom, where is strength,
where is understanding: that thou mayst know also
wn. re is length of days and life, where is the light
of the eves, and peace,

1") Who hath found out her place? and who
hath gone into her treasures?

16 Where are the princes of the nations; and they
that rule over the beasts that an; upon the earth.'

17 That take their diversion with the birds of the

,r '

18 That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men

trust, anil there is no end of their getting? who
work in silver and are solicitous, and their works
are unsearchable?

19 They are cut off, and are gone down to hell:
and others are risen up in their place.

20 Young men have seen the light, and dwelt
Upon the earth : but the way of knowledge they bare
not known:

21 Nor have they understood the paths thereof:
neither have tlieir children received it: it is far
from their face.

22 It hath not been heard of in the land ofCha-
naaii. neither hath it lieeu seen in Theman.*

23 The children of Agart also, that search after
the wisdom that is of the earth, the Merchants of
Merrha, and of Theman, and the tellers of fables,
and searchers of prudence and understanding ;
but the wav of wisdom they have not known ; nei-
ther bare they remembered her paths.

• 7V«Mn. The capital city of E<t..m.
f Jlnr. The mother of the twnael •

I Wm ten upon tttk, ift. riz. By the nrntory of the incarnation.
br meant of which the too of God came ritibly amongtt im, and com

24 O Lrael, how great is the house of God, and
how vast is the place of his possession !

> It is great, and hath no end : it is high and
immense.

i There were the giants, those renowned men
that were lioin the beginning, of great stature, e«-
l>ert in war.

27 The Lord chose not them, neither did they
find the way of knowledge: therefore did they pe-
rish.

28 And liecause they had not wisdom, t he ype-
rished through their folly.

29 Who hath gone up into hea\en, and taken
her, and brought her down from the clouds-

30 Who hath passed over the sea, and found
her, and brought her preferably to chosen gold?

31 There is none that is able to know her ways,
nor that can search out her paths:

32 But he that know eth all things, know eth her,
and hath found her out with his understanding: he
that prepared the earth for evermore, and filled it
with cattle and four-footed beasts :

33 He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth:and
hath called it, and it obeyeth him with trembling.

34 And the stars have given light intheir watel
and rejoiced :

35 They were called, and they said : Here we
are: and wiili cheerfulness they have shined forth
to him that made them.

36 This is our God: and there shall no other be
accounted of in comparison to him.

37 He found out all the way of know ledge, and
gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

38 Afterwards he was seen upon earth, J and
convened with men.

CHAP. IV.

The prophet exhorts to the keeping of the law of wisdom : and
i n< our age* the people to be patient, and to hope for their de-
liverance.

HP HIS is the book of the commandments of God,
-*- and the law that is forever : all they that keep
it shall come to life ;but they that have forsaken it,
to death.

2 Return, O Jacob, and take hold of it: wnlk
in the wa\ li\ its brightness, in the presence of tin-
light thereof.

_ 3 Give not thy honour to another, nor thy dig-
nity 10 a strange nation.

4 We are happy. () Israel: because the things
that are pleasing to God, are made known to us.

5 Be of good comfort, O people of God, the me-
morial of Israel :

6 You have been sold to the Gentiles, not for
your destruction: but because \ou provoked God
to wrath, you are delivered to your MVersarii *i

7 For you have provoked him who made von,
the eternal God, offering sacrifices to del 3a, and not
to God.

8 For you have forgotten God, w ho brought you

verted with men. The pmphrtf oftrn «prak of thing* to come at if
they were past, to espreaa the certainty of the event of the Unrip*
foretold.

CHAP. V, VI.

up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed

you.

9 For she saw the wrath of God coming upon
you, and she said : Give ear, all you that dwell near
Sion, for God hath brought upon megreat mourning :

10 For I have seen the captivity of my people,
of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal
hath brought upon them.

11 For I nourished them with joy: but I sent
them away with weeping and mourning.

12 Let no man rejoice over me a widow, and
desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my
children, because they departed from the law of God.

13 And they have not known his justices, nor
walked by the ways of God's commandments; nei-
ther have they entered by the paths of his truth and
justice. •

14 Let them that dwell about Sion come, and
remember the captivity of my sons and daughters,
which the Eternal hath brought upon them.

15 For he hath brought a nation upon them from
afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue:

16 Who have neither reverenced the ancient, nor
pitied children, and have carried away the beloved
of the widow, and have left me all alone without
children.

17 .But as for me, what help can I give your

18 But he that hath brought the evils upon you,
he will deliver you out of the hands of your enemies.

19 Go your way, my children, go your way : for
I am left alone.

20 I have put off the robe of peace, and have put
upon me the sackcloth of supplication : and I will
cry to the most High in my days.

21 Be of good comfort, my children: cry to the
Lord, and he will deliver you out of the hand of
the princes your enemies.

22 For my hope is in the Eternal that he will
save you: and joy is come upon me from the holy
One, because of the mercy which shall come to you
from our everlasting Saviour.

23 For I sent you forth with mourning and weep-
ing: but the Lord will bring you back to me with
joy and gladness for ever.

24 For as the neighbours of Sion have now seen
your captivity from God; so shall they also shortly
see your salvation from God, which shall come upon
you with great honour, and everlasting glory.

25 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is
come upon you; for thy enemy hath persecuted thee:
but thou shalt quickly see his destruction ; and thou
shalt get up upon his neck.

26 My delicate ones have walked rough ways;
for they were taken away as a flock made a prey
by the enemies.

27 Be of good comfort, my children, and cry to
the Lord: for you shall be remembered by him that
hath led you away.

28 For as it was your mind to go astray from
God; so when you return again, you shall seek him
ten times as much.

29 For he that hath brought evils upon you, shall
oring you everlasting jov Renin with your salvation.

30 Be of good heart, O Jerusalem : for he ex
horteth thee, that named t hoe.

31 The wicked that have afflicted thee, shal
perish : and they that have rejoiced at thy ruin, shall
be punished.

32 The cities which thy children have served,
shall be punished; and she that received* thy sons.

33 For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad
of thy fall ; so shall she be grieved for her own deso-
lation.

34 And the joy of her multitude shall be cut off;
and her gladness shall be turned to mourning.

35 For fire shall come upon her from the Eter-
nal, long to endure : and she shall be inhabited by
devils for a great time.

36 Look about thee, O Jerusalem, towards the
east, and behold the joy that cometh to thee from
God.

37 For behold, thy children come, whom thou
sentest away scattered : they come gathered together
from the east even to the west, at the word of the
holy One, rejoicing for the honour of God.

CHAP. V.

Jerusalem is invited to rejoice and behold, the return of her chiU
dren out of their captivity.

"OUT off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy
-*- mourning and affliction : and put on the beau-
ty, and honour of that everlasting glory which thou
hast from God.

2 God will clothe thee with the double garment
of justice, and will set a crown on thy head, of ever-
lasting honour.

3 For God will show his brightness in thee, to
every one under heaven.

4 For thy name shall be named to thee by God
forever: the peace of justice, and honour of piety.

5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high : and
look about towards the east, and behold thy chil-
dren gathered together from the rising to the setting
sun, by the word of the holy One, rejoicing in the
remembrance of God.

6 For they went out from thee on foot, led by the
enemies: but the Lord will bring them to thee ex-
alted with honour as children of the kingdom.

7 For God hath appointed to bring down every
high mountain, and the everlasting rocks, and to fill
up the valleys to make them even with the ground;
that Israel may walk diligently to the honour of God.

8 Moreover the^voods and every sweet smelling
tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment
of God.

9 For God will bring Israel with joy in the light
of his majesty, with mercy and justice, that cometh
from him.

CHAP. VI.

The epistle of Jeremias to the captives, as a preservative against

idolatry.

A Copy of the epistle that Jeremias sent to them
that were to be led away captives into Babylon,
by the king of Babylon, to declare to them according
to what was commanded him by God.

* She that received, ftc. viz. Babylon.
649

HAKl v II.

1 FOR tin- sins iliat you have committed before
God, you shall Ik' carried iwaj captives into Baby-
lon by iSabuchodonosor the king of Babylon.

\ ml w hen Mm arc come into Babv lou, \ou shall

be there maaj ft srs, sad for ■ long time, even i<»
generations :* and alter that 1 will bring \ou
aw a\ rrotn theoce with peace.

3 But bow, \ou shall see in Babylon gods of
gold, and of silver, ami of stone, and of wood borne
upoa shoulders, canning fear to the licntil

4 Beware therefore that von imitate not the
doings ot' others, and l>e afraid, and the Tear of them
should seize UpOS) you.

5 But when you tee the multitude behind and be-
fore, adoring them. Nay you in your hearts: Thou
oughtest to be adored, O Lord.

• i I -'or in\ an-el it with vou: and I myself will
demand an account of TOOT souls.

7 For their tongue that is polished by the crafts-
man, and themselves laid over with gold and silver,
are false things; and they cannot speak.

8 And as it it w ere lor a maiden that loveth to go
no do tiny take gold, and make them up.

9 Their pods have golden crowns upon their
kaads: whereof the priests secretly convey away
from them gold, and silver, and bestow it on them-
seB ■

10 Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and
thev dress out harlots: and again when they receive
it of the harlots, they adorn their gods.

1 I And these gods cannot defend themselves from
the rtiNt and the moth.

1J But when they have covered them with a
purple garment, they wipe their face because of
the dtiNt of the house, which is very much among
them.

13 This bolde th ■ aceptraaii man, as a judge of
the country, but cannot put io death one that offend-
eth him.

14 And this hath in his hand a sword, or an axe,
but cannot save himself from war, or from robbers,
whcieliv be it known to you, that they are not gods.

15 Therefore fear them not. For as a vessel that
a man uses when it is broken beeometh useless,
even so are their gods:

16 When they are placed in the house, their eyes
are full ofdoaf by t in- feet of them that go in.

17 And as the gates are made sure on every side
upon one that hath offended thinking, or like a dead
man carried to the ^ra\e; so do the priests secure
the doors with bail and locks, lest they be stripped
by thiev

18 They light candles to them, and in great num-
ber, of which the) cannot see one: but they are like
beams in the house.

19 \ ml t!ie\ say that the* creeping things which
are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while thev eal
them and their garments, and they feel it not.

20 Their faces are black with the smoke that is
made in the honse.

21 Owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon

• Srern gtntralicii.

That i«. wtciiIt year*.
SM

their bodies, and BDOfl their heads; and cats in like
manner.

J 2 \\ hereby you may know that thev are no gods.
Therefore liar them not.

i Id also which they have, is for show.

but except a man wipe off the rust, tiny will not
shine: for neither when thev w ere molten, did they
feel it.

S4 Men buy them at a high juice, whereas there
is no breath in them.

25 And having not the use of feet they are carried
upon shoulders, declaring to men how vile they are.
Be thev confounded also that worship them.

26 Therefore if they fall to the -round, they rise
not lip again of themselves; nor if a man set them
upright will they stand by themselves, but th« ii gifts
shall be set before them, as to the dead.

27 The things that are sacrificed to (hem. their
priests sell and abuse; in like manner also their
wires take part of them, but give nothing of it either
to the sick, or to the poor.

28 The child-bearing and menstruoiis women
touch their sacrifices: knowing therefore bv ti
things that they are not gods, (ear them not.

J!) for how can they be called gods? because
women set offerings before the gods of silver, and of
gold, and of wood:

30 And priests sit in their temples, having their
garments rent, and their heads and beards shaven,
and nothing upon their beads.

31 And they roar and cry before their gods, as
men do at the feast when one is dead.

32 The priests take away their garments, and
clothe their wives ami their children.

33 And whether it hi' evil that one doeth unto
them, or good, they are not able to recompense it:
neither can they set up a king, nor put him down :

34 In like manner they can neither give rich
nor requite evil. If a man make a vow to them, and
perform it not: they cannot require it.

35 They cannot deliver a man from death, nor
save the weak from the mighty.

36 They cannot restore the blind man to his sight,
nor deliver a man from distress.

37 They shall not pity the widow, nor do good
to the fatherless.

38 Their gods, of wood, and stone, and of gold,
and of silver, are like the stones that are hewn out
of the mountains: and they that worship them shall
be confounded.

.;'.' How then is it to be supposed, or to be said,
that thev are gods?

40 Kven the Chaldeans themselves dishonour
them : who when thev hear of one dumb that can-
not speak, they present him to Bel, entreating him,
that he mav speak.

41 As though 'hey could be sen-ible that have
no motion themselves: and thev, when they -hall
pereeive this, will leave them: for their nods them-
selves have no BeUSCa

43 The women also with cords about them, sit
in the ways burning olivi

43 And when any one of them, drawn avvav by

CHAP. VI.

some passenger, lieth with him, she upbraidoth her
neighbour, that she was not thought as worthy as
herself nor her cord broken.

44 But all things that are done about them, are
false : how is it then to be thought, or to be said,
that they are gods?

45 And they are made by workmen, and by
goldsmiths. They shall be nothing else but what
the priests will have them to be.

46 For the artificers themselves that make them,
are of no long continuance. Can those things then
that are made by them, be gods?

47 But they have left false things and reproach
to them that come after.

48 For when war cometh upon them, or evils,
the priests consult with themselves where they may
hide themselves with them.

49 How then can they be thought to be gods,
that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor
save themselves from evils?

50 For seeing they are but of wood, and laid
over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known
hereafter that they are false things, by all nations,
and kings : and it shall be manifest that they are no
gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there
is no work of God in them.

51 Whence therefore is it known that they are
not gods but the work of men's hands, and no work
of God is in them ?

52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor
give rain to men.

53 They determine no causes, nor deliver coun-
tries from oppression : because they can do nothing,
and are as daws between heaven and earth.

54 For when fire shall fall upon the house of
these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their
priests indeed will flee away, and be saved : but they
themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams.

55 And they cannot withstand. a king and war.
How then can it be supposed or admitted that they
are gods?

56 Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone
and laid over with gold, and with silver, able to
deliver themselves from thieves or robbers: they that
are stronger than them,*

57 Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and

* They that are stronger than them. That is, robbers, and thieves are
stronger than these idols, being; things without life or motion.

the raiment wherewith they are clothed, and shah
go their way : neither shall they help themselves.

58 Therefore it is better to be a kiog that show-
eth his power; or else a profitable vessel in the hoiiM-
with which the owner thereof will be Well satisfied ,
or a door in the house to keep things safe that are
therein, than such false gods.

59 The sun, and the moon, and the stars being
bright, and sent forth for profitable uses, are obedient.

60 In like manner the lightning when it breaketh
forth is easy to be seen: and after the same manner
the wind bloweth in every country.

61 And the clouds, when God commandeth them
to go over the whole world, do that which is com-
manded them.

62 The fire also being sent from above to consume
mountains, and woods, doeth as it is commanded.
But these neither in show nor in power, are like
to any one of them.

63 Wherefore it is neither to be thought, nor to
be said, that they are gods : since they are neither
able to judge causes, nor to do any good to men.

64 Knowing therefore that they are not gods, fear
them not.

65 For neither can they curse kings, nor bless
them.

66 Neither do they show signs in the heaven
to the nations, nor shine as the sun, nor give light
as the moon.

67 Beasts are better than they, which can fly
under a covert, and help themselves.

68 Therefore there is no manner of appearance
that they are gods : so fear them not.

69 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers
keepeth nothing; so are their gods of wood, and of
silver, and laid over with gold.

70 They are no better than a white thorn in a
garden upon which every bird sitteth. In like man-
ner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold,
and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth
in the dark.

1 By the purple also and the scarlet which are
moth-eaten upon them, you shall know that they are
not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed,
and shall be a reproach in the country.

72 Better therefore is the just man that hath no
idols: for he shall be far from reproach.

THE

PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL.

Ezech'ie], whose name signifies the strength of God, teas of the
priestly race : and of the number of the captives that were car-
ried away to Babylon with king Joachin. He wns cotemporary
with Jerem'ms, and prophesied to the same effect in Babylon,
as Jeremias did in Jerusalem ; and is said to have ended his
days in like manner, by martyrdom.

CHAP. I.

The time of EzcchieVs prophecy: he sees a glorious vision.

"jVTOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year,* in
-L' the fourth month on the fifth day of the month,

when I was in the midst of the captives by the river
Chobar, the heavens were opened, and 1 saw the
visions of God.

2 On the fifth day of the month, the same was
the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,

3 The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the

* The thirtieth year. Either of the age of Fzechiel ; or, as others
will have it, from the solemn covenant made in the eighteenth year
of the reign of Josias. 4 Kinsrs xxiii.
651

LZKCHIFX.

Erieat lh«' son of llti/.i in tha land of the Chaldeans.
\ ilic river ( hohar: and the hand of the Loril
was there ii|H)ii him.

\iil 1 MTi and behold, a whirlwind MUM oni
of the north : and a peat eloiid. and a fire infolding
it. and brightness was about it; and out of the midst
thereof, that is. out of the midst of the lire, as it
were tin- resemblance of amber:

\nd in llie midst thereof the likeness of four

living creatures:* and this was their appearance:

then wa> the likeness ol a man in them.

6 l.veiy one had lour fares, and every one four
win

7 Their feet were straight feet: and the sole of
their foot was like the sole of aealfsfoot: amj the}

tparfcled like the appearance of glowing brans.

8 And llit i/ hud the hands ol a man under their
winga on Inev four sides > and they had fares and
w inga on the four sides.

9 And the win»;s of one were joined to the win^s
of another. They turned not when they went: but
even one went straight forward.

lit And as for the likeness of their faces: there

was the lace of a man. and the face of a lion Oil the

right side of all the four: and the face of an ox. on

the hit side of all the four; and the face of an

le over all the four.

1 I And their faces, and their wines were stretch-
ed upward: two wings of every one were joined,
and tWO covered their bodies:

12 And e\ery one of them went straight forward :
whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither
they went : and they turned not when they went.

13 And as for the likeness ol the living creatures,
their appearance was like that of burning coals of
lire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was
the vision running to and fro in the midst of the
living creatures, n bright lire, and lightning going
forth from the fire.

I J- And the living creatures ran and returned like
flashes of lightning.

16 Now as I beheld the living creatures, there
appeared upon the earth by tin bring cnaturesone
wheel with four faces.

16 And the appearance of the wheels, and the
work of them, was like the appearance of (he -
and the four had all one likeness: and their appearance
and their work tOSI as ii wen a wheel in the midst
of a wheel.

17 When they went, they went by their four
parts; taad they turned not whin tin \ went.

18 The w heels had also a size, and a height, and

a dreadful appearance: and the whole body wis

full of eyes round about all the four.

19 And when the living creatures went, the
w heels also went together by them: and when the
living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the
win els also were lilted up with them.

* r.irint <Tf«fnrM. Chenihintt (as appear* from EcrUtUttitm. xlix.

10.) I m»l Wtated to the prophet iimlrr theee mvMermu. ihapee, a>

rtitir *be throne of God. and a. it were drawing hit chariot.

All (hit chapter appeared to obacure, and full of myalerica, to the an-

20 Whiibersoevi r the spirit went, thither as i*
spirit went the wheels also were lifted withal, btld
followed it: for the spirit of life was in the wheels.

21 When those went, these Went; and when
those stood, these stood; and when those were lift-
ed up from the earth, the wheels also wi re lifted
1 1 1 > together, and followed tin in: for the spirit of
life was in the wheels.

22 And over the heads of the living creatim s w as
the likeness of the firmament, as the appearance of
crystal terrible to behold, and stretched out over thi ir
heads above.

23 And under the firmament were their wi:
straight the one tow aid the other : even one with

two winga covered his body; and the otner was co-
vered in like manner.

24 And I heard the noise of their wings, like the
noise qf man] waters, as it were the voice of the
most high God : when they walked, it was like the
voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army : and
when they stood, their wings were let down*

25 For when a voice came from above the firma-
ment, that was over their heads, they stood, and let
down their w inf

26 And above the firmament, that was over their
heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appi
anceofthe sapphire-stone: and upon the likeness
of the throne, was a likeness as of the appearant e
of a man above upon it.

27 And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber,
as the appearance of fire within it round about :
from his loins and upward, and from his loins down-
ward, I saw as it were tin; resemblance of file
shining round about.

28 As the aynearancc of the rainbow when it is
in a cloud on a rainy day ; this was the appearance
of the brightness round about.

CHAP. II.

The prophet receives fiis commission.

'T^ HIS was the vision of the likeness of the glory
-*- of the Lord. And I saw, and I fell upon my
face; and I heard the voice of one that spoke. And
he said to me: Son of man, stand upon thy ft
and 1 will speak to thee :

2 And the spirit entered into me after that be
spoke to me, and he set me upon my in i : and I
heard him speaking to me.

3 And saying: Son of man. I send thee to the
children of Israel, to a rebellious people that hath
revolted from me: they and their fathers have trans-
gressed mi covenant even unto this dav.

4 And they to whom I send thee are children ol

a hard face, and of an obstinate heart : ami thou
shall say to them : Thus saith the Lord God :

6 If so be they at hast will hear, and if so be
they will forbear, for tlnv aie a provoking house:
and they shall know that then haili bet n a prophet
in the midst of them.

eient Hebrew*, that, a« we Irani ritM ' P-iulm )

-ifTered notn- la Med It, before tin \ » < •>■ iuirt\ \ cars old.
f Wktnthff went, lb? treat by ttuir Jour p*rlt. I
to any of their aidea either torward or backward i to the right M ;..

CHAP. III.

6 And thou, son of mail, fear not, neither be
thou afraid of their words : for thou art among un-
believers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with
scorpions. Fear not their words ; neither be thou
dismayed at their looks : for they are a provoking
house.

7 And thou shalt speak my words to them, if per-
haps they will hear, and forbear ; for they provoke
me to anger.

8 But thou, O son of man, hear all that I say to
thee: and do not thou provoke me, as that house
provoketh me : open thy mouth, and eat what I give
thee.

9 And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to
me, wherein was a book rolled up: and he spread
it before me, audit was written within and without:
and there were written in it lamentations, and canti-
cles, and wo.

CHAP. III.

The prophet ealt, the book, and receives further instructions ;
the office of a loatchman.

AND he said to me : Son of man, eat all that
• thou shalt find : eat this book, and go speak
to the children of Israel.*

2 And I opened my mouth ; and he caused me
to eat that book :

3 And he said to me : Son of man, thy belly
shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled w'ith this
book, which I give thee. And 1 did eat it : and it
was sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 And he said to me : Son of man, go to the
house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to
them.

5 For thou art not sent to a people of a profound
speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house
of Israel :

6 Not to many nations of a strange speech, and
of an unknown tongue, whose wopds thou canst not
understand : and if thou wert sent to them, they
would hearken to thee.

7 But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee :
because they will not hearken to me : for all the
house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obsti-
nate heart.

8 Behold, I have made thy face stronger than
their faces, and thy forehead harder than their fore-
heads.

9 I have made thy face like an adamant, and like
flint : fear them not, neither be thou dismayed at
their presence : for they are a provoking house.

10 And he said to me: Son of man, receive in
thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that
I speak to thee :

1 1 And go get thee into them of the captivity, to
the children of thy people : and thou shalt speak to
them, and shall say to them . Thus saith the Lord:
If so be they will hear, and will forbear.

12 And the spirit took me up; and I heard be-

* £nl this book, and go speak to the children of Israel. By this eating of
the book was signified the diligent attention and affection, with which
h e are to receive, and embrace the word of God ; and to let it, as it
were, sink into our interior by devout meditation.

hind me the voice ot a gi eat commotion, saying:
Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.

13 And the noise of the wings of the living crea-
tures striking one against another, and the noise of
the wheels following the living creatures, and the
noise of a great cqmmotion.

14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up : and
I went away in bitterness in the indignation of
my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me,
strengthening me.

15 And I came to them of the captivity, to the
heap of new com,t to them that dwelt by the river
Chobar, and I sat where they sat : and I remained
there seven days mourning in the midst of them.

16 And at the end of seven days the word of the
Lord came to me, saying :

17- Son of man, I have made thee a watchman
to the house of Israel : and thou shalt hear the word
our of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.

18 If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt
surely die : thou declare it not to him, nor speak
to him, that he may be converted from his wicked
way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in
his iniquity: but I will require his blood at thy hand.

19 But if thou give warning to the wicked, and
he be not converted from his wickedness, and from
his evil way ; he indeed shall die in his iniquity ;
but thou hast delivered thy soul.

20 Moreover if the just man shall turn away from
his justice, and shall commit iniquity; I will lay a
stumbling-block before him; he shall die, because
thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his
sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not
be remembered : but I will require his blood at thy
hand.

21 But if thou warn the just man, that the just
may not sin, and he doth not sin : living he shall
live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast
delivered thy soul.

22 And the hand of the Lord was upon me; and
he said to me : Rise, and go forth into the plain, and
there I will speak to thee.

23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain :
and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like
the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I
fell upon my face.

24 And the spirit entered into me, and set me
upon my feet : and he spoke to me, and said tome ;
Go in, and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.

25 And thou, O son of man, behold ; they shall
put bands upon thee ; and they shall bind thee w ■ith
them : and thou shalt not go forth from the midst
of them.

26 And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the
roof of thy mouth ; and thou shalt be dumb, and
not as a man that reproveth : because they are a
provoking house.

27 But when I shall speak to thee, I will open
thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith

f The heap of new corn. It was the name of a nlace ; iu Hebrew

Tebabib.

653

EZKCIIIKL.

tin- Lord God : He that heareth, lei him lioar : nd
he ih.it forbeareth, let bin forbear; tor tin

" ,moW "" '""'-"• CHAP. IV.

A prophetic description of the sirgr of Jerutalrm, and the fa-
mint- that shall reign there.

AND thou, O son of man, take thee ii die, and
lay it before x r 1 » t - : and draw upon it the plan
of the city of Jerusalem.

2 And lay siege against it, and build forts, and
cast up a mount, and m t a camp SgaiaSt it. ami place
battering ranis round about it.

3 And take UOtO thee an iron pan, and set it for
a wall of iron be t we en thee and the city: and set
thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged,
and thou shalt lav siege against it : it is a sign to
the house of Israel.

V And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and
shalt lav the iniquities of the house of Israel upon
it. according to the number of the days that thou
shalt sleep upon it; and thou shalt take upon thee
tluir iniquity.

5 And I have laid upon thee the years of their
iniquity, according to the number of the days three
hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt bear the
intquitj of the house of Israel.

6 And when thou hast accomplished this, thou
shalt sleep again upon thy right side : and thou
shalt take upon thee the iniquity of the house of
.luda forty days : a day for a year, yea, a day for a
fear I have appointed to thee.

7 \nil thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of
Jerusalem, and thy arm shall be stretched out: and
thou shalt pronhesy against it.

» Behold, 1 have encompassed thee with bands :
and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the
other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

9 \nd take to thee wheat and barley, and beans,
and lentils, and millet, and fitches: and put them
in one reasel, and make thee bread thereof accord-
ing to the number of the days that thou shalt lie
upon thy side : three hundred and ninety days shalt
iImhi eat thereof.

10 And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in
weight twenty stateisaday: from time to time
thou shalt cat it.

11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the
sixth part of a bin : a from time to time thou shalt
drink it.

12 And thou shall eat it as barley-bread baked un-
der the ashes : and thou shalt cover it, in their sight,
with the duns that coinetli out tit a man.

13 And the Lord said : So shall the children of
Israel cat their bread all filthy among the nations
whither I will cast them out.

14 And 1 said : Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold,
inv s.,id hath not been defiled, and (ram my infan-

B?en till now, I have not eaten any thins that
rued of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean
Dead hath entered into my mouth.

I ") \nd he Mid to me : lb-bold, I have given thee

• llm

Thai* »mcm«urrof I

about ten pint*.

neat's dune for man's duns, and thou shalt make,
thy bread therewith.

lt> And he said to me : Sun of man: Behold, I

will break in pieces the staff of br ead in Jerusalem :

and they shall cat bread bj Weight, and with care:
and they shall drink water by measure, and in dis-

17 So that when bread and water fail, every man
may fall against his brother, and they may pine away
in their iniquities.

CHAP. V.

The judgments of God upon the Jew* are firethewn under the
type of the prophet'* hair.

AND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife
that shaved) the hair: and cause it to pass
over thy head, and over thy beard : and take thee
a balance to weigh in, and divide the JtOtr.

2 A third part thou shalt burn with fire in the midst
of the city, according to the fulfilling of the days c'
the siege : and thon shall take a third part, and cut
it in pieces with the knife all round about: and the
other third part thou shalt scatter in the wind : and
I will draw out the sword after them.

3 And thou shalt take thereof a small number ; and
shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloke.

4 And thou shalt take of them again, and shalt
cast them in the midst of the fire, and shalt burn
them w ith fire : and out of it shall come forth a fire
into all the house of Israel.

5 Thus saith the Lord God : This is Jerusalem ;
I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the
countries round about her.

6 And she hath despised my judgments, so as to
be more wicked than the Gentiles; and my com-
mandments, more than the countries that are round
about her: for they have east oil' my judgments,
and have not walked in my commandments.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because
you have surpassed the Gentiles that are round about
you, and have not walked in my commandments,
and have not kept my Judgments, and have not
done according to the judgments of the nations that
are around about you :

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Behold, I
come against thee; and 1 myself will execute judg-
ments in the midst of thee in the skht of the Gentiles.

9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done :
and the like to which I will do no more, because ol
all thy abominations.

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the SOUS in the
midst of thee ; and the sons shall cat their fathers :
and I will execute judgments in thee : and I will
scatter thy whole remnant into every wind.

11 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God : Be-
cause thou hast violated inv sanctuaiy with all thy
offences, and With all thy abominations; I will a|s ( »
break thee ill nieces; and my eye shall not spate,
and 1 will not have any pity.

12 A third part of thee shall die with the pesti-
lence, and shall lie consumed with famine in the
midst of thee: and a third part of thee shall fall by
the sword round al>oiil lh< c : and a third part of Um V

CHAP. VI, VII.

will I scatter into every wind : and I will draw out
a sword after them.

13 And I will accomplish my fury, and will
cause my indignation to rest upon them, and I will
be comforted : and they shall know that I the Lord
have spoken it in my zeal, when I shall have ac-
complished my indignation in them.

14 And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach
among the nations that are round about thee, in the
sight of every one that passeth by.

15 And thou shall be a reproach, and a scoff, an
example, and an astonishment amongst the nations
that are round about thee, when I shall have exe-
cuted judgments in thee in anger, and in indignation,
and in wrathful rebukes.

16 I the Lord have spoken it : When I shall send
upon them the grievous arrows of famine, which shall
bring death, and which I will send to destroy you :
and I will gather together famine against you, and
I will break among you the staff of bread.

17 And I will send in upon you famine, and evil
beasts unto utter destruction : and pestilence and
blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring in the
sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.

CHAP. VI.

The punishment of Israel for their idolatry : a remnant shall he

blessed.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
2 Son of man, set thy face towards the moun-
tains of Israel, and prophesy against them :

3 And say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear .the
word of the Lord God : Thus saith the Lord God
to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the rocks,
and the valleys: Behold, I will bring upon you the
sword, and I will destroy your high places,

4 And I will throw down your altars, and your
idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast
down your slain before your idols.

5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the chil-
dren of Israel before your idols: and I will scatter
your bones round about your altars

6 In all your dwelling-places. The cities shall
be laid waste, and the high places shall be thrown
down, and destroyed : and your altars shall be abo-
lished, and shall be broken in pieces ; and your idols
shall be no more; and your temples shall be de-
stroyed; and your works shall be defaced.

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you : and
you shall know that I am the Lord.

8 And I will leave in you some that shall escape
the sword among the nations, when I shall have
scattered you through the countries.

m 9 And they that are saved of you shall remem-
ber me amongst the nations to which they are car-
ried captives: because I have broken their heart
that was faithless, and revolted from me: and their
eyes that went a fornicating after their idols: and
they shall be displeased with themselves because of
the evils which they have committed in all their abo-
minations.

10 And they shall know that 1 the Lord have not
spoken in vain that I would do this evil to them.

1 1 Thus saith the Lord God : Strike with thy
hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say: Alas, for
all the abominations of the evils of the house of Is-
rael : for they shall fall by the sword, by the fam'ne,
and by the pestilence.

12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence :
and he that is near, shall fall by the sword: and he that
rentaineth, and is besieged, shall die by the famine
and I will accomplish my indignation upon them.

13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when
your slain shall be amongst your idols, round about
your altars, in every high hill, and on all the tops of
mountains, and under every woody tree, and under
every thick oak, the place where they burnt sweet-
smelling frankincenSte to all their idols.

14 And I will stretch forth my hand upon them :
and I will make the land desolate, and abandoned
from the desert of Deblatha in all their dwelling
places : and they shall know that I am the Lord.

CHAP. VII.

The final desolation of Israel : from which few shall escape.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
2 And thou son of man, thus saith the Lord
God, to the land of Israel : The end is come, the
end is come upon the four quarters of the land.

3 Now is an end come upon thee, and I will
send my wrath upon thee : and I will judge thee ac-
cording to thy ways: and I will set all thy abomina-
tions against thee.

4 And my eye shall not spare thee, and I will
show thee no pity : but I will lay thy ways upon
thee: and thy abominations shall be in the midst
of thee : and you shall know that I am the Lord.

5 Thus saith the Lord God: One affliction, be-
hold, an affliction is come.

6 An end is come, the end is come, it hath
awaked against thee: behold, it is come.

7 Destruction is come upon thee that dwellest
in the land: the time is come, the day of slaughter
is near, and not of the joy of mountains.

8 Now very shortly I will pour out my wrath
upon thee; and 1 will accomplish my anger in thee:
and I will judge thee according to thy ways : and I
will lay upon thee all thy crimes.

9 And my eyes shall not spare, neither will I
show mercy: but I will lay thy ways upon thee,
and thy abominations shallbe in the midst of thee:
and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike.

10 Behold, the day, behold, it is come: destruc-
tion is gone forth ; the rod hath blossomed ; pride
hath budded.

1 1 Iniquity is risen up into a rod of impiety : no-
thing of them shall remain, nor of their people, nor
of the noise of them: and there shall be no rest
among them.

12 The time is come, the day is at hand} let
not the buyer rejoice ; nor the seller mourn : for
wrath is upon all the people thereof.

13 For the seller shall not return to that which
he hath sold, although their life be yet among the
living. For the vision which regardeth all the mul-
titude thereof, shall not go back : neither shall man
be strengthened in the iniquity of his lite.

655

RZECH1EL.

IV Wow the trumpet; let all Ir- made n
_Mt there is none t«> go to the battle; Tor my wrath
shall be upoo all the people thereof.

15 The sword without, ami the pestilence and

tin- famine within: In- that is in the field shall die
by the sword : am! thej that art- in the city, shall be
devoured by the pestilence ami the famine.

16 Ami rach of them as shall flee shall escape:

ami they shall be in the mountains like dovrs of the
valleys, all of them trembling, every one for his ini-
quity.

17 All hands shall he made feeble; and all knees
shall run with water.

18 And they shall gird themselves with hair-
cloth: and fear shall cover them, and ■home shall
be uponeverj face, and baldness npoa alltheir heads.

19 Their silver shall lx- cast forth, and their gold
shall be co me ■ dunghill. Their silver and their
^old shall not be tble to deliver them in the day of
the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfy their
soul, and their bellies shall not he filled : because it
hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.

20 And they have turned the ornament of their
jewels into pride, and have made of it the images
of their abominations and idols : therefore 1 have
made it an uncleanness to them.

21 And I will give it into the hands of strangers
for spoil, and to the wicked of the earth for a prey :
ami they shall defile it.

S2 And I will turn away my faee from them,
and they shall violate my secret place:* and rob-
liers shall enter into it, and defile it.

23 Make a shutting up :f for the land is full of
the judgment of blood, and the city is full of
iniquity.

24 And I will bring the worst of the nations, and
they shall posvrss their houses: and I will make
the pride of the mighty to cease, and they shall pos-
se>s their sanctuary.

25 When digress eometh upon them, they will
seek for peace, and there shall lie none.

26 Trouble shall come ti|>on trouble, and ru-
mour upon rumour : and they shall seek a vision
of the prophet : and the law shall perish from the
priest, and counsel from the ancients.

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be
clothed with sorrow, and the hands of the i>eople
of the land shall be troubled. I will do to them
Mccordiag to their way. and will judge them ac-
cording to their judgments: and they shall know
that 1 am the Lord.

CHAP. VIII.

The prnphft tret in a vision the abominations committrd in Je-
rutnUm ■• whirk dttrrmine tkt \jnrdto spnrr thrm no longer.

\ ND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the
**■ sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, u I
sat in my house, and the ancients of .luda sat lie-
fore me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there
upon me.
. •

• Strrrl flit, he. r\i. fto inward tanrluary, the holy of Imlies.

♦ Miktng m limiting up. In Hebrew, a chain, vis. for irnpriHmment
and captivity.

{ M m ut The favourite of Veotu, (lain or a wild boar, a* feigned

2 And I saw, and behold, a likeni -s tu the ap
pearaace of lire : from the appearance of his lom.i
and downward, fire : and limn his loins, and up
ward, as the appearance of brightness, as the ap

pearaace of ■moor.

3 And the likeness of a hand v\as put forth, ant
took me by a lock of m\ head : and the spirit lifted
me up between the earth and the heaven, ai».
brought me in the vision of (iod into Jerusalem
near the inner gate, that looked toward the north
where was get the idol of jealousy to provoke to

jeaieaej .

4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel SMI
there, according to the vision which I had seen in
the plain.

5 And he said to me: Son of man, lift im thy
eyes towards the way of the north. And 1 lilted
up my uvea towards the wav of the north : and lie-
hold, on the north side of the gate of the altar the
idol ol jealousy in the very entiy.

6 And he said to me : Son of man, dost thou
see, thinkest thou, what these are doing, the great
abominations that the house of Israel committed!
here, that I should depart far oil' from my sanc-
tuary ? and turn thee yet again, and thou shall see
greater abominations.

7 And he brought me into the door of the court:
and 1 saw, ami behold, a hole in the wall.

8 And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the
wall. And when I had digged in the wall, behold,
a door.

9 And he said to me : Go in, and see the wicki d
■nominations which they commit here.

10 And I went in and saw, and behold, every
form of creeping things, and of living creatures, the
abomination, and all the idols of the nousc of Israel
were painted on the wall all round about.

11 And seventy men of the ancients of the house
of Israel, and Jezonias the son of Saaphan stood in
the midst of them, that stood he fore the pictun - :
and every one had a censer in his hand : and a cloud
of smoke went up from the incense.

12 And he said to me: Surely thou seest, Q son
of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do
in the dark, every one in private in his chamber : lot
they say: The Lord scelh us not: tin- Lord hath
forsaken the earth.

13 And he said to mc : If thou turn thee again,
thou shalt see greater abominations which the*
commit.

14 And he brought me in by the door of the gate
of the Lord's house, which looked to the north : ami
behold, women sat there mourning for Adonis. J

15 And he said to me : Surely thou hast s, en..(
son of man : but turn thee again, and thou shah
greater abominations than tot

16 And he brought me into the inner OOUtl OI
the house of the Lord: and behold, at the dooi ol
the temple of die Lord, between the porch and the

by the Heathen poets, aad which Heine here reprcacnlrd by an Idoj, i.
lamented by the female worabippert of Owl goddeaa. In the Hebrew
the name a Tarnmuz.

CHAP. IX, X.

altar, were about five and twenty men having their
backs towards the temple of the Lord, and their
faces to the east : and they adored towards the
rising of the sun.

17 And he said to me : Surely thou hast seen, O
son of man : is this a light thing to the house of Juda,
that they should commit these abominations which
they have committed here : because they have filled
the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke
me to anger ? and behold, they put a branch to their
nose.

18 Therefore I also will deal with them in my
wrath : my eyes shall not spare them, neither will
1 show mercy : and when they shall cry to my ears
with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

CHAP. IX.

All are ordered to be destroyed that are not marked in their
foreheads. God will nut be entreated for

them.

AND he cried in my ears with a loud voice, say-
ing : The visitations of the city are at hand ;
and every one hath a destroying weapon in his
hand.

2 And behold, six men came from the way of
the upper gate, which looketh to the north : and
each one had his weapon of destruction in his hand:
and there was one man in the midst of them clothed
with linen, with a writer's inkhorn at his reins:
and they went in, and stood by the brazen altar.

3 And the glory of the Lord of Israel went up
from the cherub, upon which he was, to the thres-
hold of the house : and he called to the man that
was clothed with linen, and had a writer's inkhorn
at his loins.

4 And the Lord said to him : Go through the
midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem :
and mark Thau* upon the foreheads of the men that
sigh and mourn for all the abominations that are

. .committed in the midst thereof.

5 And to the others he said in my hearing : Go
ye after him through the city, and strike : let not
your eye spare, nor be ye moved with pity.

6 Utterly destroy old and young, maidens, chil-
dren and women : but upon whomsoever you shall
see Thau, kill him not ; and begin ye at my sanc-
tuary. So they began at the ancient men, who
were before the house.

7 And he said to them : Defile the house, and
fill the courts with the slain : go ye forth. And
they went forth, and slew them that were in the city.

8 And the slaughter being ended, I was left: and
I fell upon my face, and crying, I said : Alas, alas,
alas, O Lord God, wilt thou then destroy all the
remnant of Israel, by pouring out thy fury upon Je-
rusalem ?

9 And he said to me: The iniquity of the house
of Israel and of Juda is exceeding great; and the
land is filled with blood ; and the city is filled with

* Mark Thaxt. Thau or Tau, is the last letter in the Hebrew alpha-
bet, and signifies a sign, or a mark : which is the reason why some
translators render this place set a mark, or mark a mark, without spe-
cifying- what this mark was. But St. Jerom, and other interpreters,

4 O

perverseness : for they have said : The Lord hath
forsaken the earth : and the Lord seeth not.

10 Therefore neither shall my eye spare, nor will
I have pity : 1 will requite their way upon their head.

11 And behold, the man that was clothed with
linen, that had the inkhorn at his back, returned
the word, saying : I have done as thou hast com-
manded me.

CHAP. X.

Fire is taken from the midst of the wheels under the che~Mbims,
and scattered over the city. A description of the cherubims

\ ND I saw, and behold, in the firmament that
-^*- was over the heads of the cherubims, there ap-
peared over them as it were the sapphire-stone, as
the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

2 And he spoke to the man, that was clothed
with linen, and said : Go in between the wheels
that are under the cherubims, and fill thy hand
with the coals of fire that are between the cheru-
bims, and pour them out upon the city. And he
went in, in my sight :

3 And the cherubims stood on the right side of
the house, when the man went in ; and a cloud fill-
ed the inner court.

4 And the glory of the Lord was lifted up' from
above the cherub to the threshold of the house : and
the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was
filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubims
was heard even to the outward court as the. voice of
God Almighty speaking.

6 And when he had commanded the man that
was clothed with linen, saying : Take fire from the
midstof the wheels that are between the cherubims ;
he went in and stood beside the wheel.

7 And one cherub stretched out his arm from the
midst of the cherubims to the fire that was between
the cherubims : and he took, and put it into the
hands of him that was clothed with linen ; who
took it, and went forth.

8 And there appeared in the cherubims the like-
ness of a man's hand under their wings.

9 And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels
by the cherubims : one wheel by one cherub ; and
another wheel by another cherub, and the appear-
ance of the wheels was to the sight like the chryso-
lite-stone:

10 And as to their appearance, all four were alike;
as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.

1 1 And when they went, they went by four ways :f
and they turned not when they went: but to the
place, whither they first turned, the rest also follow-
ed, and did not turn back.

12 And their whole body, and their necks, and
their hands, and their wings, and the circles were
full of eyes, round about the four wheels.

13 And these wheels he called voluble, J in my
hearing.

conclude it was the form of the letter Thau, which, in the anci.nt
Hebrew character, was the form of a cross.

f By four ways. That is, by any of the four ways, forward, ba< k
ward, to the right, or to the left.

t Voluble, that is, rolling wheels, galgal.
657

KZECHIEL.

14 And every one had four hers: DM face was
tin- lace of ■ cherub; and the mooed fact, the
of a man; ami in the third RM the face of a
lion ; and in toe fourth t itt- fact' of an eade.

1 o And the cherubim* were lifted up: this is the
living creature thai I had asea by the river Cbober.

16 And when the cherubima went, the vrheela

also went by them: and w lit u (In* cherubiuis lifted

up their nrings, to monnt ap from the earth, the
wheels Maid not behind, but arete by then.

17 When they stood, these stood; and when they
\m re lifted up, tin m awe lifted Up: for the spirit
of life area in them.

18 Ami the (dory of the Lord went forth from
the threshold of the temple; and Mood over the
cheruhims.

19 And the cherubima lifting op their a in^s, aaan
raised Groan the earth before me: and as that went

out, the wheels al-.o followed: and it stood in the
entry of the east RBtC of the house of the Lord: and
the dory of the God of Israel \\;is over them.

SO This is the I ■ % i ii iz. creature, tvbich I saw under
the God of Israel hy the river Chobar : and I un-
dei stood that they were cherubima.

21 Each one had four faces, :uul each one had
four winga: and the likeness of a man's hand was
under their wmajsi

22 And as to the likeness of their faces, they were
the same laces which I had seen hv the river Clio-
lur, and their looks, and the impulse of every one
to go straight forward.

CHAP. XI.

A prnphrry against the prrsumptunim assurance of the great
one*. A remnant thall be tared, and receive a new spirit,
and a new heart.

AND the spirit lifted me up, and hrousht me into
the east uate of the house of the Lord, which
looketh towards the rising of the sun: and behold,
in the entry of the gate live and twenty men: and
I saw in the midst ot them .h/onias the son of Azur,
and I'heltias the son of Bauaias, princes of the
people.

2 And he said to me: Son of man, these are the
men that study iniquity, and frame a wicked coun-
sel in this city.

3 Savins: Were not houses lately built?* This
citu is tin- caulihoii.aud we the flesh.

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy,
thou son of man.

n And the spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and
said to me: Speak, thus saith the Lord : Thus have
you spoken, O house of Israel; for 1 know the
thoughts of your heart.

• H'rrt not kmutt UlWw built, fcc These men despised the predic-
i and threat* of the prophet*; who declared to them from Got),
that the ritv .hntild be destroyed, ami tin- inh.ihitants carried into
captivity; and they made use of tlii. kind »f argument against the
nmuhuls, that the city, to far from being like to hi '. hail

lately been augmented by Ihc building of n< » bonaas from » haw a
they further inferred, by way of a proverb, u«tnsr tlio similitude of a
cauldron. oot of which the flesh is not t.ikrn, nil it is thoroughly boil-
ad aad fit to he eaten, that they should not be carried away out of
their fit \ . but there end their dav* in peai

i In Ike iWrfrri •/ ItrrnH. Thev pretended that they should die lo

658

6 You hiive killed a gfffSB] mam in tins citv : and
yon have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Your slain,
whom you have laid in the midst thereof, thev are
the flesh, and this is the cauldron: and I will bring

\ou forth out of the midst thereof.

8 You have feared the sword; and I will bring
the sword u|»on you, saith the Lord God.

9 And I will cast you out of the midst thereof;
ami I will deliver you into the hand of aha enemies;
and I will execute judgments upon vou.

10 You shall fall In the sword: I will judge yon
in the borders of Israel ;f and you shall mow that 1
am the Lord.

11 This shall not be as a cauldron to von. and
you shall not be as flesh in (he midst thereof: I will
judge yon in the borders of Israel.

IJ And you shall know that I am the Lord; be-
cause \ou have not walketl in my commandments,
and have not done DM judgments.; hut vou have

done according to the judgments of the nations that

are round about you.

13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, (hat
I'heltias the sou of Banaias died : and I tell dow u
upon my face, and cried with a loud voice: and
said : Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God : w ilt thou make
au end of all the remnant of Israel ?

14 And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying:

15 Sooof man, thy brethren, thy brethren. | thy
kinsmen, and all the house of Israel, and all they to
whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem hath said: Get
ye far from the Lord; the land is given in peam .-
sion to us.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because
I have removed them far oaTameaaj the gentiles, and
because 1 have scattered them among the countries :
I will In- to them a little sanctuary in the countries
whither they are come.

17 Therefore speak to tin m : Thus saith the
Lord God : I will gather you from among the peo-
ples, and assemble you out of the countries wherein
\niiar. scattered, and I will givey on the laud of Israel.

18 And they shall go in thither, and shall take
away all the scandals, and all the abominations
thereof from thence.

19 And I, will gwe them one heart, and will
put a new spirit in their bowels: and I will take
aw ay the stony heart out of their flesh, ami will
give them a heart of flesh :

20 That thev may walk in my commandments,
and keep my judgments, and do them : and that
they may be my people, and I may be their God.

21 But as for them whose heart walketh after

peace in Jerusalem : God tell* them it should not be so : bat (hat
they should be judged and condemned, and fall hv the sword in lhe
borders of Israel : viz. in Iteblatha in the land of V.math, where all
their chief men were put to death by order of NabucbodoDosor, 4
King* xxv. and Jerenuat lii. 10, 37.

| 7*y brdkrm, lie. He speaks of them that had been earned
away captive* before ; who were despised by them that remained in
Jerusalem : hut, as the prophet here declares to (hem from God, should
be in a more happy condition than (hey, and alter son
from tbeir captivit \ .

CHAP. XII, XIII.

their scandals and abominations, I will lay their way
upon their head, saith the Lord God.

22 And the cherabima lilted up their wings, and
the wheels with them : and the glory of the God of
Israel was over them.

23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the
midst of the city, and stood over the mount that is
on the east side of the city.

24 And the spirit lifted me tip, and brought me
into Chaldea to them of the captivity, in vision, by
the spirit of God : and the vision which I had seen
was taken up from me.

25 And I spoke to them of the captivity all the
words of the Lord, which he had shown me.

CHAP. XII.

The prophet foreshowetk, by signs, the captivity of Sedccias,
and the desolution of the people : all which shall quickly come
to pass.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a
provoking house ; who have eyes to see, and see
not ; and ears to hear, and hear not : for they are a
provoking house.

3 Thou therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all
necessaries for removing, and remove by day in their
sight : and thou shalt remove out of thy place to
another place in their sight, if so he they will regard
it : for they are a provoking house.

4 And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the
furniture of one that is removing by day in their
sight : and thou shalt go forth in the evening in
their presence, as one goeth forth that removeth his
dwelling.

5 Dig thee a way through the wall before their
eyes : and thou shalt go forth through it.

6 In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men's
shoulders ; thou shalt be carried out in the dark :
thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the
ground : for I have set thee for a sign of things to
come to the house of Israel.

7 I did therefore as he had commanded me : I
brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of one
that removeth : and in the evening I digged through
the wall with my hand : and I went forth in the
dark ; and was carried on men's shoulders in their
sight.

8 And the word of the Lord came to me in the
morning, saying :

9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the
provoking house, said to thee: What art thou doing ?

10 Say to them : Thus saith the Lord God :
This burden concerneth the prince that is in Jeru-
salem, and all the houseof Israel thatareamongthem.

1 1 Say : I am a sign of things to come to you :
us 1 have done, so shall it be done to them : they
shall be removed from their dwellings, and go into
captivity.

12 And the prince that is in the midst of them,
vhall be carried on shoulders ; he shall go forth in
the dark: they shall dig through the wall to bring
him out : his face shall be covered, that he may not
eee the ground with his eyes.

13 And I will spread my net over him, and he

shall be taken in my net : and I will bring him
into Babylon, into the land of the Chaldeans ; and
he shall not see it:* and there he shall die.

# 14 And all that are about him, his guards, and
his troops, I will scatter Into every wind : and I will
draw out the sword after them.

15 And they shall know that I am the Lord,
when I shall have dispersed them among the nations,
and scattered them in the countries.

16 And I will leave a few men of them from the
sword, and from the famine, and from the pesti-
lence ; that they may declare all their wicked deeds
among the nations whither they shall go : and they
shall know that I am the Lord.

17 Andthewordofthe Lord came to me, saying:

18 Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble : and
drink thy water in hurry and sorrow.

19 And say to the people of the land : Thus saith
the Lord God to them that dwell in Jerusalem in
the land of Israel : They shall eat their bread in
care, and drink their water in desolation ; that the
Jand may become desolate from the multitude that
is therein, for the iniquity of all that dwell therein.

20 And the cities that are now inhabited, shall
be laid waste ; and the land shall be desolate : and
you shall know that 1 am the Lord.

21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

22 Son of man, what is this proverb that vou
have in the land of Israel ? saying : The days snail
be prolonged, and every vision shall fail.

23 Say to them therefore : Thus saith the Lord
God : I will make this proverb to cease ; neither
shall it be any more a common saying in Israel :
and tell them that the days are at hand, and the
effect of every vision.

24 For there shall be no more any vain visions,
nor doubtful divination in the midst of the children
of Israel.

25 For I the Lord will speak : and what word
soever I shall speak, it shall come to pass, and shall
not be prolonged any more : but in your days, ye
provoking house, I will speak the word, and will do
it, saith the Lord God.

26 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

27 Son of man, behold the house of Israel, they
that say : The vision that this man seeth, is for many
days to come : and this man prophesieth of times
afar off.

28 Therefore say to them : thus saith the Lord
God : Not one word of mine shall be prolonged any
more : the word that I shall speak shall be accom-
plished, saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XIII.

God declares against false prophets and prophetesses, that de-
ceive the people with lies.

A.ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
-^*- 2 Son of man, prophesy thou against the pro-
phets of Israel that prophesy ; and thou shalt say
to them that prophesy out of their own heart : Hear
ye the word of the Lord :

* He shall not see it. Because his eyes shall be put out by Nabu"
chodonosor.

659

RZLCIIILL.

3 Thus saith the Lord Got! : Wo to the foolish
prophets that follow tin ii OH ii spirit, :uul tee nothing.

V Thj prophets, U Israel, were like foil I in tin-
deserts.

5 You have not sone up to face the enemy : nor
have VOU set up a wall for the house of Israel, to
stand in liattle in the day ot the Lord.

6 I 'hey see vain things : and they fortel lies,
I rjing I The Lord saith ! whereas the Lord hath
not sent them : and they have persisted to confirm
w hut they have said.

7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and s|>oken a
lying dixinniion : and you say : The Lord saith :
w hereas I have not spoken.

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because
yOM have spoken vain things and have seen lies:
therefore behold, 1 come against you, saith tin-
Lord God.

9 And my hand shall be Open the prophets that
see vain things, and that divine lies: they shall not
he in the council of my people, nor shall they be
Written in the miting of the house of Israel ; nei-
ther shall they enter into the land of Israel : and
you shall know that I am the Lord God.

10 BecaaM they have deceived my people, say-
in:; : Peace; and there is no peace : and the peo-
ple beak up a wall, ami they daubed it with dirt
without straw.

11 Say to them that daub without tempering,
that it shall fall : for there shall be an overflowing
shower, and I will cause great hail-stones to fall vio-
lently from above, and a stormy wind to throw it
down.

IJ Behold, when the wall is fallen : shall it not
Ik? said to vou : Where is the daubing wherewith
you have daubed it ?

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Lo, 1
Will cause a stormy wind to break forth in my in-
dignation ; and there shall be an overflow IngshoM er
in my anger : and great hail-stones in my wrath to
consume.

14 And I will break down the wall that you have
daubed with iiutcinpcied mortar: and I will make
it even with the ground ; and the foundation there-
of shall belaid bare : and it shall fall, and shall be
consumed in the midst thereof; and you shall know
that 1 am the Lord.

15 And I will accomplish my wrath upon the
wall, and upon them that daub it without tempering
the mortar ; and I will say to you : The wall is no
more, and they that daub it are no more.

16 Even the prophets of Israel that prophesy to
Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace lor her :
and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

17 And thou, son of man. set th\ face against the
daaghters of thy people that prophesy out of -their
own heart, and do thou prophesy against them.

18 Ami say: Thus saith the Lord God : Wo to

• Sew

i, tic. vis. by making people easy in their aim, and
. impunity.

lift to thtir mil*. That u, they (Uttered them with pru-
e*oe and tecum v.

me. That i», dubononred and discredited me.
M

them that sew -cushions under even elbow;* and

make pillow s (or the heads of persons ot'v\<

to catch souls: and when they causht tlic souls of

my People, tin \ gave life to their souls. f

19 And they violated me anions my people,! for

a handful of barley, and a pieccol 'bread, to killsouls^
which should not die, and to save souls alive which
should not live, telling lies to my people that be-
lieve lies.

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Behold,
I declare against your cushions, when with yon
catch flying souls: and I will tear them off from
your arms and I will let go the souls that you catch,
the souls that should fly.

21 And I will tear your pillows, and will deliver
my people out of your hand : neither shall they be
any more in your hands to be a prey: and you shall
know that I am the Lord.

J2 lieeause w it Ii lies you have made the heart of
the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrow nil :
and have strengthened the hands of the wicked,
that he should not return from his evil way, ami
live.

23 Therefore you shall not see vain things, nor
divine divinations any more : and I will deliver my
|H.ople out of your hand : and you shall know that 1
am the Lord.

CHAP. XIV.

God suffers the wicked to lie deceived in punishment of their wick-
edness, 'l'ht nils that thall came trjwn them fur tlnir sins .
from irhic/i tliry shall nut biihlirtrnl by thr pruytrs of
Daniel, and Job. But a remnant shall be pn scm d.

A ND some of the ancients of Israel came to me,
-^*- and sat before me.

2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

3 Son of man, these men have placed their tiu-
cleantiesses|| in their hearts, and have set up before
their face the stumblins-hlock of their iniquity : and
shall I answer when they inquire of me?

4 Therefore speak to them, and say to them :
Thus saith the Lord God : Man, maul of the house
of Israel, that shall place his mich annesses in his
heart, and set up the stumbling-block of his iniquity
before his face. and shall come to the prophet in-
quiring of me by him : I the Lord will answer him
according to the multitude of his uiicleaimesses

5 That the house of Israel may be caught in their
ow n heart, with w Inch they have departed from me
through all their idols.

6 Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus
saith the Lord God : 15e converted, and d< part from
your idols, and turn away your faces from all your
abominations.

7 For every man of the house of Israel, and every
stranger anions, the pro* lytes in Israel, ii he se-

^>a^ate himself from me, and place his idols in his
nart, and set the stumbling-block of his iniquity
before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire

of me by him : I the Lord w ill answer nimby myself.

t To tM unit, 4c. That i% k *oub to death, which are

not to die; and lo proraiae hit- to Ibera who are not to lire.

I U n cl t n m t uts. That ii, their filthy idob. open wine h tl.ey hare
tet their heart* : and which area >tiiiiiMiiis-blurk to their toult.

1 .Van, aaam. That a, ntrj item, an Hebrew i

CHAP. XV, XVI.

8 And I will set my face against that man, and
will make him an example, and a proverb ; and
will cut him off from the midst of my people : and
yon shall know that I am the Lord.

9 And when the prophet shall err,* and speak
a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet :f
and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will
cut him off from the midst of my people Israel.

10 And they shall bear their iniquity : according
to the iniquity of him that inquired), so shall the ini-
quity of the prophet be.

1 1 That the house of Israel may go no more astray
from me, nor be polluted with all their transgres-
sions : but may be my people, and I may be their
God, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

13 Son of man, when a land shall sin against
me, so as to transgress grievously, I will stretch
forth my hand upon it, and will break the staff of
the bread thereof: and I will send famine upon it,
and will destroy man and beast out of it.

14 And if these three men, Noe, Daniel, and
Job, shall be in it : they shall deliver their own souls
by their justice, saith the Lord of hosts.

15 And if I shall bring mischievous beasts also
upon the land to waste it ; and it be desolate, so that
there is none that can pass because of the beasts :

16 If these three men shall be in it, as I live, saith
the Lord, they shall deliver neither sons nor daugh-
ters : but they only shall be delivered ; and the land
shall be made desolate.

17 Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and
say to the sword : Pass through the land ; and I
destroy man and beast out of it ;

18 And these three men be in the midst thereof;
as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver nei-
ther sons nor daughters : but they themselves alone
shall be delivered.

19 Or if I also send the pestilence upon that land,
and pour out my indignation upon it in blood, to cut
off from it man and beast :

20 And Noe, and Daniel, and Job be in the midst
thereof; as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall
deliver neither son nor daughter ; but they shall only
deliver their own souls by their justice.

21 For thus saith the Lord: Although I shall
send in upon Jerusalem my four grievous judgments,
the sword, and the famine, arid the mischievous
beasts, and the pestilence, to destroy out of it man
and beast:

22 Yet there shall be left in it some that shall
be saved, who shall bring away their sons and
daughters: behold, they shall come among you, and
you shall see their way, and their doings: and you
shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have
brought upon Jerusalem, iu all things that I have
brought upon it.

* The prophtt shall err, &c. He speaks of false prophets, answer-
ing out of their own heads, and according to their own corrupt incli-
nations.

f / have deceived that prophet. God almighty deceives faUe prophets,
partly by withdrawing his light from them : and abandoning them to
their own corrupt inclinations, which push them on to prophesy such !

23 And they shall comfort you, when you shall
see their ways, and their doings: and you shall
know that I have not done without cause all that I
have done in it, saith the Lord God.
CHAP. XV.

As a vine cut down is Jit for nothing but the fire ; so it shall be
icith Jerusalem for her sins.

A ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying .
■£*■■ 2 Son of man, what shall be made of the wood
of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are
among the trees of the forests ?

T Shall wood betakenofit,todoanywork, or shall
a pb be made of it, for any vessel to hang thereon ?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel: the lire hath
consumed both ends thereof: and the midst thereof
is reduced to ashes : shall it be useful for any work ?

5 Even when it was whole, it was not fit for work ;
how much less, when the fire bath devoured, and
consumed it, shall any work be made of it ?

6 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God : As the
vine-tree among the trees of the forests which 1 have
given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver
up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 And I will set my face against them : they shall
go out from fire, and fire shall consume them : ami
you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall
have set my face against them :

8 And I shall have made their land a wilderness,
and desolate, because they have been transgressors,
saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XVI.

Under the figure of an unfaithful wife, God upbraids Jerusa-
lem with her ingratitude and manifold disloyalties : but pro-
tniseth mercy by a new covenant.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Son of man, make known to Jerusalem}:
her abominations :

3 And thou shalt say : Thus saith the Lord God
to Jerusalem : Thy root, and thy nativity is of the
land of Chanaan ; thy father was an Amorrhite, and
thy mother a Cethite.

4 And when thou wast born, in the day of thy
nativity thy navel was not cut ; neither wast thou
washed with water for thy health, nor salted with
salt, nor swaddled with clouts.

5 No eye had pity on thee to do any of these
things for thee out of compassion to thee: but thou
wast cast out upon the face of the earth in the ab-
jection of thy soul, in the day that thou wast born.

6 And passing by thee, I saw that thou wast trod-
den under foot in thy own blood : and I said to thee
when thou wast in thy blood : Live : 1 have said to
thee : Live in thy blood.

7 I caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field :
and thou didst increase and grow gnat, and ad-
vancedst, and earnest to woman's ornament : thy
breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew : and thou
wast naked, and full of confusion.

things as are agreeable to those that consult them ; and partly by dis-
appointing them, and causing all things to happen contrary to what
they have said.

\ Make known to Jerusalem. That is, by letters, for the prophet was
then in Babylon

661

F.ZKCHIEL.

8 And 1 passed by thee, and sawthce: and Indiold,
thy Qme was rl»c time of lovers : and I spread m\
garment over thee. and covered thv ignominy. \
I swore lo tin e ; and I entered into a cm enant w iili
tliee, saitli the Lord God : and llion becamest mine.

5) And I washed tliee with water, and cleansed
aw av thv blood from thee: and I anointed tliee with oil.

10 And I clothed thee w ith embroidery, ami shod
thee with violet-colotired shoes: and I girded thee
about with fine linen, and clothed thee with line gar-
ments.

I I I decked thee also with ornaments," and put
bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.

12 And I put a jewel upon thy fo rehe ad , and e ar-
ringsin thv ears, and a lie .mtit'iil crow n upon thy head.

I? \nd thou wast adorned with gold, and silver,
and was clothed with tine linen, and embroidered
work, and many colours : thou didst cat fine flour,
anil boner, and oil, and wast made exceeding beau-
tiful; ami irast advanced to lie a queen.

14 And thy renown went forth among the na-
tions for thy beauty: for thou irast perfect through
By beauty, which 1 had put upon thee, saith the
Lord ( ion.

15 Hut trusting in thy beauty, thou hast played
the harlot because of thy renown, and thou hast
prostituted thyself to every passenger, to be his.

16 And taking off thy garments thou hast made
thee high places sowed together on each side : and
hast played the harlot on them, as hath not been
done before, nor shall be hereafter.

17 And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my
gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou
inade>t tliee images of men, and hast committed for-
nication with them.

18 And thou tookest thy garments of divers co-
lours, and coveredst them : and settest my oil and
mv sweet incense before them.

19 And my bread which I gave thee, the fine
flour, and oil. and honey, wherewith I fed thee,
thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and it
was done, saith the Lord God.

20 And thou hast taken thy sons, and thy daugh-
ters, whom thou hast borne tome; and hast sacri-
ficed the same to them to be devoured. Is thy for-
nication small ?

21 Thou hast sacrificed! and given my children
to them, consecrating them hi/ tin .

22 And after all thy abominations, and fornica-
tions, thou hast not remembered the days of thy
youth, when thou wast naked, and fidl of confusion,
trodden under fool in iky own blood.

23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
(wo, wo to thee, saith the Lord God)

2V That thou didst also build thee a common
stew .and madest tliee a brothel-house in c\er\ stre. t.

J.) At every head of the way thou hast sot up a

i nf'thv prostitution : and hast made thv beauty to

•" il unable; and hast prostituted thyself to VH fj

• / dtekri Iktt alt* vilh onumtnh, kc. That n with .piritnal Ixnr-

fil», r>»in<r >■"> a Im "iili »■" nfioea, wcramenU, and otter hd* rite*.

t 7Vm ha$t Mojfittd, lie. As t\,.-rr u nothing inoro base and abo-

one that passed by; and hast multiplied thy *4ttu-
cations.

6 And thou hast committed fornication with tne
■tians tbv neighbours, area of large bodies ; and
bast multiplied thv fornications to provoke me.

27 Behold, I will Btretefl <>nt tin hand upon thee,
and will take away thy justification: and Iw ill deliver
thee Dp to the w ill of the daughters of the I'hillistiin s
that hate thee, that are ashamed of thy wicked way.

28 Thou bast aKo committed fornication with
the Assyrians, because thou wast not yet satisfied :
and after thou badst played the harlot with them,
even so thou wast not c ont e nt ed.

29 Thou hast alst) multiplied thy fornications in
the land ol ('hanaan with the Chaldeans : anil nei-
ther so wast thou satisfied.

30 Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith the
Lord God: seeing thou doest all these the works of
a shameless prostitute?

31 Because thou hast built thy brothel-house at
the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high
place in every street; and wast not as a harlot that
by disdain enhanced) her price,

32 But as an adulteress, that briugcth in stran-
gers over her husband.

33 Gifts are given to all harlots: but thou hast
given hire to all thy lovers: and thou hast given
them gifts to come to thee from every side, to com-
mit fornication with thee.

34 And it hath h a ppen ed in thee contrary to the
custom of women in thy fornications, and alter thee
there shall be no such fornication : for in that thou
gavest rewards, and didst not take rewards, the
contrary hath been done in thee.

35 Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.

36' Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy mo-
ney hath been nou ted <>ut. and thv shame discover-
ed through thy fornications with thy lovers, ami
with the idols of thy a b o m i nations by the blood of
thychildren w horn thou gavest them :

37 Heboid. 1 will gather together all thv lovers
with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all whom
thou hast loved, with all whom thou hast bated:
and I will gather them together against thee on evt rv
side, and will discover thy shame in thcirsight; and
they shall see all thy nakedm SB.

38 And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they
that shed blood arc judged: and 1 will give thee
blood in fury and jealou\\ .

39 And I will deliver thee into their hands: and
they shall destroy thy brothel-house, and throw
down thy stews: and they shall strip thee of thy
garments; and shall take away the reseats of thy
beauty, antl leave thee naked, and lull of disgrace.

40 And they shall bring upon dice a multitude:
and tbev shall stone thee w it b stones, and shall slay
thee with their swords.

41 And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and
shall execute judgments upon thee in the sight ot

minahli' than tin- rninc mentioned throughout (In. chapter; to the
inliililitii mOlii- l-r.ii litc» in fonakinr God, and *:icnfn nip tveu lliew
< hildrco to idoU, are ttrong ly figured hj thcae allegorie*.

CHAP. XV 11.

many women : and thou shalt cease from fornica-
tion, and shalt give no hire any more.

42 And mv indignation shall rest in thee; and my
jealousy shall depart from thee ; and I will cease
and he angry no more.

43 Because thou hast not remembered the days
of thy youth, Imt hast provoked me in all these things:
wherefore I also have turned thy ways upon thy
head, saith the Lord God: and I have not done ac-
cording to thy wicked deeds in all thy abominations.

44 Behold, every one that useth a common pro-
verb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the
mother was, so also is her daughter.

45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that cast off
her husband, and her children : and thou art the sister
of thy sisters, who cast off their husbands, and their
children : your mother was a Cethite, and your fa-
ther an Amorrhite.

46 And thy elder sister is Samaria, she and her
daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy
younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is
Sodom, and her daughters.

47 But neither hast thou walked in their ways,
nor hast thou done a little less titan they according
to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more
wicked things than they in all thy ways.

48 As I live, saith the Lord God, thy sister So-
dom herself, and her daughters, have not done as
thou hast done, and thy (laughters.

49 Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom* thy
sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and
the idleness of her, and of her daughters : and they
did not put forth their hand to the needy, and to the
poor.

50 And they were lifted up, and committed abo-
minations before me : and I took them away as thou
hast seen.

51 And Samaria committed not. half thy sins :
but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and
hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations
which thou hast done.

52 Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion,
thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sins,
doing more wickedly than they : for they are justi-
fied above thee : therefore be thou also confounded,
and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy
sisters.

53 And I will bring backf and restore them by
bringing back Sodom with her daughters, and by

•ringing back Samaria, and her daughters : and I
will bring those that return of thee in the midst of
them,

54 That thou mayst bear thy shame, and mayst

* This was the iniquity of Sodom, &c. That is, these were the steps
by which the Sodomites came to fall into those abominations for which
they were destroyed. For pride, gluttony, and idleness are the high
load to all kinds of lust; especially when they are accompanied with
a neglect of tiie works of mercy.

f I Kill bring back, &c. This relates to the conversion of the Gen-
tiles out of all nations, and of many of the Jews, to the church of Christ.

J .Indent state. That is, to their forme* state of liberty, and their
ancient possessions. In the spiritual sense, to the true liberty, and
the happy inheritance of Uie children of God, through faith in
Christ

be confounded in all that thou hast done, comfort-
ing them.

55 And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall
return to their ancient state: and Samaria and her
daughters shall return to their ancient state. -J and
thou and thy daughters shall return to your ancient
state.

56 And Sodom thy sister was not heard of in
thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,

57 Before thy malice was laid open : as it is at
this time, making thee a reproach of the daughters
of Syria, and of all the daughters of Palestine round
about thee, that encompass thee on all sides.

58 Thou hast borne thy wickedness, and thy
disgrace, saith the Lord God.

59 For thus saith the Lord God : I will deal
with thee, as thou hast despised the oath, in break-
ing the covenant :

60 And 1 will remember my covenant with thee
in the days of thy youth : and 1 will establish with
thee an everlasting covenant.

61 And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be
ashamed : when thou shalt receive thy sisters thy
elder and thy younger : and I will give them to thee
for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

62 And I will establish my covenant with thee
and thou shalt know that I am the Lord

63 That thou mayst remember, and be confound-
ed, and mayst no more open thy mouth because of
thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee
for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XVII.

The parable of the ttoo eagles and the vine. A promise of the
cedar of Christ and his church.

A ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
-^*- 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a
parable to the house of Israel,

3 And say : Thus saith the Lord God : a large
eaglet with great wings, long-limbed, full of fea-
thers, and of variety, came to Libanus, and took
away the marrow of the cedar.

4 He cropt off the top of the twigs thereof, and
carried it away into the land of Chanaan:|| and he
set it in a city of merchants.

5 And betook off the seed of the land,H and put
it in the ground for seed, that it might take a firm
root over many waters : lie planted it on the surface
of the earth.

6 And it sprung up, and grew into a spreading
vine of low stature; and the branches thereof looked
towards him:** and the roots thereof were under
him. So it became a vine, and grew into branches,
and shot forth sprigs.

i A large eagle. Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. Came to Liba-
nus. That is, to Jerusalem. Took away the marrow of the cedar, &c
King Jechonias.

|| Channan. This name, which signifies traffic, is not taken here for
Palestine, but for Chaldea: and Uie city of merchants here mention-
ed - is Babylon.

T Of the seed of the lajid, &c. viz. Sedecias, whom he made king.

** Towards him. Nabuchodonosor, to whom Sedecias swore alle
giance

EZECHIEL.

7 And there was another large eagle.* with
wings, and many feathers: and behold, this \hn\
bending as jt were her roots towards him. stretched
forth her branches to him, iliat be might water it h\
the furrow i of her plantation.

8 It was planti d in a rood ground DpOO main
ten. thai it might taing forth Drenches, and bear

fruit, that it might become a large vine.

9 Say thou: That saith the Lord God: Shall it
prosper then ? shall he not null up the roots thereof,
and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches it
hath shot lorth. and make it w ithcr : and this with-
out a strong arm, or many people, to pluck it up by
the root?

10 Behold, it is planted : shall it prosper then ?
shall it not be dried up when the Doming wind shall
touch it. and shall it not wither in the furrow s w here
it ere* r

1 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, M] ing :

12 Say to the provoking house : Know you not
what these things mean i Tell" them : Behold, the
kinu of Babylon < ometh to Jerusalem : and he shall
take awaj the king and the princes thereof, and
earn them with him to Babylon.f

I.J And he shall take one of the king's seed, and
make a covenant w it h him, and take an oath of him.
^ I i. and he shall take away the mighty men of the
laud.

1 I That it may be a low kingdom and not lift
itself Up, but keep his covenant, and observe it.

15 nut he hath revolted from him, and sent am-
bassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses,
and much people. And shall he that hath done thus

Iiroaper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath
troken the covenant ?

16 Ax I live, saith the Lord God: In the place
where the kingdwelleth that made aim king, whose
oath he hath made \oid, and whose covenant he
broke, i \iii in the midst of Babylon shall he die.

17 And not with a great army, nor with much
people shall Pbarao fight against him: when he
shall ca^t tip mounts, and build forts, to cut off
many souls.

I» For he had despised the oath, breaking his co-
venant; ami behold, he bath given his hand: and
having done all these things, he shall not escape.

1!* Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As] live,
I will lay upon his head the oath he hath despised,
ami the covenant he hath broken.

\nd I will spread inv net over him, and he
shall be taken in my net : and I will bring him into
Bain Ion, and will judge him there for the transgres-
sion bj which he bath Despised me.

21 And all his fuiithes with all his bands shall
fall by the SWOrd: and the residue shall be scattered
into i\tr\ wind: and you shall know that I the
Lord have spoken.

Jnotkn- large <■?(«. viz. the kinr; of Krypt.
t SMI Ukr away, or kalh tmktn «r«*. kr. (or »ll this wm* now done.
Of the mnw •/ tht high ud*r. Itc. Of die roTal Mock of i
nitr twig. rir.. Jr«u« CMS, whom G<iH bath planted in
■Hunt Sion, thai i», the high mountain of hi* church, to which all oa-
0<.ii» iMTi

22 Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take
of the marrow of the high Cedar,) and will set it:
I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the
branches thereof: and I will plant it on a mountain
high and eminent.

29 On the high mountains of Israel will I plant
it : and it shall shoot forth into branches, and shall
bear fruit, and it shall Income a great cedar: and
all birds shall dwell under it; and every fowl shall
make its nest under the shadow of the branches
thereof.

24 And all the trees of the country shall know
that I the Lord have brought down the high tree,
and exalted the low tree; and have dried up the
zreen tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish.
1 the Lord have spoken, and have done it.

chap, xviii.

One man shall not bear tht tin* of another, bat erery one his own :
if a wicked man truly rcprnt, he shall be sun d : and if a just
man leare hit justice, he shall perish. ,

A NH the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
-<•*- What is the meaning

2 That you use among you this parable as a pro-
verb in the land of Israel, saying : The fathers have
eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are
set on edge t

3 As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall
be no more to you a proverb in Israel.

4 Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine : the soul
that Binneth, the same shall die.

5 And if a man be just, and do judgment and

justice,

6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains,^ nor
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel ;
and hath not defiled his neighbours wife, nor come
near to a menstruous woman;

7 And hath not wronged any man ; but hath re-
stored the pledge to the debtor, hath taken nothing
away by violence; hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

8 Hath not lent upon usury, nor taken any in-
crease; hath withdraw ii his hand from iniquity, and
hath executed true judgment between man and man :

9 Hath walked in my commandments, and kept
my judgments, to do truth :|| he is just, he shall
surely live, saith the Lord God.

10 And if he beget a son that isarobl>cr,a shedder
of blood, and that hath (lonesome one of these things :

1 1 Though be doeth not all these things, but that
eateth upon the mountains, and that defileth his
neigldKinr's wife ;

12 That grieveth the needy and the poor, that
taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the
pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols ; that
committeth abomination ;

13 That givcth upon usury, and that taketh an

t .Vol taint upon tht wiounttint. That ia, at the sacrifices there of-
fered to idol*.

I To do truth. That i«, to art according to truth ; for the Hebr*wa
railed everv tiling that wm just, truth.

CHAP. XIX.

increase ; shall such vt one live ? lie shall not live.
Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he
shall surely die: his hfood shall be upon him.

14 But if he beget a son, who seeing all his fa-
ther's sins, which he hath done, is afraid, and shall
not do the like to them ;

15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor
lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife ;

16 And hath not grieved any man, nor withhold'
en the pledge, nor taken away with violence, but
hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the
naked with a garment ;

17 That hath turned away his hand from injur-
ing the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but
hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in
my commandments; this man shall not die for the
iniquity of his father; but living he shall live.

18 As for his father, because he oppressed, and
offe'red violence to his brother, and wrought evil in
the midst of his people ; behold, he is dead in his
own iniquity.

19 And you say: Why hath not the son borne
the iniquity of his father? Verily, because the son
hath wrought judgment and justice, hath kept all my
commandments, and done them, living he shall live.

20 The soid that sinneth, the same shall die:
the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and
the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son : the
justice of the just shall he upon him, and the wick-
edness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 But if the wicked do penance for all his sins
which he hath committed, and keep all my com-
mandments, and do judgment, and justice, living he
shall live, and shall not die.

22 I will not remember all his iniquities that he
hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought
lie shall live.

23 Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith
the Lord God, and not that he should be converted
from his ways, and live?

24 But if the just man turn himself away from
his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abo-
minations which the wicked man useth to work,
shall he live? all his justices which he had done,
shall not be remembered : in the prevarication, by
which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which
he hath committed, in them he shall die.

25 And you have said : The way of the Lord is
not right. Hear ye therefore, O house of Israel :
Is it my way that is not right, and arc not rather
your ways perverse ?

26 For when the just turneth himself away from
his justice, and committeth iniquity, he shall die
therein : in the injustice that he bath wrought he
shall die.

27 And when the wicked turneth himself away
from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and
doeth judgment and justice ; he shall save his soul
alive.

28 Because he considereth and turneth away
himself from all his iniquities, which he hath
wrough' he shall sorely live, and not die.

" 4 p

29 And the children of Israel say: The way
of the Lord is not right. Are not my waysiig.,:
O house of Israel, and are not rathef your ways
perverse ?

30 Therefore will I judge every man according
to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities:
and iniquity shall not he your ruin.

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions,
by which you have transgressed ; and make to
yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit : and
why will you die, O house of Israel ?

32 For I desire not the death of him that dieth
saith the Lord God, return ye, and live.

CHAP. XIX.

The parable of the young lions : and of the vine that is wasted

jyTOREOVER take thou up a lamentation fo-
-■-"-■- the princes of Israel,

2 And say : Why did thy mother the lioness* lie
down among the lions, and hring up her whelps in
the midst of young lions ?

3 And she brought out one of her whelps ;f and
he became a lion : and he learned to catch the prey,
and to devour men.

4 And the nations heard of him, and took him,
but not without receiving wounds : and they brought
him in chains into the land of Egypt.

5 But she seeing herself weakened, and that her
hope was lost, took one of her young lions,f and
set him up for a lion.

6 And he went up and down among the lions,
and became a lion : and he learned to catch the
prey, and to devour men.

7 He learned to make widows, and to lay waste
their cities : and the land became desolate, and the
fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

8 And the nations came together against him on
every side out of the provinces; and they spread
their net over him : jn their wounds he was taken.

9 And they put him into a cage : they brought
him in chains to the king of Babylon : and they cast
him into prison, that his voice should no more be
heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood plant-
ed by the water: her fruit and her branches have
grown out of many waters.

11 And she had strong rods to make sceptres
for them that bear rule ; and her stature was exalt-
ed among the branches : and she saw her height in
the multitude of her branches.

12 But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast
on the ground : and the burning wind dried up her
fruit ; her strong rods are withered, and dried up :
the fire hath devoured her.

13 And now she is transplanted into the desert,
in a land not passable, and dry.

14 And a fire is gone out from a rod or he.
branches, which hath devoured her fruit ; so that

* Thy mother the lioness. Jerusalem,
f One of her whelps, viz. Joachaz, alias Sellum.
1 One of her young lions. Joakim.
065

she now bath no strong rod, to !»•■ ;i sceptre of rulers.
'1 hi*, is ;t lamentation, and it shall be for ■ lameii-
tat ion.

< ii \r. w.

Gnrl rrfusrs to ansferthf anrirHlxnfl*rtirl inquiring bn the pro-
phet : but hf him srtlrlh Mis ben-fits before thur rifs.antl
their heinous sin* ; threatening net greater punishment ; but
stilt mixt with merrn.

AND it came to paM in tin- seventh rear, in the
fifth mnitlh, the tenth dav of the nionih, their
BtW men ot the ancients ol Israel to inquire ol the
Lord : anil they sat before me.

2 And the word of the Lord came to me, savins: :

3 Sou of man. speak to the ancients ol Israel,
tad say to them : '('litis saith the Lord God : Are
jrou come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not
answer von. >aith the Lord Qod.

4 If thou judges! them.* if thou judgest, O son of
man. declare to them the a humiliations ot their I at In is.

5 And say to them : Thus saith the Lord God :
In the dav when I chose Israel, and lifted up my
hand for the race of the house of Jacoh, and appear-
ed to them in the land of Egypt, and lifted up my
hand for them, saying: I Ml the Lord your God :

6 In that dav I lilted up my hand for them, to
bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land
which I hail provided for them, flowing with milk
and honey, which excclleth amongst all lands.

7 And I said to them : Let even man cast away
the scandalst of his eyes ; and defile not yourselves
with the idols of Eg? I" : I am 'he Lord your God :

8 But tiny provoked me, and would not hearken
to me : thev did not every man cast away the abomi-
nations of his cms; neither did the) forsake the
idols of Egypt; and I said I would pour out mv
indignation U|ton I hem, and accomplish my wrath
•.gainst them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9 Hut I did otherwise tor my name's sake, that
it might not he violated before the nations, in the
midst of whom they were, and among whom I
made myself known to them, to bring them out of
the land of Egypt.

10 Therefore I brought them out from the land
of Egypt, and brought them into the desert.

11 And I nave them mv statutes, and 1 showed
them my judgments, which it a man do, he shall
lire in them.

1 1 Moreover I nave them also my sabbaths, to be
a sign between me and them: and that they might
know lieu | am the Lord that sanctify them.

13 Hut the house of Israel provoked me in the
d< serl : thev walked not in my siaiuies, and they
cast away my judgments, which if a man do he shall
live in them: and they grievously violated mv sab-
baths. I said therefore thai I would pour out my
indignation upon then in the desert, and would con-
sume them.

EZECHIEL.

1 V But I spared them for the sake of my name,
lest it should be piofaned before the nations, from
which I brought them out, in "their sight

I'i Bo I lifted up my handover them in the de-
i ri. not to bring them into the land which I hid
given them flowing With milk and honey, the lust
of all lauds:

1 6' Because they cast off my judgments, and walk-
ed not in mv statutes, and violated mv sabbaths: for
their heart Went alter idols.

17 Vet bj eye spared them, so that I destroyed
them not: neither aid 1 consume them m the desert.

18 And I said to their children in the wilderness:
Walk not in the statutes of VOW fathers, and observe
not their jud gm e nts , nor l>e ye delilcd with their
idols :

19 I am the Lord your God: walk ye in my sta-
tutes, and observe mv judgments, and do them.

20 And sanctify mv sabbaths, that they may be, a
sinn between me and you: and that you mav know
that 1 am the Lord your God.

21 But their children provoked me, they walked
not in my commandments, nor observed my judg-
ments, to do them; which if a man do, he shall five
in them: and they violated my sabbaths: and 1 threat-
ened lo pour out my indignation upon them, and to
;n roundish my wrath in them in the desert.

22 But 1 turned away mv hand, and wrought for
my name's sake, that it might not be violated lie-
lore the nations, out of which 1 brought them forth
in their sight.

23 Again I lifted up my hand upon them in the
wilderness, lo disperse them among the nations, and
scatter them through the countries:

24 Because thev had not done my judgments, and
had cast off mv Statutes. and had violated my sab-
baths; and their eyes had been after the idols of their
fathers.

25 Therefore I also gave them statutes that were
not good,J and judgments, in which they shall not
live.

26 And I polluted them§ in their own gifts, when
they offered all that opened the womb, for their of-
fences : and they shall know- that I am the Lord.

27 Wherefore speak to the house of Israel, O son
of man: and say to them : Thus saith the Lord
God: Moreover in this also your fathers biespheiui d
me, when they had despised and contemned me:

28 And I had brought them into the land, for
which I lifted up my hand to give it them: tin v saw
every high hill, and every shadv tree, and there liny
sacrificed their victims: and there tbej presented
the provocation of their offerings, and thercthej in t
their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations.

29 And I said to them: What meaneih the huh
place to which you go? and the name thereof was
called High-place even to this dav.

* // Ikmi jtutfttl them. Or, il thou w ill rnli-r into thecauae and plead
■jrunM ili«'m.

f StmuUli, fee. OlfcoMOMH That i«, the abomination* or iJoU. to
the worship of which they were allur.il b* their •

{ tutntes that tern tut g—d, fee. Tin- law* and ordinance* of their

rnomic* ; or thoae imposed upon them by Ihal cruel tv rant the dev it, to
whose power thrv wore drlirered up fur tin ir *iii».

I / fvllulrd Iktm. fcc. That i*. I (rare them up to mm t, I, limine.',
in piini-hinrni of their offence*, a* to pollute Utemaclrea with II*
blood of all their first-horn, whom tbey offered up lo tin ir aid. in con
phance with tlieir wicked dcTicea.

chap. xxi.

30 Wherefore say to the house of Israel: Thus
saith the Lord God: Verily you are defiled iu the
way of your fathers; and you commit fornication
with their ahominations.

31 And you defile yourselves with all your idols
unto this day, iu the offering of your gifts, when
you make your children pass through the fire: and
shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As 1 live,
saith the Lord God, I will not answer you.

32 Neither shall the thought of your mind come
to pass, by which you say: We will be as the Gen-
tiles, and as the families of the earth, to worship
stocks and stones.

33 As 1 live, saith the Lord God, I will reign
over you with a strong hand, and with astretched-
out arm, and with fuiy poured out.

34 And I will bring you out from the people; and
I will gather you out of the countries in which you
are scattered. I will reign over you with a strong
hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with fury
poured out.

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of
people ;* and there will I plead with you face to
face.

36 As I pleaded against your fathers in the de-
sert of the land of Egypt; even so will I judge you,
saith the Lord God.

37 And I will make you subject to my sceptre,
and will bring you into the bands of the covenant.

38 And I will pick out from among you the trans-
gressors and the wicked; and will bring them out
of the land where they sojourn : and they shall not
enter into the laud of Israel; and you shall know
that I am the Lord.

39 And as for you, O house of Israel, thus saith
the Lord God : Walk ye every onef after your
idols, and serve them. But if in this also you hear
me not, but defile my holy name any more with your
gifts and with your idols :

40 In my holy mountain,!]! in the high mountain
of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the
house of Israel serve me ; all of them, I say, in
the land in which they shall please me : and there
will I require your first fruits, and the chief of your
tithes with all your sanctifications.

41 I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness,
when I shall have brought you out from the people,
and shall have gathered you out of the lands into
which you are scattered : and I will be sanctified in
you in the sight of the nations.

42 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when
I shall have brought you into the land of Israel,
into the land for which I lifted up my hand to give
it to your fathers.

43 And there you shall remember your ways, and
all your wicked doings with which you have been

* The wilderness of people. That is, a desert in which there are no
people.

f Walk ye every one, fyc. It is not an allowance, much less a command-
ment, to serve idols ; but a figure of speech, by which God would have
them to understand, that if they would walk after their idols, thev
must not pretend to serve him at the same time : for that he would by
do means sutfer such a mixture of worship.

{ In my holy mountain, &c. The foregoing verse, to make the sense

defiled ; and you shall be displeased with yourselves
in your own sight, for all your wicked deeds which
you committed.

44 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when
I shall have done w ell by you for my own name's
sake, and not according to your evil ways, nor ac-
cording to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel,
saith the Lord God.

45 And the word of the Lord came tome, saying :

46 Son of man, set thy face against the way of
the south,§ and drop towards the south, and pro-
phesy against the forest of the south tield.

47 And say to the south forest : Hear the word
of the Lord : Thus saith the Lord God : Behold, I
will kindle a fire in thee, and will bum in thee every
green tree, and every dry tree : the flame of the fire
shall not be quenched : and every face shall be
burned in it, from the south even to the north.

48 And all flesh shall see, that 1 the Lord have
kindled it : and it shall not be quenched.

49 And 1 said : Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God : they
say of me : Doth not this man speak by parables?

CHAP. XXI.

The destruction, of Jerusalem by the sword is further described.
The ruin also of the Ammonites is foreshown. And finally
Babylon, the destroyer of others, shall be destroyed.

\ ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
-^*- 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem ;
and let thy speech flow towards the holy places,
and prophesy against the land of Israel :

3 And say to the land of Israel : Thus saith the
Lord God : Behold, I come against thee : and I
will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will
cut ofT in thee the just and the wicked.

4 And forasmuch as I have cut off* in thee the
just and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go
forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the
south even to the north ;

5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have
drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned
back.

6 And thou, son of man, mourn with the break-
ing of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before
them.

7 And when they shall say to thee : Why mourn-
est thou ? thou shalt say : For that which I hear :
because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and
all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall
faint, and water shall run down every knee : be-
hold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord
God.

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

9 Son of man, prophesy, and say : Thus sailh
the Lord God : Say : The sword, the sword is

sharpened, and furbished.

10 It is sharpened to kill victims

it is furbished

complete, must be understood so as to condemn and reject that mix-
ture of worship which the Jews then followed. In this verse God
promises to the true Israelites,especially to those of the christian chu ch,
that they shall serve him in another manner, in his holy mountain,
the spiritual Sion : and shall be accepted of by h.im.

} Of the south. Jerusalem lay towards the south of Babylon (where
the prophet then was) and is here called the forest of the south field.
and is thieatcned with utter desolation.

667

that it may glitter •' thou remotest the
son :* thou hast cut down even in

II And I have given it to be furbished! that it

in iv he hamiU'd : mm sword m shaspeacd, end it is
lurhishi d. thai it may lie in (he Ii;iikI of the slayer.

1 2 ( ry, and how I, ( ) miii of man, for this sword
is U|m>ii mv p eop l e : it is u|>on all tin- princes of Is-
rael, that are led ! they are delivered tt|> to the
sword with niv people : strike therefore u|h>ii thv
thigh,

I) Because it is ttied ; and that, when it shall
overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not he, saith the
Lord God.

I » Thon, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and
strike tfiy heads together ; and let the IWOra be
dinilileil. and let the sword of the slain he tripled:
this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh
them stand amazed,

15 And languish in heart, and that multiplieth
ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the
sharp sword, the sword tli.it is furbished to glitter,
that is made ready for slaughter.

It! Be thon sharpened; go to the right hand or
to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to

s.t thy nee

17 And I will clap niv hands together, and will
satisfy my indignation: 1 the Lord have spoken.

18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

19 And thon, son of min, set thee two ways, for
the sword of the king of Babylon to come : l>oth
shall come forth out of one land : and with his hand
he shall draw lots : he shall consult at the head of
the M a\ of the city.

20 Thou shall make a way that the sword may
COM to Rabbath of the children of Amnion, and to
Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.

'21 For the kirn: of Babylon stood in the high
way. at the bead Oft WO Ways, seeking divination,
shu filing arrows : he inquired of the idols, and con-
sulted entrails.

22 On his right hand was the divination for
Jerusalem, to set haltering rams, to open the mouth
in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set
engines against the gales, to cast up a mount, to
build forts.

23 And he shall be in their eves as one consult-
ing the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of
tabbaths: bat he will call to reaaetabrance the ini-
quity that thev may he taken.

2J- Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Became

/ou have remembered your iniquity, and have dis-

afWUd tour prevarications, and your sins have ap-

£ eared in all your de\ices: hecause. pay. you
ave rememU-red, you shall Im- taken with the hand.
26 Hut thou profanef wicked prince of Israel.

EZECI :l

■ of my

* 71m
'fiwn) In Ibe
br wentre of I

, Hutu pnfamt, kr.
«tt oath, ana w»« orhc

l m. Hr tpeakt (nccordinjr to Si.
. which wu about to remove
hf-re rail* hi« M.

> to tone Sedcciaa, who bad broken
-Wrft prince.

t h U not ll>ii Ikml Ufa tzallnl Ik* lev on*. Tlio roral rnwn of .In-
da hart rxalti A Sede c iat from a private Mate and • lo the

■ irerriru power, at Ihe lo»« of il had braafM down Jcchnniat, kr.

I / mi.' tluxc il u t* iaif uitf, *< Or. 1 n ill ot« rlurn it, viz. Tbe

whose day is come that hath been appointed in the
time of iniquity :

20 Thus saith the Lord God : Remove the dia-
dem; lake off tbe crown : is it not tin- that hath
exalted the low one,} and brought down him thai
w.i- high ?

27 1 will show it to be iniquity. i iniquity, ini-
quity: hut this was not done, till he came to w horn
judgment belonged* J and I will gite it him.

2«! And thou, son of man, prophesy, and sav :
Thus saith the Lord ( iod concerning the children
of Ammou, and concerning their reproach:! and
thou -halt say : O sword, O BWord, come out of the
scabbard to kill ; be furbished to destroy, and la
glitter.

2!> Whilst they see vain things in thy regard, and
they divine lies ; to bring thee upon the necks of the
wicked that are wounded, whose appointed day \s
come in the time of iniquity.

30 Return into thy sheath. H I will judge thee
in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land
of thy nativity.

31 And 1 w ill pour out upon thee my indignation :
in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and
will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish
and contrive thy destruction.

32 Thou shalt he fuel for the fire ; thy blood
shall be in the midst of the laud ; thou shalt be for-
gotten : for 1 the Lord have spoken it.

CHAP. XXII.

The general comiplinn <>/ the inhabitant* of Jerusalem : fm
trhiih (iotl trill rtmsiiiiir thrm a* drnxt in hitjurmtti.

AM) the word of the Lord came to me. saying:
•^*- 2 And thou, son of man. dost thou not judg •,
dost thou not judge the city of blood ?

3 And thou shalt show her all her abominations,
and shalt say : Thus saith the Lord God : Tin
the city that ibeddeth blood in the midst of her, that
her time may come : and that hath made idols
against herself, to defile herself.

4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood which
thou hast shed : and thou art defiled in thy idols
which thou hast made: and thou hast made thy days
to draw near, and hast brought on the time of thy
y ears : therefore have 1 made thee a reproach to the
Gentiles, and a mockery to all countrii s.

5 Those that are near, and those thai are far from
thee, shall triumph over thee: thou filthy one, infa-
mous, great in destruction.

6 Heboid, the princes of Israel, every one hath
employed his arm iii thee, to shed blood.

7 They have abused lather and mother in thee :
they have oppressed the stranger ill the midst of
thee: they have grieved the fatherless and w idow
in thee.

BrOWn of .III. la, for (In- mnnid.l.l intuitu-* of tin- Uiii(r«: but il 'J. .ill
not l>o attoiij renune,|, till C'hritt come, wboae nclit n i«. and nlm
»hall roicTi in the spiritual borne of Jacob, that in, in hit ehurvh, lur
rvrrinuri - .

ffWrniiiir thrir rrpnxtra. By which they bait reproaclied and in-
nsl over Oh- Jew*, at the time of Ibe dtttm. lion of Jrrtitalrm.
t /Mum into l*» tktalk, be The tword of Bah \ Ion, aftir raiting
asrain-t want nation*, m tttttftij to be judged mxl dcttruyed at
home by Umi Attaint ami lYniaua.

CHAP. XXII f.

* Committed fornication. That is. idolatry.

T Oolla and Ooliba. God calls the kingdom of Israel Oolla, which
signifies their own habitation, because thev separated themselves from
his temple: and the kingdom of Juda, Ooliba, which signifies his habt-
Mion in htr, because of his temple amjng them in Jerusalem.

8 Thou h;ist despised my sanctuaries, and pro-
faned my sabbaths.

9 Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood :
and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee :
they have committed wickedness in the midst of
thee.

10 They have discovered the nakedness of their
father in thee : they have humbled the uncleanness
of the menslruous woman in thee.

1 1 And every one hath committed abomination
with his neighbour's wife ; and the father-in-law
hath wickedly defiled his daughter-in-law ; the
brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of his
father in thee.

12 They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood :
thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covet-
ously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast for-
gotten me, saith the Lord God.

13 Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy eovet-
ousness, which thou hast exercised, and at the blood
that hath been shed in the midst of thee.

14 Shall thy heart endure, or shall thy hands pre-
vail in the days which I will bring upon thee ? 1 the
Lord have spoken, and will do it.

15 And I will disperse thee in the nations, and
will scatter thee among the countries : and I will
put an end to thy uncleanness in thee.

16 And I will possess thee in the sight of the
Gentiles : and thou shaltknow that I am the Lord.

17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become
dross to me : all these are brass, and tin, and iron,
and lead, in the midst of the furnace : they are be-
come the dross of silver.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because
you are all turned into dross, therefore behold, I
will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,

20 As they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and
iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace : that I
may kindle a fire in it to melt it: so will I gather
you together in my fury and in my wrath, and will
take my rest, and I will melt you down.

21 And I will gather you together, and "will burn
you in the fire of my wrath : and you shall be melted
in the midst thereof.

22 As silver is melted .in the midst of the fur-
nace, so shall you be in the midst thereof : and yon
shall know that I am the Lord, when I have poured
out my indignation upon you.

23 And the word of the Lord came tome, saving:

24 Son of man, say to her : Thou art a land that
is unclean, and not rained upon in the day of wrath.

25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst
thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the
prey, they have devoured souls : they have taken
riches and hire : they have made many widows in
the midst, thereof.

26 Her priests have despised my law, and have

defiled my sanctuaries : they have put no difference
between holy and profane ; nor have distinguished
between the polluted and the clean : and they have
turned away their eyes from my sabbaths : and I
was profaned in the midst of them.

27 Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves
ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls,
and to run after gains, through covetousness.

28 And her prophets have daubed them withou*.
tempering the mortar, seeing vain things, and divi-
ning lies unto them, saying : Thus saith the Lord
God : when the Lord hath not spoken.

29 The people of the land have used oppression,
and committed robbery : they afflicted the needy and
poor : and they oppressed the stranger by calumny
without judgment.

30 And I sought amongthem for a man that might
set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in
favour of the land, that I might not destroy it : and
I found none.

31 And I poured out my indignation upon them :
in the fire of my wrath 1 consumed them : I 1m* e
rendered their way upon their own head, saith the
Lord God.

CHAP. XXIII.

Under the name* of the two harlots, Oolla and Ooliba, are descri-
bed the manifold disloyalties of Samaria and Jerusalem, with
the punishment of them both.

\ ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying
-^*- 2 Son of man, there were two women daugh
ters of one mother.

3 And they committed fornication* in Egypt; in
their youth they committed fornication : there were
their breasts pressed down, and the teats of their
virginity were bruised.

4 And their names were Oolla the elder, and
Oolibaf her younger sister : and I took them, and
they bore sons and daughters. Now for theirnames,
Samaria is Oolla, and Jerusalem is Ooliba.

5 And Oolla committed fornication against me,
and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians J that
came to her,

6 Who were clothed with blue, princes, and riders,
beautiful youths, all horsemen, mounted upon horses.

7 And she committed her fornications with those
chosen men, all sons of the Assyrians : and she de-
filed herself with the uncleanness of all them on
whom she doted.

8 Moreover also she did not forsake her fornica-
tions which she had committed in Egypt: for they
also lay with her in her youth : and they bruised the
breasts of her virginity, and poured out their forni-
cation upon her.

9 Therefore have I delivered her into the hands
of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assy
rians, upon whose lust she doted.

10 They discovered her disgrace, took away hei
sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword :

I On the Assyrians, &c. That is, the idols of the Assyrians : for all
that is said in this chapter of the fornications of Israel ana Juda, is to
be understood in a spiritual sense, of their disloyalty to the Lord, bj
worshipping strange gods.

EZECIHEL

and thev became infamous women: and ti>
cured judgments in her.

1 I And when In r mm. r Ooliha saw this, she was
mad with lust more than she: and she carried her
fornication beyoad the fornication <>l Inr sister,

1 J Impudently prostituting herself to the children
of the Assyrians, the princes, and rulers that came
to her, clothed with divers colours, to the horsemen
that rode, upon horses, and to young men all of great
beauty.

13 And I saw that she was defiled, and that they
l>oth took one wav.

14 And she increased her fornications : and when
she had seen men painted on the wall, the images
of the Chaldeans set forth in colours,

15 And girded with girdles about their reins, and
with dyed tnrhans on their heads, the resemblance
of all the captains, the likeness of the sons of Baby-
lon, and of the land of the Chaldeans, wherein they
Were horn.

16 She doated upon them with the lust of her
eyes: and she sent messengers to them into Chal-
dea.

17 And when the sons of Babylon were come to
her to the bed of love, they defiled her with their
fornications : and she was polluted by them, and
her soul was glutted with them.

18 And she discovered her fornications, and
discovered her disgrace : and mv soul was alien-
ated from her, as my soul was alienated from her
lister.

19 For she multiplied her fornications, remem-
bering the days of her youth, in which she played
the harlot in the land of Egypt

20 And she was mad with lust after lying with
them, whose flesh j s :lN i| )e flesh of asses, and whose
issue ;ts the issue of horses.

1\ \iid thou hast renewed the wickedness of thy
Tooth, when thy breasts were pressed in Egypt, and
the paps of thy virginity broken.

Therefore, Ooliha. thus s;iith the I ,ord God :
Behold, 1 will raise up against thee all thy lovers
with whom thy BOttl hath been glutted : audi will
gather them together against thee round about.

» The children of Babylon, and all the Chal-
deans, the nobles, and the kin-s and princes, all the
BOM of the Assyrians, beautiful youn^ men, all the
captains, and rulers, the princes of princes, and the
renowned horsemen.

24 \ ii< I they shall come upon thee well appoint-
ed with chariot and wheel, a multitude of people :
thev shall In- armed against thee OB even side with
breastplate and lankier, and helmet : and I will set
judgment before them : and they shall judge thee by
their judgment*.

25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, which
they shall execute upon thee with fury : thev shall
COt off tilt nose and thy ears: and what remains,
shall fall by the sword : they shall take thv sous mid
thy daughters ; and thy residue shall be devoured
hv fire.

26 And thev s|i,il| strip thee of thv garment-
take awav the instruments of thy giory.

170

21 Aiul I will put an end to thy wickedness m
thee, and thy fornication brought out if the land o<
pt : neither shall thou lift up thy eyes to them,
nor remember \.~y pi any more.

28 For thus saith the Lord God : Behold, 1 will
deliver thee into the hands of them whom thou
h.itest, imo their hands with whom thy soul hath
bl I ii chitted.

29 And they shall deal with thee in hatred; and
they shall take away all thy labour* : and shall let tin e
zo naked, and lull of disgrace: and the discrace of thy
fornications shall be discovered, thy wickedness,
and thv fornications.

30 They have done these things to thee, hflfaUtB
thou hast played the harlot with ihe nations among
which thou wast defiled w ith their idols.

31 Thou hast walked in the wav of thy sister :
and I will give her CUD into thy hand.

32 Thus saith the Lord God : Thou shalt drink
thy sister's cup, deep, ami wide : thou shall be hail
in derision and scorn, which contained) very much.

33 Thou shalt he filled with drunkenness, and
sorrow, with the cup of grief, and sadness, w ith the
cup of thy sister Samaria.

31 And thou shall drink it, and shalt drink it up
even to the dregs : and thou shalt devour the frag-
ments thereof : thou shall rend thv breasts: because
I have spoken it, saith the Ford God.

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Because
thou hast forgotten me, and hast cist me off behind
thy back, bear thou also thy wickedness, ; ,nd thy
fornications.

36 And the Lord spoke tome, saving: Son ol
man, dost thou judge Oolla, and Oolilia, and dost
thou declare to them their wicked deeds?

37 Because they have committed adultery, anc"
blood is in their hands : and they have committed
fornication with their idols: moreover also iheii
children, whom they bore tome, they have Offered
to them to be devoured.

38 Yea, and they have done this to me. Thev
polluted my sanctuary on the same day and pro fa ned
mv sabbaths.

39 And when they sacrificed their children to
their idols, and went into mv sanctuary the same
day to profane it ; they did these things even in the
midst Off my house.

10 They sent t'or men coming from afar, to whom
they had sent a messenger : and In hold, thev came :
for whom thou didst wash thv sell, and didst paint
thy eyes, and wast adorned with women's orna-
ments.

41 Thou sattest on a very fine bed : and a table
was decked before thee j w hereupon thou didst set
my i n ce ns e, and my ointment.

42 And there was in her the voice of a multitude
rejoicing: and to some that were brought of the
multitude of mi n, and that came fromthcdcseit. thev
put bracelets on their hands, and hcautilul crowns
On their heads.

43 And I s;iid to her that was worn out in her
adulteries : Now will this woman still confiiiuc in
her fornication.

CHAP. XXIV, XXV.

44 And they wont in to her, as to a harlot: so went
they in onto Oolla, and Ooliba, wicked women.

45 They therefore are just men; these shall
judge them as adulteresses are judged, and as slied-
ders of blood are judged : because they are adul-
teresses, and blood is in their hands.

48 For thus saith the Lord God : Bring a mul-
titude upon them, and deliver them over to tumult
and rapine :

47 And let the people stone them with stones ;
and let them be stabbed with their swords : they
shall kill their sons and daughters: and their houses
they shall burn with fire.

48 And I will take away wickedness out of the
land, and all women shall learn, not to do according
to the wickedness of them.

49 And Ihey shall render your wickedness upon
you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols : and
you shall know that I am the Lord God.

CHAP. XXIV.

Under the parable of a boiling pot is shown the utter destruction
of Jerusalem : for which the Jews at Babylon shall not dare
to mourn.

AND the word of the Lord came to me in the
ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day
of the month, saying:

2 Son of man, write thee the name of this day,
on which the king of Babylon hath set himself
against Jerusalem to-day.

3 And thou shall speak by a figure a parable to
the provoking house, and say to them : Thus saith
the Lord God : Set on a pot ; set it on, I say, and
put water into ir.

4 Heap together into it the pieces thereof, every
good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice
pieces and full of bones.

5 Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together
piles of bones under it ; the seething thereof is boil-
ing hot ; and the bones thereof are thoroughly sod-
den in the midst of it.

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Wo to
the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its
rust is not gone out of it : cast it out piece by piece ;
there hath no lot fallen upon it.

7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she hath
shed it upon the smooth rock : she hath not shed it
upon the ground, that it might be covered with
dust.

8 And that I might bring my indignation upon
her, and take my vengeance : I have shed her
blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be
covered.

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Wo to the
bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.

10 Heap together the bones, which I will burn
with fire : the flesh shall be consumed, and the
whole composition shall be sodden , and the bones
shall be consumed.

1 1 Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it
may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted :
and let the filth of it be melted, in the midst thereof,
and let the rust of it be consumed.

great

12 Great pains have been taken ; and the
rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.

13 Thy uncleanness is execrable : because I de-
sired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from
thy filthiness : neither shalt thou be cleansed, be-
fore 1 cause my indignation to rest in thee.

14 I the Lord have spoken : it shall come to
pass, and I will do it; I will not pass by, nor spare,
nor be pacified : I will judge thee according to thy
ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.

15 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying :

16 Son of man, behold, I take from thee the de-
sire of thy eyes with a stroke : and thou shalt not
lament, nor weep ; neither shall thy tears run down.

17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the
dead ; let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and
thy shoes on thy feet; and cover not thy face, nor
eat the meat of mourners.

18 So 1 spoke to the people in the morning; and
my wife died in the evening : and 1 did in the
morning as he had commanded me.

19 And the people said to me: Why dost thou
not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?

20 And 1 said to them : The word of the Lord
came to me, saying :

21 Speak to the house of Israel : Thus saith the
Lord God : Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,
the glory of your realm, and the thing that your
eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth : your
sons, and your daughters, whom you have left,
shall fall by the sword.

22 And you shall do as I have done : you shall
not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of
mourners.

23 You shall have crowns on yonr heads, and
shoes on your feet : you shall not lament nor weep ;
but you shall pine away for your iniquities ; and
every one shall sigh with his brother.

24 And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of
things to come : according to all that he hath done,
so shall you do, when this shall come to pass : and
you shall know that I am the Lord God.

25 And thou, O son of man, behold, in the day
wherein I will take away from them their strength,
and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their
eyes upon which their souls rest, their sons and
their daughters :

26 In that day when he that escapeth shall come
to thee, to tell thee :

27 In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened
to him that hath escaped; and thou shalt speak,
and shalt be silent no more : and thou shall be unto
them for a sign of things to come ; and you shall
know that 1 am the Lord.

CHAP. XXV.

A prophecy against the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and
Philistines, for their malice against the Israelites.

\ ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
- 1 *- 2 Son of man, set thy face against the chil-
dren of Amnion : and thou shalt prophesy of them.
3 And thou shalt say to the children ot Amnion :
Hear ye the word of the Lord God : Thus saith the

671

IV/.Y.i III I I..

Lord God: Because thou has! said : Ha, ha. upon
mi sanctuary, because it was profaned; and upou

the land of Israel, because it was laid Waste: and
ii|H)n tlu' house of Juda, because thej are ltd into
captil it\ ;

V Therefore will I deliver thee to the men ol the
cast for an inheritance : and tiny shall place their
she. p cuts in tin f. and shall set up their tents in
tin f : tin > shall rat thy fruits : and they shall drink
thv milk.

6 And 1 will make Rabbath" a stable lor camels,
and tin- children of tmmon a couching-place tor

Htuks : and vou shall know thai I am the Lord.

6 For thus sailh the Lord Gt>d: Because thou

hast clapped thv hands, and Stamped with thy foot.
and hast rejoiced with all thy heart against the land

of Israel : .*.''*.

7 Therefore behold, I will stretch forth my hand
npon thee, and will deliver thee to be the spoil ol

nations; and will cut thee off from among the peo-
ple, and destroy thee out of the lands, and break
thee in pieces: and thou shalt know that 1 am the
Lord.

I Thus saith the Lord God : Because Moat) and
Seir have said : Behold, the house of Juda is like
all other nations:

'.» Therefore behold. I will open the shoulder ol

Moab from the cities, I mm his cities, 1 say, and his
borders, the noble cities of the laud of Bethicsi-
moth, and Beelmeon, and Cariathaim,

10 To the people of the east with the children
of Amnion : and I will gite it them lor an inherit-

save ; that there ma\ In- mre any remembrance

of the children of Amnion anions the nations.

11 And I will execute judgments in Moab: and
(hey shall know that 1 am the Lord.

1 1 Thus saith the Lord God : Because F.doni
bath taken VeOCMUce to revenge herself of the
children of J nil a. and hath greatly offended, and
bath sought revenge of them :

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I will
stretch forth my hand upon Ldom, and will take
away out of it man ami beast, and will make it
desolate from the south : ami they that are in De-
dan, shall fall l>\ the sword.

IX And I will la\ m\ vengeance upon Edom by

the hand of im people Israel: and lhc\ shall do
in Ldom according to my wrath and my fury: and
they shall know in\ vengeance, saith the Lord God.

15 Thus .saith the Lord God: Because the Phi-
listines have taken vengeance, and have revenged
themseUes with all their mind, destroying and sa-
tisls ing olti enmitii

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold,
I will stretch forth my hand noon the Philistines,
and will kill the killers, and will destroy the rem-
nant of the sea coast.

17 And I will execute great vengeance upon

them, relinking lliem in In r \ : and tiny shall know

that I am the Lord, when I shall la\ in\ vengeance

upon them.

• Ko»„t>, The cmuiuj city of the ttmooa afterward*

Railed MttwWMfa.

67«

CHAP. XXVI.

A prophecy of the dent ruction of the f turnout city of Tyre by Aa-

sastMSSMsn

AND it came to pass m the eleventh year, the
first da\ of the month, that the woitl of the
Lord came to me, saying:

1 Son of man, becam hath said of Jeru-

salem; Aha, the gates ol the people are broken;
she is turned to me: 1 shall be filled, note she is
laid waste.

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold,
I come against thee, O I j it : and I w ill cause many
nations to come up to thee, as the waxes ol the St a
rise up.

4 And they shall break down the walls of Tyre,
and destroy the tower s thereof: and I will scrape
Ini dust from her, and make her like a smooth nnk.

5 She shall be a lining place for nets in the
midst of the sea : because I have spoken//, saith
the Lord God; and she shall l>e a spoil to the na-
tions.

6 Her daughters also that are in the field, shall
be slain by the sword: and they shall know that I
am the Lord.

7 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will
bring against T\ re Xahuchodouosor king ol Baby-
lon, the king of kings, from the north, w ith horses,
and chariots, and horsemen, and companies, and
much people.

8 Thy daughters that arc in the field, lie shall
kill with the sword: and be shall compass thee
with forts, ami shall cast up a mount round about:
and he shall lift up the buckler against thee.

9 And be shall set engines of war and battering
ramssgaiast thy walls, and shall destroy thj tow-
i rs wiih his arms.

10 By reason of the multitude of his horses, their
dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the

noise ol the horsemen, and wheels, and thai iots,
w Inn they shall go in at thy gates, si b\ the entrance
of a city that is destroyed.

11 With the hoots of his horses he shall tread
down all thy streets: thy people he shall kill with
the sword: and thy famous statues shall fall to the
ground.

12 They shall waste thy riches: they shall make
a spoil of thy merchandise : and they shall destroy
tin walls, and pull down thy line houses: and they
shall lay thy stones, and thy timber, and thy dust
in I he midst of the waters.

13 Ami 1 will make the multitude of th\ songs
to cease : and the sound of thy harps shall be heard
no more.

14 And I will make thee like a naked rock ; thou
shalt be a drying place for nets; neither shall thotl
be built an\ mort : for 1 have s|*>ken it, saith the
Lord ( iod.

15 Thus saith the Lord God to Tyre: Shall not
the islands shake at the sound of th\ fall, and the

his of th\ slain, when tln\ shall be killed in the
midst of thee '

16 Then all the princes ol lh< sea shall come down
fin m their thrones, ami take off their robes, and i

CHAP. XXVII.

away their broidered garments, and be clothed with
astonishment; they shall sit on the ground, H,lf *
with amazement shall wonder at thy sudden fall.

17 And taking up a lamentation over thee, they
shall say to thee : How art thou fallen, that dwell-
est in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the
sea with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

13 Now shall the ships be astonished in the day
of thy terror : and the islands in the sea shall be
troubled because no one comet h out of thee.

19 For thus saith the Lord God : When I shall
make thee a desolate city like the cities that are not
inhabited ; and shall bring the deep upon thee, and
many waters shall cover thee:

20 And when I shall bring thee down with those
that descend into the pit to the everlasting people,
and shall set thee in the lowest parts of the earth
as places desolate of old, with them that are brought
down into the pit, that thou be not inhabited: and
when 1 shall give glory in the laud of the living,

21 I will bring thee to nothing; and thou shalt
not be ; aud if thou be sought for, thou shalt not be
found any more for ever, saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XXVI I.

A description of the glory and riches of Tyre ; and of her irre-
coverable full.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a la-
mentation for Tyre :

3 And say to Tyre that dwellcth at the entry of
the sea, being the mart of the people for many
islands: Thus saith the Lord God : O Tyre, thou
hast sail : I am of perfect beauty,

4 Aud situate in the heart of the sea. Thy
neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy
beauty :

5 With fir -trees of Sanir they have built thee,
with all sea planks :* they have taken cedars from
Libanus to make thee masts.

6 They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Ba-
sau : and they have made thee henches of Indian
ivory, and cabins, with things brought from the
islands of Italy.

7 Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven
for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast ; blue and
purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy
covering.

8 The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Aradians
were thy rowers : thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy
pilots.

9 The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men
thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy
various furniture : all the ships of the sea, and their
mariners were thy factors.

10 The Persians, aud Lydians, and the Lybians
were thy soldiers in thy army : they hanged up the
buckler aud the helmet in thee for thy ornament.

11 The men of Arad were with thy army upon
thy walls round about : the Pygmeansf also that

* S<r» planks. That i«, timber brought by sea to build the city,
f The Pygmeans. That is, strong- and valiant men. In Hebrew
PirmDUidim-

were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy
walls round about ; they perfected thy beauty.

12 The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied
thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with
silver, iron, tin, and lead.

13 Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy
merchants : they brought to thy people slaves and
vessels of brass.

14 From the house of Thogorma they brought
horses, and horsemen, and mules, to thy market.

15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants:
many islands were the traffic of thy hand ; they ex-
changed for thy price teeth of ivory, and ebony.

16 The Syrian was thy merchant by reason of
the multitude, of thy works : they set forth precious
stones, and purple, and broidered works, and fine
linen, and silk, and chodcliodf in thy market.

17 Juda and the land of Israel, they were thy
merchants with the best corn : they set forth balm,
and honey, and oil, and rosin in thy fairs.

18 The men of Damascus were thy merchants
in the multilude of thy works, in the multitude
of divers riches, in rich wine, in wool of the hest
colour.

19 Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth
in thy marts wrought iron : stacte and calamus
were in thy market.

20 The men of Dedan were thy merchants in
tapestry for seats.

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar, they
were the merchants of thy hand : thy merchants
came to thee with lambs, and rams, and kids.

22 The sellers of Saba and Reema, they were thy
merchants ; with all the best spices, and precious
stones, and gold, which they set forth in thy mar-
ket.

23 Haran, and Chene, and Eden, were thy mer-
chants: Saba, Assur, and Chelmad sold to thee.

24 They were thy merchants in divers manners,
with bales of b\ue-cloth, and of embroidered work,
and of precious riches, which were wrapped up,
and bound with cords : they had cedars also in thy
merchandise.

25 The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy
merchandise : and thou wast replenished, and
glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.

26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great wa-
ters : the south wind hath broken thee in the heart
of the sea.

27 Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy mani
fold furniture, thy mariners, and thy pilots, who
kept thy goods, and were chief over thy people ; thy
men of war also, that were in thee with all thy
multitude that is in the midst of thee ; shall fall in
the heart of the sea in the day of thy ruin.

28 Thy fleets shall be troubled at the sound of
the cry ot thy pilots.

29 And all that handled the oar shall comedown
from their ships : the mariners and all the pilots ol
the sea shall stand upon the land :

\ Choichod. It is the Hebrew" name for some precious stone ; but
of what kind in particular, interpreters arc not agreed.

tj73

EZECHIEL.

30 Ami the* shall mourn over thee with a loud
mice, aud shall crj bitterly : end tluv shall cast 1111
dust iijHtn (heir heads, and shall Ik- sprinkled with
ashes.

31 Ami the. ihall share themselves bald for thee,
and shall be girded with haircloth: twd ibey shall
ween for thee with bitterness of soul with most
bitter weeping.

\ml the] shall lake up I mournful KM for
thee, ami shall lament thee : What city is like I
which is bncome silent ia the midst of the scar

Which In thv merchandise lliat went from
thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the
multitude of thj riches, aim of thy people, didst
enrich the kin^> of the earth.

$1 Now thou art destroyed l>v the sea : thy riches
■re in the bottom of the waters ; ami all the multi-
tude (hat was in the midst of thee ■* fallen.

Ml the inhabitants of tin- island* are asto-
nished at thee: and all (heir kin^s being struck with
the storm hue changed their countenance.

The merchants of people have hissed at tine :
thou art brought to nothing; and thou shall never
be anv more.

CHAP. WVIII.

The kin* of Tyrr, <rhn nffrelrd to hr like tit Ci'nl shall full umhr
tli, irr trith Lucifer. The judgment uf Sidon. The

nm itf hrm I.

AND the won! of the Lord came to me, sn\ ing :
J Son of man, say to the prime of Tyre:
Thus saith the Lord God : Because thv heart is lift-
ed up, and thou hast said: 1 ain God, and I sit in
the chair ol God in the heart of the sea; whereas
thou art a man, and not God Ij and hast set thy
heart as if it were the heart of God.

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel:* no se-
en! b hid from thee.

\ In thv wisdom and thy understanding thou
hast made thyself strong; and bast gotten gold, and
silver into thy treasures.

.') II v the neatness of thy wisdom, and by thy
traffic, thou hast increased thy strength : and thy
heart is lifted up with tli\ strength.

ti Therefore, lints saith the Lord God: Because
thy heart is lilted upas the heart of God :

7 Therefore Itehold, I will bring upon thee stran-
gers the Strongest of the nations : and they shall
draw their s\\ orris against the beauty of thy wisdom:
and they shall defile thy beauty.

8 They shall kill thee, and bring thee down; and
thou shall die tin- death of them that are slain in
the heart of the sea.

9 Wilt thou vet s;iv before them that slay thee:
I am God: whereas thou art a man, and not God,
in the hand ol them that slay tin

10 Thou shall die the death ol the uncirctimciscd

* TVm *rl wUtr tk-n firm'//, i it. The wivlom

p much ri'litimir-l in htt H it became a pro-

I •<*«•( lnld-an«, when an* imi- would expraaa an extra-

ordinary witdom, to car be wa» «. wue •» PmmitL

| 7Vm w«a( the ml of rrtrmkUma. The kine of T\rr, hy hinditni-

I liia natural |- I " ,r ' in biirn.lf a ri-rtuin rcananManrr

of Qod, by rcaaon of which be miplii br railed the i/«/ tf

S74

bj the hand of strangers: for I haw spoken it, saith
the Lord (iod.

II And the word of the Lord eame to mc, say-
ing: Son of man, take up a lamentation iijhui the
kim: of Tl re:

\1 Ami s;iy to him: Thus saith the Lord God :
Thou wast the seal of resemblance, f lull of v> isdom,
and |>erfect in beauty,

19 Thou wast in the plailBPICl af the paradise
of God] every precious stone UMtffhy coveriim : the
sanlius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite,
and (he onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the
carbuncle, and the emerald ; fold the work of thy
beauty: and thy pipes were prepa r ed in the day that
thou wast ere.ited.

1 \ Thou a cherub stretched out, J and protect-
ing; and I set thee in the holy mountain of (iod ;
thou hast walked in the midst of the stones of fire. ^

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from llieday
of thy creation, until iniquity was found in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise, thy
inner parts were filled with iniquity, and thou hast
sinned: and I cast tine out from the mountain ol
God, and destroyed thee, () COVeriag cherub, out ol
the midst of the stones of fire.

17 And thy heart was lifted up with lhvbeant\ :
thou hast lost thy wisdom in thy beauty : I have east
thee to the ground: I have set thee before the face
of kings, that they might behold thee.

Hi Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries bj the mul-
titude of thy iniquities, and by rlie iniquity of thy
traffic : then-fore I will bring forth a (ire from the
midst of tbee, to devour thee, and I will make thee
as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see
thee.

19 All that shall see thee among the nations,
shall be astonished at thee : thou art brought to no-
thing; and thou shall never be any more.

20 And the word of the Lord came to me. saying:

21 Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and
thou shalt prophesy of it,

22 And shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God:
Behold. I come against thee, Sidon; and I will lie
glorified ia the midst of thee: and they shall know
that I am the Lord, when I shall execute judgments

in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

- ! Ami I will send into her pestilence, and blond
in her streets: and they shall fall being slain by the
sword on all sides in the midst thereof; and they
shall know that I am the Lord.

24 And the house of Israel shall have no more |
Stumbling-block of bitterness, nor a thorn causing
pain on every side round about them, of them that
are against thein : and they shall know that I am
the land ( iod.

25 Thus saith the Lord God : When I shall

Sja Hut what in lirrr »;ii I to him it commonly undentood of Lucifer
the kinjr over all tlir- i liililn-n of prkte.

; ./ ,A/rui tlrttrktd out. That i«, Iliy winr« extended Thin i|hirf<-«
'ic'irr of tbe cherubim* in tin- sanctuary, which with str\tetuj
•m/ vmf» ewrtrmi the ark.

I Tkt tUmti if fir*. That », bright and prvciou* ktuoc*, which
«|>arklc like fire.

CHAP. XXIX, XXX.

have gathered together the house of Israel out of the
people among whom they are scattered : I will be
sanctified in them before the Gentiles: and they
shall dwell in their own land, which I gave to my
servant Jacob.

26 And they shall dwell therein secure: and
they shall build houses, and shall plant vineyards,
and shall dwell with confidence, when I shall have
executed judgments upon all that are their enemies
round about : and they shall know that I am the
Lord their God.

CHAP. XXIX.

The king of Egypt shall be overthrown, and his kingdom wast-
ed : it sli'ill be given to Nabuchodonosor for his service
against Tyre.

IN the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh
day of the month, the word of the Lord came to
me, saying:

2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king
of. Egypt : and thou shall prophesy of him, and of
all Egypt:

3 Speak, and say : Thus saith the Lord God :
Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt,
thou great dragon thatliest in the midst of thv rivers,
and say est: The river is mine, and I made myself.

4 But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will
cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales:
and 1 will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers:
and all thy fish shall stick to thy scales.

5 And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and
all the fish of thy river : thou shalt fall upon the face
of the earth : thou shalt not be taken up, nor gather-
ed together: 1 have given thee for meat to the
beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the air.

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know
that I am the Lord : because thou hast been a staff
of a reed to the house of Israel.

7 When they took hold of thee with the hand,
thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder : and
when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and
weakenedst all their loins.

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold,
I will bring the sword upon thee, and cut off man
and beast out of thee.

9 And the land of Egypt shall become a desert,
and a wilderness : and they shall know that I am
the Lord : because thou hast said : The river is
mine, and I made it.

10 Therefore, behold I come against thee, and
thy rivers : and I will make the land of Egypt ut-
terly desolate, and wasted by the sword, from the
tower of Syene, even to the borders of Ethiopia.

11 The foot of man shall not pass through it,
neither shall the foot of beast, go through it; nor
shall it be inhabited during forty years.

12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate
in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the
cities thereof in the midst of the cities that are de-
stroyed ; and they shall be desolate for forty years :
and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations,
and will disperse them through the countries.

13 For thus saith the Lord God: At the end of

forty year-^ I will gather the Egyptians from the peo
pie among whom they had been scattered.

14 And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt,
and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the
land of their nativity ; and they shall be there a
low kingdom.

15 It shall be the lowest among other kingdoms:
and it shall no more be exalted over the nations :
and I will diminish them that they shall rule no
more over the nations.

16 And they shall be no more a confidence to
the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, that they may
flee, and follow them : and they shall know that I
am the Lord God.

17 And it came to pass in the seven and twen-
tieth year, in the first vionlh,'m the first of the month,
that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

1 8 Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon
hath made his army to undergo hard service against
Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoul-
der was peeled : and there hath been no reward
given him, nor his army for Tyre, for the service
that he rendered me against it.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold,
I will set Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon in
the land of Egypt : and he shall take her multitude,
and take the booty thereof for a prey, and rifle the
spoils thereof: and it shall be wages for his army,

20 And for the service that he hath done me
against it : 1 have given him the land of Egypt, be-
cause be hath laboured forme, saith the Lord God.

21 In that day a horn shall bud forth to the house
of Israel : and I will give thee an open mouth in
the midst of them : and they shall know that I am
the Lord.

CHAP. XXX.

The desolation of Egypt and her helpers: all her cities shall
be wasted.

\ ND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
J -^- 2 Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus
saith the Lord God : Howl ye, vto, wo to the day •
3Forthedayisnear:yeathedayof theLord is near
a cloudy day ; it shall be the time of the nations.

4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt : and
there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded
shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall
be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall
be destroyed.

5 Ethiopia, and Lybia, and Lydia, and all the
rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children
of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by
the sword.

6 Thus saith the Lord God : They also that up-
hold Egypt shall fall : and the pride of her empire
shall be brought down : from the tower of Syene
shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord the
God of hosts.

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the
lands that are desolate : and the cities thereof shall
be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

8 And they shall know that I am the Lord ; when
T shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers
thereof shall be destroyed.

675

EZECHIEL.

In that day s!i;i|| messengers co forth from my
face in ships to destroy the confidence of Ethiopia:
and there shall be dread among tbem id the da) of

attse it shall certainly come.
Phus saith the Lord God: 1 will wake the
multitude of Egypt to cease b) the baud <>i Nabo-
chodonosor the king of Babylon.

11 He and his |>cople with him, the strongi «l ol
nations, shall be brought to destroi the land : and
they shall draw their swords opon Eg) pt ; and shall
fill the laud with the slain.

1 J \ik1 I w ill make Cite channels of the rhrers dry,
and will deliver the laud into the hand of the wick-
ed ; and will lay waste tin land and all that is therein
by the hands of strangers. I the Lord have spoken it.

I.; rhus saith the Lord God: I will also de-
stroy the idol-, audi will make an end of the idols
of Memphis : and there shall In- no more a prince
of the land of Eg) pt : and I w ill cause a terror in the
land of Egypt.

! \ Viiil I will destroy the land of Phatures, and
will make a lire in Taphnis, and will eieCUte
judgments in Alexandria.*

I > Vinl I will pour out my indignation upon Pe-
lusium the strength of Egypt] and will cm off the
multitude of Alexandria.

\nd I will make a fire in Egypt : Pelusium
shall In- in pain like a woman in labour ; and Al-
exandria shall be laid waste; and in Memphis

there shall be daily distresses.

17 The young men of lleliopolis. ami of Bobas-
tus shall fall by the sword ; and they themselves
shall go into captivity.

Vnd in Taphnis the day shall be darkened,
when 1 shall break there the sceptres of Egypt;
and the pride of her power shall cease in her :
a cloud shall cover her: and her daughters shall be
led into captivity.

19 knd I will execute judgments in Egypt : and

they shall know that I din the Lord.

20 And it came to pass iir the eleventh year, in
the first mouth, in the seventh day of the month,
that the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of IMiarao
kins of Egypt : and behold, it is not hound up to
be healed, to \><- tied up with cloths, and swathed
with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold
the sword.

22 Therefore, thus saith the Lord (Jod : Behold,
I cow against rharao king of Egypt: and I will
I. reak into pieces his strong arm. w hi< h is alnadv
broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out ol"
his hand :

23 And I will dispeis. K^vpt anions the nations,
and scatter them through th<' countries.

Vnd I will strengthen the arms of the kiim of
v Ion. and will put mv sword in his hand : and

I will break the amis of Pharao; and the)- shall

groan bitterly, being slain before his lace.
i Vinl I will strengthen the arms of I

the kins ol

I i I *>, .V»; whmti wa» the ancient naim-

of lh.il cily. wbica wa* aftrrwanN r. ibuilt by Alexander thegrv«i r
and from hi* name caned Alexandria.

Babylon ; and the arms of Pharao shall fall : and
thf) shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall

have given mi sword into the hand of tin- king of
Babylon ; and he shall have stretched it fonhupon

the laud Of Eg) j»t.

26 And I will disperse Kgypl anions the nations,
and will scatter them through the Countries : and
the) shall know that I am the Lord.

I II \l\ \\\l.

Tie Attfrut* empire fill fur I heir pridi • : the Egyptian* thall

fall in like Manner.

A NI) it came to pass in the eleventh year, the
-^*- third month, the first day ol the mouth, that
the word of the Lord came to me. saving :

2 Son of man, speak to I'harao kins of Egypt,
and to his people : To whom ait thou like in thy
greatness ?

3 Behold, the Assyrian was like a cedar in Liha
mis, with lair branches, and lull of ha\<s. ol a
high stature ; and his top was elevated among the
thick boughs.

4 The waters nourished him ; the (teen set hint up
on high ; the streams, thereof ran round about his
roots ; and it sent forth its mulcts to all the i,

of the country.

6 Therefore was his height exalted above all the
trees of the cottniiy : and his branches were multi-
plied ; and his boughs were elevated because of
man) waters.

6 And when he had spread forth his shadow, all
the low Is of tin- air made their nests in his boughs ;
and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their
young Under his branches; and the assembly of
many nations dwelt under his shadow.

7 And he was most beautiful for his greatness,
and for the spreading of bis branches : for his root
was near great waters.

8 The cedars in the paradise of God were not
higher than he : the fir-trees did not equal his fop:
neither were the plane-trees to be compared With
him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God,
was like him in his beauty.

9 For 1 made him beautiful, and thick set with
many branches : and all the trees of pleasure, that
Were in the paradise of (Jod, envied him.

10 Therefore thus saith the Lord (Jod : BCc a OSS
he was exalted in height, and shot up his top green
and thick, and his heart was lilted up in hi* Height:

11 I have delivered^ him into the hands of the
mighty one of the nations ; he shall deal with him :
I have cast him out according to his wickedness.

12 And Strangers, and tfae most cruel of the na-
tions shall cut him down, and cast him away upon
the mountains : and his IhhisIis shall fall in every
valley; and his branches shall be broken on every
rock of the country : and all the people of the eanh
shall depart from his shadow , and leave him.

13 All the low Is of the air dwell upon his ruins :
and all the In asts oft he field were among his branches.

I I For w hit h cause none ol the irees by the w .1-

i I knt dtUttrtd. Here the lim- |>.<vt i> put for the dilute, I. e .
tluli irltrtr. The migilf me. kr. »ii. Nabochodooooor, who conquer
i-d both the Auyriant and I'

CHAP. XXXII.

ters shall exalt themselves for their height, nor shoot
up their tops among the thick branches and leaves :
neither shall any of them that are watered stand up
in their height : for they are all delivered unto death
to the lowest parts of the earth, in the midst of the
children of men, with them that go down into the
pit.

15 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when
he went down to hell, 1 brought in mourning; I co-
vered him with the deep : and I withheld its rivers,
and restrained the many waters : Libanus grieved
for him ; and all the trees of the field trembled.

16 I shook the nations with the sound of his fall,
when 1 brought him down to bell with them that
descend into the pit: and all the trees of pleasure,
the choice and best in Libanus, all that were moist-
ened with waters, were comforted in the lowest
parts of the earth.

17 For they also shall go down with him to hell
to them that are .slain by the sword : and the arm
of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the
midst of the nations.

18 To whom art thou like, O thou that art fa-
mous and lofty among the trees of pleasure ? Be-
hold, thou art brought down with the trees of plea-
sure, to the lowest parts of the earth: thou shalt
sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them
that are slain by the sword : this is Pharao, and all
his multitude, saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XXXII.

The propJiet's lamentation for the. Icing of Egypt.

AND it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the
twelfth month, in the first day of the month,
that the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for
Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him : Thou
art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that
is in the sea : and thou didst push with the horn in
thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet,
and didst trample upon their streams.

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : I will
spread out my net over thee with the multitude of
many people; and 1 will draw thee up in my net.

4 And I will throw thee out on the land ; I will
east thee away into the open field : and I will cause
all the fowls of the air to dwell upon thee; and I
will fill the beasts of all the earth with thee.

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains,
and will fill thy hills with thy corruption.

6 And I will water the earth with thy stinking
blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be
filled with thee.

7 And I will cover the heavens when thou shalt
be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark :
1 will cover the sun with a cloud ; and the moon
shall not give her light.

8 I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn
over thee : and I will cause darkness upon thy land,
saith the Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in
the midst of the land, saith the Lord God.

9 And I sb?I) provoke to anger the heart of many
oeople mtWp. I shall have brought in thy destruc-

tion among the nations upon the lands, which thou
knowest not.

10 And 1 will make many people to be amazed
at thee : and their kings shall be horribly afraid for
thee, when my sword shall begin to fly upon their
faces : and they shall be astonished on a sudden,
every one for his own life in the day of their ruin.

U For thus saith the Lord God": The sword of
the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

12 By the swords of the mighty I will overthrow
thy multitude : all these nations are invincible : and
they shall waste the pride of Egypt; and the multi-
tude thereof shall be destroyed.

13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof, that
were beside the great waters : and the loot of man
shall trouble them no more ; neither shall the hoof
of beasts trouble them.

14 Then will I make their waters clear, and
cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God :

15 When I shall have made the land of Egypt
desolate: and the land shall be destitute of her
fulness; when 1 shall have struck all the inhabit-
ants thereof: and they shall know that I am the
Lord.

16 This is the lamentation, and they shall lament
therewith : the daughters of the nations shall la-
ment therewith : for Egypt, and for the multitude
thereof they shall lament therewith, saith the Lord
God.

17 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in
the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the
Lord came to me, saying:

18 Son of man, sing a mournful song for the
multitude of Egypt: and cast her down, both her,
and the daughters of the mighty nations to the
lowest part of the earth, with them that go down
into the pit.

19 Whom dost thou excel in beauty? go down
and sleep with the uncircumcised.

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are
slain with the sword : the sword is given : they have
drawn her down, and all her people.

21 The most mighty among the strong ones
shall speak to him from the midst of hell ; they that
went down with bis helpers, and slept uncircum-
cised, slain by the sword.

22 Assur is there, and all his multitude : their
graves are round about him, all of them slain, and
that fell by the sword.

23 Whose graves are set in the lowest parts of
the pit: and his multitude lay round about his
grave : all of them slain, and fallen by the sword,
they that heretofore spread terror in the land of the
living.

24 There is Elam and all his multitude round
about his grave, all of them slain, and falling by the
sword : that went down uncircumcised to the low-
est parts of the earth : that caused their terror in
the land of the living, and they have borne their
shame with them that go down into the pit.

25 In the midst of the slain they have set him a
bed among all his people : their graves are round
about him: all these are 'uicircumcised, and slain

677

EZECHIEL.

by the sword: for they spread their terror intra
laud of the living, and have borne their shame with
then thai descend into the pit : they an laid in the

midst of the >l 'in. ■

riiere i> Mosoeh, -iik] Tliubal, and ;ill llieii
multitude : their graves are ruuud about bin : 'ill of
then uucircumcised and slain, ami falling by the
•word : though they spread their terror in the land
i>f (lie li\ ins,.

\ml they sliall nut sleep with the brave, ami
with then that fell uncrrcuincjsed, thai went down
In hell with their weapons, and laid lluir swords
under their heads, and (heir iniquities Were in their
Ikiiics : becaUM tins were the tenor of the mighty
in the land of the living.

So thou also shalt be broken in the midst of

the uncirciimciscd, and shall sleep with them that
are plain by the sword.

29 There i> I'.diim, and her kings, and all her
princes, who with their army are joined with them
that an- shin hv tin; sword; and have slept with
the uucircumcised, and with them that go down
into the pit.

30 There are all the princes of the north, and
all the hunters; who wire brought down with the
slain, Tearing, and confounded in their strength:
who slept uncircuncised with them that are slain
by the sword, and have lioriie their shame with
then that go down into the pit.

.;i Pharao saw them and he was comforted
eoneerning all his multitude, which was slain hv
the sword : Pharao, and all his army, saith tin
Lord (Jod :

Because I have spread my terror in the land
of the living; and he hath slept in the midst of the
uncircuncised with them that are slain hv the
sword : Pharao and all his multitude, saith the
Lord CJod.

CHAP. XXXIII.

'J'kt duty of the initi luiiiin appointed hy (lod : the justice qf
d'o/'j traus : his judgment* upon the Jews.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying :
2 Son of nan, speak to the children of thy
people, and say to them : When I bring the sword
upon a land, if the people of (he land lake a man,
one of their meanest, and maker him a watchman
over them :

3 And be see the sword coning upon the land,
and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:

4 Then hi that heareth the sound of the trumpet.
whosoever In 1 be, and doth not look to himself, if
the sword come, and CU1 him oil': his blood shall
lie upon his ow n head.

6 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did
not look to himself: his blood shall lie upon him:
hut if he look to himself, he shall sa\e his life

• \nd it the Watchman see the SWOrd coming,
runnel

not to themselves, and the sword come, and cut otT

and sound not the trumpet ; and the people loo

a soul from among them : he indeed is taken awaj
in his iniquity : hut I will require his blood at the
hand of the watchman.

7 So thou, O son of man. I have made thee a

6-.U

watchman to the house of Israel: therefore thou
shalt hear the word from my month, and shall U II
it them from me.

When I say to the wicked: O wicked man,
thou shall surely die : if thou dost not K|>eak to w..ru
the wicked man from his way, that wicked man
shall die in his iniquity: hut I will require his
lilood at thy hand.

9 I5ut if thou tell the wicked man, that he may-
be converted from his wa\s, and he he not cou-
rt i ted from his ways; he shall die in his iuiquiu :
hut ihou has! delivered lliy soul.

10 Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the

house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saymg: Our

iniquities, and our sins are upon us, and we pine
away in them: how then can we liv<

1 i Say to them: As I five, saith the Lord God,
I desire not the death of the wicked, hut that the
wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn pre,
turn ve from your evil w a v s : and why will you
die, house Of Lrael.

IJ Thou therefore. O son of man. say to the

children of thy people: The justice of the just shall
not deliver him, in what day soever he shall sin:
and the wickedness of the wicked sliall not hurt
him, in w hat day soever he shall turn from his w ick-
cdness : and the just shall not be able to live in his
justice, in what day soever he sliall sin.

13 Yea. if I shall say tothc just thai he shall surely
live, and he, trusting in his justice, commit iniquity ;
all his justices shall he forgotten; and in his iniquity,
which he hath committed, in the same shall he die.

14 And if 1 sliall say to the wicked; Thou shall
surely die; and he do penance for his sin, and do
judgment and justice,

15 And if thai wicked man restore the pledge,
and render what he had robbed, a ml walk in the
commandments of life, and do no unjust thing; he
shall surely live, and shall not die.

16 None of his sins, which he hath committed,
shall he imputed to him : he hath done judgment
and justice : he shall surely live.

17 And the children oil hy people have said : The
way of the Lord is not equitable : whereas their own
way is unjust.

18 For when the just shall depart from his justice,
and commit iniquities; he shall die in them.

19 And when the wicked shall depart from his
wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice,
he shall live in them.

20 And von say: The way of the Lord is not
right: I will judge every one of you according to
his ways, ( ) house of Israel.

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our
Captivity, in the tenth month, ill the fifth day of the
month, that there came to me one that was lied from
Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.

22 And the hand of tin- Lord had been upon me
in the evening, before he that was tied came: ami
he Opened ny mouth till he came to me in the iiunii-
ng! and my mouth being opened I was silent no

more.

\ml the word of the Lot d came to me, saying*

CHAP. XXXIV.

24 Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous
places, in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham
was one, and he inherited the land: but we are
many, the land is given us in possession.

25 Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord
Cod: You that eat with the blood, and lift up your
eyes to your uncleanncsses, and that shed blood ;
shall you possess the land by inheritance?

26 You stood on your swords ; you have com-
mitted abominations ; and every one hath defiled
his neighbour's wife : and shall you possess the
land by inheritance ?

27 Say thou thus to them : Thus saith the Lord
God : As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places,
shall fall by the sword : and he that is in the
field shall be given to the beasts to be devoured ;
and they that are in holds and caves, shall die of
the pestilence.

28 And I will make the land a wilderness, and a
desert ; and the proud strength thereof shall fail :
and the mountains of Israel shall he desolate; be-
cause there is none to pass by them.

29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when
I shall have made their land waste and desolate, for
all their abominations which they have committed.

30 And thou, son of man, the children of thy
people, that talk of thee by the walls, and in the
doors of the houses, and speak one to another each
man to his neighbour, saying: Come, and let us
hear what is the word that cometh forth from the
Lord.

31 And they oome to thee, as if a people were
coming in : and my people sit before thee, and hear
thy words, and do them not : for they turn them
into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth af-
ter their covetousness.

32 And thou art to them as a musical song which
is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they
hear thy words, and do them not.

33 And [when that which was foretold shall come
to pass, (for behold, it is coming,) then shall they
know that a prophet hath been among them.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Evil pastors are reproved : Christ the trite pastor shall come,
and gather together his Jlock from all parts of the earth, and
preserve it for ever.

AND the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Son of man, prophesy concerning the shep-
herds* «f Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds:
Thus saith the Lord God: Wo to the shepherds
of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks
be fed by the shepherds ?

3 You ate the milk; and yon clothed yourselves
with the wool; and you killed that which was fat:
but my flock you did not feed.

4 The weak you have not strengthened ; and that
which was sick you have not healed : that which was
broken you have not bound up; and that which was
driven away you have not brought again; neither
have you sought that which was lost: but you ruled
over them with rigour, and with a high hand.

* Shef>kerda. That is, princes, magistrates, chief priests, and scribes.

5 And my sheep were scattered, because there
was no shepherd : and they became the prey of all
the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

6 My sheep have wandered in every mountain,
and in every high hill: and my flocks were scattered
upon the face of the earth: and there was none that
sought them; there was none, 1 say, that sought
them.

7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the
Lord:

8 As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my
flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are be-
come a prey to all the beasts of the field, because
there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not
seek after my flock: but the shepherds fed them-
selves^ and fed not my flocks:

9 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the
Lord :

10 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I myself
come upon the shepherds. I will require my flock
at their hand ; and 1 will cause them to cease from
feeding the flock any more; neither shall the shep-
herds feed themselves any more: and I will deli-
ver my flock from their mouth; and it shall no more
be meat for therm

11 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I my-
self will seek my sheep, and will visit them.

12 As the shepherd visiteth his flock, in the (\ny
when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were
scattered; so will I visit mv sheep, and will deliver
them out of all the places where they have been scat-
tered in the cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the peoples,
and will gather them out of the countries, and will
bring them to their own land: and I will fee(\ them
in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all
the habitations of the land :

14 I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures;
and their pastures shall be in the high mountains ot
Israel: there shall they rest on the green grass, and
be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of Israel.

151 will feed my sheep : and I will cause them to
lie down, saith the Lord God.

16 I will seek that which was lost: and that
which was driven away, I will bring again: and I
will bind up that which was broken: and I will
strengthen that which was weak, and that which
was fat and strong I will preserve: and I will feed
them in judgment.

17 And as for yon, O my flocks, thus saith the
Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and
cattle, of rams, and of he-goats.

18 Was it not enough for you to feed upon good
pastures? but you must also tread down with your
feet the residue of your pastures: and when you
drank the clearest water, you troubled the rest with
your feet.

19 And my sheep were fed with that which you
had trodden with your feet: and they drank what
your feet had troubled.

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you .
Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle
and the lean.

679

LZ1XHIEL.

Jl Because you thrusted with sides and shoul-
Arrs, ;iiid struck all tiif weak cattle with your hums,
till the) altered abroad :

22 I will save tnv Bock ; ami it shall In- no more

nil; and I will jiidse U'lvv ecu cattle and cattle.

\m> I u 11.1. >t.i i .r u\k Muriinui) ovik

them: ami he shall feed them, even mv servant

David :* he shall feed tin in, and he shall he their

sin pherd.

JV Ami I the Lord will l>o their God: and my
servant David the prince in the midst of them: I
the Lord have spokea //.

\nil I will make a covenant of peace wit h
them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of
the laud: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall
sleep secure in the forests*

Jo Ami I will make them a blessing roundabout
mv hill: and I will send down the rain in iis season:
there shall Ik- showers of blessing.

sod the tree of the field shall yield its fruit:
and the earth shall v ield her increase; and they shall
he in their land without fear: and they shall know
that I am the Lord, when I shall have broken the
bonds of choir yoke, and shall have delivered them

out of the hand of those that rule over them.

Vud thev shall be no more for a spoil to the
nations: neither shall the beasts of the earth devout
them: but they shall dwell securely without any
terror.

29 And I will raise up for them a bud of renown :+
and thev shall be no more consumed with famine
in the land, neither shall they bear any more die
reproach of the Gentiles.

30 And they shall know that I the Lord their
God am with them, and tliat they are inypeoplethe
house of Israel ; sailh the Lord God.

31 And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture
are men : and 1 am the Lord your God, sailh the
Lord God.

CHAP. XXXV.

The judgment nf mount Stir, for their hatred of Israel.

A XI) the word of the Lord came to me, saving:
. Son of man. set thy face against mount
S. ir. and prophesy concerning it. and say to it :

3 l'hus sail lithe Lord God: Behold, I come against
thee, mount Si ir : and I will Stretch forth my hand
upon thee ; and I will make thee desolate and w aste.

V I will destroy thy cities: and thou shalt lie de-
solate: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

5 Because thou hast been an everlasting enemy,
and hast shut up the children of Israel in the hands
of the sword in the time of their afilictiou, in the
time of then last inimiity.

G Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I will
deliver thee up to blood : and blood shall pursue
thee: and whereas thou hast hated blood, blood
sh.dl pursue thee.

7 And I will make mount Seir waste and den
late: and I will take away from it him that gocth,
and him that returneth.

• IhmU. Chri«t, who M of the home of IH*id.

t.ltniV "MM Onrnrn n— ti m l am. Ha »oe»k» of Chrnt our

(,';0

8 And I will fill his mountains with his men tha
are slain : in tin bills, and in thy valleys, and in thy tor
rents, thev shall fall that are slain with the sword.

9 I will make thee everlasting desolations, and
thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shall
know thai I am the Lord God.

10 Because thou hast said : The two nations,
and the two lauds shall be mine: and I will posses*
them by inheritance 4 whereas the Lord was there

11 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord Gad, I will
do accord im: to thy w rath, and according to I hi envy,
which thou hast exercised m baited to them: and
1 will be made known by them, when I shall have
jinked thee.

12 And thou shalt know that I the Lord have
heard all thy reproaches that thou bast spoken
against the mountains of Israel : saving: They are

des ol at e; they are proa to us to consnsna.

13 And \ on rose up against me with your mouth,
and have derogated from me by your words : I have
heard i Ih in.

II Thus saith the Lord God : When the whole
earth shall rejoice. I will make thee ;i wilderness.

15 As thou hast rejoiced over the inheritance of
the house of Israel, because it was laid waste. s«,
will I do to thee : thou shall be laid w aste. ( ) mount
Seir. and all Iduniea : and they shall know that I
am the Lord.

CHAP. XXXVI.

The restoration of Israel, not far thrir merits, but by Cod'*
special grace. Christ's liiiptism.

AND thou son of man, prophesy to the moun-
tainsof Israel, and say : Ye
hear the word of the Lord

2 Thus saith the Lord God : Because the enemy
hath said of you : Aha, the everlasting heights are
given to us for an inheritance ;

3 Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the
Lord God : Because you have been doohite, and
trodden underfoot on every side, and made an inherit-
ance to the rest of the nations, and are become the
subject of the talk and the reproach of the people :

4 Therefore, ye mountainsof Israel, hear the word
of the Lord God : Thus saith the Lord God to the
mountains, and to the hills, to the biooks, and to the
valleys, and to desolate places, and ruinous walls,
and to the cities that are forsaken, that are spoiled,
and derided by the rest of the nations round about :

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the fire
of my Eeal I have spoken of the rest ol the nations,
and of all Kdom, w ho have taken mv land to them-
selves, for an inheritance with joy, and with all the
heart, and with the mind ; and have cast it out to
lay it waste.

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the laud of
Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the lulls, hi
the rid i:is, and to the valleys : Thus sailh the Lord
God : Behold. I have spoken in my zeal, and in my
indignation, because von have borne the shame of

the Gentiles.

l,oni, the Utottrtom bad "f Hm bOOM <>f Dsrid, nnuwiinl over all
the earth. See J t r tm ia xtxiii. 15.

Ye mountainsof Israel,

chap, xxxvu.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : I have
lifted up my hand, that the Gen lies who are round
about you, shall themselves bear their shame.

8 liiii as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot
ye forth your branehes, and yield your fruit to my
people of Israel : for they are at hand to come.

9 For lo, I am for you, and I will turn to you ;
and you shall be ploughed and sown.

10 And I will multiply men upon you, and all
the house of Israel : and the eities shall be inhabit-
ed ; and the ruinous places shall be repaired.

11 And I will make you abound with men and
with beasts : and they shall be multiplied, and in-
crease : and I will settle you as from the beginning,
and will give you greater sifts, than you had from
the beginning : and you shall know that I am the
Lord.

12 And I will bring men upon you, even my peo-
ple Israel: and they shall possess thee for their in-
heritance : and thou shaft be their inheritance, and
shaft no more henceforth be without them.

13 Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say
of you : Thou art a devourer of men, and one that
suffocate thy nation :

14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more,
nor destroy thy nationally more, saiih the Lord God :

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the
shame of the nations any more : nor shalt thou bear
the reproach of the people, nor lose thy nation any
more,* saith the Lord God :

16 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying :

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt
in their own land, they defiled it with their ways,
and with their doings : their way was before me
like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman.

13 And I poured out my indignation upon them
for the blood which they had shed upon the land :
and with their idols they defiled it.

19 And I scattered them among the nations, and
they are dispersed through the countries : I have
judged them according to their ways and their de-
vices.

20 And when they entered among the nations
whither they went, they profaned my holy name,
when it was said of them : This is the people of the
Lord ; and they are come forth out of his land.

21 And I have regarded my own holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the
nations to which they went in.

22 Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel :
Thus saith the Lord God : It is not for your sake
that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my
holy name's sake, which you have profaned among
the nations w hither you went.

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which
was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have
profaned in the midst of them : that the Gentiles
may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of
hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their
eyes.

24 For T will take you from among the Gentiles,

* Nor lose thy nation nnt/ more. This whole promise principally re-
lates to the church of Christ, and God's perpetual protection of her:

4 R

and will gather you together out of all the countries ,
and will bring you into your own land.

25 And I will pour upon you clean water, and
you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and 1
will cleanse you from all your idols.

26 And I will give you a new heart, and pur a
new spirit within you : and I will take away the
stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a
heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit in the midst of you
and I will cause you to walk in my commandments,
and to keep my judgments, and do them.

28 And you shall dwell in the land which I gave
to your fathers : and you shall be my people, and I
will be your God.

29 And I will save you from all your unclean
uesscs : and I will call for corn, and will multiply
it, and will lay no famine upon you.

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and
the increase of the field, that you bear no more the
reproach of famine among the nations.

31 And you shall remember your wicked ways,
and your doings that were not good : and your ini-
quities, and your wicked deeds shall displease 3011.

32 It is not for vour sakes that 1 will do this,
saith the Lord God, be it known to you : be con-
founded, and ashamed at your own ways, O house
of Israel.

33 Thus saith the Lord God : .In the day that I
shall cleanse you from all your iniquities, and shall
cause the cities to be inhabited, and shall repair the
ruinous places,

34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, which
before was waste in the sight of all that passed by,

35 They shall say : This land that teas untitled
is become as a garden of pleasure : and the cities that
were abandoned, and desolate, and destroyed, are
peopled and fenced.

36 And the nations, that shall be left round about
you, shall know that I the Lord have built up what
was destroyed, and planted what was desolate; that
I the Lord have spoken and done it.

37 Thus saith the Lord God : Moreover in this
shall the house of Israel find me, that I will do it
for them: I will multiply them as a flock of men,

38 As a holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in
her solemn feasts: so shall the waste cities be full of
flocks of men : and they shall know that I am the
Lord.

CHAP. XXXVII.

A vision of the resurrection of dry bones, foreshowing the r/c/t-
veravre of the people from thiir captivity. Judu ami Israel
shall be all one kingdom under Christ. God's everlasting
covenant with the church.

THE hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought
me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me
down in the midst of a plain that was full of bouts.

2 And he led me about through them 011 every
side: now they were very many upon the face of
the plain ; and they were exceeding dry.

3 And he said to me : Son of man, dost thou

for as to the carnal Jews, they have been removed out of their laud
these 1 600 years.

681

EZE< U1EL.

think these hones shall shall live ? And I answered:
O Lord God, thou know est.

4 And h«' said to me : Prophesy concerning these
liones ; and ftWj to them : Vi' dry Units, hw the
word of the Lord.

> I'hus saith the !,ord God to these bones : Be-
holil, I will lend spirit* into vou, and yon shall live.

6 And I "ill la\ sinews upon you, and will cause
flesh to grow over you, and will cover von with skin:
and I will ci\<' \ t . 1 1 spirit; and JTOU shall live, and
you shall know that I am the Lord.

7 And I prophesied as he had commanded me:
and as I prophesied there was a noise, and behold, a
commotion: and the bones cow together, each one
to its joint.

!! And I saw. and lx hold, the sinews and the
fleoh came up upon them : and the skin w as stretch-
ed out over them; but there was no spirit in them.

9 And he sai.l to me: Prophesy to the spirit,
prophesy . < ) son of man. and say to the spirit : Thai
saith the Lord God: Cone, spirit, from the four
winds, and blow upon these slain; and let them
live again.

10 And I prophesied as he had commanded me:
and the spirit came into them, and they lived : and
they stood up upon t heii l« i t.aiu \ccediug great ai my.

11 And M said to me: Son of man: All these
bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our
hones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we
are cut off.

IJ Therefore prophesy, and sav to them: Thus
saith the Lord Ciod : Behold, 1 w ill open your gnu es.
Bed will l> r i 1 1 ii von out of your sepulchres, O my peo-
ple: end will bring you into the lain! Of Israel.

13 And M»u shall know that I am the Lord,
when I shall hire opened your sepulchres, ami
sh ill have brought you out of your graves, O my
people :

I 1 And shall have put my spirit in you, and you
shall live, anil I shall make you rest upon your own
land: ami you shall know that I the Lord have
spoken, ami done it, saith the Lord God :

16 Ami i he word of the Lord came to me, say-
in-:

16 And thou, son of man, take thee a stick: and
write upon it: Of .luda. RIM of the children of Is-
rael bis associates: and take another stick, and
write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Lphraim.
and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.

17 And join them one to the other into one stick:
and thet shall become one in tin hand :

18 And when the children of thy people shall
speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what
thou meanest bf this p

19 Sav to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Be-
hold, I will lake the stick of Joseph, which is in
the hand of Lphraim. and the triltcs of Israel that
are associated with him: and I will put them toge-

• Hpiril ul. I.fp.anthrrath.

f Oof Ttli» n-Ainr, trln.h «ijiufir« kiJJnt or mrrrrW. it takm in
ttii* plaice, eitbrr fur tlic |vr»e<-iitnr» of Hi" e-lmrrh of Uod in p-m-r.il.
or mm •nli penerutor in particular' tucli a* Aul* l.rwt »l.*il be in

ther with the stick of .luda,and will make them oi»~
Stick : and they shall lie one in his hand.

\iul the sticks whereon thou hast w ritten shall
Im' in thy hand, before their I

J I And thou shall say to them: Thus saith the
Lord God: Behold. I will take the children of Is-
rael from the midst of the nations w hither they ait
gone: end I will gather I hem on ever) sale, ami w ill
bring them to their own land.

J- And I will make them one nation in the land
on the mountains of Israel : snd one hint shell Im- kini.
over them all: and they shall no more be two na-
tions; neither shall they be divided any more into
two kingdoms.

; Nor shall they lie defiled any ntore With their
idols, nor with their abominations, norw iih all their
iniquities: and I will save them out of all the plat v-i
in which they have shmed; and I will cleanse
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be
their God.

24 And my servant David shall be king over
them : and they shall haw one shepherd: they shall
walk in my judgments, and shall keep my com-
mandments, and shall do them.

25 Antl they shall dwell in the land which I gave
to my servant Jacob, wherein your lathers dwelt:
ami they shalldwcHin it,thc\ and their children, and
their children's children, fore\er: and David my
servant shall be their prince lor ever.

26 And I will make a covenant of peace with
them; it shall bean everlasting covenant with them:
and I will establish them, and w ill multiply them, and
will set my sanctuary in the midst Of* them for ever.

27 And niv tabernacle shall be with them: and
I will Im> their God: antl they shall be my people.

28 And the nations shall know that I am the
Lord, the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary
shall be in the midst of them for ever.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Gog tkaU prrtf cute the church in the latter dayi. He shall be
orerthrnwn.

\ ND the word of the Lord came to me, say iug :
* J Son of man, set thy face agaiasl Gojt.f the
land of Magog, t the chief prince of MotOCI and
Thuhal : and prophesy of him :

3 Antl say to him: Thus saith the Lord Gt>d :
Behold, I 0OSM against thee, () Gog, the chief print e
of Meeoch and Thuhal.

4 And I Will turn thee about, antl I w ill put a bit
in thy jaws; antl I will bring thee forth, and all thy
army, horses antl h orse m en all clothed with coats
of mail, a great multitude, armed with spears and
shields antl swords.

5 The Persians. Ethiopians; and Lybians with
(hem. all with shields and helmets.

6 Gomer, antl all his bands, the honse of Tho*

SJOrase, the northern parts anil all his Strength, and

many peoples with thi •••

tin- Ullrr day*. Srr .Ipotchfptr \ v \ vital iaaaidoT tli«- {tim-.lt

mrnt of (Joe-, h vrriAra hv the unhappv rttda of prrm-nlon.

Mawof SrWhiu ,n<! olha*

r *nrinn « "i ih i iur> ii ul t bri»l ongiiutlr aprung.

CHAP. XXXI X.

7 Prepare and make thyself ready, and all thy
multitude that is assembled about thee : and be thou
commander over them.

8 After many days thou shalt be visited: at the
end of years thou shalt come to the land that is
returned from the sword, and is gathered out of
many nations, to the mountains of Israel which have
been continually waste: but it hath been brought
forth out of the nations, and they shall all of them
dwell securely in it.

9 And thou shalt go up and come like a storm,
and like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all thy
bauds, and many people with thee.

10 Thus saith the Lord God: In that day projects
shall enter into thy heart; and thou shalt conceive a
mischievous design.

11 And thou shalt say : I will go up to the land
which is without a wall. I will come to them that
are at rest, and dwell securely: all these dwell with-
out a wall ; they have no bars nor gates:

12 To take spoils, and lay hold on the prey; to lay
thy hand upon them that had been wasted, and af-
terwards restored, and upon the people that is gather-
ed together out of the nations, which hath begun to
possess, and to dwell in the midst of the earth.

13 Saba, and Dedan, and the merchants of
Tharsis, and ail the lions thereof, shall say to thee :
Art thou come to take spoils? behold, thou hast ga-
thered thy multitude to take a prey, to take silver,
and gold, and to carry away goods and substance,
and to take rich spoils.

14 Therefore, thou son of man, pronhesy,and say
to Gog: Thus saith the Lord God: Shalt thou not
know, in that day, when my people of Israel shall
dwell securely ?

15 And thou shalt come out of thy place from the
northern parts, thou and many people with thee, all
of them riding upon horses, a great company and a
mighty army.

16 And thou shalt come upon mv people of Israel
like a cloud, to cover the earth. Thou shalt he in
the latter days, and I will bring thee upon my land :
that the nations may know me, when 1 shall be
sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 Thus saith the Lord God : Thou then art he,
of whom 1 have spoken in the days of old, by my
servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in
the days of those times that I would bring thee upon
them.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, in the
day of the coming of Gog upon the land of Israel,
saith the Lord God, that my indignation shall come
up in my wrath.

19 And I have spoken in my zeal, and in the fire
of my anger, that in that day there shall be a great
commotion upon the land of Israel:

20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of
the air, and the beasts of the field, and every creep-
iiv^tliing that creepeth upon the ground, and all men

that are upon the face of the earth, shall be moved
at my presence : and the mountains shall be thrown
down ; and the hedges shall fall ; and every wall
shall fall to the ground.

21 And I will call in the sword against him in
all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's
sword shall be pointed against his brother.

22 And I will judge him with pestilence, and
with blood, and with violent rain, and vast hail-
stones : I will rain fire and brimstone upon him, and
upon his army, and upon the many nations that are
with him.

23 And I wjll be magnified, and I will he sanc-
tified : and I will be known in the eyes of many na-
tions: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

CHAP. XXXIX.

God's judgments upon (log;. God's people were punished for
their sins : but find I be favoured with everlasting kindnesf.

A ND thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog,
**■ and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, 1
come against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Mo-
soeh and Thubal.

2 And I will turn thee round ; and I will lead
thee out, and will make thee go up from the north-
ern parts; and will bring thee upon the mountains
of Israel.

3 And I will hreak thy how in thy left hand : and
I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel,
thou and all thy bands, and thy nations that are with
thee. I have given thee to the wild beasts, to the
birds, and to every fowl, and to the beasts of the
earth to be devoured.

5 Thou shalt fall upon the face of the field: for I
have spoken it. saith the Lord God.

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them
that dwell confidently in the islands : and they shall
know that I am the Lord.

7 And I will* make my holy name known in the
midst of my people Israel ; and my holy name shall
be profaned no more : and the gentiles shall know
that I am the Lord, the holy One of Israel.

8 Behold, it conieth, and it is done, saith the
Lord God : this is the day whereof I have spoken.

9 And the inhabitants shall go forth of the cities
of Israel, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons,
the shields, and the spears, the hows, and the arrows,
and the handstaves, and the pikes: and they shall
burn them with fire seven years.

10 And they shall not bring wood out of the
countries, nor cut down out of the forests : for they
shall burn the weapons with fire, and shall make a
prey of them to whom they had been a prey; and
they shall rob those that robbed them, saith the
Lord God.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that 1
will give Gog a noted place for a sepulchre in Israel:
the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea,
which shall cause astonishment in them that pass
by : and there shall they bury Gog, and all his mul-
titude: and it shall be called the valley of the mul-
titude of Cos.

12 And the house of Israel shall bury them for
seven months to cleanse the land

13 And all the people of the land shall bury him :

and it shall be unto them a noted day, wherein I

was glorified, saith the Lord God.

683

r:zi:( inn,.

14 And they ihall ;i| point mm to go continually
about the land. i<i bury and to seek out them thai
•pen remaining ni ,, "i the facte of tin- earth, tint Ihei

BMl cleanse ii : and after seven uioiit l)> they shall
begin to seek.

15 And they shall go abort pitting 1 1» r*>n i^li the

land , and when tin' > shall see the hone of a man,
they shall Ml up a s'igu by it, till tin- bu.icrs bfUJ
t in the valjev of the multitude of Gog.

Ifi And the name of the i itv shall be. Amnna :
ami tin v shall cleanse the land.

17 And thou, O son of man, saith the Lord God,
Bnj in e\i r\ fowl, and to all the hirds, and to all
the In-asts of the field: Assemble yourselves; make

baste; oome together from even- aide to my victim,
which I sfavj foryou, a gnat victim noon the moun-
tains i,i Israel : to eat flesh and drink blood.

18 Vou shall eat the llesh of the mighty, and you

shall drink the blood of the urinces of the earth : of
rams, mid of lamhs, and of he-goats, and bullocks,
ami of all that are well fed and fat.

19 And >oii shall tat the fat till you be full \ and
shall drink Mood till you be drunk of the victim
which I shall slay for you.

'JO Vndyoti shall be filled at my table with horses,
and mighty horsemen, and all the men of war, saith
the Lord God.

J I And I will set my glory among the nations:
and all nations shall see my judgment that I have
executed, and my hand that I have laid upon
them.

22 And the house of Israel shall know that I
am the Lord their God from that day and for-
ward.

23 And the nations shall know that the house of
Israel n en made captives for their iniquity, because
they forsook me, and I hid my face from them: aud
I delivered them into the hands of their enemies;
and they fell all !>\ the sword.

J V I have dealt with them according to their un-
deanness and wickedness, and hid my face from
them.

25 Therefore thus saith God: Now will 1 bring
haek the capiivitv of Jacob, end will bare mercy on
all the house of Israel: aud I will be jealous for m \
holy name.

K And they shall bear their confusion, and all
the transgressions wherewith they have transgress, d
against me, when they shall dwell in their laud se-
curely, fearing ao man :

\iid I shall have brought them haek from
among the nations, and shall hare gathered them
together out of the lands of their enemies, and shall
lie sanctified in them, in the sight of man] na-
tions.

\nd they shall know that I am the Lord
their God, became I have caused them to l>e car-
ried assay among the nations ; and I have gathered
thrm together unto their own laud, and bare not

left any of them there.

tB And I will hide m\ face no more from them:

for I have pound out tin spirit upon all the house

of Israel, saith the Lord ( kid.

( HAP. XL.

The prophet aret in a ritiim the rrhtiilding of lie temple : tht

dimension* itj -n mil pari* thereof .
|"N the live and twentieth year of our captivity, in
•*■ the beginning of the year, the tenth dag of the
month, the fourteenth year afier the eit\ was de-
stroyed : in the Selfsame dajl the hand of tin Lord
was upon me, and he brought DM thither.

2 In the visions of (iod he brought mc into (In-
land of Isiael. and set me upon a fen high moun-
tain : upon which there was as the budding of a
city, bending towards the south :

3 And he brought me in thither: and behold, a
man, whose appearance was like the appearance of
brass, with a line of llax in his hand, and a measur-
ing reed in his hand : and he stood in the gate.

I And this man said to me: Son of man, s, ■■
with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, and set thy
heart upon all that I shall show ihee: for thou art
brought hither that they may be shown to thee : de-
clare all that thou seeal to tin- house of Israel.

5 And behold, there WOt a wall on the outside of
the house round about; and in the man's hand a
measuring reed of six cubits and a hand-breadth :
and be measured the breadth of the building one
reed, and the height one reed.

6 And he came to the gate that looked tow aid the
east, and he went up the steps thereof: and he
measured the breadth of the threshold of the gate
one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed broad :

7 And every little chamber teas one reed long,
and one reed broad : aud between the little cham-
bers were five cubits :

8 And the threshold of the gate by the porch ol
the gate \\ it bin, was one reed.

9 And he measured the porch of the gate eight m-
bits, and the front thereof two cubits : aud the porch
of the gate was inward.

10 And tin- little chambers of the gate that look
ed eastward trrre three on this side, and three on
that side : all three were of one measure, and the
fronts of one measure, on l>oth parts.

II Aud he measured the breadth of the thres-
hold of the gate ten cubits : and the length of the
gate thirteen cubits.

12 And the border before the little chambers one
cubit : and one cubit was the border on both sides :
and the little chambers were six cubits on this side
and that side.

13 And he measured the gate from the roof of
one little chamber to the roof of another, in breadth
live and twenty cubits; door against door.

IV He made also fronts of six tj cubits: and to tin
front the court of the gate on every side round about

15 And before the lace of the gate, w hich reach
ed even to the lace of the porch of the inner gate,
fifty cubits.

16 And slanting windows in the little chambers,
and in their fronts, w hich wen; within tin gate on
evety side round about : and in like manner there
w en- also in the porches windows round about w iih-
in. and before the fronts the representation of palm*
trees.

CHAP. XL.

17 And he brought mc info the outward-court :
and behold, tltere were chambers,* and a pavement
of stone in the court round about: thirty chambers
encompassed the pavement.

18 And the pavement in the front of the gates
according to the length of the gates was lower.

19 And he measured the breadth from the face of
the lower gate to the front of the inner court with-
out, a hundred cubits to the east, and to the north.

20 lie measured also both the length and the
breadth of the gate of the outward court, which
looked northward.

21 And the little chambers thereof three on this
side, and three on that side : and the front thereof,
and the porch thereof according to the measure of
the former gate, fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.

22 And the windows thereof, and the porch, and
the gravings according to the measure of the gate
that looked to the east; and they went up to it by
seven steps ; and a porch was before it.

23 And the gate of the inner court was over-
against the gate of the north, and that of the east :
and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cu-
bits.

24 And he brought me out to the way of the
south, and behold, the gate that looked to the south:
and he measured the front thereof, and the porch
thereof according to the former measures ;

25 And the windows thereof, and the porches
round about, as the other windows : the length was
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and
a porch before the doors thereof : and there were
graven palm-trees, one on this side, and another on
that side in the front thereof.

27 And there was a gate of the inner court
towards the south : and he measured from gate to
gate towards the south, a hundred cubits.

28 And he brought me into the inner court at the
south gate : and he measured the gate according to
the former measures.

29 The little chamber thereof, and the front
thereof, and the porch thereof with the same mea-
sures : and the windows thereof, and the porch
thereof round about it was fifty cubits iu length, and
five and twenty cubits in breadth.

30 And the porch round about ions five and
twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 And the porch thereof to the outward court,
and the palm-trees thereof in the front : and there
were eight steps to go up to it.

32 And he brought me in into the innei court by
the way of the east : and he measured the gate ac-
coiding to the former measures.

3'J The little chamber thereof, and the front
thereof, and the porch thereof as before : and the
windows thereof, and the porches thereof round
about it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty
cubits broad.

* There were chambers. Gazophylaria, so called, because (he priests
and Lerites kept in thum the stores and vessels that belonged to the
temple.

34 And the porch thereof, that is, of the outward
court ; and the graven palm-trees in the front there-
of on this side and on that side : and the going up
thereof was by eight steps.

35 And he brought me into the gate that looked
to the north : and he measured according to the for-
mer measures.

36 The little chamber thereof, and the front there
of, and the porch thereof, and the windows thereol
round about it vms fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.

37 And the porch thereof looked to the outward
court: and the graving of palm-trees in the front
thereof was on this side and on that side and the
going up to it was by eight steps

38 And at every chamber was a door in the fore-
fronts of the gates: there they washed the holo-
caust.

39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables
on this side, and two tables on that side: that the
holocaust, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-of-
fering, might be slain thereon.

40 And on the outward side, which goeth up to
the entry of the gate that looketh toward the north,
were two tables : and at the other side before the
porch of the gate were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables
on that side : at the sides of the gate were eight ta-
bles, upon which they slew the victims.

42 And the four tables for the holocausts were
made of square stones ; one cubit and a half long,
and one cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high :
to lay the vessels upon : in which the holocaust and
the victim is slain.

43 And the borders of them were of one hand-
breadth, turned inwards round about : and upon the
tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 And without the inner gate icere the cham-
bers of the singing men in the inner court, which
was on the side of the gate that looketh to the north :
and their prospect was towards the south, one at the
side of the east gate, which looked toward the
north.

45 And he said to me: This chamber, which
looketh toward the south, shall be for the priests
that watch in the wards of the temple.

46 But the chamber that looketh towards the
north shall be for the priests that watch over the
ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Sadoc,
who among the sons of Levi come near to the Lord,
to minister to him.

47 And he measured the court a hundred cubits
long, and a hundred cubits Inoad four square : and
the altar that was before the face of the temple.

48 And he brought me into the port h of the tem-
ple : and he measured the porch five culms on this
side, and five cubits on that side; audi he breadth ol
the gate three cubits on this side, and three cubits
on that side.

49 And the length of the porch teas twenty cu-
bits, and the breadth eleven cubits : and there were
eight steps to go up to it. And there were pillars in
the fronts ; oncou this side, and another on thatside

6U5

CIIUV JEL1.

A description i\f the ti tuple, anil </ all the parts of it.

AND he brought me into the temple:* and he
measured the front >i\ cubits broad on
side, and vi\ cubits on that side, tin- breadth < ftbe
ta h n raarf fti

J \ud the breadth of the gate Was ten cubits :
and the sides of the gate five cubits on this side,
and five cubits na thai side : and In- me as ured the
length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twesjrj
cubits.

3 Thin going inward he me asu red the front of
the gate two .ui>it>< : and the gate six cubits; and
the breadth of the gate seven cubits.

4 And be measurrd tin- length thereof twenrj
*-ni»it>,. and the breadth twenty cubits, before the
face Of the temple : and he said to me : This is the
holy of holi

\nd he measured the wall of the house six
rnhits ; and tin- breadth of every side-cAoaaler four
cubits round shorn the house on every side.

\nd i he side-chamber^ one by another. t weir
twice thirty-three : and they bore outwards, drat
they might enter in through the wall of tin house in
the sides round about, to hold in, and not to tourli
the wall of the temple.

7 And there was a broad passage round about,

S,ntng up by winding stairs: and it led into the upper
ofi of the temple all round : therefore was the tem-
|>le br oa de r in the higher parts: and so from the
ower paits the) \\ < nt to tin- higher by the midst.

8 And I saw in the house the height round about,
tue foundations of the side-chambers which were
the measure of a reed the space of six cubits:

9 And the thickness <>| ihe trail for the side-
rhamber without, which was five cubits: and the

inner house w a- within the side-chambers of the

bom

1<> \nd between the chamber* was the breadth

of tWent) cubits round about the house on e» ei \ side.

1 1 And the door of die side-chambers was turned
tow ar d s the place of prayer : one d«a>r was toward
tin north, and another door «;is toward the south :
and the breadth of the place for prayer was five cu-
bit- round about.

12 Ami the building that was separate, and turned
to the way that looked toward the sea, waste*
vent) cubits broad: and the wall of the building,
liw cubits thick round about, and ninety cubits long.

l.i And he measured the length of the house, a
hundred cubits : and the separate building, and the
M ails thereof, a hundred cubits in length.

I I \ud the breadth before the race of the house.
and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred

cubits.

16 \nd he measurrd the length of the building
oust ii, which was se p ar a ted at the hack of

• TlttntfU. if lUwn '
prophet in a »i»ion, pafth

wmi lo he rtbaill : and partly, in ■ m%.tirml mt(, (<• t ) >•- -, intii.il

(,m;.l<- ..f Ii «l. ll„. rl.iir.li .if ( l.rl.t.

♦ Oar tj wmtlkmr, or —t over awa/fcrr : literally, tide <• <idt, or tUt
■fM «M«.

1 JhU Hi* inner Ihh wai witUn hV tUt-ehnm k t n •/ uV tun. Be

IY/.VS IIII.L.

it : ami the galleries mi both sides a hundred cubit*

and the inner temple, and tiie po rc hes ol the court.
It! The thresholds, and the oblique windows,
and the galleries round about on three sides, ovcr-
against the threshold of ever) one. and floored with
wood all round about : and the ground sjMM up lc
the windows; and the windowa W OT S shut over
the doois.

17 And even to the inner house, and without all
the wall round about within and without, b) mea-
sure.

18 And there were eherubims and poJoa-tn
wrought, so that a palm-tree was between a cherub
and a cherub : and every chcruli had two la< a >.

19 The face of a man was toward the palm-tree
on one side, and (he face of a lion was toward I lie
palm-tree on the Other side : set forth through all
i he house round about.

-'It lioni the mound even to the upper parts of
the gate, were clu rubiuis and palm-tries wrought
ill (he wall of the temple.

21 The threshold was four-squ ire ]> and (he face
of the sanctuary, sight insight.

22 The altar ol wood was three cubits high ;
and (he length thereof was rvt cubits : and the <or-
ners thereof, and the length thereof and (he walls
thereof, were ol wood. And he said to me : 'ibis
is the talilc before the Lord.

J.'- And there were two doors in the temple, and
in the sanctuary.

..' i And iii the two doors on l>oth sides were two
little doors, which were folded within each othci ■
lor there were two wickets on both sides of the

(tools.

25 And there were chcrubims also wrought in
the douis of tie (< nple, and the flames ol palm-
incs. like as were made on the walls : lor which
cause also (he planks were thicker in the front ol the
pi ii h wit b oa t .

J(! I pou which were the oblique windows, and
the representation of palui-liceson this side and on
that side in (he sides of the porch ; according lo the
sides of the house, and the breadth of the Wall*.

I II IP. XLII.

.4 description nf the enurtt, thamln rt, ami other placrs belong
iiiff in the templi .

AND he brought me forth into the outward court,
b. (he way that leaihth to the north : and he
brought die into the chamber that was OVetHMtatUSt

the separate building, and over-againet the house
toward the north.

J In (he foce of the north door was (he length of
a hundred cubits : and the breadth ol fifty cubits.

3 O v e r Ogaiutt the twent) cubitt of the inner
court, and over-agninst the pavement, of the out*
ward court that was paved with stone, where ten
"a. a gallery joined to a triple gallery.

■fa ,!1

ni were in I lie very «
;il».i hi
it I lir tbickMMOl lli<' wall fur the (Kkyehamben

!i il uf III.- wall without : II !v five

•■ the un

rilhiU.

I 7V flrrrUeM mm ft m-immer. T»i a i«, ll<<
/onrwiwri, ami to placed •» to amwer Uie gmte

iplr trt,

Wltlll*.

chap, xi.in.

4 And before the chambewwtts a walk ten cubits
broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one
cubit. And their doors were toward the north :

5 Where Werethestorc chambers lowcrabove ; be-
cause they bore tip the galleries, which appeared
above out of them from the lower parts, and from
the midst of the building.

6 For they were of three stories, and had not
pillars, as the pillars of the courts : therefore did
they appear above out of the lower places, and out
of the middle places, fifty cubits from the ground.

7 And the outward wall that went about by the
chambers, which were towards the outward court
on the forepart of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

8 For the length of the chambers of the outward
court was fifty cubits : and the length before the
face of the temple, a hundred cubits.

9 And there was under these chambers, an en-
trance from the east, for them that went into them
out of the outward court.

10 In the breadth ofthe outward wall of thecourt that
was toward the east, over-against the separate build-
ing, and there were chambers before the building.

1 1 And the way before them was like the cham-
bers which were toward the north : they were as
ioug as they, and as broad as they : and all the
going into them, and their fashions, and their doors
were alike.

12 According to the doors of the chambers that
were toward the south ; there was a door in the
head ofthe way, which way was before the porch,
separated toward the east as one entereth in.

13 And he said to me: The chambers of the
north, and the chambers of the south, which are
before the separate building ; they are holy cham-
bers, in which the priests shall eat, that approach
to the Lord into the holy of holies : there shall they
lay the most holy things, and the offering for sin,
and for trespass : for it is a holy place.

14 And when the priests shall have entered in,
they shall not go out of the holy places into the
outward court: but there they shall lay their vest-
ments, wherein they minister ; for they are holy :
and they shall put on other garments ; and they shall
go forth to the people.

15 Now when he had made an end of measur-
ing the inner house, he brought me out by the way
of the gate that looked toward the east : and he
measured it on every side round about.

16 And he measured toward the east with the
measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the mea-
suring reed round about.

17 And he measured toward the north five hun-
dred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

18 And toward the south he measured five hun-
dred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

19 And toward the west he measured five hun-
dred reeds, with the measuring reed.

20 By the four winds he measured the wall
thereof on every side round about, five hundred
cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, making
a reparation between the sanctuary and the place
of the people.

CHAP. XLI1I.

The glory qf God returns to the neto temple- The Israelites
ahull no more profane Hod's name 6jf idolatry ; Ihv prophet
i» commanded to show them the dimensions, and form of tht
temple, aiul of lite altar, with the sacrifices to be offered

there>m.

\ ND he brought me to the gate that looked to-
■* •*■ wards the east.

2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel
came in by the way of the east : and his voice was
like the noise of many waters : and the earth shone
with his majesty.

3 And 1 saw the vision according to the appear-
ance which I had seen when he came to destroy
the city : and the appearance was according to the
vision which I had seen by the river Chobar : and
1 fell upon my face.

4 And the majesty ofthe Lord went into the tem-
ple by the way of the gate that looked to the east.

5 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me
into the inner court : and behold, the house was
filled with the glory of the Lord.

6 And I heard one speaking to me out of the
house: and the man that stood by me,

7 Said to me : Son of man, the place of my
throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where
I dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for
ever : and the house of Israel shall no more pro-
fane my holy name, they and their kings by theii
fornications, and by the carcasses of their kings,
and by the high places.

8 They who have set their threshold by my
threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there
was but a wall between me and them : and they
profaned my holy name by the abominations which
they committed : for which reason I consumed
them in my wrath.

9 Now therefore let them put away their forni-
cations, and the carcasses of their kings far from
me : and I will dwell in the midst of them for cvt r.

10 But thou, son of man, show to the house of
Israel the temple ; and let them be ashamed of their
iniquities; and let them measure the building,

11 And be ashamed of all that they hau' done.
Show them the form of the house, and of the
fashion thereof, the goings out, and the coinings in,
and the whole plan thereof, and all its ordinances,
and all its order, and all its laws: and thou shalt
write it in their sight ; that they may keep the whole
form thereof, and its ordinances, and do them.

12 This is the law of the house upon the top of
the mountain : All its border round about is most
holy : this then is the law of the house.

13 And these are the measures o! me altar by
the truest cubit, which is a cubit and a hand-breadth
the bottom thereof was a cubit, and the breadth r
cubit: and the border thereof unto its edge, ana
round about, one hand-breadth : and this was the
trench of the altar.

14 And from the bottom of the ground to the
lowest brim two cubits, and the breadth of one en-
bit : and from the lesser brim to the greater brim
four cubits, and the breadth of one cubit.

6JJ7

I./.! I MEL.

15 Am! the Ariel* itself w is four cubits: and
from the Ariel upward were lour born*

16 And the Am I was twelve cubits long, ami
twelve cubits broad, foursquare \\iili equal sides.

17 And the brim m lourteen cubits long, and
fourteen cubits broad in the four corners thereof:

ami the crown round about it was half a i ubi(. and
the bot t om of it one cubit round about: and its
slips turned toward the east.

18 And lie said to me : Son of man, thus saith

the Lord God: These are the ceremoawa of the

altar, in what day Merer it shall be made: thai
holocaust! may be offered U|K)ii it, and blood
Jioured out.

19 And thou shalt give to the priests, and the
1. exiles, that are ol the race of Sadoc, who ap-
proach to me, saith the Lord liod,lo offer lo me a
calf of the herd for sin.

J<> And thou shah take of his blood, and shall
put it upon the four horns thereof, and upon the
four corners of the brim, and u|>on the crown round
about : and thou shah cleanse, and expiate it.

21 And thou shalt take tin; calf, that is offered
f*>i sin : and thou shalt burn him in a separate place
of the house without the sanctuary.

22 And in the second day thou shalt offer a he-
goat without blemish for sin: and they shall ex-
piate the altar, as they expiated it with the calf.

J I And w Inn thou shall have made an end of the
expiation thereof, thou shall Otter a calf of the herd
without blemish, and a ram of the dock without
blemish.

24 And thou shalt offer them in the sight of the
Lord : and the pin-sts shall put salt upon (hem, and
shall offer them a holocaust to the Lord.

25 Seven days shalt thou offer a he-goat for sin
daily : they shall offer also a calf of (he herd, and a
run of the Sock Without blemish.

S veu da\s shall they expiate the altar, and
shall i leaiise ii : ami ihev shall consecrate it.f

27 And ihedaysbeillg expired, on the eighth day
and (heme forward, the priests shall offer your
holocausts upottlhe altar, ami ihe peace offerings:
and I will be pacified low aids you, saiih tlie Lord
Clod.

CHAP. XLIV.

The runt fatr nf thr sum tinny shall lir alinim. that. Thr tin-
i in iimrisrd shall mil nilii inln llir sum linirs; ; nor Ihe l*-
ritrs thnl hnrr frrrrii iilult : Imt Ihr ttsnt nf Stsdoc shall tin tin
pricitly functions, trhn sIikh! lirm in Ihr worst of limrg.

AM) he brought me b.icktolhc way of the gate
of the outward sanctuary, which looked to-
wards the east: and i( was shut.

2 And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be
Hint : it shall not U' opened; and no man shall pass
tl, rough it ; because the Lord the God of Israel
hath entered in by it : and it shall lie shut

3 For the prince. The prime himself shall sit

in it, to eat bread before the Lord : he shall enter in

* Tht JtritL Thai i«, I lie altar it«rlf. or rather tlw lnrli.«l pari of
41. upon which Ihr l>iirnl-oScrinjr» »• rr bud. In the Hebrew il i-
Hani, that u, Iht mm i ltn of Corf, bat In the (otto* tug verse ILarul

by tin- vvav of l he porch of the gate, and shall go
out by the same vva> .

4 And he brought me by the way of the north
eale in the sight of the house : and I saw, and be-
hold, ihe glory of the Lord filled the house ol the
I, oid : ami I fell on mv I

6 And the Lord said to me: Son of man, attend
with tin heart, and behold with ihy eves, mid bear
w ith thy t ars all that I say to (bee concerning all
the ceremonies of the house of the Lord, ami con-
cerning all the laws thereof: and mark well the
vvavs o| the temple, w ilh all the goings out ol the
sanctuary.

6 And thou shalt say to the house of Israel that
provokeih me : Thus sail h the Lord CJod : Let atl
vour wicked doings suffice yott, house of Israel :

7 In that vou have brought in strangers uni ir-
cumeised in heart, and uncirt umcised in flesh, it
be in my sanctuary, and lo defile my house: ami

um oiler mv bread, the fat, and the blood: and you

have broken mv cov euant by all v our wicked doings.

8 Ami you have not kept ihe ordinances of mv
sanctuary: but you have set keepers of no charge

iu my sanctuary lor yourselves.

9 Thussaiih the Lord (iod: No stranger um ir-
cumcised in heart, and uncircunieised in llesh, shall
enter into my sanctuary, no stranger that is in the
midst of the childien of Israel.

10 Moreover theLevttes that went away far from
me, w hen the children of Israel went astray, and
have wandered from me after their idols, and have
Ivorne their iniquity :

1 1 They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and
door-keepers of ihe gales of the house, and minis-

lterstothehou.se: they shall slay the holocausts.
and the victims of the people : ami they shall stand
in their sight, to minister to them.

12 Because they ministered to t In m before il.< ir
idols, and were a stumbling-block of iniquilv to the
house of Israel : therefore hav e I Idled up my \r.t\n]
against them, saith the Lord God: and lluv shall
bear their iniquity :

13 And they shall not come near to me, to do
theoiliceof priesl lo me: neiiht rshall ihev eoinencar
lo auv of mv holv things that are hv the holy ol
holies: hut ihev slmll bear (heir shame, and llicii
w ii kednesses vv huh (hey have Committed.

14 And I will make iluni door-keepers of the
bouse, for all the service thereof, and foi all tli.it
shall be done therein.

lo lint the priests, and Levites, the snnsof Sadoc.

who kept the ce r e mo ni e s of my sanctuary, when
the children of Israel went astray from me, they
•hall come near tome, to minister to me: and they

shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the
blood, saith the Lord God.

1G They shall enter into my sanctuary, ami
ihev shall come near to mv (able, to minister unto
me, and to keep my eereiiioni- S.

Ihat ii. thr lion tf G»4: a furnrr, from lis rntMnnMkf, and a* it \
■Ii tiin-iiiir thr .acriltrrs. a» a Ih>o oVsoam i

t Ctmsrcrmtt it. Literally, fill its ksmd, that is. dedicate and apph il
lobolv service.

CHAP. XLV.

17 And when they shall enter in at the gates of
the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen gar-
ments : neither shall any woollen come upon them,
when they minister in the gates of the inner court
and within.

1 8 They shall have linen mitres on their heads,
and linen breeches on their loins: and they shall
not be girded with any thing that causeth sweat.

19 And when they shall go forth to the outward
court to the people, they shall put off their garments
wherein they ministered, and lay them up in the
store-chamber of the sanctuary: and they shall
clothe themselves with other garments: and they
shall not sanctify the people with their vestments.*

20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear
lonj{ hair: but they shall only poll their heads.

21 And no priest shall drink wine when he is to
go into the inner court.

22 Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor
one that is divorced: but they shall take virgins of
the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take
a widow also, that is the widow of a priest.

23 And they shall teach my people the difference
between holy and profane, and show them how to
discern between clean and unclean.

24 And yvhen there shall be a controversy, they
shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they
shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my
solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths.

25 And they shall come near no dead person,
lest they be defiled ; only their father and mother,
and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that
hath not had another husband ; for whom they may
become unclean.

26 And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon
unto him seven days.

27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary
to the inner court, to minister unto me in the sanc-
tuary, he shall offer for his sin, saith the Lord
God.

28 And they shall have no inheritance: I am
their inheritance : neither shall you give them any
possession in Israel; for lam their possession.

29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for
trespass: and every vowed thing in Israel shall be
theirs.

30 And the first-fruits of all the first-born, and
all the libations of all things that are offered, shall
be the priests': and you shall give the first-fruits of
your meats to the priest, that he may return a bless-
ing upon thy house.

31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is
dead of itself, or caught by a beast, whether it be
fowl or cattle.

CHAP. XLV.

Portions of land for the sanctuary, for the city and for the
prince. Ordinances for the prince.

\ ND when you shall begin to divide the land by
-£*- lot, separate ye first-fruits to the Lord, a por-
tion of the land to be holy, in length twenty-five

* SUall not sanctify the people with their vestments. By exposing them
to the danger of touching the sacred vestments, which none were to
♦.ouch but they that wire wtnntified.

thousand,! and in breadth ten thousand : it shall be
holy in all the borders thereof round about.

2 And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side
five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about:
and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

3 And with this measure thou shalt measure the
length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth
of ten thousand : and in it shall be the temple, and
the holy of holies.

4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the
prieststhe ministersof the sanctuary, who come near
to the ministry of the Lord: and it shall be a place for
their houses, and for the holy place of the sanctuary.

5 And five and twenty thousand of length, and
ten thousand of breadth shall be for the Levites,
that minister in the house : they shall possess twen-
ty store-chambers.

6 And you shall appoint the possession of the
city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thou-
sand long, according to the separation of the sanc-
tuary, for the whole house of Israel.

7 For the prince also on the one side and on the
other side, according to the separation of the sanc-
tuary, and according to the possession of the city,
over-againstthe separation of the sanctuary, and over-
against the possession of the city; from the side of
the sea even to the sea, and from the side of the
east even to the east. And the length according to
every part from the west border to the east border.

8 He shall have a portion of the land in Israel :
and the princes shall no more rob my people: but
they shall give the land to the house of Israel ac-
cording to their tribes.

9 Thus saith the Lord God : Let it suffice you,
O princes of Israel : cease from iniquity and rob-
beries, and execute judgment and justice: separate
your confines from my people, saith the Lord God.

10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephi,
and a jusi bate.

11 Theephiundthebatef shall be equal, and of one
measure: that the bate may contain the tenth part of
a core, and the ephi the tenth part of a core : their
weight shall be equal according to the measure of a
core.

12 And the sickle, hath twenty obols. Now twen-
ty sickles, and five and twenty sickles, and fifteen
sickles make a mna.

13 And these are the first-fruits, which you shall
take : the sixth part of an ephi of a core of wheat,
and the sixth part of an ephi of a core of barley.

14 The measure of oil also, a bate of oil is the
tenth part of a core : and ten bates make a core :
for ten bates fill a core.

15 And one ram out of a flock of two hundred,
of those that Israel feedeth for sacrifice, and for
holocausts, and for peace-offerings, to make atone-
ment for them, saith the Lord God.

16 All the people of the land shall be bound to
these first-fruits for the prince in Israel.

17 And the prince shall give the holocaust, and

f Twenty-Jive thousand, viz. Reeds or cubits.

\ The ephi and the bale. These measures were of equal capacic*
but the bate served for liquids, ar.d the evhi for dry things

fi89

kzkchikl.

tin- ■nrrificu, ud the libations on the feasts, sod on
the wwmooas. and on the sabbaths, and on all the

solemnities of tlic house nt' Israel : ht> shall oiler the
rificeforstttj and the holocaust, and the pence-
offerings to make expiation for the house of Israel.

18 Thus saiththa Lord Clod : lii the first month)
the first of the month, thou shalttake ■ calf of the
herd without blemish : and thou shah expiate the
sanctuary.

VJ And the priest shall take of dm blood of the
sin-offering : and be shall put it on the posts of the

house, and on ihe four corners of the In "im of the al-
tar, ami on the posts of the gate of the inner court.

\ikLso shah thou do in the seventh day of the
month, for every one thai hath been ignorant* and
hath been dece i ved by error: and thou shalt make
aiion for the bouse.

21 In the lir>t month, the fourteenth day of the
month, youshall observe the solemnity of the pasch :
seven days uulea\ened bread shall be eaten.

22 And the prince on that day shall offer for him-
self, and for all the people of the land, a calf for sin.

23 And in the solemnity of the seven days he
shall offer for a holocaust to the Lord, seven cahes.
and se\en rams without blemish daily for seven
days : and for sin a he-goat daily.

24 And he shall offer the sacrifice of an ephi for
iv calf; and an ephi for every ram ; and a bin

of oil tor every ephi.

In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of
the month, in the solemn feast, he shall do the like
for the seven days ; as well in regard to the sin-
ofiering, as to the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and

the oil.

CHAP. XLVI.

Olhrr ordinances for the prince and for the inert [fires.

'T'lIUS eaith the Lord God : The gate of the b>

-*- ner court that looketh toward the east, shall

be shut the six daya on which work is done : pot on

the sabbath-day it shall be opened ; yea and on the

day of the new moon it shall be opened.

2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the
porch of the gate from without ; and he shall stand
at the threshold of the ate: and the priests shall
offer his holocaust, and his peace-offerings : and he
shall adore upon the threshold of the gate, and shall
go out : but the gate shall not be shut till thceveniiiK.

3 And the people of the land shall adore at the
door of that gate before the Lord on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons.

•V And the holocaust that the prince shall offer to
the Lord on the sabbath-day. shall l>c six lambs
without blemish, and a ram without blemish :

.') And the sacrifice of an ephi for a ram ; but for
the htmbl what sacrifice his hand shall allow ; and
a bin of oil for every ephi.

6 And on the day of tin n< vv moon a calf of the
herd without blemish : and the six lambs, and the
rains shall be without blemish.

7 And he shall offer in sacrific e an ephi for a calf,
an ephi ;dso for a ram ; but fortbfl lambs as his hand
•ball find ; and a bin ol oil for cv civ ephi.

8 And when the prince is to go in. let him go in

bj the wax of the poieh of the gate ; and let him gn
out the same w iv .

9 Bui when the people of the land shall .
before the Lord in the solemn (east, he that goeth
ill bv the north gate to adore, shall go out by the
wax of the south gate: and he that goeth in by the
vv ay of the south gate, shall go out by the vv iv of the
north gate: he shall not return by the wax of the
gate whereby he came in ; but s'.all go -_<it at that
nv< ir-agarnst it.

10 And the prince in the midst of them, shall go
in w hen they go in, and go out when they e.o out.

1 1 And in the fairs, and in the solemnities, there
shall be the sacrifice of an ephi to a calf, and an
ephi to a ram : and tothe lambs, the sacrifice shall bi-
as his hand shall find: and a bin of oil to every ephi.

12 But when the prince shall offer a voluntarv
holocaust, or voluntary peace-offerings to the Lord,
the gate that looketh towards the east shall Ik; open-
ed to him: and he shall oiler his holocaust ami his
peace-offerings, as it is wont to be done on the sab-
bath-day : and he shall go out : and the gate shall
be shut after he is gone forth.

13 And he shall oiler every day for a holocaust
to the Lord, a lamb of the same year without ble-
mish : he shall offer it always in the morning.

14 And he shall offer the sacrifice for it morning
by morning, the sixth part of an ephi : and the third
part of a tun of oil to be mingled w ith the fine flour:
a sacrifice to the Lord by ordinance, continual and
everlasting.

15 He shall offer the lamb, and the sacrifice, and
theoil morning bv morning; an everlasting I loloaust.

16 Thus saith the Lord [God : If the prime civea
gift to any of his sons, the inheritance of it shall go to
his children : they shall possess it by inheritance.

17 But if he give a legacy out of his inheritance
to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year
of release : and it shall return to the prince : but
his inheritance shall go to his sons.

18 And the prince shall not take of the people's
inheritance by violence, nor of their possession : but
out of hisown |K)ssession he shall give an inheritance
to his sons : that my people be not diaper* d BVl fj
man from his possession.

19 And be brought me in by the entry, that eras

at the side of the gale, into the chambers of the
sanctuary/A"? win for the priests, which looked
toward the north. And there was a place bending
to the w est.

20 And he said to me : This is the place w here
the priests shall boil the sin-oflcrim:. and the n
pass-offering; where they shall dress the sacril
that they may not bring it out into the outward court,
and the people be sanctified.

21 And he bronchi me into the outward court :
and he led me about by the four corners ol the court :
and behold, there vv;is a little court in the corner of
the court: to even corner of the court there was a
little court

22 In the four comers of the court were little
courts disposed, fortj cubits long, and thiitv broad.
all the four weieol one measure.

CHAP. XLVII, XLVIII

23 And there was a wall round about compassing
the four little courts : and there were kitchens built
under the rows round ahout.

24 And he said to me : This is the house of the
kitchens wherein the ministers of the house of the
Lord shall boil the victims of the people.

CHAP. XLVII.

The vision of the holy waters issuing out from under the temple :
the borders of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes.

AND he brought me again to the gate of the house:
and behold, waters* issued out from under the
threshold of the house toward the east : for the fore-
front of the house looked toward the east : but the
waters came down to the right side of the temple,
to the south part of the altar.

2 And he led me out by the way of the north
gate : and he caused me to turn to the way without
the outward gate, to the way that looked toward the
east: and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

3 And when the man that had the line in his
hand went out towards the east, he measured a thou-
sand cubits : and he brought me through the water
up to the ankles.

4 And again he measured a thousand : and he
brought me through the water up to the knees.

5 And he measured a thousand : and he brought
me through the water up to the loins. And he measur-
ed a thousand : and it ivas a torrent, which I could
not pass over: for the waters were risen so as to
make a deep torrent, which could not be passed over.

6 And he said to me : Surely thou hast seen, O
son of man. And he brought me out : and he caused
me to turn to the bank of the torrent.

7 And when I had turned myself, behold, on the
bank of the torrent were very manytreeson both sides.

8 And he said to me : These waters that issue
forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go
down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea,
and shall go out : and the waters shall be healed.

9 And every living creature that creepeth whi-
thersoever the torrent shall come, shall live : and
rhere shall be fishes in abundance after these waters
shall come thither : and they shall be healed ; and all
things shall live to which the torrent shall come.

10 And the fishes shall stand over these icaters ;
from Engaddi even to Engallim there shall be dry-
ing of nets : there shall be many sorts of the fishes
thereof, as the fishes of the great sea, a very great
multitude.

11 But on the shore thereof, and in the fenny
places, they shall not be healed ; because they shall
be turned into salt-pits.

12 And by the torrent on the banks thereof on
both sides shall grow all trees that bear fruit : then-
leaf shall not fall off, and their fruit shall not fail :
every month shall they bring forth first fruits ; be-
cause *.he waters thereof shall issue out of the sanc-
tuary . and the fruits thereof shall be for food, and
the leaves thereof for medicine.

13 Thussaith the Lord God: This is the border,
by which you shall possess the land according to
the twelve tribes of Israel : for Joseph hath a double
portion.

14 And you shall possess it, every man in like
manner as his brother: concerning which I lifted
up my hand to give it to your fathers : and this land
shall fall unto you for a possession.

15 And this is the border of the land : toward the
north side, from the great sea by the way of Hetha-
lon, as men go to Sedada,

16 Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is between
the borderof Damascus and the border of Emath, the
house of Tichon, which is by the border of Auran

17 And the border from the sea even to the court
of Enon, shall be the border of Damascus, ar.r.
from the north to the north: the border of Emath,
this is the north side.

18 And the east side is from the midst of Auran,
and from the midst of Damascus, and from the
midst of Galaad, and from the midst of the land of
Israel, Jordan making the bound to the east sea : and
thus you shall measure the east side.

19 And the south side southward is from Tha-
mar even to the waters of contradiction of Cades;
and the torrent even to the great sea: and this is the
south side southward.

20 And the side toward the sea, is the great sea
from the borders straight on, till thou come to
Emath : this is the side of the sea.

21 And you shall divide this land unto you by
the tribes of Israel :

22 And you shall divide it by lot for an inherit-
ance to you, and to the strangers that shall come
over to you, that shall beget children among you:
and they shall be unto you as men of the same coun-
try born among the children of Israel
vide the possession with you in
tribes of Israel.

23 And in what tribe soever the stranger shall
give him possession, saith the

they shall di-
the midst of the

* Waters. These waters are not to be understood literally ; (for there
were none such that flowed from the temple;) but mystically, of the
baptism of Christ, and of his doctrine and his grace : the trees that
grow on the banks are ch .istian virtues: the f'.shes are christians,

be, there shall you
Lord God.

CHAP. XLVIII.

The portions of the twelve tribes, of the sanctuary, of the city,
and of the prince. The dimensions and gates of the city.

AND these are the names of the tribes from the
borders of the north, by the way of Hethalon,
as they go to Emath, the court of Enan the borders
of Damascus northward, Ivy the way of Emath. And
from the east side thereof, to the sea shall be one
portion for Dan.

2 And by the borderof Dan, from the east side
even to the side of the sea, one portion for Aser :

3 And by the border of Aser, from the east side
even to the side of the sea, one portion for Nephthali.

4 And by the border of Nephthali, from the east
side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Ma-
nasses.

5 Andby theborderof Manasses,from theeastside
even to the side of the sea, one portion for Ephraim.

that spiritually live in and by these holy waters: the fishermen are the
apostles, and apostolic preachers : the fenny places, where there is
no health, are such as by being out of the churca are separated from
these waters of life.

691

KZKCHIKL.

b And by the border of Kphraiin, from 1 1« ■
side even to the side of the sea. one portion lor
Ruben.

7 And by the border of Ruben, from the east side
even to the side of the sen, one portion tor .Itida.

8 And by the border of Juda. from the em ride
even to the side of the sea, shall be the first-fruits
which you shall set apart, live and twenty thousand
in breadth, and in length, as every one of the portions
from the out ride to the side of the sea: and the
vinrtiiary shall be in the midst thereof.

9 The first-fruits which you shall set apart for
the Lord, shaJl be the length of five and twenty
thousand, and the breadth often thousand.

10 And these shall be the first-fruits of the sanc-
tuary for the priests: toward the north five and twen-
ty thousand in length, and toward the sea ten thou-
sand in breadth, and toward the east also ten thou-
sand in breadth, and toward the south five and twen-
t\ thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the
Lord shall he in the midst thereof.

1 1 The sanctuary shall be for the priests of the
sons of Sadoc, who kept my ceremonies, and went
not astray when the children of Israel went astray,
as the Levites also went astray.

1 1 And for them shall be the first-fruits of the
first-fruits of the laud holy of holies, by the border
of the Levites.

13 And the Levites in like manner shall have by
the borders of the priests five and twenty thousand
in length, and ten thousand in breadth. All the
length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the
breadth ten thousand.

1 1 And they shall not sell thereof nor exchange:
neither shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated:
became they are sanctified to the Lord.

15 Hut the five thousand that remain in the breadth
over-against the five and twenty thousand, shall be
a profane place for the city for dwelling, and for
suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

16 And these are the measures thereof: on the
north side four thousand and five hundred; and on
the south side four thousand and five hundred; and
on the east side four thousand and five hundred ;
and on the west side four thousand and five hun-
dred.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be to the
north two hundred and fifty, and to the south two
hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and
fifty, and to the sea two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length by the first-fruits of
the sanctuary, ten thousand toward the east, and
ten thousand toward the west, shall be as the first-
fruits of the sanctuary: and the fruits thereof shall
be for bread to them that serve the city.

1!' And they that srrve the city shall serve it out

of all the tribes of Israel.

20 All the first fruits of five and twentv thousand,
ass

by five and twenty thousand foursquare, shall be
part tor the first-fruits of the sanctuary, and for
the possession of the city.

21 And the residue shall be for the prince on
every side of the first-fruits of the sanctuary, and ot
the possession of the city over-against the live and
twenty thousand of the first-fruits unto the east bor-
der: toward the sea also over-against the five and

twenty thousand, unto the border of the sea, shall
likewise be the portion of the prince: and the first-
fruits of the sanctuary, and the sanctuary of the tem-
ple shall be in the midst thereof.

22 And from the possession of the Levites, and
from the possession oi the city uliich arc in the midst
of the prince's portions: total shall be to the l>order
of Juda, and to the border of Benjamin, shall also
belong to the prince.

23 And for the rest of the tribes: from the east
side to the west side, one portion for Benjamin.

24 And over-against the border of lienja

mm,

— — •-••« v.... •>_•«»■•. I IIIV. I.w, tn i ut I I I | IJ.| I 1 I I II .

from the east side to the west side, one portion for
Simeon.

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east
side to the west side, one portion foe Isnarhar

26 And by the border of [ssachar, from the east
side to the west side, one portion forZabulon.

27 And by the border of Zabulon, from the east
side to the side of the sea, one portion for Gad.

28 And by the borderof Gad, the south side south-
ward : and the border shall be from Thamar, even
to the waters of contradiction of Cades, the inherit-
ance over-against the great sea.

29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot
to the tribes of Israel: and these are the portions ol
them, saith the Lord God.

30 And these are the goings out of the city : on
the north side thou shah measure four thousand ami
five hundred.

31 And the gates of the city according to the names
of the tribes of Israel; three gates on the north side,
the gate of Ruben one, the gate of Juda one, the gate
of Levi one.

32 And at the east side, four thousand and five
hundred; and three gates, the gate of Joseph one,
the Kate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan one.

33 And at the south side, thou shalt measure four
thousand and five hundred: and time gates, the gate
of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar one, the gate of
Zabulon one.

34 And at the west side, four thousand and five
hundred; and their three gates, the gate of Gad one.
the gate of Aser one, the gate of Nephthali one.

35 Its circumference was eighteen thousand; aim
the name of the city from that day, The Lord is
there.*

* Tke l^ri it Ikm. Thii name ia here frirrn I Miat it, to

urtli <>f ( hn<.t : because tlie Lord u alwayi with fcer 'ill ttic *o*
■ if the world. St. XaUknt x»riii. 20

THE

PROPHECY OF DANIEL.

Daniel, wh se wvme signifies the judgment of God, wa~s of the
royal blood of the kings of Juda ; and one, of those that were
first of all carried away into captivity. He was so renowned
for wisdom and knowledge, that it became a proverb among
the. Babylonians, as wise as Daniel, (Ezech. xxviii. 3.) And
his holiness was so great from his very childhood, that at the
time when he was as yet but a young man, he is joined by the
Spirit of God with Noe and Job, as three persons most emi-
nent for virtue and sanctity, Ezech. xiv. He is not commonly
numbered by the Hebrews among the prophets : because he lived
at court, and in high station in the world: but if we con-
sider his many clear predictions of things to come, we shall
find that no one better deserves the name and title of a pro-
phet ; which also has been given him by the Son of God him-
self; Matt. xxiv. Mark xiii. Luke xxi.

CHAP. I.

Daniel and his companions are taken into the palace of the Icing
of Babylon : they abstain from his meat and wine, and
succeed better with pulse and water. Their excellence in
wisdom.

IN the third year of the reign of Joakim king of
Juda, Nabuehodonosor king of Babylon came to
Jerusalem, and besieged it :

2 And the Lord delivered into his hands Joakim
the king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the
house of God : and he carried them away into the
land of Sennaar, to the house of his god :* and the
vessels he brought into the treasure-house of his god.

3 And the king spoke to Asphenez the master
of the eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the
children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of
the princes,

4 Children in whom there was no blemish, well
favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, acute in know-
ledge, and instructed in science, and such as might
stand in the king's palace ; that he might teach
thorn the learning, and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

5 And the king appointed them a daily provision,
of his own meat, and of the wine of which he drank
himself, that being nourished three years, afterwards
they might stand before the king.

6 Now there were among them of the children
of Juda, Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias.

7 And the master of the eunuchs gave them
names: to Daniel, Baltassar : to Ananias, Sidrach:
to Misael, Misach : and to Azarias, Abdenago.

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not be defiledf with the king's table, nor with the
wine which he drank : and he requested the mas-
ter of the eunuchs that he might not be denied.

9 And God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in
the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

10 And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel:
I fear my Lord the king, who hath appointed you
meat and drink ; who if he should see your faces
leaner than those of the other youths, your equals,
you shall endanger my head to the king.

* Hte god. Bel or Belus, the principal idol of the Chaldeans,
t Be~dtfiled, &c. viz. either by eating meat forbidden by the law, or
winch had bren before offered to idols.

t Pulie. That is, pease, beans, and such like.

1 1 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the prince
of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel. Ananias,
Misaeh and Azarias :

12 Try, I beseech thee, tny servants for ten davs :
and let pulsej be given us to eat, and water to driiik :

13 And look upon our faces, and the faces of the
children that eat of the king's meat : and as thou
shalt see, deal with thy servants.

14 And when he had heard these words, he tried
them for ten days.

15 And after ten days their faces appeared fairer
and fatter than all the children that ate of the king's
meat.

16 So Malasar took their portions, and the wine
that they should drink : and he gave them pulse.

17 And to these children God gave knowledge,
and understanding in every book, and wisdom : but
to Daniel the understanding also of all visions and
dreams.

18 And when the days were ended, after which
the king had ordered that they should be brought
in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before
Nabuehodonosor.

19 And when the king had spoken to them, there
were not found among them all such as Daniel, Ana-
nias, Misael, and Azarias : and they stood in the
king's presence.

20 And in all matters of wisdom and understand-
ing, that the king inquired of them, he found them
ten times better than all the diviners, and wise men,
that were in all his kingdom.

21 And Daniel continued even to the first year
of king Cyrus.

CHAP. II.

Daniel, by divine revelation, declares the dream of Nabuehodo-
nosor, and the interpretation of it. He is highly honoured
by the king.

TN the second year§ of the reign of Nabuchodono-
-■- sor, Nabuehodonosor had a dream ; and his
spirit was terrified ; and his dream went out of his
mind.

2 Then the king commanded to call together the
diviners, and the wise men, and the magicians, and
the Chaldeans, || to declare to the king his dreams :
so they came and stood before the king.

3 And the king said to them : I saw a dream :
and being troubled in mind I know not what 1 saw.

4 And the Chaldeans answered the king in Sy-
riac : O king, live forever : tell to thy servants thy
dream : and we will declare the interpretation thereof.

5 And the king answering said to the Chaldeans :
The thing is gone out of my mind : unless you tell
me the dream, and the meaning thereof, you shall
be put to death, and yourhouses shall beconfiscated.

} The second year, viz. from the death of his father IS abopolassar :
for he had reigned before as partner with his father in the empire

|| The Chaldeans. That is, the astrologers, that pretended to divin«
by stars.

693

DANIEL.

6 But if you ti'll the dream, and the BHWUBg of
it, yon shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and

it honour : therefore tell me ihe dream, and the
interpretation thereof.

7 Tliiv answered again, and said : Let the king
tell his >.,n hi > the dream, and we will declare the
ittb rprciationof it.

8 The king answered, and said : I know for cer-
tain that you seek to gain time; since you know
that the thing is gone from me.

9 If therefore you tell me not the dream, there
is one sentence < oncemiim yon, that vou have also
framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to
■peak before me till the time pass away. Tell me
therefore the dieain, that I may know that you also
give a true interpretation thereof.

10 Then the Chaldeans answered before the
kins, and said : There is no man upon earth that
can accomplish thy word, () king: neither doth an\
k'uui, though great and mighty, ask such a thing
of any diviner, or wise man, or Chaldean.

1 1 For the thing that thou askest, O king, is dif-
ficult: nor can any one he found that can show it
before the kin:;, except the gods, whose conversa-
tion is not with men.

12 U|Kin hearing this, the king in fury, and in
great w rath, commanded that all the wise men of
Babylon should he put to death.

lS And the decree being gone forth, the wise
men were slain : and Daniel and his companions
wen- sought for, to be put to death.

14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and
the sentence, of Ariochthe general of the kind's army,
w ho was bom forth to kill the wise men of Bain Ion.

15 And he asked him that had received the or-
ders of the kiim, why so cruel a sentence was {tone
forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch
hail told the matter to Daniel,

16 Daniel went in and desired of the king, that
he would give him time to resolve the question, and
declare it to the king.

17 And he went into his bouse, and told the
matter to Ananias, and .Misael, and Azarias his
companions :

18 To the end that they should ask mercy at the
face of the God of heaven concerning this secret ;
and that Daniel and his companions might not
perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by
a virion in the night : and Daniel blessed the God
of heaven.

20 And sneaking he said : Blessed be the name
of the Lord from eternity and for evermore : for
Wisdom and fortitude are his.

21 And he changeth times and ages ; takethaway
kingdoms, nod established) them ; giveth wisdom
to the wise, and knowledge to them that have un-

tanding :

22 Ffe rerea)eth deep and hidden things, and

know eth what is in darkness : and light is w it li him.

23 To thee. God of our fathers. I give I hanks,

and I praise thee : because thou hast given me wis-
dom and strength : and now thou hast shown me

what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known
to us the kind's discoursi

M After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to w I i

the king had given orders to destroy the w ise men of
Babylon: and he spoke thus to him : Destroj not
the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the
knm. and 1 will tell tiie solution to the king.

25 Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel to
the king, and said to him : I have found a man of
the children of the captivity of Juda, that will re-
solve the question to the king.

26 The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose
name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed thai
thou canst tell me the dream that I saw, and the in-
terpretation thereof?

27 And Daniel made answer before the king, and
said: The secret that the king desireth to know .
none of the wise men, or the philosophers, or the di-
viners, or the soothsayers can declare to the king.

28 But there is a God in heaven that revcaleth
mysteries, who bath shown to thee, O king Nabu-
chodouosor, what is to come to pass in the latter
times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy he. id
upon thy bed, are these :

29 '1 hou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed,
what should come to pass hereafter : and he that
revealeth mysteries showed thee what shall come to
pass.

30 To me glso this secret is revealed, not by any
wisdom that I have more than all men alive : but
that the interpretation might be made manifest to
the king, and thou mightest know the thoughts of
thy mind.

31 Thou, O king, W WML and behold, there 1001
as it were a great statue: this statue, which was
great and high, tall of stature, stood before tine :
and the look thereof was terrible.

32 The head of this statue was of fine gold ; but
the breasts and the arms of silver ; and the belly
and the thighs of bra-- :

33 And the legs of iron ; the feet part of iron,
and part of clay.

34 Thus thou sawest, :il! * Rfcme was cut out of
a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue
upon the feet there'-,!", that were of iron and of clay,
and broke them in pieces.

35 Then WBI the iron, the clay, the brass, the
silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and
became like thechafifofa summer's threshing-floor:
lad the] were carried away by the wind : and then-
was no place found for them : but tin- stone thai
struck the statue became a great mountain, and fill-
ed the w hole earth.

36 This is the dream: we will also tell the in-
terpretation thereof before thee, O kins.

37 Thou art a king of kings: and the God ol
heaven hath given thee a lungdom, and strength,
and power, and glory :

38 And all places wherein the children of men,
and the beasts of the field do dwell : he hath also
given the birds of the air into th\ hand, and hath

put all things uniler thy power: thou therefore ar

the head of old

CHAP. III.

39 And after thee shall rise up another king-
dom,* inferior to thee, of silver : and another third
kingdom,! of brass, which shall ruleover all the world.

40 And the fourth kingdom^ shall be as iron.
As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things,
so shaLI that break and destroy all these.

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet, and the
toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron; the
kingdom shall be divided, but yet it shall take its
origin from the iron, according as thou sawest the
iron mixed with the miry clay.

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron,
and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly broken.

43 And whereas thou sawest the iron mixt with
miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together
with the seed of man ; but they shall not stick fast
one to another; as iron cannot be mixed with clay.

44 But in the days of those kingdoms the God
of heaven will set up a kingdom^ that shall never
be destroyed : and his kingdom shall not be deli-
vered up to another people : and it shall break in
pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and
itself shall stand for ever.

45 According as thou sawest, that the stone was
cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke
in nieces the clay and the iron, and the brass, and the
silver, and the gold, the great God hath shown the
king what shall come to pass hereafter : and the
dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.

46 Then king Nabuchodonosor fell on his face,
and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they
should offer in sacrifice to him victims and incense.

47 And the king spoke to Daniel, and said :
Verily, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of
kings, and a revealer of hidden things ; seeing thou
couldst discover this secret.

48 Then the king advanced Daniel to a high sta-
tion, and gave him many and great gifts : and he
made him governor over all the provinces of Baby-
lon, and chief of the magistrates over all the wise
men of Babylon.

49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he
appointed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago over the
works of the province of Babylon : but Daniel him-
self was in the king's palace.

CHAP. III.

Nabuchodonosor sets up a golden statue : which he commands
all to adore: the three children for refusing to do it are
cast into the fiery furnace ; but are not hurt by the flames.
Their prayer, and canticle of praise.

KING Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold,
of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad :
and he set it up in the plain of Dura, of the pro-
vince of Babylon.

2 Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call
together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges,
the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the
chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedi-

* Another kingdom, viz. That of the Medes and Per-ia'is.

f Third kingdom, viz. That of Alexander the Great.

t The fourth kingdom, &c. Some understand this of thu successors

cation of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor
had set up.

3 Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the
judges, the captains, and rulers, and the grear men
that were placed in authority, and all the princes
of the provinces, were gathered together to come to
the dedication of the statue, which king Nabucho-
donosor had set up. And they stood before the
statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

4 Then a herald cried with a strong voice : To you
it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages:

5 That in the hour that you shall hear the sound
of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of
the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the sym-
phony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down ana
adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodo-
nosor hath set up.

6 But if any man shall not fall down and adore,
he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of
burning fire.

7 Upon this therefore, at the time when all the
people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute,
and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of
the symphony, and of all kind of music ; all the na-
tions, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the
golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had setup.

8 And presently at that very time some Chalde-
ans came, and accused the Jews.

9 And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live
for ever :

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every
man that shall hear the sound of the trumpet, the flute,
and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of
the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall pros
trate himself and adore the golden statue :

1 1 And that if any man shall not fall down and
adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

12 Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast
set over the works of the province of Babylon, Si-
drach, Misach, and Abdenago : these men, O king,
have slighted thy decree : they worship not thy
gods ; nor do they adore the golden statue which
thou hast set up.

13 Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath,
commanded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago
should be brought ; who immediately were brought
before the king.

14 And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them,
and said : Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Ab-
denago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore
the golden statue that I have set up r

15 Now therefore if you be ready, at what hour
soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet,
flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony,
and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and
adore the statue which I have made : but if you do
not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the
furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that
shall deliver you out of my hand ?

of Alexander, the kings of Syria and Egypt ; others of the Roman
empire, and its civil wars.

} A kingdom, viz. The kingdom ot Christ in the Catholic church,
which cannot be destroyed.

695

DAM EL.

16 Sidraeh, Misach, and Abdenago answered,
and said to king NabocbodoaoMr: We have m

occasion to answer thee »iun«Tiiiuii this matter.

17 For behold, our (iod, whom WQ worship, i*
able to Mic ii- Irom the furnace of burning lire, and
to deliver us out of thy hands, () kin:;.

Mnt if lie will not, !*• it known to thee. O
king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore
the golden statue which thou bun set up.

19 Then was .Nahiiehodonosor filled with fury;
and the countenance of his face was changed against
Sidraeh, Misaeli. ami Abdenago; and he command-
ed that the furnace shoul. I he heated seven times
more than it had heen accustomed to be heated.

20 And he commanded the strongest men that
were in his army, to hind the feet ol Sidraeh,. Misach,
and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace
of burning lire.

21 And immediately these men were bound, and
were cast into the furnace of burning lire, with their
coats, and their caps, and their shoes and their
garments.

22 For the king's commandment was urgent,
and the fumaee was heated exceedingly. And the
flame of the lire slew those men that had cast in
Sidraeh, Misach, and Abdenago.

23 Hut these three men, that is, Sidraeh, Misach.
and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the
furnace of burning lire.

24 And they walked* in the midst of the flame,
praising God, and blessing the Lord.

23 Then Azarias standing up, prayed in this
iiianm r, and opening his mouth in the midst of the
fire, he said :

26 Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fa-
thers : and thy name is worthy of praise, and glori-
ous for ever :

27 For thou art just in all that thou hast done
tons: and all thy works are true, and thy ways
right) and all thy judgments true.

I'm thou hast executed true judgments in all
the things that thou hast brought upon us. and upon
Jerusalem the holy city of our fathers: for accord-
ing to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all
these things upon us lor our sins.

29 For we have sinned, and committed iniquity,
departing from thee : and we have trespassed in
all things.

30 And we have not hearkened to thv command-
ments; nor bare we OOa w r ed nor done as thou
hadst commanded us, that it might go well with us.

31 Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us,
and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast
done in true judgment :

32 And thou hast delivered us into the hands of
our enemies tlmt tin unjust, and most wicked, and
prevaricators, and to a king unjust, and most w ick-
i d beyond all that are upon the earth.

33 And now we cannot open our mouths: we arc

* And Ihrf valknl k H Mil l.iki-n notice. iliat from thi»

ro^e lo »er. Bl. wa» not in the Hobn w in iii. time. But u it wan in
■II the flrrclc hihlct, (which wirr origimlh Iraiivlatnl from tin II
»r. w, n i« more tha-i probable that il had been formerly in the He

Sff

become a shame and reproach to thy servants, anc*
to them that worship tie

34 Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee
for thy name's sake ; and abolish not tin covenant

35 And take not away thv mercv from us lor tht
sake of Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac tin senanl,
and Israel thy holy one :

36 To whom thou hast spoken, promising thai
thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars ol
In a\_en, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore.

37 For we, O Lord, are diminished more than
an\ nation, and are brought low in all the earth this
day for our sins.

38 Neither is there at this time prince, or leader,
or prophet, or holocaust, or Sacrifice, or oblation, or
intense, or place of first-fruits before thee,

39 That we may find thy mere v : nevertheless in a
contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted.

46 As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and
as in thousands of fat lambs : so let our sacrifice lie
made in thy sight this day, that it may phase thee :
for there is no confusion to them that trust in tin -e.

41 And now we follow thee with all our heart ;
and we fear thee, and seek thy face.

42 Put us not to confusion ; but deal with us ac-
cording to thy meekness, and according to the mul-
titude of thy mercies.

43 And deliver us according to thy wonderful
works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord :

44 And let all them be confounded that show
evils to thy servants: let them be confounded in all
thj might ; and let their strength be broken.

46 And let them know that thou art the Lord,
the only God, and glorious over all the world.

46 Now the king's servants that had cast them
in. c e as e d not to heat the furnace with biimstone,
and tow, and pitch, and dry slicks:

47 And the flame mounted up above the furnace
nine and forty cubits:

48 And it broke forth and burnt such of the
Chaldeans as it found near the furnace.

i'.» But the angel of the Lord went down with
Azarias and his companions into the furnace : and
he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace.

50 And made the midst of the furnace like the
blowing of a wind bringing dew : ami tin- lire tout li-
ed t In-ill not at all, nor troubled them, nor did tin m
any harm.

51 Then these three as with one mouth, praised,
and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace,
saying :

52 Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fa-
thers; and worthy to Ik- praised, and glorified, ami
exalted above all for ever: and blessed is the holy
name of thy glory : and worthy to be praised, and
exalted above all in all ages.

53 Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thv
glory; ant) exceedingly to be praised, and exceed-
ing glorious it. i i \. i.

brew, or rather in tl.c ( halilaic. in which the book of Daniel wai
written, lint thi« i. certain I that it is and baa been of old. u-r, n ■ .1
by the church, and read at canonical acripture in ner liturgy aj-d
dmiMoflcaa.

CHAP. Ill

54 Blessed art thou, on the throne of thy kingdom;
and exceedingly to be praised, and exalted above
all for ever.

55 Blessed art thou, thatbeholdest the depths,
and sittest upon the cherubims ; and worthy to be
praised, and exalted above all for ever.

56 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven:
and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.

57 All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

58 O ye Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

59 O ye heavens, bless the Lord : praise and
exalt him above all for ever.

60 O all ye waters that are above the heavens,
blesstheLord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

61 O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

62 O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

63 O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

64 O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

65 O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

66 O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord : praise and
exalt him above all for ever.

67 O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

68 O ye dews and .hoar frost, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for *ver.

69 O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

70 O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

71 O ye nights and days, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

72 O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

73 O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

74 O let the earth bless the Lord : let it praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

75 O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

76 O all ye things that spring up in the earth,
blesstheLord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

77 O ye fountains, bless the Lord : praise and
exalt him above all for ever.

78 O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

79 O ye whales, and all that move in the wa-
ters, bless the Lord : praise and exalt him above
all for ever.

80 O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

81 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord :
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

82 O ye sons of men, bless the Lord : praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

83 O let Israel bless the Lord : let them praise
and exalt him above all for ever.

84 O ye priests of the Lord ; bless the Loro .
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

85 O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord
praise and exalt him above all for ever.

86 O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the
Lord ; praise and exalt him above all for ever.

87 ye holy and humble of heart, bless the
Lord : praise and exalt him above all for ever.

88 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. For
he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us out of
the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst
of the burning flame, and saved us out of the midst
of the fire.

89 O give thanks to the Lord, because he is good ;
because bis mercy endureth for ever and ever.

90 O all ye religious, bless the Lord the God of
gods: praise him, and give him thanks; because his
mercy endureth for ever and ever.

91 Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonish-
ed, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles :
Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of
the fire? They answered the king, and said : True,
O king.

92 He answered, and said: Behold, I see four
men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire : and
there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth
is like the son of God.

93 Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the
burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and
Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye
forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.

94 And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the
judges, and the great men of the king heing gather-
ed together, considered these men, that the fire had
no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their
head had been singed, nor their garments altered,
nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.

95 Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said:
Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach,
Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his Angel,
and delivered his servants that believed in him: and
they changed the king's word, and delivered up their
bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god,
except their own God.

96 By me therefore this decree is made, that every
people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blas-
phemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and
Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid
waste: for there is no other God that can save in
this manner.

97 Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago in the province of Babylon.

98 Nabuchodonosor*, the king, to all peoples,
nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth,
peace be multiplied unto you.

99 The most high God hath wrought signs and
wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me
therefore to publish

* Nabuchodonosor, Sic. These three last verses are a kind of pre
face to the following- chapter, which is written in the style of an epis-
tle from the king.

697

DANIEL

;it; and hisl till the living know, thai the most High rulcth in the
wooden, because they are mighty: and his kingdom kingdom of men : and hi: will give it to whomso-

103 His signs, because tiny are t

igbtl

kingdom, and his power

i> an everlasting

miK rations.

CHAP. IV.

Nabnrkodonosor't dream, by tehich the judgments ctf Cod are de-
nounced against kirn for Ait pride, is interpreted by Daniil,
and verified by the ettnt.

Nalinchodonosor was at rest in my house, and
-■- nourishing i:i my palace.

2 I saw a dream that affrighted me : and my
thoughts in ni\ 1»(1, anil the visions of my head
troubled me.

3 Then I set forth a deeree, that all the wise
men of Babylon should he brought in before me,
ami that they should show me the interpretation of
the dream.

4 Then came in the diviners, the wise men, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream
before them: but they did not show me the inter-
pretation thereof:

5 Till their colleague Daniel came in before me,
whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of
my sod,* who bath in him the spirit of the holy gods:
and I told the dream before him.

6 Baltassar prince of the diviners, because I know
that thou hast in thee the spirit of the holy gods,
and that no secret is impossible to thee; tell me the
umoiis of my dreams that 1 have seen, and the in-
terpretation of them.

7 This was the vision of my head in my bed: I
saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth:
ami the height 1 hereof was exceediug great.

8 The tree was peat, and strong: and the height
thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was
i ren to the ends of all the earth.

9 Its leaves were most beautiful, and its fruit ex-
ding much : and in it was food for all: under it

dwell cattle and beasts; and in the branches there-
of the fowls of the air bad their abode: and all flesh
did eat of it.

10 I saw in the \ i-don of my head upon my bed :
and behold, a watcher, and a holy one came down
from heaven.

11 He cried aloud, and said thus : Cut down
the tree, and chop oil" the branches thereof : shake
off its leaves, and scatter its fruits: let the beasts
fly away that are under it, and the birds from its
brancli

12 Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in
the earth; and In it be tied with s band of iron.
and of brass, among the grass, that is without; and
let it be wet with the dew of hm ven ; and let its por-
tion lie with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth.

13 Let bis heart be changed I from man's; and
let a beast's heart be givci him : and let seven times

- over him.

14 This is the decree by the sentence of the
watchers, and the word and demand of the holy ones.

* BtllatUT, mttording to Ike Maw vf my god. He «a_Vf thif , broanw
n • of B*Um—r, or BMttkntm, u (Wired from the name of
Btt the chief god of the Babylonian*.

f .1w*Jchrr A vigilant Angel, perhap* the guardian of lirert.
t Isi tat k—rt l« tmmgtd, Jtc It doe» not appear by acriplure that

ever it shall pl e a se him ; and he will appoint the
basest man oxer it.

I.) I kiim .Nahuchodonosor saw ibis dream : thou
therefore, O Baltassar, tell DM quickly the interpre-
tation : for all the wise men of raj kingdom are not

able to declare the meaning of it to me : but ihou art
able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

16 Then Daniel, whose name was Baltassar, be-
gan silently to think within himself for about one
hour: and Bis thoughts troubled him. But the kiim
answering, said : Baltassar, let not the dream anil
the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Balta-s n
answered, and said : My lord, the dream be to them
that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thy
enemies.

17 The tree which thou saw est which was high
and strom:. whose height reached to the skies, and
the sight thereof into all the earth : •

18 And the branches thereof were most beauti-
ful, and its fruit exceeding much : and in it was food
for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and
the birds of the air had their abode in its branches.

19 It is thou, O king, who art grown great, and
become mighty : for thy greatness hath grow n,
and hath reached to heaven, and thy power unto the
ends of the earth.

20 And whereas the k'um saw a watcher, and a
holy one come down from heaven, and say: Cut
down the tree, and destroy it : but leave the stump
of the roots thereof in the earth, and let it be bound
with iron and brass among the grass without; and
let it besprinkled with the dew of heaven : and let
his feeding be with the wild beasts, till seven timet
pass over him.

21 This is the interpretation of the sentence ol
the most High, which is come upon my lord the king.

22 They shall cast thee out from among men :
and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and with w ild
beasts : and thou shalt eat grass as an ox, and shalt
be wet with the dew of heaven : and seven times
shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most
High rulcth over the kingdom of men, and givcth it
to whomsoever he will.

23 But w bereas be commanded, that the stump of
the roots thereof, that is, of the tree, should be left ;
thy kingdom shall remain to thee after thou shalt
have known that power is from heaven.

24 Wherefore, O kins, let mycounse) be accept-
able to thee ; and redeem thou thy sins with alms,
and thy iniquities with works of mercy to the poor
perhaps be will forgive thy offences.

25 All these things came upon king Nahuchodo-
nosor.

26 At the end of twelve months be was walking
in the palace of Bah\ Ion.

27 And the kirn: BUS* end, and said : Is not this
the great Babylon, whicbl have built to be the seal ol

Nahuchodonoaor wu chai god from human thapr ; much Iru that lie
was changed into an < \ i.ut uuh ttwl he lo»l hi. reaaon, an.:
came road ; and in thi» condition, remained abroad in the company of
beait*. eating graaa like an ox, till hk hair grow m tiicb manm-r a, to
raaimbli the feather* of eagloa, and bit naiii to be like binU' cl«» >.

CHAP. V.

the kingdom, by the strength of mypctver, and in
the glory of my excellence ?

28 And while the word was yet in the king's
mouth, a voice came down from heaven : To thee,
O king Nabuchodonosor, it is said: Thy kingdom
shall pass from thee :

29 And they shall cast thee out from among men :
and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and wild beasts;
thou shalt eat grass like an ox : and seven times
shall pass over thee till thou know that the most
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.

30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon
Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven away from
among men, and did eat grass like an ox : and his
body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs
grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like
birds' claws.

31 Now at the end of the days, I Nabuchodonosor
lifted up my eyes to heaven ; and my sense was re-
stored to me: and I blessed the most High; and I
praised and glorified him that liveth for ever : for
his power is an everlasting power, and his kingdom
is to all generations.

32 And all the inhabitants of the earth are repu-
ted as nothing before him : for he doeth according to
his will, as well with the powers of heaven, as among
the inhabitants of the earth : and there is none that
can resist his hand, and say to him : Why hast thou
done it ?

33 At the same time my sense returned to me :
a id I came to the honour and glory of my kingdom :
and my shape returned to me : and my nobles, and
my magistrates sought for me ; and I was restored to
my kingdom : and greater majesty was added tome.

34 Therefore I Nabuchodonosor do now* praise,
and magnify, and glorify the king of heaven : be-
cause all his works are true, and his ways judg-
ments : and them that walk in pride he is able to
abase.

CHAP. V.

Baltassar'si profane banquet : his sentence is denounced by a
hand-writing- on the wall, which Daniel reads and interprets.

BALTASSARf the king made a great feast for a
thousand of his nobles : and every one drank
according to his age.

2 And being now drunk he commanded that they
should bring the vessels of gold and silver which
Nabuchodonosor his father had brought away out of
the temple, that was in Jerusalem ; that the king
and his nobles, and his wives, and his concubines,
might drink in them.

3 Then were the golden and silver vessels brought,
which he had brought away out of the temple that
was in Jerusalem : and the king and his nobles, his
wives and his concubines drank in them.

4 They drank wine ; and praised their gods of
gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and
of stone.

* I Jfabvchodonosor do now, &c. From this place some commenta-
tors infer ttiat this king became a true convert, and dying not long af-
ter was probably saved.

■| Baltassar. He is believed to be the same as Nabonydus, the last

5 In tie same hour there appeared fingers, as it
were of the hand of a man, writing over-against the
candlestick upon the surface of the wall of theking's
palace : and the king beheld the joints of the hand
that wrote.

6 Then was the king's countenance changed : and
his thoughts troubled him : and the joints ot his
loins were loosed ; and his knees struck one against
the other.

7 And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise
men, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers. And the
king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon :
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make
known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be cloth-
ed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his
neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom.

8 Then came in all the king's wise men : but
they could neither read the writing, nor declare the
interpretation to the king.

9 Wherewith king Baltassar was much troubled ;
and his countenance was changed : and his nobles
also were troubled.

10 Then the queen, J on occasion of what had
happened to the king, and his nobles, carhe into the
banquet-house : and she spoke and said : O king,
live for ever : let not thy thoughts trouble thee ;
neither let thy countenance be changed.

11 There is a man in thy kingdom that hath the
spirit of the holy gods in him : and in the days of
thy father, knowledge and wisdom were found in
him : for king Nabuchodonosor thy father appointed
him prince of the wise men, enchanters, Chaldeans,
and soothsayers, thy father, I say, O king :

12 Because a greater spirit, and knowledge, and
understanding, and interpretation of dreams, and
showing of secrets, and resolving of difficult things
were found in him, that is, in Daniel ; whom the
king named Baltassar. Now therefore let Daniel
be called for, and he will tell the interpretation.

13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king.
And the king spoke, and said to him : Art thou
Daniel of the children of the captivity of Juda, whom
my father the king brought out of Judea ?

14 1 have heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit
of the gods ; and excellent knovyledge, and under-
standing, and wisdom are found in thee.

15 And now the wise men the magicians have
come in before me, to read this writing, and show
me the interpretation thereof ; and they could not
declare to me the meaning of this writing.

16 But I have heard of thee, that thou canst in-
terpret obscure things, and resolve difficult things :
now if thou art able to read the writing, and to show
me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed
with purple, and shalt have a chain of gold about thy
neck ; and shalt be the third prince in my kingdom.

17 To which Daniel made answer, and said be-
fore the king : Thy rewards be to thyself; and the
gifts of thy house give to another : but the writing 1

of the Chaldean kings, grandson to Nabuchodonosor. He is called
his son, ver. 2, 11, &c. according to the style of the senptures, be-
cause he was a descendant from him.

t The queen. Not the wife, but the mother of the king.

089

DAN1KL.

will road to thee, () kinc. ami show thee the inter-
pretation thereof.

18 O king, the most high God gave toNafancho-
donosor thv lather a kincdoin, and greatness, and
glorv, and honour.

\uil lor iin ^> that lir caw Id him, all

people, tribes, ana languages trembled, and were
afraid of him: whom I* would be slew : and whom
he would, In- destroyed : and whom he would, In-
set up : and whom he would, be brought down.

Jit But when his heart lilted up, anil his

spirit hardened unto pride, be iraa Mi down from
toe throne of his kingdom; and hisglorj was taken
a\\.i\ .

Vii'l he waa driven oal from the sons of men;
ami his heart was made like the beasts: and his
dwelling wai with the wild asses; and be did eat

~s like Ml OX: and his body was wet with the dew of
iven : till he knew that the most High ruled in the
kingdom of men, and that he will set over it w hom-
er it shall please him.

Thou also his son.O l!;iltass;ir. hast not hum-
bled thv heart, whereas thou kiiowest all these things:
J I Put hast lilted up thyself against the Lord of
heaven: and tin- vessels of his house have been
brought before thee; and thou, and thv nobles, and
thv wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in
them : and thou bast praised the cods of silver and
>ld. and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of
hat neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the
(iini who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thv
w ns, thou hast not glorified.

J l \\ lii -rehire he hath sent the part of the hand
which hath written this that is set down.

\nd this is the writing that is w rittcn : M v\r..
Tim. i i.i . l'n vi

\ml tins is the interpretation of the word.
M i d, hath numbered thy kingdom, and

hath finished it.

Tin i ii.: thou art weighed in the balance,
and art found wanting.

: thy kingdom is divided, and is
n to the Medes and Persians.
I ben by the kind's command I )aniel was cloth-
ed with purple, and a chain of cold was put about
his neck: and it was proclaimed of him that he had
powet 01 the third man in the kingdom.

i ne night Baitassar the Chaldean king

I slain.

■ !l \nd I )arius* the Mode succeeded to the king-
dom, being threescore and two yean old

CHAP. \l.

tmottd by Darius : hi
•ayer: for the Irantgt

'min procure a hur for-
in Daniel i* cast
into ■ tin: but miritrtduusly delivered.

I iod to Darius, and he appointed over

' the kingdom a hundred and twci mors to

i it his w hole kingdom,
kad three princes over them, of whom Daniel

II- i* called C jwm by the Uiitoriant ; and tn the
• a of Aatyafe*. and unrle l<> Orm.

700

one: that the governors might cue an account
to them, and the kinc might have no trouble.

3 And Daniel excelled all the princes and govern-
ors; because a greater spirit of God was in him.

4 And the kinc thought to set him over all
the kingdom: whereupon the princes and the go-
vernors sought to find occasion against Daniel
with regard to the king: ami they could find no
ause, nor suspicion ; because be was faithful, and
no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.

5 Then these men said : We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps con-
cerning the law of his ( iod.

G Then the princes, and the governors craftily
stnl to the kinc. and spoke thus unto him:
kinc Darius, live for evei :

7 All the princes of the kingdom, 'he magistral
and governors, the senators and judces have con-
sulted together, that an imperial decree, and an
edict be published : That whosoever shall ask any
petition of any (iod, or man, for thirty days, but of
thee, kin::, shall be east into the den of the lions.

8 Now, therefore, O kinc. confirm the sentence,
and sicn the decree: that what is decreed by the
Medes and Persians may not be allered, nor any
man be allowed to transgress it.

9 So king Darius set forth the decree, and es-
tablished it.

10 Now when Daniel knew this, that is to say,
that the law was made, he went into his house:
and opening the windows in his upper chamber
towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a
day, and adored, and cave thanks before his God,
as he had been accustomed to do before.

1 1 Wherefore those men carefully watching him,
found Daniel praying, and making supplication to
his (iod.

12 And tiny came and spoke to the king con-
ceraing the edict : () kinc. hast thou not decreed,
that every man thai should make a n quest to any
of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself,
() kim:. should In- east into the drw of the lions i
And the kinc answered them, sav int : The word is
true according to the decree of the .Mules and Per-
sians, which ii is not law ful to violate.

13 Then they answered, and said before the
king : Daniel, who is of the children of the eaptivitj
of Juda, hath not regarded thy law, nor (he decree
that thou hast made : but three time- a day he ma-
kith his prayer.

I V Now when the kinc had heard these words.
he was \erv much crieved : and in behalf of I )aniel
he set his heart to deliver him, and even till sun-set
lie laboured to save him.

1") Put those men perceiving the king's design,
said to him: Know thou, O. king, that the law of
the Medes and Persians is. that no decree w Inch the
king hath made, inav be altered.

lii Then the king commanded, and they brought

Daniel, and east him into the den of the lions. And
the kinc said to Daniel: Thv (iod whom thou
always servest, he will deliver thee.

1/ And a stone was brought, and laid u|K>n the

CHAP. VII.

mouth of the den : which the king sealed with his
own ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that no-
thing should be done against Daniel.

18 And the king went away to his house, and
laid himself down without taking supper : and meat
was not set before him, and even sleep departed
from him.

19 Then the king rising very early in the morn-
ing, went in haste to the lions' den :

20 And coming near to the den, cried with a la-
mentable voice to Daniel, and said to him : Daniel,
servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom
thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to
deliver thee from the lions ?

21 And Daniel answering the king, said: O king,
live for ever.

22 My God hath sent his Angel, and hath shut
up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt
me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been
found in me : yea and before thee, O king, I have
done no offence.

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him ;
and he commanded that Daniel should be taken
out of the den : and Daniel was taken out of the
den ; and no hurt was found in him, because he
believed in his God.

24 And by the king's commandment, those men
were brought that had accused Daniel : and they
were cast into the lions' den, they and their chil-
dren, and their wives: and they did not reach the
bottom of the den, before the lions caught them,
and broke all their bones in pieces.

23 Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes,
and languages dwelling in the whole earth : Peace
be multiplied unto you.

26 It is decreed, by me, that in all my empire
and my kingdom all men dread and fear the God
of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God for
ever : and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and
his power shall be for ever.

27 He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing signs,
and wonders in heaven, and in earth : who hath
delivered Daniel out of the lions' den.

28 Now Daniel continued unto the reign of Da-
rius, and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

CHAP. VII.

Daniel's vision of the four beasts, signifying four kingdoms : of
(hid sitting on his throne: and of the opposite kingdoms of
Christ and Antichrist.

TN the first year of Baltassar king of Babylon,
■*- Daniel saw a dream : and the vision of his head
was upon his bed : and writing the dream he com-
prehended it in few words : and relating the sum of
it in short, he said :

2 I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the
four windsof the heaven strove upon the great sea.

3 And four great beasts* different one from ano-
ther, came up out of the sea.

* Four great beasts, viz. The Chaldean, Persian, Grecian, and Ro-
man empires. But some rather choose to understand the fourth
beast of ttie successors of Alexander the great, more especially of
them that reigned in Asia and Syria.

t Ten horns. That is, ten kingdoms (as Apoc. xvii. 12.) among
which the empire o( the fourth beast shall be parcelled. Or ten kings

4 The first was like a lioness, and had the wings
of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked
off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood
upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was
given to her.

5 And behold, another beast like a bear stood up
on one side : and there were three rows in the mouth
thereof, and in the teeth thereof; and thus they said
to it : Arise ; devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leo-
pard ; and it had upon it four wings as of a fowl ; and
the beast had four heads, and power was given to it.

7 After this I beheld in the vision of the night,
and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and
exceeding strong: it had great iron teeth, eating
and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest
with its feet : and it was unlike to the other beasts
which I had seen before it, and had ten horns.f

8 I considered the horns, and behold, another
little hornf sprung out of the midst of them : and
three of the first horns were plucked up at the pre-
sence thereof: and behold, eyes like the eyes of a
man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great
things.

9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and the
ancient of days sat : his garment was white as
snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool ; his
throne like flames of fire ; the wheels of it like a
burning fire.

10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before
him : thousands of thousands ministered to him :
and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood
before him : the judgment sat, and the books were
opened.

Ill Beheld, because of the voice of the great
words which that horn spoke : and I saw that the
beast was slain, and the body thereof was destroyed,
and given to the fire to be burnt :

12 And that the power of the other beasts was
taken away : and that times of life were appointed
them for a time, and a time.

13 I beheld therefore in the vision of the night,
and lo, one like the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven, and he came even to the ancient
of days : and they presented him before him.

14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a
kingdom : and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall
serve him : his power is an everlasting power that
shall not be taken away; and his kingdom that shall
not be destroyed.

15 My spirit trembled : I Daniel was affrighted at
these things, and the visions of my head troubled me.

16 1 went near to one of them that stood by,
and asked the truth of him concerning all these
things : and he told me the interpretation of the
wofds, and instructed me :

17 These four great beasts are four kingdoms,
which shall arise out of the earth.

of the number of the successors of Alexander ; as figures of such as
shall be about the time of Antichrist.

t Another little horn. This is commonly understood of Antichrist.
It may also be applied to that great persecutor Antiochus Epiphane*
as a figure of Antichrist.

701

DANIEL.

18 But the saints of the most high God shall
take the kingdom : and they shall |>ossess the king-
dom lor cut and c\er.

19 After this I would diligently learn conc ern ing
the fourth beast, whieh MH \ery different from all,
and exceeding terrible : his teeth and claws were
of iron : he di-voured and broke in pieces : and the
met he stamped upon with his feet.

20 And conrcrniim the ten horns that he had on

hi- head: and eooeeniiag the other thai cajne up,

before whieh three horns fell ; and of that horn that
had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and

itm greater than the rest.

21 I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against
the saint-, and prevailed over them,

22 Till the ancient of days came and gave judg-
ment to the saints of the most High ; and the time
came and the saints obtained the kingdom.

23 And thus he said : The fourth beast shall be
the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be g r e a t e r
than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

\nd the teli horns of the same kingdom shall
be ten kings : and another shall rise up after them;
and he shall be mightier than the former; and he
shall bring down three kings.

25 And he shall speak woeds against the High
One, and shall crush the saints of the most High :
ami he shall think himself able to change times and
laws; and they shall be delivered into his hand
until a time, and times, and half a time.*

26 And judgment shall sit, that his power may
be taken away, and be broken in pieces, and perish
e\en to the end ;

\nd that the kingdom, and power, and the
greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven,
may be given to the people of the saints of the
most II mli : whose kingdom is an everlasting king-
dom, and all kings si ia 1 1 ser\e hi m, and shall obey him.
21$ Hitherto is the end of the word. I Daniel
was much troubled with my thoughts; and my
countenance was changed in me : but I kept the
word in in v heart.

< IIAP. VI!!.

Daniel's vision of the ram and he-goat, interpreted by the An-
gel Gabritl.

FN the third year of the reign of king Bahaesar,
-■-a usi.in appeared to me. I Daniel, after what
I had seen ill the beginning,

2 Saw iii my vision when I was in the castle of
i. whieh is in the province of I. lam: and I HW

in the vision that I was oirer the gate of Ulai.

3 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw : and behold.
a ramf stood before the water, having two high

•9 hMM, Mlfl flSlff, Olt\t\

•rnicl

It m time. That in, three Tears »nd a half;
ed to be the length of the duration of the persecution

t .1 rmm. The rr, spire of the Merle* and Persian*.
t A kr-rool. The empire of the Greeks, or Macedonian*.
♦ He ttmthfdnot tht ground. Itr conquered all before him, with so
much rapidity, that be seemed rather to fly,Uian to walk upon the
earth.

| .1 noloUt kens. Alexander the great.

t Four morns \ Philip, and Plolrmeuv the

accessor* of Alexander, who divided hi* empire » motif them

70S

horns, and one higher than the other, and growing
up. Afterward

4 I saw the ram pushing with his horns against
the west, and Bgaiasl the north, and against the
south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be
delivered out of his hand: and he did according to
his own will, and became great.

5 And I understood : and behold, a he-goat J
came from the west from the face of the whole earth ;
and he touched not the ground,^ and the he goat
had a notable horn|| between his eyes.

6 And he went up to the rain that had the horns,
which I had seen standing before the gate : and he
ran towards him in the force of his strength.

7 And when he was come near the ram, he was
enraged against him, and struck the ram: and broke
his two horns: and the ram could not withstand
him: and when he had cast him down on the ground,
he stamped upon him; and none could deliver the
ram out of his hand.

8 And the he-goal became exceeding great : and
when he was grown, the great horn was broken ;
and there came up four horus*l under it towards
the four winds of heaven.

9 And out of one of them came forth a little
horn ;** and it became great against the south, and
against the east, and against the strength.

10 And it was magnified even unto the strength
of heaven :ft and it threw down of the strength, and
of the st. us. and trod upon them.

11 And it was magnified even to the prince of
the Strength : and it took away from him the con-
tinual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanc-
tuary.

12 And strength was given him against the con-
tinual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be
east dow ii on the ground, and he shall do and shall

prosper.

13 And I heard one of the saints speaking: and
one saint mid to another: I know not to whom that
was speaking: How Ions shall be the vision, con-
cerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the
desolation that is made : and the sanctuary, and the
Strength be trodden under foot ?

14 And he said to him: Unto evening and morn-
ing two thousand three hundred days :}{ and the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.

15 And it came to pass, when I Daniel saw the

\isiuii. and sought the meaning, thai behold, there
stood before me as It w ere the appearance of ■ man.

16 And I heard the voice of a man between Ulai :
and he called, and said: Gabriel, make this man
to understand the vision.

17 And hecame, and stood near where I stood: and

** .1 HUb horn, .tntiorkut Epiphtmet. a descendant of Sttntou. 1 1 <•
ffrew against the south, and the east, by his »ictorie» '>inc»

| pt and Armenia : and srstsuf tkt Urrnttk, that is, against Je-
ln and the people of God.
♦ t Untothtilrrnttki}fl*a*n;or»fFtk&ti*t*™iktfk*m*». So are
here called the arm? of the Jew*, the people of Cod.

JJ Unto evening and monung hro thousand tttrtt hundrrd day,. That
i«, >n yearn and almost f.mr month*: which was the »l,.il<- tune from
the beginning of the persecution of Antic* tin* till hts death.

CHAP. IX.

when he was come, I fell on my face trembling :
and he said to me : Understand, O son of man ;
for in the timeof the end the vision shall be fulfilled.

18 And when he spoke to me, I fell flat on the
ground : and he touched me, and set me upright.

19 And he said to me : I will show thee what
things are to come to pass in the end of the male-
diction : for the time hath its end.

20 The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the
king of the Medes and Persians.

21 And the he-goat is the king of the Greeks :
and the great horn that was between his eyes, the
same is the first king.

22 But whereas when that was broken, there rose
lip four for it: four kings shall rise up of his nation,
but not with his strength.

23 And after their reign, when iniquities shall be
grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless
face, and understanding dark sentences.

24 And his power shall be strengthened, but not
by his own force : and he shall lay all things waste,
and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed.
And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of
the saints,

25 According to his will : and craft shall be suc-
cessful in his hand : and his heart shall be puffed
up ; and in the abundance of all things he shall kill
many : and he shall rise up against the prince of
princes, and shall be broken without hand.

26 And the vision of the evening and the morning,
which was told, is true : thou therefore seal up the
vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.

27 And I Daniel languished, and was sick for
some days : and when I was risen up, I did the
king's business : and I was astonished at the vision ;
and there was none that could interpret it.

CHAP. IX.

Daniel's confession and prayer : Gabriel informs him concern-
ing the seventy weeks to the coming of Christ.

TN the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus of
*- the seed of (he Medes, who reigned over the
kingdom of the Chaldeans :

2 The first year of his reign, I Daniel understood
by books the number of the years, concerning which
the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet,
that seventy years should be accomplished of the
desolation of Jerusalem.

3 And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray
and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth,
and ashes.

4 And I prayed to the Lord my God ; and I made
my confession, and said : I beseech thee, O Lord
God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant,
and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy com-
mandments,

5 We have sinned ; we have committed ini-
quity ; we have done wickedly, and have revolted :
and we have gone aside from thy commandments,
and thy judgments.

6 We have not hearkened to thy servants the
prophets, that have spoken in thy name to our kings,
to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people
:f the land.

7 To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion
of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to
them thafare near, and to them that are far off in all
the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their
iniquities, by which they have sinned against thee.

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our princes, and to our fathers that have sinned.

9 But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and for-
giveness; for we have departed from thee:

10 And we have not hearkened to the voice of
the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set
before us by his servants the prophets.

1 1 And all Israel have transgressed thy law, and
have turned away from hearing thy voice: and the
malediction, and the curse, which is written in the
book of Moses the servant of God, is fallen upon us,
because we have sinned against him.

12 And he hath confirmed his words which he
spoke against us, and against our princes that judged
us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such
as never was under all the heaven, according to that
which hath been done in Jerusalem.

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this
evil is come upon us; and we entreated not thy face,
O Lord our God, that we might turn from our ini-
quities, and think on thy truth.

14 And'the Lord hath watched upon the evil,
and hath brought it upon us: the Lord our God is
just in all his works which he hath done: for we
have not hearkened to his voice-

15 And now, O Lord our God, who hast brought
forth thy people out of the land of Egypt with a
strong hand, and hast made thee a name as at this
day: we have sinned, we have committed iniquity.

16 O Lord, against all thy justice: let thy wrath
and thy indignation be turned away, I beseech thee,
from thy city Jerusalem, and from thy holy moun-
tain. For by reason of our sins, and the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are a re-
proach to all that are round about us.

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the suppli-
cation of thy servant, and his prayers: and show thy
face upon thy sanctuary which is desolate, for thy
own sake.

18 Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open
thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon
which thy name is called : for it is not for our justi-
fications that we present our prayers before thy face,
but for the multitude of thy tender mercies.

19 O Lord, hear: O Lord, be appeased: hearken
and do: delay not for thy own sake, O my God:
because thy name is invocated upon thy city, and
upon thy people.

20 Now while I was yet speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people
of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the
sight of my God, for the holy mountain of my God :

21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the
man Gabriel,* whom I had seen in the vision at

The man GabHel. The Angel Gabriel in the sjiape of a man.
703

DANIKL

the hagjaniag. fly ins sw iftly touched me at the time
of (In- evening sacrifice.

-' \nd lit- instructed me, and spoke to me, and
said: O Daniel, I am now ojmm forth to teach thee,

an.) that thou mkhtcst understand.

2.) From the hemmting tit thy prayers tlie word
came forth: and I am come lo shot, U to tine, be-
cause thou art a man of desires :* therefore do thou
mark, the word, and understand the vision.

11 Seventy weeksf are shortened U|H>n thy pco-

Ele, and upon thy holy city, that transgression ma\
e finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity
may lie abolished; and everlasting justice _m:iy he
brought; and vision and prophecy may t>e fulfilled ;
and the Saint of saints may be anointed.

25 Know thou then fore, and take notice: that
from the §oing forth of the word. J to build up Jeru-
salem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be

n weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street
shall be built again, and the walls in straitness of
liuies.$

26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be
slaiu: and the people that shall deny him shall not
hfl liis. And a people with their leader|| that shall
come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and
the end thereof shall be waste; and after the end of
the war the appointed desolation.

27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many,
in one week: and in the halfofthe weekH the vic-
tim and the sacrifice shall fail : and there shall lie
in the temple the alMimiuation of desolation :** and
the desolation shall continue even to the consumma-
tion, and to the end.

I 1 1 A P. X.

Daniel having kumhled himself by fmling and penance, teeth a
t, trith uhich he is much terrified: but he is comforted by
an Angtl.

IN the third year of Cyrus king of the Persians,
a word w as p vcaledto Daniel surnamed Bal-
tass ir, and a true word, and ureal strength : and he
understood the word : lor there is need of under-
standing in a I ision.

1 In those da\s I Daniel mourned the days of
weeks.

3 I ate no deniable bread, and neither flesh nor
wine entered into my mouth; neither was 1 anoint-
ed with ointment ; till the days of three weeks were
ai coinplished.

4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first
month I was by the great river, which is the Tim i>.

5 And I lifted up my eyes, and 1 saw : and be-

iofietht$, L e. ardeolly pray-in* for tho Jews then in captinu
\ 8n tm lf tutkt, vix. of years (or seventy timet Mren, that u, 490
years) am tkmttntd ; that it, fixed and determined, ao that the time
•hall be no lonr

omtM* fi»* firth »f tktteori, he. That is, from the twentieth
>•( hint: Arlaxerxea, when by hit commandment Nchcmiaa re-
l.mlt the walU of Jerusalem, t Eadraa ii. From which time, accord-
ing to the beat cbronoloey, there were juat 69 weeks of vcars, that
it in J years, to the baptiwn of Christ, when be fir* began lo preach
and esaowte the office of Missis, ,

t Imtirdttuu of Haa ( ungu tttn ft sse i nw i ; which mar allude both to
the difficulties and opposition they met with in hnildir* ; and lo the
shortness of the time in which the* finished Ibe will. ti/.. &< day*.

i .« f*fU wtlk their Umdrt. Toe K 4i» under Titus.

•

hold, a man clothed in linen, and his loins were
girded with the finest gold.

6 And his body was like the chrysolite, and his
fa i e as the appearance of lightning, and his i
burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward <-\ . m
to the feet, like in appearance to glittering bras? ; ami
the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.

7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: fi )r the
men that were with me saw it not : but an exceed-
ing great terror fell upon them ; and tiny lied awa\.
and hid themselt

8 And I being left alone saw this great vision :
and there remained no strength in DC : and the ap-
pearance of my countenance was changed in me:
and 1 fainted away, and retained no strength.

9 And I heard the voice of his wokIs : and when
I heard, I lay in a consternation upon my face : and
my face was close to the ground.

10 And behold, a hand touched me, and lifted
me up upon my knees, and upon the joints of my
hands.

11 And he said to me: Daniel, thou man of de-
sires, understand the words that I speak to thee,
and Stand Upright : for I am sent now to thee. And
w hen he bad said this word to me,I stood trembling.

12 And he said tome: Fear not, Danitl: for
from the fust day that thou didst set thy heart to un-
derstand, to afflict thvself in the sight of thy God,
thy words have been heard : and I am come for thy
words.

18 But the princeft of the kingdom of the Per-
sians resisted me one and twenty days : and behold,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me ■
and I remained there bv the kin:; of the Persians.

14 But I am come to teach thee what things
shall _ he fid thy people in the latter days ; for as yet
the \ ision is for da\s.

15 And when he was speaking such words to me,
I east down my countenance to the ground, ano

held my peace.

16 And behold, as it were the likeness of a sor
of man touched my lips: then 1 opened my mouth.,
and spoke, and said to him that stood before me
O my lord, at the sight of tine my joints are loosi d.
and no Strength hath remained in me.

17 And how can the servant of my lord speak
with my lord ? for no strength remaineth in me ;
moreover my breath is stopped.

18 Therefore be thai looked like ■ man touched
me again, and strengthened me.

19 And he said : Fear not, O man of dcsii.

1 In ttu half of the vttlc; or, m tin middle of the vetk, he. Became
<°hn»t preached three year* and a half ; and then by bit sacrifice
upon the croat abolished all Ibe sacrifices of the law.

•* TV oho min o ti om of desolation. Some understand lhi«of the pro-
fanation of the temple bv the crimes of the Jews, and by the bloody
faction of the zealots. Others of the bringing in tin
ami standard of the paran Romans. Others, in fine, dntinp
different limes of desolation : viz. that under Am... •
the temple wa» destroyed by the Komans; and the last near the end
of the world under Antichrist. To all which, as they suppose, this
e.| may have a relation.

\\ TV prince, fkc. Thai la, the Anjrel guardian of Persia : who, ac-
ne to his office, seeking the spiritual good of the Persians, was
desirous that manv of Ibe Jews should remain i

CHAP. XI.

peace be to thee : take courage, and be strong.
And when he spoke to me, I grew strong ; and I
said : Speak, O my lord, for thou hast strength-
ened me.

20 And he said : Dost thou know wherefore I
am come to thee ? And now 1 will return, to fight
against the prince of the Persians. When I went
forth, there appeared the prince of the Greeks
coming.

21 But I will tell thee what is set down in the
scripture of truth : and none is my helper in all these
things, but Michael your prince.*

CHAP. XI.

The Angel declares to Daniel many things to come, icith regard
to the Persian and Grecian kings ; mure especially with re-
gard to Antiochus as a figure of Antichrist.

A ND from the first year of Darius the Mede I
J -~*- stood up, that he might be strengthened and
confirmed.

2 And now I will show thee the truth. Behold,
there shall stand yet three kingsf in Persia : and
the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly above them
all : and when he shall be grown mighty by his
riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of
Greece.

3 But there shall rise up a strong king,J and
shall rule with great power : and he shall do what
•he pleaseth.

4 And when he shall come to his height, his
kingdom shall be broken : and it shall be divided
towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his

i>osterity, nor according to his power with which
le ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in pieces,
even for strangers, besides these.

5 And the king of the south§ shall be strength-
ened ; and one of his princes shall prevail over him :
and he shall rule with great power : for his domi-
nion shall be great.

6 And after the end of years they shall be in
league together: and the daughter of the •king of
the south|| shall come to the king of the north to
make friendship : but she shall not obtain the
strength of the arm ; neither shall her seed stand :
and she shall be given up, and her young men
that brought her, and they that strengthened her
in these times.

7 And a plantH of the bud of her roots shall
stand up : and he shall come with an army, and
shall enter into the province of the king of the
north : and he shall abuse them, and shall prevail.

8 And he shall also carry away captive into

* Michael your prince. The guardian general of the church of God.

f Three kings, viz. Cambyses, Smerdes Magus, and Darius the son
of Hystaspes. The fourth. Xerxes.

t A sin ng king. Alexander.

i The king of the south. Plolemeus the son of Lagus king of Egypt,
which lie* south of Jerusalem. One of his princes, that is, one of Alex-
ander's p-inces, shall prevail over him ; that is, slia.IL be stronger than the
king of Egypt. He speaks of Sclcucus Nicator, king of Asia and Syria,
whose successors are here called the kings of the north, because
their Hoininio'S lay to the north in respect to Jerusalem.

|| The daughter of the king of the south, viz. Berenice daughter of Ptole-
mem Philadelphus, giveu in marriage to Antiochus Theos, grandson of
Seleucus.

? A ilant, Sic. PtoUmeus Evergetes the son of Philadelphia.

** The king of the north. Seleucus CalUnicut.

Egypt their gods, and their graven things, and their
precious vessels of gold and silver : he shall prevail
against the king of the north.**

9 And the king of the south shall enter into the
kingdom, and shall return to his own land.

10 And his sonsft shall be provoked; and they
sha'Il assemble a multitude of great forces : and he
shall come with haste like a flood : and he shall return
and be stirred up: and he shall join battle with his
forces.

1 1 And the king of the southtt being provoked
shall go forth, and shall fight against the king of
the north, and shall prepare an exceeding great mul-
titude : and a multitude shall be given into his hands.

12 And he shall take a multitude, and his heart
shall be lifted up : and he shall cast down many
thousands : but he shall not prevail.

13 For the king of the north shall return, and
shall prepare a multitude much greater than before:
and in the end of times and years, he shall come in
haste with a great army, and much riches.

14 And in those times many shall rise up against
the king of the south : and the children of prevari-
cators of thy people shall lift up themselves to fulfil
the vision ; and they shall fall.

15 And the king of the north shall come, and
shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best
fenced cities : and the arms of the south shall not
withstand : and his chosen ones shall rise up to
resist ; and they shall not have strength.

16 And he shall come upon him,$$ and do ac-
cording to his pleasure : and there shall be none to
stand against his face : and he sluil stand in the
glorious land ; and it shall be consumed by his hand.

17 And he shall set his face to come to possess all
his kingdom ;|| !| and he shall make upright condi-
tions with him : and he shall give him a 'laughter of
women, to overthrow it : and she sh«ll not stand,
neither shall she be for him.

18 And he shall turn his face to the islands, and
shall take many : and he shall cause the prince ot
his renro^chllH to cease: and his reproach shall be
turned upon him.

19 And he shall turn his face to the empire of his
own land: and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall
not be found.

20 And there shall stand up in his place one
most vile,*** and unworthy of kingly honour
and in a few days he shall be destroyed, not in rage,
nor in battle.

ft His sons, Seleucus Ceraunius, and Antiochus thegreat, the sonb of Cah
linicus. He shall come, viz. Antiochus the great.

\l The king of the south. Plolemeus Philopater, son of Evergetes.

U He shall cotne upon him, viz. Antiochus shall come upon the king
ofthesoulh. The glorious land. Judea.

{||| All his kingdom, viz. all tlie kingdom of Ptolemeui Epiphanes, son of
Philopater. A daughter of women. That is, a most beautiful woman,
viz. his daughter Cleopatra. To overthrow it, viz. the kingdom of Epi-
phanes : but his policy shall not succeed : for Cleopatra shall take more
to hea^t the interest of her husband than that of her father.

HH The prince of his reproach. Scipio the Roman general, called the
prince of his reproach, because he overthrew Antiochus, and obliged
him to submit to very dishonourable terms, before he would ctatt
from the war.

*** One most vile. Seleucus Philopater, who sent Hehodorus to plundat
the temple ; and was shortly after slain by the same HeliodoVHfc
705

DANIEL.

2\ \ik1 there shall stand up in his place one de-
'i!:* and I he kinglv honour shall not be ghrt a
him: and ht- shall come privately, and shall obtain
the kingdom by fraud.

\iid tin- .inns of the fichterf shall be ovei-
rouif lit loir his fai •»•. and shall be broken ; \ea also
the prince of tin- covenant.

\nd after friendships, he "ill deal deceitfully
with him : and he shall go up, and shall overcome
w rth a small people.

\ud he shall enter into rich and plentiful ci-
ties : and he shall do that which his lathers never
did. nor his fathers 1 lathers: he shall scatter their
s|K>ils, ami their prey, anil their riches > and shall
forecast devices against the best fenced places ; and
this until a time.

\nd his strength and his heart shall be stir-
red up against the kingl of the south with a great
BTIB] : and the king Of the south shall Im> stirred up
to battle with manj and very strong succours: and
they shall not stand ; for they shall form designs
ist him.

\ ml thev that eat bread with him, shall de-
StTOJ him : and his army shall be overthrown; and
mans shall fill (km n slain.

\nd the heart of the two kings shall be to do
BVd ; and they shall speak lies at one table, and
thev shall not prosper: because as yet the end si
unto another time.

\nd he shall return into his land with much
riches : and his heart shall hi against the holy eove-
n int: and he -hall succeed, and shall return into
his own land.

29 At the time appointed, he shall return; and
he shaM come t<> tin- south : but the latter time shall
not lie like the former.

\ 11. 1 the ea I leys and the Romans^ shall come
upon him : and he shall be struck, and shall re-
turn, and shall have indignation against the cove-
nant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed: and
he shall return, and shall devise against them that

have forsaken the covenant of the sanctuary.
.11 And arms shall stand on his part: and they
i [defile the sanctuary of strength, and shall take
<\ the continual sacrifice: and they shall place
llu i r the abomination!! unto desolation.

knd such as deal wickedly against the cove-
nant shall deceitfully dissemble : but the people that
know their (iod shall prevail and succeed.

tnd they that are learned anions the people
shall teach many: and thev shall tail l>> the sword,
anil by fire, and by captivity, and by spoil, for iintini

oV And when tiny shall have fallen, they shall

aw<

»iat. Jn H t tk ut Ef ifktm n , who at tint was dnpittd,

for king. What w here said of thi« prince i«

Ji-nwn and other* in Antichrist; of whom tin. Antio-

| Of tin figUtT.

Thai >v of Ihetn that »hall oppOMi him. an •!
Ttu fHntt af tiu MMMat, or »f tin km. The
•haw that conapuwd against him ; or the kiof of Eg) pi, hat
iry.
t lint Ptoltmnu PUU w uH r.
\ Tht gtlkftmUlkt Rttmmnt. PopUm*, and the other Roman am-
baatudors, wlio came inralle,., and obliged him to drp-irt from I'.Rjpt.

bfl relieved vvith a small kelp: and many shall oe
joined tt> them dect itfaliy.

35 And some of the learned shall fall, that they
may be trietl. and mav be chosen, and made white
even to the appointed time : because vet there shall
lie another time.

36 And the kins shall do according to his will:
and he shall he lifted up, and shall niagnifv him-
self against ever] |od: ami he shall speak great

things against the (iotl of gods, and shall prosper,
till the w rath be accomplished. For the tit •termina-
tion is made.

I Ami he shall make no account of the God of
his fathers: ami he shall follow the lust of women,
and he shall not regard any gods: for be shall rise
up against all things.

.5!! Hut he shall worship thegod Maoziml in his
place: and a Hod w honihis fathers km w not, he shall
worship with gold, ami silver, and precious stones,
and things of great price.

39 And he shall do this to fortifv Mao/im with a

strange god, whom he bath acknowledged : and he

shall increase glory.** and shall give them ptiwci
over many, ami shall divide the land gratis.

40 Ami at the time prefixed, the kin:: of the south

shall fight against him, ami the king of the north
shall come against him like a tempest, with chariota,

and with horsemen, and with a great navv : and he
shall enter into the countries, and shall dcslrov . and
pass through.

41 And he shall enter into the glorious land, and
many shall fall : ant) these only shall be saved out
of his hand. Kdom, ami Aloab, ami the principality
of the children of Amnion.

42 Ami he shall lay his hand upon the lands :
ami the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43 And he shall have iiower over the treasures
Of* gold, and of silver, ami all the precious things ol
Egypt: and he shall pass through Lvhia and
Ethiopia.

44 Ami tidings out of the east, and out of the
north shall trouble him : ami he shall come with a
great multitude to destroy and slay many,

45 And he shall fix his tabernacle Apatlnoft be-
tween the seas, upon a glorious and holy mountain :
and he shall come even to the top thereof ; and none
shall help him.

CHAT. XII.

Mi( harl shall stand up for the people qf Otd : with other things
relating to Antichrist- ami the end of tht wot Id.

BUT at that time shall Michael rise up. the gnat
prince who stnndcth for the children of thy
people: and a time shall come such as never was

I 7V« »»«// plf Hurt the mhominulion, he. The idol i>l Jupiter
(Vitmpiw, win. h Anlim-hii. in. I. n. I In In- M't up in the »anrtn ■■■

mplc . which !•> bet* i-alh-d the wnctuary of itrtngth, from the
rshipped il ■
1 7V(«I JVaatna. Thai », Ihr jr.") »( J<rrr; or ttnmg h»Ut.
*• JhU ht lUI inert** glory, k< . Il< itow bouol

and I

IT .*!**
fn«n tin- \

ill M nr^lll

mi.

(he prapw name of a

l> pnl.xr.

Kin I

CHAP. XIII.

from the time that nations began even until that
time. And at that time shall thy people he saved,
every one that shall be found written in the hook.

2 And many of those that sleep in the dust of the
earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and
others unto reproach, to see it always.

3 But they that are learned* shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct
many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time appointed : many
shall pass over, and knowledge shall be manifold.

5 And I Daniel looked; and behold, as it were
two others stood; one on this side upon the bank of
the river, and another on that side, on the other bank
of the river.

6 And I said to the man that was clothed in linen,
that stood upon the waters of the river: How long
shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And 1 heard the man that was clothed in linen,
that stood upon the waters of the river, when he
hiid lifted up his right hand, and his left hand to
heaven, and had sworn by him that liveth for ever,
that, it should be tmto a time, and times, and half a
time. And when the scattering of the band of the
holy people shall be accomplished, all these things
shall be finished.

8 And I heard, and understood not. And I said :
O my lord, what shall be after these things?

9 And he said: Go, Daniel, because the words
are shut up, and sealed until the appointed time.

10 Many shall be chosen, and made white, and
shall be tried as fire : and the wicked shall deal
wickedly ; and none of the wicked shall understand ;
but the learned shall understand.

11 And from the time when the continual sacri-
fice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto
desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand
two hundred ninety days.

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh unto
a thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

13 But go thou thy ways until the time appolnt-
*ed: and thou shaft rest, and stand in thy lot unto

the end of the days.

CHAP. XIII.

The. history of Susanna and the two elders.^

1VTOVV there was a man that dwelt in Babylon,
-*- * and his name was Joakim :

2 And he took a wife whose name was Susanna,
the daughter of Helcias, a very beautiful woman,
and one that feared God.

3 For her parents being just, had instructed their
daughter according to the law of Moses.

4 Now Joakim was very rich, and had an or-
chard near his house: and the lews resorted to him,
because he was the most honourable of them all.

5 And there were two of the ancients of the peo-
ple appointed judges that year, of whom the Lord

L'.arned, viz. in tlie law of God and true wisdom, which consists in
kputving and loving God.

f This history of ^anna, in all the ancient Greek and Latin bi-
bles, was placed in the beginning of the book of Daniel ; until St.
Jerom, in his translation, detached it from thence ; because he did not

said: Iniquity came out from Babylon from the an-
cientjudges, that seemed to govern (he people:

6 Hiese men frequented the house of Joakim:
and all that had any matters of judgment came to
them.

7 And when the people departed away at noon,
Susanna went in, and walked in her husband's or-
chard.

8 And the old men saw her going in every day,
and walking: and they were inflamed with lust
towards her :

9 And they perverted their own mind, and turn-
ed away their eyes, that they might not look unto
heaven, nor remember just judgments.

10 So they were both wounded with the love of
her; yet they did not make known their grief one
to the other :

1 1 For they were ashamed to declare to one an-
other their lust, being desirous to have to do with her:

12 And they watched carefully every day to see
her. And one said to the other :

13 Let us now go home, for it is dinner time.
So going out they departed one from another.

14 And turning back again, they came both to the
same place : and asking one another the cause,
they acknowledged their lust: and then they
agreed upon a time, when trfey might find her alone.

15 And it fell out, as they watched a fit day, she
went in on a time, as yesterday and the day be-
fore, with two maids only ; and was desirous to
wash herself in the orchard ; for it was hot weather.

1 6 A rid there was nobody t here, but t he two old men
that had hid themselves, and were beholding ner.

17 So she said to the maids : Bring me oil and
washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard,
that I mav wash me.

18 And they did as she bade them : and they
shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a
back door to fetch what she had commanded them:
and they knew not that the elders were hid within.

19 Now when the maids were gone forth, the
two elders arose, and ran to her, and said :

20 Behold, the doors of the orchard are shut,
and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee:
wherefore consent to us, and lie with us.

21 Butif thou wilt not,wewillbearwitness against
thee, that a young man was with thee, and there-
fore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.

22 Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened
on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to
me : and if I do it not, 1 shall not escape your hands.

23 But it is better for me to fall into your hands
without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the
Lord.

24 With that Susanna cried out with a loud
voice : and the elders also cried out against her.

25 And one of litem ran to the door of the or-
chard and opened it.

26 So v* hen the servants of the house heard the

Pad it in the Hebrew : which is also the case of the history of Bel and
the drapon. But both the one and the other are received b\ the ca-
tholic church : and were from the very beginning a part of the Chris
tian bible.

707 .

I) WILL.

cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door,
to set* what was the matter.

J7 But after the old men bad spokes, tbi
rants west -ii. iily ashamed ! for never had there
Ihcii any SUeh WOfd Said of Susanna. And on the
uezi day.

28 When the people were come to Joakim ker

husband, the tWO fillers also caDM lull Of" wicked

device against Susanna, to put her todeath.

29 Ami they siid before the people : Send to
Susanna daughter of Hekiaa the wile of Joakim.
And preseath they sent.

30 And she came w iih her parents, and children,
and all her kindred.

■ <\ \.u Susanna was exceeding delicate, and
beautiful to behold.

Hut those wicked men commanded that her
• should Ik.' uncovered (lor she was covered) that

it least thej might be larisfied with her beauty.
S3 Therefore her friends and all her acquaint-
ance wept.

34 iiui the two elders rising tin in the midst of
the people, btid their hands upon her head.

35 And she weeping looked up to heaven ; for
li.-r heart had confidence in the Lord.

36 And the elders said : As we walked in the
orchard alone, this woiftan came in with two maids,
and shut the doors of the orchard, and sent awav
the maids from her.

37 Then a young man that was there hid came
to her, and lav with her.

38 Jiiit we that w ere in a corner of the orchard,
a; this wickedness, ran up to them: and we

saw tjieui lie together.

39 And him indeed we could not take, because
he was Stronger than us : and opining the doors,
he leaped out :

40 Hut baring taken this woman, we asked who
the yoiuiK man was; but she would not tell us: of
tlii> thing we are witnesses.

41 The multitude believed them as bcins the
elders and the judges ol the people: and they con-
demned her to death.

42 Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice,, and
said : O eternal God, who knowest bidden things,
who knowest all things before they come to pass.

43 Thou knowest that thev have home false wit-
ness against me; and behold, 1 must die j where-
as I have done none of these things which these
men have malicious]} forged sgaieet mc.

44 And the Lord heard her voire.

45 And when she was led to he put to death,
the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young DOT,
whose name was Daniel:

\nd he cried out with a loud voice : I am
clear from the Mood of this woman.

47 Then all the people turniii^ themselves to-
wards h'un, said: \\ hat meaneth this word that
thou lust spoken ?

)'.'• Hut he standing in the midst of them, said:
Are ye so foolish, \e children of lsiael.ih.it without
examination or knowledge of the truth, yon havi
condemned s daughter of Israel ?

49 Return to

W itliess against her

judgment ,

for they have borne

50 So all the people turned again in haste, and
the old men said to him: ( onie, and sit thou down
among us, and show it us: seeing God hath givui
thee the honour of old age.

51 And Daniel said to the people : Separate thew
two far from one another; and I will i .\auiiiie them.

52 So when they were put asunder one from the
other, he called one of them, and said tohini: <)
thou that art grown old in evil da.vs, now are thy
sins (nine out which thou hast committed before:

53 In judging unjust judgments, oppressing the
innocent, and letting the guilty to CO free: win nas
the Lord saith : The innocent and the just thou shall
not kill.

54 Now then if thou SSWest her, tell me under
what tree thou saw est them conversing together.
He said: Under a mastic tree.

55 And Daniel said : Well hast thou lied against
thv own head: forhehold.the Aim lol God baring re-

I the sentence of him, shall cut thee in two.

56 And having put him aside, he commanded
that the other should come ; and he said to him:
O thou seed of ( hanaan, and not of Juda, beauty
hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thy heart :

57 Thus did you do to the daughters of Israel,
and they for fear conversed with you : hut a daugh-
ter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.

58 Now therefore tell me, under what tree didst
thou take them conversing together. And he an-
swered : Under a holm tree.

59 And Daniel said to him : Well hast thou also
lied against thy ow n head : for the Angel of the
Lord Waited! with a sword to cut thee in two, and
to destroy you.

60 With that all the assembly cried out with a
loud voice: and they blessed God, who saveth them
that trust in him.

61 And they rose up against the two elders (for
Daniel had convicted them of false witness hv their
own mouth) and they did to them as they had ma-
liciously dealt against their neighbour,

62 To fulfil the law of Moses : and they put
them to death : and innocent hlood was saved in
that day.

63 But Ilelcias and his wife praised <M>d, for
their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her hushand,
and all her kindred, becuuse there was no dishones-
ty found in her.

64 And Daniel became great in the light of the
people from that day and thenceforward.

65 And king Astyages was gathered to his fa-
thers: and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.

(MAP. XIV.

The history of Bel; and of thr great ti rptnt worthippeil liy the

liiiliy/iininiiM.

A ND Daniel was the kind's gUCSt,* and was ho-

-**- noured shore all his fro mis.

2 Now the Babylonians had an idol called Hel :

• TV fa«/r'» jw'i

«pokca of w» EnlMi
•or, ami a .

It acrni- n o-i uo'illr, tl.at t),r km* li*re
(be -on and 'w 1 1 >*or of N^bmlioJoDu.

CHAP. XIV.

rfiid there were spent upon him every day twelve
treat measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and
sixty vessels of wine.

3 The king also worshipped him, and went every
flay to adore him : But Daniel adored his God. And
the king said to him : Why dost thou not adore Bel?

4 And he answered, and said to him: Because I
do not worship idols made with hands, hut the liv-
ing God, that created heaven and earth, and hath
power over all flesh.

5 And the king said to him : Doth not Bel seem
to thee to be a living God ? Seest thou not how much
he eateth and drinketh every day?

6 Then Daniel smiled, and said : O king, he not
deceived : for this is but clay within, and brass with-
out ; neither hath he eaten at any time.

7 And the king being angry, called for his priests,
and said to them : If you tell me not who it is that
eateth up these expenses you shall die.

8 But if you can show that Bel eateth these
things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed
against Bel. And Daniel said to the king : Be it
done according to thy word.

9 Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides
their wives, and little ones, and children. And the
king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.

10 And the priests of Bel said : Behold, we go
out : and Ho thou, O king, set on the meats, and
make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and
seal it with thy own ring:

1 1 And when thou comest in the morning, if thou
findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer
death, or else Daniel that harh lied against us.

12 And they little regarded it: because they had
made under the table a secret entrance: and they
always came in by it, and consumed those things.

13 So it came to pass after they were gone out,
the king set the meats before Bel : and Daniel com-
manded his servants, and they brought ashes ; and
he sifted them all over the temple before the king :
and going forth they shut the door : and having scal-

. ed it with the king's ring, they departed.

14 But the priests went in by night according to
their custom, with their wives and their children :
and they ate and drank up all.

15 And the king arose early in the morning, and
Daniel with him.

16 And the king said: Are the seals whole, Da-
niel ? And he answered : They are whole, O king.

17 And as soon as he had opened the door, the
king looked upon the table, and cried out with a
loud voice : Great art thou, O Bel ; and there is not
any deceit with thee.

18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king
that he should not go in : and he said : Behold the
pavement; mark whose footsteps these are.

19 And the king said : I see the footsteps of men,
and women, and children. And the king was angry.

20 Then he took the priests, and their wives,

* The den of lion$. Daniel was twice cast into the den of lions :
once under Darius the Mede, because he had transgressed the kinz's
•diet, by praying three limes a day : and another time under Evil-Me-

and their children : and they showed him me private
doors by which they came in, and consumed the
things that were on the table.

21 The king therefore put them to death, and de-
livered Bel into the power of Daniel; whodestroved
him, and his temple.

22 And there was a great dragon in that place,
and the Babylonians worshipped him.

23 And the king said to Daniel : Behold, thou
canst not say now, that this is not a living God :
adore him therefore.

24 And Daniel said : I adore the Lord my God :
for he is the living God: but that is no living God.

25 But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this
dragon without sword or club. And the king said:
I give thee leave.

26 Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and
boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put
them into the dragon's mouth, and the dragon burst
asunder. And he said : Behold him whom you wor-
shipped.

27 And when the Babylonians had heard this,
they took great indignation: and being gathered to-
gether against the king, they said : The king is be-
come a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel; he hath kill-
ed the dragon ; and he hath put the priests to death.

28 And they came to the king, ana said : Deliver
us Daniel : or else we will destroy thee and thy house.

29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him
violently: and being constrained by necessity, he
delivered Daniel to them.

30 And they cast him into the den of lions:* and
he was there six days.

31 And in the den there were seven lions ? and
they had given to them two carcasses every day, and
two sheep : but then thev were not # given unto them
that they might devour Daniel.

32 Now there was in Judea a prophet called
Habacuc :f and he had boiled pottage and had bro-
ken bread in a bowl; and was going into the field to
carry it to the reapers.

33 And the Angel of the Lord said to Habacuc:
Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon to
Daniel, who is in the lions' den.

34 And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Baby-
lon ; nor do I know the den.

35 And the Angel of the Lord took him by the
top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his
head, and set him in Babylon over the den in the
force of his spirit.

36 And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou
servant of God, take the dinner that God- hath sent
thee.

37 And Daniel said : Thou hast remembered me,
O God ; and thou hast not forsaken them that love
thee.

38 And Daniel arose, and ate. And the Angel
of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own
place.

rodnch by a sedition of the people. This lime he remained six days
in the lions' den; the othei time only one night.

f Habacuc. The same, as some think, whose prophecy it found
among the le »er prophets; but others believe him to be different

783

OSEE.

39 And upon (be seventh dai ike king came i«>
rjowail Daniel ; and In came to tin- den, Mid jooked
iii : and behold, Daniel was sitting in the mid* u
the lions.

W) And ihe king cried out with a loud voice,
ng: Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel.
And he drew him out of the lions' den.

41 But those that bad usee the caoae of Iii-, de-
struction, he east into the den: and tin \ wire ile
\oured in a nioincnl before hiin.

42 Then the king said : Let all the inhabitant
Of tin- whole earth tear the God of Daniel: lor i.

the Sax iour, working signs and wooden in the earth;
who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions 1 den.

THE PROPHECY OF OSEE.

Oiee or H«aw, whose name signifies a saviour, teas tj>f first m
the or.lr <>( time among those who are commonly called leaser
propbets, because ihrir prophecies are short, lie prophesied
i* the kingdom of Israel, that is, of the ten tribes, about the
same time that Isaias proper sirtl in the kingdom of Judo.

CHAP. I.

fly marrying a harlot, and by the names of his children, the
pr i',rth the crimes of Israel and their punishment.

■ ir rrd- mptinn by Christ.

IT! HE word of the Lord that came to Osee the

JL son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan*

Acban, and Eaechias, kings of Juda. and in the

- of Jeroboam the son olJoas kin;: of* Israel.

2 The beginning of the Lord's speaking by Osee :
and the Lord said to Osee : Go, take thee a wife
ol fornications,* and have of her children of forni-

ont : lor the land by fornication shall depart
from the Lord.

3 So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of
DeUdaim : and she conceived, and bore buna son.

I knd the Lord said to liiui : Call his name
I, /rain I : for vet a little while, and I will visit the

blood oi JearahefuiJOfl the bouse. ofJebu ; and 1 w ill
cause to cease the kingdom of the bouse of Israel.

5 lad in that day I will break in pieces the bow
of Israel in the valley olJezrahel.

6 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter ;
and he said to him: Call her name. Without mercy :t
for I will not add anv more to have mercy on the
boner of Israel : bat I will utterly forget them.

7 \nd I will have merc\ on the house ol Juda.
and I will save them by the Lord their God : and
1 will not save them by bow, nor by sw ord, nor by-
battle, nor In horses, nor b* horsemen.

8 And she weaned her that was called Without
merev. And -die conceived, and bore a son.

9 And he said : Call his name, Not mv people,}
forvou are not mj people, and ' will not bevours.

10 And the number! of the children ol Israel
snail be as the sand of we sea. that i> without mea-
sure, and shall not lie numbered. And it shall lie
in the place where it •hall !>c said to them : You

• A nyV of formUmtums. That ia, a wife that hath been irirrn la for-
w..« l.i rgpre»«Ol the I.or.l'. prncrrdinr* with hi*

ponplf I r» I, wli<>, h\ viriiiial a mttooallj offending

t, in. < hUJtrn of /imitations. So called tram the character of their
i >l also from their nwrn wicked dbpo»i'
r II ilhoml merry. Lo-Ridumah.

710

are not my people: It shall be Siiid to ihetn : Ye
are the sons of the living God.

11 And the children of Juda, and the children of
Israel shall be gathered together : and they shall ap-
point themselves one head,|| and shall come up out
of the land : for great is the day of Jezrahel.
(HAP. II.

Israel it justly punished for leaving God. The abundance t\j
grace in the church of Christ.

SAY ye to your brethren: You are my people :
and to your sister : Thorn hast obtained mercy.*!

2 Judge your mother,** judge //r; : be caus e she
is not my wile, and 1 am not her husband. Let
her put away her fornications from her face, and
her adulteries from between her breasts :

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in tin-
day that she was horn : and 1 will make OCT as a
wilderness, and w ill set her as a land that none can
past through, and will kill her with drought.

4 And I will not haw mercy on her children;
for they are the children of fornications.

5 For their mother bath committed fornication ;
she that conceived them is covered with shame :
for she said : I will go after my lovers, that gi\e me
m\ bread, and my water, my wool, and ms flax,
in \ oil, and my drink.

6 Wherefore, behold, I will hedge tip tin w a\
with thorns; and 1 w ill stor
she shall not find her paths.

p tin wa\
wall : RIM

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall
not overtake them : and she shall seek them, and
shall not find : and she shall say: I will no. and re-
turn to my first husband: because it w as battel
with me then, than now.

8 And she did not know that I gave her corn, and
wine, and oil, and multiplied hei Silver, and gold,

which tbej have need iii the service ol Baal.

9 Therefore will I return, and take away mv
corn in its season, and my wine in its season : and
I will set at liberty m\ wool, and tin lla\, which
covered her disgj

10 And now I will lav open her folly in the . \, -

• 7V number he. Ml. of Ihe true Wraelitc, the < Inlitu n I
ohurrh of <

| Otuhead. tiz. t'liri«l. Grtot is Ihe day of JrlrahtL That i«, of tin
I for Jetrakfl Mgl

1 Soy to your Mtm, fcr. or, Call your brttnrm. My people, ami ),»irf
sister. Her thai »«!* oHaintJ merry. I
end of the fiirrr<«"K chapter : M tu the converts of strut I.

•• Y*tr mother. I • MnafagW.

CHAP. HI, IV

and no man shall deliver her out of

of her lovers
mv hand :

11 And I will cause all her mirth to cease, her
solemnities, her new-moons, her sabbaths, and all
her festival times.

12 And 1 will destroy her vines, and her fig-trees,
of which she said : These are my rewards, which
my lovers have given me: and I will make her as a
forest ; and the beasts of the field shall devour her.

13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim,
to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out
with her ear-rings, and with her jewels, and went
after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her,* and
will lead her into the wilderness : and I will speak
to her heart.

15 And I will give her vine-dressers out of the
same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening
of hope: and she shall sing there according to the
days of her youth, and according to the days of her
coming up out of the land of Egypt. ,

16 And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord :
That she shall call me: My husband :f and she
shall call me no more Baali.

17 And I will take away the names of BaalimJ
out of her mouth : and she shall no more remember
their name.

18 And in that day I will make a covenant with
them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls
of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth :
and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war
out of the land : and I will make them sleep secure.

19 And 1 will espouse thee§ to me for ever : and
I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment,
and in mercy, and in commiserations.

20 And I will espouse thee to me in faith : and
thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day : I will
hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens ;|| and
they shall hear the earth.

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the
wine, and the oil ; and these shall hear Jezrahel.

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth : and
I will have mercy on her that was without mercy.

24 And I will say to that which was not my
people :11 Thou art my people : And they shall say:
Thou art my God.

CHAP. III.

The prophet is commanded again to love an adulteress ; to sig-
nify God's love to the synagogue. The wretched state of the
Jews for a long time, till at last they shall be converted.

\ ND the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and

love a woman beloved of her friend, and an
nlulteress : as the Lord loveth the children of Israel,

* I will allure her. &e. After all her disloyalties, I will still allure her
by my Qfrace, fee* and send her vine-dressers, viz. Ihe apostles; originally
her own children, who shall open to her the grates of hope : as hereto-
fore at her coining into the land of promise, she had all irood success
after s'e had sa'isfie I the divine justice by the execution of Achan in
the vnlhij of Jichor. Josue vii.

f J\hj husband. In I Ichrew, Ishi. Baali, mv lord, The meaning of
this verse is: that whereas hhi and Baali' were used indifferently in
those days by wives speakintr to their husbands; the synagogue, whom
God was pleased to consider as his spouse, should call him only Ishi, and
abstain from the name of Baali, because of its affinity with the name
-'the idol Baal

and they look to strange gods, and love the husks
ol the grapes.

2 Audi bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver
and for a core of barley, and for half a core of bailey.

3 And I said to her : Thou shalt wait for roe
many days : thou shalt not play the harlot ; and thou
shalt be no man's ; and I also will wait for thee.

4 For the children of Israel shall sit many davs
without king, and without prince, and without sa-
crifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and
without theraphim.**

5 And after this the children of Israel shall return,
and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their
king :ff and they shall fear the Lord, and his good-
ness in the last days.

CHAP. IV.

(iiod'sjudgment against the sins of Israel : Juda is warned not to
follow their example.

XTEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Is-
-*--*- rael; for the Lord shall enter into judgment
with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no
truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no know-
ledge of God in the land.

2 Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and
adultery have overflowed : and blood hath touched
blood.

3 Therefore shall the land mourn : and every
one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts
of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea the,
'fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.

4 But yet let not any man judge :%\ and let not
a man be rebuked : for thy people are as they that
contradict the priest.

5 And thou shall fall to-day; and the prophet also
shall fall with thee: In the night I have made thy
mother to be silent.

6 My people have been silent, because they had
no knowledge : because thou hast rejected know-
ledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the
office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten
the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

7 According to the multitude of them, so have they
sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

8 They shall eat the sins of my people; and shall
lift up their souls to their iniquity.

9 And there shall be like people like priest : and
I will visit their ways upon them ; and I will repay
them their devices.

10 And they shall eat, and shall not be filled :
they have committed fornication, and have not ceased :
because they have forsaken the Lord in not observ-
ing his law.

1 1 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take
away the understanding.

% Baalim. It is the plural number of Baal : for there were divers
idols of Baal.

' I will espouse thee, &c. This relates to the happy espousals of Christ
with his church : which shall never be dissolved.

|| Hear the heavens, &c. All shall con'-pire in favour of the church,
which in the following verse is called Jezrahel, that is the seed of God.

\ That which was not my people, &c. This relates to the conversion
of the Gentiles.

** Theraphim. Tmatres or representations.

\\ David their king. That is, ( hrist, who is of the house of David

tJ Let not (itij man judge, &c. As if be would say : It is in vain to
strive with them, or reprove them, they are so obstinate in evil.

OSEE.

12 My people have consulted their stocks; and
their stall liaili declared tmto them : lor the spirit of
lornication hath deceived them ; anil thc\ liavc com-
mitted fornication against their (iod.

13 They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the
mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills; under
the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine-tree, be-
came the shadow thereof was good : therefore shall
\ our daughters commit fornication, and your spouses
shall Im- adulteresses.

H I will not visit upon your daughters when
they shall commit fornication, and u|M>n your
tUOUSeS when the\ thai] commit adultery: because
themselves COOfersed with harlots, and offered sa-
crifice with the effeminate : and the people that
doth not understand shall be beaten.

15 If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let
not Juda offend : and go ye not into Ualgal, and
come not up into Bethaven;* and do not swear:
The Lord liveth.

16 For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton
heifer : now will the Lord feed them, as a Iamb in
I sp ecio u s place.

17 Kphraim is a partaker withidols; let him alone.

18 Their banquet is separated; they have gone
astray by fornication; they that should have pro-
tected them, have loved to bring shame upon them.

19 The wind hath hound them up in its wings:
and they shall be confounded because of their
sacrifices.

CHAP. V.

God's threat* against the priests, the people, and prince* of Is-
rael, for their idolatry.

HEAR ye this, priests ;t and hearken, O ve
house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the
kins: for there is a judgment against you, because
\ou have been a snare to them whom you should
have watched over, and a net spread ii|K>n Thabor.

2 And vou have turned aside victims into the
depth: and I am the teacher of them all.

3 I know Kphraim ; and Israel is not hid from
me: for now Kphraim hath committed fornication,
Israel is defiled.

4 Thev will not set their thoughts to retnrn to
their God : for the spirit of fornication is in the
midst of them, and they have not known the Kord.

5 And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face:
and Israel, and Kphraim shall fall in their iniquity;
Juda also shall fail with them.

6 With their flocks, and with their herds* they
shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him :
he is withdrawn from them.

7 They have transgressed against the Lord; for
they have begotten children that are strangers :J
now shall a month devour them with their portions.

* Gate*/ ond Btlkoom. Plares where idol* were worshipped. BtUul,
wWch signifies tkt koutt of Ood.n railed by the prophet Brtknrn, that
it. Ou kout* of romtf, from Jeroboam's golden calf that wu worshipped

♦ O orittti. What i« »al t of prttttt in Ihis prophecy at chiefly aader-
ttood of tow p riea t a of the kingdom o( Israel ; who wens not true priests
of the race of Aaron; botaarred the calves al Bethel aad Dan.

{ Children tkol art rtrontrrt. That is. aliens from God : and therefore

••«-dv destni.
t Jh laty Out Ukt up tin taeava 4 .- That is, they that remove toe bono-

7lt

8 Blow ye the cornet in (iabaa, the trumpet in
Rama : how I ya in Bethaven, behind thy hack, O
Benjamin.

9 Kphraim shall be in desolation in the day c'
rebuke: among the tribes of Israel 1 have shown
that which shall surely be.

10 The princes of Juda are become as thev that
take up the bound :$ I will pour out my wrath upon
them like water.

1 1 Kphraim is under oppression, and broken in
judgment; because he began to go after lilthiu. |

12 And I will be like a moth to Kphraim, and like
rottenness to the house of Juda.

13 And Kphraim saw his sickness, and Juda his
band: and Kphraim went to the Assyrian, and sent
to the avenging king : and he shall not be able to
heal you; neither shall he be able to take off the
baud from vou.

14 For I will l>e like a lioness to Enhraim, and
like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will
catch and go: 1 will take away; and there is none
that can rescue.

15 1 will go and return to my place; until you
are consumed, and seek my face.

CHAP. VI.

slfflirtinn shall be a mean* to bring many to Christ: a complaint
of the untowardnest qf the Jews. God love* mercy mure
than sacrifice.

IN their affliction they will rise early tome: Come,
and let us return to the Kord :

2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us; he
will strike, and he will cure us.

3 He will revive us after two days: on the third
day he will raise us up; and we shall live in his sight.
We shall know, and W'e shall follow on, that we maj
know the Lord. His going forth is prepaied as the
morning light: and he will come to us as the early
and the latter rain to the earth.

4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephrarm? what
shall 1 do to thee, O Juda?yotrr men \ tsaaa morn-
ing cloud, aud as the dew that goeth away in the
morning.

5 For this reason have I hewed them by the pro-
phets: I have slain them by the words of my mouth :
and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.

6 Fori desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the
knowledge of God more than holocausts.

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the co-
venant: there have they dealt trt acherouslj against
me.

8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted
with blood. |!

9 And like the jaws of highway robbers, they eon-
spire with the priests who murder in the way those

dary, incroarbing on the property of tbeir neighbours ; figuratively
their going beyond the boundary of the lawi of God.

|l SupphnliJ villi blood. That is, undermined and bronght to ruin,
for ahedding of blood : and, as it is signified in the following verw, fur
conspiring with Iks prittU (of Bethel) like ratters, to aaaraVr in tkt
way such a» potttd out of Sitkrm to go toward* I he hmpia of Jcrusalra*.
Or eh* tmppUmJrd trifa Unod, ttgm&m flowing in snrh manner with
blood, aa to suffer none to walk there without embruing the sotts "t
toeir feet to blood.

CHAP. VII, VIII, IX.

that pass out of Sichem : for they have wrought
wickedness.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of
Israel; the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is
defiled.

1 1 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest,
when I shall bring back the captivity of my people.

CHAP. VII.

The manifold sins of Israel, and of their kings, hinder the

Lord from healing them.
"1\7"HEN I would have healed Israel, the iniquity
" ™ of Ephraim was discovered, and the wicked-
ness of Samaria; for they have committed false-
hood; and the thief is come in to steal; the robber
is without.

2 And lest they may say in their hearts, that

16 They returned, that they might be without
yoke : they became like adeceitful bow : their princes
shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue.
Ibis is their derision in the land of Egypt.

CHAP. VIII.

I remember all their wickedness : their own devi
ces nov have beset them about; they have been
don r . before my face.

3 They have made the king glad* w'ith their
wickedness: and the princes with their lies.

4 They are all adulterers like an oven heated by
the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling
of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.

5 The day of our king, the princes began to be
mad with wine: he stretched out his hand with
scorners.

6 Because they have, applied their heart like an
oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all
the night baking them; in the morning he himself
was heated as a flaming fire.

7 They were all heated like an oven, and have
devoured their judges: all their kings have fallen:
there is none amongst them that calleth unto me.

8 Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations:
Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes,
that is not turned.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength; and he
knew it not: yea, gray hairs also are spread about
upon him; and he is ignorant of it.

10 And the pride of Israel shall be humbled be-
fore his face : and they have not returned to the
Lord their God; nor have they sought him in all
these.

11 And Ephraim is become as a dove that is de-
coyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt,
they went to the Assyrians.

12 And when they shall go, I will spread my net
upon them : I will bring them down as the fowl of
the air ; I will strike them as their congregation hath
heard.

13 Wo to them, for they have departed from me:
they shall be wasted because they have transgress-
ed against me: and I redeemed them: and they have
spoken lies against me.

1 1 And they have not cried to me with their heart :
but they howled in their beds: they have thought
upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.

15 And I have chastised them, and strengthened
their arms: and they have imagined evil against me.

♦ Jtfoile the king glad, &c. To please Jeroboam, and their other king's,
they hare g-iven themselves up to the wicked worship of idol», « hich

art mere falsehood and lies.

The Israelites are threatened with destruction for their impiety
and idolatry.

' ET there be a trumpet in thv throat like an
-*- J eagle upon the house of the Lord : because
they have transgressed my covenant, and have vi-
olated my law.

2 They shall call upon me: O my God, we Is-
rael know thee.

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good; the
enemy shall pursue him.

4 They have reigned but not by me: they have
been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their
gold they have made idols to themselves that they
mightperish.

. ?. * n - v ca 'f' O Samaria, is cast off: my wrath
is kindled against them. How long will they be
incapable of being cleansed?

6 For itself also is the invention of Israel : a work-
man made it, and it is no god: for the calf of Sa-
maria shall be turned to spiders' webs.

7 For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind :
there is no standing stalk in it; the bud shall yield
no meal : and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become
among the nations like an unclean vessel.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria.a wild ass alone
by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

10 But even though they shall have hired the
nations, now will I gather them together-: and they
snail rest a while from the burden of the king, and
the princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to
sin: altars are become to him unto sin.

12 I shall write to him my manifold laws, which
have been accounted as foreign.

13 They shall offer victims; they shall sacrifice
flesh, and shall eat it; and the Lord will not receive
them: now will he remember their iniquity, and
will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

14 And Israel hath forgotten his maker, and hath
built temples: and Juda hath built many fenced
cities: and I will send a fire upon his cities; and it
shall devour the houses thereof.

CHAP. IX.

The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins and idolatry.

OEJOICE not, O Israel: rejoice not as the na-
-*-*' tions do: for thou hast committed fornication
against thy God: thou hast loved a reward upon
every corn-floor.

2 The floor and the wine-press shall not feed
them ; and the wine shall deceive them.

3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's land :
Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten un-
clean things among the Assyrians.

4 They shall not offer wine to the Lord; neither
shall they please him: their sacrifices shall be like
the bread of mourners: all that shall eat it shall be

713

sha

ih.

denied: for their bread is life foi their soul
not enter into the boUM of tin- Lord.

5 What will \ou do in the solemn »hn
i!.i\ of the feasi of the Lord'

G For behold, they arc cone because of destruc-
tion : Egypt *' ,;| " Bother them together : Memphis
shall bun them : nettles shall inherit their beloved
silver: the bur shall Ik* in their tabernacles.

7 The days of visitation are come : the days ol
repaying arecoaae; know ye, O Israel, that the
prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad,
for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude
of thy inadn

rhe watchman of Ephraim uxu with my God:
the prophet is become s snare of ruin upon all his

- : madness i> in the boose oi his (iod.

9 Thev have sinned deeply, as in the davs of

Gabaa: be will remember their iniquity, and will

\ isit their sin.

10 I found Israel like urates in the desert : 1
v in their lathers like the first -fruits of the fig-tree
in the top thereof; hut they went in to Beelphegor,
and alienated ilicmsi |\ . s io that confusion, and be-
ne abominable, as those things were, which they

loved.

1 1 As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away
like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and
from the conception.

1J And though they should bring up their chil-
dren, I will make them without children among
linn : yea, and wo to them, when I shall depart
from them.

|.'> Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre, founded in
beauty : and Epbraiffl shall bring out his children
to the murderer.

li Give them, O Lord. What will thou give
them ? Give them a womb without children, and
dry breasts.

15 All their wickedness is in Galzal, for there 1
hated them : for the wickedness of their devices I
will cast them forth out of my house : I will love
them no more: all their princes are revolters.

16 Ephraim is struck : Their root is dried up:
liny shall yield no fruit. And if they should ha\e
issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their

womb.

17 My God will cast them away, because they
hearken not to him : and they shall be wand< n i-
among the nations.

(II \P. X.

After many benrjiti, great ufiirtiiini shall/all upon thetrn tribes,
fur their ingratitude In ('mil.

rSRAEL a vine full of branches, the fruii i>
-■- agreeable to it : according to the multitude of
his fruit, he hath multiplied, altars : according to

the plenty of his land, lie halh abounded with idols.
J I'lnir In art is divided ; now they shall perish :

• Tk* kirn tf Btlkmn. The folden ralvm of Jeroboam.

f Itulf Wm it carried, Itc. One of the f ol.len ralren, wu (rirrn br
kini Maitahem, (<> I'lml king of tite A«tnim, to engage biro to
tUnd by him.

t rUrkNMMiNa. Their two ralrea.

« At Mmu, kin? of the Mtdianitca wi intrwyi h, Ik* lumtt, that
ii, by the followen of him thai Mr B—l; that it. of Gideon, who

711

he shall break down their idols: he shall destroy
their altars.

3 For now they shall say : VVe have no kins
because We fear not the Lord: and what shall a
kirn: do to us ; |

4 Yoa speak words of an unprofitable \ isien ; and

Mm shall make a covenant: and judgment shall
Spring up as bitterness in the furrows ol the field.

5 The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped

the kine of lb thaven :* for the people thereof ha\ e
mourned over it, and the wardens of its temple tli'it
rejoiced over it in its glory, because ii is depart! >i
from it.

6 1 or itself also is carriedf into Assyria, a pre
sent to the BVenging king : shame shall fall upon
Epbndm; and Israel shall be confounded in his
ow ii will.

7 Samaria hath made her king to past as froth
upon the face of the Water.

8 And the hi^h places of the idol, the sin o(
Israel, shall be destroyed : the bur and the thistle
shall grow up over their altars: and they . hall sav to
the mountains : Cover us ; and to the lulls : Kail
upon us.

9 From tbe days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned:
there they Blood : the battle in Gabaa Sgainst the
children of iniquity shall not overtake them.

10 According to my desire. I will chastise them :
and the nations shall be gathered together against
them, When they shall be chastised for their two
iniquities.}

11 Ephraim is a heifer taught to love to tread
out corn: but 1 passed over upon the beauty of her
neck : I will ride upon Ephraim ; Juda shall
plough; Jacob shall break the furrows for himself.

12 Sow* for yourselves in justice, and reap in the
mouth of mercy ; break up your (allow ground : but
the time to seek the Lord is, when be shall come
that shall teach you justice.

13 You have ploughed wickedness; you have
reaped iniquity; you have paten the fruit of lying.
because thou hast trusted in thy ways, in the multi-
tude of thy strong oi

14 A tumult shall arise among thy people : aim
all thv fortresses shall be destroyed as Salmans
WU destroyed, by (he house of him that judged
Baal in the day of battle, the mother being dashed
ill pieces upon her children.

15 So hath Bethel done to you, because of the
evil of your iuiquitit l<

CHAP. XL

(ind proceed* in threatening Iwrtml for Ihiir ingratitude ; yet
he trill nut utt>rl<i dtstrau tin m.

A S_ the morning passeth^so hath the kiim of

Israel passed away. Because Israel was ;i
child, and I loved him: and I called m\ sonfl out > I

1 As they called!! them, tin v went awav from

threw down the altar of Baal ; and wu i !l< I J. rtibaul

See Juitytf\. and »ni.
| IctlUd «)m, *i/ Hut a« the » iil'mc Of I«rarl out ol

', waa a figure of tbe calling of Cl.ri-t from ibenre; then
tin :i|j|i|i<ab|p Io < liti-l. ■
f Thff calUd, riz. Mmn and Aaron called ; but < ,wa/

after other godt, and would not bear

CHAP. XII, XIII.

oefore their face : they offered victims to Baalim,
and sacrificed to idols.

3 And I was like a foster-father to Ephraim : I
carried them in my arms : and they knew not that
I healed them.

4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with
the bands of love : and I will be to them as one
that taketh off the yoke on their jaws : and I put
nis meat to him that he might eat.

5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt ; but
the Assyrian shall be his king : because they would
not be converted.

6 The sword hath begun in his cities: and it shall
consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads.

7 And my people shall long for my return : but
a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall
not be taken off.

8 How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall
I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee
as Ada ma ?* shall I set thee as Seboim ? my heart
iS turned within me; my repentance is stirred up.

9 I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath:
1 will not return to destroy Ephraim : because I am
God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee,
and I will not enter into the city.

10 They shall walk after the Lord; he shall mai-
ls a lion : because he shall roar, and the children
of the sea shall fear.

11 And they shall fly away like a bird out of
Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assy-
rians : and I will place them in their own houses,
saith the Lord.

12 Ephraim hath compassed me about with de-
nials, and the house of Israel with deceit : but Juda
went down as a witness with God, and is faithful
with the saints.

CHAP. XII.

Israelis reproved for sin. God's favours to them.

EPHRAIM feedeth on the wind, and followeth
the burning heat: all the day long he multi-
plied lies and desolation: and he hath made a cove-
nant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

2 Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with
Juda, and a visitation for Jacob : he will render to
him according to his ways,and according to his devices.

3 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and
by his strength he had success with an Angel.

4 And he prevailed over the Angel, and Was
strengthened : he wept, and made supplication to
him : he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke
with us.

5 Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is
his memorial.

fi Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy
mid judgment, and hope in thy God always.

7 He is like Chanaan; there is a deceitful balance
in his hand ; he hath loved oppression.

8 And Ephraim said : But yet I am become rich;
I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not
find me the iniquity that I have committed. '

* Mama, &c. Mama and Seboim were two cities in the neighbourhood
of Sudani ; and underwent the like destruction.

| If Galaad be an idol, &c. That is, if Galaad with all its idols and

9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land
of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in taberna-
cles, as in the days of the feast.

10 And I have spoken hy the prophets; and I
have multiplied visions: and I have used similitudes
by the ministry of the prophets.

1 1 If Galaad be an idol,f then in vain were they
in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: lor their
altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria : and Is-
rael served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out
of Egypt : and he was preserved by a prophet.

14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with hi?
bitterness ; and his blood shall come upon him; and
his Lord will render his reproach unto him.

CHAP. XIII.

The judgments of God upon Israel for their sins. Christ shall
one day redeem them.

WHEN Ephraim spoke, a horror seized Israel :
and he sinned in Baal, and died.

2 And now they have sinned more and more : and
they have made to themselves a molten thing of
their silver as the likeness of idols ; the. whole is
the work of craftsmen : to these they say : Sacrifice
men, ye that adore calves.

3 Therefore they shall be as a morning cloud,
and as the early dew that passed] away, as the dust
that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and
as the smoke out of the chimney.

4 But I am the Lord thy God from the land ol
Egypt : and thou shalt know no God but me ; and
there is no saviour beside me.

5 I knew thee in the desert in the land of the
wilderness.

6 According to their pastures they were filled,
and were made full : and they lifted up their heart,
and have forgotten me.

7 And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard
in the way of the Assyrians.

8 I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her
whelps; and I will rend the inner parts of their
liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the
beast of the field shall tear them.

9 Destruction is thy own, O Israel; thy help is
only in me.

10 Where is thy king? now especially let him
save thee in all thy cities : and thyjudges, of whom
thou saidst : Give me kings and princes.

11 I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will
take him away in my indignation.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up ; Ins sin
is hidden.

13 The sorrows of a woman in labour shall come
upon him: he is an unwise son : for now he shall
not stand in the breach of the children.

14 I will deliver them out of the hand of death :
1 will redeem them from death : O death, I will be
thy death ; O hell, I will be thy bite : comfort is hid-
den from my eyes.

sacrifices be like a mere idol itself, being brought to nothing by Thcg-
lathphalasar: how vain is it to expect, that the idols worshipped iu
Galgal shall be of any service to the tribes that remain.

715

15 Because he shall ma ignition be tWSs a

brothen : the Lord mrilJ brine ■ burning wind thai
■ball riM- from the desert : ami it ihalTdrj up lii->
^Iirini:>». and shall make his fountain desolate : ami
In- shall cam off the treasure of e\cr\ d. suable
i I.

CUM'. \l\.

Samaria shall be destroyed. An exhortation to repentance :
< tOtTs favour through Christ to the penitent.

IETS imaria perish because she bath stirred up
- 1 her (Sod to bitterness;* let them perish bj the

sword : let their little ones lie dashed ; ami let the
WOOien with child he ript up.

J Return. O Israel, to the Lord thy God": for
thou hast fallen down hy thy iniquity.

lake w nh you words, and return to the Lord,

JOEL

works of our hands are our gods : for thou wilt have
mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

5 I will heal their breaches: I will love them
freelv I for toy wrath is turned awa\ front them.

6 I will l>C as the dew : Israel shall spring as the
lily ; and his root shall shoot forth as that of l,iba-
niis.

7 His branches shall spread : and his glory shall
be as the oli\« -tne ; and his smell as that of Liba-
nus.

8 They shall he converted that sit under his sha-
dow : they shall live Upon wheat, and they sliall
blossom as a vine: his memorial shall he as the
wine Of* Lihanus.

9 Ephraim shall sat,, What have I to do any

Take auav
and we w ill

all iniquityt and re-
render the calves ol

and saj to him
cerfe the good :

our lips.

I juayria shall not save us; we will not ride
upon horses; neither w il! i\ e sa\ any more: The

* rtrisk tmw tkt k-lk stirred up her God U biitrrsuss. Tin not a
carte or iidprccation, but a prophecy of wluii sHou!d come to psu*.

more with idols? I will hear him

and I w ill make
from me is thy

him Sourish like a green fir-tree
fruit found.

10 Who is wise, and he shall understand these
things? prudent, and he shall know these thin_- "
for the ways of the Lord are right ; and the just
shall walk in them : hut the transgressors shall fall
in them.

THE PROPHECY OF JOEL.

/oH, whose none according to St. Jerom, signifies tbe Lord God ;
or, est others say, the coming dom> of God ; prophesied about
the same lime in the kingdom of Judea, at Osee did in the
kingdom of Israel, llefartrls under figures the great MM
that irrre coming upm the people Jor their sins ; earnestly
ts them to rrpentanee: and comforts them with the pro-
mite of a teacher of justice, riz. Christ Jesus our Lord, and of
the coming down of his holy Spirit.

CHAP. I.

The prophet describes the judgments that thall fall upon the
p-,,j,l. , ami incites them to fasting and prayer.

T| 1 1 ; word of the Lord that came to Joel the son
<>i Phatuel.

•2 Hear this, ve old men. and gnre car, all ye in-
habitants of the land: did tins ever happen in your
days, or in the davs of your lath-

.; Tell ve ol this to your children: and let your
children tell their children, and their children to
another generation. • .

4 'I'll. it which the palmer-worm halh left,* the
locust halh eaten: and that which the locust hath
left, the brachial hath eaten: and that which the
brnchus halh hit, the mildew halh destroyed.

brake, re that are drunk, and weep; and
mourn all ye that take delight in drinking sweet
wine : for ii is <ut off from your mouth.

6 For a nation is come up upon mv land, strong
and without number: his teeth are like the teeth

, hoii. and his cheek-teeth as ol a lion's whelp.

7 lie bath laid my rineyard waste, and hath lull-
ed off the hark of n.v fig-tree ! he hath stripped »

• T%M tekitk tkt ssfcen will ktdk left, feo. Home understand tin.
literal!* of tbe desolation of the land by tbe* insects ; others under,
■tend it of the different uwasioos of the Chaldeans, or other enemies.

71S

bare, and cast it away: the branches thereof are
made white.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for
the husband of Iter youth.

9 Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house
of the Lord: the priests, the Lord's ministers, have
mourned :

10 The country is destroyed ; the ground bath
mourned : for the corn is wasted; the wine is con-
founded : the oil hath languished.

11 The husbandmen are ashamed: the vine-
dressers have howled for the wheat, ami lor the

bariej : because the harvest of the field is perished.

12 The vineyard is confounded, and the hVtree
hath languished : the pomegranate-tree, ;ind the
palm-tree, and the apple-tree, and allthetiecs of
the field are withered; liecause joy is withdrawn
from the children of men.

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, O re priests;
howl, ye ministers of the altars: go in, lie in sack-
cloth, ye ministers of my God; because' sacrifice
and libation is cut off from the house of \onr God.

14 Sanctify ye a fast; call an assembij : gather
together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land
into the house of \otir God : ami < r\ ye to the I .<»rd :

15 Ah. ah. ah. for the day: because the day of
the land is m hand : and il shall come like destruc-
tion from the nighty.

16 Is not your food cut of I Before root
and ftladness from the house ol our God '

17 The beasts have rotted in their dune; the
barns are des tr oyed j the store-houses are broken
down : because the corn is confounded.

CiiAP. II.

18 Why did the beast groan, why did the herds
of cattle low ? because there is no pasture for them :
yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished.

19 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: because fire
hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness ;
;md the flame hath burnt all the trees of the country.

20 Yea, and the beasts of the field have looked
Up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain;
for the springs of waters are dried up : and fire hath
devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness.

CIIAP. II.

The prophet foretel* the terrible day of the Lord r exhorts
sinners to a sincere conversion : and comforts God's people
with promises of future blessings under Christ.

BLOW ye the trumpet in Sion ; sound an alarm
in my holy mountain ; let all the inhabitants
of the land tremble : because the day of the Lord*
comcth ; because it is nigh at hand.

2 A day of darkness, and oi gloominess, a day
of clouds and whirlwinds: a numerous and strong
peoplef as the morning spread upon the mountains :
the like to it hath not been from the beginning, nor
shall be after it even to the years of generation and
generation.

3 Before the face thereof a devouring fire, and
behind it a burning flame: the land is like a garden
of pleasure before it, and behind it a desolate wil-
derness ; neither is there any one that can escape it.

4 The appearance of them is as the appearance
of horses : and they shall run like horsemen.

5 They shall leap like the noise of chariots upon
the tops of mountains, like the noise of a flame of
lire devouring the stubble, as a strong people pre-
pared to battle.

6 At their presence the people shall be in griev-
ous pains : all faces shall be made like a kettle.

7 They shall run like valiant men : like men of
war they shall scale the wall : the men shall march
every one on his way ; and they shall not turn aside
from their ranks.

8 No one shall press upon his brother : they shall
walk every one in his path : yea, and they shall
fall through the windows, and shall take no harm.

9 They shall enter into the city : They shall run
upon the wall : they shall climb up the houses : they
shall come in at the windows as a thief.

10 At their presence the earth hath trembled, the
heavens are moved : the sun and moon are darken-
ed : and the stars have withdrawn their shining.

11 And the Lord hath uttered his voice before
the face of his army : for his armies are exceeding
great, for they are strong, and execute his word :
for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible :
and who can stand it ?

12 Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted
to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weep-
ing, and in mourning.

13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments,
and turn to the Lord your God : for he is gracious

* The day of the Lord. That is, the time, when he will execute jus-
tice upon "inner*.

t Ji numerous and strong people. The Assyrians, or Chaldeans. Others
understand all -is of an army of locusts laying waste the land.

and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready
to repent of the evil.

14 Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive
and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and liba-
tion to the Lord your God ?

15 Blow the trumpet in Sion; sanctify a fast;
call a solemn assembly,

16 Gathertogetherthe people; sanctify thechurch.
assemble the ancients; gather together the little ones,
and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom
go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bride-
chamber.

17 Between the porch and the altar the priests
the Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say :
Spare, O Lord, spare thy people : and give not thy
inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should
rule over them. Why should they say among the
nations : Where is their God ?

18 The Lord hath been zealous for his land,
and hath spared his people.

19 And the Lord answered, and said to his peo-
ple : Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and
oil : and you shall be filled with them : and I will
no more make you a reproach among the nations.

20 And I will remove far oft* from you the north-
ern enemy :% and I will drive him into a land un-
passable, and desert, with his face towards the east
sea, and his hinder part towards the utmost sea :
and his stench shall ascend, and his rottenness shall
go up, because he hath done proudly.

21 Fear not, O land; be glad, and rejoice: for
the Lord hath done great things.

22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the
beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung; for
the tree hath brought forth its fruit; the fig-tree and
the vine have yielded their strength.

23 And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be
joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given
you a teacher of justice: and he will make the early
and the latter rain to come down to you as in the
beginning.

24 And the floors shall be filled with wheat : and
the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.

25 And I will restore to you the years which the
locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the
palmer-worm hath eaten; my great host which I
sent upon you.

26 And you shall eat in plenty, and shall be filled;
and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God,
who hath done wonders with you: and my people
shall not be confounded for ever.

27 And you shall know that I am in the midst
of Israel: and I am the Lord your God: and there
is none besides : and my people shall not be con-
founded for ever.

28 And it shall come to pass after this, that I will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall
dream dreams ; and your young men shall see visions.

\ The northern enemy. Some understand this of Holofernes and hi a
army ; others of the locusts.

717

AMOS.

29 Moreover ii|»on my WfVUtl and handmaids
ill those ilns | will |Kiur forth my spirit.

30 Audi will -how wonders in heaven; and in
earth, blood, ami lire, and vapour of Miioke.

31 The sun shall DC turned into darkness, ami
the moon into blood; before the great and dreadful
d a\ pf the Lord doth come.

\nd it shall come to |iass, that every one that
shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved :
for in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be sal-
vation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue
whom (he Lord shall call.

CHAP. III.

TV Ijoni shall judge all nations in the rallen of .losaphat. The
evils that shall f itll upon the enemies of God's people: his bits-
ting upon the church of the taints.

F( )R behold, in those days, and in that time w hen
I -hall bring back the captivity of Juda and
Jerusalem:

1 I will rather together all nations, and will brim:
them dow n into the valley ol .losaphat : and 1 will
plead with them there for my people, and for my in-
heritance Israel, whom they ha\e scattered anion::
the nations, and have parted my land.

3 And they have cast lots upon my people: and
the bo\ they have put in the stews; and the girl
thiv rave sold for wine that they Bight drink.

4 Hut what have you to do with me, O Tyre,
and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will
you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge
yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a re-
couipeni e upon your ow n head.

or vou have taken away my silver and my
gold: and m\ desirable and most beautiful things

you have carried into your temples.

6 And the children of .luda. and the children of

Jerusalem you have told to the children of the
Greeks, thai you might remove them far off from
their ow n country.

7 Behold, I will .raise them up out of the place
wherein yotl have sold them: and 1 will return your

recompence upon your own heads.

8 And I anil sell your sons and your daughteri
Of the hands of the children of .luda : and they shall

* A fountain skoU come forth «/ tk* house of tht Lord, Jtc. viz. Tl.r
fountain of ijraee in ibechurch militant, and of glor* in the rhnn-h
triumphant : which »hall water tht torrent or vallej of thorns, that in,

sell them to tne Sebsaas, I nation far olT; for the
Lord hath spoken it.

9 Proclaim ye thai among the nations: prepa r e

war, rouse up the strong: let them come; let all
the men ol war come up.

10 Cut your ploughshare* into swords, and voui
spades into spears. Let the weak sav : I am Strong.

11 Break forth, and come, all ye nations from
round about, and gather yourselvt i together: tl

w ill the Lord cause all thy Strong ones to fall dow n.
I J Let them arise, and let the nations come up
into the valley of .losaphat : for there 1 will sit to
judge all nations round nbouL

13 Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe;
come and |0 dow n. for the press is (nil. the fats run
over: for their wickedness is multiplied.

14 Nations, nations in the valley of destruction :
for the day ol the Lord is mar in the valley ol de-
struction.

15 The sun and the moon are darkened : and the
stars have withdrawn their shining.

16 And the Lord shall roar out of Sion. and utter
his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the
earth shall be moved: and the Lord shall be the
hope of his people, and the strength of the children
of Israel.

17 And you shall know that I am the Lord your
God, dwelling in Sion my holy mountain: and Je-
rusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall j
through it no more.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day. that the
mountains shall drop down sweetness, and the hills
shall flow with milk: and waters shall How through
all the rivers of Juda : and a fountain shall come
forth of the house of the Lord,* and shall water the
torrent of thorns.

19 Egypt shall he a desolation, and Edom a
wilderness destroyed : because they have done mi-
iustlv ■gaiael the children of Juda, and have shed
innocent blood in their land.

20 AndJudeaf and Jerusalem shall be inhabited
for ever, to generation and g enera tion.

21 And 1 will cleanse their blood, w hich I had
not cleansed : and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

the miI-m that before, like barren ground, brought forth nothing but
thorns: or that were afflicted with the fairm of crouet and tnbulal

f Judra — ami Jerusalem. That i*, the t| inlu il JcrutaJcm, \u. the
church of Chritt.

THE PROPHECY OF AMOS.

. pr phnird in Israel about tht same time as OtM ; nml

w«« r/illt'l from ftUowtthf tkj tttttlr tm SWW Qod'njmdf

menls to the people of hraet, and the neighbouring notion*,

their repeated crimes, in ir/nrA //» v lontinmd without

• nlante.

CHAP. I.

The prophet threatens Damatrus, t',o-.<i.Tvrr,F.dom. and Immon
irith the judgments of < iod, for their obstinacy in sin.

Til I*, words of \uios, w ho w as among the herds-
men of Thecuaj which he saw concerning

srael in the davs of ( )/ias kin:: of Juda, and in the

718

days of Jeroboam the son of Jons king of Israel two
years before the earthquake.*

2 And be said: The Lord Will roar from Son,
and utter his voice from Jerusalem • and the In an -
lilul places of the shepherds have mourned; and

the top of CarmeJ is w itherad.

3 Thus sa'nh the Lord: For three crimes of Da-

• The earthquake. Many under«tai..l lint of a great earlhqualr,
wliirli. they my, WM felt at the time that
offer inceosc in the temple. But the beat chronologic prove that

CHAP. II, III.

mascus, and for four* I will not convert it : because
they have thrashed Gahiad with iron wains.

4 And I will send a fire into the house of Azael :
and it shall devour the houses of Benadad.

5 And I will break the bar of Damascus : and I
will cut off the inhabitants from the plain of the idol,
and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house
of pleasure : and the people of Syria shall be car-
ried away to Cyrene, saith the Lord.

6 Thus saith the Lord : For three crimes of Ga-
za, and for four 1 will not convert it: because they
have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them
up in Edom.

7 And 1 will send a fire on the wall of Gaza:
and it shall devour the houses thereof.

8 And I will cutoff the inhabitant from Azotus,
and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and
I will turn my hand against Accaron : and the rest
of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

9 Thus saith the Lord : For three crimes of
Tyre, and for four I will not convert k: because
they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom, and
have not remembered the covenant of brethren.

10 And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre:
and it shall devour the houses thereof.

1 1 Thus saith the Lord : For three crimes of
Edom, and for four I will not convert him : be-
cause he hath pursued his brother with the sword,
and hath cast off all pity, and hath carried on his
fury, and hath kept his wrath to the end.

12 I will send a fire into Theman ; and it shall
devour the houses of Bosra.

13 Thus saith the Lord : For three crimes of
the children of Ammon, and for four I will not con-
vert him : because he hath ript up the women with
child of Galaad to enlarge his border.

14 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabba :
and it shall devour the houses thereof with shout-
ing in the day of battle, and with a whirlwind in
the day of trouble.

15 And Melchomf shall go into captivity, both
hi', and his princes together, saitfi the Lord.

CHAP. II.

The judgments with which God threatens Moab, Juda, and Israel
for their sins, and their ingratitude.

r T^HUS saith the Lord: For three crimes of
-*- Moab, and for four I will not convert him :
because he hath burnt the bones of the king of
Edom even to ashes.

2 And I will send a fire into Moab : and it shall
devour the houses of Carioth : and Moab shall die
with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet :

3 And 1 will cut off the judge from the midst
thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith
the Lord.

4 Thus saith the Lord : For three crimes of Ju-
da, and for four I will not convert him : because

the earthquake here spoken of must have heen before that time : be-
cause Jeroboam the second, under whom Amos prophesied, was dead
lone; before that attempt of Ozias.

* For three crimes, and for four. That is, for their many unrepent-
ed of crimes. I will not convert it. That is, I will not spare them, nor
turn away the punishments I design to inflict upon them.

t Malokem. The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called

he hathcast away the law of the Lord, and hath not
kept hiscommandments : for their idols have caused
them to err, after which their fathers have walk-
ed.

5 And I will send a fire into Juda : and it shall
devour the houses of Jerusalem.

6 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of
Israel, and for four I will not convert him : because
he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor
man for a pair of shoes.

7 They bruise the heads of the poor upon the
dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the
humble : and the son and his father have gone to
the same young woman to profane my holy name.

8 And they sat down upon garments laid to
pledge by every altar : and drank the wine of the
condemned in the house of their God.

9 Yet I cast out the Ammorhite before their
face : whose height was like the height of cedars,
and who was strong as an oak : and I destroyed
his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

10 It is I that brought you up out of the land of
Egypt : and I led you forty years through the wil-
derness, that you might possess the land of the
Ammorhite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets,
and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so,
O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

12 And you will present wine to the Nazarites,
and command the prophets, saying : Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I will screak J under you, as a wain
screaketh that is laden with hay.

14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the
valiant shall not possess his strength ; neither shall
the strong save his life. '

15 And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand ;
and the swift of foot shall not escape: neither shall
the rider of the horse save his life.

16 And the stout of heart among the valiant
shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

CHAP. III.

The evils that shall fall vpon Israel for their sins.

XXEAR the word that the Lord hath spoken
-■--*■ concerning you, O ye children of Israel ; con-
cerning the whole family that I brought up out of
i he land of Egypt, saying :

2 You only have I known of all the families of the
earth : therefore will I visit upon§ you all your
iniquities.

3 Shall two walk together, except they be agreed ?

4 Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no
prey ? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he
have taken nothing ?

5 Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth
if there be no fowler ? Shall the snare betaken up
from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?

6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the peo-

Moloch, and Melech : which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Mel-
chom their king.

\ I will screak. Unable to bear any lonper the enormous load of
vour sins, &c. The spirit of God, as St. Jerom takes notice, accom-
modates himself to the education of the prophet, and inspires him with
comparisons taken from country affairs.

I Viit upon. That is, punish.

719

AMOS.

pie not be afraid f Shall (hero l>e evil in a city,*
«i hi< h the Lord bath not done ?

7 For the Lord God doeth nothing without re-
vealing hia secrets to his tervajHi the proph

8 Tbe lion shall roar: who will not fear? The
Lord God hath s|M>ken : who shall not prophet

9 Puhlish it in tin- houses of Azotus, and in the
houses of the land of Egypt: and say: Assemble
yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, hiid be-
hold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them
that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.

10 And they have not known to do the right
thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and rob-
beries in their boost

1 1 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : The
land shall be in tribulation and shall be compassed
nhottt : and tin strength shall be taken away from
thee ; and thv houses shall be spoiled.

\i Thou saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should

Otit of the lion's month two legs, or the tip of the
ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out
that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in
the coin h of Damascus.

13 Hear ye and testify in the house of Jacob,
saith the Lord the God of hosts:

1 V That in the day w hen I shall begin to visit the
traiis-n ssions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and
npon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the al-
tars shall he cut off, and shall fall to the ground.

16 And I will strike the winter-house with the
■ammer-bouae: and the houses of ivory shall perish ;
ami many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.

CHAP. IV.

The Itmrlifrs are reproved fur thrir oppressing the poor, for
tkrir idolatry, and their incorri^iblenes*.

HEAR this word, ye fat kinef that are in the
mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the
needy, anil crush the poor; that say to your mas-
ter-.: Brim:, and we will drink.

J Tin Cord God hath sworn by his holiness, that
In, the dsjS shall come ujmhi you when they shall
lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you
in boiling pots.

3 And inn shall BO out at the breaches one ovcr-
nst the other: and you shall be cast forth into

Arnion.J saith the Lord.

4 Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly; to Gal-
gai, and multiply transgressions: and bnna in the
oiag your victims, your tithes in three days,

ad offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and
call free-offerings, and proclaim it : tor so rou would
1 I bildren of Israel, saith the Lord God.

6 Whereupon I also hart gjven youdulncss of teeth
in all J our cities, and w ant ol bread in all your places:
\.t you have not relumed to me, saith the Lord.

7 I »l*0 have w ithliolden the rain from you, w hen
there were yet three months to the harvest; and I
< aused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to

* Mi in « rWy. lie ipeak« of the ml of puni.hmrnU of war, fa.
. pn*il—CI, deantaUoo, ic but not of the nil of tin, of which

Cod h not In.- author

♦ Fml km*- Ha rnra., tbe great on< '* '"»' '" " ,l '" I'l'ntv ami wraith.
j i m i a A foreign tnatmry ■ kw underatand it of Armenia.

rain upon another city : one piece w:iv rained upon:
and the piece when upon j rained not, Withered.

8 And two and three cities w< nl to one city to
drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned
not to me, saith the Lord.

9 1 struck you with a burning wind, and with
mildew: the palmer-worm hath eaten up your many
gardens, and your vineyards, your olive-urov.-. and
hg-groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the
Lord.

10 I sent death upon you in the war of Egypt : I
slew your young men with the sword, even to the
captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of
your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you
returned not to me, saith the Lord.

11 I destroyed some of you, as Got! destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrha; and you were as a firebrand
plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to
me, saith the Lord.

12 Therefore 1 will do these things to thee, O
Israel: and after I shall have done these things lo
thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.

13 For behold, he that formeth the mountains,
and Cr eateth the wind, and declareth his wind to
man, be that maketh the morning mist, and walkcth
upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the
God of hosts is his name.

CHAP. V.

A lamentation for Israel : an exhortation to return to <lod.

IXLAR ye this word, which I lake up conccrniim
_*-•*■ you for a lamentation. The house of Israel
is fallen, and it shall rise no more.

2 The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land.
there is none to raise her up.

3 For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of
which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in
it a hundred: and out of which there came a hun-
dred, then: shall be left in it ten, in the house of
Israel.

4 For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel :
Seek ye me, and you shall live.

5 But seek not Bethel, and bo not into Galgal;
neither shall you pass over to Bersal>ee :§ for Gal-
gal shall go into captivity; and Bethel shall be un-
profitable.

6 Seek ve the Lord, and live: lest the house ol
Joseph be burnt with lire, and it shall devour, ami
there shall be none to quench Bethel.

7 You that turn judgment into wormwood, and
forsake justice in the land,

8 Seek him that maketh Arcturus and Orion. ||
and that turneth darkness into morning, ami that
rhangeth day into night: that calreth tin- watt rs of
the sea, anil poun th them out upon the face of the
earth : The Lord is his name.

9 He that with a smile 1 bringeth destruction npon

the stroni:, and waste upon the mighty.

10 They have hated him that rehuketh in the

I Bnlul. — Galgal, — Brrtabn. The place* where they wor*!,:
tl.< if i.loli.

J .hxtunu rnnJ Ori<m. .Irrlurut in a bright »:ar in tbe north ; Orion a
beautiful ooootellation in the vmih

V rftM • «*•*>• That i«, with allwate, and without making an\ effort

CHAP- VI.V1I.

gate: And have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

11 Therefore because you robbed the poor, and
took the choice prey from him; you shall build houses
with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you
shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not
drink the wine of them.

12 Because 1 know your manifold crimes, and
your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes,
and oppressing the poor in the gate.

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at
that time ; for it is in an evil time.

14 Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live:
and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as
you have said.

15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judg-
ment in the gate : it may be the Lord the God of
hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts
the sovereign Lord : In every street there shall be
wailing; and in all places that are without, they
shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the hus-
bandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in
lamentation to lament. *

17 And in all vineyards there shall be wailing :
because I will pass through in the midst of thee,
saith the Lord.

18 Wo to them that desire the day of the Lord:
to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is
darkness, and not light.

19 As if a man should flee from the face of a
lion, and a bear should meet him : or enter into the
bouse, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and
a serpent should bite him.

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and
not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it.

21 1 hate, and have rejected your festivities: and
[ will not receive the odour of your assemblies.

22 And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts,
I will not receive them ; neither will I regard the
vows of your fat beasts.

23 Take away from me the tumult of thy songs :
and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.

24 But judgment shall be revealed as water, and
justice as a mighty torrent.

25 Did you offer* victims and sacrifices to me in
the desert for forty years, O house of Israel ? •

26 But you carried a tabemaclef for your Moloch,
and. the image of your idols, the star of your god,
which you made to yourselves.

27 And I will cause you to go into captivity be-
yond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts
is his name.

CHAP. VI.

The desolation of Israel for their pride and luxury.

"^^"O to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you
™ " that have confidence in the mountain of Sa-
maria; ye great men, heads of the people, that go
in with state into the house of Israel.

* Did you offer, &c. Except the sacrifices that were offered at the
first, in the dedication of the tabernacle, the Israelites offered no sa-
crifices in the desert.

f A tabernacle, &c. All this alludes to the idolatry which they com-

4 Y

2 Pass ye over to Chalane, and see ; and go from
thence into Emaththe great; andgodownintoGeth
of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of
these; if their border be larger than your border:

3 You that are separated unto the evil day ; and
that approach to the throne of iniquity :

4 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are
wanton on your couches; that eat the lambs out of
the flock, and the. calves out of the midst of the herd :

5 You that sing to the sound of the psaltery :
they have thought themselves to have instruments
of music like David :

6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint them-
selves with the best ointments : and they are not
concerned for the affliction of Joseph.

7 Wherefore now they shall go captive at the
head of them that go into captivity: and the faction
of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.

8 The Lord God hath sworn by bis own soul,
saith the Lord the God of hosts : I detest the pride
of Jacob ; and I hate his houses; and I will deliver
up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

9 And if there remain ten men in one house, they
also shall die.

10 And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and
shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of
the house : and he shall say to him that is in the
inner rooms of the house : Is there yet any with thee ?

1 1 And he shall answer : There is an end. And
he shall say to him : Hold thy peace, and mention
not the name of the Lord.

12 For behold, the Lord hath commanded ; and
he will strike the greater house with breaches, and
the lesser house with clefts.

13 Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any
one plough vyith buffles ; for you have turned judg-
ment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into
wormwood ?

14 You that rejoice in a thing of naught: you
that say : Have we not taken unto us horns by our
own strength ?

15 But behold, I will raise up a nation against
you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of
hosts : and they shall destroy you from the entrance
of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.

CHAP. VII.

The prophet sees, in three visions, evils coming vpon Israel; he
is accused of treason by the false priest of Bethel.

r pHESE things the Lord God showed to me
-*- and behold, the locustj was formed in the be
ginning of the shooting up of the latter rain : and lo,
it ivas the latter rain after the king's mowing.

2 And it came to pass, that when they had made
an end of eating the grass of the land, I said : O Lord
God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise
up Jacob, for he is very little?

3 The Lord had pity upon this : It shall not be,
said the Lord.

mitted, when they were drawn away by the daughters of Moab to toe
worship of their gods. Numb. xxv.

I The locust, &c. These judgments by locusts and fire, which, by
the prophet's intercession, were moderated, signify the former inva
■-inns of the Assyrians under Plrnl and Tegl'Uhphfdasar, before the utter
desolation of Israel by Salmanasar.

721

AMOS.

\ Those things tin- Lord God showed to me:
and heboid, the Lord culled for judgment unto fire;
and it devoured the sre.it deep, and ate up a pan at
the same time.

') And I said: O Lord God, (case, I beseech
line: who shall raise up Jacoli, lor he- is a little

The Lord had pity ii|m>u this: Yea this al>o
.shall not he, said the Lord God.

7 These things the Loid showed tome: and
behold, the Lord urns standing U|K)ii u plastered
wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.

8 And the Lord said to me: What seest thou,
Amos.' And I said: A mason's trowel. And the
Lord said: Heboid. I will lav down the trowel in the
midM of my people Israel: 1 will plaster them over
no more.

9 And the high places of the idol shall be thrown
down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid
w .!>;• : and I will rise up against the house of Jero-
boam w nli the sword.

10 And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Je-
rohoam king of Israel, saying: Amos hath rebelled

uist thee in the midst of the house of Israel : the
I ind is notable to bear all his words.

1 1 For thus saith Amos : Jeroboam shall die by
the sword* : and Israel shall be carried away cap-
tive out of their own laud.

1 J And AmiM is said to Amos : Thou seer, go,
flee away into the laud of Juda: and eat bread there,
and prophesy there.

IS But prophesy not again any more in Bethel :
I treatise it is the king's sanctuary ; audit is the
house of the kingdom.

1 V And Amos answered, and said to Amasias:
I am not I prophet;! nor am I the son of a prophet:
but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.

15 And the Lord took me when 1 followed the
Bock : and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my
people Israel.

16 And now hear thou the word of the Lord :
Thou sayest: Thou shalt not prophesy against Israel:
and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of
the idol.J

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Thy wife shall
play the harlot in the city : and thy sons, and thy
daughters shall fall by the sword : and thy land shall
be measured by a line : and thou shalt die in a pol-
luted laud ; and Israel shall go into captivity out of
their land.

CHAP. VIII.

Under the figure qf a hook which bringttk down thr fruit, the
approaching drsolation qf Israel it ~fot ethmoid for their ava-
rice and injustices.

HPHESE things the Lord showed to me: and be-
-*- hold, a hook to draw dmvii the fruit.

1 And he said : What seest thou, Amos? And 1
said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord

* Jtn kimn skmU Mi *» Uu nwri The prophet did not rev thu ; but
that the Lord would rut ut> mtrnnut tkt mtmt tf Jmhn wttk Ike ntori:
which w»» verified. wh<-n Za« hana» the wn and Micceaaor of Jeroboam
*u iUin by theiworl. 4 Kmf, r*. 10

said tome: The end is come upon my people Israel
I will not again pass In them any more.

\nd the hinges of the temple shall screak ip
that i\.ty, saith the Lord God : many shall die:
Irnce shall be east in every place.

4 Hear this, \ou that crush the poor, and maki
the needy ol the land to fail,

6 Saying: When will the month be over, and w B
shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall
ppea the com : that we may lessen the measure, and
increase the sickle, and may convey in dc< eitful
balances,

6 That we may possess the needy for money,
and the |>oor for a pair of shoes ; and may sell tht
refuse of the corn ?

7 The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Ja-
cob : Surely I will never forget all their w orks.

8 Shall not the land tremble fortius, and every
one mourn that dwelleth therein ; and rise up alto-
nether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as
the river of Egypt ?

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
Lord God, that the sun shall go dow n at midday ;
and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:

10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamentation : and I will bring
up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness
upon every head: and 1 will make it as the mourn-
ing of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a
bitter day.

1 1 Behold, the daj s come, saith the Lord : and I
will send forth a famine into the land; not a famine
of bread, norathirst of water, but of hearing the word
of the Lord.

12 And they shall move from sea to sea, and
from the north to the east: they shall go about seek-
ing the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

li3 In that day the fair virgins and the young
men shall faint lor thirst.

14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and
say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of
llcisabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall risr-
no more.

CHAP. IX.

The certainty of the desolation of hrucl : thr restoring qf thr
tiibi'rnitrlr if Dtiviil: mid the conversion of the Gentiles to
the church, which shall flourish for ever.

I" SAW the Lord standing upon the altar : and ho
■*■ said: Strikethehingcs.and let the lintels besbook'
for there is covetousness in the head of them all ;
andl will slavthe last of them with the sword .there
shall be no flight for them; they shall flee ; and he
that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.

2 Though they go dow n even to hell, thence
shall my hand bring them out : and though they
climb up to heaven, theme will I bring them down.

3 And though they be hid in the top ol ( artnel,
I will search, and take them away from them
and though they hide themselves from my eves in

tfaiKi prophet. That i% 1 am not a prophet bv education
■tor i* propbeajiofc my calling or profeaaion : but I am a h
whom God was pleased to tend hither to pmj.be.jr to Urael.

t Tkt turn* of uW UW, rU. of tha calf, worshipped in BetheL

ABD1AS.

the depth of the sea, there will I command the ser-
pent, and he shall bite them.

4 And if they go into captivity before their ene-
mies, then: will I command the sword, and it shall
kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for
evil, and not for good.

5 And the Lord the God of hosts is he whotouch-
eth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell
therein shall mourn : and it shall rise up as a river,
and shall run down as the river of Egypt.

6 lie that buildeth his ascension* in heaven, and
hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who call-
eth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon
the face of the earth ; the Lord is his name.

7 Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians!
unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not
I bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt; and the
Palestines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out
of Cyrene ?

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the
sinful kingdom: audi will destroy it from the face
of the earth : but yet I will not utterly destroy the
house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the
house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted

* His ascension. That is, his high throne. His bundle. That is, his
church, bound up together by the bands of one faith and communion.

f Jis the children of the Ethiopians. That is, as black as they, by
your iniquities.

in a sieve : and there shall not a little stone fall to
the ground.

10 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the
sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and
shall not come upon us.

11 In that day 1 will raise up the tabernacle ol
David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches
of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen :
and I will rebuild it as in the days of o d :

12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
and all nations, because my name is invoked upon
them; saith the Lord that doeth these things.

13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when
the ploughman shall overtake} the reaper, and «he
treader of grapes him that sovveth seed : and the
mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall
be tilled.

14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people
Israel : and they shall build the abandoned cities, and
inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and
drink the wine of them ; and shall make gardens,
and eat the fruits of them. And I will plant them
upon their own land : and I will no more pluck them
out of their land, which I have given them, saith
the Lord thy God.

| Shall overtake, &c. By this is meant the great abundance of spi-
ritual blessings: which, as it were, by a constant succession shall en-
rich the church of Christ.

THE PROPHECY OF ABDIAS.

Alxlias, whosr name is interpreter! the servant of the Lord, is be-
lieved to have prophesied about the same time as Osee > Joel,
and Amos : though some of the Hebrews, who believe him to be
the same with Achab's steward, make him much more ancient.
His prophecy is the shortest of any in number of words ; but
yields to none, says St. Jerom, in the sublimity of mysteries.
It contains but one chapter

The destruction of Edom for their pride, and the wrongs they
did to Jacob : the salvation and victory of Israel.

THE vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord
God to Edom : We have heard a rumour from
the Lord : and he hath sent an ambassador to the
nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.

2 Behold, I have made thee small among the na-
tions : thou art exceeding contemptible.

3 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who
dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up
thy throne on high : who sayest in thy heart :
Who shall bring me down to the ground ?

4 Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and
though thou set thy nest among the stars ; thence
will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

5 If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night,
how wouldst thou have held thy peace ? would

* Thou shalt not look. Sic. or thou shouldsl not, &c. It is a reprehen-
sion for what they had done, and at the same time a declaration that
'hcse things should n t pass unpunished. Thou shalt not magnify thy

they not have stolen till they had enough ? if the
grape-gatherers had come in to thee, would they
not have left thee at the least a cluster ?

6 How have they searched Esau, how have they
sought out his hidden things ?

7 They have sent thee out even to the border :
all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee :
the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee :
they that eat with thee, shall lay snares under thee:
there is no wisdom in him.

8 Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy
the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of
the mount of Esau ?

9 And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid,
that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

10 For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against
thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee ; and
thou shalt perish for ever.

11 In the day when thou stoodest against him,
when strangers carried away his army captive, and
foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon
Jerusalem ; thou also wast as one of them.

12 But thou shalt not look* on in the day of thy
brother, in the day of his leaving his country : and

mouth. That is, thou shalt not speak arroganUy against the children
of .luda as insulting them in their distress.

723

JO.NAS.

thou shall not n the children of Juda, in

i lie daj rftheir destruction :and thou shah not ma -ni-
Ij thy inoiitli in thedaj ol distress.

13 Neither shall thou enter into the gate of my
people in the day of their ruin : aehber shall thou
■1*0 look On in Ins evils in the day of his calamity :
and thou shall not Ik- sent out auaiust his arms in
(be day of ins desolation.

\l Neither shall thou stand in the cross-ways to
kill then thai Bet : and thoa shall ao< shut up them

that remain of him in the da\ ot irilndation.

I") For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all
nations : a-, thou hast done, so shall it lie done to
thee : lie will turn thy reward upon thy own head.

lti lor u you have drunk upon my holy moun-
tain, so all nations shall drink contiuuallv : and
they shall drink and sup up : and they shall be as
though they were not.

1 7 And in mount Sioa shall be salvation, and it

shall he holy : and the house of Jacob shall |M>s-
sess those that |K>ssessed them.

I B \nd the house ol Jacob shall be a fue. and the
house of Joseph a llame, and the house ol Esau stub-
ble: and tin \ shall lie kindled in them: and shall
devour them : and there shall be no remains ol
the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.

19 And they that are toward the south, shall in-
herit the mount of Esau ; and they that arc in the
plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the
country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria :
and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.

20 And thecapti\iiy of this host of the children
of Israel, all the places of the ( 'hanaanitcs e\euto
Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in

horns, shall possess the cities of the south.

21 And saviours shall come up into mount Sion,
to judge the mount of Esau : and the kingdom
shall be for the Lord.

THE PROPHECY OF JONAS.

Jonas propkttird in the reign of Jeroboam the second : as tee
learn from 4 Kings xiv. 35. To whom also he foretold his
success in restoring all the borders of Israel. He tea* of
Geth-Opher in tht tribe of Zabulon, and consequently of Ga-
lilee ; which confutes that assertion of the I'harisers, John vii.
j J. that no prophet ever rose out of Galilee, lie prop/tested
and prefigured in his otrn person the death and resurrection
of Christ ; and teas the only one among the prophets that
teas sent to preach to the Gentiles.

CHAP. I.

Jonas being sent to preach in I\'inice, fleeth away by sea : a tern-

rt risrth : of which being found, by lot, to be the cause,
is cast into the sea, which thereupon is calmed.

N< )\V the word of the Lord came to Jonas the
■on of Amathi, saying :
1 Arise, and <;o to Ninive* the great city, and
preach in it : for the wickedness thereof is come up
before me.

3 \nd Jonas rose tin to flee into Tharsisf from the
face of the Lord: and he went down to Joppe, and
found a ship ROW*; to Tharsis: and he paid the fare
thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to
Tharsis from the face of the Lord.

4 But the Lord sent a treat wind into the sea:
anil a great tempest was raised in the sea; and the
ship was in danger to be broken.

5 And the mariners were afraid : and the men cried
to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were
in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and
J. mas went down into the inner part of the ship, and
fell into | deep sleep.J

6 And the ship-master came to him, and said to
him: Why art thou fast asleep.' rise up, call upon
thy God, if so be that God will think of us, that we
may not perish.

the. The capital city ot the Aawian empire,
f TWmj. Which tome take to bo Tharra* of Cilicta, others to
*• TarttaMl of Spain, others to he Carthago

721

7 And they said every one to bis fellow : Come.
and let us cast lots, that we may know why this evil
is upon us. And they cast lots; and the lot fell
upon Jonas.

8 And they said to him: Tell us for what cause
this evil is upon us? what is thy business? of what
country art thou? and w hither goeal thou? or of
w hat people art thou?

9 And he said to them: I am a Hebrew : and I
fear the Lord the God of heaven, who made both
the sea and the dry land.

10 And the men were greatly afraid: and they
said to him : Why hast thou done this? (for the men
knew that he fled from the face of the Lord; be-
cause he had told them.)

11 And they said to him: What shall we do to
thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea
flowed and swelled.

12 And he said to them: Take me up, and easl
me into the sea; and the sea shall be calm to you:
for 1 know that for my sake this great tetnjwst is
upon miii.

13 And the men rowed hard to return to land :
but they were not able; because the a a toaw d. and
swelled upon them.

14 And they cried to the Lord, and said : We be-
lt thee, O Lord, let us not perish for this man's

life: and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou,
O Lord, bast done as it pleased thee.

15 And they took Jonas, and cast him into the
sea: and the sea ceased from raging.

16 And the men feared the I «ord exceedingly, and
sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.

J Aitf tiers*. Tbii is a lively image of tlir ioaenaibility of tin-
ners fleeing from God, and threatened on every side with lm judg-
ments l and >ct sleeping as if (Ik y h ere so are.

CHAP. II, III, IV.

CHAP. II.

tnnas is swallowed up by a great fish ; he prayeth with confi-
dence in God'; and the fish casteth him out on the dry land.

jVTOVV the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow
-L^ Up Jonas : and Jonas was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.

2 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of
the belly of the fish.

3 And he said : I cried out of my affliction to the
Lord; and he heard me: 1 cried out of the belly of
hell; and thou hast heard my voice.

4 And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in
the heart of the sea; and a flood hath compass-
ed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed
over me.

5 And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of
thy eves: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.

6 The waters compassed me about even to the
soul: the deep hath closed me round about: the sea
hath covered my head.

7 I went down to the lowest parts of the moun-
tains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for
ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corrup-
tion, O Lord my God.

8 When my soul was in distress within me, I re-'
membered the Lord: that my prayer may come
to thee, unto thy holy temple.

9 They that in vain observe vanities, forsake their
own mercy.

10 But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to
ee: I will pay wh;

salvation to the Lord

1 1 And the Lord spoke to the fish:* and it vomit-
ed out Jonas upon the dry land.

CHAP. III.

Jonas is sent again to preach in Ninive. Upon their fasting
and repentance, God recalleth the sentence by ivhich they were
to be destroyed.

AND the word of the Lord came to Jonas the
second time, saying,

2 Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and
preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.

3 And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive accord-
ing to the word of the Lord : now Ninive was a great
city of three day's journey. f

4 And Jonas began to enter into the city one day's
journey: and he cried, and said: Yet forty days, and
Ninive shall be destroyed.

5 And the men of Ninive believed in God: and
they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from
the greatest to the least.

6 And the word came to the king of Ninive: and
he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe
from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat
in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and publish-
ed in Ninive from the mouth of the king and of his

thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my

* Spoke to the fish. God's speaking to the fish, was nothing: else
l/iit liis will, which all things obey.

■f Of three day's journey. By the computation of gome ancient his-
d liani", Xinive was about fifty miles round : so that to go through all
•lie chief streets and public places was three day's journey.

+ Whs exceedingly troubled, Szr. Ills concern was les! he should pass

princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen,
nor sheep, taste any thing: let them not feed nor
drink water.

8 And let men and beasts be covered with sack-
cloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength:
and let them turn every one from his evil way, and
from the iniquity that is in their hands.

9 Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive; and
will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall
not perish ?

10 And God saw their works, that they were
turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with
regard to the evil which he had said that he would
do to them : and he did it not.

CHAP. IV.

Jonas repining to see that his prophecy is not fulfilled, is re-
proved by the type of the ivy.

\ ND Jonas was exceedingly troubled, t and was
-£*- angry.

2 And he prayed to the Lord, and said : I beseech
thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was
yet in my own country? therefore I went before to
flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gra-
cious and merciful God, patient, and of much com-
passion, and easy to forgive evil.

3 And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life
from me : for it is better for me to die than to live.

4 And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou ha&t
reason to be angry?

5 Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat to-
ward the east side of the city : and he made himself
a booth there : and he sat under it in the shadow,
till he might see what would befal the city.

6 And the Lord God prepared an ivy,§ and it
came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow
over his head, and to cover him (for he was fatigued :)
and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy.

7 But God prepared a worm, when the morning
arose on the following day : and it struck the ivy ;
and it withered.

8 And when the sun was risen, the Lord com-
manded a hot and burning wind : and the sun beat
upon the head of Jonas; and he broiled with the
heat ; and he desired for his soul that he might die,
and said: It is better for me to die than to live.

9 And the Lord said to Jonas : Dost thou think
thou hast reason to be angry, for fhe ivy? And he
said: I am angry with reason even unto death.

10 And the Lord said: Thou art grieved for the
ivy, for which thou hast not laboured, nor made it to
grow, which in one night came up, and in one night
perished.

11 And shall not I spare Ninive, that great city,
in which there are more than a hundred and twenty
thousand persons, that know not how to distinguish
between their right hand and their left, and many
beasts ?

for a false prophet ; or rather, lest God's word, by this occasion, might
come to be slighted and disbelieved.

^ The Lord God prepared an ivy. Hederam. In the Hebrew it is
Kikajon, which some render a gourd; others a palmcrist, or pain, i
Chrisli.

725

THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS.

Mich***, o/Morasti, a Httlr tnum in the tribe of Jml.i,Kvu c^""7
porury iritk the proph rhom he resembles both in Ai'a

spirit ami his style. He is different from the prophet Micheas
mentioned in the third book of Kings, chap. ixii. For thut
Mithras tired in the <fay* of king Achab, one hundred and
fifty peari before the time of Lu-chias, under whom this
Michras prophesied.

CHAP. I.

Samaria for her tins thall be destroyed by the Assyrians : they
shall also ineade Juda and Jerusalem.

Til!" word of the Lord thai came to Micheas the
Morasthite. in the days of Joathan, Achas,
and Ezecliiu kings of Juda ; which he saw con-
cerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 Hear all ye people : :in<l let the earth give ear,
anil all ili.it is therein : and let the Lord God be a
witness to rou. the Lord from his holy temple.

S Por behold, the Lord will come forth out of
his place: and lie will come down, and will tread
upon the huh places of the earth.

i \nd the mountains shall be melted underhim:
and the valleys shall he cleft, as wax before the fire,
and as water* that run down a steep place.

> I or the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for
the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wick-
rdiieNS of Jacob ? is it not Samaria ? and what are
tin- high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem ?

- loo I will make Samaria as a heap of stones
in the field when a vineyard is planted : and I will
brine down the stones thereof into the valley, and
will lav her foundations bare.

7 And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces:
and all her wages* shall l>e burnt with fire; ami I
w ill bring to destruction all her idols : for they were
gathered together of the hire of a harlot : and unto
the hire of a harlot the* shall return.

: Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go
strip! and naked : I will make a wailing like the
dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

9 \'>< cause her wound is desperate ; because it is
((line even to Juda: it hath touched the galef of my

V cm n to Jerusalem.

10 Declare ye it not in Geth,t weep ye not with

* Hrr wafrt. That is, bcr dollar** or presents offered to her idols ;
or the hire of all hrr traffic and labour. Of tkt hire of a harlot, &c.

-•• fathered together by one idolatrous rilj, viz.. Samaria:
and they thall he rarried away to' another idolatrous city, vix. Ninive.

♦ It hath touched Ike gats, lie. That is, the destruction of Samaria
•hall be followed by the invasion of my people of Juda: and the As-
syrian, .ball come a'od lay all waste even to the confines of Jerusalem.

t Deetart ft U not is Get*, viz. Amongst Ihe Philntines, lest ttwj
rejoice at yoar calamity, rt's? ft not, fee. Keep in your tear*, thai
yoa may not five your enemies an occasion of insulting over you :
!.q' in your own houses, or in w-ur htrnm tf dust, your nrtUf habitation,
sptiutm fourtthis uHlh lust, and iut on the habit of penitents. Some
take the bouse of dust, (in Mrbi >w .tphnh) to be the proper name
of a •

t Thou that dwtUett in the Ben*,' J fit', ft* In Ssassvis. In Ibe
llrhrrw. the Beautiful plan at expressed bv the word Sophie, which
tome take fur Ihe proper name of a city. She vent notjurlh, Jt<

i that dwelt fn the conftnes came not forth, hut kept themselves
within for fear. TV House adjoining, k.r via. Judea and Jerusalem,
■Bath boars !*• Samaria, and p— tners in bar sios, shall share also in

^ 7.T.

tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle vounehm
with dust.

11 And pass away, O thou that dw idlest in the
Beautiful place.? covered with thy shame: she went
not forth that dwellcth in the tontines : the House
adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which
Stood by herself.

12 tor she is become weak! unto good that
dwellcth in bitterness: for evil is come down from
the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

13 A tumult of chariots hath astonished the in-
habitants of LaciM : it b the beginning** of sin to
the daughter of Sion ; for in thee wjere found the
crimes of Israel.

11 Therefore shall she sendft messengers to the
inheritance of Geth ; the houses of lying to deceive
the kings of Israel.

15 Vet will I bring an heirJt to thee that dwell-
est in Maresa : cm n to (Jdollam shall the glory of
Israel come.

16 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy deli-
cate children : enlarge thy baldness as the eagle : for
they are carried into captivity from thee.

CHAP. II.

The Israelites by their crying injustices provoke God to punish
them. He shall at last restore Jacob.

WO to you that devise that which is unprofita-
ble, and work evil in your beds : in the morn-
ing light they execute it, because their band is
against God.

2 And they have coveted fields, and taken them
by violence : and houses they have forcibly taken
away: and oppressed a man and bis house, a man
and his inheritance.

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Behold, I de-
vise an evil against this family ; from which JTOU
shall not withdraw your necks; and you shall not
walk haughtily ; fortius is a mtv evil time.

4 In that day a parable shall be taken up upon
you : and a song shall be sung with melody by them
that say : We are laid waste and spoiled : the por-
tion of my people is changed : how shall he de-
part^ from me, whereas be is returning that w ill
divide our land ?

her mourning and calamity; though they bare pretended to itona
6y themselres, trusting in their strength.

I She it become weak, fee. Jerusalem it become weak unto any
good ; because she dwells in the bitterness of sin.

•* It is the beginning, &.C. That is, Leckit was the first city of J uda
(hat learnt from Samaria the worship of idols, and communicated it
lo Jerusalem.

ft There/on shall she tend, fcc. Lachis shall send to Geth for help,
but in vain : for Geth, instead of helping, shall be found to be a house
of lying and deceit to Israel.

tf An heir, fcc. Mnresn (which was the name of a citv of Juda",
signifies inheritance : but here God by bis prophet tells the Jews, that
he will bnng them an heir to take possession of Ihnr inheritance . Mi
that the glory of Israel shall be obliged to give place, and to n
even to Od o ll mn, a city in the l ll l l lltj of their dominions. Ami
therefore he exliorts them lo penance in the following verse.

II Hose shall he depart, ttc. How do you pretend to say that tlie As-
syrian is departing ; when indeed be is coming to divide our lands
amongst his subjects?

CHAP. III. IV.

5 Therefore thou shalthavc none* that shah cast
the cord of a lot in tnc assembly of the Lord.

6 Speak ye not, saying : It shall not dropf upon
these ; confusion shall not take them.

7 The house of Jacob saith: Is the Spirit cf the
Lord straitened, or are these his thoughts ? Are not
my words good to him that walketh uprightly ?

8 But my people, on the contrary, are risen up
as an enemy : you have taken away J the cloak off
from the coat : and them that passed harmless you
have turned to war.

9 You have cast out§ the women of my people
from their houses, in which they took delight : you
have taken my praise for ever from their children.

10 Arise ye, and depart ; for there is no rest here
for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall
be corrupted with a grievous corruption.

1 1 Would GodH 1 were not a man that hath the
spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie : I will let drop
to thee of wine and of drunkenness : and it shall be
this people upon whom it shall drop.

12 I will assemble and gather together all of
thee, O Jacob : I will bring together the remnant of
Israel : I will put them together as a flock in the
fold, as the sheep in the midst of the sheepcots, they
shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of
men.

13 For he shall go up that shall open the way
before them : they shall divide, and pass through
the gate, and shall come in by it : and their king
shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head
of them.

CHAP. III.

For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, of false prophets
flattering for lucre, and of judges perverting justice, Jerusa-
lem and the temple shall be destroyed.

\ ND I said : Hear, O ye princes of Jacob, and
-E*- ye chiefs of the house of Israel : Is it not your
part to know judgment,

2 You that hate good, and love evil ; that vio-
lently pluck off their skins from them, and their
flesh from their bones ?

3 Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and
have flayed their skin from off them ; and have
broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle,
and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

4 Then shall they cry to the Lord; and he will
not hear them : and he will hide his face from them
at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their
devices.

5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets
that make my people err; that bite with their teeth,
and preach peace: and if a man give not something
into their mouth, they prepare war against him.

6 Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision,

* Thou shall have none, &c. Thou shalt hare no longer any lot or
inheritance in the land of the people of the Lord.

f It shall not drop, &c. That is, the prophecy shall not come upon
these. Such were the sentiments of the people that were unwilling;
to believe the threats of the prophets.

| you have taken away, &c. You have even stripped people of their
necessary garments ; and have treated such as were innocently pass-
ing on the way, as if they were at war witli you.

} You have cast out. &c. either by depriving them of their houses; or,
by your crimes, giving occasion to their being carried away captives,

and darkness to you instead of divination: and the
sun shall go down upon the prophets; and the day
shall be darkened over them.

7 And they shall be confounded that see visions ;
and the diviners shall be confounded: and they
shall all cover their faces, because there is no an-
swer of God.

8 But yet I am filled with the strength of the
Spirit of the Lord, with judgment, and power; to
declare unto Jacob his wickedness, and to Israel
his sin.

9 Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and
ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor
judgment, and pervert all that is right:

10 You that build up Sion with blood, and Je-
rusalem with iniquity.

11 Her princes have judged for bribes; and her
priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined
for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying:
Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall
come upon us.

12 Therefore, because of you, Sion shall be
ploughed as a field; and Jerusalem shall be as a
heap of stones, and the mountain of the temple as
the high places of the forests.

CHAP. IV.

The glory of the church of Christ, by the conversion of the Gen-
tiles. The jetos shall be carried captives to Babylon, and be
delivered again.

\ ND it shall come to pass in the last days, that
*■*■ the mountain of the house of the Lord shell be
prepared in the top of mountains, and high above
the hills: and people shall flow to it.

2 And many nations shall come in haste, and say :
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
and to the house of the God of Jacob : and he will
teach us of his ways ; and we will walk in his paths:
for the law shall go forth out of Sion, and the word
of the Lord out of Jerusalem.

3 And he shall judge among many people, and
rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat
their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into
spades : nation shall not take sword against nation :
neither shall they learn** war any more.

4 And every man shall sit under his vine, and
under his fig-tree ; and there shall be none to make
them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts
hath spoken.

5 For all people will walk every one in the name
of his god : but we will walk in the name of the
Lord our God for ever and ever.

6 In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather up
her that halteth : and her that 1 had cast out, I will
gather up ; and her whom I had afflicted.

7 And I will make her that halted, a remnant;

and their children, by that means, never learning to praise the Lord.

T Would God, &c. The prophet could have wished, out of his love
to his people, that he might he deceived in denouncing to them these
evils that were to fall upon them : but by conforming himself to the
will of God, he declares to them, that he is sent to prophesy, literally
to let drop upon them, the wine of God's indignation, with which they
should be made drunk; that is, stupified and cast down.

* Neither shall they learn, &c. The law of Christ is a law of peace ;
and all his true subjects, as much as lies in them, love and keep peace
I with all the world.

727

MICH K AS.

daughter

and her thai had been afllirted, a mighty nation : and
the Lord will reign over then in mount Skm, from

this time now ami fbf ever.

8 And thou, () domfj tower of the flock, of
the daughter of Sion. unto thee shall it coin.' : yea
tin- first |>o\\cr shall (tunc, the kingdom to the

of Jerusalem.

9 Now, why ait thou drawn together with grief?
Hail thou M kini in thee, or is thy counsellor pe-
rished, because sorrow hath taken thecas a woman
in lalxiur.'

10 Me in pain and lahorJr, O daughter of Sion,
as a woman that bfiwMlh forth: lor now • slialt thou

ut ot the city, and shalt dwell in the country,
and shall come even to Bain Ion: there thou shalt
1 : there the Lord will redeem thee out
of the hand Of thy enemies.

1 1 \nd now many nations are gathered together
iiist thee: and the] saj ; Let her be stoned : and

let our eve look npOfl Sion.

12 l!ut ihey have not known the thoughts of the
I ord, and have not understood his counsel ■ because
he hath gathered them together as the hay of the
, <>or.

l.i Arise. ;uui tread, () daughter of Sion: for I
will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make
brass: and tiiou shalt beat in pieces many peoples,
and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord,
and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.

CHAP. V.

Tkr birth of Christ in Bethlehem: his reign and spiritual
conquests.

NOW shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the
robber:* they have laid siege against us : with
a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of
Israel.

2 And thou, Bethi.f.hkm Ephrata, art a little
one among the thousands ol'Juda : out of thee shall
he come forth unto me thai h to be the ruler in Is-
rael : and his going forthf is from the beginning,
from the davs of eternity.

3 Therefore will he sive them up even till the
time wherein she that travailed) shall bring forth:
and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted
to the children of Israel.

4 And he shall stand, and feed in the Strength of
the Lord, in the height i>l the name of the Lord his
God : and they shall be converted ; for now shall he
I"- magnified even to the ends of the earth.

> \ud this man shall Ik- our peace, when the As-
syrian! shall come into our land, and w hen he shall

* DwfU<r •/ tkt rsUer. Some understand tin* of Itubvloa i which
nkttd and pdia^rd the temple of t.ad : others understand it of Jeru-
aalem ; br mwn of the many rapine* and opprrssion* committed there.

t Mi (•*"{ /■"•'*• kr - T,,at '*• ,,r w,, ° •» "»■" tna " b* °°rn ln U»e«.
m (ltd waa horn of hit Father from all eternity.

{ TW Juyrin. That is the persecutor* of the church ; who are
here called iatriiM by the prophet ; became the Assyrian* were at
that time the chief enemies and persecutor* of tbe people of God.

♦ S i n a liaWwrai, kr. The pastor* of OodH chtaTCh, and the de-
leader* of the faith. Tlte number mm in scripture, it taken to lipni-
r r swany ; and when tight it >Mned with it, we are to underttand that

er will he very great.
nn, ikall fttd, a*V ' TV} •hall make tpiritua) conquest* in the

7*8

set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise ;
him seven shepherds,*, and eight principal men.

6 And they shall feed || the land ot \ss\ria with
the sword, and the land of N cm rod with the sp.
thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assuiau
when he shall come into our land, and when be
shall tread in our borders.

7 And the remnant of JaeoMI shall l>e in the
midst of many peoples as a dew from the Lord, and
as drops imoii the pass, which waiuth not lor man,
nor tarrieth for the children of men.

8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be anions the
Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as a lion**
among the beasts of the forests, and as a young lion
among the flocks of sheep : who when he shall go
through, and tread down, and take, there is none to
deliver.

9 Thy hand shall l>e lifted up over thy enemies :
and all tliy enemies shall be cut off.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith
the Lord, that I will take away thy horscsft out of
the midst of thee, and will destroj, thy chariots

11 And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and
will throw down all thy strong holds: and I will
take away sorceries out of thy hand: and tluarc shall
be no divinations in thee.

12 And I will destroy thy graven things and thy
statues tint of the midst of thee : and thou shall no
more adore the works of thy hands.

13 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the
midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.

14 And I will execute vengeance in wrath ami
in indignation among all the nations that have not
given ear.

CHAP. VI.

(Sod expostulate* with the Jews for their ingratitude and tins :
for which they shall be punished.

TJEAR ye what the Lord saith : Arise : contend
-*■-*• thou in judgment against the mountains ;tt ;md

let the hills hear thy voice.

2 Let the mountains hear the judgment of the
Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for
the Lord will enter into judgment with his people J
and he will plead against Israel.

3 O my people, what have I done to thee, or in
what have I molested thee ': answer thou me.

4 For I b ro u g h t thee up out of the land of Egypt
and delivered thee out of the house of slaves : and
1 sent before thy face Moses, and Aaron, and .Mary:

5 O my people, remember, 1 pray thee, whav
llalach the king otMoab purposed: and what I'.a-

laod* of their persecutor*, with the ncord of tkt spirit, trait* is tkt worrf
of God. Eph. ri. 17.

1 TU rrmnanl of Jatoh, r'\T.. The apoMles, and the firM preacher* of
the Jewish nation ; whose doctrine, likr dew, shall make the plants
of the converted Gentile* (frow up, without waiting for any man to
cultivate them h\ liiini:-.n l< -.miing.

"At lint, lie. Thit denote* the fortitude of these first preaclier*
and their lucces* in their spiritual enterprise*.

ft I trtUtmkt mroy lit* korttt, tic. Home understand this, and all Dial
follows to the end of the chapter, a* addressed to tin- • I the

church. But it may as well be undrr»ti«.«l of the eonvert* t
••Inircli . who nhouM mi longer put their Ini.t m unv af SjaM SJl

It Tkt nnssslsim, fcc. That is, tbe f real ones, the pnnc<t of lie
people.

CHAP. VII.

laam the son of Beor answered liim, "rom Setim to
Galgal,* that thou mightest know the justices of
the Lord.

6 What shall I offerf to the Lord that is worthy ?
wherewith shall 1 kneel before the high God ? shall
I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year
old.- 5

7 May the Lord be appeased with thousands of
rams, or with many thousands of fat he-goats ? shall
I give my first-born for my wickedness, the fruit of
my body for the sin of my soul ?

8 I will show thee, O man, what is good, and
what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily to do judg-
ment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with
thy God.

9 The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and
salvation shall be to them that fear thy name : hear,
O ye tribes, and who shall approve it?

10 As yet there is a fire in the house of the wick-
ed, the treasures of iniquity, and a scant measure full
of wrath. f

11 Shall I justify wicked balances, and the de-
ceitful weights of the bag ?

12 By which her rich men were filled with ini-
quity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies ;
and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

13 And I therefore began to strike thee with de-
solation for thy sins.

14 Thou shalt cat but shaft not be filled : and thy
humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou
shalt take hold, but shalt not save : and those whom
thou shalt save, 1 will give up to the sword.

15 Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap : thou shalt
tread the olives, but shalt not be anointed with the
oil ; and the new wine, but shalt not drink the wine.

16 For thou hast kept the statutes of Amri,§ and
all the works of the house of Achab : and thou
hast walked according to their wills, that I should
make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof
a hissing : and you shall hear the reproach of my
people.

CHAP. VII.

The prophet laments, that notwithstanding all his preaching, the
generality are still corrupt in their manners: therefore their
desolation is at hand : but they shall be restored again and
prosper ; and all mankind shall be redeemed by Christ.

WO is me, for 1 am become as one that gleaneth
in autumn the grapes of the vintage : there is
no cluster to eat : my soul desired the first ripe figs.

2 The holy man is perished out of the earth ; and
there is none upright among men : they all lie in
wait for blood ; every one hunteth his brother to death.

3 The evil of their hands they call good : the
prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and
the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul,
and they have troubled it.

4 He that is best among them, is as a brier : and

* From Setim to Galgal. He puts them in mind of the favour lie
did them, in not suffering them to be quite destroyed by the evil pur-
pose of Balach, and the wicked counsel of Balaam; and then gives
them a hint of the wonders he wrought, in order to bring them into
the land of Promise, by stopping the course of the Jordan, in their
march from Setim to Galgal.

t What shall I offer. Sic. This is spoken in the person of the peo-
ple, desiring to be informed what they ar« to do to please God.

he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The
day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh : now
shall he their destruction.

5 Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince .
keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth
in thy bosom.

6 For the son dishonoured the father ; and the
daughter riseth up against her mother ; the daughter-
in-law against her mother-in-law : and a man's ene-
mies are they of his own household.

7 But I will look towards the Lord : I will wait
for God my Saviour : my God will hear me.

8 Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because
1 am fallen : I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the
Lord is my light.

9 I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have
sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and
execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth in-
to the light: I shall behold his justice.

10 And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be
coveredTI with shame, whosaith to me : Where is the
Lord thy God ? my eyes shall look down upon her :
now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of
the streets.

1 1 The day shall come, that thy walls may be
built up : in that day shall the law** be far removed.

12 In that day they shall come even from Assyria
to thee, and to the fortified cities : and from the forti-
fied cities even to the river, and from sea to sea, and
from mountain to mountain.

13 And the landft shall be made desolate because
of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their
devices.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy
inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in
the midst of Carmel : they shall feed in Basan and
Galaad according to the days of old.

15 According to the days of thy coming out of the
land of Egypt I will show him wonders.

16 The nations shall see, and shall be confounded
at all their strength : they shall put the hand upon the
mouth: their ears shall be deaf.

17 They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the
creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed
in their houses : they shall dread the Lord our God,
and shall fear thee.

18 Who is a God like to thee, who takest away
iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of
thy inheritance ? he will send his fury in no more
because he delighteth in mercy.

19 He will turn again, and have mercy on us
he will put away our iniquities : and he will cast
all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, the
mercy to Abraham ; which thou hast sworn to our
fathers from the days of old.

I Full of xeralh, &c. That is, highlv provoking in the sight of God
i The statutes of Amri, Sic. The wicked ways of Amri and Achab,
idolatrous kings.
V Slit shall be covered, &c. viz. Babylon my enemy
** The law, viz.. of thy enemies, who have tyrannized over thee,
f f The land. &c. viz. of Babylon.

729

THE PROPHECY OF NAHU3I.

Nahiim, whose name signifies a comforter, tens a native of F.lcese,
er Klceaai, supposed to be a little town in Galilee. He pro-
phesied, lifter the ten tribes teere carried into captirity ; and
foretold the utter destruction ofiiinire by the Babylonians and
Mtdes; tehich happened in the reign of Joeia*.
( II \l\ I.
The majesty of God: his goodness to his people, and severity to
his enemies-

r FMIK burden of Niniw. The book of the vision
-*- of Nahiim the Kleesite.

2 The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger:
the Lord is a rt'irn^r, ami liaih wrath : the Lord
taketh reageence on his adversaries; and he is
angry with his enemies.

.'• I 'In- Lard is patient, and great in power, and
will not cleanse and acquit llf uuillii. The Lord's
w a> s m, in a tempest, and a whirlwind : and elouds
are the dust of his feet.

I He nhuketli the sea, and drieth it tip; and
hringcth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan lan-
uieneth and Carmel : and the flower of Libanus
faded) away.

5 The mountains tremble at him ; and the hills
are Bade desolate ! and the earth hath quaked at
his presence, and the world, and all that dwell
therein.

6 Who can stand before the face of his indigna-
tion ? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his

jer? his indignation is poured out like fire: and
the rocks are melted bv him.

7 The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the
day of trouble ; and knoweth them that hope in him.

8 But with a |1(kk1 that passeth by, he will make
an utter end of the place thereof:* and darkness
shall pursue his enemies.

9 What do ye devise against the Lord? he will
make an utter cud: there shall not rise a double

n.
I') For as thorns embrace one another ; so while
they are feasting and dunking together, they shall
he eonsiimed as stubble that is fully dry.

I I Out of thee shall come forth onef that imagin-
ed! evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in
his mind.

12 Thus saith the Lord : Though they were
perfect, \ and many of them so. yet thus they shall
be CtM off; and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee,
and I will afflict thee no more.

13 Ami now I will break in pieces his rod with
which he struck thy back: and I will burst thy bonds
•isiinder.

14 And the Lord will give a commandment 1 ?

Srnnache-

* Of the pUee thrreef, *bc. of Nimvc.
t SLu tsme forth sue, kc Some understand this of

rib. lot as ha attempt against the people teems to haw
to thepropbocjr of N ahum, we may better undent and it of Hototernes.
) Tktuf h they were ferftet, tic. That i», however strong or Dome-
roua their force* may be, they shall be cat off; and their prince or
leader ahall paa* away and disappear.

• Will gtm a i n — w a nn a. That is, a decree, rmttrning thee, O
King of Ninire, thy teed thai) fail, kc.

730

I co ncer n i ng thee, that DO more of thy name shall be

sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing
out of the house of thy (iod : 1 will make it thy
grave : for thou art disgraced.

15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him
that bringeth good tidings, and that preached) peace:
() .luda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for
Bcliall shall no more pass through ihec again : he is
utterly cut olT.

(MAP. II.

God sends his armies against Sinire to destroy it.

HE is come tin that shall destroy before thy face,
that shall aeep the siege! watch the way 5
fortifv thy loins ; strengthen thj power exceedingly.

2 For the Lord hath rendered the pride of .la-
cob,** as the pride of Israel : because the spoilers
have laid them waste, and have marred their vine-
branches.

3 The shield of his mighty menft is like fire the
men of the army are clad in scarlet; the reins of
the chariot are flaming in the day of his prepara-
tion ; and the drivers are stupified.

4 They are in confusion in the ways; the chariots
jostle one against another in the streets : their looks
are like torches, like lightning running to and fro.

5 He will muster up his valiant men : they shall
stumble in their march :JJtln y shall quickly get up-
on the walls thereof: and a covering shall be [ire-
pared.

6 The gates of the rivers are opened: and the
temple is thrown down to the ground.

7 And the soldier is led away captive : and her
bond-women were led away mourning as doves
murmuring in tlx-ir hearts.

8 And as for Ninivc, her waters are like a gnat
pool : but the men flee away. They civ : Stand,
stand : but there is none that will return back.

9 Take ye the spoil of the silver; take the spoil
of the gold : for there is no end of the riches of all
the precious furniture.

10 She is destroyed", and rent, and torn : the heart
melteth ; and the knees fail ; and all the loins lose
their strength : and the facts of them all arc as the
blackness of B kettle.

11 Where is now the dwelling of the lions, and
the feeding place of the young lions, to which lite
lion went, to enter in thither, the young lion, and
there was none to make them afraid ?

12 The lion caught enough for his w helps. n\ d
killed for his lionesses : and he Idled his holes wiih
prey, and his den w ith rapine.

' BelUI, the wicked one. rir- the Assyrian.

*• Hath rendered the pride ofjatoi, trc. He hath pnniohed Jacob for
his pride ; and therefore Ninire tmut noi MptMl to es c a p e. Or else.
rendering the pride ef Jars* means rewarding, that is, punishing Ninire
for the pride they exercised against Jacob.

♦ t < >f kit nur»/y nun, kc. He speak* of the Chaldeans ?nd Medes
M>nt In I, contipiti. That is, they drire on fe-

rioaati like in.ii intoxicated with wine.

J{ Stumble in their march, lty running hastily on.

UABACUC.

13 Behold, I come against thee, saith the Lord
ol hosts : and 1 will burn thy chariots even to smoke;
and the sword shall devour thy young lions : and
1 will cut off thy prey out of the laud ; and the
voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.

CHAP. III.

The miserable destruction of Ninive.

WO to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and
violence : rapine shall not depart from thee.

2 The noise of the whip, and the noise of the
rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse,
and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen
coming up :

3 And of the shining sword, and of the glitter-
ing spear, and of a multitude slain, and of a griev-
ous destruction : and there is no end of carcasses :
and they shall fall down on their dead bodies.

4 Because of the multitude of the fornications of
the harlot that was beautiful and agreeable, and that
made use of witchcraft, that sold nations through
her fornications, and families through her witch-
crafts.

5 Behold, I come against thee, saith the Lord of
hosts : and I will discover thy shame to thy face,
and will show thy nakedness to the nations, and
thy shame to kingdoms.

6 And I will cast abominations upon thee, and
will disgrace thee, and will make an example of
thee.

7 And it shall come to pass that every one that
shall see thee, shall flee from thee, and shall say :
Ninive is laid waste : who shall bemoan thee ?
whence shall I seek a comforter for thee ?

8 Art thou better than the populous Alexandria,*
that dwellest among the rivers ? waters are round
about it : the sea is its riches : the waters are its
walls.

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof;

* Populous Alexandria. No-Ammon. A populous city of Eg'ypt, de-
stroyed by the Chaldeans, and afterwards rebuilt by Alexander, and

and there is no end : Africa and the Libyans were
thy helpers.

10 Yet she also was removed, and carried into
captivity : her young children were dashed in pieces
at the top of every street : and they cast lots upon
her nobles ; and all her great men were bound in
fetters.

11 Therefore thou also shalt be made drunk,
and shalt be despised : and thou shalt seek help
from the enemy.

12 All thy strong-holds shall be like fig-trees
with their green figs : if they be shaken, they shall
fall into the mouth of the eater.

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are
women : the gates of thy land shall be set wide
open to thy enemies ; the fire shall devour thy bars.

14 Draw thee water for the siege ; build up thy
bulwarks : go into the clay, and tread ; work it,
and make brick.

15 There shall the fire devour thee : thou shalt
perish by the sword ; it shall devour thee like the
bruchus : assemble together like the bruchus ; make
thyself many like the locust.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above
the stars of heaven : the bruchus hath spread him-
self, and flew away.

17 Thy guards are like the locusts ; and thy little
ones like the locusts of locusts! which swarm on the
hedges in the day of cold : the sun arose, and they
flew away : and their place was not known where
they were.

18 Thy shepherds have slumbered, O king of
Assyria; thy princes shall be buried : thy people
are hid in the mountains; and there is none to ga-
ther them together.

19 Thy destruction is not hidden ; thy wound is
grievous: all that have heard the fame of thee, have
clapped their hands over thee : for upon whom hath
not thy wickedness passed continually ?

calkd Alexandria. Others suppose No-Amman to be the same as
Diospdis.
f The locusts of locusts. The young locusts.

THE PROPHECY OF HABACUC.

Habacuc was a native of Bezocher, and prophesied in Juda,
some time before the invasion of the Chaldeans, which he fore-
told. He lived to see this prophecy fulfilled, and for many
years after, according to the general opinion, which supposes
him to be the same that was brought by the Angel to Daniel
in Babylon, Dan. xvi.

CHAP. I,

The prophet complains of the wickedness of the people. God
reveals to him the vengeance he is going to take of them by
he Chaldeans.

^I^HE burden* that Habacuc the prophet saw.
■*- 2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt

* Burden. Such prophecies more especialli :<re calltd burdens, as
'. reatcn grievous evils and punishments.

not hear ? shall 1 cry out to thee suffering violence,
and thou wilt not save?

3 Why hast thou shown me iniquity and grievance,
to see rapine and injustice before me ? and there
is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.

4 Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judg-
ment cometh not to the end : because the wicked
prevailed) against the just ; therefore wrong judg-
ment goeth forth.

5 Behold ye among the nations, and see: won-
der, and be astonished: for a work is done in your
days, which no man will believe when it shall be
told.

731

iiai; \< i ( .

fl Tor behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a
bitter .iikI swift nation, marching upon the breadth

of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that arc
not their on n.

T I'lirv aii> dreadful and terrible: from them-
•elves shall their judgment and their burden proceed.

8 Their horses are lighter than leopanls, and
swifter than evening wolves: and their horsemen
shall bfl spread abroad: for their horsemen shall
DOOM from afar: they shall ily as an eagle that
maketh hasir to eat.

9 They shall all come to the prey; their fare is
like a banting wind: and they shall gather together
captives as the sand.

10 And their prince shall triumph over kiims;
and princes shall be his laughing-stock: and he
>h.ill brogh at every strong; hold, and shall cast up
a mount, and shall take it.

11 Then shall his spirit* be changed; and he
shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

I J Wast thou not from the beginning, O Lord
my ( i«m), my holy one, and we shall not die? Lord,
t him hast appointed him for judgment, and made
him strong tor correction.

13 Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and
thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou
upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy
peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is
more just than himself?

1 \ And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the
sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.

I i He lined up all them with his hook: he drew
them in his drag, and gathered them into his net:
lor this he will be glad, and rejoice.

lt> Therefore will he offer victims to his drag,
and he will sacrifice to his net: because through
them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

1 7 For this cause therefore he spreadelh his net,
and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
( IIAI'. II.

The prnphtt is admonished to wait with faith. The enemies of

Go/ft people sfuill assuredly be punished.

| WILL standi upon mv watch, and fix my foot

upon the tower: and I will watch, to sec what
will Ik" said to me, and what I may answer to him
that reproveth me.

J \iid the Lord answered me, and said: Write
the vision, and make it plain upou tables: that he
that readeth it may run over it.

.1 For as vet the vision is far off; and it shall
appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any
delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it
shall not bfl slack.

I i hold, be that is unbelieving, his soul shall not
be right in himself: hut the just shall live in his faith.

. th.iil hu iittrit, be,, vis. the ipirit of the king of Babylon.

I' tirade* lo the judgment of God upon NabuchodoMMor, recorded

». ami to the speedy fell of the Chaldean

• iting to aee what the Lo'rd will answer (o
• Chaldeans, who are worse than the Jews,
at.1 who :.' ir success to their own strength, or to their

idols, swoaid n ereit b et e ss prevail over the people of the Lord. Thr
a n swer |a that lb* prophet must wait with patience and faith:
•I, ii .11 afeoald he set right in duo lime: and the enemies of God and
hit people punished according to their deserts.

5 And as wine deceivcthj him that drinketh it,
30 shall the proud man he. ami he shall not he ho
noiired: who hath enlarged his desire like hell, am!
is himself like death ; and he is never satisfied ; hut
will gather together unto him all nations, and heap
together unto him all people.

6 Shall not all these take up a parable against
him, and a dark Speech concerning him: and it
shall be said: Wo to him that heapeth together that
which is not his own? how long also doth he load
himself with thick clay?§

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite
thee: and they he stirred up that shall tear thee:
and thou shalt be a spoil to them?

8 Because thou hast spoiled ninny nations, all
that shall he left of the people shall spoil thee; be-
cause of men's hlood, and for the iniquity of the
land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

9 Wo to him that gathereth together an evil eo-
vetousness to his house, that his nest mav he on
high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the
hand of evil.

10 Thou hast devised confusion to thy house:
thou hast cutoff many people; and thy soul hath
sinned.

11 For the stone shall crv out of the wall: and
the timber that is between the joints of the build-
ing shall answer.

12 Wo to him that buildcth a town with blood,
and prepareth a city by iniquity.

13 Are not these thingsll from the Lord of hosts 3
for the people shall labour in a great lire; and the
nations in vain: and they shall faint.

14 For the earth shall be filled, that men may
know the glory of the Lord, as waters covering tin-
sea.

15 Wo to him that giveth drink to his friend,
and prcsentelh his gall, and maketh him drunk,
that he may behold his nakedm

16 Thou art filled with shame instead of glory
drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the
right hand of the Lord shall compass thee; ami
shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory.

17 For the iniquity of Lihauiis" shall cover thee,
and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them, be-
cause of the blood of men, and the iniquity ot the
land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

18 What doth the graven thing avail, because
the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten and a
false image? because the forger thereof hath ti list-
ed in a thing of his own forging to make dumb
idols.

t At trme decemeth, kc. viz. by affording only a sliorl pn
lure : followed by the evils and disgrace that are the m<
quences of drunkenness: so shall it be with the nroud enemies <■
people of God: whose success affordeth them wily a momentary plea-
sure, followed by innumerable and everlasting evils.

♦ Thick clay, ill-gotten goods, that, like mire, both burden and
defile the soul.

| Art not Oust thing,, be. That is, shall not these punishments
that are here recorded, come from the Ixird upon him that i« irui
■Hh < runes. The people thall labour, tic. vix. the enemies of God's

•

T The iniquity of /.i/xini/i. That it, the iniquity committed by tho
Chaldeans against the temple of God, signified here by the name of
Libanus.

CHAP. III.

19 Wo to him that saith to wood: Awake: to
the dumb«tone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is
|aid over with gold and silver: and there is no spirit
in the bowels thereof.

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the
earth keep silence before him.

CHAP. III.
1 A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PRO-
PHET FOR IGNORANCES.*
I f\ LORD, I have heard thy hearing,t and was
^-* afraid.

O Lord, thy work, in the midst of the years bring
it to life :

In the midst ofthe years thou shalt make itknown :
when thou art angry, thou wilt remember mercy.

3 God will come from the South, $ and the holy
one from mount Pharan:

His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is
full of his praise.

4 His brightness shall be as the light: horns§ are
in his hands.

There is his strength hid: 5 Death shall go be-
fore his face. |!

And the devil shall go forth before his feet.

6 He stood and measured the earth.

He beheld, H and melted the nations : and the an-
cient mountains were crushed to pieces.

The hills of the world were bowed down by the
journies of his eternity.

7 I saw the tents of Ethiopia** for their iniquity;
the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.

8 Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers ?tt or
•vas thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in
the sea ?

Who wilt ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots
ire salvation.

9 Thou wilt surely take up thy bow, according
to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes.

Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth.

* For ignorances. Tliat is, for the sins of his people. In the Hehrew
it is Sigionoth ; which some take to signify a musical instrument, or
tune ; with which this sublime prayer and canticle was to be sung.

f Thy hearing, &c. That is, thy oracles, the great and wonderful
things thou hast revealed to me : and I was struck with a reverential
fear and awe. Thy work. The great work of the redemption of man,
which thou wilt bring to life and light in the midst ofthe years, when our
calamities and miseries shall be at their height.

J God will come from tlic South, &c. God himself will come to give
us his law, and to conduct us into the true land of promise : as here-
tofore he came from the South (in the Hebrew, Theman) and from
mount Pharan to give his law to his people in the desert. See Deu-
teronomy xxxiii. 2.

i Horns, &c. That is, strength and power, which by a Hebrew
phrase arc called horns. Or, beams of light, which come forth from his
hands. Or it may allude to the cross, in the Aorns of which the hands
of Christ were fastened, where his strength was hidden, by which he
overcame the world, and drove out death and the devil.

|| Death shall go before his face, &c. Both death and the devil shall
be the executioners of his : ustice against his enemies: as they were
heretofore against the Egyptians and Chanaanites.

T He beheld, &c. One look of his eye is enough to melt all the na-
tions, and to reduce them to nothing. For all heaven and earth disap-
pear, when they come before his light. Apocalypse xx. 11. The an-
cient mountains, &c. By the mountains and hills are signified the great
ones of the world, Uiat persecute the church, whose power was quick-
ly crushed by the Ahnightv.

** Ethiopia, the land of the Blacks and Madian. are here taken for

10 The mountains saw thee, and were grieved
the great body of waters passed away.

The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted u\
its hands.

1 1 The sun and the moon stood still in their ha-
bitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in
the brightness of thy glittering spear.

12 In thy anger thou wilt tread the earthamder
foot: in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations.

13 Thou wentest forth for tne salvation of thy
people, for salvation with thy Christ.

Thou struckest the head of the house of the
wicked :J| thou hast laid bare his foundation eve*
to the neck.

14 Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head ot
his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to
scatter me.

Their joy was like that of him that devoureth the
poor man in secret.

15 Thou madest a way in the sea§§ for thy horses,
in the mud of many waters.

16 I have heard, ||]| and my bowels were troubled:
my lips trembled at the voice.

Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm
under me:

That I may rest in the day of tribulation ; that 1
may go up to our peopleHH that are girded.

17 For the fig-tree shall not blossom : and there
shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the
olive-tree shall fail : and the field shall yield no
food : the flock shall be cut off from the fold ; and
there shall be no herd in the stalls.

18 But I will rejoice in the Lord : and I will joy
in God my Jesus.

19 The Lord God is my strength: and he will
make my feet like the feet of harts : and he the
conqueror will lead me upon my high places sing-
ing psalms.

the enemies of God and his people : who shall perish for their iniquity

+f With the rivers, &c. He alludes to the wonders wrought hereto
fore by the Lord in favour of his people Israel, when the waters ot
the rivers, viz. of Arnon and Jordan, and of the Red sea, retired before
their face : when he came as it were, with his horses and chariots to save
them : when he took up his boio for their defence, in consequence ot
the oath he had made to their tribes ; when the mountains trembled
and the deep stood with its waves raised up in a heap, as with hands
lifted up to heaven : when the sun and moon stood still at his com
mand, &c. to comply with his anger, not against the rivers a-id sea
but against the enemies of his people. How much more will he do id
favour of his Son : and against the enemies of his church.

JJ The head of the house of the wicked. Such was Pharao heretofore :
such shall Antichrist be hereafter.

it Thou madest a way in the sea, &c. To deliver thy people from the
Egyptian bondage : and thou shalt work the like wonders, in the spirit-
ual way, to rescue the children of thy church from their enemies.

Iljl / have heard, &c. viz. the evils that are now coming upon the Is-
raelites for their sins ; and that shall come hereafter upon all impeni-
tent sinners : and the foresight that I have of Uiese miseries makes me
willing to die, that I may be at rest, before this general tribulation
comes, in which all good things shall be withdrawn from the wicked.

TTT That Imay go vp to our people, &c. That I may join the happy
company in the bosom of Abraham, that are girded, that is, prepared
for their journey, by which they shall attend their Lord, when he shaL
ascend into heaven. To which high and happy place, my Jesus, that is,
my Saviour, the great conqueror of death and hell, shall one day con-
duct mc rejoicing and singiiig psalms of praise, ver. 10. and 19

733

THE PROPHECY OF SOPHOIVIAS.

Sophonia*, whose namr, saith St. Jrrom, signifies the wutcliir..ui
the. Lord, or tin- iini. ten ol' the Lara, prophesied in the be-
ginning of the reign of Josias. He was a native of Sara-
iathii, and the ti >-im, arcording to the more general

opinion. He prophesied the punishments -\f the Jews, Jar
their idolatry and other crimes; alto the punishments that
were to come on timers nations ; the coming of Christ, the
conversion of the (ientiUs, the blindness of the Jews, and their
conrersion towards the end of the world.

in \i\ i.

for divers enormous sins, the kingdom of Juda is threatened with
srrrre judgment.

THE word of the Lord <li;it came to Sophonias
the son of ( liusi, the nO of (iodolias, the son
of Anurias, tin- km «>t Eaec ias, in the days of Josias
IOC son of Anion kirn; of Juda.

2 Gathering, I will gather* together all things
from off the face of the land, saiili the Lord :

3 I will gather man aod beast: I will gather the
hints of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and the
ungodly shall meet with ruin: and I will destroy
nun from off the face of the land, saith the Lord.

4 And I will stretch out my hand upon Juda,
and apoa all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and I
will dt-stroy out of this place the remnant of Baal,
and the names of the wardensf of the temples with
the priests:

5 And them that worship the host of heaven
upon the tops of houses, ana them that adore, and
sweat hy the Lord, and swear by Melchom:J

t> And then that turn away from following after
(he Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor
searched after him.

7 Be silent before the face of the Lord God; for
the clay of the Lord is near; for the Lord hath pre-
pared I victim : he hath sanctified his guests.

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the vic-
tim of the Lord, that 1 will visit upon the princes.
and noon the king's sons, and upon all such as are
clothed with strange apparel:

9 And 1 will visit in that day upon every one that
enteratfa arrogantly over the threshold; them that
fill the house of the Lord their Uod with iniquity
tnd deceit.

10 And there shall Ik- in that day, saith the Lord,
the iioise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a bowling
from the Second,^ and a great destruction from the
hills.

1 1 Howl, ye inhabitants of the Morter.|| All the
people of ChanaanH is hush; all arc cut oil" that wc re
wrapped up in silver.

\Z And it shall come to pass at that time ? that I
will search Jerusalem with lamps, and Will ristl
upon the men that are settled on their Ices;** that

* (imtkeringj will gmtktr, ate. That i«. I will a««nre«flv take awav,
»nd wl.i.lljr consume, either by captirity or death, both men and
lea»N out of Urn land.

f TV irsrsW, lie riz. of the templet of the idols. JEdUutus ; 11
Hebrew, the Ckemsrmu, that i«, tuch ai kindle the fire*, nr burn in-

r. im"v

IMsltmmn. The idol of the Ammonite*.

734

Mi in t In ir hearts : The Lord w ill not do good, noi

will tie <lo evil.

13 And their strength shall Income a booty, and

their houses as a desert ! and they shall build
booses, and shall not dwell in them, and thc\ shall
plant Vineyards, and shall not drink the wine ol
them.

14 The great day of the Lord is near: it is near
and exceeding swift : the voice of the day of the
Lord is bitter : the mighty man shall there meet
with tribulation.

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of tribula-
tion and distiess, a day of calamity and misery, a
ila\ of darkness and obscurity, a day of clouds and
whirlwinds,

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the
fenced cities, and against the high bulwarks.

17 And I will distress men ; and they shall walk
like blind men, because they have sinned against
the Lord : and their blood shall be poured out as
earth, and their bodies as dung*

18 Neither shall their silver, and their gold be
able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of I li<-
Lord : all the land shall be devoured by the fire of
his Jealousy ; for be shall make even a speedy de-
struction of all them that dwell in the land.

CHAP. II.

An exhortation to repentance. The judgment of the Philistines,
of tin- Mi>iibiles,and the Ammonites ; of the Ethiopians, and
the Assyrians.

ASSEMBLE yourselves together: be gathered
together. O nation not worthy to be bred I

2 Before the decree bring forth the day as dust
passing away ; before the fierce anger of the Lord
come upon you ; before the day of the Lord's indig-
nation come upon you.

3 Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, jrou
thai have wrought his judgment : seek the just, seek
the meek j il bv any means you maybe hid in the
day of the Lord's indignation.

4 For Gaza shall l>e destroyed; and Ascalon
shall he a do—ft : ihev shall cast out Azotus at noon-
day ; and Accaron shall be rooted up.

5 Wo to you that inhabit the sea-coast, () nation
of reprobates : The word of the Lord upon you.
O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines ; and I will
destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.

6 And the sea-coast shall be the resting-place of
shepherds, and folds for cattle :

7 And it shall he the portion of him that shall
remain of the house of Juda ; there they shall feed :
in the houses of Ascalon they shall rest in the » \i u-

♦ The Second. A part of the city ao called.
I The Morter. Makteih. A Tallev in or near Jerusalem.
1 The purple of Chanaan. So he calli the Jew*, from tlnir following
the wicked wavsofthe Chanaanilm.
•• Settled cm their lets. That i«, the wealthy, and Mich ai lire at their
retting upon their riches, like wine upon the I

CHAP. HI.

ing ; because the Lord their God will visit them,
and bring back their captivity.

8 1 have heard the reproach of Moab, and the
blasphemies of the children of Amnion, with which
they reproached my people, and have magnified
themselves upon their borders.

9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the
God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the
children of Amnion as Gomorrha, the dryness of
thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever :
the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of
them ; and the residue of my nation shall possess
them.

10 This shall befall them for their pride ; because
they have blasphemed, and have been magnified
against the people of the Lord of hosts.

1 1 The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and
shall consume all the gods of the earth : and they
shall adore him every man from his own place, all
the islands of the Gentiles.

12 You Ethiopians also shall be slain with my
sword.

13 And he will stretch out his hand upon the
north, and will destroy Assyria : and he will make
the beautiful city* a wilderness, and as a place not
passable, and as a desert.

14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst there-
of, all the beasts of the nations : and the bittern and
the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof; the
voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven
on the upper post ; for I will consume her strength.

15 This is the glorious city that dwelt in secu-
rity; that said in her heart : lam, and there is none
beside me : how is she become a desert, a place for
beasts to lie down in ? every one that passeth by
her, shall hiss, and wag his hand.

CHAP. III.

A wo to Jerusalem for her sins. A prophecy of the conversion
of the Gentiles, and of the poor of Israel : (Hod shall be with
them. The Jews shall be converted at last.

WO to the provoking and redeemed city, the
dove.

2 She hath not hearkened to the voice ; neither
hath she received discipline : she hath not trusted
in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.

3 Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring
lions: her judges are evening wolves; they left
nothing for the morning.

4 Her prophets are senseless, men without faith :
her priests have polluted the sanctuary : they have
acted unjustly against the law.

5 The just Lordi.s in the midst thereof; he will
not do iniquity : in the morning, in the morning he
will bring his judgment to light ; and it shall not be
hid : but the wicked man hath not known shame.

6 I have destroyed the nations, and their towers

* The beautiful city, viz. Ninive, which was destroyed soon after this,
riz. in the sixteenth year of the reign of Josias.

are beaten down : I have made their ways desert,
so that there is none that passeth by : their cities
are desolate ; there is not a man remaining, nor any
inhabitant.

7 1 said : Surely thou wilt fear me ; thou wilt
receive correction : and her dwelling shall not perish,
for all tilings wherein 1 have visited her; but they
rose early, and corrupted all their thoughts.

8 Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the
day of my resurrection that is to come; for my
judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather
the kingdoms ; and to pour upon them my indigna-
tion, all my fierce anger : for with the fire of my
jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.

9 Because then I will restore to the people a
chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the
Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my
suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring
me an offering.

11 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for
all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed
against me : for then I will take away out of the
midst of thee thy proud boasters : and thou shalt no
more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.

12 And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor
and needy people : and they shall hope in the name
of the Lord.

13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity,
nor speak lies ; nor shall a deceitful tongue be found
in their mouth : for they shall feed, and shall lie
down; and there shall be none to make them afraid.

14 Give praise, O daughter of Sion : shout, O
Israel : be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O
daughter of Jerusalem.

15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgment;
he hath turned away thy enemies : the king or
Israel the Lord is in the midst of thee ; thou shalt
fear evil no more.

16 In that' day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not : to Sion : Let not thy hands be weak-
ened.

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is
mighty ; he will save : he will rejoice over thee
with gladness ; he will be silent in his love ; he will
be joyful over thee in praise.

1 8 The triflers that were departed from the law,
I will gather together, because they were of thee :
that thou mayst no more suffer reproach for them.

19 Behold, I will cut off all that have afflicted
thee at that time : and I will save her that halteth,
and will gather her that was cast out : and I will
get them praise, and a name, in all the land wher*
they had been put to confusion :

20 At that time, when I will bring you, and at
the time that 1 will gather you : for I will give
you a name and praise among all the people of the
earth, when I shall have brought back your captivity
before your eyes, saith the Lord.

J J ' 735

THE PROPHECY OF AGCEUS.

A |TC<*t" wt one of those that returned from the eaptieitp of II i-
bplnn, ia the test pear of (he rrign of king Cprus. lie was
trnt by the fjird. in the second piur of the reign of king Da-
rius,the tonof llpstan the prime of

Juil.i. and Ji ««> the high /«•»»(. to the building of the // mple ;
which t hip had begun, but left off again through the opposition
i>l the Sum irttans. hi cnnseauence of this exhortation, they
pron -rdi d in the building, ami [finished the temple. And the
prophet was commissioned bp the Ijord to assure them that
this seennd temple should be store gloriims than the former ;
berause tike Mrssiuh should honour it with his presence; sig-
nifying withal how much the church of the iuw testament
should excel that iff the old testament.

(II \l\ I.

The people are reprorrd for neglecting to build the temple.
Thep are encouraged In .it about the work.

IN the xi •> oml year of Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in tin- first day of the month, the word

of tin- Lord came ly the hand of Aggeus the pro-
phet, i<> Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor
of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high
priest sayii

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This
people saith : The time is not yet come for build-
ing the house of tin- Lord.

3 And the word of the Lord came hy the hand
mggeus the prophet, saying ■

V Ix it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses,
and this house lie desolate ?

5 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set
your heart lo consider your ways.

6 Vim have sowed much and brought in little:
you have eaten, but have not had enough: yon have
drunk, hut have not been filled with drink: you
have clothed yourselves, hut have not been wann-
ed ; and lie that hath earned wages, put them into
a bag with holi

7 rhufl Slith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts
upon your ways:

8 Co up to the mountain, bring timber, and
build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me;
and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.

9 You have looked for more, and behold, it bc-
came lesi : and yon brought it home, and I Mowed
it away : why, saith the Lord ofhosts? because my
house is desolate, ami you make baste every man
to his own house.

10 Therefore the heavens over you were stayed
from giving dew ; and the earth was hindered from
yielding her fruil

11 Ami 1 called for a drought upon the land, and
upon the mountains, and upon the rorn, and upon
the wine, ami upon the oil, and upon all that the
ground bringeth forth, and upon nun, ami upon
Beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.

1 J Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel. and

i- the son of Josedec. the high priest, and ail the

remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the

Lord their God, and to the words of A^ius the

•/ • n*L That t«, by hariar touched the dead : in
which" caae according to the prescription of the law, AW*, six. 13,
It, a pereon not only became unclean himaelf, but made every Uiiajr
Uut he touched unclean. The prophet appliea all Out to the people.

,, prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them.
ami the people feared before the Lord.

13 And Aggeus tin- messenger of the Lord, an
one of (In- messenger! of the Lord, spoke, saying to
ihe people: 1 am with you, saith the Lord.

14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel
the son of SttUthiel governor of Juda, and the spirit
ol Jesus the sou of Josedec the high priest, and the
spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went
in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of
hoMs their Cod.

CHAP. II.

Christ bp his coming shall make the latter temple more glorious
than the former. The blessing o/ (iod shall reward their
labour in budding. God's promise to Zorobabel.

FN the four and twentieth dav of the month, in
-■- the sixth month, in the second year of Darius

the king, they Ihcuh.

2 Ami in the seventh month, the word of the Ix>rd
came by the band of Amicus the prophet; saving:

3 Speak to Zorobabel the son ol Salathiel the
governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec
the high priest, and to the rest of the people, saying:

4 Who is left among you, that saw this house in
its first glory? and how do you see it now ? is it not
Irt comparison lo that as nothing in your eyes?

5 Vet now take courage, O Zoroliabel, saith the
Lord, and take courage, O Jesus the son of Josedec
the high priest, and take courage, all ye people of
the land, saith the Lord ofhosts: and perforin (for
I am with you, saith the Lord ofhosts)

6 The word that I covenanted with vou when
\ou came out of the land of Egypt : and my spirit
shall be in the midst of you: fear not. .

7 Lor thus saith the Lord ofhosts: Yet one little
while, and I will move the heaven, and the earth,
and the sea, am] the dry land.

8 And I will move all nations: and the it.

SIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill
this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

9 The stiver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith
the Lord of hosts.

10 (treat shall be the glory of this last house
more than of the fust, saith the Lord ofhosts: ami
in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord ofhosts.

11 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth
month, in the second year of Darius the king, the
word of the Lord came to \--< ustheprophet, inyuuj i

12 Thus saith uSe Lord of hosts: Ask the priests

the law , SB) IUg !

13 If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of
his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, oi
pottage, or w ine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be sanc-
tified? And the priests answered, and said: No.

14 And Aggeus said : If one that is tint lean by
occasion ofasoul* touch any of all these things, shall

whose aouli remained unclean by neglecting the temple of God ; and
therefore were not aanctified by the fleet) they offered tn aacrifice ; but
rather defiled their sacrifice* by approach 104; to them in lb* »t*U oi

aaataaBMa

ZACHARIAS.

it be defiled/ And the priests answered, and said :
It shall be defiled.

15 And Aggeus answered, and said : So is this
people, and so is this nation before my face, saith
the Lord ; and so is all the work of their hands :
and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.

16* And now consider in your hearts, from this
day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon
a stone in the temple of the Lord:

17 When you went to a heap of twenty bushels,
and they became ten : and you went into the press,
to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty.

18 I struck, you with a blasting wind, and all the
works of your hand with the mildew and with hail ;
yet there was none among you that returned to me,
saith the Lord.

19 Set your hearts from this day, and hencefor-
ward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth
month; from the day that the foundations of the temple
of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

20 Is the seed as yet sprung up ? or hath the vine,
and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-
tree, as yet flourished ? from this day I will blessyow.

21 And the word of the Lord came a second time
to Aggeus in the four and twentieth day of the month,
saying :

22 Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, say-
ing : I will move both heaven and earth.

23 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms,
and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the
Gentiles: and 1 will overthrow the chariot, and him
that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders
shall come down, every one by the sword of his
brother.

24 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take
thee, O Zorobabel* the son of Salathiel, my servant,
saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet : for
I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

* O Zorobabel. This promise principally relates to Christ, who was
of the race of Zorobabel.

THE PROPHECY OF ZACHARIAS.

Tacharias began to prophesy in the same year as Aggeus, and
upon the same occasion. His prophecy is full of mysterious
figures and promises of blessings, partly relating to the syna-
gogue, and partly to the church of Christ.

CHAP. I.

The prophet exhorts the people to return to God, and declares
his visions, by which he puts them in hopes of belter times.

IN the eighth month, in the second year of king Da-
rius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias the
son of Barachias, the son of Addo, t he prophet, saying :
2 The Lord hath been exceeding angry with your
fathers.

► 3 And thou shalt say to them : Thus saith the
Lord of hosts: Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of
hosts : and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts.

4 Be not as your fathers, to whom the former pro-
phets have cried, saying : Thus saith the Lord of
hosts : Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your
wicked thoughts : but they did not give ear ; neither
did they hearken to me, saith the Lord.

5 Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets,
shall they live always ?

6 But yet my words, and my ordinances, which
I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did
they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned,
and said : As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us
according to our ways, and according to our devices,
so he hath done to ns.

7 In the four and twentieth day of the eleventh
month which is called Salmth, in the second year of Da-
rius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son
of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying :

* A man. An angel in the shape of a man. It was probably St.
Michael the guardian Angel of the church of God.

t These ore they, &c. The guardian Angels of provinces and
nations.

J 77ie seventieth year, viz. From the beginning of the sirge of Je-

. f* A

8 I saw by night, and behold, a man* riding upon
a red horse ; and he stood among the myrtle-trees,
that were in the bottom : and behind him were horses,
red, speckled, and white.

9 And I said : What are tnese, my lord ? and the
Angel that spoke in me, said to me : I will show
thee what these are :

10 And the man that stood among the myrtle -
trees answered, and said : These are they,t whom
the Lord hath sent to walk through the earth.

1 1 And they answered the Angel of the Lord,
that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said : We
have walked through the earth ; and behold, all the
earth is inhabited, and is at rest.

12 And the Angel of the Lord answered, and
said : O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have
mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, with
which thou hast been angry? this is now the seventieth
year.f

13 And the Lord answered the Angel that spoke
in me, good words, comfortable words.

14 And the Angel that spoke in me, said to me :
Cry thou, saying : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I
am zealous for Jerusalem and Sion with a great zeal.

15 And I am angry with a great anger with the
wealthy nations : for I was angry a little, but they
helped forward the evil.

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return
to Jerusalem in mercies ; my house shall be built in
it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the building line
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

rusalem, in the ninth year of king Sedecias,to the second year of the
king Darius. These seventy years of the desolation of Jerusalem
and the cities of Juda, are different from the seventy years of cap-
tivity foretold by Jeremias ; which brg;m in the fourth year of Joa-
kim, and ended in the first year of king Cvrus.

737

ZACHARIAS.

17 Cry >«'t. ■aying: Thus saith die Lord rjf hosts:
Mj i im - shall jrel flow w it ti good things; and the
Lord will yet comfort Sioa; and he will yet ch.
Jerasalem.

18 Ami I lifted up my ejreSj lad nn ! and be-
hold, four liorns.*

19 And 1 said to the Aiwl that spoke to me:
What art- these? And lie said to me: These are tin-
horns that bare Mattered Joan, and Israeli and Je-
rusalem.

80 And the Lord show i-d me four smiths.

.1 \ . I I - ml: What come these to do? and he
spoke, saying: These are the horns which have
scattered JoOa every man apart, and none of them
lifted up his head: and these are come to fray them,

to cast down the horns of the nations, that have
lifted up the horn upon the land of Juda to scatter it.

( II \l'. II.
I 'lulrr the name of Jerusalem, he prophesieth the pragrett of tht
church of Christ, by the conversion of some Jews and many

AND I lifted up my eyes, and saw; and behold,
a man with a measuring line in his hand.

J \nd I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to
me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is
the breadth thereof, and bow great the length thereof.

3 And behold, the angel that spoke in mc went
forth; and another angel went out to meet him.

\ Ami he said to him: Kim, speak to this youn::
man, saving: Jerusalem shall Be inhabited without
walls,t by reason of the multitude of men, and of
the beasts in the midst thereof.

5 And 1 will be tf> it, saith the Lord, a wall of
fire round about : and I will be in glory in the midst
thereof.

6 O, O flee re out of the land of the north, saith
the Lord; for 1 bare scattered you into the four
w iuds of heaven, saith the Lord.

7 O Sion, flee thou that dwellest with the daugh-
ter of Bab] Inn :

:: For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory
he hath sent me to the nations that have robbed
M>u: for he that toucheth you, toueheth the apple
of my eye :

9 For behold. I lift up my hand upon them: and
they shall be a pr< \ to those that served them: and

shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me.

10 Sing praise, and rejoice, <) daughter of Sion:

for behold, I come, and 1 will dwell in the midst of
thee, saith tin- Lord.

I I And many nations shall be joined to the Lord
in that dav: and they shall be my people, and I will
dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shall know that
tin- Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee.

• Fsssr ksmt,/our milk The four horns represent tlie empire*

or kingdom*, that persecute and o >preu the people of Col ; the /our

tmUkt or cirjtrntm (for faker ma» signify either) represent those whom

make* bi* instrument* in bringing to nothing the power of pi r-

•ecuiors

t Jrrm-Um ikUlk, imksMUd wilksnt mO*. This must be understood
.■rusaletn, the church of Christ.

.lo»e the son of Josrdcr the hi - ■( tha time.

I Wak Mkn etrmmtt Noglire «<•« and -
I / trill girt tk < '>-!« I ■ iiiend and assert tlwc.

in the sanctified land: and he shall vet choose Je-

ida
yeT

12 And the Lord shall possess J ud^ his portion
the sii

nisalem.

13 Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the
Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

CHAP. III.

In a vision Satan appeareth accusing the high priest. He is
cleansed from his sins. Christ is promisrd, and great fruit
from his passion.

\ ND the Lord showed me Jesus} the high priest
-<■*- standing before the Angel of the Lord : and
SBtan stocxl on his right hand to be his adversary.

-' And the Lord said to SBtan: The L>.<rd rebuke
thee. () satan: and the Lord that chose Jerusalem,
rebuke thee : Is not this a brand plucked out of the

S And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments:^
and he stood before the face of the Angel:

4 \V'ho auswered, and said to them thai stood be-
fore him, saying: Takeaway the filthy garments
from him. And he said to him: Heboid, I have
taken away thy iniquity, and have clothed thee w Ufa
change of garments.

5 And In; said: Put a clean mitre upon his head:
and they put a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed
him with garments : and the Angel of the Lord
stood.

6 And the Angel of the Lord protested to Jesus,
saying :

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk
in my ways, and keep my charge, thou also shalt
judge my house, and shalt keep my courts: and 1
will give theefi some of them that are now present
here to walk with thee.

8 Hear. () .lestis thou high priest, thou and thy
friends that dwell before thee, for they are portend-
ing men:l for behold, I will bring Mr servam

I 111. OlilKNT.

9 For behold, the stone** that I have laid before
Jesus: upon one stone there an- seven eyes: behold,
I will grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord 01
hosts : and 1 will take away the iniquity of that
land in one day.

10 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, every man
shall call his friend under the vine and under the
fig-tree.

CHAP. IV.

The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of
the tiro olive-trees. Zorobabtl shall finish the building of the
temple.

AND the angel that spoke in me came again .
and he waked me, as a man that is wakened
out of his sleep.

2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And 1

1 Portending men. That is, men, who by words and actions are to
foreshow wonders that ar« My mi iwl Ik* Orient. Cbfust,

who. according to ».• - hmnamis i- the senrant of God, is called tkt
Orient, from his rising like the ran in the east to enlighten tin- world.
• The tttmt Another emhlem "f ('hrM, the rock, foundation, and
r-*1oo« of hi< ehureli. Seren eyes. The manifold p
of Christ over hi* church, or the seven R-ifts of the Spirit of <;.«!.

One day, fir., tlie day of the p.' I onsl, the nr of all our

iroo.1 • when tlu» Ml eksui ItoM shall he graved, that i«. cut ami pier-
rod, with whip, thorns, nails, and sVUM

CHAP. V, VI.

said : I have looked, and behold, a candlestick* all
of gold, and its lamp upon the top of it ; and the se-
ven lights thereof upon it; and seven funnels for the
lights that were upon the top thereof;

3 And two olive-trees over it; one upon the right
side of the lamp, and the other upon the left side
thereof.

4 And I answered, and said to the Angel that
spoke in me, saying: What are these things, my
lord ?

5 And the Angel that spoke in me answered,
and said to me: Knowest thou not what these things
are? And I said: No, my lord.

6 And he answered, and spoke to me, saying :
This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel,t saying :
Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain, J before Zo-
robabel ? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall
bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace
to the grace thereof:

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 The hands of Zorobabel have laid the founda-
tions of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and
you shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me
to you.

10 For who hath despised little days?§ and they
shall rejoice, and shall see the tin plummet in the
hand of Zorobabel. These are the seven eyes of the
Lord, that run to and fro through the whole earth.

U And I answered, and said to him : What are
these two olive-trees upon the right side of the can-
dlestick, and upon the left side thereof?

12 And 1 answered again, and said to him : What
are the two olive-branches, that are by the two gold-
en beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?

13 And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou
not what these are ? And 1 said : No, my lord.

14 And he said : These are two sons of oil|| who
stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

CHAP. V.

The vision of the flying volume, and of the woman in the vessel,

AND 1 turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw,
and behold, a volume! flying:

2 And he said to me : What seest thou ? And I
said : I see a volume flying : the length thereof is
twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3 And he said to me: This is the curse, that goeth
forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall

* A candlestick, &c. The temple of God that was then in building;
and in a more sublime sense, the church of Christ.

f To Zorobabel. This vision was in favour of Zorobabel ; to assure
him of success in the building of the temple, which he had begun,
signified by the candlestick ; the lamp of which, without any other
industry, was supplied with oil, dropping from the two olive-trSes, and
distributed by the seven funnels or pipes, to maintain the seven
lights.

I Great mountain. So he calls the opposition made by the enemies
of God's people: which nevertheless, without any army or might on
their side, was quashed by divine providence. Shall give equal grace,
&c. Shall add grace to grace, or beauty to beauty.

t Little days. That is, these small and feeble beginnings of the tem-
ple of God. The tin plummet. Literally, the stone of tin. He means
tie builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his band for the
5nishing the building. The seven eyes. The providence of God that
eversees and orders all things.

be judged as is there written : and every one tha
sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.

4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts
and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to
the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name:
and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and
shall consume it with the timber thereof, and the
stones thereof.

5 And the Angel went forth that spoke in me:
and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what
this is, that goeth forth.

6 And I said, What is it? And he said: This is
a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their
eye** in all the earth.

7 And behold, a talent of lead was carried; and
behold, a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

8 And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast
her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight
of lead upon the mouth thereof.

9 And I lifted up my eyes, and looked : and be-
hold, there came out two women, and wind was in
their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a
kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the
earth and the heaven.

10 And 1 said to the Angel that spoke in me:
Whither do these carry the vessel ?

11 And he said to me: That a house may be
built for it in the land of Sennaar,ft and that it may
be established, and set there upon its own basis.

CHAP. VI.

The vision of the four chariots. Croions are ordered for Jesus
the high priest, as a type of Christ.

\ ND I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and saw:
-^- and behold, four chariotsfj came out from the
midst of two mountains : and the mountains were
mountains of brass.

2 In the first chariot were red horses, and ih the
second chariot black horses,

3 And in the third chariot white horses, and in
the fourth chariot grisled horses, and strong ones.

4 And I answered and said to the Angel, that
spoke in me: What are these, my lord?

5 And the Angel answered, and said to me: These
are the four winds of the heaven, which go forth to
stand before the Lord of all the earth.

6 That in which were the black horses, went
forth into the land of the north ;■§§ and the white
went forth after them : and the grisled went forth
to the land of the south.

II Two sons of oil. That is, the two anointed ones of the Lord : viz.
Jesus the high priest, and Zorobabel the prince.

H A volume. That is, a parchment, according to the form of the
ancient books, which, from being rolled up, were called volumes.

** This is their eye. This is what they fix their eye upon : or this la
a resemblance and figure of them, viz. of sinners.

ft The land of Sennaar. Vf here Babel of Babylon was built, Gen. xi.
where note that Babylon in holy writ is often taken for the city of the
devil ; that is, for the whole congregation of tiie wicked : as Jerusa-
lem is taken for the city and people of God.

|I Four chariots. The four great empires of the Chaldeans, Persians.
Grecians, and Romans; or perhaps by the four chariots are repre-
sented the kings of Egypt and of Asia, the descendants of Ptolemeus
and Seleucus.

H The land of the north. So Bakylon is called : because il lay to'the
north in respect to Jerusalem. The bla< k horses, that is, the'Medcs

739

z.\<'ii.\m\<

7 And they that were most Strong, went out. ami
sought togo, and to run to and fro through all the earth.
And he said : (Jo walk throughout tin: earth: and
they walked throughout the earth.

8 And he railed me, and spoke to me, savins:
Behold, they that go forth into the land o! UW noith,
have quietM my spirit in the land of the north.

D And the word of the Lord eatne to nie. savins:

10 Take of them of the captivity, of Hoidai, and
of Tohias, and of Idaias : thou shalt come in that
day, ami shalt so into the hooM of JosiaSj the son of
Sophonias, who came out of Babvlon.

1 1 And thou shalt take gold and silver, and shalt
make crown*: and thou shall set them on the head
of JeSOS the son Of* JosedCC the high priest.

12 And thou shall speak to him, saying: Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, saving : Bi.uoLD A M IH, mi.
Okhm is iii-N\\ir: and under him shall he spring
up, and shall build a temple to the Lord.

15 Yea, he shall build a temple to the Lord: and
be shall beat the glory, and shall sit and rule upon
his throne : and be shall be a priest upon his throne:
and the counsel of peace shall be between them
both.*

1 \ And the crowns shall be to Hclem, and To-
hias, and Idaias, and to Hem, the son of Sophonias,
a mi tutorial in the temple of the Lord.

16 And they that are far off, shall come, and
shall build in the temple of the Lord : and you shall
know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. But
this sh.dl come to pass, if hearing you will hear the
I of the Lord \our Clod.

CHAP. VII.

The people inquire concerning failing : they are admonished
to fast from sin.

AND it came to pass in the fourth year of king
I > iritis that the word of the Lord came to Zach-
arias, in the fourth day of the ninth month, which
is Casleu.

2 When Sarasar, and Rogonimelech, and the
men that were w it i i him, sent to the house of God,
to entreat the face of the Lord:

3 To Speak to the priests of the house of the

Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I
weep in the fifth month, t or must 1 sanctify my-
self as I have now done for many years?

4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to
me, savins:

5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the
priests, s, i \ ins : Whin voii lasted and mourned in the

fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years;

did you keep a fast unto me?

6 And when you did eat and drink, did vou not
eat foi votirsi Ives, and drink lor VOUrsell

7 Are not these the words, whi< li the Lord spoke
bj the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusa-
lem as yet was inhabited and was wealthy, both it-

mnd Peruana ; and after them Alexander and bia Oreekt, aifnified by
the white nonet, went thither became they conquered Babylon, . \<
cuted upon it the jndirmrnu of God, which it •■gnifii-,1 icr. ;i. bj the
eipiwion of faVriiu Ml mini. Tip UnJ of Ike smth. Kg\ pt. which
lay to the tooth of /emmiem ; and waa occu|iied fir
ba i !■<• Imia

740

self and the cities round about it, and there were in
habitants towards the south, and in the plain?

And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias
savin-:

9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge
ye trui- judgment, and show ye mercy and compas-
sion every man to his brother.

10 And oppress not the widow, ami the fathcr-
and the stranger, and the poor: and let not a

man devise evil in his heart against his brother.

11 But they would not hearken: and they turned
away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their
ears, not to hear.

12 And they madetheirhcartastheadamant stone:
lest thev should hear the law, and the words which
the Lord of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of
the former prophets: so a great indignation came
from the Lord of hosts.

13 And it, came to pass that as he spoke and they
heard not; so shall they cry, and I will not hear,
saith the Lord of hosts.

14 And I dispersed them throughout all kingdoms,
which they know not: and the land was left deso-
late behind them, so that no man passed through
or returned: and they changed the delightful laud
into a wilderness.

CHAP. VIII.

Joyful promises to Jerusalem : fully verified in the church of

Christ.

\ KD the word of the Lord of hosts came to me,
•£*■ saying:

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jea-
lous for Sion with a great jealousy; and with a great
indignation have I been jealous lor her.

3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: '1 am returned
to Sion, and 1 will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:
and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth, and
the Mountain of the Lord of hosts, the sanctified
Mountain.

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet
old men and old women dwell in the streets of Je-
rusalem : and every man with his staff in his hand
through multitude of days.

5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys
and girls playing in the streets thereof.

6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard
in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those
days ; shall it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of
hosts ?

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will
save my people from the land of the east, and from
the land of the going down of the sun.

8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in

the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my peo-
ple: and I will be their (iod in truth and in justice.

9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Let your hands
lie strengthened, you that hear in tin se days tl

* Btttctrn them both. That it, he shall unite in himat-If Die two
oflicct or ilipnitie* of king; ami Mi

f The fifth month. They failed on the irnlh day of (lie fifth month ,
lae <m that day Iho temple wa» hnriit. Therefore Ihey u
whether th< I, after the ti Mull. See

ituaqn red in the \:ni\ reraeof Ik* fettowioa,

CHAP. IX.

words by the mouth of the prophets, in the day that
the house of the Lord of hosts was founded, that
the temple might be built.

10 For before those days there was no hire tor
men: neither was there hire for beasts; neither was
there peace to him that came in, nor to him that
went out, because of the tribulation: and 1 let all
men go every one against his neighbour.

11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of
this people according to the former days, saith the
Lord of hosts. , * .

12 But there shall be the seed of peace: the
vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall give
her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew:
and I will cause the remnant of this people to pos-
sess all these things.

13 And it shall come to pass, that as you were
a curse among the Gentiles, O house of Juda, and
house of Israel : so will 1 save you, and you shall he a
blessing: fear not; let your hands be strengthened.

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As 1 pur-
posed to afflict you, when your fathers had pro-
voked me to wrath, saith the Lord,

15 And I had no mercy : so turning again 1 have
thought in these days to do good to the house ol
Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not.

16 These then are the things, which you shall
do : Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour :
iudge ye truth and judgment of peace in your
gates. . .

17 And let none of you imagine evil in your
hearts against his friend : and love not a false oath :
for all these are the things that I hate, saith the

Lord. ' ,#»"«-■'■

18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to

me, saying : .

19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of
the fourth month,* and the fast of the fifth, and the
fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be
to the house of Juda, joy, and gladness, and great
solemnities : only love ye truth and peace.

20 Thus s?ith the Lord of hosts : Until people
come, and dwell in many cities,

21 And the inhabitants go one toanother, saying :
Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let
us seeK the Lord of hosts : I also will go.

22 And many peoples and strong nations shall
come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and
to entreat the face of the Lord.

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts : In those days,
wherein ten menf of all languages of the Gentiles
shall take hold, and shall hold fast the skirt of one
that is a Jew, saying : We will go with you : for
we have heard that God is with you.

+ The fast of the fourth month, &c. They fasted on the ninth day of
the fourth month, because on that day Nabuchodonosor took Jerusa-
lem, Jeremias lii. 6. On the tenth day of the fifth month : because on
that dav the temple was burnt, Jerem'. lii. 12. On the third day of the
seventh month, for \J e murder of Godolias, Jerem. xli. 2. And on the
tenth day of the trth month, because on that day the Chaldeans he-
pan to besiege Jerusalem, 4 Kings xxv. 1. All these fasts, if they will
be obedient fortht future, shall be changed, as is here promised, into
jovful solemnities.

t Tm men, &c. Many of the Gentiles became proselytes to the

CHAP. IX.

God trill defend his church, and bring over even her enemies to
the faith. The meek coming of Christ, to bring peace to de-
liver the captives by his blood, and to give us all good things.
rpHE burden of the word of the Lord in the land
A of Hadrach,! and of Damascus the rest there-
of: for the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel
is the Lord's.

2 Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre,
and Sidon : for they have taken to themselves to be
exceeding wise.

3 And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and
heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire
of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord shall possess her, and shall
strike her strength in the sea : and she shall be de-
voured with fire.

5 Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza,
and shall be very sorrowful : and Accaron, because
her hope is confounded : and the king shall perish
from Gaza : and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

6 And the divider shall sit in Azotus : and I will
destroy the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will take away his blood§ out of his
mouth, and his abominations from between his
teeth : and even he shall be left to our God ; and
he shall be as a governor in Juda, and Accaron as
a Jebusite.

8 And I will encompass my house with them
that serve me in war,|| going and returning; and
the oppressor shall no more pass through them : for
now I have seen with my eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion ; shout
for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy
king will come to thee, the just and saviour : he is
poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the
foal of an ass.

10 And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim,
and the horse out of Jerusalem : and the bow for
war shall be broken : and he shall speak peace to
the Gentiles : And his power shall be from sea to
sea and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast
sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no
water.

12 Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of
hope : I will render thee double as I declare to-day.

13 Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I
have filled Ephraim : and I will raise up thy sons,
O Sion,H above thy sons, O Greece : and I will
make thee as the sword of the mighty.

14 And the Lord God shall be seen over them :
and his dart shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord
God will sound the trumpet, and go in the whirl-
wind of the south.

Jewish religion before Christ ; but many more were converted to
Christ by the apostles and other preachers of the Jewish nation.

t Hadrach. Syria.

} His blood. It is spoken of the Philistines, and particularly of
Azotus, (where the temple of Dagon was) and contains a prophecy
of the conversion of that people from their bloody sacrifices and
abominations, to the worship of the true God.

|| That serve me in war, viz. The Machabees.

IT Thy sons, Sion, Src. viz. The apostles, who, in the spiritual
way, conquered the Greeks, and subdued them to Christ.

ZACI1 ARIAS.

15 The Lord of hoars will prated them: and
they shall demur, and subdue with the stones of the
sling: and drinking they shall be Inebriated as it

Wen with wine : and they shall Ik' filled as howls,

and a> the horns of the altar.

It", And the Lord their God will save then in

that day. a^ the flock of bit people: for holy stones*
shall be lifted tip over his land.

17 For what is the good tbiog of him. and what
is his beautiful thine, but the cornf of the elect,

and wine > i . i i 1 1 - i i m forth \ ir^ins ?

CHAP. X.

God it to be f me fit to, and nut id nit. The rictoriet of hit church,
ir'iich th.ill ,i i dlif frumthe Jewish nattim.

A>K v.- of the Lord rain in the latter ftaaOB |
and the Lord will makr SHOWS, and will give

them showers of raia, to every one grass in the field.
t lor the idols have spoken what wasunprofita-

nle; and the diviners have seen a lie; and the
dreamers have spoken vanity : they comforted in
rain: therefore they were ledawaj as a flock : they
shall be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

3 My wrath is kindled against the shepherds:
and [will visit upon the buck-goats : lor the Lord
of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of .Itida,
and hath made tin in as the horse of his glory in the
battle.

4 Out of him shall come forth the corner, out of
him the pin, out of him the bow of hattle, out of him
every exactor together.

5 And they shall he as mighty men. treading un-
der foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they
shall fight, because the Lord is with them: and the
riders of horses shall Im- confounded.

6 \iu\ 1 will siren-then the house of . Tuda, and
s.ive the house of Joseph: audi will bring them

back again, because 1 will have mercy on them :
and they shall be as they were when I had cast
them ofl", lor I am the Lord their God, and will

heir them.

7 And they shall !>e as the valiant men of Kphra'un,
and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: and
their children shall see, and shall rejoice: and their
heart shall he joyful in tin: Lord.

8 I will whisil.- lor them ; and I will gather them
together, because I have redeemed them: ami I will
multiply them as thev vv tie multiplied before.

9 And I will sow ihem among peoples: and from

afar they shall remember me: 'and the] shall live

wilh their children, and shall return.

10 And I will bring them back out of the land of
Egypt, and will gather them nwn anion:; the Assy-
rians : and will bring them to the land of (ialaail.

* Half riant t. The apostles, who shall be as pillan and monuments
in the rliurch.

t Tkt eons, kc. Hit mm! excellent (rift i« the Mewed F.ueliari«t,
called here tkt cant, that is the broad of tkt eltet, and the iriw tpringing
farlk wirgint ; that la, mdulh rirfint to bud, or spring forth, a* it were,
libs Sowers anions; thorns ; because it hath a wonderful efficacy to
(fire and preserre pnirty.

LO Lttssmi, So Jerusalem, and mora particularly the temple, b
.1 by I ha prophets, from its height, and fn.m its hemp built of the
cedars of Libaaos. 7>« tUmrt. Thv princes and chief man.

t £wr* —t ml* hit migkkour'i kmnd. kc. This alludes to the last
Mage of Jerusalem ; in whi« h IB* dun-rent I"" lions of the Jews de-
stroyed ooe another; and they that remained fell into the hands of

741

and Lihanus; and place shall not be found for them
11 And be shall pass Ofef the strait of the sea
and shull strike the waves in the sea: and all the
depths of the river shall he confounded: and the
pride of Assyria shall he humbhd, and the sceptre
of I -\ pi shall depart.

1 J 1 will strengthen them in the Lord, and they
shall walk in his name. saith (he Lord.

CHAP. XI.

The dettructinn of Jerusalem and the temple. Gad' t dealings
with the Jewt, and their reprolniti-in.

OPEN th> gates, Lihanus :{ and let fire devour
thy cedar-.

2 Howl, thou fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, for
th«- mighty are laid waste: howl, ye oaks of Basan,
because the fenced forest is cut down :

3 The voice of the bowling of the shepherds, be-
cause their glory is bud waste: the voice of the roar-
ing of the lions, because the pride of the Jordan is
spoiled.

4 Thus saith the Lord my God: Feed the flock
of the slaughter,

5 Which I hey that possessed slew, and repented
not; and they sold them, saying: Blessed be the
Lord, we are become rich : and their shepherds
spared them not.

6 And I will no more spare the inhabitants of the
land, saith the Lord: behold, I will deliver the men.
every one into his neighbour's hand,§ and into the
hand of his kin:;: and they shall destroy the land;
and I will not deliver it out of their haiid.

7 And I will feed the dock of slaughter for this,

ve poor of the Mock. And I took unto me two
rods,||one I ealled Beauty, and the other I called a
Cord: and 1 fed the flock.

8 And I cut off three shepherds in one mouth ;H
and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their
soul also varied in my regard.

9 And 1 said: I will not feed you: that which
dieth, let it die: and that which is cut off, let it be
cut off: and let the rest devour every one the flesh
of bis neighbour.

10 And I took my rod that was called Beauty :
ami Icut it asunder to make void my covenant, w Inch

1 had made with all people.

11 And it was made void in that day: and so the
poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it
is the word of the Lord.

12 And I said to them: If it be good in your i
bring hiiheriny wages: and if not, be quiet. And
thev weighed for my wages thirty pieees of silver.

13 And the Lord said tome: Cast it to the sta-
tuary,** a handsome price, that I was priced at by

their kin? | that is, of the Roman emperor, of whom they had said,
St. John xir. IS. U't have no king hut Ccttmr.

| Ties rod*. Or •lieplierd's staves, meaning the different wars of
God's dealing with his people ; the one by sweet means, called the
rod of Btauly t the other by bands and punishments, called the Cord.
And where both these rods are made of no use or effect by the oh-
Minacy of sinners, the rods are broken, am* such sinners arc guru up
to a reprobate sense, as the Jewt were.

* Tkrt* tktnktrd$ in ent month. That is, in a very short time. By
these (am tktnkerdt probably are meant the latter princes and high
|.n. -I- of the Jews, whose reign was snort

«• Tkt ttatumrf. The Hebrew word signifies also a poller.

CHAP. XII, XIII.

(hem. And I took the thirty pieces of silver: and
I cast them into the house of the Lord to the
statuary.

14 And I cut off my second rod that was called
a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between
Juda and Israel.

15 And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet
the instruments of a foolish shepherd.*

16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the
land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek
what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor
nourish that which standeth : and he shall eat the
flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs.

1 7 O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock ;
the sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye :
his arm shall quite wither away; and his right eye
shall be utterly darkened.

CHAP. XII.

God shall protect his church against her persecutors. The
mourning of Jerusalem.

^T^HE burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel-
-*- Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth,
and formeth the spirit of man in him :

2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a lintel of sur-
feitingt to all the people roundabout: and Juda
also shall be in the siege against Jerusalem.

3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all people:
all that shall lift it up shall be rent and torn : and all
tin; kingdoms of the earth shall be gathered together
against her.

4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will strike every
horse with astonishment, and his rider with mad-
ness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of
Juda, and will strike every horse of the nations with
blindness.

5 And the governors of Juda shall say in their
heart: Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strength-
ened for me in the Lord of hosts, their God.

6 In that day I will make the governors of Juda
like a furnace of fire amongst wood, and as a fire-
brand amongst hay: and they shall devour all the
people round about, to the right hand, and to the
left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her
own place in Jerusalem.

7 And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda,
as in the beginning: that the house of David, and
the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not
boast and magnify themselves against Juda.

8 In that day shall the Lord protect the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem, and he that hath offended among
them in that day shall be as David; and the house
of David, as that of God, as an Angel of the Lord
in their sight.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I
will seek to destroy all the nations that come against
Jerusalem.

* A foolish shepherd. This was to represent the foolish, that is, the
wicked princes and priests that should rule the people, before their
utter desolation.

t A Lintel of surfeiting. That is, a door into which they shall seek
to enter, to glut themselves with blood : but they shall stumble, and

10 And I will pour out upon the house of David,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit ot
grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me,
whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for
him as one mourneth for an only son: and they shall
grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the
death of the first-born.

11 In that day there shall be a great lamentation
in Jerusalem, like the lamentation of AdadremmonJ
in the plain of Mageddon.

12 And the land shall mourn ; families and fami-
lies apart; the families of the house of David apart,
and their women apart ;

13 The families of the house of Nathan apart,
and their women apart ; the families of the house
of Levi apart, and their women apart; the families
of Semei apart, and their women apart :

14 All the rest of the families, families and fami-
lies apart, and their women apart.

CHAP. XIII.

The. fountain of Christ. Idoh and fake prophets shall be
extirpated. Christ shall suffer : his people shall be tried
by fire.

TN that day there shall be a fountain open to the
•■-houseof David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
for the washing of the sinner, and of the unclea
woman.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
Lord of hosts, that I will destroy the names of idols
out of the earth ; and they shall be remembered no
more : and I will take away the false prophets, and
the unclean spirit out of the earth.

3 And it shall come to pass, that when any man
shall prophesy anymore, his father and his mother
that brought him into the world, shall say to him:
Thou shalt not live ; because thou hast spoken a
lie in the name of the Lord. And his father, and
his mother, his parents shall thrust him through,
when he shall prophecy.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
prophets shall be confounded, every one by his own
vision, when he shall prophesy, neither shall they
be clad with a garment of sackcloth to deceive :

5 But he shall say: I am no prophet; I am a
husbandman : for Adam is my example from myyouth.

. 6 And they shall say to him : What are these
wounds in the midst of thy hands? And he shall
say : With these I was wounded in the house ot
them that loved me.

7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and
against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord
of hosts : strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall
be scattered: and I willturnmyhandtothelittleones.

8 And there shall be in all the earth, saith the
Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall
perish : but the third part shall be left therein,

9 And I will bring the third part through the

fall like men stupified with wine. It seems to allude to the times ot
Antiochus, and to the victories of the Machabees.

J Madremmon. A place near Mageddon, where the good king Jo-
sias was slain, and much lamented by his people.

74 S

ZACIIARIAS.

fire, and will refine them as m1\. r is reined ! and I

will try them as gold is tried. Thev shall call on mv

nam.-, and I wdl hear them. I w ill say : Thou an mi

pie: and they shall -,, : I !„■ Loid U m\ l.od.

CHAP. XIV.

thr persrrutiont of the church thall fijlow great prntpcritn.
>hatl be punished: to thall all that intlnot tcrre

EHOLD, tin- days of the Lord shall come: and
thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
I And I will gather* all nations to Jerusalem to
battle : and the fit \ shall be taken, and the houses
shall be tilled, and the women shall be defiled: and

half of the city shall go forth into captivity: and
the rest "i the people shall not be taken away out
ol the city.

3 I 'hen tin- Lord shall go forth, and shall fight
linst those nations, as w hen lie fought in the

i\.\\ ol battle.

I Vnd his fret shall stand in that day upon the
moum of Olives, which is over-aninsl Jerusalem

toward the east : and the mount of Olives shall be
divided in the midst thereof to the east, and to the
•rest, with a very great opening: and half of the
mountain shall he separated to the north, and hall
thereof to the south.

5 And you shall lice to the valley of those moun-
tains, for the valley ol the mountains shall he joined

i to the nr\t : and you shall lice as you fled from
the lace of the earthquake in the days of Ozi is kin*
of Juda: and the Lord my God shall come, and all

- tints with him.

6 And it shall come to pass in that dav, that there
Shall he no I'uht.f hut cold and frost.

i \ud there shall he one day, which is known
to the Lord, not dav nor night: and in the time of
the evening there shall he light. J

I And it shall come to pass in that day, that
tiring waters; shall go out from Jerusalem : "half of
them to the east sea, and half of them to the last
they shall he in summer and in winter.

9 And the Lord shall he kin- over all the earth:
in that day there shall be one Lord, and his Dame
shall k; one.

10 And all the land shall return || even to the dc-
. from the hiH of Retnmon to the south of Je-
rusalem : and she shall he exalted, and shall dwell
in her own place, from tin- gate of Benjamin even

i to be m prophecy of what *u done

to the place of the former gate, and even to the
gate Ol the comers; and from the tower ct llanaiieel

evea to the kind's w ine-|

11 And people shall dwell in it: and there, shall be
• 'nit Jerusalem shall sits, -cur,..

no more an

This ■

• / rill gather, fcc

by Antiochus.

f ,V» light, vis. In that dismal time of persecution of Antiorhus.
iher day nor night: {rcr. 7.) became thev ncitlicr had
labia lurhi of the day, nor the repose of the night,
t In the time of thr evening then thall be light. An unexpected light
*ball an-' i-ait* of the Macbabees, when thing* thai!

to be at ih'" wont.

if wmtert. viz. The gospel of Christ,
i M the land thall return, fcc. Thin, in tome measure, w« vrrificd
to the m ea n s of . ibees; but it rather to be taken in a spirit-

aa rrlalinr to the propagation of the obarob and kingdom
• rue Jerusalem, which alone thall never fall under tha
-'» curie.
' Thr fie A of every one thmll consume, fc<\ Such judgments at theae
hare often fallen upon the persecutors of God's church, as appears by
inanv mttances in bitlorr.

* * F.-,n Juda, fcc. The carnal Jews, and other false brothers, thall
join in persecuting the churrh.

ft Shall be Ualhit dettruetion. That is, the beasts thall be destroyed
as well as the men, the common soldiers as well as their leaders. '

744

IJ And this shall he the plague, wheiewith the
Lord shall strike all nations that have foughl against
Jerusalem : the Beth ol even one shall consul
IWaj while they stand upon their feet ; and their

- shall consume away in their holes : an. I their
tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

13 In that day there shall he a greal tumult from
the Lord anion- them: and a man shall take the
hand of his neighbour: and his hand shall he clasp-
ed upon his neighbours hand.

14 And even Juda** shall fight against Jerusalem :
and the riches of all nations round about shall be
gathered together, gold, and silver, and garments in
greal abundance,

15 And the destruction of the horse, and of the
mule, and of the camel, and of the ass. and of all the
beasts that shall he in those tents, shall be like this
destruction. ft

16* And all they that shall be left ft of all nations
that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from \ear
to year, to adore the king, the Lord of hosts, and to
keep the feast of tabernacles.

17 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall
not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem,
to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there shall be
no rain upon them.

18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come,
neither shall it be upon them; hut there shall he de-
struction, wherewith the Lord will strike all nations
that will not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

19 This shall be the sin oT Egypt, and this the sin
of all nations, that will not go up to keep the feast
ol tabernacles,

20 In that day that which is upon the bridle-^ of
the horse shall be holy to the Lord : and the. cal-
drons in the house of the Lord shall he as the phials
before the altar.

21 And every caldron in Jerusalem and Juda
shall be sanctified to the Lord of hosts : and all that
sacrifice shall come, and take of them, and shall
seeth in them : and the merchant shall be no more||||
in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.

aaVOrltoa of the church. And they that ni

thr km<1 showers of divine grace, to give

J They that thill be left, fcc. That is, many of them that pep.,
tlic church »liall l>c converted to its faith and communion. Ttkeep fat
ftatt of tabernacles. This feast was kept by the Jews in MOtOr) (i
ilieir sojourning forty years in the desert, in their way to the la
l>mmi-e. And in thetpintual sense isdnlv kept by all such christians aa
in their earthly pilgrimage are continually advancing towards I heir true
1mm', the heavenly Jerutalcm, by the hell of the sacraments and

: (hit mutt not look fur
ulneas to their souls.
That uhirh it upon the bridle, fcc. The golden ornaments of the
hrnllet. ice. shall he turned into offerings in the house of God. And
there thall be an abundance of caldrons and phials for the sacrifices
of the temple : by which is meant, under a fieiire, the great uauit
there shall be to the temple, that ia, to the church of Christ, and her
sacrifice.

H The merrhtmt thall be no nun, he. Or, as some render it. The
Chanaaniti thai! be n* mart, Ac. That it. the profane and unbelievers
shall have no title to be in the house of th. I | i, there shall be

no occasion for buyer* or tellers of oxen, .< u the

house of God, such as Jesus Christ cast out of the temple.

THE PROPHECY OF MALACHIAS.

Malachias, whose name signifies the Angel of the Lord, was co-
temporary with Nehemias ; and by some is believed to have
been the same person with Esdras. He was the last of the
prophets, in the order of time, and flourished about four
hundred years before Christ. Heforetels the coming- of
Christ ; the reprobation of the Jews and their sacrifices ;
and the calling of the Gentiles, who shall offer up to God in
every place an acceptable sacrifice.

CHAP. I.

God reproaches the Jews with their ingratitude ; and the priests
for not offering pure sacrifices. He will accept of the sacri-
fice that shall be offered in every place among the Gentiles.

f rUiE burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by
-*- the hand of Malachias.

2 I have loved you, saith the Lord : and you
have said : Wherein hast thou loved us ? Was not
Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have
loved Jacob,*

3 But have hated Esau ? and I have made his
mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance
to the dragons of the desert.

4 But if Edom shall say : We are destroyed ;
but we will return and build up what hath been de-
stroyed : thus saith the Lord of hosts : They shall
build up, and I will throw down : and they shall be
called the borders of wickedness, and the people
with whom the Lord is angry for ever.

5 And your eyes shall see: and you shall say:
The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.

6 The son honoureth the father, and the servant
his master : if then I be a father, where is my ho-
nour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear, saith
the Lord of hosts ?

7 To you, O priests, that despise my name, and
have said : Wherein have we despised thy name?
You offer polluted bread upon my altar: and you
say : Wherein have we polluted thee ? In that you
say : The table of the Lord is contemptible.

If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not
evil ? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it
not evil ? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased
with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the
Lord of hosts.

9 And now beseech ye the face of God, that he
may have mercy on you (for by your hand hath this
been done) if by any means he will receive youi
faces, saith the Lord of hosts.

10 Who is there among you, that will shut the
doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis ?
1 have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts :
and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

* I have loved Jacob, i'c. I have preferred his posterity, to make
them my chosen people, and to load them with my blessings, without
any merit on their part, and though they have been always ungrateful ;
whilst I have rejected Esau, and executed severe judgments upon his
posterity. Not that God punished Esau, or his posterity, beyond their
deserts : but that bv his free election and grace he loved Jacob, and
favoured his posterity, above their deserts. See the annotations upon
Rom. ix.

t Jl clean oblation, viz. The precious body and blood of Christ in
the eucharistic sacrifice.

5 B

11 For from the rising of the sun even to the
going down, my name is great among the Gentiles :
and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is
offered to my name a clean oblation :f for my name
is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And you have profaned it in that you say :
The table of the Lord is defiled : and that which
is laid -thereupon, is contemptible, with the fire
that devoureth it.

13 And you have said : Behold, of our labour,!
and you puffed it away, saith the Lord of hosts, and
you brought in of rapine the lame, and the sick, and
brought in an offering : shall I accept it at your
hands, saith the Lord ?

14 Cursed is the deceitful man, that hath in his
flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacri-
fice that which is feeble to the Lord : for I am a
great King, saith the Lord of hosts ; and my name
is dreadful among the Gentiles. «

CHAP. II.

The priests are sharply reproved for neglecting their covenant.
The evil of marrying with idolaters ; and too easily putting

(iiciui their wives.

AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is
to you.

2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it
to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of
hosts : I will send poverty upon you, and will curse
your blessings ; yea I will curse them : because
you have not laid it to heart.

3 Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you,§ and
I will scatter upon your face the dung of your so-
lemnities ; and it shall take you away with it.

4 And you shall know that I sent you this com-
mandment, that my covenant might be with Levi,
saith the Lord of hosts.

5 My covenant was with him of life and peace :
and I gave him fear : and he feared me ; and he
was afraid before my name.

6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity
was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace,
and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity.

7 For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge;
and they shall seek the law at his mouth : because
he is the AngelH of the Lord of hosts.

8 But you have departed out of the way, and
have caused many to stumble at the law : you have
made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of
hosts.

\ Behold, of our labour, &c. You pretended labour and weariness
when you brought your offering : and so made it of no value, by offer-
ing it with an evil mind. Moreover, what you offered was both de-
fective in itself, and gotten by rapine and extortion.

J / will cast the shoulder to you. I will cast away the shoulder, which
in the law was appointed to be your portion, and fling it at you in rny
anger; and will reject both you and your festivals like dung.

V The Angel, viz. The minister and messenger

745

MALACIIIAS.

9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible,
and base before all people, as you have noi
kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the

10 Have we not all one father ? hath not one God
created us ? why then doth cwrv qm ul u-> despite

brother, violating the covenant of our fat In |

1 1 Juda hath transgressed ; and abomination
hath been eointnittetl in Israel, and in Jerusalem:
lor Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord,
wliieh he loved, and hath married the daughter of a
strange god.

1 1 The Lord will cut off the man that hath done
this both tin- mast, r and tin- scholar, out of the
tab of Jai oh, and him that offered) an offer-

ing to the Lord of hosts.

13 And this again have you done ; you have
covered the altar of the Lord with tears,* with
/in-, and bellowing, so that I have no more a
ml t«> sacrifice: neither do I accept any atone-
ment at voiir hands.

11 And von have said: For what cause ? Be-
cause the Lord hath ben witness between thee,
and the wifeof thy youth, whom thou hast despised :
she was thy partner, and the wife of thy cove-
nant

15 Did not one make htr, and she is the residue
of his spirit ? And what doth one seek, but the
seed of God ? Keep then your spirit, and despise
not the wife of thy youth.

It', When thou shall hatcher, put her away, saith
the Lord the God of Israel : but iniquity shall cover
his garment.! saith the Lord of hosts : keep your
t, and despise not.

IT Von have wearied the Lord with your words:
and von said : Wherein have we wearied him? In
that you say : Kviry MM that doeth evil, is good in
the si:;ht of the Lord, and such please him : or sure-
lv where is the God of judgment ?

CHAP. III.

Christ shall come to his temple, and purify the priesthood. They
that continue in their evil ways shall be punished ; but true
penitents shall receive a blessing.

1.? FJIOLD, I send my Angel, | and he shall pre-
-*-* para the way before mj face. And presently
the Lord whom von seek, and the Angel of the
intent, whom vou desire, shall eome to his tem-
ple. Behold, be cometh, saith the Lord of hosts:

2 And who shall be able to think of the day of
his coming .' and who shall stand to see him? for
he is like a rt filling lire, and like the fullers herb :

3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the sil-
ver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall
refme them as gold, and as silver : and they shall
oiler s.n iii'k es to tin |,ord injustice.

4 And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem
shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in
the ancient years.

5 And I vvill come to you in judgment, and will

• With tern, ric Hr occasion at your wire*, wham yoa bare pot
•war; and who came to weep and lameot before the altar.

♦ Iniquity aaafl emttr km gmrmira, rix. Of every man that puttetb

be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adul-
terers, and false swearers, and them that oppress
the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the
fatherless; and oppress the stranger, and have not
d me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 For 1 am the Lord, ami I change not : and
you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 For from the days of your fathers you have de-

riarted from my ordinances, and have not kept iht in :
{eturn to me, and I will return to \on, saith the
Lord of hosts. And you have said : \\ herein shall
we return .'

8 Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict n
And yon have said : Wherein do we afflict th.
In tithes and in first-fruits.

9 And you are cursed \\ ith want ; and you afflict
me, even the whole nation of you.

10 Bring all the tithes into the store-house, that
there may be meat in my house, and try me in this,
saith the Lord ; if I open not unto you the llood-
gatef of heaven, and jiour you out a blessing even
to abundance.

11 And I will rebuke for your sakes the devour-
er ; and he shall not sjioil the fruit of your land :
neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith
the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed : for you
shall be a delightful land, saith the Lord of h<

13 Voiir words have been unsuffcrable to me,
saith the Lord.

14 And you have said : What have we spoken
against thee? You have said : He labourcth in vain
that serveth God : and what profit is it that we have
kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sor-
rowful before the Lord of hosts ?

15 Wherefore now we call the proud people hap-
py: for they that work wickedness are built up ; and
they have tempted God, and are preserved.

16 Then they that feared the Lord spoke every
one with his neighbour : and the Lord gave ear, and
beard it: and a book of remembrance was written
before him for them that fear the Lord, and think
on his name.

17 And they shall be my special possession, saith
the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment :
and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that
serveth him.

18 And you shall return, and shall sec the dilii r-
ence between the just and the wicked ; and between
him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

CHAP. IV.

The judgment of the tricked, and retrard of the just. An a
tation to obt
of the Jews.

tation to observe the law. Elias shall come for the conversion

|4*OB behold, the day shall come, kimlhd as a fnr-
-*- mce : and all the proud, and all that do wicked-
ly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall
set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts; it shall
not leave them root, nor branch.

■wit hia wife without ju*t MawSi not willntandioj that God permitted
it in' the law, to prevent the evil of murder,
t My .Urtl, viz. John the Baptist, lb* meatoofer of Ood and Jbr*
of ChritL

1. MACHABEES.

2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of
Justice shall arise, and health ill his wings : and you

shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the
herd.

3 And you shall tread down the wicked, when
they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet, in the
day that I do this, saitli the Lord of hosts.

4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which

* He shall turn the heart, &c. By bringing over the Jews to the faith
of Christ, he shall reconcile them to their fathers, viz. the patriarchs

I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the pre-
cepts, and judgments.

. 5 Behold,! will send you Elias the prophet, be-
fore the coming of the great and dreadful (lay of the
Lord.

6 And he shall turn the heart* of the fathers to
the children, and the heart of the children to their
fathers : lest I come, and strike the earth with ana-
thema, f

and prophets ; whose hearts for many ages have been turned away
from them, because of their refusing to believe in Christ.

f With anathema. In the Hebrew, Cheram, that is, with ulter destruction.

THE FIRST BOOK OF MACHABEES.

These books are so called, because they contain the history of
the people of God under the command of Judas Machabeus
and his brethren : and he, as some will have it, was surnamed
Machabeus,/ro;» carrying in his ensigns, or standards, those
words of Exodus xv. 11. Who is like to thee among the
strong, O Lord : in which the initial letters in the Hebrew
are M. C. B. E. I. It is not known who was the author of
these books. But as to their authority ; though they are not
received by the Jews, saith St. Augustine, L. xviii. City of
God, c. 36, they are received by the Church ; who, in settling
her canon of the scriptures, chose rather to be directed by
the tradition she had received from the apostles of Christ,
than by that of the scribes and Pharisees. And as the. church
has declared these two Books canonical, even in two General
Councils, viz. Florence and Trent, there can be no doubt of
their authenticity.

CHAP. I.

The reign of Alexander and his successors : Antiochus rifles
and profanes the temple of God ; and persecutes unto death
all that will not forsake the law of God, and the religion of
their fathers.

NOW it came to pass, after that Alexander the
son o/* Philip the Macedonian, who first reigned
in Greece, coming out of the land of Cethim, had
overthrown Darius king of the Persians and Medes :

2 He fought many battles, and took the strong
holds of all, and slew the kings of the earth.

3 And he went through even to the ends of the
earth; and took the spoils of many nations: and the
earth was quiet before him.

4 And he gathered a power, and a very strong
army: and his heart was exalted and lifted up.

5 And he subdued countries of nations, and princes :
and they became tributaries to him.

6 And after these things, he fell down upon his
bed, and knew that he should die.

7 And he called his servants the nobles that were
brought up with him from his youth: and he divid-
ed his kingdom* among them while he was yet alive.

8 And Alexander reigned twelve years, and hedied.

9 And his servants made themselves kings, every
one in his place :

* Divided his kingdom &c. This is otherwise by Q. Curtius ; though
he acknowledges that divers were of that opinion, and lhat it had
been delivered by some authors, L. x. But here we find from the sa-
cred text, that he was in error.

f Antiochus the illustrious. Epiphanes, the younger son of Jlntiochus

10 And they all put crowns upon themselves after
his death, and their sons after them many years ; and
evils were multiplied in the earth.

11 And there came out of them a wicked root,
Antiochus the illustrious, f the son of king Antio-
chus, who had been a hostage at Rome: and he
reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of
the kingdom of the Greeks.

12 In those days there went out of Israel wicked
men: and they persuaded many, saying: Let us
go, and make a covenant with the heathens that are
round about us: for since we departed from them,
many evils have befallen us.

13 And the word seemed good in their eyes.

14 And some of the people determined to do this,
and went to the king : and he gave them license to
do after the ordinances of the heathens.

15 And they built a place of exercise in Jerusa-
lem, according to the laws of the nations:

16 And they made themselves prepuces, and de-
parted from the holy covenant, and joined themselves
to the heathens, and were sold to do evil.

17 And the kingdom was established before An-
tiochus : and he had a mind to reign over the land
of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms.

18 And he entered into Egypt with a great mul-
titude, with chariots and elephants, and horsemen,
and a great number of ships.

19 And he made war against Ptolemee king of
Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid at his presence,
and fled ; and many were wounded unto death.

20 And he took the strong cities in the land of
Egypt : and he took the spoils of the land of
Egypt.

21 And after Antiochus had ravaged Egypt in
the hundred and forty-third year, he returned, and
went up against Israel.

22 And he went up to Jerusalem with a great
multitude.

the great, who usurped the kingdom, to the prejudice of his nephew
Demetrius, son of his elder brother Seltucus Philopater. Of the kingdom
of the Greeks. Counting- not from the beginning of the reign of
Alexander, but from the first year of Seleucus Jfaattor.

747

I. M\( HABLES.

23 And he proudly entered into the sam •in:uy.
and took a way the golden altar, ami the candlestick
of light, and all the resseh thereof, ami tin- table of

proposition, and the pouring Vessels, and the vials,
and ilu- little mortals of (old, and tin- vail, and the

crowns, and the golden octanes! that was before
the temple: and he broke then all in pk

Vnd he took the silvrr and gold, and the pre-
raoos vessels: and he took the biddea treasures

which he found: and when lie had taken all away
he departed into his own country.

25 Ami In- made a great slaughter of men, and
spoke fan proudly.

\nd there was great mourning in Israel, and
in everv place where they m re:

27 Ami the princes, and the ancients mourned ;
and the virzins and the young men were made fee-
ble: ami the beauty ol the women was changed.

28 Every bridegroom took up lamentation : and
the bride that sat in the marriage bed, mourned :

29 And the land was moved for the inhabitants
thereof: and all the house of Jacob was covered with
confusion.

30 And after two full years the king sent the
chief collector* of his tributes to the cities of Juda :
ami he came to Jerusalem with a great multitude.

31 And he spoke to them peaceable words in
deceit: and they believed him.

32 And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck
it with atrial daughter, and destroyed much people
in Israel.

33 And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt
it with tire, and threw down the houses thereof,
and the walls thereof round about :

\mlthey took the women captives; and the
children and the cattle they possessed.

35 And they built the city of Davidf with a treat
and strong wall and with strong towers, and made
it a fortress for them :

\ml thev placed there a sinful nation, wick-
ed men; and they fortified themselves therein: and
they stored up armour, and victuals, and gathered
together the spoils of Jerusalem :

\nd laid them up there : and they In-came a
great snare.

38 And this was a place to lie in wait against
the sanctuary, and an evil devil] in Israel.

39 Ami thev sheil innocent Mood round about the
sanctuary, and defiled tin- holy phi

40 And the inhahitants of Jerusalem lied away
In reason of them: and the city w as made the halii-
tat ion of strangers : and she became a stranger to
her own seed : and her children forsook her.

11 1 jer sam tuaiv was desolate like a w ilderness:

ber festival days were turned into mourning, her
baths into reproach; her honours weie brought
to nothing.

M Her dishonour was increased according to her

nlorv : an I her ezcellenc] w as turned into mourning.

43 And kins Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom,

* Tkt rkitf coUmIot, kc. Apolloniui.
» Tht ri(» of DmU. That is (he caitle of Sioo.
' .»» tril JtrtL That it, an adveraarjr watching conataotly to do

748

that all the people should be one: and every one
should leave his own law.

And all nations consented according to the
woid of kin:; Antiochus.

)> \nd many of Israel consented to his service
and thev sacrificed to idols, and profaned the salt-
hath.

46 And the king sent letters by the hands of mes-
sengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Jnda;
that they should follow the law of the nations of the
earth ;

47 And should forbid holocausts and sacrili
and atonements to he made in the temple of God;

48 And should prohibit the sabbath, and the fes-
tival days, to lie cel ebrat e d.

49 And he commanded the holy places to be pro-
lam (1, and the holy people of Israel.

50 And he commanded altars to be built, and
temples, and idols, and swine's flesh to he immola-
ted, and unclean beasts;

51 And that they should leave their children un-
circumcised, and let their souls he defiled with all
uncleannesses, and abominations, to the end that
they should forget the law, and should change all tht,
justifications of God.

52 And that whosoever would not do according to
the word of king Antiochus, should 1m> put to death.

53 According to all these words he wrote to his
whole kingdom: and he appointed rulers over the
people that should force them to do these things.

I And they commanded the cities of Juda to sa-
crifice.

55 Then many of the people were gathered to
them that had forsaken the law of the Lord : and
tin \ committed evils in the land :

56 And they drove awav the people of Israel into
lurkiim holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.

51 On the fifteenth day of the month (aslcu. in
the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus r>|
up the abominable idol) of desolation upon the altar
Of God: and they built altars throughout all the cities
of Juda round about :

58 And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at me
doors of the houses and in the streets.

59 And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire
the books of the law of (iod :

60 And every one with whom the books of flu-
testament of the Lord were found, and wi,
observed the law of the Lord they put to death, ac-
cording to the edict of the king.

61 Thus by their power did they deal with the
people of Israel, that were found in the cities month
after month.

- And on thefive and twentieth day of the month
they sacrificed upon the altar of tin- idol that was
ovi r against ihe altar (if (iod.

63 Now the women that circumcised their chil-
dren wen- slain according to the commandment of
Iring Antiochus:

*'•) And they hanged the children about their

harm, ai the evil ipint ii alwavt watching, and aecking whom lie
could devour.

» Tht aaa iimM t idol, kc. rii. the •tatue of Jufdtr Otympnu.

CHAP. II.

recks in all their houses : and those that had circum-
cised them, they put to death.

65 And many of the people of Israel determined
with themselves, that they would not eat unclean
things; and they chose rather to die, than to he de-
filed with unclean meats:

£6 And they would not break the holy law of
God ; and they were put to death.

67 And there was very great wrath upon the
people.

CHAP. II.

The zeal and success of Mathathias. His exhortation to Ids sons
at his (hath.

IN those days arose Mathathias the son of John,
the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib,
from Jerusalem: and he abode in the mountain of
Modin.

2 And he had five sons : John who was surnamed
Gaddis;

3 And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi;

4 And Judas, who was called Machabeus ;

5 And Eleazar, who was surnamed Aharon; and
Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.

6 These saw the evils that were done in the peo-
ple of Juda, and in Jerusalem.

7 And Mathathias said : Wo is me, wherefore
was I born, to see the ruin of my people, and the
ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is
given into the hands of the enemies ?

8 The holy places are come into the hands of
strangers : her temple is become as a man without
honour.

9 The vessels of her glory are carried away cap-
tive : her old men are murdered in the streets ; and
her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.

10 What nation hath not inherited her kingdom
and gotten of her spoils ?

11 All her ornaments are taken away. She that
was free is made a slave.

12 And behold, our sanctuary, and our beauty,
and our glory is laid waste ; and the Gentiles have
defiled them.

13 To what end then should we live any longer?

14 And Mathathias and his sons rent their gar-
ments : and they covered themselves with hair-
cloth, and made great lamentation.

15 And they that were sent from king Antiochus
came thitherto compel them that were fled, into the
city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and
to depart from the law of God.

16 And many of the people of Israel consented,
and came to them : but Mathathias and his sons
stood firm.

17 And they that were sent from Antiochus an-
swering, said to Mathathias : Thou art a ruler, and
an honourable, and great man in this city, and
adorned with sons, and brethren.

18 Therefore come thou first, and obey the king's
commandment, as all nations have done, and the
men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem :
and thou and thy sons shall be in the number of the
king's friends, and pnriched with gold, and silver,
and many presents.

19 Then Mat bo mas answered, and said with a
loud voice : Although all nations obey king Antio-
chus, so as to depart every man from the service of
the law of his fathers, and consent to his command-
ments :

20 I and my sons, and my brethren will obey
the law of our fathers.

21. God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable
for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God.

22 We will not hearken to the words of king An-
tiochus: neither will we sacrifice, and transgress the
commandments of our law, to go another way.

23 .Now as he left off speaking these words, there
came a certain Jew in the sight, of all to sacrifice to
the idols upon the altar in the city of Modin, accord-
ing to the king's commandment.

24 And Mathathias saw, and was grieved: and
his reins trembled ; and his wrath was kindled ac-
cording to the judgment of the law : and running
upon him he slew him upon the altar :

25 Moreover, the man whom king Antiochus had
sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at
the same time, and pulled down the altar;

26 And showed zeal for the law, as Phinees did
by Zamri the son of Salomi.

27 And Mathathias cried out in the city with a
loud voice, saying : Every one that hath zeal for the
law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow
me.

28 So he and his sons fled into the mountains,
and left all that they had in the city.

29 Then many that sought after judgment and
justice went down into the desert:

30 And they abode there, they and their children,
and their wives and their cattle; because afflictions
increased upon them.

31 And it was told to the king's men, and to the
army that was in Jerusalem in the city of David,
that certain men who had broken the king's com-
mandment, were gone away into the secret places
in the wilderness, and that many were gone after
them.

32 And forthwith they went out towards them,
and made war against them on the sabbath-day.

33 And they said to them: Do you still resist?
come forth, and do according to the edict of king
Antiochus, and you shall live.

34 And they said: We will not come forth ; nei-
ther will we obey the king's edict, to profane the
sabbath-day.

35 And they made haste to give them battle.

36 But they answered them not, neither did they
cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret
places,

37 Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and
heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you
put us to death wrongfully.

38 So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and
they were slain with their wives, and their children,
and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons.

39 And Mathathias and his friends heard of it;
and they mourned for them exceedingly.

40 And every man said to his neighbour: If We

749

i. m\( ii vnr.r.s.

shall all do as our brethren have dose, and pot fight

against tin- heathens tor our lives, and our notifica-
tion! Will now quickly root us out of the earth.

V! And tin \ determined in that di\. laying:

\Yhosoe\. r shall come Op against us to fight on the

Sabbath-day, a c w ill fight against him : ami we will

all die, as our brethren that were slain in the

secret place*

IS Then was assembled to tin in the confutation
of the Assideans,* the stoutest ot Israel. cw i y one
that had a good will tor the I .i\\ .

43 And all they that tied from the evils, joined
themselves to them, and were a supi>ort to them.

41 And the\ withered an army, and slew tin; din-
ners in their w rath, and the w irked men in their in-
dignation : and the rest tied to the nations tor safety.
And .Mathathias and his friends went round
about; and they threw down the altars.

\nd they circumcised all the children whom
they found in the confines of Israel that were uncir-
cuincised; and they did valiantly.

47 And tiny pursued after the children of pride;
and the work prospered in their hands.

tad they re c overe d the law out of the hands
of the nations, and nut of the hands of the kings:
a ad they yielded not the hornf to the sinner.

49 Mow the days drew near that Mathathias
should die: and he said to his sons: Now hath pride
and ch asti s em e n t gotten strength, and the time of
destruction, and the wrath of indignation:

50 Now therefore, () my sons, be \e zealous for
the law , and pre your li\es for the covenant of your
lath

')l And call to reniemlirauee the works of the
fathers, w hit h they have done in their generations:
ami \oti shall recent- peat don. and an BMW lasting
n n

is not Abraham found faithful in tempta-
tion, and it was reputed to him unto justir.

Joseph in the time of his distress kept the
commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.
Phioeea our father, by being fervent in the
il of God, received the cov< nan! of an everlasting

piuMhood.

\\ hilst he fulfilled the word, was made
ruler in Israel.

( aleh for bearing witness before the congre-
gation received an inheritance.

I >avid by his men y ohtained the throne of an
everlasting kingdom.

58 Klias w hile In is full of zeal for the law, was
taken up into beavea.

\nanias ;unl A/arias and Mined by bclie\ ing
delivered out of the Same.
Daniel in lii- innoceney was delivered out of

the month of the lions.

Vnd thus consider through all generations, that
none that trust in him fail in strength.

Ami tear not thr words of a sinful man; for
his glory is dung and worms:

* TV .tniitmt. \ n ihat list a rrligaiwt life ; ami were

crajoa* far the law ami » .t>I.i.> of Cod.

63To-dav be is lifted up, and to-ninrrow he shall
not he found; because he is returned into his earth,
ami his thought is come to nothiim.

til \ on therefore. m\ sons, take eourace. and be-
bave manfully in the law: for by it you shall be
glorious.

65 And behold, 1 know that your brother Simon
is a man of counsel: give ear to him alway s; and he
shall Ik- a lather to TOO.

86 And .ludas IWachalieiis arho is valiant and
Strong from his vouth up, let him he the leader of
your army: ami he shall manage the war of the

people.

07 And you shall take to you all that obsenc the
law : and rOVCn g e ye the Wrong of JOUr people.

68 Render to ike Gentiles their reward, and take

heed to the precepts of the law.

69 And he blessed them, and was joined to his
fathers.

70 And he died in the hundred and forty-sixth
year: and he was buried by his sous in the sepul-
chres of his fathers in Modin : and all Israel mourn-
ed for him with great mourning.

CHAP. III.

Judas Marhabcu* succeeds his father ; and overthrows Apollo-
nims and Seron. A great army is sent against him out of
Syria. He prepares his people for battle by fasting ami
pr ayer.

^MIEN his son Judas, called Machabcus, rose
up in his stead.

2 And all his brethren helped him, and all the]
that had joined themselves to his lather: and the\
fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel..

3 And he got his people great honour, and put on
a breast-plate as a gbittt, and liirt his warlike ar-
mour about him in battles, and protected the camp
with his sword.

4 In his nets he was like a lion, and like a lion's
whelp roaring for his prey.

5 And he pursued the wicked, and sought them
out: and them that troubled his people he burnt
with fire:

6 And his enemies were driven awav for fear of
him; and all the workers of iniquity were troubled:
and salvation prospered in his hand.

7 And be grieved many kings, and made Jacob
dad with his works: and his memory is blessed
for ever.

8 And he wont through the cities of Juda, and
destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned aw av
w rath from Israel.

9 Anil he was renowned even to the utmost part
of the earth; and he gathered them that were pe-
rishing.

10 And Apollonian g a t her ed toge t her the Gen*

tiles, and a numerous and great nnny from Sama-
ria, to make war against Israel.

11 And Judas un d er s too d it. and went fortlv to
unci him : and he overthrew him. and killed him :
and many fill down slain; and the rest lied awa\.

12 And betook their spoils ; and .ludas took the

t TVj fitUtd aW «*c aar*. fcr. That K. Uk-> MCarcd t».| tip n,
rr of Antiuchna, Ihat man of »m, to aboluh the law and i i. u .t.

J Jrtut. Ttut l». Ju»«C.

CHAP. 111.

sword of Apollonius, and fought with it all his life
time.

13 And Scron captain of the army of Syria heard
that Judas had assembled a company of the faithful,

and a congregation with him:

14 And he said: I will get mo a name, and will
be glorified in the kingdom, and will overthrow Ju-
das, and those that are with him, that have despised
the edict of the king.

15 And he made himself ready: and the host of
the wicked went ii|> with him, strong succours, to be
revenged of the children of Israel.

16 And they approached even as far as Bethoron :
and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small

.company.

17 But when they saw the army coming to meet
them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few,
be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so
strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting to-day ?

18 And Judas said : It is an easy matter for many
to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is
no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to
deliver with a great multitude, or with a small
company.

19 For the success of war is not in the multitude
of the army ; but strength cometh from heaven.

20 They come against us with an insolent mul-
titude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives,
and our children, and to take our spoils.

21 But we will fight for our lives, and our laws :

22 And the Lord himself will overthrow them
before our face: but as for you, fear them not.

23 And as soon as he had made an end of speak-
ing, he rushed suddenly upon them: and Seronand
his host were overthrown before him:

24 And he pursued him by the descent of Betho-
ron even to the plain: and there fell of them eight
hundred men: and the rest fled into the land of the
Philistines.

25 And the fear of Judas and of his brethren, and
the dread of them fell upon all the nations round
about them.

26 And his fame came to the king: and all na-
tions told of the battles of Judas.

27 Now when king Antiochus heard these words,
he was angry in his mind : and he sent, and gather-
ed the forces of all his kingdom, an ' exceeding
strong army.

28 And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay
to the army for a year: and he commanded them,
that they should be ready for all things.

29 And he perceived that the money of his trea-
sures failed, and that the tributesof the country were
small, because of the dissension, and the evil that
he had brought upon the land, that he might take
away the laws of old times:

30 And he feared that he should not have as for-
merly, enough for charges and gifts, which he had
given before with a liberal hand : for he had abound-
ed more than the kings that had been before him.

31 And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and
purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of
the countries, and to gather much money.

.' And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood
royal, to oversee the affairs of the kingdom from the
river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt:

33 And to bring up his son Antiochus, till he

came

rain.

34 And he delivered to him half the army, and
the elephants: and he gave him charge concerning
all that be would have done, and concerning the in-
habitants of Judea and Jerusalem :

35 And that he should send an army against them,
to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and
the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away the
memory of them from that place:

36 And that he should settle strangers to dwell
in all their coasts, and divide their land by lot.

37 So the king took the half of the army that re-
mained, and went forth from Antioch the chief city
of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh
year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and
went through the higher countries.

38 Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Do-
rymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men
of the king's friends.

39 And he sent with them forty thousand men,
and seven thousand horsemen; to go into the land of
Juda, and to destroy it according to the king's orders.

40 So they went forth with all their power, and
came, and pitched near Emmaus in the plain
country.

41 And the merchants of the countries heard the
fame of them : and they took silver and gold in abun-
dance, and servants: and they came into the camp,
to buy the children of Israel for slaves: and there
were joined to them the forces of Syria, and of the
land of the strangers.

42 And Judas and his brethren saw that evils
were multiplied, and that the armies approached to
their borders; and they knew the orders the king
had given to destroy the people, and utterly abolish
them.

43 And they said every man to his neighbour :
Let us raise up the low condition of our people, and
let us fight for our people and our sanctuary.

44 And the assembly was gathered, that the}'
might be ready for battle , and that they might pray,
and ask mercy and compassion.

45 Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was
like a desert : there was none of her children that
went in or out : and the sanctuary was trodden
down : and the children of strangers were in the
castle ; there was the habitation of the Gentiles :
and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe
and harp ceased there.

46 And they assembled together, and came to
Maspha over-against Jerusalem : for in Maspha was
a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.

47 And they fasted that day, and put on hair-
cloth, and put ashes upon their heads : and they
rent their garments :

48 And they laid open the books of the law, in
which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of
their idols :

49 And thev brought the priestly ornaments, and

751

I. MACH ABELS.

the first-fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites
that had fulfilled their days :

50 And they cried with a loud roiee toward bea*
ren, saying: What shall IW do with these, and
whither shall we carry them .-.

51 For thy holies are tro d den down, and are pro-
faned : and thy priests are in mourning, and are
brought low.

\ml behold, the nations are rome together
ust OS to destroy ih : thou knowest what they
artend against us.

53 I low shall we !><• able to stand before their
. Unless thou, O God, help us?

54 Then they sounded with trumpets, and cried
out with a loud voi

55 And alter this Judas ap|K>inted captains over
the people, over thousands, and over hundreds, and
over fifties, and orer tens.

56 Ami he said to them that were buildim: houses,
or had betrothed wires, or Were planting vineyards,
or were fearful, that they should return every man
to hi» house, aecordiag to the law.

57 So they removed the camp, and pitched on
the south side of Kmmaus.

58 And Judas said : Gird yourselves, and be
valiant men, and be ready against the morning, that
\ou m i\ fight with these nations that are assembled

tins) us to destroy us and our sanctuary.

For it is better for us to die in battle, than to
see the evils of our nation, and if the holies :

60 Nevertheless, as it shall be the will of God
in heaven, so be it done.

CHAP. IV.

Judas routs the Icing's army. ( ior gin* flics brfore him. In* in -

fimrs against him with a great army : hut i- dftalrtl. jurliis

nnsrs Vie trmplc ; sets up a new altar ; anil fortifies the.

HPHEN Gorgtaa took five thousand men, and a
-■- thousand of the best horsemen : and they re-
asoved out of the camp by night,

J That thei might come upon the camp of the
JeWs, and strike them suddenly : and the men that
were of the castle were their guides.

; \ n*I Judas heard of it, and rose tip, he and the
valiant men, to attack the king's forces that were
in Kmmaus.

V For as yet the army was dispersed* from the
camp.

.") \ 1 1 c i Gorgias came by night into the camp of
Judas, and found no man : ^nA he sought them in
the mountains: for he said: These men nee from us.

6 And when it was day, Judas showed himself
in the plain with three thousand nun only, who
neither had armour nor B words !+

7 And they saw the camp of the Gentiles that it
WU stron::. ami the men in breast-plates, and the
horsemen round about them ; audi retrain-
ed up to war.

8 And Judas said to the men that were with
him: Fearye nut their multitude; neither be ye
afraid of their assault.

* 7m* army teat dtsftrtd. Thai i\ in ili.f. r<Mit clivi»ion«, not alio.

j II ha n'llbr \*i *rmom not nritit, »*ucn a* they '»i»t.' J for.

lit

9 Remember m w oat manner our fathers were
saved in the Red Sea, when Pharao pursued them

with a creat army.

10 And now lei us cry to heaven : and the Lord
will hare merci on us. and w ill remember the cove-
nant of our fathers, and will destrOj this army lie-
tore our face this day :

1 1 And all nations shall know that there is one
that redeemeth and diTnereth Israel.

l'J And the strangers lifted up their eyes, and
saw them coming against tin m.

1.) And they went out of the camp to battle
and they that were with Judas sounded the trumpet.

14 And they joined battle: and the (.untiles
win' routed, and lied into the plain.

15 Hut all the hindmost of them fell by the
sword ; and they pursued them as far as (iezemn,
and even to the plains of Munica, and of AzotuS,
and of Jamnia : and there fill of them to the num-
ber of three thousand nun.

16 And Judas returned again with his army that
followed him.

17 And he said to the people: He not greedy of
the spoils: for there is war before us.

18 And Gorgias and his army are near us in the
mountain: but stand ye now against our enemies,
and overthrow them: and you shall take the spoils
afterwards with safety.

19 And as Judas was speaking these words, be-
hold, part of them appeared looking forth from the
mountain.

20 And Gorgias saw that his nun were put to
flight, and that they had set (ire to the camp: for
the smoke that was si en declared what was done.

-' 1 And when they had seen this, they were seized
with ureal fear, seeing ai the same time Judas and
his army in the plain ready to fight.

.' So they all lied away into the land of the
strangers.

23 And Judas returned to take the spoils of the
camp: and they got much gold, and silver, and blue
silk, and purple of the sea. and great riches.

J'i And returning home they sunn a hymn, and
blessed God in heaven, because he is good, because
his mercy eoduretb for ever.

25 So Israel had a great deliverance that day.

26 And 'such of the strangers as escaped, Went
and told Lysias all that had happened.

J 7 \nd when he heard these things, he was
amazed 'and discouraged: because^ things had not
succeeded in Israel according to his mind, and as
the kins had commanded.

i the year following, Lysias gathered to-
gether threescore thousand chosen men. ami five
thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.

29 And they came into Judea, and pit -bed their
tents in Hethoron : and Jmlas met them with ten
thousand men.

30 And they saw that the armv WAS Strong: and
he prayed, and said: Blessed art thou, O saviour
of Israel, w ho didst break the violence of the mighty
by the hand of tin servant Darid, and didst deliver
up the camp of the strangers into the hands of Jo-

CHAP. V.

nathan the son of Saul, and of his armour-bearer.

31 Shut up tliis army in the hands of thy people
Israel ; and let them be confounded in their host
and their horsemen.

32 Strike them with fear, and cause the boldness
of their strength to languish; and let them quake at
their own destruction.

33 Cast them down with the sword of them that
love thee : and let all that know thy name, praise
*hec with hymns.

34 And they joined battle: and there fell of the
army of Lysias five thousand men.

35 And when Lysias saw that his men were put
to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they
were ready either to live, or to die manfully, be went
to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come
again into Judea with greater numbers.

36 Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold,
our enemies are discomfited : let us go up now to
cleanse the holy places, and to repair them.

37 And all the army assembled together; and
they went up into mount Sion.

38 And they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the
altar profaned, and the gates burnt, and shrubs
growing up in the courts as in a forest or on the
mountains, and the chambers joining to the temple
thrown down.

39 And they rent their garments, and made great
lamentation, and put ashes on their heads:

40 And they fell down to the ground on their
faces; and they sounded with the trumpets of alarm;
and they cried towards heaven.

41 '1 hen Judas appointed men to fight against
them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed
the holy places.

42 And he chose priests without blemish, whose
will was set upon the law of God :

43 And they cleansed the holy places, and took
away the stones that had been defiled into an un-
clean place.

44 And he considered about the altar of holocausts
that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

45 And a good counsel came into their minds,
to pull it down : lest it should be a reproach to them,
because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw
it down.

46 And they laid up the stones in the mountain
of the temple in a convenient place, till there should
come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.

47 Then they took whole stones according to
th.i law, and built a new altar according to the former:

48 And they built up the holy places, and the
things that were within the temple: and they sanc-
tified the temple and the courts.

49 And they made new holy vessels, and brought
in the candlestick, and the altar of incense, and the
able into the temple.

50 And they put incense upon the altar, and
lighted up the lamps that were upon the candlestick ;
and they gave light in the temple.

51 And they set up the loaves upon the table,
and hung up the vails, and finished all the works
that they had begun to make.

5 C

52 And they arose before the morning on the five
and twentieth day of the ninth month (which is the
month of Casleu) in the hundred and forty-eighth
year:

53 And they offered sacrifice according to the .
law upon the new altar of holocausts which they
bad made.

54 According to the time, and according to the
day wherein the heathens had defiled it, in the same
was it dedicated anew with canticles, and harps,
and lutes, and cymbals.

55 And all the people fell upon their faces, and
adored, and blessed up to heaven, him that had
prospered them.

56 And they kept the dedication of the altar eight
days : and they offered holocausts with joy, and
sacrifices of salvation, and of praise.

57 And they adorned the front of the temple with
crowns of gold, and escutcheons : and they renew-
ed the gates, and the chambers, and hanged doors
upon them.

58 And there was exceeding great joy among
the people: and the reproach of the Gentiles was
turned away.

59 And Judas and his brethren, and all the church
of Israel, decreed, that the day of the dedication of
the altar should be kept in its season from year to
year for eight days, from the five and twentieth
day of the month of Casleu, with joy and gladness.

60 They built up also at that time mount Sion,
with high walls, and strong towers round about, lest
the Gentiles should at any time come, and tread it
down as they did before.

61 And he placed a garrison there, to keep it:
and he fortified it, to secure Bethsura, that the peo
pie might have a defence against Jdumea.

CHAP. V.

Judas and his brethren attack the enemies nf their mini try, and
deliver them that were distressed. Jnsephun and Azarius at-
tempting, contrary to order, to fight against their enumi s,
are defeated.

NOW it came to pass, when the nations round
about heard that the altar, and the sanctuary
were built up as before, that they were exceeding
angry.

2 And they thought to destroy the generation ot
Jacob that were among them : and they began tc
kill some of the people, and to persecute them.

3 Then Judas fought against the children of Esau
in Idumea, and them that were in Aerabathane;
because they beset the Israelites round about : and
he made a great slaughter of them.

4 And he remembered the malice of the children
of Bean : who were a snare and a stumbling-block
to the people, by lying in wait for them in the way.

5 And they were shut up by him in towers : and
he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruc-
tion, and burnt their towers with fire, and all that
were in them.

6 Then he passed over to the children of Am-
nion, where he found a mighty power, and much
people, and Timotheus was their captain :

7 And he fought many battles with them; and

753

I. MAC II \

they were discomfited in their sight : and he smote

(been :

8 Ami he took tin- city of Gazar and her towns,
and returned into Judea.

9 And the Gentiles thai were in G da id, assem-
bled themselves together ■gainst tin- Israelites thai
were in their quarters, t « > destroy them: and they
Red into the fortress ol Datheman.

10 And they sent letters to Judas, and his bre-
thren, saying: The heathens that arc round about

gathered together against us to destroy us:
1 I \nd they are preparing to come, and to take
the fortress into which we arc fled : and Timotheus
is the captain of their host.

1 1 Now therefore comet and deliver us out of
their hands; for many of us are slain.

I.i And all our brethren that were in the places
of Tubin, are killed : and they have carried away
tiieir wins, and their children, captives, and taken
their spoils: and they have slain there almost a
thousand men.

1 I And while they were yet reading these let-
ters, behold, there came other messengert out of
Galilee with their garments rent, who related ac-
cording to these words :

^ning, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre,
and of Sidon, were assembled a-ainst them; and
all Galilee is filled with stranger*, in order to con-
sume IIS.

|t> Now when Judas and the people heard these
words, a great asscmlilv met together to consider
what tiny should do for their brethren that were in
UOUble, and were assaulted by them.

17 And Judas said to Simon his hrother: Choose
thee men, and CO, and deliver thy brethren in Gali-
lee : and I and my hrother Jonathan will go into
the country of (ialaad.

18 And he left Joseph the son of Zarharias,and
ii.is captains of the people, with the remnant

of the army in Judea, to keep it :

19 And be commanded them, saying: Take ye
the charge of this people: but make no war Bgaiusl
the heathens till we return.

JO Now three thousand men were allotted toSi-
mon, to go into Galilee: and eighl thousand to Ju-
das, logo into the laud of (ialaad.

l\ \ii'l Simon went iuto Galilee, and fought ma-
nv battles w iththe heathens : and the heathens were

discomfited before bis face: and he pursued them

even to the gate of I'tolemais.

Zl \nd there fell of the heathens almost three
thousand men: and he took the spoils of tin in.

\nd In- took with him those that were in Ga-
lilee and in Aibatis, with their w ives, and children,
and all thai the) had: and he brought them into Ju-

!OV.

1\ And .lud.is Miichaheus and Jonathan hisbro-
ovcr tin- Jordan, and went three days'
ionrnev through the desert.

\nd the Nabutheans met them, and Received
them in a peaceable manner, and told them all that
happened to their brethren in the land of (ialaad:
\nd that man) of them were shut up in Ba
TM

i, and in Bosor, and in Alima, and in CaS|dMC,

and in Mageth, and in ( ariiaim ; all these sir
and treat cil i

\ l i, and that they were kept shut up in the
of the cities of (ialaad, and that tJiev had ap-
pointed to bring their army on the morrow near to
these cities, and to take them, and to destroy tin m
all in one day.

28 Then Judas and his army suddenly fumed
their march into the desert to Bosor, and took the
city: and he slew every male by the edge of the
SWord, ami took all their spoils, and burnt it w ithfne.

29 And they removed from I hence by night, and
went till they came to the fortress.

30 And it came to pass that early in the mornins,
When they lifted up their eyes, behold, there w

people without number, carrying ladders and en-
gines to take the fortress and assault them.

31 And Judas saw that the fight was begun, anc
the cry of the battle went up to heaven like a trum-
pet, and a great cry out of the city :

32 And In- saidto his host: fight ye to-day foi
your brethren.

33 And he came with three companies behind
them: and they sounded their trumpets, and cried
out in prayer.

34 And the host of Timotheus understood that, it
was Macbabeus : and they lied aw ay before his face :
and they made a great slaughter of them : and there
fell of them in that day almost eight thousand men.

35 And Judas turned aside to Ma.spha, and as-
saulted, and took it : and he slew even male thereof,
and took the spoils thereof, and burnt it with fire.

36 From thence he marched, and took ( asbon,
and Mageth, and Bosor, and the rest of the cities ol
(ialaad.

37 But after this Timotheus gathered another
army, and camped over-against Raphofl beyond the
torrent.

38 And Judas sent men to view the army : and
they brought him word, savin;: : All the nations that
are round about us, are assembled unto him an army
exceeding great.

39 Ana they have hired the Arabians to help them:
and they have pitched their tents beyond the torrent,
ready to come to light against thee. And Judas
went to meet them.

40 And Timotheussaidto the captains of his army :
When Judas and his army come near ihe torrent of
water, if he pass over unto us first, we shall not be
able to withstand him : for he will certainly prevail
over us.

41 But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp on
the other side of the river, we will pass <>\ i r to them,
and shall prevail against him.

I Now when Judas came near the torrent of
water, he set the scribes of the people by the torrent,
and commanded them. s, ( \ ing : Suiter no man to stay
behind ! but let all come-to the liatlle.

43 And he passed over to them first, and all the

people after him ; and all the heathens were discom-
fited before them ; and they threw away their Wee-
I pons, and lied to the temple that was in La maim

CHAP. VI.

44 And he took that city : and the temple he burnt
with fire, with all things that were therein: and
( ani. i i in was subdued, and could not stand against
the face of Judas.

45 And Judas gathered together all the Israelites
that were in the land of Galaad, from the least even
to the greatest, and their wives, and children, and
an army exceeding great, to come into the laud of Juda.

46 And they came as far as Ephron : now this
was a great city situate in the way, strongly fortified ;
and there was no means to turn from it on the right
hand or on the left ; but the way was through the
midst of it.

47 And they that were in the city, shut them-
selves in, and stopped up the gates with stones : and
Judas sent to them with peaceable words,

48 Saying : Let us pass through your land, to go
into our country : and no man shall hurt you : we
will only pass through on foot. But they would not
open to them.

49 Then Judas commanded proclamation to be
made in the camp, that they should make an assault
every man ih the place where he was.

50 And the men of the army drew near ; and he
assaulted that city all the day, and all the night; and
the city was delivered into his hands :

" 51 And they slew every male with the edge of the
sword : and he rased the city, and took the spoils
thereof, and passed through all the city over them
that were slain.

52 Then they passed over the Jordan to the great
plain that is over-against Bethsan.

. 53 And Judas gathered together the hindmost :
and he exhorted the people all the way through, till
they came into the land of Juda.

54 And they went up to mount Sion with joy and
gladness, and offered holocausts, because not one of
them was slain, till they had returned in peace.

55 Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan
were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother
in Galilee before Ptolemais,

56 Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias
captain of the soldiers heard of the good success,
and the battles that were fought :

57 And he said : Let us also get us a name ;
and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are
round about us.

58 And he gave charge to them that were in his
armv ; and they went towards Jamnia.

59 And Gorgias and his men went out of the
city, to give them battle.

60 And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight,
and were pursued unto the borders of Judea : and
there fell, on that day, of the people of Israel, about
two thousand men : and there was a great over-
throw of the people j

61 Because they did not hearken to Judas, and
his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully.

62 But they were not of the seed of those men
by whom salvation was brought to Israel.

63 And the men of Juda were magnified exceed-
ingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations
where their name was heard.

64 And people assembled to them with joyful
acclamations.

65 Then Judas and his brethren went forth, and
attacked the children of Esau, in the land toward
the south : and he took Chebron, and her towns :
and he burnt the walls thereof and the towers all
round it.

66 And he removed his camp to go into the land
of the aliens ; and he went through Samaria.

67 In that day some priests fell in battle, while
desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly
to fight.

68 And Judas turned to Azotus into the land of
the strangers ; and he threw down their altars, and
he burnt the statues of their gods with fire : and
he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into
the land of Juda.

CHAP. VI.

The fruitless repentance and death of Antiochus. His son
comes against Judas with a formidable army. He besieges
Sion : but at last makes peace with the Jews.

7VTOW king Antiochus was going through the
-*- ' higher countries : and he heard that the city
of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and
abounding in silver and gold :

2 And that there was in it a temple exceeding
rich, and coverings of gold, and breast-plates, and
shields, which king Alexander son of Philip the Ma-
cedonian that reigned first in Greece, had left there.

3 Lo, he came, and sought to take the city, and
to pillage it : but he was not able, because the de-
sign was known to them that were in the city.

4 And they rose up against him in battle : and
he fled away from thence, and departed with great
sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.

5 And whilst he was in Persia, there came one
that told him, how the armies that were in the land
of Juda were put to flight :

6 And that Lysias went with a very great power,
and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and
that they were grown strong by the armour, and
power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten
out of the camps which they had destroyed ;

7 And that they had thrown down the abomina-
tion which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusa-
lem ; and that they had compassed about the sanc-
tuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also
his city.

8 And it came to pass when the king heard
these words, that he was struck with fear, and ex-
ceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon
his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not
fallen out to him as he imagined.

9 And he remained there many days : for great
grief came more and more upon him, and he made
account that he should die.

10 And he called for all his friends, and said to
them : Sleep is gone from my eyes ; and I am fall-
eu away; and my heart is cast down for anxiety:

11 And 1 said in my heart : Into how much tri-
bulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow,
wherein now I am : I that was pleasant and beloved
in my power !

765

I. M.UI1 \BKF.S.

12 But mow I remember the evils thai I hare dot*

in Jerusalt -in, trom whence also I took away nil
spoils, of fold, and of silver that win in it ; and
I Mill to destroy tin- inhabitant* of Juda without
tan-' .

I.) I know therefore that for this cause these
evils hare found me; and behold, 1 perish with

great grit! in a strauge land
11 Then he called Philip

dip, one of his friends ; anil
he made him recent oxer all his kingdom.

1~> And he gave him the crown, ami his rol>o, and
bis riim, that he should so to Aiitiochus his ton,
and should bring him up lor the kingdom*

It; So kin- AuUuchus died there in the year one
hundred and forty-nine.

17 And Lysias understood that the king was
dead : and lie set up Aiitiochus his son to reign,
x\ horn he brought up ) minj ! and he called his name
Kupator.

18 Now they that were in the ca*tlc, had shut up
the Isiaclitc* round about the holy places : and
they wire continually set king their hurt, ami to
strengthen the < i entiles.

19 \nd

and

Judas purposed to destroy them
he called together all the people, to besiege them.
20 And they came together, and besieged them
in the year one hundred and fifty ; and they made
battering slinks and engines.

J\ And soeaeof the oesiegedgot out; and some

wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.

■\ndthey went to the king, and said : How

long dost thou delay to execute the judgment, and

t<> i our brethren ?

\\ <■ determined to serve thy father, and to do

according to his orders, and obey his edicts:

JV And lor this they of our nation are alienated
from us, and have slain as many of us as they could
find, BM have spoiled our inheritances.

Neither hare they put forth tie ii hand against
us only, but also against all our borders.

26 And behold, they have approached this day
to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have
fortified the strong-hold of Bethsura :

27 And unless thou speedilx pie\ ent them, they
will do greater things than these; and thou shalt
not be able to subdue lliein.

Now when the king heard this, he was an-
gry : and he called together all his friends, and the
tains of his army, and them that w < n over the
horsemen.

29 There came also to him from other realms,
and from the islands of the sea hired troops.

30 And the number of his arm\ was an hundred
thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen,
and thirty-two elephants (rained so battle.

31 Atid they went through Idesoea. and ap-
proached to Bethsura, and fought many days ; and
they made engines: but they sallied forth,* and
burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.

\ | J ud. is departed from the castle, and re-

DBOVed the camp to Beth/.acharam, over-against the
kind's camp.

I And the king rose before it was light, and

made bis troops march on fiercelj towards the way

of Beth/.acharam: and the armies made thcnisclxtn

:\ for the battle, and they sounded the trumpet*:

34 And they showed the elephant* the blood ot

-rapes, ami mulberries to provoke them to light.

i And they distributed the beasts by the legions:
and there stood h\ ex cry elephant a thousand men
in coats of mail, and with helmets ol bias* on their
heads : and live hundred horsemCD *et in order w ere
chosen for every beast.

30 These before the timet whensoever the
beast was, they were there: and w hithersoever it
went, they went, and they departed not from it.

37 And upon the beast there were strong wooden
towers, which covered eve y one of them, anil
engines Upon them ; and upon everyone thirty-two
valiant men.w hofought from above ; and an Indian
to rule the beast.

38 Anil the rest of the horsemen be placed on this
side and on that side at the two w ings.'witli trum-
pets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward
that stood thick together in tint legions thereof.

39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of
gold, and of brass, the mountain* glittered there-
with, and they shone like lamps of lire.

40 And part of the king 1 * arms wa* distinguish-
ed by the high mountains, and the other part by the
low places ; and they marched on warily uid
orderly.

41 And all the inhabitants of the land were mov-
ed at the noise of their multitude, and the marching
of the company, and the rattling of the armour ; for
the army was exceeding great and strong.

42 And Judas and his army drew near for battle :
and there fell of the king'* aim\ six hundred men.

43 And Klea/.ai the son of Sam a saw one of
the beasts harness, d with the king's harness: and
it was higher than the other beasts : and it seemed
to him that the kiim w as on it :

44 And he exposed himself to deliver his people,
and to get himself an everlasting name.

45 And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the
legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left ;
and they fell by him on this side and that side.

46 And he went between the feet of theelrphant,
and put himself Under it, and slew it ; and it fell to
the ground upon him ; and lie died there.

47 Then thex seeing the strength of the king and
the fierceness of hi* army, turned aw ax from
them.

48 But the kitm's army went up against them to
Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents
against Judea and mount Sion.

49 And he made peace with them that were in
Bethsura: and they came forth out of the cky, be-
cause tlnv had no victuals, beiog shut up there; for
n w as the year of rest to the land.

forth, «od

SW Ouj HttW /trtk. fcr. TW K BM OMmm of BHliMim rallied f 7V« it/ft On timt. Thai U, tl<CM were read; for mm J
. tod burut Iktm. Uul i«, burnt Aw m C %ntt of U» benccan. U

CHAP. VII.

60 And the king took Bethsura : and he placed
there a garrison to keep it.

51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary
for many days : and lie set up there battering slings,
and engines, and instruments to cast fire, and en-
gines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot
arrows, and slings.

52 And they also made engines against their en-
gines ; and they fought for many days.

53 Bui there were no victuals in the city, because
it was the seventh year : and such as had staid in
Judea of them that came from among the nations,
had eaten the residue of all that which had been
stored up.

54 And there remained in the holy places but a
few, for the famine had prevailed over them : and
they were dispersed every man to his own place.

55 Now Lysias heard that Philip, whom king
Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up
his son Antiochus, and to reign to be king,

56 Was returned from Persia, and Media, with
the army that went with him, and that he sought
to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom :

57 Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the
king and to the captains of the army : We decay
daily ; and our provision of victuals is small : and
the place that we lay siege to is strong; and it lieth
upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.

58 Now therefore let us come to an agreement
with these men, and make peace with them, and
with all their nation.

59 And let us covenant with them, that they
may live according to their own laws as before.
For, because of our despising their laws, they have
been provoked, and have done all these things.

60 And the proposal was acceptable in the sight
of the king, and of the princes: and he sen! to
them to make peace : and they accepted of it.

61 And the king and the princes swore to them:
and they came out of the strong hold.

62 Then the king entered into mount Sion, and
saw the strength of the place: and he quickly broke
the oath that he had taken, and gave commandment
to throw down the wall round about.

63 And he departed in haste, and returned to
Antioch, where he found Philip master of the city :
aiM he fought against him, and took the city.

CHAP. VII.

Df metritis is made king: and sends Barchides and Aleimvs the
priest into Judea, and after them Nicanor, who is slain by
Judas, with all hi* army.

TN the hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the
-*- son of Seleucus departed from the city of Rome,
and came up with a few men into a city of the sea
coast, and reigned there.

2 And it came to pass, as he entered into the
house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army
seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them
unto him.

3 And when he knew it, he said : Let me not
see their face.

4 So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat
ipon the throne of his kingdom :

5 And there came to him the wicked and ungod
ly men of Israel : and Alcimus was at the head o
them, who desired to be made high-priest.

6 And they accused the people to the king, say
ing: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy
friends ; and he hath driven us out of our land.

7 Now therefore send some man whom thou
trustest ; and let him go, and see all the havock he
hath made amongst us, and in the king's lands: and
let him punish all his friends, and their helpers.

8 Then the king chose Bacchides one of his
friends that ruled beyond the great river in the king-
dom, and was faithful to the king : and he sent him

9 To see the havock that Judas had made: and
the wicked Alcimus he made high-priest, and com-
manded him to take revenge upon the children of
Israel.

10 And they arose, and came with a great army
into the land of Juda : and they sent messengers,
and spoke to Judas and his brethren with peaceable
words deceitfully.

11 But they gave no heed to their words : for
they saw that they were come with a great army.

12 Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bac-
chides a company of the scribes to require things
that are just :

13 And first the Assideans that were among the
children of Israel; and they sought peace of them.

14 For they said: One that is a priest of the
seed of Aaron is come ; he will not deceive us.

15 And he spoke to them peaceably: and he
swore to them, saying : We will do you no harm,
nor your friends.

16 And they believed him. And he took three-
score of them, and slew them in one day, accord-
ing to the word that is written :

17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them
they have shed round about Jerusalem ; and there
was none to bury them.

18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the peo-
ple : for they said : There is no truth nor justice
among them : for they have broken the covenant
and the oath which they made.

19 And Bacchides removed the camp from Jeru-
salem, and pitched in Bethzecha : and he sent, and
took many of them that were fled away from him :
and some of the people he killed, and threw them
into a great pit.

20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus,
and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides
went away to the king :

21 But Alcimus did what he could, to maintain
his chief priesthood.

22 And they that disturbed the people resorted
to him: and they got the land of Juda into their
power, and did much hurt in Israel.

23 And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and
they that were with him, did to the children of Is-
rael, much more than the Gentiles.

24 And he went out into all the coasts of Judea
round about, and took vengeance upon the men that
had revolted ; and they ceased to go forth any more
into the country.

757

I. M v ii\i:i:i>.

25 Ami A lei inns saw that J uda sand they that w ere
with him prevailed: and he knew that he could not
stand against them: ami he went hack to the king,
and accused them ot main crimes.

Vnd the kins sent Nicanor one of l" s princi-
pal lords, who was a great enemy lo Israel: and he
commanded him to destroy the people.

\n«l Nicanor came to Jerusalem wiihagreat
MM : and he sent to Judas and to his brethren de-

it fully with fiiendlv words,

living: Let there l»e no fighting between me
and you: I will come with a tew men to see your
laces w ilh peace.

\ud he came to Judas, and they saluted one
another |xaceahlv : and the enemies wcic prepan (I
h> lake away Judas by force.

30 And the thing was known to Judas, that he
w i>eometo him w ith deceit : and he was much afraid
of him, and would not see his face any more.

81 And Nicanor knew ih at his counsel was dis-
covered : and he went out to light against Judas
near ( 'aphaisalama.

.52 And there fell of Nicanor's army almost five
thousand men ; and they lied into the city of David.

33 And after this Nicanor went up into mount
Siofl : and some of the priests and the people came
>ut to salute him peaceably, and to show him the
lolocausts that were offered to the king.

M BlH he mocked and despised them, and abus-
ed them: and he spoke prnndb.

\ud swore in aimer, saying: Unless Judas
and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon
;i> ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. Ami
he went out in a great rag.-.

36 And the priests went in, and stood before the
(ace of the altar and the temple: and weeping t h er iaaii

37 Thou. () Lord, hast chosen this house forth J
name lo lie called upon therein, that it might Ih- a
house of prayer and supplication for thy people.

38 Me avenged of this man, and his army: and
let them fall by the sword : remember their blas-
phemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.

;>'.• Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem. Bad
encam|ted near to llcthoron : and an army of Syria
joined him.

40 Hut Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thou-
sand men : and Judas prayed, and said :

41 O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sen-
irn herib blasphemed thee, an angel went out, and
slew of them a hundred and eighty-live thousand:

42 Kven so destroy this armv in our sight to-day ;
and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill against
thy sanctuary: and judge thou him according to his
wickedness.

43 And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth
day of the month Adar: ;md the army of Nicanor
was defeated; and he himself was first slain in the
battle.

41 And when his army saw that Nicanor was
t>laiu, they threw awav their wea|K>ns and fled:

• 7Vya*ani.*8. What it law art down of la* h iatory >od charar-
tar of tin- ancient Roman*. i« not an aMertion or affirmation of ()•<■
aacrad writer ; bat only a relation of what Juua< had heard of them.

758

46 And they pursued after them one lay's jotir-
n. v from Ada/er, even till ye come toGazara: and

they sounded the trum|iels alter them with signals.
4t> And thev went forth out of all the towns of
.ludea round about; and thev pushed tin in with
the horns: and they turned again to tin in: and
they were all slain with ihe sword; and there was
not left of them so much as one.

47 And they took the spoils of them for a bootv:
and thev cut off Nicanor's heat! ami his right band,
which lie had proudly stretched our : and they
brought it, and hung it up ov er-against Jerusalem.

\nd the people rejoiced exceeding)) ; and
they spent that (lay with great joy.

49 And he ordained that this day should l»e kept
ever* year, being the thirteenth of the month of Adar.

50 Ami the land of .luda was quiet for a short
time.

CHAP. VIII.

Ju-iiu hears of the great character itf the Romans : He makes a
Uague villi them.

|V"OW Judas heard of the fame of the Romans,
■L ' that they are |towt- rful and strong, and w illing-
ly agree to all things ihat are req u e ste d of tin in;
and that whosoever have come to them, thev I av.-
made amity with them, and that they are mighty in
power.

2 And ihev heard" of their battles, ainl their no-
ble acts, which they had done in (ialalia. how thev
had conquered them, and brought them under Irihute :

3 And how great things thev had done in the
land of Spain, and that they had brought under their
power the mines of silver and of gold that are lln-re,
and had gotten possession of all the place by their
counsel and iialience:

4 And had conquered places that were very far
off from them, and kings ihat came against them
from the ends of the earih, and had overthrow n ihem
a ith great slaughter : and the rest pay them tribute
every year.

5 And that they had defeated in battle Philip and
Panel the king of the ( cleans. f and the rest that
had l)ornc arms against them, and had conquered
them :

6 And how Antiochus the great king of Asia,
who went to light against them, having a luindied
and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and chariots,
ami a forj great army, was routed by them:

7 And how they took him alive, and appointed
to him, that both he, and they that should reign after
him, should pay a gnat tribute, and that he should
give hostages, and that which was agreed upon.

8 And the country of the Indians, and of the
Medes, and of the Lydians, some of their l>est pro-
vinces: and ihose which they had taken from them,
ihev gave to king Kinm-iics.}

9 And that thev who were in Greece had a mind
to go, and to destroy them : and they had know ledge
thereof ■

10 And they sent a general against them, and

\CHtaiu.

! t.uuuntt.

That i«. Ih<- M
King of Pcrgmma*.

chap. ix.

ought with diem, and many of them were slain : and
they carried away their wives and their children
captives, and spoiled them, and took possession ot
their land, and threw down their walls, and brought
them to he their servants unto this day.

11 And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at
any time had resisted them, they had destroyed, and
brought under their power.

12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon
them, they kept amity ; anil had conquered kingdoms
that were near, and that were far off': for all that
heard their name were afraid of them.

13 That whom they had a mind to help to a king-
dom, those reigned: and whom they would, they depos-
ed from the kingdom: and they were greatly exalted.

14 And none of all these wore a crown, or was
clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.

15 And that they had made themselves a senate-
house, and consulted daily three hundred and twen-
ty men, that sat in council always for the people,
that they might do the things that were right :

16 And that they committed their government to
one man* every year to rule over all their country ;
and they all obey one ; and there is no envy, nor
jealousy amongst them.

17 So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John,
the son of Jacob, and Jason the son of Eleazar : and
he sent them to Rome to make a league ot amity
and confederacy with them:

18 And that they might take off" from them the
yoke of the Grecians; for they saw that they oppress-
ed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.

19 And they went to Rome, a very long journey ;
and they entered into the senate-house, and said :

20 Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the
people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make
alliance and peace with you, and that we may be
registered your confederates and friends.

21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.

22 And this is the copy of the writing that they
wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent
to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for
a memorial of the peace and alliance.

23 Good success be to the Romans, and to
the people of the Jews, by sea and by land for ever:
and far be the sword and enemy from them.

24 But if there come first any war upon the Ro-
mans, or any of their confederates, in all their do-
minions :

25 The nation of the Jews shall help them ac-
cording as the time shall direct, with all their heart :

26 Neither shall they give them, whilst they are
lighting, or furnish them with wheat, or arms, or
money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Ro-
mans : and they shall obey their orders, without tak-
ing any thing of them.

27 In like manner also if war shall come first
upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help
them with all their heart, according as the time shall
permit them:

* To out man. There were two consuls : but one only ruled at on«»
time, each in his day. Ao «nry, &c. So Judas had heard : and it was
to far VC'ic, « ith regard to the ancient Romans, that as yet no envy or

28 And there shall not be given to them that come
totheir aid, eilherwheat, orarms, or money, orships,
as it hath seemed good lo the Romans: and they shall
observe their orders without deceit.

29 According to these articles did the Romans
covenant with the people of the Jews.

30 And if after this one party or the other shall
have a mind to add to these articles, or take away
any thing, they may do it at their pleasure: and
whatsoever they shall add, or take away, shall be
ratified.

31 Moreover concerning the evils that Demetrius
the king hath done against them, we have written
to him, saying : Why hast thou made thy yoke heavy
upon our friends and allies, the Jews?

32 If therefore they come again to us complain-
ing of thee, we will do them justice, and will make
war against thee by sea and land.

CHAP. IX.

Bacchides is sent again into Judea: Judas fights against him
with eight hundred men, and is slain. Jonathan succeeds
him, and revenges the murder of his brother John. He fights
against Bacchides. Ahimus dies miserably. Bacchides
besieges Bethbessen. He is farced to raise the siege, and
leave the country.

TN the mean time, when Demetrius heard that
-*- Nicanor and his army were fallen in battle, he
sent again Bacchides and Alcimus into Judea: and
the right wing of his army with them.

2 And they took the road that leadeth to Galgal,
and they camped in Masaloth, which is in Arabella:
and they made themselves masters of it, and slew
many people.

3 In the first month of the hundred and fifty-
second year they brought the army to Jerusalem :

4 And they arose, and went to Berea with twenty
thousand men, and two thousand horsemen.

5 Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa,
and three thousand chosen men with him :

6 And .they saw the multitude of the army, that
they were many ; and they were seized with great
fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the
camp ; and there remained of them no more than
eight hundred men.

7 And Judas saw that his army slipt away ; and
the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast
down : because he had not time to gather them to-
gether ; and he was discouraged.

8 Then he said to them that remained : Let us
arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able
to fight against them.

9 But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not
be able; but let us save our lives now, and return
to our brethren ; and then we will fight against
them : for we are but few.

10 Then Judas said : God forbid we should do
this thing, and fiee away from them : but if our time
be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and
let us not stain our glory.

1 1 And the army removed out of the camp ; and
they stood over-against them : and the horsemen

jealousy had divided them into such open factions and civil wars, us
they afterwards experienced in the time of Marius and Sylla, tic.

i. machabkks.

were divided into two troops, and the ■lingers, ind
the archers, treat before tin- army: and they that
WOC in tin- Trout were all nun of valour.

12 \inl Bacchides was in tin; right wing; and
tlif* legion drew mar on two sides ; and tlu-v sound-
i-d the trumpets :

!•> \nd they also that were onJiidns's side, oven
they aKo cried out ; and the earth shook at tin-
noise of t lie- armies : and the battle was fought from
morning even unto the evening.

I 1 Anil .linlas perceived thill the stronger part of
the arun of Bacchides was on the right side: and
all tin- stout of heart came logether w ith him :

15 \ntl the right w ing was discomfited bi them :
and be pursued them even to the mount A/otus.

16 And they that were in ihe left wing saw that
the right IV illg was discomfited : and thev followed

. and them that were with him at l hi- i i
hack:

17 And the battle was hard (ought : and there
fell many wounded of the one side and of the other.

18 And Jodas was slain : and the rest fled away.

19 And Jonathan and .Simon took Judas their
brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of their

fathers in the city of Mod in.

\nd all the people of Israel bewailed him with
great lamentation ; and they mourned for him
mam days,

J I And said : How is the mights man fallen, thai
s;i\e ( | the people of Israel !

.2 But the rest of the words of the wars of Ju-
d is, and of the nolile ads that he did, and of his
greatness, are not written ; fort hex were \erv many.
\nd it came to pass, after the death of Judas,
that the wicked began to put forth their heads in all
the confines of Israel, and all the workcis of ini-
ciuitv rose up.

.'\ In iboM d:i\s there was a very great famine;
and they and all I heir country yielded to Bacchides.
\iid Bacchides chose the wicked men, and
made them lords of the country :

Ji> Vnd they soi ght out, and made diligent search
after the ftiends of Judas, and brought them to
Bacchides: and be took vengeance of them, ;uid
abused them.

27 And there was made great tribulation in Is-
rael, such as was not sin. e the day, that there was
DO prophet seen in Israel.

Vnd all the friends of Judas came together,
and said to Jonathan :

29 Since thy brother Judas died, there is not a
man like him to to forth against our enemies, Bac-
chides. and them that are the enemies of our nation.

;W) Now therefore we ha\e chosen thee this dav
to be our prince, and captain in his stead to fight
our battle*.

loiiathau took upon him the government
at th it time, and rose up in the place of Judas
bis brother.

Vnd Mai chides had knowledge of it, and
sought to kill him.

33 And Jonathan ami Simon his brother knew

it, and all that wire with iln-m: and the\ tied into

the desert of Thecua : and they pitched by the
water of the lake Asphar:

34 And Bacchides understood it: and he came
himself with all his army over the Jordan on the
sabbath-da\ .

> And Jonathan sent his brother a captain of
the people, to desire the .Vibutheans his friends,
that thev would lend them their equipage, which
H .is copious.

36 And the children of Jambri came forth out of
Madaha, and took John, and all that he had, ami
went away with them.

37 After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon
his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great
marriage, and were bringing the bride out of Ma-
dahn, the daughter ol one of the gieat princes of
( liana, in w ith great pomp.

.)!'■ And they remembered the blood of John their
brother: and they went up, and hid themselves un-
der the covert oi the mountain.

39 And they lifted up their eyes, and saw; and
behold a tumuli, and great preparation: and the
bridegroom came forth, ami his friends, and his bre-
thren to meet ihein with timbrels, ami musical in-
struments, and many weapons.

40 And they rose up against them from the place
where the] lay in ambush, and slew ihein: and there
fell many wounded, and the rest (led into the moun-
tains; and they took all their spoils:

41 And the marriage was turned into mourning,
and the noise of their musical instruments into la-
mentation.

42 And they took revenge for the hlood of their
brother: ami they returned to I tit- bank of the Jordau.

4.3 And Bacchides be, ml it: and be came on the
sabbath-day even to the bank of the Jordan with a
great pow ii.

H And Jonathan said to his company: Let us
uise, and light against our enemies: for it is not
now as yesterday, and the day before.

45 For behold, the battle is In-fore us, and the
water of the Jordan on this side ami on (hat side,
and hanks and marshes, and woods: and there is no
place for us to turn aside.

46 Now therefore cry ye to heaven, that ye may
lie delivered from the hand of your enemies. Ami
they joined battle.

47 And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to
strike Bacchides: but he turned away liom him
backwards.

48 And Jonathan, and they that were w iih him,
leapt into the Jordan, and swam over the Jordan to
them.

49 And there fell of Baechides'a side that day a
thousand men : and they returned to Jerusalem.

60 And they buill Strong cities in Judea, the for-
tress that was in .leiicho, ami in Ammaiis, and in
Bethoron. and in Bethel, and Thamata. and I'ha-
ra, and Thopo, with high walls, and gates and
bars.

51 And he placed garrisons in them, that tin y
might wage war against Israel:

62 And he fortified the city of Bethsiira, and Ga

CHAP. X.

rara, and the castle, and set garrisons in them, and
provisions of victuals :

53 And he took the sons of the chief men of the
country for hostages, and put them in the castle in
Jerusalem in custody.

54 Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three,
the second month, Alcimus commanded the walls of
the inner court of the sanctuary to be thrown down,
and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and
he began to destroy.

55 At that time Alcimus was struck : and his
works were hindered : and his mouth was stopped ;
and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no
more speak a word, nor give order concerning his
house.

56 And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.

57 And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead :
and he returned to the king : and the land was quiet
for two years.

58 And all the wicked held a council, saying:
Behold, Jonathan and they that are with him dwell
at ease and without fear: now therefore let us bring
Bacchides hither; and he shall take them all in one
night.

59 So they went, and gave him counsel.

60 And he arose to come with a great army : and
he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in
Judea, to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were
with him : but they could not, for their design was
known to them.

61 And he apprehended of the men of the coun-
try, that were the principal authors of the mischief,
fifty men ; and he slew them.

62 And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were
with him, retired into Bethbessen, which is in the
desert : and he repaired the breaches thereof, and'
they fortified it.

63 And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered to-
gether all his multitude ; and sent word to them that
were of Judea.

64 And he came and camped above Bethbessen,
and fought against it many days, and made engines.

65 But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the
city, and went forth into the country, and came with
a number of men,

66 And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the
children of Phaseron in their tents: and he began
to slay, and to increase in forces.

67 But Simon and they that were with him, sal-
lied out of the city, and burnt the engines.

68 And they fought against Bacchides; and he was
discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceed-
ingly; for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain.

69 And he was angry with the wicked men that
had given him counsel to come into their country :
and he slew many of them : and he proposed to
return with the rest into their country.

70 And Jonathan had knowledge of it : and he
sent ambassadors to him lo make peace with him
and to restore to him the prisoners.

71 And he accepted it willingly, and did accord-
ing to his words, and swore that he would do him
no harm all the days of his life.

72 And he restored to him the prisoners which
he before had tak'en, out of the land of Juda: and
he returned, and went away into his own country ;
v\d he came no more into their borders.

7 3 So the sword ceased from Israel: and Jona-
than dwelt in Maehmas ; and Jonathan began there
to judge the people; and he destroyed the wicked
out oi Israel.

CHAP. X.

Alexander Rales sets himself up for king : both he and Deme-
trius seek to make Jonathan their friend. Alexander kills
Demetrius in battle, and honours Jonathan. His victory over
Apollonius.

"jVTOVV in the hundred and sixtieth year, Alexan-
-L^ 1 der the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illus-
trious, came up, and took Ptolemais ; and they re-
ceived him and he reigned there.

2 And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered
together an exceeding great army, and went forth
against him to fight.

3 And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with
peaceable words, to magnify him.

4 For he said : Let us first make a peace with
him, before he make one with Alexander against us.

5 For he will remember all the evils that we
have done against him, and against his brother,and
against his nation.

6 And he gave him authority to gather together
an army, and to make arms, and that he should be
his confederate : and the hostages that were in the
castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.

7 And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and rend
the letters in the hearing of all the people, and oi
them that were in the castle.

8 And they were struck with great fear ; because
they heard that the king had given him authority
to gather together an army.

9 And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan ;
and he restored them to their parents.

10 And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began
to build, and to repair the city.

11 And he ordered workmen to build the walls,
and mount Sion round about with square stones for
fortification : and so they did.

12 Then the strangers that were in the strong-
holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away.

13 And every man left his place, and departed
into his own country. ■

14 Only in Bethsura there remained some of
them, that had forsaken the law, and the command-
ments of God : for this was a place of refuge foi
them.

15 And king Alexander heard of the promises
that Demetrius had made Jonathan : and they told
him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he and
his brethren had done, and the labours that they had
endured.

16 And he said : Shall we find such another
man ? now therefore we will make him our friend
and our confederate.

17 So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him a< -

cording to these words, saying :

7e*

I. MACHAB

to his brother Jonathan,

18 Kino Alexander
grveiin_.

19 We have heard of thee, that thou art a man
of great power, and tit to !>«• our friend:

20 Now therefore we make thee iliis day high

Criesi of thy nation, and that thou l>e called the
im;'s friend, (and lie sent liiui a purple roU-.and a
crown of gold) and that thou he of one mind with
us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.

21 Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment, in

tlie seventh month, in the peat one luindrcd and
threescore, at the feast-day ot the tahernaeles ; and
he gathered together an army, and made a great
number of anna.

10 And Demetrius heard these words, and was
exceeding sorry, and said:

23 What isthis that we have done. that Alexander
hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the J( us
to strengthen himself?

24 1 also will write to them words of request,
and otFer dignities, and gilts : that they may be
with me to aid me.

25 And he w rote to them in these words: King
Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

Whereas you have kept covenant with us,
and have continued iu our friendship, and have not
joined with our enemies, we have heard of it, and
are glad.

27 Wherefore now continue still to keep fidelity
towards ns: and we will reward you with good
things, for what you have done in our behalf.

-•'. And uc will remit to you many charges, and
will give sou nifts.

29 And now 1 free you, and all the Jews from
tributes: and I release you from the customs of
salt, and remit the crowns, and the thirds of the
seed :

30 And the half of the fruit of trees, which is my
share, I leave to you from this day forward, so that
it shall not be taken of the land of Juda. and of the
three cities that are added thereto out of Samaria
and Galilee, from this day forth and for ever :

31 And let Jerusalem be holy and free, with
the borders thereof: and let the tenths and tributes
be for itself.

I \i< Id up also the power of the castle that is
in Jerusalem : and 1 give it to the high-priest, to
place therein such men as he shall choose, to keep it.

33 And even soul of the Jews that hath been
earned captive from the landof Juda in all my king-
dom, I set at liberty freely, that all be discharged
from trihntcs even of their cattle.

34 And I will that all the feasts, and the sab-
baths, and the new moons, andthe days appointed.
and three days before the solemn day. and three

I after the solemn day, he all stop! of immunity
and freedom, for all the Jews that are in my king-
dom.

.'{■"> And no man shall have power to do any thing
against them, or to molest anv of thein, in any cause.

36 And lei there be enrolled in the kind's arm\
to the number of thirty thousand of the Jews : and
allowance shall be made them as is due to all the

76t

king's forces ; and certain ofthemshall lie appoint-
ed to he in the fortresses of the great kine :

i And some of them shall be set over the nflans

of the kingdom, that aie ol Host: and let the t:<>-
veruors be taken from among themselves, and let
them walk in their own laws, as the king hath com-
manded in the laud of Juda.

38 And the three cities that are added to Ju.
out of the country of Samaria, let them he account-
ed with Judea : that ihc\ may be under one, and
obey no other authority but that of the high-priest.

39 Ptolemais, and the confines thereof, I rive
as a free gift to the holy places, that are in Jerusa-
lem, for the in cessaiy charges of the holy things.

40 And I rive even year fifteen thousand sickles
of silver oat of the king's accounts, ol what belongs
to me:

41 And all that is above, which they that were
over the allairs the years before, had not paid, from
this time they shall give it to the works of the house.

42 Moreover the five thousand sickles of silver
which they received from the account of ihe holv
places, every fear, shall also belong to the priests
that execute the ministry.

43 And whosoever shall flee into the temple that
is in Jerusalem, and in all the borders thereof, being
indebted to the kinu for any matter, let them he set
at liberty; and all that they have in my kingdom,
let them have it free.

44 For the building also, or repairing the works
of the holy places, the charges shall Jje given out of
the king's revenues :

45 For the building also of the walls of Jerusa-
lem : and the fortifying thereof round about, the
charges shall l>e given out of the king's account, as
also tor the building of the walls in Judea.

46 Now when Jonathan, and the people heard
these words, they gave no credit to them, nor re-
ceived she ttlt because they remembered the great
evil that he had done in Israel ; for he had afflicted
them exceedingly.

47 And their inclinations were towards Alexan-
der, because he had been the chief promoter of
l>eace in their regard ; and him they always bellied.

48 And kinii Alexander gathered together a great
army, and moved his (amp near to Demetrius.

49 And the two kings joined battle, and the ar-
im Of Demetrius fled a Wae t and Alexander pur-
sued after him, and prosed them (lose.

50 And the battle was hard fought, till the sun
went down: and Demetrius w as slain that dav.

51 And Alexander sent ambassadors to 1'iole-
uici ■* king of Egypt with words' to this effect, sa) -
ing :

52 Forasmuch as I am returned into my kins-
doin, and am set in the throne of my ancestors, ami
have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown
Demetrius, and possessed out country,

.">•! And have joined battle with him. and both he,

and his arui\ have been destroyed by us, and we

are placed in the throne of his kingdom:

PtoUntt. 8uruim*J I'bilomutar.

CHAP. xr.

54 Now therefore let us make friendship one
with another: and give me now thy daughter to
wife, and I will be thy son-in-law; and I will give
both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.

55 And king Ptolemee answered, saying : Hap-
py is the day wherein thou didst return to the land
of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their
kingdom.

56 And now I will do to thee as thou hast writ-
ten : but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see
one another, and I may give her to thee as thou
hast said.

57 So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleo-
patra his daughter; and he came to Ptolemais in
the hundred and sixty-second year.

58 And king Alexander met him; and he gave
him his daughter Cleopatra : and he celebrated her
marriage at Ptolemais, with great glory after the
manner of kings.

59 And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that
he should come and meet him.

60 And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and
he met there the two kings : and he gave them
much silver, and gold, and presents : and he found
favour in their sight.

61 And some pestilent men of Israel, men of a
wicked life, assembled themselves against him to
accuse him : and the king gave no heed to them.

62 And he commanded that Jonathan's garments
should be taken off, and that he should be clothed
with purple: and they did so. And the king made
him sit by himself.

63 And he said to his princes: Go out with him
into the midst of the city, and make proclamation,
That no man complain against him of any matter,
andthatnoman trouble him for any manner of cause.

64 So when his accusers saw his glory proclaim-
ed, and him clothed with purple, they all ned away.

65 And the king magnified him, and enrolled
h'm amongst his chief friends, and made him govern-
or, and partaker of his dominion.

66 And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with
;ieaee and joy.

67 In the year one hundred and sixty-five, De-
metrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete into
.he land of his fathers.

68 And king Alexander heard of it, and was much
joubled, and returned to Antioch.

69 And king Demetrius made Apollonius his
general, who was governor of Celesyria: and he
gathered together a great army, and came to Jam-
nia: and he sent to Jonathan the high-priest,

70 Saying: Thou alone standest againsr us: and
I am laughed at, and reproached, because thou
showest thy power against us in the mountains.

71 Now therefore if thou trustest in thy forces
come down to us into the plain, and there let us try
one another: for with me is the strength of war.

72 Ask, and learn who I am, and the rest that
help me, who also say that your foot cannot stand
before our face ; for thy fathers have twice been
put to flight in their own land:

73 And now how wilt thou be able to abide the

horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where
there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?

74 Now when Jonathan heard the wordsof Apol-
lonius, he was moved in his mind : and he chose
ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem : and
Simon his brother met him to help him.

75 And they pitched their tents near Joppe. but
they shut him out of the city; because a garrison
of Apollonius was in Joppe: and he laid siege to it.

76 And they that were in the city being affright-
ed, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.

77 And Apollonius heard of it: and he took three
thousand horsemen, and a great army.

78 And he went to Azotus as one that was ma-
king a journey, and immediately he went forth into
the plain: because he had a great number of horse-
men, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan fol-
lowed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.

79 And Apollonius left privately in the camp a
thousand horsemen behind them.

80 And Jonathan knew that there was an am-
bush behind him: and they surrounded his army, and
cast darts at the people from morning till evening.

81 But the people stood still, as Jonathan had
commanded them: and so their horses were fatigued.

82 Then Simon drew forth his army, and at-
tacked the legion: for the horsemen were wearied
and they were discomfited by him, and lied.

83 And they that were scattered about the plain
fled into Azotus, and went into Bethdagon thei.
idol's temple, there to save themselves.

84 But Jonathan set fire to Azotus, and the cities
that were round about it, and took the spoils of them,
and the temple of Dagon: and all them that were
fled into it, lie burnt with fire.

85 So they that were slain by the sword, with them
that were burnt, were almost eight thousand men.

86 And Jonathan removed his army from thence,
and camped against Ascalon: and they went out of
the city to meet him with great honour.

87 And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with
his people, having many spoils.

88 And it came to pass, when Alexander the
king heard these words, that he honoured Jona-
than yet more.

89 And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the cus-
tom is to be given to such as are of the royal blood.
And hegave him Accaron and all the borders theieof
in possession.

CHAP. XI.

Ptolemee invades the kingdom of Alexander : the latter i$ ,
slain : arid the former dies soon after. Demetrius honours
Jonathan, and is resetted by the Jews from his otun subjects in
Anlioeh. Antiochus the younger favours Jonathan. His
exploits in divers places.

\ ND the king of Egypt gathered together an ai-
-^*- my, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore,
and many ships: and he sought to get the kingdom
of Alexander by deceit, and join it to his own king-
dom.

2 And he went out into Syria with peaceable
words: and they opened to him the cities, and met
him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go
forth r o meet him, because he was his father-in-law

163

I. MACHABEES.

S Now \vlir>n Ptolemee entered into the cities, of Israel, and of the
he nut pm-isous of soldiers in everj city.

4 Ami when li<' came neat to tsotns, they show-
ed him the temple of Dagon t ri;it was burn! with
fir**, tod Asotos, iiiwl the suburbs thereof thai were
destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, tad
the travel of then thai wen slain in the battle,
which they had made mar the way.

5 And they told the kins that Jonathan had done
these things, to make him odious: but the king lit Id
his pea •

6 And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe
With dory: and they saluted one another, and they
lodged there.

7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as the
river called Eleiitlierus: and he returned into Jeru-
salem.

8 And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the
cities by the sea side, even to Selnicia : and he de-
vised evil designs against Alexander.

9 And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, say-
ing: Come, let us make a league between us ; and !
will give thpe my daughter whom Alexander hath;
and thou shah reign in the kingdom of thy father.

10 For I repent that I have given him my daugh-
ter ; for he hath SOOght to kill me.

1 1 And he slandered him, because he coveted his
kingdom.

12 And he took away his daughter, and gave her
to Demetrius, and alienated himself from Alexan-
der: and his enmities were made manifest.

13 And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set
two crowns upon his head, that of Egypt, and that
of Asia.

1 V Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that
time : because they that were in those places had
rebelled.

lo And when Alexander heard of it, he came to
give him battle: and king Ptolemee brought forth
bis army, and met him with a strong power, and
put him to flight.

16 And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be
protected : and kins; Ptolemee was exalted.

wn mv u . o i i\ i niu^ a ion mi i n m,' i .aiiiu u*

17 And Zabdiel the Arabian took otTAIexander':
head, and sent it to Ptolemee.

18 And king Ptolemee died the third day after:
and thev that were in the strong-holds were destroy-
ed by them that were within the camp.

If* And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and
sixtv-sevenfh \ear.

20 In those days Jonathan gathered together them

that were in Judea, to take the castle that was in
Jerusalem: and they made many engines of war
against it.

21 Then some wicked men thai hated their own
nation, went away to king Demetrius, and told him
that Jonathan was besieging the castle.

22 And wlnn he heard it. he was angry: and
forthwith lie came to Ptolemats, and wrote to Jona-
than, that he should not besiege the castle, hut
should come to him in haste, and speak to hint.

23 Hut when Jonathan beard tins, he bade them
besiege it still : and he chose some of the ancients

7«l

priests, and put himself in
dancer.

I And he took gold and silver, and raiment,
and many other presents, and went to the king to
Pioleni lis : and he found favour in his sight.

25 And certain wicked men ot his nation made
complaints against him.

Jt! Ami the king treated him as his predecessors
had done bsSOWi and he exalted him in the sight of
all his friends.

27 And he confirmed him in the high-priesthood,
and all the honours he had before; and he made
him the chief of his friends.

28 And Jonathan requested of the king that he
Would make Judea free from tribute, and the three
(governments, and Samaria, and the confines there-
of: and he promised him three hundred talents.

29 And the king consented: and he wrote letters
to Jonathan of all these things to this effect

30 King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and
to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

31 \\ e send you here a copy ot the letter, which
we have written to Lasthenes our parent, conceru-
ingyou, that w>u might know it.

.' King Demetrius to Lasthenes his parent,
greeting.

33 \Ve have determined to do good to the nation
of the Jews w ho are our friends, and keep the things
that are just with us, for their good- will which they
bear towards us.

34 We have ratified therefore unto them all the
borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apliert mu*
Lyda, and Hamatha. which are added to Judea, out
ot Samaria, and all their confines. *o he set apart to
all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the

payments which the king received of them every
Var. and for the fruits ot the land, and of the In

35 And as for other things that belonged tons of
the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we dis-
charge them of them : the salt-pans also, and the
crow ns that were presented to us.

36 We give all to them: and nothing hereof shall
be revoked from this time forth and tor ever.

37 Now therefore see that thou make a copy of
these things; and let it be Ctveo to Jonathan, and
Bet upon the holl mountain in ■ conspicuous place.

38 And king Demetrius seeing that the land was
quiet before him, and nothing resisted him. sent
away all his fonts, evety man to his own place,
except the foreign army, which be had drawn to-
gether from the islands of the nations: so all the
trooiis of his lathers hated him.

39 Now there was one Tnphon who had been
of Alexander's party In-fore: who scrum that r|| the
army murmured against Demetrius. went to I'.mal-
chttel the Arabian, who brought up Antiochus the
son of Alexander.

40 And he pressed him much to deliver him to
him, that he might be king in his lather's place:
and he told him all that Demetrius had done, and
how his soldiers hated him. And he remained time
mam days.

* jtfktrimM i« only found iu the Greek remoo.

CHAP. XII.

41 And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius de-
siring that he would cast out them that were in the
castle in Jerusalem, and those that were in the
strong-holds: because they fought against Israel.

42 And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying : I
will not only do this for thee, and for thy people,
but I will greatly honour thee and thy nation, when
opportunity shall serve.

43 Now therefore thou shaltdo well if thou send
me meu to help me : for all my army is gone from
me.

44 And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant
men to Autioch : and they came to the king; and
the kin}; was very glad of their coming.

43 And they that were of the city assembled
themselves together, to the number of a hundred
and twenty thousand men, and would have killed the
king.

46 And the king fled into the palace : add they
of the city kept the passages of the city, and began
to fight.

47 And the king called the Jews to his assistance :
and they came to him all at once; and they all dis-
persed themselves through the city.

48 And they slew in that day a hundred thousand
men : and they set fire to the city, and got many
spoils that day, and delivered the king.

49 And they that were of the city saw that the
Jews had got the city as they would: and they were
discouraged in their mind, and cried to the king,
making supplication, and saying:

50 Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from
assaulting us, and the city.

51 And they threw down their arms, and made
peace; and the Jews were glorified in the sight of
the king, and in the sightof all that were in his realm,
and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and
returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.

52 So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his
kingdom: and the land was quiet before him.

53 And he falsified all whatsoever he had said,
and alienated himself from Jonathan, and did not
reward him according to the benefits he had receiv-
ed from him, but gave him great trouble.

54 And after this Tryphon returned, and with
him Antiochus the young boy, who was made king,
and put on the diadem.

55 And there assembled unto him all the bands
which Demetrius had sent away: and they fought
against Demetrius, who turned his back, and fled.

56 And Tryphon took the elephants, and made
himself master of Antioch.

57 And young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan,
saying : I confirm thee in the high-priesthood: and
I appoint thee ruler over the four cities, and to be
one of the king's friends.

58 And he sent him vessels of gold for his ser-
vice: and he gave him leave to drink in gold, and to
be clothed in purple, and to wear a golden buckle:

59 And he made his brother Simon governor
from the borders of Tyre even to the confines of
Egypt.

60 Then Jonathan went forth and passed through

the cities beyond the river: and all the forces of Sy-
ria gathered themselves to him to help him: and he
came to Ascalon, and they met him honourably out
of the city.

61 And he went from thence to Gaza : and they
that were in Gaza shut him out: and he besieged it,
and burnt all the suburbs round about, and took the
spoils.

62 And the men of Gaza made supplication to
Jonathan: and he gave them the right hand; and he
took their scflis for hostages, and sent them to Jeru-
salem : and he went through the country as far as
Damascus.

63 And Jonathan heard that the generals of De-
metrius were come treacherously to Cades, which
is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove
him from the affairs of the kingdom :

64 And he went against them, but left his brother
Simon in the country.

65 And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and
assaulted it many days, and shut them up.

66 And they desired him to make peace, and he
granted it them : and he cast them out from thence,
and took the city, and placed a garrison in it.

67 And Jonathan and his army encamped by the
water of Genesar: and before it was light they were
ready in the plain of Asor.

68 And behold, the army of the strangers met
him in the plain; and they laid an ambush for him
in the mountains: but he went out against them.

69 And they that lay in ambush rose out of their
places, and joined battle.

70 And all that were on Jonathan's side fled :
and none was left of them, but Mathathias the son
of Absalom, and Judas the son ofCalphi, chief cap-
tain of the army.

71 And Jonathan rent his garments, and cast
earth upon his head, and prayed.

72 And Jonathan turned again to them to battle :
and he put them to flight ; and they fought.

73 And they of his part that fled saw this; and
they turned again to him; and they all with him
pursued the enemies even to Cades to their own
camp ; and they came even thither.

74 And there fell of the aliens in that day three
thousand men : and Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.

CHAP. XII.

Jonathan renews his league with the Romans and Lacedemonians.
The forces of Demetrius flee away from him. He is deceived
and made prisoner by Tryphon.

\ ND Jonathan saw that the time served him :
-^*- and he chose certain men, and sent them to
Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with
them :

2 And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to othei
places, according to the same form.

3 And "they went to Rome, and entered into the
senate-house, and said: Jonathan the high-priest,
and the nation of the Jews have sent us to lenew
the amity and alliance, as it was before.

4 And they gave them letters to their governore
in every place, to conduct them into the lan.J of Ju
da with peace.

766

I. MACTIABEEs
letters which Jona

6 And this is a copy of the
than w rote to the .Spartans :

6 JONATHAN the hidi-priest. and the ancients of
tic nation, ami the pi icsts. and the rest of the people
of the Jews, to t lie Spartans, their brethren, {greeting.

7 There were letters sent long ago to Onias the
high-priesi from Arius who reigned then among
you, to signify that yon are onr brethren, as the
OOP] here underwritten, doth specify

ambassador w ith ho-
there was

8 Ami Onias rec ei ved the

nour : ami received the letters, wherein
mention made of the alliance and ainitv.

9 We, though we needed none of these things,
having tor our comfort the holy books that are in MM
hands,

10 Chose rather to send to you to renew the bro-
theihood and fiiendship, lest we should become
strangers to you altogether : for there is a long
time passed since you sen; to n>.

11 We therefore at all liases without ceasing.
l>oth in our festivals, and oilier davs wherein it is

ivenieut, remember von in the sacrifices that we
offer, and in our observances, as il is meet ami be-
coming to remember brethren.

1J \nd we rejoice at v our dory.

13 But We have had many troubles and wars on
every side ; and the kings that are round about us,
have fought against ns.

1 I But we would not be troublesome to you, nor
to the ri si of our allies and friends in these wars.

15 For we have had help from heaven : and we
have been delivered, and our enemies are humbled.

16 We have chosen therefore Numenius thi

ol Aiitio< Inis, and Aniipat.er the son of Jason, and
have sent them to the Romans to renew with them
the former amity and alliance.

17 And we have commanded them to en also to
you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our let-
ters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.

18 And now noii shall do well to give us an an-
swer hereto.

19 And this is the copy of the letter which lu-
had sent to Onias:

20 A nits king of the Spartans to Onias the high-
priest, irMiiif,

21 It is found in writing concerning the Spartans
and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they
are ofthe stock of Abraham.

22 And now sine, this is eome to our know ledge,
you do well to write to us of v our prosperity.

23 And we also have written back to von, That
our cattle, and our possessions, are vouis ; and vours,
ours. We therefore have commanded t hut these
things should be told you.

24 Now Jonathan heard that the generals of

Penetrius were come again with a greater army
than before, to ti- lit against him.

So he went out from Jerusalem, and met
them in the land o| Amaih : for he BBJfl them no
time to enter into his country.

26 And he sent spies into their camp : and thev
came back, and brought him word that tin-} design-
ed to come upon them in the night.

27 And when the sun was set, Jonathan com-
manded his men to watch, and to be hi arms all
night long r< adv to tight : and he set sentinels round
about the camp.

•ad the enemies heard that Jonathan and
his men were ready lor battle : and thev wen- struck
with fear and dread in their heart : and thev kin-
dled fires in their camp.

29 lint Jonathan and they that were with him,
knew it not till the morning : forthey saw the lights
burning.

30 And Jonathan pursued after them, but over-
took them not: forthey had passed the river Kleu-
therus.

31 And Jonathan turned opon the Arabians that
are called Xahadeans: and he defeated them, ami
took the s|H>i|s ol them.

32 And he went forward, and came to Damas-
cus, and pissed through all that country.

S3 Simon also went forth, and came as far as
tacalou, and the neighbouring fortn sses ; and he
turned aside tojoppe, and took |K>ssession of it.

31 (For he heard that they designed to deliver the
hold to them that took part with Demetrius) and he
put a garrison there to keep it.

So And Jonathan came back, and called together
the ancients of the people: and he took a resolution
with them to build fortresses inJudea:

36 And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise
a mount between the castle and the city, to separate
il from the city, that so it night have no communi-
cation, and that they might neither buy nor sell.

37 And thev came together to build up the cit\ :
lor the wall that was upon the brook towards The
east was hioken down j and he repaired that which
is called Caphetetha :

I And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and for-
tified it, and set up gates and bars.

39 Now when Tivphon had conceived a design
to make himself king of Asia, ami to take the crow n,
and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus:

40 Fearing lest Jonathan would not snfTei him,
but would fight against him : he sought to seize BfJ OU
him, and to kill him. So he rose up, and came to
Beihsan.

41 And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty
thousand BUM chosen for battle, and canieto BethsBR.

42 .Now when Tivphon saw that Jonathan came
with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his
hand against him.

43 But received him with honour, and commend-
ed him to all his friends, and gave him presents:
and he commanded his troops to obey him, BS hims el f.

4V And he said to Jonathan : Why hast thou
troubled all the |>eople, whereas we have no war 3

45 Now therefore send them back to their own
houses : and choose thee a few men that may he
with thee, and come with me to I'loleinais : and I
will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the stioug
holds, and the army, and all that have any chat,
and 1 will return and go awav : fortius is the cause
oi niv coming.

46 And Jonathan believed him, and did as he said;

CHAP. XIII.

and sent away his army : and they departed into the
laud of .hula :

47 But lie kept with him three thousand men :
of whom he seal two thousand into Galilee, and one
thousand went with him.

48 Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptole-
mais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates of the eity,
and took him : and all them that came in with him,
they slew with the sword.

49 Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen in-
to Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all
Jonathan's eompanv.

50 But they, when they understood that Jonathan
and all that were with him were taken and slain,
encouraged one another, and wentout ready for battle.

51 Then they that had come after them, seeing
that they stood lor their lives, returned back.

52 Whereupon they all came peaceably into the
landofJuda. And they bewailed Jonathan, and
them that had been with him, exceedingly : and Is-
rael mourned with great lamentation.

53 Then all the heathens that were round about
them, sought to destroy them. For they said :

54 They have no prince, nor any to help them:
now therefore let us make war upon them, and take
away the memory of them from amongst men.

CHAP. Xill.

Simon is made captain general in the room of his brother. Jo-
nathan is slain by Tryphon. Simon is favoured by Demetrius :
he taketh Gaza, and the castle of Jerusalem.

"1VIOVV Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering
-*- * together a very great army, to invade the land
of Juda, and to destroy it.

2 And seeing that the people was in dread, and in
fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the
people :

3 And exhorted them, saying: You know what
great battles I and my brethren, and the house of
my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanc-
tuary, and the distresses that we have seen :

4 By reason whereof all my brethren have lost
tlveir lives lor Israel's sake, and 1 am left alone.

5 And now far be it from me to spare my life in any
time ot trouble : for I am not better than my brethren.

6 I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary,
and our children, and wives: for all the heathens
are gathered togethertodestroy us outof mere malice.

7 And the spirit of the people was enkindled as
soon as they heard these words :

8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying :
Thou art our leader in the place of Judas, and Jo-
nathan thy brother :

9 Fight thou our battles : and we will do whatso-
ever thou shalt say to us.

10 So gathering together all the men of war, he
made haste to finish all the walls of Jerusalem : and
he fortified it round about.

1 1 And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and
with him a new army into Joppe : and he cast out
them that were in it, and himself remained there.

12 And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a
great army, to mvade the land of Juda: and Jona-
than was with him in custody.

13 But Simon pitched in Addus, over-against
the plain.

14 And when Tryphon understood that Simon
was risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan,
and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent
messengers to him,

15 Saying: We have detained thy brother Jo-
nathan for the money that be owed in the king's
account, by reason of the affairs which he had the
management of.

, 16 But now send a hundred talents of silver,
and his two sons for hostages, that when he is set
at liberty, he may not revolt from us; and we will
release him.

17 Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully
to him; nevertheless he ordered the money and the
children to be sent: lest he should bring upon him-
self a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might
have said :

18 Because he sent not the money, and the chil-
dren, therefore is he lost.

19 So he sent the children, and the hundred ta-
lents: and he lied, and did not let Jonathan go.

20 And after this Tryphon entered within the
country to destroy it: and they went about by the
way that leadeth to Ador: and Simon and his army
marched to every place whithersoever they went.*

21 And they that were in the castle, sent mes-
sengers to Tryphon, that he should make haste to
come through the desert, and send them victuals.

22 And Tryphon made ready all his horsemen
to come that night : but there fell a very great snow,
and he came not into the country of Galaad.

23 And when he approached toBascama, he slew
Jonathan and his sons there.

24 And Tryphon returned, and went into his
own country.

25 And Simon sent and took the bones of Jo-
nathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the
city of his fathers.

26 And all Israel bewailed him with great la*
mentation: and they mourned for him many days.

27 And Simon built over the sepulchre of it is
father and of bis brethren, a building Jolty to the
sight, of polished stone behind and before.

28 And he set up seven pyramids one against
another, for his father, and his mother, and his four
brethren :

29 And round about these he set great pillars;
and upon the pillars arms for a perpetual memory;
and by the arms ships carved, which might be seen
by all that sailed on the sea.

30 This is the sepulchre that he made in Modin
even unto this day.

31 But Tryphon, when he was upon a journey with
the young king Antiochus, treacherously slew him.

32 And he reigned in his place, and put on the
crown olAsia; and brought great evils upon the land.

33 And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea,
fortifying them with high towers, and great walls,

* Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went; that
K « hill.ersoever Tryphon and his horsemen went, in order to oppose

1 tilt in.

767

I. MACHABFT.s.

and gates, and bars: and he stored up victual in
th» fortresses.

34 Ami Simon chose men, and sent to king
Demetrius, to the end that he should grant M
immunity to the land: for all that Tryphon did

u.in io spoil.

35 And kin:; Demetrius, in answer to this n quest,

w RMi I letter in this uiannei :

36 Kim; Demetrius to Simon the high-pin -i.
and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the
nation ol the .lews, greeting. j

37 The golden inmn, and the palm, which you
sent, we have received: and we are ready to make
a firm peace with von, and to write to the kinds
chief officers to release you the things that WC h.ivt

released.

38 For all that we have decreed in your favour
shall stand in force. The strong holds that vou
hive limit, shall be your own.

39 And as for any oversight or fault committed
unto this day, we forgive it. and the crown which
you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Je-
rusalem, now let it not he taxed.

40 And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among
ours, let them be enrolled; and let there be peace
between us.

41 In the year one hundred and seventy the yoke
of the (ientiles was taken olffrom Israel.

18 And the people of Israel began to write in
the instruments and public records, The first year
under Simon the high-priest, the great captain, and
prince of the Jew s.

43 In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and
cani|M'd round about it: and he made engines, and
set them to the city: and he struck one tower,
and took it.

41 And they that were within the engine leapt
into the city: and there was a great uproarinthecity.

45 And they that were in the city went up with
their wives and children upon the wall with their
garments rent : and they cried with a loud voice,

Khinf Simon to grant them peace.

46 And they said: Deal not with us according
to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy.

47 And Simon btiaf moved, did not destroy
them: hut yet he east them out of the city, and
cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols:
and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing tin 1
Lord:

48 And having cast out of it all uncleanncss, he

R laced in it men th.it should oliserve the law: and
fortified it, and made it his habitation.

49 But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem
were hindered from going out and coming into the
counirv. and from buying and telling: and the)
were straitened with hunger; and maiiv of them
perished through famine.

50 And the] cried to Simon for peace: and he
granted it to them : and he cast them out from thence,
and cleansed die castle from micleanne.sse.s.

51 And they entered into it on the three and twen-
tieth dav of the second month, in the vear one hun-
dred and seventy-one, with t ha nksgiv ing.and branches

708

of palm-trees. and harps, and rynibals,and psaltetTr*,
and hymns, and canticles ; because the great enemy
was destroyed out of Israel.

62 And he ordained that these days should be
kepi every vear with dadness.

53 And lie fortified the mountain of the temple
that was near the castle: and he dwelt there him-
self, and they that were with him.

54 And Simon saw that John his son was a va-
liant man for war: and he made him captain of all
the forces: and he dwelt in tia/.ara.

CHAP. XIV.

Demetriut is taken by the king qf Persia. Jurirajlovrishe* vn-
drr thr government of Simon.

IN the year one hundred and seventy-two. king

Demetrius assembled his army, and went into

Media to cet him succours to fight against Tryphon.

2 And Arsaces the king of Persia and .Media
heard that Demetrius was entered within bwbotd ew i
and he sent one of his princes to take him alive, and
bring him to him.

3 And he went, and defeated the army of De-
metrius : and took him, and brought him to Arsa-
ces ; and he put him into custody.

4 And all the land of Juda was at rest all the
days of Simon: and he sought the good of his na-
tion: and his power and his glory pleased them
well all AM days.

5 And with all his glory he took Joppe for a ha-
ven, and Bade an entrance to the isles of the sea.

6 And he enlarged the bounds of his nation and
made himself master of the country.

7 And he gathered together a great numlx-r of
captives, and had the dominion of (iazaia. and of
Methsura, and of the castle: and took away all un-
eleaniK ss out of it : and there was none that resist-
ed him.

8 And every man tilled his land with peace : and
the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees
of the fields their fruit.

9 The ancient men sat all in thestreets, and treat-
ed together of the good things of the land; and the
young men put on them glory, and the rolx-s of war.

10 And he provided victuals for the cities: and he
appointed that they should be furnished with am-
munition, so that the fame of bis glorj was renown-
ed even to the end of the earth.

11 He made peace in the laud, and Israel rejoic-
ed with great joy.

12 And every man sat under his vine, and under
his fig-tree: and there was none to make him afraid.

13 There was none left in the land to fight
against them: kings were discomfited in those dav s.

14 \nd he strengthened all those ofhis people that
were brought low : and lie sought the law, and took
aw av every unjust and wicked man.

15 lie glorified the sanctuary, and multiplied the
vessels of the holy plscos.

16 And it was heard at Home, and as far as Sparta,
that Jonathan was dead: and they were verv sorry.

17 But when tlnv heard that Simon his brother was
made high priest in his place, and was possessed ol
all the country, and the cities therein :

CHAP. XV.

18 They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew
the friendship and alliance which they had made
with Judas and with Jonathan his brethren.

19 And they were read before the assembly in
Jerusalem. And this is the copy of the letters that
the Spartans sent.

20 The Princes and the cities of the Spartans
to Simon the high priest, and to the ancients, and
the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews,
their brethren, greeting.

21 The ambassadors that were sent to our peo-
ple, have told us of your glory, and honour, and
joy : and we rejoiced at their coming.

22 And we registered what was said by them in
the councils of the people in this manner : Nume-
nius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son- of
Jason, ambassadors of the Jews, came to us to re-
new the former friendship with us.

23 And it pleased the people to receive the men
honourably, and to put a copy of their words in the
public records, to be a memorial to the people of the
Spartans. And we have written a copy of them to
Simon the high priest.

24 And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome,
with a great shield of gold, of the weight of a thou-
sand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And
when the people of Rome had heard

25 These words, they said : What thanks shall
we give to Simon, and his sons ? <

26 For he hath restored his brethren, and hath
driven away in fight the enemies of Israel from them :
and they decreed him liberty, and registered it in
tables of brass, and set it upon pillars in mount Sion.

27 And this is a copy of the writing: The eigh-
teenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hun-
dred and seventy-two, being the third year under
Simon the high priest at Asaramel,

28 In a great assembly of the priests, and of the
people, and the princes of the nation, and the an-
cients of the country, these things were notified :
Forasmuch as there have often been wars in our
country,

29 And Simon the son of Mathathias of the chil-
dren of Jarib, and his brethren, have put themselves
in danger, and resisted the enemies of their nation,
for the maintenance of their holy places, and the
law ; and have raised their nation to great glory.

30 And Jonathan gathered together his nation,
and was made their high priest ; and he was laid to
his people.

31 And their enemies desired to tread down and
destroy their country, and to stretch forth their
hands against their holy places.

32 Then Simon resisted and fought for his na-
tion, and laid out much of his money, and armed
the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages :

33 And he fortified the cities of Judea, and Beth-
sura that lieth in the borders of Judea, where the
armour of the enemies was before: and he placed
there a garrison of Jews.

34 And he fortified Joppe which lieth by the sea ;

and Gazara, which bordereth upon Azotus, wherein

the enemies dwelt before, and he placed Jews here :

& E

and furnished them with all things convenient foi
their reparation.

35 And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and
to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made
him their prince, and high priest; because he had
done all these things, and for the justice, and faith,
which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought
by all means to advance his people.

36 And in his days things prospered in his hands,
so that the heathens were taken away out of their
country; and they also that were in the city of Da-
vid in Jerusalem in the castle, out of which they is-
sued forth, and profaned all places round about the
sanctuary, and did much evil to its purity.

37 And he placed therein Jews for the defence of
the country, and of the city ; and he raised up the
walls of Jerusalem.

38 And king Demetrius confirmed him in the
high priesthood.

39 According to these things he made him his
friend, and glorified him with great glory.

40 For he had heard that the Romans had call-
ed the Jews their friends, and confederates, and
brethren, and that they had received Simon's am-
bassadors with honour:

41 And that the Jews and their priests had con-
sented that he should be their prince, and high priest
for ever, till there should arise a faithful prophet:

42 And that he should be chief over them, and
that he should have the charge of the sanctuary, and
that he should appoint rulers over their works, and
over the country, and over the armour, and over the
strong-holds:

43 And that he should have care of the holy
places: and that he should be obeyed by all, and
that all the writings in the country should be made
in his name: and that he should be clothed with
purple and gold :

44 And that it should not be lawful for any ot
the people, or of the priests, to disannul any of these
things, or to gainsay his words, or to call together an
assembly in the country without him : or to be
clothed with purple, or to wear a buckle of gold.

45 And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall
make void any of these things, shall be punished.

46 And it pleased all the people to establish Si-
mon, and to do according to these words.

47 And Simon accepted thereof, and was wek
pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood,
and to be captain and prince of the nation of the
Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.

48 And they commanded that this writing should
be put in tables of brass, and that they should bf
set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a con
spicuous place :

49 And that a copy thereof should be put in the
treasury, that Simon and his sons may have it.

CHAP. XV.

Antiochus son of Demetrius honours Simon. The Romans write.
to divers nations in favour of the Jews. Antiochus quarri Is
icilh Simon, and send* troops to annoy him.

\ ND king Antiochus the son of Demetrius sent
J -~*- letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the

769

I. MACIIABEES
t, :in>l prince of the nation of th and la

all tin- prank :

.' \nd tin- contents were these : KlHO \ntiochus
to Simon i : ie high priest, anil to the nation of the

Jews, greeting:

3 Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurp-
ed the kingdom of our fathers, ami mv purpose istO
challenge tin- kingdom, ami to restore it to its for-
mer estate; ami I have chosen a great army, ami
have built -hips of war ;

4 Ami I design to bo through the country, that I

may take revenge of them that ha\e destroyed our
COUBtry, and that have made many cities desolate in
mv realm.

.') Now ther e fore I confirm unto thee all the ob-
lations which all the kings before me remitted to
thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to
thee :

\nd I give thee leave to coin thy own money
in thy country.

~i \mi let Jerusalem he bob and free ; and all
the armour that hath been made, and the fortresses
which thou hast built, and which thou keepest in
hands, id them remain to thee.

8 And all that is due to the king, and what should
be the kind's hereafter, from this present and for
ever, is forgiven tin

!• \iid when we shall have recovered our king-
dom, we will idorifv thee, and thy nation, and the
temple with great glory ; so that your glory shall be
made manifest in all the earth.

10 In the year one hundred and seventy-four
Antioclnis entered into the land of his fathers, and
all the forces assembled to him ; so that few were
left with Trypnon.

1 1 And king Antiochus pursued after him, and
he Bed along by the sea coast, ami came to Dora.

12 lor he perceived that evils were gathered to-
gether upon him, and his troops bad forsaken him.

13 And Antiochus camped above Dora with a
hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight
thousand horsemen:

14 And he invested the city; and the ships drew
near by sea: and they amoved the city by land, and
b\ sea, and suffered none to come in, or to go out.

15 And Nuinenius. and they that had been with
him. cime from the city of Rome, having letters
written to the kings and countries, the contents
whereof were tht

16 Lucius the consul of the Romans, to king

Ptolemee,* greeting.

17 The smbassadorsofthe .lew sour friends came

to ii-, to renew the former friend-hip and alliance.
being sent from Simon the high priest, and the peo-
ple of the .lews.

\nd they brought also a shield of gold of a
thousand pound-.

I!> It bath seemed good therefore to us to write
to the kin.s, and countries, thai they should do them
no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or

• Vtaltmtt. Surname*! I'hyiton, brollir r an.l racceMor to I'kUtwulor.
f jillilut. k< \ rniin : Ana'

king of < apju.! i

irvl Antra wa» kintr •<( thr Pae

countries; and that they should give no aid to them
that fight auainst them.

20 And it hath seemed good to us to receive the
shield of them.

21 If therefore any pestilent men are Bed out of

theircountry to you, deliver them to Simon the high
priest, that he may punish them accordingto their law.
! These same things were written to king De-
metrius, and to Attalus,t and to Ariarathes, ami to
Ai-a

23 And to all the countries: and to LampsaCttS,
and to the Spartans, and to Delus, and Myndus,
and Sicvon, and ('aria, and Sanius, and Pamphylia,
and Lycia, and Alicarnassus, and Cos, and Side,
and AradtiSj and Rhodes, and Phaselis, and Gorty-
na. ami (inidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.

2i And they wrote a cony thereof to Simon the
high-priest} and to the people of the Jews.

25 Hut king Antiochus moved his camp to Dora
the second time, assaulting it continually, and ma-
king engines: and he shut up Tryphon, that he could
not go out.

26 And Simon sent to him two thousand chosen
men to aid him, silver also, and gold, and abundance
of furniture.

27 And hewotdd not receive them, but broke all
the covenant that he had made with him before, and
alienated himself from him.

28 And he sent to him Atheuohius one of his
friends, to treat with him, saying: You hold Jonpe,
and ( ia/.ara. and the castle that is in Jerusalem,
which are cities of my kingdom ;

29 Their borders you have wasted ; and you have
made great havoc, in the land, and have got the do-
minion of many places in my kingdom.

30 Now therefore deliver up the cities that you
have taken, and the tributes of the places whereof
you have gotten the dominion w ithout the borders
of Judea.

31 But if not, give me for them five hundred ta-
lents of silver, and for the havoc that you have made,
and the tributes of the cities other five hundred ta-
lents: or else we will come and fight against you.

32 So Athenobius the king's friend came to Je-
rusalem, and saw the glory of Simon and his pa

ii i licence in gold, and silver, and his great equipage:
and he was astonished, and told him the king's
words.

33 And Simon answered him, and said to him :
We have neither taken other men's land, neither do
we hold that which is other men's; but the inherit-
ance of our fathers, which was for some time un-
justlv possessed by our enemies.

34 But we having opportunity claim the inherit-
ance of our fathers.

35 And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe
and Gaaara, they did great harm to the people, and
to our country: in i for these we w ill give a hundred

talent-. Ami Athenobius answ ered him not a word:

36 But returning in a rage to the kin::, mad. i
port to him of these words, ami of the glory oi

Simon, and of all that he had seen: and the kin;;
• dim angrv.

CHAP. XVI.

37 And Tryphon fled away by ship to Orthosias

38 And the kins appointed Cendebeus captain of
the sea coast, and gave him an army of footmen
and horsemen.

39 And he commanded him to march with his
army towards Judea : and he commanded him to
build up Gedor, and to fortify the gates of the city,
and to war against the people. But the king him-
self pursued after Tryphon.

40 And Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began
to provoke the people, and to ravage Judea, and to
take the people prisoners, and to kill, and to build
Gedor.

41 And he placed there horsemen, and an army ;
that they might issue forth, and make incursions
upon the ways of Judea, as the king had com-
manded him.

CHAP. XVI.

The sons of Simon defeat the troops of Antiochus. Simon, with
two of his sons, are treacherously murdered by Ptolemee his
son-in-law.

r THJEN John* came up from Gazara, and told
•*- Simon his father what Cendebeus had done
against their people.

2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas
and John, and said to them : I and my brethren,
and my father's house, have fought against the ene-
mies of Israel from our youth even to this day : and
things have prospered so well in our hands that we
have delivered Israel oftentimes.

3 And now I am old : but be you instead of me,
and my brethren : and go out, and fight for our
nation : and the help from heaven be with you.

4 Then he chose out of the country twenty thou-
sand fighting men, and horsemen : and they went
forth against Cendebeus ; and they rested in Modin.

5 And they arose in the morning, and went into
the plain: and behold, a very great army of foot-
men and horsemen came against them : and there
was a running river between them.

6 And hef and his people pitched their camp
over-against them; and he saw that the people were
afraid to go over the river ; so he went over first :
then the men seeing him, passed over after him.

7 And he divided the people, and set the horse-
men in the midst of the footmen: but the horsemen
of the enemies were very numerous.

8 And they sounded the holy trumpets : and
Cendebeus and his army were put to flight : and
there fell many of them wounded, and die rest fled
into the strong-hold.

9 At that time Judas John's brother was wound-
ed : but John pursued after them, till he came to
Cedron,J which he had built :

* Jvhn. He was afterwards surnamed Hircanus, and succeeded
bis father in both his dijrnities of high priest and prince. He con-
quered the Edomites, and obliged them to a conformity with the Jews
in religion ; and destroyed the schismatical temple of the Samaritans.

10 And they fled even to the towers that were in
the fields of Azotus : and he burnt them with fire.
And there fell of them two thousand men ; and he
returned into Judea in peace.

1 1 Now Ptolemee the son of Abobus was ap-
pointed captain in the plain of Jericho : and he had
abundance of silver and gold,

12 For he was son-in-law of the high priest.

13 And his heart was lifted up; and he design-
ed to make himself master of the country : and he
purposed treachery against Simon and his sons, to
destroy them.

14 Now Simon as he was going through the
cities that were in the country of Judea, and taking
care for the good ordering of them, went down to
Jericho, he and Mathathias and Judas his sons, in
the year one hundred and seventy-seven, the ele-
venth month : the same is the month Sabath.

15 And the son of Abobus received them deceit-
fully into a little fortress, that is called Doch, which
he had built : and he made them a great feast, and
hid men there.

16 And when Simon and his sons had drunk
plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up, and took
their weapons, and entered into the banqueting-
place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some
of his servants.

17 And he committed a great treachery in Israel,
and rendered evil for good.

18 And Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent
to the king that he should send him an army to aid
him ; and he would deliver him the country, and
their cities, and tributes.

19 And he sent others to Gazara to kill John :
and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him,
and that he would give them silver, and gold,
and gifts.

20 And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and
the mountain of the temple.

21 Now one running before, told John in Gaza-
ra, that his father and his brethren were slain, and
that he hath sent men to kill thee also.

22 But when he heard it, he was exceedingly
afraid : and he apprehended the men that came to
kill him: and he put them to death : for he knew
that they sought to make him away.

23 And as concerning the rest of the acts of John,
and his wars, and the worthy deeds which he brave-
ly achieved, and the building of the walls, which he
made, and the things that he did :

24 Behold, these are written in the book of the
days of his priesthood, from the time that he was
made high priest after his father.

+ He, viz. John.

J Cedron. Otherwise called Gedor, the city that Cendebeus wu
fortifying;.

T71

THE

SECOND BOOK OF MACHABEES.

The second book of M - : ben it not a continuation of the hit-
tory container! in the jirtt ; nor elort it come down to low as
the first <t. a - ; but relates many of the tame factt more at large,
and add* other remarkable partieulart, omitted in the fir tt
book, relating to the ttate of the Jews, at well before at under
the persecution o/Antiodius. The author, who it not the tame
tnth that of thefirtt book, has given (a* we learn from chap.
ii. 20, &c.)atho'rt abstract of what Jason o/Cyrene had, cut-
t<n in the five volumes concerning Judas and hit brethren.
lie mrtH "i <>i i'k, and begins with two letttrt,sent by the
Jews of Jt rusalem to their brethren in Egypt.

CHAP. I.

l.ftters of the Jews of Jerusalem to them that were in Egypt.
They give thank* for their delivery from Antiochut : and ex-
hort their brethren to keep the feutt of the dedication of the
altar, and if the miraculous fire.

TO the brethren, the Jews that are throughout
Egypt, the br e th ren, the Jews that are in Jeru-
salem, and in the land of Judca, send health, and
good peace.

J Mi\ God be gracious to you, and remember
his covenant that he made with Abraham, and Isaac,
.Hid Jacob, his faithful servants:

3 And pre yon all a heart to worship him, and
to do his will with a great heart, and a willing mind.

4 May he open your heart in his law and in his
commandments, and send you peace.

5 May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled
unto von, and never forsake you in the evil time.

6 And in>w here we are praying for you.

7 \Yh.n I )enn trius reigned, in the year one hun-
dred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you, in the
trouble, and violence, that came upon us in those

ifter Jason withdrew himself from the holy
land, and from the kingdom.

:: Tiny burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood:
then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and
we offered sacrifices, ;md fine flour, and lighted the
lamp*, and vet forth the loaves.

9 And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia*
in the month of Cash u.

10 In the year one hundred and eighty-eidit.
the people thai hi at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and
the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor
of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the
anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt,
health and welfare.

11 Haying been delivered by God out of great
riangt i-. we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we

i in \\;ir with such a king.f
I 2 For lie made numbers of men swarm out of

• BuntftgU. rix. The EnetnU, or feast of the dedication of the
altar, called here Seennptgia, or feast of Uhernacta, (rota being cele-
brated with the lil*«- wilemnitv.

f Bmtk a king, rix. jtaKocaai Bulttit, who began to make war upon
the Jews, whilst Simon wa» yet alire, 1 Jtfeds. XT. 39. And after-
ward* besieged Jerusalem under John /ArcssMtf. So that the Judat
here mentioned, rer. 10. is not Judm Mthmtnu, who was dead long
before the rear 188 of the kingdom of the Greeks ; for he died in Km
rear 1 46 of that epoch, tmm above, I JSaca. chap. ii. rer. 70, alto the

77»

Persia that have fought against ns, and the holvcity.

13 Eor when the leader himself was in Persia,
and with him a \ei\ great army, lie fell in the tem-
ple of i\aiiea,t being decehed by the counsel of the
priests of Nanca.

14 For Antiocbus with his friends, came to the
place as though he would marry her, and that lie
might receive great sums of money under the title
of a dow ry.

15 And when the priests of Nanea had set it
forth, and he with a small company had entered
into the compass of die temple, they shut the tem-
ple,

16 When Antiocbus was come in: and opening
a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and
slew the leader, and them that were with him. and
hewed them in pieces : and cutting off their heads
they threw them forth.

17 Blessed be God in all things, who hath de-
livered up the wicked.

151 Therefore whereas we purpose to keep the
purification of the temple on the five and twentieth
day of the month of Casleu, we thought it necessary
to signify it to you ; that you also may keep the
day of Scenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was
given when Nehemias offered sacrifice, after the
temple and the altar was built.

19 For when our fathers were led into Persia,^
the priests that then were worshippers of God, took
privately the lire from the altar, and hid it in a val-
ley where there was a deep pit without water: and
there they kept it safe, so that the place was un-
known to all men.

20 But when many years had passed, and it
pleased God that Nehemias should be sent by the
king of Persia, he sent some of the posterity of
those priests that had hid it, to seek for the fire :
and as they told us, they found no fire, but thick
water.

21 Then he bade them draw it up, and brine; it
to him : and the priest Nehemias commanded the
sacrifices that were laid on, to be sprinkled with
the same water, both the wood, and the things that
were laid upon it.

22 And win n this was done, and the time came
that the sun shone out. which before was inacloud,
there was a great fire kindled, so that all wondered.

23 And all the priests made prayer, while the
sacrifice was consilium:;. Jonathan beginning, and
the rest answering.

note on chaji. i. rer S.) but cither Judat the eldest son of John IJirtm-
nut, or Judtu the Ettent, renowned for the gift of prophecy, who flou-
rished about that lime.

t AWa. A Persian goddess, which some bare taken for Diana,
others for rVimi.

t Persia. Babylonia, called ben Persia, from being afterwards •
part of the Persian empire.

CHAP. II.

24 And the prayer of Nehemias was after this
manner : O Lord God creator of all things, dread-
ful and strong, just and merciful, who alone artthe
good king,

25 Who alone art gracious, who alone art just,
and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel
from all evil, who didst choose the fathers, and didst
sanctify them :

26 Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel,
and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.

27 Gather together our scattered people ; deli-
ver them that are slaves to the gentdes, and look
upon them that are despised and abhorred : that
the gentiles may know that thou art our God.

28 Punish them that oppress us, and that treat
us injuriously with pride.

29 Establish thy people in thy holy place, as
Moses hath spoken.

30 And the priests sung hymns till the sacrifice
was consumed.

31 And when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehe-
mias commanded the water that was left to be pour-
ed out upon the great stones.

32 Which being done, there was kindled a flame
from them : but it was comsumed by the light that
shined from the altar.

33 And when this matter became public, it was
told to the king of Persia, that in the place where
the priests that were led away, had hid the fire,
there appeared water, with which Nehemias and
they that were with him had purified the sacrifices.

34 And the king considering, and diligently ex-
amining the matter, made a temple* for it, that he
might prove what had happened.

35 And when he had proved it, he gave the priests
many goods and divers presents ; and he took and
distributed them to them with his own hand.

36 And Nehemias called this place Nephthar,
which is interpreted purification. But many call it
Nephi.

CHAP. II.

A continuation of the second letter. Of Jeremias's hiding the
ark at the time of the captivity. The author^' preface.

NOW it is found in the descriptions! of Jeremias
the prophet, that he commanded them that
went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been
signified, and how he gave charge to them that
were carried away into' captivity :

2 And how he gave them the law that they
should not forget the commandments of the Lord,
and that they should not err in their minds, seeing
the idols of gold and silver, and the ornaments of
them.

3 And with other such like speeches, he exhort-
ed them that they would not remove the law from
their heart.

4 It vvas also contained in the same writing, how
the prophet, being warned by God, commanded
that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany

* A temple. That is, an enclosure or a wall round about the place
where the fire was hid, to separate it from profane uses, to the end
that it might be respected as a holy place

him, till he came forth to the mountain where Mo-
ses went up, and saw the inheritance of God.

5 And when Jeremias came thither, he found a
hollow cave : and he carried in thither the taber-
nacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so
stopped the door.

6 Then some of them that followed him, came
up to mark theplace:but they could not find it.

7 And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed
them, saying : The place shall be unknown, till God
gather together the congregation of the people,
and receive them to mercy.

8 And then the Lord will show these things, and
the majesty of the Lord shall appear : and there shall
be a cloud as it was also showed to Moses, and he
showed it when Solomon prayed that the place
might be sanctified to the great God.

9 For he treated wisdom in a magnificent man-
ner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of
the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.

10 And as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire
came down from heaven and consumed the holo-
caust : so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down
from heaven and consumed the holocaust.

1 1 And Moses said : Because the sin-offering
was not eaten, it was consumed.

12 So Solomon also celebrated the dedication
eight days.

13 And these same things were set down in the
memoirs and commentaries of Nehemias : and how
he made a library, and gathered together out of the
countries, the books both of the prophets, and of
David, and the epistles of the kings, and concerning
the holy gifts.

14 And in like manner Judas also gathered toge-
ther all such things as were lost by the war we had ,
and they are in our possession.

15 Wherefore if you want these things, send some
that may fetch them to you.

16 As we are then about to celebrate the purifi-
cation! we have written unto you : and you shall do
well, if you keep the same days.

17 And we hope that God who hath delivered his
people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance,
and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the
sanctuary,

18 As he promised in the law, will shortly have
mercyupon us, and will gather us togetherfrom every
land under heaven into the holy place.

19 For he hath delivered us out of great perils,
and hath cleansed the place.

20 Now as concerning Judas Machabeus, and
his brethren, and the purification of the great tem-
ple, and the dedication of the altar;

21 As also the wars against Antiochus the Illus-
trious, and his son Eupator ;

22 And the manifestations that came from heaven
to them, that behaved themselves manfully on the
behalf of the Jews, so that being but a few, they

f The descriptions. That is, the records or memoirs of Jeremias, a
work that is now lost.

\ The purification.' That is, the feast of the purifying or cleansing
of the temple.

773

made themselves masters of the whole country, ami
put to lliihi the barbarous multitude :

23 And recovered again the most reno wn ed t«-iM-
ple in all the world, and delivered the e'u\, and re-
stored the laws thai wen- a b ol i s hed , the Lord with
all clemency showing mercy to diem;

\nd all such things ;is have been comprised in
five books by Jama ofCyraae, are have attempted
to abridge in one l>ook.

I considering the multitude of books, and
the difficulty that tiny find thai desire to under-
take tba narrations ol histories, because of the mul-
titude of the natter,

lYt nave taken care for those indeed that are
willing to read, that it mightbea pleasure of mind :
and for the studious, that they may more easily com-
mit to memory : and that all that read might receive

profit.

\nd m to O Ur a clvci indeed, iii undertaking
this work of abridging, we have taken in hand no
task.* yea rather a business full of watching
and sweat.

28 But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to
satisfy, the will of others ; for the sake of many we
willingly undergo the labour.

! \\\z to the authors the exact handling of
every particular, and as for ourselves, according to
the plan proposed, studying to be brief.

30 For as the master builder of a new house must
have care of the w hole building : but he that taketh

to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorn-
ing of it : mi must it be judged of us.

31 For to collect all that is to be known, to put
the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every
particular point, is the duty of the author ofa history:

32 Hut to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid
nil e declarations of things, is to be granted to him
that makcth an abridgment.

33 Here then we will begin the narration: let
this be enough by way ofa preface: for it is a fool-
ish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short
in the stnrv itself.

CHAP. III.

lfrliodoru* it srnt by king Srlrurut to take away thf trraturet
drjunitcl in thr frm/ilr. llr it struck by tiod, and healed by

thi jiiti high pri

nhHEREFORE when the holy city was inhabit-

-■- ed with all peace, and the laws as yet were
very well kept, because of the fodlinesa of Onias
the high priest, and die hatred hu soul had of evil,

2 It came to pass that even the kings themselves,
anil the princes esteemed the place worthy of the
highest honour, and glorified the temple with very
great gifts :

.; s.,, ghat SeJettCturt kinz of Asia allowed out of
his revenues all the charges belonging to the minis-
trv of the sacrifices.

i But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who
waa appointed overseer of the temple, strove inop-

• Jfb raty Mi*, fcc. The Spirit of fio). that »».i<t» the wrml prn-

. dOM Ml rxrini't tlirm fniin 'ahniir in ««vkinjr -ml tlir matter

which they are to treat of, and the onler and manner in which they

T74

II. MACHABEES.

position to the li'mli priest, to bring about some un

Mist thin^ in the city.

5 And when be could not overcome Onias. he
went to Apnllonius the son of Tharseas. who at

that time was g overnor of Celesyria and Pbenicia.

6 And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem
was full of immense Minis of money, and the com-
mon store was infinite, which did not belong to the

account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible
to bring all into the kind's hands.

7 Now when Apollonius had given the kin:: no-
tice concerning the money that be was told of, be
called for lleliodorus, who had the charge o\. r his
affairs, and sent him with commission to bring him
the foresaid money.

8 So Heliodorus forthwith began bis journey.
under a colour of visiting the cities of Celcsv ria and
Phenicia. but indeed to fulfil the king's purpose.

9 Ann when he was come to Jerusalem, and
had been courteously received in the city by the high
priest, he told him what information had been given
concerning the money; and declared the cause for
which he was come: and asked if these dungs w< re
so indeed.

10 Then the high-priest told him that these were
sums deposited, and provisions for the subsistence of
the widows and the fatherh

11 And that some part of that which wicked
Simon hail given intelligence of, belonged to llir-
cantU son of Tobias, a man of great dignity : and
that the whole was four hundred talents of .silver.
and two hundred of gold.

12 But that to deceive them who had trusted to
the place and temple which is honoured throughout
the whole world, for the reverence and holiness of
it,wasathing which could not by any means be done.

13 But he by reason of the orders he had receiv-
ed from the kin::, said, that by all means the money
must be carried to the king.

14 So on the day he had appointed, lleliodorus
entered in to order this matter. But there was ,„,
small terror throughout the w hole city.

15 And the priests prostrated themselves before
the altar in their priests' restments, BOO called upon
him from heaven, who made the law concerning
things given to be kept, that he would preserve them
safe, for them that had deposited them.

16 Now whosoever saw the countenance of tin-
high priett, Wat WOOnded in heart: for his lace and
the changing of his colour, declared the inward sor-
row of his mind.

17 For the man was so compassed with sadness
and horror of the body, that it was manifest to them
that beheld him, what sorrow he had in his heart.

18 Others also came nocking together out of
their houses, praying and making public suppli

t ion. because the place was like to come into contempt.

19 And the women girded with bain loth about
their breast, came together in the streets. Anil the

»rr in .Irlivrr it. So St. Jjukt writ the gospel, tuning dMrtMtly mlUinti
to all thing: I .like i. \cr. 3.

f Srltunu mm) of Antiochui the great and cl.hr l.r ..tin r of
thus F.fnftumtu

CHAP. IV.

virgins also that were shut up, came forth, some to
Onias. and some to the walls; and others looked
out of the windows.

20 And all holding up their hands towards heaven
made supplication.

21 For the expectation of the mixed multitude,
iiikI of the high priest who was in an agony, would
have moved any one to pity.

t 22 And these indeed called upon Almighty God,
to preserve the things that had been committed to
them, safe and sure for those that had committed
them.

23 But Heliodorus executed that which he had
resolved on, himself being present in the same place
with his guard about the treasury.

24 But the spirit of the Almighty God gave a
great evidence of his presence; so that all that had
presumed to obey him, falling down by the power
of God, were struck with fainting and dread.

25 For there appeared to them a horse with a
terrihle rider upon him, adorned with a very rich
covering: and he ran fiercely and struck Heliodo-
rus with his fore-feet: and he that sat upon him,
seemed to have armour of gold.

26 Moreover there appeared two other young
men beautiful and strong, bright and glorious, and
in comely apparel: who stood by him, on either
side, -and scourged him without ceasing with many
stripes.

27 And Heliodorus suddenly fell to the ground :
and they took him up covered with great darkness :
and having put him into a litter they carried him out.

28 So he that came with many servants, and
all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, was car-
ried out no one being able to help him, the manifest
power of God being known.

29 And he indeed by the power of God lay speech-
less, and without all hope of recovery.

30 But they praised the Lord because he had
glorified his place : and the temple, that a little be-
fore was full of fear and trouble, when the almighty
Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness.

31 1 hen some of the friends of Heliodorus forth-
with begged of Onias, that he would call upon the
Most High to grant him his life, who was ready to
give up the ghost.

32 So the high priest considering that the king
might perhaps suspect that some mischief had been
done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice
of health for the recovery of the man.

33 And when the high priest was praying, the
same young men in the same clothing stood by He-
liodorus, and said to him: Give thanks to Onias
the priest : because for his sake the Lord hath
granted thee life.

34 And thou havingbeen scourged by God, declare
unto all men the great works and the power of God.
And having spoken thus, they appeared no more.

35 So Heliodorus after he had offered a sacrificeto
God, and made great vows to him, that had granted
him lite, and given thanksto Onias, taking his troops
with him, returned to the king.

3G Arid he testified to all men the works of the

great God, which he had seen with his own eves

37 And when the king asked Heliodorus, who
might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Je-
rusalem, he said :

38 If thou hast any enemy, or traitor to thy king-
dom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him
again scourged, if so be he escape : for there is un-
doubtedly in that place a certain power of God.

39 For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens,
is the visiter and protector of that place : and he
striketh and destroyeth them that come todo evil to it.

40 And the things concerning Heliodorus, and
the keeping of the treasury, fell out in this manner.

CHAP. IV.

Onias has recourse to the king. The ambition and wickedness
of Jason and Menelavs. Onias is treacherously murdered.

"DUT Simon, of whom we spoke before, who was
-*-" the betrayer of the money, and of his country,
spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Helio-
dorus, to do these things, and had been the promo-
ter of evils :

2 And he presumed to call him a traitor to the
kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended
his nation, and was zealous for the law of God.

3 But when the enmities proceeded so far, that
murders also were committed by some of Simon's
friends :

4 Onias considering the danger of this contention,
and that Apollonius who was the governor of Ce-
lesyria, and Phenicia, was outrageous, which in-
creased the malice of Simon, went to the king,

5 Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but
with a view to the common good of all the people.

6 For he saw that except the king took care, it
was impossible that matters should be settled in
peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.

7 But after the death of Seleucus, when Antio-
chus who was called the Illustrious, had taken pos-
session of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias
ambitiously sought the high priesthood :

8 And went to the king, promising him three
hundred and sixty talents of silver, and out of other
revenues fourscore talents:

9 Besides this he promised also a hundred and
fifty more, if he might have license to set him up a
place for exercise, and a place for youth, and to en-
title them, that were at Jerusalem, Antiochians.

10 Which when the king had granted, and he
had gotten the rule into his hands, forthwith he be-
gan to bring over his countrymen to the fashion of
the Heathens.

11 And abolishing those things, which had been
decreed of special favour by the kings in behalf of
the Jews, by the means of John the father of that
Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome to make
amity and alliance, he disannulled the lawful ord>
nances of the citizens, and brought in fashions that
were perverse.

12 For he had the boldness to set up, under the
very castle, a place of exercise, and to pat all the
choicest youths in brothel houses.

13 Now this was not the beginning, but an in-
crease and progress of heathenish and foreign man*

II. M\( IIAI'.I.IS.

ners, through the abominable and unheard-of wick-
edness of Jason, that impious wretch and no priest.

I V Insomuch that the priests were not now occu-
pied about the officea of the altar, hut despising the
temple and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be
partakers of the games, and of the unlaw lid allow-
ance thereof, and of the exercise ofthediscua.

15 And setting DOUght by the honours of their fa-
thers, thej eate< med the ( Srecian glories for the l>est:

16 I'or the sake of which thej inctn red a danger-
ous contention, and followed earnestly their ordi-
nances: and in all things they coveted to be like
them, who were their enemies ;ind murderers.

17 For acting wickedly against the laws of God
doth not pass unpunished: but this the time foUoW-

.\ ill declare.

18 Now when the same that was used every
fifth year was kept at T\re, the kins being present.

19 The w icked Jason sent from Jerusalem sinful
men to carry tkree hundred didrnehmas of silver
for the sacrifice of Hercules: but the hearers there-
of d( sired it might not be bestowed on the sacri-
fices, because it was not necessary, but might be
deputed for other charges.

W So the money was appointed by him that sent
it, to the sacrifice Ot Hercules ; hut because of them
that carried it, was employed for the making of
tall.

J I Now when Apollonius the son of Mnestheus
was sent into Egypt to treat with the nobles of king
I'hiloineter. and Antiochus understood that he was
wholly excluded from the affairs of the kingdom.
consilium: his own interest, he departed thence, and
came to Joppe. and from thence to Jerusalem.

Where be was received in a magnificent
manner by Jason, and the city, and came in with
torch-lights, and with praises: and from thence he
returned with his army into Pheoicia.

23 Three years afterwards Jason sent Menelaus
brother of the aforesaid Simon, to carry money to
the king,, and to bring answers from himconccm-
Jlg certain necessary affairs.

JV But he being recommended to the king,
when he had magnified the appearance of his power,
got the high priesthood for himself, by offering more
than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.

25 So having received the kind's mandate, he
returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priest-
hood; but having the mind of a cruel tyrant, and
the rase of a savage beast.

26 Then Jason, who had undermined his own
brother, being himself undermined, was driven out
a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites.

27 So Menelaus got the principality : but as for
he mon.y he had promised to the king betook no

tea Sostratus the governor of the castle call-

r if.

I 'or to him appertained the gathering of the
i : wherefore they were both called before the
kiiic

\ : I Menelaus was removed from the priest-
hood, Lysimachus his brother succeeding; and

: mi. was made governor of the Cj priaiis.
W

30 When these things were in doing, it fell out
that they ofTharsus and Mallos raised a sedition,
because they were given for a gift to Antiochi.s tin-
kind's concubine.

.'■1 The king therefore went in all haste to ap-
pease them, leaving Andronicus one ol his BubleS
for his deputy.

32 Then Menelaus supposing that he had found
a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of
gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus
and others he had sold at T\ re. and in the neigh-
bouring cities :

.!.! Which when Onias understood most certain
ly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe p!
at Antioch beside Daphne.

34 Whereupon Menelaus coming to Aiidronicus
desired him to kill Onias. And he went to Onias,
and gave him his right hand with an oath and
(though he were suspected by him) persuaded him
to come forth out of the sanctuary, and immediately
slew him, without any regard to justice.

35 For which cause not only the Jews, but also
the other nations, conceived indignation, and were
much grieved for the unjust murder of so great a
man.

36 And when the king was come back from the
places of Cilicia, the Jews that were at Antioch, and
also the Greeks went to him ; complaining of the
unjust murder of Onias.

37 Antiochus therefore was grieved in his mind
for OniaSj and being moved to pity, shed tears.
remembering the sobriety and modesty of the de-
ceased.

38 And being inflamed to anger, he comniaudi d
Andronicus to be stripped of his purple, and to be
led about through all the city : and that in the same
place wherein he had committed the impiety against
Onias, the sacrilegious wretch should be put to
death, the Lord repaying him his deserved punish-
ment.

39 Now when many sacrileges had been com-
mitted by Lvsimachus in the temple, by the coun-
sel of Menelaus, and the rumour of it was spread
abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together
i gainst Lysimachus, a great quantity of gold being
already carried away.

40 Wherefore the multitude making an insur-
rection, and their minds being filled with anger,
l.\simachus armed about three thousand men. and
began to use violence, oneTyrnnnus being captain,
a man far gone both in age and in madn<

41 But when they perceived the attempt of Ly-
simachus, some caught up s to n es, aoane strong clubs i
and some threw ashes upon Lysimachus.

42 And many of them wire wounded, and some
struck dou n to the ground; but all were put to flight :
and as for the sacrilegious fellow himself, they slew
him beside the treasury.

43 Now concerning these matters an accusation
was laid against .Menelaus.

44 And when the king was come t" Tyre, three

men were sent from the ancients to plead tin cause
before hi in.

CHAP. V.

45 But Menelaus being convicted, promised
Ptolemee* to give him much money, to persuade
the king to favour him.

46 So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain
court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and
brought him to be of another mind :

47 So Menelaus who was guilty of all the evil,
was acquitted by him of the accusations : and those
poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause
even before Scythians, should have been judged
innocent, were condemned to death.

48 Thus they that prosecuted the cause for the
city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did
soon suffer unjust punishment.

49 Wherefore even the Tyrians being moved
with indignation, were liberal towards their burial.

50 And so through the covetousness of them
that were in power, Menelaus continued in autho-
rity, increasing in malice to the betraying of the
citizens.

CHAP. Y.

Wonderful signs are seen in the air. Jason's wickedness and end.
Antiochus takes Jerusalem.

\ T the same time Antiochus prepared for a se-
■*■*- cond journey into Egypt.

2 And it came to pass that through the whole
city of Jerusalem for the space of forty days there
were seen horsemen running in the air, in
gilded raiment, and armed with spears, like bands
of soldiers.

3 And horses set in order by ranks, running one
against another, with the shakings of shields, and a
multitude of men in helmets with drawn swords,
and casting of darts, and glittering of golden armour,
and of harnesses of all sorts.

4 Wherefore all men prayed that these prodigies
might turn to good.

5 Now when there was gone forth a false rumour,
as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason taking
with him no fewer than a thousand men, suddenly
assaulted the city: and though the citizens ran to-

f ether to the wall, the city at length was taken, and
lenelaus fled into the castle.

6 But Jason slew his countrymen without mer-
cy, not considering that prosperity against one's
own kindred, is a very great evil, thinking they had
been enemies, and not citizens, whom he conquered.

7 Yet he did not get the principality, but receiv-
ed confusion at the end, for the reward of his trea-
chery, and fled again into the country of the Am-
monites.

8 At the last having been shut up by Aretas the
king of the Arabians, in order for his destruction,
flying from city to city, hated by all men, as a for-
sakerofthe laws and execrable, as an enemy of his
country and countrymen, he was thrust out into
Egypt.

9 And he that had driven many out of their
country, perished in a strange land, going to Lace-
demon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge
there.

10 But he that had cast out many unburied was

♦ Ptoltmee. The son of Dorimenus a favourite of the king.

5 F

himself cast forth both unlamentcd and unburied,
neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of
the sepulchre of his fathers.

1 1 Now when these things were done, the king
suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance :
whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious
mind, he took the city by force of arms.

12 And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not
to spare any that came in their way, and to go up
into the houses to slay.

13 Thus there was a slaughter of young and old,
a destruction of women and children, and killing
of virgins and infants.

14 And there were slain in the space of three
whole days fourscore thousand ; forty thousand
were made prisoners, and as manv sold.

15 But this was not enough : he presumed also
to enter into the temple, the most holy in all the
world, Menelaus that traitor to the laws, and to his
country, being his guide.

16 And taking in his wicked hands the holy ves-
sels, which were given by other kings and cities,
for the ornament and the glory of the place, he un-
worthily handled and profaned them.

17 Thus Antiochus going astray in mind, did not
consider that God was angry for awhile, because of
the sins of the inhabitants of the city : and there-
fore this contempt had happened to the place.

18 Otherwise had they not been involved in ma-
ny sins, as Heliodorus, who was sent by king Se-
leucus to rob the treasury, so this man also, as soon
as he had come, had been forthwith scourged, and
put back from his presumption.

19 But God did not choose the people for the
place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.

20 And therefore the place also itself was made
partaker of the evils of the people': but afterward
shall communicate in the good things thereof, ano
as it was forsaken in the wrath of Almighty God,
shall be exalted again with great glory, when the
great Lord shall be reconciled.

21 So when Antiochus had taken away out of
the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he
went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through
pride, that he might now make the land navigable,
and the sea passable on foot; such was the haughti
ness of his mind.

22 He left also governors to afflict the people
at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but ir
manners more barbarous than he that set him there

23 And in Garizim, Andronicus and Menelaus
who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens thai:
the rest.

24 And whereas he was set against the Jews,
he sent that hateful prince Apolloniuswith an army
of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him
to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the
women and the younger sort :

25 Who when he was come to Jerusalem, pre-
tending peace, rested till the holy day of the sab-
bath : and then the Jews keeping holy-day, he com-
manded his men to take arms.

26 And he slew all that were come forth to see :

77"

II. MACHABEES.

and muring through the < ■ i 5 v with Mined men, he

'roved ■ very neat multitude.

But Judas fiuchabeus, irho was the tenth**

had withdraw n himself into a desert pi. ice, and
then lived amongst wild leasts in tlic mountains
with his company : and they continued feeding 00
herhs, that they might not be partaken of the
iKjIlution.

CHAP. VI.

Antinchus commands the law to be abolished ; rets up an idol
in the temple ; and ptrsetutes thejuithful. Tke mutrtyrdum
of Eleazar.

BUT not Ions; after the kin;: sent a certain old
man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart
from the laws of their fathers and of God :

J And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem,
and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympiiis; and
that in Gari/imf of Jupiter Ilospitalis, according
as they were that inhabited the place.

3 And very had was this invasion of evils and
grievous to all :

4 For the temple was full of the riot and revel-
lings of the Gentiles, and of men lying with lewd
w i unen. And women thrust themselves of their
accord into the holy places, and brought in things
that were not lawful.

5 The altar also was filled with unlawful things,
which were forhidden hy the laws.

6^ And neither were the sahhaths kept, nor the
solemn days of the fathers observed ; neither did
any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.

7 But they were led by hitter constraint on the
king's hirth-day to the sacrifices: and when the
feast of Bacchus was kept, they were compelled to
go ■boot crowned with ivy in honour of Bacchus.

8 And there went out a decree into the neigh-
hotiring cities of theGentiles, by the suggestion of the
Ptolemeans, thai they also should act in like manner
against the Jews, to oblige them to sacrifice :

9 And whosoever would not conform themselves
to the ways ef the Gentiles, should be put to death:
then was misery to he seen.

10 For two women were accused to have circum-
cised their children : whom, when they had openly
led about through the city with the infants hanging
at their hrcasts, they threw down headlong from
the walls.

11 And others that had met together in caves
that wore near, and wore keeping the sahhath-day
privately, being discovered hy Philip. | were burnt
with lire, because they made a conscience to help
themselves with their hands, hy reason of the reli-
gious obse r v a nce of the day.

12 Now I beseech those that shall reed this book,

that they be not shocked at these calamities, hut
that they consider the things that happened, not as
tiding for the destruction, hut for the correction ol
our nation.

I '. I 'or it is i token of great goodness when sin-

• ll'nt tkt tenth. That i>. In- had nine other) m bil company.

f Tkst in C.aritim, vix. the temple of the Samaritan*. And at
Ihey were originally »tnn?rr*. the name of llotpilnlit (trliirh »ipni-
fiea of or leUnging l» ttrjnger<) wil appl> I .e idol let up in

their ten), le.

ncrs arc not suffered to go on in their ways for a
long time, hut are presently punished.

li For. not as with other nations (whom the
Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of
judgment shall come, he may punish them in the
fulness of their sins :)

15 Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our
sins to come to their height, and then take wii-
gcance on us.

16 And therefore he never w ithdrawoth his mer-
cy from us : but though he chastise his people w ith
adversity, he forsaketh them not.

17 But let this suffice in I few words for a
warning to the renders. And now we must come
to the narration.

18 Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man
advanced in years, and of a comely countenance,
was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's flesh.

19 But he choosing rather a most glorious death
than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the
torment.

20 And considering in what manner he was come
to it, patiently bearing, he determined not to do any
unlawful things for the love of life.

21 But they that stood hy being moved with
wicked pity <§■ for the old friendship they had with
the man, taking him aside, desired that flesh might
be brought, which it was lawful for him lo cat, that
he might make as if he had eaten, as the king had
commanded, of the flesh of the sacrifice:

22 That by so doing he might be delivered from
death: and for the sake of their old friendship with
the man they did him this courtesy .

23 But he began to consider the dignity of his
age and his ancient years, and the inbred honour of
his gray head, and his good life and conversation
from a child : and he answered without delay, ac-
cording to the ordinances of the holy law made by
God, saying that he would rather be sent into the
other world.

24 For it doth not become our age, said he, to
dissemble: whereby many young persons might think
that Eleazar at the age of fourscore and ten years,
was gone over to the life of the heathens :

25 And so they through my dissimulation, and for
a little time of a corruptible life, should be deceived;
and hereby I should bring a stain and a curse upon
my old age.

26 For though, for the present time, I should be
delivered from (he punishments of men, yet should
1 not escape the hand of the Almighty neither alive
nor dead.

27 Wherefore by departing manfully out of this
life, I shall show myself worthy of my old age:

28 And I shall leave an example of fortitude to
young men, it w ith a ready mind and constancy I
suffer an honourable death, lor the most venerable
and most holy laws. And having spoken thus, he
Was forthwith carried to execution.

1 Philip. The jrovrnwr of Jcm«alrin.

.' pihi. Tlirir pity *ut \rirlrd, ina.mtirh at It Itifgatlcd dial
wicked propoud of taring his life by dtMimulation.

CHAP. VII.

29 And they that led him, and had been a little
he fore more mild, were changed to wrath for the
words he had spoken, which they thought were
uttered out of arrogancy.

30 But when he was now ready to die with the
stripes, he groaned, and said: O Lord who hast the
holy knowledge, thou knowest manifestly that
whereas I might be delivered from death, I suffer
grievous pains in body: but in soul am well content
to suffer these things because I fear thee.

31 Thus did this man die, leaving not only to
young men, but also to the whole nation, the me-
mory of his death for an example of virtue and
fortitude.

CHAP. VII.

The glorious martyrdom of the seven brethren and their mother.

IT came to pas's also, that seven brethren, together
with their mother, were apprehended, and com-
pelled by the king to eat swine's flesh against the
law, for which end they were tormented with whips
and scourges.

2 But one of them who was the eldest, said thus :
What wouldst thou ask, or learn of us? we are
-eady to die rather than to transgress the -laws of
God, received from our fathers.

3 Then the king being angry, commanded frying-
pans and brasen caldrons to be made hot; which
forthwith being heated,

4 He commanded to cut out the tongue of him
that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being
drawn off to chop off also the extremities of his
hands and feet, the rest of his brethren, and his
mother looking on.

5 And when he was now maimed in all parts,
he commanded him, being yet alive, to be brought
to the fire, and to be fried in the frying-pan: and
while he was suffering therein long torments, the
rest, together with the mother, exhorted one another
to die manfully,

6 Saying : The Lord God will look upon the
truth, and will take pleasure in us, as Moses de-
clared in the profession of the canticle : And in his
servants he will take pleasure.

7 So when the first was dead after this manner,
they brought the next to make him a mocking-stock :
and when they had pulled off the skin of his head
with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before
he were punished throughout all the whole body
in every limb.

8 But he answered in his own language, and
said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the
next place, received the torments of the first :

9 And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus:
Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us
out of this present life : but the King of the world
will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resur-
rection of eternal life.

10 After him the third was made a mocking-
stock: and when he was required, he quickly put
forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out
his hands ;

11 And said with confidence: These I have
from heaven, but for the laws of God, I now despise

them, because I hope to receive them againfromhim

12 So that the king and they that were with him,
wondered at the young man's courage, because lie
esteemed the torments as nothing.

13 And after he was thus dead, they tormented
the fourth in the like manner.

14 And when he was now ready to die. he spoke
thus : It is better, being put to death by men, to
look for hope from God, to be raised up again by
him : for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection
unto life.

15 And when they had brought the fifth, they
tormented him. But he looking upon the king,

16 Said: Whereas thou hast power among men,
though thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou
wilt: butthink not that our nation is forsaken by God.

17 But stay patiently awhile; and thou shalt
see his great power, in what manner he will tor-
ment thee, and thy seed. *

18 After him they brought the sixth; and he
being ready to die, spoke thus : Be not deceived
without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves,
having sinned against our God; and things worthy
of admiration are done to us:

19 Butdonotthinkthat thou shalt escape unpunish-
ed, for that thou hast attempted to fight against God.

20 Now the mother was to be admired above
measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men,
who beheld her seven sons slain in the space of one
day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope
that she had in God :

21 And she bravely exhorted every one of them
in her own language, being filled with wisdom:
and joining a man's heart to a woman's thought,

22 She said to them : I know not how you were
formed in my womb : for I neither gave you breath,
nor soul, nor life ; neither did I frame the limbs of
every one of you.

23 But the Creator of the world, that formed the
nativity of man, and that found out the origin of all,
he will restore to you again in his mercy, both
breath and life, as now you despise yourselves for
the sake of his laws.

24 Now Antiochus thinking himself despised,
and withal despising the voice of the upbraider,
when the youngest was yet alive, did not only ex-
hort him by words, but also assured him with an
oath, that he would make him a rich and a happy
man, and, if he would turn from the laws of his fa-
thers, would take him for a friend, and furnish him
with things necessary.

25 But when the young man was not moved with
these things, the king called the mother, and coun-
selled her to deal with the young man to save his
life.

26 And when he had exhorted her with many
words, she promised that she would counsel her son.

27 So bending herself towards him, mocking the
cruel tyrant, she said in her own language : My
son, have pity upon me, that bore thee nine months
in my womb, and gave, thee suck three years, and
nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age.

28 I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and

779

II. MACHABEES.

earth, and all that is in them : and con si d er that
God made them out of DOtUag, and mankind
also:

29 So thou shalt not fear this tormenter ; hut De-
bt made a worthy partner with thy bre th re n , re-
ceive death, that in that mercy 1 may receive thee
again with thy brethren.

30 While she WBS yet Speaking these WOtda, the

young man said : For whom do you stay ? 1 will
not ohcy the commandment of the king, but the
commandment of the law, which was given us by

Mom v.

31 But thou that bast been the author of all mis-
chief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the
band or God.

32 For we suffer thus for our sins.

33 And thoogh the Lord our God is angry with
us a little while for ourcbastisement and correction;

be will be reconciled again to his servants.

34 But thou, O wicked and of all men most fla-
gitious, be not lifted Dp without cause with vain
hopes whilst thou art raging against his servants.

35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment
of Almighty God, who beholdeth all things.

36 For my brethren having now undergone a
short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life:
but thou by the judgment of God shalt receive just
punishment for thy pride.

37 But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and
mv body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon
God to he speedily merciful to our nation, and that
thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he
alone is God.

38 But in mc and in my brethren the wrath of
the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon
all our nation, shall cease.

39 Then the king being incensed with anger,
raged against him more cruelly than all the rest,
Ovine it grievously that he was mocked.

40 So this man also died undefiled, wholly trust-
ing in the Lord.

41 And last of all after the sons the mother also
was consumed.

11 But now there is enough said of the sacrifices,
and of the excessive cruelties.

CHAP. VIII.

Judas Machabeus fathering an army gains direr* victories.

BUT Judas Machabeus, and they that were with
him, went privately into the towns: and call-
ing together their kinsmen and friends, and taking
unto mem such as continued in the Jews' religion,
they assembled six thousand men.

2 And they called upon the Lord, that he would
Ir ok upon his people that was troddni down by all,
and would have pity on the temple, that was dc fil-
ed by the wicked :

3 That he would have pity also upon the city

• PUHst using, *e. The rorrmor of Jrnjulem found liimwlf
unable to contend with Jndaa, eapeoiallr after the rictorie* be bad
obtained orer Apollooiui and Seron. I Mark. in.

t Ttemty thmutmd. The whole number of (he force* aent at thai
time into Judea, wa» 4TV000 footmen, and 7000 bonetneo, I Mack, m

780

that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even
with the ground, and would hear the voice of the
blood that cried to him :

4 That he would remember also the most unjust
deaths of innocent children, and the blasphemies
offered to his name, and would show his indigna-
tion on this occasion.

5 Now when Machabeus had gathered a mulii
tude, he could not be withstood by the heathens : foi
the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.

6 So coming unawares upon the towns and ci-
ties, he set them on fire : and taking possession ol
the most commodious places, he made no small
slaughter of the enemies :

7 \nd especially in the Dtghtshe went upon these
expeditions ; and the fame of his valour was spread
abroad every where.

8 Then Philip seeing* that the man gained ground
by little and little, and that things for the most part
succeeded prosperously with him, wrote to Ptole-
mee the governor of Celesyria andPhenicia, to send
aid to the king's affairs.

9 And he with all speed sent Nicanor the son ot
Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no
fewer than twenty thousand! armed men of different
nations, to root out the whole race of the Jew s.
joiuing also with him Gorgias a good soldier, and
of great experience in matters of war.

10 And Nicanor purposed to raise for the kins;
the tribute of two thousand talents, that was to In-
given to the Romans, by making so much money
of the captive Jews:

1 1 Wherefore he sent immediately to the cities
upon the sea-coast, to invite men together to buy up
the Jewish slaves, promising that they should have
ninny slaves for one talent, not reflecting on the
vengeance which was to follow him from the Al-
mighty.

12 Now when Judas found .that Nicanor was
coming, he imparted to the Jews that were with
him, that the enemy was at hand.

13 And some of diem being afraid, and distrust-
ing the justice of God, fled away :

14 Others sold all that they had left, and withal
besought the Lord, that he would deliver them
from the wicked Nicanor, who had sold them before
he came near them :

15 And if not for their Bakes, yet for the cove-
nant that he had made with their fathers, and for the
sake of his holy and glorious name that was in-
voked upon them.

16 But Machabeus calling together seven thou-
sand} that weie with him, exhorted them not to be
reconciled to the enemies, nor to fear the multitude
of the enemies who came wrongfully against them,
but to li;;ht manfully:

17 Setting before their eyes the injury they had
unjustly done the holy place, and also the injury

30. But onl v 20,000 are here taken, notk-e of, because there were no
more with Nicanor at the time of the battle.

In the Greek it i» fix tkouumd. But then thro*

thousand of them bad no anna. I Mock. ir. 6.

CHAP. IX.

they had done to the city, which had been shame-
fully abused, besides their destroying the ordinan-
ces of the fathers.

18 For, said he, they trust in their weapons, and
in their boldness: but we trust in the Almighty
Lord, who at a beck can utterly destroy both them
that come against us, and the whole world.

19 Moreover he put them in mind also of the
lulps their fathers had received from God : and
how under Sennacherib a hundred and eighty-five
thousand had been destroyed.

20 And of the battle that they had fought against
the Galatians* in Babylonia, how they, being in
all but six thousand, when it came to the point, and
the Macedonians their companions were at a stand,
slew a hundred and twenty thousand, because of
the help they had from heaven ; and for this they
received many favours.

21 With these words they were greatly encou-
raged, and disposed even to die for the laws and their
country.

22 So he appointed his brethren captains over
each division of his army, Simon, and Joseph, and
Jonathan, giving to each one fifteen hundred men.

23 And after the holy Book had been read to
them by Esdras,and he had given them fora watch-
word, The help of God : himself leading the first
band, he joined battle with Nicanor :

24 And the Almighty being their helper, they
slew above nine thousand men :f and having wound-
ed and disabled the greater part of Nicanor's army,
they obliged them to fly :

25 And they took the money of them that came
to buy them ; and they pursued them on every side.

26 But they came back for want of time: for it
was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they
did not continue the pursuit.

27 Butwhenthey had gathered together their arms
and their spoils, they kept the sabbath : blessing the
Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the
beginning of mercy upon them.

28 Then after the sabbath-day they divided the
spoils to the feeble, and the orphans, and the wi-
dows : and the rest they took for themselves and
their servants.

29 When this was done, and they had all made
a common supplication, they besought the merciful
Lord, to be reconciled to his servants unto the end.

30 Moreover they slew above twenty thousand
of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides,
who fought against them : and they made them-
selves masters of the high strong-holds : and they
divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal por-
tions to the feeble, the fatherless, and the widows,
yea and the aged also.

31 And when they had carefully gathered toge-
ther their arms, they laid them all up inconvenient
places : and the residue of their spoils they carried
to Jerusalem :

* Galatians. That is, the Gauls, who having ravaged Italy and
Greece, poured themselves in upon Asia in immense multitudes,
where ub thoy founded the kingdom of Galatia or Gallo-Graecia.

t Move nine thousand, viz. including the three thousand slain in the
onrtnit

32 They slew also Philarches who was with
Timotheus, a wicked man, who had many ways
afflicted the Jews.

33 And when they kept the feast of the victory
at Jerusalem, they burnt Callisthenes, that had set
fire to the holy gates, who had taken refuge in a
certain house, rendering to him a worthy reward for
his impieties :

34 But as for that most wicked man Nicanor,
who had brought a thousand merchants to the sale
of the Jews,

35 Being through the help of the Lord brought
down by them, of whom he had made no account,
laying aside his garment of glory,J fleeing through
the midland country, hecame alone to Antioch, being
rendered veryunhappybythe destruction of hisarmy.

36 And he that had promised to levy the tribute
for the Romans by the means of the captives of Je-
rusalem, now professed that the Jews had God for
their protector, and therefore they could not be hurt,
because they followed the laws appointed by him.

CHAP. IX.

The wretched end, and fruitless repentance, of king Antiochus.

AT that time Antiochus returned with dishonour
out of Persia.

2 For he had entered into the city called Perse-
polis,§ and attempted to rob the temple, and to op-
press the city : but the multitude running together to
arms, put them to flight : and so it fell out that An-
tiochus being put to flight, returned with disgrace.

3 Now when he was come about Ecbatana, he
received the news of what had happened to Nicanor
and Timotheus.

4 And swelling with anger, he thought to revenge
upon the Jews the injury done by them that had put
him to flight. And therefore he commanded his
chariot to be driven, without stopping in his journey,
the judgment of heaven urging him forward, because
he had spoken so proudly, that he would come to
Jerusalem, and make it a common burying-place of
the Jews.

■5 But the Lord the God of Israel that seeth all
things, struck him with an incurable and an invisi-
ble plague. For as soon as he bad ended these
words, a dreadful pain in his bowels came upon him,
and bitter torments of the inner parts :

6 And indeed very justly, seeing he had torment-
ed the bowels of others with many and new tor-
ments, albeit he by no means ceased from his malice.

7 Moreover being filled with pride, breathing out
fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding
the matter to be hastened, it happened as he was
going with violence, that he fell from the chariot ;
so that his limbs were much pained by a grievous
bruising of the body.

8 Thus he that seemed to himself lo command
even the waves of the sea, being proud above the
condition of man, and to weigh the heights of the
mountains in a balance, now being cast down to the

| Laying aside his garment of glory. That is, his splendid apparei
which he wore through ostentation: he now throws it off, lest ha
should he known on his flight.

J Persepolis. Otherwise called Elymais.

781

11. MACHABEES.

ground ITU Carried in ■ litter, hearing witness to the

manifest power of God in himself:

9 So that worms swarmed out of the body of this
man; and whilst he lived in sorrow and pain, his
flesh fell off; and the Jillhiness of his smell was noi-
some to the army.

10 And the man that thought a little before he
could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could
endure to carry, for the intolerable stench.

11 And by this means, being brought from his
great pride, he began to come to the knowledge of
himself, being admonished by the scourge of God,
his pains increasing every moment.

1 .! And when he himself could not now abide his
own stench, he spoke thus: It is just to be Babied
to God, and that a mortal man should not equal him-
self to God.

13 Then this wicked man prayed to the Lord, of
whom he was not to obtain mercy.*

1 V And the city, to which he was going in haste
to lav it even with the ground, and to make it a
< ommonburying-place,henow desireth to make free:

15 And the Jew s whom he said he would not ac-
count worthy to be so much as buried, but would

6ive them up to be devoured by the birds and wild
ind would utterly destroy them with their
children, he now promiseth to make equal with the
Athenians.

16 The holy temple also, which before he had
spoiled, he promiseth to adorn with goodly gifts, and
to multiply the holy vessels, and to allow out of his
revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices.

17 Yea also, that he would become a Jew himself,
and would go through every place of the earth, and

! ire the power of God.

IB But his pains not ceasing (for the just judgment
of God was come upon him) despairing of life he
wrote to the Jews, in the manner of a supplication,
a letter in these words :

19 To BIS vi.iiy good subjects the Jews, An-
tiochus king and ruler, wisheth much health, wel-
fare, and happiness.

20 If you and your children are well, and if all
matters go with you to your mind, we give vet \
great thanks.

Jl As for me. being infirm, but yet kindly re-
membering you, returning out of the [daces of Per-
and Being taken with a grievous disease, I
thought it aoceinry to take care lor the common
good:

22 Not distrusting my life, but having great hope
to escape the nckaj

But considering thai my father also, at what

time he led an army into the higher countries, ap-
pointed w ho should reign after him :

To the end that if any tiling contrary tn ex-
pectation should fall out, or any had tidings should

lie brought, they that were in the countries, snowing

to whom the whole government was left, might not
oiiltled.

Moreover co ns i derin g that neighbouring prin-

• Of vAam ttwiHlli aktmn men*. Bw»ti»e hi« re|*-ntar>o« wai
not far the oftflM committed again»t Cud ; hut btrcljr on account of
bit pf event Mtttringv

ces and borderers wait for opportunities, and expect

what shall he the event, I have appointed ni\ SOU

Antiochus king, whom I often recommended te

many of you. when 1 went into the higher provin<
and 1 have written to him what I have joined here
helow.

26 I pray you therefore, and request of vou, that
remembering favours both pabUc and private, jrou
will everj man ol you continue to be faithful tome
and to my son.

27 Fori trust that he will behave with modera-
tion and humanity, and following my intentions, will
be gracious unto you.

28 Thus the murderer and blasphemer being
grievously struck, as himself had treated others.
died a miserable death in a strange country among
the mountains.

29 But Philip that was brought up with him,
carried away his body : and out of fear of the son of
Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemee Philo-
meter.

CHAP. X.

The purification of the temple and city. Other exploit* of Ju-
das. Hi* victory over Timotheus.

"OUT Machabeus, and they that were with him,
-"-* by the protection of the Lord, recovered the
temple and the city again.

2 But he threw down the altars, which the hea-
thens had set up in the streets, as also the temples
of the idols.

3 And having purified the temple, they made
another altar : and taking fire out ol the fiery stones
they ottered sacrifices after two years; and set forth
incense, and lamps, and the loaves of proposition.

4 And when they had done these things, they
besought the Lord, lying prostrate on the ground,
that they might no more fall into such evils; hut if
they should at any time sin, that they might be chas-
tised by him more gently, and not be delivered up
to barbarians and blasphemous men.

5 Now upon the same day that the temple had
been polluted by the strangers, on the very same
ilav it was cleansed again, to wit, on the Bra and
twentieth day of the month of Casleu.

6 And they kept eight days with joy, after the
manner of the feast of the tabernacles, remembering
that not long before they had kept the feast of the
tabernacles when they were in the mountains, and
in dens, like wild beasts.

7 Therefore they note carried booghs, and ^reen
branches, and palms for him that had given them
good success in cleansing his puce.

8 And tllCV ordained by a COmmOO statute, and
decree, that all the nation of the Jews should keep
those days every year.

9 And this was the end of Antiochus that M
called the Illustrious.

10 But now we will relate the ai upator
the son of that wicked Intiochus, abridging the ac-
count of the evils that happened in the wars.

11 For when hfl was come to the erown. heap
pointed over the affairs of his realm one | ,\ lias,

in ral of the army of Phenicia and S\ rfa.

CHAP. XI.

12 For Ptolemco that was called Macer, was de-
termined to be strictly just to the Jews, and espe-
cially by reason of the wrong that had been done
them, and to deal peaceably with them.

13 But being accused for this to Eupator by his
friends, and being oftentimes called traitor, because
he had left Cyprus which Philometer had commit-
ted to him, and coming over to Antiochus the Illus-
trious, had revolted also from him, he put an end
to his life by poison.

14 But Gorgias, who was governor of the holds,
taking with him the strangers, often fought against
the Jews.

15 And the Jews* that occupied the most com-
modious hold, received those that were driven out
of Jerusalem, and attempted to make war.

16 Then they that were with Machabeus, be-
seeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper,
made a strong attack upon the strong-holds of the
Idumeans :

17 And assaulting them with great force, won
the holds ; killed them that came in the way ; and
slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.

18 And whereas some were fled into very strong
towers, having all manner of provisions to sustain
a siege,

19 Machabeus left Simon, and Joseph, and Za-
cheus, and them that were with them in sufficient
number to besiege them, and departed to those ex-
peditions which urged more.

20 Now they that were with Simon, being led
with covetousness, were persuaded for the sake of
money by some that were in the towers ; and taking
seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them
escape.

21 But when it was told Machabeus what was
done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and ac-
cused those men that they had sold their brethren
for money, having let their adversaries escape.

22 So he put these traitors to death, and forth-
with took the two towers.

23 And having good success in arms, and in all
things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty
thousand in the two holds.

24 But Timotheus who before had been over-
come by the Jews, having called together a multi-
tude of foreign troops, and assembled horsemen out
of Asia, came as though he would take Judea by
force of arms.

25 But Machabeus, and they that were with him,
When he drew near, prayed to the Lord, sprinkling
earth upon their heads, and girding their loins with
hair-cloth,

26 And lying prostrate at the foot of the altar,
besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an
enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their
adversaries, as the law saith.

27 And so after prayer taking their arms, they
went forth further irom the city : and when they
were come very near the enemies they rested.

* The Jews, kc. He speaks of them that had fallen from their re-
llgioa, and were enemies of their country, who, joining with the Idu-
m. an, <n Edonotea, kept possession of the strong-holds, and from
tlteoce annoyed thuir countrymen.

28 But as soon as the sun was risen, both sides
joined battle : the one part having with their va-
lour the Lord for a surety of victory and success :
but the other side making their rage their leader in
battle.

29 But when they were in the heat of the engage-
ment there appeared to the enemies from heaven
five men upon horses, comely with golden bridles,
conducting the Jews :

30 Two of whom took Machabeus between them,
and covered him on every side'with their arms, and
kept him safe ; but cast darts and fire-balls against
the enemy; so that they fell down, being both con-
founded with blindness, and filled with trouble.

31 And there were slain twenty thousand five
hundred, and six hundred horsemen.

32 But Timotheus fled into Gazara, a strong-
hold? where Chereas was governor.

33 Then Machabeus, and they that were with
him, cheerfully laid siege to the fortress four days.

34 But they that were within, trusting to the
strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and
cast forth abominable words.

35 But when the fifth day appeared, twenty
young men, of them that were with Machabeus, in-
flamed in their minds because of the blasphemy,
approached manfully to the wall, and pushing for-
ward with fierce courage, got up upon it:

36 Moreover others also getting up after them,
went to set fire to the towers and the gales, and to
burn the blasphemers alive.

37 And having for two days together pillaged
and sacked the fortress, they killed Timotheus, f
who was found hid in a certain place : they slew
also his brother Chereas, and Apollophanes.

38 And when this was done, they blessed the
Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, who had done
great things in Israel, and given them the victory.

CHAP. XI.

Lysias is overthrown by Judas. He sues for peace.

\ SHORT time after this Lysias the king's
■£*- lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief
charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased
with what had happened,

2 Gathered together fourscore thousand men,
and all the horsemen ; and came against the Jews,
thinking to take the city, and make it a habitation
of the gentiles :

3 And to make a gain of the temple, as of the
other temples of the gentiles, and to set the high-
priesthood to sale every year :

4 Never considering the power of God, but puff-
ed up in mind, and trusting in the multitude of his
foot soldiers, and the thousands of his horsemen,
and his fourscore elephants.

5 So he came into Judea; and approaching to
Berhsura, which was in a narrow place, the space
of five furlongs from Jerusalem, he laid siege to thai
fortress.

6 But when Machabeus and they that were with

f Timotheus. This man, who was killed at the taking of Gazara, it
different from that Timotheus who is mentioned in the fifth chapter
of the first book of Machabees, and of whom there is mention in the
next following chapter.

783

I I. MACHABF.KS.

him, understood that the strong-holds were b<
ed, they ami ;ill the people seeonghl the I -<>rd with
lamentations and tears, that he would seud a good
ansel to save Israel.

I 1'hen Machahcus himself first takins his arms,
exhorted the rest to expose themselves together with
him, to the danger, and to succour their brethren.

8 Ami when they were limine; forth together with
■ willing mind, there appeared at Jerusalem a horse-
man soins before them in white clothing, with gold-
en armour, shaking a spear.

9 Then they all together blessed the merciful
I.onl. and took great courage ; Ix-ins r« adv to break
through not only men. but Bate the lien est beasts,
ami walls of iron.

10 So they went on courageously, bavins a help-
I'totn heaven, and the Lord w ho showed men v

to them.

I I And rushing violently upon the enemy, like
lions, they slew of them eleven thousand footmen,
and one thousand six hundred horesemen :

It And put all the rest to flight; and many of
them being Wounded escaped naked: yea and Ly-
sias himself fled away shamefully, and escaped.

13 And as he was a man of understanding, con-
sidering with himself, the loss he had suffered, and
perceiv ins that the Hebrews could not be overcome,
because they relied upon the help or the almighty
God, he sent to them :

14 And promised that he would agree to all
things that are just, and that he would persuade the
king to be their friend.

I 5 Then Machabetis consented to the request of
l.ysi as, providing for the common good in all things :
«nd whatsoever Machabetis wrote to Lysias, con-
ernins the .lews, the king allowed of.

16 For there were letters written to the Jews
from I.\sias, to this effect: Lysias to the people of
the Jews, greeting.

17 John ami Abesalom who were sent from you,
delivering vour writings, requested that I would ac-
complish those things which were signified by them.

18 Therefore whatsoever things could be report-
ed to the king, I have represented to him : and he
hath granted as much as the matter permitted.

19 If therefore you will keep yourselves loyal in
affairs, hereafter also I will endeavour to be a
means of your good.

^ 20 But as concerning other particulars, I have
giTen orders by word both to these, and to them
that are sent by me, to ronuniiiie with you.

-'I Pare ye well. In the year one hundred and
rbrty-eightj* the four and twentieth day of the
month of Dioscorus.

22 But the kind's letter contained these words:
Kin<; Antiochus to Lysias his brother, greeting.

23 Our father being translated amongst the gods,
are desirous that thev that are in our realm

should li\e quietly, and apply themselves diligently

to their own concerns.

* In Ikr year f48, *i/_ According to il.r oonpatation followed by

'.reckn: which tu different f.mn thai lowed

bt the Wrttet ■ >! Lb« tir t '■ »,k of M irhahee*. Ilowrvrr h\ lino date,

7S4

M And we have beard that the Jews would not
consent to my father to turn to the rites of the

ks. but that they would keep to their own man-
ner of liv ins ; and therefore that thev request US to
allow them to live alter their own law ft,

25 Wherefore being desirous that this nation
also should be at rest, we base ordained and decn
that the temple should be restored to them, and that
they ma) live according to the custom of their an-
cestors,

6 Thou shah do well therefore to send to tin in.
and grant them peace ; that out pleasure being
known, they may be of good comfort, and look to
their own affairs.

r But the king's letter to the Jews w as in this
manner : King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews,
and to the rest of the Jews, greeting.

28 If )ou are well, you are as we desire: we
ourselves also are well.

29 Menelaus came to us, saying that you desir
ed to come down to your countrymen, that are
w ith us.

30 We grant therefore a safe-conduct to all that
come and go, until the thirtieth day of the month
of Xanthicus,

31 That the Jews may use their own kind of
meats, ami their own laws, as before : and that none
of them any manner of ways be molested for tin
which have been done by ignorance.

32 And we have sent also Menelaus to speak
to you.

33 Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and
forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xan-
thicus.

34 The Romans also sent them a letter, to this
effect Quintus Memmius, and Titus Manilius.
ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the

JeWS, Sleeting.

35 Whatsoever Lysias the king's cousin hath
granted you, we also have granted.

36 But touching such things as he thought should
be referred to the kins, alter you have diligently
conferred among yourselves, send some one forth-
with, that we may decree as it is convenient for you:
for we are going to Antioch.

37 And therefore make haste to write back, that
we mav know of what mind you arc.

38 Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and
forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xan-
thicus.

CHAP. XII.

The Jews are still mohstedby their neighbours. Judas (rains di-
vert victories over them. He orders sacrifice and prayers for
the dead.

Wll I -'A these covenants were made, Lysias went
to the king; ami the Jews gave taemaall
to husbandry.

2 But thev that were behind, vi/. TimotheUS and
Apollonius the son of Oicnncus, also Hieronvnms
and IJemophon, and besides them Nicaaof the go-
al well as by other < gpedition
of Lytias, mentioned in tin- chapter,
recorded, 1 Mack. ri.

CHAP. XII.

vemor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to live in
peace, and to be quiet.

3 The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind
of wickedness : they desired the Jews who dwelt
among them to go with their wives and children into
the boats, which they had prepared, as though they
had no enmity to them.

4 Which when they had consented to, according
to the common decree of the city, suspecting no-
thing, because of the peace : when they were gone
forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than
two hundred of them.

5 But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done
to his countrymen, he commanded the men that
were with him : and after having called upon God
the just judge,

6 He came against those murderers of his bre-
thren, and set the haven on fire in the nighty burnt
the boats, and slew with the sword them that
escaped from the fire.

7 And when he had done these things in this
manner, he departed as if he would return again,
and root out all the Joppites.

8 But when he understood that the men of Jam-
nia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews
that dwelt among them,

9 He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and
set the haven on fire with the ships, so that the
light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred
and forty furlongs off.

10 And when they were now gone from thence
nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timo-
theus, five thousand footmen, and five hundred horse-
men of the Arabians set upon them.

11 And after a hard fight, in which by the help
of God they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians
being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promis-
ing to give him pastures, and to assist him in other
things.

12 And Judas thinking that they might be pro-
fitable indeed in many things, promised them peace ;
and after having joined hands, they departed to their
tents.

13 He also laid siege to a certain strong city, en-
compassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited
by multitudes of different nations, the name of which
is Casphin.

14 But they that were within it, trusting in the
strength of the walls, and the provision of victuals,
behaved in a more negligent manner, and provok-
ed Judas with railing and blaspheming, and utter-
ing such words as were not to be spoken.

15 But Machabeus calling upon the great Lord
of the world, who without any rams* or engines of
war threw down the walls of Jericho in the time of
Josue, fiercely assaulted the walls.

16 And having taken the city by the will of the
Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a
pool adjoining of two furlongs broad seemed to run
with the blood of the slain.

17 From thence they departed seven hundred

* Rams. That is, engines for battering walls, &c. which were used
In sieges in those tunes.

and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa to the Jews
that are called Tubianitcs.

18 But as for Timotheus, they found him not in
those places ; for before he had despatched any
thing he went back, having left a very strong garri-
son in a certain hold:

19 But Dositheus, and Sosipater, who were cap
tains with Machabeus, slew them that were left by
Timotheus in the hold, to the number of ten thou-
sand men.

20 And Machabeus having set in order about him
six thousand men, and divided them by bands, went
forth against Timotheus, who had with him a hun-
dred and twenty thousand footmen, and two thou-
sand five hundred horsemen.

21 Now when Timotheus had - knowledge of the
coming of Judas, he sent the women and children,
and the other baggage before him into a fortress,
called Camion : for it was impregnable, and hard
to come at, by reason of the straitness of the places.

22 But when the first band of Judas came in sight,
the enemies were struck with fear, by the presence
of God, who seeth all things, and they were put
to flight one from another, so that they were often
thrown down by their own companions, and wound-
ed with the strokes of their own swords.

23 But Judas was vehemently earnest in punishing
the profane, of whom he slew thirty thousand men.

24 And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of
the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many
prayers hebesoughtthemtolethim go with his life, be-
cause he had the parents and brethren of many of the
Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived.

25 And when he had given his faith that he would
restore them according to the agreement, they let
him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren.

26 Then Judas went away to Camion, where
he slew five and twenty thousand persons.

27 And after he had put to flight and destroyeu
these, he removed his army to Ephron a strong
city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers na-
tions : and stout young men standing upon the walls,
made a vigorous resistance : and in this place there
were many engines of war, and a provision of darts.

28 But when they had invocated the Almighty,
who with his power breaketh the strength of the
enemies, they took the city: and slew five and
twenty thousand of them that were within.

29 From thence they departed to Scythopolis,f
which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem

30 But the Jews that were among the Scytho-
politans testifying that they were used kindly by
them, and that even in the times of their adversity
they had treated them with humanity :

31 They gave them thanks, exhorting them to
be still friendly to their nation, and so they came
to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks being at hand,

32 And after Pentecost they marched against
Gorgias the governor of Idumea.

33 And he came out with three thousand foot-
men, and four hundred horsemen.

| Scythopolii. Formerly called Bethian.
785

II. MACIIABF.KS.

•*U And when they had joined battle, it happen-
ed that a few of the .lews were slain.

35 Hut Dosttheui ■ bortenaa. one of Bacenor's
band, a valiant man. took hold of (iorgias: tad
when he would have taken him alive, ;i certain
bor s e ma a of the Thradaai came apoa him, and
cat off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to
Man

36 Hut when they that were with Ksdrin had
fought long, and were wearv, Jodai I ailed ii|M>uthe
Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle:

37 Then beginning in his own language, and
singing hvmns with a loud voire. he put Gorgias\
soldiers to flight.

38 So Judas having gathered together his army,
eauie into the eitv Odollam : and when the seventh
dav came, they purified themselves according to the
custom, and kept the nbbath in the same place.

39 And the dav following Judas came with his
company, to take away the bodies of them that were
slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen, in the
sepulchres of their fathers.

40 And they found Ml !>t the coats of the slain
some of the donaries* of the idols of Jamnia, which
the law forhiddeth to the Jews : so that all plainly
saw, that for this cause they were shin.

41 Then they all blessed the just judgment of the
Lord, who had discovered the things I hat were
hidden.

M And so betakioft themselves to prayers, they
besought him, that the sin which had been com-
mitted might Im- forgotten. But the most valiant
Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from
sin, forasmuch as they saw before their eves what
had ha p pened, because of the sins of those that
were slam.

!■) And making a gathering, he sent twelve thou-
sand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to
be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well
and religiously concerning the resurrection.

4-1 (For if he had not hoped that they that were
slain should rise again, it would have seemed su-
perfluous and vain to pray for the dead.)

46 And because be considered that they who had
fallen asleep w ilh godliness,! had great grace laid
up for them.

46 It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to
pray for the dead,J thatthev mav be loosed from sins.

CHAP. XIII.

Anliorh
dratk
it renewed..

¥N the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas
* understood that Antiochus Kupator was coming
with a multitude against Judca,

• Of tkt dnariti, &c That i% of the rottee offering*, which had
Ween hung up in the temple* of the idols, which they had taken away
when they burnt the port of Jamnia, ver. 9. contrary to the prohibi-
tion of the law, Pml. rii. !5.

r mtk rWWst. Judas hoped that theae men who died firhtinr for
the cause at Ood and reunion, murht find mercy : either because they
might he excused from mortal «in hy icrnorance ; or might have re-
pented of tlieir tin, at least at their death.

j It it thrrtfori a let* mU -aut u m n Umtghl Is area for Ik* itU. Here
• an erideot and undeniable proof of the practice of praying for the

\su and hysias uqttin inrade Judrn. Mrnrlatts it put to
A. The king's great army it worsted twice. The peace

2 And with him Lysias the regent, who had
charge over the affairs of the realm, having with bun

a hundred and ten thousand! fooimen, five thou-
sand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three
hundred chariots armed with hooks.

3 Menelaus also joined himself with them: and
with great deceitfulness besought Antiochus, not for
the welfare of his country, but in hopes that he
should be appointed chief ruler.

4 But the King of kings stirred up the mind of
Antiochus against the sinner, and upon Lysiaa sug-
gesting that lie was the cause of all the ev ils, he com-
manded (as the custom is with them) that he should
be apprehended and put to death in the same place.

5 Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits
high, having a heap of ashes on every side : this had
a prospect steep down.

6 Jrom thence he commanded the sacrilegious
wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men
thrusting him forward unto death.

7 And by such a law it happened that Menelaus
the transgressor of the law was put to death : not
having so much as burial in the earth.

8 And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had
committed many sins against the altar of God, the
fire and ashes of which were holy : he was con-
demned to die in ashes.

9 But the king, with his mind full of rage, came
on to show himself worse to the Jews than his fa-
ther was.

10 Which when Judas understood, be command-
ed the people to call upon the Lord dav and night-
that as he had always done, so now also he would
help them :

11 Because they were afraid to be deprived of the
law, and of their country, and of the holy temple:
and that he would not suffer the people, that had of
late taken breath for a little while, to be again in
subjection to blasphemous nations.

12 So when they had all done this together, and
had craved mercy of the Lord with weeping and
fasting, Iving prostrate on the ground for three days
continually, Judas exhorted them to make theni-
selves readv.

13 But he with the ancients determined, before
the king should bring his army into Judea, and make
himself master of the city, to go out, and to com-
mit t he event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord.

14 So committing all to God, the creator of the
world, and having exhorted his people to fight man-
fully, and to stand up even to death for the laws,
the temple, the city, their country, and citizens : he
placed his army about Modin.

16 And having given his company for a watch-
word, The victory of God, with most valiant chosen

dead under the old law, which wa» then ■.trirllv nhaerred by the Jewa
and consequent!? could not be introduced at that time by Judas, their
chief and high priest, if it bad not been always their custom.

I A ktmdrM mi tat Oumuni, fcc. The difference between the
number* be»e set down, and thoae recorded I Mtk. r». i« easily ac-
counted foi , if we consider that such armies as theae are liable to be
at one tiro* more numerous than at anotlier ; either by sending away
large detachments, or being: diminished by sickness; or increased by
receiving fresh supplie* of troop*, according to different exigencies
or occur, ences.

CHAP. XIV.

foung men, he set upon the king's quarter by night,
and slew four thousand men in the camp, and the
greatest of the elephants, with them that had been
upon him,

16 And having filled the camp of the enemies
with exceeding great fear and tumult, they went off
with good success.

17 Now this was done at the break of day, by
the protection and help of the Lord.

18 But the king having taken a taste of the hardi-
ness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places
by policy :

19 And he marched with his army to Bethsura,
which was a strong-hold of the Jews: but he was
repulsed, he failed, he lost his men.

20 Now Judas sent necessaries to them that were
within.

21 But Rhodocus, one of the Jews' army, disclos-
ed the secrets to the enemies, so he was sought out,
and taken up, and put in prison.

22 Again the king treated with them that were
in Bethsura : gave his right hand : took theirs : and
went away.

23 He fought with Judas : and was overcome.
And when he understood that Philip, who had been
jeft over the affairs, had rebelled at Antioch, he was
in a consternation of mind, and entreating the Jews,
and yielding to them, he swore to all things that
seemed reasonable, and, being reconciled, offered
sacrifices, honoured the temple, and left gifts.

24 He embraced Machabeus, and made him go-
vernor and prince from Ptolemais unto the Gerre-
nians.

25 But when he was come to Ptolemais the men
of that city were much displeased with the conditions
of the peace, being angry for fear they should break
the covenant.

26 Then Lysias went up to the judgment-seat,
and set forth the reason, and appeased the people,
and returned to Antioch : and thus matters went
with regard to the king's coming and his return.

CHAP. XIV.

Demetrius challenges the kingdom. Alcimus applies to him to
he made high-priest : Nicanor is sent into Judea : his deal-
ings with Judas : his threats. The history of Razias.

"OUT after the space of three years Judas, and
-*-* they that were with him, understood that
Demetrius the son of Seleucus was come up with a
greaf power, and a navy by the haven of Tripolis to
places proper for his purpose.

2 And had made himself master of the countries
against Antiochus, and his general Lysias.

3 Now one Alcimus, who had been chief priest,*
but had wilfully defiled himself in the time of min-
gling with the Heathens^ seeing that there was no
safety for him, nor access to the altar,

4 Came to king Demetrius in the year one hun-
dred and fifty, presenting unto him a crown of gold,
and a palm, and besides these, some boughs which

* Now JHcimus who had been chief priest. This Alcimus was of the
stock of Aaron, but for his apostacy here mentioned was incapable of
the high-priesthood, but king Antiochus Eupator appointed him in
place of the high priest, [See above, I Mac. chap. vii. ver. 9.) as Me-
nelaushad been before him, set up by Antiochus; (above, chap, iv.)

And that day in ■

seemed to belong to the temple,
deed he held his peace.

5 But having gotten a convenient time to further
his madness, being called to counsel by Demetrius,
and asked what the Jews relied upon, and what
were their counsels,

6 He answered thereunto: They among the
Jews that are called Assideans, of whom Judas
Machabeus is captain, nourish wars, and raise sedi-
tions, and will not suffer the realm to be in peace.

7 For I also being deprived of my ancestors' glory
(I mean of the high-priesthood)am now come hither:

8 Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king's
interests, but in the next place also to provide for
the good of my countrymen : for all our nation suf-
fereth much from the evil proceedings of those
men.

9 Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all
these things, take care, I beseech thee, both of (he
country, and of our nation, according to thy humani-
ty which is known to all men.

10 For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible
that the state should be quiet.

1 1 Now when this man had spoken to this effect,
the rest also of the king's friends, who were ene-
mies of Judas incensed Demetrius against him.

12 And forthwith he sent Nicanor, the command-
er over the elephants, governor into Judea :

13 Giving him in charge, to take Judas himself:
and disperse all them that were with him, and to
make Alcimus the high priest of the great temple.

14 Then the Gentiles who had fled out of Judea
from Judas, came to Nicanor by flocks, thinking
the miseries, and calamities of the Jews to be the
welfare of their affairs.

15 Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor's com-
ing, and that the nations were assembled against
them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made
supplication to him, who chose his people to keep
them for ever, and who protected his portion by evi-
dent signs.

16 Then at the commandment of their captain,
they forthwith removed from the place where they
were, and went to the town of Dessau, to meet
them.

17 Now Simon the brother of Judas had joined
battle with Nicanor : but was frightened with the
sudden coming of the adversaries.

1 8 Nevertheless Nicanor hearing of the valoui
of Judas's companions, and the greatness of cou-
rage, with which they fought for their country, was
afraid to try the matter by the sword.

19 Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodo-
tius, and Matthias before to present and receive the
right hands.

20 And when there had been a consultation
thereupon, and the captain had acquainted the mul-
titude with it, they were all of one mind to consent
to covenants.

yet neither of them were truly high priests: for the true high print.
hood was amongst the Machabees, who were also of the stock <>/
Aaron, and had strictly held their religion, and were ordained ac
cording to the rites commanded in the law of Moses.

■f Mingling with the Heathens ; that is, in tfieir idolatrous worship.

787

II. MACIIABEES.

21 So they appointed ■ day upon which the*
ruiicltt commune tog< ther by themselvi s : ami scats
• brought out, ami set lor each one.
lint Judas ordered men to be ready in con-
venient places, rest some mischief might be sudden-
ly ptactiaed in the anetni they made an
eable conferent
\nil Mi anor abofk in Jerusalem, and did no
wrong, but aeatawajr the Socks of tkemultiiudei
thai bad been gathered together.

J V Ami Jades ami always dear to him from the
In ut, and he was well allietetl to the man.

\nd he d a aired aim to marry a wife, and to
bare children. So he married: lie tired quietly,
and iliev lived in common.

26 But Alcimus seeing the love they had one to
another, ami the covenants, came to Dcim trins, and
told him that Nicanor assented to the foreign inte-
rnal, for that he meant to make Judas, who was a
traitor m the kingdom, his successor.

.'7 Then the k i i m being in a rage and provoked
with this man's wicked accusations, w rote to Nica-
nor, signifying that he was greatly displeased with
the covenant of friendship : and that he command-
ed him nevertheless to send Machabeus prisoner in
all baste to Anrioch.

When this was known, Nicanor was in a

consternation, and took it grievously that be should

make void the articles that were agreed upon, hav-

■ reived no injury from the man.

I5nt because be could not oppose the king, he

watched an opportunity to compf) with the orders.

Imt w In ii Machabeus perceived that Nicanor

was mine stem to him, and that when they met to-

gether as usual, he behaved himself in a rough inan-

n< r : and was sensible that this rough behaviour

came not of good, he gathered together a few of his

men, ami hid himself from Nicanor.

31 Hut he Boding himself notably prevented by
the man, came to the great and holy temple: and

imanded the priests, that were offering the ac-
customed sacrifices, to deliver him the man.

32 And when they swore unto him that they
knew not where the man was whom In; sought, be
stretched out his hand to the temple,

\nd swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas
prisoner to me, I will lav this temple of God even
with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and
will dedicate this temple to Bacchus.

34 Ami when he had spoken thus, be departed.
But rise priests, stretching forth their hands to heat en.
called upon him that was ever the defender of their
nation, saying in this manner :

35 Thou, U Lord of all things, who wantest no-
thing, wast pleased that the temple ot thy habitation
should be amongst us.

.'5T> Therefore now, () Lord, the boh of all holies,
k* en this house for ever undcliled, which was late-
•y cleansed.

• II' ilruck kimulf, he. Tint fart of Rama* ia of llio number of
me that art by no mean* t<> lir im i < > otherwise

' (baa b] an extnuintin.in im^ube of God, the aoverMfal
MMT of life ami tta aj th .

T80

37 Now Ratfas, one of the ancients of Jerusnlem,
was accused to .Nicanor, a man that was a lover of
the city, and of good report, who for his affection
was called the father of the Jews.

38 This man, for a long time had held fast bis
purposeof keepiiighimself pure in the Jews' religion,
and was ready to expose his body and life, that he
might persevere therein.

39 So Nicanor, l>ciug willing to declare the hatred
that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to
take him.

40 For he thought by ensnaring him to hurt the
Jew s very much.

41 Now as the multitude sought to rush into his
house, and to break open the door and to set tire to
it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck him-
self* with liis sword :

42 Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into
the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbe-
coming his noble birth.

43 But whereas through baste be missed of giving
himself a sure wound, and the crowd was breaking
into the doors, he ran boldly to the wall, and man-
fully threw himself down to the crowd :

44 But they quickly making room for his fall, he
came upon the midst of the ncck.f

45 And as he had yet breath in him, being inflam-
ed in mind be arose: and while his blood ran down
with a great stream, and he was grievously wound-
ed, be ran through (he crowd :

46 And standing upon a steep rock, w hen he was
now almost w ithout blood, grasping bis bowels, w itb
both bands, he cast them upon the throng, (ailing
upon the Lord of life and spirit, to restore these to
him again : and so he departed this life.

CHAP. XV.

.Iii(lii<, encouraged by a vision, pains a glorious victory over
<inor. The conclusion.

BUT when Nicanor under stood that Judas was
in the places of Samaria, he purposed to set up-
on him with all violence on the sabbath day.

2 And when the Jews that were constrained to
follow him, said : Do not act so fiercely and barba-
rously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified :
ami reverence him that beholdetb all things:

3 That unhappy man asked, if there were a
mighty One in heaven, that bad commanded tlutsab-
liatli day to be kept.

4 And when they answered: There is the living
Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that com-
manded the seventh dav to be kept.

5 Then he said : And I am mighty upon the earth,
and I command to take arms, and to do the kind's
business. Nevertheless he pi -evaded not to accom-
plish bis design.

6 So Nicanor, being puffed tin with exceeding
it pride, thought to set up a public monument ot

his victory over Judas.

| //' emmr upon the

in tiir Qraafc it i», «fnfln

no (mil. ling.

idUef Ike neck. VenU met mi*
pa, which ugninca \ void place.

■■■M t <r, n

CHAP. XV.

7 But Macliabcus ever trusted with all hope that
God would help them.

8 And he exhorted his people not to fear the com-
ing of the Gentiles, but to remember the help they
had before received from heaven, and now to hope
for victory from the Almighty.

9 And speaking to them out of the law and the

Krophets, and withal putting them in mind of the
attles they had fought before, he made them more
cheerful :

10 Then, after he had encouraged them, he show-
ed withal the falsehood of the Gentiles and their
breach of oaths.

11 So he armed every one of them, not with de-
fence of shield and spear, but with very goodspeeches
and exhortations, and told them a dream worthy to
be believed, whereby he rejoiced them all.

12 Now the vision was in this manner: Onias,
who had been high-priest, a good and virtuous man,
modest in his looks, gentle in his manners, and
graceful in his speech, and exercised from a child in
all virtues, holding up his hands, prayed for all the
people of the Jews.

13 After this there appeared also another man,
admirable for age and glory, and environed with
great beauty and majesty .^

14 Then Onias answering, said : This is a lover
of his brethren, and of the people of Israel : this is
he that prayeth much for the people and for all the
holy city, Jeremias the prophet of God.

15 Whereupon Jeremias stretched forth his right
hand, and gave to Judas a sword of gold, saying :

16 Take this holy sword a gift from Cod, where-
with thou shalt overthrow the adversaries of my
people Israel.

17 Thus being exhorted with the words of Ju-
das, which were very good, and proper to stir up
the courage, and strengthen the hearts of the young
men, they resolved to fi^ht and to set upon them
manfully : that valour might decide the matter, be-
cause the holy city and the temple were in danger.

1 8 For their concern was less for their wives and
children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks, but
their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness
of the temple.

19 And they also that were in the city, had no
small concern for them that were to be engaged in
battle 5 .

20 And when now all expected what judgment
would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and
the army was set in array, the beasts and the horse-
men ranged in convenient places,

21 Machabeus considering the coming of the
multitude, and the divers preparations of armour,
and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his
hands to heaven, called upon the Lord that worketh
wonders, who giveth victory to them that are wor-
thy, not according to the power of their arms, but
according as it seemeth good to him.

22 And in his prayer he said after this manner :

* If not jo perfectly, SfC This is not said with regard to the trutb_
of the narration ; but with regard to the style and manner of writing :

Thou O Lord, who didst send thy Angel in the
time of Ezechias king of Juda, and didst kill a
hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of
Sennacherib:

23 Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good
Angel before us, for the fear and dread of the great-
ness of thy arm,

24 That they may be afraid, who come with blas-
phemy against thy holy people. And thus he con-
cluded his prayer.

25 But Nicanor and they that were with him,
came forward with trumpets and songs.

26 But Judas, and they that were with him, en-
countered them, calling upon God by prayers :

27 So fighting with their hands, but praying to the
Lord with their hearts, they slew no fewer than five
and thirty thousand, being greatly cheered with the
presence of God.

28 And when the battle was over, and they were
returning with joy, they understood that Nicanor
was slain in his armour.

29 Then making a shout, and a great noise, they
blessed the almighty Lord in their own language.

30 And Judas, who was altogether ready, in
body and mind, to die for his countrymen, command-
ed thatNicanor's head, and his hand with the shoul-
der should be cut oflf, and carried to Jerusalem.

31 And when he was come thither, having call-
ed together his countrymen, and the priests to the
altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle,

32 And showing them the head of Nicanor, and
the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with
proud boasts, against the holy house of the almighty
God,

33 He commanded also, that the tongue of the
wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by
pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to
be hanged up over-against the temple.

34 Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying :
Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.

35 And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of
the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest
sign of the help of God.

36 And they all ordained by a common decree,
by no means to let this day pass without solemnity:

37 But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the
month of Adar, called in the Syrian language, the
day before Mardochias day.

38 So these things being done with relation to
Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed
by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of
my narration.

39 Which if I have done well, and as it becometh
the history, it is what I desired : but if not so per-
fectly,* it must be pardoned me.

40 For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or
always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the
one, and sometimes the other : so if the sneech lie
always nicely framed it will not be grateful to the
readers. But here it shall be ended.

which in the sacred penmen is not always the most accurate : Se»
St- Paul, 2 Cor. xi. 6.

789

THE

NEW TESTAMENT

OF OUR

LORD AND SAYIOUR JESUS CHRIST,

TRANSLATED FROM

THE LATIN VULGATE:

DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL GREEK:

AND FIRST PUBLISHED

BY THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT RI1EIMS, A. D. 1583.

WITH

ANNOTATIONS, BY THE REV DR. CHALLONER: TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES, AND AN

HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

IVISKD AND CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLKMKNTlJtE EIHTIO.N OF THE SC'RIFTUKBb

PHILADELPHIA:
JOHN KELLY 614 & 617 SANSOM ST

PRIHTBD r&OK BTBRBOttPB PLATS8 Or FIBLDINO LCCA8, JR., BALTIMORE, ■!>.

ADMONITION.

TH E Scriptures, in which are contained the revealed Mysteries of Divine Faith, are undoubtedly the most excellent of aJ writ-
ings ; they were written by men divinely inspired, and are not the Words of men, but the Word of God, which can save our souls,
1 Thcss. li. 13. and James i. 21 ; but then they ought to be read, even by the learned, with the spirit of humility, and with a
fear of mistaking the true sense, as many have done. This we learn from the Scripture itself; where St. Peter says, that in the
Epistles of St. Paul there are some thing's hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other
Scriptures, to their own perdition. 2 Peter iii. 16.

To prevent and remedy this abuse, and to guard against error, it was judged necessary to forbid the reading of the Scriptures in
the vulgar languages, without the advice and permission of the Pastors and spiritual Guides* whom God has appointed to goiwrn
his Church, Acts xx. 28. Christ himself declaring : He that will not hear the church, let him be to tliee as the heathen and the publi-
can. Matt, xviii. 16.

Nor is this due submission to the Catholic Church ( The pillar and ground of truth, 1 Tim. iii. 1 5.) to be understood of the igno-
rant and unlearned only, but also of men accomplished in all kind of learning, the ignorant fall into errors for want of knowledge,
and the learned through pride and self-sufficiency.

Therefore let every reader of the Sacred Writings, who pretends to be a competent judge of the sense, and of the truths revealed
in them, reflect on the words which he finds in Isaias, chap. lv. 8, 9. My thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the Lord; for as the heavens are exalted above the earth, even so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my
thoughts above your thoughts. How then shall any one, by his private reason, pretend to judge, to know, to demonstrate, the m-
comprehensible and unsearchable ways of God !

♦ The following Letter of His Holiness Pius the Sixth, to the Most Rev. Anthony Martini, now Archbishop of Florence, on
his Translation of the Holy Bible into Italian, shews the benefit which the faithful may reap from their having the Holy Scriptures
in the Vulgar Tongue.

POPE PIUS THE SIXTH

Beloved Son, Health and Apostolical Benediction.

AT a time that a vast number of bad books, which most grossly attack the Catholic Religion, are circulated, even among
the unlearned, to the great destruction of souls, you judge exceedingly well, that the faithful should be excited to the reading of the
Holy Scriptures : For these are the most abundant sources which ought to be left open to every one, to draw from them purity of
morals and of doctrine, to eradicate the errors which are so widely disseminated in those corrupt times : This you have seasonably
effected; as you declare, by publishing the Sacred Writings in the language of your country, suitable to every one's capacity : espe-
cially when you shew and set forth, that yon have added explanatory notes, which being extracted from the Holy Fathers, preclude
every possible danger of abuse : Thus you have not swerved either from the laws of the Congregation of the Index, or from the Con-
stitution published on this subject by Benedict xiv.that immortal Pope, our predecessor in the Pontificate, and formerly when We
lield a place near his person, our excellent Master in Ecclesiastical learning ; circumstances which We mention as honourable to Us.
We therefore applaud your eminent learning, joined with your extraordinary piety, and We return you our due acknowledgment
for the books you have transmitted to Us, and which, when convenient, We will read over. In the mean time, as a token of our
Pontifical benevolence, receive our Apostolical benediction, which to you, beloved Son, We very affectionately impart. Given at
Rome, on the Calends of April, 1778, the fourth year of our Pontificate.

PHILIP BUONAMICI, Latin Secretary.
To our Beloved Son,
Anthony Martini, at Turin

A PRAYER BEFORE THE READING OF ANY PART OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE.
COME, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts and minds of thy faithful servants, and inflame them with the fire of thy divine love.

let us pray :

O GOD, who by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful servants ; grant us in the same Spirit,
to diy ern what is right, and enjoy his comfort for ever : Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth one God. with the«
and the same Spirit, world without end. Amen.

APPROBATION OF TIIE NEW TESTAMENT,

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF RHEIMS.

Cuh hujus vcraonis ac editionis Authores, nobis de fide et cruditione sint probe cogniti, aliiquc S. Thcologias
ct linguae AngticansB pcritk-imi viri contcstati sint, nihil in hoc opcre rcperiri, quod non sit Catholics? Etch-siaj
doctrina: ct pictati const iitaneum, vcl quod ullo modo potestati ac pad civiii repuguct, scd omnia potius vera (idem,
Ki'ip. bonum, vitacque ac morum probitutcm promovcre : ex ipsorum fide censcmus ista utililcr excudi et publican

Pbtbcs Rcmigus, Archidiaconut major Mctropotitana insignis Ecclesia Rhementu, Jurii Canonici Doctor, Archi-

epucopatus Rhementu generalit Vtcanus.
Hi'RCRTL's Moris, Rhemennt Eccksia Decanus, et Ecdetuuta, in sacratissima Theolcgia facultate Doctor,
Joan res lb Besous, Canonicu* Rhementu, Doctor Theologut, et Canccllariut Academia filtemensu.
GvuKLMVi Balhus, Thwlogia Prvfettor, CoUegii Rhementu Archimagutcr.

THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,

ACCORDING TO THE DECREE OF TIDZ COUNCIL OF TRENT.
THE FOUR GOSPELS.

' Chaptert.

8t Matthew 28

St, Mark • * 16

St. Luke 24

St John -

The Acts of the Apostles

Chapter*.
- 21

ST. PAUL'S FOURTEEN EPISTLES.

CJuptert.
St Paul to the Romans • , *\ '• ' - 16

I. Corinthians ...... io

II. Corinthians - . . . . • 3

<J;il.itians ...... o

Eplioians « • « . • ...6
riiilippians ...... 4

Chapters.

I. Thcssalonians ...... 5

II. Thessalonians - - ..... 3

I. Timothy 6

II. Timothy 4

Titus - ' 8

Philemon ...... 1

Hebrews ...... .13

THE SEVEN CATHOLIC EPISTLES.

Chaptert.

I. P. tcr • 5

II. IM. r --3

I. John - - - - - • - - 5

IL John 1

HI.. John -
St. Jamc* -
St. Jude -
The Apocalypse

Chaplxr:

- '.I

- 5
1

- 22

NOTE, that A. M. signifies Anno MunJi, that i«. in the Year of the World.— A. C Ante Christum, Year before Oiri-t.
A. I). Anno Domuit, in the Year of our 1/ird. — Sasm, i. e. above ; denote*, that the Chapter and Verse before whieh
it is prefixed, is to be found in the same book, but foregoing. — And Infra, i. C. bcloxc, denotes the Chapter and
Verse is to be found in the same book, but following.

THE HOLT GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,

ACCORDING TO

ST. MATTHEW.

Sr. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, from being a publi-
can, that is, a tax-gatherer, was called by our Saviour to the
Apostleship ; in that profession his name was Levi : (Luke
chap. v. ver. 27. and Mark ii. ver. 14.) He was the first of
the Evangelists that wrote the Gospel, and that in Hebrew,
or Syro-Chaldaic, which the Jews in Palestine spoke at that
time. The original is not now extant ; but as it was trans-
lated in the time of the Apostles into Greek, that version was
of equal authority. He wrote about six years after our
Lord'.

'word's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

The genealogy of Christ : he is conceived and born of a

virgin.

HP HE book of the generation of Jesus Christ,
-*- the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Ja-
cob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren.

3 And Judas begot Pharos and Zara of Tha-
mar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron be-
got Aram.

4 And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadah
begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. •

5 And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz
begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.

6 And Jesse begot David the king. And David
the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the
Wife of Urias.

7 And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam
begot Abias. And Abias begot Asa.

8 And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat be-
got Joram. And Joram begot Ozias.

9 And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham be-
got Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias.

10 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manas-
ses begot Amon. And Anion begot Josias.

11 And Josias begot Jechonias and his bre-
thren, about the time they were carried away to
Babylon.

12 And after they were carried to Bab} Ion, Je-

* The husband of Mnry. The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree
•f St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virffin, to conform to the custom

chonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zo-
robabel.

13 And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud
begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor.

14 And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot
Achim. And Achim begot Eliud.

15 And Eliud begot Eleazar. ' And Eleazar be-
got Mathan. And Matha/i begot Jacob.

1 6 And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Ma-
ry ;* of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations, from Abraham to Da-
vid, are fourteen generations : and from David, un-
til the carrying away to Babylon, fourteen genera-
tions : and from the carrying away to Babylon, till
Christ, fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of Christ was thus: When
Mary his Mother was espoused to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with child of the
Holy Ghost:

19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just
man, and not willing publicly to expose ner, was
minded to put her away privately.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold,
the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep,
saying : Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in
her, is of the Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a son : and thou
shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall save his
people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done that the word might ,
be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet,
saying :

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Em-
manuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us.

24 And Joseph, rising up from sleep, did as the
Angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took
unto him his wife.

of the Hebrews, who, in their genealogies, took no notice of women : bul
as they were near akin, the pedigree of the oue showeth that of the other

ST. MATTHEW.

25 And ln> knew her not till she brought forth
ruff fust-born son:" and be called f i i» name Jcsu.s.

CHAP. II.

The qferingm qf the tritr men : theJUght into Egypt : the mat-
mere qf Ike Innocent*.

NOW when Jesus was bora fa Bethlehem of Ju-
da, in the dayi ef kiim Herod, behold, there
camp wise men from the east t<> Jerusalem,

2 Sarimj : Where i> In- that i- bora Kins: of the
Jews.' for we ha?e >< •< it bit star in (lit- east, and we
arc come to adore him.

;{ And Herod the king hearing this, was troubled,
and all Jerusalem with him.

4 And assembling together all the chief priests,
and the Scribes of the people, he inquired of them
where Christ .should In- born.

5 But they said to him : In Bethlehem of Juda :
for st it is written by tin* prophet !

6 And thou, Bethlehem, the land of Juda, art
not the least among the princes of Juda : for out
of thee shall come forth the ruler, who shall rule
mv people Israel.

7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men,
inquired of them diligently the time of the stars
appearing to them :

8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go,
and search diligently alter the child : and a hen
you have found him, bring me word again, that I
aNo may come and adore him.

9 And when they had heard the kin:;, they went
their way : and lie-hold, the star, which they had
seen in the east, went liefnre them, until it came
and stood over where the child was.

10 And, st e'mg the star, they rejoiced with ex-
ceeding great joy.

11 And going into the house, they found the
child with Mary his mother: and falling down,
they adored him : and opening their tr> they
offered to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 Vnd having received an answer in sleep, that
they should not return to Herod, thej went hack
another way into their own country.

13 And when they were departed, behold, an
Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, say-
ing : Arise, and take the child and his mother, and
flv into Kgypt ; and lie there until I shall tell thee.
For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the
child, to destroy him.

1 \ Who rising Up. took the child and his mother
by Dlght, and retired into Egypt:

* Tilt me trough! fortk krr firil-born ton. From thev n-ont« 1 1 < IvhIi-

Ot and ntl.r i I I imniimnly infenril that the l>lo«Mii \

Mary had other children be»hl< erotne il»«>, by

r* example*, that Ihk expression of the evangelist wi. a manner
of (peaking. u«oal among the Hikmn, t. the wont until.

onlr what la dona, without any regard to i Thus it i< aaid,

Cm. chap. riii. rer. 6 ami 7. Th a .V« tmt forth * rmn, u-kitk went
fortk eeU Mi not rtturn Till tht u-elm trrrt irtri m m Ikt tailk. That
i in ii retain aaj inorr. Also, Itiiat, chap. «l«i. ier. I. tlod aaytt
I mm Tit i. fom rme old. Vt ifer that 0«*l should linn oeaaa

Uket \lvi, in llw Itt bonk of Mmthmkeri, rrr. M. .In.I tkrm trrnt up to
^nai mmn wast jsa hm jMaactt, ana off mm JstxtaasMts, wrreute nod ttw of
mtm mi ilmn UK them kmd nt wmtd in nemto. That ia. not one waa (tain,
U-fore or .i/lcr they li^i rilunu-.!

I returned. — God asilk to Lit diviaa son :
6

iHtmn

15 And he was there until the death of Herod:
that it might lie fulfilled which the l.onl spoke by
the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called

mv son.

lu' Then Herod, perceiving that he was deluded
by the wise men. was exceeding angry : and. send-
ing, killed all the men-children that were in Bethle-
hem, and in all the confines thereof, from two yean
old and under, according to the time which he had
diligently inquired of the wise men.

17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by
Jcremias, the prophet, saying :

18 A voice in Kama was heard, lamentation
and great mourning: Rachel bewailing her chil-
dren, and would not be comforted, because they
are not.

]!> Now Herod lieing dead, behold, an angel of
the Lord apjieared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying: Rise, and take the child and his
mother, and go into the land of Israel : for they
are dead, who sought the life of the child :

21 Who, rising up, took the child, and his mo-
ther, and came into the laud of Israel

22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judi a
in the room of Herod his lather, be was afraid to
go thither: and being warned in sleep, he retired
into the parts of Galilee.

23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Na-
zareth ; that it might be fulfilled, what was said
by the prophets : that he shall be called a NatSr
reile.

CHAP. III.

The preaching iff John ; Chritt i* baptized.

NOW iii those days came John the Ba;>list
pleaching in the desert of Judea;

2 And saying: Dopenaacef: for the kingdom

of heaven is at hand.

3 For this is he, who was spoken of by I -:ii;is

the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the

desert : Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make
straight his paths.

1 And John himself had his garment of camel's
hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his
MmmI was locusts and wild hone\.

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Ju-
dea, and all the countiy about Jordan:

6 And they Were baptized by him in the Jordan,
confessing their sins.

7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Saddn-
cees} coming to his baptism, he said to them : ^ <•

my riff*' AW Till. / mimke IA* rnrmirt thy fool ttool. Phafl
longer after hit enemies are subdui-d } liai ami for all ctrrint\
Jerome al«o proves hy Scripture example*, that an onijr ktzt<iun mn
waa ai*o called fir*t-l'*>in, «t firil mtgmitn : hecauac according '<> the
law, the Jhrtt-mmm male* kitp to ' ited to God i S*«rtit? utlt

mt, aaitli tin- Load, trtry firtl-kom that optnttk tkt vomk mrnmng Ikt dmliitu
of Itratl, Set- ExeJ. cli:u . mii. > ■ r. t.

t Dtmrnmner. Po nili ntiam atril"-. prrmmtin. Which word, *> < ordili(l
lottw D«e of the lu-riptiirrs ami tin- Ik : i ul iiiiIn -iriiify

repentance and amendment of life, toil al ing pa>i kin* hy

ind mirh like penit) ntiaj i »< rciaea.

I Phmriutt end Smdducttt. T\tr+e were two »ect» amonp tlw Jew»:
of wliirli tin- fonm-r wtM for tlie mn*t part notoriow hyporritea , tUa
tatter, a kind of free-tiiiuken in Blatters of reiiftuo '

CHAPTER IV. V.

brood of vipers, who hath showed you to flee from
the wrath to come ?

8 Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of penance:

9 And think not to say within yourselves : We
have Abraham for our father : for I tell you, that
God is able of these stones to raise up children to
Abraham.

1 For now the axe is laid to the root of the
trees. Every tree, therefore, that yieldeth not good
fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

Ill, indeed, baptize you with water unto pe-
nance : but he who is to come after me, is stronger
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry : he
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and ivith
fire.

12 Whose fan is in his hand ; and he will tho-
roughly cleanse his floor, and gather his wheat into
the barn ; but the chalfhe will burn with unquench-
able fire.

13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jor-
dan, unto John, to be baptized by him.

14 But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be
baptized by thee ; and comest thou to m<? ?

15 And Jesus, answering, said to him : Suffer
it now : for so it becometh u$ to fulfil all justice.
Then he suffered him : *'

16 And Jesus, being baptized, went up presently
out of the water: and, behold, the heavens were
opened to him : and he saw the Spirit of God de-
scending, as a dove, and coming upon him.

17 And, behold, a voice from heaven, saying;
This is my beloved Son, in whom 1 am well pleased.

CHAP. IV.

Christ's fast for forty days : he is tempted. He begins to
preach, to call disciples to him, and to work miracles.

THEN Jesus was led by the spirit into the de-
sert, to be tempted by the devil.

2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he was afterwards hungry.

3 And the tempter, coming, said to him : If thou
be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bread.

4 But he answered, and said : It is written : Man
liveth not by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city,
and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

6 And said to him : If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down ; for it is written : That he hath
given his Angels charge of thee ; and in their hands
shall they bear thee up, lest, perhaps, thou hint
thy foot against a stone.

7 Jesus said to him : It is written again : Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8 Again the devil took him tip into a very
high mountain; and * showed him all the kingdoms
of the world, and the glory of them,

* Showtd him, IfC. That is, pointed out to him, where eaeli kinirdom
lay; and set forth in words what was most glorious and admirahle in
each of them. Or also, set before his eyes, as it were in a large map,
* lively representation of all those kingdoms.

9 And said unto him : All these will I give thee,
if, falling down, thou wilt adore me.

10 Then Jesus saith to him : Begone, Satan: for
it is written : The Lord tl.y God thou shalt adore,
and him only shalt thou serve.

1 1 Then the devil left him ; and, behold, Angels
came and ministered to him.

12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was
delivered up, he retired into Galilee :

13 And leaving the city Nazareth, he came anu
dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea-coast, in the con-
fines of Zabulon and Nepththalim :

14 That what was said by Isaias the prophet
might be fulfilled :

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nepth-
thalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Ga-
lilee of the Gentiles :

16 The people that sat in darkness, saw great
light : and to them that sat in the region of the sha-
dow of death, light is sprung up.

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and
to say : Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.

18 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for
they were fishers.)

19 And he saith to them: Come after me, and 1
will make you become fishers of men.

20 And they immediately leaving their nets, fol-
lowed him.

21 And going on from thence, he saw two other
brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his
brother, in a ship with Zebedee.their father, mend-
ing their nets : and he called them.

22 And they immediately leaving their nets and
their father, followed him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom; and healing all diseases and infirmities
among the people.

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria,
and they brought to him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments, and such
as were possessed by devils, and lunaticks, those
that had the palsy, and he healed them :

25 And great multitudes followed him from Ga-
lilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and
from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

CHAP. V.

Christ's sermon upon the mount. The eight bea'itudes.

NOW Jesus seeing the multitudes, he went up
into a mountain : and when he had sat down,
his disciples came to him.

2 And opening his mouth he taudit them, savins:

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit :f for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.

f The poor iit sjnrit.
not set upon riches.

That is, the humble ; and they whose spirit i»

ST. MATTHEW.

4 Blessed are Hie meek : for the v shall |*mesi
the land.

Blessed arc they that mourn: for they shall
be comforted.

6 * Blessed are ihev that Imager and thirst after
justice : tor they shall In- tilled.

7 Blessed are the merciful : lor they shall ob-
'ain mercy.

8 Blessed are the clean of heart : I'm iln y shall
see God.

9 Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall
be called the children of (iod.

10 Blessed are they that suffer persecution for
justice sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are vou when men shall revile vou.
and persecute mo, and shall say all manner of ev il
against vou falsely, for my nki

12 Bejoice, and l>e exceeding glad : localise
your reward is v.-rv great in heaven: for sot he \
persecuted the prophets, that were hefore you.

13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
hlVC lost its saTOar, with what shall it lie salted.'
It is then good for nothing, hut to be cast out, and
to be trodden upon b» men.

1 V ^ ou arc the light of the world. A city that
: on a mountain cannot he hid.

15 Neither do men Light I candle, and put it un-
der a boshel, but upon a candlestick, that it may
p\e light to all that are in the house.

16 Let your \\z\\\ so shine hefore men, that they
may see vour ;:o<>d works, and glorify your Father
w ho is in he a ve n .

17 Think not that 1 am come to destroy the law,
or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to
fulfil-*

1H For f amen I say unto you. till heaven and
eaith pass, one tot or One tittle shall not pass from
the law, till all be fulfilled.

19 Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these
least Commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall he called the least in the kingdom of heaven :
but whosoever shall do and teach, the same shall
be called great ill the kingdom of heaven.

2D For I say to vou. that unless \<>iir jiistict
abound more than that of t the Scribes and of the
Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom

of heaven.

21 you have heard that it was said to them of

• TtMiU. Hy aocomp

perf.-< ivc.lt all l

f .W« TImI I.. a.,ure.tl„, nf o It

bare retantcl hy Iheetwnp!

who hare retained It. It m used by

an I :i(Tirm itmn ..I' Hie Irutli.

IT all (lie figures ami prophecies ; and

a* as trong aaae*\ ruiii

J TW ScriWa, omj of tlu Pk*ri*tt The Scriif were the doctor* of
tLe bur of Mwi : (Ih- PkmHoon were a precis-) aet of nun, making
profunaoo of a more exact o b— ira m: « of the law : and upon that ac-

• |>eop|e.
I Stag o* fuiltf of jmlfm t mL Tlul i«, shall devrre tn he punished
by tliat le> jitdfmmt, which

■

| Sim A word cl 're tin; fir,- i. Slull

W ruHtf of Uu tmmtil re In be |

highest court of j nd i otf

CmmtU, M Bj

run, i oiim.I •

old: Thou shah not kill. And who hall kill

shall Ih- guilty of the judgment :

.' But I say to you, that whosoever is an
with his brother, \ shall Ih- guiltj of the judgment.
Ami whosoever shall say to his brother, Rara,|shall
be guilty of the council. Ami WtlflMiever shall
sav, ** Thou IikiI, shall Ih- nuilly ol hi II fire.

23 Therefore, if thou olV.-r si thy gift at the altar,
and there shall remember (b it thy biothcr hath any
thing against thee;

24 Leave there thy gift ' efore the altar, and first
no to 1h> reconciled to th\ Drother, ami then come
and tiller thy gift.

25 .Make an a-reeinent w ilh thy adversary quick-
ly, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest, per-
haps, the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and
the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou lx- cast
into prison.

2G Amen I say to thee, thou shah not go out
from thence, till thou pay the last larth:

27 Vou have heard it was said to them of old :
Thou shah DOl commit adultery.

I But I say unto you, that adbOSOClSfr hwiketh
on a woman to lust after her hath already commit-
ted adultery with her in his heart.

29 And if thy ridit eye cause thee to offend. ft
pluck it out, ami cast it from thee : for it is better
tor thee that one ol thy members should perish, than
that thy w hole body should Ih- cast into hell.

30 And if thy rtghf hand cause thee to offend,
cut it off, and cast it from tin ■<• j for it is better lor
thee that one of thy members should perish, than
that thy whole body should gp into ben.

31 It hath also been said. Whosoever^ shall put
away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

32 But 1 say to you, that whosoever shall put
awav his wife, excepting for the cause ol tornica-
r ion, causeth her to commit adultery: and whoso-
ever shall marry her that is put awav t coinniitti ih
adult'

33 Again, you have heard thai it was said to
them of* old: Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but

shall perforin thy oaths to the Lord.

34 But I sav to you, not to swear at all,tf neilhei
by heaven, for it is the throne ol God :

3o Nor by the earth, lor it is (us footstool;
nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great
King:

iitar <>f seventy-two iwrwins. where thfc highest causes were li N^l ami
wliK h » is at Jerusalem.
•* Tkoti foot. This wa» lookcil upon as a Wajaj laian « hen
Uttered with contempt, spite, or m.ilicr : md thereto'* i- here

learned.— Slultbt guilty of luUJirt: litci-.illx . :■<< fMstkttJ IC
| ,|, „ m- t ■ krnni ol ft. W |.|. h

Words our Saviour made use of to express llic fite and ssjpJaVnai i.l ..I
lull.

ft Cmtm titer to offrnd. That in. if it he a stSMwhSa* Mm k

riOB Ot till In thee. Uv which V <•*•.

It of sin, th.iiiuli ili.\ be as dear to us, or as occesaaiy,a» » l..md
or tii eye.

U M>t totwtmr mtall. Tn nol S«U**«I «> «wear in Irul
and juilirm. nl | t.. Il.e hnnnurof (Ji.l. or i«r own or n. iwhbntlr 1

defence ; bol only to swear nuhly, profanely, in ci wminn dtwouis*.
.ni.l ttiihout necessity

CHAP. VI.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 But let your speech be, yea, yea, no, no:
for whatsoever is more than these, cometh from evil.

38 You have heard that it hath been said : An
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

39 But I say to you,* not to resist evil : but if
any man strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him
the other also.

40 And if any man will go to law with thee, and
take' away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall force thee to go one
mile, go with him other two.

42 Give to him that asketh of thee, and from
him that would borrow of thee, turn not away.

43 You have heard that it hath been said : Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.

44 But I say to you : Love your enemies : do
good to them that hate you : and pray for them that
persecute and calumniate you :

45 That you may be the children of your Father,
who is in heaven : who maketh his sun to rise upon
the good, and the bad, and raineth upon the just
and the unjust.

46 For if you love those that love you, what re-
ward shall you have ? do not even the publicans f
the same?

47 And if you salute your brethren only, what do
you more ? do not also the heathens the same ?

48 Be you, therefore, perfect, as also your hea-
venly*Father is perfect.

CHAP. VI.

A continuation of the sermon on the mount.

TAKE heed that you do not your justice f before
men, that you may be seen by them : other-
wise you shall not have a reward from your Father,
who is in heaven.

2 Therefore, when thou doest an alms-deed,
sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they
may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you,
they have received their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth :

4 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Fa-
ther, who seeth in secret, will repay thee.

5 And when you pray, you shall not be as the
hypocrites, who love to pray standing in the syna-
gogues and at the corners of the streets, that they
may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they
have received their reward.

6 But thou, when thou shalt pray, enter into thy
chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy

* JVot (o resist evil, tyc. What is here commanded, is a Christian pa-
tience under injuries and affronts, and to be willing even to suffer still
more, rather than to indulge the desire of revenge : but what is further
added does not strictlv oblige according to the letter, for neither did
Christ nor St. Paul turn the other cheek. — St. John xviii. and Acts
xxiii.

t The ]Yublhans. These were the gatherers of the public taxes: a
•et of men, odious and infamous among the Jews, for their extortions
mod injustice. B

Father in secret : and thy Father, who seeth in
secret, will reward thee.

7 And when you are praying, sneak not much,
as the heathens do : for they think that they are
heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not you, therefore, like them. For your
Father knoweth what you stand in need of, before

on ask him.

9 You, therefore, shall pray in this manner : Our
Father jwho art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven.

1 1 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. §

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation. || But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

14 For if you forgive men their offences, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you your offences.

15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will
your Father forgive you your sins.

16 And when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites,
sad : for they disfigure their faces, that to men they
may appear fasting. Amen I say to you, they have
received their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head,
and wash thy face ;

18 That thou appear not fasting to men, but to
thy Father, who is in secret : and thy Father, who
seeth in secret, will reward thee.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth:
where the rust, and the moth consume, and where
thieves dig through, and steal.

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven ;
where neither the rust nor the moth doth consume,
and where thieves do not dig through, nor steal.

21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart
also.

22 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye
be simple, thy whole body will be lightsome.

23 But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body shall
be darksome. If, therefore, the light that is in thee
be darkness, how great will the darkness itself bt ?

24 No man can serve two masters, for either he
will hate the one, and love the other : or he will
hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon.1T

25 Therefore I say to you, Be not solicitous for
your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what
you shall put on. Is not the life more than the food,
and the body more than the raiment ?

26 Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns : yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of
much more value than they ?

I Your justice, i. e. works of justice, viz. fasting, prayer, and alms-
deeds ; which ought to be performed, not out of ostentation, or a view
to please men, but solely to please God.

{ Supersubslimtial bread. In St. Luke the same word is rendered
daily bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in
the Blessed Sacrament.

|| Lead us not into temptation. That is, suffer us not to be overcome
by temptation.

H Mammon. That is, riches, worldly interest

ST. MATTHEW.

28 Ami lor raiment \\ li.vart- \<hi M.lii-iiniiv
«ider the lilies of the field,

27 And which of you, by thinking, can add to
nis stature one cubit ?

Con-
how they gram : tin \
lahour not. in it ht-r do tiny spin.

29 And yet I SB] to you. mat not even Solomon,
in all lib arrayed as one ofth<

30 Now, It God -o cloche the grass of the field,
which to-day is, ami to-morrow is east into the
Oft ■ : liow iiuich more you, < > ye of little faith ?

.'■I Be not solicitous, therefore, saying: What
shall ucr.ii. in what shall we drink, or wherewith
shall ue Ik- clothed ?

r utter all these things do the heathen
seek. For yotir Father knoweth that you have m ed

of all these things.

■ hi Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom of God,

ami his justice; and all these things shall be added
unto you.

M Be not, therefore, solicitous for to-moi
for the morrow will be solicitous lor itself. Suffi-
cient lor the day is the evil thereof.

CHAP. VII.

The third part of the tcrmon on Ike mount.

JUDGE not. that you may not be judged.
For with what judgment you have juJ
Mm shall !>e judged: and with what measure yon
Lave measured, it shall be measured to you again.

.) And why scot thou a mote in thy brother's
. and seest not I beam in th\ own eye?

1 )r how sayest thou to thy brother: Lei me
I the mote out of thy eye ; and behold a beam
is in thy own eye ?

I nou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out ef
thy own eve, and tin u shall thou see to cast out
the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 (iive not that which is holy to dogs: neither

vour pearls before swine: lesl they trample
them under their feet, and, turning upon you, tear
you.

7 Ask. and it shall be ^iv- D you: seek, and you
shall find : knock, and it shall be opened to you.

I or every one that askcth, ret eiveth : and he
that seeketh, iindcth : and lo him that knockcth, it
shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there among \ou, of whom if
-on ask bread, will he reach him a stom

10 Or if he ask a fish, will be reach him a ser-
pent?

11 If you, then, being evil, know how to ^ive
pood gifts to your children : how much more will
your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to
thein that ask him ?

I J All things, therefore, whatsoever you would

that men should do to you, do VOU also to them:
for this is the law and the prophets.

1 3 Enter ye in at the narrow -ate: for wide is the
gate, and broad is the way that leadeth todestTUC-
tion : and many there are who enter by it.

1 V How narrow- is the -ate. and strait is the way,

which leadeth to life; and few tin i. are, who find n '

I) Beware of false prophets, who come to you

in the clothing ef sheep, but inwardly they are ra-

\ enous wol\ i

16 By their fruits you shall know them. Poincn
gather grapes ofthoms, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree vieldeth good fruit,
and the bad tree viefdeth bad fruit.

18 A -ood tree cannot yield bad fruit; neither
can a bad tree yield good fruit.

19 Everj tree thai vieldeth not good fruit, slial

lie cut down, and shall be cast into the lire.

Wherefore, In tl.cir fruits you shall know
tin in.

21 Not every one thai saith to me. Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that
doeth the will of inv Father, who is in heaven, he
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

\I uiv will say to me in that da] : Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy
name cast <>ut devils, and done many wonderful
works in thy name ?

23 And then will 1 profess unto them: I never

knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

. Therefore, whosoever heareth these my words,

and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man,

who built his house upon a rock.

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and the] beat upon thai house, and
it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And ever] one thai heareth these my words,
and doeth them not, shall be like a foolish man,
who built his house upon (he sand.

\nd the rain fell, and the floods came, and
the winds blew , and they beat upon that house, and

it fell; and great was the fall thereof.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had fully
ended these words, the people were in admiration
8t his doctrine.

29 For he was teaching them as one having au-
thority, and not as their Scribes and Pharist

CHAP. VIII.

Christ rlranxn thr br,

!rr, hiiih the eenturiont trrrant, I'
mothrr-iii-latr, mitl many other* ; hr xtilh thr storm at * <:,
drivm thr lit rils nut of two men pot*estrd y a*il lufftrtthim to
go into the twine.

ND when he was come down from the moun-
tain, great multitudes followed him:

2 And behold, a leper coming, adored him. sav-
ing : Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And .lesus, stretching forth his hand, touched
him, saving: I will. Be thou made clean. And im-
mediately his leprosy was cleansed.

•V And Jesus said to him: See thou tell no man:
but i:n, show thyself to ihe priest, and olii r the gift
which Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

5 And when he had entered into Capharnaum,
there came to him a centurion, beseeching him.

t! And saying: Lord, my servant lieth at home

sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented.

7 And JeSUS said to him : 1 will come and In al
him.

CHRIST HEALING THE SICK

CHAP. IX

3 And the centurion making answer, said : Lord,
I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my
roof: hut only say the word, and my servant shall
be healed.

9 For I also am a man under authority, having sol-
diers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he
goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and
to my servant, do this, and he doeth it.

10 And Jesus, hearing this, wondered and said, to
those that followed him : Amen I say to you, I have
not found so great faith in Israel.

11 And I say unto you, that many shall come
from the East and the West, and shall sit down with
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of
heaven : .

12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast
out into exterior darkness : there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.

13 And Jesus said to the centurion: Go; and
as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And
the servant was healed at the same hour.

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's
house, he saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick of
a fever :

15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left
her; and she arose and ministered to them.

16 And when evening was come, they brought
to him many that were possessed with devils : and
he cast out the snirit with his word: and all that
were sick he healed :

17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken
by the Prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmi-
ties, and bore our diseases.

18 And Jesus, seeing great multitudes about
him, gave orders to pass over the water.

19 And a certain scribe came, and said to him:
Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt

20 And Jesus saith to him : The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the air nests : but the Son of man
hath not where to lay his head.

21 And another of his disciples said to him:
Lord, permit me first to go, and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let
the dead bury their dead.

23 And when he entered into the ship, his dis-
ciples followed him:

24 And behold, a great tempest arose in the sea,
so that the ship was covered with waves : but he
was asleep.

23 And his disciples came to him, and awaked
him, saying : Lord, save us, we perish.

26 And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fear-
ful, O ye of little faith ? Then rising up, he com-
manded the winds, and the sea, and there came a
great calm.

27 But the men wondered, saying : Who is this,
for even the winds, and the sea obey him ?

28 And when he was come on the other side of
♦die water, into the country of the Gerasens, there
met him two men possessed with devils, coming out
of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that no one
could pass by that way.

29 And behold, they cried out, saying What
have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God ? art
thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 And, not far from them, there was a herd of
many swine feeding.

31 And the devils besought him, saying: If thou
cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

32 And he said to them : Go. And they, going
out, went into the swine; and behold, the whole
herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea,
and perished in the waters.

33 And they that kept them, fled : and coming
into the city, told every thing, and concerning them
that had been possessed by the devils.

34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet
Jesus : and when they saw him, they besought him
that he would depart from their coasts.

CHAP. IX.

Christ heals one tick of the palsy ; calls Matthew i aires the
issue of blood ; raises to life the daughter of Jairvx : gives
sight to two blind men ; and heals a dumb man possessed by
the devil.

AND entering into a ship, he passed over the wa-
ter, and came into hjs own city.

2 And behold, they brought to him a man sick
of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing theii
faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Son, be ol
good heart ; thy sins are forgiven thee.

3 And behold some of the scribes said within
themselves: This man blasphemeth.

4 And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said: Why
do you think evil in your hearts ?

5 Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven
thee : or to say, Rise up, and walk ?

6 But, that you may know that the Son of man
hath power on earth to forgive sins, then, saith he
to the man sick of the palsy : Rise up, take thy bed,
and go into thy house.

7 And he rose up, and went into his house.

8 And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glori-
fied God, who had given such power to men.

9 And when Jesus passed on from thence, he
saw a man sitting in the custom-house, named Mat-
thew : and he saith to him: Follow me: and he
rose up, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as he was at table in the
house, behold, many publicans and sinners came,
and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

1 1 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disci-
ples : Why doth your master eat with publicans and
sinners ?

12 But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are
in health need not a physician, but they that are
sick.

13 Go then, and leayi what this meaneth : I will
have mercy, and not sacrifice. For I am not come to
call the just, but sinners.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, say-
ing: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, bu»
thy disciples do not fast ?

1 5 And Jesus said to them : Can the children of

ST. MATTIir.W.

the bridegroom* mourn as Ions; n- the bridegroom
is with tin in: I5ut the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and
then thej shall fast

16 Ami lid man putteth a piece of DOW doth to an
old garment : for It taketh away what was whole
from tin- garment, and the rent is made won

I 7 Neither do they put M w wine into old Intnles:
otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth
out, and the bottles are lost. Hut new wine tlnv
put into nrV bottle* : and Itoth are preserved.

18 \N bile he was ■peaking then things to them,
l^hold, a certain ruler came, and adored him, s.,\
bag: Lord, my daughter is just now dead: but come,
lav thy hand DpOQ her. and she shall li\e.

I!' And JesUS rising up, followed him with his
discipli

20 And behold, a woman, who was troubled
with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind
him, ami touched the hem of his garment.

Jl For she Hid, within herself: If I shall but
touch his ttirnient, I shall be healed.

Bui Ji mis turning al>out, and seeing her, said:
Take courage, daughter: thy faith hath made thee
whole. And the woman was made whole from
that hour.

\nd when JVsus came into the house of the
ruler, ami saw the minstrels and the crowd making

a unit, he said:

Give place: for the girl is not dead, but

• petit. And they laughed at him.

\iid when the crowd was turned out, he
went in, and took her by the hand: and the girl
an

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that
itry.

27 And as JesnS Was dep u t in g from thence,
there followed him two blind men. crying out, and

Son of David, have mercy on us.
\nd when he was come to the house, the
blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them:
Do you believe that I (an do litis unto )ou:
The] say to him. Yea. Lord.

25) Then he touched their eyes, saying: Accord-
ing to your faith, Ih: it done unto vou.

• 1<| Ami their eyes were opened: and Jesus
strictly charged them, saying : See that no man
know it.

31 Hut they, going out, spread his fame abroad
in all that c oun t r y.

And when they were gone out, behold, the}
brought to him a dumb man |>osscssed with a
devil.

33 And the devil behsf cast out, the dumb man
spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying: The

like was never seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said : 1 le CaStOth out de\ ils.
by the prime of the doi 3s.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and
towns, teaching in their svna^o-Hes, ami preaching

•r ml k$ MUm tf Ik, WUrrroom. Tim, bv a HcbraMm, itrnine*

tin- gOSpd of the kingdom, and healing ( \> rv siek-

IlisN. and eviTV disease.

3<» And s. . inu the multitude, he had compassion
00 them; because they were distressed, and King
as sheet) hav ins no shepherd.

Then he saith to his disciples: The harvest,
indeed, is great, but the lalxmreis are lew.

38 Pray ye. then fore, the Lord of the It
that he send forth labourer! into hjs harvest.

CHAP. X.

Christ tend* out his ttrtlrr .-//««*/<*, trith the potter of miracles,
The lessons he give* them.

AM) when he had called his twelve disciples,
to g e ther, BO gave them power over unclean
spirits, to cast them out. and to heal all manner of
diseases, and all manner of sick

2 Now the names of the twelve Apostles are
these: The first, Simon who is (ailed Peter, and
Andrew his brother.

3 James the son of Zebedce. and John his bro-
ther, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Mat-
thew the publican, and James the *on of Alpheus,
and Thaddeiis.

4 Simon (hananeus, and Judas Iscariot, who
also betr ay ed him.

5 These twelve JesUS sent ■ and commanded
them, saying: Go not into the wav of the Gentiles;
and into the cities of the Samaritans enter not:

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel.

7 And going preach, saying: The kingdom ol
heaven is at hand.

8 Ileal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the le-
pers, east out devils: gratis you have received, gratis
pave.

9 Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor nionev in
your pun

10 Nor scrip for your journey ,nor two coats, nor
shoes, nor a stall"; for the workman is worths of
his meat.

11 And into whatsoever city or town yon shall
enter, inquire who in it is worthy: and there abide
till yon so thence.

12 And when you come into a house, salute it,
saying: Peace be to this house.

l.'J And if that house be worthy, your |>eace
shall come upon it: but if it be not worthy, your
peace shall return to you.

14 And whosoeur shall not receive you, nor
hear your words, going forth out of that house, or
city, shake off the dust from TOUT fi

15 Amen I say to you, it shall Ik- more tolerable
for the land of Sodom and (ionnyrah, in the da\ of
judgment than for that city.

1() Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of

wolves. Be ye, t her efor e, wise as serpents, and
simple + as doves.

17 But beware of men. For they will deliver

That ia, hannlm, plain, rincere, and without guile.

CHAP. XI.

you up in councils, and they will scourge you in
their synagogues: ,

18 And you shall be brought before governors,
and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to
them, and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they shall deliver you up, be not
thoughtful how or what to speak : for it shall be
given you in that hour what to speak.

20 For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of
vour Father, that speaketh in you.

21 The brother also shall deliver up the brother
to death, and the father the son : and the children
shall rise up against their parents, and shall put
them to death.

22 And you shall be hated by all men for my
name's sake : but he that shall persevere unto the
end, he shall be saved.

23 And when they shall persecute you in this
city, flee into another : Amen I say to you, you
shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Sou
of man come. '

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the
servant above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how
much' more them of his household ?

26 Therefore fear them not : for there is nothing
hid, that shall not be revealed ; nor secret that shall
not be known.

27 That which I tell you in the dark,, speak ye
in the light : and that which you hear in the ear,
preach ye upon the housetops.

28 And fear not those that kill the body, and
cannot kill the soul : but rather fear him that can
destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and
not one of them shall fall on the ground without
your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all num-
bered.

31 Fear not, therefore : you are of more value
than many sparrows.

32 Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before
men, I "will also confess him before my Father, who
is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, I
will also deny him before my Father, who is in
heaven.

34 Do not think that I am come to send peace
upon earth : I came not to sesid peace, but the
sword.

35 * For I am come to set a man at variance
against his father, and the daughter against her mo-
ther, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-
in-law.

36 And a man's enemies shall be they of his
own household.

* J am come to set a man at variance, fyc. Not that this was the end or de-
sign of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his doctrine
would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many
would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him.

f Scandalized in me. That is, who shall not take occasion of scandal

37 He that loveth father or mother more than
me, is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and fol-
loweth me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he
that shall lose his life, for my sake, shall find it.

40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and
he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in tJie name of a
prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet : and
he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just
man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of
these little ones, a cup of cold water only in the
name of a disciple, Amen, I say to you, he shall
not lose his reward.

CHAP. XI.

John sends his disciples to Christ, who upbraids the Jews with
their incredulity, and calls to him such as are sensible of their
burdens.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an
end of commanding his twelve disciples, that
he passed from thence, to teach and preach in
their cities.

2 Now when John had heard in prison the
works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he
said to him :

3 Art thou he that art to come, or do we look
for another?

4 And Jesus making answer, said to them : Go
and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the
poor have the gospel preached to them :

6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized
in me.f

7 And when thfty went their way, Jesus began to
say to the multitude, concerning John : What went
you out into the desert to see ? a reed shaken with
the wind ?

8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed
in soft garments? Behold, they that are clothed in
soft garments are in the houses of kings.

9 But What went you out to see ? a prophet ?
yea, I tell you; and more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written: Behold,
I send my Angel before thy face, who shall pre-
pare thy way before thee.

1 1 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among
them that are born of women a greater than John
the Baptist : yet he that is lesser in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.

12 And, from the days of John the Baptist until
now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence; J
and the violent bear it away.

or offence from my humility, and the disgraceful death of the cross,
which I shall endure.

t Suffereth violence, SfC It is not to be obtained hut by main force.
By using violence upon ourselves, by mortification and penance, and
resisting our perverse inclinations.

ST. MATTII1.W.

13 For all the prophets ami the law prophesied!
until John :

IV And if von will receive it, he is F.lias* that
is to eoine.

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

16 But "hereunto shall I es t e em this generation
to be like? It is like to children sitting in the mar-
ket-place, who en out to their companions,

17 And say: We ha\e piped to vou. an<l von have
not danced**, we have lamented, and you have not
mourned.

18 For John came neither eating nor drinking :
and thev say : He hath a devil.

19 The Son of man eame eating and drinkiiiL'.
and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a
v ine-driukiT, a friend of publicans and sinners.
And wisdom is justified hy her children.

20 Then he la-ran to upbraid the cities, where-
in were done the most of his mighty works, because
they had not done penance.

21 Wo to thee, Coro/.ain, wo to thee, Bethsaida :
for if in Tyre and Sidon the inidity works had
been done that have been done in you, thev would
Ions ago have done penance in sackcloth and ashes.

I lut I say unto you. it shall lie more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment, than
tor \ou.

23 And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted
Uj) to heaven ? thou shalt p) down even unto hell:
f*or if the mightv works had been done in Sodom,
that have been done in thee, perhaps it would have
remained until this day.

2\ But I -<ay unto you, that it shall be more tole-
rable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment
than for th«

25 At that time Jesus answered, and said. I give
thanks to thee. () father. Lord of heaven ana earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed tjiem to little oiks.

26 Yea, Father; for so hath It seemed good in
thy right

J7 All things are delivered to me by my Father.
And no one knoweth the Son but the Father: neither
doth anv one know the Father, but the Son, and
he to wborn the S>n will reveal him.

28 Come to me, all you that labour, and are
I laden, and I will refresh \ mi .

29 Take up my Vflfcevpea vou. and learn of me,
because I am meek and humble of heart: and you
shall find rest to your souls.

30 For my yoke is sweet, and my burden light.

CHAP. XII.

Ckritt rrprnret the hlintlnrt* qf the Vharitee*, anil confute*
their attributing hit miracle* to Satan.

AT that time Jesus went through the corn on
the sabbath-day : and his disciples, being hun-
gry, began to pluck the cars of corn, and to cat.

• lit it EMu, let. Not in person, but in spirit. £■*» L 1 7.

\nil the Pharisees, seeing tin in, said to him:
Behold, thy diseiplex do that which is not lawful
to do on the sahbath-daya.

3 But he said to them: Have you not read what
David did when he was hungry, and they that were
with him:

4 How he entered into the house of God, and did
eat the loaves of proposition,! whieji it was not law-
ful for him to eat, nor for them that w i re w ith him,
but for the priests only ?

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on
the sabbath-days the priests in the temple hreak
the sabbath, and are without blame?

6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than
the temple.

7 And if you knew what this meaneth : I will
have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never
h a\e Condemned the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sab-
bath-day.

9 And when he was departed from thence, he
came into the synagogue.

10 And behold there was a man who had his
hand withered, and they asked him, saying: Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they
might accuse him.

11 But he said to them : What man shall there
be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the
same fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he
not take hold on it, and lift it up?

12 How much better is a man than a sheep?
Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the
sabbath-day.

13 Then he saith to the man : Stretch forth thy
band. And he stretched it forth; and it was re-
stored to health like as the other.

14 And the Pharisees, going out, made a consult-
ation against him, how they might destroy him.

15 But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence :
and many followed him, and he healed them all.

16 And he charged them that they should not
make him known.

17 That the word might l»e fulfilled, which was
spoken by Isaias the prophet, Baying:

18 Beliold my servant whom I have chosen, my
beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased.
I will put my Spirit ujk>ii him, and he shall show
judgment to the Gentiles.

I!» He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither
shall anv man hear his voice in the streets.

20 The bruised reed he shall not break, and
smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send
forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed
with a devil, blind and dumb : and he healed him,
so that he both spoke and saw.

23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and
said : Is not this the son of David ?

f Tht km— s/ sn s u tls m . So were called the twelre loaves whicl
were placed before the sanctuary in the temple of God.

CHAP. XIII.

24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said : This man
casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince
of the devils.

25 And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to
them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall
be made desolate: and every city or house divided
against itself shall not stand.

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided
against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand ?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by
whom do your children cast them out? Therefore
they shall be your judges.

28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils,
then is the kingdom of God come unto you.

29 Or how can any one enter into the house of the
strong man, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind
the strong man ? and then he will rifle his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me : and
he that gathereth not with me, scattercth.

31 Therefore I say to you : Every sin and blas-
phemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy
against the Spirit* shall not be forgiven.

32 And whosoever shall speak a word against
Me Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he
that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in
the world to come.f

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good :
or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil: for by the
fruit the tree is known.

34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak
good things, whereas you are evil ? for out or the
abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man, out of a good treasure, bringeth
forth good things : and an evil man, out of an evil
treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, that every idle word J
that men shall speak, they shall render an account
for it in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalfc be justified ;
and by thy words thou shall be condemned.

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees
answered him, saying: Master, we would see a
sign§ from thee.

39 But he answering, said to them : An evil
and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign: and
a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas
the prophet.

40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three
days and three nights : so shall the Son of man
be in the heart of the earth three days and three
nights.ll

41 The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment

* The blasphemy against the Spirit. The sin here spoken of is that
blasphemy, by which the Pharisees attributed the miracles of Christ,
wrought by the Spirit of God, to Beelzebub the prince of devils. Now
(lii-! kind of sin is usually accompanied with so much obstinacy, and
Buch wilful opposing the Spirit of God, and the known truth, that men
who are guilty of it, are seldom or never converted ; and therefore are
never forgiven, because they will not repent. Otherwise there is no
tin which God cannot, or will not forgive to such as sincerely repent,
and have recourse to the keys of the church.

f Jfor in the world to come. From these words St. Augustine (De Civ.
L xxi. c. 13.) and St. Gregory {Dialog, iv. c. 39.) gather, that some sins
may be remitted in the world to come : and consequently that there

a. purgatory or a middle place.

with this generation, and shall condemn it: because
they did penance at the preaching of Jonas: and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

42 The queen of the south shall rise in judg-
ment with this generation, and shall condemn it :
because she came from the ends of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a
greater than Solomon is here.

43 And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a
man, he walketh through dry places, seeketh rest,
and findeth none.

44 Then he saith : I will return into my house
from whence I came out. And coming he findeth
it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven
other spirits more wicked than himself; and they
enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that
man is made worse than the first. So shall it be
also to this wicked generation.

46 As he was yet speaking to the multitudes,
behold, his mother and his brethren stood without,
seeking to speak to him.

47 And one said to him : Behold, thy mother
and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.

48 But he, answering him that told him, said :
Who is my mother, 1 and who are my brethren?

49 And stretching forth his hand towards his
disciples, he said : Behold my mother and my
brethren.

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Fa-
ther who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sis-
ter, and mother.

CHAP. XIII.

The parables of the sower of the cockle; of the mus tard seed, fyc.

THE same day Jesus going out of the house,
sat by the sea side.

2 And great multitudes were gathered together
unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat : and
all the multitudes stood on the shore.

3 And he spoke to them many things in para-
bles, saying ! Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

4 And whilst he soweth, some fell by the way
side : and the birds of the air came and eat them
up.

5 And other some fell upon stony ground, where
they had not much earth: and they sprung up
immediately, because they had no deepness oi
earth.

6 And when the sun was up, they were scorch-
ed : and because they had not root, they withered
away.

\ Every idle word. This shows there must be a place of temporal
punishment hereafter, where these slighter faults shall be punished.

i A sign. That is, a miracle from heaven. St. Luke xi. v. 16.

|| Three days, See. Not complete days and nights : but part of three
days and three nights, taken according to the way that the Hebrews
counted their days and nights, viz. from evening to evening.

V Who is my mother 1 This was not spoken by way of slighting his
mother, but to show that we are never to suffer ourselves to be taken
from the service of God, by an inordinate affection to our earthly pa-
rents: and that which our Lord chieffv regarded in his mother, was
her doing tiie will of his Father in heaven. It may also further allude
to the reprobation of the Jews, his carnal kindred, and the election of
the Gentiles.

»*

MATTHEW.

7 Ami others fell among thorns: and the thorns
pi w up and choked them.

8 And oiliers fell ii|h>ii good ground, and they
brought forth fruit, some a hundred-told, some
si\t\-fold, am! some thirty-fold.

9 Hi that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And his disciples came and said to him,
\\ hy siieakest thou to them in parables ?

11 He answered and said to them : Hecause ti»
Mm it is given to know the mw, ries of the king-
doin of heaven : hut to them it is not given.

1 J Tor he that hath, to him shall lie mai hut
he that hath not, from him shall he taken away
even that which he hath.

13 Therefore do I speak to them in parahles :
Ixcause, seeing they see not, and hearing lhe\
hear not, neither do they understand.

1 V And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in
them, who saith : 13y bearing, you shall hear, and
shall not understand : and seeing you shall see,
and shall not pcrceivi .

15 For the heart of this people is grown gross:
and with their ears they have heen dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time
they should see with their eyes, and hear with
their ears, and understand with their heart, and
should he converted, and I should heal them.

ltj Hut hlessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.

17 Kor, amen I say to >ou, many prophets and
just nun have desired to see the things that you
sec, and have not seen them: and to hear the things
th.it you hear, and have not heard them.

I :: I [ear sou, therefore, the parable of the sower:

19 When any one heareth the word of the king-
dom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the
M ieked one and ca te h eth away that which was sown
in his heart: this is he that received the seed hy the

w iv side.

20 And he who received the seed upon stony
ml. is he thai heareth the word, and imme-
diately receiveth it with joy.

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, hut is only for
a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and per
sedition because of the word, he is presently scan-
dalized.

22 And he who received the seed among the
thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of
this world and the deceitf illness of riches chokcth
up the word, and he becometh fruitless.

23 lint he who received the seed into good ground,
is he that heareth the word, and understandeth and
1m iretli fruit, and yieldeth one a hundred-fold, and
another sixty", and another thirty.

24 Another parable be pn>|>osed to them, mying:
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that
sow' I nood seed in his field.

Hut w hile men were asleep, his enemy came.
and oversowed cockle among the wheat; and went
his a

26 And when the Made was sprung up. and
brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.
2/ Then the servants of the master of the house

came, i ii> i said to him: Master, didst thou not sow
good seed ill thy field? from whence then hath it
cockle?

28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done
this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that
we go and gather it up?

29 And he said: No; lest, while ye gather up
the cockle, you root up the wheat also together
with it.

30 Let both grow until the harvest: and in the
time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers : (lather
up first the cockle. and hind it into bundles to hum;
but gather the wheat into my barn.

31 Another parable he proposed to them, saving:
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mus-
tard-seed, w hich a man took and sowed in his field :

'»J Which indeed is the least of all seeds: hut
when it is grownup) it is greater than any herbs,
and becometh a tree; so that the birds of the air
come, and dwell in the branches thereof:

33 Another parable he s|>oke to them : The
kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a wo-
man took and hid in three measures of meal, un-
til) the whole was leavened.

34 All these things Jesus spoke in namhles to
the multitudes: and without parables lie did not
speak to them.

35 That the word might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, Hying: 1 will open my
mouth in parables ■ | will otter things hidden from
the foundation of the world.

36 Then having sent away the multitudes, he
came into the house; and his disciples came to
him, sa\ ing: Kxplain to us the parable of the cockle
of the field.

37 He made answer, and said to them: He that
soweth the good seed, is the Son of man.

38 And the field is the world. And the good teed
are the children of the kingdom, and the cockle are
the children 6T the wicked one.

39 And the enemy that sowed them, is the del 0.
But the harvest is the end of the world. And the
reapers are the angels.

40 Even as cockle, therefore, is gathered up,
and burnt with fire, so shall it be at the end of the
world.

41 The Son of man shall send his Amrels: and
they shall gather OUt of his kingdom all scandals,
and them that work inicpiitv j

42 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire :
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the just shine as ihe sun, in the
kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear.

44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure
hidden in a field: which when a man hath found,
he hideth, and for joy thereof gocth, and selleth all
that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a
men bant seeking good pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great
Price, went his w;i> and sold all that he had, and

1 bought it.

CHAP. XIV.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net
cast into the sea, and gathering together of" all kind
of fishes:

48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out,
and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good
into vessels: hut the bad they cast forth.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world. The
Angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked
from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire:
(here shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 Have ve understood all these things? They
say to him : Yea.

52 He said unto them : Therefore every scribe,
instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a
master of a house, who bringeth forth out of his
treasure new things and old.

53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finish-
ed these parables, he departed from thence.

54 And coming into his own country, he taught
them in their synagogues, so that they wondered,
and said: How came this man by this wisdom, and
these mighty works ?

55 Is not this the carpenter's son ? Is not his
mother called Mary ? and his brethren,* James, and
Joseph, and Simon, and Judc?

50 And his sisters, are they not all with us ?
Whence then hath he all these things ?

57 And they were scandalized in his regard. But
Jesus said to them : A prophet is not without honour,
save in his own country, and in his own house.

58 And he wrought not many miracles there,
because of their unbelief.

CHAP. XIV.

Herod puts John to death. Christ feeds five thousand in the
desert. He walks upon the sea, and heals all the diseased
with the touch of his garment.

A T that time Herod the tetrarch f heard of the
.tL fame of Jesus :

2 And he said to his servants: This is John the
l«aptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore
mighty works show forth themselves in him.

3 For Herod had apprehended John, and bound
him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias,
his brother s wife.

4 For John said to him: It is not lawful for
thee to have her.

5 And when he would have put him to death, he
feared the people : because they esteemed him. as a
prophet.

6 But on Herod's birth day, the daughter of He-
rodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

7 Whereupon he promised, with an oath, to give
her whatsoever she would ask of him.

8 But she, being instructed before by her mother,
said : Give me here in a dish the head of John the
Baptist.

* llh l vAfM. These were (lie children of Jtfari/ the wife of Cteophas,
sister to -rjr Kh.ssed L©dy, (Sfc Matt, xxviii. 56. St. John xix. 25.)
and therefore, •iccordop- to the nptol style of the Scripture they were
called bre. ire*, t2\at is, *.•<»,- rAit.v <o our Saviour.

9 And the king was struck sad: yet because of
his oath, and for them that sat with him at table,
he commanded it to be given her.

10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

11 And his head was brought in a dish: and it
was given to the damsel : and she brought it to her
mother.

12 And his disciples came and took the body, and
buried it: and came and told Jesus.

13 Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from
thence by ship into a desert place apart : and the
people haying heard of it, followed him on foot out
of the cities.

14 And he coming forth saw a great multitude,
and had compassion on them, and healed their
sick.

1 5 And when it was evening, his disciples came
to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour
is now past : send away the multitudes, that going
into the town, they may buy themselves victuals.

16 But Jesus said to them: They have no need
to go : give you them to eat.

17 They answered him : We have here but five
loaves and. two fishes.

18 He said to them: Bring them hither to me.

19 And when they had commanded the multitude
to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves
and the two fishes : and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his dis-
ciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

20 And they did all eat, and were filled. And they
took up what remained, twelve baskets full of frag-
ments.

21 And the number of them that had eaten, was
five thousand men, besides women and children.

22 And forthwith Jesus obligediiis disciples to
get up into the ship, and to go before him over the
water, while he sent the multitude away.

23 And when he had dismissed the multitude,
he went up into a mountain alone to pray. Ana
when the evening was come he was there alone.

24 But the ship in the midst of the sea was toss-
ed with the waves : for the wind was contrary.

25 And in the fourth watch of the night he
came to them walking upon the sea.

26 And when they saw him walking on the sea,
they were troubled, saying : It is an apparition.
And they cried out for fear.

27 And immediately Jesus spoke to them, say-
ing : Be of good heart : It is I ; be not afraid.

28 And Peter making answer, said : Lord, if it
be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.

29 And he said: Come. And Peter going down
out of the ship, walked upon the water to come to
Jesus.

30 But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid :
and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying :
Lord, save me.

31 And immediately Jesus stretching forth his

+ Tetrarch. This word, derived from the Greek, sipnirV-s ,<ne that
rules over the fourth part of a kingdom : as Herod then r'ded over
Galilee, which wan but the fourth part of the kingdom of his fa
then

ST. MVITHFYV.

hand, took hulil of lit in ami said to him: <) thou
of little faith, whi didst umu doubt ?

\n«l wlitn tin -, wore come into the ship, the

wind ceased.

33 Then they that were m die ship came md
worshipped him, saying: Thoa art truij the Boa
of < Soo.

34 Ami when they were ^nii over, they CUM

into the country of Geneeer.

35 Ami when the men of that place had know-
ledge of him, they sent out into all that country,
and brought to him all that were diseased.

36 And thej besought him that they might
touch hut the hem of his garment. And as iiiauv
;i> touched, were made w hole.

CHAP. XV

Christ reprores the serihrs. He rures the daughter of tlir irit-
man of Channun, and many others; and J evils Jour thousand
with seven loaves.

THEN came to him from Jerusalem scrihes
and Pharisees, soring ■

J Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition
of the ancients? For they wash not their hands
when they eat bread.

.; I'.nt he an s we rin g, said to them: Why do
you also transgress the commandment of God
for your tradition? For God said:

i Honour thy father and thy mother : And he
that shall curse father or mother, let him die the
death.

5 Hut you say : W ho soever shall say to his fa-
ther or mother. *Thc gift whatsoever proceeded)
from me. shall profit thee.

6 And he shall not honour his father or his mo-
ther : ami TOO have made void the commandment
of CJod for your tradition.

7 re hyi
you, s; ( \iim

7 Ye hypocrites

amtion.
, Well hi

ith Isaias prophesied of

!! This people honoureth me with their lips:
hut their heart is far from me.

9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching
doctrines and commandments of men.f

10 Ami hat ing called together the multitudes un-
to him. lie s:iid to them : Near ye. and understand.

11 Not that which goeth into t the mouth, de-
fileth B man: hut what coimth out of the mouth,
this delileth a man.

• 7V rift. *« That i«. The offrrine that I shall make !■> God, «hall
Ik- instead of that which should he expend.-d for II, v pnifil. Thi* tra-
dition of ill,- Hiarinec* was calcul iti li themsclre* : I
ng ebil Iran from en me am fn
v once offered to am temple an. I (!.
bare been thr Mipitort of their parent*, lint thi> wai ■ i ■■■ !ation at

the law of God, ami of nature, whicl r Saviour here condemn*.

\ Cmmmtmdmtnts of men. The doctrine* and commandment* here
reprehended are »uch a* are either eimtrar\ to the I >w of God (a* that
of nrr; lectins parent*, under pretence of giving to God) or at le:
fnrolous. unprofitahl'
ofteo washing hand*, tic. wit).
But a* to (he rule* and ordinance* of

festival*, Ac. theae are no *ar repmrnant rreeahle In

holy word, and all Christian r* ount-

ed among the ds tw hw s —U rmmundmrnlt of mtn . I ..-, proceed

MM from mere batman authority ; hut from that which Christ hat e»-

1 1 Then came his disciples, and s;iid to htm
Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when tluy
heard this word, were scandalised?

19 Hut be answering, said : Ever* plant which

my heavenlv Father hath not planted, shall be

rooted up.

14 Let them alone: they are Mind, and leaders
of the Mind. And if the blind lead (he liliml,
both fall into the pit.

15 \ml Peter ■nsweriag, said to him: Explain
to us this parable.

16 Mut he said: Are you also yet without un-
derstanding ?

17 Da yon not understand, that whatsoever en-
tcrcth into the mouth EOeth into the belly, and is
cast out into the pri\ J :

18 But the things which proceed out of the
mouth, come forth from the heart : and n*J0M
things defile a man.

1!» For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testi-
monies, blasphemies.

20 These are the things that defile a man. But
to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

21 And •Jesus went from thence, and d ep arted
into the confines of Tyre and Sidon.

I Ami behold, a woman of Chanaan w ho came
out of those parts, crying out, said to him : Have
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David: my
daughter is gnevouslv troubled by a devil.

23 But he answered her not a word. And his
disciples came and besought him, saying: .Send
her away, for she crieth alter US.

21- And he answering, said: I w as not sent but
to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

25 But she came ami worshipped him, saving:
I. old, help me.

26 But he answered, and said: It is not ttotxl
to lake the bread of the children, and to cast it to

the do^s.

11 Ami she said: Yea, Ford: for the whelps
aNo eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of

their masters.

28 Then Jesus answ erini:. said to her: < ) woman,
great is thv faith : be it done to thee as thou wilt.
And her daughter w as cured from that hour.

29 Ami when Jesus had departed from thence,
he came nigh 'he sea of Galilee: ami going up

into a mountain, he sat there.

tahlpdied in hi* Church : wboae pa*tor* be ha* commanded n« tobea.
and obcr, even as himwlf. St. /,«** x. 16. St. Mail. \\ in. 17.

J .Vol thai tckiek xorlk into, l(C No uncleanne** in meat, nor any dirt
• itinjf it with unwa»hed hand*, can defile the »oul ;
•t to the ordinance and will
•'<•■.!. \iiil than, when .Ham took the forbidden fnnt, it wa* not
the apple, which entered into the mouth, hut i lie disobedient c to the
law of God filed hun. The name i« to he *aid if a Jew. in

the time of the old law. had eaten swim \ it. -li . ..r I I coo-

vert, in the day* of the Aportles, contrart to tl>eir ordinance, bad
eatenhr-- 1 ' fn I at present nhoold transfrea* the

ordinal i < of OodHCb«rak,by hreakine the fa«ts : for in all th.
case* tin- soul would l>e defth d ; not tnAtai fan lliat whi< -h tn>eth i
(he inoutli ; hut l.v the di*obedience of the heart, in wiliully
|rrea*intr (he ordinance of God, or of those who hare their authority
from him.

CHAP. XVI.

30 And there came to him great multitudes,
having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame,

the maimed, and many others : and they cast them
down at his feet, and he healed them :

31 So that the multitude wondered, seeing the
dumh speak, the lame walk, the blind see : and
they glorified the God of Israel.

32 Then Jesus called together his disciples, and
said : I have compassion on the multitudes, be-
cause they continue with me now three days, and
have nothing to eat : and 1 will not send them away
lasting, lest they taint in the way.

33 And the disciples say unto him : Whence
then should we have so many loaves in the desert,
as to fill so great a multitude ?

34 And Jesus said to them : How many loaves
have you? But they said : Seven, and a few little
fishes.

36 And he commanded the multitude to sit
down on the ground.

36 And taking the seven loaves and the fishes,
and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his dis-
ciples ; and the disciples gave to the people.

37 And they did all eat, and had their fill. And
they took up seven baskets full, of what remained
of the fragments.

38 And they that did eat were four thousand
men, beside children and women.

39 And having sent away the multitude, he took
ship, and came into the coasts of Magedan.

CHAP. XVI.

Christ refuses to show the Pharisees a sign from heaven. Pe-
ter's confession is reiearded. He is rebuked for opposing
Christ's passion. All his followers must deny themselves.

AND there came to him the Pharisees and Sad-
ducees, tempting : and they asked him to
show them a sign from heaven.

2 But he answered, and said to them : When it
is evening, you say : It will be fair weather, for
the sky is red.

3 And in the morning : To-day there will be a
storm, for the sky is red and lowering.

4 You know, then, how to discern the face of
the sky : and can you not know the signs of the
times r A wicked and adulterous generation seek-
eth after a sign : and a sign shall not be given it,
but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left
them, and went away.

* Thou art Peter, Sfc. As St Peter, by divine revelation, here made
a solemn profession of his faith of the divinity of Christ ; so, in recom-
pense of this faith and profession, our Lord here declares to him the
dignity to which he is pleased to raise him, viz. That he, to whom he
had already given the name of Peter, signifying a rock, St. John i. 42.
should be a rock indeed, of invincible strength, for the support of the
building- of the church ; in which building he should be, next to
Christ himself, the chief foundation-stone, in quality of chief pastor,
ruler, and governor; and should have, accordingly, all fulness of
cc< lesiastical power, signified by the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
)■ Upon this rock, fyc. The words of Chiist to Peter, spoken in the
vulgar language of the Jews, which our Lord made use of, were the
game a." if he had said in English, Thou art a rock, and upon this rock I
vill build my church. So that, by the plain course of the words, Peter
i* here declared to be the rock, upon which the church was to be

5 And when his disciples were come over the
water, they had forgotten to take bread.

6 And he said to them : Take heed and be-
ware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees.

7 But they thought within themselves, saying :
Because we have taken no bread.

8 And Jesus knowing it, said : Why do you
think within yourselves, O ye of littJe faith, be-
cause you have no bread ?

9 Do you not yet understand, neither do you re-
member the five loaves, among the five thousand
men, and how many baskets you took up ?

10 Nor the seven loaves among the four thou-
sand men, and how many baskets you took up ?

1 1 Why do you not understand that it was not
concerning bread I said to you : Beware of the lea-
ven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ?

12 Then they understood that he said not that
they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of
the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

13 And Jesus came into the confines of Cesarea
Philippi : and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom
do men say that the Son of man is ?

14 And they said: Some say that thou art John
the Baptist, and others Elias, and others Jeremias,
or one of the prophets.

15 He saith to them : But whom do you say that
I am ?

16 Simon Peter answering, said : Thou art Christ,
the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed
art thou, Simon Bar-jona : because flesh and blood
hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is
in heaven.

18 And I say. to thee: That thou art Peter,*
and upon this rockf I will build my church ; and
the gates of hell J shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give to thee the keys of the king-
dom of heaven: And whatsoever thou shalt bind
upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth,§ it shall be
loosed also in heaven.

20 Then he charged his disciples, that they
should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

21 From that time forth Jesus began to show to
his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suf-
fer many things from the ancients and the scribes
and the chief priests, and be put to death, and the
third day rise again.

built; Christ himself being both the principal foundation and founder
of the same. Where also note, that Christ, by building his house,
that is, his church, upon a rock, has thereby secured it against all
storms and floods, like the wise builder, St. Malt. vii. 24, 25.

X The gates of hell, fyc. That is, the powers of darkness, and what-
ever Satan can do, either by himself, or his agents. For as the church
is here likened to a house, or fortress built on a rock ; so the adverse
powters are likened to a contrary house or fortress, the gates of which,
t. e. the whole strength, and all the efforts it can make, will never be
able to prevail over the city or church of Chiist. By this promise we
are fully assured, that neither idolatry, heresy, nor any pernicious er-
ror whatsoever, shall at any time prevail over the church of Christ.

} Loose upon earth. The loosing the bands of temporal punishments
due to sins, is called an indulgence ; the power of wfcith is her*
granted

ST. MATTHEW.

?2 And Piter taking liiin,* begM tl> rebuke
him. s;i\in_: Lord, be it t.ir lrom thee; this shall

not In- unto thee.

23 Hut he, taming, said to Paler: (i<> after me,
Satan, thou art a scandal unto me ' because thou
dust not relish the tiling that are of (iod, lint the
things thai are of men.

1'in n .It mis >;iid to his diacinles: I fan) man
will etime after me, h t him deny himself, and take
up his cross, and follow me.

J/> Foi \\hoso.\er will save his life, shall lose it:
and he that shall lose his life lor my sake, shall
find it.

26 For what doth it profit a man, if he cam the
w hole world, and lost his own soul? Or, what shall
a man rive in exchange for his soul?

the Son of man shall come in the glory
of his lather with his Angels: and then will he

render td even man according to his works.

\ in. u I sis to you, tin re are some of them
Standing here, w ho shall not taste death, til! the\ * |
the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

CHAP. XVII.

The tran.ifigurnt«m of Chritt : lie mm the lunntick child:
ii U hit position : ami payt the didrachma.

AND after six rlavs, J< 'Stis takcth unto him Peter
and .lames, and John his brother, and bringeth
them up into a high mountain apart.

2 And he w as transfigured before them. And his
face did shine as the sun: and his garments be-
came white as snow .

3 And, behold, there appeared to them Moses,
and Klias talking w ith him.

4 Then Peter, answering, said to .Icsiis: Lord,

it is good for an to be aeri : if thoo wilt, let us make

here three talnrnat h s. one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Klias.

i \ntl as he was \ i-i spcakinc, behold, a bright
clout 1 overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out
of the cloud, saying : This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

6 \nd the disciples hearing, tell upon their face,
and were rerjf much afraid.

7 And JesOS Came, and touched them; and said
to them : \risc. ami be not afraid.

8 And when the? lifted up their eyes, they saw
no man. but onlj

9 Ami as the} came down from the mountain,
Jesus charged them. Baring: Till the \ision to
no man. till the Son of man be rJaafl lrom the
dead.

10 X lit 1 his disciples asked him. MQ bag : Why

*Jhd PHtr labaf Mm. That is, taking him aside, nut of a trader
lore, respect, mnd zeal for his \mn\ ami Master** honour, brir.tn la
ripoatukilr with turn. i» it were tn rebuke him, »a\ inp, tx>nl, far be
it from thee to suffer drath hut tttt Lord aaid to Pi
sV*. 8 s * —. The** words mar sif^iifv, heRoae f sjl il„-

ton expound th- I 'o»w t/lrr sv, t. f<4W

•v . sad by these words the l<ord would hare 1' 'it in

•is suffering, and not to oppose the tin \ contradi<

then do the serilies say that Klias must come

li.sf

II Hut he answering, said to them: Klias indeed
shall come, and restore all things.

I J Hut I s; ( \ to Mm, that Klias is already come;
and tin \ knew him not, but have done unto him
whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of
man shall sutler from them.

I> Then the disciples understood that he had
spoken to them of John the Baptist

II And when he was come to the multitude,
there came to him a man falling down on his kn
before him. Baring: Lord, have pity on my son;
for In is lunntick. and stilli nth much; for he falleth
often into the lire, and often into the water.

15 And I brought him to thy disciples; and they
could not cure him.

1(> And Jesus answ cred, and said: < > unbelieving

and p er ver s e generation, how bag shall I Ik- with
vtiu ? how long shall 1 stiller your Bring him hither
to me.

17 And Jesus rebuked him; and the tlt-vil went
out of him : and the child was cured from that hour.

18 Then came the disciples to Jeans sacratly«s

and said: \Yh\ could not WS cast him out ?

19 Jesus said to them: Hi-cause of \our unbe-
lief: for. amen I say to you, if \ou have faith as a
pan of inustard-sccd.t you shall sav to this motiti
tain: Remove from hence to yonder plat e ; audi 1
shall remoM': and nothing shall oc unposrihk t<
you.

20 Hut this kind is not east out but by prayei
and fasting.

21 And while thev abode together in Galil e,
Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be be-
trnved into the hands <>f men :

22 And they shall kill him: and the third day
he shall rise agaia. And they were troubled ex-
ceedingly.

23 And when they were come to ('apharnaiim,
thev that received the didraclnna.t came to Peter,
and said to him: Doth not your master pay the di-
drachma?

24 He said: Yes. And when ht was come into
the house. Jesus prevented him. SSI hag ! What is thy
opinion. Simon - Of w liom do the k'ums of the earth
take trilMite or custom.' of tin ir ow u children, or of
strangers?

i lad be said: Ofatrangers. Jesus said to him:
Then the children are fri

I Hut thai ue may not scandalize them, go
thou to the sea. and cast in a hook, and that fish
which shall first come up, take: and when thou
hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a staler
take that, and give it to them for DM and thee.

for the word Scum means in Hebrew an adrrrssry, or one that op
|xwr>.

j.lu grata s/amstarsVaced. That is, a perft-rt faith ; which, in its
properties, and its ftuiu, resembles the grain of mustard-seed in the
parable, chap. xii. 31.

t TV rfidrarama. A dMrs'Snui was half a sWUr, or half a sfattVr i thai
is, about I VI. Kn:-listi : which was a tax laid upon every head for lb*
service of the temple.

CHAP. XVIII.

Christ teacheg humility ; to beware of scandal ; and to fire the
occasions of sin ,• to denounce to the chunk incorrigible sin-
nen, and to look upon siic/i as refuse to hear the church as
heathens. He promises to his iliseipLs the power of binding
and tooting : and that he mill he in the midst of their assem-
blies. No forgiveness for them that will not forgive.

AT that hour the disciples came to Jesus, savins:
Who, thinkest thou, is the greatest in the king-
dom of heaven ?

2 And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set
him in the midst of them,

3 And said : Amen I say unto you, unless you be
converted, and become as little children, you shall
not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as
this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom
of heaven.

5 And he that shall receive one such little child
in my name, receiveth me.

6 But he that shall scandalize* one of these little
ones that believe in me, it were better for him that
a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and that
he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Wo to the world because of scandals. For it
must needs bef that scandals come: nevertheless
wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh.

8 And if thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee,f
cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee
to enter into life maimed or lame, than, having two
hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

9 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out,
and cast it from thee. It is better for thee with one
eye to enter into life, than, having two eyes, to be
cast into hell-fire.

10 Take heed that you despise not one of these
little ones: for I say to you, that their Angels in
heaven always see the face of my Father who is in
heaven.

1 1 For the Son of man is come to save that
which was lost.

12 What think you? If a man have a hundred
sheep, and one of them should go astray ; doth he
not leave the ninety-nine in tbe mountains, and
goeth to seek that which is gone astray?

13 And if it so be that he find it, amen I say to
you, he rejoiceth more for that than for the ninety-
nine that went not astray.

14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who
is in heaven, that one of these little ones should
perish.

15 But if thy brother shall offend thee, go, and
reprove him between thee and him alone. If he
shall hear thee, thou shaft gain thy brother.

16 But if he will not hear thee, take with thee
one or two more, that in the mouth of two or
three witnesses every word may stand.

* Shall scandalize. Ttiat is, shall put a stumbling-block in their way,
and canae them to fall into sin.

f /( must needs be, tfc. Viz. considering the wickedness and corrup-
tion of the world.

\ Scandalize thee. That is, cause thee to offend.

♦ There am I in the midst nf them. This is understood of such
assemblies only, as are gathered in the name and authority of

17 And if he will not hear them, tell the church.
And if he will not hear the church, let him be to
thee as the heathen and the publican.

18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall
hind upon earth, shall be bound also in beaten:
and w hatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall
be loosed also in heaven.

19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall
agree upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever
they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my
Father who is in heaven.

20 For where there are two or three gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of
them.§

21 Then Peter came unto him, and said : Lord,
how often shall my brother offend against me, and
I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Jesus said to him : I say not to thee, till
seven times; but till seventy times seven.

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened
to a king, who would take an account of his servants.

24 And when he had begun to take the ac-
count, one was brought to him that owed him
ten thousand talents. ||

23 And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his
lord commanded that he should be sold, and his
wife and children, and all that he had, and pay-
ment to be made.

26 But that servant falling down, besought him,
saying : Have patience with me, and I will pay
thee all.

27 And the lord of that servant, being moved
with compassion, let him go, and forgave him
the debt.

28 But when that servant was gone out, h s
found one of his fellow-servants that owed him a
hundred pence,1T and laying hold of him, he throt-
tled him, saying : Pay what thou owest.

29 And his fellow servant, falling down, be-
sought him, saying : Have patience with me, and
I will pay thee all.

30 And he would not : but went and cast him
into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31 Now his fellow-servants seeing what Mas
done, were very much grieved : and they came,
and told their lord all that was done.

32 Then his lord called him, and said to him :
Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt,
because thou besoughtest me.

33 Shouldest not thou then have had compas
sion also on thy fellow-servant, even as I had
compassion on thee?

34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to
the torturers, until he should pay all the debt.

35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you,
if you forgive not every one his brother from your
hearts.

Christ, and in unity of the church of Christ. St. Cyprian it Unilale
Ecclesifc.

|| Talents. A talent was seven hundred and fifty ounces of silver,
which, at the rate of five shillings to the ounce, is a hundred and
eighty seven pounds ten shillings sterling.

T Pence. The Roman penny was the eighth part of an ounce, that
is, about seven pence half penny English.

ST. MATTIir.W.

( II LP. XIX.

Christ declare* matrimonii to be imlisstduble ; he recommrnd*
the making one's trlf an eunuch fur the kingdom of heart 1 1
an rilh u/l i iim. II. shtues the dangt

riehex, ami Ihr n irnrd ;t /< aring till to foliate him.

AND it came to pass, when .It mis had ended
these words, he departed from Galilee, and

(aim- into the confines of Judea bejood tin- Jor-
dan.

\nd sreat multitudes followed him: and he
h. alid them there.

3 And the Pharisees came to him. tempting him,
and sav in« : Is it law ltd for a man to put away his
w He lor ever] caw

\ \nd In- answered, and said to them : Have ye
not read, that he who made man in the l>cginning,
made thnn male and female.' And he said:

.') I in this eanse shall a man leave father and
■Bother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they
two shall Im- in one in flesh.

(I Wherefore they are no more two but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not
man iml a-under.

7 They say to him : Why then did Moses com-
mand to ^i\e a hill of divorce, and to put away ?

Mosesj because of the
hearts, permitted you to put
hut from the beginning it was

8 He saith to them

batdaeai of your

away your wives :
not so.

9 And I say to you. Whosoe ver shall put awav
his wile except it be* for fornication, and shall
Starry another, eommitteth adultery: and he who
shall marry her that is put away, eommitteth
adultery.

10 flis disciplea say unto him : If the case of a
man with his wife be BO, it IB not good to marry.

11 lie said to them : All receive not this word,t
hut they to whom it is given.

1 J I in there are eunuchs, f who were born so
from their motlni'- womb: and there are eunuch-.,
who were made BO l>v nun: and there are eunuchs,
who hare made themselves eunuchs for the king-
dom of heaven's sake. He that can receive t/,
let him receive it'

13 Then wire little children presented to him,
that he should lay his hand- upon them, and pray.
And the disciplea relinked them.

14 Mut Jesus said to them: Suller the little chil-
dren, and forbid them not to come to me: for the
kingdom Of heaven is for such.

16 And when he had laid his hands ujkhi tin in.
In ill parted thence.

16 And, behold, one came, and said to him:
■i| master, what BJpjQd shall I do, that I mav

have life < \ i il.i-tin

17 And he said to him: Why askest thou me

• trrrpt it W, If*. In the Case of fofuir . ' i«. Of Mfallrri.

the win- m n be put swai but eren then the husband cannot mam
toother M I'Mif a* Ihr wi'fr i» tiring*.

HI rrrrtrt nrt thii wrd. That is, All receive not the gift of lit in?
•inrlr and chattel) nnd-u theT prar for the grace of Ood to enable

maV be necessary to that end to bat
a* well as pray : and to those it is riven from aborts

concerning good? One 18 uood, God. Hut if thou
wilt enter into lite, keep the commandments.

15? He saith to him: Which- And Jesus said:
Thou shah do no murder : Thou shall not commit
adultery : Thou shah not steal : Thou shah not beat
false w iiness:

^ 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and,
Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 Tin young man saith to him : All these have I
kept from my youth: what is vet wanting ton*

21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt he perfect,
go, sell what thou hast, and pre to the poor; and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and conn-, fol-
low me.

22 And w hen the J fJOng man had beard I his word,
he went away sorrowful: for he hail giesj pos-

lons.
'2.3 Then Jesus said to his disciples : Amen I
say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter n.to
the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say to you: It is easier for a
camel to pass through the eve of a needle, than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

25 And when the disciples had heard this, they
wondered very much, saying: Who, then, can be
saved ?

26 And Jesus, beholding, said to them : With
men this is impossible: but with God all things
are possible.

2f Then Peter, answering, said to him: Heboid,
we have left all things, and have followed thee:
what, therefore, shall we have?

28 And Jesus Baud to them: Amen I say to yon,
that you, who have followed me. in the regenera-
tion, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat
pf his majesty, vou also shall sit on twelve seats

judging the twelve tribes of IsracL

29 And every one that hath left house, or bre-
thren, or sisti rs, or father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or lands for mv name's sake, shall receive
a hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting.

30 But main that are first, shall be last : and
the last shall he first.

(HAP. XV

The porahlr of Ihr hihimrrr* in the rineyard. The ambition
of the lira son* of Zebedee. Christ gires sight to tint blind
men.

TIIK kingdom of heaven is like to a master of
a family, who went out early in the morning
to hire labourer! into his vineyard.

2 And when he had agreed w itfa the labourers for
a peiuiv a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 Anil he went out alx-ut the third hour: and saw
others standing idle in the market-phi

I 7Vrr m l unu t hi tea* saw mmit tk c m whr s nmucks fmr Ikt kingJsm a/

am This textis not tobet:ikrn in the literal sense; bet means, that

who harr taken a firm and commendshle resolution

of leading a single and ohaMr life- in order to serve Ood in a more

ita than those w!k> marry : as St. Paul clearly knows, I Cor

chap. vii. Ter. 37, 38.

CHAP. XXI.

4 And he said to them : Go you also into my
vineyard : and I will give you what shall be just.

5 And they went their way. And again he
went out about the sixth and the ninth hour; and
did in like manner.

(I i Jut about the eleventh hour he went out,
ami found others standing : and he saith to them :
Why stand you here all the day idle?

7 They say to him : Beeause no man hath hired
us. He saith to them : Go you also into my
vineyard.

8 And when evening was come, the lord of the
vineyard saith to his steward : Call the labourers,
and pay them their hire, beginning from the last
even to the first.

9 When, therefore, they came, who had come
about the eleventh hour, they received every man
a penny.

10 But when the first also came, they thought
that they should have received more : and they
likewise received every man a penny.

11 And when they received it, they murmured
against the master of the house,

12 Saying : These last have worked but one
hour : and thou hast made them equal to us, that
have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

13 But he, answering one of them, said, Friend,
I do thee no wrong : didst thou not agree with me
for a penny ?

14 Take what is thine, and go thy way : I will
also give to this last even as to thee.

15 Or is it not lawful for me to do what I will?*
Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

16 So shall the last be first, and the first last.
For many are called, but few chosen.

17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the
twelve disciples apart, and said to them :

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem: and the Son
of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to
the Scribes: and they shall condemn him to death;

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be
mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified :
and the third day, he shall rise again.

20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of
Zebedee with her sons, worshipping, and desiring
something of him.

21 And he said to her : What wilt thou ? She
saith to him : Say that these my two sons may
sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
thy left, in thy kingdom.

22 But Jesus answered," and said : You know
not what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice
that I shall drink ? They say to him : We can.

23 He saith to them : Of my chalice, indeed,
you shall drink : but to sit on my right or left
hand, is not mine to give you, but to them for
whom it is prepared by my Father.

24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved
with indignation against the two brethren.

25 But Jesus called them to him, and said :

* What I will. Viz. with my own, and in matters that depend on
my own bounty

You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it
over them : and they that are the greater, exercise
power upon them.

26 It shall not be so among you: but whosoevei
will be the greater among you, let him be your
minister :

27 And he who would be the first among you,
shall be your servant.

28 Even as the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his
life a redemption for many.

29 And when they went out from from Jericho,
a great multitude followed him.

30 And, behold, two blind men, sitting by the
way-side, heard that Jesus passed by : and they
cried out, saying : O Lord, Son of David, have
mercy on us.

31 And the multitude rebuked them that they
should hold their peace. But they cried out the more,
saying: O Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

32 And Jesus stood still, and called them ; and
said : What will ye that I should do to you ?

33 They say to him : Lord, that our eyes may
be opened.

34 And Jesus, having compassion on them, touch-
ed their eyes. And immediately they received
sight, and followed him.

CHAP. XXI.

Christ rides into Jerusalem vpon an ass. He casts the buyers
and sellers out of the temple ; curses thefig-t~ee ; and vuts
to silence the priests and Scribes.

\ ND when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and
-£*- were come to Bethphage. unto Mount Olivet,
then Jesus sent two disciples,

2 Saying to them: Go ye into the village, that is
over against you: and immediately you shall find
an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and
bring them to me.

3 And if any man shall say any thing to you,
say ye, that the Lord hath need of them ; and forth-
with he will let them go.

4 Now all this was done that the word might
be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, say-
ing:

5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold, thv
kint; cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass
and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.

6 And the disciples going, did as Jesus com-
manded them.

7 And they brought the ass and the colt ; and
laid their garments upon them, and made him sit
thereon.

8 And a very great multitude spread their gar-
ments in the way : and others cut down boughs
from the trees, and strewed them in the way.

9 And the multitudes that went before, and
that followed, cried, saying : Hosanna to the son
of David : Blessed is he that cometh in the name
of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, the
whole city was moved, saving : Who is this ?

ST. MATT! I [W.

11 Ami tin- people said: This is .!« mis the
prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

U And Jean unit into tin- temple of (
■ad cast out all who were selling and buying in * 1 ■« -
temple; Bad overthrew tin- tables of tin- money-
changers, and the chain of them thai sold dot

l.'> And lie saith to them: It is written: Mj

house shall be called the house of prayer: but you
In e made it a den of tides.

11 Ami the blind tad the lame came to him in
the temple: and he healed them.

16 \nil when the chief priests and the Serines
>:iw tin- wonderful things that he did, and the
children crying in the temple, and saying: Il<>-

sanna to the BOO of Das id: they were moved With
indignation :

16 And said to him: llearest thou what these
say? And Jesus said to them: Yea; base you
never read: Out of the month of infants and
of sucklings thou hast perfected praise ?

17 And leaving diem, be went out of the city
into Bethania, mu\ remained there.

18 And in the morning, as be returned into the
city, be was hungry.

19 And « «iii^c a fig-tree by the uav-s'ide, he
came to it: and found nothing on it but leaves
only : ami he said to it : May no fruit urosv on
thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the

ree \\ ithered away.

20 And the disciples seeing it, wondered, say-
ing: How is it presently withered away?

21 And Ji-siiN. answering, said to them: Annul
to sou. if Mm shall have faith, and Stagger not,

not only this of the fig-tree shall you do, hut also,
it' von shall sav to this mountain, Take up, and
thyself into the sea, it shall he done.

22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask. in
prayer, believing, you shall receive.

\nd when be was come into the temple, the

chief priests and ancients of the people came to

him as he was teaching; and said: By what

authority doest thou these things? and who |avi

thee this authority '

ii -us. answering] said to them: I also will

a-k sou one word, which if you shall tell me, I will
also n II sou by what authority I do these thin.

25 The baptism of John whence was it? from
heaven or from men ? Hut they thought within
themselves, saying :

26 It we shall sav, From heaven, he will sav to

ii-: Why then did not yea believe him? Hut ii we
■hall sa\. From men, we are afraid of the multi-
tude: for all held John as a prophet.

\uil answering Jesus, they said: We know

not. And he said to them : Neither do I tell sou
b] wh.ii authority I do these things.

Hut what think VOU? A certain man had
iwo sons; and coiiiiu- to the first, he said : Son,

• >rk to das in m\ \ ineyard.
\nd he, answering, sai I : I will not. Hut, af-
terwards, being moved with repentance, he went.
90 And coming to the other, he said in like manner.

And he answering, said : I go, sir. And he went not.

51 Which of the two did the father's will r They
MTJ to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen
1 sa\ to yon, that the publicans and the harlots
shall go ini'i the kingdom of God before you.

32 I or John came to VOU in the was of justice :
and sou did not believe him. Hut the publicans

and the harlots believed him: but sou. seeing it,
did not even afterwards repent, thai sou might
believe him.

I Hear ye another parable : There was a cer-
tain master of a family who planted a vines ard,
and made a hedge round about it. and dag in it a
wine-preSS, and built a toss er, and let it out to hus-
bandmen : and went into a Strange country.

.Ii And when the time of the fruit dress near,
he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they
might receive the fruits of it.

35 And the husbandmen having laid hold of
his servants, tiny beat one, tins killed another,
and another they stoned.

36 Again he sent other servants more than the
former: and they did to them in like manner.

37 Anil last of all he sent to them his son, liv-
ing : They ss ill reverence ins son.

38 But when the husbandmen saw the son. they
said among themst l\< s: This is the heir, come, h t
us kill him, Mild we shall have his inheritance.

39 And taking him they cast him forth out of
the vines aid, and killed him.

4/) When the lord, therefore, of the vineyard
shall come, ss hat ssill he do to those husbandmen?

11 They say to htm! He ssill bring those evil

men to an evil end: and ssill let out his s ineyard
to other husbandmen, that shall render him the
fruit in due season.

42 Jesus saith to them : Have yon never read in
the Scrinturcs : The stone which the builders re-
jected, tlie same is become the head of the corner?
lis the Lord this hath been done : and it is won-
derful in our ises.

13 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God

shall be taken from you. and shall be given to a
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall
lw broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it ssill
grind him to powder.

45 And w hen the chief priests and Pilaris, . s
had heard his parables, they understood that he
spoke of them.

46 And seeking to lav hands on him, they
feared the multitudes: because they held him as
a prophet.

CHAP. XXII.

Thr parahlr of thr marriage fratt • ChrUt ordrrt trihutr In 6*
paid to Ciriar : hr ronfiitit thr Saddncrr* ; ulnar* trhiih i$
th< ftrtt commandment in thr. law ; and puzzh* the I'kar i m t t,

A ND Jesus answered, and spoke to them again
-**- in parables, saying: an

2 The kingdom of heaven is like to a man being
a kin::, ss ho made :t marriage for his son.

3 And he sent his servants to call them that were
invited to the manias : and they would not comu

CHAPTER XXIN.

4 Aiiiiin he sent other servants, saying: Tell them
that were invited: Behold, 1 have prepared my din-
ner : my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come ye to the wedding.

5 But they neglected, and went their ways, one
to his farm, and another to his merchandize.

6 And the rest laid hands on his servants, and
having treated them contumeliously, put them to
death.

7 But when the king heard of it, he was angry,
and sending his armies, he destroyed those mur-
derers, and burnt their city.

8 Then he saith to his servants: The wedding,
indeed, is ready: but they that were invited, were
not worthy.

9 Go ye, therefore, into the highways, and as
many as you shall find, invite to the wedding.

10 And his servants going out into the highways,
gathered together all that they found, both bad and
good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

11 And the king went in to see the guests: and
he saw there a man who had not on a wedding
garment.

12 And he saith to him : Friend, how earnest
thou in hither, not having a wedding garment?
But he was silent.

13 Then the king said to the waiters: Having
hound his hands and feet, cast him into the exte-
rior darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees going away, consulted
among themselves how to ensnare him in his speech.

16 And they send to him their disciples with the
Herodians,* saying : Master, we know that thou
art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in
truth : neither carest thou for any man : for thou
dost not regard the person of men.

17 Tell us, therefore, what dost thou think; is
it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said:
Why do ye tempt me, ye hypocrites?

19 Show me the coin of the tribute. And they
offered him a penny.

20 And Jesus saith to them : Whose image and
inscription is this?

21 They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to
them : Render, therefore, to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's.

22 And when they heard this they wondered ;
and leaving him went their way.

23 The same day the Sadducees came to him,
who say there is no resurrection : and asked him,

24 Saying: Master, Moses said : If a man die,
having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and
raise up issue to his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and
the first having married a wife, died : and not hav-
ing issue, left his wife to his brother.

* The Herodians. That is, some that belonged to Herod, and that
joined with him in standing up for the necessity of paving tribute to
Caesar, that U, to the Roman emperor. Some are of opinion that there

26 In like manner the second, and the third,
and so on to the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 At the resurrection, therefore, whose wife
shall she be of the seven r for they all had her.

29 And Jesus, answering, said to them : You
err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power
of God.

30 For in the resurrection they shall neither
marry, nor be given in marriage ; but shall be as
the angels of God in heaven.

31 But as touching the resurrection of the
dead, have you not read that which was spoken
by God, saying to you :

32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God
of the dead, but of the living.

33 And when the multitudes heard this, they
were in admiration at his doctrine.

34 And when the Pharisees heard that he had
silenced the Sadducees, they came together :

35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked
him, tempting him :

36 Master, which is the great commandment in
the law?

37 Jesus said to him : Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind.

38 This is the greatest and first commandment.

39 And the second is like to this : Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments dependeth the
whole law and the prophets.

41 And the Pharisees being gathered together,
Jesus asked them,

42 Saying: What think you of Christ ? whose
Son is he ? They say to him : David's.

43 He saith to them : How then doth David in
spirit call him Lord, saying :

44 The Lord said to my Lord : Sit on my right
hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool ?

45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son?

46 And no man was able to answer him a word :
neither durst any man from that day forth ask him
any more questions.

CHAP. XXIII.

Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, no,
the bad example of the Scribes and Pharisees ; he warns his
disciples not. to imitate their ambition; and denounces divers
woes against them for their hypocrisy and blindness.

THEN Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his
disciples,

2 Saying : The Scribes and the Pharisees have
sitten on the chair of Moses.

3 All, therefore, whatsoever they shall say to
you, observe and do : but according to their works,
do ye not : for they say, and do not.

was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining
that Herod was the Messias

ST. MATH IF W

4 For they hind heavy and insupportable bur-
dens, and lav tluin on nun's shoulders: bul with
a finger of their own the) will not move them.

i \nd all their works tliey do for to be Men of
men: For they make their phylacteries* broad,
and enlarge their lrin_

6 And they love the first plans at feast*, and
the first chairs in the synagogu

7 And salutations in the market-place, and to
be called by men. Rabbi.

8 But he not you called Rabbi. For one is your
master, and all sou are brethren.

\ud call none your father! upon earth: for
one 'in \our father, who is in heaven.

10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is
your master, Christ.

11 He that is the [reatesi among you, shall be
\our servant.

1 1 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be
humbled: And he that shall humble himself, shall
lie exalted

1.! But wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven
nst men: for you go not in yourselves; and
those that are going in, you sutler not to enter.

IV Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites; became you devour the houses of widows.
naking long prayers : therefore you shall receive
the gr< ater judgment

I") Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites: because you go round about sea and land
to make one proselyte: and w lien he is made,
you make him the child of lull two-fold more
than yourselves.

hi Wo to you, blind guides, who say : Whoso-

i shall swear by the temple, it is nothing: but

he that shall swear b\ the gold of the temple, is a

debtor.

17 Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greati r.
the sold, or the temple that sanctuleth tin 1 gold?

\nd whosoever shall swear by the altar, it
is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift
that is upon it, he is a debtor.

I!' Ye blind: for whcthei is greater, the gift, or
the altar that sanctified) the -ill f

Jo Whosoever, therefore, sweareth by the altar,
sweareth by if, and by all things that are upon it :

21 Vnd whosoever shall sweir by the temple,
sweareth bj it. and by him that dwelleth in it.

Vnd he that sweareth b\ heaven, sweareth bj
the throne of God, and l>> htm that sitteth thereon.
Wo to \on. Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites; who pay tithe of mint, and anise, and
cummin, and have lit alone the weightM r things of

* /'i ■ the? wrote the ten cam-

mandmenlv an '

'> the Pharisee* anerted to wear brou<l< r ih-.ii other men i io tu
Mem more *ealotn for the law.

■U mm ■ww/a'arr— .VWMer b* ft cslltH nuutrrt, let. The meaning
m, that our f\c mora to tie retarded.

: '. Ilni ■

bjr the law of flod, to have a due rrapect hotl
ntuai fathers, (I Cor. ir. 15.) and for our nu

the law. judgment, and mercy, and laith. These
things you OUghl to have done, and not to leave
.pilars undone.

24 Blind guides, win) strain out a gnat, and
nW allow a caiui 1.

i Wo to von. Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites; because you make clean the outside of the
cup and of the dish : but within you are full of
extortion and unclcanm

26 Thou blind Pharisee, fust make clean the
inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside
ma\ become clean.

21 Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites; because sou are like to whited sepulchres,
which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but
within are full of dead men's boms, and of all
pithiness :

28 So you also outwardly indeed appear to
men just: but within yofj are full of hypocrisy
and iniquity .

_".» Wo to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites: who) build the sepulchres of the prophets,
and adorn the monuments of the just,

And say : It we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with
them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Wherefore you are witm linst vottr-

selves, that you are the sons of them who killed
thi' prophets.

' I ill ye up. then, the measure of your fathers.
• JTou serpents, generation of vipers, how will
you escape the judgment of hell?

i Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets,
and wise nun. ami Scribes: And some of them
you will put to death, and crucify: and some you
will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them from cifj to city :

5 That upon sou may come all the jnst
blood, that hath been shed upon the earth, from
the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of

Zacharias. the son of Barachias, whom you killed
between the tt -tuple and the altar.

6 Amen I say to \ou, all these things shall
come upon this generation.

.;? () Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest

the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto
theel how often would I have gathered together
thy children, as the hen gathenth her chickens un-
der her wings, and thou WOUldesI IK

lb-hold, yottf house shall be left to you de-
solate.

I For I say to you, you shall not see me
henceforth till you sal : Blessed is he that
Cometh in the name of the Lord.

t Build tht upulthrrt, <*. Thh is not blamed, as if it were in itsM.
ei il to I'm

honour lh<- IM i

tha Lord of the

! n 4 aaaa y.

their own mm j

fill noon tbem

tin- monument! of the prophet* : hut t)n-hv|»>-
n ii here taxed ; who. wlnlM tin v pretended to
prophet*, were persecuting ereo "

,<sav, 4-c Not that they should i than

Init lliat the justice of Cod should now
J \i nireanee, once for all, a* mirht
nd puniahi

re l.eeii inflicted I 'or the shedding of just I. loud

€5

CHAP. XXIV.

CHAP. XXIV

Christ ford eh the destruction of the temple ; icith the signs
that shall come before it, and before the last judgment. We
must always teatch.

AND Jesus, being come out of the temple, went
away. And his disciples came to show him
the buildings of the temple.

2 And he, answering, said to them : Do you
see all these things ? Amen I say to you, there
shall not be left here a stone upon a stone, that
shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he was sitting on mount Olivet, the
disciples came to him privately, saying : Tell us,
when shall these things be ? and what shall be the
sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of
tlic world ?

4 And Jesus, answering, said to them : Take
heed that no man seduce you.

5 For many will come in my name, saying : I
am Christ : and they will seduce many.

6 And you shall hear of wars and rumours of
wars. See that ye be not troubled : for these things
must come to pass ; but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and king-
dom against kingdom: and there shall be pesti-
lences, and famines, and earthquakes in places.

v 8 Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted,
and shall put you to death : and you shall be hated
by all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be scandalized, and
shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and
shall seduce many.

12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the
charity of many shall grow cold.

13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he
shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all
nations : and then shall the consummation come.

15 When, therefore, you shall see the abomina-
tion of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel
the prophet standing in the holy place : he that
readeth, let him understand.

16 Then let those that are in Judea flee to the
mountains :

17 And he that is on the house-top, let him not
come down to take any thing out of his house :

18 And he that is in the field, let him not go
back to take his coat.

19 And wo to them that are with child, and
that give suck in those days.

20 But, pray that your flight be not in the win-
ter, or on the sabbath.

21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such

* Wheresoever, tyc. The coming- of Christ shall bo sudden, and mani-
fest to all the world, like lightning : and wheresoever he shall come,
thither ahaS all mankind be gathered to him, as eagles are gathered
»bout a dead body.

as hath not been from the beginning of the world
until now, neither shall be.

22 And unless those days had been shortened,
there should no flesh be saved : but for the sake
of the elect, those days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say to you : Lo, here
is Christ, or there, do not believe him.

24 For there shall arise false christs, and false
prophets ; and shall show great signs and won-
ders, insomuch as to deceive (if it were possible)
even the elect.

25 Behold, I have told it to you beforehand.

26 If, therefore, they shall say to you : Behold,
he is in the desert ; go ye not out : Behold, he is
in the closets ; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
and appeareth even unto the west: so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.

28 Wheresoever* the body shall be, there shall
the eagles also be gathered together.

29 And immediately after the tribulation of
those days, the s*un shall be darkened ; and the
moon shall not give her light; and the starsf shall
fall from heaven; and the powers of the heavens
shall be moved :

30 And then shall appear the sign J of the Son
of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes
of the earth mourn ; and they shall see the Son
of man coming in the clouds of heaven with
great power and majesty.

31 And he shall send his angels with a trumpet,
and a great voice ; and they shall gather together
his elect from the four winds, from the farthest
parts of the heavens, to the utmost bounds of
them.

32 Now learn a parable from the fig-tree : when
its branch is now tender, and the leaves come
forth, you know that summer is nigh.

33 So also you, when you shall see all these
things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Amen I say to you, this generation shall not
pass, till all these things be done.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away ; § but
my words shall not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, no
not the Angels of heaven, but the Father alone.

37 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days before the flood, they
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark ;

39 And they knew not till the flood came, and
took them all away : so shall also the coming of
the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field : the one shall
be taken, and the other shall be left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill :
the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

t The stars. Or flaming meteors resembling stars.
5 The sign. fyc. The cross pf Christ,

} Shall puss away : Because they shall be changed at the end of the
world into a new heaven and new earth.

ST. MATTHLW.

48 Watch ye. ther efo re | because JIM know not
at what hour \our Lord will come.

43 Hut this know ye, that it" tiff master of the
house knew at what hour the thief would come.
he would certainly watch, and would not suffer
hi> hoDM to be broken open.

44 Whe r efore be you also read] : because at
what hour you know not. the Son of man w ill come.

V> Who, lliinkest thou, is a faithful and wise
s. nant. whom his lord hath Ml out his family,
to si\e them meat in season '

46 Blessed is that n -rvant.whom, when his lord
shall come, he shall find so doinu.

47 Amen I say to you, he shall set him over

all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant shall MJ in his
heart : Mv lord is long a coming;

49 And shall bean to strike his fellow-servants,
and shall eat. ami drink with drunkards:

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day
that he cxpecteth not, ami in an hour that he
know tth not :

51 And -hall separate hint, and appoint his |>or-
tion with the hypocrites* There shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.

CHAP. XXV.

The parable of the ten virgin*, and of the talent t : the descrip-
tion of the latt judgment.

^IHIKX shall the kingdom of heaven be like to
J- ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went
out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

2 Now five of them were foolish; and five
were wise.

9 But the five foolish, having taken their lamps,
took no oil with t ln-iii :

\ I!iii the wise took oil in their vessels with
the lamps.

5 And while the bridegroom tarried, they all
sIuiiiIm re,| and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made: Be-
hold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye forth to meet

him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed
their lamps.

8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give US of
r oil: for our lamps ire gOTM out.

!> The wise answered, laying: Lest there lie
not enough for lis and for u>u : R0 uui rather to

them that sell, and buy for yourselvi

10 Now, while they went to buy, the bridegroom

tame: and they who wire ready, went in with him
to the man ind the door was shut.

11 But at last came also the other virgins,

ing : Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 I »nt he. answer Mg, said: Amen I say to
♦-on, I know \oii not.

I ; Watch ye. therefore; b e caus e ye know not

the day nor tM hour.

14 Lor even ;i> a man going into a far co u n tr y,
Railed his servants, and delivered to them his goods.

15 And to one he gave five talents, and to auo- I

...

ther two. and to another one, to every one aecorning
to his proper abilits : and immediately he took his

journey.

16 \inl be that had r ec ei v ed the five talents.

w ent his n ,i\ . and traded with the .same, and gained
other fix

17 And in like manner he that had received the
tw a. gained other two.

18 I5ut he thai had received the one, going his
way. digged in the earth, and hid his lord's mom y.

i!> But after a long time the lord of those ser-
v Miit s came, and reckoned with them.

20 And he that had recei v ed the five talents.
Coming, brought other five talents, savins: Lord,
thou deliveredst to me five talents: heboid, 1 have

gained other five over and above.

21 His lord said to him: Well done, thou good
and faithful servant ; because thou hast been faith-
ful over a few things, 1 will set thee over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

'22. And he also (hat had received the two talents,
came and said: Lord, thou deUveredst two talents
to me: behold, I have gained other two.

23 His lord said to him : Well done, good and
faithful servant ; because thou hast been faithful
over a few things, I will set thee over many things !
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 But he that had received the one talent, camo
and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man ;
thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gather-
esi where thou hast not strewed.

25 And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent
in the earth : behold, here thou hast that w huh is
thine.

26 And his lord, answering, said to him: Thou
evil and slothful servant, thou knew est that I reap
where I sow not, and gather where 1 have not

strewed :

27 Thou oughtest, therefore, to have committed
my money to the bankers: and at my coming I
should have received Wy own with usury.

28 Take ye away, therefore, the talent from him,
and gi\e it him that hath ten talents.

29 For to every one that hath shall be given;

and he shall abound ; but from him that hath not,
that also which he seeineth to have shall be taken
away.

30 And the unprofitable servant cast ye out
into the exterior darkness. There shall be weep-
ing and gnashing Of teeth.

31 And when the Son of man shall come in his
majesty, and all the Angels with him, then shall

lie Bit upon the seat of his majesty.

2 And all nations shall be gathered together
In-fore him : and he shall separate them one tnun
another, as the shepherd separatcth the sheep from

the aeats i

I And he shall set the sheep on his right hand:
but the snals on the left.

84 Then shall the kirn: say to them that shall

be on his right band: Come, ye blessed of my
Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world

CHAP. XXVI.

35 For 1 was hungry, and you gave me to eat :
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink : I was
a stranger, and you took me in ;

36 Naked, and you clothed me ; sick, and you
visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.

37 Then shall the just answer him, saying:
Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee;
thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 And when did we see thee a stranger, and
took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee ?

39 Or when did we see thee sick or in prison,
and came to thee ?

40 And the king, answering, shall say to them :
Amen 1 say to you, as long as you did it to one of
these mv least brethren, you did it to me.

41 Then shall he say to them also that shall be
on his left hand : Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil
and his angels.

42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to
eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.

43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in ;
naked, and you clothed me not ; sick, and in
prison, and you did not visit me.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying :
Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty, or
a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did
not minister to thee ?

45 Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I
say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these
least ones, neither did you do it to me.

46 And these shall go into everlasting punish-
ment ; but the just, into life everlasting.

CHAP. XXVI.

The Jews conspire against Christ. He is anointed by Mary.
The treason of Judas. The last supper. The prayer in the
garden. The apprehension of our J^ord: his treatment in
the house of Cuiphas.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had ended
all these words, he said to his disciples :

2 You know that after two days shall be the

Kasch; and the Son of man shall be delivered up to
e crucified.

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests,
and the ancients of the people, into the palace of
the high-priest, who was called Caiphas :

4 And they consulted together, that by subtiltv,
they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.

5 But they said: Not on the festival day, lest
there should be a tumult among the people.

6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the
house of Simon the leper,

7 There came to him a woman having an ala-

baster box of precious ointment, and poured it on
his head as he was at table.

8 And the disciples seeing it, had indignation,
saying: To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this might have been sold for much, and
given to the poor.

10 And Jesus knowing it said to them: Why
do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought
a good work upon me.

11 For the poor you have always with you: but
me you have not always.*

12 For she in pouring this ointment upon my
body, hath done it for my burial.

13 Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel
shall be preached in the whole world, that also
which she hath done, shall be told for a memory
of her.

14 Then went one of the twelve, who was called
Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests :

15 And he said to them: What will you give
me, and I will deliver him unto you ? But they
appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from thenceforth he sought opportunity
to betray him.

17 And on the first day of the azymesf the disci-
ples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that
we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

18 But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a cer-
tain man, and say to him: The master saith: M>
time is near at hand : 1 will keep the pasch at thy
house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed
them: and they prepared the pasch.

20 Now when it was evening, he sat down with
his twelve disciples.

21 And whilst they were eating, he said : Amen
I say to you, that one of you is about to betray
me.

22 And they, being very much troubled, began
every one to say: Is it I, Lord ?

23 But he, answering, said : He that dippeth his
hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is writ-
ten of him : but wo to that man by whom the Sob
of man shall be betrayed. It were better for thai
man if he had not been born.

25 And Judas that betrayed him, answering,
said: Is it I, Rabbi? he saith to him: thou hast
said it.

26 And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took
bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave to his dis-
ciples; and said: Take ye and eat : J This is my
body.

27 And taking the chalice, he gave thanks; and
gave to them, saying :§ Drink ye all of this.

,ii

* Me you have not ahcays, viz. In a visible manner, as when con-
versant here on earth ; and as we have the poor, whom we may daily
assist and relieve.

t Jlzymes. Feast of the unleavened bread. Pasrh. The paschat lamb.

I This is my body. He does nut say, this is the figure of my body, but this
u my body, (i. Council of J^/tce, Jlrt. \i.) Neither docs lie say, in this,
or with this is my body; but absolutely, this is my body: which plainly
implies transubstantiation.

} Drink ye all of this. This was spoken to the twelve apostles ; who
were the All then present ; and they all drank of it, says St. Mark, xiv.
23. But it no ways follows from these words spoken to the apostles,
that all the faithful are here commanded to drink of the chalice ; any
more than that all the faithful are commanded to consecrate, offer
and administer this sacrament ; because Christ upon this same occa-
sion, and at the same time, bid the apostles do so ; in these words, St.
Luke xxii. 19. Do this in commemoration of me.

ST. MATTIIKW.

I'm this is m\* blood of (lit' new t< stament,
whit li shall Ik.- shod for many for the remission ol

29 And I say ti> von : I \\ ill not drink from
henceforth of this + fruit of tin- vine, until that day.
when I shall drink it new with you in the kingdom

of in\ Father.

30 And when they had Masf I hymn, they went
out to mount ()li\.

• 31 Then Je>iis saith to them : All \ou shall be
indalized in me this night. For it is written: I
will strike the shepherd; ami the sheep of the dock
shall be ili-.|),rsc(l.

92 Hut after I shall be risen again, I will go be-
fore you into Galik

33 Ami Peter answering, said to him. Though
all men shall he scandali/ed in thee, 1 will aevi i
l>e M-andali/.ed.

MM said to him: Amen, I say te thee,
that in this nigh! before the ooek crow, thou wilt
deny me thrice.

Peter saith to him : Though I should die
with thee. I will not deny thee. And in like man-
ner said all the discipli s.

Then JesUS ( aim- with them to a country

1>laee which is called Gethscmani: and be said to
lis disciples: Sil you here, till I gp yonder, and praj .
\nd taking with him Peter and the two sons
of X« 1m dee, he began to grow sorrowful, and to

lln ii be siith to them: My soul is sorrow-
ful even unto death : sta\ you Inn . and watch w ith
me.

39 And pang ■ IMe further, be fell upon his

. praying, and spying: O my Father, il' it is

itossihle, let this chalice pass from me. Ncverthe-

M. 'i .iv | will, hut as thou wilt.

V<) And he cometh to his disciples, and fmdeth

them ashep: and he saith to Peter: What! could

you not watch one hour with me?

VI Watch ve, and pray, that ye enter not into,
temptation. The -pint, indeed, is willing, but the
flesh weak.

tin he wenl the second time, and prayed,
ing: O m\ Father, if this chalice cannot pass
ii except 1 drink it. thy will be done.

•meth again, and fmdeth them
asleep: for their eyes were heai \ .

44 And leaving them, he went away again: and
be prayed the third time, saying the same words.

45 Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to
them: Sleep on now, ami take \oitr rest; behold,
the hour is at hand : and the Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of sinners.

16 Rise, let us ^o: behold, be if. at hand that
w ill betray me.

17 As he yet Spoke, behold, .ludas, one of the

t of fas mrm UtlmtrmL Ai thr old tntament wm dedicated
wi'hthati. r mm, in these wort* ; rail it tkt Uami */

Iht luiMMl, let. Htmrttn, IX. 20. «o here n ll.r .Inliraliim •ml

•i <>f the ii" ■■• i>l. in llie blood of Olih.t, brre rm.licallr

• hr.). t>v thme word.: Ikit it mm tUmimftkt nrw UitmmtK,

t trmil of Ik, mm* The** worth, hv the account of SI. Lmkt, tin.

twelve, came, and with him a great multitude w ith
swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and
ancients of the people.

48 And he that betrayed bin, gnnr thw i sign
saying: Whomsoever 1 shall kiss, that is he: hold

him last.

48 And forthw ith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail,
Rabbi. And he kissed him.

60 And Jesus said to him : Friend, w hereto
art thou conic r Then they came up, and laid hands
on Jesus, ami held him.

61 And, behold, one of them that were with
.It siis. stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword:
and striking the servant of the high-priest, cut oil"
his ear.

52 Then .lesiis saith to him: Put up, again, thv
sword into its place. For all that take the sword,
shall perish with the sword.

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father,
and he will give me present}) more than twelve
legions of angels ?

")V How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled,

that so it must be done ;

56 In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes ;
You are come out as against a robber with swords
and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you
teaching in the temple: and you laid not hands
on me.

60" Now all this was done, that the Scripture* ol
the prophets mi -lit be fulfilled. Then the disciples
all leaving him, Bed away.

57 Put they holding Jesus, led him to C'aiphas
the h'uh-priest, where the Scribes and the ancients
were assembled :

58 But Peter followed him afar olT, to the high-
priest's palace. And going in, he sal with the ser-
vants, to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests and the w hole council
Sought false witness against Jcmis, that they might
put him to death:

60 And they found not. though many false wit
nesses had come in. Ami last of all there came in

two false w itnest

61 And tiny said: This man said: I am able to

destroy the temple of God, and in three days to re-
build it.

62 And the high-priest rising up, said to him:
A nswcio st thou nothing to the things which these

Witre Hist thee.'

63 But Jesus held his peace. Ami the hjgh-
pricst said to him : I adjure thee by the living ( rt d.
thai thou tell us if thoo Ikj the Christ the Sou ol
( iod.

64 Jesus saith to him: Thou bast said it. Never-
theless 1 raj '" >""' Hereafter you shall see tlui
Son of man sitting 00 the ri^ht hand of the l>ow i t
of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

1 8. were not spoken of the sacramental cap, bat of the wine that wa»
drunk with the paschal lamb. Though the aacratnental cap mirlit
•bo be called tlir W t/lhe rime, because it was consecrated from w inr,
and retain* the likeness, and all the arcidcnta, or qualities, of i

t...j| SnsMiWnw. For a* much a* my I
shall make yon all ran away, and forsake me

CHAP. XXVII.

G5 Then the high-priest rent his garments, say-
ing: lie hat li blasphemed: what further need have
we of witnesses ? Behold, now you have heard the
blasphemy :

6b* What think you ? But they answering, said :
lie is guilty of death.

67 Then th"v did spit in his face, and buffeted
him : and others struck his face with the palms of
their hands,

68 Saying : Prophesy unto us, O Christ ; who is
lie that struck thee ?

69 But Peter sat without in the palace: and
there came to him a servant-maid, saying: Thou
also wast with Jesus the Galilean.

70 But h« denied before them all, saying: I
know not what thou sayest.

71 And as he went out of the gate, another maid
saw him ; and she saith to them that were there :
This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

72 And again he denied with an oath: I do not
know the man.

73 And after a little while they that stood by
came, and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one
of them : for even thy speech doth discover thee.

74 Then he began to curse and to swear that
he knew not the man. And immediately the cock
crew.

75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus
which he had said : Before the cock crow, thou wilt
deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly.

CHAP. XXVII.

The continuation oj the history of the passion of Christ. His
death and burial.

\ ND when morning was come, all the chief
■£*• priests and ancients of the people held a council
against Jesus, to put him to death.

2 And they brought him bound, and delivered
him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he
was condemned, repenting himself, brought back
the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and
the ancients.

4 Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent
blood. But they said: What is that to us? look
thou to it.

5 And casting down the pieces of silver m the
temple, he departed; and went and hanged himself
with a halter.

6 But the chief-priest having taken the pieces
of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the
corbona,* because it is the price of blood.

7 And having consulted together, they bought
with them the potter's field, to be a burying-placc
for strangers.

8 Wherefore that field was called Haceldamn,
that is. The field of blood, even to this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by
Jeremias the prophet, saying : And they took the

* Corbona. A place in the temple where the people put in their
gifts or offerings.

thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was
valued, whom they prized of the children of Israel.

10 And they gave them unto the potter's field,
as the Lord appointed to me.

11 And Jesus stood before the governor. And
the governor asked him, saying: Ant thou the king
of the Jews ? Jesus saith to him : Thou sayest it.

12 And when he was accused by the chief priests
and ancients, he answered nothing.

13 Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou heai
how great testimonies they allege against thee?

14 And he answered him not to any word : so
that the governor wondered exceedingly.

15 Now upon the solemn day the governor was
accustomed to release to the people one prisoner,
whom they would.

16 And he had then a notorious prisoner, that
was called Barabbas.

17 They therefore being gathered together, Pi-
late said : Whom will you that I release to you,
Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ ?

1 8 For he knew that through envy they had de-
livered him up.

19 And as he was sitting on the judgment seat,
his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to
do with that just man. For I have suffered many
things this day in a dream on account of him.

20 But the chief priests and ancients persuaded
the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and
make Jesus away.

21 And the governor answering, said to them
Which will you have of the two to be released
unto you ? but they said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate saith to them : What shall I do, then,
with Jesus that is called Christ ?

23 They all say : Let him be crucified. The
governor said to them : Why, what evil hath he
done ? But they cried out the more, saying : Let
him be crucified.

24 And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing,
but that rather a tumult was made ; having taken
water, washed his hands before the people, say-
ing : I am innocent of the blood of this just man :
look you to it.

25 And all the people answering, said : His
blood be upon us, and upon our children.

26 Then he released to them Barabbas ; and
having scourged Jesus, delivered him to them to
be crucified.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor taking Je-
sus into the hall, gathered together unto him the
whole band :

28 And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak
about him.

29 And platting a crown of thorns, they put it
upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And
bowing the knee before him, they mocked him,
saying : Hail, king of the Jews.

30 And spitting upon him, they took the reed,
and struck his head.

31 And after they had mocked him, they took
off the cloak from him, and put on him his own
garments, and led him away to crucifv him.

\ ting out thej round ■ man of Cjrrene,
named Simon : bun thej fcccad i*» lake no hi-.

33 And they rami' to the place thai ia called

Golgotha, which is, the place «>l ( ah ir\ .

\iiii the] g&fe him wine to drink, mingled

with call. Anil when he hail tasted, he would
not drink.

35 Ami after tiny had crucified him, they di\ ided

Ins garments, canting lots; that the word might
be fulfilled, which was spoken In the prophet,
saying: Thej divided mj gannents among them;
and neon my feature the] cat! lots.

36 And they sat down, and watched him.

37 And thej put o\cr an head has cause written:

Tin- i- JltDI mi. Kim. OV i iik. Jkw -.

38 Then were crucified with him two tin
one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

39 And they that passed by, blasphemed him,
wagging their heads.

io \nd saying: Van, thou who dcatroyeat the

temple of God, and in three days buildest it up
■gain, save thj on n self: if thou be the Son of God,
come (low n from the cross.

11 In like manner also the chief priests with the
Scribes ami ancients mocking, said:

IS II' my ed others; himself he cannot save. If
In he tin kim; of Israel, let him now come down
from the cross, ami we will believe him.

W5 He trusted in God, let him deliver him now,
if he will hate him: fbl be said: I am the Son of God.

\\ And the self same thing the thieves aNo, that
were crucified with bUn. reproached him with.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was dark-
ness over all the earth, until the ninth hour.

46 And alioiii the ninth hour Jesus cried with
a loud voice, nying: Eli, Eli, kunma sabechthani?
thai is. My Cod, my God, why hast thou for-
saken n

M \nd Mime of them that stood there, and
beard, aaid: This man calletb for Elms.

4fl Ami immediate!) one of them running, took
a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a
reed, and gave him to drink.

\nd the others said: Stay; let us see whether
I'.lias will come to deliver him.

50 And .Jesus again cning with a loud voice,
J hided up the uhost.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent
in two from the top e\en to the bottom? and the
earth quaked, and the rocks were rent.

\nd the graves were opened: and many
bodies of the saints that had slept, arose;

53 And coining out of the tombs after his resiir-
Uou, came into the holy city, ami appeared to
mam .

Now the ce ntur ion and they that were with

him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake,

and the things that were done, were greatly afraid,
ing: Indeed this was the Son of God.

\inl there were there man) wo ir off,

who had followed Jeaua from Galilee, ministering
unto him :

ST. MATTHEW.

.'»•; kmong whom was Mar) Magdalene, and

Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mo-

ther of the sou- <>f Zebedee.

And w hen it was evening, there came a cer-
tain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, win
also himself was a disciple of .bsus.

■'>'•'> He went to Pilate, and begged the body ol
Jean*. Then Pilate commanded that the body
should be delivered.

59 And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up
in a clean linen cloth ;

60 And laid it in his own new monument, which
he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great
stone to the door of the monument, and went his

arai :

til And there was Mary Magdalene, and the
other Man sitting over against the sepulchre.

lij And the next day. which followed the day of
the preparation,* the chief priests and the PhOTM

came together to Pilate.

63 Saving: Sir. we have remembered, that that
seducer said, while he was \,i alive: After three
days 1 will rise ■gain.

64 Command, therefore, the sepulchre to lie
guarded until the third day; lest bis disciples
come, and steal him aw ay. and say to the people :
He is risen from the dead ; so the last error shall
be worse than the first.

65 Pilate said to them : You have a guard : go,
guard it as you know.

66 And they departing, made the sepulchre sure,
with guards, seating the stone.

CHAP. XXVIII.

The returrection of Chriit. Hit rommisxitm to hi* ditriplrt.

AND in the end ol" the sabbath, when it began to
-£*- daw n towards the first day of the week. Came
Man Magdalene, and the other Mary to sec the se-
pulchre.

2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake.
For in angel of the Cord descended from heaven:
and coining, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.

3 And bis countenance was as lightning, and his
raiment as snow.

4 And for fear of him, the guards were struck
with terror, and became as dead men.

5 And the angel answering said to the women:
Pear not you: for I know that \ou seek Jesus who
was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
Come and s.c the place \\ here the Cord was laid.

7 And, going quickh . tell ve his disciples that he
is risen: and, behold, he will go before you into
( ralilee : there you shall see him. Lo, I bare ft
told it to you.

8 And they went out quickly from the sepulchre
with fear an joy, running to tell his disci-
ples.

• 7VA»»/U/prrp» «*•«.- The ere of the Sabbath; to called, be
on that day they frtpuni all thing* neceaaary ; not being- allow
ed to much a* to drcta their meat on tbc Sabbath-day.

CHAP. I.

9 And, behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail.
But they came up, and took hold of his feet, and
worshipped him.

10 Then Jesus said to them: Be not afraid. Go,
tell my brethren that they go into Galilee; there
they shall see me.

1 1 Now when they were departed, behold, some
of the guards came into the eity, and told the chief
priests all the things that had been done.

12 And they being assembled together with the
ancients, having taken counsel, they gave a great
sum of money to the soldiers,

13 Saying: Say you, that his disciples came by
night, and stole him away when we were asleep.

14 And if the governor shall hear of this, we
will persuade him, and secure you.

* All power, SfC. See here the warrant and commission of the apos-
tles an i their successors, the hishops and pastors of Christ's church.
He received from his Father all power in heaven and in earth : and in
virtue of this power, he sends them (even as his Father sent him, St. John
xx. 21.) to teach and disciple jmOkti'vuv, not one, but ail nations ; and in-
struct them in all truths : and that he may assist them effectually in the

15 So they, taking the money, did as they vvrre
taught. And this word was spread abroad among
the Jews even unto this day.

16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee,
unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And seeing him, they adored : but some
doubted.

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All
power* is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations; bap-
tizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatso-
ever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am
with you all days, even to the consummation of the
world.

execution of this commission, he promises to be with them (not for
three or four hundred years only) but all days, even to the consummation
of the icorld. How then could the catholic church ever go astray ;
having always with her pastors, as is here promised, Christ himself,
who is the way, the truth, and the lift 1 St. John xiv.

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

ACCORDING TO

ST. MARK.

St. Mark, the disciple and interpreter of St. Peter, (saith St.
Jerom) according to what he heard from Peter himself,wrotc
at Rome a brief Gospel at the request of the Brethren, about
ten years after our Lord's Ascension, which when Peter had
heard, he approved of it ; and with his authority published
it to the. church to be read. Baronius and others say, that
the original was written in Latin: but the more general
opinion is, that the evangelist wrote it in Greek.

CHAP. I.

The preaching of John the baptist. Christ is baptized by
him. He calls his disciples, and works many miracles.

THE beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
the Son of God.

2 As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold,
I send my Angel before thy face, who shall pre-
pare thy way before thee ;

3 The voice of one crying in the desert : Prepare
ye the way of the Lord ; make his paths straight.

4 John was in the desert baptizing, and preach-
ing the baptism of penance for the remission of
sins.

5 And there went out to him all the country of
Judea, and all they of Jerusalem ; and were bap-
tized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their
sins.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and
a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts
and wild honey; and he preached, saying:

7 There cometh after me one mightier than I,
the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop
down, and loose.

8 I have baptized you with water : but he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

9 And it came to pass, in those days, that Jesus
came from Nazareth of Galilee ; and was baptized
by John in the Jordan.

10 And forthwith coming up out of the water,
he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit, as a
dove, descending, and remaining on him.

1 1 And there came a voice from heaven : Thou
art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.

12 And immediately the Spirit drove him out
into the desert.

13 And he was in the desert forty days, and forty
nights ; and was tempted by Satan : and he was
with beasts ; and the angels ministered to him.

14 And after that John was delivered up, Jesus
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the king-
dom of God,

15 And saying: The time is accomplished, and
the kingdom of God is at hand : repent, and believe
the gospel.

16 And as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he
saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets
into the sea (for they were fishermen.)

17 And Jesus said to them : Come after me, and
I will make you to become fishers of men.

ST. MACK.

18 And immediately, leaving th< ir nets, tiny
followed him.

I'd And going on Gram thane a little farther, he

m» James the son of Zchcdcc, and John his hro-
ther, who also were in the sliip mending their nets.
\iu\ forthwith be called them. And the \ left
their father Zebedee in the .ship with his hired men,
and followed him.

t\ And they enter into (apharnauin: and forth-
with on the sabbath-day gOtag into the .synagogue,
he taught them.

\nd thev wire astonished at his doctrine: for
he taught them as one that had authority, and not as
the St Ti

And there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit : and he cried out,

JV Saying : W bat have we to do with thee, Je-
sus of Nazareth ? art thou come to destroy us? 1
know w ho thou art, the Holy one of (iod.

IS And Jena threatened him, saying: Speak no
more, and BO out of the man.

\nd the unclean spirit tearing him, and crying
out with a loud voice, went out of him.

27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
questioned anions themselves, Baying: What thing
is thU? what is this new doctrine f for with author-
it j he (ommandeth even the unclean spirits, and
thev obe) him.

\ nd the fame of him was spread forthwith
through all the country of Galilee.

29 And immediately going out of the synagogue,
thai came into the house of Simou and Andrew,

w ith James and John.

• '►<> And Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever:
and forthwith (hey tell him of her.

31 And he came and lifted her up, taking her by
the band: and immediately the fever left her, and
she ministered unto them.

\nd w hen it was evening after sun-set, they
brought all to him thai were diseased, and that

Were possessed With devils.

33 And all the city was gathered together at the
door.

■ >l \nd he healed many that were sick of divers
diseases: and he cast out mam de\ils; and he suf-
fered them not to s|M-ak, because they knew him.

35 And rising very early in the morning, going
out he went into a desert place: and there he prayed.

36 And Simon and they who were with him,
followed after him.

37 Ami when the] had found him, they said to
him: All men seek for thee.

38 And he saith to them : Let us go into the
aaighlNWilia towns and cities, that I may preach
there also: for to this purpose am I come.

\nd be preached in their synagogues, and in
all (ialilee. and cast out devils.

40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching
him; and kneeling down, said to him: If thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean.

VI \nd Jesus, having commission on him. stretch-
ed forth his hand: and touching him. saith to him:

I w ill : Im' thou madi clean.

42 And when be had spoken, hnmedbtelv the

leprosy dep ar t e d from him : and he was made e'ean.

43 And he strictly charged him, and lonhwith
sent him away.

44 And he saith to him: See thou tell no man:
hut go, show th\ self to the hidi-pricst, and offer lor
thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded,
for a testimony to them.

46 But he being gone out, hegan to puhlish and
to hlaze abroad the matter: so that now he could
not o|>enly go into the city, hut was without in de-
sert places: and they Hoiked to him from all sides

CHAP. II.

Chritt heals the tick of the ptilxy ; rail* Matthew ; and exeunt
hit (Utciplm.

A ND again he entered into Capharnaum after
-^*- some days.

2 And it was heard that he was in the house;
and many came together, so that there was no room,
no, not even at the door : and he s|>oke to them the
word.

3 And they came to him bringing one sick of the
palsy, who was carried by four.

4 And when they could not offer him to him for
the multitude, they uncovered the roof where be
was: and opening it, they let down the bed w herein
the man sick of the palsy lay.

t 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he saith to the
sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

6 And some of the Scril>es were sitting there,
and thinking in their hearts:

7 Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphc-
meth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?

8 And Jesus p r e sen t l y knowing in his spirit, that

they so thought within themselves, saith to them:
Why think you these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier to say to the sick of the pals\ :
Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take
up thy bed. and walk ?

10 But that you may know; that the Son of man
hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he BUB to*
the sick of the palsy)

11 I say to thee: Arise; take up thy bed; and
go thy way into thy house.

12 And immediately he arose; and taking up his
lied, went his uav in the sight of all : so that all
wondered, and glorified God, saying: We never
saw the like.

13 And he went forth again to the sea side:
and all the multitude came to him: and he taught
them.

14 And when he was passing by ? he saw Levi
the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom :
and he saith to him: follow me. And rising up, he
followed him.

15 And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat
in his house, many publicans and sinners sat dow n
together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were
many, who also followed him.

If'. \nd the Seribes and the Pharisees, seeing
that he did eat with publicans and sinners, said to

CHAP. III.

his disciples : Why doth your master cat and drink
with publicans and sinners?

17 Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that
are well have no need of a physician, but they
that are sick : for I came not to call the just but
sinners.

18 Now the disciples of John, and the Phari-
sees used to fast: and they come, and say to him :
Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees
fast; but thy disciples do not fast?

19 And Jesus saith to them : Can the children of
the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with
them ? As long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days will come when the bride-
groom shall be taken away from them : and then
they shall fast in those days.

21 No man soweth a piece of new cloth to an old
garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away
from the old ; and there is made a greater rent.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bot-
tles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles; and
both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will
be lost. But new wine must be put into new
bottles.

23 And it came to pass again as the Lord walked
through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his dis-
ciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of
corn.

24 And the Pharisees said to him : Behold, why
do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful ?

25 And he said to then) : Have you never read
what David did, when he had need, and was hun-
gry, he, and they that were with him ?

26 How he went into the house of God under
Abiathar the high-priest, and did eat the loaves of
proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the
priests, and gave to them who were with him ?

27 And he said to them : The sabbath was made
for man, and not man for the sabbath.

28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of
the sabbath.

CHAP. III.

Christ heals the withered hand. He chooses the twelve,
confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees.

ND he entered again into the synagogue: and
there was a man there who had a withered

hand.

2 And they watched him, whether he would heal
on the sabbath-day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith to the man who had the withered
hand: Stand up in the midst.

4 And he saith to them : Is it lawful to do

f;ood on the sabbath-day, or to do evil ? to save
ife, or to destroy ? But they held their peace.

5 And looking round about on them with anger,
being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he
saith to the man : Stretch forth thy hand. And he
st i etched it forth ; and his hand was restored unto
h m.

€ And the Pharisees going out immediately,

made a consultation with the Herodians against
him, how they might destroy him.

7 But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea:
and a great multitude followed him, from Galilee
and Judea,

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and
from beyond the Jordan : and they about Tyre and
Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which
he did, came to him.

9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small
ship should wait on him because of the multitude,
lest they should throng him:

10 lor he healed many; so that they pressed
upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

1 1 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him,
fell down before him : and they cried, saying :

12 Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly
charged them that they should not make him known.

13 And going up into a mountain, he called unto
him whom he would himself: and they came to him.

14 And he made that twelve should be with him;
and that he might send them to preach.

15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses,
and to cast out devils.

16 And to Simon he gave the name of Peter :

17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the
brother of James, and he named them Boanerges,
which is, The sons of thunder :

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus,
and Thaddeus, and Simon Cananeus,

19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

20 And they come to a house : and the multi-
tude cometh together again, so that they could not
so much as eat bread.

21 And when his frjends heard of it, they went
out to lay hold of him : for they said: He is become
mad.

22 And the Scribes who were come down from
Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub: and by the
prince of the devils he casteth out devils.

23 And after he had called them together, he
said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out
Satan ? :

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand.

25 And if a house be divided against itself, that
house cannot stand.

26 And if Satan be risen up against himself, he
is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end.

27 No man can enter into the house of a strong
man, and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind
the strong man, and then shall he plunder his
house.

28 Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be for-
given unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies
wherewith they shall blaspheme :

29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy
Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be
guilty of an everlasting sin.

30 Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

31 And his mother and his brethren came; and
standing without, sent to him, calling him:

ST. MMiK.

32 And tlic multitude sat about him : and they
my to him: Behold, tin mother and thy brethren
uithoiii ieek for thee.

39 And ans wer in g them, he said: Who is my
mother and my brethren ?

.H And looking round on them who sat about
him. he saith: Heboid my mother and mv brethren.

35 For whosoever shall do flu* will of (iod, he
is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

CHAP. iv.

The parable of the muter. Christ it Hit the tempext at tea.

AND he liccan again to teach by tin- sea side:
and a great multitude was gathered together

unto him, so that he went up into a slii|>. and sat in
the si a: and all the multitude was upon the land
by the sea side.

2 And lie taught them many things in parables,
and said unto them in his doctrine:

.; Hi! \. : Heboid, a sower went out to sow.

4 And whilst he is sowing, some fell by the way
ride: and the birds of the air came, and eat it up.

6 \nd other some fell upon stony ground where
it had net much earth : and it shot up immediately.
In -eausr it had no depth of earth :

6 \nd when the sun was risen, it was scorched :
and because it had no root, it withered away.

7 And some fell anioiiK thorns: and the thorns
grew up, and choked it: and it yielded no fruit.

8 And some fell upon pood ground: and brought
forth fruit that grew up. and increased, and yielded,
tin' thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.

9 And he said: He that hath cars to hear, let
him hear.

10 And when he was alone, the twelve that
were with him, asked him the parable.

11 And be said to them: To you it is given to
know the m\stiT\ of the kingdom of God: but to
them that are without, all things are done in
parables.

I I That mi um thev mav see,* and not perceive:
and hearing they may hear, and not nnilerstand :
leH at any time thev should be converted, and
.heir sins should be forgiven them.

13 And he saith to them: Know you not this
parable? how then shall you know all parables?

IV He that soweth, soweth the word.

15 And these are thev by the way side, where
the word is m,\\ii ■ and M MOM U they have heard,
immediately Satan cometh, and taketh away the
word that was sown in their hearts.

16 And these likewise are they that are sown on
the stony ground: who. when thev have heard the
word, immediately receive it with joy:

17 And they have no root in themselves, but are
only for a time' : and then w hen tribulation and

■edition ariseth for the word's sake, they are
presently scandalized.

• That uring the* may •»», V- '" pnni-limm' of their wilftillT tkul-
ltafflMr«yc«,(8l. MM. xiu. 15.) Gndjuttly withdrew tbotc lighu, and

18 And others there are who are sown among
thorns: these an- they that hear the Word,

19 And the I* the world, and the deceit-
fulness of riches, ami the lusts alter other things
entering in, choke the word : and it is made fruitless.

20 \inl these are tin • v who are sown upon the
good ground, who hear the word, and receive it,
and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and
another a hundred.

21 And he said to them: Doth a candle come in
to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not
to be set on a candlestick ?

-'J I or there is nothing hid, which shall not be
made manifest; neither was it made secret, but
that it DM] come abroad.

23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he said to them: Take heed what you
hear: With what measure you shall mete, it shall
be measured to you again: and more shall be given
to you.

25 For he that hath, to him shall be given:
and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall
be taken away from him.

26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as
if a man should cast seed into the earth,

27 And should sleep, anil rise. night and day, and
the Med should spring, and grow up whilst he
knoweth not.

28 For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit,
first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full
corn in the ear.

29 And when the fruit is brought forth, imme-
diately he putietli in the sickle, because the ban est
is come.

30 And he said: To what shall we liken the
kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we
compare it ?

31 It is as a grain of mustard seed, which,
when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the
seeds that are in the earth:

32 And when it is sown, it groweth up, and hc-
cometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out
ireat branches, so that the birds of the air may
dwell under the shadow thereof.

33 And With many such parables he spoke to
them the word, according as they were able to
hear.

34 And without parable he did not speak unto
them : but apart, he explained all things to his dis-
ciples.

35 And he saith to them that day, w hen cicning
was come: Let us pass over to tin other side.

36 And Bending away the multitude, tiny take
him even as he was in the ship: and there wen
other ships with him.

37 And there arose a creat storm of wind: and
the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was
filled.

38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship.
sleeping upon a pillow : and they awake him, and

eraro* which otherwise he would have fircn them, for their effectual

. .inn r-mii.

CHAP. V.

sav to him: Master, doth it not concern thee, that
we perish ?

39 And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said
to the sea: Peace; be still. And the wind ceased:
and there was made a great calm.

40 And he said to them: Why are you fearful ?
have you not faith yet? and they feared exceed-
ingly, and they said one to another: Who is this
(thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him ?

CHAP. v .

Chritt casts out a legion of devils. He heals the issue of blood,
and raises the daughter of Jairus to life.

AND they came over the strait of the sea, into
the country of the Gerasens.

2 And when he went out of the ship, immediately
vhere met him out of the tombs a man with an un-
clean spirit,

3 Who had his dwelling in the tombs ; and no
man now could bind him, not even with chains :

4 For having been often bound with fetters and
chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fet-
ters in pieces: and no man could tame him.

5 And he was always day and night in the tombs,
and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself
with stones.

6 And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and adored
him :

7 And crying with a loud voice, he said : What
have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most
high God ? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment
me not.

8 For he said to him: Go out of the man, thou
unclean spirit.

9 And he asked him: What is thy name? And
he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are
many.

10 And he besought him much, that he would
not drive him away out of the country.

11 And there was there near the mountain a
great herd of swine, feeding.

12 And the spirits besought him, saying: Send
us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

13 And Jesus immediately gave them leave.
And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into
the swine: and the herd with great violence was
carried headlong into the sea, being about two
thousand, and were stifled in the sea.

14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in
the city, and in the fields. And they went out to
see what was done :

15 And they come to Jesus: and they see him
that was troubled with the devil, sitting, clothed,
and of a sound mind : and they were afraid.

16 And they who had seen it, told them in what
manner he had been dealt with, who had the devil;
and concerning the swine.

17 And they began to pray him to depart from
their coasts.

18 And when he went up into the ship, he that
had been troubled with the devil, began to beseech
him that he niiiiht be with him.

19 And he admitted him not, but saith to him:
Go into the house to thy friends : and tell them how
great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath
had mercy on thee.

20 And he went his way, and began to publish in
Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him :
and all men wondered.

21 And when Jesus had passed again into the
ship over the strait, a great multitude assembled
together unto him : and he was nigh unto the sea.

22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the
synagogue named Jairus; and seeing him, falleth
down at his feet.

23 And he besought him much, saying: My
daughter is at the point of death: ccme, lay thy hand
upon her, that she may be safe, and may live.

24 And he went with him : and a great multi-
tude followed him; and they thronged him.

25 And a woman who was under an issue of
blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things from many
physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was
nothing the better, but rather worse :

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the
crowd behind him, and touched his garment.

28 For she said : If I shall but touch his garment,
I shall be whole.

29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was
dried up: and she felt in her body that she was
healed of the evil.

30 And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself
the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to
the multitude, said: Who hath touched my gar-
ments ?

31 And his disciples said to him: Thou seest
the multitude thronging thte, and sayest thou,
Who hath touched me ?

32 And he looked about to see her who had done
this.

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, know-
ing what was done in her, came and fell down be-
fore him, and told him all the truth.

34 And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath
made thee whole : go in peace ; and be thou whole
of thy disease.

35 While he was yet speaking, some come from
the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying: Thy
daughter is dead : Why dost thou trouble the mas-
ter any farther ?

36 But Jesus having heard the word that was
spoken, saith to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear
not: only believe.

37 And he admitted not any man to follow him,
but Peter, and James, and John the brother of
James.

38 And they come to the house of the ruler of
the synagogue: and he seeth a tumult, and people
weeping and wailing much.

39 And going in, he saith to them : Why make
you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead,
but sleepeth.

40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he
having put them all out, taketh the father and tho

ST. MARK.

mother of the damsel, and them that were with

him; and entereth in whin- the damsel was hue

VI Ami taking the damsel by the hand, he sarth

to hi-r : Talitfa i « inni. which is. bung int« rjirctt «1 ;

| I >.i\ lo thee) a;

42 And immediately the damsel rose up, and
walked: Now she was twelve wars old : and the)
wen astonished uith a great astonishment

•V.J And he charged them strictly that n<> man

should know u : and commanded that something
should be given her to eat.

CHAP, VI.

CkriMt trarhrt at Nazareth. He tend* forth the ttnelrr ajtottlei.
He feed* fire thuiuund icith five loam; and walla upon the

Ull.

AND going out from thence, he went into his
own country: and bis disciples followed him.

2 And when the sabbath-day was come, he began
to teach iii the synagogue: and many hearing him
were in admiration at his dot-trine, saving: How
came this man hy all these things? ami what wis-
dom is (his that is given to him, and such mighty
works ;h are wrought by his hands?

.! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the
brother of James and Joseph, and .hide and Si-
mon.-' are not also his listen here with us? Ami
th<-\ w.ic scandalized in regard of him.

\ml Jesus said to them: A prophet is not
without honour, hut in his own country, and in his
own house, and among his own kindred.

5 And he could not* do an) mighty work there,
only (hat he healed a few that were sick, laving his
hands upon them.

(i And he wondered because of (heir unbelief:
and he went through the villages round about
teaching.

7 And he called the twelve; and l>egan to send
them two and two, and gave them power over un-
clean spirits.

8 And he commanded them that they should
take nothing for their journey, hut a stall' only; no
Kcrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,

9 But to In- shod with sandals, and that they
should not put on two coats.

10 And In- said to them: Wheresoever you shall
enter into a house-, there abide till you depart from
(hat place.

11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor
hear VOtt, going forth fr ( >u> thence, shake oil" tin
dust from VOW feet for a testimony to them.

12 Ami gOtng forth, they preached that
shoul ' do penance :

I.I And they cast out many devils, and anointed
with oil, many (hat were sick, and healed them.

IV And king Hi rod heard: (lor his name was
made man id he said : John the Baptist is

--tin from the dead: and therefore might)
works show forth themselves in him.

* Hi nntld not. Not for want of power, but becatiae be would not
work mir-4. I.-, in favour of ohMinate and incredulous people, wl>o
wrrv unw« "hy of men (a? rvrs.

they

16 \nd others said: He is l.lias. Hut Others
said: He is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

\(> Which llcrod bearing, said: John w horn 1
!m head, d, he is risen again from the (had.

17 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended
John, and hound him In prison for the sake of lit
rodias the w ile of Philip his brother, In cause he
ii:-d married her.

1H For John said to Herod : It is not lawful for
thee to have thy hiother's wife.

19 Now llerodias laid snares for him; and was
desirous to put him to death, and could not.

20 For Herod (eared John, know ins him to he
a just and holy man: and kept him if and having
heard him, did many things : and he heard him
willingly.

21 And when a convenient da] was come. He-
rod made a supper for his birth-day, for the print
and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.

' And when the daughter of the same llerodias
had come in, and had danced, and phased llcrod,
and them that were at table with him, the king
said to the damsel : Ask of me w hat thou w ilt ; and
I will give it thee.

.'.; And he swore to her : Whatsoever thou shalt
ask I will give thee, though U In the half of my
kingdom.

2-V And when she was gone out, she said to her
mother: What shall I ask? lint she said: The bead
of John the Baptist.

26 And she came in immediately with haste to
the kins: and asked, saying I I will that forthwith
thou give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

26 And the kingwas struck sad: tul hecaiise of
his oath, and because of them that were with him
at table, he would not displease her:

27 Hut sending an executioner, he commanded

that his head should he brought in a dish. And he
beheaded him in the prison :

28 And brought his head in a dish: and save it
to the damsel : and tin- damsel gave it to her mother.

29 Which his disciples hearing, came, and took
his IumI\ : and laid it in a touih.

30 And the apostles coining together unto Jesus.

related to him all things that they had done and

taught.

.)1 And he said to them : . Come ye apart into a
desert place, and rest a little. For there were ma-
ny coming and goins: and tiny had not so much
as time to eat.

32 And goins up into a ship, they went into a
desert place apart.

33 And (hey saw them soiiis away: and many
knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot from
all the cities, and were there hefore them.

3-V And Jesus soius out saw a great multitude :

and he had compassion on them, because they
were as sheep not having a shepherd : and he hegan
to teach (hem many things.

\ JM ktft ktm. That i», from the design* of Herodiaa ; and for
fear of the people, would not pot him t.> ilcuih, though she sought '»•
audlhrough her daughter abe effected her wish.

CHAP. VII.

35 And when the day was now far spent, his
disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert
place, and the hour is now past :

36 Send them away, that, going into the next
villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat
to eat.

37 But he answering, said to them : Give you
them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and
buy bread for two hundred pence ; and we will give
them to eat.

38 And he saith to them: How many loaves
have you? go and see. And when they knew, they
say : Five, and two fishes.

39 And he commanded them to make them all
sit down by companies upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds
and by fifties.

41 And when he had taken the five loaves, and
the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed, and
broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set
before them: and the^two fishes he divided among
them all.

42 And they all did eat, and had their fill.

43 And they took up the leavings, twelve bas-
kets full of fragments, and of the fishes.

44 And 'they that did eat, were five thousand
men.

45 And immediately he obliged his disciples to
go up into the ship, that they might go before him
over the water to Bethsaida; whilst he dismissed
the people.

46 And when he had dismissed them, he went
ap to the mountain to pray.

47 And when it was late, the ship was in the
midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

48 And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for
the wind was against them) and about the fourth
watch of the night he cometh to them walking
upon the sea : and he would have passed by
them.

49 But they seeing him walking upon the sea,
thought it was an apparition : and they cried
out.

50 For they all saw him, and were troubled.
And immediately he spoke with them, and said to
them : Have a good heart ; it is I ; fear ye not.

51 And he went up to them into the ship : and
the wind ceased. And they were far more asto-
nished within themselves.

52 For they understood not concerning the
loaves : for their heart was blinded.

53 And when they had passed over, they came
into the land of Genesareth, and set to the shore.

54 And when they were gone out of the ship,
immediately they knew him :

55 And running through that whole country,
they began to carry about in beds those that were
sick, where they heard he was.

56 And whithersoever he entered, into towns, or
into villages, or cities, they laid the sick in the
streets, and besought him that they might touch
but the hem of his garment : and as many as
touched him were made whole.

CHAP. VII.

Christ rebukes the Pharisees. He heals the daughter of the
woman of Chanaan ; and the man thai was deaf and dumb

AND there assembled together unto him the
Pharisees, and some of the Scribes, coming
from Jerusalem.

2 And when they had seen some of his disciples
eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed
hands, they found fault.

3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not
without often washing their hands, holding the tra-
dition of the ancients :

4 And when they come from the market, unless
they be washed, they eat not: and many other
things there are that have been delivered to them
to observe, the washings of cups, and of pots, and
of brazen vessels, and of beds.

5 And the Pharisees and Scribes asked him :
Why do not thy disciples walk according to the
tradition of the ancients, but eat bread with com-
mon hands ?

6 But he answering, said to them: Well did
Isaias prophesy of you, hypocrites, as it is written :
This people honoureth me with their lips ; but
their heart is far from me.*

7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching
doctrines and precepts of men.

8 For leaving the commandment of God, you
hold the tradition of men, the washings of pots
and of cups : and many other things you do like
to these.

9 And he said to them : Well do you make
void the commandment of God, that you may
keep your own tradition.

10 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy
mother : and, he that shall curse father or mother
dying let him die the death.

11 But you say: If a man shall say to his fa-
ther or mother,Corban, (that is, a gift) whatsoever
is from me, shall profit thee :

12 And farther you suffer him not to do any
thing for his father or mother,

13 Making void the word of God by your tra-
dition, which you have given forth. And many
other such like things you do.

14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he
said to them : Hear ye me all, and understand.

15 There is nothing from without a man enter-
ing into him, that can defile him : but the things
which come from a man, those are they that de-
file a man.

16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

17 And when he was come into the house from
the multitude, his disciples asked him the mean-
ing of the parable.

1 8 And he said to them : Are you also so un
wise ? understand you not that whatsoever thing
from without entereth into a man, it cannot defile
him :

* Doctrinct and precepts of men.
xv. 9. 11.

See the annotations, Maltheu

ST. MARK.

19 Because it enteicth not into his heart, but
li into tin- Ik lis, and gocth out into the priw,
purging all hum

\n<i lie said that the tilings which conic out
from a in. m. ilu v ilclilc a man.

21 For from within out of the heart of men pro-
ceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, mur-

22 Thefts, covetousm ss, w iekedness, deceit, las-
civioiiMicss, an e\il eye, blasphemy, pride, fool-
ishness.

Ml these evil things come from within, and
defile a man.

\nd he arose from thence, end went to the
bofden ef Tjne and Skkm: and entering into a

house, lie would have no man know it: hut he
could not be hid.

Fo* a certain woman heard of him. ffhuM
daughter had an unclean spirit, and presently came
in, and tell down at his feet.

For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophe-
nician lx>rn. And she besought him to cast forth
the devil out of her daughter.

Vnd be said toher: Let the children first
be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of
the children, and cast it to the di

But sin- answered, and said to him: Yen.
Lord: tor the w helps also eat under the table of
the crumbs of the children.

29 And be said to her: For this saving go thy
: the devil is -one out of thy daughter.

\ii>l when she was come to her house, rfie
found the girl lying upon tin bed, and that the
devil lie out.

.;i And again going out of the borders of Tyre
he came by sidou to the sea of Galilee, through
the midst of the territories of Decapolis.

\nd they bring to him one that was deaf
and dumb: and tiny besought him to lay his
baud upon him.

\nd taking him aside from the multitude,
he put his fingers into his cars ; and spitting, he
touched his tongue ;

\\u\ looking up to heaven, he groaned, and
to him: Kphphcta, thai is, Be opened.

\nd immediately his ears were opened : and
the strin- of his tongue was loosed ; and he spoke

right

\nd he charged them that they should tell
no man. But the more he charged them, so much
the more a gnat deal did they publish it.

\ ii. 1 mi much the more did they wonder, sa) -
nig : He bath done all things well: be hath made
oolh the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

CHAP. VIII.

Chritt fcrds four thnutnml Hr pit** tight to a blind man.
He foretck his position.

IN those da\s again, when there was | creat
multitude, and had nothing to eat : calling his
disciples together, he s;iith to them :

j | have compas ion on the multitude: for, be-

•w

hold, they have now been with nie three days, and
li i\e nothing to eat :

3 And if I send them awav fasting to their own

kthej will faint in the way: for some of them

came from alar oil'.

4 And his disciples answered him: From whence
can any one mtMHj them here with bread in the
wilderness ?

5 And he asked them: How many loaves have
ye? And they said. Seven.

6 And be commanded the people to sit down on
the ground: ami taking the seven loaves, giving
thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples to

before them: and they set them before the people

7 And they had a few little fishes; and he
blessed them, and commanded them to l>e set lie-
fore them.

8 And they did eat, and were filled : and tin v
took up that which was left of the fragments, seven
baskets.

9 And they thai had eaten vy-re about four thou-
sand : and he sent them away.

10 And iiiiniediaely going up into a shin with his
disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmauutha.

11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to
question with him, seeking of him a sign from
heaven, tempting him.

12 And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why
doth this generation seek a sign: Amen I sav to
VOtt, a sign shall not be given to this generation.

13 And leaving them, he went up again into the
ship, and passed to the other side of the water.

1 \ Anil they forgot to take bread : and the) had
but one loaf with them in the ship.

15 And he charged them, saving: Take heed
and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of
the leaven of Herod.

16 And they reasoned among themselves, sav ing :
Because we have no bread.

17 Which Jesus knowing, saith to them : Why

do yOU reason, because you have no bread ? do you
not yet know nor understand.' have you still your
heart blinded ?

18 Having eves you see not' and having ears
you hear not .' Neither do you remember.

1!> When I broke the live loaves among live
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took
vou up' They say to him: Twelve.

And when the seven loaves among four thou-
sand, how man) baskets of fragments took vou up?
And they sav to him: Seven.

Jl And he said tothcin: How do you not v.t
understand '

2 And they came to Bethsaidn: and they bring
to him a blind man: and they besought him to torn h
him.

23 And taking the blind man by the hand, he lea
him out of the town: and spitting upon his eves,
laving his hands on him, he asked him if he saw
anv thing.

JV And looking up. he said: I see men as trees.
walking.

M'ti i that he laid his hands again upon his

]£ SBMMRY.

CHAP. IX.

eyes: and ho began to see, and was restored, so
that he saw all things clearly.

26 And he sent him to his house, saying: Go
into thy house ; and it* thou^ntcr into the town, tell
no l>ody.

27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into
the town of Cesarea Philippi : and in the way he
asked his disciples, saying to them : Whom do men
say that 1 am r

28 And they answered him, saying : John the
Baptist : hut some, Elias ; and others, as one of the
prophets.

29 Then he saith to them : But whom do you
say I am ? Peter answering, said to him : Thou art
the Christ.

30 And he strictly charged them that they should
not tell any man of him.

31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of
man must suffer many things, and be rejected by
the ancients, and by the high priests, and the
Scribes, and be killed; and after three days rise
again.

32 And he spoke the word openly. And Peter
taking him, began to rebuke him.

33 But he turning about, and seeing his disci-
les, threatened Peter, saying : Go after me, Satan,
ecause thou dost not relish the things that are of

God, but the things that are of men.

34 And calling together the multitude with his
disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow
me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.

35 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it:
and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, and
for the gospel, shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul ?

37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for
his soul ?

38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and
of my words, in this adulterous and sinful genera-
tion; the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him,
when he shall come in the glory of his Father with
the holy angels.

39 And he said to them : Amen I say to you,
that there are some of them that stand here, who
shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of
God coming in power.

CHAP. IX.

Christ is transfigured. He casts out the durnh spirit He
teaches humility, and to avoid scandal.

AND after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter
and James and John ; and leadeth them up
into a high mountain apart by themselves ; and
was transfigured before them.

2 And his garments became shining, and exceed-
ing white as snow, so as no fuller on earth can make
white.

3 And there appeared to them Elias with Moses:
and they were talking with Jesus.

4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, it

is good for us to be here : and let us make three
tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, and one
for Elias.

5 For he knew not what he said : for they were
struck with fear :

6 And there was a cloud that overshadowed
them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying '
This is my most beloved Son : hear ye him.

7 And immediately looking about, they saw no
man any more but Jesus only with them.

8 And as they came down from the mountain,
he charged them not tell any man what things they
they had seen, till the Son of man shall be risen
again from the dead.

9 And they kept the word to themselves : ques-
tioning together what that should mean : When
he shall be risen from the dead.

10 And they asked him, saying: Why then do the
Pharisees and Scribes say, that Elias must come first?

11 And he answered, and said to them : Elias,
when he shall come first, shall restore all things :
and how it is written of the Son of man, that he
must suffer many things, and be despised.

12 But I say to you, that Elias also is come
(and they have done to him whatsoever they would)
as it is written of him.

13 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a
great multitude about them, and the Scribes ques-
tioning with them.

14 And presently all the people, seeing Jesus,
were astonished and struck with fear: and running
to him, they saluted him.

15 And he asked them : What do you question
about among you r

16 And one of the multitude answering, said :
Master, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a
dumb spirit.

17 And wheresoever he taketh him, he dasheth
him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth,
and pineth away : and I spoke to thy disciples to
cast him out: and they could not.

1 8 And Jesus answering them, said : O incredu
lous generation, how long shall I be with you ? how
long shall I suffer you ? bring him to me.

19 And they brought him. And when he had
seen him, immediately the spirit troubled him : and
being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled about
foaming.

20 And he asked his father: How long time it is
since this hath happened unto him ? But he said :
From his infancy :

21 And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire,
and into waters, to destroy him. But if thou canst
do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

22 And Jesus saith to him : If thou canst believe
all things are possible to him that believeth.

23 And immediately the father of the boy crying
out, with tears said : I do believe, Lord ; help thou
my unbelief.

24 And when Jesus saw the multitude running
together, he threatened the unclean spirit, saying to
him : Thou deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee,
go out of him : and enter no more into him.

ST. MARK

26 Ami crying out, and greatlv tearing liim, be
weal oul of him: and In- Im k same at ojm dead, inao-
mucfa that many laid: He is dead*

J»; But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him

up ; and he arose.

27 And when he was come into the house, his
disciples asked him privately: Why could not we
cast him out ?

28 And he said to them : This kind caa go out
by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

And departing bom thence they passed
through Galilee: and be would not that any man
should know it.

30 And he taught his diseiples, and said to
tlnin : The Son of man shall l>e delivered into
the hands of nun: and they shall kill him: and
after that he is killed, he shall rise again the
third day.

31 But they underwood not the word: and they
were afraid to ask him.

\nd they came to Caphaniaum. And when
they were in the house, he asked them: What did
you treat of in tin- way ?

33 But they held their peace: for in the way
they had disputed among themselves, which of them
should be the neatest.

• >V And sitting down, he called the twelve, and
saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he
shall be the last of all, and the servant of all.

35 And taking a child, he set him in the midst of
them : and when he had embraced him, he saith to
them:

36 Whosoever shall receive one such child as
this in my name, rcceiveth me : and w hosocver shall
receive me, rcceiveth not me, but him that sent
me.

37 John answered him. saying: Master, we saw
OM < asting out devils in thy name, who followeth
not us : and we forbade him.

38 Bin Jesus said: Do not forbid him: For there
is no man that doeth a miracle in my name, that
can soon speak ill of me.

39 For lie that is not against you, is for yon.

40 For whosoever shall pre you to drink a
cup of water in my name, In-causr* vou belong to
Christ : Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his
reward.

41 And whosoever shall Scandalise one of these
little ones who believe iii me ; it w ere better for him
that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and
he were cast into the sea.

42 And if thy hand scandalize tine, rut it off":
it is better for thee tO enter into life, maimed, than,
having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that
cannot be quenched :

43 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is
not extinguished.

14 And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off: it
is battel for thee to enter lame into life everlasting,
tli in, bavins two feet, to be cast into the hell of un-
quenchable lire :

\.~> Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is
not extinguished.

AG And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out
it is better for thee with one eye to enter into the
kingdom of God, than, having two eyes, to be east

into the hell of ore :

•17 Where their worm dieth not. and the fire is
not extinguished.

48 For every one shall be salted with fire: and
everv victim shall U- salted with salt.

49 Salt is good

but if the salt become unsa-
llave salt in

voury, wherewith will you season it ?
you, and have pence among you.

CHAP. X.

Marriage i* not to be dittolred. The danger of ricket. The
ambition of t/u gout tf Zebedee. A blind man it rrtton d
to hit tight.

\ ND rising up from thence, he comcth into the
-£*- territories of Judea beyond the Jordan : anil
the people flock to him again* And as he was ac-
customed, he taught them again.

2 And the Pharisees coming to him, asked him:
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempt-
ing him.

3 But he answering, saith to them: What did
Moses command you?

4 And they said : Moses permitted to w rite a
bill of divorce, and to put her away.

5 And Jesus answering, said to them: Because
of the hardness of your heart he wrote you that
precept.

6 But from the beginning of the creation, God
made them male and female.

7 For this cause a man shall leave his father and
mother; and shall cleave to his wife.

8 And they two shall be in one flesh. There-
fore now they are not two, but one flesh.

9 What therefore God joined together, let no
man put asunder.

10 And in the house again his disciples asked
him concerning the nunc thing.

11 And he said to them : Whosoever shall put
away his wife, and marry another, committeth
adultery against her.

12 And if the wife shall put away her bus
band, and be married to another, she committeth
adultery.

13 And they brought to him young children, that
he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked
them that brought them.

14 And when JeSUS B8JW if. he was much dis
pleased, and said to them : Suffer the little ehil
drcn to come to me, and forbid them not : for ol
such is the kingdom of God.

15 Amen 1 say to you, whosoever shall not re-
ceive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall
not enter into it.

16 And embracing them, and laying his hands

Upon them, he blessed tli. in.

17 And when he was gone forth into the wa\. a
certain man running up and kneeling l>c fore him.
asked him : Good Master, what shall I do that I

may receive life everlasting?

CHAP. XI.

18 And Jesus said to him: Whycallest thou mc
good ? None is ^ood,* but one, that is Clod.

19 Thou knowest the commandments : Do not
commit adultery : do not kill : do not steal : bear
not false witness : do not fraud : honour thy father
and mother.

20 But he answering, said to him : Master, all
these things have I observed from my youth.

21 And Jesus looking on him, loved him, and
said to him : One thing is wanting unto thee : go,
sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor ;
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come
follow me.

22 But he being struck sad at the saying, went
away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.

23 And Jesus looking round about, saith to his
disciples : How hardly shall they who have riches,
enter into the kingdom of God !

24 And the disciples were astonished at his
words. But Jesus answering again, saith to them:
Children, how hard is it for them that trust in
riches, to enter into the kingdom of God !

25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into
the kingdom of God.

26 And they wondered the more, saying among
themselves : Who then can be saved ?

27 And Jesus looking on them, saith: With men
it is impossible ; but not with God : for all things
are possible with God.

23 And Peter began to say to him : Behold, we
have left all things, and have followed thee.

29 Jesus answering, said : Amen I say to you,
there is no man who hath left house or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands,
for my sake and for the gospel,

30 Who shall not receive a hundred times as
much, now in this time ; houses, and brethren,
and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands,
with persecutions ; and in the world to come life
everlasting.

31 But many that are first, shall be last, and the
last first.

32 And they were in the way going up to Jeru-
salem : and Jesus went before them : and they
were astonished ; and following were afraid. And
taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the
things that should befal him,

33 Saying : Behold, we go up to Jerusalem :
and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief
priests, and to the Scribes and ancients: and they
shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him
to the Gentiles.

31 And they shall mock him, and spit on him,
and scourge him, and kill him : and the third day
he shall rise again.

35 And James and John the sons of Zebedee,
came to him, saying : Master, we desire that
whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it
for us:

* Mone is good, of himself entirely and essentially, but God alone:
men may be good also, but only by participation of God's goodness.

36 But he said to them, What would you that
I should do for you ?

37 And they said : Grant to us, that we may
sit ? one on thy right hand, and the other on thy
left hand, in thy glory.

38 And Jesus said to them : You know not
what you ask. Can you drink of the chalice that
I drink of; or be baptized with the baptism where-
with I am baptized ?

39 But they said to him : We can. And Jesus
saith to them : You shall indeed drink of the
chalice that I drink of: and with the baptism
wherewith I am baptized, you shall be baptized ;

40 But to sit on my right hand, or on my left,
is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom
it is prepared.

41 And the ten hearing it, began to be much
displeased at James and John.

42 But Jesus calling them, saith to them : You
know that they who seem to rule over the Gen-
tiles, lord it over them : and their princes have
power over them.

43 But it is not so among you : but whosoever
will be greater, shall be your minister.

44 And whosoever will be first among you,
shall be the servant of all.

45 For the Son of man also is not come to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his
life a redemption for many.

46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went
out of Jericho, with his disciples and a very great
multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of
Timeus, sat by the way side begging.

47 And when he had heard, that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to cry out, and to say : Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me.

48 And many rebuked him, that he might hold
his peace. But he cried a great deal the more :
Son of David, have mercy on me.

49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to
be called. And they call the blind man, saying to
him : Be of better comfort : arise, he calleth thee.

50 And he casting off his garment, leaped up,
and came to him.

51 And Jesus answering, said to him : What
wilt thou that I should do to thee ? And the blind
man said to him : Rabboni, that I ma}' see.

52 And Jesus saith to him : Go thy way ; thy
faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he
saw, and followed him in the way.

CHAP. XI.

Christ enters into Jerusalem upon an ass; curses the barren Jig-
tree ; and drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple.

\ ND when they were drawing near to Jeru-
-^*- salem, and ,to Bethania at the mount of
Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,

2 And saith to them : Go into the village that is
over against you ; and immediately at your coming
in thither, you shall find a colt tied, upon which
no man yet hath sat : loose him, and bring him.

3 And if any man shall say to you : What are

ST. MARK

(

you doing? say yo that the Lord bath need of him:
and immediate!) lie will let him come hither.

\nd going tin ir way thev found the colt tied
before the rate without in the meeting of two
ways: and they loose him.

b And some of them th;it stood there, said to
them: What do von loosing the ooh ?

6 And they said to them as Jesus luul com-
manded them: and they In him go with them.

7 And they brought the oak to Jems: and they
lav their garments on him, and he sat upon him.

8 And nun/ spread their ferments in the way:
and others eut down boughs from the trees, and
strewed them in the way.

9 And they that went before, and they that fol-
lowed, cried, saying: Hosanna:

10 Blessed is be t li:tt cometh in the name of the
Lord: Blessed be the kingdom of our father David
that cometh : Hosanna in the highest

11 And he entered Jerusalem, into the temple:
and having viewed all thing* round alnnit, when
now the hour of evening was come, he went out
to Bethania with the twelve.

12 And the next day, when they came out
from Bethania, he was hungry.

13 And when he had seen afar off a fig-tree
having leave-;, he came, if perhaps he niinht find
any thing on it. Ami when lie was come to it, he
found nothing but leaves: for it was not the time
for figs.

1 \ And answering, he said to it: May no man
hereafter eat fruit of thee an\ more forever. And
his disciples heard it.

1") And iIpv came to Jerusalem. And when he
had entered into the temple, he began to cist out
them that sold and bought in the temple: and he
overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and
the chairs of tin in that sold doves.

16 Ami he suffered not that any man should
cam a restel through the temple :

17 And he taught, saying to them: Is it not
written : My house shall be called the house of
prayer to all nations? But you have made it a

den of thid

18 Which when the chief priests and the Scribes
had heard, they sought how thev might destroy
him: for they feared him, because the whole mul-
titude was in admiration at his doctrine.

19 And when cm niug was conic, he went forth
out of the city.

20 And when they passed by in the morning,

lliev saw' the fig-tiee dried Up from the roots.

'\ And Peter remembering, said to him: Rabbi,
behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst, is withered
•war,

22 And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have

the faith of ( iod.

23 Amen I sav to you, that whosoever shall say
to this mountain: lb' thou removed, and be thou
east into the sea. and shall not staff get in his heart,
but believe, that whatsoever he shall say, shall l)C
done: it shall be done for him.

24 Therefore 1 say to vou, all things W,

\ou ask when y« pray, believe (hat you shall re-
ceive, and they shall come unto VOU.

25 And when vou shall stand to pray, forgive,
if yon have any thing against anv man: that your
Father also, who is in heaven, mav forgive vob
vour sins.

26 But if you will not forgive, neither will youi
Father, who is in heaven, forgive vou vour sins.

21 And they come again to Jerusalem. And
when he was walking in the temple, there come to
him the chief priests, and the Scribes, and lb*-
ancients:

28 And they say to him : By what authority
doest thou these things? and who hath given thee
this authority to do these things?

29 And Jesus answering, said to them : I will
also ask of you one quest ion, and answer you me: and
I will tell you by what authority I do these thin

30 The baptism of John was it from heaven,
or from men.' Answer me.

31 But they thought with themselves, nying:
If we say from heaven : he will say : Why then
did not vou believe^ him?

32 If we say, From men, we fear the people.
For all men counted John that he was a prophet
indeed.

33 And they answering, say to Jesus: We
know not. And Jesus answering, saith to them:
Neither do I tell you by what authority 1 do tin H
things.

CHAP. XII.

The parable of Ike pint-yard and huthandmrn.
tn tribute. The Sadditrees are cunfutviL
mundmrnt. The iridmr't mite.

Ctrtar't right
The Jlrtt ct«M-

AND he began to speak to them in iKinihlos :
A man planted a vmevard. and made a hedge
round it, and dug a place for the wine-vat, and
built a tower, and let it to husbandmen, ami went
into a far country.

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen
a servant, to receive from the husbandmen of the
fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they having laid hands on him, beat him;
and sent him away empty.

4 And again, lie sent to them another servant:
and him they wounded in the head, and used him
reproachfully.

5 And again he sent another, and him they kill-
ed : and many others, of whom some they hi at
and others thev killed.

6 Having, therefore, as yet one dearly helovid
son, he sent him also to them last of all, laying:
Thev w ill reverence my son.

7 But the husbandmen said one to another.
This is the heir: come, let us kill him : and the in-
heritance shall be ours.

8 And laying hold on him, they killed him, and
cast him out of the vineyard.

9 What, therefore, Will the lord of the vineyard
do? He w ill conic, and destroy the husbandmen;
and will give the vineyard to others.

chap. xiii.

10 And have you not read this scripture : The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is be-
come the head of the comer:

1 1 By the Lord hath this been done, and it is
wonderful in our eyes ?

12 And they sought to lay hands on him ; but
they feared the people; for they knew that he
spoke this parable against them. And leaving him,
they went their way.

13 And they send to him some of the Pharisees
and of the Herodians, to cat h him in his words.

14 And coming, they say to him : Master, we
know that thou art a true speaker, and carest not for
any man: for thou regardest not the person of men,
but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful
to give tribute to Caesar; or shall we not give it ?

15 But he, knowing their dissimulation, saith to
them: Why tempt you me ? bring me a penny that
I may see it.

16 And they brought it to him. And he saith to
them : Whose is this image and inscription? They
say to him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering, said to them: Render
therefore to Caesar the things that are Cpesar's, and
to God the things that are God's. And they mar-
velled at him.

18 And there came to him the Sadducees, who
say there is no resurrection : and they asked him,
saying :

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if any
man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him,
and leave no children, his brother should take his
wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren : and the
first took a wife, and died, leaving no issue.

21 And the second took her, and died: and nei-
ther did he leave any issue. And the third in like
manner.

22 And the seven took her in like manner, and
did not leave issue. Last of all the woman also died.

23 In the resurrection, therefore, when they
shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them f
for the seven had her to wife.

21 And Jesus answering, said to them : Do ye
not therefore err, not understanding the Scriptures,
nor th* 1 power of God ?

25 For when they shall rise again from the dead,
they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage ;
but are as the angels in heaven.

26 And as concerning the dead, that they rise
.main, have you not read in the book of Moses,
how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob ?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the
living. You therefore do greatly err.

28 And there came one of the Scribes that had
heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he
had answered them well, asked him which was the
the first commandment.

29 And Jesus answered him : The first com-
mandment of all is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy
God is one God.

30 And thou slmlt love the Lord thy God with
thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with
thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This
is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like to it : Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other com-
mandment greater than these.

32 And the Scribe said to him: Well, master,
thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and
there is no other besides him :

33 And that he should be loved with the whole
heart, and with the whole understanding, and with
the whole soul, and with the whole strength: and
to love one's neighbour as himself, is a greater thing
than all holocausts and sacrifices.

34 And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely,
said to him : Thou art not far from the kingdom
of God. And no man after that durst ask him any
question.

35 And Jesus answering said, teaching in the
temple : How do the Scribes say, that Christ is the
son of David ?'

36 For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost:
The Lord said to my lord, sit on my right hand,
until I make thy enemies thy foot-stool.

37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord :
and whence is he then his son ? And a great mul-
titude heard him gladly.

38 And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware
of the Scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and
to be saluted in the market-place ;

39 And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues,
and to" have the highest places at suppers :

40 Who devour the houses of widows under the
pretence of long prayers : these shall receive the
greater judgment.

41 And Jesus, sitting over against the treasury,
beheld how the people cast money into the treasu-
ry : and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and
she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And calling his disciples together, he saith to
them : Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath
cast in more than all they who have cast into the
treasury.

44 For they all did cast in of their abundance :
but she, of her want, cast in all she had, even her
whole living.

CHAP. XIII.

Christ foretels the destruction of the temple, and the signs that
shall forerun the day of judgment.

\ ND as he was going out of the temple, one of
^*- his disciples saith to him ; Master, behold what
manner of stones, and what buildings are here.

2 And Jesus answering, said to him : Seest thou
all these great buildings ? There shall not be left a
stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives over
against the temple, Peter and James and John and
Andrew asked him apart:

4 Tell us, when shall these things be ? and what

4.>

ST. MARK.

shall be I hr oi^n when all these things shall begin
In he fulfill)

5 Ami Jesus answering, lH-gan to say to them :
Take heed list any man deceive you.

6 For main shall come in my name, saving: I
am hr : and they shall deceive main.

7 And w Inn you shall hear of vv sirs an. I rumours
of wars, tear ye not : tor such things must needs
be<: hut the end is not yet.

8 For nation shall rise against nation, and king-
dom against kingdom : and there shall lie earth-
quakes in places, and famines. These are the be-
ginning of Borrow s.

9 lint look to yourselves. For they shall deliver

iou up to councils; and in the ftynsgogues you shall
e Ix-aten: and you shall stand before governors
and kings for nn sake, for a testimony unto them.

10 And unto all nations the gospel must first he
preached.

11 And when tln-v shall lead inu delivering vou
up, Ik- not thoughtful beforehand what you shall

ik: hut whatsoever shall he given you in that
hour, that speak \e. For it is not vou that speak.
hut the Holy tihost.

IS Ami the brother shall In-tray his brother onto
death, and the father his son : and children shall rise
up against the parents, and shall put them to death.

IS \nd you shall he hated by all men for my
name's sake. Hut he that shall endure unto the

end, he shall he saved.

1 V And when you shall see the aliotnination of
desolation, standing where it ought not: let him that
readeth understand : then let those who arc in Judea,
Bee to the mountains:

15 And let him that is on the house-top, not go
down into the bouse, nor enter therein to take any
thing out of his house :

III \nd let him that shall be in the field, not turn
back again to take up his garment.

17 And wo to them that are with child, and that
give suck in those days.

Ill But pray ye, that these things may not hap-
pen in winter.

19 For in those days shall be such tribulations
as were not from the beginning of the creation
which God created until now, neither shall be.

_'<» \nd unless the Lord had shortened the days,
no leal] should OS saved : but lor the sake of the
efed which he hath chosen, be hath shortened the

ll.lNs.

l\ And then if any man shall say to vou: Lo,
here is Christ; or, Lo, he is there : do not I »« • I i ■

For there will rise up false christj and false
prophets: and tlnv shall show SJgM and wonders,
In seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

J-> Take Vou heed, theiefoie: Ik hold, I have
foretold vou all things.

24 Mut in those days, after that tribulation, the
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light.

• Xir la*

•fit.. .U> ..I

'.at th* Son of God » aUotutrlr ignorant
bat tlul ho kmnrcth it oot, a* our teacher:

and the stars of heaven shall Ik- falling dow n:
and the powers that are in the heaven shall he mo\< d.

Jil \nd then shall they see the S f man

coining in the clouds, with creat power and glory.

27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from
the Uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part
of heaven.

: Now of the fig-tree learn ye a parable. When
the hrwich thereof is now tender, and the leaves
are come forth, vou know that summer is very near:

21) So you also, when you shall see these things
come to pass, know ye that it is very niJi. even at
the doors.

30 Amen I sav to you, that this generation shall
not pass, until all these things he done.

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away.

.52 Mut of that day or hour no man knoweth,
neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son,* hut the
Father.

33 Take ye heed; watch and pray: for ye know-
not when the time is.

34 Even as a man who, going into a far count rj ,
left his house, and gave authority to his servants
over every work, and commanded the porter to
watch.

35 Watch ye, therefore (for you know not when
tin- lord of the house comcth; at even, or at mid-
night, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning)

36 Lest, coming on a sudden, he find you
sleeping.

37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.

CHAP. XIV.

The first part of the history of the pastion of Christ.

NOW the feast of the pasch. and of thef a/.yms
was after two days : and the chief priests and
the Seril.es sought how they might bj somi wile

hs,

lay hold on him, and kill him

2 Mut they said: .Not on the festival day,

there should he a tumult among the people.

3 And when he was in Metliiinia, in tin- house of
Simon the leper, and was at mi at. there came a
woman hav ing an alabaster ho\ of ointment of pit -
cioiis spikenard : and breaking the alahaster box.
she poured it out upon his head.

4 Now there were some that had indignation
within themselves, and said: Why was this wash
of the ointment made?

5 I or this ointment might have been sold for
more than three hundred pence, and given to the
l»oor. And they murmured against her.

6 Mut Jesus said: Let her alone: Why do vou
molest her? She hath wrought a good work upon
me.

7 For the |>oor you have always with you : and
whensoever you will, you may do them good: but
me you have not alway s.

i. a. he knowrth it not to aa to trai I. il to M, M Ml ►» inp ex
f Jzyu. That it, the fcaat of the unleavened bread.

CHAP. XIV.

8 She hath done what she could : she is come
beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

9 Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel
shall be preached in the whole world, that also
which she hath done, shall be told for a memo-
rial of her.

10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went
to the chief priests, to betray him to them.

1 1 And they hearing it, were glad, and promised
to give him money. And he sought how he might
conveniently betray him.

12 Now on the first day of the unleavened bread,
when they sacrificed the pasch, the disciples say to
him: Whither wilt thou that we go, and prepare
for thee to eat the pasch ?

13 And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith
to them : Go ye into the city : and there shall meet
you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow
Ii i in :

14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say to the
master of the house : The master saith : Where is
my refectory, where I may eat the pasch with my
disciples ?

15 And he will show you a large dining-room
furnished : and there prepare ye for us.

16 And his disciples went their way and came
into the city : and they found as he had told them :
and they prepared the pasch.

1 7 And when evening was come, he cometh with
the twelve.

18 And when they were at table, and eating,
Jesus saith : Amen I say to you, that one of you
who eateth with me, shall betray me.

19 But they began to be sorrowful, and to say to
him one by one : Is it I ?

20 And he said to them : One of the twelve who
dim>cth his hand in the dish with me.

21 And the Son of man indeed gocth, as it is
written of him : but wo to that man by whom the
Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for
him, if that man had not been born.

22 And whilst they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and blessing broke, and gave to them, and
said : Take ye, This is my body.

23 And having taken the chalice, giving thanks,
he gave it to them : and they all drank of it.

24 And he said to them : This is my blood of
the new testament, which shall be shed for many.

25 Amen I say unto you, that I will drink no
more of this fruit of the vine, until that day when
I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God.

26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went
forth to the mount of Olives.

27 And Jesus saith to them : You will all be
scandalized in me this night : for it is written : I
will strike the shepherd ; and the sheep shall be
dispersed.

28 But after I shall be risen again, I will go be-
fore you into Galilee.

*. Crow twice. The nocks crow at two different times of the nipht,
viz. about midnight for the first time; and then about the time
commonly called the cock crowing : And this was the cock crowing

29 But Peter saith to him : Although all shall
be scandal ized in thee, yet not I.

30 And Jesus saith to him : Amen I say to thee,
to-day, even in this night, before the cock crow
twice,* thou shalt deny me thrice.

31 But he spoke the more vehemently: Although
I should die together with thee, I will not deny thee
And in like manner also said they all.

32 And they come to a farm called Gethsemani.
And he saith to his disciples : Sit you here while
I pray.

33 And he taketh Peter and James and John
with him : and he began to fear, and to be heavy.

31 And he saith to them : My soul is sorrowful
even unto death: stay you here, and watch.

35 And when he had gone forward a little, he
fell flat on the ground : and he prayed, that if it
were possible, the hour might pass from him:

36 And he said : Abba, Father, all things are
possible to thee ; take away this chalice from me :
but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping.
And he saith to Peter : Simon, sleepest thou ?
couldst thou not watch one hour ?

38 Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.

39 And going away again, he prayed, saying
the same words.

40 And when he returned, he found them again
asleep (for their eyes were heavy :) and they knew
not what to answer him.

41 And he cometh the third time, and saith to
them : Sleep ye now, and take rest. It is enough :
the hour is come : behold, the Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of sinners.

42 Rise up : let us go. Behold, he that will
betray me, is at hand.

43 And while he was yet speaking, cometh Ju-
das Iscariot, one of the twelve ; and with him a
great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests, and the Scribes, and the ancients.

44 And he that betrayed him had given them a
sign, saying : Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he
lay hold on him, and lead him away cautiously.

45 And when he was come, immediately going
up to him, he saith : Hail, Rabbi : and he kissed
him.

46 But they laid hands on him, and held him.

47 And one of them that stood by, drawing a
sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and
cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answering, said to them : Are you
come out as against a robber, with swords and
staves, to apprehend me ?

49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching
and you did not lay hands on me. But, that the
Scriptures may be fulfilled.

50 Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away.

our Saviour spoke of: and therefore the other evangelists take no
notice of the first crowing.

ST. MA UK.

51 And a certain young man followed bun, hav-
ing a limn cloth east aln Hit his naked biuli/ : anil
the) laid hold on him.

Hut he casting off the linen cloth. Bed from
them naked.

\nil thej brought Jesus to the high-priest :

and all the priests, and the Scribes, and tin-
ancients, were assembled together.

54 Ami Peter followed him afar off even into
the palace of the high-priest : and he sat with the
servant! at the lire, and warmed himself.

And the eliief prieses, am. ..! die council

sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might
put him to death : ami thej found Done

56 For many Ikhc false witness against him:
and their evidence did not agn

57 And some rising up, l>ore false witness against
linn. sa\ in- :

58 We beard him say: I will destroj this temple
made with bands; ami within three days 1 will

build another not made with bands.

59 And their witness did not agree.

GO Ami the high-priest rising up in the midst,
asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to
the things that are laid to thy charge by these
men ?

t!I Hut he held his peace, and answered no-
thing. Again the high-priest asked him, and
said to him : Art thou the Christ the Son of
the blessed God ?

\ml Jesus said to him: 1 am: and you shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the
powei of God, and coming with the clouds of
I en.

63 Then the high-priest rending his garments,
saith : What Deed we any farther witness*

64 Von have heard the blasphemy. What think
you? And tiny all condemned him to Ihj guilty of
death.

\nd some began to spit on him, and to cover
bis face, and to buffet him, and to say to him :

Prophesy; and the servants struck him with the
palms of their bands.

Now when Peter was in the court below,

there coimth one ol tin niaid-M ivauts of the high-
pri'

67 And when she had seen Peter warming him-
self, looking on him, she saith: Thou also wast
with Jesus of .Na/.areth.

I!ut he denied, saying; I neither know nor
Understand what thou sayest And he went forth
before the court, and the cock crew.

<!!• And Again a maid-sei \aut seeing him. i

to say to the standers-bj : This i^ one of them.

70 Hut he denied again. And after awhile they

that stood by, said again to I'eter: Surely thou an
one of them : for thou art also a Galilean.

71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying:
I know not this man of whom you speak.

72 And immediately the COCK crew again. And

Peter remembered the word that Jesm had said to

him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shah deny
me thrice. And he In'san to weep.

CHAP. XV.

The continuation (ff tkr hittory of the pattion.

AN I > straightway in the mottling the chief pries'
holding a consultation with tin- ancients am

the Scribes, and the whole council, hound Jesus,
and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asktd him: Art thou the King oi
the Jews? Hut he answering, saith to him : Thou
sayest it.

3 And the chief priests accused him in many
thing**

4 And Pilate Bgan asked him, savin::: Answer*

i st thou nothing? behold, in how man] things they

accuse thee.

') Hut Jesus still answered nothing ; so that
Pilate wondered.

6 Now on the festival day he was wont to re-
lease unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever
they demanded.

7 And there was one called Harahbas. who was
put in prison with seditious men, who in the sedi-
tion bad committed murder.

8 And when the multitude was come up, thev
lie-an to desire what he always had done to tin in.

9 And Pilate answered them, and said: Will you
that I release to you the king of the Jew s -

10 For he knew that the chief priests had de-
livered him up through en\y .

11 Hut the chief priests moved the people, that
he should rather release Harahbas to them.

12 And Pilate again answering) saith to them :
What will you then that 1 do to the kmgof the Jen

13 Hut they again cried out: Crucify him.

14 And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil
hath he done.' Hut they cried out the more: Cru-
cify him.

15 So Pilate, lM'inc Willing to satisfy the people,
released to them Harahbas: and delivered up Je-
sus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

16 And the soldiers led him into the court of the
palace: and they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothe him with purple : and plat-
ting a crow n of thorns, they put it upon him.

115 And they began tO salute him: Hail, kins
of the .bw s :

19 And they struck his head with a reed : And
they did spit on him; and bowing their knees,
they worshipped him.

20 Ami alter they hat! mocked him, they took
off the purple from him, and put his own gaffJtentB
on him: and thev led him out to crucify him.

21 And they forced one Simon of ( ynm- who
passed by, coming OUt of the country, the father of
Alexander and of Rufba. to take up his cross.

.' And thev bring htm into the place calleo
Golgotha, which, being interpreted, is, The place
ol Calvary.

23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled
with myrrh : but he took it not.

24 And crucifying him, they divided hi^ car
incuts, catting lots ii|»on them, what evtry man
should take.

chap. xvi.

25 And it was the third hour;* and they cruci-
fied him.

2b' And the inscription of his cause was written
over, Tuk Kino or run Jews.

27 And with hiin they crucify two thieves, the
one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith:
And with the wicked he was reputed.

29 And they that passed by, blasphemed him,
wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, thou that
destroyest the temple of God, and in three days
buildest it up again;

30 Save thyself, coming down from the cross.

31 In like manner also the chief priests with
the Scribes mocking, said one to another: He
saved others; himself he cannot save.

32 Let Christ the king of Israel come down
now from the cross, that we may see and believe.
And they that were crucified with him, reviled
him.

o3 And when the sixth hour was come, there
was darkness over the whole earth until the
ninth hour.

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a
loud voice, saying : Elm, Eloi, lamma sabacthani ?
Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me?

35 And some of the standers-by hearing, said :
Behold, he calleth Elias.

30 And one running and filling a sponge with
vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to
drink, saying : Stay, let us see if Elias will come
to take hi in down.

37 And Jesus having cried out with a loud
voice, gave up the ghost.

38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two,
from the top to the bottom.

■ V.) And the centurion who stood over against
him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had
given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the
Son of God.

40 And there were also women looking on afar
off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and
Salome :

41 Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed
him, and ministered to him, and many other wo-
men that came up with him to Jerusalem.

42 And when evening was now come (because
it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the
sabbath,)

43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor,
w ho was also himself looking for the kingdom of
God, came, and went in boldly to Pdate, and
begged the body of Jesus.

44 But Pilate wondered that he should be al-
ready dead. And sending for the centurion, he
asked him if he were already dead.

* The third hour. The ancient account divided the day into four
parts, which were named from the hour from which they began, the
first, third, sixth, and ninth hour. Our Lord was crucified a little
before noon, before the third hour had quite expired, but when the
sUth hour was near at hand.

45 And Whetl he had understood it by the centu-
rion, he gave the both to Joseph.

46 And Joseph, buying fine linen, and taking
him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and
laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out ol
a rock : and he rolled a stone to the door of the
sepulchre.

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother
of Joseph beheld where he was laid.

CHAP. XVI.

Christ's resurrection and ascension.

\ ND when the sabbath was past, Mary Mng-
-^*- dalene and Mary the mother of James and
Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they
might anoint Jesus.

2 And very early in the morning the first day of
the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being
now risen. f

3 And they said one to another : Who shall roll
us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre ?

4 And looking, they saw the stone rolled back.
For it was very great.

5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a
young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a
white robe ; and they were astonished.

6 And he saith to them : Be not affrighted ; you
seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified : he is
risen ; he is not here ; behold the place where they
laid him.

7 But go tell his disciples, and Peter, that he
goeth before you into Galilee : there you shall see
him, as he told you.

8 But they going out, fled from the sepulchre;
for a trembling and fear had seized them : and they
said nothing to any man ; for they were afraid.

9 But he rising early the first day of the week,
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he
had cast seven devils.

10 She went, and told them that had been with
him, who were mourning and weeping.

11 And they hearing that he was alive, and had
been seen by her, did not believe.

12 And after that he appeared in another form to
two of them walking, as they were going into the
country.

13 And they going told it to the rest : neither
did they believe them.

14 At length he appeared to the eleven as they
were at table : and he upbraided them with their
incredulity and hardness of heart; because they
did not believe them who had seen him after he
was risen again.

15 And he said to them : Go ye into the whole
world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be
saved : but he that believeth not, shall be condemned.

t The sun being now risen. They set out before it was light, to go
to the sepulchre : but the sun was risen when they arrived there.
Or figuratively, the sun here spoken of is the sun of justice, Christ Je-
sus our Lord, who was risen before their coming

ST. LUKE.

17 Ami tin s< i-iis sliall follow them that l>e-
licve: In in\ nine they shall cast out devils: the]
shall •peak w ilh new tongu

18 l'lic\ shall take un serpenta ; nndifthej >-hit!l
drink any neadb thing, it ■hall not hurt ihena : thei
shall laj their hands upon the nek, and they shall

YCT.

19 Ami the I.<>rd Jesus, after be had s[*>krr to
tin in, ua^ taken up into heaven, and sitiethoiithe

ridit hand of (iod.

3S0 Hut the] going forth preached ever] where;
the Lord co-operating with them, ami confirming

the word with si-ns that followed.

Tin: holy gospel of jesus ciirist,

ACCOim^U TO

ST. LUKE.

St. I. ikk was n notice of ,-lntioch, the capital of Syria. He
tra* by proftmiun a physician : ami tome ancient irritcrnsny
that kt MM eery akilful in painting. lie ira* converted by
St. I'uiil : and hiramr hit disciple anil companion in hit
ireh, and fellmr-lnltoiirer in the ministry of the QotpeL
Be wrote in Greek about twenty-four yean after our Ltird't
Ascension.

(HAH. I.

The conception of John the Iiapti.it, and of Chrtnt : the ri cita-
tion anil canticle of the It/ixxed I'irgin: the birth of the
liaptixt, and the canticle of '/.uchary.

FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to
Ml forth in order a narration of the things
that have been accomplished among as :

J According as the] have delivered them unto
us, who from the beginning were eve-witnesses
and ministers of the word :
3 It seemed good to me also, having diligently

attained to all things from the lieginning, to write
to tin r in order, most excellent Theophilus.

1 That thou inavest know the truth of those
words in which thou hast been instructed.

5 There was in the days of Herod the king of

.India, a certain pneel named Zacharj . of the course
of \l)ia,* and his wit".- was of the daughters of
Aaron, and her name Elisabeth.

6 \nd they wire both just before God, walking

in all tin- commandments and justifications of tin
Lord w iihout blame.

7 \ml they had no son : for that Klisaheth was
barren, and they ImxIi were well advanced in yean.

8 And it came to pass, that while he executed
the prieatlj office before God, in the order of his

eon

9 According to the custom of the priestly office,
it was his lot to oiler incense, going into the temple
of tin' Lord.

10 And all the multitude of the people was pray-
ing without at the hour of incen

11 And there appeared to him an angel of the

i. r. Of the ranfc »f Ahia, wh rh won! in On

nr il

• - ;

* Of liu mm sf
Orwk i« rommonlv put fur il>. I ant rfay; I I

I . tl.< «p|<nDtmen of David,

•0

Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of is

cesrse.

I J Ami Zaeliary seeing him, was troubled : ai J
fear fell upon him :

13 Hut the angel said to him : Fear not, Zachai v,
for thy prayer is heard : and thy wife Elisabeth
shall bear thee a >on : and thou shah call his name
John ;

14 And thou shalt have joy and dadm ss; and
many shall rejoice at his birth :

15 For be shall be peat before the Lord: and
shall drink no wine nor Strong drink: and he shall
be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mo-
ther's womb :

16 And he shall convert many of the children ol
Israel to the Lord their God :

17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and
power of Klias : that he nia\ turn the hearts of the
fathers to the children, and the incredulous to the
wisdom of the just, to prepare for the Lord a per-
fect people.

18 And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby
shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my
w ife is a d v anc e d in \cars.

19 And the angel nnswenag, said to him: I
am Gabriel who stand before God; and am

Bent to speak to thee, and to bring thee tin -e
good tidings.

20 And. behold, thou shalt be dumb, and shall
not be able to s|wak until the day wherein these
things shall come to pass; because thou hast not
believed m\ words, which shall be fulfilled in their
time.

21 And the people were waiting for Zachary
and they wondered that he staid so Ions in the
temple.

22 And when he came out. he could not speak
to tin-in : and they understood that he had seen a
vision in the temple. And he made skns to them,
and remained dumb.

Paral. ?4. Ihe dracendanta from Aaron were divided into twentv-fimr
familim. of wh*-h the eighth wa» Ahia, from whom de«rended lli» '/.»
1 ' hariaa, who at this Hint- wu to lh« «r«A of btt prieall) fuuclioaa

CHAP. I.

23 And it came to puss, after the days of his
office were accomplished, that he departed to his
own Ik misc.

2 V And alter those days his wife Elizabeth con-
ceived, and hid herself five months, saying :

23 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days
w -herein he hath had regard to take away my re-
proach among men.

26 And in the sixth month, the angel Gahriel
was sent from God into a city of Galilee called
Nazareth,

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name
was Joseph, of the house of David : and the name
of the virgin was Mary.

28 And the angel being come in, said to her :
Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Blessed
art thou among women.

29 And when she had heard, she was troubled
at his saying, and thought with herself what man-
ner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said to her : Fear not, Mary;
for thou hast found grace with God :

31 Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and shalt bring forth a Son ; and thou shalt call
his name Jesus.

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son
of the most High": and the Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of David his father: and he
shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever,

33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.
84 And Mary said to the angel : How shall this

be done, because I know not man ?

35 And the angel answering, said to her : The
Holy Ghost shall come upon' thee; and the power
of the most High shall over-shadow thee. And
therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee,
shall be called the Son of God.

36 And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath
also conceived a son in her old age : and this is the
sixth month with her that is called barren :

37 Because no word shall be impossible with
God.

38 And Mary said : Behold the handmaid of
the Lord : be it done to me according to thy word.
And the angel departed from her.

39 And Mary rising up in those days, went into
the mountainous country with haste, into a city
of Juda :

40 And she entered into the house of Zachary,
and saluted Elizabeth.

41 And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth
heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped
in her womb : and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Ghost :

42 And she cried out with a loud voice, and
said: Blessed art thou among women; and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb.

43 And whence is this to me, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me r

44 For behold, as soon as the voice of thy salu-

* Shall call me blessed. These words are a prediction of that honour
which the church in all ages should pay to the blessed Virgin. Let

tation sounded in my cars, the infant in my womb
leaped for joy.

45 And blessed art thou that hast believed ; be-
cause those things shall be accomplished that were
spoken to thee by the Lord.

46 And Mary said : My soul doth magnify the
Lord:

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Sa-
viour :

48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his
handmaid : for, behold, from henceforth all genera-
tions shall call me blessed.*

49 For he that is mighty hath done great things
to me : and holy is his name.

50 And his mercy is from generation to genera-
tions, to them that fear him.

51 He hath showed might in his arm : he hath
scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
and hath exalted the humble.

53 He hath filled the hungry with good things:
and the rich he hath sent away empty.

54 He hath received Israel his servant, being
mindful of his mercy.

55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and
to his seed for ever.

56 And Mary abode with her about three
months : and she returned to her own house.

57 Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered
was come, and she brought forth a son.

58 And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that
the Lord had showed his great mercy towards her:
and they congratulated with her.

59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day
they came to circumcise the child : and they called
him by his father's name Zachary.

60 And his mother answering, said: Not so, but
he shall be called John.

61 And they said to her : There is none of thy
kindred that is called by this name.

62 And they made signs to his father, how he
would have him called.

63 And demanding a table-book, he wrote,
saying : John is his name. And they all won
dered.

64 And immediately his mouth was opened,
and his tongue loosed ; and he spoke, blessing
God.

65 And fear came upon all their neighbours :
and all these words were divulged over all the
mountainous country of Judea.

66 And all they who had heard them laid them
up in their heart, saving : What a one, think ye,
shall this child be ? For the hand of the Lord was
with him.

67 And Zachary his father was filled with the
Holy Ghost : and he prophesied, saying :

68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because
he hath visited and wrought the redemption of
his people :

Protestants examine whether they are any way concerned iu thia
prophecy.

ST. LUKE.

\ud h.illi raised up a horn of salvation* to
u*.. in the house of David bit servant :

in \- lit- >|«>kc 1m tin* mouth of his holv pro-
phets, who art- from the beguiaing:

71 Salvation from our enemies, ami from the
hand of all that bate uil :

To >liow mercy to our fathers; and to re-
member his holy coveoaut.

the oath which he swore to Abraham our
father, that In- would grant to us:

That being delivered from the hand of our
enemies, we maj serve him without fear,

In holiness and justice Ik Ion- him all our

76 And thou, child, shall be called thi' prophet
of the most High; for thou shah gp More the face
of the Lord, to prepare his waj :

7 7 To give knowledge of salvation to his peo-
ple, unto the remission of their sins,

riiroimh the bowels of the mercy of our
God : in which the Orient, f from on high hath
visitl d us :

79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and
m the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the
wav of peace.

80 And the child grew ii|>, and was strengthened
inspirit: and was in tin- deserts until the day of
his manifestation to Israel.

( HAP. II.

The birth nff Christ: hit prrtrntatirm in the temple: Simrnn's
prophet-*. Chri.it, at twelve yeart off age, ttffound amongst
the dnrturt.

AM) it came to pass that in those days there
went out a decree from Ca-sar Augustus, that
the whole world should be enrolled.

1 This enrolling was firs! made hy Cyrinus the

rnor of Syria.

3 And all went to be enrolled, every one into
his own «ii \ .

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of
the i 1 1 \ of Nazareth into .India, to the city of

1 1 aid, which is called Bethlehem; l>ecause he was
of the house and family of David,

i [o he enrolled with .Mary his es|>oused wife,
who was with child.

t*> And it came to past, that when they were
there, her days were accomplished, that she should
be delivered.

7 \nd she brought forth her nTSt-bornl son. and
Wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a maimer: because there was no room for them
in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds

watching, and keeping the night- watches over their
Bock.

9 And behold, an aiuel of the Lord stood by

* Horn oftnbaUon, i. e. .1 potrrrful pmlmlian, at Dr. WVttwm tram-
late* it. For in the Scnpturr, by Horn it generally understood
rtrenrOi ami fctctr.

f Tlu Ontnt It i* one of the title* of the Miami, the true lurli'
of the world, tod the mm of j"

them; and the brightness of Cod shone round
about them: ;md the] feared with a aresj tear.

10 Aad the angel said t<» them: Few not: for
behold, I briim > t.ii pood tidings of great joy, that
shall be to all the people ■

11 For ihis djB| is born to vou a Saviour, who
is Christ the Lord, in the citv ol David.

12 Ami this shall be a sign unto vou: You shall
find the infant wrapped in SWaddbag clothes, and
laid in a manner.

19 And suddenly there was with tin- angel a
multitude til the heavenh host, praisinc God, and
sa\ ing :

11 Glory to God in the highest; and on earth
peace to men of BJOod will.

15 And it came to pass, that after the angels de-
parted from them into heaven, the shepherds said
One to another : Let us go over to lb llilcht in ; and
let us see this word that is come to pass, which the

Lord hath showed to us.

16 And they came with haste: and they found

Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in a
maimer.

17 And Seeing, they understood of the word that

had been spoken to them onncerning this child.

18 And all they that heard wondered; aad at
those things tliMt Were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these words, pondering
ihi in in her heart.

20 And the shepherds returned, dorihiim and
praising God, for all the thugs (hi) bad heard, and
seen, as it was told unto them.

21 And alter eight days were accomplished that

the child should lie circumcised, his name was

called Jesus, which was called by the angel* be*

fore he was conceived in the womb.

22 And alter the davs of her purification, ac-
cording to the law of Moses, were accomplished,
they carried bhn to Jerusalem, to present him to
the Lord.

23 As it is written in the law of the Lord: That
e.i rv male opening the womb shall be called holy
to the Lord :

JV Anil to offer a sacrifice, according as it is
written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle
doves, or two young pigeons.

25 And behold. I here was a man in Jerusalem
named Simeon; ami this man was just and devout
watting fot the consolation of Israel; and the Holy
( Shoal was in him.

■ And he hat! received an answer from the
Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before
he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

27 Anil he came by the Spirit into the temple.
Ami when his parents brought in the child Jesus,
to do for him according to the custom of the law,

28 He also took him into his arms, and blessed
God, and said *.

} Htr firtl-ham. The meaning n, not that the had afterward anr
ntlior rliil.l, hut it i* a war of speech among the Hrtrnet, to call
abw the firtt-ktm, who are the only children, bee Annot
Mmlt. I ■ rer. t».

CHAP. III.

29 Now thou do>t dismiss thy "ei /ant, Lord,
according to tny Word, in pe.ice :

30 Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared before the lace of
til people :

32 A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and
the glory of thy people of Israel.

33 And his father and mother were wondering
at these things which were spoken concerning
him :

34 And Simeon blessed them; and said to Man
his mother: Behold, this child is set for the ruin,*
and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for
a sign which shall he contradicted :

35 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that
out of many hearts thoughts may he revealed.

36 And there was a prophetess, called Anna, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was
far advanced in years, and had lived with her hus-
hand seven years from her virginity.

37 And she was a widow until fourscore and
four years ; who departed not from the temple, by
fastings and prayers serving night and day.

38 Now she at the same hour coming in, gave
praise to the Lord ; and spoke of him to all that
looked for the redemption of Israel.

39 And after they had performed all things ac-
cording to the law of the Lord, they returned into
Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, full
of wisdom : and the grace of God was in him.

41 And his parents went every year to Jerusa-
lem, at the solemn day of the pasch.

42 And when he was twelve years old, they
went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of
the feast.

43 And after they had fulfilled the days, when
they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusa-
lem ; and his parents knew it not.

44 And thinking that he was in the company,
they came a day's journey, and sought him among
their kinsfolks and acquaintance.

45 And not finding him they returned into Jeru-
salem, seeking him.

46 And it came to pass, that after three days
they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst
of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them
questions.

47 And all that heard him, were astonished at
his wisdom, and his answers.

48 And seeing him, they wondered. And his
mother said to him : Son, why hast thou done so
to us ? behold, thy father and I have sought thee
sorrowing.

49 And he said to them : How is it that you
sought me ? did you not know, that I must be
about the things that are my Father's?

50 And they understood not the word, that he
spoke unto them.

* For the ruin, fye. Christ came for the salvation of all men : but
here Simeon prophesies what would come to pass, that many, through
their ">wu wilful blindness and obstinacy, would not believe in Christ,

51 And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth ; and was subject to them. And his
mother kept all these words in her heart.

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom, and age.
and grace with God and men.

CHAP. III.

John's mission awl preaching. Christ is baptizrd by him.

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Ti-
berius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor
of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and
Philip his brother being tetrarch of Iturea, and the
country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of
Abilina,

2 Under the high priests Annas and Caiphas :
the word of the Lord came to John, the ,>on of
Zachary, in the desert.

3 And he came into all the country ahom the
Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance, for the
remission of sins,

4 As it is written in the book of the worOs of
Isaias the prophet : A voice of one crying in the
wilderness : Prepare ye the way of the Lord :
make his paths straight.

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every moun-
tain and hill shall be brought low: and the crooked
shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain.

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

7 He said, therefore, to the multitudes that came
forth to be baptized by him : Ye offspring of vi-
pers, who hath showed you to flee from the wrath
to come ?

8 Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of penance;
and do not begin to say : We have Abraham for
our father. For I say to you, that God is able of
these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

9 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.
Every tree, therefore, that bringeth not forth good
fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

10 And the people asked him, saying: What
then shall we do ?

1 1 And he answering, said to them : He that
hath two coats, let him give to him that hath
none : and he that hath meat, let him do in like
manner.

12 And the publicans also came to be baptized,
and said to him : Master, what shall we do r

13 But he said to them : Do nothing more than
that which is appointed you.

14 And the soldiers also asked him, saying:
And what shall we do ? And he said to them :
Do violence to no man : neither calumniate any
man : and be content with your pay.

15 And as people were of opinion, and all were
thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he
might be the Christ :

16 John answered, saying to them all : I indeed
baptize you with water ; but there shall come one

nor receive his doctrine : which therefore would be ruin to them, but
to others a resurrection, by their believing in him and obeying hi*
commandments.

si. f.iki:

mightier than I, the latchet of whose ihosa I am

iidt worth] to Iihinc : be shall baptise \<>u with the
llolv ( ■host, ;md w ill) I'm- :

17 Who • fun is in his hand, and he will purge

his Door, ninl will sillier ihc wheat into his Lain:

but thecluuTbe will burn with unquenchable fire.

VihI many other tilings exhorting did he

preach to the people.

1!* Hut Herod the tetrarch, irhea In- was re-
proved by him lor Herodias his brother's wife, ami

for all the < \iU which Herod had done.

He added this alto above all, and shut up
John in prison.

J I Now it came to pass, when all the people
u. re hapti/ed, that .Ic-us abo being hapti/ed, and
praying, heaven waa otioned :

22 \nd the llolv Ghost deacended in a IkxHIv
shape ai a dove upon him: and a voice came
from heaven: Thou art my lx-lo\ed Son; in thee

I am Well pleased.

\nd .J< mi> himselt" was I •< - -_ i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 z al>ont the
age of thirtv years: being (as it was supposed)
the son of Joseph, who was of Heli,* who was
nl Matliat.

24 Who was of Leu. who was of Melchi, who
of Jaunt , who was of Joseph,
\\ bo was <,| Mathathias, who was of Amos,
who was of Kuluun, who was of Hesli, who was
of Nagge,

Who was of Mahath, who was of Matha-
thias, who araa 6f Seinei, who was of Joseph,
w ho was of Juda,

27 Who was of Joanna, who was of Ren,
who was of Zorobabel, who was of Salatliiel,
who w .is of Ncri.

Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi.
who was of Cosan, who was of Klinadan, who
was of Her,

Who was of Jesus, who was of Eliezer,
who was of Jorim, who was of Mathat, who was
of Levi.

30 Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas,
who was pf Joseph, who was of Jona, who was
of Kliakim,

31 Who araa of M'ha, who was of Menna,
who was of Mathatha, who was of Nathan, who
WM of David,

Who was of Jesse, who was of Olied, who
Was of Boo/., who was of Salmon, who was of

Mill.

33 W ho waa of Aminadab, who was of Aram,
who was of l.srou, who was of I'hares, who Was
of Judas.

Who was of Jaeoh, who was of Isaac, who
waa of Abraham, who was of Than, who was of
Nachor.

Who was of Sarug, vn h<> was of Ragao,

who was ,,f I'll ah -, w ho w as of llclicr, w ho w is
^ lie.

* H». w •/ /Mi. St. Jotfk, who Iit nature tu Ihc ton of Sm*

in the :<r«.rtini of the hiw »«i ton of n I rfl .

tod Uc»k were brother*, by the «ame mother : and llth who »»» lU-

.'.•; Who was of Cainan. who was of Arphaxad,
who was of Stm. Who was of Noc, who was of
Lantech.

I Who was of Mathosate, who was of Heaoeh,

who was of .land, who was of Malalcel, who was
of ( aiitan,

;;;: Who was of Henoa. who was of Beth, who
was of Adam, who waa of God.

CHAP. IV.

Chritt't fluting awl t< ntptnti'm. fir it prrttnitrd in Xitza
rt Ih : Mis mirnt 1. s in ( 'iijtlmruitum.

\ Nl> leaaa being full of the HolyGboat, re-

-^^- turned from the Jordan : and was led by the
spirit into the desert,

2 For the space of foil \ dajSJ and was tempted

by the devil. And he did eat nothing in those
dare: ami when the] were ended, be was hungry.

3 And the devil said to ban: If thou he the Son
of God, command this stom that it Ik? made bread.

4 Ami Jesus answered him: It is written: That
man liveth not hv bread alone, hut hv even word
of God.

5 And the devil led him into a high mountain,
and show itl him all the kingdoms of the world in
a moment of time :

6 And he said to him : To thee will I give all
this power, and the glorv of them : for to me tip y
are delivered; and to whom I will, I give them.

7 If thou, therefore, wilt adore before me, all
shall he thine.

8 And Jesus answering, said to him : It is writ-
ten : Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him
onlv shalt thou serve.

9 And he brought him tO Jerusalem, and set
him on a pinnacle of the temple: and said to him :
If thou be the Son of God, east thyself down
from henee.

10 For it is written, that he hath given his an»
nets charge over thee, that they keep thee :

11 And that in their hands they shall hem thee
tip, lest thou dash tin foot against a stone.

12 And Jesus answering, said to him: It is
said : Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy (iod.

13 And when all the temptation was ended, the
devil departed from him for a time.

14 And Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit into Galilee: ami the fame of him went out
through the whole countrv.

15 Ami he taught in their synagogues, and was
extolled hv all.

10 And he came to Nazareth where he was
brought up: and lit 1 want into the sraagWgMH. ac-
cording to his custom on the sahhath-dav : ami he

rose op to read.

17 And the hook of Isaias the prophet was de-
livered uato bkn. And as be unfolded the hook,
he found the plate w In re it was written .

rider, dyimr without i«Mio. Jmroi, i« the law directed, married hti
widow ; in ronwo,iirrw-i> of »«icb marriage, Ins son Joupk w;i« r, imlixl
in the law the »on uf Htk.

CHAP. V.

18 fhe Spirit of the Lord is upon me: where-
fore he hath anointed me, to preach the gospel to
the poor lie hath sent me, to heal the contrite of
heart,

19 To preach deliverance to the captives, and
sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord,
and the day of reward.

20 And when he had folded the book, he resto-
red it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes
of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

21 And he began to say to them: This day is
fulfilled this scripture in your ears.

22 And all gave testimony to him : and they
wondered at the words of grace that proceeded
from his mouth, and they said : Is not this the son
of Joseph ?

23 And he said to them : Doubtless you will
say to me this similitude : Physician, heal thyself:
as great things as we have heard done in Caphar-
naum, do also here in thy own country.

24 And he said : Amen 1 say to you, that no
prophet is accepted in his own country.

25 In truth I say to you, there were many
widows in the days ot Elias in Israel, when heaven
was shut up three years and six months : when
there was a great famine throughout all the land :

26 And to none of them was Elias sent, but to
a widow at Sarepta of Sidon.

27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the
time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them
was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

28 And all they in the synagogue, hearing these
things, were filled with anger.

29 And they rose up and thrust him out of the
city : and they brought him to the brow of the hill,
whereon their city was built, that they might cast
lim down headlong.

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

31 And he went down into Capharnaum a city
if Galilee, and there he taught them on the sab-
oath-days.

32 And they were astonished at his doctrine :
"or his word was with power.

33 And in the synagogue there was a man
who had an unclean devil, and he cried out with
a loud voice,

34 Saying : Let us alone, what have we to do
with thee, Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to
destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy
one of God.

35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying : Hold thy
peace, and go out of him. And when the devil
had thrown him into the midst, he went out of
him, and hurt him not at all.

36 And there came fear upon all, and they talk-
ed among themselves, saying: What word is this,
for with authority and power he commandeth the
unclean spirits, and they go out?

37 And the fame of him was published in every
place of the country.

38 And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue,

went into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's
mother was taken with a great fever : and they be-
sought him for her.

39 And standing over her, he commanded the
fever: and it left her. And immediately rising,
she ministered to them.

40 And when the sun was down, all they that
had any sick with divers diseases, brought them to
him. But, he laying his hands on every one of
them, healed them.

41 And devils went out of many, crying out
and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And he,
rebuking them,sufTered them not to speak : for they
knew that he was Christ.

42 And when it was day, going out, he came
into a desert place: and the multitude sought him,
and came to him : and they detained him, that he
should not depart from thein.

43 And he said to them : I must preach the king-
dom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I
sent.

44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of
Galilee.

CHAP. V.

The miraculous draught of fishes. The cure of the leper and
of the paralylick. The cull of Mattheu).

AND it came to pass that, when the mutitudes
pressed upon him, to hear the word of God,
he stood by the lake of Genesareth.

2 And he saw two ships standing by the lake :
but the fishermen were gone out of them, and
were washing their nets.

3 And going up into one of the ships, that was
Simon's, he desired him to thrust out a little from
the land. And, sitting down, he taught the mul-
titudes out of the ship.

4 Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to
Simon : Launch out into the deep, and let down
your nets for a draught.

5 And Simon answering, said to him : Master,
we have laboured all the night, and have taken no-
thing : but at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had done this they enclosed a
very great multitude of fishes, and their net was
breaking.

7 And they beckoned to their partners that were
in the other ship, that they should come and help
them. And they came, and filled both the ships,
so that they were almost sinking.

8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at
Jesus's knees, saying : Depart from me ; for I am a
sinful man, O Lord.

9 For he was wholly astonished, and all that
were with him, at the draught of the fishes which
they had taken:

10 And so were also James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus
saith to Simon : Fear not : from henceforth thou
shall be taking men.

11 And when they had brought their ships to
land, leaving all things, they followed him.

ST. LUKE.

12 And it came i<> |>ass. when lie was in r cer-
t.iiii city, behold I man lull of llu> leprosy, who
M , hag l< -ii-. and falling on his face, besougjll him.
mying: Lord, ii lliou wih, thou canst make me

hi.

13 Ind, stretching forth kit band, be toucited
him, saying: I will: l>c diou cleansed. And im-
mediately the leprosj departed from him.

IV And he charged him to till no man: but,

Go, show thyself to the j>riest, and offer for thy
cleansing accordii
testimony to them

e jtricst,
Mos

oniinandcd for a

1.) BlH die tame of him went abroad the more:
and greal multitudes canoe together to boar, and to
Ik- healed of their infirmities.

16 And be retired into the desert, and prayed.

17 And it came to pass, on a certain day, that
he sat t< aching. And there were Pharisees and

doctors of the law sitting by. thai were come out of

j town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem:

and the power of the Lord ua> to heal them.

18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man
who had the palsy: and they sought means to
brin* bun in. and to lay him before bun.

19 And when they could not find by what way
they might bring him in, because of the multitude,
they went upon the roof, and let him down through
the tile*, with his bed, into the midst, before

US.

20 And when he saw their faith, he said: Man,
thy s'm> an- forgiven tine.

21 Vnd the Scribes and the Pharisees began to
think, saying: Who is this who sneaked) blasphe-
mies ' Who can forgive sins, but (iod alone?

\nd when Jesus knew their thoughts, an-
swering I"' said to tin in: What is it you think in
your hearts -

Which is it easier to say : Thy sins are for-
given thee; or to sa\ : Arise, and walk?

I Jut that you may know that the Son of man
hath powei on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the
sick of the palsy) I say to tin r. Arise, take 11)) thy
lx»d, and no into thy house.

Wid immediately ris'iim up before them, he
took up the bed On which he lax : and he went away
into his own house, glorifj ing < iod.

26 And all were astonished : and they glorified
God. And they were filled with (car, saying' We
have seen wonderful things to-day.

\inl after these things he went forth, and
s.iu ;i publican named Levi, Bitting ai the custom-
house; and be saith to him: Follow nn-.

28 And. leaving all things, be rose up and fol-
lowed him.

29 And Levi made him a greal feast in his own
house: and there was :i great company of publi-
cans, and of Others, that wire at table With them.

hut their Pharisees and Scribes murmured.
. to his disciples: Whj do you cat and drink
with publicans and sini!

* Tlu urmd finl laAWJL Some undretand tin. of '!«• «al>hatli
*/ l'< iitecust, which wu lite m< mwl hi tuurw ainongM thv (real

31 And Jesus nnsweriu:, said to them: They
who are in health need not the physician; hut tin y
that aie sick :

' I came not to call the just, bat sinners to
penance.

\ i ui the* s ;i ; ( | | him: Whj do the disciples

of John last often, and make prayers, and (be
disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; hut thine
eat and drink?

;U And he said to them: (an you make the chil-
dren of the bridegroom last, whilst the bridegroom
is with them?

.;.') lint the days will come, when the bridegroom
shall he taken away from them; then shall they
last in those days.

.UI And hi' spoke also a similitude to them,
That no man putteth ;i piece from a new garment
upon an old garment: otherwise he hoth rendeth
the new, and the piece taken from the new aureeth
not with the old.

37 And no man putteth new wine into old bot-
iles; otherwise the new wine will hurst the bottles,
and it will he spilled, and the hotllcs will l>e lost.

.'<['• Hut new wine must he put into new bottles,
and hoth are preserved.

.!'.» And no man drinking old. hath presently a
mind to new : for he saith, The old is better.

(HAP. VI.

Ckritt exrvnes hit ditciplvt : He rurrt ujxm the tfibbath-rfay :
chootet the twelve, and make* a ti rmiin tn tlu m.

AND it came to pass, on the second first sal>-
halh,* that as he went through the corn-fields,
his disciples plunked tin- ears of corn, and did >
rubbing them in their hands.

2 And some of the Pharisees said to them : Why
do you that which is not lawful to do on the sahhath-

3 And Jesus, answering them, said: Have von
not read so iniieh as this, what David did, when
himself was hungry, and they that were with him?

4 Mow be went into the house of God, and took

and eat the bread of proposition, and gave to them
that wen- with him, w liicli it is not lawful to eat,
hut only for the priests?

."> And be said to them: The Son of man is
Lord also of the sahhath.

6 And it came to pass. also, on another sahhath.
that he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And
there was a man. whose ridit hand was within d.

7 And the Scribes and Pharisees watched to see
if he would heal 00 the sahhath; that they might
find an accusation against him.

8 Hut he knew their thoughts; and said to the
man who had the withered hand: Arise, and stand
forth in the midst. And he. rising, stood forth.

9 Then .h siis s;,id to them: I ask you, if it he
law lid on the sabbath-days to do gooa, or to do
evil? to save life, or to deattoj r

feasts : other* of a sabbath day that immediately followed any

ll .ul.

CHAP. VI.

10 And, looking round about on them all, he
said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he
stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.

11 And they were filled with madness; and they
talked one with another, what they might do to
Jesus.

- 12 And it came to pass, in those days, that he
went out into a mountain to pray; and he passed
the whole night in the prayer of God.

13 And when it was day, he called his disciples:
and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named
Apostles :)

14 Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and An-
drew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bar-
tholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Al-
pheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes :

16 And Jude the brother of James, and Judas
Iscariot, who was the traitor.

17 And, coming down with them, he stood in
an open plain, and the company of his disciples, and
a very great multitude of people from all Judea and
Jerusalem, and the sea-coast both of Tyre and
Sidon,

18 Who had come to hear him, and to be healed
of their diseases. And they that were troubled
with unclean spirits were cured.

19 And all the multitude sought to touch him:
for virtue went out from him, and healed all.

20 And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples,
said : Blessed are ye poor : for yours is the kingdom
of God.

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall
be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now : for you
shall laugh.

22 Blessed shall you be when men shall hate
you, and when they shall separate you, and shall
reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for
the Son of man's sake.

23 Be glad in that day, and rejoice : for behold,
your reward is great in heaven. For according to
these things did their fathers to the prophets.

24 But wo to you that are rich : for you have
your consolation.

25 Wo to you that are filled: for you shall hun-
ger. Wo to you that laugh now: for you shall
mourn and weep.

26 Wo to you when men shall bless you : for ac-
cording to these things did their fathers to the false
prophets.

27 But I say to you that hear: Love your ene-
mies ; do good to them that hate you.

23 Bless them that curse you; and pray for them
that calumniate you.

29 And to him that striketh thee on the one
cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh
away from thee thy cloak, hinder not to take thy
coat also.

30 Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him
that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

31 And as you would that men should do to you,
do you also to them in like manner.

32 And if you love them that love you, what

thanks have you? for sinners also love those that
love them.

33 And if ye do good to them who do good to
you, what thanks have you? for sinners also do
this.

34 And if you lend to them of whom you hope
to receive, what thanks have you ? for sinners also
lend to sinners, lor to receive as much.

35 But love ye your enemies: do good, and
lend; hoping for nothing thereby: and your re-
ward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the
Most High: for he is kind to the unthankful, and
to the evil.

36 Be ye, therefore, merciful, as your father also
is merciful.

37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged :
condemn not, and you shall not be condemned.
Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

38 Give, and it shall be given to you : good
measure, and pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall they give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that you shall measure,
it shall be measured to you again.

39 And he spoke also to them a similitude : Can
the blind lead the blind ? do they not both fall into
the ditch ?

40 The disciple is not above his master: but
every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.

41 And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's
eye : but the beam that is in thy own eye thou con-
siderest not ?

42 Or how canst thou say to thy brother : Bro-
ther, let me pull the mote out of thy eye: when
thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye ?
Thou hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own
eye : and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the
mote from thy brother's eye.

43 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth
evil fruit: nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good
fruit.

44 For every tree is known by its fruit. For
men do not gather figs from thorns: nor from a
bramble bush do they gather grapes.

45 A good man, out of the good treasure of his
heart, bringeth forth that which is good : and an
evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that
which is evil. For out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh.

46 And why call you me Lord, Lord ; and do
not the things which 1 say ?

47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my
words, and doeth them, 1 will show you to whom
he is like.

48 He is like to a man building a house, who
digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock.
And when a flood came, the stream beat vehemently
upon that house, and it could not shake it : for it
was founded on a rock.

49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like to
a man building his house upon the earth, without a
foundation ; against which the stream beat vehe-
mently, and immediately it fell : and the ruin of
that house was great.

ST. LUKE.

CHAP. VII.

Ckritt hrnlx the renturion't tervant : raitrt the teiiiour't ion In
life : antirrrt the uvttengert tent by John : and abtoleet the
' tinner.

AND when lie had finished all his words in the
hearing of the people, he entered into Caphar-
naiiui.

\nd the servant of a certain centurion, who
was dear to liim, was sick, and ready to die.

3 And when In- had heard of Jesus, lie sent to
1 til 11 the ancients of the Jews, limbing, him to come
and heal his servant.

4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought
nim earnestly, saying to him: He is worthy that

thou shoiildst do this for him.

a For he lovcth our nation: and he hath built us
a synagogue.

6* And Jesus went with them. And when he
nw now not far from the house, the centurion sent
his friends to him, saving: Lord, trouble not thy-
self: for 1 am not worthy that thou shoiildst enter
under my roof.

7 Wherefore, neither did I think myself worthy
to come to thee: but say the word, and my servant
shall he healed.

>r I also am a man subject to authority, having
under me soldiers: and I say to one, Go, and he
gocth: and to another, Come, and be cometh : and
to my servant, Do this, and he docth it.

'.• Which when Jesus heard, he marvelled: and,
turning about to the multitude that followed him.
h. said : Amen I say to you, I have not found so
great faith even in Israel.

10 And they who were sent, returning to the
lions*-, found the servant whole, w ho had !>een sick.

11 And it came to pass, after this, that he went
into a city called Nairn : and there went with him
his disciples, and a great multitude.

IJ And when he came nigh to the gate of the
city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the onlv
sun of his mother: and she was a w idow : and much
people of the city was with her.

13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compas-
sion on her, and said to her: Weep not.

1 1 And he came mar and touched the hier.
( Vinl they that carried it, stood still.) And he said:
Young man, I sav to thee. ari><\

16 And he that was dead, s.it u|>, and begai to
S|H-ak. And he delivered him to his mother.

16 Ami there came a fear on them all : and they
glorified God, Baring: That a gnat prophet is risen
up among US: and fiod hath visited his people.

I 7 And this rumour of him went forth throughout
all Judea, and throughout all the country round
about

I.'i And Jolm'sdisi iplestold hiinof all these things.

19 \nil John called to him two of his disciples.
and wnt them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he who
is io come ; or expect we anoth

SO \nd when the men were come to him, thev
said: John the Baptist hath scut us to thee, sav i
Art thou he who is to come; or exjiect we Mo-
ther?

21 (\nd in that same hour, he eured many of
their diseases, and sores, and of evil spirits; and to
many that were blind he gave right.)

22 And answering, he said to them : Go and re-
late to John what you have heard and seen : That
the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made
clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor
the ( lospel is preached :

23 And blessed is he whosoever shall not be
scandalized in me.

J i \ud when the messengers of John were de-
parted, he Imh;im to speak to the multitudes concern-
mg John : What went you out into the desert to
see.? a reed shaken with the wind?

25 But what went vou out to see? a man clothed
in soft garments r Heboid, they that are in cosily
apparel, and live delicately, are in the houses ot
kin^s.

26 But what went you out to see? a prophet?
Yea, [ say to you, and more than a prophet.

27 This is he, of whom it is written: Heboid, I
send my BAgel liefore thy face, who shall prepare
thy way before thee.

28 For I say to you: Amongst those that are
bom of women, there is not a greater prophet than
John the Baptist : but he who is lesser in the king-
dom of God, is greater than he.

29 And all the people hearing, and the publicans,
justified God;* being baptized with the baptism ol
John.

'M But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised
the council of God against themselves, being not
baptised by him.

31 And the Lord said : Whereunto, then, shall
I liken the men of this generation? and to what
are thev like?

32 They are like to children sitting in the mar-
ket-place, and speaking MM to another, and saying:
We have piped to vou, and you have not danced:
we have mourned, and you have not wept.

33 For John the Baptist came, neither eating
bread, nor drinking wine, ssst y<>u say : He hath a
dei il.

34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking,
and you sav : Behold a man that is a glutton and
a drinker of trine, a friend of publicans and nm* i B.

36 And wisdom is justified hv all her children.

36 And one of tin' Pharisees! desired him to eat
with him. And being entered into the house of
the Pharisee, he sat down to meat.

37 And, behold, a woman in the city, who was
a sinner, when she knew that he sat at meat in the
Pharisee's bouse, brought an alabaster box of oint-
ment :

38 And, standing In-hind at bis feet -he began
to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with

* Juilifui GU ; i. e. pruiwil the jurtke of God, feared and worship- .
ted Qc* at iutt and merciful.

f On* qftiu Pkmittti i. e. Simon.

CHAP. VIII.

the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and
anointed tliem with the ointment.

39 And the Pharisee, who had invited him, see-
ing it, spoke within himself, saying: This man, if
he were a prophet, would know surely who and
what kind of woman this is that toucheth him : for
she is a sinner.

40 And Jesus answering, said to him: Simon,
I have something to say to thee But he said :
Master, say it.

41 A certain creditor had two debtors, the one
owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

42 And whereas they had not wherewith to pay,
he forgave them both. Which, therefore, of the
two loveth him most?

43 Simon answering, said : I suppose that he to
whom he forgave most. And he said to him : Thou
hast judged rightly.

44 And, turning to the woman, he said to Simon,
Dost thou see this woman ? I entered into thy
house ; thou gavest me no water for my feet : but
she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped
them with her hair.

45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since she
came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint : but
she with ointment hath anointed my feet.

47 Wherefore I say to thee, Many sins are for-
given her, because she hath loved much. But to
whom less is forgiven, he loveth less.*

48 And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee.

49 And they that sat together at table began to
say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth
sins also?

30 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath
made thee safe : go in peace.

CHAP. VIII.

The parable of the seed. Christ stills the storm at sea : casts
out the legion: heals the issue of blood: and raises the
daughter of Jairus to life.

ND it came to pass, afterwards, that he tra-
velled through the cities and towns, preaching
and publishing the Gospel of the kingdom of God :
and the twelve with him,

2 And certain women, who had been healed of
evil spirits and* infirmities ; Mary called Magda-
lene, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

3 And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's stew-
ard, and Susanna, and many others who minis-
tered unto him of their substance.

4 And when a very great multitude was gathered
together, and hastened out of the cities to him, he
spoke by a similitude :

5 A sower went out to sow his seed : and, as he
sowed, some fell by the way side, and it was trod-
den down, and the fowls of the air devoured it :

* Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. In the scrip-
lure an effect sometimes seems attributed to one only cause, when
theie are divers other concurring dispositions : for the sins of this
woman, in this verse, are said to be forgiven, because she loved much :

A 1

6 And some fell upon a rock, and, as soon as ii
\v;is sprung up, it withered away, because it had
no moisture :

7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns
growing up with it, choaked it:

8 And some fell upon good ground, and sprung
up, and yielded fruit a hundred fold. Saying thesj
things he cried out: He that hath ears to hear
let him hear.

9 And his disciples asked him what this para-
ble might be.

10 To whom he said : To you it is given to
know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to
the rest in parables : that seeing they may not
see,f and hearing they may not understand.

1 1 Now the parable is this : The seed is the
word of God.

12 And they by the way side are they that hear:
then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of
their heart, lest, believing, they should be saved.

13 Now, they upon the rock are they who, when
they hear, receive the word with joy : and these
have no roots; who believe for a while, and in time
of temptation fall away.

14 And that which fell among thorns are they
who have heard, and, going their way, are choaked
with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life,
and yield no fruit.

15 But that on the good ground are they who in
a good and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it,
and bring forth fruit in patience.

16 Now no man, that lighteth a candle, co-
vereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed ;
but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who
come in may see the light.

17 For there is not any thing secret, that shall
not be made manifest ; nor hidden, that shall not
be known, and come abroad.

18 Take heed, therefore, how you hear. For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given : and who-
soever hath hot, that also which he thinketh he
hath shall be taken away from him.

19 And his mother and brethren came to him:
and they could not come at him for the crowd.

20 And it was told him : Thy mother and thy
brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

21 And he answered, and said to them : My
mother and my brethren are they who hear the
word of God, and do it.

22 And it came to pass, on a certain day, that
he went into a little ship with his disciples, and he
said to them : Let us go over to the other side of
the lake. And they launched forth.

23 And when they were sailing, he slept : arid
there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and
they were filled, and were in danger.

24 And they came and awaked him, saying:
Master, we perish. But he, arising, rebuked the

but verse 50, Christ tells her, % faitk hath made the safe. Hence in a
true conversion are joined faith, hope, love, sorrow for sin, and othei
pious dispositions,
t Seeing they may not lee. See the annotation, Jtfor* l?. 12.
59

ST. I.lkF.

wind. ;mk1 (In- ra^'m.: of the water : and it 061
ami there was ■ calm*

25 \nd he said to them : Where is \our faith ?
Ami tin \. Iteing alraid, wondered, sa\ iim one to
■Wither: Who i- this, (think you) that In- com-
manded! lioth the winds and tin- sea, and they
obey him '

■5 And they Killed to the country of tin- I
Dm which is over against Galilee.

\nd when he mi roine forth to the land,
there nut him a certain man who had a devil now
for a loin time, and lit- wore no clothes, neither did
he abide in a house, hut in the tombs.

28 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before
him : and Crying out with a loud voice, he said :
W hat have f to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the
most high God? I liesecch thee, do not torment me.

29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to go
out of the man. For many times it seized him :
and he was hound with chains, and kept in fetters:
and he broke the !>onds, and was driven by the
devil into the deserts.

30 And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy
name? Mut he said: Legion; because many devils
urn- entered into him.

31 \nd tin \ besought him that he would not
command them to go into the deep*

\n<l there was there a herd of many swine
feeding on the mountain : and the\ besought him
that he would Miller them to enter into them. And
he suffered them.

. !. I The devut] therefore, went out of the man,
and entered into the swine: and the herd ran vio-
lentlv down a steep place into the lake, and were
stifled.

Which when they that fed them saw done,
they lied away, and told it in the city and the
Milages.

.''►."> And they went out to see what was done:
and they came to Jesus, and found the man, out
of whom the devils had departed, sittinu at his
tict. clothed, and of a sound mind: and they
were alraid.

And thef also that had seen it told them,
how he had been healed from the legion.

37 And all the multitude of the country of the
I ieraaanabesoiiuht him to depart from them; for
they were taken with sreat fear. And he went up
into the ship, and returned hack a;;ain.

38 Now the man. out of whom the devils wen
departed, besought him that he might be with him.
Hut Jems sent him away, myiog;

39 Return to thy house, and tell how great
ilunss God hath done to thee. And he went
through the whole city, publishing how great things
Jesus had done to him.

40 And it came to pass that, when Jesus was
returned, the multitude received him: for they
were all waiting lor him.

41 And, behold, there came a man whose name
was J;iirus. and he was a ruler of the synazocue :
and he fell down at the feet of Jesus. Iw.seeching
him that he would come into his house ;

I r he had an only daughter, almost twelve
revs old. and she was dying. And it happened, is
he went, that he was thronged by the multitude-.

I-! Vnd there was a certain woman batting an
issue of blood twelve years, who had bestowed
all her substance on phvsieians. and could not Ihj
healed by any:

44 She came behind him, and touched the hem
of his garment ; and immediately her issue of
blood stopped.

45 And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me?
And when all denied, Peter and they that were
w ith him said : Master, the multitudes throng
tine, and press thee, and dost thou say: Who
touched me?

46 And Jesus said : Somebody hath touched
me: for 1 know that virtue is gone out from me.

47 And the woman, seeinu that she was not
bid, came trembling, and fell down before his
feet, and declared before all the people for w hat
cause she had touched him, and how she was im-
mediately healed.

48 But he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath
made thee whole: go in peace.

49 While he was \et speaking, there cometh
one to the ruler of the synagogue, saving to him;

Thy daughter is dead, trouble him not.

50 Bat Jesse, bearing this word, answered the
father of the maid : Fear not, believe only, and
she shall Im' safe.

51 And when he was come to the house, he
suffered DO man to fO with him, but Peter, and
James, and John, and the lather and mother ol
the maiden.

52 And all went and mourned for her. Hut he
said: Weep not, the maid is not dead, but sleejx'th.

53 And they laughed at him, knowing that she
was dead.

54 Hut he, taking her by the hand, cried out,
saying : .Maid, arise.

55 And her spirit returned, and she rose imme-
diately. And he bade them ^i\e her to cat.

56 And her parents were ■stonished : whom he
charged not to tell any one what had been done.

CHAP. IX.

Christ sends forth hit apostles : feeds fie* thousand with fire
Inures: is transfigured : and casts out a drril.

THEN, having called together the twelve apos-
tles, he save them powei and authority me:
all devils, and to cure diseases.

2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of
God, and to heal the sick.

3 And he said to them: Take nothing for your
journey; neither stall, nor scrip, nor bread, nor
lnoui-N : neither ha\e two coats.

4 And whatsoever house \on shall enter into
abide there, ami depart not from thence.

5 And whosoever will not receive yon, when

\e :_o out of that city, shake oil" e\cn the dust of
\oiir feet for a testimony against them.

6 And going out they went alnjut through tho

CHAP. IX.

towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every
when'.

7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was
done hy him ; and he was in a doubt, because it
was said

8 By some : That John was risen from the
dead: but by some others: that Elias had ap-
peared : and by others : that one of the ancient
prophets was risen.

9 And Herod said: John I have beheaded: but.
who is this, of whom I hear such things ? And he
sought to see him.

10 And the apostles being returned, related to
him all that they had done : and having taken
them, he retired apart into a desert place, which
belongeth to Bethsaida.

11 Which when the people knew, they followed
him ; and he received them, and spoke to them
of the kingdom of God, and healed them who had
need of healing.

12 Now the day began to decline. And the
twelve came and said to him : Send away the
multitude, that, going into the towns and villages
round about, they may lodge and get victuals ;
for we are here in a desert place. •

13 But he said to them : Give you them to eat.
And they said : We have no more than five loaves
and two fishes ; unless we should go and buy food
for all this multitude.

14 Now there were about five thousand men.
And he said to his disciples : Make them sit down
by fifties in a company.

15 And they did so ; and made them all sit
down.

16 And, taking the five loaves and the two
fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed them ;
and he broke, and distributed to his disciples, to
set before the multitude.

17 And they did all eat, and were filled. And
there were taken up of fragments, that remained
to them, twelve baskets.

18 And it came to pass, as he was alone pray-
ing, his disciples also were with him ; and he asked
them, saying: Whom do the people say that I am ?

19 But they answered, and said, John the Bap-
tist : but some say Elias ; and others say that one
of the former prophets ig risen again.

20 And he said to them : But whom do you
say that I am? Simon. Peter answering, said:
The Christ of God.

21 But he, strictly charging them, commanded
they should tell this to no man ;

22 Saying : The Son of man must suffer ninny
things, and be rejected by the ancients, and chief
priests, .and Scribes, and be killed, and rise again
the third day.

23 And he said to all : If any man will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross daily, and follow me.

24 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose
it : for he that shall lose his life, for my sake,
shall save it.

25 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain

the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away
himself?

26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and
of my words, of him shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty, and
of his Father's, and of the holy angels.

27 But I say to you truly : There are some
standing here that shall not taste death, till they
see the kingdom of God.

28 And it came to pass, about eight days after
these words, that he took Peter, and James, and
John, and went up into a mountain to pray.

29 And whilst he prayed, the appearance of his
countenance was altered : and his raiment became
white and shining.

30 And, behold, two men were talking with
him. And they were Moses and Elias,

31 Appearing in majesty: and they spoke of his
decease, which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem.

32 But Peter, and they that were with him ? were
heavy with sleep. And waking, they saw his ma-
jesty, and the two men that stood with him.

33 And it came to pass, that as they were de-
parting from him, Peter said to Jesus : Master, it
is good for us to be here : and let us make three
tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and
one for Elias : not knowing what he said.

34 And as he spoke these things, there came a
cloud, and overshadowed them : and they were
afraid, when they entered into the cloud.

35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying :
This is my beloved Son, hear him.

36 And whilst the voice was uttered, Jesus was
found alone. And they held their peace, and told
no man in those days any of these things which
they had seen.

37 And it came to pass that, on the day follow-
ing, when they came down from the mountain,
there met him a great multitude.

38 And, behold, a man among the crowd cried
out, saying : Master, I beseech thee, look upon my
son ; for he is the only one I have :

39 And lo, a spirit seizeth him, and he suddenly
crieth out, and he throweth him down, and teareth
him so that he foameth, and, bruising him, hardly
departeth from him :

40 And I desired thy disciples to cast him out,
and they could not.

41 And Jesus answering, said : O faithless and
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you,
and suffer you ? Bring thy son hither.

42 And as he was coming near, the devil threw
him down, and tore him.

43 And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and
cured the boy, and restored him to his father.

44 And all were astonished at the mighty power
of God : but while they all wondered at all the
things he did, he said to his disciples : Lay you
up in your hearts these words: for it shall come
to pass that the Son of man shall be delivered
into the hands of men.

45 But they understood not this word, and it
was hid from them, so they perceived it not.

ST. LUKE.

Ami they were afraid to ask him concemin.:
this word.

46 Ami than entered ■ thought into thrm.
which of them should be greater.

17 1 > 1 1 t Jesus, seeing the thoughts of their
heart, took a child, ami set him b] him ;

48 And said to them : Whosoever shall receive
this child in my name, reottvetfa me: ami w hoso-
erer shall receive me, recatvath him that seal me.

Fof he that is the hast anion:; you all, In is the

greatest.

\ml John answering, said: Master, wi
one casting out devils in thy name, and we for-
bade him, because he followeth m>t with us.

50 And Jesus said to him : Forbid him not :
for he that is not against \i>n is for you.

.')1 And it came to pass, when the days of his
assumption were accomplishing* that he stedfastly
set his t.i.r to 1:0 to Jerusalem.

52 Ami he seal messengers before hie face: and
going tiny intend into a city of the .Samaritans
to prepare for him.

63 And they received him not, heeause his face
was of 0M going into Jerusalem.

M And when his discmlcs, James and John,
had seen this, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we
command fire to conic down from heaven and
consume them ?

\nd turning, he rebuked them, saying: You
know not of what spirit you are.

The Son of man came not to destroy souls,
hut to save. And they went into another town.

67 And it came to pass, as tiny walked in the
Way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow
thee whithersoever thou goest.

Jesus said to him : The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man
hath not w here to lay his head.

69 Hut he said to another: Follow me. And
he said: Lord, siillir me lirst to go, and to bury
my father.

Lod Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury
their dead: but go thou, and preach the kingdom

oi < iod.

• '. I And another said: 1 will follow thee, Lord:
but let me first take my leave of them that an
at m\ house.

Jesus said lo him: No man putting his

hand to the plough, and looking back, is (it for
the kingdom of ( iod.

CHAP. X.

Christ set* forth, and instructs his srvrntf-two disciplm.
The gftod Samaritan.

ANT) after these things the Lord appointed also
other seventy-two: and he sent them two

and two before bis face, into eviry city and pla< e.

whither he himself was to come.

2 And he said to them: The harvest, indeed, is

great, but the labourers are few. I'ray ye, (hi

. the Lord of the harvest, that In send lalnnjr-

crs into hi> harvest

3 Go: Heboid, I send you as lambs among
wohn

4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes
and salute no man by the way.

5 bate whatsoever house you enter, first say
e be to this house :

And if the son of |ieace be there, vour peace
shall rest u|kmi him : hut if not, it shall return to
you.

7 And in the same house remain, eatine; and
drinking such things as they have : for the la-
bourer is worthy ol his hire. Remove not from
house to house.

8 And into what city soever you enter, and
tiny receive you, eat such things as are set be-
fore you ;

9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say
to them : The kingdom of God is come nigh
unto you.

10 But into whntsover city you enter, and
tiny receive you not, going forth into the streets
i hereof, SB] :

1 1 Even the very dust of your city, that eleaveth
to us, we wipe off against van: yet know this, that
the kingdom of God is at hand.

12 I sa\ to you, it shall be more tolerable at
that day for Sodom than for that city.

13 Wo to thee, (oro/.ain ; WO to thee, Belh-

saida: tor if in lyre and sidon had been w rou g h t
the mighty works that have been wrought in you,
the) Mould have done penance long ago, sitting in

sackcloth and ashes.

14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and
Sidon, at the judgment, than for you.

15 And thou, (apharnauin, which art exalted
unto heaven, thou shah be thrust down to hell.

16 He that heantli you. heareth me : and he
that despiseth you, despiseth me. And he that de
spiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.

17 And the seventy -two returned with joy, sav-

ing! Lord, the devils also are subject to us in thy
name.

18 And he said to them : I saw Satan as light-
ning falling from heaven.

19 Behold, I have given vou power to tread upon
serpents, and scorpions, and upon all the power ol
the enemy : and nothing shall hurt you.

20 But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are
subject unto you: but rejoice in this, that your
names are written in heaven.

21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
Ghost, and said: I give thanks to thee, () Father,
Lord ol heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these
things from the w ise and prudent, and hast revealed
them to little ones. Via, lather: because: so it
hath pleased thee.

22 All things are delivered to me by my Father :
and no one knoweth who the Son is. but the Father;
and who the Father is, but the Son, and to whom
the Son will reveal him.

23 Ami turning to his disciple*, ha said : Hies., ,i

are the eves that see the thiagS which voll see.

24 For I say to you that many prophets and kings

CHAP. XI.

have desired to sec the things that you see, and
have not seen them ; and to liear the things that yon
hear, and have not heard them.

25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempt-
ing him, and saying : Master, what must 1 do to
possess eternal life ?

26 But he said to him : What is written in the
law? how readest thou ?

27 He answering, said : Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole sonl, and with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

28 And he said to him: Thou hast answered
right : This do, and thou shalt live.

29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Je-
sus: And who is my neighbour?

30 And Jesus answering, said : A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell
among robbers, who also stripped him, and having
wounded him, went away, leaving him half dead.

31 And it happened that a certain priest went
down the same way : and seeing him, he passed by.

32 In like manner, also, a Levite, when he was
near the place, and saw him, passed by.

33 But a certain Samaritan, being on his jour-
ney, came near him : and seeing him, was moved
with compassion ;

34 And going up to him, bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine; and setting him upon his
own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of
him.

35 And the next day he took out two pence, and
gave them to the host, and said : Take care of him;
and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I
at my reurn will repay thee.

36 Which of these three, in thy opinion, was
neighbour to him that fell among the robbers ?

37 But he said: He that showed mercy to him.
And Jesus said to him : Go, and do thou in like
manner.

38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he
entered into a certain town: and a certain woman,
named Martha, received him into her house;

39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting
also at the Lord's feet, heard his word.

40 But Martha was busy about much serving;
who stood, and said : Lord, hast thou no care that
my sister hath left me alone to serve ? speak to her,
therefore, that she help me.

41 And the Lord answering, said to her : Mar-
tha, Martha, thou art careful, and art troubled
about many things.

42 But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen
the best part, which shall not be taken away from
her.

CHAP. XI.

He teaches his disciples to pray ; casts out a dumb devil ; con-
futes the. Pharisees ; and pronounces woes against them, for
their hypocrisy.

A ND it came to pass that, as he was praying in
•*■*- a certain place, when he ceased, one of his

disciples said to him : Lord, teach us to pray, as
John also taught his disciples.
^ 2 And he said to them : When you pray, say :
Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

3 Give us this day our daily bread.

4 And forgive us our sins: for we also forgive
every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not
into temptation.

5 And he said to them : Which of you shall
have a friend, and shall go to him at' midnight,
and shall say to him : Friend, lend me three loaves ;

6 For a friend of mine is come oil* his journey to
me, and I have nothing to set before him.

7 And he from within shall answer and say:
Trouble me not ; the door is now shut, and my
children are with me in bed ; I cannot rise and
give thee.

8 Yet, if he shall continue knocking, I say to
you, although he will not rise and give him because
he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he
will rise, and give him as many as he needeth.

9 And I say to you : Ask, and it shall be given
you : seek, and you shall find : knock, and it shall
be opened to you.

10 For every one thatasketh, receiveth: and he
that seeketh, findeth : and to him that knocketh,
it shall be opened.

1 1 And which of you, if he ask his father bread,
will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish
give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him
a scorpion ?

13 If you, then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will
your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to
them that ask him?

14 And he was casting out a devil, and the same
was dumb.' And when he had cast out the devil,
the dumb spoke, and the multitude admired.

15 But some of them said: He casteth out
devils in Beelzebub the prince* of the devils.

16 And others, tempting, asked of him a sign
from heaven.

17 But he, seeing Their thoughts, said to them:
Every kingdom divided against itself shall be
brought to desolation, and a house upon a house
shall fall.

18 And if Satan also be divided against himself,
how shall his kingdom stand ? because you say that
in Beelzebub 1 cast out devils.

19 Now, if I cast out devils in Beelzebub; in
whom do your children cast them out? Therefon.
they shall be your judges.

20 But if I, in the finger of God, cast out derils,
doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his courc,
those things which he posscsseth are in peace. ^ ■

22 But if a stronger than he come upon him,
and overcome him, he will take away all his ar-
mour, wherein he trusted, and will distribute his
spoils.

23 He that is not with me is against me : and
he that gathereth not with me,- scattereth.

ST. LUKF..

24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of ;i man,
lie walkcth through places without water, Becking

ri It : and not finding, lie saith: 1 will return into
111% house, w hence I came out.

\ntl when be is come, he findeth it swept
and garnished.

flu n he goeth and taketli with liim -
other spirits more wicked than himself, and enter-
ing in, tln\ dwell then'. And the last stair of that
man becotneth worse than the liist.

27 And it came to pass, m he spoke these
things, that a certain woman from the crowd lining
up her voice, said to him: Blessed is tin' womh
that liore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.

28 Hut be said: \ < ;{ rather, blessed are they
who hear the word of God, and keep it.

\nd when the people were gathered together*
be began t<> sa) : This generation is a w ickoa gene*
ration: tliey ask a si-n, and a sign shall not be
ii them, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
.'*) For as Jonas was a ^i-n to the Ninivitt
shall the Son of man also be to this generation.

31 The qui en of the south shall rise in the judg-
ment with the men of this generation, and shall con-
demn them : because she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and be-
hold more than Solomon here.

The men of Yin ivc shall rise in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it, because
they did penance at the preaching of Jonas ; and
behold more than Jonas here.

\o man lightcth a candle, and putteth it in a
hidden place, nor under a bushel; but upon a can-
dlestick, that tiny that come in may see the light.
■ '>\ Tin- light of thy body, is ih\ eye. Ii thj
eye be single, thy whole bod) will lie lightsome:
but it' it be e\ il, the body also vv ill be d;irksome.

35 Take heed therefore that the light which is
in thee, be not darkness.

If then thy whole bodj be lightsome, having
no pari of darkness* the whole shall be lightsome,
and as a bright lamp shall enlighten thee.

\ud as he was sneaking, a certain Pharisee
prayed him to dine with him. And he went in, and
sat down to eat.

And the Pharisee began to say, thinking
within himself, win he was not washed before
dinner.

V nt 1 the Lord said to him: Now vou Phari-
- do make clean the outside of the Cup and of
the platter: but votir inside is lull of rapine and
iniquity.

i" Foolish men, did not he that made that w bicfa
is without, make also that which is within?

•VI Mut yet that which remaiin th. give alms;
and behold all things are clean unto vou.

J Hut wo to you Pharisees, because you tithe
mint and rue and every herb, ami ■ ■ i judg-

layou, tmefrrt. He »p« ak» ofthe doctor, ol

i ■ u iiou vkt WU, let. Not that the huildinr of the monument*
•/ tin.- |irupJwU wa» in its, if blameworthy, hut ouly (Ik- intention of

incut, and the charity of God J Now these things
vou ought to bare done, and not tc ieavr those

mid

• Wo to vou Pharisees, because \on love the
upiHTinost seats in the synagogues, and salutations
in the market-place.

4V Wo to vou, bsjcaUM you are as sepuk hi
that appear not, and men that walk over them are
not aware.

> Then one of the lawyers answering, said to
him: .Master, in saying these things, thou re-
proaches! us also.

46' And he said : Wo to you, law \, is.* also: lie-
canse you load men with burdens which they can-
not bear, and you \ ourselves touch not the packs
with one of your lingers.

47 Wo to you who buildf the monuments of die
prophets: and vour lathers killed them.

48 Truly you bear witness that vou consent to
the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed
them, and vou build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also the wisdom of God saith: 1
will send to them prophets and apostles, and some

of them they will kill and persecute:

60 That the blood of all the prophets, which
was shed from the foundation of the world, mi.v be
required of this generation,

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of

Zaehai ias. vv ho w as slain bet w een the altar and the

temple. Yea 1 say to you, it shall be required of
this g» Deration.

.' Wo to vou lawyers, for you have taken
away the key of knowledge: you yourselves I

not entered in, and those that Were entering in vou
have hindered.

53 And as he was saying these things to them,
the Pharisees and the lawyers began vehemently
to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many
thiii-

64 Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch
•omedaiag out of his mouth, that the} might accuse

him.

(HAP. XII.

Chritt tram* um againxt hypocrisy, the fear of the trorlrl, and
roretmiitiieu : and admnmshe* all to irntrh.

AND when great multitudes stood about him,
so that they trod one upon another, lit began
to sav to his disciples: lb wan ve ot the hav en of
the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2 For there is nothing covered that shall not be
sled: nor hidden, (hat shall not Ik- known.

3 For whatsoever things vou have spoken iii
darkiuss, shall be published in the light : and that
vv hich you have spoken in the ear in the eh mbers.
shall be proclaimed tin thehouse-top%

4 Anu 1 say to vou, my friends: Me not afraid

theae unhappy men, wlio made UM of ton outward 0«>w of religion *ih!
. aa a mean to carry on their wicked dcnigni agaitul the Prim*

• ifpn.pli.t,.

CHAP. XII.

of them that kill the body, and after that have no
more that they can do.

5 But I will show you whom ye shall fear : fear
ye him who after he hath killed hath power to cast
into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,
and not one of them is forgotten before God ?

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all
numbered. Fear not therefore : you are of more
value than many sparrows.

8 And I say to you : Whosoever shall confess
me before men, him shall the Son of man also
confess before the angels of God.

9 But he that shall deny me before men, shall
be denied before the angels of God.

10 And whosoever speaketh a word against the
Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but to him
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it
shall not be forgiven.

11 And when they shall bring you into the
synagogues, and to magistrates, and powers, be
not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or
what you shall say.

12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the
same hour what you ought to say.

13 And one of the multitude said to him : Mas-
ter, speak to my brother that he divide the inherit-
ance with me.

14 But he said to him : Man, who hath made
me a judge or a divider over you ?

15 And he said to them: Take heed and be-
ware of all covetousness : for a man's life doth
not consist in the abundance of things which he
possesseth.

16 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying:
The land of a certain rich man brought forth
plenty of fruits :

17 And he thought within himself, saying: What
shall I do, because I have not where to lay up to-
gether my fruits ?

18 And he said: This will I do : I will pull
down my barns, and will build greater : and into
them will I gather all things that are grown to
me, and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul : Soul, thou hast
much goods laid up for many years, take thy rest,
eat, drink, make good cheer.

20 But God said to him : Thou fool, this night
do they require thy soul of thee : and whose shall
those things be, which thou hast provided ?

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich towards God.

22 And he said to his disciples : Therefore I say
to you : Be not solicitous for your life, what you
shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.

23 The life is more than the Tood, and the body
is more than the raiment.

24 Consider the ravens, for they do not sow,
nor do they reap, neither have they store-house,
nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much
are. you more valuable than they ?

25 And which of you by thinking can add to
His stsjve one 'jfjkr

* 26 If then you are not able to do even the least
thing, why are you solicitous for the rest ?

27 Consider the lilies how thev grow : they la»
hour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you
not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like
one of these.

28 Now if God clothe in this manner the grass
that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast
into the oven : how much more you, O ye of little
faith ?

29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what
you shall drink : and be not lifted up on high :

30 For all these things do the nations of the
world seek after. But your Father knoweth that
you have need of these things.

31 But seek ve first the kingdom of God and
his justice : and all these things shall be added
unto you.

32 Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your
Father to give you a kingdom.

33 Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make
to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure
in heaven which faileth not : where the thief ap-
proacheth not, nor the moth corruptetfi.

34 For when, your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.

35 Let your loins be girded, and lamps burning
in your hands,

36 And you yourselves like to men who wait
for their lord, when he shall return from the wed-
ding : that when he cometh, and knocketh, they
may open to him immediat dy.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord,
when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say
to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit
down to meat, and passing will minister to them.

38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or
if he shall come in the third watch, and find them
so, blessed are those servants.

39 But this know ye, that if a master of a fa-
mily did know at what hour the thief would come,
he would surely watch, and would not suffer his
house to be broke open.

40 Be you also ready : for at what hour you
think not, the Son of man will come.

41 And Peter said to him : Lord, dost thou
speak this parable to us, or likewise to all ?

42 And the Lord said : Who (thinkest thou) is
the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord set-
teth over his family, to give them their measure of
wheat in due season ?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom, when his lord
shall come, he shall find so doing.

44 Verily I say to you, he will set him over all
that he possesseth.

45 But if that servant shall say in his heart :
My lord is long a coming ; and shall begin to strike
the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat
and to drink, and be drunk:

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day
that he expecteth not, and at an hour that he know-
eth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint
him his portion with unbelievers.

ST. LUKE.

47 Ami that servant who knew the "ill of his
lord, mill hath not prepared, and did not according
ro his \ul|, shall be beaten with many stripe*.

18 Mut be that knew not, and did things worthj
of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. Ami

unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall

be required: and to whom they have committed
much, of him they will demand tin- more.

IS I am come to send lire on the earth, and
what will I hut that it he kindle, 1 ?

50 And 1 have a baptism, wherewith I am to
be baptised : and how am 1 straitened until it be
accomplished ?

51 Think ye that I am come to give peace on
earth? I till you no, hut separation:

68 lor there shall l>e from henceforth five in one
house divided : thn ist two, and two against

three

53 Shall he divided: the father against the son,
and the son against the father, the mother against

the daughter, ami the daughter against the mother,
the mother-In law auainst her daimjitcr-in-law, and
the daughter-in-law against In r mother-in-law.

54 Ami he said also to the multitudes: When
you see a cloud rising out of 4 he W( St, presently you
say: A shower is coming: and so it hapiMiieth:

55 And when ye sir the south wind Mow, you
say^: There w ill he heat : and it comcth to pass.

56 You hy|KK*rites, you know how to discern
the face of the heavens, and of the earth; but how
is it that you do not discern this time?

57 And why even of yourselves do you not judge
that which is just?

58 And when thou goest with thy adversary to
the prime, whilst thou art in the way endeavour
to lie delivered from him : lest perhaps he draw
tine to the Judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
exactor, ami the exactor Cast thee into prison.

59 I say to thee, thou shall not go out thence,
until thou pavett the very last mite.

CHAP. XIII.

Thf nerruity of prnnncr. The barrrn fif-irer. The cure of
the infirm unman, t[c.

AND there were present at that very time some
tli it told him of the Galileans, whose blood
Pilate had mingled with their sacrili

2 And he answering, said to them: Think you
that these ( lalileans w ere sinners above all the men
of Galilee, because they suffered such things.'

3 I say to \ou. No: hut unless you do |>onancc,
vou shall all likew ise perish.

4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell
in Siloe, and slew them: think you that they also
were debtors above all the men that dwell in Jcru-

m ?
') I tell vou: No: but unless you do penance,
you shall all likew ise perish.

6 He spoke also this parable : A certain man
had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came
seeking fruit on it, and found none.

7 And he said to the tiller of the vineyard : Be-

hold, these three years I come seeking fruit on
this fig-tree, ami I and none". Cut it down there-
lore; win doth it take up the ground.'

8 Hut he answering) said to him: Lord, let it
alone this ycai also, until I dig about it, and
dung it :

9 And if happily it hear fruit: but if not, then
after that thou snail cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on
the sabbath.

11 And behold, there was a woman w ho had a
spirit of infirmity eighteen Mars: and she was
Deal down, and could not look upwards at all.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to
him. and said to Inr: Woman, thou art delivered
from thy infirmity.

m 13 And he laid his hands upon her, and imme-
diately she was made straight, anil glorified (iod.

14 Ami the ruler of the synagogue, being angry
that Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answering,
said to the multitude: There are si.x days when in
vou ought to work : in them therefore come, and
W* healed, and not on the sabbath-day.

1.') And the Lord answering him. said: Ye hy-
pocrites, doth not even one of you on the sabbath-
day loose his o\ or his ass from the manger, and
lead them to water ?

16 And oujdit not this daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years,

be loosed from this bond on the sahhath-day?

17 And when he said these things, all hi> ad-
versaries were ashamed : and all the people re-
joiced for all the things that were gloriously done
by him.

18 He said therefore: To what is the kingi
of God like, and w hereunto shall I resemble it '

19 It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which
a man took and east into his garden, and it grew,
and became a treat tree, and the birds of the air
rested in the branches thereof.

20 And again he said : \\ hereunto shall I esteem

the kingdom of God to be like?

21 It is like to leaven, w hi< h a woman took and
hid in three measures of meal, till tin- whole was
leavened.

22 And he went through the cities and tow as
teaching, ami making bisjournej to Jerusalem.

23 And a certain man said to him : Lord, are
they few that are saved ? But he said to them :

24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for ma-
ny, I say to you, shall seek* to enter, and shall

not be able.

25 But when the master of the house shall be
-one in, and shall shut the door, you shall be-in
to stand w it In nit , .and knock at the door, Baying:
Lord, open to us: and he answering shall say to
you: I know you not v. hence you are :

26 Then vou shall begin to say : We have eaten
and drunk in thy pn and thou hast taught in
our streets.

• 81*11 *m*, Ift. Shall d>«re to be tared . (rat. for wmnt of taking
iuffii icut paint, and being ti jro ^11/ ia earnest, (ball not attain la iL

CHAP. XIV

27 And he shall say to you: 1 know you not
whence you are : depart from me, all ye workers
of iniquity.

28 There shall he weeping and gnashing of
teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,
and vou yourselves thrust out.

29 And there shall come from the east and the
west and the north and the south, and shall sit
down in the kingdom of God:

3D And behold, they are last who shall be first,
and they are first who shall be last.

31 The same day there came some of the Pha-
risees, saying to him : Depart and get thee hence :
for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.

32 And he said to them : Go, and tell that fox :
Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures to-day and
to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.

33 Nevertheless 1 must walk to-day and to-
morrow, and the day following : because it cannot
be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the pro-
phets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how
often would I have gathered thy children, as the
bird doth her- brood under her wings, and thou
wouldst not ?

35 Behold, your house shall be left to you deso-
late. And I say to you that you shall not see me,
till the time come, when you shall say : Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XIV.

Christ heals the dropsical man. The parable of the supper.
The necessity of renouncing all to follow Christ.

\ ND it came to pass when Jesus went into the
^*- house of a certain prince of the Pharisees

on the sabbath-day to eat bread, and they were

watching him :

2 And behold, there was a certain man before
him that had the dropsy.

3 And Jesus answering, Spoke to the lawyers,
and Pharisees, saying : Is it lawful to heal on the
sabbath-day ?

4 But they held their peace. But he taking him,
healed him, and sent him away.

5 And answering them, he said : Which of you
whose ass or his ox shall fall into a pit, and will
not immediately draw him out on the sabbath-
day?

6 And they could not answer him to these
things.

7 And he spoke a parable also to them that
were invited, marking how they chose the first seats
at the table, saying to them :

8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not
down in the highest place, lest perhaps one more
honourable than thou be invited by him :

9 And he who invited thee and him, come and

* Hate not, Sfe. The law of Christ does not allow us to hate even our
enemies, much less our parents : but the meaning of the text is, that
we must be in that disposition of soul, as to be willing to renounce,

say to thee: Give place to this man; and then
thou begin with blushing to take the Jpwest place.

10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in
the lowest place : that when he who invited thee
cometh, he may say to thee : Friend, go up higher.
Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at
table with thee.

1 1 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall
be humbled : and he that huinbleth himself, shall be
exalted.

12 And he said to him also that had invited him :
When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy
friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy
neighbours who are rich ; lest they also invite thee
again, and a recompense be made to thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor,
the feeble, the lame, and the blind.

14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have
not wherewith to make thee recompense : for re-
compense shall be made thee at the resurrection of
the just.

15 When one of them that sat at table with him,
had heard these things, he said to him. Blessed is
he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 But he said to him : A certain man made a
a great supper, and invited many.

17 And he sent his servant at supper time to say
to them that were invited, that they should come,
for now all things are ready.

18 And they began all at once to make excuse.
The first said to him : I have bought a farm, and
I must needs go out and see it : I pray thee, have
me excused.

19 And another said : 1 have bought fire yoke of
oxen, and I go to try them : -I pray thee, have me
excused.

20 And another said: I have married a wife, and
therefore I cannot come.

21 And the servant returning told these things
to his lord. Then the master of the house being
angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the
streets, and lanes of the city: and bring in hither
the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the
lame.

22 And the servant said : Lord, it is done as
thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said to the servant : Go out into
the highways and hedges : and compel them to
come in, that my house may be filled.

24 But I say to you, that none of those men,
that were called, shall taste my supper.

25 And there went great multitudes with him :
and turning, he said to them :

26 If any man come to me, and hate not* his
father and mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, ho
cannot be my disciple.

27 And whosoever doth not carry his cross and
come after me, cannot be my disciple.

and part with every thing, how near or dear soever it may be to u»,
that would keep us from following Christ.

ST. I.I KV.

28 For which of \oii havinu a mind to build a
tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the
charges that arc nccessarj . w hither he ha\e w Ik r. -

withal to finish it;

I .est alter he hath laid the foundation, and
is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock
him,

SO Saying: This man began to build, and was
not able to finish.

31 Or w hat kins about to go to make war against
another kinc, doth not first sit down and think,
whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him
that with twenty thousand cometh against him?

< )r elw whilst the other is vet afar (ill", he
m udeth an embassy, and desiii ill conditions of

S3 So likewise every one of yon that doth not
renounce all that he possess.tli, < -annul In- my dis-
ciple

34 Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose ii>
savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

It is neither profit a ble for the land, nor for
the dunghill, bni shall be cast out He that hath

- to hear, Id him hear.

CHAP. W.

The jxirahlri of the lost sheep and of the prodigal son.

NOW the publicans and sinners drew near unto
him, to hear him.
I \nd the Pharisees and the scrihes murmured,
ina: This man rece'neth sinners, and eatcth
w ith them.

3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

4 What man among you, that hath a hundred
sheep; and if he shall lose one of them, doth he
not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and 1:0 after
that which was lost until In- find it?

') And when he hath found it, doth he not lay it
upon his shoulders, rejoicing:

6 Ami. COBUBg home, 1 all together his friends
and neighbours, nying to them: Rejoice with me

Im i aose I have found my sheep thai was lost :

7 I say to \< u, that even so then ■hall he joy in
heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more
than upon ninety-nine fust, who mid not penance.

8 Or what woman, having ten zmnts. if she lose
one croat, doth not light a candle and sweep the
house, and seek diligently, till she find it?

!> And when she hath found it. call together her
friends and neighbours, saying : Rejoice with me.
because I have found tin groaJ which I had Inst.

10 So, I say to you, there shall be jo) before the
angels* (it (mm! upon one sinner doing penance.

I I \ml he said : \ certain man had two suns :

\1 And the \ per of them said to his father:

me the portion of substance that failed)
to ne . \ml he divided unto them his siilistan

13 And not tiiiniv days after, the younger son
gathering all together, went abroad into a far coun-

«;.mt. in he*
.»nd

• HUM form

Byth..

, and • joy »t our

try, and there wasted his substance bj living riot-

01|s|\ .

I J And after he had s|>ent all. there came a
mighty famine in that country, and he began to l»e

m u;int.

16 Lnd In went, and joined himself to one of
the citizens of that country. And he sent him iutc
his firm, to i'trd swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with
the husks the sw ine did eat : and no man gal ■ mill.
him.

17 And returning to himself, he said: How ma»iv
hired servants in my father's house have plenty ol
bread, and I here |nrish with hunger ?

I!! I will arise, and will go to my father, and say
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and
before thee :

19 I am not now worthy to be called thy son:
make me as one of thy hired si rvanis.

JO And, ris'uii: up. he went to his father. And
when he was \et a greatNray off. his father saw
him, and was moved with compassion, and, run
nine to him, fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

21 \iid the son said to him : Father. 1 hav e sin
tied against heaven and before thee: 1 am nut now
worthy to be called thy son.

22 Hut the father said to his servants: Bring forth
quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a
1111: on his hand, and shoes on his feet :

23 And brim: hither the fatted calf, anil kill it,
and let us eat and make merry :

Because this my son was dead, and is come

to life again : he was lost, and is fuundt And tiny

hi to he merry.

z5 Now his elder son was in the field : and when

he came, and drew nigh to the house, he heard

music and dancing :

26 And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant.

27 And he said to him : Thy brother is come.
and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because
In- hath nceivi d him safe.

28 And he w as angry, and would not BO in. His
father, therefore, coming out, began to mtreat him.

29 And he answering, said to his father: Behold,
for so many yean I serve thee, and I have never

transgressed thy commandment : and yet thou hast
never given me a kid to make merry with my

trii mis :

30 But as soon as this thy son is come, who
hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf.

31 But he said to him : Son, thou art always with
tin : and all I have is thine.

' But it was lit that we should make merry an J
nl : for this thy brother w as dead, and is cumt
to lite again : he was lost and is found.

I HAP. XVI.

The parable qf the unjust steward: of the rich man and La-

zaruM.

AND he said also to his disciples: There was a
certain rich man, who had a steward : and the

CHAP. XVII.

same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his
goods.

2 And he called him r and said to him: What is
this I hear of thee ? give an account of thy steward-
ship : for now thou canst not he steward,

3 And the steward said within himself: What
shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the
stewardship? To dig I am not able: to beg I am
ashamed.

4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be
put out of the stewardship, they may receive me
into their houses.

5 Therefore, calling together every one of his
lord's debtors, he said to the first : How much dost
thou owe my lord ?

6 But he said: A hundred barrels of oil. And
he said to him : Take thy bill, ^ind sit down
quicklv, and write fifty.

7 Then he said to another : and how much dost
thou owe ? Who said : A hundred quarters of
wheat. He said to him : Take thy bill, and write
eighty.

8 And the lord commended>the unjust steward,
forasmuch as he had done wisely : for the children
of this world are wiser in their generation than the
children of light.

9 And 1 say to you : Make to yourselves friends
of the mammon of iniquity;* that when you shall
fail, they may receivef you into everlasting dwell-

,D S S - . . ....

10 He that is faithful in that which is least, is

faithful also in that which is greater : And he that
is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in
that which is greater.

11 If then you have not been faithful in the un-
just mammon, who will trust you with that which is
the true ?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that
which is another's, who will give you that which is
your own ?

13 No servant can serve two masters ; for either
he will hate the one and love the other ; or he will
hold to the one, and despise the other : you cannot
serve God and mammon.

14 Now die Pharisees, who were covetous, heard
all these things ; and they derided him.

15 And he said to them: You are they who
justify yourselves before men : but God knoweth
your hearts : for that which is high to men is an
abomination before God.

16 The law and the prophets were until John:
from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and
every one useth violence towards it.

1 7 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,
than for one tittle of the law to fail.

18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and
marrieth another, committeth adultery ; and he

* Mammon of iniquity. Mammon signifies richts. They are here call-
ed the mammon of iniquity, because oftentimes ill (rotten, ill bestowed,
or an occasion of evil ; and at the best are but worldly, and false ; and
not the true riches of a Christian.

f Thty may rective. By this we see that the poor servants of God,

that marrieth her that is put away from her hus-
band, committeth adultery.

19 There was a certain rich man, who was
clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sump-
tuously every day.

20 And there was a certain beggar, by name
Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,

21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell
from the rich man's table; and no one did give
him: moreover the dogs came and licked his
sores.

22 And it came to pass that the beggar died, and
he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bo-
som. | And the rich man also died: and he was
buried in hell.

23 And, lifting up his eyes, when he was in tor-
ments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in
his bosom :

24 And he cried, and said : Father Abraham,
have mercy on. me, and send Lazarus, that he may
dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue,
for I am tormented in this flame.

25 And Abraham said to him : Son, remember
that thou didst receive good things in thy life time,
and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And, besides all this, between us and you
there is fixed a great chaos : so that they who would
pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence
come hither.

27 And he said : Then, Father, I beseech tnee
that thou wouldst send him to my father's house :

28 For I have five brethren : that he may testify
to them, lest they also come into this place of tor-
ments.

29 And Abraham said to him : They have Mo-
ses and the prophets : let them hear them.

30 But he said: No, father Abraham : but if one
went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

31 And he said to him : If they hear not Moses
and the prophets, neither will they believe if one
rise again from the dead.

CHAP. XVII.

Lessons of avoiding scandal ; of the efficacy of fuith, Sfc.
The ten lepers. The manner of the coming of Christ.

AND he said to his disciples : It is impossible
that scandals should not come: but wo to him
through whom they come.

2 It were better for him that a mill-stone were
put about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than
that he should scandalize -one of these little ones.

3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin
against thee, reprove him : and if he do penance,
forgive him.

4 And if he sin against thee seven times m a

whom we have relieved by our alms, may hereafter, by their interces-
sion, bring- our souls to heaven.

} Abraham's bosom. The place of rest, where the souls of the saints
resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death.

ST. LI Kl..

d iv. .iiid HfMI lini'N in a (lav turn again to thee.
sn m- : I it-pent ; forgive him.

\iul the Apostles said (•> the Lord: Increase
our faith.

6 And the Lord said : It you had faith like a

ii of mustard seed, you might say to this nuil-

berrr-tree: He thou plucked, up by tin- root, and

lx' uisplantcd into the sea, and it should

obev vou.

I'.iit which of you, haringa servant ploughing
or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he is come
from the fnld : Immedm i, sit down :

8 Ami w ill not rather say to him : .Make ready
PA] supper, and gird thyself, and sine me whilst
I eat and drink, and aftcrw arils thou shah eat and
dm,

>oth he thank that servant, Iteeause he did
the things which he commanded him.'

10 I think not. Bo JOB al-o, when \ou shall
have done all the things that are commanded \<>u.
say: We an- unprofitable servants :* we have done
that \\ Inch we ought to do.

1 1 And it came to pass, as he was going to Je-
nisalein, that he pasted through the midst of Sa-
in < ialilee.

12 And as lie entered into a certain town, there
li mi ti u men that were lepers, who stixxl afar

13 And they lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus,
master, have mercy on us.

I \ And when he saw them, he said: Co, show
yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass,
that, as th< \ went, the) were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he s:iw that he was

insetl, went l>aek, with a loud voice glorifying
( iod.

ltj Ami he fell on his faee Itcforc his feet, giving
thanks: and this man was a Samaritan.

17 Anil JeiUS answering said: \N ere there not
ten made (lean' and where are the Dine?

18 There is no one found to return, and give
glor\ to (iod, hut this stranger.

19 And he said to him: Arise, go thy way: for
thy faith hath made thee whole.

\lid when he was asked hy the I'hari
when the kingdom of (iod should come.' he, an-
_ them, said : The kingdom of God comet h
not w ith observation :

21 Neither shall they say : Behold here, or lie-
hold there. For lo, the kingdom of (iod is within
you.

\nd he said to his disciples s The dajl will
come, when \ou shall desire to see one day of
i of man. and you shall not see it.
23 And they will vn t,. voUJ I... lure, and lo
ther re not after, nor follow them:

0J the lightning, that lighteneth from
Under heaven, shim th unto the parts that are under
heaven* so shall the Bon Of man hi in his ,:

— bofM fnfU to our
mmrtmr ; mad be joatl* i-Uim. it a* oar nrnwilw dntr Bui tbnnfti
»• »r» 111 HUH , U oKoor wnK, IWIHM wmfr+l+i. U M : (or,

26 Hut first he must suffer many things, and be
rejected In this generation.

26 And as it was in the days of Noc, so shall i'.
be also in the days of the Son of man.

The] did eat and drink; they married wfv<
and were given in marriage, until the day that \
entered into the ark : and the tlood came, and de-
stroyed them all.

Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: They
did cat and drink ; they bought and sold ; they
planted and built.

29 And in the day that Lot w cut tint of Sodom,
it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and de-
stroyed them all.

30 I.mii thus shall it be in the' day when the
Son of man shall be r e ve al ed.

31 In that hour, he that shall be on the house-
top, ami his goods in the house, let him not go
dow n to take them away: and he that shall lie in
tin field, in like manner let him not return back.

32 Be you mindful of Lot's wife.

S3 Whosoever shall seek to saw his life, shall
lose it : and whossfever shall lose it, shall pn -
serve it.

34 I say to yon: In that night there shall lx- two
men in one bed: the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left.

35 Two women shall be grinding together: the
one shall be taken, and the other shall lie left.

Two men shall be ill the field: the one shall lie
taken, and the other shall be left.

36 They, answering, say to him: Where, Lord?

37 And he said to them: Wheresoever the body
shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered
together.

CHAP. XVIII.

We mutt pray abrupt. The Vhariitee and the publican. Tht
dunger of richti. The blind nuin it rettored to tight.

AND he spoke also a parable to them, that we
ought always to pray, and not to faint.

2 Saying: There was a judge in a certain city,
who feared not God, nor regarded man.

3 And there was a certain widow in that city,
and she came to him, saying : Avengef me of my
adversary.

4 And he would not for a long time. But after-
wards he said within himself: Although I fear not
God, nor regard man,

5 Vet because this widow is troublesome to me,
I will avenge her, lest, continually Coming, she
weary me out.

6 And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust
judge saith : •

7 \nd will not (iod avenge his elect who call
to him day and night, and will have patience in
their regard?

8 I say to you he will quickly avenge them.

I St i«

to fire by bit grmr« ■ ralur to oar jood work., wliteh,
.. if In. pMSHM, rntitlm ('..-. i, Ui .« , ■ .-i.-rnal rt«-jr«i.
TUt k. do me jortjoo. llmflMm

CHAP. XIX.

But yet, when the Son of man cometh, shall he
find, think you, faith on earth ?

9 He spoke also this parable to some who trusted
in themselves as just, and despised others :

10 Two men went up into the temple to pray:
the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican :

11 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with
himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not
as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
nor such as this publican.

12 I fast twice in the week, 1 give tithes of all
that I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would
not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven : but
struck his breast, saying : O God, be merciful to
me a sinner.

14 I say to you, this man went down to his
house justified rather than the other: because every
one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled ; and
he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

15 And they brought to him also infants, that
he might touch them. Which when the disciples
saw, they rebuked them.

16 But Jesus, calling them together, said : Suf-
fer children to come to me, and forbid them not :
for of such is the kingdom of God.

17 Amen I say to you: Whosoever shall not
receive the kingdom of God as a child, shall not
enter into it.

18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying : Good
master, what shall "I do to possess everlasting life ?

19 And Jesus said to him : Why dost thou call
me good ? None is good but God alone.

20 Thou knowest the commandments : Thou
shah not kill : Thou shalt not commit adultery :
Thou shalt not steal : Thou shalt not bear false
witness : Honour thy father and thy mother.

21 And he said : All these I have kept from
my youth.

22 Now when Jesus had heard this, he said to
him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all
that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me.

23 He, having heard these things, was sorrow-
ful : for he was very rich.

24 And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful,
said : How hardly shall they that have riches en-
ter into the kingdom of God.

23 For it is easier for a camel to pass through
the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter
into the kingdom of God.

26 And they that heard it said : Who, then,
can be saved ?

27 He said to them : The things that are im-
possible with men, are possible with God.

28 Then Peter said : Behold, we have left all
.hings, ami have followed thee.

29 And he said to them : Amen I say to you,
there is no" man that hath left house, or parents,
or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom
of God's sake, «

30 Who shall not receive much more in this pre-
sent time, and in the world to come, life everlasting.

31 Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and
said to them : Behold, we go up to Jerusalem
and all things shall be accomplished which were
written by the prophets concerning the Son of man

32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and
shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon :

33 And after they have scourged him, they
will put him to death, and the third day he shall
rise again.

34 And they understood none of these things
and this word was hid from them ; and they un-
derstood not the things that were said.

35 Now it came to pass, that, when he drew
nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the
way-side, begging.

36 And when he heard the multitude passing
by, he asked what this meant.

37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth
was passing by.

38 And he cried out, saying : Jesus, Son of Da-
vid, have mercy on me.

39 And they that went before rebuked him, that
he should hold his peace. But he cried out much
more : Son of David, have mercy on me.

40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be
brought to him. And when he was come near, he
asked him,

41 Saying: What wilt thou that I do to thee?
But he said : Lord, that I may see.

42 And Jesus said to him : Receive thy sight :
thy faith hath made thee whole.

43 And immediately he saw, and followed him,
glorifying God. And all the people, when the)
saw it, gave praise to God

CHAP. XIX.

Zacheus entertains Christ. The parable of the pounds. Christ
rides upon an ass ; and weeps over Jerusalem.

AND entering in, he walked through Jericho.
2 And behold, there was a man, by name
Zacheus : and this was the chief of the publicans ;
and he was rich.

3 And he sought to see Jesus, who he was:
and he could not for the crowd; because he was
little of stature.

4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a
sycamore-tree, that he might see him : for he was
to pass that way.

o And when Jesus came to the place, he looked
up, and saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make
haste and come down : for to-day 1 must abide in
thy house.

6 And he made haste and came down, and re-
ceived him with joy.

7 And when they all saw it, they murmured,
saying : that he was gone to be guest with a man
that is a sinner.

8 But Zacheus stood, and said to the Lord :
Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the
poor: and if I have wronged any man of any
thing, I restore him four-fold.

9 Jesus said to him : This day is salvation

ST. I.I KE.

com* to this house: because he also is a son of
Abraham.

tit lot the Son of roan is cone t<> leek ami to
save thai a bjch a as Inst.

11 As ill. \ were bearing these things, he added
ami spoke a parable, In-cause he was nigh to Jeru-

m ; and In-cause thej thought that the Kingdom
of God should immediately 1m- manifested.

12 He said, therefore: A certain nobleman went
BltO a tar country t" r. I I Wt for himself a kingdom,
an.l to return.

1 I tad, calling his ten servants, he delivered
tin in ten pounds, and mid to them: Trade, till I
conn-.

IV Hut his citizens hated him: ami they seal an
« nihassage after him, saying: We will not hare

this man to i« ign over us.

1 . And it .aim- to pass that hr returned, having

d the kingdom : an.l hr commanded his

wants to Ik- called, to whom he had given the

that he might know how much every man

had gamed by trading.

16 And the first (tame, saying: Lord, thy pound
hath gained ten pounds.

IT And be Said to him: Well (lone, thou good
servant : because thou hast been faithful in a little,
thou shall hue power over ten cities.

second came, saying: Lord, thy |>otind
hath .mi. d five pounds.

19 And he said to him : Be thou also over five
chins.

\nd another came, saying: Ix>rd, behold here

is thv Pound, w hi. h I hate kept laid ii|> in a napkin :

Jl I or I feared thee, because thou art an austere

man: thou takes! up what thou didst not lay dou n,
and thou n.i|..-.i what thou did Si not sow.

Id- saith to him: Out of thy own mouth

I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knew -

that I was an austere man. taking up what

I laid not down, and reaping that which 1 did not

SOW :

\ ii«l why then didst thou not give my money
into the hank; that at my coming 1 mi-ilit have re-
quired it with usurj

H \nd be said to them that stood by : Take the
pound away from him, and give it to him that hath
the ten pounds.

\nd they said to him: Lord, he hath ten

(MHIIlds.

26 But I SB] 10 TOO, that fn everv one that
hath shall lx- given, and be shall abound: and from
him that hath not, even that which he hath shall lie

n Iroin him.

27 Hut as for those inv enemies, who would
not have me reign over them, bring them hither ;
ami kill them before Die.

tad when be said these things, he went be-
tp to Jerusalem.
-"' \nd it came to pass, wh<n he was come nigh
and I!, th ania, at the mountain called
t. be si-nt two of his disciples,

into tin • town, which is over
l-imst \oii : filtering into it, \<>u shall find the colt

■

of an ass tii . I. on which tin man hath ever s*
loose him. and bring him hither.

31 \nd it any man shall ask you : Whl 00 yc*

loose him? You shall say thus unto him: Because

the Lord hath need ol his service.

\n.l thej that were sent went their way, and
found the i ..It Standing, as be had said to them

; And as they were loosing the colt, the owners
thereof said to them ' Why Iik.sc you the colt'

.'U Hut they said. Hecnuse Uie Lord hath need
of him.

35 And they brought him to Jesus. And cast-
ing their garments on the colt, they set Jeans
thereon.

.'*'< And as he went, they spread their clothes un-
derneath in the way.

37 And when he was now coming near the de-
scent of mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his
disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud
voice, for all the mighty works they had seen.

38 Saying: Blessed is he who cotneth king, in

the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory
on high.

39 And some of the Pharisees, from amongst
the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy
disciples.

40 And he said to them: I tell you, that it
these should hold their peace, the stones will cry
out.

11 And when he drew Bear, seeing the city, he
wept over it, saying :

42 If thou also hadst known, and that in this
thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but
now they are hidden from thy ej

43 For the days shall come upon thee: and thy
enemies shall cast a trench ahout thee, and Compa
thee round, and straighten thee on every side,

44 And beat thee Hat to the ground, and thv
children who are in thee: and they shall not leave
in thee a stone Upon a stone : b ecame thou hast not
known the time of thy visitation.

46 And, entering into the temple, he began to

cast th. in out that sold therein, and them that bought,
Ait ^aviii- to them : It is written: Mj house is
the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of
thieves.

47 And he was teaching daily in the temple.
And the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
rulers of the people, sought to destroy him :

48 And they found not what to do to him. For
all the people were held in suspense, hearing him.

CHAP. XV

7** parable of the kutbandmm. ( )f paying tribute to Ca-tar :
and of the rrntrrectiun of the dead,

4 ND it came to pass, in one of the days, when
-*■*- he was [(aching the people in the temple, and
preaching the gospel, theehief priestsaud the scribes,
with the ancients, met together,

\ n. I spoke to him. saying: Tell us, by what
authority dost thou these things? or, who is he that
hath given thee this authorit |

CHAP. XX.

3 And Jesus answering, and said to them : I will
also ask vou one word. Answer me :

4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or
of men ?

5 But they thought within themselves, saying :
If we shall say, From heaven : he will say : Why,
then, did you not believe him r

6 But if we say, Of men ; the whole people will
stone us : for they are certain that John was a
prophet.

7 And they answered, that they knew not whence
it was.

8 And Jesus said to them : Neither do I tell you
by what authority I do these things.

9 And he began to speak to the people this
parable : A man planted a vineyard, and let it
out to husbandmen : and he was abroad for a long
time.

10 And at the season he sent a servant to the hus-
bandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of
the vineyard : but they beat him, and sent him
away empty.

1 1 And again he sent another servant. And they
beat him also, and, treating him reproachfully, sent
him away empty.

12 And again he sent the third : and they wound-
ed him also, and cast him out.

13 Then the lord of the vineyard said : What shall
I do ? I will send my beloved son : it may be, when
they see him, they will reverence him.

14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they
thought within themselves, saying : This is the
heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be
ours.

15 And casting him out of the vineyard, they
killed him. What, therefore, will the lord of the
vinevard do to them ?

16 He will come, and will destroy these hus-
bandmen, and will give the vineyard tp others.
And when they heard this, they said to him :
God forbid.

17 But he, looking on them, said : What is this,
then, that is written : The stone which the build-
ers rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner ?

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be
bruised : and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will
dash him to pieces.

19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought
to lay hands on him the same hour; but they
feared the people : for they knew that he spoke
this parable against them.

20 And being upon the watch, they sent spies,
who should feign themselves just that they might
take hold of him in his words, tjiat they might de-
liver him up to the authority and power of the go-
vernor.

21 And they asked him, saying: Master, we
know that thou speakest ana teachest rightly : and
thou hast no respect of person, but teachest the
way of God in truth :

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar,
or not ?

23 But he, considering their deceit, said to them
Why tempt you me ?

24 Show me a penny. Whose image and in-
scription hath it ? They answering, said to him :
Caesar's.

23 And he said to them : Render, therefore,
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God
the things that are God's.

26 And they could not reprehend his word be-
fore the people : and wondering at his answer, they
held their peace.

27 And there came to him some of the Saddu-
cees who deny that there is any resurrection ; and
thev asked him,

28 Saying : Master, Moses wrote unto us : If
any man's brother die, having a wife, and he hath
been without children, that his brother should take
her to wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

29 There were, therefore, seven brethren : and
the first took a wife, and died without sons.

30 And the next took her to wife, and he also
died without a son.

31 And the third took her. And in like manner
all the seven, and they left no seed and died.

32 Last of all the woman died also.

33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of
them shall she be ? since the seven had her to
wife.

34 And Jesus said to them: The children of this
world marry, and are given in marriage :

35 But they that shall be accounted worthy of
that world, and of the resurrection from the dead
shall neither be married, nor take wives.

36 Neither can they die any more : for they are
equal to angels, and are the children of God, since
they are the children of resurrection.

37 Now that the dead rise again, Moses also •
showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord, The
God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob.

38 For he is not the God of the dead, but of the
living ; for all live to him.

39 And some of the scribes answering, said to
him : Master, thou hast said well.

40 And after that they durst not ask him any
more questions.

41 But he said to them: How say they that
Christ is the son of David ?

42 And David himself saith in the book of
Psalms : The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on
my right hand,

43 Till 1 make thy enemies thy footstool.

44 David then calleth him Lord : and how is he
his son ?

45 And in the hearing of all the people he said
to his disciples :

46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk
in long robes, and love salutations in the market-
place, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and
the chief rooms at feasts :

47 Who devour the houses of widows, feigning
long prayer. These shall receive greater dam
nation.

ST. LIKI .

( n\r. \\i.

TV tfidow'i mitrt. TV n'jpu that $komldformtn tkr drttrvc-
horn of JrrmtaUm, and the rmdof the world.

AM) lookinftoii. ha saw Am rich men cast their
- into tin- treasure.

2 Ami In -aw i iiain pOOl widow casting
in tWO brass mites.

3 Ami In- saiiil : \ 'crily ! say to vou. that this
poor widow hath cast in mote than thev all.

\ I'nr all these bare of their abundance cast
into tin- offerings of (mm): hit she of her want
hath cast in all hoi bring that BBC hail.

5 Ami as Minn tying of the temple, that it

was adorned with goodly stones ami ^iti>. In- said :

->■ things which vou sec. the dajl will

nunc, in which there shall not Ik- left a stone

U|K)ii a Stone, that shall not be thrown down.

7 And they asked him. muhi:: Ma>ter, when
shall these thin and what -hall be the sign,
when thev shall lieein to come to pass.'

8 And he said: Take hied that you be not se-
duced; for man) will come in my name, savin... I
am he' and the time is at hand: go ye not, thcre-

r them.

9 And when you shall hear of wars and sedi-
tions, be not terrified : these things nasi first come
to pats, but the end is not yet immediately.

I<» Then he said to them: Nation shall rise
■gainst nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
1 1 And (here shall lie great earthquakes in divers

{daces, ami pestilences, and famines, and terrors
rom heaven : and there shall be great sj-us.

I | 15m before all these things they will lay their

hands on yon, and p ers e cute vou, delivering VOU

up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging

vou Im fore k in -s an.! ^..\ . mors, for my name's sue:

19 \n.l it shall hap|K-n to you for a testimony.

IV Lai it up. therefore, in your hearts, not to

how vou shall answer.
16 For I wriil give \ou ■ mouth and v\ isdom,
which all sour adversaries shall not lie able to resist

16 And vou shall l>e betrayed by your parents
and brethren, and kinsmen and friends: and some

ot sou tin v vv ill put to death.

17 And vou shall Im- hated by all men for mv

18 Hut a bur of y cor head shall not perish.

19 In vour patience vou shall possess year souls.

when vou shall see Jerusalem compassed
alH.ut with an army, then know that the desolation
tin ' hand.

21 Then let those that are in Judea flee to the
mountains: and let those, who are in the midst
thereof, dcparl ! let n ,,t those who are in the

mtriea enter into it.

three are the days of vengeance, that all
- in. iv be fulfilled that are writt. n.
J.', Mut wo to them that are with child, and -iv.
SOck in tin. for there shall l>e great distress

in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And tin \ shall fall 01 tin edge of the sword ;

and shall Im- led aw ay captives into all nations: and
Jerusalem shall"!*- trodden down In the Gentiles ;
till the times of the nations he fulfilled.

\nd (here shall be si-ns jg the sun, and in
the moon, and in (he siars : and upon the earth
distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of
the roaring of the sea and of the waves;

26 .Men withering away for fear and expecta-
tion of what shaV come BOOB the whole world
I or the |Kiv\ers of heaven shall lie moved :

And then tin y shall see the Son of man com-
ing in a cloud with great power and majesty.

2fi But when these things begin to com. to pass,
' t im
demotion is at hand.

look up, and lift up vour heads; becau-' vour rc-

29 And he spoke to them a similitude: See the
fig-tree, and all the trees :

30 \\ ben they now shoot forth their fruit, you
know that summer is nigh.

31 So you also, when you shall see these things
come to peas, know that the kingdom of God is
at hand.

32 Amen I say to you, this generation shall not
piss away, till all things be fulfilled.

.>.) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my
words shall not pass away. •

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps

your hearts In; overcharged w ilh surfeiting and
drunkenness, and the cares of this life; and that
day come apoo you suddenly.

35 For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit
upon the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye, ther e for e, praying at all times,
that you may be acco unte d worthy to escape all
these things that are to come, and to stand before
the Son of man.

37 And in the day-time he was teaching in the
temple : but at night, going out, he abode in the
mount that is called ( )liu t.

38 Ami all the people came early in the morning
to him in the temple, to hear him.

CHAP. XXII

TV trraton of Judiit. TV latt tupprr. The firrt pari of
Ike hittury of the piution.

"JVTOW the feast of unleavened bread, which is
L ' called the pasch, was at ham).
2 And the chief priests and the Scribes sought

how liny. might pill JeSUl to dealh: but they feared

the p e op l e.

3 And Satan entered into Judas, who w as sur
named Iscariot. one of the twelve.

V And he went, and dis cours ed with the chief
priests and the magistrates, how he might betray
him to them.

6 lad they sram 'lad, and covenanted to give
him money.

\nd he promised. And be SOOgBI for an oppor-
tunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude.

7 And the day of the unleavened bread came,
on which it was uccessarv that the pasch should
be killed.

CHRIST BETRAYED BY JUDAS

CHAP. XXll.

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go and
prepare us the pasch, that we may cat.

9 But they said : Where wilt thou that we pre-
pare ?

10 And he said to them: Behold, as you go
into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying
a pitcher of water: lollow him into the house, which
he entereth into :

11 And you shall say to the master of the
house: The Master saith to thee: Where is the
guest-chamber, where I may eat the pasch with
my disciples?

12 And he will show you a large dining-room
furnished : and there prepare.

13 And they going, found as he had said to
them : and they made ready the pasch.

14 And when the hour was come, he sat down,
and the twelve apostles with him.

15 And he said to them: With desire I have de-
sired to eat this pasch with you before I suffer.

16 For I say to you, that from this time I will not
eat it, till it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks,
and said : Take, and divide it among you.

18 For I say to you, that I will not drink of the
fruit of the vine, till the kingdom of God come.

19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to them, saying: This is my body
which is given for you : Do this for a commemo-
ration of me.*

20 In like manner the chalice also, after he had
supped, saying : This is the chalice, the new testa-
ment in my blood, which shall be shed for you.

21 But yet, behold, the hand of him that betray-
eth me is with me on the table.

22 And the Son of man indeed goeth, according
to that which is determined : but wo to that man
by whom he shall be betrayed.

23 And they began to inquire among themselves,
which of them it was that should do this thing.

24 And there was also a strife amongst them,
which of them should seem to be greater.

25 And he said to them : The kings of the Gen-
tiles lord it over them ; and they that have power
over them are called beneficent.

26 But you not so : but he who is the greatest
among you, let him be as the least : and he that is
the leader, fcs he that serveth.

27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at table,
or he that serveth ? Is not he that sitteth at table ?
but I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth.

28 And you are they who have continued with
me in my temptations :

29 And I appoint to you, as my Father hath
appointed to me, a kingdom.

30 That you may eat and drink at my table in
my kingdom, and may sit upon thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel.

* Do this for a commemoration of me. This sacrifice and sacrament is
to be continued in the church, to the end of the world, to show forth
•he death of Christ, until he come. But this commemoration, or re-
membrance, is by no means inconsistent with the real presence of his
body and blood, under these sacramental veils, which represent his

31 And the Lord said : Simon, Simon, liehold,
Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift
you as wheat :

32 But 1 have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail
not : and thou being once converted, confirm lhy
brethren

33 And he said to him : Lord, I am ready to go
with thee both into prison, and to death.

34 And he said : I say to thee, Peter, the cock
shall not crow this day, till thou thrice deny that
thou knowest me. And he said to them :

35 When I sent you without purse, and scrip,
and shoes, did you want any thing?

36 But they said : Nothing. Then said he to
them : But now he that hath a purse, let him take
it, and likewise a scrip: and he that hath no sword,
let him sell his coat and buy one.

37 For I say to you, that yet this, that is written,
must be fulfilled in me : And with the wicked he
was reputed : For the things concerning me have
an end.

38 But they said : Lord, behold, here are two
swords. And he said to them: It is enough.

39 And going out, he went, according to his cus-
tom, to the mount of Olives. And his disciples also
followed him.

40 And when he was come to the place, he said
to them : Pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

41 And he was withdrawn away from them a
stone's cast: and kneeling down, he prayed,

42 Saying : Father, if thou wilt, remove this
chalioe from me : nevertheless, not my will, but
thine be done.

43 And there appeared to him an angel from
heaven, strengthening him. And being in an ago-
ny, he prayed the longer. .

44 And his sweat became as drops of blood
trickling down upon the ground.

45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was
come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for
sorrow.

46 And he said to them : Why sleep you? arise,
pray, lest you enter into temptation.

47 As he was yet speaking, behold, a multitude:
and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve,
went before them, and drew near to Jesus, to kiss
him.

48 And Jesus said to him : Judas, dost thou be-
tray the Son of man with a kiss ?

49 And they that were about him, seeing what
would follow, said to him : Lord, shall we strike
with the sword ?

50 And one of them struck the servant of the
hiph-priest, and cut off his right ear.

51 But Jesus answering, said : Suffer ye thus far.
And when he had touched his ear, he healed him.

52 And Jesus said to the chief priests, and ma-
gistrates of the temple, and the ancients that were

death : on the contrary, it is the .manner that he himself hath com-
manded, of commemorating and celebrating his death, by offering
in sacrifice, and receiving in the sacrament, that body and blood by
which we were redeemed.

ST. LUKE.

tto him: Wire von con '-against

a thief, w ith swords and elui

I was daily wiili you in the temple,
you did not stretch forth your hands against me :
but this is your hour, ami the |K)\vcr of darkness.

['hen apprehending him, they led him to the
high-priest's house: dm Peter foUowed alar off.

\ii.l w Inn they had kindled a lire in the midst
of the hall. an. I \\< n sitting al>out it, Peter >vas iu
the midst of them :

66 \N hoin, when a certain servant maid had M
sitting at the light, and had looked upon him, bin'
said: This man was also with him.

67 Hut he denied him, saying: Woman, I know
him not.

68 And after a little while, another seeing him,
said : Thou also art one of them. Hut Petal said :
O man. I am not.

69 And about the spare of one hour after, ano-
ther* man affirmed. MJTttf: Surety this man was
also with him : for In- is also a (Galilean.

60 And Peter said: Man. 1 know not what thou
sayest. And immediately, while he was yet speak'
tag. the cock crew.

»;i And the Lord turning, looked on Peter. And
• t rememhercd the word of the Lord, how In
had said: Hefore the cock crow, thou shalt den\
me thrice.

62 And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.

63 And the men that held him, mocked him,
and struck him.

• '►I And they blind-folded him, and smote him
on the fare. And they asked him, saying : Pro-
phesy, who is it that struck thee?

66" And many other things blaspheming they
said against him.

66 And as s.mmi as it was day, the ancients of
the people, ami the chief priests, and scril>es came
nd they brought him into their council,
t:num: If thou be the Christ, till us.

»I7 And In said to them : If I shall tell you, you
will not believe me:

\nd if I shall also ask you, you will not an-
swer me, nor let me e<>.

69 Hut hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting
on the nzht hand of the |>ower of God.

70 Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of

\n<l he - i I : Vou say. that I am.

71 Tbea they said: What need we any further
testiinonv r For we ourselves have heard it from his
own mouth.

CHAP. XXIII

Tkr continuatitm t(f tie history »j the paatiom.

A ND the whole multitude of them rose up, and
**• led him away to Pilate.

4-< Obaarra kara. is
di»rr»

CtofcfS diacipfe ; tin * WAftwy ton

I. TW potto. IU latkamV and aftr

■ ■l.afrlt

■Mid aocmad kirn to the
7«

the (oar rrangr-
Wmlli hrinr
away him Ibrv-r.
If Mm «t the firr
firmed that br...
atofare

r„

2 And they began to accuse him, saving: We
have found this man perverting our nation, and for-
bidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he
arist the king.

And Pilate asked him. saying: Art thou the
King of the Jews: And he answered and said •
Thou sasest it.

4 Then Pilate said to tin; chief priests and to the
multitude: I find no cause in this man.

5 Hut they were more earnest, .saving: He stir-
nth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea,
beginning from Galilee, to this place.

6 And Pilate, hearing of Galilee, asked if the
man were a Galilean?

7 And when he understood that he belonged to
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him awa\ to Herod,
who himself was also at Jerusalem in those days.

8 And Herod, seeing Jesus, was very glad; for
he was desirous of a long time to see him, because
he had heard many things of him : and he hoped to
see some miracle wrought by him.

9 And he questioned him with many words. But
he answered mm nothing.

10 And the chief priests and scribes stood by,
earnestly accusing him.

11 And Herod with his soldiers despised him,
and mocked him, putting on him a white garment;
and sent him back to Pilate.

12 And Herod and Pilate were made friends to-
gether that same day : for before they were enemies
one to another.

13 Then Pilate, calling together the chief priests,
and the magistrates, and the people,

14 Said to them : You have brought this man
to me, as one that pervcrteth the people : and !>e-
hold, \ } having examined him before you, find no
cause in this man touching those things wherein
\ou accuse him ;

15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him : and
behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him.

16 I will chastise him, therefore, and reh ase
him.

17 Now of necessity he was to release to them
one upon the feast-day.

18 Hut the whole multitude cried out at once,
saving: Away with this man; and release unto us
Barabbas ;

19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city,
and for murder, was cast into prison.

20 And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to

release Jesus.

21 Hut they cried out, saying : Crucify him,
crucify him.

22 And he said to them the third time: Win.
what evil hath this man done' I find no cause of
death in him: I will chastise him, therefore, and
let him go.

occasion to the man here mentioned to renew the charge ajrainM turn,
which ca aaad the aaoopd denial. 3. Other* of the company took m
of hi* hem* a Galilean ; and war* aaoooded hy the kinsman of Mal-
chit*. who affirmed he had aaaa kirn in the garden. And thU drew OS
the third denial.

CHAP. XXIV.

23 But they were instant with loud voices, re-
quiring that he might be crucified : and their voices
prevailed.

24 And Pilate gave sentence, that their petition
should be granted.

25 And he released unto them him, who for mur-
der and sedition had been cast into prison, whom
they had desired: but Jesus he delivered up to
their will.

26 And as they led him away, they laid hold on
one Simon of Cyrene, that was coming out of the
country : and they laid the cross on him, to carry
alter Jesus.

27 And there followed him a great multitude of
people and of women ; who bewailed and lament-
ed him.

28 But Jesus, turning to them, said: Daughters
of Jerusalem, weep not over me ; but weep for
yourselves, and for your children.

29 For, behold, the days shall come, wherein
they will say : Blessed are the barren, and the
wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have
not given suck.

30 Then shall they begin to say to the moun-
tains : Fall upon us : and to the hills: Cover us.

31 For if in the green wood they do these tilings :
what shall be done in the dry ?

32 And there were also two other malefactors
led with him, to be put to death.

33 And when they were come to the place,
which is called Calvary, they crucified him there ;
and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left.

34 And Jesus said : Father forgive them, for
they know not what they do. But dividing his
garments, they cast lots.

35 And the people stood beholding ; and the
rulers with them derided him, saying : He saved
others ; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the
chosen of God.

3G And the soldiers also mocked him, coming
to him, and offering him vinegar,

37 And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews,
save thyself.

38 And there was also a superscription written
over him in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew letters:
This is the King of the Jews.

39 And one of these robbers, who were hanging,
blasphemed him, saying : If thou be Christ, save
thyself and us.

40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, say-
ing : Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art
under the same condemnation ?

41 And we indeed justly ; for we receive the
due reward of our deeds : but this man hath
done no evil.

42 And he said to Jesus : Lord, remember me
when thou shalt come into thy kingdom.

* In Paradise. That is, in the happy state of rest, joy, and peace ever-
lasting. Christ was pleased, by a special privilege, to reward the
faith and confession of the penitent thief, with a full discharge of all
his sins, both as to the guilt and punishment ; and to introduce him

43 And Jesus said to him : Amen I say to thee,
this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.*

44 And it was almost the sixth hour : and there
was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

45 And the sun was darkened ; and the veil of
the temple was rent in the midst.

46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said :
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And
saying this, he gave up the ghost.

47 Now the centurion seeing what was done,
glorified God, saying : Indeed this was a just
man.

48 And all the multitude of them that were
come together to that sight, and saw the things that
were done, returned striking their breasts.

49 And all his acquaintance, and the women
that had followed him from Galilee, stood afar off
beholding these things.

50 And, behold, a man by name Joseph, who
was a senator, a good and just man :

51 This man had not consented to their counsel
and doings : he was of Arimathea, a city of Judea,
who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

52 This man went to Pilate, and begged th«
body of Jesus.

53 And taking him down, he wrapped him in
fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that was
hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had
been laid.

' 54 And it was the day of the parasceve ;t and
the sabbath drew near.

55 And the women that were come with him
from Galilee, following after, saw the sepulchre,
and how his body was laid.

56 And returning they prepared spices and oint-
ments: and on the sabbath-day they rested accord-
ing to the commandment.

CHAP. XXIV.

Christ's resurrection, and manifestation of himself to hit
disciples.

BUT on the first day of the week, very early
in the morning, they came to the sepulchre,
bringing the spices which they had prepared.

2 And they found the stone rolled back from
the sepulchre.

3 And going in, they found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, while they were astonish-
ed in mind at this, behold, two men stood by them,
in shining apparel.

5 And as they were afraid and bowed down
their countenance towards the ground, they said to
them : Why seek you the living among the dead ?

6 He is not here, but is risen. Remember how
he spoke to you, when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying : The Son of man must be delivered

immediately aftpr death into the happy society of the saints, whose
Umbo, that "is, the place of their confinement, was now tnade a
paradise by our Lord's going thither.

f Parasceve. That is the eve, or day of preparation for the sabbath.

ST. LUKE.

into the hai infill men, and Ik- crucified, and

the third day rise again.

8 And tlii iU red hi* words.

IK ba< k from tin- sepulchre, the) told
all these things to the elevi n. and to all tin r< st.

10 V.w it h;i> M.ir\ M.igdah nc, and Joanna, and
Man* the mother of James, and tin other women that
wen- with them, thai told these things to the aimstles.

11 And these words seemed to them as an idle
tale : and they did not helieve them.

12 lint l'i -ter. rising up. ran to the sepulchre;
and, stooping down, he saw tin- Inn n -elothes laid
by uienisi ht-s, and went avvav wondering in him-
M If at that which was n pass.

13 And behold, two of them went that same
day to a town which was sixty furlongs from Je-
iusah in. named Kmmaiis.

14 And tin -y talked together of all these things
which had happened.

I 5 And it came to pass, that, while they talked
and Masoned with one another. Jesus himself also
drew mar. and went with them.

1»"» But tin ir eyes wen held, that they should
DOt know him.

17 And he said to them: What are these dis-
courses that yon hold one with another as you
walk, and are s ;11 | -

18 And the our, whose name was Ch ophas, an-
swering, said to him : Art thou alone a stranger in
Jerusalem, ami hast not known the things that have
been done then- in these days?

19 And In said to tin in: What things? And
they said : ( 'onei ruing Jesus of Na/.areth. w lio was
a prophet, mighty in work and word, before God
and all tin- ;

'Jl> And how our chief priest*, and riilt rs delivered
him to In- condemned to death, and crucified him.
H Itiit we hoped that it was he who should have
redeemed Israel: and BOW. besides all this, to-dav
is the tiiird dav since these things were done.

ind certain women also of our company
affrighted us, who, before it was light, were at the
ilehre:

23 And. not finding his body, came, saying, that

the\ had also seen a vision ! s. who say that

* alive.

riien he said to them: O foolish, and slow of
rr to before in all the things which the prophets
have spoken !

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things.
and ier into his ^loi .

\nd beginning fiotn Moses, and all the pro-
vided to them, in all the Scriptures,
iga that were concerning him.
28 And thev drew nigh to the town whither thev
were going: and he made as though he would go

Hut thev constrained him, saying: Stay with

us, because n is towards evening; and the dav is

now fa! H| M -tit. And he went in with them.

30 And it came to pass, whilst lie was at fable
with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake,
and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened : and they knew
him: and he vanished out of their si- lit.

.>_' \ii«1 iir v said one to the other : Was not our
heart burning within us. whilst he was speaking in
the way, and opened to us the Scriptun

3 And they rose up at the same hour, and went
ha.k to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven ga-
thered together* and those that were with them.

34 Saying;: The Lord is risen indeed* and hath
appeared to Simon.

.'') And thev told w hat things were done in the way.
and how thev knew him in the breaking of bread.

.'*> \ovv whilst thev were tptahing these things,
Jesus stood in the midst of them, and saith to them :
ice Ik- to von: it is I. fear not.

37 Hut they being troubled and affrighted, sup-
i that thev saw a spirit.

38 And be said 10 them : Why are von troubled,
and vvhv do thoughts arise in your hearts -

39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself:
feel, and see : for a spirit bath not flesh and boms,
as vou see me to have.

■)0 And when he had said this, be showed them
his hands and his leet.

11 But while tin v vet believed not. and wondered
for joy, he said : Have yon here any thing to eat ?

42 And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish,
and a honey-comb.

43 And when he had eaten before them, taking
the remains, he gave to them.

44 And he said to them : These are the words
which I spoke to you while I was vet with vou,
that all tilings must needs be fulfilled, which arc
written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets,
and in the psalms, concerning me.

45 Then he opened their understanding, that
thev might understand the Scriptun

46 And he said to them: Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again
from the dead the third day :

47 And thai M name and remission of sins sboold
In- preached in his name among all nations, begin-
ning at Jerusalem.

48 And you are witnesses of tin se thil

49 And 1 send the promise of my father* upon
you: but stay vou in the city, till you be cinhn d
w Ufa power from on high.

50 And he led them out as far as to Bnthaun
and lifting up his hands, he blessed tin in.

51 And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them,
that he departed from them, and was carried up to
In-av, n.

52 And they, adoring, went back to Jenisaleni
with gri at io\ :

63 And tiny were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God. Amen.

pnxnioe I that
itii. ier 1.

my Fmlkrr. i. e. The Holy OwMt whom Chrwt had
hit Father and He would arod. Jolm iit. rer. 26; and

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,

ACCORDING TO

ST. JOHN.

St. John the Apostle and Evangelist was the son of Zebedee
and Salome, and brother to James the. Greater. He was
called the beloved disciple of Christ, and stood by at kit
crueifixion. He wrote the Gospel after the. other Evangelists,
about sixty-three years after our Lord's ascension. Many
things that they had omitted were supplied by him. The ori-
ginal was written in Greek : and by the Greeks he is titled
The Divine. St. Jerome relates that when he was earnestly
requested by the brethren to write the Gospel, he answered he
would do it, if, by ordering a common fast,th"y would all put
up their prayers together to the Almighty God ; which being
ended, replenished with the clearest and fullest revelation,
coming from Heaven, he burst forth into that preface: In the
beginning was the Word, &c.

CHAP. I.

The Divinity and Incarnation of Christ. John bears witness of

him. He begins to call his disciples.

•

IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him : and without him
was made nothing that was made.

4 In him was lite; and the life was the light of men:

5 And the light shineth in darkness ; and the
darkness did not comprehend it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name
was John.

7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness
of the light, that all men might believe through him.

8 He was not the light, but was to bear witness
of the light.

9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth
every man that cometh into this world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made
by him ; and the world knew him not.

1 1 He came unto his own ; and his own received
him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them he gave
power to be made the sons of God, to them that
believe in his name :

13 Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will
>f the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the word was made flesh, and dwelt
imong us : and we saw his glory, the glory as of the
>nly begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bcareth witness of him : and cricth out,
saying .- This was he of whom I spake : He that
shall come after me, is preferred before me, because
he was before me.

16 And of his fulness we all have received, and
grace for grace.

17 For the law was given by Moses : grace and
truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time : the only
begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he
hath declared him.

19 And this is the testimony of John, when the
Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to
him, to ask him : Who art thou ?

20 And he confessed, and did not deny : and he
confessed : I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him: What then? Art thou
Elias ? And he said : 1 am not. Art thou the pro-
phet? And he answered: No.

22 Then they said to him : Who art thou, that
we may give an answer to them that sent us? What
sayest thou of thyself ?

23 He said : I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness : Make straight the way of the Lord, as
ihe prophet Isaias said.

24 And they that were sent were of the Phari-
sees.

25 And they asked him, and said to him : Why
then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor
Elias, nor the prophet ?

26 John answered them, saying: I baptize in
water : but there hath stood one in the midst of you,
whom you know not.

27 The same is he that shall come after me, who
is preferred before me ; the latchet of whose shoe
I am not worthy to loose.

28 These things were done in Bethania beyond
the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to him ;
and he saith : Behold the Lamb of God ; behold,
he who taketh away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said : After me cometh
a man, who is preferred before me, because he was
before me.

31 And I knew him not : but that he may be
made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come bap-
tizing in water.

32 And John gave testimony, saying: I s;iw the
Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and
he remained upon him.

33 And I knew him not ; but he, who sent me
to baptize in water, said to me : He upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining
on him, he it is that baptizcth with the Holy Ghost.

34 And I saw ; and 1 gave testimony, that this is
the Son of God.

35 Again the following day, John stood, and two
of his disciples.

36 And looking upon Jesus as he was walking,
he saith : Behold the Lamb of God.

ST. JOHN

37 And tin- two disciples hoard him speak:
they Inl low i-d Jesus.

38 Awl Jesus turning, and scins them follow-
in;: him, saith to [hem: What seek vou ? They
said to him : Rabbi, (w hich is to say, being inter-
preted. Master) where dwelled thou?

. !'.' II' - litfa to tlicm : ( i>!nr and see. They came,
and saw when- he alnnle ; and they staid with him
that dav : now it was ;iImmiC the truth hour.

40 And Andrew the brother of Simon Peter was
one of the two who had heard of John, and follow-
ed him.

11 He first findeth his brother Simon, and said
to him: we bare found the M - ; .i>, which is, be-
i mi interpreted, the Christ

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And JefUS
looking uj)on him, said: I'hou art Simon the son
of Jona : thou shall Ik- railed Cephas: which is
interpreted, Peter.

On the following dav he would go forth into
ilee; and he findeth Philip. And Jesus said
to him : I'ollow me.

41 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew ainl Peter.

46 Philip findeth Nathanael, and said to him :
We have found him of whom .Moms in the law.
and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Jo-
seph of Nazareth.

46 And Nathanael said to him : Can any thing
of cood come from Nazareth? Philip saith to him:
Come and m

»7 .testis saw Nathanael roming to him; and he
saith of him : Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom
there ■ u<< -uile.

48 Nathanael said to him : Whence knowest
then me- Jeani answered, and said to him: Before
that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the

I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered him and said: Rabbi,
thou art ihfl Soo of ( .<mI: thou art the Kins of Israel.

60 Jesu> answered, and said to him : Because I
said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou
believest : greater things than these slialt thou see.
»l \nd lie saith to him: Amen, amen I say to
von. you shall see the hea\en opened, and the
■Me Is of (.ixl ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.

(HAP. II.

Ckritt ckangn tmtrr fa** trimr : llr caatt the trUcri out of
tie trmplr.

\ N I ) the third daj there was a marriage in Cans

•**- Ol < . till, e; and the mother of Jesus was there.

2 And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples,
to the mam

3 And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith
to him: Tliey haw no wine.

• *W lilkkw,k TImm word* of oar
mother, hare boa* a n nwre Ui o d tqr some ooawn.
the

•w, *> ■*, which

token to bit

a* bar»h. they

a» tkmlt mui*

of the rmreVlr

rroaeat be wrought

4 And Jesus saith to ner: Woman, what is that
to me and to thee.'* m\ hour is not \et come.

6 His mother saith to the waiters: \N hatsoever
he shall sa> to you, do ye.

6 Now there were set there SSI water-pots of
stone, according to the manner of the purifying of
the Jew s. containing two or three measures apii

7 Jesus saith to them : Kill the water-pots with
water. And they filled them un to the brim.

8 And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now. and
carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they
carried it.

9 And when the chief Steward had tasted the
water made wine, and knew not whence it was. hut
tin- waiters knew who had drawn the water; the
chief steward caDeth the bridegroom,

10 And saith to him: Every man at first setteth
forth good wine; ami when nun have well drank,
then that which is worse: hut thou hast kept the
good wine until now.

1 1 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana
of Galilee: and he manifested his glory ; and his
disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capharnaum, he
and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples:
and they remained there not many dajW,

13 And the poach of the Jews was at hand: and
Jesus went tip to Jerusalem.

14 And be found in the temple those that sold
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of
money sitting.

15 And wnen he had made as it were a scourge
of little cords, be drove them all out of the temple,
the Sheen also and the oxen: and be poured out the
changers' money: and the tallies he overthrew.

It) And he said to them that sold do\es: Take
these dungs hence; and make not the bouse of my
Father a house of traffics*.

17 And his disciples remembered that it was
written * The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

18 Then the Jews answered, and said to him :
What sign dost thou show us, teeing thou doesi

these thin

19 Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy
this temple: and in three days 1 will raise it up.

20 The Jews then said: Six and forty years was
this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up
in time davs ? '

21 But lie spoke of the temple of his hody.

11 When therefore he was risen again from the
dead, his disciples n membered thai be had said

this: and they lielievcd the Scripture, and th.
word that Jesus had said.

23 Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the pasch,
DpoO the festival day. many behoved in his name,
seeing his miracles which he did.

-'1 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, bc-
eause he knew all men,

-i<le» the manner of t|>eakinjr the wonh a* to the tone, and the
OTMrtSMUKM abown at the uunc time, which could nnl\ lie known
to tboae who were prraent. or from what had followed" : for wordi
■ noVatmr anther, in ooe tone of Toice, would he understood quite
the rrrrrtc in another

CHAP. III.

25 And became ho needed not that any should
give testimony of man : for he knew what was in man.

CHAP. III.

__ __ Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. John's testimony.

AND there was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a niler of the Jews.

2 This man came to Jesus by night, and said to
him : Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher
from God: for no man can do these miracles which
thou doest, unless God was with him.

3 Jesus answered, and said to him : Amen, amen
I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can-
not see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith to him : How can a man be
born when he is old ? can he enter the second time
into bis mother's wonib, and be born again ?

5 Jesus answered : Amen, amen I say to thee,
unless a man be born again of water and the Holy
Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 T. hat which is born of the flesh, is flesh : and
that which is born of the spirit, is spirit.

7 Wonder not that I said to thee, you must be
born again.

8 Ihe spirit breatheth where he will; and thou
hearest his voice; but thou knowest not whence he
cometh, nor whither he goeth : so is every one that
is l)orn of the spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered, and said to him : How
can these things be done ?

10 Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a
master of Israel, and knowest not these things ?

11 Amen, amen 1 say to thee : we speak what
we know, and we testify what we have seen ; and
you receive not our testimony.

12 If I have spoken to you earthly things, and
you believe not, how will you believe if 1 shall
speak to you heavenly things ?

13 And no man hath ascended into heaven, but
he that descended from heaven, the Son of man,
who is in heaven.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the de-
sert, so must the Son of man be lifted up :

15 That whosoever believeth in him may not
perish, but may have life everlasting.

16 For God so loved the world, as to give his
only hegotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him
may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to
judge the world, but that the world may be saved
by him.

18 He that believeth in him is not judged :* but
be that doth not believe is already judged: because
he believeth not in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.

19 And this is the judgment^ because the light
is come into the world, and men loved darkness,
rather than the light : for their works were evil.

* la not judged. He that believeth, viz. by a faith working through
charity, is not judged; that is, is not condemned: but the obstinate
unheliever is judged, that is, condemned already, by retrenching himself
from the society of Christ and his chnrch.

20 For every one that doeth evil, hateth the light,
and cometh not to the light, that his works may not
be reproved.

21 But he that doeth truth,! cometh to the light,
that his works may be made manifest, because they
are done in God.

22 After these things Jesus and his disciples
came into the land of Judea : and there he abode
with them, and baptized.

23 And John also was baptizing in Ennon near
Salim, because there was much water there : and
they came, and were baptized.

24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

25 And there arose a question between some of
John's disciples and the Jews, concerning purifica-
tion.

26 And they came to John, and said to him :
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan,
to whom thou gavest testimony, behold, he bap-
tizeth, and all men come to him.

27 John answered and said : A man cannot re-
ceive any thing except it be given him from heaven.

28 You yourselves do bear me witness, that I
said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before
him.

29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom :
but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth
and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because ol
the bridegroom's voice. This my joy, therefore,
is fulfilled.

30 He must increase ; but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above, is above all.
He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and
of the earth he speaketh. He that cometh from
heaven, is above all.

32 And what he hath seen, and heard, that he
restifieth : and no man receiveth his testimony.

33 He that hath received his testimony, hath
attested by his seal that God is true.

34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the
words of God : for God doth not give the Spirit
by measure.

35 The Father loveth the Son: and he hath
given all things into his hand.

36 He that believeth in the Son, hath life ever-
lasting : but he that believeth not the Son, shall not
see lile ; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

CHAP. IV.

Christ talks with the Samaritan woman.

He heals the ruler'!

WHEN, therefore, Jesus understood that the
Pharisees had heard that Jesus maketh more
disciples, and baptized more than John,

2 (Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but
his disciples)

3 He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

4 And it was necessary he should pass through
Samaria.

?The judgment. That is, the cause of his condemnation.
He that doeth truth, i. e. He that acteth according to tnitn,

which here signifies the law of God.
ver. 142.

Thy law is truth, Pi. I If.

ST. JOHN.

id. thcrcfm chj of Samara

which is < -.il!< «l si. : ir ihc piece of ground,

which I i "' his -hi Joseph.

there. there-

. Imihu wearied with his journey, sat thus on the
well. It was alKiut the m\i)i hour.

rhere eometh ■ woman ol Samaria to draw
kith i<» her : ( Jive me to drink :

8 (K«>r his ilis< -i|-li s were gone into the city to bu)

9 l'lini that Samaritan woman saith to him :
How dost thou, being a Jew, ask ot Die to drink.

who am ■ Samaritan woman.' For the Jews do not
communicate with the Samaritans.

lit . ami said to her : If thou

didst know the ' n>d, and who it is thai saith

to thee, pre me to drink : thou, perhaps, wotrldst
line naked of him, and he would have given thee

I I The woman saith to him : Sir. thou hast
nothing wherein to draw, and the wefl is deep:
from whence then hast thou livim: water?

I 2 \rt thou greater than our lather Jacob, who

u> the will, and drank thereof himself, and his
.u.d Ins cattle?
is answered, and said to her: Whoso-
ever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again: but
he that shall drink of the water that I shall j
him, shall not thfa rer.

I \ I Jut the water that I shall give him, shall bo-
come in him a fountain of water, springing up unto
everlasting I

The woman saith to him : Sir. give me this
water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw .

16 JesUS saith to her: Go, call thy husband,
and come hither.

17 The woman answered. :wu\ -aid: I have no
husband. Jesus said to Iter : Thou hast said well.
I have no hushand :

I thou hast had live husbands: and he
whom thou now hast, \% not thy husband. 'This.
I truly.
The woman saith to him : Sir, I perceive
thou art a prophet
< )ur fathers adored on

this
\'>u say, thai .it Jerusalem is the |>l

mountain :* and

lee where men

Jesus saith to her: Woman, lielieve me, the
hour COineth. when you shall neither on this mouu-

nor in Jerusalem adore the Father.

You adore that which VOU know not: we
•don that which WC know : lor salvation is of the

I5ut the hour eometh. and now is, when the
true adonr shall adore the Father in spirit and in
truth. For the Father *LlO scekcth such to adore
him.

ml they that adore him,
must adore him in spirit and in truth.

I'll, woman saith to him: I know that the

• 7U.i

disciples prayed him,
I have fowl to eat,

Messias eometh (who is called Christ :) therefore,
when he is come, he will tell us all thin

. .1. sua saith to her: I am he, who am sjx-ak-
ing w it 1 1 tin

\nd immediately his disciples came : and
they wondered that he talked w ith the woman. Vet
no man said : What st i kest thou, orwhy talkcst
thou with her?

The woman, ther efo re, left her water-pot, and
went Iht way into the rity, and saith to those men:
' Come, and see a man who hath told me all
things that eve? I did. Is not he the Christ ?

Then they went out of the city, and came to
him.

31 In the mean time the
say mg ■ lia!>l>i, eat.

'..J Hut he said to them
which vou know not of.

1 'Flic disciples, therefore, said one to another:
Hath any man Drought him anv thing to eat ?

Jesus said to them: My food is to do the
will of him that sent me, that 1 may perfect his
work.

5 Do not you say. there are yet four months,
and then the harvest eometh ? Heboid, I say to you,
lift up your eyes, and sic the countries, for they are
white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth. reeeiveth Wages, and
gathereth fruit unto everlasting life: thnt Ix-.th he
that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice to-
gether.

37 For in this is the saving true: that it is one
man (hat soweth. and it is another that reapeth.

38 I have sent you to reap that in which you did
not labour: others have laboured, and you have en-
tered into their labours.

39 Now of that city many of the Samaritans be-
lieved in him, for the word of the woman giving tes-
timony, that he told me whatsoever I have done.

40 So when tin- Samaritans were come to him,
they desired him ' that he Would stay there. And
he staid there two day*..

41 And many more believed in him because of
his own word.

2 And they said to the woman: We now be-
lieve, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have
heard him. and know that this is indeed the 5

v iour of the world.

I Now after two days he departed tin nci . and

wi nt into Galilee.

44 lor Jesus himseli itimony that a pro-

phet hath not honour in bis own country.

i Then when he was come into Galilee, the
( ialileans received him. hav in:: seen all the things he
bad done at Jerusalem on the festival day : for they
also went to the festival day.

4G He came again therefore into Cana of Ciali-
I' i . where he made the water wine. And there was
a certain ruler, whose son w as sick at Capharnaum.

47 He having heard that Jesus was come from
Judea into Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to
come dow n and heal bis son : for be was at the point
of death.

♦

jbf

CHAP. V.

48 Then Jesus said to him : Unless you see signs
And wonders, you believe not.

49 The ruler saith to him : Sir, come down be-
fore that my son die.

50 Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, thy son liy-
eth. The man believed the word which Jesus said
to him, and went his way.

51 And as he was going down, his servants met
him : and they brought word, saying, that his son
lived.

52 He asked, therefore, of them the hour, where-
in he grew better. And they said to him : Yester-
day, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.

53 The father, therefore, knew that it was at the
same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son liveth:
and himself believed, and his whole house.

54 This is again the second miracle that J[esus
did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee.

CHAP. V.

Christ heals on the sabbath the man languishing thirty-eight
years : his discourse upon this occasion.

AFTER these things, there was a festival day of
the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is at Jerusalem, a pond, called
Probatica,* which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida,
having live porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind,
of lame, of withered, waiting for the moving of the
water.

4 And an angel of the Lord went down at a cer-
tain time into the pond: and the water was moved.
And he that went down first into the pond, after the
motion of the water, was made whole of whatso-
ever infirmity he lay under.

5 And there was a certain man there, that had
been eight and thirty years under his infirmity.

6 Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew
that he had been now a longtime, he saith to him:
Wilt thou be made whole ?

7 The infirm man answered him : Sir, I have
no man, when the water is troubled, to put me
into the pond : tor whilst I am coming, another
goeth down before me.

8 Jesus saith to him : Arise, take up thy bed,
and walk.

9 And immediately the man was made whole :
and he took up his bed, and walked. And it was
the sabbath that day.

10 The Jews, therefore, said to him that was
zured : It is the sabbath : it is not lawful for thee
to take up thy bed.

1 1 He answered them : He that made me whole,
he said to me : Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 They asked him therefore: Who is that man
that said to thee: Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 But he that was healed knew not who it was.

* Probatica. That is, (he sheep-pond : either so called, because
the shi i'|) inir washed therein, that were to he offered up in sacri-
fice in the temple, or because it was near the sheep-pate. That
this was a pond where miracles were wrought, is evident from the

For Jesus went aside from the multitude that was
standing in the place.

14 Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple,
and saith to him : Behold, thou art made whole :
sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee.

15 The man went his way, and told the Jews,
that it was Jesus that had made him whole.

16 Thereupon the Jews persecuted Jesus, be-
cause he did these things on the sabbath.

17 But Jesus answered them: My Father work-
eth until now ; and I work.

18 Hereupon, therefore, the Jews sought the
more to kill him, because he did not only break
the sabbath, but also said that God was his Father,
making himself equal to God. Then Jesus an-
swered, and said to them :

19 Amen, amen I say unto you : the Son can-
not do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the
Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these
the Son also doeth in like manner.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth
him all things which himself doeth ; and greater
works than these will he show him that you may
wonder.

21 For as the ather raiseth up the dead, and
giveth life : so the Son also giveth life to whom he
will.

22 For neither doth the Father judge any man '
but hath committed air judgment to the Son :

23 That all men may honour the Son, as they
honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son,
honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.

24 Amen, amen I say unto you, he that heareth
my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath
everlasting life; and cometh not into judgment, but
is passed from death to life.

25 Amen, amen I say unto you, that the hou ■
cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the
voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall
live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he
hath given to the Son also to have life in himself:

27 And he hath given him authority to execute
judgment, because he is the Son of man.

28 Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh,
wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the
voice of the Son of God.

29 And they that have done good, shall come
forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that
have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

30 I can do nothing of myself. As I hear, so I
judge: and my judgment is just: because I seek not
my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is
not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me:
and I know that the witness which he witnesseth
of me is true.

sacred text ; and also that the water had no natural virtue to heal,
as one only of those put in after the motion of the water was restored
to health ;" for if the water had the healing- quality, the others would
have the like benefit, being put into it about the same time.

BT. JOHN.

83 You sent to John : and ho timonj to

tin- truth.

34 But I received not testimony from man : but
1 say these things tliat yoo raaj be saved.

II. wis a burning ami a shining lamp. And

w< re willing lor a time to rejoin in bn light.

36 Hut I have a greater testimony than that ol

John. For the w orks w Inch the Father hath men

the \M>rks themselves, which 1 do,

t.MiiimiiN of me, that tin- Father hath sent inc.

\ii<l the Father himself who hath sent inc.

hath hi \ • ii testimony <>i me: neither have you

In anl his voice al any time, nor seen his shape.

not hi-« word abiding in you:
for whom be hath sent, him you believe not.

Search the scriptures:* for you think in them
to have life everlasting: and the MM are they that
limony of me :

knd you will not come to me, tlutt you may
have lite.

■VI I receive not glory from men.

lint I know you, that you have not the love of
( Sod in you.

43 I am come in the name of my Father: and
in. not. If another shall come in his
own name, him \<>u will receive.

I low can you belie\e. who receive _gIory one
from another; and the glory which is from God
alone, vou do not seek '

Think not that I will accuse you to thi
thcr. There is otM that a. cuscth you, Muses, iu
whom vou trust.

46 For it miii did Indieve Moses, you would,
perhaps, believe me also: for he wrote of me.

M Hut it \ou do not believe his writings, how
will you believe my words?

(HAP VI.

Chrut frrdi trr ikntanwl with firr loam : he hyiM» upon the
tea; ami titoamnm of the bread if bfe.

AFTER '' iveat over the sea of Galilee,

which is id, it nl lil.« ii. is :

2 And a great multitude followed him : because
they s.iw the miracles which he did on tlum that

infirm.

3 And Jesus went up into a mountain; and there
he sat with his disciples.

4 Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews,
was near at hand.

» When Jesus, therefore, had lifted Up hi-
and seen that a \er\ ere. it multitude eorneth to him.

be I Uliji: whence shall we hay bread, thai

6 And this he said to try him : for he limsclf
knew what be would do.

7 Philip answered him: Two hundred penny-
worth ol bread is not sufficient lor t cm, that ev. r\
otic may take a little.

♦Or. Tm

'\ir, rmmmmmtmi/m mm. m i m i m .

—it tar all to rMd the scripture*, but a n
(Wt, reading the scrip tares aa thej <lni. sad

It m not a
to the Pharisees,

to&ad CTsrLut-

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of
Simon Peter, sailh to him :

There is a boy here that hath five barley
bares and two fishes; but what are these anion,?
so n i;i 1 1 \ .'

10 Then Jesus said : Make the men sit down.
Now there w as much grass in the place. So th<- tin u
sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves : andwhenhehad
given thanks, he distributed to them that were set
down ; in like manner also of the fishes, as much
as they would.

1J And when they were filled, he said to his dis-
ciples: Gather op the fragments that remain, lest
the\ he lost.

13 So they gathered them up. and filled twelve
haskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves.
which remained over and aliove to them that had
eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen what a
miracle Jews had done, said: 'This is the prophet
indeed, that is to come into the world.

15 VI Ik n JeSUS, therefore, perceived that they
would come and take him by force, and make him
king, he fled again into the mountain himself alone.

Hi And when evening was come, his disciples
went down to the sea.

17 And when they had entered into a ship, they
Went over the sea to Capharnauin : and it was now-
dark j and JeSTJS was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind
that blew.

19 So w hen they had rowed about five and twenty
or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the
sea. and drawing near to the ship: and they wen-
afraid.

20 Hut he said to them : It is I : be not afraid.

21 They were willing, therefore, to take htm into

the ship: and presently the ship was at the land, to
w Inch they were going.

22 The next flay, the multitude that i*ood on
the other side of the sea. saw that there was no other
ship there but one. and that Jesus had not entered
into the ship with his disciples, but that his disciples
onlv had gone away.

23 But other ships came in from Tiberias, arai
to the place where they had eaten the bread, the
Ford living thanks.

24 When the|M-ople. therefore, saw that Jesus was
not then', nor his disciples, they took shipping,
and came to (apharnnum. seeking for Jcsiis.

25 And when they had found him 00 the other
side of the sea. they said to him : Rabbi, when
c aim st thou hithi

Jesus answered them, and said: Amen, amen
I rAJ tO you: You seek me. not because you have
seen miracles, but because you did eat of the

• s, and were filled.

'i Labour not for the meat which nerishcth, but

■a* life in them, they would not receive him, to whom all thoie scrip-
tares (ni»c testimony, and through whom alone they could hare thai
true Ufa.

chap. vr.

for that which endureth unto everlasting; life, which
the Son of man will give you. For him hath God
the Father sealed.

28 They said, therefore, to him: What shall we
do, that we may work the works of God ?

29 Jesus answered, and said to them : This is
the work of God, that yon helieve in him whom he
hath sent.

30 They said therefore to him : What sign then
doit thou show that we may see, and may believe
dice ? what dost thou work ?

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert ; as it
is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I
say to you : Moses gave you not bread from heaven ;
but my Father giveth you the true bread from
heaven.

33 For the bread of God is that which cometh
down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

34 Then they said to him : Lord, give us always
this bread.

35 And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and
he that believeth in me, shall never thirst.

36 But I said to you, that you also have seen me,
and you believe not.

37 All that the Father giveth me, shall come to
me : and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out :

,38 Because I came down from heaven, not to do
my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

39 Now this is the will of him that sent me, the
Father : that all that he hath given me, I lose not
thereof, but raise it up again at the last day.

40 And this is the will of my Father who sent
me : that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth
in him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise
him up at the last day.

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he
had said : I am the living bread which came down
from heaven.

42 And they said : Is not this Jesus the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? How
then saith he, I came down from heaven '?

43 Jesus therefore answered, and said to them :
Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father,
who hath sent me, draw him :* and I will raise him
up at the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all

* Draw him. Not by compulsion, nor by laving the free-will under
any necessity, but by the strong and sweet motions of his heavenly
grace.

f Unless you eat — and drink, See. To receive both the body and blood
of Christ, is a divine precept, insinuated in this text; which the faith-
ful fulfil, though thev receive but in one kind ; because in one kind
they receive both bodv and blood, which cannot be separated from
each other. Hence life eternal is here promised to the worthy re-
ceiving, though but in one kind, ver. 52. If any man eat of this bread,
ke shall line forever: and the bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of
the world, ver. 58. He that eateth me, the same also shall live by me, ver. 59.
He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever, ver. 63.

J If then you shall see, See. Christ, by mentioning his ascension, by
this instance of his power and divinity, would confirm the truth of
what he had before asserted ; and at the same time correct their gross
apprehension of eating his flesh, and drinking his blood, in a vul-

be taught of God. Every one that hath heard
ol the Father, and hath learned, cometh to me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, but
be who is of God, he hath seen the Father.

47 Amen, amen I say unto you: He that believ-
eth in me, hath everlasting life.

48 I am the bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the desert ;
and they died. •

50 This is the bread descending down from hea-
ven ; that if any one eat of it, he may not die.

51 I am the living bread, which came down from
heaven.

52 If any man eat of this bread, he shall live
for ever : and the bread which I will give, is my
flesh for the life of the world.

53 The Jews, therefore, debated among them-
selves, saying : How can this man give us his flesh
to eat ?

54 Then Jesus said to them : Amen, amen I
say unto you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of man, and drink his blood, f you shall not have
life in you.

55 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, hath everlasting life : and I will raise him up
at the last day.

56 For my flesh is meat indeed : and my blood is
drink indeed.

57 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, abideth in me, and I in him.

58 As the living Father hath sent me, and 1 live
by the Father ; so he that eateth me, the same also
shall live by me.

59 Tnis is the bread that came down from hea-
ven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and died.
He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever.

60 These things he said teaching in the syna-
gogue, in Capharnaum.

61 Many, therefore, of his disciples hearing it,
said : This saying is hard, and who can hear it?

62 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disci-
ples murmured at this, said to them : Doth this scan-
dalize you ?

63 If then you shall seej the Son of man ascend
up where he was before ?

64 It is the Spirit that quickene-Ji : the flesh
profiteth nothing: || the words that 1 huve spoken to
you, are spirit and life.§

65 But there are some of you that believe not.

gar and carnal manner, by letting them know he should take his
whole body living with him to heaven ; and consequently not suf-
fer it to be, as they supposed, divided, mangled, and consumed U|>on
earth.

II The flesh profiteth nothing. Dead flesh separated from the spirit, in
the gross manner they supposed they were to eat his flesh, would
profit nothing. Neither doth man's flesh, that is to say, man's natu-
ral and carnal apprehension (which refuses to be subject to the spirit,
and words of Christ) profit any thing. But it would be the height of
blasphemy, to say, the living flesh of Christ (which we receive m the
blessed sacrament, with his spirit, that is, with his soul and divinitv)
profiteth nothing. F6r if Christ's flesh had pvofited us nothing, he
would never have taken flesh for us, nor died in the flesh for us.

} Jire spirit and life. By proposing to you a heavenly sacrament, tn
which you shall receive, in a wonderful manner, spirit, grace, and life,
in its very fountain.

For Jesus knew from the beginning who tiny were
that did uol bdiere, and who lu- was that would bo-
tray him.

66 Ami hr said I hen-fore did I sa\ t<. you, that
no i come tome, unless it Ik- grvoi him b\

■ 1 1 > Father.

: this many of his disciples went hack,
mi. I walked no more with him.

68 Then Jtoturiaid t<» thctwclw : Will you also

HO a\\.i\ '

69 And Stmoa Peter answered him: Lord, to
wlniiii >hall we .(.- thou bast tin words of eternal life.

7»i \iul we rave beheved, ami have known that
thou art the ( hrist the Son Of < Sod.

71 Jesus answi red them: II. im nut 1 chosen VOSJ
twelve ; and ofyOU one it I devil ?

7 J Now he meant Judai lscariot,the son ol Si-
mon : fat this s.iini- was ahout to betray him;

whereas In- was one of the lwehe.

CHAP. VII.

Ckritt got* up to the J 'rati of the tnbrrnmlet I he teaches in the

temple.

Al IT. II these thing! JeSUt walked in f lalilee :
for he would not walk in Judea; because the
Jews sousht to kill him.

2 Now the feast Of the Jews, ealled of the talicr-
les, was at hand.
Mid his brethren said to him : Pass from hence,
and go into Judea, that ||, v disciples also may see
th\ works w hieh thou does!.

\ For then is no man that doom any thing in
secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly:
if thou do these thiu^s, manifest thyself to the world.
i I neither « 1 i < i his brethren believe in him.

6 Then .lesns said to them: M\ time is not yet
come: hut your tune is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you : hut DM it hateth :

because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof

are e\i|.

Go Mm up to this festival day: hut I go not up

to this festival dav ; lieeuuse my time is not yet ful-
fill-

'.» When he had said these things, he himself
staid in (ialilee.

10 Hut after his brethren wen- BOM ii|i, then he
also went up to the feast, not puhlickly, but as it
were in private.

11 The Jews therefore son-lit him on the f. -ti
val dav. and said : \N here is lie f

I .' \nd there was much murmurum among the

multitude concerning him. I"i tome said : He is

mm] man. And others said: No; but he seduceth

the |H (.,i|c.

15 V et no man ! him, for fear ol

the l.ws.

1 V N ''m.iii live midst of the feast, Jesus

up into the temple, and tan

15 \inl tin Jews wondered, saying : How doth
this m. in know letters, having never learned ;

lti Jesus answered them, and said: M\ doctrine
is not mine, but of him that sent n

ST. JOHN.

17 If any man will do the w ill of him. he shall
know of the doctrine, whether it he from God, or
whether I speak from myself.

He that tpeaketh from himself, seeketh bis
own glory: but he that teeketh the gloq of him
that tent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in
him :

19 Did not Mow s _'im you the law: and none of
Mm keepeth the law ?

20 VVhj seek \ on to kill BM ? The multitude an
BWered, and said: Thou hast adoil: who seeketh
to kill tin

J I JeSttfl answered, and said to them, One work
I have done: and von all wonder:

I Therefore Ifoset gave VOU circumcision :
'rot because it b« of Moses; but of the lathers) ami
on the sabbath-dav you circumcise a man.

23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-
day, that the law of Moses may not be broken J are
you angry at me because I have healed the whole
man on the sabbath-day ?

J I J inke not according to the appearance, hut
judge a just judgment.

i Then some of Jerusalem said: Is not this
he whom they seek to kill ?

Jtl And, liehold, he speaketh openly: and they
say nothing 10 him. Have the ruhis known, in-
deed, that this is the Christ ■

27 But we know this man whence he is: Iwit
when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence

he is.

28 Jesus, therefore, cried out in the temple,
teaching and saving: You both know me, and you

and I am not come of myself:

is true, whom VOU know not.
because I am from him, and

know w hence I am :
hut he that sent tin .

29 I know him :
he hath sent me.

30 They tOUgbt, therefore, to apprehend him :
hut no man laid hands on him ; because his hr.ur
was not yet come.

31 Hut of the people many believed in him, and
said : When the Christ cometh, shall he do more
miracles than these which this man doeth:

32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring

these things concerning him: and the rulers and
Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.

33 Jesus, therefore, said to them: Vet a little
while I am with you: and I go to him that sent me.

94 You shall seek me, and shall not find DM :
and where I am, VOU cannot come.

35 The Jew s. therefore, said among themseh

Whither will he go, that we shall not find him?
will he uo to the dispersed anion:; the Gentil es ,
and teach the Gentiles ?

36 What is this saying thai he hath said: You

shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where
I am. sou cannot come ?

37 Now on the last great day of the festivity,

Jesus stood, and cried out, saying: If ID] man

thirst, let him come to inc. and drink.

3H He that hdieveth in me, as the Scripture
saith, Out of his belly shall How rivers of living
trail

CHAP. VIII.

39 Now this he said of the spirit which they
should receive who believed in him : for as yet
the spirit was not given; because Jesus was not
yet glorified.

40 Of that multitude, therefore, when they had
heard these words of his, some said : This is the
prophet indeed.

41 Others said : This is the Christ. But some
said : Doth the Christ come out of Galilee ?

42 Doth not the Scripture say : That Christ
cometh of the seed of David, and out of Beth-
lehem, the town where David was?

43 So there arose a dissension among the people
because of him.

44 And some of them would have apprehended
him : but no man laid hands upon him.

45 So the ministers came to the chief priests
and the Pharisees. And they said to them : Why
have you not brought him ?

46 The ministers answered : Never did man
speak like this man.

47 Then the Pharisees answered them : Are you
also seduced ?

48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him,
or of the Pharisees ?

49 But this multitude, that knoweth not the
law, are accursed.

50 Nicodemus said to them, he that came to
him by night, who was one of them :

51 Doth our law judge any man, unless it first
hear him, and know what he doeth r

52 They answered, and said to him : Art thou
also a Galilean ? Search the Scriptures, and see
that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not.

b'i And every man returned to his own house.

CHAP. VIII.

The woman taken in adultery. Christ justifieth his doctrine.

A ND Jesus went to mount Olivet.
^*- 2 And early in the morning, he came again
into the temple : and all the people came to him,
and sitting he taught them.

3 And the Scribes and Pharisees bring to him
a woman taken in adultery ; and they set her in
the midst,

4 And said to him : Master this woman was
even now taken in adultery.

5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone
such a one. But what sayest thou ?

6 And this they said, tempting him, that they
might accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down,
wrote with his finder on the ground.

7 And when they continued asking him, he
lifted up himself and said to them : He that is
without sin among you, let him first cast a stone
at her.

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on
the ground.

9 But they, hearing this, went out one by one,
beginning from the eldest: and Jesus alone re-
mained, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her:

Woman, where arc; they that accused thee ? Hath
no man condemned thee?

11 And she said : No man, Lord. And Jesus
said : Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now
sin no more.

12 And again Jesus spoke to them, saying: lam
the light of the world: he that followeth me, walk-
eth not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to him: Thou
givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not
true.

14 Jesus answered, and said to them: Although
I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true :
for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but
you know not whence I come, or whither I go.

15 You judge according to the flesh: I judge not
any man :

16 And if I do judge, my judgment is true, be-
jse I am

the Father.

cause I am not alone ; but I, and he that sent me,

yju

I, a

17 And in your law it is written, that the testi-
mony of two men is true.

18 1 am one that give testimony of myself: and
the Father that sent me, giveth testimony of me.

19 They said therefore to him: Where is thy
Father? Jesus answered : Neither me do you know,
nor my Father: If you did know me, you would
know my Father also.

20 These words Jesus spoke in the treasury,
teaching in the temple : and no man laid hands on
him, because his hour was not yet come.

21 Then Jesus said to them again : I go my
way, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in
your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come.

22 The Jews, therefore, said : Will he kill him-
self, because he said : Whither I go, you cannot
come ?

23 And he said to them : You are from beneath :
I am from above. You are of this world: I am not
of this world.

24 Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in
your sins : for if you believe not that I am he, you
shall die in your sin.

25 They said, therefore, to him: Who art thou?
Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak
to you.

26 I have many things to speak, and to judge of
you. But he that sent me is true : and the things
I have heard from him, the same I speak in the
world.

27 Now they did not know that he said God
was his Father.

28 Jesus, therefore, said to them : When von
shall have lifted up the Son of man, then shall
you know that I am he, and that I do nothing ol
myself; but as the Father hath taught me, I speak
these things :

29 And he that sent me, is with me; and he hath
not left me alone : for I do always the things that
please him.

30 When he spoke these things, many believed
in him.

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews that believed

ST. JC
in my word, you shall be my

him: If you continue

disciples indeed :

\n.l yon shall know the truth, and the irnih
shall make you li

mswercd him: We are the seed ol
Abraham : and ire have ne\er bet n slaves to any
man: how savest thou, Von shall I*- free?

31 Jesia answered diem : Amen, amen I say
tint) That whoso \.r commilteth sin, is the

-■ i \ .nit ol -in.

N H the servant abideth not in the house for
cw r: hut the Son abideth lor ever.

If. therefore, the Son shall make you free,
you -hill Im- free indeed.

37 1 know that you are tin- children of Abra-
ham : hut you s.ek to kill me, becauM my inord
hath no plat e in you.

38 I s|M-ak that which I have seen with my
ier : and you do the things that you have seen

w nil your father.

I'ln v ai and said to him : Abraham

ur father. Jeaui saith to them: If von Ik- the
( hildren o( Abraham, do the works of Abraham.

Ul lint now von seek to kill me, a man who
have sjioken the truth to you, which 1 have heard
Irom God: this Abraham did not.

41 You do the deeds of your lather. They -aid
then to him : We are not born of fornication : wi-
ll iv. i. in- father, God.

But Jesus said to them: If God were your
ur, verily \<ui would love me. For I pro-
led and came from God: for I came not of
myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do you not know my speech? Because

-not In ar my word.
41 You are of your father, the devil; and the
desires of your father you w ill do. I b- was a mur-
derer Irom the l>cginning, and he abode not in the
truth: because truth is not in him. When he
-, • iketh a lie, he s|>eaketh of his own : for he is
a bar, and the father thereof.

I-') Bttt it I say the truth, you believe me not.
46 Which ol you shall convince me of sin ? If I
say Hie truth to yon, why do yon not believe me?

I le that is of ( iod, heareth the words of God.
Thrrelore you hear tin in not, because you are not

48 The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to
him: Do we not say well that thou art a Samari-
tan, and hast a devil '

K* Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but |
honour my Father, and you have dishonoured un\
But I seek not niv own glory: there is one
that B&eket h and judeefh.

61 Amen, amen I s.iv to von. if any man keep
niv word, he shall not see death for ever.

62 Tin- Jews, therefore, said : Now we know
that thou hast | devil. Abraham is dead, and tin-
prophets: and thou sayest : If any man keep my
word, he shall not taste death for ever.

63 Art thou greater than our lather Abraham,
who is dead - ami tin prophets are dead. Whom
dost thou make thy -ell '

-us answered: If I glorify myself, my glory
is nothing: it is my Father that glorifa-th me, of

whom von s;i\ that In- M your God.

] And you have not known him: but I know
him : ami if I should say that I know him not. I
should be like to TOO, I liar. But I know him,
and keep his word.

66 Abraham your father rejoiced that he might
see DBJ day : he saw it. and was dad.

57 The Jews then said to him: Thou art not yet
fifty feari old: and hast thou seen Abraham.'

68 Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I s;tv to you,
before Abraham was made, 1 am.

69 Then they took up StDM • to cast at him : but
Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

(HAP. IV

He gives tight to the rutin born blind.

\ ND Jesus wwing by. saw ;i man that was blind
-^*- from his birth :

2 And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath
sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should lie
born blind ?

3 JoSBS answered: Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents; but that the works of God should
lie made manifest in him.

4 I must work the works of him that sent me,
whilst it is day : the night eometh, when no man
can work.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light
of the world.

6 When he had said these things, he spat on the
ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread
the clay u|mui his 61

7 And said to him : Go, wash in the pool of
Siloe, (which is interpreted, .Sent.) He w cut, there-
fore, and washed ; and he came seeing;.

8 The neighbours, therefore, and they who had
seen him before thai he was a beggar, said : Is not
this he that sat. and begged? Some said : This is he.

9 And others, No, but he is like him. But he
said : I am he.

10 They said, therefore, to him : How were thy
e\i - opened ?

11 lie answered: That man who is called Je-
sus, made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to
me: Go to tM pool of Siloe, and wash. And I
went, I w ashed, and I see.

12 And tiny said to him: Where is he? He
saith : I know not.

13 They bring him that had been blind, to the
I'harise. -.

14 Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made
the i lav, and opened his • \

16 Again, therefore, the Pharisees asked him how
he had received his sizht. But he said to them: He
put clay BpOJi my eyes, and I washed, and I mi.

It! Some, therefore, of the Pharisees said : Thhl
man is not of God, who keept th not the sabbath.
But others said: How ean a man that is a sinner
dp such miracles ? And there was a division
among them.

CHAP. X.

17 They say, therefore, to the blind man again :
What sayest thou of him, that hath opened thy
eyes ? And he said : He is a prophet

18 The Jews then did not believe concerning
him, that he had been blind, and had received his
sight, until they called the parents of him that had
received his sight;

19 And asked them, saying: Is this your son,
who you say was born blind r How then doth he
now see ?

20 His parents answered them, and said: We
know that this is our son, and that he was born
blind :

21 But how he now seeth, we know not : or who
hath opened his eyes, we know not : ask himself:
he is of age ; let him speak for himself.

22 These things his parents said, because they
feared the Jews : for the Jews had already agreed
among themselves, that if any man should confess
him to be Christ, he should be put out of the syna-
gogue.

23 Therefore did his parents say : He is of age ;
ask himself.

24 They, therefore, called the man again that
had been blind, and said to him : Give glory to God.
We know that this man is a sinner.

25 He said then to them: If he be a sinner, I know
not: one thing I know; that whereas I was blind,
I now see.

26 Then they said to him: What did he to thee?
how Jid he open thy eyes ?

27 He answered them: I have told you already,
and you have heard: whywuuld you hear it again ?
will you also become his disciples ?

28 They reviled him, therefore, and said :
Be thou his disciple: but we are the disciples of
Moses.

29 We know that God spoke to Moses : but as to
this man, we know not from whence he is.

30 The man answered, and said to them : For
in this is a wonderful thing, that you know not from
whence he is, and he halh opened my eyes.

31 Now we know that God doth not hear sin-
ners : but if a man be a worshipper of God, and
doeth his will, him he heareth.

32 From the beginning of the world it hath not
been heard ? that any man hath opened the eyes of
one born blind.

33 Unless this man were of God, he could not
do any thing.

34 They answered, and said to him : Thou wast
wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And
they cast him out.

36 Jesus heard that they had cast him out : and
when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou
betieve in the Son of God ?

36 He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that
I may believe in him ?

, J am comt, Sfe Not thai Christ came for that end, that any one
i.jnlil be made blind : but that the Jews, bv the abuse of his com-
ing, and bv their not receiving him, brought upon themselves this
judgment of bliuduess.

37 And Jesus said to him : Thou hast both seen
him, and it is he who talketh with thee.

38 And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling
down, he adored him.

39 And Jesus said: For judgment I am come*
into this world : that they who see not, may see :
and they who see, mav become blind.

40 And some of the Pharisees, that were with
him, heard : and they said to him : Are we also blind ?

41 Jesus said to them : If you were blind, f you
should not have sin : but now you say: We set,.
Your sin remaineth.

CHAP. X.

Christ is the door and the good shepherd. He and his Father

are one.

A MEN, amen I say to you: He that entereth
-£*- not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth
up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2 But he that entereth in by the door, is the shep-
herd of the sheep :

3To whom the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear
his voice ; and he calleth his own sheep by name,
and leadeth them out.

4 And when he hath let out his own sheep, he
goeth before them : and the sheep follow him, be-
cause they know his voice.

5 But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him;
because they know not the voice of strangers.

6 This parable Jesus spoke to them. But they
understood not what he was speaking to them.

7 Jesus, therefore, said to them again: Amen,
amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All they who came are thieves and robbers :
and the sheep heard them not.

9 I am the door. If any one enter by me, he
shall be saved, and he shall go in, and go out, and
shall find pastures.

10 The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have
life, and may have it more abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd
giveth his life for his sheep :

12 But the hireling, and he that is not the shep-
herd, whose own sheen they are not, seeth the woll
coming, and leaveth the sheep and flieth : and the
wolf snatcheth and scattereth the sheep.

13 And the hireling flieth, because he is a hire-
ling: and he hath no care for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine,
and mine know me;

15 As the Father knoweth me, and I know the
Father : and I lay down my life for my sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, that are not of this
fold: them also I must bring; and they shall hear my
voice: and there shall be made one fold and one
shepherd.

f If you were blind, Sec. If you were invincibly ignoraat, »Dd had
neither read the Scriptures, nor seen my miracles, you would nol ba
gniltv of the sin of infidelity : but now. as you boast of your know
ledge of the Scriptures, you are inexcusable.

ST. JOHN.

17 Therefore doth tht* Father lore me: !*•< ause
I lay down m\ life, thai I may take il a^ain.

No man takeili it away from me: InjI I lay it
down <i|' myself, and 1 have |H>wer in lay it down:
and I hiivc iHmrrii'i.ikc ii up again. This com-
mandment I hati id from in\ Father.

I'.' A dissension rose again anions (lit- Jews foi
tin m- »nnK.

\ud main of them said: He hath a *K\ il,
and is mad : W h\ hear you iiim '

21 Oth< Then en not the Midi tfoM

(hat hath a devil: (an a d< ril open the eyes of the
blind?

\nd it was the feast of the dedication at Je-
rusalem : and il was w inter.

23 Ami Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomons
notch.

2\ The Jews, iiim lore, eame round aboafl him.
ami said in him : How long dost thou hold our souU
in suspense: if thou he the Christ, tell us plainly.

is answered them: I speak to \ou, and
you believe not : the works thai I do in the name
of my Father, thej grreteethnaag of me :

26 Hut \ou do not iM'lieve, I x cause you are not
of my sheep.

My sheep hear my voice: and I know them,
and the) follow me :

\iul I give ihem life everlasting: and they
shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch
them out M my hand.

29 That which my Father hath given me, is
greater than all: and no one ran Mtatch them out of
tin- hand of in\ Father.

30 land tin- Father art' one.

.'Jl The Jew s then took up stones, to stone him.
Jesus answered them: Many good works I
have shown to you from my father : for which of
those works do you stone me?

33 The Jews laawuiod him: For a good work
we stone thee not, hut tor blasphemy : and hecause
that thou. h. in- a man. makes! thyself God?

34 Jesus answered them: Is it not w ritten in your
■a I said, you are cods -

35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of
I was spoken, and the Seripture cannot be made

void :

36 Do you ia« of him. whom the Father hath
tilled and sent into the world : Thou blas-
phemes! - In .use I mid, I am the Son of God ?

37 If I do not the works ol ui\ Father, believe

lint il I do, thou eh iou will not believe me.
believe the works, thai you may know ami Indieve
that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

.'?!» Thej sought, therefore, to take him: and he
escaped out ol their hands.

H> And he went away again beyond the Jordan
into that place where John was hi pti/.ing first : and
tin re he aU»de:

VI And main resorted to him : and they said:
John indeed did no sign.

42 lint all things wlutsoex.r John said of this
Wan line. And many believed in him.

CHAP. XI.

Ckriri rnitrt iMzarut In bfr. Tke rultrt rttolrr to put kirn to

dratk.

"V <>\V there was a certain man sick, ntimnl Fa-
J-' /.anis, of Ibthania, of the town ol Mary and
ol Martha her sister.

And Mary was she that anointed the Ford
with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair:
whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

3 His sisters therefore sent to him, Hying: Ford,
behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

4 And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sick-
ness is not unto death, hut for the dory of God :
thai the Son of God mav he glorified by it.

'y Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary,
and Fazaius.

6 When he had heard, therefore, that he was
sick, he still remained in the same place two days.

7 Then after that he said to his disciples : Fet us
go into Judea again.

8 The disciples say to him : Rabbi, the Jen l but
just now sought to stone thee: and goest thou thi-
ther again?

9 Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of
the day.' If a man walk in the day, he stmnhleth
not, because he sect h the light of this world:

10 But if be walk in the night, he stumbleth, he-
cause the light is not in him.

11 These things he said: and after that he said
to them : Lnzarus our friend slecpeth: but I go
that I may awake him out of sleep,

12 His disciples, therefore) said: Ford, if he
sleep, be shall do well.

13 But Jesus spoke of his death : and they
thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.

14 Thin, therefore, Jesus said to them plainly:
Lazarus is dead :

15 And I am glad, for your sake, that I was not
there, that yon may believe: but let us go to him.

16 Then Thomas, who is called Draymus, said

to his fellow disciples : Fet us also go, that we may
die with him.

17 SoJesm came] and found that lie had bean
four days already in the grate.

18 (Now Bctliania was near Jerusalem, nlnuit
fifteen furlongs off.)

19 And many of the Jews won' come to Martha
and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

JO Martha, therefore, as soon as she heard that
JeSUS was come, went to meet him: but Man sat
at home.

21 And Martha said to Jesus: Ford, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died:

' But now also I know that whatsoever thou
wilt ask of God, God will rive it thee.

23 Jesus saith to her: Tin brother shall rise
again.

Jl Martha saith to him: I know that he shall
tin again in the resurrection at the last day.

Ji siis said toher: I am the resurrection and
the life: herbal believeth in me, although be b*
dead, shall live :

CHAP. XII.

26 And every one that liveth, and believcth in
me, shall not die tor ever. Believest thou this ?

27 She saith to him : Yea, Lord, I have believed
that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God, who
art come into this world.

28 And when she had said these things,.she went,
and called her sister Mary secretly, saying : The
master is come, and calleth for thee.

29 She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly,
and corneth to him.

30 For Jesus was not yet come into the town :
ltut he was still in that place where Martha had
met him.

31 The Jews, therefore, who were with her in
the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary
that she rose up speedily and went out, followed
her, saying : She goeth to the sepulchre to weep
there.

32 When Mary, therefore, was come where
Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet,
and saith to him : Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.

33 When Jesus, therefore, saw her weeping, and
the Jews that were come with her weeping, he
groaned in the spirit, and troubled himself,

34 And said : Where have you laid him ? They
say to him: Lord, come and see.

35 And Jesus wept.

36 The Jews, therefore, said : Behold how he
loved him.

37 But some of them said: Could not he that
opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused
that this man should not die.

38 Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself,
cometh to the sepulchre : Now it was a cave : and
a stone was laid over it.

39 Jesus saith : Take away the stone. Martha,
the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him :
Lord, by this time he stinketh ; for he is now of
four days.

.40 Jesus saith to her : Did I not say to thee, that
if thou wilt believe, thou shalt see the glory of God ?

41 They took, therefore, the stone away: And
Jesus, lifting up his eyes, said: father, I give thee
thanks that thou hast heard me.

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always ; but
because of the people who stand about, have I said
it; that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

43 When he had said these things, he cried with
a loud voice : Lagarus, come forth.

44 And presently he that had been dead came
forth, bound feet and hands with winding-bands,
and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus
said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

45 Many, therefore, of the Jews, who were come
to Mary and Martha, and had seen the things that
Jesus did, believed in him.

46 But some of them went to the Pharisees, and
told them the things that Jesus had done.

. 47 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees
fathered a council, and said : What do we, for this
man doeth many miracles?

48 If we let him alone so, all men will believi

in him : and the Romans will come, and take away
our place and nation.

49 But one of them, named Caiphas, being the
high-priest of that year, said to them : You know
nothing at all.

50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient
for you that one man should die for the people, and
that the whole nation perish not.

51 And this he spoke not of himself: but being
the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus
should die for the nation ;

52 And not only for the nation, but to gather
together in one the children ol* God, that were dis-
persed.

53 From that day, therefore, they devised to put
him to death.

54 Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly
among the Jews : but he went into a country near
the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem : and
there he abode with his disciples.

55 And the pasch of the Jews was at hand : and
many from the country went up to Jerusalem before
the pasch, to purify themselves.

56 They sought, therefore, for Jesus : and they
discoursed one with another, standing in the temple:
What think you, that he is not come to the festival
day? And the chief priests and the Pharisees Bad
given a commandment, that if any man knew
where he was, he should tell, that they might ap-
prehend him.

CHAP. XII.

The anointing of Christ's feet. His riding into Jerusalem upon
an ass. A voice from heaven.

TVTOW six days before the pasch, Jesus can e
-L * to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead,
whom Jesus raised to life.

2 And they made him a supper there : and Mar-
tha served : but Lazarus was one of them that were
at table with him.

3 Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment ol
right spikenard, of great value, and anointed the
feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair :
and the house was filled with the odour of the
ointment.

4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he
that was about to betray him, said :

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hun-
dred pence, and given to the poor ?

6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the
poor, but because he was a thief, and having the
purse, carried what was put therein.

7 But Jesus said : Let her alone, that she may
keep it against the day of my burial.

8 For the poor you have always with you : but
me you have not always.*

9 A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew
that he was there : and they came, not for Jesns's
sake only, but that they might see Lazarus whom he
had raised from the dead.

* See the Annotation on St. J&allktw, xxvi.
91

11.

ST. J<»||\.

10 Hut In- chief priests i hotiirlit to kill Lazarus
•N>:

11 li< •• .in-.- in in\ of id, .1. w s li\ reason of him

went awav, ami believed in Jess*

\1 Ami dii the next da) a ct« »t multitude, thai
•<i tin- festival day, whin thej had beard
th:«t Ji-siis wis coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took br.nu lii-s (•) palm trees, and went forth
to meet him: and tried: Hoaannn. blessed is be,
that comet h in tin- name of the Lord, the king of
Israel.

I I Ail! Jesus found a v.mngass, and sat uj>on
if. as it is a ritti n :

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy kinii
Cometh sitting on tin- eolt of an ass.

lb' These things his disciples <ljd not know at
the first : hut when Jesus was glorified, then thev
remembered that these things w ere a ritten of him :
dud that they had done these things to him.

17 'I'll.- multitude, therefore, gave rftfrtmwry,
which was with him, when he called Lazarus out
ot the grave, and raised him from the dead.

lb* For which reason also the people came to
meet him : because they heard that he had done
this miracle.

'!' Ih'' Pharisees, therefore, said UMM them-
selves: I >o vou s« e that we prevail nothing? Behold,
the whole world is pone alter him.

20 Now there were certain ( ii util.s among them,
that came up to adore on the festival day.

I I hese. therefore. < aine to Philip, W ho Was of

Bethsaicla ol < ialilee. and desired him, saying : Sir,
u. would willing sei' Jesus.

Philip cometh. and telleth Andrew: Again
r.-w and Philip told Jesus.

nit Jesus answered them, saying: The hour
i^ come that the Son of man should Ik- glorified.

-'I Vinen, amen | sa\ to vou. unless t|, r train of
wheal fall into the ground and die.

Itself M inaineth alone. lint if it die, if bring*
eth forth much fruit. lie that loveth his life shall
lose it : and he that hateth his lite in this world,
keepcth it unto life everlasting.

1 1 anv man minister to me. let him follow me :

I am, there also shall mv minister be. If

anytn an minister to me, him w ill mv Father honour.

• • is mv soul troubled. \nd what shall I

•ay.' Father, s.m me from this hour. lint for this

in- unto this hour.

I ather, gtorifj thv name. A voice therefore

came Irom heaven : I have lioth glorified it, and I

will glorify it again.

Ih- multitude then fore that stood and heard.
Raid that it thundered. Others said: An ancd spoke
to him.

lews answered, and said: This voice came
fbf uif. but for vonr mi

31 ' the judgment of the world : now shall

the urease <>f this world be cast out.

\- I I- if I Ih- lifted up from the earth, will
draw all thin-s to myself.

S » this he s.,id. sienifying what death he
should die.)

34 The multitude answered him: We have heard

out of the law, that Christ ahideth lor ever: and
how sjv.st thou: The Son of man must he lifted
up ' W ho is this Sou of man :

5 Jesus, therefore, said to them: Vet a linl.-

while, the I i £4.1 it is ai it \ oil Walk whilst you

have the light, that the darkness overtake \ou not .
and he that walketh in darkness knowcth no)
whither he goeth.

36 Whilst you have the light, believe in the
light, that you may he the children of light These
things Jesus spoke: and he went away, and hid
himself from them.

37 And whereas he had done so many miracles
before them, they believed not in him :

B That the Baying of Isaius the prophet might
be fulfilled, which he Mid: Lord, who hath he-
ll. Mil our hearing? And to whom hath the arm
of the Li rd been revealed ?

39 Therefore they could not believe: for Isaias
said IgJUn :

40 JTe hath blinded their eyes, and hardened
their hearts; that they should not see with their
I \> s. nor understand with their heart, and be con-
verted, and I should heal them :

41 These thiogS Said Isaias, when he saw his
glory, and spoke of him.

42 However many of the chief men also be-
lieved in him: but because of the Pharisee* tiny
did not confess ?/ > that they might not be cast out
of the synagogue.

43 For they loved the glory of men, more than
the glory of God.

44 But Jesus cried out, and said : He that he-
lieveth in me, doth not believe in me, but in him
thai sent me.

45 And he that seeth me, teeth him that sent me.

46 I the light am come into the world: that
whosoever believeth in me may not remain in
darkness.

47 And if any man hear my words, and keep
then not: I do not judge him: for I came not to
judge the world, Uit to save the world.

I He that despiseth me, and receiveth not my
words, hath one that judgetn him. The word that
I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last
day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself: but the
Father who sent me, he cave me command what I
should say, and what I should speak.

50 And 1 know that his commandment is life
everlasting. 'The things, therefore, that I speak,

c\en as the Father said unto the, so do I speak.

CHAP XIII

Christ u-athr* hit <ft«rt'p/r«' feet : the treason of Jttdru : the
m ir i (immnnilmrnt if lore.

DEFORE the festival day of the pasch. leSUS,
■*-* knowing that his hour was come, that he
should pass out of this world to the Father; hav-
ing loved his own, who were in the world, he loved
them to the end.

CHAP. XIV.

2 And when supper was done, the devil having
now put into the heart of Judas the son of Simon
the Iscariot, to betray him :

3 Knowing that the Father had given him all
things into his hands, and that he came from God,
and goeth to God :

4 He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his
garments : and having taken a towel, he girded
himself.

5 After that, he poureth water into a bason, and
began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe
them with the towel, wherewith he was girded.

6 He coineth, therefore, to Simon Peter. And
Peter saith to him : Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

7 Jesus answered, anil said to him : What I do
thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt know here-
after.

8 Peter saith to him : Thou shalt never wash
my feet. Jesus answered him : If I wash thee
not, thou shalt have no part with me.

9 Simon Peter saith to him : Lord, not only my
feet, but also my hands and my head.

10 Jesus saith to him : He that is washed, need-
eth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly.
And you are clean, but not all.

1 1 For he knew who he was that wotdd betray
him ; therefore he said : You are not all clean.

12 Then after he had washed their feet, and
taken his garments, having set down again, he said
to them : Know you what 1 have done to you ?

13 You call me Master, and Lord: and you say
well : for so I am.

14 If I, then, being Lord and Master, have
washed your feet ; you also ought to wash one
another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that as I
have done to you, so you do also.

16 Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is
not greater than his lord : neither is an apostle
greater than he that sent him.

17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed
if you do them.

1 8 I speak not of you all : I know whom I have
chosen : but that the Scripture may be fulfilled :
He that eateth bread with me, shall lift up his heel
against me.

19 At present I tell you before it come to pass:
that when it shall come to pass, you may believe,
that I am the Messias.

20 Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth
whomsoever I send, receiveth me : and he that re-
ceiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

21 When Jesus had said these things, he was
troubled in spirit : and he protested, and said :
Amen, amen I say to you: That one of you will
betray me.

22 The disciples, therefore, looked one upon
another, doubting of whom he spoke.

23 Now there was leaning on Jesus's bosom one
of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

* That which thou doest, do quickly. It is not a license, much less a
command, to go about his treason ; but a signification to him that Christ

24 Simon Peter, therefore, beckoned to him. and
said to him : Who is it of wiiom he speaketh r

25 He, therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus,
saith to him : Lord, who is it ?

26 Jesus answered : He it is, to whom I shall
reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the
bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

27 And after the morsel. Satan entered into him.
And Jesus said to him : That which thou doest, do
quickly.*

28 Now no man at the table knew for what in-
tent he said this to him.

29 For some thought, because Judas had the
purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things
which we have need of for the festival day ; or that
he should give something to the poor.

30 He, then, having received the morsel, went
out immediately. And it was night.

31 When, therefore, he was gone out, Jesus said :
Now is the Son of man glorified : and God is glo-
rified in him.

32 If God be glorified in him, God will also
glorify him in himself: and immediately will he
glorify him.

33 Little children, yet a little while I am with
you. You shall seek me : and, as I said to the
Jews : W hither I go, you cannot come : so now I
say to you.

34 I give you a new commandment : That you
love one another ; as I have loved you, that you
also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that you are my
disciples, if you have love one for another.

36 Simon Peter saith to him : Lord, whither
goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou
canst not follow me now : but thou shalt follow me
afterwards.

37^ Peter saith to him : Why cannot I follow thee
now ? I will lay down my life for thee.

38 Jesus answered him: Wilt thou lay down thy
life for me? Amen, amen I say to thee, the cock
shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice.

CHAP XIV.

Christ's discourse after his last supper.

ET not your heart be troubled. You believe in
■*-* God ; believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house there are many mansions.
If not, I would have told you; because I go to pre
pare a place for you.

3 And if I shall go, and prepare a place lor you-
I will come again, and will take you to myself;
that where 1 am, you also may be.

4 And whither I go you know, and the way you
know.

5 Thomas saith to him: Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can we know tho
way ?

6 Jesus saith to him : 1 am the way, and the

would not hinder or resist what he was about, do it as soon as he pleav
ed : but was both ready and desirous to suffer for our redemption.

ST. .1' 'UN-

truth, and dv litv. No in in coneth to the Father,

l»llt hv me.

7 It v.. ii had known me, you would suieh hare
known nrj Father also: and froon henceforth you
shall know turn: and you have seen him.

th to him: Lord, show us the Father,
and it i> enough for n-.

mi> saith to him: Have I heen so Ion- a time
with von; and have you not known ne? Philip. In
that seeth ii 'In r also. How say est

thou. Show us the Fathi

h> I)., you not believe, thai I am in the Father,
and the Father in me? The words that I speak to
you. 1 ->|Mik not of" nrysetf. Mm the Father who
abideth in mc, he doeth the works.

11 Believe you not that I am in the Father, and
tin- Father in me ?

1 J Otherwise, believe lor the works themselves.
Aiiitn. amen I saj tovou, be that believeth in me,
the work> that 1 do, he shall do also, and greater
than these shall be do: because 1 go to the Father.

1 . '. \nd whatsoever you shall ask the Father in
my name, that will I do: that the Father may be
glorific I in the Son.

I V It you shall ask me anj thug ia my name,
that I will do.

I "> If you lore mc. keep my rxanmandmenta.

16 And I will ;isk the Father, and he shall give
you another Paraclete,* that he may abide with you

for • \ •r.f

17 I Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot

ill him not, nor knowith
him : hut you shall know him ; because h«' shall
w nli you, and shall be in you.
I will not leave you orphans: I will eoinr to

19 ^ • ' a little while : and the world Seeth DM no

more. Hm tuse I live, and you

In that i shall know that I am in my

!• r. and TOD in mr, and I in you.

Jl II. ih it hath my commandments, and keepeth

(hem: he it is thai loveth me. And he thai loveth me,

ill Im- loved bj my Pother: and I will love him,

and will manifest myself to him.

I nth to him. not tli« [acsriot : Lord.

it that thou wilt manifest thy* If to u>. and
not to the world '

J'. Jesus answered, and said to him: Ifanj one
love in--, be will keep m\ word : and ins Father
will love him. and we will come to him, and will
make an abode vv it h him :

He thai loveth me not, k< . p.-tli not my words.

• tnrtUl- aim an adrnratr ; it

(i hi in-Mnnr OT»,»i' -. ->xv\ plrail. f

r For .t. Hmi ii i, mdcAttbat I hi« Spirit of truth »
ly pii w i B il to Ik* patwm* of tbe apotllm, but abw to Un

irwi^iill a* at i. pr m ni ml to the

n*le* and thaw t mcc am u tt. oeriK-uUrly. in oixter to Inch them ail
»th. and in pmrrrp Ihrm frtwn rrror.

trwtti. and to prtmrrrr Ihrtn fnwn ermr.

I F~ Ikt FmHtr ttrr'1rrlk»m I U n mridVftt
' > W« of tumavir, at be w o>a4« mat

boh nj'ial i.j

And the word which you ha\e heard is not mine;
but the Father's w ho gem me.

flu s, things have I s|K>ken to you, r» maining
w ith you.

8 But the Paraclete, the Hob Ghott,wboaa the

Father Will send in my name, he will tearh you

all things,! sod bring all thtaga to your mind,

whatsoever I shall have said to you.

11 Peace I leave with you. my peace I &ive to
you : not as the world giveth, do I give to vim. Let
not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.

You have heard that I said to you: Igoawsj,

and I come Bgain tO you. If you loved me. you
would indeed be glad, because I no to the Father:
for the Father is greater than l.§

29 And now 1 have told you before it come to
pass, that when it shall come to pass, you may
believe.

30 Now I will not speak many things with you.
For the prince of this world cometli; and in me he
hath not any thing.

31 But that the world may know that I love the
Father, and as the Father hath given DM command-
ment, so I do. Arise, let us gp hence.

chap. xv.

A continuation of ChritCs discount to hit ditriplrt,

T AM the true vine: and my Father is the hus-
-*- liandman.

2 Ever) branch in mc. that bearcth not fruit, he
will take away : and every one that heareth fruit,
he will purge it, thai it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now you are clean by reason of the word,
Which I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me. and I in you. As the branch
cannot hear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the viae
so neither can you, unless you abide in inc.

5 I am the vine; you the branches: he that
abideth in mc and I in him, the same I k ;u i l II. nun Ii
fruit : for without mt you<?an do nothing.

6 If any one remained) not in me, he shall U-
cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they
shall gather him up, mid cast him into the lire; and
he burnetii.

7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in
you: you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall

lie done tO you.

8 In this is my Father glorified, thai you bring
forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.

9 As the father bath loved me, I also have loved
you. Remain in my love.

Id It you keep my commandments, you will

tin 1 Kathrr \ . iliiTirullv nfiimlrrManitinjf

I inn
•tmacca of th* text ben • i-t bcinff at iln» tunc

•bortly to.uftVr death, 'iffm' • .1 la hi> apostln bit human nutnrr hy
• !>«•«'■ ! riot ilii" : \nd therefore, at ha

w»« both f.nd ai
he m*

hi J now / knrt toU jm» htfort ii cvmt to pajt , tk*t
trim U tkmtt mw to fat*, yM> nay Mm

CHAI\ XVI.

main in my love ; as I also have kept my Father's
commandments, and do remain in his love.

11 These things I have spoken to you : that my
joy may he in you, and your joy may he filled.

12 This is my commandment, that you love one
another, as I have loved you.

13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a
man lav down his life for his friends.

14 Von are my friends, if you do the things that
I command you.

15 I will not now call you servants: for the ser-
vant kuoweth not what his lord doeth. But 1 have
called you friends; because all things whatsoever
I have heard from my Father, I have made known
to you.

16 You have not chosen me : but I have chosen
you, and have appointed you, that you should go,
and should bring forth fruit, and your fruit should
remain ; that whatsoever you shall ask of the Fa-
ther in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that you love
one another.

18 If the world hate you; know ye that it hate- 1
me before you.

19 If you had been of the world, the world would
love its own: but because you are not of the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you.

20 Remember my word that I said to you : The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have

Cersecuted me, they will also persecute you : if they
ave kept my word, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things they will do to you for
-my name's sake : because they know not him that
sent me.

22 If I had not come, and spoken to them, they
would not have sin* but now they have no excuse
for their sin.

23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father ;>lso.

24 If I had not done among them the works that
no other man hath done, they would not have sin :
but now they have both seen and hated both me
and my Father.

25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is
written in their law : They have hated me without
cause.

26 But when the Paraclete shall come, whom I
will send* you from the Father, the Spirit of truth,
who proceedeth from the Father, he snail give tes-
timony of me :

27 And you shall give testimony, because you are
with me from the beginning.

CHAP. XVI.

The conclusion of Christ's last discourse to his disciples.

7 PHESE things have I spoken to you, that you
-*- may not be scandalized.

* Whom I will stnd. This f proves, against the modern Greeks,
that the Holy Ghost prof eed'eth from the Son, as well as from the
Father: otherwise he could not be *cnt l>v the Son.

f He Kill conrince the world of sin, &,-c. The Holy Ghost. bv his
coming, brought over man)- thousands, 1st, to a tease of their siu ia

2 They will put you out of the synagogues : yea.
the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will
think that he doeth a service to God.

3 And these things will they do to you, because
they have not known the Father, nor me.

4 But these things I have told you ; that when
the hour of them shall come, you may remember
that 1 told you.

5 But I told you not these things from the begin-
ning, because I was with you: and now I go to him
that sent me : and none of you asketh me : Whither
goest thou ?

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

7 But I tell you the truth : it is expedient for you
that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not
come to you : but if l go, I will send him to you.

8 And when he shall come, he will convince the
world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment. f

9 Of sin indeed ; because they have not believed
in me.

10 And of justice; because I go to the Father,
and you shall see me no longer :

11 And of judgment; because the prince of this
world is already judged.

12 1 have yet many things to say to you : but you
cannot bear them now.

13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, shall come,
he will teach you all truth;! for he shall not speak
of himself: but what things soever he shall hear,
he shall speak : and the things that are to come, he
will show you.

14 He shall glorify me ; because he shall receive
of mine, and will declare it to you.

15 All things whatsoever the Father h; th, are
mine. Therefore I said, that he shall receive of
mine, and will declare it to you.

16 A little while, and now you shall not see me:
and again a little while, and you shall see me: be-
cause I go to the Father.

17 Then some of his disciples said one to ano-
ther: What is this that he saith to us: A little while,
and you shall not see m<?: and again a little while,
and you shall see me : and because I go to the Fa-
thei ?

18 They said, therefore: What is this that he
saith, A little while? we know not what he speakeih.

19 And Jesus knew that they Mere desirous to
ask him : and he said to them : Of this do you in-
quire among yourselves, because I said : A little
while, and you shall not see me: and again a little
while, and vou shall see me.

20 Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall la-
ment and weep; but the world shall rejoice: and
you shall be sorrowful; but your sorrow shall be
turned into joy.

21 A woman when she is in labour, hath sor-
row, because her hour is come : but when she hath

not believing in Christ. 2dlv. to a conviction of the justice of Christ,
now sit ting- at ,lir ri - 1,f hand of his Father. And 3dly, to a right
apprehension of the judgment prepared for them that choose to follow
Satan, who is already judged and condemned.

t WUX teach uou all truth. See the annotation on chap xiv. 26

brought forth ihe chikl, she rememl>ereih no more
the anguish, for j«>> thai .1 man is bora into tin
world.

So also von now . indeed, have sorrow, but I
will »e« v>n again, and your heart shall rejoice:
and v our joy no man shall take from vou.

23 And in tli.it dav you shall not ask me any

thin 'ii. iimcn f say t<» poo: If yon ask the

icr am tiling in my name, be will give it \ou.

JV Hitherto yon h.i\ *- not asked anj thins in my

\>k. and yon shall receive; that your joy

may he full.

I'liix- thinss h i\i I spoken to you in proverbs.

Tin- hour eometh w Inn I will nore >|K-ak to

ii in proverbs, buff will show you plainly of the
ather.

In that day von shall ask in my BUMS and

I vn not to von. that 1 will ask the Father for you:
For the rather himself loveth vou: because
i have loved me, and hav.- believed that 1 came
forth from (Jod.

ne forth from the Father, and am come
into tin- world: again I leave the world, and I goto

the Father.

I s disciples say to him: Behold, now thoti
imM plainly, and speakest no proverb.

a we know that thou k no west all things,
and that for thee it is not needful that any man ask
i this we believe thai thou earnest forth
i ( Jod.

'-I iswered them: Now do you believe?

Behold, the hour eotneth, and is now come.
that VOU shall !«• disiMTsed every man to his own.
and shall have me alone: and yet 1 am not alone:
.is.- tin Father is with me.
S3 These things have I sj.oken to vou, that in
me von mav have peace* In the world von shall
have distr-ss : lint have confidence ; I have over-
come the World.

CHAP. Mil.

CHriti't praprr fnr hi* Hi$cit>lri.

r |MIF.SF. things Jesns spoke : and lifting up his
-i- eves to heaven, he said I Father, the hour is

come; glorify ihj Sob, thai thy Soo mav glorifV thee.
2 As thou bast given him power over all Beth,

that he mav sivr life everlasting to all whom thou
hast given him.

sad tin- Hasting; that thev mav

know thee, the oidv Hue God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent.

4 I have glorified thee ii|M>n tin- earth : I have
Wished I he work which thou gavrsi me to do:

\nd now glorify thou me, <> Father, with
thyself, with the dory which I had with tine, befon
the world was.

have manifested thy name to the men whom
thou baH given me out off the world. Thine thev
WON : and to me thou gaveat them : and thev have
kept thv word.

thev have known that all things which
thou hast given BM are from tip

ST JOHN.

8 Because the words which tho il mr, .

have ijvea to them: and thev have received them,
and have known for certain that 1 came forth from
theej and they have believed that thou didst send

tile.

9 1 Bray for tin in : I pray not for the world, hut
for them whom thou hast given me; Ik cause they
are thine:

10 And all mine arc thine; and thine are mine:
and 1 am glorified in them.

11 And now I am no more in the world: and
these are in the world, and 1 come to thee. Holy

Father, keen them in thy name, whom thou hast
given me: that thev mav be one, as we also

12 While I was with them 1 kept them in thy
name. Those whom thou gavest me I have kept:
and none of them hath perished, < \ceiit the sou of
perdition, that the scripture may Ik.- fulfilled.

13 And now 1 come to thee: and these things 1
speak in the world, that they may have mv joy
filled in themsetvi -.

14 I have given them thy word: and the world
hath hated them, because thev are not of the w orld :
as I also am not of the world.

I") I do not ask that thou take them away otu
of the world, but that thou preserve them from evil.

16 Tlnv are not of the world: as I also am not
of the world.

17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also
have sent them into the world.

19 And for them I do sanctify myself; that thev

also mav be sanctified in truth.

20 And not for them only do I |>ray. but lor
those also who through their word shall believe
in me :

21 That they all may be one. as thou. Father,
in me. anil I in thee, that the) also may be one in it- :
that the world may believe that thou hast scut me.

.' And the glory which thou hast given me. I
have given to them; that they may be one. as we
also are one.

23 I in them, and thou in me; that thev may be
made perfect in one : and that the world may know-
that thou hast sent me. and hast loved them, as thou
hast also loved me.

1\ Father. 1 will that where I am, thev also
whom thon hast given me, may be with m<- : that
thev mav see my dory, which thon hast given me:
because thou hast loved me before the foundation
of the world.

25 Just Father, the world hath not known thee:
but 1 have known thee : and these have known, that
thou hast sent me.

26 And I have made known thy name to them,
and will make it known: that the love wherewith
thou hast loved me, may tie in them, and I in them.

CHAP. XVIII.

TV history nf (Mr paninnn of Chrirt.

\V""' us had said these things, he went

" forth with his disciple ■ ova the brook Ce-

CHAP. XVIII.

dron, where there was a garden, into which he en-
tered with his disciples.

2 Now Judas also, who het rayed him, knew the
place: because Jesus had often resorted thither to-
gether with his disciples.

3 Judas, therefore, having received a band of
vicn, and servants, from the chief priests and the
Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches
and weapons.

4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that were
to come upon him, went forward, and said to them :
Whom seek ye ?

5 They answered him : Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus
siiith to them : I am he. And Judas, also, who be-
trayed him, stood with them.

6 As soon then as he had said to them : I am he :
they went backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek
ye ? And they said : Jesus of Nazareth.

8 Jesus answered, I have told you, that I am
he: if, therefore, you seek me, let these go their
way:

9 That the word might be fulfilled which he
said : Of them whom thou hast given me, I have
not lost any one.

10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it;
and struck the servant of the high-priest ; and cut
off his right ear. And the name of the servant was
Malchus.

1 1 Then Jesus said to Peter : Put up thy sword
into the scabbard. The chalice which my Father
hath given me, shall I not drink it ?

12 Then the band, and the tribune, and the ser-
vants of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him:

13 And they led him away to Annas first; for he
was father-in-law to Caiphas, who was the high-
priest of that year.

14 Now Caiphas was he, who had given the
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one
man should die for the people.

15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus; and so did
another disciple. And that disciple was known to
the high-priest, and went in with Jesus into the
court of the high-priest.

16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then
the other disciple who was known to the high-priest,
went out, and spoke to the portress, and brought
in Peter.

17 And the maid that was portress said to Peter:
Art not thou also one of this man's disciples ? . He
saith : I am not.

18 Now the servants and officers stood at a fire
of coals, because it was cold, and warmed them-
selves : and with them was Peter also standing,
and warmed himself.

19 The high-priest then asked Jesus of his dis-
ciples, and of his doctrine.

20 Jesus answered him : I have spoken open-
ly to the world : I have always taught in the
synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the
Jews resort : and in private I have spoken no-
thing.

21 Why askest thou me ? ask them who have

heard what I have spoken to them : behold, they
know what things I nave said.

22 And when he had said these things, one of
the officers standing by gave Jesus a blow, saying :
Answerest thou the high-priest so ?

23 Jesus answered him : If I have spoken ill,
give testimony of the evil : but if well, why strikest
thou me ?

24 And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the
high-priest.

25 And Simon Peter was standing, and warm-
ing himself. They said, therefore, to him: Art
not thou also one of his disciples ? He denied it,
and said : I am not.

26 One of the servants of the high-priest, a kins-
man to him whose ear Peter cut off, saith to him :
Did not I see thee in the garden with him ?

27 Then Peter again denied : and immediately
the cock crew.

28 Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the
governor's hall. And it was morning : and they
went not into the hall, that they might not be de-
filed, but that they might eat the pasch.

29 Pilate, therefore, went out to them, and said :
What accusation bring you against this man ?

30 They answered, and said to him : If he were
not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him
up to thee.

31 Pilate then said to them : Take him you,
and judge him according to your law. The Jews
therefore said to him : It is not lawful for us to put
any one to death :

32 That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled,
which he said, signifying what death he should
die.

33 Pilate, therefore, went into the hall again,
and called Jesus, and said to him : Art thou the
king of the Jews ?

34 Jesus answered : Sayest thou this thing of
thyself, or have others told it thee of me ?

35 Pilate answered : Am I a Jew ? Thy nation
and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me :
what hast thou done?

36 Jesus answered : My kingdom is not of this
world. If my kingdom were of this world, my ser-
vants would certainly strive that I should not be
delivered to the Jews : but now my kingdom is
not from hence.

37 Pilate, therefore, said to him : Art thou a king,
then ? Jesus answered : Thou sayest that I am a
king. For this was I born, and for this came I
into the world ; that I should give testimony to
the truth : every one that is of the truth heareth
my voice.

38 Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when
he had said this, he went forth again to the Jews;
and saith to them : I find no cause in him.

39 But you have a custom that I should release
one unto you at the pasch: will yon, therefore, that
I release unto you the king of the Jews ?

40 Then they all cried again, saying : Not thir.
man, but Barabbas. And Barabbas was a rob
ber.

ST. JOHN.

CHAP. MX.

7V continuation of the kutory of Ike pattion of Chritt.

HEN, therefore, Pilate t«x.k f ew f t a a d scourged

him.

2 And the soldiers, platting a crown of thorns.
put it upon his In ad : and about him tiny put a
purple garment.

3 And they MM to him. and I iid : Hail, king
of the Jews: and tlr htm blows.

\ Pilate, therefore, went forth again, and saith
to them: Behold. I bring him forth to \<>u, that you
mav know that 1 find no MM in him.

■ne forth, hearing the crown of
thorns, and the purple garment.) And he saith to
them : Behold the man.

<1 When the chief priests, therefore. ;u „| the ofll-
« • rs had MM him, ihej cried out, saying: (rucifv
him, erocif] him. Pilate saith to them: Take him
I crucify him : for I fmd no cause in him.

7 The Jew* answered him: We have a law:

and aceordim: to the law he oudit to die; hecaOSC
he made himself the Son of God.

R hen Pilate, therefore, had heart! this Hying,
he feared the more.

\nd he entered into the hall again: and be
mid to Jeans : \\ hence art thou ? Hut Jesus gat i
I. mi no answer.

ID 1'ilale therefore saith to him: Speakest thou
not tn nil ' know est thou not that I ha\e power to
crucify thee, and I have power to release thee.

II Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have
am power against me, unless it were given tine

(roan above. Then lore, he that hath delivered me

to thee hath the greater sin.

I J And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release

him. Put the Jews cried oui. saying: If thou re-
al this man, thou art not Ctcsar's friend: for

w Iiosocm r maketh himself a kin::, speakelh against

16 Now when Pilate had heard tin M words, he

brought Jesus forth; and sat down in the judgment-
s. it. in the place thai is railed Lkhoatroaos, and in
lit linw ( labbatha.

1 1 And it was the n the pasch,* about

the sixth hour : and in- saith to the Jews: Pehold

\niir kia

16 Put tiny cried out : \vvav with him, avvav
with him: erueit\ hiui. Pilate s.iith to them: Shall
I ■ rui-ifv \our ki _ Hie chief priests answered :
W - m king hut ( as;ir.

16 I Inn. therefore, he delivered him to them
•• Crucified. And the\ took Jesus, and led him

forth.

17 And lustrine his imn cross, he went forth to
that pMM Which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew

Where thev erinilied him: and with him two
others, one on each side, ami Jesus in the midst.
19 \ud Pilate wrote a title also: and lie put it

• TV

That h, tt* .«»«• before Ike paacha)
bath n, called the wmm or

upon the cross. And the writing was, Jksvjs of
\\/ m;i in, THE Kim; Of tiik Jews.

20 This title, therefore, many ol the Jews read:
because the place where Jesus was crucified, w;-s
near to the city: anil it was written in lit brew, in
( ireek. and in Latin.

21 Then the chief priests of the Jews said lo
Pilate: Write not, the king of the J-ws - hut that

ml, I am the king of the Jews
I Pilate answered: What 1 have written, I
have written.

23 Then the soldiers, w hen they had crucified
him, took his garments (and they made lour parts,
to every soldier a part) and also his (cat. Now
the coat was without seam, woven from the top
throughout.

94 Tiny nid then one to another : Let us not
cut if; hut lit us cast lots for it whose it shall he;
that the Scripture might he fulfilled, Saying: They
have parted my garments among them : and upon
my vesture they have cast lot. And the soldiers,
indeed, did these things.

26 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, hi»
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of (_ Icophas,
and .Man .Magdalene.

6 When Jesus, the refo re , saw- his mother and

the disciple standing, whom he loved, he saith to
his mother: Woman, behold tlrV son.

27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Heboid
thy mother. And from that hour the disciple look
her to bis own.

28 Afterwards Jesus, knowing that all thines
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might
he fulfilled, said : 1 thirst.

29 Now there was a vessel set there, full of Nine-
gar. Anil they, putting a sponge full of vim
about hyssop, offered it to his mouth.

' When Jesus, therefore, had taken the v ine-
nr, he said : It is consummated. And bowing his
bead, he cave up the Ghent

31 Then the Jews, (because it was the parasccve)
that the IkxI'ics might not remain upon tin cross on
the sabbath-day. (for that was a great sahhalh-dav )
besought Pilate that their legs might be brokt n, and
that thev might !*• taken nwa>.

32 The soldiers, therefore, earns: aadthej broke

the lees of the first, and of the other that was t in-
filled with him.

33 Hut when they came to Jesus, and saw that
he was already dead. lluv did not break his legti

3V Hut one of the soldiers opened his side with
a ■peer: and immediati I) there came out blood
and water.

35 And he that saw it, gnu testhnon) : and his
testimony is true. Ami he knowith that he saith
true : that \ou also may believe.

I ir these things were done, that the Scripture
might be fulfilled: ^ OU shall not break a boueol him

• '7 Ami again another Scripture saith: l'ln > shall
look on him whom they pierced.

s <

da» of preparation. But tint wu the ere of a high sabbath, via.
that wtucti fell id the paicbal week.

CHAP. XX.

38 And after these things Joseph of Arimathea
(because he was a disciple of Jesus, but in private,
lor fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might
take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permit-
ted him. He came, therefore, and took away the
body of Jesus.

39 And Nicodemus also came : he who at first
came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture ol
myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

40 They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and
bound it in linen-cloths with the spices, as it is the
custom with the Jews to bury.

41 And there was, in the place where he was cru-
cified, a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre,
wherein no man had yet been laid.

42 There, therefore, by reason of the parasceve
of the Jews, they laid Jesus, because the sepulchre
was nigh at hand.

CHAP. XX.

Christ's resurrection, and manifestation to his disciples.

AND on the first day of the week, Mary Magda-
lene cometh in the morning, it being yet dark,
to the sepulchre : and she saw the stone taken
away from the sepulchre.

2 She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved ; and
saith to them : They have taken away the Lord out
of the sepulchre; and we know not where they
have laid him.

3 Peter, therefore, went out, and that other dis-
ciple ; and they came to the sepulchre.

4 And they both did run together: and that other
disciple out-ran Peter, and came first to the sepul-
chre.

5 And when he stooped down, he saw the linen-
cloths lying : but yet he went not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and
went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen-cloths
lying;

7 And the napkin, that bad been about his head,
not lying with the linen-cloths, but apart, wrapt up
into one place.

8 Then that other disciple also went in, who
came first to the sepulchre : and he saw, and be-
lieved.

9 For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he
must'rise again from the dead.

10 So the disciples went away again to their
home.

11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre,
weeping: whilst she was then weeping, she stooped
down, and looked into the sepulchre :

12 And she saw two Angels in white, sitting,
one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body
of Jesus had been laid.

13 They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou?

* TKe doors wtrt shttt. The same power which could bring' Christ's
whole body, entire in all its dimensions, through the doors, can, with-
out the least question, make the same body really present in the sacra-
wtui , though both the one and the other be above our comprehension.

She saith to them . Because they have taken away
my Lord, and 1 know not where they have laid him.

14 When she had said these words, she turned
herself back, and saw Jesus standing : ami she
knew not that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus saith to her : Woman, why weepest
thou? whom seekest thou ? She, thinking that it
was the gardener, saith to him : Sir, if thou hast
taken him away, tell me where thou hast laid him ,
and I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith to her: Mary. She, turning, saith
to him : Rabboni (that is to say, Master.)

17 Jesus saith to her : do not touch me ; for 1
have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my
brethren ; and say to them : I ascend to my Father
and to your Father, to my God and your God.

18 Mary Magdalene cometh, telling the disciples

I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to
me.

19 Now when it was late that same day, being
the first day of the week, and the doors wen; shut,*
where the disciples were gathered together, for fear
of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst,
and said to them : Peace be to you.

20 And when he had said this, he showed then
his hands, and his side. The disciples, therefore,
were glad, when they saw the Lord.

21 And he said to them again : Peace be to ycu.
As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

22 When he had said this, he breathed on them .
and he said to them : Receive ye the Ilolv Ghost :

23 Whose sins you shall forgive, t the) are for-
given them: and whose you shall retain, they are
retained.

24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25 The other disciples, therefore, said to him :
We have seen the Lord. But he said to them :
Unless I shall see in his hands the print of the nails,
and put my finger into the place of the nails, and
put my hand into his side, 1 will not believe.

26 And after eight days, his disciples were again
within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh,
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst ; and
said : Peace be to you.

27 Then he saith to Thomas : Put in thy finger
hither, and see my hands, and bring hither thy
hand, and put it into my side: and be not incredu-
lous, but faithful.

28 Thomas answered, and said to him : My
Lord, and my God.

29 Jesus saith to him : Because thou hast seen
me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they
that have not seen, and have believed.

30 Many other signs also did Jesus in tne sight
of his disciples, which are not written in this
book.

31 But these are written, that you may believe

t Whose sins, fyc. See here the commission, stamped by the broad
seal of heaven, by virtue of which the pastors of Christ's church
absolve repenting- sinners upon their confession.

ST. JOHN.

that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and thai
uelieving, you may have life hi his name.

CHAP. XM

CJkrut mmifrtli himtrlf to hi* Hitciplr* &y the trn-tiHr ; and
gicr* I'etrr the char ft o/ hit tkrrp.

AFTI.lt this Jesus showed himself again to the
(ii it tlie sea of Tiberias. And he

showed himself after this manner.

I Then were together Simon Peter, and Thomas
vrbo is called Didymus, ami Nathanael wbowaa
of Cant in Galilee, and the sou of Zcbedec, and
two otben of his disciples.

Simon Peter saith to them: I go a fishing.

Tin \ vi\ to him : We also eome with thee. And
(Ins w ■ut forth, ami entered into I ship: and that
night the) caught nothing.

4 But when the iiiornins was come, Jesus stood
mi die short : \. t the disciples knew not that it

-lis.

5 And Jesus said to them : Children, have you
am meat? They answered him: No.

6 He saith to them: Cast the net on the right
side of the ship; and you shall find. They cast

therefore: and now the] were not able to draw it

lor the multitude of li-'

7 That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus loved,
said to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter, whin
lie heard that it was the Lord, girded his coat
about him (for he was naked,) and east himself
into the sea.

8 But the other disciples came in the ship (for
they were not far from the land, but as it were two
hundred cubits,) drawing the net with fishes.

9 As soon, then, as they came to land, they saw
hot coals lying, and ■ fish laid thereon, and bread.

1" Jesus saith to them : Bring hither ol the fishes
which you bare now caught.

II Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to
land, full of gnat Babe*, one hundred and fifty-
three. And although there were so many, the net

.- not broken.

\1 Jimis saith to them: Come, and dine. And
none of tin in who were at meat, durst ask him:
Who art thou ? knowing that it was the Lord.

I I \nd .1. siis eometn and takcth bread, and
givcth them, and fish in like manner.

* Tmi wtf (Am*. Our Lord had promiard the spiritual ■uprrmarv to
■t Prtari St JkML xvi. 19; ana here be fulfil* that promt*, by cba'r&-

too

14 This is now the third time that Jesm was
manifested to hisdisciples, after he was risen from
the dead.

15 When, therefore, they had dined, Jesus saith
to Simon Peter: Simon son of John, Ipvest thou
me more than these; 1 le saith to him : Via. Lord,
thou knowest that 1 love thee. He saith to him :
Feed mv lambs.

16 lie saith to him again: Simon SON of John,
InMst thou me? He saith to him: Yen, Lord,
thou knowest that 1 love thee, lie saith to him :
Vv*(\ mv lambs.

17 Id- saith to him the third time: Simon ton
of John, forest thou me? Peter was grieved, be-
cause be said to him the third time, Lovest thou
me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest nil
things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said
to him: Feed my sheep.*

18 Amen, amen I say to thee: when thou wast
younger, thou didst gird thyself, and didst wnlk
where thou wouldst : but when thou shall he old,
thou abaft stretch forth thy hands; and another
shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst
not.

19 And this he said, signifying by what death
lie should glorify God. And when he had said
this, he saith to him : Follow me.

20 Peter turning about, saw that disciple, whom
Jesus loved, following, who also leaned on his
breast at the supper, and said : Lord, who is he
that shall betray tnee ?

21 Him, therefore, when Peter had seen, he saith
to Jesus: Lord, and what shall this man do?

22 Jesus saith to him: So I will have him to
remain till I come, what is it to thee ? follow thou
mc.

23 This saving, therefore, went abroad among
the brethren, that that disciple dieth not. And .1.
sus did not say to him: tie dieth not: but so 1
will have him to remain till 1 come, what is it to
thee ?

24 This is that disciple who giteth testimony ot
these things, and hath written these things: and We
know that his testimony is true

23 But there are also many other things, which
Jesus did: which, if they were written ererj one,
the world itself, I think, would not be able to con-
tain the books that should be written.

inp him with the superintendency of all his sheep, without exception
aud consequently of hi* whole dock, that •» of his whole C March.

the

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

This Book, which from the first ages hath been called, The
Acts of the Apostles, is not to be considered as a history
of what was done by all the Apostles, who were dispersed in-
to different nations; but only a short view of the first esta-
blishment of the. Christian Church. A part of the preaching
and actions of St. Peter are related in the twelve first chap-
ters ; and a particular account of St. Paul's apostolical
labours, in the subsequent chapters. It was written by St.
Luke the Evangelist, and the original in Greek. Its history
commences from the Ascension of Christ our Lord, and ends
in the year sixty-three ; being a brief account of the Church,
for the space of about thirty years.

CHAP. I.

The ascension of Christ. Matthias is chosen in place of

Judas.

THE former treatise I have made, O Theophilus,
of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach,

2 Until the day on which, giving commands by
the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had
chosen, he was taken up :

3 To whom also he showed himself alive, after
his passion, by many proofs ; for forty days appear-
ing to them, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

4 And eating with them, he commanded them,
that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but
should wait for the promise of the Father, which,
you have heard (saith he) by my mouth.

5 For John indeed baptized with water: but
you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not
many days hence.

6 They, therefore, who were come together, ask-
ed him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel ?

7 But he said to them : It is not for you to
know the times or moments, which the Father
hath put in his own power.

8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy
Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be wit-
nesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and
Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.

9 And when he had said these things, while
they looked on, he was raised up : and a cloud re-
ceived him out of their sight.

10 And whilst they were beholding him going
up to heaven, behold, two men stood by them, in
white garments,

1 1 Who also said : Ye men of Galilee, why stand
you looking up to heaven ? This Jesus, who is
taken up from you into heaven, so shall he come as
you have seen him going into heaven.

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the
mount that is called Olivet, which is near Jerusa-
lem, within a sabbath-day's journey.

13 And when they had entered in, they went up

into an upper room, where there remained Peler
and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas,
Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus,
and Simon Zelotes, and Jude of James.

14 All these were persevering with one mind in
prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and his brethren.

15 In those days Peter rising up in the midst
of the brethren, said : (Now the number of persons
together was about a hundred and twenty.)

16 Men, brethren, the Scripture must be ful-
filled, which the Holy Ghost foretold by the
mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the
leader of them that apprehended Jesus.

17 Who was numbered with us, and had ob-
tained part of this ministry.

18 And he indeed hath possessed a field of the
reward of iniquity ; and, being hanged, burst asun-
der in the midst ; and all his bowels gushed out.

19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem : so that the same field is called in their
tongue, Haceldama, that is, The field of blood.

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms : Let
their habitation become desolate, and let there be none
to dwell therein: and let another take his bishopruk.

21 Wherefore, of these men who have been with
us, all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and
went out among us,

22 Beginning from the baptism of John, until the
day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these
must be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

23 And they appointed two, Joseph, called Barsa-
bas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

24 And praying, they said : Thou, O Lord, who
knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these
two thou hast chosen,

25 To take the place of this ministry, and apos-
tleship, from which Judas hath by transgression
fallen, that he might go to his own place.

26 And they gave them lots; and the lot fell
upon Matthias : and he was numbered with the eleven
apostles.

CHAP. II.

The disciples receive the Holy Ghost. Peter's sermon to the peo-
ple. The piety of the first converts.

AND when the days of the Pentecost were accom-
plished, they were all together in the same place:

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven,
as of a mighty wind coming : and it filled the whole
house where they were sitting.

3 And there appeared to them cloven tongues as
it were of fire : and it sat upon each of them :

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost

101

THE ACTS.
and the) began to sneak with divers tongut s, accord-

is the 1 1 » 1 1 % Ghost rave them to speak.
\Ow there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devnui men, <>m of ev< rj nation under heaven.

6 \nd when ibis roii <■ was made, the multitude
came to and wat confounded in mind, be-

ic thai every mm heard them speaking in hi> »>w n
tiiniiii*-.

\ik1 tiny w.rc all amazed, and wondered,

Behold, are not all these, who speak. I

\ i.i how have w<' every one heard our own
ue wherein we w. re born ?

. and Medes, and Elamites, and in-
habitants of M« sopotainia, Judea, and Cappadocia,
I'ontus, mid Asia,

Id I'hryuia, and I'amphilia, EgJ r pt, and the parts
i Lrbia about Cyrene. and stniii^ors of Koine

II Jews also, and proselytes, Cretesand Ara-
bians; we have heard them speak in our own
loonies tin- wonderful works of God.

I .' \ ml they were all astonished, and wondered,
savin.: one to another: What meaneth tins?

IS But otlnrs mocking, said: These nun are
full of new wine.

1 ) Hut Peter, standing up, with the eleven,

lift-d up his voice, and spoke to them: Ve men of
Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, he this
known to you, and with your ears receive my

words.

1") Tor these are not drunk, as you suppose,

i is hut the third hour of the day :
Iti But this is that whieh was spoken of by the
prophet Jod :

17 And it shall come to pass, in the last days,
(saith the Lord) I will poor out of my spirit upon all
Besh : and your sous and your daughters shall pro-
phesy, and your VOUng men shall see visions, and
\oiir old men shall dream dreams.

18 And u|M>n my servants, indeed, and upon my
handmaids, will I pour out in those days of my Spi-
rit ; and tiny shall propbt

I'd \n<l I will show wonders in the heaven above,
ami s'mns on tin- earth beneath; blood and tire, and
our of smoke.

20 The sun shall Im- turned into darkness, and
the moon into blood. In-fore the -it.it and manifest
I the Lord eoineth.

Zl And it shall come to j>ass. that whosoever
shall rail u|ton the name of the Lord, shall be
saved.

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesusof

Nazareth, a man approved of God asmsjg you. In

>, and Wood) is. and si_ns, u |,|,|, ( I(H | did by
him in the midst of you, as roa also know:

29 This same being delivered up by the de-
termiaate* counsel and foreknowledge ol God, you

» By IW itlfrminmU, «•<■. (U.\ ,|.|,rrrts| op hr> Son : and km Ron He.
nvitml up ■<( ««. ami for the »ake of oar »alr».

• r«st up wu bolr. no
drtenmnMrnn Rut Iher who hetraied and crw.il",.. I I,.,,,. .1*1 wu \.
•dljr. foUuaruar thirila lhe»r own malice and the inalifation of the

have crucified and put to death by the hands of
w eked men :
J I Whom God hath raised op, having loosed the

sorrows of hell.f as it was impossible that lie
should be detained by it.

• For David saith concerning him: I fore-
saw the Lord always before mj face: becansi he is
at mv right hand, that I may. not be moved ■

So For this my heart hath been glad and my
tongue hath rejoiced : moreover, my flesh also shall
rest ill hope :

27 Because thou wilt not leave my void in hell,
nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption :

28 Thou bast made known tome the ways of life:
Thou shall make me full of joy with thy counte-
nance.

29 Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to
you of the patriarch David, that he died, and was
buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present
day.

30 ^Vhcrcas, therefore, he was a prophet, and
knew that (iod had sworn to him with an oath, that
of the fruit of his loins one should sit upon his
throne :

31 Foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of
Christ, for neither was he left in hell, neither did
his flesh see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up again, w here-
of we all are witnesses.

33 Being exalted, therefore, by the right hand
of God. and having received of the Father the pro-
mise of the Holy Ghost, he hath pound forth
this Which vou see and hear.

34 For David did not ascend into heaven : but
he himself said : The Lord said to my Lord, bit
thou on my right hand,

35 Until I make thv enemies thy footstool.

36 Therefore let all the house of Lrael know
most assuredly, that God hath made him Lord and
Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.

37 Now when they had heard these things, they
had c o m pun ction in their heart; and they said lo
Peter and to the rest ol' the aposlles: What shall we
do, men brethren ?

38 But Peter to them : Do penance, (said he)
and be baptised every oneof you in the name of Je-
susChrist, for the remission of your sins: and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost

39 For the promise is to vou, and to your chil-
dren, and to all that are far off, w honisocver the I ,ord
our God shall call.

40 And with a great many other words did he
testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves
from thisperverse generation.

11 They, therefore, that received his word,

were baptized : and there were added to tlttm in
that day about three thousand souls.

deril : not the will and determination '<( f Jixl. who «tm hr no mean*
the author of their »irkislti<»« ; iIhhi'/Ii he permitted it : hecauarhe
fou I, I. ;in.t did, J raw out of it wi (rn-at » pood, viz. the nalratioo of man.

♦ Hiring Uoud fir awwi, Ift. II
paw* of death, and ail the power of Im II.

CHAP. Ill, IV.

42 And they were pe'severing in the doctrine of
ihe apostles, and in the communication of the
breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 And bar came upon every soul: and many
wonders and signs were done by the apostles in
Jerusalem : and there was great fear in all.

44 And all they that believed were together, and
had all things common.

45 They sold their possessions and goods, and
divided them to all, according as every one had
need.

46 And continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house,
they took their meat with gladness and simplicity
of heart :

47 Praising God together, and having favour with
all the people. And the Lord added daily to their
society such as should be saved.

CHAP. III.

The miracle upon the lame man, followed by the conversion of

many.

NOW Peter and John went up to the temple, at
the ninth hour of prayer.

2 And a certain man, who was lame from his
mother's womb, was carried: whom they laid daily
at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beau-
tiful, that he might beg alms of them that went in-
to the temple.

3 He, when he had seen Peter and John about to
go into the temple, begged to receive an alms.

4 But Peter, with John, fixing his eyes upon
him, said: Look upon us.

5 And he looked earnestly upon them, hoping
that he should receive something from them.

6 But Peter said : Silver and gold I have none:
but what I have, I give thee : in the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

7 And having taken him by the right hand, he
lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles be-
came firm.

8 And he leaping up, stood, and walked ; and
entered with them into the temple, walking, and
leaping, and praising God.

9 And all the people saw him walking and prais-
ing God.

10 And they knew him, that it was he who sat
for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and
they were filled with wonder and amazement at
that which had happened to him.

11 And as he held Peter and John, all the peo-
ple amazed ran to them to the porch, which is call-
ed Solomon's.

12 Which Peter seeing, made answer to the peo-
ple : Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? or
why look you upon us, as if by our strength or
power we had made this man to walk?

13 The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath
glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered
up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he
judged he should be released.

14 But you denied the Holy and the just

One, and desired a murderer to be granted unto
you.

15 But the author of life you killed, whom God
hath raised from the dead, of which we are wit-
nesses.

16 And his name, through the faith t)f his name,
hath made this man strong, whom you have seen
and known: and the faith which is by him hath given
this perfect soundness in the sight of you all.

17 And now, brethren, I know that you did it
through ignorance, as also your rulers.

18 But those things which God had foretold by
the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

19 Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, tha:
your sins may be blotted out:

20 That, when the times of refreshment shall
come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall
send him who hath been preached unto you, Jesus
Christ,

21 Whom heaven indeed must receive until the
times of the restitution of all things, which God
hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets
from the beginning of the world.

22 For Moses indeed said : A prophet shall the
Lord your God raise up unto you out of your bre-
thren, like unto me : him you shall hear, accord-
ing to all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.

23 And it shall be, that every soul which will not
hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among
the people.

24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and after-
wards, that have spoken, have foretold these clays.

25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God made to our fathers, saying
to Abraham : And in thy seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed.

26 To you first God raising up his Son, sent
him to bless you : that every one should convert
himself from his wickedness.

CHAP. IV.

Peter and John are apprehended. Their constancy. The Church
is increased.

AND when they were speaking to the people,
the priests and the officer of the temple and
the Sadducees came unto them ;

2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and
declared in Jesus the resurrection from the dead :

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in
custody till the next day : for now it was evening.

4 But many of them who had heard the word
believed : and the number of the men was made
five thousand.

5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their
rulers, and ancients, and scribes were gathered to-
gether in Jerusalem :

6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiphas, and
John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the
priestly race :

7 And setting them in the midst, they asked :
By what power or in what name, have ye done
this ?

103

THE ACTS.

fl Then Peter, filled with (he Holj Ghost, said
them: Ye rulers of the people end ancients, bear :
9 h we thi vamined concerning the

good deed done to llH! Infirm m;in, by w li.il means lie
« hole ;
1«» 15c it kliow n in >uii all. and li>all the people of
ltrat'1, that in The name of our 1 (Old JeSOS ( "hrist of
Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath
raised from the and, ev« n by him doth this man

stand here before you whole.

1 I This is the stone which was rejected by you
the builders; which is become the beadofthecorner:

I I \ur is there salvation in any other. For there
'in no other name under heaven given to men, win n -
by we must Ih- sa\< d.

13 Now they Menu the constancy of Peter and

John, knowing that the\ Were illiterate and igno-
rant men, thej wondered : and they knew them,
that tln\ had Ir'cii with JeSUS !

I V Seeing also the man standing with them,
who hid been healed, they could say nothing
against it.

I i Hut they commanded them to go aside out
of the council : and they conferred among them-
selves,

16 Saving : What shall we do to these men? for
a miracle indeed hath been done by them, con-
spicuous to all the inhahitants of Jerusalem: it is

manifest, and we cannot deny it.

17 lint that it may he no further d i v ulg e d among
the people, I' t us threaten them, that they speak
no mote in this name to any man.

\nd calfing them, they charged them not to
if all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19 Mut Peter and John answering, raid to them:
If it Ije just in the sight of Coil, to hear you ra-
ther than < tad, judge ye.

20 For we cannot but sjicak the things which
we have seen and heard.

21 Bui they threatening them, §eni them awaj :
not finding how tin > might punish them, because
of the people: for all men glorified what had been
done, in that which had come to pass.

For the man was above forty years old in
whom that miraculous cure had Ihcii wrought.

23 And l*ing let go, they came to their own
company, and related all that the chief priests and
ancient-, had said o> them.

JV Who when they had heard them, with one
>nl lifted up their voice to (iod, and said: Lord,
thou art he that didst nuke heaven and earth, the
ind all things that are in tin ni :

Vt Who in tin Hoi) Ghost, by the mouth of our

father David t nit, hast said : Why have

the (i. utiles raged, and the people devised rain
things ?

rhc kings of the • ;irth stood up, and the
princrs assembled together against the Lord, and
against his Christ.

27 For there were truly ass, ml.led in this . it\
nist th\ holj Son Jesus, whom thou hast
inted, ll« rtj !. and Pontius Pilate, w ith the

itiles and the people of Israel,
MM

I To do what thy hand and thv counsel decreed

done.
1 And now. Lord, behold their threatcnii

and grant to th\ servants, with all confidence to

sjnak thy word,

M In this, that thou stretch forth thy hand to
cures, and signs, and wonders, to he done by the
name of thy holy Son Jesus.

31 And when they had prayed, the place was
shaken wherein they were assembled: and they
were all filled with the Holy (ihost: and they
Spoke the word of God with confidence.

32 And the multitude of the believers had but
one heart and one soul: neither did an] one ol them
say, that, of the things which he possessed, any-
thing was his own ; but all things were common
to them.

33 And with great power did the apostles give
testimony of the resurrection of Jesus Christ our
Lord: and great grace was in them all.

34 For neither was there any one among tin m
that wanted. For as main as were owners ol lands
or houses, sold them, and brought the price of the
things they sold,

33 And laid it down before the feet of the apos-
tles. And distribution was made to cwis mau
according as he had need.

36 And Joseph, who by the apostles was sur-
named Barnabas, (which, being interpreted, is the
son of consolation) a Levite, a Cyprian horn,

37 Having land, sold it, and brought the price,
and laid it at the feel of tlie apostles.

CHAP. V.

The judgment of God upon Annniai and Saphira. The apottlei
are cant into primm.

"OUT a certain man. named Ananias, with Sa-
-*-* phira his wife, sold a field,

2 And by fraud kept j>art of the price of the
field, his wife being conscious of it ; and bringing a
Certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

3 But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan
tempted thv heart, that thou shotildst lie to the Holy
Ghost, and by fraud keen part of the price of the
field ?

4 Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee ?
and being sold, was it not in thy power? ^ h\ hast
thou conceived this thing in thy heart ? Thou hast
not lied to men, but to God.

5 And Ananias hearing these words, fell down,
and gave up the ghost. And great fear came U|>on
all that heard it.

6 And the young men rising up, removed him,
and carrying him out, buried him.

7 And it came to pass, about the space of three
hours alter, his wife also, not knowing what had
happened, came in.

8 And Peter said to her : Tell me, woman, w bo-
ther you sold the field for so much ? And she said :
^ I i. lor s, I, h.

9 \nd Peter said unto her: Why have you
agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lurd ?

CHAP. VI.

Behold, the feet of those who have buried thy hus-
band, are at the door; and they shall Carry thee
out.

10 Immediately she fell down before his feet, and
save up the ghost. And the young men coming In.
found her dead; and carried her out, and buried
her by her husband.

11 And there came great fear upon the whole
Church, and upon all that heard these things.

12 And by the hands of the apostles many signs
and wonders were done among the people. And
they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

13 But of the rest no one durst join himself to
them : but the people magnified them.

14 And the multitude of men and women that
believed in the Lord was more increased,

15 Insomuch that they brought out the sick into
the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that
when Peter came, his shadow at the least might
overshadow any of them, and they might be de-
livered from their infirmities.

16 And there came also together to Jerusalem a
multitude out of the neighbouring cities, bringing
siek persons, and such as were troubled with un-
clean spirits: who were all healed.

17 Then the high priest rising up, and all that
were with him (which is the heresy of the Saddu-
cees,) were filled with indignation.

18 And they laid hands on the apostles, and put
them in the common prison.

19 But an angel of the Lord by night opening
the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said :

20 Go, and standing speak in the temple to the
people all the words of this life.

21 And they having heard this, entered early in
the morning into the tern pie, and taught. Now the
high-priest being arrived, and they that were with
him, assembled the council, and all the ancients of
the children of Israel ; and sent to the prison to have
them brought.

22 But when the officers came, and having
opened the prison, found them not, returning back
they told,

23 Saying : The prison, indeed, we found shut
with all diligence, and the keepers standing before
the doors: but opening it, we found no man within.

24 Now when the magistrate of the temple, and
the chief-priest heard these words, they were in
doubt what was become of them.

25 But a certain man coming, told them : Be-
hold, the men whom you put in prison, are stand-
ins in the temple, and teaching the people.

26 Then went the magistrate with the officers,
and brought them without violence: for they feared
the people, lest they should be stoned.

27 And when they had brought them, they set
them before the council. And the high-priest spoke
to them,

23 Saying : Commanding we comnvmded you,
that you should not teach in this name : and, be-
hold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine :
and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man
ui>on us.

29 Peter then answering, and the apostles, said .
WC ought to obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers bath raised up Jesus,
whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree.

31 This Prince and Saviour, God hath exalted
with his right hand, to give penitence to Israel, and
remission of sins.

32 And we are witnesses of these things, and
the Holy Ghost, whom God hath gi\en to all those
that obey him.

33 When they had heard these things, they were
cut to the heart ; and they thought to put them to
death.

34 But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee,
by name Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected
by all the people, commanded the men to be put
forth a little while.

35 And he said to them : Ye men of Israel, con-
sider with yourselves, what you are about to dc
with these men.

36 For before these days rose up Theodas, af-
firming himself to be somebody, with whom joined
a number of men, about four hundred ; who was
slain: and all who believed him were dispersed,
and reduced to nothing.

37 Alter this man rose up Judas the Galilean in
the days of the enrolling, and drew away the peo-
ple after him: he also perished: and all whosoevei
consented to him were dispersed.

38 And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain
from these men, and let them alone: for if this
design, or work, be of men, it will fall to nothing:

39 But if it be of God, you are not able to de-
stroy it : lest perhaps you be found to oppose God.
And they consented to him.

40 And calling in the apostles, after they had
been scourged, they charged them not to speak at
all in the name of Jesus; and they dismissed them.

41 And they indeed went from the presence of
the council rejoicing, that they were accounted wor-
thy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.

42 And they ceased not every day in the tem-
ple, and from house to house, to teach and preach
Christ Jesus.

CHAP. VI.

The ordaining of the seven deacons. The zeal of Stephen.

AND in those days, the number of the disci-
ples increasing, there arose a murmuring of
the Grecians* against the Hebrews, for that their
widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

2 Then the twelve, calling together the multitude
of the disciples, said : It is not fit that we should
leave the word of God, and serve tables.

3 Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you
seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy
Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over
this business.

* Grecian*. So Ihey called the Jews that were boxu ifiA brought "f
in (Jreece. ^

THE ACTS.

•V Bui »c will give ourselves continually to praji r.
and t<» tin- ministiy «il the word.

5 Ami tin- discourse i II the multitude.

Ami the) chose Stephen, a man dill of faith and oi
tin- ||«.|\ », ail Philip, and Prochorus, and

\ id Tiiuou, aud Parincuas, and Nicolas, a

prosclvtc of AtitMN'h.

8 ibra thej placed ia the p r e sence of the anon-
dee: sad the) praying imposed hands uno* then.

\ml the word of the Lord increased; and the
number of the disciples was multiplied rery much
in Jerusalem : ■ {real multitude also of the priests
obeyed the faith.

Now Stephen, full of grace Bfid fortitude, did
cjeat Broaden and miracles imtwg the people.

9 But certain men of the syn igpgue, thai is call-
ed of the Libertines, and of the Cyreiieans, and of
the Alexandrians, and of those that were of (ilicia

\ . up disputing with Stephen:

10 And they were not alile to resist the wisdom
■ad the spirit with which he spoke.

1 1 Then tiny suborned men to say, that they
had heard him speaking words of Maaphemj against
Moses and against tiod.

12 The) stirred Up, therefore, tlie people, and

the aacients, and the scribes: and running together,
they took him, and brought him before the council.

13 And they set ii|i laUe w itnesses, w ho said: This
man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy
nlare and the law :

1 V For we have heard him say, that this Jesus
of Yi/areth shall destroy this place, and shall change
the traditions which Moses delivered to us.

|."> And all the\ who s:it in the council looking
eaimstU upon him, saw his lace as it were the face
ol an Angel.

CHAP. vn.

Slcpkr m'l speech before Ike council: hit martyrdinm.

TINA the high-priest said: Are these things SO?
2 \nd he said: Yemen, brethren and fa-
thers, give ear. The God of (ilorv app< and to our
father Abraham, when he was in .Mesopotamia, I>e-
he dwell in (haran:
3 And be said to him: (Jo forth out of thv conta-
in and from thy kindred; and COOK! into (he land
which I will show tine.

\ Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans,
and dwi ll in (haran. And from theme, alter his

father was dead, he removed nan into this land, in

Which \oii now dwell.

5 Ami be gave him no inheritance in it. no not

the a foot: but he promised to gire it him

in nossessioii. and to his seed after him, when he
had not a SOB.

6 And God said to him: That his seed should
• in i in a strange country, and that thev should

• in-ill under houda-e. and treat them ill foi

lour hundred y< i

7 And the nation w huh they shall serve. I will

judge, sod the Lord: and after these things tin y

shall ^> out, and shall serre me in this ulai

lot

8 And lie gave him the com nant of circumcision:
and so he hit-got Isaac, and circumcised hitn the
eighth day ; and Isaac Jacob; and Jacob the tw the
patriarchs.

fj Ami the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold
Joseph into Kgypt: and God was with him.

10 And he delivered him out ol all his tribula-
tions: and cave him fa\ our and w isdoui in the sight
of I'harao king (if Eg) pt : and he appointed him
governor ewer Kgypt. and over all his house.

1 1 Now there came a famine overall Kgypt, and
Chanaan, and great tribulation: and our latin is
found no food.

12 Hut when Jacob had heard that there was
com in Kgypt, he sent our fathers the first time:

13 And at the second time Joseph was known
by his brethren ; and his kindred was made known
to I'harao.

14 And Joseph sending, called thither .Jacob his
father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt; aud he died,
and our fathers.

16 And they were translated to Sielu in, and
weir laid in the sepulchre, which Abraham bought
for a sum of money of the sons of lien. or the sou
of Siehetn.

17 And when the time of the promise drew near,
which God had promised to Abraham, the people
increased and were multiplied in Egypt ;

18 Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew
not Joseph.

19 This same dealing deceitfully with our nice.
afflicted our fathers, that they should expo** iheii
children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

20 At the same time was Moses born; aud he
was acceptable to God: and ho was nourished

three months in his father's house.

21 But hie bang e xposed, l'harao's daughter took

DUO up. and nourished him for her ow u son.

22 And Most s was instructed in all the wisdom
of the Kgypt ians: and he was powerful in his
words, aud in his deeds.

23 Aud when he was full forty years old, it came
into his heart to visit his brethren the children of

IsraeL

24 And having seen a certain man suffer an in-
jurv, he defended him: and striking the Egyptian,
In- avenged bun who suffered the injury.

25 And he thought that his brethren understood
that (iod by his hand would save them: but they
understood it not.

2li \ud the next day he showed himself to llnni
thai were at strife; and would have reconciled
them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren ; why
hurt ye one another ?

J7 Bui lie that did the injury to his neighbour
thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed their
prime and judge over us?

28 N ilt thou kill me, as thou diiUt yesterday kill
the Egyptian ?

1 \nd Moses fled upon this word; and became

a stranger in the laud of Madian, where he begat
two sons.

CHAP. VIII.

30 And when forty years were expired, there
appeared to him, in the desert of mount Sina, an
angel in a flame of fire in a hush.

;>] And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight:
and as lie drew near to view it, the voice of the
Lord came to him, saying:

32 I am the < iod ol thy fathers, the God of Abra-
ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jaeoh.
And Moses, being terrified, durst not behold.

33 And the Lord said to him : Loose thy shoes
from off" thy feet ; for the place wherein thou stand-
est is holy ground.

31 Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people,
which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan-
ing, and am come down to deliver them : and now
come, and I will send thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who
hath appointed thee prince and judge? him God
sent a prince and redeemer, by the hand of the an-
gel, who appeared to him in the bush.

36 He brought them out, doing wonders and
signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and
in the desert for forty years.

37 This is that Moses who said to the children
of Israel : A prophet will God raise up to you out
of your own brethren, as myself: him shall you
hear.

38 This is he who was in the Church in the wil-
derness, with the angel, who spoke to him on mount
Sina, and with our fathers : who received the words-
of life to give to us :

39 To whom our fathers would not he obedient;
but repulsed him, and in their hearts returned back
into Egypt,

40 Saying to Aaron : Make us Gods to go before
us: for as to this Moses, who brought us out of
l lie laud of Egypt, we know not what is become of
him.

41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered
sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of
their own hands.

42 And God turned, and gave them up to serve
the host of heaven ; as it is written in the book of
the prophets : Did you offer victims and sacrifices
to me for forty years in the desert, O house of
Israel ?

43 And you took unto you the tabernacle of Mo-
loch, and the star of your god Rempham, figures
which you made to adore them. And I will carry
you away beyond Babylon.

44 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our
fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them,
speaking to Moses that he should make it accord-
ing to the form which he had seen :

45 Which also our fathers receiving, brought in
with Jesus,* into the possession of the Gentiles,
whom God expelled from the face of our fathers,
until the days of David :

46 Who found grace in the sight of God, and

* Jrstts. That is Joswe, so called in Greek.

\ Ihrelltth not in houses, ire. That is, so as to stand in need of earth-
I)' dwellings, or to be contained or circumscribed by them . though,

desired that he might find a tabernacle for the God
of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built him a house.

48 But the Most High dwclleth not in houses
made by hands,f as the prophet saith :

49 Heaven is "my throne : and the earth is mv
footstool. What house will you build for me D saith
the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?

50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

51 With a stiff neck and uncircumcised heart aim
ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your
fathers did, so do you also.

52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers
persecuted? And they have slain these who foretold
of the coming of the Just One ; of whom you have
been now the betrayers and murderers :

53 Who have received the law by the disposition
of angels, and have not kept it.

54 Now, hearing these things, they were cut tr
the heart : and they gnashed with their teeth a
him.

55 But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looking
up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and
Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he
said : Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the
Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

5G And they crying out with a loud voice, stop-
ped their ears, and with one accord rushed in vio-
lently upon him.

57 And having cast him out of the city, the)
stoned him : and the witnesses-laid down their gar-
ments at the feet of a young man, whose name was
Saul.

58 And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and say-
ing : Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

59 And kneeling down, he cried out with a loud
voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their
charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep
in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his
death.

CHAP. VIII.

Philip converts the Samaritans, and baptizes the eunuch.

\ ND at that time there was raised a great per-
J -*- secution against the Church, which was at
Jerusalem: and they were all dispersed through
the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the
apostles.

2 And devout men took care of Stephen's fune-
ral, and made great mourning over him.

3 But Saul ravaged the Church, entering into
houses, and haling awav men and women, commit-
ted them to prison.

4 They, therefore, who were dispersed, went
about preaching the word of God.

5 And Philip, going down to the city of Sama-
ria, preached Christ to them.

6 And the people were attentive to those things

otherwise by his immense divinity, he is in our houses, and every
where else ; and Christ in bis humanity dwelt in houses, and is now
on our altars.

107

THE ACTS.

which were said bv Philip, with one accord hearing
ami serine the miracles which he <li<l !

I Foi unclean spoils. «r\ nit; out with a loud

« went mit ol main who were possessed witli

them.

8 And many, taken w ith the* palsy, and that
Will lame. Mi re healed.

9 \nd there was- ^reat jov in that city, lint a
icrtain man named Simon, who before had been a
magician in the city, seducing the |»eo|i una-
ria. giving out that he was some areat one:

l(» I'.. \\ hoin all hearkened. from the least to the
greatest, savin :; : This man i- the power of God,
vv hieh is railed treat.

I I And tiny were attentive to him; because for
a long time he had bewitched them with his sor-

1 J Hut when thrv had !>elievrd Philip preaching
the kingdom of God, in tin- name of Jesus Christ.
men and women Hire baptised:

Id linn Simon himself lielieicd also: and being
baptized, he adhered to l'hilip. Seehm also won-
ders and miracles done, he was struck with amaze-
ment.

1 I Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusa-
lem, had heard that Samaria had received the word
of QodL they teal to them IVter and John:

15 Who, win ii the] were come, praved for them

that tlnv might receive the Hot] Ghost:

16 For he was not yet come upon any one of
them; but thej were onlv baptized in the name of

the Lord Jesus.

17 Then they laid their hands upon them;* aid
the v received the llolv (ihost.

\nd when Simon saw, that bv the im|K>sition
of the hands of the apostles the Holy Ghost was
given, he nth-red them money,

19 Saying: (live me also this power, that on
whomsoever I sh;ill lav hands, he may receive the
Hoh Ghost, But Peter said to him:

tt Mi\ thv money perish with thee: Ix-cause thou
hast esteemed the tilt of God to lie purchased with
money.

21 Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter: for
thy la-art is not ridit in the si-ht of (iod.

I >o penanre. therefore. Irom this thy wicked-
ness: and pray to (iod. that perhaps this thought
ol th\ heart mav In- forgiven thee:

I or I see thou art in the gall of bitterness, and
in the InhuIs ol iniquity.

JV I'll, ii Minion ansvverins. said: Pray you to
the Lord for me, that none of these things which
you have said mav i -ome apes me.

25 And Pies, indeed. ha\ inu testified and | reach-
ed the woid ol the Lord, returned 10 Jerusalem, and
preached the |on|hI to Diuitrics of the Si

,n I an an -el of the Lord spoke to Philip,

• TVjUJlW MM, wfcm ti.«,. Ift. The aptntlr* administered
> ri|R' nl of coannrnikMi. In in • ■( hand*, a-

and the fcithful thereby rer.i.r.1 tin- 1 1 . .t «■ (ibml. Not but Ohm Kail
r*e. . ac* of the Half QkMt at thctr baftiwn i j el not thai

taxing: Arise, and go towards the south, to the
.vav that goeth down irom Jerusalem to Gaza: this
il desert.

And rising up, he went. And, behold, a man

nl l.ihiopia, a eunuch, of great nuihotiiv under
( andare queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge
over all hi r treasures, had come to Jerusalem to
don :

28 And he was returning, sitting on his chariot,
and reading Isaias the prophet.

29 And the Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and
join tin sell to that chariot.

30 And Philip running thither, heard him reading
the prophet Isaias : and he said : Thinkesl thou
that thou understandt st what thou readest .'

31 And he said: How can I, unless some one
show me? And he desired Philip to come up, ai.d
sit with him.

98 And the place of the Scripture, which he read,
was this : Asa sheep he was led to the slaughter:
and like a lamb without a voice before his shearer,
so opened he not his mouth.

33 In humility his judgment was taken away.
Who shall declare his generation ; for his life shall
be taken away from the earth ?

34 Aad the eunuch, answering Philip, said : I
beseech tine, of whom doth the prophet speak this?
ol himself, or of some other?

35 And Philip, opening his mouth, and beginmg
at that Scripture, preached to him JeSUS,

3b' And as they went on the way, they came
to a certain water: and the eunuch saith : See,
here is w ater ; what hindereth me from being bap-
tized .-

37 And Philip said : If thou 1h lievest with
thy whole heart, thou mayest. And he answering,
said : I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son ol

God.

3d And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
■ad they both went down into the water, Philip and
the eunuch ; ami he baptized him.

39 And when they were come up out of the
water, the Spirit of the Lord took away Philip :
and the eunuch saw him no more. And he went on

his wav rejoicing.

40 But Philip was found in Azotus; and passing
through, he preached the gospel to all the cities, till

izotus; and passim

he came to Cesarea

lire
( e-

CHAP. IX.

I'miVs ronrerrion and zeal. Prtrr healt Enea* J and raitri Ta-
Litha to life.

A ND Saul, as yet breathing out threatening! and
-^*- slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the hidi-priest,

2 And asked of him letters to Damascus to the
synagogues ; that if he found any men and womt u

I'lrnit'iilr of face mod thone spiritual (rift* which they afterwards re-
ceived from bishops, in the sacramrnt of confirmation, which
«tr*ttfUwAad then to profcaa their (kith publickl/.

CHAP. IX.

of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusa-
lem.

3 And as he went on his journey, it came to pass,
that he drew near to Damascus: and suddenly a
Sght from heaven shined round about him.

4 And falling on the ground, he heard a voice
wiving to him: Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute

■<: :

And _,e said : Who art thou, Lord ? And he:
i m/a Jesus, whom thou dost persecute : It is hard
(or thee to kick against the goad.

6 And he, trembling and astonished, said: Lord,
what wilt, thou have me to do?

7 And the Lord said to him : Arise, and go into
the city ; and there it shall be told thee what thou
must do. Now the men, who went in company with
him, stood amazed, hearing indeed a voice, but
seeing no one.

8 And Saul arose from the ground ; and his eyes
bnhg opened, he saw nothing. But they leading him
by the hands, brought him into Damascus.

9 And he was there three days, without sight :
and he neither eat nor drank.

1 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus,
by name Ananias: and the Lord said to him in a vi-
sion: Ananias. And he said: Behold, I am here, Lord.

1 1 And the Lord said to him : Arise, and go into
the street, that is called Strait; and seek, in the
house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus; for, be-
hold, he prayeth.

12 (And he saw a man named Ananias coming
in, and laying his hands upon him, that he might re-
reiv his sight.)

13 But Ananias answered : Lord, I have heard
from many of this man, how great evils he hath
done to thy saints in Jerusalem :

14 And here he hath authority from the chief
priests, to bind all that invoke thy name.

15 And the Lord said to him : Go; for this man
is a vessel of election to me, to carry my name
before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of
Israel.

16 For I will show him how great things he must
suffer for the sake of my name.

17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into
the house ; and laying his hands on him, he said :
Saul, brother, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he
who appeared to thee in the way as thou earnest,
that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled
with the Holy Ghost.

13 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it
were scales ; and he received his sight ; and rising
up, he was baptized.

19 And when he had taken meat, he was strength-
ened. And he was with the disciples who were at
Damascus, for some days.

20 And immediately he preached Jesus in the
*ynagogues, that he is the Son of God.

21 And all were astonished that heard him, and
said : Is not this he who in Jerusalem attacked
violently those who called upon that name ; and
came hither for this purpose, that he might had
them bound to the chief priests?

22 But Saul increased much more in strength,
and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damas-
cus, affirming that this is the Christ.

23 And when many days were passed, the Jews
consulted together to kill him.

24 But their laying in wait w»s made known to
Said. And they guarded the gates also day and
night, that they might kill him.

25 But the disciples taking him by night, con-
veyed him away by the wall, letting him down in
a basket.

26 And when he was come into Jerusalem, he
offered to join himself to the disciples : and all
were afraid of him, not believing that he was a
disciple.

27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to
the apostles, and related to them how he had seen
the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to
him, and how in Damascus he had acted confidently
in the name of Jesus.

28 And he was with them coming in and going
out in Jerusalem, and acting confidently in the name
of the Lord."

29 He spoke also to the Gentiles, and disputed
with the Grecians : but they sought to kill him.

30 Which when the brethren had known, they
brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him away to
Tarsus.

31 The Church, indeed, had peace throughout all
Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and was increased,
walking in the fear of the Lord, and was filled with
the consolation of the Holy Ghost.

32 And it came to pass, that Peter, as he passed
through visiting all, came to the saints who dwelt
at Lydda.

33 And he found there a certain man named
Eneas, lying on his bed lor eight years, who was ill
of the palsy.

34 And Peter said to him: Eneas, the Lord Jesus
Christ healeth thee: arise, and make thy bed. And
immediately he arose.

35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw
him : and they were converted to the Lord.

36 And in Joppe there was a certain disciple
named Tabitha, which, being interpreted, is called
Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and
alms-deeds, which she performed.

37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was
sick, and died. Whom when they had washed, they
laid her in an upper chamber.

33 And Lydda being near to Joppe, the disciples
hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him
with this request: Delay not to come even to us.

39 And Peter rising up, came with them. And
when he was arrived, they brought him into the
upper chamber : and all the widows stood about him
weeping, and showing him the coats and garments
which Dorcas had made them.

40 And having put them all out, Peter kneeling
down, prayed ; and turning to the body, he said :
Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and
having seen Peter, sat up.

41 And giving her his hand he raised her up

THE ACTS.

And when he had railed (he Mints and the widows,
be pre s e nt ed her ali\ «-.

1 1 And it w as made know n throughout all JoBSJe;
ami main believed in the Lord.

Ami ii nunc i<> pass that be si ii<l man) days

in Jopjtc, With one Simon a lanm r.
CHAP. X.

C-omrlint it rrrriml into the Ckttrck. Prtrr't pinion.

Nl >\V there a u i certain man in Cesarea, named
I nrmliiis. u centurion of the band, which is
called the Italian.

.' \ r< Tizioiis man. and one that feared Ciod with
all his house, who gave tn«tch alms to the ik<»i>I«-,
and prayed to ( iod alwaj - !

> IT san in a vision manifestly, about the ninth
hour oi" the dai . • • ■ i sneel of ( Sod coming in to him,
and sa\ inu to him : Cornelius.

V Ami In- beholding him. being seised with fear,
said: What is it. Lord? And In- said to him : Tin
prayers and thy alms hare as© nded for a memorial
in tin- right of < Sod.

Mid noa send men to Joppe, and call hither
e»nc Simon, who is sttroamed Peter:

6 He kidgeth with rate Simon a tarnier, whose

house is b) th. ;<• : he shall tell thee what

thou must do.

7 \nd when the angel who spoke to him was
departed, he called two of his house hold servants,
and a soldier that feared the Lord, of those who
were under him :

I •> whom when he had related all, he sent
tin in to Joppe.

'.' tod on the next dav, whilst Ibej were goiim.
on their journey, ami drawing near to the city,

I', ter went • ■ | • to the higher parts of the house to
praj . a boot the si\th hour.

I" \nd being hungry, he was desirous to taste
aomtuliitt. Ami as the) were preparing, there came
ii|K)ii him an of mind :

II And he sau heaven Opened, and a certain
vessel d< so tiding, a- ii were a unit sheet, let down
bj tin- tour corners from heaven to the earth,

IJ In which were all manner of four-footed

■ is. and creeping of the earth, and low K

i f the air.

I I \nd there came 1 a voice to him: krise, Peter,
kill, and

I V Mm I !: Far In- it from me. Lord: for

I have never cati n an) common and unclean tiling.

I 5 \iul the voice spnh, to him again the second
time: That which God hath purified, do not thou
(all common.

Iti \iiil this was done thrice : and presently the
vessel was taken np again into heaven,

I '. \nw whilst Peter was doubting w ithm himself,
what the vision which he had seen should mean:

'i tt*iy i.i tn. Thai n to nr. Hot onlr Jew., W C mile.
o( n »*rer. «r • aeeaptabfe lo • •'.•.!. n t'. t iv-ar him and

work lint i« a'~ -\

twkuk (wt» »• I'aul, II. I. ii M ,< ,. Mnf*. ..'./. It >La> cw;

110

heboid, the men who wi re sent In Cornelius, in*
quiring for Simon's house, stood at the gate*

IH And win n the) had called, the) asked if Si
noon who is siirnameil Peter, lodged there.'

19 And as Peter was thinking on the vision* the.
Spirit said to him: Heboid three men seek thee.

„'<) Arise then fore, _n down, anil no with t, ii in,
doubting nothing: for 1 have sent them.

21 Then Peter going down to the nun, said
Behold, 1 am he whom \ou seek: what is the i ause,
for which you are come.''

J 1 And the) said. < orndius, the centurion, a |iis(
man and one that feaieth God, and (hat hath good
testimony from all the nation of the. lews, recewed
an answer of a holy Bagel, to send for thee inlojiis
house, and to hear words from tint-.

J. > Then bringing them in, he lodged them. And
the day follow ing be arose, and went w if 1 1 them: and
tome of the brethren from Joppe accompanied him.

J i \nd the da) after he entered into Cesarea.
Now Cornelius was w siting for tin in, ha\ in;: called
together his kinsmen and special friends.

25 And it came to pass, when Peter was come
in, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his fa i
worshipped.

i Hut Peter tamed him up, saying: Rise, I
unself alst) am a man.

J7 And talking with him he went in, and found
many that were come together.

2H And he said to them: Vou know how ahoini
n i le a thing it is for a man that is a Jew, to keep
c mpain or to come to one ol another nation:
but God hath show etl to me, not to call any man
common or unclean.

21) Wherefore making no doubt, I came when I
was sent for. I ask, therefore, for what cause yen
have sent for me?

30 And Cornelius said: Four days ago. until this
m in. I was praying in ni\ house at the ninth hour.

and behold a man stood before nie in white apparel
and said :

31 Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms
rnetnbered in the sight of God.

32 Stud therefore toJoppe. and t all hither Simon.
who is surnamed Peter" he lodgeta in the house of
Simon a tanner b\ the sea Mile.

33 Immediately therefore! sent to thee: and thou

hast done well in coining. Now therefore all we are
present in tin sight, to hear all things wbataoevei
an commanded thee by the Lord.

34 Then Peter opening his mouth, said : In
truth I perceive that God is no respecter or" persons:

> Hut in every nation* he thai foaretn bun. and
worketh justice, is acceptable to him.

6 ( "*l a in the word to the children of Israel,
preaching peace through Jesus Christ: (he ■ Lord

of all.)

37 Vou know the word which hath been pub-

llfwaro llwti of tli» error of thorn, who wroilil infrr from 'ht» pauare
lint men of all religion, mm ho plraMnc In I

Mi religion Ma be front Oodl all i.llnr religion, nui-t l>e frorr
lic father of bet, and therefore highly dt«i>lea»iiig tu lite Uud of imth

ciur. xi.

Itshed through all Judea : for it began from Gali-
lee, after the baptism which John preached,

58 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him
with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went
ibout doing good, and healing all that were op-
pressed by the devil, for God was with him.

39 And we are witnesses of all things which he
did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem,
whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree.

10 Him God raised up the third day, and gave
him to be made manifest,

41 Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-
ordained of ( iod, even to us, who eat and drank
with him after he rose again from the dead.

42 And he commanded us to preach to the peo-
ple, and to testify that it is he who hath been ap-
pointed by God to be the Judge of the living and
of tin 1 dead.

43 To him all the prophets give testimony, that
through his name all receive remission of sins, who
believe in him.

44 While Peter was yet speaking these words,
the Holy Ghost fell upon all them that were hear-
ing the word.

45 And the faithful of the circumcision, who
had come with Peter, were astonished because the
grace of the Holy Ghost was also poured out upon
tin 1 Gentiles.

46 For they heard them speaking with tongues,
and magnifying God.

47 Then Peter answered : Can any man forbid
water, that these should not be baptized, who have
received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they en-
treated him to stay with them some days.

CHAP. XI.

Peter d' fends his having received the Gentiles into the Church.
Many are converted at Anlioe.h.

\ ND the apostles and brethren who were in Ju-
-^*- dea, heard that the Gentiles also had received
the word of God.

2 And when Peter was come tip to Jerusalem,
they who were of the circumcision disputed against
him,

3 Saying : Why didst thou go in to men uncir-
cumcised, and didst eat with them ?

4 But Peter began and declared to them the mat-
ter in order, saying :

5 I was in the city of Joppe praying, and I saw
in an ecstacy of mind a vision, a certain vessel de-
scending as it were a great sheet let down from
heaven by four corners, and it came even to me:

6 Into which looking I considered, and saw four-
footed creatures of the earth, and beasts and creep-
ing things, and fowls of the air :

7 And 1 heard also a voice, saying to me: Arise,
Peter, kill, and eat.

8 And 1 said : By no means, Lord : for nothing
common or unclean hath ever entered into my
mouth.

9 And the voice answered the second time from
heaven : What God hath made clean call not thou
common.

10 And this was done three times : and all were
.taken tip again into heaven.

11 And behold, immediately there were three
men come to the house wherein I was, sent to me
from Cesarea.

12 And the Spirit said to me, that I should go
with them, nothing doubting. And these six bre-
thren went with me also, and we entered into the
man's house.

13 And he told us, how he had seen an angel in
his house, standing and saying to him : Send to
Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed
Peter,

14 Who shall speak to thee words, whereby thou
and all thy house shall be saved.

15 And when I had begun to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the be-
ginning.

16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, as
he said : John indeed baptized with water, but you
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

17 If then God gave to them the same grace,as
to us also who have believed in the Lord Jesus
Christ : who was I, that I could oppose God 2

1 8 When they had heard these things, they held
their peace: and glorified God, saying: God then
hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto
life.

19 And they indeed who had been dispersed, by
the persecution that arose on occasion of Stephen,
went about as far as Phenice and Cyprus and An-
tioch, speaking the word to none, but to the Jews
only.

20 But some of them were men of Cyprus and
Cyrene, who when they had entered into Antioch
spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

21 And the hand of the Lord was with them:
and a great number believing was converted to the
Lord.

22 And the report of these things came to the
ears of the Church that was at Jerusalem, and they
sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.

23 Who when he was come, and had seen the
grace of God, rejoiced: and exhorted them ail with
purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.

24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy
Ghost, and of faith. And a great multitude was
added to the Lord.

25 And Barnabas went to Tarsus, to seek Saul :
whom when he had found he brought to Antioch.

26 And they conversed there in the church a
whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so
that at Antioch the disciples were first named
Christians.

27 And in these days there came prophets from
Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 And one of them named Agabus, rising up,

signified by the Spirit that there should be a great

famine over the whole world, which came to pass

under Claudius.

II II. \( is.

\nd tin* disci). I ording to his

ability, reaolved to send relief to the brctlucn who
dwell in Jin!

Which also the) did, sending 1/ to the ancient*
b) the hands ui Barnabas and Saul.

( II LP, \II.

Herod's pertecution. PetrrU delirrranre fry on Angtl. He-
rod*! pmnUkmcmt.

AW) at ilu- same time Herod the kin- stretched
forth his hands i<> affix t some of the church.

2 And he killed James the brother of John with

rd.

3 Ami seems that it pleased the Jews, In- pro-
ceeded further to take Peter also. (Now it was
in tin- days of the azvmes.)*

4 Whom as soon as he had apprehended, he
cast into prison, delivering him to four quaternions
of Roldii r^ to he kept, intending alter the pasch to
bring him forth to the people.

.") Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer

was made without ceasing b) the church to God

for him.

6 \nd wh.-n Herod would have brought him forth,
thatver) night Peter was sleeping between two sol-
diers, bound w iili two chains ( and the guards before
th door kept the prison.

7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood In
him: and a li-hi shined in the riKmi : and he
stiikiim Peter mi the side, raised him up, sav-
in; : Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from
his hands.

\nd the aniyl said to him: Gird thyself, and

Cut on thy sandals. Ami he did so. And he said to
iin : Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And going out he followed him, and knew not
that it was true, which was done In the angel : but

thought lie saw ;i \ is'ioil.

pi Viiil having passed through the first and the
second ward, the) came to the iron gate that lead-
eth to the city, which of itself opined to them.
And going out. the) passed on through one street :
and immediately the angel departed from him.

11 And Peter coming to himself, said : Now I
know indeed, that the Lord hath sent his angel,
and hath delivered me OUI of the hand of ll'iod.
nnd from all tli tation of the people o1 the

.lev

12 \nl considering, he came to the house of
Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed

. w here man) w< re assembled, and prai big.

I > \nd when he knocked at the door of the
a damsel came to hearken, named Rhode.

IV \nd .in she knew Peter's voice, she

opened not the gate for joy. but running in, sh.
told 'hat Peter Btood Ih lore the gad .

15 But th«\ said to her : Thou art mad. But
she affirmed that it was so. Then said the) : It is
his angel.

.isim» TbafeMtvmlarUMutoMr«Kidbr«M,artiM|WNb t «ri>ich
lit

IG But Peter continued knocking, And when
the> had opened, the) saw him, and were asto
uished.

17 Put be beckoning to them with his hand to
hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought
him out of prison, and he said : Tell these thi
to James and to trie brethren. And being -one out,
he went into another place.

[8 As soon as it was day, there was no small
confusiou among the soldiers, what wa> become of
Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for him, and
found him not, having examined the keepers, he
commanded they should be led awaj ; and going
down from Judea 'o (esarea, he staved there.

J() And be was angrj with the Tynans and the
Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him,
and having gained Blasttis who was th, kin-'s
chamberlain, they desired peace, because their
countries were nourished In him.

21 And upon a day appointed, Herod, arrayed
in royal apparel, sat on the judgment-seat, and
made an oration to (hem.

22 And the people with acclamations cried out :
It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

23 And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck
him, because be had not given the honour to God:

and eaten up by worms, be expired.

24 But the word of the Lord increased and mul

tiplieil.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jeru-
salem, having tullilled their ministry, taking with
them John, who was surnamed Mara.

CHAP. XIII.

Saul and Barnaba* are tent forth hy the Holy (ihosi. Thry
preach in Cyprus and tn intiinhof I'tsitlta.

"JVTOW there were in the church, which was at
-L' Antioch, prophets and teachers, amoim whom
was Barnabas, and Simon w ho was called Niger,
and Lucius of Cytene, and Manahen who was the

foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 And as the) were ministering to the Lord, and
fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me
>aul and Barnabas, for the work to which 1 have
taken them.

3 Then they fasting and praying, and imposing
their hands upon them, sent them away.

4 So they being sent by the Holj Ghost, went
to Seleucia: and from thence the) sailed to I
pro-.

5 And when they were come to Sulamina, tbej
preached the word of God in the synagogues ot
the Jew*. And they had aKo John in their mi-

aistryj

6 And when they had gone through the wholt
island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man,
a magician, ■ false prophet, a Jew, whose name
was Bar-jean,

7 Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus,
a prudent man. This man sending for Barnabas
and Saul, desired to hear the word of God

CHAP. XIII.

8 But Elymas the magician (for so bis name is
interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away
the proconsul from the faith.

9 Then Saul, who also is Paul, filled with the
Holy Ghost, looking upon him,

10 Said : O thou full of all guile, and of all de-
ceit, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou
dost not cease to pervert the right ways of the
Lord.

1 1 And now behold the hand of the Lord upon
thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for
a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist
and a darkness, and going about, he sought some
one to lead him by the hand.

12 Then the proconsul, when he had seen what
was done, believed, admiring at the doctrine of the
Lord.

13 And when Paul and they who were with him
had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge, in
Pamphylia. But John departing from them, re-
turned to Jerusalem.

14 But they passing through Perge, came to An-
tioch in Pisidia : and entering into the synagogue
on the sabbath-day, they sat down.

15 And after the reading of the law and the pro-
phets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them,
saying : Ye men brethren, if you have any word of
exhortation lo make to the people, speak.

16 Then Paul rising up, and with his hand be-
speaking silence, said : Ye men of Israel, and you
that fear God, give ear :

17 The God of the people of Israel chose our
fathers, and exalted the people when they were so-
journers in the land of Egypt, and with a mighty
arm brought them out from thence.

18 And for the space of forty years endured
their manners in the desert.

19 And destroying seven nations in the land of
Chanaan, divided their land to them by lot:

20 As it were after four hundred and fifty years:
and after these things he gave tliem judges, until
Samuel the prophet.

21 And afterwards they desired a king : and God
gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe
of Benjamin, forty years.

22 And when he had removed him, he raised
them up David to be king : to whom giving testi-
mony, he said: I have found David the son of Jesse,
a man according to my own heart, who shall do all
my wills.

23 Of this man's seed, God according to his
promise hath raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus.

24 John first preaching before his coming the
baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

25 And when John was fulfilling his course, he
said: I am not he, whom you think me to be: but
behold, he cometh after me, the shoes of whose feet
I am not worthy to loose.

26 Men brethren, sons of the race of Abraham,
and whosoever among you fear God, to you the
word of this salvation is sent.

27 For they who inhabited Jerusalem, and the
rulers thereof not knowing him, nor the voices of

the prophets, which are read every sabbath, judging
him have fulfilled them.

28 And finding no cause of death in him, they
petitioned of Pilate that they might put him to
death.

29 And when they had fulfilled all things that
were written of him, taking him down from the
tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.

30 But God raised him up from the dead the
third day: who was seen for many days by those,

31 Who went up together with him from Galilee
to Jerusalem : who to this present time are wit-
nesses of him to the people.

32 And we declare to you that the promise which
was made to our fathers,

33 This same hath God fulfilled to our children,
raising up Jesus again, as in the second Psalm also
is written : Thou art my Son, this day have I be-
gotten thee.

34 And that he raised him up from the dead to
return now no more to corruption, he said thus :
That I will give you the holy* faithful things of
David.

35 And therefore in another place also he saith :
Thou shalt not suffer thy Holy One to see cor-
ruption.

36 For David, after he had served in his own ge-
neration according to the will of God, slept: and
was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.

37 But he whom God hath raised from the dead,
saw no corruption. -

38 Be it known therefore to you, men brethren,
that through him forgiveness of sins is preached to
you : and from all the things, from which you could
not be justified by the law of Moses.

39 In him every one, who believeth, is justified.

40 Beware therefore lest that come upon you
which is spoken by the prophets :

41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish :
for I work a work in your days, a work which you
will not believe, if any man shall tell it you.

42 And as they went out, they desired them that
on the next sabbath they would speak these words
to them.

43 And when the synagogue was broken up.
many of the Jews, and of the strangers who served
God, followed Paul and Barnabas: who speaking
to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of
God.

44 But the next sabbath-day the whole city al-
most came together to hear the word of God.

45 And when the Jews saw the multitudes, they
were filled with envy, and contradicted those things
which were said by Paul, blaspheming.

46 Then Paul and Barnabas said: boldly : To
you it behoved us to speak first the word of God :
but seeing you reject it, and judge yourselves un-
worthy ol eternal life ; behold, we turn to the Gen-
tiles.

* / icill giee you the holy, tyc These are the words of the prophet
Isaias, c. 55. v. 3. according to <he Septuagint, the sense is, / «HH
faithfully fulfil the promises I made to David.

113

nil. v

47 For M) die Lord hatli commanded us: I bav<
*rt thee to be tin- light of tin- Geutilcs: thai thou
maycsl be for salvation unto the utmost part of the

48 And tin- Gentilea bearing this, u. re -lad. and
glorified the word of the Lord: and a.s many as
WON i . r » ordained to eternal life, believed.

19 Anil the word of the Lofd was published
throughout the whole country.

lint tin- Jewa arirred up religious and ln>-

nourahlc women, and the chief men of the cit\,

and raised a persecution against Paul and Barna-

: and cast them out of their territor

Bttt they shaking oil the dust of their feet
against them, came to l« 'oniuin.

I tlie disciples were filled with joy and
with the Holy Ghost.

( HAP. \iv.

Paul and Jlarnabat prtack in Iconium and Lytrn : Paul heals
a cripple : thru are taken for gods. Paul it ttuned. Thry
prtack in Derbe and Perge.

AM) it canie to pass in Iconium, that they en-
tered together into the synagogue of tin .!« ws,
and s|«>ke so that a treat multitude both of the
- and of the Greeks did believe.
J But the unbelieving Jews stirred ill) and inceiis-
nl the minds of the (ic utiles against the brethren.
\ Inn- time therefore thej stayed there acting

confidently in the Lord, who gave testimony to the
word of his grace, granting situs and wonders to be
done by their bands.

i And the multitude of the city was divided: and
tome indeed held with the Jews, and some with the

5 And when there was an assault made by the
ules and the Jews with their rulers, to treat tin in
i ontumelioiisly, and to stone them:

L 1 1 . ■ \ understanding this, lied to Lystra and
herlx-, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole coun-
ts round aliout, and were there preaching the

7 Now there sat a certain man at Lvstm ilisab'ed
in his feet, lame from his mother's wo.nh, w ho never
had walked.

.". This man heard Paul speaking: who looking
ii|K>n him, ami percetviBf that he had faith to be

healed.

J lid with a loud voice: Stand upright on th\
feet. And he leaped up and walked.

10 And when the multitudes had Been what Paul
hail done, the\ lilted up their voice in the L\eaonian
tongue, anUg: The gods, in the likeness of men.
are come down to us.

11 Ami tjbej called Barnabas. Jupiter • but Paul.
M< r> >ir is the chief speaker.

I J. Tin priest also of Jupiter, that was Ixfore the
oxen and garlands before the pate,

would hue offered sacrifice with the people.

13 Which when the ;i|mi sties. Uamahas and

Paul had heard, rending their clothes, the) ran

anion;; the |mo| it,

I i Ami sa\ in s . ien, why do ye these things ;

W i also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching

to >ou to be converted from these rain things to the

living Ciinl, who made htaun, and earth, and the

iiid all things that are in them :

16 Whom past generations suflered all nations
to v\alk in their own wa\ .

16 Nevertheless he left not himself without testi-
mony, doint pood from heaven, giving rains, and
fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and
plailn

17 And ■peaking these things, they scarce re-
strained the people from sacrificing to them.

18 Now there came thither certain Jews from
Antioeh and Iconium: and having persuaded the
multitude, and having stoned Paid, tin > dragged
him out of the city thinking him to be dead.

19 But as the disciples stood round aboal him,
he rose up and entered into the city, and the next
day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

20 And when tiny had preached the gospel to
that city, and had taught many, they returned again
to L\sira, and to Iconium. and to Antioeh ;

21 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue in the faith: for that
through many tribulations We must inter into the
kingdom of God.

22 And when tiny had ordained for them priests
in every church, and had prayed with lasting, they
commended them to the Lord, in whom the] be-
lieved.

23 And passing through Pisidia, they came into
Pamphylia.

24 And having spoken the word of the Lord in
. tbei went dow n to Attalia :

> And thence they sailed to Antioeh, from
whence they had been delivered to the grace of God,
unto the work which they accomplished.

26 And when they were arrived, and had assem-
bled tin- church they related what great things God
had done With them, and how he had opened the
door of faith to the Gentiles.

27 And they ptayed no little time with the disci
pics.

CHAP. KV.

A dittevtion ulont tirinmri*inn. Thr rlidrion and Idler nj
the inuniil nf Jerusalem.

\ ND some coming down from Judea, taught the

-^*- brethren : That unless you l>c circumcist d
after the manner of .Moses, VOU cannot be saved.

2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small
contest with them, thej detet mined that Paul and
Barnabas, and certain others of the other side,
should go up to the apostles and priests to J< ni-.i-

I' in about this question.

3 Thev therefore being brought on their wa\ by
the church, passed through Phenice and Samaria,
relating the conversion of the Gentiles: and thej
caused prcat joy to all the brethren.

4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, thev
were received bj die church, ami bj the apostles ana

CHAP. XVI.

ancients, declaring how great tilings God hud done
with tliem.

5 But there rose up some of the sect of the Phari-
sees that believed, saying: They must be circumcis-
ed, and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.

6 And the apostles and ancients came together
jo consider of this matter.

7 And when there was much disputing, Peter
rising up, said to them : Men brethren, you know
that in former days God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word
of the gospel, and believe.

8 And God who knoweth the hearts, gave them
testimony, giving to them the Holy Ghost as well
as to us.

9 And made no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a
yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither
our fathers nor we were able to bear ?

1 1 But by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we
believe to be saved, even as they.

12 And all the multitude held their peace: and
gave ear to Barnabas and Paul relating what great
sisns and wonders God had wrought among the
Gentiles by them.

13 And after they had held their peace, James
answered, saying : Men brethren, hear me.

14 Simon hath told in what manner God first
visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people to
his name.

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets,
as it is written:

16 After these things I will return, and will re-
build the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down,
and I will rebuild the ruins thereof, and I will set
it up :

17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord,
and all nations upon whom my name is invoked,
saith the Lord who doeth these things.

18 To the Lord is known his own work from the
beginning of the world.

19 Wherefore 1 judge that they, who from among
the Gentiles are converted to God, are not to be
disquieted.

20 But that we write to them, that they refrain
themselves from the pollutions of idols, and from for-
nication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

21 For Moses from ancient times hath in every
city them that preach him in the synagogues, where
he is read every sabbath.

22 Then it pleased the apostles and ancients,
with the whole church, to choose men of their own
company, and to send them to Antioch with Paul
and Barnabas : Judas who was surnamed Barsabas,
and Silas, chief men among the brethren,

23 Writing by their hands. The apostles and
ancients brethren to the brethren of the Gentiles that
are at Antioch and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting :

From blood, and from things strangled. The use of these things,
•hough of their own nature indifferent, was here prohibited, to bring;
■he Jews more easily to admit of the society of the Gentiles; and to

24 Forasmuch as we have heard that some, who
went out from us, have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, to whom we gave no com
mands :

25 It hath seemed good to us assembled together,
to choose out men, and send them to you with our
dearly beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 Men who have given their lives for the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who
themselves also will by word of mouth tell you the
same things.

28 For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost,
and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than
these necessary things :

29 That you abstain from things sacrificed to
idols, and from blood, and from things strangled,*
and from fornication : from which things keeping
yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well.

30 They therefore being dismissed went down to
Antioch : and when they had gathered together the
multitude, they delivered the epistle.

31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for
the consolation.

32 But Judas and Silas, being prophe/s also
themselves, comforted the brethren with many
words, and confirmed them.

33 And having stayed there some time, they were
dismissed with peace by the brethren to those w bo
had sent them.

34 But it seemed good to Silas to remain then. •
and Judas alone went back to Jerusalem.

35 But Paul and Barnabas continued at Antioch,
teaching and preaching with many others the word
of the Lord.

36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas :
Let us return and visit the brethren in all the cities,
wherein we have preached the word of the Lord, to
see how they do.

37 And Barnabas had a mind to take along with
him John also, who was surnamed Mark.

38 But Paul desired that he (as having departed
from them out of Pamphylia, and not gone with
them to the work) might not be received.

39 And there was a dissension, so that they de-
parted one from another, and Barnabas indeed hav-
ing taken with him Mark, sailed to Cyprus.

40 But Paul choosing Silas departed, being de-
livered by the brethren to the grace of God.

41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, con-
firming the churches ; commanding them to keep
the precepts of the apostles and the ancients.

CHAP. XVI.

Paul visits the chvrrhrs. He is culled to preach in Macedonia
He is scourged at Philippi.

ND he came to Derbe and Lystra. And be-
hold there was a certain disciple there named

exercise the latter in obedience. But this prohibition wgs but tem-
porary : and has long since ceased to oblige ; more especially in
the Western churches.

115

THE ACTS.

Timothy, ii i Jewish woman who bebevi .1.

ii r Ik'Ibi a Gentile.

man the brethren who Were in l.wi t
and Iconium. good testimony*

3 Him Paul would ha > along with him :

mil taking him, he circumeiaed him, b e ca m e of the
Jews who were m those places. For the] all knew
that his lather was a Gentile.

\ \iid as they passed through the cities, they de-
li* end (0 them the decrees lor to keep, that w . to
d by the ai>ostles and ancients, srbo vvt r. at
Jerusalem.

5 The churches indi ed u> re confirmed in faith,
and indented in iiumUr daily.

6 Now having pasted through Phrygia, and the
mtrj ofGalaua, the] were forbidden Dj the 1 1 « > I >

Ghost to preach the word of God in Asia.

\iiil when they were come into Mysia, they
tttempted to go into Bithynia: and the Spirit of
'i -us permitted them not.

8 And when Ihei had passed through Mysia,
they went down to Troas:

\nd a vision was shown to Paul in the night :
\ man of .Macedonia standing, and beseeching
urn, and saying: Pass over into Macedonia, and
aelp us.

10 And as soon as he had seen the vision, imme-
diately we sought to go into Macedonia, being
assured that God had called us to preach the gospel

to them.

1 1 S<> sailing from Troas we came with a direct
course to Samothracia, and the day following to
V epolis:

12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief
of part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were

in this eitv some days conferring together.

13 And upon the sabbath-cay, we went forth

without the gale In a river side, where it seemed
i hat there was prayer: and sitting down we spoke
to the women that were assembled.

1 V And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller
nf purple of the city of Thvatira, one that worship-
ped Ciod, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened to
attend to the things which were spoken by Paul.

1"> And when she was baptized, and her housc-
hold, she besought us saving: If you have judged
me to Ik- faithful to rhe Lord, come into my hoUM
and there remain. And she constraint d us.

16 And it COM tO pass as we went to prayer, a
certain eirl, possessed with a pythouical spirit,*
met us, who brought In r masters much gain by
divining.

17 This same following Paul, and us, cried out,
Baying: These men are the servants of the most high

!. who show you the way to salvation.

\nd this she did mauv d it Paul Wing

red, turned and said to the aplril : I command
thee, in the name of Jcmis ( hrist, to 60 out of her.
And he went out the same hour.

Hut her masters seeing that the hoi>c of their

• J ■ frtm l n l frt. That i«, ■ (pint prvtaodiaf to dmw and tell
t

116

gain was gone, hiving apprehended Paul and Silas,
they brought them into the market-place to the
nil' i

20 And presenting them to the magistrates, said:
ie men disturb our city, being .bus;

Jl And preach a fashion which it is not lawful
for us to receive, nor observe, being Romans.

21 And the people ran together against them:
anil their garments being torn oil", the magistrate!
commanded them to be beati n with rot

I And when they had laitl many Stripes Upon

them, they cast them into prison, charting the jailor

to keen them securely.

1\ Who having received such a charge, thrust
them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast
iu the stocks.

25 And at midnight Paul and Silas praying.
praised God: and they who were in prison beard
them.

26 And Suddenly there was a great earthquake,
so that the foundations of the prison were shaken.
\nd immediately all the doors were opened : and

even One'l hands were loosed.

2/ And the beeper of the prison Ik ing awakened,

and seeing the doors of the prison open, having
drawn his sword, would have killed himself, ima-
gining that the prisoners had tied.

29 But Piiul cried with a loud voice, suing:
Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

29 Then calling for a light, he went in. and
trembling fell down at the feel <>f Paul and Silas:

30 And bringing them out, he said: Blasters,
what must I do thai I may be saved?

31 And they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus:
and thou shalt be saved, and thy bouse.

32 And they spoke (he word of the Lord to him
and to all that were in his house.

33 And he taking (hem the same hour of the
night, washed their wounds: and be was baptised,
and presently all his family.

;>!■ And when he had brought them into his own
house, be laid the table for them, and rejoiced w ith
all his family, believing God.

35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the
■ mis. saying: Dismiss those men.

36 And the keeper of the prison lold these words
to Paul: The magistrates have sent that vou should
be dismissed ; now therefore depart, and go in

peace.

37 But Paul said to them : After having whipped
u- pubfickly, uncondemn' tl. men thai are Romans.
they sent us to orison: and now do ihey thrust us
out privately ? Not so: but let i hem come,

3e And ihev themselves send us out. And the
sergeants told these words to the magistrates. And
they were afraid, having heard tiny were Ro-
mans:

39 And coming, they entreated them : ami lead-
ing them out they desired them to depart out Of the
city.

40 And coming out of the prison they entered
into tin //.. Lydia: and having seen the

brethren, the] i omfbrted them, and departed.

CHAP. XVII.

Paul preaches to the Thessalonians and Bereans. His discourse
to the Athenians.

AND when they had passed through Amphipolis
and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And Paul according to his custom went in to
♦.hem : and for three sabbath days he reasoned with
rfhem out of the Scriptures,

3 Opening and insinuating that the Christ was
to suffer, and to rise again from the dead: and that
this is Jesus the Christ, whom I declare to you._

4 And some of them believed, and were associa-
ted to Paul and Silas, and of those who served
God, and of the Gentiles a great multitude, and
noble women not a few.

5 But the Jews, moved with envy, taking with
them some wicked men of the vulgar sort, and
making a tumult, set the city in an uproar: and be-
setting Jason's house, sought to bring them out to
the people.

6 And when they had not found them, they haled
Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city,*
crying out: That these who disturb the city are
come hither also,

7 Whom Jasort hath received : and these all do
contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is
another king, Jesus.

8 And they stirred up the people : and the rulers
of the city hearing these things,

9 And having received satisfaction from Jason,
and the rest, they let them go.

10 But the brethren immediately sent away Paul
and Silas by night to Berea : who when they were
come thither entered into the synagogue of the
Jews.

11 Now these were more noblef than those of
Thessalonica, who received the word with all ea-
gerness, daily searching the Scriptures, whether
these things were so.

12 And many indeed of them believed, and of
honourable women that were Gentiles, and men not
a few.

13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica had
knowledge that the word of God was also preach-
ed by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, stir-
ring up and disturbing the multitude.

14 And then the brethren immediately sent away
Paul, to go to the sea-side: but Silas and Timothy
remained there.

15 And they that conducted Paul, brought him
as far as Athens, and receiving a commandment
from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should
come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 Now whilst Paul waited tor them at Athens
his spirit was excited within him, seeing the city
given up to idolatry.

* City. Urbem. In the Greek ouctfiivrtv, the world.

f More noble. The Jewi of Berea are justly commended, for their ea-
gerly embracing the truth, and searching the Scriptures, to find out
the text alleged by the apostle : which was a far more generous pro-
ceeding than that of their countrj men at Thtualonica, who persecu-

17 He disputed therefore in the synagogue with
the Jews, and with them that served God, and in
the market-place, every day with those that were
present.

18 And some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
disputed with him, and some said : What is it that
this babbler would say? But others: He seemeth
to be a publisher of new gods: because he preached
to them, Jesus, and the resurrection.

19 And taking him, they brought him to the
Areopagus, saying : May we know what this new
doctrine is, which thou speakest of:

20 For thou bringest certain new things to our
ears: We would know therefore what these things
mean.

21 (Now all the Athenians, and strangers that
were there, employed themselves in nothing else
but either in telling or in hearing something new.)

22 But Paul standing in the midst of the Areo-
pagus, said : Ye men of Athens, I perceive that
you are in all things as it were too superstitious.

23 For passing by and seeing your idols, I found
an altar also, on which was written : to the un-
known god. What therefore you worship without
knowing it, this I preach to you.

24 God who made the world and all things that
are in it, he being the Lord of heaven and earth,
dwelleth not in temples^ made with hands.

25 Nor is he served by the hands of men as
though he needed any thing, seeing it is he who
giveth to all life, and breath, and all things ;

26 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell
upon the whole face of the earth, determining ap-
pointed times, and the limits of their habitation,

27 That they should seek God if haply they may
feel after him and find him : although lie be not. far
from every one of us.

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

29 Being therefore the offspring of God, we must
not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or sil-
ver, or stone, the graving of art and device of man.

30 And God indeed having overlooked the times
of this ignorance, now declareth to men, that all
should every where do penance.

31 Because he hath appointed a day, wherein he
will judge the world in equity, by the man, whom
he hath appointed, giving faith to all, by raising him
up from the dead.

32 And when they had heard of the resurrection
of the dead, some indeed mocked : but others said :
We will hear thee again concerning this matter.

33 So Paul went out from among them.

34 But certain men adhered to him, and believ-
ed : among whom was also Dionysius the Areopa-
gite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with
them.

ted the preachers of the gospel, without examining the grounds they
alledged for what they taught.

t Dwelleth not in temples. God is not contained in temples ; so a*
to need them for his dwelling, or any other uses as the heathens ima-
gined. Yet by his omnipresence, he is both there and every where.

117

THE ACTS.

CUM'. Will.

Faul found* the Church of Corinth: and prtachri at Kphe-
tmt, \c. Apollo got* to Corinth.

A FT Kit tins.- tliin-s, ,i, parting from Athens, he
came to Corinth.

2 And finding a Certain Jew, named Aquila. a
native nt Pontus, who had lately come from Italy,

with Priscilla his wife (l>ecause Claudius had com-
mandcd all Jews 10 depart from Home) he came to
them.

3 And because he was of the same trade, he re-
mained with them, and wrought: (now they were
tent-maker, hv trade.)

\ \nd he disputed in the synagogue every sab-
bath, taterposing the name of the Lord Jesus, and
he persuaded the Jews and the (irecks.

!id when Silas and Timothy were come from
Ma cedo nia . Paul iras earnest in preaching, testify-
ing to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

i) Hut they contradicting and blaspheming.

shaking his - irinents, he said to them : Your blood
I*- npon your own heads: I am clean: from hence-
forth I will gO to the ( ientil. IS.

7 And departing thence, he entered into the
house of a certain man. named Titus Justus, one
that worhip|»ed God, whose house joined to the sy-
nagogue.

8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, be-
Bered in the Kurd with all his house: and many
of the Corinthians hearing, believed and were bap-
tized.

9 Ami the Lord said to Paul in the night by a
vision : Fear not, but speak, and hold not thy peace.

10 Because 1 am with thee: and no man shall
■pas. thee to hurt thee: for I have much people

in this citv. «

11 And he there I year and six months,
king the word of God among them.

1J Mut when GaHio was proconsul of Achaia.
the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul, and
brought him to the judgments, at.

Saying: That this man persuadeth men to
worship God contrary to the law.

II And wlnn Paul was beginning to open his
mouth, ( lallio said to the Jew s : If it were some mat-
ter of wrong, or a heinous deed, you nun () Jews.
it would be reasonable I should lx ar with vou.

16 Hut if they be questions of a word and of
names, and of roar law, look you to it: I will not
be judge of such matters.

\nd he drove them from the judgment-scat.

17 And all layini; hold 00 808thenea the ruler of
the lynafoeue, struck him before the judgment-

illio c ired lor none of those" things.

18 Hut Haul when he had stayed jret maiivdays,
taking leave of the brethren, he sailed from tie
Into [and with him Priscilla and Aquila,
hiving shorn his head in Cenchra : for he had a

19 \"d ke I line toEphesus, and left them there.
Hut be himself entering into the ■ynsjfOenn) dis-
puted with the Jews.

118

The tumult of the

20 Ami when they entreated him to make a

longer staj . he consented not :

fl Hut taking his leave, and saving: I will re-
turn to you again, God willing, he departed from
Ephesus.

B And goim: down to Cesarea, he went up, and
saluted the church, and so came down to Antioch.

23 And after he had spent some time there, he
departed, passing in order through the country of
Galatia and Hhr.v da, strengthening all the disciples.

2)- Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, a native
of Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus,
one mighty in the Scriptures.

25 This man was taudit in the way of the Lord :
and being fervent in spirit spoke, and taught dili-
gently the things that arc ol JesOS, knowing only
the baptism of John.

2G This man therefore began to speak boldly in
the synagogue. Whom when Priscilla and Aquila
had heard, they took him to them, and expounded
more exactly to him the way of the Lord.

27 And whenas he was desirous to go to Achaia,
the brethren, exhorting, wrote to the disciples to
receive him. Who, when he was come, helped
them much, who had believed.

28 For he vigorously convinced the Jews in pub-
lick, showing by the S cr i p t ur es, Jesus to be the
Christ.

(HAP. XIX.

Paul establishes the church at Ephesus.
silversmiths.

AND it came to pass w hen Apollo was at Co-
rinth, that Paul, hairing passed through the
upper parts, came to Ephesus, and found certain
disciples:

2 And he said to them: Have you received tin-
Holy Ghost since ye bettered? But they said to
him: We have not so much as heard whether there
be a Holy Ghost.

3 And he said : In what then were you bap-
tized ? Who said : In John's baptism.

4 Then Paul said : John baptised the people
with the baptism of penance, saying: That they
should believe in him who was to come after him,
that is to say, in Jesus.

5 Having heard these things they were baptised
in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul had imposed his hands on
them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and tiny
spoke tongues, and prophesied.

7 And all the men were about twelve.

8 And entering into the synagogue, he spoke

Mdly for the space of three months, dupoting and
persuading concerning the kingdom of God.

9 Hut when some were hardened and h-lieved
not, but spoke ill of the way of the Lord Inline
the multitude, departing from them, he separated
the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one
Tvrannus.

I<» And this continued for two years, so that all
who dwelt in Asia beard the word Of the Lord,
Jew s and Gentili

chap. xx.

1 1 And God wrought special miracles by the
hand of Paul.

12 So that even there were brought from his
body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and
the diseases departed from them, and the wicked
spirits went out of them.

13 Now some of the Jewish exorcists, who went
about, attempted to invoke, over them that had evil
spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying : I con-
jure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

14 And there were certain men, seven sons of
Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

15 But an evil spirit answering, said to them:
Jesus I know, and Paul I know: but who are you ?

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was,
leaping upon them, and mastering them both, pre-
vailed against them, so that they fled out of that
house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all the Jews and the
( i entiles who dwelt at Ephesus : and fear fell on
them all, and the name of th ; Lord Jesus was
magnified.

18 And many of those who believed, came con-
fessing and declaring their deeds.

19 And many of those who had followed curi-
ous things, brought their books together and burnt
them before all : and the price of them being com-
puted, they found the money to be fifty thousand
pieces of silver.

20 So mightily increased the word of God, and
was confirmed.

21 Now these things being ended, Paul purposed
in the spirit, as soon as he had passed through Ma-
cedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying :
After I have been there I must also see Rome.

22 And sending into Macedonia two of those
that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he
himself remained for a time in Asia.

23 Now at that time there arose no small dis-
turbance about the way of the Lord.

24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-
smith, who made silver temples for Diana, brought
no small gain to the craftsmen :

25 Whom having called together, with workmen
of like occupation, he said : You men, you know
that our gain is by this trade :

26 Now you see and hear that this Paul by per-
suasion hath drawn away a great multitude, not
only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia,
saying : That they are no gods which are made
with hands.

27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to
he vilified, but also the temple of great Diana shall
be thought nothing of, yea, and her majesty shall
begin to be destroyed, whom all Asia and the
world worshippeth.

28 Having heard these things they were full of
anger, and cried out, saying: Great is Diana of
the Ephesians.

29 And the whole city was filled with confusion,
and they rushed with one accord into the theatre,
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Ma-
cedonia, companions of Paul.

30 And when Paul would have entered in unto
the people, the disciples suffered him not.

31 And some also of the rulers of Asia, who
were his friends, sent unto him, desiring that he
would not venture himself into the theatre .

32 Now some cried out one thing, some another.
For the assembly was confused, and the greater
part knew not for what cause they were come to-
gether.

33 And they drew forth Alexander out of the
multitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And
Alexander, beckoning with his hand for silence,
would have given the people satisfaction.

34 But as soon as they perceived him to be a
Jew, all with one voice, for the space of about two
hours, cried out: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

35 And when the town-clerk had appeased the
multitudes, he said : Ye men of Ephesus, what
man is there that knoweth not that the city of the
Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and
of Jupiter's offspring?

36 Seeing therefore these things cannot be con-
tradicted, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing
rashly.

37 For you have brought hither these men, nei-
ther guilty of sacrilege, nor of blasphemy against
your goddess.

38 But if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are
with him, have a cause against any man, the courts
of justice are open, and there are proconsuls : let
them accuse one another.

39 And if you inquire after any other matter, it
may be decided in a lawful assembly.

40 For we are in danger of being charged with
this day's uproar : there being no man guilty (of
whom we can give an account) of this concourse.
And when he had said these things, he dismissed
the assembly.

CHAP. XX.

Paul passes through Macedonia and Greece : he raises a dead
man to life at Troas. His discourse to the clergy of Ephesus.

AND after the tumult ceased, Paul calling to
him the disciples, and exhorting them, took
his leave, and set forward to go into Macedonia.

2 And when he had gone over those parts, and
had exhorted them with many words, he came into
Greece :

3 Where when he had spent three months, the
Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into
Syria : so he took a resolution to return through
Macedonia.

4 And there accompanied him Sopater the son
of Pyrrhus, of Berea : and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus, and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbc,
and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Tro-
phimus.

5 These having gone before, waited for us at
Troas.

6 But we sailed from Philippi after the days of
the azymes, and came to them to Troas in five
days, where we stayed seven days.

■ 119

THE ACTS.

7 Ami on tin first day of the week," when we-
stern bled to break bread, Paul discoursed with

:n. being Jo depart on the morrow, and he con-
tinued his speech until midnight.

8 And there WWe I great numlx r of lamps in
the Bnpet chamber, where \ assembled.

9 And a certain young man nam< d 1 Jim-bins,

sitting on the window , being contented with ■ haavj

is Paul was long preaching, by occasion of
his sleep fell from the third loft down, and was
taken up dead.

10 To whom when Paul went down, and laid
himself upon him: and embracing him, said: l><
not troubled, for his soul is in him.

1 1 Then going up, and breaking bread and tast-
ing : and baring talked a long while to them until
day-light, so he de|>artt -d.

1 1 And they brought the youth alive, and were
i. of a little comfortt <l.

1 3 But w< 1:01ns aboard the ship, sailed to Assos,
f om whence we were to take in Paul : lor so he
had apitointcd, himself nur|>osiiig to travel by land.

14 And when he had met with us at Assos, we
took him in, and came to Mitylene.

15 And sailing from thence, next day we came
gainst Chios: and in another day we arrived at

Samos: and the dav following we came to Miletus.

16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,
lest he should be delayed any time in Asia. For he
hastened on, if it were possible for him to keep the
day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.

17 And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he
called the ancients of the church.

1M And win n they were come to him, and were
together, he said to them : You know from the first
day that 1 came into Asia, in what manner I have
been with you all the time,

19 Semn? the Ford with all humility, and with
tears, and temptations which came upon me from
the snares of the Jen - !

20 How I hire kepi back nothing that was pro-
fitable to you, but have Drenched it to yon, and
t.umht you pnblicklv. and from house to house,

21 Testifying both to .lews and (ientiles penance
towards God, and faith in our Ford Jesus Christ.

22 And now, Iwhold, bound in the spirit, I go to
Jerasaleaa ; not knowing the things that shall be-
fall me there :

23 Only that the Holy (Jhost in every citv wit-
nesseth to me, saying: that chains and afflictions
wait for me at Jerusalem.

24 But 1 fear none of these things : neither do I
count my life more precious than myself, so that I
may consummate mv course, and the ministry of
flu: word which 1 nave received from the Ford

-. to testify the gospel of the gra( i>of< iod.
I I now, liehold, I know that all yon, amom:
whom I have -one preaching the kingdom of God,
my face no more.

• Jmd m tktjknt 4*% <j Uu w«* Her* St. Chrraortom, with mm,
- mterpretera of the Scripture rirlain. that the Chriatiaaa, eret.

>i :;.:•

26 Wherefoie I take von to witness this day,
that I am clear from toe blood of all.

27 Fori have not been wanting to nnnlara t<>
you all the counsel of God.

2b" Take heed to yournslvea, and to all the flock,

over which the 1 1 <> I v Ghost hath placed \ou bishops.

to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.

29 I know that, after my departure, ravenous
uohes will enter in among you, not sparing the
Book.

30 And of your own selves will rise up men
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples
after them.

31 Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that
for three years I ceased not night and day, w ith
tears admonishing every one of you.

32 And now 1 commend you to God. and to the
w ord of his grace, who is able to build up, and to
give an inheritance among all the sanctified.

33 I have not cox-ted any man's silver, gold or
apparel, as

34 You yourselves know : that as for such things
as were needful for me, and for them that are with
me, these hands have furnished.

35 I have showed you all things, that labouring
in this maimer, we must receive the weak, and
remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said :
It is more blessed to give, than to receive.

36 And when he had said these things, kneebng
down he prayed with them all.

37 Ana there was much weeping among them
all : and falling on Paul's neck they kissed him.

38 Being very much grieved for the word which
he had said, that they should see his face no more.
And they conducted him to the ship.

CHAP. XXI.

Paul goet up to Jerusalem. He it apprehended by the Jvu-t
in the temple.

AND when it came to pass that being parted
from them, we set sail, we came with a direct
course to Coos, and the day following to Rhodes,
and from thence to Patara :

2 And having found a ship bound for Phenice,
we went aboard, and set sail.

3 And when we had discovered Cyprus, having
it on the left hand, we sailed into Syria, and came
to Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

4 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven
days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he
should not go up to Jerusalem.

5 And tin days being expired, departing we went
forward, they all bringing us on our w ay, with their
wives and children, till we were out of the city
and kneeling down on the shore, we prayed.

6 And Wnafl We had taken leave of one another
we ook ship : and they returned home.

wp'-k. (the Lords da?) a» all Chrwtnnt now kwp it . Thu chang* w»«
undoubtedly made by the authority of the church : lienor the earn

tune, mu.t bare cbaofad tha Habbatfc into tbe 6 rat day of the || tWpower, wlucb t briat hadfireo toher: Jor be i»Lordofll.eaabb*il,

CHAP. XXI.

7 But we having finished the voyage by sea,
from Tyre eame down to Ptolemais : and saluting
the brethren, we stayed one day with them.

8 And the next day departing, we came to Ce-
sarea. And entering into the house of Philip the
evangelist,* who was one of the seven, we stayed
with him.

9 And he had four daughters virgins, who did
prophesy.

1 And as we stayed there for some days, there
came from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

1 1 And when he was come to us, he took Paul's
girdle : and binding his own feet and hands, he
said : These things saith the Holy Ghost : The
man whose girdle this is, thus shall the Jews bind
in Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the hands
of the Gentiles.

12 And when we had heard this, both we, and
they who were of that place, besought him not to
go up to Jerusalem.

13 Then Paul answered, and said : What do
you mean weeping and afflicting my heart ? For I
am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

14 And when we could not persuade him, we
ceased, saying : The will of the Lord be done.

15 And after those days, being prepared, we
went up to Jerusalem.

16 And there went also with us some of the
disciples from Cesarea, bringing with them one
Mnason a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we
should lodge.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the
brethren received us gladly.

18 And the day following Paul went in with us
to James, and all the ancients were assembled.

19 And when he had saluted them, he related
particularly what things God had wrought among
the Gentiles by his ministry.

20 But they hearing it, glorified God, and said
to him : Thou seest, brother, how many thousands
there are among the Jews who have believed: and
they are all zealous for the law.

21 Now they have heard of thee, that thou teach-
est those Jews who are among the Gentiles to for-
sake Moses: saying, that they ought not to cir-
cumcise their children, nor to walk according to
the custom.

22 What is it therefore? the multitude must
indeed come together : for they will hear that thou
art come.

23 Do therefore this that we say to thee : We
have four men, who have a vow upon them.

24 Having taken these with thee, purify thyself
with them : and bestow on them, that they may
shave their heads: and all will know that the things
which they have heard of thee, are false : but that
thou thyself also walkest, keeping the law.f

25 As for those of the Gentiles who have be-

* Tht evangelist. That is, the preacher of the gospel : the name
that bet iiv converted the Samaritans, and baptized the eunuch,
cm/1, vii being one of the seven first deacons.

lieved, we have written, decreeing that they should
refrain themselves from that which has been offered
to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication.

26 Then Paul having taken to him the men, the
next day being purified with them entered into the
temple, giving notice of the accomplishment of the
days of purification, until an oblation should be
offered for every one of them.

27 But while the seven days were drawing to
an end, those Jews, who were of Asia, when they
saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people,
and laid hands upon him, crying out :

28 Men of Israel, help : This is the man that
teacheth all men every where against the people,
and the law, and this place: and moreover hath
brought in Gentiles into the temple, and hath vio-
lated this holy place.

29 For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian
in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul
had brought into the temple.

30 And the whole city was in an uproar : and
there was a concourse of people. And having
seized on Paul, they drew him out of the temple :
and immediately the doors were shut.

31 And as they were seeking to kill him, it was
told the tribune of the band : That all Jerusalem
was in confusion.

32 Who forthwith taking with him soldiers and
centurions, ran down to them. And when they
saw the tribune and the soldiers, they left off beat-
ing Paul.

33 Then the tribune coming near took him, and
commanded him to be bound with two chains: and
demanded who he was, and what he had done.

34 And some cried out one thing, some another,
among the multitude. And when he could not know
the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded
him to be brought into the castle.

35 And when he was come to the stairs, it hap-
pened that he was borne up by the soldiers, because
of the violence of the people.

36 For the multitude of the people followed af-
ter, crying out : Away with him.

37 And as Paul was about to be brought into
the castle, he said to the tribune : May I speak-
something to thee ? Who said : Canst thou speak
Greek ?

38 Art not thou that Egyptian who before these
days didst raise a tumult, and didst lead forth into
the desert four thousand men that were murderers?

39 But Paul said to him: I am indeed a Jew, a
man of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean
city. And I beseech thee, permit me to speak
to the people.

40 And when he had given him leave, Paul,
standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand
to the people. And a great silence being made,
he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying :

f Keeping the lam. The law, though now no Ior>g«r obligator?,
was for a time observed by the Christian Jews, to bury, as it
were, the synagogue with honour.

121

the \< rs.

CUM'. Wll

i'atil drrlitrrs to the ltcojilr tke kUtoiy of kit conct rri.m. //■
eteapet tcmtrging ftjr claiming the privilege of a Roman.

MEN, brethren. and fathers, li.;ir \e tlie account
wlli.il I lie oil.

\nil wlien they bcud that he ■poke to tlniu

iii the Hebrew tongue, they kept the mure eilea

3 And he saith: I am a man w ho am a. lew.
bori; m m (ilieia. hut brought Up in this city,

:it ilic l"i imaliel, taught according t<> the truth

of the law of tbfl fathers, lealoUS for the law , a> also
all vou are this da\.

\iul I persecuted this way unto death, binding

ami delivering into prisons both men and women.

5 As the high priest doth hear me witness, and
all the ancients: from whom also taking letters. I
went to the brethren at Damascus, to bring them
hound from theme to Jerusalem, that they might
be punished.

And it came to pass. as | was going and draw-
near to Damascus at mid-day, thai suddenly
there shone from heaven a great light round alnnil

7 And falling on the ground, 1 heard a voice saj
ingti. - ml. Saul, why perseeutest thou inc.'

\nd I answered: Who art thou. Lord? And
be said to me : I am JeStM of Nazareth, whom thou
IH-rseeutcst.

9 And they that were with me saw indeed the
light ; but tiny heard not the voice* of him thut
s|Hikc w ith me.

ID And I said : What shall I do, Lord ? And the
Lord said to me: Arise, and go into Damascus :
and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou
must do.

11 And whereas I did not see for the brightness
of that light, being led bj the hand by my compa-
nions. I came to I )amaseiis.

12 And one Ananias, a man according to the
law, having a good cliui.hr from all the Jews
dwelling th<

13 Coming to me, and standing by me, said to
me: Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And I the

same hour looked UpOO him.

II And he said: Hie God of our fathers hath
pre-ordained thee, that thou shouldst know his will,
and see the .lust Onef and ihouldsl hear the voice
from his mouth.

\> lor thou shalt 1m- his w itness to all men, of
those things which thou hast seen and heard.

16 \inl now. win delayest thou.' Rise up, and
be bapti/ed. and wash away tin sins, calling ii|H>n
his

17 \nd it rauie to |iass. when I was come again
b-riisalem. and was praying in the temple, that

I was in a trail

\nd s.iw him, savin: unto me: Make haste.
and go auickly out of Jerusalem : liccausc they w ill
nor thj lestimoiiN concerning me.

• Httrd wM IV tMrt T>ial i«. tnmj •ti.tiitKVttbrd Dot the word*
thoMcfe (her heard (he voire. .!

19 And I said : Lord, they know that I cast int^
m, and heat in ewry s\ nagogue, them that

believed in thee.

Jo \nd when the bhx>d of Stephen thy witi
was shed, I stood by and consented, and kept the
garments of them who killed him.

Jl \nd he saiil to me: Go: for unto the nations
afar oil' will I send thee.

' And they heard him until this word, and then
lifted up their voice. saying: Away with such a
one from the earth: for it is not fit that .ie should
live.

23 And as they cried out, and threw off their
garments, and east dust into the air,

: The tribune commanded him to he brought
into the castle, and to he scourged, and to be tor-
tured ; that he might know for what cause they cried
out thus against him.

25 And when they had liound him with thongs,
I'aul saith to the centurion standing by him: Is it
lawful for Mm to scourge a man that is a Roman,
and unenndemned?

26 Which having heard, the centurion went to
the tribune, ami told him, saying: What art thou
about to dor Lor this man is a Roman citizen.

27 Then the tribune came, and said to bun : Tell
inc. if thou art a Roman? But he said: Yes.

28 And the tribune answered : I obtained the
being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul
said : But I was born so.

29 Immediately, therefore, they that were about
to torture him departed from him. The tribune aN, ■
was afraid, after he understood that he was a Ro-
man citizen, and because he had liound him.

30 But on the next day, being desirous to know
more diligently, for what cause be was eCCOSM b\
the Jews, he loosed him. and commanded the priest-,
to come together, and all the council : and, bringing
forth Paul, he set him before them.

CHAP. XXIII.

Paul ttandt before the council: ITie Jrtet cotupire kit Oi.ath.
lie it tent away to Ct nana.

AND Paul, looking upon the council, said : Men
brethren, I have conversed with an entire good
conscience before God until this present day.

2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them
who stood by him, to strike him on the mouth.

3 Then Pan! said to him : Cod shall strike thee,
thou w luted wall. For, sittest thou there to judge
me according to the law, and contrary to the law
couiinandest me to l>e struck ?

4 And they that stood by, said : Dost thou revile
the high priest of God ?

6 And I'aul said: I knew not. brethren, that he
is the high priest. For it is written : Thou shalt
not ■peak evil of the prince of thy people.

6 And Paul, knowing that the one part Wen
and the other Pharisees, cried out in the

♦ Jutt Ont Our S.ivii.ur, who appeared to St. Paul. Jkl* ix. 17

CHAP. XXIV.

council : Men brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of
J'liarisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of
the dead I am called in question.

7 And when he had said this, there arose a dis-
sension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees :
and the multitude was divided.

8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resur-
rection, nor angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees
confess both.

9 Now a great clamour was raised. And some
of the Pharisees rising up, contended, saying : We
find no evil in this man: what if a spirit hath
spoken to him, or an angel ?

10 And when there arose a great dissension, the
tribune, fearing lest Paul should he torn in pieces
by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and
to take him by force from among them, and to bring
him into the castle.

1 1 And the night following, the Lord standing by
him, said : Be constant : for as thou hast testified
of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also
at Rome.

12 And when it was day, some of the Jews
assembled together, and bound themselves with a
curse, saying : That they would neither eat nor
drink, till they had killed Paul.

13 And they were more than forty men that had
made this conspiracy.

14 And they came to the chief priests and the an-
cients, and said : We have bound ourselves un-
der a curse that we will eat nothing till we kill
Paul.

15 Now therefore do you with the council signify
to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if
you meant to know something more certain concern-
ing him : and we, before he come near, are ready to
kill him.

1G And when Paul's sister's son had heard of
their lying in wait, he came, and entered into the
castle, and told Paul.

17 Then Paid calling to him one of the centu-
rions, said: Bring this young man to the tribune;
for he hath something to tell nim.

18 So he took him, and brought him to the tri-
bune, and said: Paul the prisoner desired me to
bring this young man to thee, who hath some-
thing to say to thee.

19 And the tribune taking him by the hand, went
aside with him privately, and asked him: What is
it that thou hast to tell me ?

20 And he said : The Jews have agreed to desire
thee, that thou'wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow
into the council, as if they meant to inquire some-
thing more certain concerning him :

21 But do not thou give credit to them : for there
lie in wait for him more than forty men of them,
who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat
nor to drink till they kill him : and they are now
ready waiting for thy promise.

22 The tribune therefore dismissed the young
man ; charging him to tell no man that he had made
known these things to him.

23 Then having called two centurions, he said to

them : Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they
may go as far as Cesarea, and seventy horsemen,
and two hundred spear-men, from the third hour of
the night :

24 And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on,
and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

25 (For he feared lest the Jews might take him
away by force, and kill him, and he should after-
wards be slandered as if he was to receive money.)

26 And he wrote a letter, after this manner :
Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor
Felix, greeting.

27 This man, having been seized by the Jews,
and ready to be killed by them, I rescued, coming
in with an army, having understood that he is a
Roman :

28 And being desirous to know the cause which
they objected to him, I brought him forth into their
council.

29 Whom I found to be accused of questions
concerning their law : but to have nothing laid to
his charge worthy of death, or of bands.

30 And when it was told me that they had pre-
pared an ambush for him, I sent him to thee, sig-
nifying also to his accusers to plead before thee.
P ? arewell.

31 Then the soldiers, according as it was com-
manded them, taking Paul, brought him by night to
Antipatris.

32 And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go
with him, they returned to the castle.

33 Who, when they were come to Cesarea, and
had delivered the letter to the governor, presented
Paul also before him.

34 And when he had read it, and had asked of
what province he was, and understood that he was
of Cilicia ;

35 I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers
come. And he commanded him to be kept in
Herod's judgment-hall.

CHAP. XXIV.

Paul defends his innocence before Felix the governor. He
preaches the faith to him.

AND after five days the high priest Ananias
came down, with some of the ancients, and
one Tertulhis an orator, who went to the governor
against Paul.

2 And Paul being cited, Tertullus began to accuse
him, saying : Whereas, through thee, we live in
much peace, and many things are rectified by thy
foresight :

3 We accept it always, and in all places, most
excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

4 But that I be no farther tedious to thee, I
beseech thee, of thy clemency, to hear us in a few
words.

5 We have found this a pestilent man, and
raising seditions among all the Jews throughout the
whole world, and author of the sedition of the sect
of the Nazarenes :

6 Who also attempted to profane the temple:

123

THE \t i -

whom we apprehended, and would have jud
ording ti> OUT law.

7 Bui Lysias the tribunal conM anon us, took
turn away with peal violence out of our bands,

:> Commanding ItLs accusers to come to tune:
from whom, thou lieing judge, niayrst know all
ihi-se things, of which we accuse him.

9 And the Jews also assented, and said that
these things were so.

In Then Paul answered, (the governor making
a sign to him to speak :) Knowing that, lor manv
\r on, thou h:ist been judge over this nation, 1 will
with good courage answer for ms-elt'.

II For thou may est understand, that there are

Jinn twelve days since 1 area! an to adore in
erusalem :
IJ And in ithcr in the temple did they find me
disputing with any man, nor causing any concourse
of the people, neither in the synagogues,

l.i Nor in the city: neither caa they prove to

thee the things of which they now an use me.

11 Hut this I confess to thee, that, according to
the Sect which they call a heresy, so do I serve the
I fttbei and my God, believing all things which are
written in the law and the prophets ;

I > Having hoi>e in God, which these also them-
selves look for, that there shall be a resurrection of
(he just ami unjust.

10 In this I iinstif also study to have always
paascaancg without otlcucu towards God and

towards men.

17 .Now after manv years I came to bring alms
to m> nation, and offerings, and vow-.

In which they found me purified in the tem-
ple ; not with a crowd, nor with a tumult.

19 Hut certain Jews of Asia, who ought to be
present before thee, and to accuse,' if they had any
thins against me :

.''I Or let these men tin iiim Ives say, if they

fo I in me any iniijuity, when standing before the

council.

21 l.xcept it l>e for this one voice only, that I
cried out, standing among them: That concerning
the resurrection ol the dead am I judged this dav
b) mm,

I Felix put them olT, knowing most eer-
ily of this u in, saying : When Lysias the tribune
shall come down, I will hear you.

23 And In- commanded a centurion to keen him,
and in let him be easy, and that he should not
hindi i am of his friends to minister to him.

Vnd after some days, Felix coming with Dru-

i his wii. , who was a Jewess, called for Haul,

and heard from him the faith which is in Christ

i yndash.tr. ited of iusticc, and rhastitv, and
of the Judgment to come. Felix being terrified, an-
■ r this tn,„. go thy way : hut at a cen-
time I will send for lh<
26 Hoping also, withal, that monev would h.
n him by Haul : for which account he also
jii.utly sent for him, and spoke with him.
J7 Hut when two vears were ended, Felix had

lt4

for successor Port ius Festus. And lieing willing
to gratify the Jews. he hit Haul a prison, r.

CHAP. XXV.

Paul appeals to Cttar. King Agrippa drsirts to hear him.

1YTOW when Festm was come into the proviuc. .
-L^l after three days he went up to Jerusalem
from Cesarea.

2 And the chief priests and principal men of the
Jews went to him against Paul: and they besought
him,

3 Requesting favour against him, (hat he would
command him to be brought to Jerusalem; laying
wait lo kill him in the way.

4 Bui Festus answered : That Paul was to be
kept in Cesarea; and that he himself should go
very shortly thither.

5 Let them, therefore, saith he, among you that
are ahle, going down with me, accuse him, if tin re
be any crime in the man.

6 And having staid among them no more than
eight or ten days, he went down to Cesarea. and
the next day he sat in the judgment-seal, and com-
manded Paul to be brought

7 And when be was brought, the Jews that wan
come down from Jerusalem, stood about him, ob-
jecting many and grievous accusations which they
could not prove :

8 Paul making answer: That neither against the
law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against
Caesar, have I offended iii any thing.

9 But Festus, being willing to gratify the Jews.
answered Paul, and said: AVilt thou go up to
Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things he-
tore me ?

10 Then Paul said: I stand at Cesar's tribunal,
where I ought to be judged : To the Jews I bare
done no injury, as thou very well knowest.

11 For if I have injured them, or have committed
any thing that deserved] death, I refuse not to ilie :
hut if there be nothing of these things whereof th> y
accuse me, uo man can deliver me to them. I
appeal to Cesar.

12 Then Festus, having conferred with the coun-
cil, answered : 1 last thou appealed to Cesar.' To
Cesar shall thou go.

13 And after some days king Agrippa and Ber-
nice came down to Cesarea to salute resdis.

14 And as they staid there many days, I •V^mk
told the king concerning Paul, saying: There is a
certain man left prisoner by Felix;

15 Concerning whom, when I was at Jerusalem
the chief priests and the ancients of the Jen I came
to me, demanding condemnation against him.

lb" To whom I answered : It is not the custom
of the Roman! to condemn any man, before that be
who is accused have his accusers present, and that
he hare liberty of making his defence, to cleai
himself of the things laid to his charge.

17 When, therefore, they were come hithei,
without any di lay, on the day following, I sat on

CHAP. XXVI.

'he judgment-scat, and commanded the man to be
Drought forth.

18 Against whom, when the accusers stood up,
they brought in no cause v\ herein I could suspect
any evil :

19 But had certain questions of their own super-
stition against him, and of one Jesus, deceased,
whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

20 And as I was in doubt of this manner of ques-
tion, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusa-
lem, and there be judged of these things.

21 But Paul, appealing to be reserved to the
hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept
till I might send him to Cesar.

22 Then Agrippa said to Festus : I would also
hear the man myself. To-morrow, said he, thou
shalt hear him.

23 And on the next day, when Agrippa and Ber-
uice were come with great pomp, and had entered
into the hall of audience, with the tribunes and
principal men of the city, Festus commanding it,
Paul was brought forth.

24 And Festus saith : King Agrippa, and all ye
men who are here present with us, you see this
man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews
made their request to me at Jerusalem, petition-
ing and crying out that he ought not to live any
longer.

23 Yet have I found nothing that he hath com-
mitted worthy of death. But he himself appealing
lo Augustus, I have determined to send him.

26 Concerning whom I have nothing certain to
write to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him
forth before you, and especially before thee, O king
Agrippa, that, examination being made, I may
have something to write.

27 For it scemeth to me unreasonable to send a
prisoner, and not to signify the things laid to his
charge.

CHAP. XXVI.

Paul gives an account to Agrippa of kis life, conversion, and
calling.

^THIEN Agrippa said to Paul : Thou art per-
-*- mitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul,
stretching forth his hand, began to make his an-
swer.

2 I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I
am to answer for myself this day before thee, con-
cerning all the things of which I am accused by
the Jews;

3 Especially as thou knowest all, both customs
and questions, which are among the Jews: where-
fore 1 beseech thee to hear me patiently.

4 And my life, indeed, from my youth, which
was from the beginning among my own nation in
Jerusalem, all the Jews do know :

5 Having known me from the beginning, (if
they will give testimony,) that, according to the
most sure sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

6 And now 1 stand under judgment for the hope
of the promise which God made to our fathers :

7 Unto which our twelve tribes, serving nighl
and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king,
1 am accused by the Jews.

8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible
with you, that God should raise the dead ?

9 And 1 myself was, indeed, persuaded that I
ought to do many things in opposition to the name
of Jesus of Nazareth;

10 Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of
the saints I shut up in prisons, having received autho-
rity from the chief priests : and when they were
put to death, I brought the sentence.

1 1 And 1 punished them often in every syna-
gogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and be-
ing yet more mad against them, 1 persecuted them
even unto foreign cities.

12 Whereupon, when I was going to Damas-
cus, with authority and permission of the chief
priests,

13 At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light
from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining
about me and those that were in company with me.

14 And when we were all fallen down to the
ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the He-
brew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

• 15 And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord answered : I am Jesus, whom thou perse-
cutest.

16 But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to
this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make
thee a minister and a witness of those things which
thou hast seen, and of those things for which 1
will appear to thee,

17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the
nations unto which now 1 send thee,

18 To open their eyes, that they mav be con-
verted from darkness to light, and from the power
of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness
of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith
that is in me.

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not in-
credulous to the heavenly vision :

20 But preached first to them that are at Damas-
cus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coun-
try of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should do
penance, and turn to God, doing works worthy
of penance.

21 For this cause the Jews, when I was in the
temple, having apprehended me, attempted to
kill me.

22 But, being aided by the help of God, I con-
tinue, to this day, witnessing both to small and
great ; saying no other thing than those which the
prophets and Moses did say should come to pass:

23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should
be the first that should rise from the dead,
and should show light to the people, and to the
Gentiles.

24 Now, as he was speaking these things, and

fiving an account, Festus said, with a loud voice :
'aul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth

make thee mad.

ISfi

THE \< is.

25 And Paul said: I an not mad. most excellent
Festus; Imt I speak words of truth and sobriety.

for the kin:; kuowcth of these things, to
uhoin also I >jn-.ik with confidence: lor I am |>cr-
suadcd that none of these things are hidden from
lim. For neither wire any of these things done
in ■ con

r thou the prophets, () kiim Lgrippa?
I know that thou believest.

28 Theu Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou
lienuadest ine to become i Christian.

\nd Paul said : I would to Cod that, Lx>th

in little and in much, not onl\ thou, but also all
: hear DM this day. sln>:il 1 Income such as I

.. ( \c t |it these chains.
• '^i And the kiiu rose up, and the governor, and

.lice, and the) that sat with them.
.'>l \ud when the) Were cone aside, they con-
ferred with one another, laying: This man hath
done nothing thai deserveth death or chains.

\ :.•! Vgripi m said to Festus: This man minht
hatn t a liberty, if he had not appealed to

1 ar.

CHAP. wvu.

Paul it shipped fur Rome. Hit voyage and thipwreck.

A\l> » li< n it was determined that he should
tail into Italy, and that Paul w ith the other
SrtBQfters should W d el ivered to a centurion named
uliiis, of the Innd Augusta.

Soing on board B ship of Adrumetum. wt
weighed anchor. being about to sail by the coast
Of \>ia : tristarchus the .Macedonian of TheSttV
lonica continuing w ith us.

3 And the ne\t da) we came to Sidon. And
Julius Seating Paul courteously, pennitted him to

-o to his friends, and to take care of himself.

4 And when we had launched from thence, we

mailed under Cyprus ; because the winds were con-

trar\.

6 Anil htfrinf sailed o\.r the tea of Cilieia and
Pamphilia. we < aim to l.\-tra. which is in l.ycia:

6 And there the centurion finding a ship of Alex-
andria sailing lor Italy, he put us aboard her.

7 And when, lor main days, we had sailed slow-
ly, and w-i. v, ; U , -,. coi ;| | Sl ('nidus, the
wind not permitting us, we sailed mar Crete by
Salmom

8 And with Baud difficulty sailim: by it. we

certain place which is called Cood-
liavens, near to which was the city of Thalassa.

Ind when much time was s|Miit, and when
sailing now was dangerous, liecause the fast was
i>"« |K«st, Paul comforted them,

10 Saving to them : Ve men. I see that tin- soy-
ins to lie w nil danger and much damage, not

onb ol the lading and ship, but al I our 1|V( s.

IN Hut the centurion believed the pilot and d.e
master of the shin, more than dates things whiih
were said bj Paul.

I 2 \nd w beteas il w .i> not a < ommodions I
to winter in. the greati >t part mi < I to sail

its

thence, il h) any means they might reach Phe-
nice. to winter there, which is a haven of Crete,
looking towards the south-west and north-west.

13 And the south wind blowing gently, thinkin

that the\ had obtained their purpose, when they ha-
loosed from Asson, tiny sailed close by Crete.

1 I Put not long alter there arose against her a
tempestuous wind, called Kuro-aipiilo.

15 And when the ship was carried away, and
could not bear against tlte wind, giving up tic
ship to the winds, we were driven.

16 And running under a certain island, that is
called Cauda, we had much work to conn l>\ the
Ixiat.

17 Which 1 m ■ i i iii taken up, they used helps, in -
der-girdim; the ship; and, (earing lest the) shoul I
fall into the quick-sands, they let down the sail-
yard, and so were driven.

18 And we being mightuy tossed with the tem-
pest, the next dai tnei threw overboard:

ly And the third day they east out, with tin r
own hands, the tackling of the ship.

20 And neither sun nor stars appearing lor many
days, and no small storm threatening, all hope s i I
our aafet) were now lost.

_M And after they had fasted a long time, Paul.
Btanding in the midst of them, said: You should,
indeed, () ye men, have hearkened to me. and not
have put oil from Crete, and to have suffered this
harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good dm r ;
for there shall be no loss of any man's life among
you, but only of the ship.

23 For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom
I serve, stood bv me this night,

2\ Saying: Fear not. Paul; thou must be brought
before Cesar: and, behold, God hath given tine
all them that sail with tin -e.

25 Wherefore, Sirs, be of good cheer: for I
believe God, that it shall so lie, as it hath been
told me.

( J() Put we must come into a certain island.

27 Now after the fourteenth night was come,
as we were sailing in the Adria about midnight,
the ship-men deemed that they discovered some
country.

211 And they sounded. and found twenty fathoms:
and going 00 a little farther they found fifteen
fathoms.

Then, fearing lest we should fall upon mush

places, tln\ cast four anchors out of the stern, aid
wished for the day.

30 But as the ship-men sought to fly out of tin-
ship, having let down the boat into the sea, tinder
pretence as though tiny would have cast anchors
out of the fore-ship,

31 Paul said to the centurion, and to tin
dicrs: Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot
be saved.

32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the
and l( t her fall off.

33 And when it began to be light, Paol besought
them all to take food, saying: This da] is the four

CHAP. XXVI II.

♦ecnth day that you have waited and continued
fasting taking nothing.

34 Wherefore I pray you to take some food for
your health's sake: for there shall not a hair of the
head of any of you perish.

35 And when he had said these things, taking
bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of them
all : and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

36 Then were they all of better cheer; and they
also took food.

37 And we were, in all, in the ship, two hundred
and seventy-six souls.

38 And when they had eaten enough, they light-
ened the ship; casting out the wheat into the sea.

39 And when it was day, they knew not the
laud: but they discovered a certain creek, with a
shore, into which they thought, if they could, to
thrust in the ship.

40 And when they had weighed the anchors,
they committed themselves to the sea, loosing also
the rudder-bands ; and, hoisting up the mainsail to
the wind, they made towards the shore.

41 And when we had fallen into a place where
two seas met, they ran the ship aground : and the
lore part, indeed, sticking fast, remained unmovea-
ble : but the hinder-part was broken with the vio-
lence of the sea.

42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners; lest any of them, swimming out, should
escape.

43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, for-
bad it to be done : and he commanded them, who
could swim, to cast themselves first out, and save
themselves, and get to land :

44 And the rest, some they carried on planks,
ami some on those things that belonged to the ship.
And so it came to pass, that every soul got safe to
land.

CHAP. XXVIII.

I'mil, after three months' stay in Malta, continues his voyage,
and arrives at Rome. His conference there with the Jews.

A ND when we had escaped, then we knew that
-^ the island was called Melita. But the bar-
barians showed us no small courtesy.

2 For, having kindled a fire, they refreshed us
all, because of the rain falling, and of the cold.

3 And when Paul had gathered together a bun-
dle of sticks, and had laid them on the fire, a viper,
coming out of the heat, fastened on his hand.

4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hang-
ing on his hand, they said one to another: Un-
doubtedly this man is a murderer, who though he
hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth him
not to live.

5 And he, indeed, shaking off the beast into the
fire, suffered no harm.

6 But they supposed that he would begin to swell
up, and that he would suddenly fall down and die.
And they waiting for it a long time, and seeing that
no harm was done to him, changing their minds,
they said he was a god.

7 Now, in those places were possessions of the
chief man of the island, named Publius : who re-
ceived us, and, for three days, entertained us cour-
teously.

8 And it happened that the father of Publius
lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux. To whom
Paul entered in: and when he had prayed, and laid
his hands on him, he healed him.

9 Which being done, all that had diseases in the
island came, and were healed :

10 Who also honoured us with many honours;
and, when we were to set sail, they laded us with
such things as were necessary.

11 And after three months we sailed in a ship
of Alexandria, that had wintered in the island,
whose sign was the Castors.

12 And when we were come to Syracuse, we
stayed there three days.

13 From thence coasting, we came to Rhegium:
and, after one day, the south wind blowing, we
came the second day to Puteoli ;

14 Where, meeting with brethren, we were in-
vited to stay with them seven days : and so we
went for Rome.

15 And from thence, when the brethren had
heard of us, they came to meet us, as far as Appii
Forum and the Three Taverns : whom when Paul
saw, he gave thanks to God, and took courage.

16 And when we were come to Rome, Paul
was permitted to dwell by himself, with a soldier
to guard him.

17 And after the third day, he called together
the chief of the Jews. And when they were as-
sembled, he said to them : Men brethren, 1 having
done nothing against the people, or the custom of
our fathers, was delivered up a prisoner from Jeru-
salem into the hands of the Romans :

18 Who, when they had examined me, would
have let me go, for that there was no cause of
death in me :

19 But (he Jews opposing it, I was forced to
appeal to Cesar : not that I had any thing to ac-
cuse my nation of.

20 For this cause, therefore, I desired to see
you, and to speak to you: because that, for the
hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

21 But they said to him: We neither received
letters concerning thee out of Judea, neither did
any of the brethren that came hither, relate or
speak any evil of thee.

22 But we desire to hear from thee what thou
thinkest : for as concerning this sect, we know that
it is every where contradicted.

23 And when they had appointed him a day,
there came very many to him to bis lodgings i» to
whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom ol
God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, out
of the law of Moses and the prophets, from morn
ine till evening.

24 And some believed the things that were said,
and some believed not.

25 And when they agreed not among themselves,
they departed, Paul saying this one word: Well

did ih«- Holy Ghost speak to our fathers by lsaias
the prophet,

26 Savin?: Go to this people. IM say to them:
With the eu you shall hear, and shall sot nnder-

, 1: ami serin- vou slull s. e, ami shall not per-

t he heart of this people i> grown gru»s,
with their ears have they heard heavily, and
tlieir eyes thev have shut : lest, perhaps, UWJ
should see with their eves, and hear with their ears,
and understand Urith their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.

TO THE UoMANS.

28 Be it known, therefore, to von, that this sal

vation of Cod is sent to the Gentile*, and tin \ will
it.

29 And when he had said these words, the Jews
went out from him, having a great debate among
lliclllsclvi ^.

And he remained two whole yeatl in his
own hired lodging: and he received all that came
in to him.

31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teac h-
int the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ
with all confidence, without prohibition.

THE EPISTLE

OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE,

TO THE ROMANS.

Sr. P.ri. wrote tilt Epistle at Corinth, trhrn he was preparing
go to Jerusalem with the charitable contributions collected
in Achilla and Macedonia, f,,r the relief of the Christians in
Judra ; which was about twrntu-four years after our Lord'*
Mention. It tens written in Qretk; but, at the tame time,
translated into ljatin,far the benefit of those who did not un-
it- r stand that language. And though it it not the firtt of hi*
■In, in the m r i tr of time, yet it if firtt placedjon account
Iff the sublimit y of the initttir contained in it, of the pre-
rmini nee of the place to which it was tent, and in veneration
the Church.

( II MM.

lie commends the faith of the Romans, whom he longs to tee.
The philosophy of the heathens, bring void of faith and hu-
mility, betrayed them into shameful sins.

PAUL, a sen ant of Jesus ( 'hrist, called to be an
lie, separated unto the gospel of God,
.' Which he had promised before, by his prophets.
in the holy Scriptni

3 Concerning his Son. who was made to him of
the seed of David, according to the flesh,

\ Who was predestinated* the Son of God in
power, scco tdi ng to the spirit of sanctification, bj
the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the

5 By whom we have received grace and apos-
bip, for obedience to the faith in all nations, for

o Among whom are you also the called of J< -u>
Christ :

7 To all tint are at Home, the beloved of God,

nts, < Irace to you and Irona

God «'ur Lather, ami from the I.ord Jesus Christ

nit. aa man, til prrdnlimlod to he the Son

oT Gad : and declared to ha to. (M thr apn.t)e here .icnifir.,) fml km

r, that u, by mm wwfaaf rt«pm4ona miracle* ■ tstsmmy, by the

8 First I give thanks to my God through Jesus
Christ for you all: because your faith is spoken of
in the whole world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve w ith my
spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing
I make a commemoration of you,

10 Always in m.v prayers: beseeching, that by
any means 1 may at length have a prosperous jour*
in v bj the will of God ID coming to you.

11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto
you some spiritual grace to strengthen you.

12 That is to say. that I may he comforted to-
gether in you, by that which is common to us kith,
your faith and mine.

13 And I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that I have often purposed to COUM to you, (and
have been hindered hitherto) that 1 might have
some fruit among you also, even as among other
nations.

14 To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the
wise, and to the unwise, I am a debtor :

15 So (as mudi as is in me) I am ready to preach
the gospel to you also that are at Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it
is the |H)\ver of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

17 For the Justice of Cod is revealed therein
from faith to faith: as it is written: The just man
livelh by faith.

1R For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven,
nflfml all impiety and injustice of those men that
detain the truth of God in injustice,

mtm 1

that i«, by hi* infinite tanctity ; thirdly by hu
or rating birmelf from the dead.

CHAP. II.

19 Because thai which is known of God is
manifest in them. For God hath manifested it to
them.

2') For the invisible dungs of him, from the crea-
tion of the world, are clearly seen, being under-
stood by the things that are made : his eternal
)K)wer also and divinity : so that they are inex-
cusable.

21 Because that, when they had known God,
they have not glorified him as God, nor gave
thanks : but became vain in their thoughts, and
their foolish heart was darkened:

22 For professing themselves to be wise, they be-
came fools.

23 And they changed the glory of the incor-
ruptible God, into the likeness of the image of a
corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed
beasts, and of creeping things.

24 Wherefore God gave them up to the desires
of their heart, to uneleanness : to dishonour their
own bodies among themselves :

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie : and
worshipped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God delivered them up* to
shameful affections. For their women have chang-
ed the natural use into that use which is against
nature.

27 And in like manner the men also, leaving the
natural use of the women, have burned in their
lusts one towards another, men with men doing
that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves
the recompense which was due to their error.

28 And as they liked not to have God in their
knowledge ; God delivered them up to a reprobate
sense, to do those things which are not convenient.

29 Being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornica-
tion, covetousness, wickedness, full of envy, mur-
der, contention, deceit, malignity, whisperers,

30 Detracters, hateful to God, contumelious,
proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobe-
dient to parents,

31 Foolish, dissolute, without affection, without
fidelity, without mercy.

32 Who, having known the justice of God, did
not understand that they, who do such things, are
worthy of death: and not only they who do them,
but they also who consent to them that do them.

CHAP. II.

The Jews are censured, who make their boast of the law, and
keep it not. He declares who are the true Jews.

Tl^HEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man,
^ " whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein
thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself: for
thou doest the same things which thou judgest.

2 For we know that the judgment of God is ac-
cording to truth against them that do such things.

* God delivered them up. Not by being author of their sins, but bv
withdrawing his grace, and so permitting them, in punishment of
their pride to fall into those shameful sins.

3 And thickest thou this, O man, that judgest
them who do such things, and doest the same, that
thou shalt escape the judgment of God ?

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness,
and patience, and long-suffering? knowest thou not
that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

5 But according to thy hardness, and impenitent
heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against
the day of wrath, and revelation of the just judg-
ment of God,

6 Who will render to every man according to
his works :

7 To them indeed, who, according to patience
in good work, seek glory, and honour, and incor-
ruption, life everlasting :

8 But to them who are contentious, and who
obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity,
wrath and indignation.

9 Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of
man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of
the Greek :

10 But glory and honour and peace to every
one that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also
to the Greek.

1 1 For there is no respect of persons with God.

12 For whosoever have sinned without the law,
shall perish without the law : and whosoever have
sinned under the law, shall be judged by the law.

13 For not the hearers of the law are just before
God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

14 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law,
do by nature those things that are of the law, these
having not the law, are a law to themselves :

15 Who show the work of the law written in
their hearts, their conscience bearing witness to
them, and their thoughts within themselves accus-
ing them, or else defending them,

16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets
of men, by Jesus Christ, according to mv gospel.

17 But if thou art called a Jew, and restest in
the law, and makest thy boast of God,

18 And knowest his will, and approvest the
things that are more profitable, being instructed by
the law,

19 Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of
the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of in-
fants, having the form of knowledge and of truth
in the law.

21 Thou, therefore, that teachest another, teachest
not thyself: thou that preachest that men should
not steal, stealest :

22 Thou that sayest, men should not commit
adultery, committest .adultery : thou that abhorresf
idols, committest sacrilege :

23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, by
the transgression of the law dishonourest God.

24 (For the name of God through you is blas-
phemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)

25 Circumcision profiteth indeed if thou keep
the law : but if thou be a transgressor of the law,
thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

26 If then the uncircumcised keep the ordi-

IBS

T<> THE ROM W-.

nances of the JBW ! "hall not his uncircumeision

puted t<>r circumcision ?

Mid •.hill not th.it U'liicli l»v nature is uncir-

rtrmcision, if it fulfil the law, indue tine, who l>\

the lt-ii« r antl circumcision ;irt a transgressor Of

28 For it is not be is :i Jew. who is so oiitw ani-
ls : nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in
the flesh :

lint be -'hat b one inwar dl y ; and the

r l rc ume bioa is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in
the letter: whose praise is not of men but ol God.

(HAP. III.

The ademttngf of the Jrtee. All men ot timer*, anil nnn>

cam /< of bg the teork* of the law : but only by th<

WHAT ad* then hath the Jew, or what

i- the profit ot' circumcision ?
2 Mm h t v . r> way. First indeed, because the
words of God wen committed' to them.

I or what if some of them have not bettered?
ill their unbelief make the faith of Ciod without
• !od forbid.

4 linr God is true:* and every man a liar, as it is
written: Thai thou mayest be justified in thy words,
and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

5 Hut if our injustice commend the justice of
God, what shall w> gaj ? Is God unjust, who

rh wrath?

6 (I apeak a cc ordin g" to man.) God forbid :
otherwise bow shall God judge this world?

7 For if the truth ot God hath more abounded
through nt > lie, mitt, hifl -lory: why am I also yet
judged as a sinn

\;icl not rather (as we are slandered; and as

some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there
nun ood: whose damnation is just

9 What then 3 Do we excel them ? bj no means.
we have charged !>oih Jews, and Greeks, that
they are all under sili :

ts it is written: Then- is not any man jnstrf

11 There is none that understaudctli, there is
none that seeketh after God.

12 Ml hive turned out of the way, they are
ntnc unprofitable together: there is none that

dot ih good, there h not so much as one.

I I Their throat is an mien sepulchre, with their
tongues the) have dealt deceitfully: the venom of
asps is under tin ir litis:

I V Whose mouth is full of curs'ms and bitten I

MSM m
St /Jk«

or €>'' fl.<
• ft, ',

■ /alii

i MwtfaPj Irw. Ml nun in lln-ir .. ■ 'rare

I who |. Itx- trvtk, will

of keeping b» cdurrli in nil truth

r of |1„. bw of nature.
!*,♦*. TV fa i' -1'r.mj-i'.

Mt •»« mm» juu\ %\

m .V •'• I

I^J

our being ju-llfll-d; bill

jlr.i or ftautmMi

16 Tin ir it ei are swift to shed blood.

16 Destruction and misery are in tin ,r ways'

17 And the waj of peace the) have not known:
II There is bo tear of God before their eyea.
1!< Now we know that what things soever the

law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the
law : that every nioulh ma\ be Stooped, ami all the
World may be made subject toGouS

20 Because by the works of the law bo leek

shall 1m- justified in his sight For h\ the law is

the knowledge of sin.

21 lint now without the law the jmtiee of God
is made manifest: being witnessed BJ the law and

the prophets.

22 Even the justice of God by faith of .Irsus
Christ, unto all and upon all them th.it believe in
him : for there is no distinction :

23 For all have sinned, and do need the dory
of God.

21- Being justified gratis by his grace through
the redemption that is m Christ leans,

23 Whom (iod had set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood, to the show inn ot his
justice >for the remission of past mi s.

26 Through the forbearance of (iod. for the
showing of his justice in this time: that he himself
ma] be just, and the justihef of him who is of the
faith of Jesos ( luist.

27 Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded.

I>\ what law? Of works: No: hut by the law of
liutb.

28 For we account a man to be justified by
faithj without the works ol the law.

29 Is he the (uk! ot the Jews On I] ? Is he not
also of the < ientiles ■ \ es. ol the ( ientiles also.

30 For il is one God w ho justilieth circumcision
by faith, and ancireunwistoa tbrrmgh faith.

31 Do we then destroy the law through faith?
(iod forbid: but we establish the law.

CHAP. IV.

tlntihinn trim not jiirlifn il lm trucks, thmr ax of hiuuelf: but
bit g-rati . in.il I'll faith : mid thai bifore he wo* circumcised.
Gentile* l>u faith urc hi* iliildriit.

WW \T shall we say then that Abraham hath
found, who is our lather according to the
flesh ?

2 For if Abraham were justified by works. § he
hath dory, but not in the sidit of (iod.||

3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham bel'u v
id God, and it was reputed il to him UOtO justice.

of Ikr <**• ; th-.it iv MM h ;i« are ilnnr h\ Ih-- l»w of nature, or that nf

JVmtj, m il.nl to il.. f.u'li of C'hriM : but Im nu nHim >Kb u

follow faith, and pnxinl from it.

t Be trorkt. Dooe by bi« own itlUftth. witlmtit llir grace of God,
and failli in dim.

f.VvtinlKetisklef Cril WUilrvrrtforynrapahv >kvinicla

pnwiirr frtxn inrti; lliov would be of no ralnr in ll.i- »irlil nf (Iod.

1 K'fulri, tft. lu God, who it fmhtk notbiny otherwine tlmn it i>.

ronl, Iliul trlicn wc arc juMifn •{
proMWdetb from a (rrai «• and bounty ; am)

not from anr emcar\ .nUl have of iu otri

oalare, ab*tt« ting from GodS grace. *

CHAP. V

4 Now to biro that workcth,* the reward is not
reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.

5 But to him that worketh not, yet believed in
him who justiHeth the impious, his faith is reputed to
justice according to the purpose of the grace of God.

6 As David also tenneth the blessedness of a
man, to whom God reputeth justice without works :

7 Blessed are they, whose iniquities are forgiven,t
and whose sins are covered.

8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not
mputed sin. J

9 This blessedness then doth it abide in the cir-
cumcision§ only, or in the uncircumcision also?
For we say that faith was reputed to Abraham unto
justice.

10 flow then was it reputed? When he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision ? Not in circum-
cision, but in uncircumcision.

1 1 And he received the sign of circumcision, a
seal of the justice of the faith, which is in uncir-
cuincision: that he might be the father of all the
believers uncircumcised, that to them also it may
be imputed to justice :

12 And might be the father of circumcision, not
to them only that are of the circumcision, but to
them also who follow the steps of ihefa.th.rhat our
father Abraham had, being as yet uncircumcised.

13 For not through the law was the promise to
Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of
the world, but through the justice of faith.

1 4 For if they who are of the law, be heirs :||
faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.

15 For the law workcth wrath. 11 For where
there is no law: there is no transgression.

16 Therefore is it of faith, that according to
grace the promise might be firm to all the seed, not
to that only which is of the law, but to that also
which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father
of us all,

17 (As it is written : I have made thee a father
of many nations) before God, whom he believed,
who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things
that are not, as those that are.

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he
might be made the father of many nations, accord-
ing to that which was said to him : So shall thy
seed be.

19 And he was not weak in faith: neither did
he consider his own body now dead, whereas he
was almost a hundred years old, nor the dead womb
of Sara.

* To him that worketh, viz. As of his own fund, or by his own strength.
Such a man, says the apostle, challenges his rewanl as a debt, due to
hii own performances ; whereas he who worketh not, that is, who pre-
sumeth not upon any works done by his own strength ; but seeketh
justice through faith and grace, is freely justified' by God's grace.

\ Blessed are they, whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are cover-
ed. That is, blessed are those who by doing penance have obtained
pardon and remission of their sins, and also are covered; that is, newly
clothed with the habit of grace, and vested with the stole of charity.

{ Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin. That
is, blessed is the man, who hath retained his baptismal innocence,
that no grievous sin can be imputed to him. And likewise, bless-
ed is the man, who, after falling into sin, hnth done penance, and
leads a virtuous life by frequenting the sacraments necessary for

20 In the promise also of God he staggered not
by distrust : but was strengthened in faith, giving
glory to God;

21 Most fully knowing that whatsoever he has
promised, he is able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was reputed to him unto
justice.

23 Now it is not written only for him, that it was
reputed to him unto justice :

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be reputed,
if we believe in him, that raised up Jesus Christ
our Lord from the dead,

23 Who was delivered up for our sins, and rose
again for our justification.

CHAP. V.

The grounds we have for hope in Christ. Sim and death came
by Adam: grace and life by Christ.

HPHEREFORE being justified by faith, let us
-*- have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:

2 By whom also we have access through faith
into this grace, wherein we stand, and glory in the
hope of the glory of the sons of God.

3 And not only so, but we glory also in tribu-
lations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience trial ; and trial hope :

5 And hone confoundeth not: because the cha-
rity of God is poured out into our hearts, by the
Holy Ghost who is given to us.

6 For why did Christ, when as yet we were
weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly ?

7 For scarce for a just man will one die: yet
perhaps for a good man some one would venture
to die.

8 But God commendeth his charity towards us:
because when as yet we were sinners, according to
the time,

9 Christ died for us: much more therefore be-
ing now justified by his blood, shall we be saved
from wrath through him.

10 For if, when we were enemies, we were re-
conciled to God by the death of his Son : much
more being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

11 And not only so: but also we glory in God,
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have
now received reconciliation.

12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into
this world, and by sin death : and so death passed
upon all men, in whom all have sinned.

obtaining the grace to prevent a relapse, that sin is no more imputed
to him.

{ In the circumcision, SfC. That is, is it only for the Jews that are cir-
cumcised? No, says the apostle, but also for the uncircumcised Gen-
tiles ; who by faith and grace may come to justice ; as Abraham did
before he was circumcised.

|| Be heirs. That is, if they alone, who follow the ceremonies of the
laic, be heirs of the blessings promised to Abraham ; then that faith,
which was so much praised in him, will be found to be of little value.
And the very promise will be made void, by which he was promised
to be the father, not of the .lews only, but of all nations of believers.

1 The law worketh wrath. The law, abstracting from faith and grace,
worketh wrath occa«ionallv, by being an occasion of many trans.
! gressions, which provoke God's wrath

131

TO TIIF-: ROMANS.

I I tor until the law -in was in tin- world : lint
Hras not imputed, when the law was not

1 V Hut death reigned from Adam into Moms,
i over tin in thai had noj sinned After the nau-

litude of tin- transgression of Adam, w bo b ■ figure
of him tliit was to con

15 Mm not as the offence, so also is the gift :
lor if bj tin- offence of MM many have died:
much niort- ih< of God, and the -ill in the

ire of one man Jesus Christ, hath aboiinded unto

"• • • -i

lo Awl not M i/ Ml hy one sin, s () also is the

gift; for the judgment indeed was bj one unto con-
demnation : but tin- .urace is of many olfenees unto
justification.

17 For if by one man's offence death reigned
through one: much more they who receive abun-
r;f><-. and of tin- gift, and of justice,
shall reign in life through one Jt-siis ( luist.

Ifl Therefore as by the offence of one, unto all
:n« n to condemnation : so also by the justice o! one.
unto all nit it unto justification ot life.

\'J For as bj the diaobedieaee ol one man, mam
wen- made sinners: so alto In the oliedieuee of
om-. manv shall Im- made just.

20 Now the law entered in, that sin might
■bond * Hut where sin ulxnimh-d, grace hath

inded more.

21 That as sin hath reigned unto death: so also
grace might reign bj justice unto everlasting life,
through Jem Christ our Lord.

CHAI*. VI.

The Christian mutt die to tin, anti lirr In (lod.

11^" ^ I s ' ,; '" we ^y then? shall we continue
" » in sin that grace may abound.' 1

2 God forbid. For how shall we that arc dead
to fan, live any Ioniser therein?

8 Know sou not that all vv e. w ho are baptized in
Christ Jens, are baptized in his death?

4 For we are buried together with him by bap-
tism unto death: That BS Christ is risen from the
dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may
walk in newness of life.

6 For it' we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, in like manner we shall be
of his resurrection.

tl Knowing this, that our olil man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin+ m.i\ be destroyed,
and th it we m:i\ serve sin no longer.

>r be that is dead, is justified from s' m .

8 Now if we be deal with Christ, we believe
that we sh.dl live also together with Christ:

!' Knowiimth.it Christ rising again from the
dead, dieth now no more, death shall ae more base
dominion over him.

10 I- or in thai be died to sin. he died once: but
in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

* TV,/ m mural ahm m d. Ni4 a* if llir law wprr firm on parpuar
for « it tt fl> ha-'|wn«-,l Ihmwrti manS perrarai-

r.«n the pr.
t OH mm M y a/ «» Our eoraipi Mote, subject to mo and

11 So doyou also reckon yo ur se lve s to 1^ dead

indeed to sin, but alive to Cod in Christ Jesus
our Cord.

12 Let not sin then fore reign in vour mortal
body, so us to obey the lusts thereof.

13 .N< iilnr v ii Id \<- \otir members as instruments
of iniquity unto sin: Cut present yourselves to God
as those that are alive limn the dead: and your
members as instruments of justice unto God<

IV For sin shall not have dominion over vou:
lor vou are not under the law, but under grace.

15 What then? Shall we sin. beeati ire

not under the law, but under pace? God forbid.

1G Know vou not, that to whom vou yield vonr-
selves servants to obey, his servants you are whom
vou obey, whether it be of sin, unto death, or of
obedience, unto justice.

17 Mut thanks be to Cod, that you were the ser-
vants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart, unto
that form of dot-trine, into which vou have been
delivered.

lb" Being then made free from sin, you are lie-
come tin- servants of justice.

19 I speak a human thing, became of the in-

lirmitv ol \our Besfa : for as vou have yielded vour
members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, unto
iniipiitv : SO now v ii Id vour members to serve jus-
tice, unto sanetilication.

20 For when vou were the servants of sin, you
Were free from justice.

21 What fruit therefore had vou then in those
things, of which vou are now ashamed? For the
end of them is death.

J J But now being made free from sin. and Ik
come servants to Cod, vou have your fruit unto
sanctification, and the cud everlasting life.

23 For the Wages ol sin. is death. Mut the

Cos of God, everlasting Ufa, in Christ Jesus our
rd.

chap. vii.

We are rebated by Christ from th hnr. anil from (hi guilt i,f
tin : though the inclination to it utill trmpt it*.

1/" NOW' vou not. brethren, (for I speak to them
-*^ that know the law) how the law hath do-
minion over a man, as Ions as it liveth ?X

2 For tin- woman that hath a husliand, whilst her
husband liveth. is hound to the law ■ but if her
husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of
In r husband.

3 Wherefore, whilst her husband liveth. she
shall lie called an adulteress it she In- with another
man: but if her husband be dead, she is free from
the Law of her husband: so that she is not an adul-
teress j| sin- be vviih another man.

4 Tin rehire, mv brethren, vou also are betoine
dead to the law by the body of Christ : that vou

l.i ■• from AIjiii, m called our old aua, a* oar
•fate, reformed in and by Christ, ia called the ntv man. An.! tlw
vices and sins, wlii.h I ia IM. arp named, tlu led* a/" at*.

\ Along nil ttrtta , or, as long as he foil

CHAP. VIII.

may belong to another, who is risen again from the
dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of
sins, which were by the law, did work in our mem-
bers, to bring forth fruit unto death.

6 But now we are loosed from the law of death,
\\ herein we were detained, so that we should serve in
newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God
forbid. But I did not know sin, but by the law :
for I had not known concupiscence, -if the law had
not said : Thou shalt not covet.

8 But sin taking occasion* by the commandment,
wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For
without the law sin was dead.

9 And I lived some time without the law. But
when the commandment came, sin revived.

10 And I died : and the commandment, that
was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto
death to me.

1 1 For sin, taking occasion by the command-
ment, seduced me, and by it killed me.

12 Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.

13 Was that then which is good, made death to
me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin,f
by that which is good, wrought death in me: that
sm by the commandment might become sinful
above measure.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but 1
am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I work, I understand not. For
I do not that good which I will,f but the evil which
I hate, that I do.

16 If then I do that which I will not, I consent
to the law, that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin
that dwelleth in me.

18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me,
that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For
to will good, is present with me, but to accomplish
that which is good, I find not.

19 For the good which I will, I do not: but the
evil which I will not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that which I will not, it is no
more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that when I have a will to
do good, evil is present with me :

22 For I am delighted with the law of God,
according to the inward man :

23 But I see another law in my members, fight-
ing against the law of my mind, and captivating
me in the law of sin, that is in my members.

24 Unhappy man that I am : who shall deliver
me from the body of this death ?

* Sin taking occasion. Sin, or concupiscence, which is called sin,
because it is from sin, and leads to sin, which was asleep before, was
wakened hv the prohibition : the law not being the cause thereof, nor
properly giving occasion to it : but occasion 6eing- taken by our corrupt
nature to resist the commandment laid upon us.

t That it may appear sin, or that sin miry apjyear, viz. to be the monster
it is, which is even capable to take occasiou from that which is food,
to work death.

25 The gnce of God by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Therefore I myself, with the mind, serve the law
ol God : but, with the flesh, the law of sin.

CHAP. VIII

Thrrr in no condemnation to them that being jttstifi,! by Christ
walk not according to the fl<sh, but according to the spirit
Their strong hope, and love of God.

r p i HERE is, therefore, now no condemnation to
-*- them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
according to the flesh.

2 For the law of the spirit of life, in- Christ Je-
sus, hath delivered me from the law of sin and of
death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was
weak through the flesh : God, sending his own Son,
in the likeness of sinful flesh, even of sm, condemned
sin in the flesh,

4 That the justification of the law might be ful-
filled in us, who walk not according to the flesh,
but according to the spirit.

5 For they who are according to the flesh, relish
the things that are of the flesh : but they who are
according to the spirit, mind the things which are
of the spirit.

6 For the wisdom of the flesh is death: but the
wisdom of the spirit is life and perce.

7 Because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy
to God : For it is not subject to the law of God,
neither can it be.

8 And they who are in the flesh, cannot please
God.

9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if
so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you : the body indeed is
dead because of sin, but the spirit liveth because of
justification.

1 1 And if the Spirit of him, who raised up Jesus
from the dead, dwell in you : he that raised up
Jesus Christ from the dead, shall quicken also
your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit dwelling
in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to
the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

13 For if you live according to the flesh, you
shall die: but if by the spirit you mortify the deeds
of the flesh, you shall live.

14 For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.

15 For you have" n«»t received the spirit of bond-
age again in fear: but you have received the
spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry : Abba
(Father.)

\ I do not that good which I will, Sec. The apostle here describes the
disorderly motions of passion and concupiscence : which oftentimes in
us (jet the start of reason : and by meansof which even pood men suffer
in the inferior appetite what their will abhors : and are much hindered
in the accomplishment of the desiresof their spirit and mind. But these
evil motions (though they are called the law q/siii, because they cc.-.e
from original sin, and violently temptand incline tosin)as long as the wdl
does not consent to them, are not sins, because they are not voluntary

133

TO THE ROMANS.

16 K<>r tin- Spirit hiePaelf * givcth tea tfi mony to
our spirit, th.it we are the suns i»t God.

17 \ikI it mos, heirs also: heire indeed oi I
and joint-heirs wild Chrwt: jrei no if we sutler with

thai We UiBj ! lonlied M illi luui.

lij For I reckon, thai tin altering* <>i this pre*
: time are not wortm to Im compared with the
gh>r\ to come, thai shall Im- revealed m us.

19 For the expectation of the creaturef waiteth
for tin- ri u latiou nl l he vniix of ( iod.

For the creature was made subject to vanity,
not wUUngly, Imt li> reaaofl of him that made it
subier! in nope:

2\ Becmtae tin- c malum abortaetf shall l>e deli-
vrred from tin- servitude of corruption, into the
liberty of the glory of the children of God.

For we know thai everj creature groaaieth,
ami is in lahotir even till now.

\nd not only it. hut ourselves also, who have

tin- first fnntsol the spirit, even we ourselves groan

within oiii-i -Ives, wailing for the adoption of tin-
sons of (iou, tin- redemption of our body.

Fot " I ! bj hope. Hut hope that is

Seen, is not hope: lor what a man seelh, why doth
he ho

l!ut if we hope for that which we see not :
for it with patience.

26 Likewise the Spirit also beipeth our infirmity:

for, hi- know not what we should nray lor as we
ought : hut the Spirit himself askcili for usj with
unspeakable groawings.

27 Ami he that searched) the hearts, knoweth
what the Spirit desireth: because he asketb for the
saints according to ( iod.

28 And are know that to them that love God, all
things work together unto -o<xl to sBch as accord-
ing to //;.\ purpoM- are called to l» saints.

i'or w bom he foreknew, he also predestinated^
to Ik- made conformable to the image oi bis Son : that
he might U- the first-bora amongst many brethren.

\nil whom he predestinated, them be also
called: and whom he called, them he also justified:
and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then sa) r.. these things? If
God Im- fof Us, whu is ;ig:ii||s| US?

• '•-' lie that spared not even his own Sun, but
delivered him up tor n> all. how hath be not also,

with him. given us ;i|| things -

• 71* .VH.«ifV, tft. Itv the inward motion* of djrim lore, and
a»pem.c..ff-.H 1 M-icnr.-. wt ich the children of Gad experience. tk*j
here » kM of testimony of GodS tUroor » be which ther are much
it their hope U their jaMifcation and Miration

Imt \il

■ot wulo prrtrrMl tn an absolute aaurrance : which i« not tiMiallv

grauted hi ton mortal life Hiinnp which we are tanffht to tr*rk m>(

— > i,*t * inwm**rmU h ,mH i *r. »''-il- "• H. And IU a, wko Ihmk-

,lk tmrnmU I.XW.awji uh, M Utt lufaU, 1 Cor. x. IS. See alto fUm.

'. tl. tl.

I\m fifnlmtw* •/ Ik, rreafan, <* Me .peak, of the corporeal ore-

MM made foe the o«e and •crric* of own ; and, by ocra.mn of hi.

n»»» .ubjer t to ranity . thai i., to a perpetual n ,»|, nr

toroernption.airfotherdew«U;tothatrr3fa^r«reof.pee«-f.rtr.r.<-rr

•aid to (rrrwn and »*• in lahoor. and to lone far H» d. Iterance, whirk

M then to row, when «in .hall reign no more : and God ahall raiw the

bodtea and nmte them to their aoat* nevermore to aeparai.

in ererfautiaw bmppiiMM in hcaren.

JJafaft/bra*. The Hp.nl i. .»M to aak. and d«ire for the aainN,

134

.'«.'> W ho shall lay any thin:: to the charge of the

elect ot ( iod .' Gotl W In > lllstilieth.

I Who is he that sh;ill condemn? Christ Jesus
who d'n-d. yea, who rose ;i|s () again, who is ;it tin-
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession
lor us.

* Who then shall separate us from the lo\e u(
Christ- shall trihulalion ' <>r distress- or famine ?
or nakedness? or danger? or persecution.- or the
sword r

36 (As it is written : For thy sake we are put

to death, all the day long: we ;ue accounted as

sheen for the slaughter.)

37 Hut in all these things \\e overcome, became
of him that hath loved US.

3ii For I am sure jj that neither death, nor life,
nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
ihin-s area at, nor mines to conn-, nor might,

.!'.' Nor height, nor depth, nor an) other creature
shall Im- able to separate us from the love of Cod,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

chap. ix.

The aposlle's ennrrrn for (hi .Inrs. CinFt th rtion i> free,
and not ravfinxl In tlieir mil ion.

I" SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not. mv ron-
-*- science hearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:

2 That I have gnat sacbes8,and continual sor-
row in mv heart.

3 Fori wished myself to he an araihema" from
Christ, for my brethren, who ate mj kinsmen ac-
cording tO the flesh,

4 Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth tin,
adoption of children, and the glory, and the cove-
nant, and the giving of the law, and the service (if
God, and the promist I :

5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ
according to the llesh, who is over all things, (iotl
blessed lor ever. Amen.

6 Not as though the word of Gotl hath failed.
For, all are not Israelites** that are of Israel :

7 Neither are all they, w ho are the seed of Ahra-
ham. children: but in Isaac shall thy seed Im- called:

8 That is to say, not tlnv who are the children
of the llesh, are the children of God: hut they.
that are the children of the promise, are counted
lor the seed

and to pray in us ; inaMniich u he impiretb prayer and teaclwlli ui
to pray.

t II, alto fttdtiHntlM. let. That in, Rod lath prr-onlnimil th:it nil
afadert thoukl be conformable to the image of In- Son. Wr imi-t
not here offer to dire Into the «eerel»of tii«l\ eternal election only
firmly belie»e that all our road, in time, and eternity, flown *n>Mia//«
from f5od\i free (rondneM ; and all our m/ l"n>m manV free » ill.

«/ em mrr. That at, / «m pmundrd ■ a. it i» in the Greek, »i»n...i.
.Inatkrwa; a rune. Tlie apoatlchi concern and lore fur Ins < cum.
-. wai *o irreat, that lie wa» « illuic to suffer even an
mnmlkrwt*, or curw. for their sake ; or any evil that could come upon
him. wiiImhiI lii. offcndine-God.

"• .W err not lmti< Not all, who are the carnal aeed of

Itnrl, are true lirmrliut in (iodS account | who. a* b» hi* free (rrace
be beretofiMie preferred laaac before lamael, and Jacob before Eean,
ao he could, and did by the like free rrace, election and merry. rai»e
•in .[Mriinal . l,,l.lr,-n hv faith to Abraham and lurael, from among the
Gentiles and prefcr them before the carnal Jcwa.

CHAP. X.

9 For this is the word of the promise; According
to this time will I come: and Sara shall have a

soil.

10 And not only she: hut when Rebecca also had
conceived at once, hy Isaac our father.

I 1 For when the children were not yet born,* nor
bad done any mood or evil (that the purpose of Cod
according to election might stand)

1*2 Not of works, but of him that called, it was
said to her : , .

Id The elder shall serve the younger, as it is
written : Jacob I have loved, but Lsau 1 have
hated.

14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice
with God ? God forbid.

15 For he saith to Moses : I will have mercy on
whom I will have mercy : and I will show mercy to
whom I will show mercy.

16 So then it is not of him that willeth,f nor of
him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.

17 For the Scripture saith to Pharao: To this
purpose^ have I raised thee up, that I may show
my power in thee : and that my name may be de-
clared throughout all the earth.

18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will ;
and whom he will he hardeneth.§

19 Thou wilt say therefore to me : Why doth he
then find fault ? For who resisteth his will ?

20 O man, who art thou that repliest against God ?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it:
Why hast thou made me thus ?

21 Or hath not the potter|| power over the clay,
.if the same lump to make one vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour ?

22 And if God willing to show his wrath, and to
make his power known, endured with much patience
vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction,

23 That he might show the riches of his glory
upon the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared
unto glory.

24 Even us, whom also he hath called, not of the
Jews only, but also of the Gentiles,

25 As he saith in Osee: I will call them my peo-
ple, that were not my people: and her beloved, that
was not beloved : and her, that had not obtained
mercy, one that hath obtained mercy.

26 And it shall be, in the place where it is was

*'Abf ytt born, fyc. By this example of these twins, and the pre-
ference of the younger to the elder, the drift of the apostle is, to show
that God, in his election, mercy, arid grace, is not tied to any par-
ticular nation, as the Jews imagined, nor to any prerogative of birth,
or any foregoing merits. For as, antecedently to his grace, he sees
uu merits in any, but finds all involved in sin, in the common mass of
condemnation; and all children of wrath; there is no one whom he
might not justly leave in that mass; so that whomsoever he delivers
from it, he delivers in his mercy : and whomsoever he leaves in it, he
leaves in his justice. As when, of two equally criminal, the king is
pleased out of pure mercy to pardon one, whilst he sutlers justice to
take place in the execution of the other.

f .Yoj of him that willeth, i,-r. That is by any power or strength of
his own, abstracting from the grace of God.

\ To this purpose, Sec Not thatGod made him on purpose that he should
»in, and so be damned : but foreseeing hisobstinacy in sin, and the abuse
of his own free-will, he raise d him up to be a mighty king, to make a more
rctnark-.ible example of lui u: and that his power might be better known:
mud his justice, in punishing him, published throughout the earth.

said to them : you are not my people : there they
shall be called the children of the living God.

27 And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: II
the number of the children of Israel be as the sand
of the sea, a remnantl shall be saved.

28 For he shall finish his word, and cut it short
in justice : because a short word shall the Lord
make upon the earth.

29 And as Isaias foretold : Unless the Lord of
sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as
Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha.

30 What then shall vye say? That the Gentiles,
who sought not after justice, have attained to justice*
even the justice that is of faith.

31 But Israel, in pursuing the law of justice, is
not come to the law of justice.

32 Why so? because they sought it not of faith,
but as it were of works: for they stumbled at the
stumbling-stone ;

33 As it is written : Behold, I lay in Sion a
stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal : and whoso-
ever believeth in him, shall not be confounded.

CHAP. X.

The end of the law is faith in Christ; which the Jews refusing'
to submit to, cannot be justified

BRETHREN, the will of my heart, indeed, and
my prayer to God, is for them unto salvation.

2 For I bear them witness, that they have a zeal
of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 For they not knowing the justice of God,** and
seeking to establish their own, have not submitted
themselves to the justice of God.

4 For the end of the law is Christ, unto justice
to every one that believeth.

5 For Moses wrote, that the justice which is of
the law, the man that shall do it, shall live by it.

6 But the justice which is of faith, speaketh thus:
Say not in thy heart: Who shall ascend into heaven?
that is, to bring Christ down :

7 Or who shall descend into the deep ? that is, to
bring up Christ again from the dead.

8 But what saith the Scripture ? The word is
near thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : this
is the word of faith, which we preach :

9 That if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord

} He hardeneth. Not by being the cause, or author of his sin, but
by withholding his grace, and so leaving him in his sin, in punish-
ment of his past demerits.

|| The potter. This similitude is used, only to show that we are not
to dispute with our Maker : nor to reason with him why he docs not
give as much grace to one as to another : for since the whole lump of
our clay is vitiated by sin, it is owing to his goodness and mercy,
that he makes out of it so many vessels of honour; and it is no more
than just that others, in punishment of their unrepented of sins,
should be given up to be vessels of dishonour.

f A remnant. That is, a small number only of the children of Israel
shall be converted and saved. How perversely is this text quoted
for the salvation of men of all religions, when it speaks only of the
converts of the children of Israel?

** The justice of God, That is, the justice which God giveth us
through Christ ; as on the other hand the Jews' own justitt is, that
which they pretended to by their own strength, or by the observance
of the law without faith in Christ.

v KS5

is, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised
him upfront the tlcad. thou shah be saved.*

10 For. w 'it h the hi nt.web. lieveiinto intice: but,
widi (In- mouth, confession is made UUtO salvation.

1 1 K<u ihc Scripture raith : W boatoen i tx Ik n th
in him, shall not be confound) d.

\i For there n no distinction of the Jew and the
Greek: far the nunc is Lord overall, rich loaH that

tall upon him.

1 I For whosoever shall call npoa the name of
the Lord, shall be saved.

IV How then shall they call on him, in whom

the] have not believi .1 ? ( >r how shall they believe

him, of whom they have not beard? And how shall

hear, without a preacher ?

\inl how can they preach unless they he sent?f

I is written: How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring
glad tidin-s of good ihin

16 Mm all do not ol>. \ tin- gospel. For Isaias
saith: Lord, who hath believed our re|>ort?

17 Faith then comcth by bearing: and bearing
by the word of < 'hrist.

18 Hut I sas : Have thev not heard? Yes verilv
their sound wtni o\er all the earth, and their words
unto the ends ol" the w hole world.

I'.) But I saj : [lath not Israel known? Fir*
Moses saith : I will provoke you to jealousy by that
which is not a nation: bj a foolish nation I will
anger you.

But Isaias is bold, and saith: I was found
by them that did not seek me: I appeared openly
to them that asked not alter me.

J\ Hut to Israel he saith: All the day long have

I spread forth mv hands to a people, that believeth
not, ami contradicteth me.

Cll \l\ XI.

C.od hath nnt raxt «/T nil Ixmrl. Thr QemtHu mutt not be

proud; but xtanti in faith, and fear.

I 5A\ then: Hath God cast away his people?

-*■ God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the

seed of Abraham, of the trios of Benjamin.

2 God hath not cast away his people, which he

foreknew. Know von not what the Scripture saith
ol" F.liis; how he callelh on (iod acainsl Israel?

Lord, thev have slain thy prophets, an. I have
dii- down thy altars: and I am left alone, and thev
seek my life.

TO THE ROMANS.

4 Mut what saith the divine answer to him ? I

* 7Vw iWt U mmA To confoaa the Lord Je«n«. an.l to call upon
the name ..I II..- Lord, (». ll ) n not barely the professing a belief in
the prr-Mi ..1 ( l.n.t . but, moreover, implies a brlirf of hi* wl.nl.
doctrine, and ao obedience hi hi* law ; without which the calling
him ' .re 00 man. St. Mall. vii. tl.

•Jasj fV« U mil. II. n- m an evident proof againM alt new
loaches whol.uvrall u-.in..-.! to themselves the ministry wttboal
I mi«KMi. ilrnvnl In from the a|«r.llc». to ahum

< II. .1 1 aw FmtJuT kmtk tml mt, I aba ami y<m

t an**, HumunJ, let. I 1 .11 alleged by some against the

prr,».t„»| MMlllhU .1 ' ,- 'I ,., |'„. ,„.,„■ I„.,„„. I„,w.

the nember of the faithful might be abridged by the persecution

ofJexabel in U ml, wa« al the

■mm time io a aanat Soarishing oondilioo (under .its and Juntk <1)

it. the kingdom of JiH .'.

' ' •• «w» *f tvrks. iff If Miration wure to come by warti.

136

have reserved to myscll seven thousand] nun, who
h.i\. not bowed tin ii knees to Baal.

5 Even so then at this present time also, there i.«
a remnant saved according, to the election ol -race.

(i And il 1>\ Brace, it is not now bj works :$ other-
w m ci ice is 1 moie grace.

7 What then? that which Israel sought, he hath
not obtained : but theelectiou bath oUauied it, and
the rest have been blinded :

8 As it is written: God hath CWeB 1 1 1 « 1 1 1 [{ the
spirit ol insensibility: eves that I he) should not see,
and ears that they .should not hear, until this present
day.

5) And David saith: Let their table lie made a
snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a re-
compense to them.

10 Let their c\cs be darkened, that they may not
see: and now down their back always.

11 I say then: Havethe*. so stumbled, that they

should rail?! God forbid. I'nt by their oHeiice,

salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be
emulous of them.

12 Now if the offence of them be the riches of
the world, and the diminishing ol tin in, the ridu s of
the Gentiles: how much more the fulness ol lliein ?

13 For I sai to you Gentiles: As Nam indeed as
I am the apostle of the G entiles, I will honour my
ministry,

1 \ If by am means I may provoke to emulation
those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

15 For if the loss of them lie the reconciliation
of the world : what shall the ret living of them Ik-,
but life from the dead?

16 For if the first-fruit lie holy, s () is the na-s
also: and if the root !>e holy, so are the branch. -.

17 And if some of the branches be broken, and

thou being a wild olive tree, art ingrafted in them,
and art made partaker of the root and of the latin s,
of the olive tree,

18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou
lioast: thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

19 Thou wilt say then: The branches were
broken oil" that I might be grafted in.

20 Well: because of unlielief they were broken
oil'. But thou standesi by faith :** be not high mind-
ed, but fear.

21 For if God hath not spared the natural
branchei leal h«' aJao spare not thee.

done by nature, without faith ami (frace, taxation would not he a
KTacc or Arrow, t»it a imM ■. Imt »urh it ad works are indeed >4 no
value in Ibn »iplil of t;.«.l ti.«;.r. ; li, It ii not the ftam* with

rejrard to trorci <W trilk rnnd by (JimIS frrace ; for to such worka as
these ho ha* pmmiacd rtcrnal salratioa.

\OU kttk gimtntkrm, tft. Not t>> his working or artinr in Ihrwi; Imt
by his nennissioo, and by willidrawinir Mm grace in |>unishn M iit <>l
their oti»tinaev.

f Thai Ikry UumUfmlL Tlte nation of the Jews is not alivJutrly
and without remedy ea«t asTforerar) l.nt in earl only (mat.. tlH.ih

onda of tliem bavins; U-cn at first lonnrtol) and for s time; which
U of theirs God leased lotaro i<> the iruod of UieGvnt.h-s.

tTuiu Unit* kyfmHk : kt eat kigk min dfi , kuljrmr. We see here
that he who BtajkdetB hi ftkith may fall from it ; ami llierefore mint
live in fear, and out in the vaiu pn>uin;ilioii ami security of mudera
sectaries.

CHAP. XII, XIII.

22 See therefore the goodness, and the severity
of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the
severity: but towards thee the goodness of God, if
thou continue in goodness, otiierwise thou also shah
be cut olf.*

23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbe-
lief, shall be ingrafted : for God is able to ingraft
them again.

24 For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree
which is natural to thee, and contrary to nature,
wert ingrafted into the good olive tree : how much
more shall they that are the natural branches, be
grafted into their own olive tree ?

23 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own
conceits) that blindness in part has happened in
Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should
come in.

26 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is
written : There shall come out of Sion, he that
shall deliver, and shall turn away impiety from
Jacob.

27 And this is to them my covenant, when I shall
take away their sins.

28 According to the gospel, indeed, they are ene-
mies for your sake : but according to election, they
are most dear for the sake of the fathers.

29 For the gifts and the calling of God are with-
out t repentance.

30 For as you also in times past did not believe
God, but now have obtained mercy, through their
unbelief;

31 So these also now have not believed, for your
mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.

32 For God hath concluded all in unbelief,J that
he may have mercy on all.

33 O the depth of the riches, of the wisdom and
of the knowledge of God ! How incomprehensible
are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Or who hath been his counsellor?

33 Or who hath first given to him, and recom-
pense shall be made him?

36 For of him, and by him, and in him are all
things : to him be glory for ever. Amen.

CHAP. XII.

Lessons of christian virtues.

BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the
-*- mercy of God, that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reason-
aide service.

2 And be not conformed to this world : but be
reformed in the newness of your mind ; that you

* Otherwise thou also shall be cut off. The Gentiles are here admo-
nished not to be proud, nor to glory against the Jews; but to take
occasion rather from their fall to fear, and to be humble, lest thev be
cast off. Not that the whole church of Christ can ever fall from him;
having been secured by so many divine promises in holy writ; but
that each one in particular may fall ; and therefore all in general are
to be admonished to beware of that, which may happen to any one in
I articular.

may prove what is the good, and the acceptable,
and the perfect will of God.

3 For I say, through the grace that is given me,
to all thai are among you, not to be more wise than
it behoved] to be wise; but to be wise unto sobriety,
and according as God hath divided to every one the
measure of faith.

4 For as in one body we have many members,
but all the members have not the same office:

5 So we being many, are one body in Christ, and
each one, members one o( another.

6 And having gifts different, according to the
grace that is given us, whether prophecy, according
to the proportion of faith,

7 Or ministry, in ministering: or he that teach-
eth, in teaching ;

8 He that exhorteth in exhorting; he that giveth
with simplicity; he that ruleth with solicitude; he
that showeth mercy with cheerfulness.

9 Love without dissimulation. Hating that which
is evil, adhering to that which is good :

10 Loving one another with brotherly love; in
honour preventing one another :

11 In solicitude not slothful: in spirit ferven^
serving the Lord :

12 Rejoicing in hope-: patient in tribulation
instant in prayer:

1 3 Communicating to the necessities of the saints :
pursuing hospitality.

14 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and
curse not.

13 Rejoice with them that rejoice ; weep with
them that weep :

16 Being of one mind one to another: not high-
minded, but condescending to the humble. Be not
wise in your own conceits :

17 Render to no man evil for evil: provide things
good not only in the sight of God, but also in the
sight of all men.

18 If it be possible, as much as is in you, have
peace with all men.

19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved,
but give place to wrath ; for it is written : Revenge
is mine, 1 will repay, saith the Lord.

20 But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat :
if he thirst, give him drink : for doing this, thou
shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

21 Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil
by good.

CHAP. XIII.

Lessons of obedience to superiors, and mutual charity.

LET every soul be subject to higher powers :
for there is no power but from God : and those
that are, are ordained of God.

f For the gifts and the calling of God are vilhnul his repenting WmmK
of them; for the promises of God are unchangeable, nor can he re-
pent of conferring his gifts.

I Concluded all in unbelief. He hath found all nations, both Jews
and Gentiles, in unbeliet and sin ; not by his causing, but by the
abuse of their own free-will ; so that their calling and election is
purely owing to his mercy.

137

TO THE

2 Therefore h< tntl resisted) the power, resi-t-
eth the ordinaucc of God. Ami thej th.it rcsi>t,
purchase to themselves damnation.

• I or rulers are not ■ terror to the good work,
but to the evil. \\ ilt thou then not i><- afraid of the
power - l>»» that which ia good: ami tliou shall have
praise from the same.

i r or be is tli ■ minister of God to thee for good.
But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for be
beareth not the sword in vain. For be i> the minister
oi God, an avenger to execute wrath upon bins
that doeth t\ il.

.') Wherefore Im- suhjeel of necessity, not only lor
wrath, luit aUo for "conscience' sake.

6 For therefore also sou paj tribute: for thej
are the ministers of ( Sod, sen inn unto this purpose.

7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute, to
w boea tribute is du> : customtto a bom c u sto m : fear,
to whom fear: honour, to whom honour.

8 Owe no man anv thin::, hut that \ou love one
v > another: for he that loved) his neighbour hath fill?
\5\ Idled the law .

9 For thou shalt not commit adultery : Thou
shall not kill : Thou shalt not steal : Thou shalt
not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet: and
ifthere be any other comnsandment, it is comprised
in this word: Thou shalt love thv neighbour as
thyself.

1U The love of the neighbour worketh no e\il.
Lave therefore is the fulfilling of the Uiw.

11 And that know in- the time; that it is now
the hour for us to rise from sleep: for now our
Salvation is nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is passed, and thedaj is at hand.
Let us therefore east off the works of darkness,
and nut on the armour of light

i • L't us walk hones! !\ at in the day: not in
riotiiix and drunkenness, not in chambering and
impurities, not in contention and envy.

1 I Hut put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make not provision for the flesh ill its concupis-
cences.

( II \l\ \IV.

The itrong mutt bear with the trrak. Cnntiont against judging :
and giring icunilaL

NOW him, that is weak in faith, take unto you,
not in disputes about thoughts.

J lor one believeU) that he mav eat all things :"
hut he that is weak, let him eat herbs.

I .ef not him that eateth despise him that eateth
not : ami he that eateth not. let him not indue him
tli.it eateth: for God hath taken him to him.

V Who art thou that judnest another man's ser-
vant? To his own master In- siandcth or fa I loth;

* Kmt «fl lUngt. »i/. without oWrrinr the di.tinrlion of rlnan and
■nr iW of Mom: whic-li wa« now no

-tis) from amonr
the .'«wi, a« w. udr a w-mplc at cat-

mr «nrn nv-al. a* wart denned unclean I . »u< h a. <mm

Br«h, St. wWIi iIk- ttruneer ttri oi

■tie. Now iBeapoatle, to recocw -ilf • tl.< iiwofeUier, exhort* the former

I3S

ROMJtNS.

and he shall stand: for G«m1 is aide to make him
stand.

For one judged) between dav f and day: and

anotiier judged) every day: teteverj man abound
in his ow n sense.

t; He that regarded) the day. regardeth it unto the
Lord: and he that eateth, eateth to the Lord: lor
he civeth thanks to God. And he that eateth not,
to the Lord he eatelh not. and lived) ihauks to t ■ < <l.

7 For none ol us liveth to himself: and no man
dieth to himself.

15 For, whether we live, we 1 i v « • to the Lord: or
whether we die, we die to the Lord, rherefore,
whether we live, or whether we die, we are the
Lord's.

9 For to this end Christ died, and rose again :
that he might be Lord IhhIi of the dead and of the
living.

Ki But whj dost bVou judge thy brother? or why

dost thou despise thy brother.' lor we shall all
stand before the judjiim nt-seat of Christ.

11 For it is written: As 1 live, sailh the Lord.
■ m rj knee shall how to me: and even SBBgUC shall

confess to ( iod.

IJ So, then. e\ cry one of us shall render account
for himself to God.

13 Let us not, th erefor e, judge one anotha any
more: but judge this rather, that yoa put not

a stumbling-block, or a scandal in your brother's
w a\ .

14 I know, and am confident, in the Lord Jesus,
(hat nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that

esteemed) an) thing to he unclean, to him it is
unclean.

15 But if, because of thy meat, thy brother Ihj
grieved: thou walkest not now accordiim to charity.
Destroy not him with thy meat," for whom Christ

died.

16 Let not, then, our good he evil spoken of.

17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and
drink; hut justice, and peace, and jov in the Holy
Ghost.

18 For he, that in this served) Christ, pseasedi
God, and is approved of men.

19 Therefore, let us follow after the things that

are of peace: and keep the things that are of edi-
fication one towards another.

Destroy not the work of God for meat. All
things, indeed, are clean: but it is evil for that man
who eateth With giving offence.

21 It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink
wine, nor am thing whereby thy brother i> offend -
ed, oi scandalized, or made weak.

22 Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before
Cod. Happy is he that condemn* th not himself in
that which he allow i (h.

not to jiiilpr orroixli'tnn tin- laltrr, minff thiir CtirMi:in lit., rtr ; and
ll.r latter to taki "" wrakei

brrtli-vn. rilliir l>\ briojring (Ix-rn to rat what in 11 I ore

nch offence as to rn-
danger the rlrn ing litem ihcrcbj fr..m the < lin»ti:in rcli

♦ /•'. t*tm J*y,4fc. Still oliKCMing the BabbatUi and fo»tiTaltof the
law.

CHAP. XV, XVI.

23 But he that discerneth,* if he eat, is con-
demned: because not of faith. f For all that is not
of faith, is sin.

CHAP. XV.

He exhorts them to be all of one mind : and promises to come
and see them.

NOW, we that are stronger, ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please our-
selves.

2 Let every one of you please his neighbour for
his good unto edification.

3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is
written : The reproaches of them that reproached
thee, fell upon me.

4 For what things soever were written, were
written for our instruction : that, through patience
and the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have
hope.

5 Now, the God of patience and of comfort grant
you to be of one mind, one towards another, ac-
cording to Jesus Christ:

6 That with one mind, and with one mouth,
you may glorify God, and the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ :

7 Wherefore receive one another: as Christ also
hath received you to the honour of God.

8 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of
the circumcision! for the truth of God, to confirm
the promises made to the fathers.

9 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his
mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to
thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing
to thy name.

10 And again he saith : Rejoice, ye Gentiles,
with his people.

11 And again: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles;
and magnify him, all ye people.

12 And again Isaias saith : There shall be a root
of Jesse: and he that shall rise up to rule the Gen-
tiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope.

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing : that you may abound in hope,
and in the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 And I myself also, my brethren, am assured
of you, that you also are full of love, replenished
with all knowledge, so that you are able to ad-
monish one another.

15 But I have written to you, brethren, more
boldly in some sort, as putting you in mind: because
of the grace which is given me from God.

16 That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus
among the Gentiles: sanctifying the gospel of God,
that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made ac-
ceptable, and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.

17 F have, therefore, glory in Christ Jesus to-
wards God.

* Ditctrneth. That is, distinpuisheth between meats, and catcth
against his conscience, what he deems unclean.

] Of faith. By faith is here understood judgment and conscience: to
met against which is always a sin.

1 8 For I dare not speak of any of those thing*
which Christ workcth not bv me. for the obedience
of the Gentiles, by word and by deeds,

19 By the virtue of signs and wonders, in the
power of the Holy Ghost : so that, from Jerusalem
round about as far as to lllvricum. I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ.

20 And I have so preached this gospel, not where
Christ was named, lest 1 should build upon another
man's foundation : but as it is written :

21 They to whom he was not spoken of, shall
see ; and they that have not heard, shall under-
stand.

22 For which cause also I was hindered very
much from coming to you, and have been kept
away till now.

23 But now, having no more place in these coun-
tries, and having a great desire these many years
past to come to you ;

24 When I shall begin to take my journey into
Spain, I hope that, as I pass, I shall see you, and
be brought on my way thither by you, if first, in
part, I shall have enjoyed you.

23 But now 1 shall go to Jerusalem, to minister
to the saints.

26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and
Achaia to make some contribution for the poor
saints who are in Jerusalem.

27 For it hath pleased them: and they are their
debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made par-
takers of their spiritual things: they ought also in
carnal things to minister to them.

28 When, therefore, I shall have accomplished
this, and consigned to them this fruit, I will come
by you into Spain.

29 And I know, that, when I come to you, I shall
come in the abundance of the blessing of the gospel
of Christ.

30 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, through
our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the charity of the
Holy Ghost, that you assist me in your prayers
for me to God,

31 That I may be delivered from the unbelievers
that are in Judea, and that the oblation of my ser-
vice may be acceptable in Jerusalem to the saints ?

32 That I may come to you with joy, by the will
of God, and may be refreshed with you.

33 Now,theGodofpeacebewithyouall. Amen.

CHAP. XVI.

He concludes with salutations, bidding them beware of all that
should oppose the doctrine they had learned.

AND I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who
is in the ministry of the church that is in
Cencbrea ;

2 That you receive her in the Lord, as becometh
saints : and that you assist her in whatsoever busi-

J Minister of the circumcision. That is, executed his oflice aud
ministry towards the Jews, the people of the circumcision.

139

I. TO THE CORINTHIANS.

she sliall have w ■< d of von : for she also hath
_ many, and myself also.

3 Saltlti l'i I A(|iiila, my helpers in Christ
Jesn-.

4 (Who have for my life Wt|HJSffd their own
necks: to whom not I rail) eiv< thanks, hut also
all the churches of the Gentiles)

5 Ami the ehnn h which is in tlirir hoiix S i

enetiis my beloved, who is the first-fruits of
Asia in ( 'lirist.

Salute .Mary, who hath laboured much among

- ilute Audronicus and Junius, my kinsmen
ami fellow-captives, who ire renowned annum the
a[x»tles, who also were in Christ before me.

8 Salute Ampliatus, most Ixdovcd to me in the
Lord.

Salute Irhaniis, our hel|x>r in (lirist Jesus,
ami Stachys my Moved.

10 Salute \|mII<s, approved in Christ

11 Salute them that are of Aristohulus's house-
hold. Salute Herod ion my kinsman. Salute them
that are of Narcissus's household, who are in the
Lord.

1 J Salute Tryphcna and Tryphosa, who labour
in the Lord. Salute Penis, the dearly beloved,
who hath much laboured in the Lord.

1.5 Salute Uiilns i -hosen in the Lord, and his
mother and mine.

14 Salute \syneritus, Phlegon, Hennas, I'atrobas,
Hermes, and the hnthren who are with them.

I » Salute PhilologUS, and Julia, Ncreus, and his
sister, and Olympian : and all the saints who are
with them.

16 Saluti one another with a holy kiss. All the
churches of ( hrist salute you.

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark them
I who cause dissensions and offences contrary to the

doctrine which >ou ha\e learned; and avoid them.

I:; I in tlu-y that are such serve not Christ our
Lord, but their ow u belly : and by pleasing speeches,
and good words, seduce the hearts ot the innocent.

I'd For your obedience is published in every
place. I rejoice therefore in you. Hut 1 would
have you 10 be wise in good, and simple in evil.

20 And may the God of pease crush Satan
sjMcdilv under your feet. The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ Ik" with you.

21 Timothv , my fellow-labourer, saluteth you and
Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipatcr, my kinsmen.

.' I, Tcrtius, who wrote this epistle, salute you
in the Lord.

23 Caius, my host, and the whole church, saluteth
you. Krastus, the treasurer of the city . saluteth you,
and Quaitus, a brother.

24 The trace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.

2d Now to him that is able to establish you,
according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus
Christ, according 1© the revelation of the mystery
kepi secret from eternity,

26' (Which now is made manifest by the scrip-
tures of the prophets, according to the command-
ment of the eternal Cod, for the obedience of
faith) known among all nations;

27 To God the only w ise, through Jesus Christ,
to whom be honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.

THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE CORINTHIANS.

St. Paix knrinr planted the faith in Corinth, trhrre he had
pre a c hed a pear and a half, and ronrertrd a great many,
irrnt to t'.j I'ter bring thrrr three pears, he wrote

thit frit r.pjstU to the Cnrint 'rinn- , and ., nl it hp the Mini,
pertams : Strpkanut, Fnrtunatiis, and Aekmemt, irho had
brought thetr Utter to him. It trat written about hemtp-
f"* r f*Tt mfUr our lstnTt Aseensiim ; and comta

I appertaining to faith and moral,, and a!

d ilituptine.

CHAP. 1

trorhl

fin man

'CtefMNM

i ML. called font an apostle of Jesos Christ,

by the will of God, and Sonhenes, a brothi r,

140

He rrproreth their dittmeiont about their I,

mms to be tared bu prtarhing of the erott, and not bp A
wimkm or rknjmme*.

2 To the church of God that is at Corinth, to
them that are sanctified in Christ ,h bus, called l<> In

saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord
JestU (lirist in every place of theirs and ours.

3 Grace to you. and peace from God our father,

and from the Lord JesUS ( luist.

4 I dre thanks to dm God always for you for the
grace of Cod, that is given you in Christ Jesus:

5 That in all things you are made rich in him. in
esetj word, and in all knowledgt

6 As the testimony of Christ w as eortfirmed in yon:

7 So that nothing is wanting to von in any grace,
waiting for the manifestation ofoar Lord Jesus Christ:

8 Who also will confirm you unto the end, with-

CHAP. II.

out crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.

9 God is faithful; by whom you are called unto
the fellowship of his .Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, hrethren, by the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that you ;i!l speak the s;ime
thing, and that there be no sehisms among you :
but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in
the same judgment.

11 For it hath been signified unto me, my bre-
thren, of you, by those who are of the house of
Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith:
I indeed am of Paul: and I am of Apollo: and
I of Cephas : and I of Christ.

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for
you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

14 I give Cod thanks, that I baptized none of
you, but Crispus and Cuius :

15 Lest any should say that you were baptized
in my name.

16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas:
besides, 1 know not whether I baptized any other.

17 For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to
preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest
the cross ot Christ should be made void.

18 For the word of the cross, to them indeed
that perish, is foolishness; but to them who are
saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

19 For.it is written : I will destroy the wisdom
of the wise : and the prudence of the prudent I
will reject.

20 Where is the wise ? Where is the scribe ?
Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God
made foolish the wisdom of this world ?

21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world
by wisdom knew not God ; it pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe.

22 For both the Jews require signs, and the
Greeks seek after wisdom :

23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a
stumbling-block, and to the Gentiles foolishness :

24 But to them that are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ is the power of God, and the wis-
dom of God.

25 For that which appeareth foolish* of God, is
wiser than men : and that which appeareth weak-
ness of God, is stsonger than men.

26 For see your vocation, brethren, that not
many are wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble:

27 But the foolish things of the world hath God
chosen, that he may confound the wise : and the
weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he
may confound the strong :

28 And the mean things of the world, and the
things that are contemptible, hath God chosen, and

* Foolish, Sfc. That is to say, what appears foolish to the world, in
the way* of God, is indeed most wise: and what appears weak, is
indeed above all the strength and comprehension of man.

] The seusital man — J the spiritual man. The sensual man is either he
who is taken up with sensual pleasures, with carnal and worldly ;i!f< c-
tions ; or he who measurulh divine mysteries by natural reason, srn.-e,

tilings that are not, that he might destroy the things
that are :

29 That no flesh should glory in his sight.

30 But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who is
made to us wisdom from God, and justice, and
sauetilieation, and redemption:

31 That, as it is written, He that glorieth, may
glory in the Lord.

CHAP. II.

His preaching was not in loftiness of words, but in spirit and
power. And the wisdom he taught was not to be understood by
the icorldly wise, or sensual man, but only by the spiritual man.

AND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not
in loftiness of speech or of wisdom ; decla-
ring to you the testimony of Christ.

2 For I judged not myself to know any thing
among you, but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear,
and in much trembling :

4 And my speech, and my preaching, was not
in the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in
the showing of the Spirit and power :

5 That your faith might not stand on the wis-
dom of men, but on the power of God.

6 Howbeit, we speak wisdom among the per-
fect: yet not the wisdom of this world, neither of
the princes of this world, who are destroyed :

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery
which is hidden, which God predestinated before
the world, unto our glory,

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew :
for if they had known it, they would never have
crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But, as it is written : The eye hath not seen,
nor ear hearcL, neither hath it entered into the
heart of man, what things God hath prepared for
them that love him :

10 But to us God hath revealed them by his
Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, even the
profound things of God.

1 1 For what man knoweth the things of a man,
but the spirit of a man that is in him? So the
things also that are of God no man knoweth, but
the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received not the spirit of this
world, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may
know the things that are given us from God :

13 Which things also we speak, not in the learn-
ed words of human wisdom, but in the doctrine of
the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the sensual manf peiceivcth not the
things that are of the Spirit of God: for it is fool-
ishness to him, and lie cannot understand: because
it is spiritually examined.

15 But the spiritual manj judgeth all things:
and he himself is judged by no one.

and human wisdom only. Now such a man has little or no notion of
the thing* of God. Whereas the spiritual man, in the mysteries ot
religion, takes not human sense for his guide : hut submits his judg-
ment to the ileci-ums of the church, which he is commanded to hear
and obev. I'orCloM hath promised to remain to the end of the
world with his Church, and todirect her mall tilings by thespiritof truth.

141

I ro THE CORINTHIANS.

10 For who hath known ihe mind of « li* - Lord,
that he m.iv instmrt bioa? But \%. hare tin- mind m
Can

CHAP. III.

Tktytmut nnt rrmlend nb»*t Ik'ir t,arh f r<, >eho are hut C.ihT*
mimiffr rt, ami accountable to him. Tkt ir wttrks >huUbc tried

A\l> I. brethren, could not speak to you M to
iitiial, I'ut as to carnal. As to little one*
in Christ,

j 1 ^.i\>- van milk to drink, not meat: lor voti
were not abfi a- yet: but neither iad >ou

now aide : lor VOU BIB JW l carnal

■ I or whereas there u among you envying and
content i you not > -.tiii.il, and walk according

to 111. Ill '

I or w hili- one •.aiih. I inched am of Paul : and
another, I am ol V|»ollo; are you not mea? Waal
then is \|hiIIo, and what u Paul ?

> Ihe ministers of him a bom you have believed ;
ami to every one as the Lord hath given.

I have planted, Apollo watered: hut God
gave the in'

So th<n neither he that planteth is aay thing,

nor he that watercth; hut God who gtveth the
increase.

8 Now fa who planteth. and he^ who watereth.
ait) one. And e»en man shall receive his own re-
ward according to his own labour.

For w< G 'a coadjutors : yonareGotPa
husbandry : you are God's building.

l'i According to the grace of God; thai is given
Ionic, as a wise architect, I have laid the founda-
tion : and another hiiildeih thereon. But let every

man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

11 For no one can laj another foundation, hut
that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus.

1 .' \ow il anv man huild upon this founda-
tion. • gold, silver, precious slums, wood, hav.
Stubble:

I > Everj man's work shall lie made manifest:
for the day of the Lord shall d : . because it
shall he rrvi aied by fire: and the lire shall tr.v everj
in. ih's work, ot w h n Mut il is.

II If am man's work abide, which he hath huilt
li- n ii|Hi,i. he shall receive a reward.

iv iii ins work hum. be shall siilli r Iosn;
but he hiniselt n|).i|| Im saved, yet so as by lire.

It! Knnw you not thai you are the temple ol I
and that the Spun of God dweUeth in y<

IT But if any man violate the teinpk '• I: him
shall < Jod desiroj . For the tempts of God is holy,
w In. h v.. n are.

•'(* I HI;

18 Lai an man deceive himself: if ens man

among VOn seem to lie wise in this world, let him
i fool, that he niav lie w is, .
1!» For the wisdom of this world is foolishness
with God. For it IS written I I will catch the wise
in their ow u craftiness.

JU Vnd anain: The Lord knoweth the thoughts
of the w ise. that they are vain.

21 Let no man, therefore, ^lory in men.
.' For all thines arc \oiirs, whether it he Paul,
or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death,
or things present, or things to come: for all are
vonrs :

Ami \ou arc Christ's, and Christ is God's.

CHAP. IV.

(itxr.i ministers arrnitt to be judged, lit n prrhrnds their hoast~
bu "f tin ir /Hi in In i ~ ; aad dt ,-crilti > tit trialmtnt the apo*.
ties rrery where met trith. _^.

LET a man so look upon us as the ministers of
Christ, and the diapenaen of the mw, riea of
God.

2 Here now it is required among the dispen-
sers, that a in. in he found faithful.

3 But as to me, it is a thin:: of the least ac-
count to he judged by yon, or by human judgment :
hut neither do I judge nivself.

4 For I am not conscious to nivself of any thing :
vet in this I am not justified: but he that judgeth
UK- is the Lord.

5 Therefore judge not before the time: until the
Lord come, who lioth will bring to light the hidden
things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall everv mail
have praise from God.

G But these things, brethren. I have in | li-uie
transferred to mv self and to ApoUo. for voiir sates:
that in us you niav learn, that one he not puffed up
against the other, for another, above thai which is
written.

7 For who distinguished) thee? And what hast
thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast
received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not

received it f

i\ Now you are satiated : BOW vou are become
rich: you reign without us: and 1 would to God
you did reign, that we also might reign with von.

9 For 1 think that God hath set forth us apos-
tles, the last, as it were, men destinated to death:
because We arc made a spectacle to the world, and
toan.i Is. and to men.

Id We are fools tor Christ's sake: hut you aic
wise in Christ: we are weak, hut von are strong:
you are honourable, hut we without honour.

M mmfmmim-w*. The foanrlatioa h Oui*t and I
or the tn» faith ' Imn thmaghchariU. TV Im

lKi« twndalkm. tyU. ntnr, mut f ttt i mu mUmr ■
feci ar a ac U ag and pruclirv .rf inr r-"
•ora fi— iiliii. a* wa> Km >A th.- < o-imhiaa atari
ibr mmmf it wurda aad human elnoaenrr ) and »ocb pr*<

.
a/ la* Lmd. and hi« J*rm In il (m lha parlH-n
aAar dwala) aaaM mmkmmm* Ut mrf -Sal wwt net* mm'i nri ha* been; ,

»rr clfM II in? ImiiIi

■ .In runt ''il' life 'ii» hard to make

.i'ut thall try rrery mm'
ir«rli like Wrf , MV, imit ltu h

iheac worttt baaaTSMnd li>

i jink- r then '*»

\ ■ !»MMB

lie lhr> firv. .Iiall nflrr In* ;

tkull W
nisiil of

t.uiUiof.

ii»-

■milation. (by lirinc atxt il' • true

lair o( jrraca, InntKrli Mil' »m f ( clmn|

yrj m mi ky Jirr ; Ik-iiiit liulilf In tins |iunishinrnt. b»

' **«. -md tajMtr, winch waa mixed with ibrt-

CHAP. V, VI.

11 Even unto this hour we both hunger, and
thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no
fixed abode :

12 And we labour, working with our own hands:
we are reviled, and we bless: we are persecuted,
and we suffer it :

13 We are ill spoken of, and we entreat: we are
made as the refuse of this world, the off-scouring of
all even till now.

14 I write not these things to shame you : but I
admonish you, as my dearest children :

15 For if you have ten thousand instructors in
Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus
1 have begotten you through the gospel :

16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of
me, as I also am of Christ.

17 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy,
who is my dearest son, and faithful in the Lord ;
who will put you in mind of my ways, which are
in Christ Jesus, as I teach every where in every
church.

1 8 Some are so puffed up, as though I would not
come to you.

19 But I will come to you shortly, if it please
the Lord : and will know, not the speech of them
who are puffed up, but the power.

20 For the kingdom of God is not in speech, but
in power.

21 What will you? shall I come to you with a
rod, or in charity, and in the spirit of meekness ?

CHAP. V.

He excommunicates the incestuous adulterer, and admonishes
them to purge out the old leaven.

TT is heard for certain, that there is fornication
-*- among you, and such fornication as the like is
not among the heathens ; that some one hath his
father's wife.

2 And you are puffed up; and have not rather
mourned, that he might be taken away from among
you, who hath done this deed.

3 I, indeed absent in body, but present in spirit,
have already judged, as though I were present, him
that hath so done :

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you
being gathered together, and my spirit, with the
power of our Lord Jesus,

5 To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruc-
tion of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

6 Your glorying is not good. Know you not
that a little leaven corrupteth the whole mass?

7 Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a
new mass, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our
pasch, is sacrificed.

8 Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven,
nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but
with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

* Jl fault. Law-suits can hardly ever be without a fault, on one
n.lr in- the other; and oftentimes on both sides.

f .111 things are lawful, Sfc. That i^, all iniliffrretti things are indeed
lawful, inasmuch as they are not prohibited: but oftentimes they are

9 I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep com-
pany with fornicators.

10 I mean not with the fornicators of this world,
or with the covetous, or the extortioners, or the
servers of idols: otherwise you must have gone out
of this world.

1 1 But now I have written to you, not to keep
company : if any man that is called a brother, be
a fornicator, or covetous, or a server of idols, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner : with such
a one not so much as to eat.

12 For what have I to do to judge them that are
without? Do not you judge them that are within?

13 For them that are without, God will judge.
Take away the evil one from among yourselves.

CHAP. VI.

He blames them for going to law before unbelievers. Of sins
that exclude from the kingdom of heaven. The evil of for-
nication.

"~\ARE any of you, having a matter against an-
■*-* other, go to law, before the unjust, and not be-
fore the saints ?

2 Know you not that the saints shall judge this
world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are
you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

3 Know you not that we shall judge angels ? how
much more things of this world?

4 If therefore you shall have judgments about
the things of the world ; set them to judge, who are
the most despised in the church.

5 I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is
not among you any wise man, that is able to judge
between his brethren ?

6 But brother goeth to law with brother; and
that before unbelievers ?

7 Already indeed there is plainly a fault* among
you, that you have law-suits one with another.
Why do you not rather take the injury? why do
you not rather suffer the fraud ?

8 But you do wrong and defraud ; and that to
your brethren.

9 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: Neither
fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers,

10 Nor the effeminate, nor sodomites, nor
thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor rail-
ers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of
God.

11 And such some of you were: but you are
washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in the
Spirit of our God.

12 All things are lawfulf to me; but all things
are not expedient. All things are lawful to me: but
I will not be brought under the power of any.

13 The meat for the belly, and the belly for the
meats : but God shall destroy both it and them :
but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord,
and the Lord for the body.

not expedient ; as in the case of law-suits, &c. And much less would
it be expedient to be enslaved by an irregular affection to any thing,
how indifferent soever.

1 V Now (iod hath lx>th raised up tin
will r;tiM- us up also h> his |k>\\

15 Know you not. thai your bodies aretheinem-
Christr shall 1 tln-ii, taking the members of
Christ, make them tin- mcmhers of a harlot: (iod
forbid.

!»> Or know you not, that he who adheres to a
d .irlot. is math- one laxly ? lor they shall be (saith
be) two in one flesh.

17 Hut In- who adheres tothe Lord, is one spirit.
IK fornication. Ever) sin that a man docth,
is without tlir ImhI\ : Imt he that rommitteth forni-
cation, sinneth against his own ImhIv.

19 < >r know MM not, that \our members an- the
temple of the HoH Cliost. who is in you, whom
)>ni have from (iod. and \ou arc not \our ow u '

20 For you are IkhikIu with a great price, (ilo-
nlv ami ! «I in your body.

CHAP. VII.

Ltutmt rtlt.ting to murrriagt and rrlihary. Virginity is pre/e-
' tun mnrrird state.

I. TO Tin: rni;i\]

I ,or<l. and

NOW .-on. .rnins the things, whereof yon wrote
to Bje: It is good Cora man not to torn h a
worn in :

2 Hut h. i ails, of fornication, let every man have
his own wile,* and In cm r\ woman have her own
hushand.

.5 I at the hushand render the debt to his wife:
and the wife also in like manner to the hushand.

\ The wile hath not power over her own body ;
but the husband. Anil in like manner the husband
also hath not |>ower of his own bodj ; but the
wife.

') Defraud not one another, unless, perhaps bj
consent, for a time, that you ma\ Rive yourselves
to pfajrer: and return together again, i'st Satan
tempt you for yoor bcontiuency.

6 Hut I sjnak this |>\ indulgence, f not by com-
mandment.

7 lor I would that all men were even as myself:
Hm one bath his proper cib from God; one

aftei ibis manner, and another alter that.

to the unmarried and to the n idovt 1 1

It is ^cmh| for them if they so continue, even as I.
9 Hut if the* dp not contain] themselvea, let

tluin marry : for it is In iter to marrv than to bum.

It) Hut lo them, that are married, not I. but the
I commandcth, that the wile depart not from
her husband :

II Ami if she depart, that she remain unmar-
ried, or Im- reconciled to her huslwnd. And let
the husband put away his wife.

not

• Hm*U» •m«V*f That k keeo to hit wife, whirh he haih. II.-
m not lo e»h.irt the unmarried lo marry ; on the contrary.
hare them rather raotiaae m it .. • he .peak.

ma thai arc ajfwadr married; who m<i.l not depart from
bat U»« t ogether at they oofbt In do in the marriacr

That h, bv a r tr ac e aai o o to vonr weakneta.

t Sa l adaaiW H f
•at of each as, by trow

K. "Thi« it took. '. aa are free : and

list faith in Cod in wbom,

she
her

, but the keeping of the commandments
in the same calling

IJ For tothe rest I speak, not the Lord')
any brother have a wife that beliereth not. and
< oiiM-ni io dwell with him; let him not put

.|U w.

1 9 \nd it :»n\ woman have a husband that l>e-
lieveth not, and he consent to dwell with her; let
her not put away her husband.

14 For the unbehering husband is tanctrfied|| by
the behoving wife; and the onbelieving wit.
sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise
your children should be unclean: but now they
are hol\.

16 But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart.

For ■ brother or si-arr is not under bondage in such
• but (iod hath called us in peace.

16 For how know est thou, () wife, whether thou
shall save thj husband.' Or how know est thou, ()
man. whether thou shall save thy wile -

17 Hut as the land hath distributed to every one,
a^ (iod bath called e\ cry one, so let him walk : and
so 1 teach in all church.

1H Is an\ man called. being circumcised? let him
not procure uncircumeision. Is anj man called in
tincirciimcision : let him not lie circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumeision
is nothin
of ( iod

20 Lit every man abide
in w hich he was called.

21 Art thou (ailed. king a bondrnan? care not
for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use ii
rather.

21 For be thai is called in the Lord, being a
bondman* is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise
he that is called, being free, is the bondman ol
Christ.

23 You ;ire bought with a price: he not made
the InVitd-slavcs ol men.

24 B r eth r e n , let every man wherein be was call-
ed, therein abide w ith (iod.

25 Now concerning virgins, I hnrr no command

ment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having
obtained mercy of- the Lord, to be laithiul.

26 I think therefore thai ibis is gpod for the pre-
sent necessity, that it is good lor a man so lo be.

27 Art thou hound to a wile; set k not to be
loco ed . Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not I

M ile.

Hut if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned.
And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: never-
theless, such shall have tribulation of the llesh. Hut
I spare you.

29 This therefore I sav. brethren : The time is
short: it remainelh. (hat liny also who have wi\. -.
lie as those who have not :

it the? will aaa proper meant to obtain it, God will norer refute the
i ». Some translators bare c orruptad thai text, by reo-
linnr it. {/ tkn) rawed renter*.

♦ / tftrnk, aat tar Ijtrd; y\t. Br anr expreas commaclmcnt. or or-
wtoanoe.

| Itumttifird. The meaning it not. that tin- f:iitl> ..f (be bvabjaaj or
a to flit tin- iiiiIm I. v . ,. r their

rhildrrn. in tho .fair of gr ... hill il.it it i- i

auoccaMouuf llmrtaiKUticalioii, l.\ brinfiug tin m to llu tiut I

CHAP. VIII, IX.

30 And they who weep, as they who weep not:
and they who rejoice, as they who are not rejoicing :
and they who buy, as if they were not possesMiij;
any thing :

31 And they who use this world, as if they used
it not: for the figure of this world passcth away.

32 But I would have you to be without solici-
tude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for
the things that belong to the Lord, how he may
please God.

33 But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the
things of the world, how he may please his wife :
and he is divided.

34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin
thinketh on the; things of the Lord, that she may be
holy both in body and spirit. But she that is mar-
ried thinketh on the things of the world, how she
may please her husband.

35 And this I speak for jour profit : not to cast
a snare upon you, but for that which is decent, and
which may give you power to attend upon the
Lord, without impediment.

36 But if any man think that he seemeth dis-
honoured with regard to his virgin, for that she is
above the age, and it must so be : let him do what
he will : he sinneth not,* if she marry.

37 For he that hath determined, being steadfast
in his heart, having no necessity, but having power
of his own will ; and hath judged this in his heart
to keep his virgin, doeth well.

38 Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in
marriage, doeth well: and he that giveth her not,
doeth better.

39 A woman is bound by the law as long as her
husband liveth : but if her husband die, she is at
liberty : let her marry to whom she will ; only in
the Lord.

40 But more blessed shall she be, if she so re-
main, according to my counsel ; and I think that I
also have the Spirit of God.

CHAP. VIII.

Though an idol be nothing, yet things offered up to idok are not
to be eaten, fur fear of scandal.

NOW concerning those things that are sacri-
ficed to idols, we know that we all have know-
ledge. Knowledge puffeth up;f but charity edi-
fieth.

2 And if any man think that he knoweth any
thing, he hath not yet known, as he ought to know.

3 But if any man love God, the same is known
by him.

4 But as for the meats that are offered in sacri-
fice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the
world, and that there is no God but one.

* Let him do what he will : he sinneth not, fyc. The meaning is not, as
libertines would have it, that persons may do what they wilt, and not
gin, provided they afterwards marry : but that the father with regard
Co the (riving his virgin in marriage, may do as he pleaseth : and that
t will be no sin to him, if she marry.

f Knowledge puffeth tip, S,-e. Knowledge, without charity and humili-
ty, si'ivetli only to putf persons up.

5 For though there be that are called gods
either in heaven or on earth, (for there are many
gods,} and many lords :)

6 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of
whom are all things, and we unto him; and one
Lord Jesus Christ ; by whom are all things, and we
by him.

7 But knowledge is not in every one. For some
until this present, with a conscience of the idol, eat
as a thing sacrificed to an idol : and their con-
science, being weak, is defiled.

8 But meat does not commend us to God. Foi
neither, if we eat, shall we have the more : nor, il
we eat not, shall we have the less.

9 But take heed, lest perhaps this your liberty
become a stumbling-block to the weak.

10 For if a man see him that hath knowledge,
sit at meat in the idol's temple ; shall not his con-
science, being weak, be emboldened to eat those
things which are sacrificed to idols ?

11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak
brother perish, for whom Christ died ?

12 Now when you sin thus against the brethren,
and wound their weak conscience, you sin against
Christ.

13 Wherefore, if meat scandalize^ my brother,
I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my
brother.

CHAP. IX.

The apostle did not make use. of his power, «>/ being maintained
at the charges of those to whom lie preached, that he might
giei no hinderance to the gospel. Of running in the race,
and striving for the mastery.

A M not I free ? Am not I an apostle ? Have not
-^*- I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you
my work in the Lord ?

2 And if I be not an apostle to others, but yet to
you I am. For you are the seal of my apostlcship
in the Lord.

3 My defence with them that examine me is
this :

4 Have not we power to eat and to drink ?

5 Have we not power to lead about a woman a
sister, || as well as the rest of the apostles, and the
brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to
do this ?

7 Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his
own charges ? Who planteth a vineyard, and eatefh
not of the fruit thereof ? Who feedeth a flock, and
eateth not of the milk of the flock ?

8 Speak I these things according to man ? Or
doth not the law also say these things ?

9 For it is written in the law of Moses : Thou

| Gods many, fyc. Reputed for such among the heathens.

t If meal scandalize: That is, if my eating cause my brother (o sin.

|| jj woman a sister. Some erroneous translators have corrupted this
text, by rendering it, a sister, a wife; whereas, it is certain, St. Paul
had no'wife [Chap. vii. 7, fi.j and that he only speaks of such devout
women, as, according to the custom of the Jewish nation, waited
upon the preachers of the gospel, and supplied them with necessaries.

145

I. TO THE COKINTM\\>.

not muzzle the nioulli of the ox thai treadeth
out the torn. Doth CmkI take care tor om n f
IllOr doth In 1 SB) thil indeed lor our ^;iki a I
hings ,v< r. w i nil n lor otu lliat he

that plouiduth >liuiil(| plough in hope : and lit- that
thrcsheth, in hope to receive iruit.

11 It vvc have •OHO (into you spiritual things, is

it matter if we reap your carnal things.'

12 1 1 others be partakers ot tats power avei
why not We rather: Nevertheless, we have not used

|K>wer: but wc bear all things, lest we should

. 1 1 1 v hindeiance to the gOSpel <>l t bust.

l.i know you ii"t. tlial tli.s who work in the

holy place, eat the things thai are of the holy

plaOf: and they who seivc the altar, partake With

the alia

14 So also the Lord ord. lined that they who

»|m-|, should live ot the gospel.
1") lint I have used none of these things. Neither
have I written these things, that they should Ik- so
done to ui<-: for it Lsgood for me to die. rather than
that any one should make void my don.

16 I "i if I preach the gospel.it is no glory* to
DM! for a necessity lieth ii|k>ii me: lor wo is unto
on- if I preach not the gospel.

17 For If I do this thing willingly, I have a re-
ward; hut if against my will, a dispensation is
committed to me.

18 What is my reward then? That pr ea c hing
the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge,
that I abuse not mv power in the gospel.

For whereas I was free as to all, I made
unself (he servant of all: that I might gain more

|M TsO||s.

\nd I became to tne Jews as ■ Jew, that I
might gain the Jews.

Jl To them that are under the law. as if I were
under the law, 'whereas myself was not under the
Ian | lliat I migM gain them that wen- uiuler tin- law .
To them thai were without the law, as if I were
without the law . (whereas I was not n rthom the law

DJ Cod, hut was in the law ofChrist) that I might
i them that were without the law.

To the weak I became weak, that I might

fi th<- weak. I In came all things to all men, that
might save all.

Z-> \n I I do all things for the gospel's s:ikc: that
I maj I*- made partaker thereof.

know miii not that they who run in the race,
all run indeed, hut one reeciveth the prise? So tun
that you in. iv obtain.

! even <>ne that striveth for the mastery
rcfraineth hims. -If Irom all things: and they iuileed

P~*

'litttu fiera. That ««. 1 harn notbinjr to r'"rT of.
♦ likuiu*. Ifi. Hare St Paul »bowi the nameiiti nfulf JauiiJ
and ™«1iSc»i«hi. to .nbdoe the fleahand ita inordinate deairea.

h M-m. Under the conduct of Mow, the, received bentian,

■v*tnt under the ■ •»•».!. and through the ee*. : and they

wdy and hl<»»: in figure, by eatint-of the

•re a awHW 1~i. became it area a (cure of the true

mea down from lieaven) ami drinking the water, mira-

'' • rock, called here a fmtwJmt,

riiloo
I! ....

ri.r

that thaj anrj ri corruptible crown: but w<

an incorruptible one.

26 I then tore so run, not as at an uncertainty:
I so fight, not as one Ik -aling the air :

loit I ehastiset my hotly, and bring it into
subjection: lest, perhaps, when I have preached to

others, I myself should become leprohalu.

< ii \r. x.

lip tkr example of Ihr hrarlitei he thoirs that tee me wt to
liiiil/l Iim) murk u pi hi facourt n 1 1 irnl: but nvtritl their *inx; and
Jlyfrom thr ttrv'tCt of idols, ami (mm thing* offt ri d to di riU

FOR I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that our lathers Wt n all und< r the cloud, and

all passed through the sea i

i And all in Motes) were baptized, in the (loud,
and in the sea :

3 And they all eat the same spiritual fr>od.

4 And all drank the same spiritual drink : (and
thev drank of the spiritual rock that followed them:
and the rock was Christ.)

5 But with the most of them Cod was not well
phased: for tin v wcie overthrown in the desert.

6 .Now these dungs were done in a figure of us;

that we should net covet evil things, as they also

coveted.

7 Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them ;
as it is written: The people sat down to t at and
drink, and rose up to play.

8 Neither let us commit for n icatio n ; as some of
them co m mit t ed fornication, and there fell in one
day three and twenty thousand.

9 Neither let us tempt Christ ; as some of them
tempted, and perished by serpents.

10 Neither do you murmur: as some of thein
murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened to them in
figure: and they are written for our correction,
upon whom the ends of the world' are come.

\1 Wherefore, let him that thinketh himself to
Stand, take heed lest he fall.

K3 I, et no temptation take hold on you.|| but
such as is human: and God is faithful, who will
not sutler yon to be tempted above that which y< U
are able; hut will make also with temptation UUOe,
that you may Ik- able to bear it.

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from the
service of idols.

I") I speak as to wise men: judge ye yours<lv<s
w hat I sav .

Hi The chalice of benediction which we hi
is it not the communion ol the blood of Christ.' And

H«

t Tki nub tf Ike trorU : Hint iv thr laat ape*.

| Or. aa teatalan'o* hath fair* k*U a/ yea, or come upon you aa yet
Km hIiuI i« human, or inridrnt toman.

Ibid. Iinu, or a way to eacape.

t ITMee a* Mm. Here the anoMle puta them in mini of their par-
takmr of the body and blond ot ChfM in the MOrad my if ilea, and
hemming thereby one myatical body willi Cwrlaj. from whence he
inter*. »rr. 91. that they who are made partaker* willi ( 'hnM, li\ il>«-
•ajewariatir aacrifiee, and ».i«ramcnt. ami no' bt made partakrra
' i i itinc of the meat* aacrificed to thrm

CHAP. XI.

the broad which wo 'Y< <>':, is it not *,V partaking
of the body of the Lord.

17 For we being ninny p:e on" broad,* one
body, all who partake ot o r .e bre-ia

18 Behold Israel ace(>rd ; ng to tb^ fiesh : are not
tl ey, who eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the
altar?

19 What then? Do I say. ih»t what is offered in
sacrifice to idols, is any thing? Or, that the idol is
any thing ?

20 But the things which the heathens sacrifice,
they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. And 1
would not that you should he made partakers with
devils: you cannot drink the chalice of the Lord,
and the chalice of devils:

21 You cannot be partakers of the table of the
Lord, and of the table of devils.

22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we
stronger than he ? All things are lawful for me; but
all things are not expedient.

23 All things are lawful for me : but all things
do not edify.

. 24 Let no man seek his own, but that which
is fur the welfare of another.

23 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat;
asking no question for conscience' sake.

2(> The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness
thereof.

27 If any of the infidels invite you, and you be
willing to go; eat of any thing that is set before you ;
asking no question for conscience sake.

28 But it any man say: This hath been sacrificed

say:
of it

t"> idols: do not eat of it for his sake that told it,
aiid for conscience sake.

29 Conscience, I say, not thy own, but the
other's. For why is my liberty judged by another

man's conscience?

30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil
spoken of for that for which 1 give thanks ?

31 Therefore whether you eat or drink, or what-
soever else you do ; do all things lor the glory of
God.

32 Give no offence to the Jews, nor to the Gen-
tiles, nor to the church of God :

33 As I also please all men in all things, not
seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to
many ; that they may be saved.

CHAP. XI.

Women must have a covering over their heads. He blamcth the
abuses of their love feasts ; and upon that occasion, treats of
the blessed sacrament.

BE ye also followers of me, as I also am of
Christ.

* One bread; or, as it may be rendered agreeably both to the Latin
and Greek, because the bread is one, all we, being miny, are one body, who
partake of that one bread. For it is by our communicating with Christ,
and with one another, in this blessed sacrament, that we are formed
iuto one mystical body ; and made, as it were, one bread, compound-
ed of many grains of corn, closely united together.

■f A power: That is, a veil or covering, as a sign that she is under
the power of her husband : and this the apostle adds, because of the an-
gels, who are present in the assemblies of the faithful.

2 Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things
you are mindful of me ; and keep my ordinances,
as I delivered them to you.

3 But 1 would have you know, that the head of
every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is
the man: and the head of Christ, is God.

4 Every man, praying or prophesying with his
head covered, disgraced) his head.

5 But every woman praying or prophesying with
her head not covered, disgraceth her head : for it is
all one as if she were shaven.

6 For if a woman be not covered, let her be
shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be
shorn or shaven, let her cover her head.

7 The man, indeed, ought not to cover his head :
because he is the image and glory of God; but the
woman is the glory of the man.

8 For the man is not of the woman, but the
woman of the man.

9 For the man was not created for the woman,
but the woman for the man.

10 Therefore ought the woman to have a powerf
over her head, because of the Angels.

11 But yet neither is the man without the wo-
man, nor the woman without the man, in the
Lord.

12 For as the woman is of the man, so also is
the man by the woman : but all things of God.

13 Judge, you yourselves: doth it become a wo-
man, to pray to God, uncovered ?

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, a
man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame to
him :

15 But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory
to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we
have no such custom, nor hath the church of God.

17 Now this I ordain; not praising you, that
you come together not for the better, but for the
worse.

18 For first of all I hear that when you come
together in the church, there are divisions among
you, and in part 1 believe it.

19 For there must be also heresies ;t that they
also, who are approved, may be made manifest
among you.

20 When ye come together, therefore, into one
place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper.^

21 For every one taketh before his own supper to
eat. And one, indeed, is hungry and another is
drunk.

22 What, have you not houses to eat and to drink
in? Or despise ye the church of God, and put
them to shame that have not ? What shall I say to
you ? Do I praise you ? In this I praise you not.

J There must be heresies: By reason of the pride and perversity of
man's heart ; not by God's will or appointment ; who, nevertheless,
draws good out of this evil, manifesting, by that occasion, who are
the good and firm Christians, and making their faith more remarkable.

J The Lord's supper. So the apostle here calls the charity feasts ob-
served by the primitive Christians; and reprehends the abuses of the
Corinthians, on these o eCMk wn which were the more criminal, be-
came these feasts were arroni] ani' d with the celebrating the cuclia
rislic sacrifice and sacrament.

147

I. TO THE CORINTH I \\s.

23 For I have received of the Ix»rd th.it w huh
•Iso I delivered to you, that (he Lord Jesus, (lie
niaht in which be Was lictraved, took bread,

24 And giving thanks, brake, and said : Take
ind cat : this is inv ImhIv which shall Ik- de-

brand l«>r vou: do this lor the commemoration
of inc.

In like manner also the chalice, after he bed
tupped, savin::: I bat chalice n die new testament
in mv blood : ihi> ilo >< , a> oil. n .is \ < ui ■bell drink
it tor the com:. inn of me.

Jii I >u is ..:ri ii .i> \<u sliall eat this liread. ami
drink this chalice, you sliall slum tin death of the
Lord, until he come.

Wherefore who -hall eat this liread,

or drink* tin- chalice of the Lord unworthily,

<ll Ih- guilty of the bodyt and Mood of (he Lord.

But let a man prove himself: and so let him

l that liread, and drink of the (ha!

29 For he that eateih and diinkelh unworthily,
eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not dis-

i the IkkIv of the Lord.

30 Tlnreloie era there many infirm and weak

mi. and main slceo.

31 lmt u w< would judge ourselves, we should

not lie indeed.

hut wliiKt we are judged, we are chastised
hv the Lord: that we inav not he damned with
world.

33 Wherefore, my hrethren, when you come
together to eat, wait for one another.

34 If any man Ik- hungry, let him eat at home:
that you come not together unto judgment. And
the rest I will set in order, when 1 come.

CHAP. XII.

Of tkr dirrrritf nf spiritual gift*. Thr mrmbrr* of thr mpt-
h..il body, fikr thnte of tie natural body, mutt mutually
tmeruk one anotkrr.

TVT0W nOfftTwieg spiritual thing* my hrethren,

-L" I would not bare vou to be ignorant

J ifou know that, when yon wire heathens, you
went to dumb idoU, aeeordin- ;i< vou wire led.'

9 Wherefore I pre \ini to understand, that no
man, apraAing by the Spirit of (; d, saith anathema
to Jesus. \nd no man can Bay, the Lord Jon-,
hut hv the Holy (iluist.

4 Now there are diversities of graces, but the
same spirit :

5 And there are diversities of ministries, hut the
same Lord.

\iid 'here are diversities of operations, but the
«une God, who worketh all in all.

7 Hut the manifestation of the Spirit is givi n ro
every man unto profit.

8 To one indeed, hv the Spirit i . t!ie u,,rd

fmttiac mnUrMk (^mfranr in »*w original, • w*t )
earthy bimi ioeui ; who oUterwn*

tei

ipted (ha Text, hy
, m«te»d of or 4ri«k.
**. TMsteMMMtntM
•l. rrmt,. i
c.Hi.d not I« gfUf «f Ik, W,

ol w is.lom ; and to another, the word of knowledge
according to the same Spirit :

9 To another, faith in the same Sjiirit : to an-
other, the grace of healing in one Spirit:

10 To eeotber, the working or miracles: tr
another, prophecy : to another, the discerilillg oi
spirits: to another, divers kinds of tongues: to
another, interpretation of speeches.

11 Hut all these things one and the same Spirit
worketh, dividing 10 every one according as he vv ill.

12 Lor as the ImmIv n one, and hath main meni-
hers : and all the members of the body, whereas
the* are many, yet are one body: so also is Christ.

13 I' or in one Spirit were we all hapti/ed into
one body, whither Jews, or Gentiles, whether
ImhhI or free: and in one Spirit we have all been
made to drink.

14 For the Ixnly also is not one member, but
many.

15 If the foot should say: Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body: is it, therefore, not of
the body ?

16 And if the ear should say: Because I ;mi not
the eye. I am not of the body: is it, therefore, not
of the body?

17 If the whole body were the eye, where would

he the hearing.' If the whole were hearing, where
would be the smelling ?

lb" Hut now (iod hath set the members, every
one of them in the body as it hath pleased him.

19 And if they all vv.ie one member, when:
would Ik- the body ?

20 Hut now inert are many menil>crs, indeed,
yet one body.

21 And the eve cannot say to the hand: 1 need
not tin help: nor again the head to the feet: I have
no need of you.

22 Yea, much more those that seem to lie the
more feeble members of the body, are more neees-
sarv :

23 And such as we think to be the less honourable
members of the bod.v, upon these vve bestow more
aliundant honour : and those that are uncomely
parts, have more abundant comeliness.

2V Hut our comely parts have no need: but (Jot!
hath tempered the body together, giving the more
abundant honour. io that which wanted it,

25 That there might be no schism in the body,
but the members might be mutually careful one for
another.

-«i And if one member suffer any thing, all the
members suffer with it: or if one mendicr glory, all
the members rejoice with it.

11 Now you are the body of Christ, and mcmliers
of membt r.

''■'• \nd < iod, indeed, hath set some in the church,
first a, c -ties, secondly prophets, thirdly, teachers,

•»•* WW of f'hn.t. or ju«tty condemned for «*/ eutmint

ttu Lertt

t think of Ht tkmhet Tni» it not mid by war of command, but t.T
w»? of allowance, pit. where and when it n agreeable tu the practice
' if'Iine of Oh- church.

CHAP. XIII, XIV.

after that miracles, then the graces of healings, helps,
governments, kinds of tongues, interpretation* of
speeches.

29 Are all apostles ? Are all prophets ? Are all
teachers ?

30 Are all workers of miracles ? Have all the
grace of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do
all interpiet? '

31 But he zealous for the better gifts. And I yet
show to you a more excellent way.

CHAP. XIII.

Charity is to be preferred before all other gifts.

IF I speak with the tongues of men and of an-
gels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And if I should have prophecy, and should
know all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and if I
should have all faith, so that I could remove moun-
tains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And if I should distribute all my goods to
feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to
be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing.

4 Charity is patient, is kind : charity envieth not,
dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not
provoked to anger, thinketh no evil,

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with
the truth :

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth; whether prophecies shall
be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge
shall be destroyed.

9 For we know in part; and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect shall come,
that which is in part shall be done away.

1 1 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I un-
derstood as a child, I thought as a child. But when
I became a man, I put away the things of a child.

12 We see now through a glass in an obscure
manner; but then face to face. Now I know in
part : but then I shall know even as I am known.

13 And now there remain, faith, hope, and cha-
rity, these three : but the greatest of these is charity.

CHAP. XIV.

Tlie gift of prophesying is to be preferred before that of
speaking strange tongues.

C^OLLOW after charity; lie zealous for spiritual
-*- gifts ; but rather that you may prophesy.*
2 For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not

* Prophesy. That is, declare or expound the mysteries of faith.

f -Vol to men, viz. So as to be heard, that is, so as to be understood
by them.

t Of spirits. Of spiritual gifts.

t Amen. The unlearned, not knowing that you are then blessing,
will not be qualified to join with you by saying Amen to your blessing.
The use or abuse of strange tongues, of which the apostle here speaks,
does not regard the public liturgy of the church, (in which strange

to men,f but to God: for no man heareth. But by
the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.

3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

4 He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself;
but he that prophesieth, edilieth the church.

5 And I would have you all to speak with tongues,
but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that pro-
phesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues; un-
less, perhaps, he interpret, that the church may
receive edification.

6 But now, brethren, if I come to you, speaking
with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak
to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in
prophesy, or in doctrine ?

7 Even things without life that give sound, whe-
ther pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of
sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or
harped ?

8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound,
who shall prepare himself to battle?

9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue
plain speech, how shall it be known what is spoken?
For you shall be speaking into the air.

10 There are, for example, so many kinds of
tongues in this world : and none is without a voice.

11 If then I know not the power of the voice, I
shall be to him, to whom I speak, a barbarian, and
he, that speaketh, a barbarian to me.

12 So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous
of spirits,! seek to abound unto the edifying of the
church.

13 And, therefore, let him that speaketh a tongue,
pray that he may interpret.

1 4 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth,
but my understanding is without fruit.

15 What is it then? I will pray in the spirit; I
will pray also in the understanding: 1 will sing with
the spirit ; I will sing also with the understanding.

16 Else if thou shalt bless in the spirit, how
shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned
say Amen,§ to thy blessing ? because he knoweth
not what thou sayest.

17 For thou indeed givest thanks well : but the
other is not edified.

18 I thank my God, I speak with all your
tongues.

19 But in the church 1 had rather speak five
words with my'understanding, thai I may instruct
others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20 Brethren, do not become children in sense ;
but in malice be children ; and in sense be perfect.

21 In the law it is written : That in other tongues
and other lips I will speak to this people: and nei-
ther so will they hear me, saith the Lord.

tongues were never used) but certain conferences of the faithful, v.
26. &c. in which, meeting together, they discovered to one another
their various miraculous gifts of the Spirit, common in those primitive
times : amongst which the apostle prefers that of prophesying before
that of speaking strange tongues, because it was more to the public
edification. Where also note, that the Latin, used in our liturgy, is
so far from being a strange or unknown tongue, that it is perhaps the
best known tongue in the world.

149

22 Wherefore ! tIC f«>r a sign, not to be-

lievers, bul to mil : but prophi >t to

unbelievers, l»iu to I-

h, therefore, (hi- whole church come togethi

•tit (

th.

and v u tilt toim.ii s, and

unlearned i>< rsons or unbclii
thai you arc in. til '

will not ill. \ say

I '.in it all prophesy, ami there come in om

that believelh not, or one unit. ti mil, In- is convinced

>ll.
! ot his heart arc made man

and >o. falling down on his lie.-, lie will adore
. affirming thai (i.xl is among; you indeed.
; Hon i- it then, brethren r tvhea yoo cause
•In r, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a
doctrine, bath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath
an interpretation : let all things be done unto cdi-

li. aiion.

[fan] speak in a tongue, let it Ik? bv two, or
at the most lis three, and in course ; and let one
interpret.

28 But if there be no interpreter, let him hold
his neaot in the church, and speak to himself, and
lod.

Vnd lei the prophets sjK-ak, two or three: and
let the real judge.

30 Hut if any thing he revealed to another sit-
[ct the first hold his peace.
lor you may all prophesy one by one J that
all may ham, ami all may be exhorted:

V n*l the spirits of the prophets are subject
to the proprM ts.

ror he is not the God of dissension, but of
as also I teach in all the churches of the

84 Let women kirn silence in the churches: for
it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be sub-
also the law sailh.

35 Hut if tiny would learn any thing, let them
ask their husbands at home. For it is | shame for
a woman to s|M-ak in the church.

36 Or did the word of God come out from you ?
Or came it only unto you ?

37 If any man Mem to be a prophet, or spirit-
ual, let him know the things that I write to you,
that ih. \ an- the commands of the Lord.

38 Hut if any man know not, he shall not be
know n,

39 Wherefore, brethren. In- zealous to prophesy;
and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Km let all things be done decently and ac-
ci.nliug to order.

' kr\Mt $ rr turrrction MMB

WW XV.

f the manner qf our rrntrrrction.

NOW I make known unto you, brethren, the
tpd which I preached to you, which also
you have received, and wherein \.m viand:

h which also w.u are saved: if you bold rati
manner f preached to you, unless you
have believed in vain.

3 I i I delivered i" rou iir>t of a I. which I also

ISO

ar-

I. TO THE CORINTHIANS.

.1 : how that Christ died for our mii>
Cording '" the Scriptures:

, \inl that he was buried: and that he rose again
the third day. according to the Scriptures :
.". \\h\ that he was seen bi Cephas, and after

that bf the eleven.

6 Tin n w.in he seen by more than five hundred
brethren at once: of whom many remain until this
present: ami some arc fallen asleep.

7 After that, be was seen by James, then by all

the apostles:

:: \nd last of all, he was seen also by me, as by
one horn out of due time.

9 For I am the least of the apostles, w 1 o am apt
worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecu-
ted the church of God.

10 Hut by the grace of God I am what I am :
and his grace in DM hath not been toiil; but I have
laboured more abundantly than all they : yel not 1
but the grace of God with me.

11 For whether I, or they ; so we preach, and
so Mm have believed.

12 Now if Christ be preached that he arose
again from the dead, how do some among you say,
that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 But if there lie no resurrection of the dead,
then Christ is not risen again.

14 And if Christ he not risen ugaiii. then is our
preaching vain, and your iailli is also vain :

15 Ifea, and we are found false witness
God: because we have given testimony against
God, thai he hath raised up Christ, whom he h.ub
not raised up, if the dead rise not again.

16 For if the dead rise not again, neither is
Christ risen again.

17 And if Christ be not risen again, your faith
is vain, lor you are yet in your sins.

18 Therefore they also, who have slept in Christ,
have perished.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
we are, of all men, the most miserable.

20 Hut now Christ is risen from the dead, the
first-fruits of them that sleep.

21 For by a man came death, and by a man the
resurrection of the dead.

22 And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all
shall be made alive.

23 But every one in his own order : the first-
fruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who
have believed in his coming :

24 Afterwards the end, when he sh:i II have deli-
vered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when
he shall have abolished all principality, and autho-
rity, and power.

25 For he must reign, until he hath put all ene-
ini. s under his I.

26 And the enemy death shall he destroyed last:
For he hath put all things under his tut. And
whereas he NMth,

''■ All things are put under him; undoubtedly,
In is excepted, who put all things under him.

And when all things shall be subdued unto
him, then tin Son also himself shall be subject to

CHAP. XVI.

nmi,* who subjected all things to himself, that
God may be all in all.

29 Otherwise what shall they do, who are bap-
tized for the dead,f if the dead rise not again at
all? why are they then baptized for tliem?

30 Why also are we in danger every hour?

31 I die daily by your glory, brethren, which 1
have in Christ Jesus our Lord :

32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise
not again ? Let us eat and drink, X for to-morrow
we shall die.

33 Be not deceived : evil communications cor-
rupt good manners.

34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have
not the knowledge of God ; I speak it to your shame.

35 But some man will say : How do the dead
rise again ? or with what manner of body shall
they come ?

36 Senseless man, that which thou sovvest, is not
quickened, except it die first.

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not
the body that shall be; but bare grain, as of wheat,
or of some of the rest.

38 But God giveth it a body as he will : and to
every seed its proper body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh : but some is
that of men, another of beasts, another of birds,
another of fishes.

40 And there are bodies celestial, and bodies
terrestrial : but the glory of the celestial is one,
and that of the terrestrial another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory
of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For
star diflereth from star in glory :

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is
sown in corruption: it shall rise in incorruption.

43 It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory:
it is sown in weakness : it shall rise in power:

44 It is sown an animal body: it shall rise a
spiritual body. If there be an animal body, there
is also a spiritual body, as it is written :

45 The first man Adam was made a living soul ;
die last Adam a quickening spirit.

46 But not first that which is spiritual, but that
which is animal; afterwards that which is spi-
ritual.

47 The first man was of the earth, earthly : the
second man from heaven, heavenly.

48 Such as is the earthly, such also are the earth-
ly : and such as is the heavenly, such also are they
that are heavenly.

49 Therefore as we have borne the image of the
earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot possess the kingdom of God : neither
shall corruption possess incorruption.

* The Sonaho himself shall be subject to him. That is, the Son will be
subject to the Father, according to his human nature, even after the
general resurrection : and also the whole mystical body of Christ will
be entirely subject to God, obeying him in every thing'.

f Who are baptized for the dead. Some think the apostle here alludes
'o a ceremony then in use; but others, more probably, to the prayers ]

51 Behold, 1 tell you a mystery : We shall all
indeed rise again : but we shall not all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trumpet : for the trumpet shall sound ; and
the dead shall list 1 , again incorruptible: and we
shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption ■
and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 And when this mortal hath put on immor-
tality, then shall come to pass the saying that is
written : Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where
is thy sting?

56 Now the sting of death is sin: and the powet
of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who hath given us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stead-
fast, and immoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in
vain in the Lord.

CHAP. XVI.

Of collection of alms, admonitions, and salulationg.

TVTOW concerning the collections that are made
-■-^ for the saints, as I have given order to the
churches of Galatia, so do you also.

2 On the first day of the week let every one of
you put apart with himself, laying up what it shall
well please him; that when I come, the gatherings
be not then to be made.

3 And when I shall be with you, whomsoever
3 r ou shall approve by letters, those will 1 send to
carry your bounty to Jerusalem.

4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go
with me.

5 Now I will come to you, when I shall have

Kassed through Macedonia : for 1 shall pass through
lacedonia.

6 And with you, perhaps, I shall make a stay,
or even spend the winter ; that you may bring me
on my journey whithersoever I shall go.

7 For I will not see you now by the way ; for I
hope that I shall remain with you some time, if the
Lord permit.

8 But I will stay at Enhcsus until pentecost.

9 For a gate is opened to me large and evident,
and many adversaries.

10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with
you without fear: for he vvorketh the work of the
Lord, as I also do.

1 1 Let no man, therefore, despise him, but con-
duct ye him on his way in peace; that he may come
to me : for I look for him with the brethren.

12 As to our brother Apollo, I let you know
that I earnestly entreated him to come to you with

and penitential labours, performed by the primitive Christians fortlio
souls of the faithful departed, or to the baptism of afflictions and suf-
ferings undergone for sinners spiritually dead.

} Let us eat and drink, fye. That is, if we did not believe that ve
were to rise again from the dead, we might live like the impious f.id
wicked, who have no belief iu the resurrection.

II. TO THE COKIMIIKNS.

the brethren: and indeed it was not hi* will at all
mm at thi- time. Hut ha will come whin he
shall have leisure.

IS Watrh i I fasi in the faith; do man-

full* , ami Ih- strengthened.

I V la t all your actions l>< «l» nn- in charity.

1.) Ami I beseech you, brethren, you know the
house of Stephanas, and of Fortuantua, and m
Acssucna, thai the*, an the fcrat-fraks of jLchaia.
ami h.ivi- dedicated themselves to the ministry of
the saints :

It; Thai jrou also be subject to such, aod to aw rj
una that worked) with pit, and iabouieth.

17 And I rejoice in the on * at < of Stephanas,

and FortunatUS, and Achait u>: lor tliat winch was

wanting on jroot part, thej have supplied.

* rw ktm W ml>ii Mmm .1u\a. Anathema ti|rninm bare • (king
•rruiw.1. Maran JUkm. «rhn:h a> cording to St Jrruin and Si. < hri-
, tigntfy, 71* Imt4u mv aln-udt, and therefore i* to be taken
~\ to fboae who doubted 1 of the rcsnrcclion, and to put

18 For liny have refreshed ImiiIi my spirit and
Mints. Know them, therefore, thai are mhIi.

19 The churches <>l Asia salute you. A'|ttila
and Prist ilia salute you much in the Lord, with
the church that is in their booaa; witli whom I
also IikL< .

20 All the hrethren salute you. Salute one
another with a holy ki-s.

21 The salutation of me Paul, with tnv own
hand.

I If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ,
let him he anathema Ma ran Atha.*

I The grace ol our Lord Jesus Christ l>c with
you.

24 My charity be with you all in Christ Jesus.
Amen.

them in iiiiii.I tli.it Christ, tlte jmlrp of tin- living- ami the .li-id. is
come already. Others explain .Varan .Itku : .Wuj wr tmi rmmt. that
i-, to judge and [ > «i i n - 1 1 those witli < xriii|>lurv judgmeuU and puufcli-
nienU, that du not love the Lord JeMi Christ.

--•

THE

SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE CORINTIITANS.

rrmrd
res the

In this Fpittlr Si Paul comforts those who are now reft,
by bis admonitions to them in the former ; and abxoirt

man, on doing jsenanrc, whom he had before ex>

titated fur Ao crime. llrme he treats of true pe-

f the dignity of the minister* if the New Tts-

tuitlifiit agwUUt false tturhers mill
He girt s nn aeeinint of his suffer-
I qf Ike favours and grates whiih (ioel hath
on him. Thts srranil Epistk fas trrittm in the
with the first, and sent by TtTW from some place

the toeietu of lnfi.hU

CHAP. I.

lie

of hit trembles in Asia. Hit not earning to /him
mmm not out of levil,. The constancy and nncrrily of hit
Doetrinr.

I) Ml., an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
*- God, and rimothj our brother: to the church

of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who
in all \< h.ti.i.

to yon and peace Iron Cod our Father,
tnd from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the <oh| and Father of our Lotd
Jesus Christ, the I '.ii In r ol Mercies, and the Cod
->f all consolation,

\ Who COmfotieth us in al! our trihtilations ;
that we also may be able to comfort them who
in any distress, l>\ the exhortatioa wherewith we
4lso arc exhorted bv I iod.

5 For as the sufliriiiss of Christ abound in us;
so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.

6 Now whether we be in tribulation, it is for
your exhortation and salvation; or whether we be
comforted, ii it for your consolation; or whether
we be exhorted, it U for your exhortation and sal-
vation, which workcth the enduring Qf the same
sufferings which we also sutler.

7 That our hope lor you ma\ be steadfast: know-
ing that as \titt are partakers ol the sufferings, 10
shall von be also of the consolation.

8 For we would not have you ignorant, hrethren,
of our tribulation, which came to us in Asia, that
w e were pressed out of measure, abot e our strength,
so that we were wean even of lite.

9 But we had in ourselves the answer of death,
that are should not trust in ourselves, hut in (, t „|
who raised) the dead :

10 Who hath delivered, and doth deliver us out

of so great dangers: in whom we hope that be will
yet also deliver us.

\\ Von helping withal in prayer for us : that lor
this -in obtained fot us. by many persons, thanks
may \u- Riven by man) in our behalf.

I I Fot Otn dory is this, the testimony of our
ronst ience, thai in simplicity ol heart and sincerity
o| God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the graoa

CHAP. II, III.

of God, wc have conversed in this world ; and
more abundantly towards you.

13 For we write no other things to you, than
what you have read and known. And I hope that
you shall know unto the end :

14 As also von have known us in part, that
we are \our glory, as you also are ours on the day
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 And in this confidence I had a mind to come
to you before, that you might have a second favour;

16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and
again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you
to be brought on my way towards Judea.

17 When, therefore, I had a mind to do this,
did 1 use levity? Or the things that I purpose, do
I purpose according to the flesh, that diere should
be with me, It is, and, It is not ?

18 But God is faithful; for our preaching which
was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.

19 For the Son of God, Jesj.is Christ, who AV*as
preached among you by us, by me, and Silvanus,
and Timothy, was not, It is, and It is not; but,
*It is, was in him.

20 For all the promises of God are in him It is :
therefore also by him, Amen to God, unto our glory.

21 Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ,
and lie that hath anointed us, is God ;

22 Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge
of the Spirit in our hearts.

23 But I call God to witness upon my soul, that
to spare you, I came not as yet to Corinth ; not
because we lord it over your faith : but we are
helpers of your joy : for in faith you stand.

CHAP. II.

He grants a pardon to the incestuous man, upon his doing
penance.

BUT I determined this with myself, that I would
not come to you again in sorrow :

2 For if I make you sorrowful ; who is he then
that should make me glad, but he who is made sor-
rowful by me ?

3 And I wrote this same to you ; that I may not,
when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow, from them
of whom I ought to rejoice ; having confidence in
you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

4 For out of much affliction, and anguish of heart
I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should
be made sorrowful, but that you might know the
charity I have more abundantly towards you.

5 And if any one hath caused grief, he hath not
grieved me ; but in part, that I may not charge
you all.

6 To him who is such a one, this rebuke is suffi-
cient, which is given by many :

* It is, was in him. There was no inconstancy in the doctrine of
the apostles, sometimes, like modern sectaries, saving, It is, and
at other times saying. It is not. But their dextrine was ever the
game, one uniform yea, in Jesus Christ, one JImtn, that is, one
truth in him.

| I also. The apostle here granted an indulgence, or pardon, tn the
ftrson and by the authority of Christ, to the U.OtttBuU* Corinthian,

7 So that on the contrary you should rather for-
give him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one
be swallowed up with over-much sorrow.

8 Wherefore I beseech you, that you would con-
firm your charity towards him.

9 For to this end also did I write, that I might
know the experiment of you, whether you be obe-
dient in all things.

10 And to whom you have forgiven any thing, j\
also: for, what 1 forgave, if 1 have forgiven any thing,
for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.

11 That we may not be circumvented by Satan:
for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 And when I was come to Troas for the gospel
of Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit; because I found
not Titus my brother : but bidding them farewell,
I went from thence to Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be to God, who always causeth
us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and maketh manifest
the odour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are unto God the good odour of Christ
in them who are saved, and in them who perish.

16 To some, indeed, the odour of death| unto
death ; but to the others the odour of life unto life.
And for these things who is so sufficient ?

17 For we are not as many, adulterating the
word of God : but with sincerity, but as from God,
in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

CHAP. III.

He needs no commendatory letters. TJie glory of the ministry
of the New Testament.

P^O we begin again to commend ourselves? Or
-*--' do we need (as some do) epistles of com-
mendation to you, or from you ?

2 You are our epistle, written in our hearts,
which is known and read by all men :

3 You being made manifest, that you are the
epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not
with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God ; not
in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

4 And such confidence we have, through Christ
towards God :

5 Not that we are sufficient to think any thing
of ourselves, as of ourselves : but our sufficiency
is from God :

6 Wfio also hath made us fit ministers of the
new testament; not in the letter,§ but in the Spirit :
for the letter killeth ; but the Spirit giveth life.

7 Now if the ministration of death, engraven
with letters upon stones, was glorious, so that the
children of Israel could not steadfastly behold (he
face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance,
which is done away:

whom before he had put under penance: which pardon consisted in
a releasing 1 of part of the temporal punishment due to his sin.

J The odour of death, fyc. The preaching of the apostle, which by Its
fragrant odour brought many to life, was toothers, through their own
f.mlt, the occasion of death; by their wilfully opposing and resisting
that divine call.

{ The Utter. Not rightly understood, and taken without the spirit.

153

il. TO THE CORINTHIANS.

8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit
be rather in glory?

9 For it tin- ministration of condemnation bo
glory : much more the uiim-~tr.it ion of jn-st i»-t-

uidcth in glory.

Ill For even that which was glorious in this
part was not glorified, l»y reason Or tin- glory that
I'lh'th.

II For if that which is done aw glorious:

much more that which rcinaiiicih, M in glory.

I .' ill.; i,. therefore, such nope, wnivmuch
rontiden

li \ud not as Moses put a veil over his face,
that the children of Israel might not steadfastly
look on the face of that which in id ide void,

1 i 15 nt tlnir senses were made dull. For, until
this day, the lelf-same veil in the reading of the old
testament, remaineth not mam away (because in
Christ it is done away.)

I > Hut even until this da) when Moses is read,
the veil is ii|Min their heart.

16 Hut when they shall he converted to the
Lord, the veil shall lie taken away.

17 Now the Ixird is a Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the l,or.l is, there is liberty.

18 Hut we all, belmJding the dory of the Lord
with face uncovered, are transformed into the same
image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the

CIIU\ IV.

The tinrerity of his prrarhing: hit romfurl in hit affiittiont.

r I ' tlER EFORE, seeing we have this ministra-
■*■ tion, according as we have obtained mercy,
We faint not.

1 I'.ut we renounce the hidden things of disho-
nesty, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating
the word of God, hut hv niauifesti.ui of the truth
commending ourselves to every man's conscience.
in the sight of ( Sod.

3 And if our gos|>cl he also hidden, it is hidden
to those who |m rish :

V in whom the cod of this world hath blinded
the minds of unbelievers ; that the light of the

Oiel of the glorv of Christ, who is the image of
, should not shine unto them.
• I !i not ourselves, hut Jem Christ

our Lord; ami ourselves roar servants through Jesus.

w iio . o inn inded the light to shine
out ol darkness, hath shined in our he;iris. to
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in
tlie fare of ( hrisi Jesus.

7 Hut we hoe tin- treasure in earthen
that the excellency may be of the power, of God,
and not ot us.

i all things are suffer tribulation: but are not

distressed: we | tencd; but are not destitute:

9 tVa suffer persecution : l>ui ;oe not forsaken:

ire cast down : but we perish not:
Iti Alw.r.s bearing about in our body the dying
of Jesus; that the life also ol Jesus ma) be made
manifest in our bodies.

11 For wc who live are always delivered unto
death foi Jesus' sake: that the life also of Jesus may

be mad-' manifest in our mortal th-sh.

I J So then death vrorfceth in us. but life in you.
|! But having the same spirit of faith; as it is

w Titled : I have believed ; therefore I have spoken :

are also believe; and therefore we apeak:

14 Knowing that he who raised Up Jesus, will
raise nil us also with Jesus, and place us with you.

I") For all things are for your Bakes j that the
orace abounding through many may abound in

thanksgiving to the glory ofGod.

16 For which cause we faint not: but though
our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man
is renewed day by day.

17 For our present tribulation, which is mo-
mentary and light, worketh for us above measure
exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

18 While we look not at the things which are
i. but at the thing* which are not seen. For the

things which are seen, are temporal : but the things
which are not seen, are eternal.

CHAP. V.

He it willing to leave his earthly mansion to be vrith the lord-
Hit charity for the Corinthians.

FOR we know that if our earthly bouse of this
habitation be dissolved, that we have a building
of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in
heaven.

2 For in this also we groan, desiring to lie cloth-
ed over with our habitation which is from heaven;

3 Yet so that we may lx> found clothed, not naked.

4 For we also, who are in this tabernacle, do
groin, being burdened: because we would not be
unclothed, but clothed over; that what is mortal
mat be swallowed up by life.

5 Now he that inaketh us for this very thing, is
God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.

6 Therefore, having alwavs confidence, know ing
that, while we are in the body, we are absent from
the Lord :

7 (For we walk by faith and not by sight.)

8 We are confident, I say, and have a good will
to be absent rather from the body, and to lie present
with the Lord.

9 And therefore wc Ial>our, whether absent or
present, to phase him.

10 For we must all appear before the Judgment'

scat of Christ : that every one may receive *the.
proper things of the body, according as he hath
done, whether it lie good or evil.

11 Knowing, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we
persuade men: but to God we are manifest. And
I trust also that in your consciences we are manifest.

12 Wc commend not ourselves again to you,
but give you occ as ion In glory in our behalf; that
you in i\ have somewfutt to aivnoe* them who glory
in race, and not in heart.

• TV pnprr Hiitri oflkt My. In the particular jU'!|rmrnt, imme
d'alelv after .!■ ll i» nnardi'd or pumOicsJ according u

■kit it tw* done in the body.

CHAP. VI. VII

13 For whether we are transported in mind, it
M to God ; or whether we are more moderate, it is
for yo ii.

14 For the charity of Christ nresseth us ; judg-
ing this, that if one died tor all, then all were dead.

15 And Christ died for all ; that they also, who
live, may not now live to themselves but to him, who
died for them, and rose again.

16 Wherefore henceforth we know no man ac-
cording to the flesh.* And if we have known
Christ according to the flesh; but now we know
him so no longer.

17 If then any be in Christ, a new creature : old
things are passed away: behold, all things are made
new.

18 But all things are of God, who hath recon-
ciled us to himself by Christ; and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation.

19 For God, indeed, was in Christ reconciling
the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins :
and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

20 We are, therefore, ambassadors for Christ,
God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ we
beseech you, be ye reconciled to God.

21 Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin
for us,f that we might be made the justice of God
in him.

CHAP. VI.

He exhorts them to a correspondence with God's grace, and not
to associate with unbelievers.

\ ND we helping do exhort you, that you receive
-*■-*- not the grace of God in vain.

2 For he saith : In an accepted time have I heard
thee : and in the day of salvation have I helped
thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time: behold,
now is the day of salvation.

3 Giving no offence to any one, that our ministry
be not blamed:

4 But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as
the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribula-
tion, in necessities, in distresses,

5 In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours,
in watehings, in fastings,

6 In chastity, in knowledge, in long suffering, in
sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,

7 In the word of truth, in the power of God ;
by the armour of justice, on the right hand, and on
the left :

8 Through honour and dishonour, through in-
famy and good name ; as seducers, and yet speaking
truth ; as unknown, and yet known ;

9 As dying, and behold, we live ; as chastised,
and not killed ;

10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as needy,
yet enriching many ; as having nothing, aiid possess-
ing all things.

* We know no man according to the flesh. That is, we consider not any
man with regard to his nation, family, kindred, orother natural qualities
or advanta(»::s,but only wiih relation to Christ, ami according 1 to the or-
der of divine chanty, in God, and for God. The apostfe adds that, eveu

11 Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians,
our heart is enlarged.

12 You are not straitened in us : but in your
own bowels you are straitened :

13 But having the same recompense (I speak as
to my children) be you also enlarged.

14 Bear not the yoke together with unbelievers.
For what participation hath justice with injustice?
Or what fellowship hath light with darkness ?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial ?
or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever r

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God
with idols ? For you are the temple of the living
God : as God saith : I will dwell in them, and
walk among them : and I will be their God ; and
they shall be my people.

17 Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be
ye separate, saith the Lord ; and touch not the
unclean thing :

18 And 1 will receive you: and I will be a Father
to you : and you shall be my sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Ahnight}'.

CHAP. VII.

The apostle's affection for the Corinthians : his comfort and jog
on their account.

XTAVING, therefore, these promises, dearly be-
•*--*- loved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defile-
ment of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sane-
tification in the fear of God.

2 Receive us. We have injured no one: we
have corrupted no one : we have over-reached no
one.

3 I speak not this to your condemnation. For
we have said before, that you are in our hearts, to
die together, and to live together.

4 Great is my confidence with you: great is my
glorying for you. I am filled with comfort, 1 ex-
ceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulation.

5 For also when we were come into Macedonia,
our flesh had no rest: but we suffered all tribulation;
combats without, fears within.

6 But God who comforted the humble, comforted
us by the coming of Titus ;

7 And not by his coining only, but also by the
consolation, wherewith he was comforted in you,
relating to us your desire, your mourning, your zeal
for me; so that I rejoiced the more.

8 For although I made you sorrowful by my
epistle, I do not repent : and if I did repent, seeing
that the same epistle (although but for a time) did
make you sorrowful :

9 Now I am glad ; not because you w< re made
sorrowful ; but because you were made sorrowful
unto penance. For you were made sorrowful ac-
cording to God, that in nothing you should suffer
damage by us.

with respect to Christ himself, he now no longer considers him accord-
ing to the flesh, by taking a satisfaction in his beinp his countryman ;
his affection beinjr now purified from all such earthly considerations,
f Sin for uj. That is, to be a sin-vjffering, a victim ibr tin.

•55

II. TO THE ( OUINTIIIANS.

10 For tin* sorrow which ding to God,

workcth penance unto salvation, which is last
but tli4* sorrow of the world workcth deaths

1 1 For behold this self-same thing, lh;il you were
made sorrow till according i<> God, how mat care-
fulness dotli it work in you; yea * !■ ft no -, yea
indignation, ir, yea desire, reaneal, rea re-

igo. In all thin--. j on bare showed yourselves
tc In- undclilcd in the matter.

I .' W b< n fore though I w rote to you, not on the
account of him u ho did the injury, nor of him w ho
suffered the \\ rong ; Inn to manifest our solicitude,
which we have im you,

1 3 Befon God : therefore we w ere comforted,
lint in our consolation we did the more abundantly
rejoice furthejoj of Titus; bet saose hi> spirit was
nlreshed hv you all.

14 And if I have boasted any thing to him of
you, I have not been put to shame: but as we have
s|K)keu all things to you in truth, so also our Insist-
ing, which wa> made to Til us, is found a truth:

15 And his bowebj are more abundantly towards
you: remembering the obedience of you all, how
wnh fear and trembling you received him.

IC 1 rejoice (hat in all things I have confidence
in you.

CHAP. VIII.

He exhorts them to contribute bountifully to relieve the poor of
Ji rumiem.

"|V"OW we make known to you, brethren, the grace
*- ' of God, that hath been given ift the churches
Of Macedonia :

1 That in much exp e ri e n ce of tribulation they
have had abundance ol joy: and their very deep
poverty huh ■bounded unto the riches of their
simplicity :*

3 For according to their power, I l>ear them wil-
1 beyond their power they wire willing,

V With much entreaty Ix-g^ing of us the grace
ami communication of the ministry that is (lone
towards (he s. nuts ■

5 And not as we hoped : but they gave their
ownselves first to the Lord, then to us by the
will of God ;

ti Insomuch, that we desired Titus, that as he
had begun, so also he would finish in you this same
grace.

7 I'h it as in all things von abound in faith, and
word, and knowledge, and all carefulness: inore-

llso, in your charity towards us, so in this
v also you may abound.

8 I s|wjk not as commanding; bit bj the care-
iiilness of others, approving also the good <lis,
lion of your charity.

9 For von know thp grace of our L»ld JOMN
Christ, that lning rich, he became |KM»r for your

thai through his |tovertj you might lie rich.
I«> And in this I mm* I: lot this is profita-

Tfc«t is ttneerc boanw and clui u j .

hie for you, who have Itegun not only to do, but
also in In- willing the year In-fore:

II Now, then fine, perform ye it also in deed;
that, as \ our mind is forward to be willing, s,, it
may be also to pel form, out of that which you have.

I 2 For if the will lie forward, it is accepted, ac-
cording to that which it hath, not according to that
which it hath not.

I J For / intan not that others should be cased,
and vou burdened: but by an equality.

1 i In this present time let your abundance sup-
ply their want: that their abundance also may sup*
ply your want, that there may be an equality, as it
is w rittea:

15 lie that had much, had nothing over: and
he that had little, had no want.

16 And thanks be to God, who hath given the
same carefulness for you in the heart of 'I itus.

17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation : but
being more careful, of his own will he went unto
you.

18 We have sent also with him the brother,
whose praise is in the gos*>el through all the
churches :

19 And not that only, but he was also ordained
by the churches companion of our travels, for this
grace, which is administered by us to the glory of
the Lord, and our determined w ill :

20 Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us
in this abundance which is administered by us.

21 For we foresee what may be good not only
before God, but also before men.

22 And we have sent with them our brother
also, whom we have often proved diligent in many
things; but now much more diligent, with much
confidence in you.

23 Either i'or Titus, who is my companion and
fellow-labourer towards you, or our brethren, the
;ipnstl,s of the churches, the glory of Christ.

24 Wherefore show ye to them, in the sight of
the churches, the evidence of your charity, and ol
our boasting on your behalf.

CHAP. IX

A further exhortation to ulms /firing: the fruit* of it.

FOR concerning the ministry that is done
wards the saints, it is superfluous for nit
write to you.

2 For I know your ready mind ; for w hi« h I
lioast of you to the Macedonians: that Aehaia also
was ready a year ago; and your emulation hath
provoked a great many.

3 Now I have Sent the brethren, that what we
boast of concerning you, lie not made \oid in litis
behalf, that, 'as I have said) you may lie ready :

4 Lest, when the Macedonians shall conic wild
me, anil find you unprepared, we (not to ?ay ye)
should be ashamed in this matter.

5 Therefore I thought it necesntry to desire the
brethren that they would go to you before, anil pie-
l«ire this blessing before promised, to lie. rcadv,
so as a blessing, not as COVCtOUSUCSS.

In-
to

CHAP.

6 Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly,
shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in
blessings, shall also reap of blessings.

7 Every one as he hath determined in his heart,
hot with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth
a cheerful giver.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound
in you ; that ye always, having all sufficiency in all
things, may abound in every good work:

9 As it is written : He hath dispersed abroad :
he hath g'ven to the poor : his justice remaineth
for ever.

10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower,
will both give you bread to eat, and will multiply
your seed, and increase the growth of the fruits of
your justice :

1 1 That l)eing enriched in all things you may
abound unto all bountifulness, which causeth
through us thanksgiving to God.

12 For the administration of this service doth
not only supply the want of the saints, but abound-
eth also by many thanksgivings in the Lord.

13 By the proof of this ministry, glorifying God
in the obedience of your confession to the gospel
of Christ, and for the liberality of your communi-
ting to them, and to all,

14 And in their praying for you, having an affec-
tion for you because of the eminent grace of God
in you.

15 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

CHAP. X.

To stop the calumny and boasting of false apostles, he sets forth
the power of his upostleship.

NOW I Paul myself beseech you, by the meek-
ness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence
indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am
bold toward you.

2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold
when 1 am present, with that confidence wherewith
I am thought to be bold against some, who think
of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

3 For walking in the flesh, we do not war ac-
cording to the flesh :

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not car-
nal, but powerful through God to the destruction of
fortifications, subverting of counsels,

5 And every height that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every understanding to the obedience of Christ.

6 And having in a readiness to revenge all diso-
bedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled.

7 See the things that are according to outward
appearance. If any man trust to himself, that he
is Christ's, let him think this again with himself,
that as he is Christ's, so are we also.

8 For if I also should boast somewhat more of
our power, which the Lord hath given us for edifi-
cation, and not for your destruction; 1 should not
be ashamed.

* My folly. So he calls his reciting his own praises, which, com-
monly speaking, is looked upon as a piece of folly and vanity ; though

X, XI.

9 But that I may not be thought as it were to
terrify you by epistles :

10 (For his epistles, indeed, say they, are weighty
and strong: but his bodily presence is weak, and
his speech contemptible :)

11 Let such a one think this, that such as we
are in word by epistles, when absent, such are we
also, indeed, when present.

12 For we dare not rank or compare ourselves
with some, that commend themselves: but we
measure ourselves by ourselves, and compare our-
selves with ourselves.

13 But we will not glory beyond our measure;
but according to the measure of the rule, which
God hath measured to us, a measure to reach even
to you.

14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our mea-
sure, as if we reached not to you : for we are
come as far as to you in the gospel of Christ.

15 Not glorying beyond the measure in other
men's labours: but having hope of your increasing
faith, to be magnified in you according to our rule
abundantly,

1G Yea, to those places that are beyond you, to
preach the gospel, not to glory in another man's
rule in those things that are made revidy to our
hand.

1 7 But he that glorieth,let him glory in the Lord.

18 For not he that commendeth himself, is ap-
proved ; but he whom God commendeth.

CHAP. XI.

He is forced to commend himself and his labours, vest the Corin-
thians should be imposed upon by the false apostles.

WOULD to God you could bear with some
little of my folly :* but do bear with me :

2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy ol
God. For I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by
his snbtilty, so your minds should be corrupted, and
fall from the simplicity which is in Christ.

4 For if he that cometh, preacheth another Christ,
whom we have not preached ; or if you receive an-
other Spirit, whom you have not received ; or an-
other gospel, which you have not received ; you
might well bear ivilh him.

5 For I suppose that I have done nothing less
than the great apostles.

6 For though 1 be rude in speech, yet not in
knowledge: but in all things we have been made
manifest to you.

7 Or did I commit a fault, abasing myself, that
you might be exalted ? Because I have preached to
you the gospel of God gratis?

8 I have taken from other churches, receiving
wages of them to serve you.

9 And when I was present with you, and wanted,
I was burdensome to no man : for that which was
wanting to me, the brethren supplied who came

the apostle was constrained to do it, for the good of the souls commit-
ted to his charge.

157

II. TO THE CORINTHlWv

from Macedonia : an«l in :ill things I have kept my-
self without being ;i burden to von: and so I will
keep myself.

1<> The truth o»" Christ is in me, that this glory
sn ill not Ix- sropt in me in the regions of Achara.

1 I Win li i-c I love you not?

Mih it.

1 J lint what I do, that I will do, that I may cot
asion from them that d< isiou, that

in what they glorv, tin > may Im- found c\en U we.

13 I ct surh false a|n.sii,s are deceitful labourers,
transforming tliemselvea into the apostles of Christ.

li And no wonder: lor Satan himself trans-
formed himself into an anm I of light

15 Therefore it is no great thing If hi* ministers
he transformed as tin- ministers of justice ; wl
end shall be according to their works.

|t> I say ;i_.iin. Iii no man think, me to l>e fool-
ish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also
mav glory a little.)

17 lh.it w huh I «i>eak, I speak not according

1 hkI, Inn as it win- in foolishness, in this matter
• r\ ing.

1)! Sefinii that many glory according to the flesh,
1 will glory also.

li) For feu gladly suffer the foolish: whereas

Mm \oursii\ts are w ISO.

20 For you suffer, it ;» man bring you into f>ond-
MB, if a man devour you, it a man take.'/"/// you,
ifa man )*• extolled. it a man strike you on the face.

21 I speak according to dishonour, as if we had
been weak in this part. Wherein if any man is
hold (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.

22 They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Isra-
elites: so am I. They are the seed of Abraham:
so am I.

23 They are the ministers of Christ: (I speak as
one less wise) I am more: in m any more labours,
in prisons more frequently, in striiM's alnwe im a-

snre. in deaths often.

Of the .lews live limes did I receive forty
slriftrs, save 01

23 Tin i I beaten with rods: once I was

stoned: thrice I suffered shipwreck: ■ night and a
day I was in the depth of the *

26 Iii journeys often, in perils of rivers, in perils

in perils from m\ own nation, in perils
Irom the (ientilis, in perils in the city, in perils in
the w ilderness, in |H-rils in the sea, in |>erils from
l.ilse brethren ;

In labour anil painftttnees, in Watching* often,
in hunger and thirst, in many fastings, m .old and
uaki .In

Besides those thimrs that are without ; my
dailv instance, 11 the solicitude for all the churches.

Who is weak, and I am not weak: Who is
SCBud-di/eil. and I do not burn '

It 1 must i >n ; 1 w ill glory of the

things that coin em my infirmity.

\ f«<fU

TV hboan (hat come hi, and |.rr«» ii|»>n mr

pmjttL TU« rtrm^ih and power of OwJ more per

i.j

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
wl..> is blessed for ever, knoweth that 1 lie not.

I At Damascus tlie governor of the nation under
Anias the kin::, guarded tbe cifj of the Damascenes,

to apprehend me !

I \iul through a window in a basket I was let
down by the wall, and so escaped bis hands.

< II\I\ XII.

[fit raptures and rrpihitinn*. His b'iiur hi/ffttted by Satan.
Hi* /car for the Corinlkian*.

TF I must glory (it is not expedient indeed:) but I
-■- will come to \ isions and re\ editions of the I «ord.

2 1 know a man in Christ above fourteen years
RgO, whether in the IkkIv I know not, or out of the
body I know not, God knoweth, stub a one caught
up to the tbird heaven.

3 And I knOW such a man whether in the body,
or out of the body, I know not, God knoweth:

4 That he was caught up into paradise; and
heard secret words, which it is not granted to man
to utter.

5 Of such a one I will glory* : but for myself I
will glory nothing, but in my infirmities.

6 For even if 1 would glory, I shall not Ik- fool-
Mi: fori shall say the truth : but I forbear, lest ativ
man should think of me above that which be snili
in me, or any thin:; he heareih from me.

7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should
pufT me up. there was riven me a sting of m j flesh,
an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

ii For which thing I thrice besought the Lord,
that it might depart Ironi me :

9 And he said to me : .My grace is sufficient for
thee: for power is made ucrfectf in infirmity.
Gladly, therefore, will I glor) in my infirmities, (hat
the power of CbllSt may dwell in me.

10 Therefore 1 take pleasure in my infirmities,
in reproaches, in necessitit s, in persecutions, in dis-
tresses for Christ's sake. For when 1 am weak,
then I am powerful.

11 I am become foolish : you have compelled me
to it. For I ought toliaii In en commended l« you:
for in nothing nave I been inferior to those, who are

above measure apostles: although I ranbthinc.

12 Vet the si_i,s of in\ apostleship have been

wrought on you, in all patience, in signs, and won-
ili i-. and BUghtJj deeds.

1.5 For w hat is there thai you have had less (ban

the other churches: but thai I myself was not bur-
densome to you? Pardon me this injury.

14 lb hold, now the third lime I am ready to
come to you: and 1 will not be burdensooie to ysju.

For 1 seek not the things that are yours, but you.
For neither ought the children to lay up for the pa-
rents, but the parents for the children.

1") And 1 most gladly will spend and be ipent

• \.nir» forth in our weakneaa and infi ««-»k

ii« ,. Iii. .. ling aa,

and fitiug u» the »i< lurj under ail (rial* and com'

CHAP. XIII, I.

myself for your souls ; although, loving you more, 1
be loved less.

16 But be it so: I did not burden you: but being
era 'u I eaught you by guile.

1 1 Did I eircumvent you, by any of those whom
I sent to you?

18 I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother.
Did Titus circumvent you? did we not walk with
the same spirit? did we not in the same steps?

19 Of old, think von that we excuse ourselves to
you? We speak before God in Christ; but all
things, my dearly beloved, for your edification.

20 For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find
you such as I would; and that 1 shall be found by
you such as you would not: lest perhaps conten-
tions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detrac-
tions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among
you :

21 Lest again, when I come, God humble me
among you: and I bewail many of them that sin-
ned before, and have not done penance for the un-
cleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, that
the}' have committed.

CHAP. XIII.

He threatens the impenitent, to provoke them to penanre.

BEHOLD, this is the third time I am coming to
you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses
shall every word be established.

2 I have told you before, and foretell, as present,
and now absent, to them that sinned before, and to
all the rest, that, if 1 come again, I will not spare.

3 Do you seek a proof of Christ who speaketh in

me, who towards you is not weak, but is mighty in
you ?

4 For though he was crucified through weakness,
yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are
weak in him : but we shall live with him by the
power of God towards you.

5 Try your ownselves if you be in the faith:
prove ye yourselves. Know you not your ownselves,
that Christ Jesus is in you? unless perhaps you be
reprobates.

6 But I trust that you shall know that we are not
reprobates.

7 Now we pray God, that you may do no evil,
not that we may appear approved, but that you may
do that which is good, and that we may be as repro-
bates.*

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but
for the truth.

9 For we rejoice, that we are weak, and you are
strong. This also we pray for, your perfection.

10 Therefore I write these things being absent,
that, being present, I may not deal more severely,
according to the power which the Lord hath given
me to edification, and not to destruction.

11 For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfect;
take exhortation; be of one mind; have peace:
and the God of peace and of love will be with you.

12 Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the
saints salute you.

13 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
charity of God, and the communication of the
Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.

f Reprobates: that is, without proof, by having noocc.i-iou of show-
ing our power in punishing you.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE GALATIANS.

The Galatians, soon after St. Paul had preached fbt Gospel
to them, were seduced by some false teachers, who had been
Jews, and who were for obliging all Christians, even thosr
who had been Gentiles, to observe circumcision, and the ot/ur
ceremonies of the Mosaical law. In this Epistle he refute*
the pernicious doctrine of those teachers, and aim their ca-
lumny against his mission and apiistlcship. The snhjert mut-
ter of this Epistle, is much the same as of that to the Ro-
mans. It was written at Ephesus about twenty-three years
after our Lord's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

He blames the Galatians for suffering themselves to be imposed
upon by nno teachers. The Apostle's calling.

"O AD L, an apostle, not from men, neither by man,
-*- but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who
raised him from the dead.

2 And all the brethren who are with me, to the
churches of Galatia.

3 Grace be to you, and peace from God the
Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might
deliver us from this present wicked world, according
to the will of God and our Father,

5 To whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

6 I wonder that you are so soon removed, from
him who called you to the grace of Christ, to another
gospel :

7 Which is not another, only there are some that
trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of
Christ.

8 But though we. or an angel from heaven,

159

GALATIANS.

sarach ■ tfJOtnel < < > von beside that which we hate
preached to yon. lit luni Im- anathema.

,• said I iln] M.-w again j If any

one preach to you i In-sidcs thai which you

I. lit him In- anathema.

10 For do I now i>« rsiiade iih u, or (linl ; or do I
seek to please men: III did yd | ik-a.se nun, I should
Dot be the servant of ( hrisl.

11 Fur I give you to understand, brethren, that
thi- BMpd which was preached by me is not ac-
corduM to m

\l roc neither did I recchre it from man. nor
did I learn it, lint In the revelation ol Jesus Christ.

1 3 ! "i irou have heard of my conversation in
time |iast in the Jew*' religion; how that beyond
measure I persecuted the church of Cod, and laid
it waste:

I V And I made progress in the Jews' religion,
ahove main ol my emials in my own nation, being
more abunaantlj zealous fat the traditions of my
faile

I i lint when it pleased him, who separated me
from m\ iiiotlu r's womb, and called me by his grace,

Iti i . son in me, that 1 might preach

him anions the Gentiles; immediately 1 conde-
scend. • I nut to Heidi and Mood,

17 Neither went I to Jerusalem to the apostles
who were before me; but 1 went into Arabia:
and S Xaia ' returned to Damascus;

18 Then i! I came to Jerusalem

Vtir. and Stayed with him lilti en dav^

19 But oiln r ol the apostles | saw none, except

the brother of the Lord.
Sow the things which I write to you, be-
hold, be! II In- not.

El Afterwards I came into the regions nf Syria

and ( ilieia.

\n.l I was unknown bj face SB the churches
loti i. w Inch were in < Inist :
i> Hni I hey had heard only : lie, that persecuted
us in times past, doth now preach the faith which
once he impugned :

2\ And they glorified Cod in me.

( II \T. II.

Tlkettpngllrt'i prrnrkittg trnt itpprnrrd t\f h\f the othrr npnutlr*.
Tkr < 'imttlrs trrrr u ' .' , urn* ./ to the ttbtrrratvin of

Tlll.N rourteeo rears after, I went no assta
to .1. rusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also
w nli me.

1 And I went up according to revelation ; and
communicated to them the gospel, which I preach

lies, lini apart to tin in who Seemed

• TV

a/lW idrrwuWu. TV preaching n<* tV gn*prl lo the
' tltatta.t..iV limta^i. St. FW «.. . .11.. I. in an
•. lo V (V »pr»ll«- at th- f :onli|r, Sj, p,f„.
u ..».ii*W iia a orer \hm whole Sock (Jitaiti. I
hut ■ pacwttar charge of Ike people of the rirramciMoo, that U, of Hm!

I wUfaaW. $c*. TV fault lhal it Vre notrH in IV rnnrlwl nT
* Peter, m only a certain iaapredcacr, in with lr.minr liimaclf

to be something; lest, |>erliaps, I should run, or had
run in vain.

3 But neither Titus, w ho was with me. U ing a
Gentile, was compelled to l>e circumcised :

libit because Of false brethren unawares brought
in. who came in privately to spy our liberty, whit h
we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us
into Ixmdagc :

5 To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not
lor an hour, that (lie truth ol the gospel iimuIu con-
tinue with von :

6 But of them who seemed to be something,
(what the v were some time, it is DOthuM to me;
(Jod accepteth not the person of man) for to me
they that seemed to be something, added nothing.

7 But on the contrary, when they had seen that
to me was committed the gospel of the uncircuni-
t -isii.n.* as to Titer w as ihat ol the circumcision :

8 (For be who wrought in Titer to the apostle
ship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among

the Gentiles:)

_ 9 And when they had known the |NKC that was
given to me, James and Cephas, and John, who
seemed to Im- pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the
right hands of fellowship; that we should go lo Hie
Gentiles, and they to the circumcision:

10 Only that we should be mindful of the poor;
which same thing also I was careful to do.

11 But when Cephas was come to Antioch. I
withstood him to the lacc.f because he was blame-
able.

12 Tor before that some came from James, he
ditl eat with the Gentiles : but When they were conic,
be withdrew, and separated himself, fearing mOSC
who were of the circumcision.

l.'J And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews
consented; so that Barnabas also was led by them
into that dissimulation.

I I But when 1 saw that they walked not ii|»-
rightly unto the truth of the gospel. I said to Ce-
phas, before them all : If thou, being a Jew, li\t st
after tin mamierol the Gentiles. anil aoi ol the Jew s,
how dost thou compel the Gentiles to follow the

wa\ ol Jews?

15 We by nature are Jews, and not of the I I
tiles sinners.

It! But knowing that a man is not justified by

the works of the law, but by the faith of Jcmis

Christ: we also bonere in Christ Jesusa thai we

ma\ be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by
the works of the law: bec aUS C by the works ol the

law no flesh shall Im> justified.

17 But if, while We seek to be justified in Christ
we ourselves also are found sinnt rs; i- Christ then
the minister of sin.' (iod forbid.

from tV tmhleoTtVOrntilr*. for fi-ar of giving i • r Jrwi.h

conrrrt.; hut llii. ill mirli rimimstanrr*. »U. n ln~ «o doing niijrM
V oC ill conarqarnrr lo th. I « Im might V inductsl iVrrhv

lo flunk th«rmielvp*nhligr.l lo uonJunii In tl -> iv of lin

tVpirjndice aftl.i ir CliriMinn lihorU. Neither WM §C I
preViflmg him anv argument ->rain»t hi* mpremaev ; lor in mch
an inferior may, sad aomeUmes oaftit, with r«.-*|Vct, to a.lmo-

CHAP. 111. IV.

18 For if I build up again the things which I
have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

19 For 1, through the law, am dead to the law,
that I may live to God ; with Christ I am nailed to
the cross.

20 And I live, now not I ; but Christ liveth in
ine. And that I live now in the flesh : I live in the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered
himself for me.

21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if
justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

CHAP. III.

The Spirit and the Missing- promised to Abraham, cometh not
by the law, but by faith.

O SENSELESS Galatians, who hath bewitched
you, that you should not obey the truth, be-
fore whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth,
crucified among you?

2 This only would I learn of you : Did you re-
ceive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the
hearing of faith?

3 Are you so foolish, that, whereas you began in
the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the
flesh?

4 Have you suffered so great things in vain ? if
yet in vain.

5 He therefore who giveth to you the Spirit, and
workelh miracles among you ; doth he do it by the
works of the law. or by the hearing of the faith?

6 As it is written : Abraham believed God, and
it was reputed to him unto justice.

7 Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith,
are the children of Abraham.

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God justi-
fied! the Gentiles by faith, told Abraham before:
In thee shall all nations be blessed.

9 Therefore, they who are of the faith shall be
blessed with the faithful Abraham.

10 For as many as are of the works of the law,
are under a curse. For it is written : Cursed is
every one that continued! not in all things which
are written in the book of the law, to do them.

11 But that by the law no man is justified with
God, it is manifest: because the just man liveth
by faith.

12 But the law is not of faith: but, He that do-
eth these things shall live in them.

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of
the law, being made a curse for us ; for it is written :
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come
on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we may
receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

15 Brethren, (I speak after the manner of man)

* Because fftranstrrtssions. To restrain them from sin, by fear and threats.

f Ordianea by angels. The law was delivered by angels, speaking
in the name and person of God, to Moses, who was the mediator, on
this occasion, between God and the people.

\ Hath caneltided all under sin, i. e. Hath declared all to be under
sin, from which they could not be delivered, but by faith in Jesus
Christ, the promised seed

yet a man's testament, if it be confirmed, no man
despiseth, nor addeth to it.

16 To Abraham were the promises made, and to
his seed. He saith not : And to his seeds, as of
many: but as of one : and to thy seed, who is Christ.

17 Now this I say, that the testament which was
confirmed by God, the law which was made after
four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul, to
make the promise of no effect.

18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no
more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by
promise.

19 Why then was the law? It was set because
of transgressions,* till the seed should come, to
whom he made the promise, being ordained by an-
gelsf in the hand of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not of one : but God is
one.

21 Was the law, then, against the prom;«es of
God? God forbid. For if there had been a .aw
given, which could give life, verily justice should
have been by the law.

22 But the Scripture hath concluded all under
sin,f that the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ
might be given to them that believe.

23 But before that faith came, we were kept
under the law, shut up unto that faith which was
to be revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our pedagogue^ in
Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer
under a pedagogue.

26 For you are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.

27 For as many of you as have been baptized
in Christ, have put on Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek :|| there is
neither bond nor free : there is neither male nor
female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if you be Christ's, then you are the seed
of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

CHAP. IV.

Christ has freed i/s from the servitude of the law : we are the
free-born sons of Abraham.

1VI OW I say: As long as the heir is a child, he
-L^ differeth nothing from a servant, though he be
lord of all :

2 But is under tutors and governors, until the time
appointed by the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in
bondage, under the elements of the world. 1

4 But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under
the law ;

f Pedagogue, i. e. Schoolmaster, conductor, or instructoi
|j Neither Jews, Sfc. That is, no distinction of Jew, &c.
i Under the elements, 8,-e. That is, under tlie first rudiments of reli-
gion, in which the carnal Jews were trained up ; or under those corpo-
real creatures, used iu their manifold riles, sacrifices, and sacra-
ments.

161

TO THE GALAT1ANS.

5 That he might redeem those who were under
the law; thai w «■ might receive BB adoption 01

6 And bec ause you are ^miv, (mhI hath scut the
Spirit of his Son int. > your hea .nig: Abba,

Father.

7 Therefore now he is no more a » rvant, I nit a
son. And it a son. an heii also through God.

8 But then, indi • ,1. not knowing (iod, JTOB s. mi ii
them who by nature are no gods.

i'.iiunow. after thai you nave known God, or
rather are known of God; how turn vou again to the

ik and |*x>r elements, to which vou arc de-
sirous t<> serveagam-

10 You obaerve days, and months, and times.
and years.*

1 1 I am in fear for you. lest perhaps I have la-
boured in vain anions you.

12 Be ye as I, for I also am as vou; brethren, I
beseech you: you have not injured me at all.

i know how through infirmity of the
flesh I preached the ^(.s|hI to you heretofore: and
Mnir temptation in my flesh

I V You dopised not. nor rejected: bat received
ineas.m tngel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

\~> Where is then \oiir blessedness? For I bear

Jou witness, that, if it could lie done, vou would
i\ e plucked out your OOTI eves, and would have
n them to me.

16 Am I then become your enemy, in telling you
the truth?

17 They are zealous in your regard not well:
hut they would exclude you, that vou might be
Scalous for them.

1 5ut be zealous for that which is Rood in a
Rood thin:; always; and not only when I am present
w nh vou:

19 My little children, of whom I am in labour
again, until Christ l>e formed in you.

20 And I would willingly I*- present with yon
now, and change m\ voice: because 1 am ashamed
for I

21 Tell me. you that desire to lie under the law,
have \ i > 1 1 not read the law -

22 For it is written: that Abraham bad two sons;
tin- one by a bond-woman, and the other In, a free-

23 But he that was by the liond-woman, was
born according to the flesh: but he by the free-
woman, was liv the promise.

21 Which things are said by an allegory. For
M arc the two testaments. The one indeed on
int Sinai, which bringeth forth unto bondage,
which is Agar.

"unai is a mountain in Arabia, which hath
an affinity with that which now is Jerusalem, and is
in UmdaRe with her children.

26 But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free ;
which is our mother.

• Ym tk un i lm,t, tf*. \\r •r«»k« not of th« oWrr»tion of lh*
\artl\ day, or ottwr ( ' ,n«t..n f—tiv.U ; bat «ttl*>r of the •nrvr.n
i ■ owr rw lb tt of <my» tmky ml nttty ; or cU* of the Jo»»h fa»-

27 For it is written : Rejoice, thou barren, that

beared not: break forth and cry out, thou that tra-

vailest not : for manv are the children f the deso-
late, more than of her that hath a husl>and.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the
children of the prank* ,

29 But "as then he, who was born according to
the flesh, persecuted him, who was according to
the Spirii ; s,, also now .

30 But what saith the Scripture? Cast nut the
bond-Woman and her son: for the son of the IkuiiI-
woman shall not lie heir with the son of the free-
woman.

31 Therefore, brethren, we are not the children
of the bond-woman, but of the free; by the freedom
whciewilliChristhath made us free.

CHAP. V.

lie exhorts thrm to ttond to their Chrixfian lihcrty. Of the
fruits of the fltxh, and < if the tpirit.

STAND firm ; and be not held again under the
yoke of boudaf

2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you, that if you be circum-
cised, Christ will profit you nothing.

3 And I testify again to every man that circum-
c iseth himself, that he is a debtor to do the whole
law.

4 Christ is become of no effect to you, whosoever
of you are justified by the law: you are fallen from
grace.

5 For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope
of justice.

6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision avail-
eth any thing, nor uncircumcision ; but faith, which
worketh by charity.

7 Yon did run well : who hath hindered you, that
you should not obey the truth?

8 This persuasion isnot from himwhocalleth you.

9 A little leaven corrupted) the whole ina-s.

10 I have confidence in you is the Lord, that vou
will not In- of another mind: but he that tTOUbfcth
you shall bear the judgment, w hosocver he be.

11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision,
why do I yet suffer persecution? The scandal of
the cross is therefore made void.

12 I would they were even cut ofT, who trouble
you.

13 For you, brethren, have been called unto liber-
ty: onlv use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh ;
but by charity of the Spirit serve one another.

11 For all the law is fulfilled in one sentence:
Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.

15 But if you bite and eat one another ; take
heed that von In- not consumed one by another.

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and \ou
shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and

the Spirit against the flesh; lor these are contrary

limb, t<> the ohaeraoc* of which certain Jewish teacher* sottffct to

irvlinc ll.e "

CHAP. VI, I.

one to another : so that yon do not the things that
j on would.

18 But if you are led hy the Spirit, you are not
under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest;
which are, fornication, uncleanncss, immodesty,
luxury.

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, contentions,
emulations, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, sects,

21 Envy, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
such like : of the which I foretell you as I have
foretold to you, that they who do Such things shall
not obtain the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy,
peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

23 Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity.
Against such there is no law.

24 And they who are Christ's have crucified
their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit.

26 Let us not become desirous of vain-glory,
provoking one another, envying one another

CHAP. VI.

He exhorts to charity, humility, 8fc. He glories in nothing
but in the cross of Christ.

BRETHREN, and if a man be overtaken in any
fault, you who are spiritual, instruct such a
one in the spirit of mildness, considering thyself,
lest thou also be tempted.

2 Bear ye one another's burdens ; and so shall
you fulfil the law of Christ.

3 For if any man think himself to be something,
whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

4 But let every one prove his own work; and

so he shall have glory in himself only, and not in
another.

5 For every one shall bear his own burden*

6 And let him who is instructed in the word
communicate to him who instructeth him, in all
good things.

7 Be not deceived : God is not mocked.

8 For what things a man shall sow, those also
shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the
flesh also shall reap corruption: but he that soweth
in the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life everlasting.

9 And in doing good, let us not fail : lor in due
time we shall reap, not failing.

10 Therefore, whilst we have time, let us do
good to all men, but especially to those who are of
the household of the faith.

1 1 See what a letter I have written to you, with
my own hand.

12 For whosoever desire to please in the flesh,
they constrain you to be circumcised, only that they
may not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.

13 For neither they themselves, who are circum-
cised, keep the law : but they will have you to be
circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

14 But God forbid that I should glory, but in
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ : by whom the
world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creature.

16 And whosoever shall follow this rule, peace be
upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

17 From henceforth let no man be troublesome
to me : for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in
my body.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit, brethren. Amen.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE EPHESIANS.

Ephcsus was the capital of lesser Asia, and celebrated for the
temple of Diana, to which the most part of the people of the
East went frequently to worship. But St. Paul having
preached the Gospel there for two years the first time, and
afteneards for about a year, converted many. He wrote
his Epistle to them when he was a prisoner in Rome, and
sent it by Tychicus. He admonishes them to hold firmly the
Faith which they had received, and warns thrm, and alto
those of the neighbouring cities, against the sophistry of
philosophers, and the. doctrine of false teachers, trho were
come among them. The. mailers of Faith contained in this
Kl istle are exceedingly sublime, and consequently very dif-

ficult to be understood. It was written about twenty-nine
years after our Lord's ascension.

CHAP. I.

The great blessings we have received through Christ,
the head of all the church.

He it

PAUL an apostle of Jesus Christ bv the will of
God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and

to the faithful in Christ Jesus.

to Tin: f rm>i\\-<.

2 Grace he to you, and |vace from G«h1 our F.i-
fln i. .mil from the Lord Jesus ( Christ

3 B k mi ! Ih- the God ukI Father of our Lord
Jestis ( 'hrisL m Iki hath litem il u> u ith all spiritual
blessings in heavenh places,* in Christ :

4 As ho liaih chosen us in him before the foiin-
iii of the world, ili.it We should be iioh and
ottcd in his sight in charity.

Who hath |'ii dest mated us unto the adoption
of children through Jesus Christ unto himself, ac-
cording to the purpose of his will.

G To the praise of the glorv of hit grac ■»-, In
which he made us acceptable through his beloved

Sell.

7 In whom we have n d« mption through his
Hood, the remission ol mus, a< cording to the riches
ol his D

rVhich hath sopcrabounded in us in all wis-
dom and prudence :

9 lli.it lie might make known to us the mystery
of his will, according to his good pleasure, which
In hath pur|iosed in him.

It) In the disj>ensation of the fulness of times, to
establish all things in Christ, which are in heaven
.tin I on earth, in him :

I 1 In whom we also an called by lot, lieing pn-
desiinated according to the purpose of him, who
worketh all things according lo the counsel of his
will :

I I That we mat be to the praise of his glory,
who hare before hoped in Christ.

13 In whom my also, wlnn you had heard the
word of truth (the gospel ol" \our salvation) in
whom also believing you were sealed with the holy
Spirit of promise.

14 Who is the pledge of our inheritance, for the
reilempiioii of acquisition, f unio the praise of his

■

15 Wherefore I also hearing of your faith which

i> in the Lord Jesus, and oi your lore towards all

tin- saints,

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making
commemoration of vou in my prayi

17 That the God <.|" our Cord Jesus Christ, the
Fuher of dory, m i\ pre lo you the Spirit of w U-
dom and ol revelation, in the knowledge of him:

18 The eyes of your heart enlighti ned, that you
may know w haJ is the hope of his calling, and w hat

the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his
l*>" Tils us. who believi ding to the
operation of the might of his power,

20 Which he wrought m Christ, raising him up
from the dead, and setting him at his right hand in
tin heavenly places:

-1 *bove ill priacipnlity, and power, and vir-
tue, and dominion, and every name that is named,
»"' only mi rid, hut also in that which is

•In

_ »i;i»m hmvrnlr hW*n.
i •- A purchaaeri rufnu.

\nd he hath put rill things under his feet
and hath made him head over all tin church,

I W lucfa is his body, and the fulness of him,
who is filled all in nil.

(HAP. II.

All our good romti through Christ. Ih it tmr prace.

\ND you, when you were dead in your ofieacea
and sin^,

2 Wherein in time past you walked according to
the course ol this world, according lO the prince of
the power of this air, of the spirit that now work-
eth on the children of unbelief,

3 Among whom also we all conversed in time
past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling tbewiU ot

the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature
the children of wrath, even as the rest :

4 Hut God. who is rich in mercy, through his
■ receding chant] with which he loved us.

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quick-
i in -d us together in Christ (by whose grace you
are sa\ed. )

6 And hath raised us up together; and hath made
us sit together in the heavenlj plans, in ( Imst Jesus:

7 That he might shew in the ages to come the
abundant riches of his grace, in goodness upon us
in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and
this not of yourselves: for it is the gift of God;

9 Not of Works,! thai no man may glory.

10 For we arc his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus in good works ; which Cod hath pre-
pared, that we should walk in them.

11 For which cause he mindful, that you l>cing
heretofore Gentiles in the llcsh, w ho are called un-
eircumcision by that which is called the circumci-
sion in the flesh, made by hands:

12 That you were at that time without Christ,
alienated from the conversation ol Israel, and stian-
gers to the testaments, having no hope of the pro-
mise, and without Cod in this world.

l.'i Hut now in Christ Jesus, you, w ho some time
were alar oil", arc made near by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who balk made both
one, and breaking down the middle wall of parti-
tion, the enmities in his flesh :

15 Abolishing the law of commandments in de-
crees : that he might make the two in himself into
one new man. establishing peace :

16 And might reconcile both to God in one body
by the (ii.ss, destroying the enmities by himself.

17 And coming, he preached peace to you, who
were afar off, and peace to them who wen near at
hand.

l!i For through him we have lioth access in one
Spirit to the Fatln r.

19 Now. therefore, you are no more stmi
and fo reigners: but you are fellow-citizens with
the saints, and the domestics of God:

J AV» tf «rcr»,. at of our own grow lb, or fratn ounclvct ; but a* frum
tlie graci- iA i. id.

CHAP. II r, IV.

20 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cor-
ner-stone; :

21 In whom all the building framed together
grovveth into a holy temple in the Lord :

22 In whom you also are built together into a
habitation of God in the Spirit.

CHAP. III.

The mystery hidden from former ages, was discovered to the
apostle, to be imparted to the Gentiles. He prays that they
may be strengthened in God.

FOR this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus
Christ, for you Gentiles,

2 If yet you have heard of the dispensation of
the grace of God, which is given me towards you:

3 How that, according to revelation, the mystery
hath been made known to me, as I have written
above in brief:

4 As you reading may understand my knowledge
in the mystery of Christ ;

5 Which in other generations was not made
known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to
his holy apostles, and prophets in the Spirit.

6 That the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of
the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise
in Christ Jesus by the gospel : '

7 Of which I am made a minister, according to
the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me
according to the operation of his power.

8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this
grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearcha-
ble riches of Christ,

9 And to enlighten all men, what is the dispen-
sation of the mystery which hath been hidden from
eternity in God., who created all things.

10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be
made known to the principalities and powers in the
heavenly places through the church,

1 1 According to the eternal decree, which he
made in Christ Jesus our Lord :

12 In whom we have affiance and access with
confidence by the faith of him.

13 Wherefore I beseech you not to be disheart-
ened at my tribulations for you, which is your
glory.

14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 5 Of whom all paternity* in heaven and earth
is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the
riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power
by his Spirit unto the inward man ;

1 7 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts :
that, being rooted and founded in charity,

1 8 You may be able to comprehend, with all the
saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height,
and depth :

19 To know also the charity of Christ, which

* Jld paternity. Or the tchoU family, narpm. God is the Father both
of angels and men : whosoever besides is named father, is so named
villi subordination *.' him.

surpasseth knowledge, that you may be filled unto
all the fulness of God.

20 Now to him, who is able to do all things more
abundantly than we ask or understand, according
to the power which worketh in us;

21 To him, be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus, throughout all generations, world without
end. Amen.

CHAP. IV.

He exhorts them to unity ; to put on tlie new man ; and to fly

sin.

THERFFORE, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech
-*- you that you walk worthy of the vocation in
which you are called,

2 With all humility and mildness, with patience,
supporting one another in charity,

3 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.

4 One body, and one Spirit; as you are called
in one hope of your vocation.

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in us all.

7 But to every one of us is given grace, accord-
ing to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Wherefore he saith : Ascending on high, he
led captivity captive : he gave gifts to men.

9 Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he
also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who descended is the same, also, who
ascended above all the heavens, that he might fulfil
all things.

1 1 And some, indeed, he gave to be apostles, f
and some prophets, and others evangelists, and
others pastors and teachers, •

12 For the perfection of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, unto the edification of the body of
Christ :

13 Till we all meetf in the unity of faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness
of Christ.

14 That we may not now be children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doc-
trine, in the wickedness of men, in craftiness by
which they lie in wait to deceive.

15 But performing the truth in charity, we may
in all things grow up in him who is the head,
Christ :

16 From whom the whole body, compacted and
fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth,
according to the operation in the measure of every
part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edify-
ing of itself in charity.

17 This then I say and testify in the Lord ; that
henceforward you walk not as also the Gentiles
walk, in the vanity of their mind,

f Gave to be apostles — Till we all meet, Sec Here it is plainly ex-
pressed, that Christ has left in his church a per]>etu«l succession of or-
thodox pastors and teachers, to preserve the faithful in unity and truth.

165

TO III i : LTMIF.SIANS.

18 Having the understanding obscured with
darkness, ai f mm the life of God through

IBS ignorance which is in them, bccaiiM- of the blind-
ness of their heart,

Who despoil en themselves up to

usness, to tin' work ill tun leanness,

unto

80 Bui you have not -<■ learned Christ:

J| li ri i Mm have heard him, and hare l>ccn
taujit in him, as the truth is in Jesus.

JJ Tu put nil, according to the former con versa-
tion. the old m in. who is corrupted according to

the desires ol i i

Viul be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind.
\nd i .11 1 mi the new man. who, according to

ited in in id holiness of truth.

Wherefore potting away lying, sneak ye the
truth e\er\ man with his DAIgnboar. lor Hi' an-
unmix is uue ol another.

angry, and mii not: let not the sun go
down upon your aimer.

< live not place to the del il.
Let hun that stole, ste.d now no more : hut
rather let him labour, Working with his hand* that
•ml, that he may have to give to him who
i in-ed.
'29 l.i t do evil speech proceed from your mouth ;
hut that which is good to the edification ni faith,
that it may afford grat e to the bearers.

\nd piers not the Holy Spirit of God. where-
on an- sealed unto the day o? redemption.

.dl bttterness, and aacer, and iadignarjou,
and clamour, and blasphemy, Ih.' taken away from
m.ii. u it li all malice.

\iid lie ye kind one to another, merciful, for-
giving one another, even as God hath forgiven you
in Christ.

( HAP. v.

F.xkotiatinnt In a rirtunut lift. Thr mutual rlulim of man ami
tmftt by the rxamplt if Ckritt, ami of tAr ifturcM.

|>1. re, therefore, followers of God, as most dear

■-* • li i It In it :

2 And walk IB lo\ i 'irist aLo hath loved
US, and hath delivered himself tor us. an oblation
ami to (iod, for an odour of sweetness.

3 But fornication and all unclcanness, or covet-
ousness, let it imi so much as be named among you,
as it becometh saints ;

\or obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor scur-
rility, which is to no purpose; hut rather t;ivhi
that

know ye this, and understand, that no
fornicator, nor unclean, m>r covetous person, which
in i idols, hath any inheritance in the

kingdom of Christ, and of God.

'. I i in dei i'mc Mm with vain words : for

because of these things rometh the ang< r ol God
upon the children of uulxh

7 lie ye not therefore partaken with them.

I lit rWrt it mMtti U CViif. TV rhtirr-h. il . - x g i,,

St. Ftml, n rrwr otv Mint armr fell frurn

I bft

Il For you were heretofore darkness, but now
light in the Lord. Walk ye ;b children of (he licht :
For the fruit of the light is in all piodness,
and justice, and truth :

Hi Proving what is acceptable to God:

11 And hare no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness; but rather reprove them.

1 J For tin things that are done by them in pri-
vate, it is shameful even to mention.

I '• Hut all things that are reproved* are made
manifest by the light: for all that is made anmuVil
is light.

1 V Wherefore he saith : Rise thou dial sleeiiesg,
and arise from the dead, ami Christ will enlighten

1") See therefore, brethren, how >ou walk cir-
cumspectly : not as uiiw .

1(1 Hut as wi^e; redeeming the time: for the
days are eril.

17 Wherefore become not unwise, but under-
standing what is the will of God.

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxu-
ry ; but be \e filled with the Holy Spirit;

1!' Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns,
and spiritual canticles, singing, and making melody
in youi hi' U'tsto the Lord.

a0 Giving thanks always for all things, in the
name of our Lord Jestlfl Christ, to (io<) and the
Father,

21 Being subject one to another in the fear of
Christ.

.' l.i t women be subject to their husbands, as
to the Lord:

2.S Tor the husband is the head of the wile
Chrisl is the head of the church. He it the Saviour
of his body.

24 Therefore, as the church is subject to Christ ;*
so also let the wives be to their husbands in all
things.

i Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also
loved the church, and delivered himself op for it,

26 That he might sanctify it. cleansing it by the
laver of water in the word of life;

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot or wrinkle, nor any such
thing; but that it should lie holv and without ble-
mish.

28 So also ought men to love their wives as their
own bodies. He that loveth his wife, lovcth him-
self.

29 For no man ever hated his own flesh: but
nourished] and cherished) it, as also Christ doth the
church :

30 For we are memben of his body, of his lesh,

and of his luines.

ir this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother; and shall adhere to his wife: and they
shall be two in one flesh.

I This is a unit sai lament : but I speak in
Christ and in the church.

hnl rr-mnin faithful to him, unspotted. anJ unclianfcd lu lb* end a
llw world.

CHAP. VI, I.

S3 Nevertheless let every one of you in particu-
lar love his wife as himself: and let the wife reve-
rence her husband.

CHAP. VI.

Duties of children and servants. The Christian's armour.

CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord:
for this is just.

2 Honour thy father and thy mother, which is
the first commandment with promise;

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest
be long-lived upon earth.

4 And you, fathers, provoke not your children to
anger : but bring them up in the discipline and cor-
rection of the Lord.

5 Servants, obey your carnal masters, with fear
and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as
Christ:

6 Not serving to the eye, as it were pleasing men,
but, as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God
from the heart,

7 With a good will doing service, as to the Lord,
and not to men :

8 Knowing that whatsoever good every one shall
do, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether
he be bond or free.

9 And you.masters, do the same things to them,
forbearing threatenings: knowing that the Lord
both of them and you is in heaven: and there is no
respect of persons with him.

10 As to the rest, brethren, be strengthened in the
Lord, and in the might of his power.

1 1 Put you on the armour of God, that you may
be able to stand against the snares of the devil.

12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and

* High places, or heavenly places. That is to say, in the air, the lowest
of the celestial regions ; in which God permits these wicked spirits or
fallen angels to wander.

blood; but against principalities and powers; against
the rulers of the world of this darkness ; against the
spirits of wickedness in the high places.*

13 Wherefore take unto you the armour of God,
that you may be able to resist in the evil day, ana
to stand in all things perfect.

14 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about
with truth, and having on the Dreast-plate of justice,

15 And your feet shod with the preparation oi
the gospel of peace :

16 In all things taking the shield of faith, where-
with you may be able to extinguish ail the fiery
darts of the most wicked one,

17 And take unto you the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God.)

18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all
times in the Spirit ; and in the same watching with
all instance and supplication for all the saints :

19 And for me, that speech may be given me, that
I may open my mouth with confidence, to make
known the mystery of the gospel ;

20 For which I am an ambassador in a chain ;
so that therein I may be bold to speak according as
I ought.

21 But that you also may know the things that
concern me, and what I am doing : Tychicus, my
dearest brother, and faithful minister in the Lord,
will make known to you all things :

22 Whom I have sent to you for this same pur-
pose, that you may know the things concerning us,
and that he may comfort your hearts

23 Peace be to the brethren, and charity, with
faith from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.

24 Grace be with all, who love our Lord Jesus
Christ in sincerity.! Amen.

f In sincerity : Literally, in incorruv'ion • that is, with a pure and
perfect love.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE PHILIPPIANS

T\e Phillippians were, the first among' the Macedonians con-
verted to the faith. They had a great veneration for St.
Paul, and supplied his wants when he. was a prisoner in
Rome, sending to him by Epaphroditus, by whom he sent this
Epistle; in which he recommends charity, unity, and hu-
mility, and warns them against false teachers, whom he. call*
dogs, and enemies of the cross of Christ. He also returns
thanks for their benefactions. It was written about twenty-
nine years after our Lord's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

The apostle's affection for the Philippians.

T>AUL and Timothy, the servants of Jesus
-*- Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, who
are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

2 Grace be unto you, and peace from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

167

TO T1IK I'HIFHTI VA<.

3 I sive thanks to in) God, in every Fssneanbtnnci

•i my prayers making supplication tor

til w iih
> For war fellowship in tin- asjepd of Christ,
from tin- tir-t day mini ID

r, I ouiideui of this very thing, thai he

who hath I. ihmI work in you, will iktUm-i it

unto the day of Christ Jesus.

7 As it is inert for DM to think this for you all:
because I have you in my lu-art: and that in my
kinds, and in the tl ind confirmation of tin
ansmL you all are partaken of arj ioy.

8 r or God is ms witness how I long after yon
all iii the liowels ol Jt sns ( hrist.

\ ml this I pray, thai your charity may more
and more abound in knowledge, and m all under-
standing:

lit i'li it \ou may approve the bettor things; thai
■core and without oflence unto the
il.n of ( hrist,

11 Replenished with the fruit of justice, through
Jesus ( 'hrist, unto the »lor\ and praise ol ( iod.

\1 .Now 1 desire, ianethren, you should know.
that the thing* which have happened to me. ha\e
fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel :

|8 do that my hands are made manifest in
Christ, in all the court, and in all other pla<

I \ lad many ol the hrethren in the Lord ha\ im:

taken courage by m\ chains, an moeh more hold

■ ■ak the word Of God without fear:
^< .in*", indeed. evi n out of enw and conten-
tion ; hut some also lor gOOoVwill preach Christ :

I'i Some out of charit>, knowing that I am set
for the defence of the eos|iel.

17 And some out of contention preach Christ
not sincerely, mia-inim: that they raise affliction to
my baud*.

lit Hut what then- So that c\erv way. whether
by occasion, or l>\ truth. Christ Im- preached; in
this also I rejoice, TOO, and will rejoice.

19 l'«>r I know that this shall turn to my sal\a-
tinii through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit
Of JoSM ( hrist,

ording to naj expectation and hope, that
in nothing I shall l>c COofoundcd: Imt with all
confidence, :is always, so now also shall (hrist
l»- magnified in my body, whether it 6ebj life, or by
death.

21 For to me, to live is ( hrist, and to die is tain.

22 Aim! if to liu- in the flesh, this is to me* the
fruit of labour: and what 1 shall choose. 1 know
not.

Hut 1 am straitened Itetween two : having a

desire to Im- dissolved, and to lie with Chn-t.

■ much the Utter :

M Hut to remainin the tlesh is necess in for you.

Aim! baring this confidence, I know that I

• TV. ii U mt.
ikmhtiy fcc < i ■

|»i» »iii «i of heavm . jr»l h« » iloubtful what Im
O i MI l>T •Ulli« Umgrr iii tin- Arsfc, ht i h ow M be
im *uuk of bis urifl.l»Kir».

IW MII llv in

4cm I li>

shall remain and continue with you all, for your

furtherance and joy of faith :

I That your rejoicing may abound in Christ

Jeans, tor me, bj my coming to you again.

. Only let your conversation he worthy of the
• I of Christ: that whether when I come and

-i i \oii, or be absent I maj hear bf you, that you

stand fast iii one spirit, w ith one mind labouring lo-

gethcr for the faith of the gospel:

\ml that you be in nothing terrified by the

adversaries; which to them is a cause of perdu ion*

hut to \oii of salvation, and this from (ioil :

' For to you it is given lor Christ, not only to
believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake ;

• it i Having the same conflict as that which you
hare Been in me, and now have heard of me.

(iiap. ii.

lit rttommrmh to them mi ty and humility ; anil to work out
tkiir salvation with j\ur ami trrmliling.

IF there he. therefore, any consolation in Christ,
if any comfort of charity, if any fellowship of
the Spirit, if any bowels of commiseration :

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that \oti be of one mind, bar-
ing the same charity, being of one accord, acree-
ing in sentinieut.

Let nothing be rlone through strife, nor bj vain
glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better
than themselvt t,

4 Each one not considering the things that are

his own, but those that are other men's.

5 For let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus :

6 Who being in the form of God, thought it no
robbery himself to Im- equal to God:

7 Hut debased himself,! taking the form of a
•errant, being made to the likeness of men, and in
shape found as a man.

15 He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto

death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath exalted him, and
hath pi ven him a name which is above every
name:

10 That in the name of Jesus every knee should
Ihiw of i hose that are in heaven, on earth, and in hell ;

11 And (hat every tongue should confess that
the Ford Jeaot (hrist is in the dory of God the
Father. — - — '

\1 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have
always obeyed not as in my presence only, but much
more now in my absence.) work your salvation
with fear and trembling.!

1 9 For it is God who workcth in yon lnith to
will and to accomplish, according to hu good will.

I i VinI do je all things without murmurings and
hesitations :

16 Thai von may Ik- blameless, and sincere

DthmuJ kinutf, txinank himself M of no wtniint.

W.ik j, -it, 1ft 'tin* u against tlic false (kith and wMiimpt
) ul mull-™ tecUuiw.

CHAP. Ill, IV.

children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a
depraved and perverse generation ; among whom
you shine as lights in the world,

16 Holding forth the word of life to my glory
in the day of Christ; because I have not run in vain,
nor laboured in vain.

17 Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the
sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and
congratulate with you all.

18 And for the self-same thing do you also re-
joice, and congratulate with me.

19 And I hope in the Lord Jesus, to send Timo-
thy to you shortly, that I also may be of good com-
fort, when I know the things concerning you.

20 For I have no man so of the same mind, who
with sincere affection is solicitous for you.

21 For all seek the things that are their own,
not the things that are Jesus Christ's.

22 Now know ye the proof of him, that as a
son with the father, so hath he served with me in
the gospel.

23 Ilim, therefore, I hope to send you immedi-
ately, as soon as I shall see how things go with me.

24 And 1 trust in the Lord, that I also myself
shall come to you shortly.

25 But I thought it necessary to send to you
Epaphroditus my brother and fellow-labourer and
fellow-soldier, but your apostle, and the minister
to my wants.

26 For indeed he longed after you all ; and was
sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death :
but God had mercy on him : and not only on him,
but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon
sorrow.

28 Therefore I sent him the more speedily; that
seeing him, you may again rejoice, and I may be
without sorrow.

29 Receive him, therefore, with all joy in the
Lord : and treat with honour such as he is.

30 Because for the work of Christ he came nigh
unto death, delivering up his life that he might ful-
fil that which was wanting on your part towards
my service.

CHAP. III.

He warneth them against fake teachers : he counts all other
things loss, that he may gain Christ.

A S to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.
-f*- To write the same things to you, to me indeed
is not wearisome, but to you necessary.

2 Beware of dogs,* beware of evil-workers, be-
ware of the concision.

3 For we are the circumcision, who serve God in
spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confi-
dence in the flesh :

4 Though I might also have confidence in the
flesh. If any other thinketh he may have confi-
dence in the flesh, I more,

5 Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock

■* That is. false teachers.
Y

of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of
the Hebrews, as to the law a Pharisee,

6 As to zeal, persecuting the church of God, as
to the justice that is in the law, conversing without
blame.

7 But what tilings were gain to me, those I have
counted loss for Christ.

8 But indeed I esteem all things to be but loss,
for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my
Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and count them but as dung, that I may
gain Christ,

9 And may be found in him, not having my
justice, which is of the law, but that which is of
the faith of Christ Jesus ; the justice which is of
God in faith,

10 That I may know him, and the power ot nis
resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings ;
being made conformable to his death :

11 If by any means I may attain to the resur-
rection, which is from the dead :

12 Not as though I had already attained, or were
already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may
by any means am>rehend that in which I am also
apprehended by Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have ap-
prehended. But one thing / do; forgetting the
things that are behind, and stretching forth myself
to those that are before,

14 I pursue towards the mark, for the prize of
the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be
thus minded: and if any thing you be otherwise
minded, this also God will reveal to you.

16 Nevertheless, whereunto we are already ar-
rived, that we be of the same mind ; let us also
continue in the same rule.

17 Be followers of me, brethren, and observe
them who walk so, as you have our model.

18 For many walk, of whom I have told you
often (and now tell you weeping) that they are ene-
mies of the cross of Christ;

19 Whose end is destruction; whose God is their
belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind
earthly things.

20 But our conversation is in heaven : from
whence also we wait for the Saviour, our Lord
Jesus Christ,

21 Who will reform the body of our lowness,
made like to the body of his glory, according to
the operation whereby also he is able to subdue
all things unto himself.

CHAP. IV.

He exhorts them to perseverance in all good ; and acknoicledges
their charitable contributions to him.

THEREFORE, my brethren, dearly beloved,
and most desired, my joy and my crown ; so
stand fast in the Lord, my most dearly beloved :

2 I beg of Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to
be of one mind in the Lord.

3 And I entreat thee, my sincere companion,

169

to tih: colossi \\s.

help those women who have laliourcd with me in
the £<>-|m I w iih ( lenient, and tin' rest ,.| m\ fellow*
labo hose names are in the book of life.

4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again, 1 say,

I Let \oiir iixxl.--.ty U- known to all men: the
l^ord is ni-li.

6 Be not solicitous ;iIm»iii any thing : but merer]
tiling bj prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
I.I \ <.ui petitions l>e mad. known to ( lod.

i And tin- |K'a«r ot Cod. which surpasseth all
mding, keep your hearts and minds in
( liriM J

..r the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are modest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are holy, what-

rer things are amiable, whatsoever things are of
good repute, it then- be any \irtue, if there lie any
praise ol discipline, think on these thin

The things which you have both learned and
reeeived, and heard, and seen in me, these do ye:
and the (lod oi peaee shall be with you.

1" Ami I rejoiced in the Lord exceedingly, that
now at length \onr thought tor me hath flourished
again, as you did also think : but you were occu-
pied.

I I I speak not as it were for want : for I have
learned, in whatsoever state 1 am, to be content
therewith.

12 I know both how to be brought low, and I
know how to abound: (every where, and in all
things | ;im instructed) both to In* full, and to lie
liungrv ; Ixith to abound, and to sutler need.

Li I can doall things in him whosirencihcneth me.

14 Nevertheless, von have done well, in com-
municating to my tribulation.

16 And \ on also know. O Philippians, that in
the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from
.Macedonia, no church communicated to me as con-
cerning tiving and receiving, but you only:

1G For unto Thessalouica also you sent once
and again for my use.

17 Not that I seek the gift : but I seek the fruit
that may abound to your account.

18 But I have all, and abound : I am filled,
ha vim; received from Kpaphrodilus the things ton
sent, an odour of sweetness, an acceptable sacri-
fice, well pleasing to God.

19 And may my God supply all your want, ac-
cording to his riches, in glory in Christ Jesus.

20 Now to God and our Lather be glory, world
without end. Amen.

21 Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus.

22 The brethren, who are with me, salute you :
All the saints salute you; especially they who are
of Cesar's bouse.

J.* The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE COLOSSIANS.

Colons mm m riiwof Pkiyma, near Laodirr*. h <L«t not

appear tkat hiui pnackrd there kimtetf, but that

the r.l,i,u,nt trert converted by Epapkra, ,i ilisriph <,f the
"'-"•r". Paci mil Ih, c"<t i,,..s'tte of

**• ke tcmle tkxt FptMllr to tkt Coi-OtttANS, fkrn

he mm* in pri$on, and about the tame time that ke trv.i
Ike t'.pkenant and Pkiltppiant. Ike eihortnlumi and doc-
trine it rontatns, are similar to that wkitk i« tct fortk in
ku Epittle to tkt Epkrtiant.

CHAP. I.

// riree t banks for tkt met mm tr u vd upon tkt Coln*tian$ :
aid prapt fm tkem : Ckntt u tke kead of (ke churck, and
Ike peace-maker tkrourk kit blood. Vinil u kit

I) \l I. in apostle of .Jesus Christ, bv the will
i. and Timothy a brother :
r O them who Colos*S», the saints and

faithful brethren in Christ b-SUS.

J Grace I* to pon and peace from Cod our

17V

Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give
thanks to God, and the Lather of our Lord Jesus
Christ, praying always for you,

4 Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus, and the
which \ou ha\c towards all the saints,

5 For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven:
which yon have heard in the word of the truth ol
tl^c Gospel :

6 \N fuel) is come to von, as also it is in the
whole world, and bringeth forth fruit, and growcth,
even as it doth in \on, since the day you heard, and
knew the crace of (bid in truth,

7 As you learned of Lpaphras our most beloTed
fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister ot
( hrist Jesus,

8 W ho also hath declared to us your Jove in
the Spirit :

9 Therefore we also, from the day that we heard

CHAP. II.

it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you
may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all
wisdom, and spiritual understanding :

10 That you may walk worthy of God, in all
things pleasing ; being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to
the power of his glory, in all patience and long-
suffering with joy ;

12 Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath
made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the
saints in light :

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom
of his beloved Son,

14 In whom we have redemption through his
blood, the remission of sins:

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
first-born* of every creature :

16 For in him were all things created in heaven
and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones,
or dominations, or principalities, or powers : all
things were created by him, and in him :

17 And he is before all; and by him all things
consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church ;
who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ;
that in all things he may hold the primacy.

19 Because in him it hath well pleased that all
fulness should dwell :

20 And through him to reconcile all things unto
himself, making peace through the blood of his
cross, both as to the things that are on earth, and
the things that are in heaven.

21 And you, whereas you were some time alien-
ated, and enemies in mind in evil works.

22 Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of
his flesh through death, to present you holy, and
unspotted, and blameless before him :

23 If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and
settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gos-
pel which you have heard, which is preached in all
the creation that is under heaven, whereof I Paul
am made a minister :

24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and
fill up those things that are wantingf of the suffer-
ings of Christ, in my flesh for his body, which is the
church :

25 Whereof I am made a minister according to
the dispensation of God, which is given me towards
you, that I may fulfil the word of God :

26 The mystery which hath been hidden from
ages and generations, but now is made manifest to
his saints,

27 To whom God would muke known the riches
of the glory of this mystery anions: the Gentiles,
which is Christ, in you the hope of glory ;

* The first-born. That is, first begotten ; as the Evangelist declares, the
ttily begotten of his Father: hence. St. Chrvsostom explains first-born,
iiot first created, as he was not created at all, but born of his Father be-
fore all ages ; that is, coeval with the Father, and with the Holy Ghost.

i Wanting. There is no want in the suturing* of Christ in himself

28 Whom we preach, admonishing every man,
and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

29 Wherein also I labour, striving according to
his working which he worketh in me in power.

CHAP. II.

He warns them against the impostures of the philosophers and
the Jeieish teachers, that would withdraw them front Christ.

T^OR 1 would have you know what concern I
-*- have for you, and for them who are at Laodicea,
and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh :

2 That their hearts may be comforted, being in-
structed in charity, and unto all the riches ot the
fulness of understanding, unto the knowledge of the
mystery of God the Father, and of Christ Jesus :

3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wis-
dom and knowledge.

4 Now this I say, that no man may deceive you
by loftiness of words.

5 For though I be absent in body, yet in spirit 1
am with you ; rejoicing and beholding your order,
and the steadfastness of your faith which is in Christ.

6 As therefore you have received Jesus Christ
the Lord, walk ye in him,

7 Rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in
the faith, as also you have learned, abounding in
him in thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest any man impose upon you by
philosophy and vain fallacy, according to the tra-
dition of men, according to the rudiments of the
world, and not according to Christ :

9 For in him dwelletfi all the fulness of the God-
head corporally.

10 And you are filled in him, who is the head of
all principality and power :

11 In whom also you are circumcised with a
circumcision not made by hand in the despoiling
of the body of the flesh, but in the circumcision
of Christ :

12 Buried with him in baptism, in whom also
you are risen again by the faith of the operation of
God, who hath raised him up from the dead.

13 And you, when you were dead in your sins,
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath quick-
ened together with him, forgiving you all offences:

14 Blotting out the hand-writing of the decree
which was against us, which was contrary to us,
and the same he took out of the way, fastening it
to the cross :

15 And divesting principalities and powers, he
made a show of tliem confidently, triumphing
openly over them in himself.

16 Let no man, therefore, judge you in meat, or
in drink, or in respect of a festival day, or of the
new moon, or of the sabbaths : J

as head: but many sufferings are still wanting or are still to come, in
his bodv the church, and his members the faithtu.

J In meat, fye. He means with regard to the Jewish observations 9i
the distinction of clean and unclean meats, and of their festivals, new
moons, and sabbaths j as being no longer obligatory.

171

TO TIIK ( "i.osSIANS.

17 Which an- a shadow of things to come : l)tit
the hodi m of ( hnM.

US l.'i n<> man seduce von. willing in humility
and religion of angels,* walking in the things which
he hath not leCQ, in ^ .tin puffed ii|> hy the sense
of his flesh.

19 Ami not holding the head, from which all
the body, bj joints and bands being supplied with
nourishmt tit and compacted, gmweth onto the in-
crease of ( rod.

10 It then JTOU In- dead with Christ from the
rudiments ot tins wot Id: w h\ do \oti mi decree as
though !i» ing in the world ?

21 Touch not, taste not, handle not :t

Which all are unto destruction a by the very

as**, according to the precepts and doctrines of men :

Which things have, indeed, ■ show of wtsdoaa

hi superstition ami humility, and not sparing the

body, not ill an\ honour to the tilling of the flesh.

put on the new.
' servants.

CHAP. III.

Ht txkortt tknm to put nf the old matt, and to pnt
The dmiiet of wives «M husbands, children and

THLKLHMJL.ifyou 1m- riven with Christ, seek
the things that are above, where Christ is
sitting at the right hand of Cod:

I Mind (In- things that are above, not the things
that are on the earth.

3 For you are dead: and your life is bidden
with Christ in ( iod.

4 When Christ thai] appear, who is your life;
then shall you also appear with him in glory.

6 Mortify, t h e refo r e, your members, which are
ii|M>n the earth: fornication, uncleamiess, lust, evil
Concupiscence, and covctotisucss, which is the

of idols;
I r which things the wrath of God Cometh
Upon the children of uulnlii f:

7 In which you also walked sonic time, when
you lived in them.

i Wit now put \oii also all awa\ : anger, in-
dignation, mah phemy, filthy speech out of
your mouth.

Lie not one to another, stripping yourselves
of the old man with his deeds,

10 And putting on the new, him who is renewed
unto knowledge, according to the image of him who
i«il him.

II Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, cir-
cumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scy-
thian, l»ond nor free : but Christ is all, and in all.

* Wmn*, It*. Thai is by • self- willed, aelf-ioreated. superstitious
worship, fciaety B ril wll n 1 n i W ». but realty awajeeding from pride.
■Mb «M Ow »aw M a thai mm of the philosopher, (ipint whom
HC Put •peak*, ». «, ) pud to angels •» oeoaowa, by sacrinrinr to
them, at earner* ot intelligence betwixt Rod and mm ; prafwriiM
k-miu, ib an doaaa;. »♦ if God was too rraat to be a ddressed by men ;
aawaH rt aciaidatWa n dlal.ndii p of /eaws Christ ; who i. the head
both of angels ead man. 8awb akn wa. the worship paid by the an-

.M-.ll l.r.r.L .. I,w lajMwf "Mm.*, ai»l \l. ...m.l.r. lo ll.r imc" I», wl...m

fees h ah M i l to be the maker, and tord* of this tower world.

rteia. that tbey whom the apostle here condemn., did not WW
(r. ly.Jlhali*, Jesus Christ, and bit madjaloneip : and

12 Pnt ye on, therefore, as the elect of God, ho.

I\, and Uloved, the Irowdsof mercy, benignity,
humility, modesty, patience :

13 Hearing with one another, and forgiving one
another, it any have a complaint against another:
. h ii as the Cool hath forgiven you, so do \ott also.

14 lint, above all these things, have charity,
which is the bond ot perfection :

16 And let the peace of ( lirist rejoice in your
hearts, wherein also you are called in one Itody:
and be ye thankful.

Hi Let the word of Christ dwell in you abun-
dantly, in all wisdom, teaching, and admonishing
one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canti-
cles, singing in grace in \our hearts to (iod.

17 All whatsoever yon do in word or in work, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving
thanks to Cod and the Lather by him.

18 \\ ives, l>e subject to your husbands, as it be-
hoveth in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives; and be not bit-
ter towards them.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for
this is pleasing to the Lorn.

21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger ;
lest they be discouraged.

.' Servants, obey in all things your mastcrs.ac-
cording to the flesh, not serving to the eye, as pleas-
ing men. but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

J ! Whatsoever you do, do it irom the heart, as
to the Lord, and not to men:

24 Knowing that you shall receive of the I.ord
the reward ot inheritance. Serve ye the l,oid
Christ.

25 For he that doeth an injury shall receive for
that which he hath done unjustly; and there is no
resjR'ct of persons with God.

CHAP. IV.

He recommend* constant prayer, and wisdom. Various salu-
tations.

MISTERS, do to your servants that which is
just and equal; knowing that you also have
a Master in heaven.

2 He instant in prayer; watching in it with
thanksgiving :

3 Praying withal for us also, that Cod mayopon
to us | door of speech to sprak the m>slery of
( hrist (for which also I am in bands,)

4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to
siieak.

what he write* here no way. tourhea the Catholic doc-
m.l practice, of desirm? <mr "good angel* to pra< to <»«1 for
ii«, ttimorh Jean. f'hrist. St. Jrrom [ r'.pitt. ad .f'jrat] 'ufnlrr»t:.mk
bj i(m- rWigisa or service of eiifrb. the J.wisli n-liiciuii jp»en bj angel*:
and .hows all that i* here aaid to be directed against the Jrwi*h
teachers, who sought to subject the new Christians to the observance"
of the Minaie law.

t Tsswa not. Ift. The meaning is, that Christians should not sub.
I nsnee h rca, either to the ordinances of t be old law, forbidding
totMhing or tasting thing, unclean ; or to the superstitious
of heretic.. ini|.»ina; such restnuuU, under pretence of wisdom .
■■■•lit. , <>r mortification.

CHAP. I, II.

6 Walk, with wisdom towards those who are
without ; redeeming the time.

ti Let your speech be always in grace seasoned
with salt, that you may know how you ought to an-
swer every man.

7 All the things that concern me, Tychicus, our
dearest brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-
servant in the Lord, will make known to you:

8 Whom 1 have sent to you for this same pur-
pose, that he may know the things that concern
yon, and comfort your hearts,

9 With Ouesimus, a most beloved and faithful
broiher, who is one of you. All things that are
done here, they shall make known to you.

10 Aristarehus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you,
and Mark the cousin-german of Barnabas, touch-
ing whom you have received commandments: if he
come to you, receive him :

1 1 And Jesus who is called Justus : who are of
the circumcision : these only are my helpers in the
kingdom of God, who have been a comlort to me.

12 Epaphras saluteth you, who is one of you, a
servant of Christ Jesus, who is always solicitous
for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect, and
full m all the will of God.

13 For I bear him testimony that he hath much
labour for you, and for them who are at Laodicea,
and them at Hierapolis.

14 Luke the physician most dearly beloved, sa
luteth you, and Demas.

15 Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea,
and Nymphas, and the church that is in his house.

16 And when' this epistle shall be read among
you, cause that it be read also in the church of the
Laodicean^ : and read you that which is of the
Laodiceans.

17 And say to Archippus : Take heed to the
ministry which thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it.

18 The salutation of Paul with my own hand.
Be mindful of my chains : Grace be with you
Amen

THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE THESSALONIANS.

Thessalonica was the capital of Macedonia, in which St. Paul
having preached the Gospel, converted some Jews and a great
number of the Gentiles : but the unbelieving Jews, envying
his success, raised such a commotion against him, that he and
his companion Sylvanus were obliged to quit the city. He
afterwards went to Athens, where he had heard that the con-
verts in Thcssalonica were under a severe persecution ever
since his departure: and, lest they should lose their fortitude,
he sent Timothy to strengthen and comfort them in their suf-
ferings. In the mean time, St. Paul came to Corinth, where
he wrote this first Epistle, and also the second to the Thes-
salonians, both in the same year, being the nineteenth after
our Lord's Ascension. These are the first of his Epistles in
the order of time.

CHAP. I.

He gives thanks for the graces bestoteed on the Thessalonians.

"D AUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church
-*- of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and
in the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Grace be to you, and peace. We give thanks
to God always for you all; making a remembrance
of you in our prayers without ceasing,

3 Being mindful of the work of your faith, and
labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope
of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God ana our Father:

4 Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your elec-
tion :

5 For our gospel hath not been to you in word

only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and
in much fulness, as you know what manner of men
we have been among you for your sakes.

6 And you became followers of us, and of the
Lord ; receiving the word in much tribulation,
with the joy of the Holy Ghost :

7 So that you were made a pattern to all that
believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

8 For from you was spread abroad the word o(
the Lord, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia ,
but also in every place, your faith which is towards
God, is gone forth, so that we need not to speak
any thing.

9 For they themselves relate of us, what man
ner of entrance we had unto you ; and how you
were converted to God from idols, to serve the
living and true God ;

10 And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom
he raised from the dead) Jesus, who hath delivered
us from the wrath to come.

CHAP. II.

The sincerity of the apostles preaching the gospel to Ikentj
and of their receiving it.

FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance
unto you, that it was not in vain :

173

!. TO THE TIIKSSALOMANS.

iic suffered before, and being contu-

mchomlv treated i- von know) at Philippi, we
had confidence in our God, to >|M-ak to vou tin- gos-
pel of God in much solicitude.

For our exhortation was not of error, nor of
uncleanness, nor in ilcri'it,

\ lint as we were approved of God, that the
gos|*| should Ik' committed to lis : iivn so w<
speak, not as phasing men, but (iod, who proveth
our heat

I .>r neither hive we used ;it am time, the
speech of (lattery, as \ou know ; nor taken an oc-
i Btioa of COVetousness : ( iod is w it 111

6 Nor sou-lit we glory of nun, neither of you,
nor of other*,

7 Whereas we might have been burdensome to
you, as the apostles of ( hrist : hat w e became little
ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should che-
rish ber children.

So desirous df Miu. we would dadlv ha\e im-
parted to yon not only the gos|>el of (iod, hut also
our own souls: l>ecause yon were liccome most
dear to us.
t For man remember, bre th ren, onr laliour and

toil, working night and dav. lest wc should Ik- bur-
densome to am of \uu, we preac he d among you

the gospel of (iod.

10 You are wit i and God u/tt>, how holily,
and jiistlv.aud without lilame, we have been among
\ou. w h<> have believed :

11 As you know in w hat manner, entreating and

Comforting TOO, [as a father doth his children)

1J We testified to every one of you, that you

would walk worth v of God, who hath called you

to his kingdom and glory.

I I rherefore wr also give thanks to God without
-in-: because that when you had received from
the word of the hearing of God, you received

it not as the word of men, but (as it trulv is) the

word of (iod, who worketh in mui, who ha\e he-
ed.
1 ) Fot VOU, brethren, are become followers of

the ( hurehes of < tod. vv hull are in .Itidea.in ( hrist

is: lor \ou also have suffered the same things
from Miur own countrymen, even M they have
from tlM I

15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the pro-
phets, and have persecuted lis: and they p|<
not God, and ire adversaries lo all men :

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentries that
thej mag hi nved, to fill up their sins always;

for the wrath of (iod is DOOM upon them to the
end.

17 Mnt we, brethren. behl| taken away from

iUt for a short time, in light not in heari. have
lastened the more abundantly to see your mo

w ith cp

Ifl I or we would have come to yon, evi n I Paul
and again i i>ut s,.t m hindi n d us.

M h it is our ho|>e. I i n>v» R of

cloi not you, in the pr. sence of i« !

1 in-i .it Ins i oniii

•ill joy,

• 74

CHAP. III.

Thr apostlr'i ronrrrn and lore for thr Thettaloniaju.

EM)ll which cause forbearing no longer, we
-■- thought it good to remain at Athens alone:
\nd we sent Timothy our brother, and a
minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm
miu, and exhort vou concerning vour faith:

3 That no man should In- moved in these tribu-
lations: for yourselves know, that we are appoint
ed thereunto.

4 For even w hen we were with you, we foretold
mui that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is
come to pass, and you know.

5 For this cause also I forbearing no longer, sent
to know vour faith; lest perhaps lie that tcnmtcth,
should have tempted you, and our laliour .should
be made \ain.

li lint now when Timothy came to us from you,
and related to us your faith and charity, and that
you have a good remembrance of us always, de-
siring to see us, as we also to see you :

7 Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in
you, in all our distress and tribulation, by your
faith :

8 For now we live, if you stand in the Lord.

9 For what thanks can we return to Ciod foi
vou, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you
before our (iod,

10 Night and day, playing more abundantly,
that we may see your face, and may accomplish
those things that are wanting to your faith?

11 Now (iod himself, and our Father, and out
Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you:

12 And may the Lord multiply vou. and make
you abound in charity towards one another, and
low aids all men : as we do also towards you.

13 To confirm your hearts without blame, in
holiness before (iod and our Father, at the com-
ni- of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Amen.

CHAP. IV.

He exhortt them to purity tmrl miilun! charity : he treat/ of the

n sum rt inn nf the ilnirl.

TC'OR the rest, therefore, brethren, we pray and
-*- beseech you in the Lord JeSUS, that as you
have received from us. how vou OUghl to walk, and
to please (iod. so a I so you would walk, that you

nun abound the more.

2 For you know what commandments 1 have
give n to you by the Lord JeSUS,

3 For this is the will of (iod, your sanctification,
that vein should alistain from fornication :

•V That every one of you should know how to
• ss hi- vessel in sanctification and honour:

5 Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles
who know not God :

6 And that no man over-reach nor deceive his
brothei in business: In cause the Lord is tin RVengl i
< l all such things, as we have told you before, and
have testified.

< iv e his c: ^s
avenger

CHAP. V.

7 For God hath not called us to uncleanness,
but to holiness.

8 He therefore that desplseth these things, de-
spiseth not man, but God ; who also hath given
his holy Spirit in us.

9 Now concerning fraternal charity, we have no
need to write to you : for yourselves nave learned
of God to love one another.

10 For indeed you do it towards all the brethren
in all Macedonia. But we entreat you, brethren,
that you abound more :

1 1 And that you use your endeavour to be quiet,
and that you do your own business, and work with
your own hands, as we commanded you ; and that
you walk honestly towards them that are without ;
and that you want nothing of any man's.

12 And we will not have you ignorant, brethren,
concerning them that are asleep, that you be not
sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.

13 For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose
again, even so them who have slept through Jesus,
God will bring with him.

14 For this we say unto you in the word of the
Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the
coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them, who
have slept.

15 For the Lord himself shall come down from
heaven with commandment, and with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trumpet of God : and
the dead, who are in Christ shall rise first.

16 Then we who are alive, who are left, shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet Christ in the air, and so shall we be always
with the Lord.

17 Wherefore comfort ye one another with these
words.

CHAP. V.

TJir. day of the Lord shall come, when least expected. Exhorta-
tions to several duties.

"OUT of the times and moments, brethren, you
-*-* need not that we should write to you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of
the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, peace and security,
then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as
the pains upon her that is with child : and they
shall not escape.

4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you as a thief :

5 For all you are the children of light, and chil-
dren of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness.

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do : but
let us watch, and be sober.

7 For they who sleep, sleep in the night : and
they who are drunk, are drunk in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, hav-
ing on the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for
a helmet, the hope of salvation:

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but
to the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ,

10. Who died for us; that whether we wake or
sleep, we may live together with him.

1 1 Wherefore comfort one another, and edify
one another, as you also do.

12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them
who labour among you, and are over you in the
Lord, and admonish you,

13 That you esteem them more abundantly in
charity for their work : have peace with them.

14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the
unquiet ;* comfort the feeble-minded ; support the
weak ; be patient towards all men.

15 See that none render evil for evil to any one:
but always follow that which is good towards each
other, and towards all men.

16 Always rejoice.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In all things give thanks: for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.

19 Extinguish not the Spirit.

20 Despise not prophecies.

21 But prove all things; hold that which is good.

22 From all appearance of evil refrain your-
selves.

23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify
you in all things ; that your whole spirit, and soul,
and body be preserved blameless for the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.

24 He is faithful who hath called you; who will
also perform.

25 Brethren, pray for us.

26 Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

27 I charge you, by the Lord, that this epistle
be read to all the holy brethren.

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.

* The unquiet ; that is, such as are irregular and disorderly
175

THE

SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE TIIESSALOiMANS.

In thit F.pittle St. Pml admonishes tkr Thrtsakrtians to be
tmmmi in the fntth 9/ Christ, and mat to be trmfird by the
insinuation* if j u rs, telling tkfm that thr day if

juAgmrnt was Hfirr at hand ; at thrrr mutt emnt many sign*
and tronil, rt before it. He bidi them In hold firm thr tra-
dttvms received from hint, whether by word or by cpfcde)
mmd shorn* them tunc tkry ma/ bt certain of kit letters by
tkr mummer he teritet.

CHAP. I.

He gives thanks to God for thrir faith and constancy ; and
for their adranrrmrnt in all good.

PAUL, ami Silvanus. and Timothy, to t he church
«>t tin- TheesaJonians in God our Father, and
tin- Lord Jesus Christ.

J Grace l» to you, and peace from God our Fa-
ther, ami from the Lord Jesus Christ.

9 Wt ought to dve thanks aluavs to God for
you, brethren, is it is meet, because your faith in-
tseth exceed indy ; and the cbaritj of ever; One
ol \.>n towards each other ahoundcth :

.. that we ourselves also dory in you in the
churches of God, for your patience and faith, and
in all your |HTMCiitions and tribulations, which \ on
■

■ I m M sample of the just judgment of God,
that you may l>e counted worthy of the kingdom of
God, for which also you suffer.

Seeing it is :i iiini ttttng with God to repay
tribulation to them tint trouble you :

7 And to \oii who arc troubled, rest with us
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
V» it ti the angrls of his power,

In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them.
Who know not God, and who ol* y not the gospel
of our I»r<) Jesus Christ :

9 W bo shall sutler eternal pains in destruction.
from the face of the Lord, and from the dory of
his |h>w er :

IU When be shall come to he doritied in bis
saints, and to l>e made wonderful in all them who
hoe iH-licved: because our testimony was believed
upon >on in that day.

1 1 W hi r. tore also we pray always for you : that

MnhH Ton rtMli. or f*tUme
IKMt father., at a rrrWI fn«n ll

tx <ir,'r«)% rwl, Iwfirr thr ii'tnn.;

mm Mrnoo A a!«o of a nwl of man* nation*, from tbe

h ha«. in part, ha a a u mwd al/ra mean* of Mai.

I.mhrr. Lu ,nt, il may be Mippoaod, will be more general i

-K. «,«./«.. Hera meat he meant aonv nanirular man. aa it
•vidcoi from tbe f m ae w r a y tm u ai «/ tbe Creek arocfc », Ik* m

17«

mmt *W. la |ffne rally eftdeTateori, by Ibe

Mir K'Mn,n ,'mpir,'. wtorli w:,« n*

f of Aaticbritt. It mar. prrhape, be

our God would make you worthy of his calling,
and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodncs*. and
the work of faith iu pow

I J That the name of our Lord Jesus may be
glor ifi ed in you. and you in him, according to the
grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

CHAP. II.

The day of the Lord is not to come, till the man of sin be re
vealed. The upostles' traditions arc to be obstnt d.

AND we beseech you, brethren, by the coining
of our I^ord Jesus Christ, and of our gather-
ing together unto him,

2 That you be not easily moved from your sens,-,
nor be terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor
by epistle, at sent from us, as if the day of the
Lord were at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for
unless there come a revolt* first, and the man of
sinT be revealed, the son of perdition,

4 Who opposeth. and is lifted up above all that
is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sit-
teth in the templet of God, showing himself as if

he were God.

5 Remember you not, that when I was yet with
you, I told you these things?

6 And now you know what witbholdi tb, that he
may be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity already workcth ;
only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be
taken out of the way.

8 And then that wicked one shall be revealed,
whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the Spirit of
his month, and shall destroy with the briditness of
bis coming: him,

9 Whose coming i^ according to the working of
Satan, in all power, and signs', and lying wonders,

10 lad iii all seduction of iniquity to them that
perish: because the* receive not the love of the

truth that l!ie\ might |, r saved. Therefore God
shall send> them the operation of error, to before
a lie,

of ain, the wn of perdition, tkr adreraanr or onpoaer, i nnn^iMt. It
arreea to tbe wicked and |rreat Antichrkt, who will come tx-fore tbe
end of tbe «(ir| 1. .

t In llu Irmy f Jrroaalem, which «omr think hr will

r, bail will |>rrvrri to his

irshin : a« ■ the churches of tin- F.att.

I G«< tactile*./ ■ i<> badecetred by

lying wonder*, and fab* miracle*, in punishment of tbeir not cuU-r
tauiina; tbe lore of truth.

CHAP. Ill, I.

• 1 1 That all may be judged, .who have not believed
the truth, but have consented to iniquity.

12 But we ought to give thanks to God always
for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath
chosen you first-fruits unto salvation, in sanctifica-
tion of the Spirit, and belief of the truth :

13 Whereunto also he hath called you by our

fuspel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord
esus Christ.

14 Therefore, brethren, stand firm : and hold
the traditions* which you have learned, whether
by word or by our epistle.

15 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God
and our Father who hath loved us, and hath given
us everlasting consolation, and good hope in grace,

16 Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every
good work and word.

CHAP. III.

He begs their prayers, and warns them against idleness.

FOR the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the
word of God may run} and may be glori-
fied, even as among you :

2 And that we may be delivered from trouble-
some and evil men : for all men have not faith.

3 But God is faithful, who will strengthen and
keep you from evil.

4 And vfle have confidence concerning you in
the Lord, that the things which we command, you
both do, and will do.

* Traditions. Sec here that the unwritten traditions of the apostles
are no leas to be received than their epistles.

\ May rim, that is, may spread itself, and hare free course.

5 And the Lord direct your heart, in the charily
of God, and in the patience of Christ.

6 And we charge you, brethren, in the name ol
our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves
from every brother walking disorderly, and not accord-
ing to the tradition which diey have received of us

7 For yourselves know how you ought to imitate
us : for we were not disorderly among you :

8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing,
but in lal)our and in toil working night and day,
lest we should be burdensome to any of you.

9 Not as if we had not authoriry ; but that we
might give ourselves a pattern to you to imitate us.

10 For also, when we were with you, we de-
clared this to you : that if any man will not work,
neither let him eat.

1 1 For we have heard that there are some among
you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but
curiously meddling.

12 Now we charge them that are such, and be-
seech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working
with silence, they would eat their own bread.

13 But you, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

14 And if any man obey not our word by this
epistle, note tha£ man, and do not keep company
with him, that he may be ashamed :

15 Yet do not esteem him as an enemy; but ad-
monish him as a brother.

16 Now the Lord of Peace himself give you ever-
lasting peace in every place. TheLord bewith }ou all.

17 The salutation of Paul with my own hand ;
which is the sign in every epistle : so I write.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.

THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO TIMOTHY.

St. Paul writes this Epistle to his beloved Timothy, being tJien
bishop^ of Ephesus, to instruct him in the duties of a bishop,
both in respect to himself and to his charge ; and that he
ought to be well informed of the good morals of those on whom
he was to impose hands : Impose not hands lightly upon any
mnn. He tells him also how he should behave towards his
cUrgy. This Epistle was written about thirty-three years after
our Lords Ascension ; but where it was written, is uncertain :
the more general opinion is, that it was in Macedonia.

CHAP. I.

He puts Timothy in mind of his charge ; and blesses God for
the mercy he himself had received.

DAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to

•*- the commandment of God our Saviour, and

Christ Jesus our hone :

2 To Timothy his beloved son in faith. Grace,
mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from
Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when
I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge
some not to teach otherwise ;

4 Not to give heed to fables and endless gene-
alogies 5 which furnish questions, rather than the
edification of God which is in faith.

5 Now the end of the commandment is charity
from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an
unfeigned faith.

6 From which things some going astray are turn-
ed aside to vain talk,

177

I. TO TIMOTHY.

7 Desiring to he teachers of the law . understanding
n< ither the things they say. nor whereof they afitrm.

8 Hut we know ih.it the law is good, if a in. in
use it l;iw fully :

9 knowing this, that the law* is not made for
the itist man, hut lor the unjust and disobedient,
for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the w icked, ami
defiled, )<>r murderer! of fathers, and murderers of
inothi r-. for man slayi rs,

10 for fornicators, lor them that defile them-
s« hi s \\ i r ii mankind, tor men stealers, lor liars, mid
(<>r |HTJured iwrsoirs, and whatew-r oilier thin -
eontran to sound dtx-trinc,

1 1 Whk h is according to rhe gospel of the glory
of the Mew-d Cod, w hii h hath been committed to
my trust.

I J I d>c thanks to him who had strengthened
me. to Christ Jesus our Lord, that he esteemed me
faithful. mining me into the ministry:

13 Who before was a blasphemer, and a perse-
cutor, and contumelious; hut I obtained the mcrc.\
of Cod, becaMM I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

14 Now th. of our Lord hath •bounded

nglv with faith and love, which is in Christ

J, Ml*.

15 A faithful saying, and wot thy of all accepta-
tion: That Christ Jesus came into this world to
save sinners, ol whom I am the chief.

16 Hut for this cause have I obtained mercy:
that in me first Christ Jesus might ihow forth iill
patience, tor the information of those who shall

ic in him unto life everlasting.

17 Now to the King of Igee, immortal, invisi-
ble, the only (iod, lie honour and glorj tor eve*
and ever. Ani'ii.

18 This pre* ( pt I commend to thee, son Timo-
fchy, according to the prophecies which went before
on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,

I!' Having faith and a good conscience, which
some rejecting have made shipwreck concerning
h :

'JO Of whom is Hymcncus and Alexander;
whom I have delivered' to >atau, ihat fhe\ may
learn not to blaspheme.

CHAP. H.

Proper* mrr to hr tnia" for all mm : brrauf Cod trills tkr tal-
wmtiom ff mlL Womtn arr nnt to track.

I DESIRE, t h ere f ore, first of all, that, tanprica-
■*- tions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings
be made lor all men :

~ lor kings, and for all who are in high Station.
that wp mar lead a quiet and a peaceful life, in all I
piety and chastity :

t.l->0»e Immelf. M th* annMlo wntra in the fbllnwint; rrraa, re-
al \+ *»\\ fmr mU. Hrwtlw lU m*, m, *« m who .Umli in iws-d at no
other I* rw-nmnvt,d Ma petition* lo ihr Father. Hut lhi« is not
— t our *sr long the prayer* a*d mtorccaaasn, m writ a( the '

17 :

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight
of ( iod our Saviour,

4 Who will base all men to be suud, and to
come to th- knowledge of the truth.

6 For there is one (iod. and one Mediator! - ol
God and men, the man Christ Jesus:

6 W ho cava himself a redemption for all, a tes-
timony in due times;

7 \\ hereunto I am appointed a preacher and an
apostle (I say the truth, I lie not) a doctor of the
( o miles in faith and truth.

II 1 will, therefore, that men pray in every place,
lifting up pure hands, without anger and strife.

9 In like manner women in decent apparel,
adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety,
and not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or
cosily army ;

10 Hut as it hecometh women professing piety,
with good works.

11 Let the woman learn in silence, with all sub

jection.

12 But I jHTtnit not a woman to teach, nor to
me authority over the man: but to I** in silence.

13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve:

14 And Adam was not seduced: but the woman,
besag seduced, was in the transgression.

15 Yet she shall lie saved by hearing children,
if she continue in faith, and love, and sauctilka-
tion with sobriety.

CHAP. III.

It' hat sort of mm nrr to br adnittrd into the rlrrff. The
church it the pillar of truth.

\ FAITHFUL Saying;: If a man desire the of-
■**- fioe of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

2 It hehoveth, therefore, a bishop to be blame-
the husband of one w ife,| sober, prudent, of

good lxhaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, ,i
teacher,

3 Not given to wine, no striker, hut modest;
not litigious, not covetous, but

4 One that ruleth well his own house, hating his
children in subjection with all (hastily.

5 But if a man know not how to rule his own
house, how shall he take care of the church of

God

6 Not a neophyte ;§ lest, being puffed up with
pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony from
them who arc without: lest he fall into reproach, and
into the snare of the devil.

}'. heaconsin like manner chaste, not double-
tongued, not given to much vine, not greedy of
filthy lucre:

ful anon earth, aa of the mint, and amrrls in hearrn. for obtaining
merry. (Trace, and nakation. tlimuirh MM ChriM j an St. Paul him-
aelf often deaired the help of the pravera of th* faithful, without any
injury to the madtatorahlp of Jcaua Chafe

t 0/»»# wift. The meaning ia not that ererr bitnop ahould hare ■
wife (for 8t. Pan! hmaelf had none;) bat that no one ahoa Id he ad
mittod to the hoi* order* of biahop, prieal or deacon, who had Um
married more than onra.

t J mm f k fh . That m one latch baptised, a young coarert

CHAP. IV, V.

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure con-
science.

10 And let these also first he proved : and so let
them minister, having no crime.

1 1 The women, in like manner, chaste, not de-
tracting, soher, faithful in all things.

12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife; who
rule well their children, and their own houses.

13 For they that have ministered well shall pur-
chase to themselves a good degree, and much confi-
dence in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things I write to thee, hoping that 1
shall come to thee shortly.

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know
how thou OUghtest to behave thyself in the house of
God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar
and ground of the truth.*

16 And evidently great is the mystery of piety,
which was manifested in the ilesh, was justified in
the Spirit, appeared to angels, hath been preached to
the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up
in glory.

CHAP. IV.

He warns him against heretics ; and exhorts him to the exeriise
of piety.

NOW the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the
last times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils,

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their
conscience seared,

3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, f
w Inch God hath created to be received with thanks-
giving by the faithful, and by them that have known
the truth.

4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing
to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and
prayer.

6 Proposing these things to the brethren, thou
shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished
up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine
which thou hast attained to.

7 But avoid foolish and old wives' fables : and
exercise thyself to piety.

8 For bodily exercise is profitable to little : but

f>iety is profitable to all things, having promise of the
il'e that now is, and of that which is to come.

9 A faithful saying, and worthy of all accep-
tation,

10 For hereunto we labour and are reviled, be-
cause we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour
of all men, especially of the faithful.

11 These things command and teach.

12 Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an

* The pillar anil ground of the tndk. Therefore, the church of the Uvi7ig
God can never uphold error, nor bring in corruptions, superstition,
nor idolatry.

t Forbidding to marry, lo abstain from meats, fyc. He speaks of the
Givslics, 'he Marcwniles, the Encratites, (he .flf<mt>/ieanj, and other an-
cient heretics, who absolutely condemned marriage, and the use of
all kind of meat ; because they pretended that all flesh was from an

example of the faithful, in word, in conversation
in charity,' in faith, in chastity.

13 Till I come, attend to reading, to exhortation
and to doctrine.

14 Neglect not the grace which is in thee, which
was given thee by prophecy, with the imposition of
the hands of the priesthood.

15 Meditate on these things: be wholly in these
things ; that thy proficiency may be manifest to all.

16 Attend to thyself and to doctrine : be earnest
in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save
thyself and them that hear thee.

CHAP. V.

He gives him lessons concerning widows : and how he is to be-
have to his clergy.

AN ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as
a father ; young men, as brethren ;

2 Old women, as mothers ; young women, as
sisters, in all chastity.

3 Honour widows, who are widows indeed.

4 But if any widow have children, or grand-chil-
dren, let her learn first to govern her own house,
and to make a return of duty to her parents : for
this is acceptable before God.

5 But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate,
let her hope in God, and continue in supplications
and prayers night apH day.

6 For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she
is living.

7 And this give in charge, that they may bo
blameless.

8 But if any man have not care of his own, and
especially of those of his house, he hath denied the
faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9 Let a widow be chosen not under threescore
yearsof age, who hath been the wife of one husband,

10 Having a testimony of her good works, if she
have educated children, if she have exercised hos-
pitality, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she
have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if
she have diligently follovyed every good work.

1 1 But the younger widows shun : fo r when they
have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry ;

12 Having damnation, because they have made
void their first, faith. J

13 And withal, being idle, they learn to go about
from house to house ; not only idle, but tattlers
also, and inquisitive, speaking things which they
ought not.

14 I will, therefore, that the younger should
marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give
no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

16 If any of the faithful have widows, let him

evil principle. Whereas the church of God, so far from condemning
marriage, holds it a holy sacrament ; and forbids it to none but such
as by vow have chosen the better part; and prohibits not the use o(
any meats whatsoever in proper times and seasons ; though she doe»
not judge all kind of diet proper for days of fasting and penance.

f Their first faith. Their vow, by which they had engaged them-
selves to Christ

179

1. TO TIMOTHY.

relieve them, and let not the church be burdened;
that there may be sufficient tor then who arc
widows indeed.

17 Let the priest* who rule well Ik- esteemed
worth* of double honour ; especially they who la-
bour in the word and doctrii

1'or the Scripture saith: Thou shall not nni/.-
sr.lt- the treadetli out the corn. And : Tlie

lulxMirer is worthy of his hire.

I!* Against a priest receive not an accusation,
hut under two or three witnesses.

20 Them that sin reprove In lore all ; that the
rest also may ha\r I

J I I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus,
and the eh -. that thou observe these things

without prejudice, doing nothing by declining to
either side.

Impose not hands lightly upon any man, nei-
ther Ik- partaker of other men's sms. Keep th\s<lt
chaste.

23 Do not still drink water; but use a little wine
for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.

21 Some nun's sins are manifest, going before
to judgment : and some men they follow alter.

25 Fn like manner alio good deeds are manifest:
and they that arc olhcrw isc cannot be hidden.

CHAP. VI.

Duties qf servants. The danger of covetoutnet*. Lettont for
the rich.

WHOSOEVER are servants under the yoke,
let them count their masters worthv of all
honour, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be
, Itemed.
But they who have believing masters, let them
not despise them, because they are brethren ; bur
serve them the rather, because they are faithful and
U'loved, who are p.irtakt rs of the benefit. These
things teach and exhort.

3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to
the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to
that doctrine which is according to piety:

4 He is proud, knowing nothing] but sick about
questions and strifes of words : from which arise cu-
ries, content ions, blasphemies, e\il suspicions.

5 Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, ami who

180

arc destitute of the truth, esteeming gain to be

6 15ut pietv with sufficiency is great pain.

7 For we Drought nothing into this world; and
certainly we can carry nothing out

8 Hut having food, and wherewith to be covered*
with these ire are content.

9 For the) w ho would become rich, fall into temp-
tation, and into the snare of the devil, ami into many
unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown nun
in destruction and perdition.

10 For covetousiu ss is the root of all evils j
which some desiring, have erred from the faith, and
ha\ e entangled themselves in many sorrow s.

11 Hut thou, t) man of God, fly these things:
and pursue justice, piety, faith, charity, patience,
meekness.

1 J Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal
life, w hereunto thou art called, and hast confessed
a good confession before many witnesses.

13 J charge thee before God, who quicaeneth all
things, and before Christ Jesus, who cave testimony
under Pontius Pilate, a good confession :

14 That thou keen the commandment without
spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ:

15 Which in his times he shall show\ who is the
blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings, and
Lord of lords :

16 Who only hath immortality, and inhahitcth
light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can
see; to whom be honour and empire everlasting.
Amen.

17 Charge the rich of this world not to be high-
minded, nor to hope in uncertain riches, but in the
living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to
enjov j)

1 8 To do good ; to be rich in good works ; to dis-
tribute readily; to communicate to others;

19 To lay up in store for themselves a good foun-
dation against the time to come, that they may ob-
tain true life.

20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to
thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words,
and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called,

21 Which some promising, have erred concern-
ing the faith Grace be with thee. Amen.

THE

SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO TIMOTHY.

In this Epistle the apostle again instructs and admonishes Ti-
mothy in what belonged to his office, as in the former : and
also warns him to shun the conversation of those who had erred
from the truth, describing at the same time t/ieir character. He
tells him of lus approaching death, and desires him to come
speedily to him. It appears from this circumstance, that he
wrote this second Epistle in the time of his last imprisonment
at Rome, and not long before his martyrdom.

CHAP. 1.

He admonishes him to stir up the grace he received by his ordi-
nation, and not to be discouraged at his sufferings, but to hold
firm the sound doctrine of the gospel.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of
God, according to the promise of life which is
in Christ Jesus :

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son, Grace,
mercy, peace from God the Father, and from Christ
Jesus our Lord.

3 I give thanks to God, whom 1 serve from my
forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceas-
ing I have a remembrance of thee in my prayers, night
and day,

4 Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears,
that I may be filled with joy,

5 Calling to mind that faith which is in thee un-
feigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois ? and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain
that in thee also.

6 For which cause I admonish thee, that thou
stir up the grace of God, which is in thee by the
imposition of my hands.

7 For God hath not given us the Spirit of fear,
but of power, and of love, and of sobriety.

8 Be not thou, therefore, ashamed of the testi-
mony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner : but la-
bour with the gospel according to the power of God :

9 Who hath delivered us, and called us by his
holy calling, not according to our works, but ac-
cording to his own purpose and grace, which was
given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the
world.

10 But now is made manifest, by the illumina-
tion* of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath indeed
destroyed death, and hath enlightened life and in-
corrupt ion by the gospel :

11 In which I am appointed a preacher, and an
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 For which cause I also suffer these th'ngs: but

* By the illumination ; that is, by the bright coming and appearing
•f our Saviour.

I am not confounded. For I know whom I have be-
lieved : and I am certain that he is able to keep that
which I have committed to him, against that day.

13 Hold the form of sound words, which thou
hast heard from me in faith, and in the love which is
in Christ Jesus.

14 Keep the good deposited in trust to thee by
the Holy Ghost, who dvvelleth in us.

15 Thou knowest this, that all they who are in
Asia are turned away from me ; of whom are Phi-
gellus and Hermogenes.

16 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesi-
phorus : because he hath often refreshed me, and
was not ashamed of my chain :

17 But when he was come to Rome, he care-
fully sought me out, and found me.

18 The Lord grant to him to find mercy of the
Lord in that day. And how many things he minis-
tered to me at Lphesus, thou very well knowest.

CHAP. II.

He exhorts him to diligence in his office, and patience m suffer-
ings. The danger of tlie delusions of heretics.

nnHOU, therefore, mv son, be strong in the
-*- grace which is in Christ Jesus:

2 And the things, which thou hast heard from
me, before manv witnesses, the same commend to
faithful men, who shall be fit to teach others also.

3 Labour as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

4 No man, being a soldier to God, entangleth
himself with worldly business ; that he may please
him to whom he hath engager! himself.

5 For he also that striveth for the mastery, is not
crowned, except he strive lawfully.

6 The husbandman, who laboureth, must first
partake of the fruits.

7 Understand what 1 say : for the Lord will give
thee understanding in all things.

8 Be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ is risen
from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my
gospel,

9 In which I labour even unto chains, as an evil-
doer : but the word of God is not bound.

10 Therefore I suffer all things for the sake ot
the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation,
which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

1 1 A faithful saying : For if we be dead with
him, we shall live also with him :

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him : If
we deny him, he also will deny us.

181

II. TO 'IIMOTHY.

1.1 \t we believe not, he continucth faithful • be
himself.

1 I ( )i these things |»ut them in mind, testifying
the Lord. Contend not in words: for it u
to no profit, but to the subversion of the hearers.

1 ."> Carefully stud) to present thyself approved unto
i. a workman thai needeth not to Ik- as ha me d ,

ill) handling liu word of truth.

lti But shun profane and vain spee c h e s : for the j
grow much towards impietj :

17 And their speech sureadeth like a cancer; of
whom art- Hymeneus and l'hiletiis ;

l . Who have erred from the truth, saying that
the resurn i tion i> past already, and have BU.bvert.ed
the faith oi son

19 But tin- sure foundation of G(hI standeth firm.
having this seal: The Lord knoweth who are his:
and let even one that uameth the name of the Lord
depart from miquirjr.

Mot in a Lira! house there are not only vi
of told and of silver, bul also of wood and Of earth;
■M iorjie indeed unto honour, hut MOM unto (fit*
honour.

21 It an) man, then fore, shall cleanse hiuwlf from
tins.-, he shall Ik- a res* I unto honour, sanctified
and profitable to the. Lord, prepared unto eitt} good
work.

IWil flee thou \otithful desires; and follow
faith, charity, and [>eace, with those who call
on tin Lord from a pun- heart:

\nd avoid foolish and unlearned questions;
knowing thai they beget strifes.

J\ Mul th«- servant of the Lord must not wrangle,
but I* gentle towards all men, tit to teach, patient,

With modest) admonishing those who resist
Uie truth: if at any time God give them repentance
to know the truth,

\iul iliev recover themselves from the snares
of the devil, by whom ihey are held captives at his
will.

(II VP. III.

The r hornet rr of heretics of latter days : he rxhnrii Timothy to
• me p. Of Ihe great pnJU of the knowledge of the
lOturrt.

KNOW also this, that, in the last days, shall
come dangerous tim

I Men shall Ik- loveTS Of themselves, covetous,
haui: lit > | proud. lilas|.hemers, disobedient lo parents,
ill, w icki il,
Without affection, without tM-ace, slanderers,
ineoutineiit. unmerciful, without kindness,

\ Traitors, stubborn, poind up, and lovers of

pleasures more than o| ( Sod ;

n\m

:anapi' indeed, of pietr, but de-

, iwer thereof. Now these avoid :
>r of this sort are tiny who creep into houses,

The BMgictao* oi king FHaraoh.
trt. T.te-re part at divine Rr riptore w certain W "re-
fer all (heart coda. Bul \t we would hare the v*<m> n.
t* Mi- 4l — hiUi »nd prw'f*. •*•*■>—* »o* be B iulltjl will, ihoae "■
i whiok TiraaUijr taww fnm tit «\/W», thai it, wiib U..
i :

and had captives sill) women loader) w ith sins, who
are led aw as with divers desires:

7 Always learning, and never attaining to the
know ledge of the truth.

8 Now as Jnnui's and Mainbres* resisted Mosi
so these also icsist the truth; nun corrupted in
mind, reprobate as to the faith.

9 Itut they shall proceed no farther: for their folly
shall lx- manifest to all as theirs also w a-.

10 But thou hast full) known mi doctrine. man-
ner Off life, purpose, faith, lom:-suffering. line, pa-
tience,

11 Persecutions, afflictions; men mi came upon

me at Autioch, Icouiuin. and at Lvstra; what per-
secutions 1 endured, and mil of all the Lord delivered
inc.

I I \nd all who will live piously in Christ Jcmis,
shall sutler persecution.

13 But'evil men and seducers shall grow worse
and worse; erring, and driving into error.

14 Mut continue thou in the things which thou
hast learned, and which have la en Committed to
thee; knowing of whom thou hast learned.

I") And bee: i use from thy infant) ihoti hast
known the holy Scriptures, which can instruct thee
unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ
Jesus.

16 All Seriprufpf divinely inspired, is profitable
to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct injustice:

17 That the man of God ma\ he perfect, furnished
unto every good work.

CHAP. IV.

Hi* charge to Timothy: he till, him of kit approaching (Lath,
and ilmirrs him to come to him.

T CHARGE thee before God and Jesus Christ,
-*- w ho shall judge the living and the dead, by his
coming, and his kingdom:

2 J'nach the word, be instant in season, out
of season, reprove, entreat, rebuke with all j«»-
tience and doctrine.

3 For there shall be a time, when they will not
l>car sound doctrine ; but according to their own
desires the) will heap to theinsehes teachers, haviug
itching ears}

4 And will turn away indeed their hearing from
the truth, and will be turned to fables.

5 Mut he thou vigilant; labour in all things; do
the work of an evangelist ;t fulfil thy ministry. Be
sober.

6 Fori am even now ready to lie sacrificed: and
the time of my dissolution is at hand.

7 I have fbughl S good fight; 1 have finished my
course; 1 have kept the faith

8 For the rest, there is laid Dp for me a crown
of justice, which the Lord the just Judge will
render to me at thatdav ; and not to me only, but to

Testament alone ; nor jet with toe New Testament, without talcing
along w ill. it the tnulitH.ii» of the apoatlcv ami the interpretation of
the « ban h. to which the apostle* delivered both the book, tiki tU
true meaning of it.

I .In EtmnfthU, a diligent preacher of Ihe gospel

CHAP. I.

them also, who love his coming. Make haste to come
speedily to me.

9 For Demas hath left me loving this world, and
is gone to Thessaloniea;

10 Crescens into Galatia; Titus intoDalmatia.

11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and
bring him vvitli thee : lor he is useful to me for the
ministry.

12 But Tychicus 1 have sent to Ephesus.

13 The cloak, which 1 left at Troas with Carpus,
when thou* contest, bring with thee, and the books,
especially the parchments.

14 Alexander the copper-smith hath done me
many evil tilings: the Lord will render to him ac-
cording to his works ;

15 Whom do thou also avoid ; for he halh greatly
opposed our words.

16 At my fust defence no man stood with me;

but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their
charge.

17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened
me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished,
and that all the Gentiles may hear: and 1 was deli-
vered from the mouth of the lion.

18 The Lord hath delivered me from every evil
work ; and will preserve me unto his heavenly
kingdom; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household
of Onesiphorus.

20 Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophi-
mus I left sick at Miletus.

21 Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus,
and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the
brethren, salute thee.

22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit
Grace be with you. Amen.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO TITUS.

St. Paul having preached the faith in the Island of Crete, he
ordained his beloved disciple and companion Titus bishop,
and left him there to finish the work which he had begun.
Afterwards the apostle, on a journey to Nicnpolis, a city
of Macedonia, wrote this Epistle to Titus ; in which he
directs him to ordain bishops and priests for the different cities,
showing- him the principal qualities necessary for a bishop ;
also gives him particular advice for his own conduct to hisjlock,
exhorting him to hold to strictness of discipline, but seasoned
with lenity. It was written about thirty-three years after our
Lord's Ascension.

Some men are to be

CHAP. I.

What kind of men he is to ordain priests,
sharply rebuked.

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of
Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect
of God, and the acknowledging of the truth, which
is according to piety:

2 Unto the hone of life everlasting, which God,
who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the
wo; Id :

3 But hath in due times manifested his word
through preaching, which is committed to me ac-
cording to the commandment of God our Saviour:

4 To Titus my beloved son, according to the
common faith, grace and peace from God the Fa-
ther, and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and
shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also ap-
pointed thee:

6 If any be without crime, the husband of one

wife,* having faithful children,not accused of luxury,
nor disobedient.

7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the
steward of God ; not proud, not subject to anger, not
given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ;

8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy,
continent,

9 Embracing that faithful word which is accord-
ing to doctrine: that he may be able to exhort in
sound doctrine, and toconvince the gainsayers.

10 For there are also many disobedient, vain
talkers, and seducers; especially they who are of the
circumcision :

11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for
filthy lucres' sake.

12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said:
The Crctians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful
bellies.

13 This testimony is true : wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

14 Not attending to Jewish fables, and com-
mandments of men, that turn themselves away from
the truth.

15 All things are clean to the clean : but to the
defiled, and the unbelievers, nothing is clean; but both
their mind and their conscience are defiled.

16 They confess that they know God, but
in their deeds they deny him; being abominab'e,
and incredulous, and to every good work reprobife.

* Of one wife. Sec the note upon 1 Tim. iii. 2.
183

TO PHILEMON.

CHAP. II.

Horn ken to instruct botk old and pmtng. The duty of tervantt
The Ckrittian'i rule of hfe.

BIT Ipeai thou tin- tilings that become sound
doCtlUM) :
I hat tl\t aged men lie tober, chaste, prurient,
sound in faith, in charity, in pati ence :

wniiii ii. in like manner, in boly attire,
not til- i given to much wine, teaching

well:

4 That they may teach the young women pru-
dence, to lore tluir husbands, to love tbeil chil-
riren,

l*o l»<* ilia iber, having ;i care ol

the house, gentle, obedient to their huthaarft, that
the word of Cod be not blasphemed.

G Young men in like manner exhort to be
tober.

7 In all things show thyself an example of good
works in doctrine, in integrity, in grunt-.,

$ound speech, unblamea b l e : that he, who is
on the contrarv part mav be alrairi, having no evil

\ lit lis.

'.' Exhort servants to lie obedient to tluir masters,
in all things pleasing, not contradicting.

In Not defrauding, l>ut in all things showing good
fidelity: that they mav adorn the doctrine of Cod
our Saviour in all things.

11 For the (race of God our Saviour hath ap-
peared to all iih ii,

19 Intfructing us. that renouncing impiety, and
worldly desires, we should live toberty, and justly,
and piously in this world,

I . ! Waiting for the Messed hope, and coining of
the glory of the great ( iod, and our Saviour JetUS
( hrist :

I V Who gave himself for us, that he might re-
deem us from all iniquity, and purity unto himx If
a people acceptable, pursuing good works.

lo Tliese things sin-ak and exhort; and rebuke
with all authority. Let no man d es p ise th

Other offender! are judged, and cait out of
I of Uwpaaton of the (ame church. Here-

CHAP. HI.

Other instruction* and direction* for life and doctrine

AD.Mt )NlSll them to be subject to princes, and
power s ; to obey at a word; to be ready to
tvirv good work :

To speak evil of no man. not to In- litigious,
but modest, show ins all mildness towards all men.
.'> lor we ourselves also were sometime unwise,
incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and

ileasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and
hating one another.

4 Hut when the goodness and kindness of our
Saviour (iod ap|>eared :

5 Not b\ theworksol justice, which we have done,
but according to his mercy lie saved us. by the lav it
of regeneration, ami renovation of the Holv (ihost.

6 vV horn he hath pound forth upon us ahun-
dantlv, through Jesus Christ our Saviour:

7 1 hat being justified by his grace, we mav be
heirs according to the hope of life everlasting.

8 It is a faithful saving: and of these things I
will have thee to affirm earnestly; that they who be-
lieve in Cod may be careful to excel in good works.
These things are good and profitable to men.

9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies,
and contentions, and strivings about the law: lor
they are unprofitable and vain.

10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and
second admonition, avoid :

1 1 know ing that he that is such a one, is subverted
and sinneth,l>emg condemned by his own judgment.*

12 When I shall send to thee, Artemas or Tjchi-
cus, make haste to come to me to Nicopolis : for
there 1 have determined to winter.

13 Send forward Zenas the lawyer, and Apollo,
carefully, that nothing be wanting to them.

14 And let our men also learn to excel in good
works for necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.

15 All that are with me. salute thee: salute them
that love us in the faith. The grace of God be with
you all. Amen.

tica, more unhappy, run out of the church of Iheir own accord ; and
bjr >o doing, fire judgment and sentence against Ibeir own* loula.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO PHILEMON.

Thii *wr.*, a noble ttHu* <f CJnstec. had a iterant nameo
0*r«mi », who robbed kirn, and fled to Rome, irkrrr hr met
A. I'»i i . who mat then a prisoner there the fret time.
The apostle took compassion on him, and rerrired htm with
tenderness, and etmrerted him to the faith : for he was a
tirnlilr br f • • \7. Paul tends him bark to hit matter with
this P.pittle in kit faromr : and though he betrtektt Philemon
*• pardon him, pet the apottlr trritt s trith becoming dignity
and authority U tomtmins divert projltuble instruction* ;

I l

ana point* out inc cnarity and humanity that masters tkould
kare for tkeir tenant*.

lie commend* Ike faith and chanty of Vhilrmon : and sends back
to kirn kit fugitive trrrant, trhom he had converted in prison.

1> ML, a prisoner of Christ JesOS, and Timothy
-■- (Mir brother ; to P hile mon our beloved anil
fellow -labourer,

CHAP. I.

2 And to Appia our dearest sister, and to Ar-
chippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church which
is in thy house.

3 Grace to you, and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 1 give thanks to my God, always making a re-
memhrance of thee in my prayers,

5 Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou
hast in the Lord Jesus, ancl towards all the saints :

b' That the communication of thy faith may he
made evident in the acknowledgment of every good
work, which is in you through Christ Jesus.

7 For I have had great joy and consolation in
thy charity : because the bowels of the saints have
been refreshed by thee, brother-

8 Wherefore, though I might have much confi-
dence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which
is to the purpose :

9 For charity's sake I rather beseech, thou being
such a one, as Paul the aged, and now also a pri-
soner of Jesus Christ :

10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom
J have begotten in my chains,

11 Who heretofore was unprofitable unto thee,
but now profitable both to me and to thee.

12 Whom I have sent back to thee. And do
thou receive him as my own bowels :

13 Whom I would have detained with me, that
for thee he might have ministered to me in the
bands of the gospel :

14 But without thy counsel 1 would do nothing ;
that thy good deed might not be as it were of ne-
cessity, but voluntary.

15 For perhaps he, therefore, departed for a sea-
son from thee, that thou mightest receive him lor
ever :

16 Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant,
a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much
more to thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

17 If, therefore, thou count me a partner, receive
him as myself:

lb* And if he hath Wronged thee in any thing, or
is in thy debt, put it to my account.

19 I Paul have written with my own hand: 1
will repay it : not to say to thee, that thou owest
me thy own self also.

20 Yea, brother ; may I enjoy thee in the Lord :
refresh my bowels in the Lord.

21 Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to
thee ; knowing that thou wilt also do more than
I say.

22 But withal prepare me also a lodging : for I
hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto
you.

23 Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus,
salutes thee,

21 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my
fellow-labourers.

25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL

TO THE HEBREWS.

S*. Paul wrote this Epistle to the Christians in Palestine, the
most part of whom being Jews before their conversion, they
were called Hebrews. He exhorts them to be tko n ffify con-
verted and confirmed in the faith of Christ, clearly showing
them the pre-eminence of Christ's priesthood, above the Levi-
tical, and also the. excellence of the new law above the old. He
commends faith by the example of the ancient fathers ; and
exhorts them to patience, and perseverance, and to remain in
fraternal charity. It appears, from chap. xiii. that this Epis-
tle was written in Italy, and probably at Rome, about twenty-
nine years after our Lord's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

Cod spoke of old by the prophets, but now by his Son, who is in-
comparably greater than the angels.

#^J.OD having spoken on divers occasions, and
^~* many ways, in times past, to the fathers by
'Jie prophets: last of all,

2 In these days hath spoken to us by his Son,

The fi fiirt, xdpdtrijp, that is, the express image, and most perfect
resemblance.

whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the world :

3 Who being the splendour of his glory, and the
figure* of his substance, and upholding all things
by the word of his power, making purgation t of
sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high :

4 Being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath inherited a more excellent name above
them.

5 For. to which of the angels hath he said at any
time: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee? And again: I will be to him a Father; and he
sha/1 ne to me a Son ?

6 And again, when he introduceth the first be-
gotten into the world, he saith: And let all tht
angels of God adore him.

7 And to the angels indeed he saith : He that

t Making purgation. That is, having pureed away our sius by lit*
passion.

185

,, spirits; and his

ad eth hi

But to the Son, Thy tlinm. <> > >udi « I '"'

I. i ever and <v. r : .1 » is tne soep-

1 ilr. kingdom.

9 llii.u Ii.im lot « .1 just* . .and bated annuity : ihere-

i, mUi niiomu-d thee wilhlheotlol

n llial arc i».n i.ik. rs w itti thee.

|0 \ , . I .11. 111 die beginning, O l.oi.l, bast

futuul.il tin- euitit: and the hcuv. M an the works

oi thy bands.

11 Tli.v shall perish, but thou shall continue ;
and 1I1. \ shall all grow old as a garment :

12 \ shall thou change them ; and
tin •» d: Ixit Uiou art the sell-same;
ami thv wars shall not tail.

1.1 which oi (he angels said lit- at any
ti. in-: Sit on my right hand, until 1 make thy ene-

lill- s tllV |(H»l>llM>l '

I I \r< the) not all ministering spirits, sent to
minister for these, who shall receive the inheritance
ot salvation .'

TO THE HEBREWS

aflame

CHAP. II.

ion 0/ the precept m of the Son of God it far more
thorn if thou of the Old iettament given by an-

THEREFOHF ought we more diligently to ob-
serve the things which we have heard; lest at
any time we should let them slip.

or if the word, s]ioken by the angels, became

steadfast, and ever} transgression and disobedience

ived a just reeom|icn.se of reward:

;{ How shall we escape, if we neglect so mat

salvation- which bavins begun to Ik- declared by

tin- Lord, wasc(»ilirmidtous. h\ 1 hem that heard Aim.

4 God also bearing them witness by signs and
..I. rs, and divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy

Ghost according to his own will.

5 For (iod hath not put in subjection to the an-
c.N the world to come, of which we •peak.

li Itut one in a certain place hath testified, sa) in- :
What is 111111, that thou art mindful of him.' or the
Son of man, thai thou visitest him?

7 Thou hast made him a little less than the an-
gels; thou hatt crow mil him M itli glorv and honour:
an. I hast set him over the works ot tin hands.

8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under
his feet. For m that he subjected all things to him,
he It-It nothing not subject to him. Hut now

not as ui all things subject to him.

1> Hut we s.c JetUS, who was made a little

less than the angels, for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour: that through the
gra -I he might taste death for all.

Id For it liecame him, for whom are all things.
ami b) whomurr all things, who hail brought man v
children into g!..rv. tn make the author of their
u |*rfect In

Prrfftl i* -ifft'T+g Il» •.iif.-nii*, Chri.t arm* lo rnl«r into l.i»

- r trftrt kf t^ffermg H» »u»«-nn«r.
(lory, I.U. xtn. *6 wUic* IS* apoMl •

>».ll Iktt rallt, U-mic nu.li- perfect.
IM

11 For both he who sanctified^ and they who
are sanctified, art all from one. For which cause
he is not ashamed lo call them brethren, saving :

I J I will declare thy name to niv biethun: in
the midst of the church I will praise thee.

IJ \.ul again: 1 will put my trust in him : Aid
1. am: Heboid, I, and my children, w hum God halh
gn.n in

1 I Forasmuch then as the cbildn 11 w ere partakers
of flesh and bltxid, he also himself in like manner
paitotik of the same: that, through death, he might
destroy him w ho had the empire of death, thai is
to say, the devil ;

lo And might deliver tin in, who, through the f< ar
of death were all their life-time subject to slavcrv.

1G For nowhere doth lief take hold of the angels:
I ut of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

17 Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be
made like to his brethren, that he might become a
merciful and faithful high-priest with God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people.

18 For in that, wherein be himself hath suffered
and Ix-en tempted, he is able to succour those also,
w ho are tempted.

CHAP. III.

Chritt is more txcrllrnt than ]\fores: and therefore «r mutt adhere
to him by faith and obedience.

\17"HEREF0RE, holy brethren, partaken of
"™ the heavenly vocation, consider the apostle
and high-priest of our profession Jesus:

2 Who is faithful to him who appointed him, as
was also Moses in all his house.

3 For this man was counted worthy of more
glory than Moses, by so much as be who hath built
the house, bath more honour than the house.

4 For every house is built by some man: but he
who created all things, is God.

6 And Moses, indeed* was faithful in all his house
as a st rvant, for a testimony of those things which
were to be spoken :

6 Hut Christ as a Son in his own house : which
house are we, if we retain a linn confidence and the
glory of hope unto the end.

7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith : To-day
if MM shall hear his voice.

8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,
in the daj of t emp t a t i on in the desert:

9 When your lathers tempted me, proved, and
and saw my works,

10 Forty years: for which cause I was offended
with this generation; and I said: They alwavs err
in heart: and thev have not known iny wavs.

11 As 1 have sworn in my wrath: If they shall
enter into my rest.

1 1 'lake heed, brethren, lest then hfl in any oi
you an evil heart of unlit lief, to depart from die
living (Jod :

13 Hut exhort one another every day, whilst to-

f AWIm Jotk kt, iff. That i», ho nerrr took ujion bim the tutu-*
ot »iik< W, but lUkl <4 tbcienl of Abraham.

CHAP. IV, V, VI.

day is named ; lest any one of you be hardened by
the deeeitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so
if we hold the beginning of his substance firm unto
the end.

15 While it is said: To-day if you shall hear his
voic« h:irdcii not vour hearts, as in that provocation.

16 For sonic who heard did provoke; but not all
who came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 And with whom was he offended forty years ?
Was it nor with those who sinned, whose carcasses
were laid in the desert?

18 And to whom did he swear that they should
not enter into his rest, but to them who were in-
credulous ?

19 And we see that they could not enter in,
because of incredulity.

The Christian's rest

CHAP. IV.

we are to enter into it through Jesus
Christ.

LET us, therefore, fear, lest perhaps forsaking
the promise of entering into his rest, any of
you be thought to be wanting.

2 For to us also it hath been declared as well as
to them: but the word of hearing did not profit
them, not being mixed with a faith of those things
which they heard.

3 For we who have believed, shall enter into rest;
as he said: As I have sworn in my wrath: If they
shall enter into my rest : and this when the works
from the foundation of the world were finished.

4 For in a certain place he spoke of the seventh
day thus: And God rested the seventh day from all
his works.

5 And in this place again: If they shall enter into
my rest.

6 Seeing then it remaineth that some are to enter
into it, and they, to whom it was first preached, did
not enter in because of incredulity :

7 Again he limiteth a certain day, saying in Da-
vid: To-day, after so long a time, as it is above
said : To-day if you shall hear his voice; harden not
your hearts.

8 For if Jesus* had given them rest, he would
never have afterwards spoken of another day.

9 There remaineth, therefore, a rest for the peo-
ple of God.

10 For he who is entered into his rest, he also
hath rested from his own works, as God from his.

11 Let us hasten, therefore, to enter into that
rest; lest any man fall into the same example of in-
credulity.

12 For the word of God is living and effectual,
and more penetrating than any two-edged sword;
and reaching unto the division of the soul and the
spirit, of the joints also, and the marrow, and is
a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.

13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his

sight : but all things are naked and open to the eyea
of him, to whom our speech is.

14 Having, therefore, a great high-priest who
hath penetrated the heavens, Jesus the Son of God;
let us hold fast our confession.

15 For we have not a high-priest, who cannot
have compassion on our infirmities ; but one tempted
in all things like as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us go, therefore, with confidence to the
throne of grace; that we may obtain mercy, and
find grace in seasonable aid.

CHAP. V.

The office of a high-priest. Christ is our high-priest.

T^ OR every high- priest taken from among men,
J- is appointed for men in the things that appertain to
God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices forsins :

2 Who can have compassion on them who are
ignorant, and err: because he himself also is encom-
passed with infirmity:

3 And, therefore, he ought ? as for the people, so
also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 Neither doth any man take the honour to him-
self, but he that is called by God ? as Aaron was.

5 So also Christ did not glorify himself to be
made a high-priest: but he that said to him: Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

6 As he saith also in another place: Thou art a
priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech :

7 Who in the days of his flesh, offering up prayers
and supplications, with a strong cry and tears, to
him that was able to save him from death, was
heard for his reverence.

8 And whereas, indeed, he was the Son of God, he
learned obedience by the things which he suffered:

9 And being consummated, he became the cause
of eternal salvation to all that obey him,

10 Called by God a high-priest according to the
order of Melchisedech.

1 1 Of whom we have great things to say, and
hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are be-
come weak to hear.

12 For whereas for the time you ought to be mas-
ters; you have need to be taught again what are the
first rudiments of the word of God: and you are be-
come such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

13 For every one, that is a partaker of milk, is
unskilful in the word of justice : for he is alittle child.

14 But solid food is for the perfect, for those who
by use have their senses exercised to the discerning
of good and evil.

CHAP. VI.

He warns them of the danger of falling by apostary ; and too-
horts them to patience and perseverance.

WHEREFORE, leaving the word of the be-
ginning* of Christ, let us go on to things more
perfect, not laying again the foundation of penance
from dead works, and of faith towards God,

2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of imposition

: Jettu Josue, who iu Greek is called Jesus.

f T'« word of the beginning-
I duclriue.

The first rudiments of the Christian
1fi7

CHAP

of hands, and tin* r. siirrcction of the dead, and of
eternal ji i' lament.

\ikI llis we will tin. if (iod willjiertiiit.
\ I or it i> iiii|.<.vmIiIi-* lor those, wlm were 0SKJS
enlightened, Ii.i . also the heavenlv cut. and

wen- made partakers til the llolv (ihost,

. Have ii i. >i < < >\ < -i tasted t hi- good word of God,
and the power* ol tin- world to come,

6 Anil an- fallen awav : to Im- renewed again unto
1*ii. in. • -, crucifying .icon to themselves the Son ol
God, and irak'uaa mo<ker\ oi him.

7 I ..i the earth thai driuketh in the rain which
comcth often ii|K>n it, and bringeth forth herbs use-
ful for I hem by whom it is tilled, receivcth blessing
from ( hhI.

8 Km tint which bringeth forth thorns and briars.
i« rejected, and ver) near to a curse, whose end is
to Im- burnt.

'.' But, my dearly In-loved, we tru-t better tilings
of >• lean-r to sab at ion; though we thnss|M-ak.

It) For (knI is not unjust, thai he should forget
your work, and the hue which you haw shown in
his name, you who hive miuistered, and do minis-
ter to the saints.

11 And we desire that every one of you should
show forth the same can-fulin *• to the accomplish-
ing of hope unto the end:

12 I'h it you become not slothful, but followers
of them, who through faith and patience shall in-
herit the promises.

13 For God making a promise to Abraham, be-
cause he had no one greater by whom he might
■wear, swore bv himself,

1 V Say ing : I nless Messing ! will bless thec, and
multiplying I will multipl) thee.

!."> And so after he had patiently endured, he
obtained the promise.

16 For men swear by one greater than them-
selves; and an oath, lor conformation, is the end
of all their controversy.

17 Wherein God meaning more abundantly to

show to the heirs of the promise the immutability
of his counsel, interposed an oath:

18 That l>\ two immutable things, in which it is
impossible for ( Sod to Up w . m ,\ have the strongi si

ifort, who hare fled for refuge, to hold fast
the hope set before n*:

I'.' Which we have as an anchor of the ■ottl^anre
and linn, and which entereth e\en within the treil,

.ii \\ hcr>- the fure-mmi' r Jesna is entered for us.
made a hidt-pricst for ever according to the order
of Melchisedech.

CUM'. VII.

Tkepric.- <'kri>t, ac curding to the order of M'lchif-

derk,rsrrl» Ikr Iswitical prirtt hood, and putt amend both to
(An/, and t a the lav.

T^OH this Mel. Ium decli, king of Sal. in, priest of

-*- the most high God, who in. t Abraham return-

M bare Cal

let Tha meaninr ». t.n H i. imftri U tor ntrh
aJtefbaattMav, tobaarun baptued »rvl ear* I. rd f..r

•rttoi froaa Ik* faith, ilUr ba*inar rereieni Batny
mgmia to Hm happy stale fr m which Uk-j fctt.

VII.

ing from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed
him :

J To whom also Abraham divided the tilh.-s of
all: who indeed fir-t In interpretation is king of
justice, and then also king of Salem, that is, king
of peace,

Without father. t without mother, without ge-
nealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end
of life, but likened unto the Son of (.iod, continu-
eth a priaM for ever.

4 Now consider bow great this man is, to whom
also Abraham the patriarch -ave tithes out of the

chief things

6 And indeed they of the sons of Levi, who re-
c.hedthe priesthood, have a commandment totake
tithes ol the people according to the law, that is, of
their brethren; though they themselves also came
oiii of the loins of Abraham.

6 But he, whose pedigree is not numl>ercd among
them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him,
who had the promises.

7 And without all contradiction, that which is
less, is blessed by the better.

8 And here, indeed, men who die, receive tit lit i:
hut there it is witnessed, that be livcth.

9 And (as it may be said) e\cn Levi, who re-
ceived tithes, paid tithes by Abraham :

10 For he was y et in the loins of his father, when
Melchisedech met him.

1 1 If then perfection were by the Levitical priest-
hood, (for under it the jicople received the law)
what further need was there that another priest
should rise according to the order of Melchisedech.
and not Ik* called according to the order of Aaron r

12 For the priesthood being translated, it is ne-
cessan that a translation also be made of the law .

13 For he, of whom these tilings are spoken, is
of another tribe, of which no one gave attendance
at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord sprung out of
Juda: in which tribe Moses spoke nothing concern-
ing priests. _

1") And it is yet far more evident; if according
to the similitude of Melchisedech there arise an-
oiher pri. m,

lb' Who is made not according to the law of a
carnal commandment, but according to the pow. r
of an indissoluble life :

17 For he testiheth: Thou art a priest for ever,
according to the order of Melchisedech.

lb 1 There ia verily an abrogation of the former
co mma ndment, for the weakness and onprofhable-

ll< ns thereof:

19 For the law brought nothing to perfection, but
an introduction of a better hope, by which we ap-
proach to God.

1 And in a» much as it is not without an rath,
(for the others indeed were made priests wiihout
an oath:

1 II.U.M.I fmtkrr. tec \..l 1 V ... t be hail Do father, tr. hut ll.nl nei-
ther In. rather, iwr hi» pedigree, nor hi* birth, nor bit death, are we\
down in Scripture.

CHAP. VIII, IX.

21 But this with an oath, by him that said to
him : The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent:
thou art a priest lor ever :)

22 By so much is Jesus made a surety of a
tatter testament.

23 And the others, indeed, were made many
priests,* because, by reason of death, they were
not suffered to continue :

24 But this, for that he continueth for ever, hath
an everlasting priesthood.

25 Whereby he is able also to save for ever them
that come unto God by himself; always living to
make interccssionf for us.

26 For it was fitting that we should have such a
high-priest, holy, innocent, undeliled, separated from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

27 Who needeth not daily, as other priests, to
offer up sacrifices first for his own sins, and then
for the people's: for this he did once, by offering
up himself.

28 For the law maketh men priests, who have
infirmity: but the word of the oath, which is after
the law, the Son who is perfected for evermore.

CHAP. VIII.

More of the excellence of the priesthood of Christ ; and of the
New Testament.'

TVTOW of the things spoken, the sum is: We have
-J- ' such a high-priest, who is set on the right hand
of the throne of majesty in the heavens,

2 A minister of the Holies, J and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not
man.

3 For every high-priest is appointed to offer gifts
and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he
also should have something to offer :

4 If then he were on earth,§ he would not be a
priest ; seeing there would be others who should
offer gifts according to the law?

5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of
heavenly things. || As it was answered to Moses,
when he was to finish the tabernacles : See (saith fie)
that thou make all things according to the pattern
which was shown thee on the mount.

6 But now he hath obtained a better ministry,
by how much also he is the mediator of a better
testament, which is established on better promises.

7 For if that first had been faultless, there should
not, indeed, a place have been sought for a
second.

8 For, finding fault with them, he saith: Behold

* Many priests, Sfc. The apostle notes this difference between the
high-priests of the law, and our high-priest Jesus Christ; that they
being removed by death, made way for their successors : whereas our
Lord Jesus is a priest for ever, and hath no successor ; but liveth
and concurreth for ever with his ministers, the priests of the new
testament, in all their functions. 2dly, That no one priest of the law,
nor all of them together, could offer that absolute sacrifice of ever-
lasting redemption, which our one high-priest Jesus Christ, has offer-
ed once, and for ever.

i Make intercession. Christ, as man, continually maketh interces-
sion for us, by representing his passion to his Father.

t The Holies; that is, the sanctuary.

\ If then he were on earth, 4[C Thai it if he were not of a higher

the days shall come, saith the Lord, when I will
make a new testament with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Juda:

9 Not according to the testament, which 1 made
to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the
hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: for they
continued not in my testament: and I regarded them
not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the testament which I will make
to the house of Israel, after those days, saith the
Lord : I will give my laws into their mind; and I
will write them in their heart : and I will be their
God; and they shall be my people:

1 1 And they shall not teach every man his neigh-
bour,Tl and every man his brother, saying; Know the
Lord : for all shall know me from the least to the
greatest of them :

12 Because I will be merciful to their iniquities :
and their sins I will remember no more.

13 Now in saying a new,** he hath made the
former old. And that which decayeth and groweth
old, is near its end.

CHAP. IX.

The sacrifices of the law were far inferior to that of Christ.

^T^HE former, indeed, had also justifications of
-*- worship, and a worldly sanctuary.

2 For the first tabernacle was made, wherein
were the candlesticks, and the table, and the setting
forth of loaves, which is called the Holy.

3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which
is called the Holy of Holies:

4 Having the golden censer, and the ark of the
covenant covered about on every part with gold, in
which was the golden urn that had manna, and
the rod of Aaron that had blossomed, and the tables
of the testament.

5 And over it were the cherubims of glory, over-
shadowing the propitiatory; of which it is not need-
ful to speak now particularly.

6 Now these tilings being thus ordered: into the
first tabernacle the priests indeed always entered,
accomplishing the offices of the sacrifices:

7 But into the second, the high-priest alone, once
a year; not without blood, which he offereth for his
own, and the people's ignorance:

8 The Holy Ghost signifying this, that the way
into the sanctuary was not yet made manifest, whilst
the former tabernacle was yet standing.

9 Which is a parable of the time then present;
according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered,

condition than the Levitical order of earthly priests, and had not
another kind of sacrifice to offer, he should be excluded by them
from the priesthood, and its functions, which by the law were appro-
priated to their tribe.

|| Who serve unto, fyc. The priesthood of the law and its functions
were a kind of an example, and shadow, of what is done by Christ in
his church militant, and triumphant, of which the tabernacle was a
pattern.

H They shall not teach, fyc So great shall be the light and grace of
the new testament, that it shall not be necessary to inculcate to the
faithful the belief and knowledge of the true God, for tbey shall all
know him.

** .d new : supply, covenant.

189

TO THE HEBREWS.

winch cannot, as to th* conscience, make him perfect
thai serveth.only in meats and in drinks,

IM And tli\ ers w ashing*, and justifications of the
flesh, laid on llu in until the time of correction.*

11 Hut Chris! being present a high-priest of the
good things to come, t>\ a greater and more perfect
tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this
creation :

\1 Neither by the blood of poata, or of calves. In it
by his own Mood, entered once into the Sanctuary,
having obtained eternal redemption. f

13 For if the blood of go it* and of oven, and the

ashes of a heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such ;is
are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh:

14 I low much more shall the Mood of Christ,
who, through the Holj Ghost, offered himself with-
out s|M>t to God, cleanse our conscience from dead
work*, to serve the living < iod ?

15 And, therefore, he IS the .Mediator of the new

te stament ; thai by means of Ids death, tor the re-
demptkm of those tt nions, which were under

the former testament, they who are called may re-
ceive the promise of eternal inheritance.

1<; For where there is a testament, the death of
the testator must of me. ssitv intervene.

1 7 For a testament is offeree, after men are dead ;
otherwise it is not yet of force, whilst the testator
livcth.

18 Whereupon neither was the first, indeed, dedi-
cated without Mood.

1!» For a ben every commandment of the law had
been read In Moses to all the people, he took the

Mood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet
Wool and hyssop; and sprinkled both the lx>ok itself
and all the people.

20 Savins: This ' s the M<x>d of the testament,
which God hath enjoined unto yon.

_M The tabernacle also, and all the visaed of the

ministry, in like in inner, he sprinkled with blood.

\inl almost all things, according to the law,

are cleansed With blood: and without the shedding

of blood, there is no n mission.

h is necessary, therefore, that the patterns of
heavenh thingjs shonld M- cleansed with these: but
the beavcnlj things themselves w ith better sacrifices

than tli'

2 \ For Jesus hath no! entered Into the holy places
made with hinds, the patterns of the true ; but into
heaven itself, thai he rmrj appear now in the pre-
sence of ( Iod lor us :

\i.r mi ill n he should offer himself often, t
;h the hiah-iHTesl entercth into the holy placet every
m ii with the Mood of others:

26 For th<n lie ooghl to have su ffered often from
In beginning of the world : but now once at the

• Of fmetum s'u. when ( liml ihonld correct and »< III.- all Ihinjrv
f Ettrntl fiJrmylw*. Il\ thai "lie tarn lire i.f In- III •
on ll .n*i mir l.ord paid and exhibited, onoe for all. the

■ Mini price and raoaotn of all mankind ; which do other

J Offer kimttlf often. f hri«l »hall never more offer liiinvlf in nci-

fire, i I I.In.Iv ii »■- . nor < .m ll.. n- l»-

'.at ocw men;' e noon Ike croM, he has
fnrniiMiil lb* full ranaotn, redemption, au-l remedy, far *il the mu o.

end i he hath appeared for the destruction of

sin, bv ibe saeiiliee o| himself.

a! and as it is ap|>ointed for men once to die,
and alter this the judgment :

2K So ;iImi ( in ist was ofti red once to exhaust^
the sins of main : the second tune he shall appear
without sin to them that expert him, unto salvation.

CHAP. \

llrcmtur of the iiuujirirnru of the aarrificta of the law, Chrui,

our kii,'/i-prit*t, thid hit own UihhI for us, ifftring up nurefor
nil thr tm rijirr uf our redemption. Ht exhorts them to jierie-
vrrtinri-.

Ft )ll the law haviim a shadow of the good thin.
come, not the ven image ol the things, ran
never with thosi sacrifices, which they offer

continually even viar. make the ((imers thereunto
perfect :

2 Eor then they would ba\e erased || to l>e offer*
ed: because the worshippers once cleansed should
have no Conscience of sin any longer:

3 Rut in them there is made a remembrance of
sins even >ear.

4 Tor it is impossible that with the blood of oxen
and coals sins should be taken away.

6 Therefore, coming into the world, be saith : Sa-
crifice and oblation thou wouldest not: but a body
thou hast fitted to me:

(! Holocausts tor sin did not please thee.

7 Then said I: Heboid, 1 come: in the head of
the book it is written of me, that I should do thy
w.ll.O God.

8 In saying before: Sacrifices, and oblations, and

holocausts tor sin. thou wouldest not, neither are

they pleasing to thee, which arc offi red according
to the law,

9 Then said I : Rehold, I come to do thy will, O

God: he taketh away the first, that heaanj esta-
blish that w Inch follow eth.

10 Bj the which will, we are sanctified bj the

oblation of the bodv of JcsUS Christ once.

11 And every priest, indeed, standeth daily mi-
nistering, and often offering the same sacrifn i s,
which can never lake awav sins:

I J Rut he. offering one sacrifice for sins, forever
sitteth on the right hand of ( iod,

13 From henceforth expecting until his enemies

Im- made his foot-stool.

I i I or bv one oblation he hath perfected forever
them that are sanctified.

I") And the Holy (ihost also doth tcstifv this to

ii*. For after thai be bad said:

1G And this is the testament, which I will make
unto them after those davs. saith the Lord, giving

the world, lint fell IhimI.ti not that lie may offer hnnvlf daily in tba

mjmmim m an nbtuodj manner, fur the daily application

..I thai mi" "i In uiir »oul». I

I To rxkoust. Tint iv to rmntr or draw on! to the »ery bottom, by a

plentiful and perfect redemi '

|| Tkejr troulit kmtctmmrd. If the* had been of thcmoclrea perfect,
lo all tat mi< ut« of redemption and n liriatH death m,

.-i.mi .»f v. often rrpcalinr th
there it uo occasion for ChritlS dj ing any more for our tint.

CHAP. XI.

my laws in their hearts, and in their minds I will
\\ rite them :

17 Ami their sins and iniquities I will remember
no more.

1 8 Now where there is a remission of these, there
/s do more an oblation for sin.*

19 Having, therefore, brethren, a confidence in
the entering into the sanctuary by the blood of
Christ,

20 A new and living way, which he hath dedicated
for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,

21 And a high-priest over the house of Cod :

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con-
science, and our bodies washed with clean water,

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
without wavering (for he is faithful who hath pro-
mised,)

24 And let us consider one another to provoke
unto charity and to good works :

25 Not forsaking our assembly, as some are ac-
customed, but comforting one another, and so much
the more as jou see the day approaching.

2G For if we sin wilfully f alter having received
the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sa-
crifice for sins,

27 But a certain dreadful expectation of judg-
ment, and the rage of a fire, which shall consume
the adversaries.

28 A man making void the law of Moses, dieth
wiihout any mercy under two or three witnesses :

29 How much more, do you think, he deserveth
worse punishments, who hath trodden under foot the
Son ot God, and hath esteemed the blood of the
testament unclean, with which he was sanctified,
and hath offered an affront to the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him who hath said : itevenge
belonged) to me, and I will repay. And again: The
Lord shall judge his people.

31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of
the living Cod.

32 But call to mind the former days, wherein,
being illuminated, you sustained a great conflict of
afflictions,

33 And on the one part, indeed, by reproaches
and tribulations made a spectacle; and on the other
part, became companions of them that lived in that
manner.

3i For you both had compassion on those who
were in chains, and received with joy tin plundering
of your goods, knowing that you have a better
and permanent substance.

33 Do not, therefore, lose your confidence, which
hath a great reward.

36 tor patience is necessary for you; that, doing
the will ot Cod, you may receive the promise.

* There is no more on oblation for sin: where (here is a full remis-km
of sins, as in baptun, then; is no more occasion lor a sin offering to be
made for sue i sins already remitted : aD<! as for sins committed after-
wards, they can only be remitted in virtue of the one oblaliou of
Christ 1 ! death.

f If we nn wilfully. lie speaks of the sin of wilful apostacy from the
known truth , atici which, as wc cannot be baptized again, we camv'

37 For yet a little while, and he that is to come,
will come, and will not delay.

38 But my just one liveth by faith: but if he with-
draw himself, he shall not please my soul.

39 But we are not the children of withdrawing
unto perdition, but of faith to the salvation of the
soul.

CHAP. XI.

What faith is: its wonderful fruits and piracy, demonstrated i*
tkf fathers.

NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things that appear not.

2 For by this the ancients obtained a testimony.

3 By faith we understand that the world was
framed by the word of God ; that from invisible things,
visible things might be made.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceed-
ing that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony
that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts;
and by it he being dead, yet speaketh.

5 By faith Henoch was translated, that he should
not see death: and he was not found, because God
had translated him : for before his translation he had
testimony that he pleased God.

^ 6 But without faith it is impossible to please God.
For he thatcomethtoGod, must believe that he is, and
is a rewarder of them that seek him.

7 By faith Noe having received an answer con-
cerning those things which as yet were not seen,
moved with fear, framed the ark for the saving of his
fSmily, by which he condemned the world ; and was
instituted heir of the justice which is by faith.

8 By faith he that is called Abraham, J obeyed,
to go out into a place which he was to receive for an
inheritance : and he went out, not knowing whither
he went.

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise, as in
a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same pro-
mise.

10 For he looked for a city that hath founda-
tions ; whose builder and maker is God.

1 1 By faith also Sara herself, being barren, re-
ceived strength to conceive seed, even past the time
of age: because she believed that he was faithful
who had pron i>ed.

12 For which cause there sprung, even from one
(and him utterly decayed) as the stars of heaven in
multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea-
shore, innumerable.

13 All these died according to faith, not having
received the promises, but beholding them afar off",
and saluting them, and confessing, that they are pil-
grims and strangers on the earth.

expect to have that abundant remission of sins, which Christ pur.
chased by his death, applied to our souls in that ample manner as it
is in baptism : but we have rather all manner of reason to look for a
dreadful judgment; the more, because apostates from the known
truth seldom or never have the grace to return to n.

| He that is called Mraham: or, Abraham being called.

191

TO THE HEBREW*.

1 » For they that say these things, do signify that

tin v seek a country

15 And truly it they had been mindfulof that from
whence they (.aim- out, they had doubtless time to
return.

16 But now tluv derive a latter, that is to say, a
heavenlv one. Therefore Cod is nut ashamed to

ailed their Citnl : lor he hath prepared lor them I
city.

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, olVcrcd

Isaac: and he who had received the promises,
offered up his only begotten son:

18 To whom it was said: That in Isaac shall
Seed I*' called to the. :

19 Accounting, thai Cod is able to raise up even
from the dead : Irom whence also he received him
for a parable.*

20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning tilings to come.

Jl By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed
each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped the
top of his rod.f

22 By faith Joseph, when be was dying, made
mention of the using out of the children of Israel :
and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, when he DM ln»rn, was hid
three months by his parents: because they saw be
was a comely infant: and the) feared not the king's
edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, de-
nied himself to lie the son of I'harao's daughter,

i Choosing rather to suiiir persecution with the
pie of God, than to haw the pleasure ol sin for a
time,

Jil Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasure of the Egyptians: for he
looked unto the reward.

21 My faith he left Egypt, not fearing the fierce-
ness of the king : for he endured as him that
is mv isihle.

By faith he celehrated the pasch, and the

shedding of the blood: that be, who des troye d the

lirst-lMiin, might not touch them.

29 By faith ihe.\ psseed through the Red 8

li\ dry land: which the Egyptians attempting, an n
swallowed up.

■90 Bj faith the walls of Jericho fell down, by the
going round them s< \iu days.

Si Bj rVutfa Rahah the harlot (terished not with
the unbelievers, receiving the spies with |*ace.

.'<! Ami what shall I yet .i\ - I or tin time winild

fail me to tell of (iedenii, of Barac, of Samson, of

Jepiite, of David, ol Samuel, and of the prophets:

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, w roughl

tiee. olitamed piomises, Mopped the mouths of
IOOS,
3» Quench ed the r faien ce "f fire, escaped the

• Ft m pmrMt ; that ia, a* ■ Jkf*rt of C'hrivt, ilain and coming to
lift again.

f HVU.pp/rf Ik, lop of kit rU. The ano«tlr hcrr Mlowi the anoirat

k bibia of ■ rprrtera (watch in»n-l»i,r (n dm manner.

Gen. sMi V. 31.) an Iamb, in pa imp a rrtatir*

' and teneratiou to the Ion of the rod or «*t ntrv of J««ua,u

i M

edge of tin sword, recovered from their infirmity,
became valiant in war, put to flight the armies of
foreigners:

i W omen received their dead raised to life again:
but others Were racked, not accepting deliverance,
that they might find a belter resurrection :

.><> And others had trial of mockeries and stripes,
moreover also of bands and prisons:

37 They wen' stoned: tluv wire cut asunder;
they wire tempted; they were put to death liy the
sword: they wandered alniut in sheep-skins, in
goat-skins, being in want, distressed, afflicted ;

Of whom the world was not worthy : wan-
dering in deserts, in mountains, and in dens, and in
i i\ i s ol the earth.

39 And all these being approved by the testi-
monv of faith, received not the promise,

40 Cod providing something In-tter for us, that
they should not be perfected without us.

CHAP. XII.

Exhortation to constancy under their crones. The danger of
abusing the grace of the New Testament.

\ ND therefore we also having so great a cloud of
-^*- witnesses over us, laving aside cvt i\ Weight
and the sin that surroundeth us, by patience let us
run to the light prop o sed unto us:

-I Looking on Jesus the author and finisher of
faith, who having joy proposed unto him, under-
went the cross, despising the shame; and sitteth on
the right band of the throne of God.

3 For think diligently upon him whaendureth
such opposition from sinners against himself; that
von be not wearied, fainting in your minds.

4 For you have not yet resisted unto blood, striv-
ing Bgtunsl sin;

') And you have forgotten the consolation which
speaketh to von. as to children, saying: My son.
neglect not the discipline of the Lord: neither be

thou wearied whilst ihou art rebuked by him.

6 For whom the Lord loveth. he chastiseth: and
he SCOUrged) every son whom he rcceivelh.

7 Persevere under chastisement. Cod offered)
himsi II io von as to sons : |oi w hat sou ishe whom
the lather doth not correct?

8 But if you be without chastisement, whereof
all are made partakers, then are you bastards, and
not sons.

9 Moreover, we have had, indeed, for our in-
strucUfrs, the fathers of our llesh ; and we reverenced
them: shall we not much more obey the Father of
spirits, and live '

10 And they, indeed, for a few days, chastised
us according to their ow u pleasure : but he, lor our
profit, that WC might be partakers of his holiness.

11 Now no chastisement for the present Seemed)

to a figure of PbrfaCl *ce |>tre and kingdom, a» an in*taner and anjpi
irwnt of hi« faith. But tame translator*, who arr no frirnd* to lint
"n, have corrupted daf ii \t. by trai>slatin|r it. kt »ror-
a Mpp i i, brminr «p— Ik* lop »/ kit Hof ; a* if thi« rimin Iran-

Mi bit •tafl' were anv argument of Jacobs faith, or worthy Ibe
Uuu particular); taken notice of by the Hoi; OboaL

CHAP. XIII.

to bring with it joy, but sorrow : but afterwards it
will yield to them that are exercised hy it, the most
peaceable fruit of justice.

12 Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang
down, and the feeble knees.

13 And make straight steps with your feet; that
no one halting may go astray, but rather be healed.

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see God:

15 Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting
to the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness,
springing up, do hinder, and by it many be defiled.

1 6 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane per-
son as Esau ; who for one mess sold his first birth-
right.

1 7 For know ye that afterwards when he de-
sired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected : for he
found* no place of repentance, although with tears
he had sought it.

1 8 For you are not come to the mountain that
might be touched, and the burning fire, nor to a
whirlwind, and darkness, and tempest,

19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
words, which they that heard excused themselves,
that the word might not be spoken to them.

20 For they did not endure that which was said:
And if a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be
stoned.

21 And so terrible was that which was seen,
Moses said I am frighted, and tremble.

22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the
city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and
to the company of many thousands of angels,

23 And to the church of the first-born, who are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and
to the spirits of the just made perfect,

24 And to Jesus the Mediator of the new testa-
ment, and to the sprinkling of blood, which speak-
eth better than Abel.

25 See that you refuse not him who speaketh.
For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke
upon earth, much more shall not we, who turn away
from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

26 Whose voice then moved the earth : but now
he promiseth, saying : Yet once : and I will move
not only the earth, but heaven also.

27 And in that he saith, Yet once : he signifieth
the translation of the moveable things, as of things
that are made, that those things remain which are
immoveable.

28 Wherefore we, receiving an immoveable king-
dom, have grace; whereby let us serve, pleasing
God with fear and reverence.

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

* He found, S(C That is, he found no way to bring his father to
repent, or change his mind, with relation to his having given the
blessing to his younger brother, Jacob.

t Or, let marriage be honourable in alL That is, in oiJ thinfrs belonging
to the marriage state. This is a warning to married people, not to
abuse the sanctity of their state, by any liberties or irregularities
contrary thereunto. Now it does not follow from this text that all
persona are obliged tomarrv, even if the word omnibus were rendered,
in all iwrmu, ir><* »id of in all things : for if it was a precept, St. Paul

CHAP. XIII

Divers admonitions and exhortations.

ET fraternal charity abide in you.
-■—^ 2 And hospitality do not forget; for by this
some, being not aware of it, have entertained an-
gels.

3 Remember them that are in bands, as if you
were bound with them; and them that are afflicted,
as being yourselves also in the body.

4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed un-
defiled. f For God will judge fornicators and adul-
terers.

5 Let your manners be without covetousness,
contented with such things as you have : for he hath
said : I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake
thee.

6 So that we may confidently say : The Lord is
my helper: 1 will not fear what man shall do unfo me.

7 Remember your prelates who have spoken to
you the -word of God ; considering well the end of
their conversation, imitate their faith.

8 Jesus Christ yesterday, and to-day: and the
same for ever.

9 Be not carried away with various and strange
doctrines. For it is best to establish the heart with
grace, not with meats; which have not profited those
that walk in them.

10 We have an altar, whereof they have no power
to eat who serve the tabernacle.

1 1 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood
for sin is brought into the sanctuary by the high-
priest, are burned without the camp.

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify
the people with his own blood, suffered without the
gate.

}3 Let us go forth, therefore, to him without
the camp, bearing his reproach. J

14 For here we have no permanent city : but we
seek one to come.

15 By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips
confessing his name.

16 And do not forget to do good, and to impart:
for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.

17 Obey your prelates, and be subject to them.
For they watch as being to render an account of
your souls, that they may do this with joy, and not
with grief: for this is not expedient for you.

18 Pray for us : for we trust that we have a good
conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well
in all things.

19 And I beseech } r ou the more to do this, that I
may be restored to you the sooner.

himself would have transgressed it, as he never married. Morever
those who have already made a vow to God to lead a single life,
should they attempt to marry, they would incur their own damnation.
1 Tim. chap. v. ver. 12.

J Let us go forth, therefore, to him without the camp, bearing Ids reproach.
That is, bearing his cross. It is an exhortation to them to be willing
to suffer, with Christ, reproaches, persecutions, and even death, if
they desire to partake of the benefit of his suffering for man's le-
demption

193

ST. -IAMI S.

20 Now the God of peace* Who brought

from the dead the (real pastor of the sheep, on
Lord Jesus Christ] m the blood of tin- evenastmg
testament.

21 Make you perfect in everj l:<xh1 work, that
you may do his will; working in you thai which is
well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to
whom is glory for ever and ever. Amni.

22 And I beseech you, brethren, th.it you 1h\ii
with the word ol consolation. For I have written
to you in very few words.

23 Know jre that our brother Timothy is set at
1 1 1 »• rt\: w ith w horn (if he conic shortly) I will M • ytM

24 Salute all vour |irclates, and all tin saints.
The brethren of Italy salute \ou.

'25 Grace be withjou all. Amen.

THE

CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES

THE APOSTLE.

This Epistle is called Cathoi.it or I'siversal, as formerly
were nl*') the two F.pittlrsof St. IV per, the first of St. John.
and the ant of St. ivor., because they were not written to any
peculiar people or parttcultir person, but to the faithful in
general. It teas written by the u pottle St. Jam», railed
the less, who was also called the brother or our Lord,
•g hit kinsman, I for cousin gcrmans mth the Hrbrrtrs in ft
< oiled Jirothrrs.) tie teas the first bit hop of Jerusalem. In
this F.pittlr are set forth many precejtts appertaining to faith
anil morals; and particularly, that faith irithout gooel works
will not save a man ; that true wisdom is girrn only from
aboee. In the fifth chapter he puhlishi s the Sacrament of
it i anting the stele. It teas tcritten a short time hi fore hit mar-
tyrdoui, about twenty-eight years after our Loras Ascension.

CHAP. I.

The benefit of tribulations. Prayer icith faith. God is the
author of all cowl, hut n'tt of ml. /< c mutt be slow to
anger ; and mot hearers only, hut doers of the word. Of
bridling the tongue,and of pure religion.

J\ \| l> lit of ( Jod, and of our Lord Jem

Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed,
greet

J \1\ brethren, count it all joy, when you shall
fall intodiven temptations;*

.; know in- that the trying of your faith work-
rth patience.

\nd patience hath a perfect work: that you ma\
be perfect and entire, deficient in DOthii

.') lint if am of you want wisdom, let him a-k of
God, who ghretfa to all abundantly, and uphraideth
not: and it shall be given him.

Im let him ask in faith, nothing wavering : for
he that wavereth is like a wave or the sea, that is

moved and carried about by the wind.

herefore, let not that man think that he shall
ire anv thing <>' the Lord.
I \ double-minded man is inconstant in all his
wasa.

• InU mrrrt Umf t s Jt l M. Tlw word Umpftvm, in thit epnlle. is
•ooNrtimcs taken far trkib by tflictioM or ptrwcaliona, m ia thb

104

^9 Hut let the brother of low condition glory in
his exaltation:

10 But the rich, in his tains low. because as the
flower of the ^rass. he shall pass away:

11 For the sun rose with a burning heat, and
parched the grass: and the flower thereof fell off;
and the beauty of the shape thereof perished : BoaJsn
shall the rich man fade a\va\ in his ways.

12 Blessed b the man that endoreth temptation:
for when he hath been proved, be shall receive the
< row nof life, which God hath promised to them that
love him.

13 Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he
is tempted of God: for God is not a tempter of evils:
and be temptetfa no man.

IV But every man is tempted, being draw n away

by his own concupiscence, and allured.

15 Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin: but sin, when it is completed, be-
gettetfa death.

If! I)o not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.

17 Every best gh%and every perfect sift, is from

above, coming down from the Father of lights, with
whom there is no change, nor shadow of ncissi-

tllde.

18 For of his own will hath he begotten us by
the word of truth, that we might be some begin-
ningt of his cr e atnr i i.

19 You know. in\ dearest brethren: and let e\.
man be swift to hear; but slow to speak, and slow to
angt

1 For the anger of man workcth not the justice
o| ( iod.

Jl Where f o r e, casting awaj all nnefaanness, and

abundance of malice, w ith meekness receive the en-
grafted word, which is able to saw \ our souls.

■I oilier timra it it to be uodcratood, tempting, entii-inr; or
drawing other, into »m.

f £mm stginning; thai i>, a knxl of fint-fruiU of hu rrcaiura*.

CHAP. 11, III.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not
a doer; he shall be compared to a man beholding
his natural countenance in a glass :

24 For he beheld himself, and went his way, and
presently forgot what manner of man he was.

25 But he that hath looked into the perfect law
of liberty, and hath continued in it, not becoming
a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work; this man
shall be blessed in his deed.

26 And if any man think himself to be religious,
not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart,
this man's religion is vain.

27 Religion pure and unspotted with God and
the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and widows
in their tribulation, and to keep one's self unde-
filed from this world.

CHAP. II.

Against respect of persons. The danger of transgressing one
point of the law. Faith is dead without works.

Y brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ of glory with respect of per-

sons."

2 For if there come into your assembly a man
having a gold ring in fine apparel, and there come
in also a poor man in mean attire,

3 And you cast your eyes on him that is clothed
with the fine apparel, and say to him: Sit thou here
in a good place: and say to the poor man: Stand
thou there, or sit under my foot-stool:

4 Do you not judge within yourselves, and are
become judges of unjust thoughts?

5 Hearken, my dearest brethren : hath not God
chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and
heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to
them that love him?

6 But you have dishonoured the poor. Do not
the rich oppress you by might ; and do not they
draw you before the judgment seats?

7 Do not they blaspheme the good name that is
invoked upon you?

8 If then you fulfil the royal law, according to the
Scriptures : Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy-
self; you do well.

9 But if you have respect to persons, you com-
mit sin, being reproved by the law as transgres-
sors.

10 Now whosoever shall keep the whole law, but
offend in one point, is become guilty of all.f

1 1 For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adul-
tery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou
do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou art be-
come a transgressor of the law.

* With respect of persons. The meaning is, that in matters relating;
to faith, the administering; of the sacraments, and other spiritual
functions in God's church, there should be no respect of persons; but
that the souls of the poor should be as much regarded as those of the
rich. See Deut. chap. 1. ver. 17.

t Guilty of all; that is, he becomes a transgressor of the law in such
a manner, that the observing; of all other points trill not av ;iil him to
salvation ; for he despises the law-giver, and breaks through the great
and general commandment of charity, even by one mortal sin. For

12 So speak ye, and so do, as being to be judged
by the law of liberty.

13 For judgment without mercy, to him that hath
not done mercy: and mercy exalteth itself above
judgment.

14 What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man
say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith
be able to save him?

15 And if a brother or sister be naked, and want
daily food,

16 And one of you say to them : Go in peace, be
you warmed and filled; yet give them not those
things that are necessary for the body, what shall it
profit ?

17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead
in itself.

18 But some man will say: Thou hast faith ; and
I have works: show me thy faith without works;
and I will show thee my faith, by works.

19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou
doesf well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works,
offering up Isaac his son upon the altar ?

22 Seest thou that faith did co-operate with his
works; and by works faith was made perfect?

23 And the Scripture vyas fulfilled, saying: Abra-
ham believed God; and it was reputed to him to
justice: and he was called the friend of God.

24 Do you see that by works a man is justified,
and not by faith only?

25 And in like manner also Rahab the harlot,
was not she justified by works, receiving the mes-
sengers, and sending them out another way?

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
also faith without works is dead.

CHAP. III.

Of the evils of the tongue. Of the difference between the earthly
and heavenly wisdom.

BE not many masters, my brethren, knowing
that you receive the greater judgment.

2 For in many things we all offend. If any man
offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He
is able also with a bridle to turn about the whole
body.

3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses
that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole
body .

4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and
are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned
about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of
the governor willeth.

all the precepts of the law are to be considered as one total and entire
law, and as it were a chain of precepts, where by breaking one link
of this chain, the whole chain is broken, or the integrity of the law
consisting of a collection of precepts. A sinner, therefore, by a
grievous offence against any one precept, incurs eternal punishment;
yet the punishments in hell shall be greater for those who have been
greater siuners, as a greater reward shall he for those in heaven who
have li"«*t with greater sanctity and perfection.

195

ST. JAMES.

5 Even so tin- tongue N. indeed* a little member,
and boasteth peal things. Behold bow small a fire
kindled) a nrc.it wood.

\ikI tin- tongue n ■ fire, I world of iniquity.
rii«- tongue is placed among our members, which

.It ih the whole body, and settethon fire the wheel
of our nativity, being set oa are by helh

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of
serpents, and <>t" the n st, b tamed, and hath bees
tamed bj mankind:

8 Hut die tongue no man can tame; a restless
ei il. lull of (U-.idK poison.

9 By it we Mess Cod ami the Father: and by it
we curse nun, who are made after the likeness of

|u Out of the same mouth proceeded) hlessmgand
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so
to be.

1 1 Doth a fountain send forth through the same

sweet and bitter water?

12 Can the fig-tree, hiv brethren, beargrarx

the viae, figl -So neither can the salt Water yield
sweet.

13 Who is a wise man, and endued with know-
ledge among you? Let bim show, by a good con-
versation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.

1 V Hut it miii hive bitter zeal, and there l>c con-
tentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars
a_.iiust the truth.

I .') For this is not wisdom, descending from above;
but earthly, sensual, diabolical.

16 For where envying and contention is, there is
inconstancy and tun c\il work.

17 Hut the wisdom which is from show, first
indeed is chaste, then |>eaccable, modest, easy to be
[MTsuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy , and
good fruits, w ithoui judging, M i'liout dissimulation.

1ft And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to
tin m that make puK»

CHAP. IV.

Thf rril* that flute from yielding to conrttpitrrncr, and In ini;
friends to this world. Admonition* against jiriitr, d< trac-
tion, Sec

FROM whence are wars and contentions among
\oii' Come they not hence.' from your comn-

piseenees, which war in your members?

J \ ou tti\tt, ami have not: \<>u kill, and envy,
and cannot obtain: you contend, and war: and you

have not. be cam e you ask not.

9 ^ ou ask, and receive not; because you ask
amiss; that you may consume it on your concupis-
reii'

4 Adulterers, know you not thai the friendship of
this world, is the enemy of ( iod .' W hosoeVOT, there-
. will be a friilld of this world, In t (iiiieth an
enemy ol ( led.

i ( )i do you think that the Scripture saith in \ain :
To en\ \ doth the >|>irtt covet, w Inch dwelled) ill you?

8 Hut he given) greater crace. Wherefore he

■ ii : ( iixl resjstcth the proud, and giu th grace to

the humble.

1":

7 Be subject, therefore, to (Jod: but resist the
devil, and lie will lly Irom you.

8 Approach to God, and he will approach to you.

Cleanse your hands, ye .sinners: and purify your

,ye double-minded.

9 Be alllicted, ami mourn, and weep: let your
laughter Ik- turned into mourning, and your joy into
sorrow.

10 Be humble in the sight of the Lord; and he
will exalt you.

11 Detract not one another, brethren. He that
detracted) his brother, or he thai judgeth his bro-
ther, detracted) the law, and judgeth toe law. But
if thou judge the law , thou art not a doer of the
law, but a judge.

1 1 There is one law liivei , and judge, w ho is able
to destroy and to. deliver.

13 But who art thou, who judged thy neighbour?
Behold now. you who my : To-day or to-morrow

we w ill go into such ;i city ; and there we will spend
a year, and will traffic, and make gain :

14 Whereas yon know not what shall be on the
morrow.

15 For what is your life? It is a vapour which
appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall
vanish away. For that you should say : If the Lord
w il! : snd, If w e shall li\c. we B ill do this or that.

1G But now you glory in your arrogancies. All
such glorying is wicked.

17 To him, therefore, who knowcth to do good,
and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

(hap. v.

A v>o to the rich that oppress the poor. Exhortation* to pa-
.';'. MOP, and to ,noid sirvaring. Of the anointing the siik,
Confession of sins, and fervour in prayer.

GO to, now, ye rich men : weep and how I for your
miseries that shall come unon you.

2 Your riches arc putriiieu, and your garments
are moth-eaten.

3 Your gold and silver is rusted : ami the rust of
them shall he for a testimony against you; and shall
eat your flesh as fire. You have stored Dp to yotir-
st |ves wrath against the last days.

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers, who have
reaped your fields of which you have defrauded
them, cricih out : ami the cry of them hath entered
into tin ears of the Lord <>f Sabaoth.

b You have feasted upon earth; and in luxuries
you have nourished your hearts in the day of
slaughter.

G You have condemned and put to death the just
one ; ami he resisted) you not.

7 He patient, therefore, brethren, until the com-
ing of the land. Behold, (he husbandman waileth
for the precious fruit of the earth, patiently bearing
till In receive the earl) and the latter rain.

8 He you. therefore, also patient, and rtsangthca

vein hearts: foi the coming ol tin- Ford draw el h near.

9 Grudge not. brethren, one against another, that
\oii may not be judged. Heboid, the Judge standeth
before the door

CHAP. I.

10 Take, my brethren, for an example of suffer-
ing evjl, of labour and patience, the prophets, who
spoke in the name of the Lord.

1 1 Behold, we account them blessed, who have
suffered. You have heard of the patience of Job :
and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the
Lord is merciful and compassionate.

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not,
neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any
other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, yea: no,
no: that you fall not under judgment-

13 Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he
cheerful in mindr Let him sing psalms.

14 Is any man sick among you ? Let him bring
in* the priests of the church, and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the
Lord :

* 1st him bring in, fyc. See here a plain warrant of Scripture for
the sacrament of extreme unction, that any controversy against its
institution would be against the express words of the sacred text
in the plainest terms.

+ Confess your situ one to another. That is, to the priests of the church,

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick
man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he
be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess, therefore, your sins one to another;!
and pray for one another, that you may be saved : for
the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

17 Elias was a man passible like unto us : and
with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon
the earth ; and it rained not for three years and
six months.

18 And he prayed again : and the heaven gave
rain, and the earth yielded her fruit.

19 My brethren, if any of you shall err from the
truth, and any one convert him:

20 He must know, that he who causeth a sinner to
be converted from the error of h\s way 3 shall save his
soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

whom, ver. 14, he had ordered to be called for, and brought in to the
sick : moreover, to confess to persons who had no power to forgive sins
would be useless. Hence the precept here means, that we must con-
fess to men whom God hath appointed, and who, by theirordinalion and
jurisdiction, have received the power of remitting sins in his name.

THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER

THE APOSTLE.

This first Epistle of St. Peter, though brief, contains much
doctrine concerning Faith, Hope, and Charity, with divers
instructions to all persons, of what state or condition soever.
The. apostle commands submission to rulers and superiors ;
and exhorts all to the practice of a virtuous life, in imitation
of Christ. This epistle is written with such apostolical dig-
nity as to manifest the supreme authority with which its writer,
the prince of the apostles, had been vested by his lord and
master Jesus Christ. He wrote it at Rome, which figuratively
he calls Babylon, about fifeeen years after our Lord's Ascen-
sion.

CHAP. I.

He givesihavkstoGod for the benefit of our bring called to the
true faith, and to eternal life ; into which we are to enter by
many tribulations. He exhorts to holiness of life ; consider-
ing the holiness of God, and our redemption by the blood of
Christ.

"DETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the
-^- strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadoeia, Asia', and Bithynia, elect,

2 According to the foreknowledge of God the
Father unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto the
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
Christ : Grace unto vou, and peace be multiplied.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy,
hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, through the
resurrection of Jesus-Chris" <V m the dead,

4 Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and unde-
fined, and that fadeth not, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 In which you shall greatly rejoice, now if need
be for a little time to be made sorrowful in divers
temptations :

7 That the trial of your faith, much more pre-
cious than gold (which is tried by the fire) may be
found unto praise, and glory, and honour, at the ap-
pearing of Jesus Christ :

8 Whom having not seen you love: In whom
also now, though you see him not, you believe ; and,
believing, shall rejoice with an unspeakable and
glorified joy :

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salva-
tion of your souls.

10 Concerning which salvation the prophets have
inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of
the grace to come in you :

1 1 Searching into what time, or manner of time,
the Spirit of Christ should signify in them ; fore-
telling those sufferings that are in Christ, and the
glories that should follow :

12 To whom it was revealed, that not to them-
selves, but to you they ministered those things.

197

F. OF ST. PETER.

which «/re now declared to jrou by those who hare
preached the gospel to yon, the llolv Ghost bang
M'nt down from heaven, on whom theaugt la desire
to look.

I • Wherefore, bavin:: the loins of your mind
girded, hens* sober, hope perfectlj for thai grace
which is offered you at the rc\ elation of JefUS
< hrist ;

I \ As children of olx-diencc, not conformed to
the former desires of your ignorance :

15 Hut according to him w ho is holy, who hath
called fOO j be SOU abo holy fa) all conversation :

16 For it is written: \ on shall be holy, b ecau a t i
I am holy.

17 Anil if \ou invoke the Father, him who,
without re meet of persona, judgeth according to
ev. rv one's work, converse in fear during the time
af \oiir sojourning here :

18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with
corr upti ble gold or silver from your vain con vena-
tion of the tradition of VOUT fathers;

l!» Mut with the precious hlood of Christ, as of a
lanili unspotted and uiidetile<l :

Fore-known, indeed, l>efore the foundation
of the world, hut manifested in the last times for

TOO,

21 Who through hun are faithful in (lod, who
raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that
\oiir faith and hope might he in God:

Purifying vour souls in the obedience of cha-
ritv. with a hrot fieri v love from a sincere heart lo\e
one another earnestly :

Being bora again not of c orr uptib le seed, hut
incorruptible by the word of God, who liveth and
reinainetli for ever.

Jl For all lleafa is as grass; and all the -lory
thereof as the (lower ot the grass: the grata ■
withered; and the (lower thereof is fallen away.

I i Hut the word of the Lord euduratfa for ever:
mi' 1 this is the word which hath been preached unto

>oll.

CHAP. II.

W, are to lap aside all guile, and go to Christ the living stone:
and as bring mow kit proplr, walk trorthilu <>( him, with sub-
mission to superiors, and pat i< in r under suffrringt.

WHEREFORE, bying aside all malice, and
all guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and
all detractions,

.' \> new-horn infants, desire the rational milk
without guile ; that thereby you may grow unto
ii :
.; It yel vou have listed that the Lord is su
\ To whom approaching the living stone, n
ed indeed by men, hut chosen and honoured ol Cod;
'■■■ von also as In ine stones limit up. a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacri-
tablc to < lod bj J< -us Christ.
t» Wherefore.it is contained in the Scripture:
lb hold. I la\ in 8ion a 'Inet corner stone, elect
precious: and he thai slull believe in him, shall

not 1-- confounded.

1 98

7 To \ on, therefore, that believe, honour: hut
to them that believe not. the stone which the build) rs

rejected, the same is made the head ol the corner :

8 An<l i stone of stumbling, and a rook of scandal
to them, who stumble at the word, neither do be-
lieve w hereunto also tli at

9 But you art. a chosen generation, a royal priest-
hood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you
may declare Ins \ utiles, who hath called you out of
darkness into his admirable light.

10 Who in time past were nut a people, lint are
dow the people of God: who hail not obtained mer-
cy, hut now have obtained mercy.

11 Dearly In-loved, I beseech \ou. as stsaagen
and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal de-

u Inch war against the soul,

12 Having your coaTcraatSea good among the
Gentiles; that "\\ (ureas tin v speak against >OU i-
evil doers, considering you by your good works,
they may glorify God in the day of risitaiion.

13 lie ye subject, therefore, to every human crea-
ture, for God's sake ; whether it be to the king, is

i V ellUlg :

m 14 Of to governors, as Bent In him for the pu-
nishment of v\ il doers, and for the praise ot the
good :

15 For so is the will of God, that by doing well,
you may silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16 As free, and not as making liberty a eloke of
malice, but as the servants of God.

17 Honour all men : Love the brotherhood : fear

God : honour the king:

lb" Servants, he subject to \our masters with ah
fear; not onlv to the good, and gentle, hut also to ilm
Onward.

19 For this is thankworthy, if for conscience to-
wards Gotl, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrong-
fully.

20 For what glory is it, if, sinning and being buf-
feted, you suffer it. 'Hut if. doing well, you suffer
patiently, this is thankworthy before God.

21 For unto this you have been called : because

Christ also suffered for us. leaving you an example,

that you should follow his steps;

22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in
his tnouth;

23 Who, when he was reviled, did not revile:
when he suffered, he threatened not ; but delivered
himself to him that judged him unjustlv ■

21 Who bis own self bore our sins in his body
upon the tree; that we, being dead to sins, should live
to justice; by whose stripes you were healed.

:i Were as sheep gQUlg astrav : but Soil
are now converted to the pastor and bishop of yoUI
souls.

CH VP. III.

How wives are to brharr to their husband* : what ornami nts they
are to seek. K.thm tntinnt to divert rirtuet.

IN like manner also let wives be subject to their
■ husbands; that if an\ hi In ve not the word, they

may be gained without the word, by the com. rsatiou

of the w i \ . i,

CHAP. TV.

2 Considering your chaste conversation with
fear;

3 Whose adorning let it not he the outward plait-
ing of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or the put-
ting on of apparel ;

4 But the hidden man of the heart in the incor-
ruptihility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich
in the sight of God.

5 For after this manner heretofore also the holy
women, hoping in God, adorned themselves, heing
subject to their own husbands :

6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ;
whose daughters you are, doing well, and not fear-
ing any trouble.

7 Ye husbands, likewise, dwelling with them ac-
cording to knowledge, giving honour to the woman as
to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the
grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

8 And finally, be ye all of one mind, having com-
passion one of another, loving brotherhood, merciful,
modest, humble :

9 Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for rail-
ing, but on the contrary, blessing : for unto this are
vou called, that by inheritance you may possess a
blessing.

10 For he that will love life, and see good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that
they speak no guile. .

1 1 Let him decline from evil, and do good : let
him seek peace, and pursue it:

12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the
just, and his ears unto their prayers : but the coun-
tenance of the Lord against them that do evil
things.

13 And who is he that can hurt 3 r ou, if you be
zealous of good ?

14 But if also you suffer any thing for justice
sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their
terror, and be not troubled.

15 But sanctify the Lord Christ in your heart,
being always ready to satisfy every one that asketh
you a reason of that hope which is in you.

16 But with modesty and fear, having a good
conscience ; that whereas they speak evil of you,
they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good
conversation in Christ.

1 7 For it is better doing well (if such be the will
of God) to suffer, than doing ilk

18 Because Christ also died once for our sins,
the just for the unjust, that he might offer us to God,
being put to death, indeed, in the flesh, but brought
to life by the Spirit.

19 In which also he came and preached to those
spirits who were in prison :*

20 Who in time past had been incredulous, when
they waited for the patience of God in the days of

* Spirits in prison. See here a proof of a third place, or middle
itale of souls : for these spirits in prison, to whom Christ went to
preach, after his death, were not in heaven, nor yet in the hell of the
damned ; because Heaven is no prison : and Christ did not go to
preach to the damned.

■f Whertunto baptism, SfC. Baptism is said to be of the like form with
the water by which Noe was saved ; because the one was a figure of
the other.

Noe, when the ark was a building : in "which a fewi
that is, eight souls, were saved by water.

21 Whereunto baptism being of the like form,t
now saveth you also ; not the putting away J of the
filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good con-
science towards God by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ,

22 Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing
up death, that we might become heirs of life ever-
lasting ; he being gone into heaven, the angels, and
powers, and virtues, being made subject to him.

CHAP. IV.

Exhortations to cease from sin ; to mutual charity ; to do all for
the glory of God ; to be willing to sujjerfor Christ.

CHRIST, therefore, having suffered in the flesh,
be you also armed with the same thought : for
he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from
sins :

2 That now as to the rest of his time in the flesh,
he may live not according to the desires of men, but
according to the will of God.

3 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled
the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked
in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, ban-
quetings, and unlawful worshipping of idols.

4 Wherein they think it strange, that you run not
with them into the same confusion of riotousness,
speaking evil of you :

5 Who shall render an account to him, who is
ready to judge the living and the dead.

6 For this cause also was the gospel preached to
the dead ; that they might be judged indeed, accord-
ing to men in the flesh, but may live according to
God in the Spirit.

7 But the end of all approacheth. Be prudent,
therefore, and watch in prayers.

8 But before all things have a mutual charity
among yourselves : for charity covereth a multitude
of sins.

9 Using hospitality towards one another without
murmuring.

10 As every man hath received grace, minstering
the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.

1 1 If any speak, let him speak as the words of
God : if any man minister, let it be as from the
power which God administereth ; that in all things
God may be honoured through Jesus Christ : to
whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.

12 Most dearest, think not strange the burning
heat which is to try you, as if some new thing hap-
pened to you :

13 But rejoice, being partakers of the sufferings

\ Not the pulling away, fyc. As much as to say, that baptism has nut
its efficacy, in order to salvation, from its washing away any bodily
filth or dirt; but from its purging the conscience from sin, when
accompanied with suitable dispositions in the partv, to answer the
interrogations made at that time, with relation to faith, the rcnounc
ing of Satan with all his works, and the obedience to God's com-
mandments.

199

ii. of st. rrn :[{.

of Christ ; that when his p]on shall be rerealed, you
may also be dad with exceeding joy.

14 It" vim be reproached lor the name of Christ,
you sliall be happy : for that \\ liirh is of the honour,
glory, ami power <>l God, ami that which is his
Spirit. resteth upon you.

1 tut Ut itoiii' of you suffer as a murderer, or
a thief, or a ratter, or as coveting the foods of others:

It! But if as a ( liristinn, lei him not be ashann d :

bat let him glorifj God ia that name.

17 tor the time is that judgment should begin at
the house of God. And if first at ustwhai shall be
the end of those w bo believe not the gospel of God?

18 And if the JUSI man shall m.iivi-|\ ■ be s.iv< d.

where shall the wicked and the sinner appear?

19 Therefore also they, who suffer according to
the will of God, Ift thrin commend their souls in
good deeds to the faithful Creator*

CHAP. V.

He exhorts both prints and laity, to their respective duties, and
recommends to all humility, and irat< hfuluess.

f I'M IK ancients, therefore, that are anion- you, I

-*- beseech, who am myself also an anr'n nt and
a witness of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory
which is to be revealed in time to come:

2 Feed the thick of God which is among you;
taking care thereof not by eonstraint, but willingly
according to God: neither lor the sake of filthy
Inert-, but voluntarily:

That i». Dot with.mt mil' h l.ilxiiir ami <ii(Tic:til(T ; and
(he danger* winch constantly surround the temptations of
wurld, of the devil, and of our own corrupt nature.

S. n Cflu .

3 Neither as domineering over the rlergy, hut
being made a pattern of the Bock from the heart.

4 And when the prince of pastors shall ap-
pear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of
glory .

5 In like manner, ye young nun, !*■ subject to
ilif ancients. And do ye all insinuate humility one
to another; for t •< kI resuteth the proud, and giveth
grace to the bumble.

6 lie vou bumbled, then fore, under the mighty
band of God; that he ma) exalt you in the time ol
visitation:

7 Casting all your solicitude upon him; for be

hath rare Of yon.

8 Ue sober, and watch; btrr—rti your adversary

the devil, as a roaring lion, goetfa about, ST idling
w houi be may devour:
'J Whom resist ye, strong in faith; knowing that

the same affliction befaUeth yotU brethren who are
in the world.

10 Hut the God of all grace, who hath tailed us
unto bis eternal gjorj i" Christ Jesus, when yoa
have Buffered a little, will himself perfect, and eon
linn, and establish you.

11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.

12 Ik Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you. u I
think, 1 have written hrieny; beseeching and testi-
fying, that this is the true grace of God, wherein
you stand.

13 The church which is in Main Ion, elected to-
gether, salutethyou: and SO tlutli m\ son .Mark

14 Salute one another with a hoiy kiss Grace
unto you all, who are in Canal Jesus. Amen.

THE

SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER

THE APOSTLE.

In tnis Fpistle St. PrTER says, (rhap. iii.) BVIxilil, thi< is lh<-
•rcotnl LpiiuV I writPimto you: and befrnt. (chap. Lver. 14.)
Bring MMiiml that the putting off ftl this mv tain rn.ulr i, at hand.
Thit skate*, that it was wntt, | n rrry short time before hit mar-
tyrdom, which wan about tlnrty-firr years after our IsirrPs As-
centum. In thit F.pitth he admonithi * thr faithful to be mind-
ful of the great gifts thry received from God, and to join nil
other virtues with their faith. llr worn- Hum ngaimst fnltr
t-nrkrrt, by deirribine thrir ■practice* rind fortfttthtg their
punithmmt*. He rl> tcribet the dissolution of this world by
fire, and the day of judgment.

CHAP. I.

He exhorts them to join all othir virtues with their faith; in
order to secure thrir salvation.

SIMON Peter, ■ servant and an apostle of I
Christ; to them who have obtained equal faith
too

with us, iii the justice of our God and Saviour Je-
sus Christ.

2 Grace to vou and peace be fulfilled in the
knowledge of God, and of Christ Jesus oiir
Lord:

3 According as all things of his divine power,
which '//'/« ilniu to life and piety, are given to us,
through the knowledge of him who hath called us
by his own proper glory and virtue,

) By whom he hath given US Very great and pre-
cious promises; that by these vou ma\ be made par-
takers of the divine nature; flying from the corrup-
tion of that concupiscence which is in the world.

5 And you, giving all diligence, ioin with your

faith, virtue; antl with virtue, knowledge

CHAP. II.

6 And with knowledge, abstinence; and with
abstinence, patience; and with patience, piety;

7 And with piety, brotherly love ; and with bro-
therly love, charity.

8 For if these things be with you, and abound,
they will make you to be neither empty, nor un-
fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 For he that hath not these things with him, is
blind, and groping, forgetting his being purged from
his old sins.

10 Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by
good works you may make sure your vocation and
election: for doing these things, you shall not sin at
any time.

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ.

12 For which cause 1 will begin to admonish you
always of these things; though, indeed, you know
them, and are confirmed in the present truth.

13 But I think it just, as long as I am in this ta-
bernacle, to stir you up by admonition:

14 Being assured that the putting off of this my
tabernacle is at hand, even according as our Lord
Jesus Christ hath signified to me.

15 And I will endeavour, that you frequently
have after my decease, whereby you may keep a
memory of these things.

16 For we have not, by following artificial fables,
made known to you the power and presence of our
Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eye-witnesses of
nis greatness.

17 For he received from God the Father honour
and glory ; this voice coming down to him from the
excellent glory : This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased; hear ye him.

1 8 And this voice we heard brought from heaven,
when we were with him in the holy mount.

19 And we have the word of prophecy more firm :
to which you do well to attend, as to a light shining
in a dark place until the day dawn, and the morn-
ing-star rise in your hearts:

20 Understanding this first, that no prophecy of
the Scripture is made by private interpretation.*

21 For prophecy came not by the will ol man at
any time; but the holy men of God spoke, inspired
by the Holy Ghost.

CHAP. II.

H» warns them against false teachers, and foretels their
punishment.

"OUT there were also false prophets among the
"■-* people; even as there shall be lying teachers
among you, who shall bring in sects of perdition,!
and deny the Lord who bought them, bringing upon
themselves swift destruction.

• .\o prophecy rf the Scripture is made by private interpretation. This
shows plainly that the Scriptures are not to be expounded by any
one's private judgment or private spirit; because every part of Die
holy Scriptures were written by men inspired by the Holy Ghost,
and declared as such by the Church ; therefore thev are not to be
interpreted but by the Spirit of God, which he hath left, and promised
to remain with his Church to guide her in nil truth to the. end of the
world. Some may tell us, that manv of our divines interpret the

2 And many shall foi.ovv their luxuries, by whom
the way of truth shall be blasphemed:

3 And through covetousness with feigned words
they shall make merchandise of you; whose judg-
ment now of a long time ceaseth not, and their de-
struction slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned,
but having cast them down into the place of tor-
ments delivered them into the chains of hell to be
tormented, to be reserved unto judgment:

5 And spared not the original world, but pre-
served Noe the eighth person, a preacher of justice,
bringing in the deluge upon the world of the impious.

6 And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and
of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to
destruction; making them an example to those that
should after act wickedly:

7 And delivered Lot, a just man oppressed by the
injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked :

8 For in 'sight and hearing he was just; dwelling
among them, who from day to day vexed the just
soul with their impious deeds:

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly
out of temptation; but to reserve the unjust unto the
day of judgment to be tormented:

10 And especially those who walk after the flesh
in the lust of uncleanness, and despise governments,
audacious, pleasing themselves, they fear not to
bring in sects, blaspheming:

1 1 Whereas angels, though they are greater in
strength and power, bear not an execrable judg-
ment! against themselves.

12 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally
tending to the snare, and to destruction, blaspheming
those things which they know not, shall perish in
their corruption,

13 Receiving the reward of injustice, counting
pleasure the delights of a day;§ stains and ble-
mishes, flowing in delicacies, rioting in their feasts
with you,

14 Having eyes full of adultery, and of never-
ceasing sin: alluring unstable souls, having thcit
heart exercised with covetousness, sons of maledic-
tion :

15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone
astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor,
who loved the wages of iniquity:

16 But had a check of'his madness: a dumb
beast, subject to the yoke, speaking with man's
voice, forbad the folly of the prophet.

17 These are fountains without Mater, and clouds
tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of dark-
ness is reserved.

18 For, speaking swelling words of vanity, they
allure in desires of the flesh of riotousness tho«e, vvho
had escaped a little from them vvho converse in error :

Scriptures. They may do so : but they do it always with a sub-
mission to the judgment of the Church, and not otherw.ise.

f Sects of perdition ; that is, heresies destructive of salvation.

j Bear not an execrable judgment, &c. That is, they use no railing 1
nor cursing sentence ; not even in their conflicts with the evil angels
See St. Judc, vcr. 9.

} The delights of a day ; that is, the short delights of this world, in
which thev place all their happiness.

'201

I. OF ST. JOHN.

19 Promising them liberty, when they themselves
are slaves of corruption: for by whom u mi is
ovct I the same also he is the slat e.

JD lor if h;i\ itm. tied from tin- pollutions of the
world through die knowledge of our Lord and Sa-
viour Jesus Christ, Inim: again entangled in them,
they are overcome: their latter stati une unto

them MM tli.ui the former.

21 For it had been better for them not to have
known the wav of justice, than, alter tin v have
known it. to turn back from that holy command-
ment, which was delivered to them.

22 For, that of the true proverb hath happened
to them : The dog i^ returned to his own vomit : and
the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the
mire.

chap. in.

Against scoffers, denying the second coming of Christ, hr declarr*
the sudden dittolution of this world; and exhort* to holiness
of lift.

B I. HOLD, this is the second epistle I write to
yon, mv dearly helmed, in which I stir up by
admonition vour sincere mind:

1 That you m;i\ be mindful of those words which
I told you before from the holy prophets, and of
M>ur apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and
Sai iour.

3 Knowing this first, that in the last dajl there

shall c • scoffers with deceit, walking according

to their own In-^ts,

1 S ay in g : When is his promise, or his com in g?
For since the fathers slept, all things continue so
from the beginning of the creation.

6 For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the
heavens were before, and the earth, out of water,
and through water, consisting by the won! of God:

t> Wherein the world that then was, being mn-
flowed with water, perished.

7 Hut the heavens which DOW are, and the earth,
by the same word are kept in stoic, reserved unto

lire against the day of judgment, and |R'rditioii of
wicked men.

H Hut Ik- not ignorant, my beloved, of this one
thing, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand
years, and a thousand veais as one dav .

;» The Lord dclavcth not his promise, as some

imagine; but beareth patiently lor youi sake, not
willmg that any should perish, but that all should
return to penaii'

111 Hut the day of the Lord shall come as a thi- I.
in which the heavens shall pass away with great
violence; and the elements shall Ik- dissolved vv it h
heat: and the earth, and (he works that are iu it,
shall be burnt up.

11 Seeing, then, that all these things are to Ive
dissolved, what manner of people ought >ou to l«e
in holy conversations and godliness,

12 Wasting for. and humming unto the coming

of the day of the Lord, by which the beaveiM bein-j
on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements sha'l
mi It with the burning heat of fire?

13 But we look for new heavens and a new earth
according to his promise, in which justice dwellelh

11 Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these
things, be diligent that you may be found be for*
him unspotted and blameless in peace:

15 And account the long-bearing of our Lord
salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, ac-
cording to the wisdom given to him, hath written
to you,

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them
of these things: in which are some things hard to
be understood, which the unlearned and unstable
wiest. as also the other Scriptures, to their own
perdition.

1 7 You. therefore, brethren, know ing these things
before, beware; lest, being led aw a.v bv the error ot
the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness.

18 Hut increase in grace, and in the knowledge
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him l»e
glory Inrth now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.

THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN

THE APOSTLE.

The tame rrin of dirinr lirr and rhnritu towards nur nrighhtmr,
trhirh run* throughout the < iotprt, written by fAr Ix-lnvcl dis-
ciple and rrangrlist St. Jons, it found also in An Epistle*,
llr confirms the two principal myitrrir* of our faith : I hr my*-
teryof thr Trinitu, and the mystery of the Incarnation of Jems
Christ thr S'iii of <! wL Thr sublimity and rnillinir of the
evangelical doctrine hr declares: \nrl tli'n commandment we
have in >m Ond. ili.ii he, who loveth God, love ano hhv brother,

;■ I • i . :i.) and uuain : For thi* a the charil
thai we keep lii« commandments ; and his cominandmcnt* are
ii.- llr shows hair to ili,tinguish the

children of (ioil from those of thr ilrril: mark* out those who
should be called Antichrists : and describes the turpitude and

:o:

gravity of sin. Finally, he show* hotr thr sinner may Hope
for pardon. It teas irrittrn, according to Itaronius's account,
sixty-six years after our lord's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

He declares what he has tern and heard of Christ ( who i* thr life
eternal | to the end that we may harr fellowship with (iml, and
all good through him ; yrt so if we confess our tins.

r I^ II »T w luck was from the beginning, w hich vv e
-*- have heard, which we have seen w ith our eyes,
whi<h we have diligent! J looked upon, and our
hands have handled, concerning; the word of life:

CHAP. it.

2 For the life was manifested : and we have seen,
and do bear witness, and declare unto you the eter-
nal life, which was with the Father, and hath ap-
peared to us:

3 That which we have seen and have heard, we
declare unto you; that you also may have fellowship
with us, and our fellowship may be with the Father,
and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4 And these things we write to you, that you may
rejoice, and your joy may be full.

5 And this is the declaration which we have heard
from him, and declare unto you : That God is light;
and that in him there is no darkness.

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.

7 But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the
light; we have fellowship one towards another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our-
selves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just,
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
iniquity.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make
him a liar; and his word is not in us.

CHAP. II.

Christ is our advocate : we must keep his commandments, and
love one another. We must not love the world, nor give ear
to new teachers; but abide by the Spirit of God in the church.

MY little children, these things I write to you,
that you may not sin. But if any man sin,
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the just:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not
for ours only, but also for those of the whole
world.

3 And in this we do know that we have known
him, if we keep his commandments.*

4 He that saith he knovyeth him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar ; and the truth is not
in him.

6 But whosoever keepeth his word, the charity
of God is truly perfect in him: and by this we know
that we are in him.

6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought him-
self also to walk, even as he walked.

7 My dearest, I write not a new commandment
to you, but an old commandment, which you had
from the beginning: The old commandment is the
word which you have heard.

8 Again a new commandmentf I write to you,
which thing is true both in him and in you: because
the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

* We hate known him, if we keep his commandments. He speaks of
that practical knowledge by love and affection, which can only be proved
hy our keeping his commandments; and without which we cannot be
sail to know God. as we should do.

\ .1 new commandment, viz. The commandment of love, which was
fjrsl given in die old law; but was renewed and extended by Christ.
bee John xiii. 3'J.

J // is the lust hour. That is, it is the last age of the world.

♦ M,mij JlnttdtrMl ; That is. many heretics, enemies of Christ and
Ins church, and foioruuneis of the great Antichrist.

9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his
brother, is in darkness even until now.

1 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,
and there is no scandal in him.

1 1 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness,
and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither
he goeth : because the darkness hath blinded his eyes

12 I write to you, little children, because youi
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

13 1 write to you, fathers, because you have
known him, who is from the beginning. I write
to you, young men, because you have overcome the
wicked one.

14 1 write to you, infants, because you have
known the Father. I write to you, young men, be-
cause you are strong, and the word of God abideth
in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

15 Love not the world, nor those things which
are in the world. If any man love the world, the
charity of the Father is not in him:

16 For all that is in the world, is the concupis-
cence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the
eyes, and the pride of life: which is not of the
Father, but is of the world.

17 And the world passeth away, and the concu-
piscence thereof. But he that doeth the will of
God, abideth forever.

18 Little children, it is the last hour: J and as
you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now
there are many Antichrists :§ whereby we know
that it is the last hour.

19 They went out from us: but they were not of
us. || For if they had been of us, they would no
doubt have continued with us: but that they might
be made manifest, that they are not all of us.

20 But you have an unction from the Holy One;"!!
and you know all things.**

21 1 have not written to you as to such as know
not the truth, but as to such as know it; and that
no lie is from the truth.

22 Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus
is the Christ? He is Antichrist, who denieth the
Father and the Son.

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, neither hath he
the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the
Father also.

24 Let that which you have heard from the be-
ginning, abide in you: If what you have heard from
the beginning shall abide in you, you also shall
abide in the Son, and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise which he hath pro-
mised to us, eternal life.

26 These things have I written to you concern-
ing them that seduce you.

27 And the unction, which you have received from

|| They were not of us. That is, they were not solid, stedfast. ireiiiiine
Christians; otherwise they would have remained in the church.

IT Jin unction from the Holy One. That is, grace and wisdom from
the Holy Ghost.

** You know all things. The true children of God's church, remain-
ing in unity, under the guidance of their lawful pastors, partake ot
the grace of the Holy Ghost, promised to the church and her pastors ;
and have in the church all necessary knowledge and instruction ; <o
as to have no need to seek it elsewhere, since it can be only found in
that society of which they are member*.

■2UJ

I. OF ST. JOHN.

him, let it abide in you. Ami \ou ha\e no unci* that
any one should teach \ou: I nil M his unction It acht ih
yen (MMernag all things, and it is trillhu and is not
a Im-. And as it hath taught you, abide in linn.

\iid now, little children, abide in him: that
when lit' shall ap|>ear, we mat have confidence, and
not he confounded In him at his coming.

29 It' >ou know that In is just, know also that
(\,i\ one who doeth justice, is born ot him.

CHAP. III.

Of the love of God to ut j how we may distingvith the children
of God, and thote of the dtnl. Of loving one another, and
of purity <{f conscience.

BEHOLD what manner of charily the Father
had i In-stowed uikiii us, that we should be
named and should he the sons of (iod. Therefore,
the world hath not known us: because it hath not
know n him.

I Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God:
and it hath not \et appeared what we shall be. We
know, that when be shall appear, we shall be like
to him: because we shall see him as he is.

3 And e\ir\ man that hath this hope in him,
saneiitieth himself, as he also is holy.

4 Whosoever committeth sin, committeth also
iniquity :f and sin is iniquity.

5 And urn know that he appeared to take awa\
our sins : ;m,| in him there is no sin.

t; \\ h \er ahideth in him, sinneth not:J and

whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known
him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He
that doeth justice, is just ; as he also is just.

8 He that eouimiiteih sin is ot the devil : forthe
devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose
the Son of (iod appeared, that he might destroy tin
works of the de\il.

B Every one that is born of God, doth not com-
mit sin :' for his seed remained) in him; and he can-
not sin. because he is Ixirn of God.

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and
the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just,
is not of (iod, nor is he that loveth not his brother:

1 1, Fortius is the declaration, which you have heard
from the beginning, thai \ou should lo\ cone another.

I I Not as Cain, w ho was ot the wicked one, and
killed his brother. And for what cause did he kill
him ' Becanae his own works were evil, and his
brother's just.

13 Wonder not. brethren, if the world hate you.
1 V W'e know that we have passed from death to

• Van km n* nttd. Ire You want not to be taurtit hv any of these
meav, who, under pTrtenoe or imparting more knowledge to you, seek
to seduce | .'4.) since jroa rue suficiently taught already.

Mat hare all knowledge ajvl grace in the rhurrli, with the unction of
(lie Holy Ghost ; wlnrh these new teacher* hare no tliare in.

f /aisairy, i*.?U, tra nf rf — i un of Ike law

i Sasaili — t, » i/- moi tally. Seechap. i 8.

t Ink hoi tmrnmit •» i that ia, a* long as he keepeth in himself tin.
seed of rnu-r, and tin. Iirine ren-ratton. hr wlm Ii lie is born ■>
Hut then he mat Ml from tin. happy Mate, l.v the ahu«e of hi* free
will, aa appean from Ami. si. SO, SI, Ti. I dm. is. ST. chap. x. IS.
euUf.it. 1-2. .4/Mc. •■>. II.

T^U.^ ^hye^n^wk^^rl^cl-n. ben-

life : because we love the brethren, lie that loveth
not. abideth in death :

15 W hosoever bateth his brother, is a murderer.
And \ou know that no murderer hath eternal life
■biding in himself.

Iti In this we ha\e known the charity of God,
nise he hath laid down his life tor us: and v. e

ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 He that hath the substance of this world, and
shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his
bowels iroin him; how doth the charity of God
abide in him ?

18 My little children, let us not love in word, nor
in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

19 In this w e know that w e are of the truth : and
in his sidit we shall persuade our hearts.

BO 1 or if our heart reprehend us, God is greater
than our heart, and knoweih all things.

21 Dearly beloxed, it our heart do not reprehend
us, we have confidence towards (iod:

22 And w hatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive
of him: because we keep his commandments, and
do those things that are pleasing in his sight

23 And this is his commandment : that we should
believe in the uamcof his Son Jean Christ: and love
one another, as he hath given commandment unto us.

24 And he that keepeth his commandments,
abideth in him, and he in hun: and in this we know
that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath
given us.

CHAP. IV.

What tpiritt are of God, and what not. We mutt love one
another, because God hat loved ut.

DEARLY beloved, believe not every spirit; but
try the spirits,|| whether they lx> of God : be-
cause main false prophets are gone out into the
world.

2 By this is the Spirit of God known: every
spirit, that confesscth" .It sus Christ to have come
in the Beak* is of God:

3 And every spirit, that dissolved! Jesus,** is not
of God: and this is Antichrist, of whom you have
heard that he coineth, and he is now already in the

world. ft

4 You are of God, little children, and have over-
come him; because greater is he that is in \oii, than
he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world: therefore of the world
they siieak, and the world heareth them.

b We are of God. He that kuowt-th God, hear-
eth us: He tha.' is not of God, heareih us not: by

able to the rule of the OatlH.li. f:utl>. and Ihe dortrineof the rhin.-h.
For, a* be aaya, vrr. 6. Hi that knortth God ktmttk ut, [the Barton ot
the ctinrch.] By tail «•# know tkt tpirit of trtttk, mtd tkt ipirtt o/ rrror.

S Even spirit laal confituth, Ift. Not Saw tl><- ata«Aa«aM ■■! tin* point
of faith a'lonr, ia, at ail tiinea, and in all cases, sufficient ; but ih.it
with relation to that lime, and for that part of the (hriktian doctrine.
which wa* then particularly to l>r confessed, taught, main!
ajrainM the heretic* of those da»s, tbii was the most proper token, kj
winch ihe true teacher* mi(fht be distinguished from the false.

•* Tk»l JtHolttlk Jenu, tul either by denying bis humanity, or his
■lit nuts .

ft lit it aev alriady ia Uu vmld. Not in hi* person, but in bis spirit
and in In. precursor*.

CHAP. V.

»his we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of
error.

7 Dearly beloved, let ns love one another : for
charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is
born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God : for God
is charity.

9 By this hath appeared the charity of God in
ns ; because God hath sent his oidy begotten Son
into the world, that we might live through him.

10 In this is charity: not as if we have loved
God, but because he first loved us, and sent his Son
a propitiation for our sins.

1 1 My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we ought
also to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we
love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity
is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we abide in him, and
he in us ; because he hath given us of his Spirit :

14 And we have seen, and do testify, that the
Father hath sent his Son the Saviour of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son
of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known, and have believed the
charity, which God hath to us. God is charity :
and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and
God in him.

17 In this is the charity of God perfected with
us, that we may have confidence in the day of judg-
ment: because as he is, we also are in this world.

18 Fear is not in charity:* but perfect charity
casteth out fear; because fear hath pain: and he that
fearetbj is not perfect in charity.

19 Let us, therefore, love God, because God first
hath loved us.

20 I f any man say, I love God,and hateth hisbrother,
he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom
he seeth, how can he love God, whom he seeth not ?

21 And this commandment we have from God,
that he, who loveth God, love also his brother.

CHAP. V. •

Of them that are horn of God, and of true charity. Faith
overcomes the world. Three that bear witness to Christ. Of
faith in his name, and of sin that is and is not to death.

"WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the

* * Christ, is bom of God.f And every one that

* Fear is not in charily, fyc. Perfect charity, or lore, banishcth Au-
manfear, that is, the fear of men ; as also all perplexing fear, which
makes men mistrust or despair of God's mercy ; and that kind of
servile /ear, which makes them fear the punishment of sin more than
the offence offered to God : but it no way excludes the wholesome
fear of God's judgment}, so often recommended in holv writ; nor that
'ear and trembling, with which we are told to work out our salvation.
Phil. ii. 12.

f Is bom of God; that is, is justified, and become a child of God by
baptism: which is also to be understood ; provided the belief of this
fundamental article of the Christian faith be accompanied with all the
other conditions, which, by the word of God, and his appointment,
are also required to justification ; such as, a general belief of all that
God has revealed and promised ; hope, love, repentance, and a sincere
disposition to keep God's holy law and commandments.

t Our faith ; not a bare speculative, or dead faith ; but a. faith work-
ing by charity. Gal. V. 6.

{ Came by water and blood : not only to wash away our sins by the
water of baptism, but by his own blood.

loveth him that begot, loveth him also who was born
of him.

2 In this we know that we love the children of
God, when we love God, and keep his command-
ments.

3 For this is the charity of God, that we keep his
commandments : and his commandments are not
heavy.

4 For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the
world : and this is the victory which overcometh
the world, our faith. J

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God ?

6 This is he that came by water and blood,§
Jesus Christ ; not in water only, but in water and
blood. And it is the Spirit that testifieth, that Christ
is the truth.

7 For there are three that give testimony in
heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.

8 And there are three that give testimony on
earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood :|| and
these three are one.

9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testi-
mony of God is greater: for this is the testimony of
God, which is greater, because he hath testified of
his Son.

10 He that believeth in the Son of God, hath the
testimony of God in himself. He that believeth not
the Son, II maketh him a liar : because he believeth
not in the testimony which God hath testified of his
Son.

1 1 And this is the testimony, that God hath given
to us eternal life : and this life is in his Son.

12 He that hath the Son, hath life: he that hath
not the Son, hath not life.

13 These things I write to you, that you may
know that you have eternal life; who believe in the
name of the Son of God.

14 And this is the confidence which we have in
him : that whatsoever we shall ask, according to his
will, he heareth us.

15 And we know that he heareth us whatsoever
we ask : we know that we have the petitions which
we request of him. •

16 He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which
is not unto death,** let him ask, and life shall be given
to him, that sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto

|| The spirit, the water, and the blood. As the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost, all bear witness to Christ's divinity; so the spirit,
which he yielded up, crying out with a loud voice upon the cross ;
and the water and blood that issued from his side, bear witness to his
humanity, and are one ; that is, all agree in one testimony.

1! He that believeth not the Son, fyc. By refusing to belieye the testi-
monies given by the three divine persons, that Jesus was the Mf ssias,
and the true Son of God, by whom eternal life is obtained, and pro«
mised to all that comply with his doctrine. In him we have also this
lively confidence, that we shall obtain whatever we ask, according to
his will, when we ask what is for our good with perseverance, and
in the manner we ought : and this we know, and have experience of,
by having obtained the petitions that we have made.

** A sin which is not unto death, See. It is hard to determine what St.
John here calls a sin, which is not unto death, and a sin whioh is unto
death. The difference cannot be the same as betwixt sins, that are
railed venial and mortal;, for he says, that if a man pray for his brother,
who commits a sin that is not unto death, life shall be given him; there-
foiesuch a one had before lost the life of grace, and been guilty tj
205

II OF ST. JOHN.

death:* I do not viv that any one should ask for it.

17 All iniquity is mm : ;nul then i> I sin untodcaih.

18 We know that every one, who is born of God,
siiiiitth not: but the generation of (J<m1 preserved!
lii'n. ;tnd the wicked one toiicheth him not.

1!» We know that we an- of (i<nl: and the w hole
world is nMed in w ickfdiiess.f

what 11 commonly called a mortal tin. And when be speaks of a tin
that il •■(. death, and add* these word*. / do not toy that any one thould
oti for that tin. it cannot be Mppoaed thut St. John would »ay thu of
every mortal tin, but only of «omc heinous tint, wliich are very sel-
dom remitted, because such iiimrV. very seldom rr|>ent. By ■ rin,
therefore, which it ante dtmlh, interpreters comrnonlv understand a wil-
ful apoatacy from the faith, and frmn the known truth, when a tinner,
hardened hv hit own ingratitude, becomes deaf to all admonitiona,
wiH do notluug for himself, hut runt on to a final impenitence- Nor
yet doea St. John say, that Mich a tin it nmrr I emitted, or cannot be
remitted, but miN baa tkeee »<>nl«. I Jo not lay that ««y ont thvuU atk
for the remission of that sin. that is, though wc mutt pray fur all -Miners
~.h»it. >.t m.n cannot prav for tue'j tinners with tuck a confi-
drae <•!' otitaininsr always their ar<>iumj, as St. John »aid before, ver. 14.
Whatever exposition wc follow on tint nr~e. Mr faith teachcth us
fnun the ! ir»-», that God denret not the death of any sinner,

hut that he lie nnrerltd, and lire, K/.ech. \x\iii. II. Though men't
nai he «i red as learlet, they ihitli Income as white at mas*. Itaias ill. I tl
It u the will of Clod, that carry one come <• the knowledge of truth, and be
There it no sin so great, but which God is willing to forgive,

20 And we know that the Son of Cod is come,
and halhgiven US understanding, thai weina\ know
the titu God, and may be in his true JSon.J Tliia
is the triif God, and eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. )
Amen.

and has left a power in Ins church to remit tbe most enormous tint;
so that no sinner need despair of par Jon ; nor will any tinner pen-h,
but by hit own fault.

* J tin unto death. Some under i n.l this of final impenitence, or of
dying in mortal tin ; which it the ash -\u tlr.it m NrCO he remitted .
hut, it it probable, be may also compri s e under this name, the km oi
apoatacy from the faith, and some other such heinous tins as are sel-
dom and hardly remitted I and, therefore, he give little rn< i.iiragia-
rmnt, to men as pray for these sinners, to expect what they ask.

f .hid the whole world it tooled m wicke dneu : i. e. a great part of tbe
world. It may also signify, is under the wiclud one, meaning the ill i il,
who it elsewhere called the prince of this world, that is, of all lite
wicked. John xii. 31.

! .ind may be in hit true Son. He it, or, (ail il the true God, and eternal
life. Which words are a clear proof of Christ's diwuity, and as tin li
made use of by the ancient fathers.

I Keep yourteket from idolt. An admonition to the new converted
Christians, lest, conversing with heathens and idolaters, they mighl
fall back into the sin of idolatry, which may be the sin unto death
here mentioned by St. John.

THE

SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN

THE APOSTLE.

The apo*tle commends F.t.r.cTA and her familii for their ttead-
fattnrt* in the true faith ; and exhort* them to prr*ecere, U st
thru lote the reward of thrir labour*. Hi exhorts thrm la Inrr
one another; but MM In n tics to hare no society, even not (0
mint, them. Although thit epittle in irrittin to a particular
permnn, yet it* instruction* may srrrr as a te*xon to others.
especially to thine who, from their connection*, tituation, or
condition in life, are in danger of prrvenion.

(MAP. I.

He recommends walking in truth, luring one another, and to
beicare of fal*r teacher*.

TV* I f I* ancient* to the lady Elect and lur children,
-*- whom I love in truth, and not I only, hut also
all they who have known the truth.

I I or tin- >:tke of the truth : which ahideth in us,
and shall be with us for ever.

3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace from God
the Father, and from Christ JestM the Soil of the
Father, in truth, and chant] •

4 I was exceeding g I ad, that 1 found of tin chil-
dren walking in truth, as we haw- received i com-
mandment from the lather.

\nd now I Ircscech thee, lady, not as writing
a new commandment to thee, hut that which we

* 7V ancient, that it, the ancient nU one

Ta the lady I

*it tne general opinion i«. f

for bee piety and gr< . ••» f" nv nt tl i- Kpistlc from

have liad from the beginning, that we love one an-
other.

6 And this is charity, that wo walk according to
his commandments. For this is the commandment,
that ;i> you ha\e heard from the beginning, you
should walk in it :

7 For many seducers are gone out into the work),
who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in thu
flesh: this is ;i seducer and ;m antichrists

8 Look to \oursi Ires, that you lose not the things
which you have wrought; hut that you may receive
a full reward.

9 \\ boaoever receded), and cootinueth not in the

doctrine of Christ, hath not God : he that eontinueth
in the doctrine, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If any man conic to yott, and hring not this
tint trine, receive him not into the house, nor

tt) him. ( Sod save yoti.f

11 For he that saith to him: God save you,
couununicatcth with his wicked works.

I 2 Having more things to w rite unto you. I would
not by paper and ink : for I pope that I shall he w it li
you, and speak face to face; that your joy may In- lull

13 The children of thy aistl r Elect nlute thee.

f .Vsr toy to kiss, Cos! law ycu. This ailnionitn.ii it in jrneral. to
Mill "I the dangers which mil ante from a fa-
miliarity with iImkc who have rone from the

Grille. lint (hit It lint for-

■ r 1 charity for all men, by which we ought to with ajad pray

fur tbe eternal salvation of every one, even of our i

THE

THIRD EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN

THE APOSTLE.

St. John praises dains for his walking in truth, and for his
charity ; complains of the. bad conduct of Diotrephes ; and
gives a good testimony to Demetrius.

rp HE ancient to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom
-*- I love in truth.

2 Dearly beloved, I make my prayer that thou
mayest prosper as to all things, and be in health,
even as thy soul doeth prosperously.

3 I was exceeding glad when the brethren came,
and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou
walkest in truth.

4 I have no greater grace* than this, to hear that
my children walk in truth.

5 Dearly beloved, thou doest faithfully whatso-
ever thou doest for the brethren, and that for
strangers,

6 Who have given testimony of thy charity in the
sight of the church; whom, thou shaft do well, to
bring forward on their way in a manner worthy of
God.

7 Because, for his name's sake they went forth,
taking nothing of the Gentiles.f

* .No greater grace : that is, nothing that gives me greater joy and
satisfaction.

f Taking nothing of the Gentiles. These ministers of the gospel are
commended by St. John, who took nothing from the Gentiles, lest
thov stiouid seem to preach in order to get money by it.

pre-eminence

8 We, therefore, ought to receive such; that we
may be fellow-helpers of the truth.

» I had written perhaps to the church : but Dio-
trephes, who lovcthj to have the
among them, doth not receive us.

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will publish his works
which he doeth, prating against us with malicious
words: and as if these things were not enough for
him, neither doth he himself receive the brethren :
and those that do receive them he forbiddeth, and
casteth out of the church.

11 Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil,
but that which is good. He that doeth good, is ot
God: he that doeth evil, hath not seen God.

12 To Demetrius testimony is given by all, and
by the truth itself; yea, and we also give testimony:
and thou knowest that our testimony is true.

13 I had many things to write unto thee: but 1
would not by ink and pen write to thee.

14 But I hope speedily to see thee; and we will
speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends
salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

| Diotrephes who loveth, S(C. This man seemeth to be in power, but
not a friend to the faithful ; therefore this part of the letter might be
an admonition to him from the Apostle.

THE

CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JUDE

THE APOSTLE.

St. Jude, who wrote, this Epistle, was one of the twelve apostles,
and brother to St. James the Less. The time it was written is
uncertain : only it may be inferred, from ver. 17- that few or
none of the apostles were then living, except St. John. He
inveighs against the heresies and wicked practices of the
Simonians, Nicholaitcs, and Gnostics, Sfc. describing them and
their leaders by strong epithets andsimilies. He exhorts the
faithful to contend earnestly for the faith first delivered to
them, and to beware of heretics.

He exhorts them tostand to the faith first delivered to them; and
to beware of heretics.

I"UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother
•" of James; to them that are beloved in God the
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.
2 Mercy unto you, and peace and charity be ful-
flled.

3 Dearly beloved, taking all care to write to you
concerning your common salvation, 1 was under a
necessity to write to you : to beseech you to con-
tend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the
saints.

4 For there have crept in some men (who were
written of long ago unto this judgment) impious,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and
denying the only sovereign Ruler, and our Lord
Jesus Christ.

5 I will, therefore, admonish you, that once knew
all these things, that Jesus, having saved the peo-
ple out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy
those, who believed not :

6 And the angels, who kept not their principali-

2C*

ST. JUDE.

ty,* but forsook their own habitation, lie hat li re-
servcd in everlasting chains under darkness, unto
the judgment of the great day.

>dotn and ( romorrha, and the D< ighboiir-
iag cities, in like manner having given themselves
ov er to fornication, and rain* alter other llesh, w are
made an example, siill'eriiu. the punishment OI <
nal fire.

8 In like manner these men also defile the lli -sh.
and despise dominion, and blaspheme majesty. f

9 When Michael tin- archangel, disputing with

the devil, contended about the bodv} of MoSCS, he

durst not bring against him the judgment of male-
diction: but aaid: The Lord command thee.§

10 But these men blaspheme whatsoever thing*
they know not : and whit things soever they natu-
rally know, like dumb beasts, is tin n tbej are cor-
rupted.

1 1 Wo to them ; for thev have cone in the pan |
of Cain, and have poured out themselves after the
error of Balaam for a reward, and have perished in
the eainsaj ing of Core :

12 These are spots m their banquets, feasting to-
gether without fear, feeding themselves, clouds a ith-

ont water Which are carried about by winds, trees
of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up

by the roots,

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their
own confusion, wandering stars : to whom the. storm
of darkness is reserved for ever.

II Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied,] saying: Behold, the Lord
cometh with thousands of his saints,

[5 To execute judgment open all, and to reprove

• Principality, that is, the Mate in which they were lint created, their
original dn."

T tilaiphttiv majesty. Speak evil of thrm that are in dignity ; and
hemic* against the divine majesty.

t Contended about tkt body, V- TUl <<>tii.-ii t i..n, which Is nowhere
else motaMOd in tn>lv writ, was originally known by n vrlation, and
transmitted bv tradition. It is thought the occasion of it was, that
thr d.-vil would have bad the both haried in such place and manner,
as to ho worshipped bj with divine honours.

» r^m.inJ tkre ; or, rebuke thre.

| Oout in tkt way, Ire. Heretics follow the wav of Cain, by mur-
dering the souls ii their brethren ; the way of Balaam, by putting- a
scandal before the people of <;.«!. fur their own private ends ; and
the way of fore or Koruh, by their opposition to the church governors
of divine appointment.

v Propkttitd, this prophecy was cither known by tradition, or from
■one book that is since lost.

** But jss«, ssa drmrtti, to mindful, lev. He now exhorts the faithful
to remain stedfast in the belief and . what they had heard

fr.nn lh- ai-.»tle,. who had .!■•• fL.it. in Ik*

UU time) there should be false teachers, srsjlwy, and ridiculing all re-
vealed truth*, abandoning tbemaelvea to their passions and lu$t$ j who
separate Iktmttloes from the catholic communion by heresies and
schisms . stnsuai mm, carried away and enslaved by the pleasures of

S08

all the impious of all the works of their impiety,
Wherebj thev have done impiously, and of all the

hard things which impious sinners have spoken

' iod.
lb* These are niurmurers, full of complaints,
walking according '■> their own desires: and their
mouth speaktth proud things, admiring persons for
gain's >>ake.

17 But von, my dearest, be mindful** of the
WOldSj which have been spoken before by the a,
ties of OUT Lord Jesus Christ,

18 Who told you, that in the last time there
should come mockers, walking according to their
own desires in impieties.

19 These are thev. who separate themselves,
sensual men, having not the spirit.

Jil But von. niv dearest, building yourselves UpOU
voui most holy faith, tt praying in the llolv Gh<ML

21 Keep yourselves m the love of (iod. waiting
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto life
everlasting.

22 And some indeed reprove being judged :tt

23 But others save, snatching tkt m out of the fire.

And on others have coiii|iassion in fear; hating also
the spotted garment, which is carnal.

J!- Now to him.;> who is able to preserve you
without sin. and to present you spotless before tin;
presence of his glory with exceeding joy in the
coming of our Lonl Jesus Christ:

25 To the only (iod our Saviour, through Jesus
Christ our Lord, be glory and magnificence, do-
minion and power before all ages, both now , and
lor ever and ever. Amen.

f + liitildinz yourselves upon your moil holy faitk. Rejrinrtrj
tioi a, a spiritual building, founded, 1st. upon faith, J.t. 00 I"" (orr o)
Corf, 3'l. upon bopo, white! you are wailing fur the mrclN of*God, and

I ird of eternal life, ttli. ieine-.l with the great .'nil . f ; I
\\ And tomt indeed rrprort being judged. He give tin in another in.

•traction to practise charitv in < ndeatroariagj ki convert their m irli-
Ix.ur, where they will meet with three sorts of persons. 1st. W ith
persons obstinate in thrir errors and sins: the«e may b.
alnaiH judged, and conilemne.l. they are to be sharply ntpn bend. •!,
reproved, and, if possible, convinced of their error. 2. As to others,
KM mii.t endeavor to lore I hem, by matthing them, ns it were, otil of tkt
fire, from the ruin they stand in great danger of. 3d. You must hart
compassion onotkrrsinfear. when you sec them, through igimr.n |
frailty, in danger Of hemp drawn into the snares ol rtics;

with these you must deal more gcntlv mid mildly, with I charitable
ISWlpOSsklll kating always, and teaching others to hate Ike carnal gar
men! which u spotted, their sensual ana corrupt manners! that dt tile
both the -mil and body.

H AWtoUs, Ire. St. .Inde concludes his epi'tle with thisdoxology

of pr mhi pw God, and praving to lite only God tmr Saviour, wind;

cither Ood the Father. OT God W ecjuall' ■ to all the

three persons, who are equally the cause of Chri-t'' incarnation, and

'man's salvation. Ikrougk JenuCkrut our Lard, who. Iicing f;<»l from

I eternity took upon bin] our human nature, Uiat he might become out

THE

APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN

THE APOSTLE.

(* the firet, second, and third chapters of this Book are contained
instructions and admonitions which St. John was commanded
!o write to the seeeii bishops of the churches in Asia. And in
the following chapters, to the end, arc contained prophecies of
things that are to come, to pass in the church of Christ, particu-
larly towards the end of the world, in the time of Antichrist.
Jt was written in Green, in the island of fatmos, where, St.
John was in banishment by order of the cruel emperor Domitiun,
about sixty-four years after our Lord's Ascension.

CHAP. I.

St. John is ordered to write to the seven churches in Asia: the
manner of Christ's appearing to him.

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave to him to make known to his servants
the things which must shortly come* to pass ; and
signified, sending by his angel to his servant
John,

2 Who hath given testimony to the word of God,
and the testimony of Jesus Christ, what things so-
ever he hath seen.

3 Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the
words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things
which are written in it: for the time is at hand.

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia.
Grace be unto you and peace from him, who is, and
who was, and who is to come, and from the seven
spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful wit-
ness, the first begotten of the dead, and the prince
of the kings of the earth; who hath loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us a kingdom and priests to
God and his Father; to him be glory and empire
lor ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds: and every
eye shall see him, and they that pierced him. And
all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves
because of him : Even so: Amen.

8 I am Alpha, and Omega,f the beginning, and
the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was,
and who is to come, the Almighty.

9 I John your brother, and sharer in tribulation,
and in the kingdom, and patience in Christ Jesus ;
was in the island, which is called Patmos, for the
word of God. and for the testimony of Jesus :

1 I was in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

* The thing* which must shortly come ; and again it is said, ver. 3. The
font is at hand. This cannot be meant of all the things prophesied in
the Apocalypse, where mention is made also of the day of judgment,
and of the glory of heaveo at the end of the world. That some things
were to come to pass shortly, is evident, by what is said to the Seven
Churches, chap. 2, and 3 ; or that the persecutions foretold should be-
gin shortly ; or that these words signified, that all time is short, and
that from the coming of Christ, we are now in the last age or last hour.
See 1 John, chap. ii. ver. 18.

D d

11 Saying: What thou seest, write in a book,
and sent] to the seven churches which are in Asia,
to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and
to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and
to Laodicia.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with
me : and being turned, 1 saw seven golden candle-
sticks.

13 And in the midst of the seven golden candle-
sticks, one like unto the Son of man, clothed with
a garment down to the feet, and girded about near
the paps with a golden girdle.

14 And his head, and hair, were white, like white
wool, and as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of
fire,

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a
burning furnace, and his voice as the sound of many
waters :

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and
from his mouth came.out a sharp two-edged sword :
and his countenance shined as the sun shineth in its
full strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear
not : I am the first and the last.

18 And alive, and was dead ; and behold, 1 am
living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death
and of hell.

19 Write, therefore, the things which thou hast
seen, and which are, and which must be done here-
after.

20 The mystery of the seven stars, which thou
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden
candlesticks: the seven stars are the angels of the
seven churches : and the seven candlesticks are the
seven churches.

CHAP. II.

Directions what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamus, and Thyatira.

TO the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
These things saith he, who holdeth the seven
stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks :

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how thou canst not bear evil men:

f / am Jllpha and Omega. These are the names of the first and last
letters of the Greek alphabet, and signified the same as what follows :
The beginning and The end : the first cause and last end of all beings :
who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Mmighty. These words sig--
nify the true God only, and are here applied to our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, who is to come again to judge the living and the
dead. "

209

THE APOCALYPSE.

and thou hast tried them, who say they are apostles,
and art- not, ami hast found them liars:

3 And tluui hast patience, and hast home for my
name, and hast not failed.

>ut litis I have against thee, that thou hast hit
tl ] first charity.

> Me mindful, therefore, from whence thou art

fallen : and do penance, anil do the first works. Or
el-.' 1 come to thee, and will remo\e thy candle-
stick out of its place, unless thou shall have done
penance.

6 DOt this thou bait that thou hatcst the deeds
of the Nicolaites, which 1 also hate.

7 lie that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
n to the churches: To him, that overcomcth, I

will rive to eat of I he tree of life, which is in the
lue of nn < iod.

8 And to the angel of the church of Smyrna

write: These things saith the First and the Last :
w ho was dead, and liveth :

9 1 know thy tribulation and thy poverty; hut
thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed In those
who say they are Jews, and are not, hut are the
8) nagogue of Satan.

in Fear none of those things which thou ihall

Mifier. Heboid, the devil shall cast some of you into
prison, that you may he tried: and VOU shall have
tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death,
and 1 will rive thee the crown of life.

II !!-• that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches : I Ie that shall overcome,
shall not be hurt by the second death.

1 J And to the angel of the church of Pergamus
write: These thing! saith he that hath the sharp
two-iil-. (1 sword :

13 1 know where thou dwellest, where tin

of Satan is: and thou boldest fast my name, and
hast not denied my faith. Even in those days Anti-
pas teas my faithful witness, who W8I slain among
yOU, where Satan ilwelhtli

14 Mm 1 have a lew things against tine : because
thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of

Balaam, w ho taught Babe to east a stumbling block

before the children of Israel, to eat and commit
fornication :

15 So hast thou also them that bold the doctrine

of the Nicolaites.

1(> In like manner do penance: if not, I will come
to tine quickly , and WlB light against tin in with
the sword of my mouth.

17 lie that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches : To him, that over-
comcth, I will give the hidden manna, and will give
him a white atone; and in tin ItoOfl a new name
written, which no man knoweth, but he that re-
ceiveth it.

18 And to the angel of the church of Thvatira
write: rhese things saith the Son ol (iod, who hath

> as alia me of lire, and his feet like unto fine bra-s:

19 I know thy works, and thy faith, and thy

charity, and ministry, and thy patience, and thy last
works which are more than the former.

20 lint I haveaiew things against thee : because

thou permittest the woman Je/abel, who ealleth

herself a prophetess, to teach, and to seduce my
m nants, to commit fornication, and to cat of things
offered to idol-.

21 And I gave her time to do penance: and she
will not repent of her fornication.

22 Heboid, I will cast her into a bed: and they
that commit adultery with her, shall be in very gi. at
tribulation, unless liny do penance from their
.lei (Is.

23 And I will kill her children with death: and
all the churches shall know, that I am he who

searcheth the rems and hearts: and I will give to

every one of you according to VOW works. Hut 1
say to you.

24 And to the rest who are at Thvatira: Whoso-
ever have nut this doctrine, and w ho nave not known
the depths of Satan, as they -say, 1 will not put U|MMI
vou any other weight :

25 let that which you have, hold fast till I come.

26 And he that shall overcome, and keep my
works unto the end, to him I will give power over
the nations;*

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and
as the vessel of a potter they shall be broken;

28 Even as I received from my lather: and I
will give him tin' morning star.

29 lie that hath an eat, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches.

CHAP. III.

Direction* trhat to irritr to Sunlit, Vhihulilphia, arid iAiodiria

AND to the angel of the church of Sardis write:
These things saith he, who hath the seven
Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy
works, that thou hast the name of being alive, and
thou art dead.

2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things that
remain, which are ready to die. Tor I find not thy
works full before my God.

3 Have in mind, therefore, in what manner thou
hast received and heard, and observe, and do pe-
nance. If then thou shalt not watch, I will come
to thee as a thief; and thou shah not know at what
hour I will come to thee.

4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis. which
have not defiled their garments : and they shall walk
with me in white, because they are worthy.

5 He that shall overcome, shall thus bt clothed
in white garments : and I w ill not blot out his name
out of the book of life : and I will confess his name
before my lather, and before his angels.

6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches.

7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia
write: These things saith the Holy onf. and the
True one, who hath the key of David: He thai

* Pmttr orrr tki nmli—u Thii show«, that the taints, who arc wi'h
Christ oar Lord in heareo, rec ei re power from him to preside over

i ; and ihall come with him at the end
S10

and provinces, as patrons ;

■ •I the world, to execute his will against thus* who hare not kept Us

CHAP. IV, V.

openeth, and no man sliutteth ; sliuttcth, and no man
openeth :

8 I know tliy works. Behold, I have given be-
fore tliee a door opened, which no man can shut:
because thou hast a little strength, and hast kept
my word, and hast not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will bring ol the synagogue of Satan,
who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie: be-
hold, 1 will make them to come and adore before
thy feet: And they shall know, that I have loved
thee.

10 Because thou hast kept the word of my pa-
tience, I will also keep thee from the hour of tempta-
tion, which shall come upon all the world, to tempt
them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which
thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

12 He that shall overcome, I will make him a
pillar in the temple of my God ; and he shall go out
no more: and I will write upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of my God, the
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
from my God, and my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches.

14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicia
write : These things saith the Amen,* the faithful
and true witness, who is the beginningf of the crea-
tion of God.

15 I know thy works ; that thou art neither cold,
nor hot: I would thou wert cold, or hot :

16 But because thou art luke-warm, and neither
cold, nor hot, 1 will begin to vomit thee out of my
mouth.

17 Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made
wealthy, and I have need of nothing : and thou
knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable,
and poor, and blind, and naked.

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be
clothed in white garments, that the shame of thy
nakedness may not appear : and anoint thy eyes
with eve-salve, that thou mayest see.

19 Those whom I love, f rebuke and chastise.
Be zealous, therefore, and do penance.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if
any man shall hear my voice, and open to me "the
gate, I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me.

21 To him that shall overcome, I will grant to
sit with me in my throne : as I also have overcome,
and have sat with my Father in his throne.

22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith to the churches.

CHAP. IV.

The vision of the throne of God, the twenty-four ancients, and
the four living creatures.

\ FTER these things I saw: and, behold, a door
-^*- open in heaven : and the first voice which I
heard, was as it were, of a trumpet speaking with

* The Amen, that is, the true one, the Truth itself : the Word and Sod
of God.

me, saying: Come up hither, and I will show thee
the thiugs which must come to pass hereafter.

2 And immediately 1 was in the spirit: and, be-
hold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sit-
ting upon the throne.

3 And he that sat, was to the sight like the jas-
per and the sardine-stone: and there was a rainbow
round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty
ancients sitting, clothed in white garments, and
golden crowns on their heads.

5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, and
voices, andthunderings: and there were seven lamps
burning before the throne, which are the seven
Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne there was as it were
a sea of glass like crystal: and in the midst of the
throne, and round about the throne were four living
creatures, full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first living creature like to a lion, and
the second living creature like to a calf, and the
third living creature having the face as it were, ot
a man : and the fourth living creature was like to
an eagle flying.

8 And the four living creatures had each of them
six wings: and round about and within they are
full of eyes. And they rested not day and night,
saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who
was, and who is, and who is to come.

9 And when these living creatures gave glory,
and honour, and benediction to him, that sitteth on
the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty ancients fell down be-
fore him that sitteth on the throne, and adored him
that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne, saying:

1 1 Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive
glory, and honour, and power: because thou hast
created all things: and lor thy wiT they were, and
have been created.

CHAP. V.

The book sealed with seven seals is opened by the Lamb, who
thereupon receives adoration and praise from all.

\ ND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on
-£*- the throne, a book written within and without,
sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a
loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to
loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor
in earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor
to look on it.

4 And 1 wept much, because no man was found
worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

5 And one of the ancients said to me : Weep
not: behold, the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root
of David, hath conquered to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals thereof.

t The beginning f, apxn *• e - the principle, the source, and the etficienJ
cause of the whole creation.

211

Tin: a roc alypse.

6 And 1 saw: and, behold, in tin- midst (if the
throne, and of the tour living creatures, and in the
■ lidst of the ancients, a Lamb Standing M it Wen
slain, having seven horns ami seven eyes : w Inch are
the seven spirits of God. sent forth into all the earth.

7 And he Came, and ttnik the hook out of the
it hand of hen that sat on the throne.

\nd when he had opened tin' book, the four
Urine Creatures, and the four and twenty ancients

fell down before tin- Lambs having every one of
them harps, and golden rah lull of odours, which
are the prayers ot the saints:*

'.» And they stiuga new canticle. sa\ ing: Thouart
worthy. O Lord, to take the book, and to open the
si als thereof: because thoowasl shin, and hast re-
de, nil-. I us to God, in thy Mood, out of every tril>c,
and tongue, and people, and nation:

10 And hast made us to our ( iorl a kingdom, and

priests: and ire shall reign oa the earth.

11 And I saw. and I heard the voice of many
angels round abotM the throne, and the living crea-
tures and the ancients: and the number of them was
thousands of thousands,

I .' Saying^ with a loud voice: Worthy is toe Lamb

that was s| iin, to receive power, and divinity, and
wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and
benediction.

13 Ami every creature, which is in heaven, and
00 the earth, and under the earth, and such as ire
in the sea, and the thing! that are therein: I heard
all sa\ ins : To him that sitteth on the throne, and to
the Lamb, benediction, and honour, and glory, and
l>ower, for ever anil ever.

IV And the four living creatures said: Amen:

And the four and twenty ancients fell down on their

mil adored him that liwth for ever, and ever.

CHAP. VI.

What follmeed upon the opening tim of the seals.

A ND 1 saw that the Lamb had opened one of the
-*"*- seven seals: and I heard one of the four tiring
creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder: Come
thou, and a

J And I - iw: and. behold, a white horse :f and
he that sat on him had a bow: and a crown was
givento him: and lie went forth conquering that he
might conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second goal, I
heard the second livim: creature saving: Come thou.
and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red ;
and it was granlcd to him w ho sat thereon, to take

away peace from the earth, and that they should kill

one another: and to him was giren B great BWOrd.

6 And when he had opened the third seal, I beard
to third Uring creature Baying: Come thou, and

• 7%i prwfrri »f thi —inti. Hrrr we w that the saint* in If
offer up I ors of the faithful opoo earth.

f Wku Wm. He that titteth on the white hone b Christ, fafaaf
•jrUtonbdM the world by hit panel The other horses tli.i i.. II.. «
re,.rr..-nt Bm lu.Irmrnt. an.) ntim.hmcnt. th;.t »rrr I.. fall ,„, the
enemie* of I I In. chunk I the red horae firninea wmr; the

I and the pale horae. >nich his death for iu

11*

\iid. In bold, a bla k horse; and he that sal
on him had a pair of BC J( I in his hand.

<i Audi heard as it were a voice, in the midst of
the four liriag creatures, saying: Two pounds ol
wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley

for a penny; and wine and oil hurt thou not.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal. I
heard the voice of the fourth living creatine saying:
Come thou, and

8 And, behold, a pale horse : and he that sat upon
him, his name was Death, and bell followed alter
him: and power W8S given lo him our the four parts
of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine, and
with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altarj the souls of them that wen- slain
for the word of (Jod, and for the testimony which
they held.

10 And they cried with a loud voice. Baying: Mow
long, O Lord, (holy and true) dost thon not judge
and revenge our bloody on them that dwell on the
earth?

11 And white stoles were given to each of them
one: and it was said to them, that they should rest
yet for a little time, till their fellow servants, and
their brethren, who were to be slain even as i!
should be tilled up.

12 And 1 saw, when he had opened the sixth seal :
and. behold, there was ;( great earthquake; and the
sun became black as sackcloth of hair: and the whole
moon became as blood:

13 And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth,
as the fig-tree casteth its green figS when it is shaken
bj a ureat wind :

14 And the heaven withdrew as a l»ook rolled up
together: and every mountain and the islands weft
moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes,
and the tribunes, and the rich men. and the strong
men, and every bond-man. and every free-man hit!
themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the moun-
tains:

16 And they say to the mountains and to the
rocks: fall upon us. and hide us from the face ol
him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath
of the Lamb:

17 For the treat day of their wrath is come: and
who shall be able to stand?

CHAP. VII.

The number qf thrm that irerr marked with the seal of the living
God, mul clothed in trhitc robes.

\ FTEB these things I saw four angels standing

■**- on the four corners of the earth, holding the
four winds of the earth, that they should not blow
upon the earth, nor upon the sea. nor on any tree.

J Under tht altrr. Christ, a* man, is lln» altar, under which i'.o
aoula of the mart % ri lire in heaven : aa their bodies are here deposited
under our altars.

» Rmnft wtbal Tlier ask not this oat of hatred to their ene-
hut out of r.cal for the irlon of God, and a i!r«irr tl.at the Ixml
would accelerate the general judguwut, and the comuktc Utatiti*l«
of all liii elect.

chap, viii, ix.

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the
rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God;
and lie cried with a loud voire to the four angels, to
whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor
the trees, till we seal the servants of our God in their
foreheads.

4 And I heard the number of them that were
sealed, a hundred forty-four thousand sealed, of all
the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 Of the tribe of Juda twelve thousand sealed:
of the tribe of Ruben twelve thousand sealed: of
the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed:

6 Of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand sealed :
of the tribe of Nephthali twelve thousand sealed :
of the tribe of Manasses twelve thousand sealed :

7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand sealed :
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand sealed: of the
tribe of Issachar twelve thousand sealed:

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon twelve thousand sealed :
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand sealed: of
the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed.

9 After this I saw a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and
peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne,
and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes,
and palms in their hands :

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying:
Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne,
and to the Lamb.

1 1 And all the angels stood round about the
throne, and about the ancients, and about the four
living creatures:and they fell before the throne upon
their faces, and adored God,

12 Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and
wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and
strength to our God, for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the ancients answered, and said to
me : Who are these that are clothed in white robes ?
and whence are they come ?

14 And I said to him: My lord, thou knowest.
And he said to me: These are they who are come
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore, they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple: and he,
that sitteth on the throne, shall dwell over them.

16 They shall not hunger, nor thirst any more ;
neither shall the sun fall on them, nor any heat:

17 For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the
throne, shall rule them, and shall lead them to the
fountains of the waters of life; and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes.

CHAP. VIII.

The seventh seal is evened: the angels with the seven trumpets.

\ ND when he had opened the seventh seal, there
J -*- was silence in heaven, as it were for half an
hour.

* A star fall. This may mean the fall and apostacy of great and
learned men from the true faith. Or a whole nation failing: into error,
and separating from the church, not having; the sign of God in their
forehead"

2 And I saw seven angels standing in the pre-
senreof God: and to them were given seven trumpets

3 And another angel came, and stood before the
altar, having a golden censer: and there was given
to him much intense, that he should offer M the
prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which
is before the throne of God.

4 And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of
the saints ascended up before God, from the hand
of the angel.

5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with
the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth: and
there were thundering^, and voices, and lightnings,
and a great earthquake.

6 And the seven angels who had the seven
trumpets, prepared themselves to sound the trumpet.

7 And the first angel sounded the trumpet: and
there was made hail, and fire mingled with blood ;
and it v as cast on the earth; and the third part or
the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees
was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and
as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was
cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became
blood.

9 Andthethirdpartof these creatures died, which
had life in the sea: and the third part of the ships
was destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and
a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a
torch: and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and
upon the fountains of waters:

1 1 And the name of the star is called Wormwood :
and the third part of the waters became wormwood :
and many men died of the waters, because they were
made bitter.

12 And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet:
and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the
third part of the moon, and the third part of the
stars, so that the third part of them was darkened :
and the third part of the day shined not, and of the
night in like manner.

13 And I beheld, and heard the voice of one
eagle flying through the midsj of heaven, saying with
a loud voice : Wo, wo, wo to the inhabitants of the
earth, by reason of the other voices of the three
angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet.

CHAP. IX.

Locusts come forth from the bottomless pit : the vision of the
army of horsemen.

AND the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I
saw a star fall* from heaven upon the earth;
and to him was given the key of the bottomless pif.f

2 And he opened the bottomless pit: and the
smoke of the pit ascended, as the smoke of a great
furnace: and the sun was darkened, and the air,
with the smoke of the pit:

3 And from the smoke of the pit there came out

f And to him was given the key of the boltomlest pit. That is, to the
angel, not to the fallen star. To this angel was given the power
which is here signified by a key, of opening hell.

213

jbcusts* upon the earth: and power was ^iun to
them, as the Korpkms of the earth hare power:

\iul it iras commanded them thai they should
not hurt the grass of the earth, aor any green thing,
nor aii\ tree : I >n t only the men who hare not the

>\j.\\ of God in their foreheads;

5 *nd it was given to them thai they should not
kill them: but that they should tor m ent them live

months : and their torment RNU as the torment of a
; pion when he Mriketh ■ man.

6 And in those davs men shall seek death, and
shall not find it: and the) shall desire to die, and
death shall fly from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts weft like unto
homes prepared for battle : and on their heads ire re

i were crow us like gold ; and their faces as the
facet of men.

8 And the\ had hair as the hair of women : and
their teeth were as the teeth of lions:

9 And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-
plates of iron : and the .sound of their a iims u as as
the sound of chariots of many horses running to
battle:

10 A ndt he v had tails like unto scorpions, and BtingS
were in their tails: and their power was to hurt men
fire months: and they had over them

11 A king, the a ogel of the bottomless pit; whose
name in Hebrew . is Abaddon, and in Cireek, Appol-
lyonj in Latin, K\te rminaiis.

I J One wo is past; and, behold, there come two
woes more hereafter.

13 \nd the sixth angel sounded the trumpet : and
I beard a voice from the four horns of the golden
altar, which is before the eves of God,

1 X Saying to the sixth angel, who bad the trum-
pet : Loose the four angels, who are bound in the
i' river Euphrates.

16 And the four angels were loosed, who were
prepared for an hour, anil a day, and a mouth, and
a year; for to kill the third part of men.

If. And the number of the army of horsemen was
twenty thousand times ten thousand. And 1 heard
the number of them.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision : and
they Who Sat OH them, had breast-plates ol lire, and
hyacinth, and of brimstone, and the beads of the
horses were as the heads of lions: and from their
months proceeded tire, and smoke, and brimstone.

_ 11! And by these three scourges was the third part
of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, anil by

the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 For the power of the hordes is in their mouths,
and in their tails. For, their tails are IFke to s ( r -

THE APOCALYPSE.

having heads; and with ilxni they du

IhfTttm

l< r t 'it* .1 I

I out Ux-utti. These may be dcrils in Antichrist's timi
MtmfM "' I ■" "-'• bill l.irc<- ami rnon-tmiiv a* here
deaen>»-,l Or the] may bcreallocu-ts. but of an cxtraordiuarv tizcand
■ -lia|>r. aiicn a» wpre never before seen on the earth, sent to
lormcnl those, icso kort not tkt rign (or tat) of God in tkrir Jortktadi.
Some commentator* by tbeae Uxu%t< understand heretics, and especially
Ihoae beret !•«, ti, .t *i>mnt; from Jew*, and with tin-in denied Ibc
divinity of Jesus Chrfe ; as Theedolus, Traxeai, N MtJ of

Samossta. Sain llni., Arius, &r. These were (Treat enemies of the
Christian reKjrion : tbej tormented an.! mi. <i..| the v,ml» t >f men.
•iinpinsr them, Hkt Korpiswt, with the poivn of Iheir i • ' >thers

base cxplaiaod these loauti, and other animals, menlMJCM d in lillercnl

tit

nents,

liurt.

20 And the rest of the men. who were not slain
b] these SCOUrgeS, base not done penance for the
works of their bands, that the\ should not adore
devils, and idols of sold and siher and brass ami
stone and wood, which neither tan SOB, nor bear,
nor walk :

21 Neither have they done penance for their mur-
ders, nor tor their sorceries, nor for their fornication,
nor for their t belts.

< HAP. X.

Tht cry of a mighty angel: hr givri John a book tr rat.

\ \ I > I saw another mighty Bngd come dow n
-£*- from heaven clothed With a cloud, and a rain-
bow upon his head ; and bis lace was as the sun,
and bis feet as pillars of fire :

2 And be bad in bis band a little book open : and
be set bis riiiht fed upon the sea, and bis left loot
upon the land :

3 And be cried out with a loud voice, as when p
lion roareth. And when he had cried out, seven tbtni
ders uttered their voices.

4 And w ben the seven thunders bad uttered their
voices. | was about to wiite: and I beard a voice
from heaven, sav fog to me: Seal up the things which
the seven thunders hav e spoken ; and write them not.

5 And the angel, which I saw standing upon the
sea, and noon the land, lilted up bis band to heaven :

6 Anil lie swore b\ bim that liveth lor ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things which are
therein; ami the earth, and the? things which are
therein; and the sea. and the things which are
therein: Thai time shall be no more:

7 Bui that in the davs of the \oicc of the seventh

angel, when be shall begin to sound the trumpet,
the mystery of (iod shall be finished, as he hath
deelaredf by bis servants the prophets.

8 And I heard a voice from heaven speaking to
me again, and saying: Go, and take the book thai is
open, from the hand of the angel standing upon the
si a. and tiiinn the land.

9 And 1 went to the angel, savins unto him, that
he should give me the Iniok. And he said to me:
Take the book, and devour it: and it shall make
thy belly bitter: but in thv mouth it shall be sw . | t
as honey.

10 And I took the book from the band of the
amrel, ami devoured it: and it was in my niomh
sweet as honey: and when I bad devoured it, niy
belly was bitter:

11 And be said tome: Thou must pr o p h es y again

places throughout this sacred and mystical i ■■ k. in u most absurd,
fanciful, and riox ulon. manner I llwv make .lootUan tlie pope, and the
lontli to be friars mendicant, lie. Hare it it thought pioper. not to
enter into any controrersy upon that «uniect, ». •
fancies hare'beeo already aaswered. and fully refuted i y mam I
trovertists t besides, those who img-lit be imposed on by such cbunerx a?
writers, are in those days mm h batter m! ■■

i DteUrrJ, lit « rally . rrangtlittd, to signify the good tiJingt. a|rree*.
hie to the Coiptl. of the final vietorr of Christ, and of that eternal
life, which should be the reward of Ihc temporal nudi-nog* of the
martyrs and faithful scrranU of God.

CHAP. XI, XII.

to nations, and peoples, and tongues, and to many
kings.

CHAP. XI.

He is ordered to measure the temple: the two witnesses.

AND there was given me a reed like unto a rod:
and it was said to me: Rise, and measure die
temple of God, and the altar, and them that adore in it.

2 But the court, which is without the temple, cast
out, and measure it not, because it is given to the
(i entiles: and the holy city they shall tread under
foot forty two months :

3 And I will give to my two witnesses,* and they
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred sixty days,
clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive-trees, and the two can-
dlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.

5 And if any man would hurt them, lire shall come
out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies:
and if any man would hurt them, in this manner
must he be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain
not in the days ot' their prophecy: and they have
power over waters to turn them into blood, and to
strike the earth with all plagues as often as they will.

7 And when they shall have finished their testi-
mony, the beast, that ascendeth out of the abyss,
shall make war against them, and shall overcome
them, and kill them.

8 And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the

freat city, which spiritually is called Sodom, and
Lgypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the tribes, and peoples, and tongues,
and nations, shall see their bodies lor three days and
a half; and shall not suffer their bodies to be laid iu
sepulchres.

10 And the inhabitants of the earth shall rejoice
over them, and make merry; and shall send pre-
sents one to another, because these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.

1 1 And after three days and a half, the spirit of
life from God entered into them. And they stood
upon their feet: and great fear fell upon them that
saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven,
saying to them : Come up hither. And they went
up into heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw
them.

13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell: and there were
slain in the earthquake, names of men seven thou-
sand ; and the rest were cast into a fear, and gave
glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second wo is past: and, behold, the third
wo will come quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet:
and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The
kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his
( hrist's, and he shall reign for ever and ever : Amen.

* My two witnesses. It is commonly understood of Henoch and Elias.

f Ji woman. The church of God. It may also, by allusion, be ap-
plind to our blessed Ladv. The church is clothed with the sun, that
V with Christ : she hath the moon, that is, the changeable things of

16 And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on
their seats in the sight of God, fell upon their faces,
and adored God, saying:

17 We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
who art, and who wast, and who art to come ; be-
cause thou hast taken thy great power, and thou hast
reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath
is come, and the time of the dead to be judged ; and
to render a reward to thy servants the prophets, and
to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, little
and great ; and to destroy them who have corrupted
the earth.

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven :
and the ark of his testament was seen in his tempje :
and there were lightnings, and voices, and an earth-
quake, and great hail.

CHAP. XII.

The vision of the woman clothed with the sun ; and of the great
dragon her persecutor.

\ ND there appeared a great wonder in heaven : a
-£*- womanf clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars :

2 And she being with child, cried, travailing in
birth, and was in pain to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
and, behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads,
and ten horns; and on his heads seven diadems.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and cast them to the earth : and the dragon
stood before the woman, who was ready to be de-
livered ; that, when she should be delivered, he might
devour her son.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was
to rule ajl nations with an iron rod : and her son was
taken up to God, and to his throne :

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where
she had a place prepared by God, that there they
should feed her a thousand two hundred and sixty
days.

7 And there was a great battle in heaven: Mi-
chael and his angels fought with the dragon ; and the
dragon fought, and his angels:

8 And they prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.

9 And that great dragon was cast out, the old
serpent, who is called the devil, and Satan, who
seduceth the whole world : and he was cast forth unto
the earth; and his angels were thrown down with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying:
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the king-
dom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth,
who accused them before our God day and night.

11 And they overcame him by the blood or the
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony : and they
loved not their lives unto death.

12 Therefore, rejoice, O ye heavens, and you that

the world, under her feet: and the twelve stars with which she is
crowned, are the twelve apostles: she is in labour and pain, whilst
she brings forth her children, and Christ in them, in the midst of
afflictions and persecutions.

216

THE APOCALYPSE.

dwell therein. Wo to the earth, and to the sea,
because the devil is come down onto you, haying

it w rath, know \\\z that he hath hut a .short time.

13 And alter the dragon saw that he w as cast unto
the earth, he |>ersecuted the woman, who bronchi
forth the man child :

IV And there were given to the woman two w inus
of a zr< at eagle, that she might fly into the desert
to her place, where she is nourished lor a time, and
limes, and half a time, from the lace of the serpent.

I.) And the terpen! east out of Ids mouth, nliei
the woman, water as it were a river; that he might
cause her to he tarried awav by the river.

It! And the earth helped the woman; and the
earth opened her mouth, and sw allowed up the
river, which the dragon COSI OUl of his mouth.

17 And the dragon WasangT} against the woman;
and Went to make war with the rest of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.

18 And he stood upon the sand of the

CHAP. MIL

Of the beast tritk ten n heads ; und tf a second beatt.

AND I s;iu a beast* coming out of the sea. haling
i en heads and ten horns, and upon his horns
ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.
2 And the beast, which I saw, was like to a leo-
pard ; and his feet were as the feet of a hear, and
ids mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dia^on
B him his own Strength, and gnat power.
■ '< \nd I saw one of his headsf as it were w ounded
to death : and his deadly wound was healed. And
all the earth was in admiration after the beast.

4 And they adored the dragon, which gave power
to the beast: and thev adored the beast, paying :
who is like to the beast.' and who shall he able to
fight with if :

5 Ami there was given to it a mouth, speaking
great things, and blasphemies: and power was given
toil to act forty-two months.

6 And

against

nacle.J and them that dwell in Heaven.

7 And it was given to him to make war w it li the
saints, and to overcome them : and power was given
him over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and
nation :

H And all that dwell upon the earth, adored him :
whose names are not written in the lx>ok of life Of
the Lamb, which was slain from the h.mnning^ of
the world.

!> If any man have an « ar, let him hear.

.1' I nut_»-ii.w iiii'inin.

ud he opened his mouth in blasphemies
God, to blaspheme his name, and his taher-

* jibnti Ttii* firsi l»u.l wiih «er«o boadu and Ion hurni, m pmlia
My ll>c wli

Cle i if (
■uda are

I !mv
pr.ii. I-

i ,1, Cbaldean, !'•

leU, enemx •. nn.1 penecMofi of ll»
e beginning to the rod of the world. T'

. aaaefi priiM-ical kingdofna or empire*.

II axettoaaa hnniiKil |m>wct over the
le, fire were then (alien _-\|.lian, A»-

>i»n, awl fJrwian monarvhiei:

»i/. llw empire of Himw ; and the aerrnth and ehiefeat wa« 10 rome,

• empire. The ten horoa may he Sa-
te* toaear per»e*-utnr».
♦ On/ »f »ii tumtt, <■<-. Some nnderatand thi« of I he mortal wound.
el.M li Ihe idolatry of the Roman empire (tignined by !!.. .

tl<

10 He that shall had into captivity, shall go info
captivity : be that shall kill by the sword, must Im
killed bv the sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints..

I 1 And 1 saw another beasl|| coming Up out of
the earth: and he had two horns, like to a land's;
and he spoke as a dragon.

\2 And he executed all the power of the form, t
beast in his sight : and he caused the earth, and them
(hat dwell then in, to adore the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.

1.1 And he did great signs, so that he made even
lire to conic dow n from heaven upon the earth in the
siuht of men.

1 \ And he seduced them that dwell on the earth,
hv the si^.ns. which were given him to perform in

the Bight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on

the earth, that thev should make an image to the

i, which had the wound by the sword, and

lived.

1") And it was given him to give life to the image
of the beast, and that the image of the beast should
speak; and should cause, that whosoever will not
adore the image of the beast, should be slain.

16 And he shall make all. ImiiIi little and great,
rich and tx>or, free-men and bond-men, to have a
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ■

17 And that no man might buy or sell, but he
that hath the mark, or the name Of the beast, or the.
number of his name.

18 Here is w isdom. He that hath understanding,
let him compute the number of the beast. For it is
the number of a man : and his number is six hun-
dred sixty-six. 1

CHAP. \iv.

Of the Lamb, and of Ihe rirfrins that fnllinr him : Of the judg-
ments that shall fall ujxin the u-iikul.

\ ND I saw : and, behold, a I ,ainl> stood on mount
-^*- Sion, and with him a hundred forty-four thou-
sand having his name and the name of his Fat he j
written in their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder:
and the voice which I heard, was as of harpers,
harping 00 their harps.

3 And thev sun- as it were a new canticle, before
the throne, and before the four living creatures, and
the ancients : and no man could sav the canticle,
but those hundred forty -four thousand, who wi
purchased from the earth.

4 These are thev who Were not defiled with wo-
men : for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb

'd from Constantinc ; which waa, n it r rKi haw Ifil li, in l.j
Julian the anost.

! I lis tabmuitlr, let. That i», liii t liurrh and hi* .«int«.
♦ Stain fnm Iht (Wfi»iii«i, 4't In ihe foreknowledge of Cud, and
inaimuch a« all mercy and grace, from the beginning, waa giren in
Hew of In. death ami pa»»i

w kmi. Thia aecond beaut with two hornv mat !«• nndrr.
" priest* and magician* ; the prim ipal promoter*

Ixith of idolatry and |« roi ution

1 Sir hundred ojiy hi. The numeral letter, of hit name (hall maka
up tint number.

chap, xv, xvi.

whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from
among men, the first fruits to God, and to the Land) :

5 And in their mouth was found no lie : for they
are without spot before the throne of Cod.

6 And I saw another angel flying through the
midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach
to them that sit upon the earth, and over every
nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people :

7 Saying with a loud voice : Fear the Lord, and
give him honour ; because the hour of his judgment
js come : and adore ye him, who made heaven, and
earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters.

8 And another angel followed, saying: She is
fallen, she is fallen, that e;reat Babylon ;* which
made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication.

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with
a loud voice: If any man shall adore the beast, and
his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or
in his hand:

10 He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is mingled with pure wine, in the
cup of his wrath: and he shall be tormented with
fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels,
and in the sight of the Lamb:

1 1 And the smoke of their" torments shall ascend
up for ever and ever: neither have they rest day nor
night, who have adored the beast, and his image,
and whosoever did receive the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints, who keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to
me: Write : Blessed are the dead, who die in the
Lord.f From henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours: for their works
follow them.

14 And I saw: and, behold, a white cloud, and
upon the cloud one sitting like to the Son of man,
having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand
a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out of the temple,
crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the
cloud : Put to thy sickle, and reap, because the hour
is come to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

16 And he that sat on the cloud, put his sickle
o the earth; and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple,
which is in heaven," he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar,
who had power over fire: and he cried with a loud
voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: Put
to thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the
vineyard of the earth; because the grapes thereof
are ripe.

19 And the angel put his sharp sickle to the earth,
and gathered the vineyard of the earth, and cast it
into the great wine-press of the wrath of Cod:

20 And the wine-press was trodden without the
city: and blood came out of the wine-press, even up

* Babylon. By Babylon may be very probably signified all the
wicked world in general, which God will punish and destroy after the
ihort time of this mortal life: or it may signify every great city
wherein enormous sins and abominations are daily committed, and
that when the measure of it« iniquities is full, the punishments due to

to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hun-
dred furlongs.

CHAP. XV.

They that have overcome the beast, glorify God. Of the seven
angels with the seven vials.

AND I saw another sign in heaven, great and
-^*- wonderful, seven angels having the seven last
plagues: for in them is filled up the wrath of Cod.

2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled
with fire, and them that had overcome the beast,
and his image, and the number of his name, stand-
ing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God :

3 And singing the canticle of Moses the servant
of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying : Great
and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty :
just and true are thy ways, O King of ages.

4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify
thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations
shall come, and shall adore in thy sight; because
thy judgments are manifest.

5 And after these things I saw: and, behold, the
temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven
was opened :

6 And the seven angels came out of the temple,
having the seven plagues, clothed in clean and white
linen, and girded about the breasts with golden
girdles.

7 And one of the four living creatures gave to the
seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of
God, who liveth for ever and ever.

8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the
majesty of God, and from his power: and no man
was able to enter into the temple, till the seven
plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

CHAP. XVI.

The seven vials are poured out : the plagues that ensue.

\ ND I heard a great voice out of the temple, say
-^*- ing to the seven angels : Go, and pour out the
seven vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon
the earth: and there fell a sore and most grievous
wound upon the men, who had the mark of the beast,
and upon them who adored his image.

3 And the second angel poured out his vial into
the sea: and it became as the blood of a dead man:
and every living soul died in the sea.

4 And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers,
and the fountains of waters: and they became blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters, say ins :
Thou art just, O Lord, who art, and who wast the
holy one, who hast judged these things:

6 For they have shed the blood of the saints and
prophets: and thou hast given them blood to drink:
for they deserved it.

7 And I heard another from the altar, saying:
Yea, O Lord God Almighty, true and just are thy
judgments.

its crimes, are poured on it. It also may be some city ol the descrip-
tion in the Text, that will exist, and be destroyed as here described,
towards the end of the world.

t Vie in the Lord. It is understood of Uie martyrs who die for the
Lord.

217

THE APOCALYPSE.

8 And the fourth angel pound out his vial upon
the sun: and it WM given lohun to alilict men with
heat and tin- :

9 And net w« re scotched with great heat: ;md
thev blasphemed the name of God, who hath power
Offer these plagues; neither did they penance to -
him glory.

10 And tin- tilth sage) |>oured out his vial upon
the seat of the beast: and his kingdom became dark;
and the] gnawed their tongues lor pain:

11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven,
because of their pains, and wounds, and did not
penance for their works.

12 And the sixth sngd poured out his vial upon
that peat river Euphrates; and dried up the water
thereof, thai a win might be prepared tor the kings
from the rising ot the sun.

13 And I -aw from the mouth of the dragon, and
from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth
of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like ti

1 i For the] are the spirits pfdei us working signs:
and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth
to gather then to battle against the great day of the
Almighty God.

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that
watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and the] see his shame.

16 knd he shall gather them together into a place,
Which i- called in Hebrew Annagedon.*

17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into

the air: and I great voice came out of the temple
from the throne, saying: It is done.

|8 Ind there were lightnings, and voices, and
thunders: and there was a init earthquake, such as
never hath been since men were upon the earth; such
»ii earthquake, so great.

I!* And the great city was made into three parts:
and the cities ot the Gentiles till; and great Baby-
lon cane in remenoraace before God, to give to

her the cimof the wine of the indignatiouol'his Wrath.

20 And even island lied away, and the mountains
were not found.

1\ And great hail like a talent came down from
heaven upon men : and men blasphemed ( iod because
of tin- plagUC of the hail; lor it was exceeding great.

(HAP. XVII.

The ilr*crii>tinn of Ike grtut harlot, and nf the beast upon which

the tits.

AN I ) there came one of the sev en BBgett, w ho had
the -.even v iaU. and spoke with ine. savin:::
Come, I will show thee the condemnation of the
gnat harlot, who sitteth upon many waters.

2 With whom the kings of tne earth have connit-

*.fnaar«Ua. i. e. The I, ill ..t' nihhers.
♦ . I mutiny. That is, a secret, became what follows of the
lit 1'- of the irreat In riot in tu be taken in a mystical lenie,

and

Kithi-r the city of the dcnl in gem- rat. or, if thia place

be tu Im- understood of any partu-ut.tr city, (Mfm Home, which then and
for 300 years pereecu ted the churth; and wasihe prim ipal scat both of

which Uabyloo,

tnJ it not. being much

I TV •*•»• wWA Ikon tavil Thi
ma\ • j.it. f r nf tin- <l'v tl . vhieh tcci

(united by the coming of Chrut, hut .hall afraiu inn iltclf under
Antichrist. The utu heads of this beast are sescu mouutaius or

SIS

led fornication : and they who inhabit the earth, have
in en made drunk with the wine of her prostitution.

3 And he took DM away in the spirit into the
Welts And I saw a woman siftins upon a scarlet*

coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having
SBVea heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was clothed round in purple
and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and pte< -ion* stones
and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, lull of
the abomination and nlthiness of her fornication.

6 And on her forehead a name was written: A

mystery :f Babylon) the gnat, the mother of the

fornications and nl>omiiiatiniis of the earth.

6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of
the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of
.1' mis. And when 1 had seen her, 1 wondered with
great admiration.

7 And the angel said to me: Why dost thou won-
der? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and
of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads and ten horns.

8 The beast, w Inch thou sawcst,§ was, and is not,
and shall come up out of the bottomless pit. am:
into destruction: and the inhabitants of the earth
(whose names are not written in the book ot life
from the foundation of the world) shall wonder,
■Sang 'lie beast, that was. and is not.

9 And here is the understanding, that hath wis-
dom. The seven heads are seven mountains, BPOU
which the woman sitteth, and thev are SeveS)
kings:

10 Five are fallen; one is; and the otlu r is not
vet cone: and when he shall come, he must remain
a .short time.

1 1 And the beast that was, and is not : the same
is also the eighth, and is of the seven, and gocth
into destruction.

12 And the ten horns, which thou mweat, an ten
kings;i| who have not yet received a kingdom, but
shall receive power M klBgSOUe hour alter the beast.

13 These have one design: and their strength
and |M>wer they shall deliver to the beast.

14 They shall light with the I.amb; and the
Lamb shall overcome them; because he is Lord of
lords, and king of kings ; and thev that are with him
are called, and elect, and faithful.

15 And he said to me: The waters which thou
■awest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and
nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns, which thou saw est on the
beast; theat shall hate the harlot, and shall make
her desolate and naked, and shall eat her llesh. and
shall burn her with lire.

17 For God hath given into their hearts, to do

empires, instrument-, 'it l,i» t\ r-.tniiy ; i>l which In I

above, < Imp. mi. i it. I. The beiut itnelf is said tu In- ilu right* and

it of tkt mrm because they all art under the drril. and hi hi. mttira-

ti n that hi* |>ower i* in tliem all, yet to a* to make up, a. it •>

an eighth empire, distinct from them all.

| Tea Mart. Ten leaser kingdoms, enemies also o of

Christ ; which, nes-ertheksss. shall be made instrumci

•'. fur the punishment of Babylon. Some onderataad tin. ot the
Goth*, Vaadala, llunns, and otlicr barbarous nation*, that destruttst
the empire of Koine.

CHAP. XVII], XIX.

that which pleaseth him; that they give their king-
dom to the beast till the words of God be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawcst, is the
great city, a kingdom which hath dominion over the
kings of the earth.

CHAP. XVIII.

The fall of Babylon : kings ami merchants lament over her.

AND after these things I saw another angel com-
ing down from heaven, having great power:
and the earth was enlightened with his glory.

2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying:
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen; and is become
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every unclean
spirit, and the hold of every unclean and 'witeful bird :

3 Because all nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the
earth have committed fornication with her: and the
merchants of the earth have been made rich by the
abundance of her delicacies.

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying:
Go out from her, my people; that you be not par-
takers of hei sins, and that you receive not of her
plagues.

5 For her sins have reached even to heaven : and
the Lord hath remembered her iniquities.

6 Render to her as she also hath rendered to you :
and double ye the double according to her works :
in the cup, wherein she hath mingled, mingle unto
her double.

7 As much as she hath glorified herself, and hath
been in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give
unto her: because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen,
and am not a widow ; and sorrow 1 shall not see.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,
death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be
burnt with fire ; because God is strong, who shall
judge her.

9 And the kings of the earth, who have commit-
ted fornication, and lived in delicacies with her, shall
weep, and bewail themselves oyer her, when they
shall see the smoke of her burning :

10 Standing afar off for fear of her torments, say-
ing : Wo. wo that great city Babylon, that mighty
city : for in one hour is thy judgment come.

1 1 And the merchants of the earth shall weep,
and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their
merchandise any more :

12 Merchandise of gold, and silver, and of pre-
cious stones, and pearl, and of fine linen, and pur-
ple, and of silk, and scarlet (and all thyine wood, and
all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of
vessels of precious stone, and of brass, and iron, and
marble,

13 And cinnamon) and of odours, and ointment,
and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and ihw flour,
and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and
chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

14 And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are
departed from thee ; and all fat and goodly things
are perished from thee ; and they shall no more
find them.

15 The merchants of these things, who were

made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of
her torments, weeping and mourning,

16 And saying: Wo, wo that great city, which
was clothed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet,
and was gilded with gold and precious stones and
pearls :

17 For in one hour are so great riches come to
nothing : and every ship-master, and every one that
sails into the lake, and mariners, and they that work
at sea, stood afar off;

18 And cried out, seeing the place of her burn-
ing, saying: What city is like to this great city?

19 And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried
out, weeping and mourning, saying: Wo, wo that
great city, wherein all were made rich, who had
ships at sea, by reason of her prices : for in one hour
she is made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy
apostles, and prophets : for God hath judged your
judgment on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone as it were
a great mill-stone, and cast it into the sea, saying :
With this violence shall Babylon, that great city,
be thrown down, and shall now be fotmd lio
more.

22 And the voice of harpers, and of musicians,
and of them that play on the pipe, and on the trum-
pet, shall no more be heard in thee : and no crafts-
man of any art whatsoever shall be found any more
in thee : and trie sound of a mill shall be heard no
more in thee :

23 And the light of a lamp shall shine no more in
thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and bride shall
be heard no more in thee : for thy merchants were
the great men of the earth, for all nations have been
deceived by thy sorceries.

24 And in her hath been found the blood of pro-
phets and of saints, and of all, who were slain upon
the earth.

CHAP. XIX.

The saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot
Christ's victory over the beast and the kings of the earth.

A FTER these things I heard as it were the voice
-L*- of many multitudes in heaven, saying: Alle-
luia : salvation, and glory, and power is to our God :

2 For true and just are his judgments, who hath
jodged the great harlot, which corrupted the earth
with her fornication, and hath revenged the blood of
his servants, at her hands.

3 And again they said : Alleluia. And her smoke
ascendeth for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty ancients, and the four
living creatures fell down and adored God thai sit-
teth upon the throne, saying: Amen: Alleluia.

5 And a voice came out from the throne, saving:
Praise ye our God all his servants, and you that
fear him, little and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great mul-
titude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for the
Lord our God the omnipotent hath reigned.

7 Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give glory to

sis

THE APOCALYPSE.

him: for the marriage of tin- Lamb n come, tnd
hb wife bath prepared hrraelf.

8 Ami (o her it hath been granted, that she should
clothe herself with fine linen, glittering and white.
For the fine linen are the iogtihcations of saints.

c . And he saith to me: Write: Blessed are thev,
who an- called to the marriage supper of the Lamb:
ami In- taith to inc: These words of God arc true.

10 Anil I fell before* his feet to adore htm. And
he saith to me: See thou do it not : I am thy Icl-
low-servant, and of tin brethren "ho haw the tes-
timony of Jes'tis \ re God. Fot the testimony
of Jesus i- the spirit of prophecy.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a

white horse: and he that s;it upon him. was called
Faithful and True; and with justice he judged) and

fighteth.

12 And his e\. h | Same of lire, and on
his bead many diadems, baring a name written,
which no man knoweth hut himself.

I> And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled
with blood : and his name is called. THE WORD

OF GOD.

I V And the armies which are in heaven followed
him on white horses, clothed in fine linen white and
clean.

15 And out of his mouth proceeded) a sharp two-
edged BWOrd; that with it he may strike tin; Gen-
tiles. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the wine-press of the fury of the
wrath of ( iod the Almighty.

16 And he hath on his garment and on histhidi
written: King of* kings, and Lord of lords.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun : and
lie cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds
that did fly through the midst of heaven: Conic,
and gather yourselves together to the great supper
of ( iod :

IK That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the
flesh nf tribunes, anil the flesh of might) men, and
the letfa of horses, and of them that sit on them,
and the flesh of all free- men and liond-men, and of
little and -re.it.

19 \nd I saw the b ea st and the kin^s of the
earth and their armies gathered together to make
war with him that sat upon the burse, and with his
armv.

20 \nd the beast was taken, and with him the
false pro p het ; who Wrought siaas be ore him.
wherewith lie seduced them, w ho received the mark
of the beast, and who adored his image. These
two were cist alive into the pool of fire burning with

brimstone.

21 Ami the rest were slain l>\ thcSWOrd of him
that sitteth upon the horse, which proceeded) out ot

• / fill bffort, IfC. St. Aur. (I. 80 contra r'aust. c. 11.) i. of opinion.
that ' i »o gkirion. | uiannrr. that St. John i.~.k

him I fon- won. reft Imn dirmt k m tm,

hail not the anr*"' «topt him, hy trllmehim he wmi tnjl Ins lVllow-wr-
¥ant i. in). II in K» jih'.) rather think.. It. it the wnera

offered l>> SI- John. *» not <li> im liononr

Boa

than what might lawfu
the »nfrl, in i nn«bli-ra
bad br«n raioed, I > tl,
■ it/ of St. Jolio, -u ftf

pii | hut wa* ne
1 dignity to » ln<

or indeed ant other

h iMir human

1 .im! tin- ile-

itis mouth : and all the birds were filled with tin ir
flesh.

CH W. \\.

Sitlun i* hminrt fin it thousand vrnrs : thr suuh of thr mnrtyrt
,-n icith Christ in thrjirtt rrtumttion. Ihr lint uttrmjit,
of StitiiH aguiiul thr ckurck : the lint juil^mi nt.

A M' I saw an SOgd coming down from heaven,

-^*- baring the kej <>f the bottomless pit, and >

great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, tin* old serpent
which is the devil and Satan, and bound liimf for I
thousand years :

.) And he cast him into the bottomless pit ai
shut him up. and set a seal upon him. that he should
no more seduce the nations, till the thousand years
be finished : and after that he must Ik- loosed a little
lime.

4 And I saw Seats, and thaj sat upon them : ami
judgment was giveu unto them: and the souls of
them that were beheaded for the testimony ol Je-
sus, and for the word of (iod, ami who hail not
adored the In-ast, nor his image, nor received Ins
mark in their foreheads, or in their hands: ami they
lived and reigned w ith ( luist a thousand vears.

5 The rest of the dead lived not, till the thou-
sand years were finished. This is the fust resur-
rection.

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection : in these the second death li.iih
no power: but they shall be priests o! (iod and ot
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

7 And when the thousand years shall be finish-
ed. Satan shall be loosed out 01 his prison, ami shall
EO forth, and seduce the nations, w Inch are over the
tour qaarters of the earth, Gog, ami Magog, and
shall gather them together to battle, whose nuuiuef
is as the sand of the sea.

8 And they ascended upon the breadth of the
earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and
the betofed city.

9 Ami lire came down from God out of heaven,

and devoured them: ami the dev il, w ho seilm < d
them, was cast into the pool of lire and biiinstune,
vv lure both the beast

10 And the false prophet shall be tormented day
ami night for ever and ever.

1 1 And I saw a great w hile throne, and him that
sat upon it, from w hose presence the earth and hea-
ven lied away, and there was noplace found for them.

1 I \i;l I saw the dead cieat and Small, stand-
in", hi lure the throne ; and the books w ere niiriu tl :
ami another book was opened, which is tin book of
life; and the dead were judged by those things
which were written in the books, according to their

WOlks.

f Btmnd him, 4c. Tin- ; .tan ha- !>.•• n im inn. I, limit

od by the paa.ion ofChtrtat, (or a tkouund fnri ; Ih.a ia.br iba n hole
tine of the new tpttament : but r«p«H lally fniin the lime
.miction of ttnbyl,tn or pagan Rome, nil the n< ■ t Cor and

• araio*! the charch, towardi Ibeead of the «oi|,i. During
tune tin' mall of the iiiari\r> and ..unl« ttro Bad reign v. it It
CnriM in ht:i\in, in tliejlr»/ rtiurrtrlion. whu h is thai ,1 to

i!h- life of glory; as tbo Ht-ontt wa mid w i t will Ik- that of the I**!),
at the day of tbe general judgment.

CHAP. XXI, XXII.

13 And the sea gave up the dead, that were in
it: and death and hell gave op their dead, that were
in them: and they were judged every one according
to their works.

14 And hell and death were cast into the pool of
fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the
hook of life, was cast into the poo! o<" fire.

CHAP. XXI.

The new Jerusalem described.

AND I saw a new heaven, and a new earth. For
the first heaven and the first earth was passed
away:* and the sea is no more.

2 And I John saw the holy city the new Jerusa-
lem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And 1 heard a great voice from the throne,
saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with* men;
and he will dwell with them: And they shall he his
people : and God himself with them shall be their God :

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes: and death shall be no more; nor mourning,
nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more; for the
former things are passed away.

5 And he who sat on the throne, said : Behold, I
make all things new. And he said to me: Write,
for these words are most faithful and true.

6 And he said to me : It is done : I am alpha and
omega ; the beginning and the end. To him that
thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the water of
life, gratis.

7 He that shall overcome, shall possess these
things: and I will be his God, and lie shall be my son.

8 But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their portion
shall be in the pool burning with fire and brimstone ;
which is the second death.

9 And there came one of the seven angels, who
nad the vials full of the seven last, plagues, and spoke
with me, saying: Come, and I will show thee the
bride, the wife of the Lamb.

10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high
mountain : and he showed me the holy city Jerusa-
lem, coming down out of heaven from God,

1 1 Having the glory of God ; and the light thereof
like unto a precious stone, as it were to a jasper-
stone, as crystal.

12 And it had a wall great and high, having
twelve gates; and in the gates twelve angels, and
names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

13 On the east, three gates ; and on the north,
three gates ; and on the south, three gates ; and on
the west, three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve founda-
tions ; and in them, the twelve names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he that spoke with me, had a measure, a

• The first heaven and Ihc first earth iroj vnssed aicay, being changed, not
M to tb«ir substance, but in their qualities.

golden reed, to measure the city and the ga es there-
of, and the wall.

16 And the city is situate four-square ; and the
length thereof is as great as the breadth . and he
measured the city with a golden reed for twelve
thousand furlongs : and the length, and the height,
and the breadth of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall thereof a hundred
forty-four cubits, the measure of a mau,t which is of
an angel.

18 And the building of the wall thereof was of
jasper-stone ; but the city itself pure gold, like to
clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city
were adorned with all manner of precious stones.
The first foundation, jasper : the second, sapphire :
the third, a calcedony : the fourth, an emerald :

20 The filth, sardonyx : the sixth, sardius : the
seventh, chrysolite : the eighth, beryl : the ninth, a
topaz : the tenth, a chrysoprasus : the eleventh, a
jacinth : the twelfth, an amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, qne
to each : and every several gate was of one several
pearl : and the street of the city was pure gold, as it
were transparent glass.

22 And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God
Almighty is the temple thereof, and the Lamb.

23 And the city needeth not sun nor moon to
shine in it: for the glory of God hath enlightened it:
and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

24 And nations shall walk in the light of it :
and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and
honour into it.

25 And the gates thereof shall not be shut by
day : for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.

27 There shall not enter into it any thing defiled,
or any one that worketh abomination, or a lie ; but
they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

CHAP. XXII.

The water and tree of life. The conclusion.

AND he showed me a river of water of life, clear
as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God,
and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street thereof, and on both
sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve
fruits, yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves
of the tree for the healing of the nations.

3 And no curse shall be any more : but the throne
of God, and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his ser-
vants shall serve him.

4 And they shall see his face : and his name shall
be on their foreheads.

5 And night shall be no more: and they shall not
need the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun ;
for the Lord God shall enlighten them ; and they
shall reign for ever and ever.

6 And he said to me : These words are most

f Tilt measure ofaman, i. e. According to the measure o/nten, and used 6j
the angel : This sterns to be the true meaning of these word*

221

THE APOCALYPSE.

faithful and true. And the Lord Cod of the spirits
of the prophets sent his angel to show his mwuitl
the things w hiHi must [>,• done shortly.

7 And, behold, I rome rjuickly. lilcssed is he
that keepeth the words ol tin- prophec] ol this
book.

8 And I John, who have heard and seen these
things. And alter I had heard and net, I fell dou n
to adore before the fcet-of tin- angel, who showed
me these things :

9 And he said to me : See thou Ho it not : for I
am thy fellow-servant, and of tli\ hrethren the pro-
phets, and of them who keep the words of the pro-
phecy of this book : Adore God.

10 And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the
prophecy of this book : for the time is at hand.*

11 He that hurteth. lei him hurt -.till :\ and he
that is filthy, let him he filth) still : and he that is
just, let him he justified Mill: and he that is holt,
let him lie sanctified still.

]1 Behold, I come quickly : and my reward is
wjth me, to render to every man according to his
works.

13 I am alpha, and omega, the first, and the last,
the bediming, and the end.

1 I Blessed are they that wash their robes in the

• Fur the lime is ml hand. ThM is, when riirn- ir. .1 In eternity, til
time and temporal tliinp> vnm-.li. and an' but of short duration. As
to the time when tin- chief pmiictioni should come ' hare

ni> certain' liflerenl opinion*, h >t I > of the ancient

fathers anil lata interpreters. M.nn ilunk that moil things set down
from the finirlli chapter to tli.- end, will not Im' fulfilled till ;i little tunc
before the end nf the world. Other* lion, that srreat i

them, and particulath the hil of the « » kid Babj Ion, happened at the
dotnirtion of 1'atiiii.m. by the destruction of I me, and it-

p'-rseentinjj heathen emperor*. Of these inter;

in his long commentary, *ee the l<.m. hopol Meaux, in

reatiae on thin Bonk, and P. Allcman, in Ml note- on the tame
Apocalypse, torn. 12, who in his Preface *ayi, that this, in a (Treat
meaaure, may be now looked upon a* Ok- opinion followed b] the
learned men. In fine, others think that St. John 1 - d«iigo was in I
mystical way, by metaphor* an I allegories to roproaont tM attempts

ttl

blood of the l,aml>; that they may have a right to
the tree of life, and may enter in in the gates into
lite cilv.

i.'i Without "" dogs, and sorcerers, and the im-
iliasic. and nuirdercis, ami those that sene idols,
and even one that loveth and maktlli a lie.

lii I Jesus have sent n*y angel, to testify to
these fhiiigs in tlie churches. 1 am the root and
stock of David, the bright and morning star.

17 And the Spirit and the bride sa> : (dine. And
lie that heanih, let him say : Come. And he that
lliirsleih, let him come : and lie that will, let him
take the water ol life, gratia.

18 I or i testify to ever] one thai bearetfa the
words of the prophecj of this l>ook : If an] man shall
add to these things. God shall add upon him the
plagues written in this book.

1!' And if an] man shall take away from the
words ol the hook of this prophecy. God shall take
away his pari out of the book of life, and out ol the
Im.|\ city, ami from these things Which are written
in this book.

20 lie that givelhtestimony of these things, saith:
Surel] I come quick)] : Amen. Come, Lord .b

J I Tin grace ol our Lord Jesus Christ In; with
you all. Amen.

and punetllUoni of the wieked BraJMl I he -errant* of God, the punish-

menti thai should in a short tunc fall epon Babylon, thai 1-. upon all

the wicked if) general I the eternal happiness and reward, which God
had reserved for the piou- inhabitants of Jerusalem, that is, for hil
faithful servants, after their short trials and the tribulations of thi*
mortal life. In the mean time we meet with many profitable m-truo-
tiom and admonitions, which we may easily enough understand i but
we ban- DO certainty, when we apply the*. ,s to parti.

in nts; i.,r a- Bt, .icrom takes notice, tin se has as many

inysti 'Is. or rather mysteriei id every word. .tfccUytit

Jonnnit toi habtt Sarromrnta quo! rrrba — porum diri, in trrhu stngulu
mulliplurl Inlrnl infr/hfrmiiir. l.p. ail I'atlllll. t. -4. p. 614, Kallt. BeUI

j l.rt htm hurl stUL It is not an exhortation or license to go on in
sin; but an iniunation, that how far soever the wicked may pro.
their progress shall quickly end, and then they mutt expect to meet
with proportionable punndiineuU

KND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

A TABLE

OF ALL

THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS

FOR ALL

THE SUNDAYS AND HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR-,

AND ALSO, OF THE

MOST NOTABLE FEASTS IN THE ROMAN CALENDAR

It must be observed, that the Verses at which the Epistle or Gospel begin and end are set down after the Chapter.

ADVENT, 1 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xiii. 11. 14. Gospel Luke
xxi. 25. 34.

2 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xv. 4. 13. Gospel Matt. xi. 2. 10.

3 Sunday, Epistle Philip, iv. 4. 7. Gospel John i. 19.28.

4 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. iv. 1. 5. Gospel Luke iii. 1. 6.
Christmas, 1 Mass, Epistle Tit. ii. 11. 15. Gospel Luke ii. 1. 15.

2 Mass, Epistle Tit. iii. 4. 8. Gospel Luke ii. 15. 21.

3 Mass, Epistle Heb. i. 1. 12. Gospel John i. 1. 14.
St. Stephen, Epistle Acts vi. and vii. 54. 49. Gospel Matt.

xxiii. 34. 39.
St. John, Epistle Eccl. xv. 1. 7. Gospel John xxi. 20. 24.
Holy Innocents, Epistle Apoc. xiv. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. ii. 13.

18.
St. Thomas Cant. Epistle Heb. v. 1. 7. Gospel John x. 11. 17.
St. Sylvester, Epistle 2 Tim. iv. 1. 9. Gospel Luke xii. 35. 41.
Circumcision, Epistle Tit. ii. 11. 15. Gospel Luke ii. 21, 22.
Epiphany, Epistle Isai. lx. 1. 7. Gospel Matt. ii. 1. 13.

1 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 1. 6. Gospel Luke ii. 42. 52.

2 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 6. 16. Gospel John ii. 1. 12.
Name of Jesus, Epistle Acts iv. 8. 12. Gospel Luke ii. 21.

3 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xii. 16. 21. Gospel Matt. viii. 1. 13.

4 Sunday, Epistle Rom. xiii. 8. 11. Gospel Matt. viii. 23. 28.

5 Sunday, Epistle Coloss. iii. 12. 18. Gospel Matt. xiii. 24. 31.

6 Sunday, Epistle 1 Thess. i. 2. 10. Gospel Matt. xiii. 31. 36.
Septuagesima, Epistle 1 Cor. ix. 24. x. 6. Gospel Matt. xx. 1.

17.
Sexagesima, Epistle 2 Cor. xi. 19. xii. 10. Gospel Luke viii. 4.

16.
Quinquagesima, Epistle 1 Cor. xiii. 1. 13. Gospel Luke xviii.

31.34.
Ash-Wednesday, Epistle Joel ii. 12. 20. Gospel Matt. vi. 16.

22.

1 Lent, Epistle 2 Cor. vi. 1. 11. Gospel Matt. iv. 1. 12.

2 Lent, Epistle 1 Thess. iv. 1. 8. Gospel Matt. xvii. 1. 10.

3 Lent, Epistle Ephes. v. 1. 9. Gospel Luke xi. 14. 29.

4 Lent, Epistle Gal. iv. 22. 31. Gospel John vi. 1. 16.

Pass. Sunday, Epistle Heb. ix. 11. 15. Gospel John viii. 46. 59.
Palm-Sunday, Epistle Phil. ii. 5. 11. Gospel Matt. xxi. 1. 10.

and chap. xxvi. xxvii.
Maunday -Thursday, Epistle 1 Cor. xi. 20. 33. Gospel John xiii.

1. 15.
Good Friday, Epistle Exodus xii. L 12. 1. Gospel John xviii.

six.

Holy Saturday, Epistle Coloss. iii. 1. 4. Gospel Matt, xxviii. 1

7.
Easter Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. v. 7. 8. Gospel Mark xvi. 1. 7.
Easter Monday, Epistle Acts xx. 37. 43. Gospel Luke xxiv. 13.

35.
Easter Tuesday, Epistle Acts xiii. 26. 33. Gospel Luke xxiv

36. 47.
Low-Sunday, Epistle 1 John v. 4. 10. Gospel John xx. 19. 31.

2 Sunday after Easter, Epistle 1 Peter ii. 21. 25. Gospel Joha
x. 11. 16.

3 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter ii. 11. 18. Gospel John xvi. 16. 22.

4 Sunday, Epistle James i. 17. 21. Gospel John xvi. 5. 14.

5 Sunday, Epistle James i. 22. 27. Gospel John xvi. 22. 30.
Ascension, Epistle Acts i. 1. 11. Gospel Mark xvi. 14. 20.

6 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter iv. 7. 12. Gospel John xv. 26. xvi
4.

Whit. Sunday Epistle Acts ii. 1. 11. Gospel John xiv. 23. 31.
Whit. Monday, Epistle Acts x.42. 48. Gospel John iii. 16. 21.
Tuesday, Epistle Acts viii. 14. 17. Gospel John x. 1. 10.
Trinity-Sunday, Epistle Rom. xi. 33. 36. Gospel Matt, xxviii.

18. 20.
Corpus Christi, Epistle 1 Cor. xi. 23. 29. Gospel John vi. 56.

59.

2 Sunday, Epistle 1 John iii. 13. 18. Gospel Luke xiv. 16. 24.

3 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter v. 6. 11. Gospel Luke xv. 1. 10.

4 Sunday, Epistle Romans viii. 18. 23. Gospel Luke v. 1. 11.

5 Sunday, Epistle 1 Peter iii. 8. 15. Gospel Matt. v. 20. 24.

6 Sunday, Epistle Rom. vi. 3. 11. Gospel Mark viii. 1. 10.

7 Sunday, Epistle Rom. vi. 19. 23. Gospel Matt. vii. 15. 21.

8 Sunday, Epistle Rom. viii. 12. 17. Gospel Luke xvi. 1. 9.

9 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. x. 6, 14. Gospel Luke xix. 41. 47.

10 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. xii. 2. 11. Gospel Luke xviii. 9. 14.

11 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. xv. 1. 10. Gospel Mark vii. 31. 37.

12 Sunday, Epistle 2 Cor. iii. 4. 9. Gospel Luke x. 23. 37.

13 Sunday, Epistle Gal. iii. 16. 22. Gospel Luke xvii. 11. 19.

14 Sunday, Epistle Gal. v. 16. 24. Gospel Matt. vi. 24. 33.

15 Sunday, Epistle Gal. v. 25. vi. 11. Gospel Luke vii. 11. 16.

16 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iii. 13. 21. Gospel Luke xiv. 1. 11.

17 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iv. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. xxii. 35.46.

18 Sunday, Epistle 1 Cor. i. 4. 9. Gospel Matt. ix. 1. 8.

19 Sunday, Epistle Eph. iv. 23. 28. Gospel Matt. xxii. 1. 14.

20 Sunday, Epistle Eph. v. 15. 21. Gospel John iv. 46. 53

21 Sunday, Epistle Eph. vi. 10. 17. Gospel Matt, xviii. 23. 25

A TABLE OF EPISTLES AND GOSPELS.

22 S.mchv, Epistle Philip, i. 6. 11. Gospel Matt. xxii. 15. 21.
2.1 Sundaj . Epistle Philip, lii. 17. 21. Gospel Matt. ix. 18. 26.
lav, Emstle Col. i. 9. 14. Gospel Matt. xxir. 15. 35.
i EpJrtla K»in. x. 10. 18. Gospel Matt. it. la 22.
I : the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Pror. riii.

18. Utwpel Matt. i. 1. 16.
St. Thomas, Epistle Kph. ii. 19. 22. Gospel John xx. 24. 29.
Conversion of St. Paul, Epistle AcU ix. 1. 22. Gospel Matt.

Hi-mas, Epistle Malachi iii. 1. 5. Gospel Luke ii. 22. 32,
■l M ittksM. Epistle AcU i. 15. 26. Gospel Matt. xi. 26. 30.
St. Patrick, Epistle Bed. xliv. xlr. Gospel Matt. xxr. 14. 27.
St. Joseph, Epistle Eccles. xlr. 1. 6. Gospel Matt. i. 18. 22.
Aiimiiii i.itiuii, Epistle Isai. vii. 10. 16. Gospel Luke i. 26. 38.
St. George, Epistle 2 Tim. ii. 8. 10. iii. 10. 12. Gospel John xr.

1.7.
- M >rW. Epistle Exec. i. 10. 15. Gospel Luke x. 1. 10.
SS I'tnlip and James, Epistle VVisd. r. 1. 6. Gospel John xir.

i. a

Invocation of the Cross, Epistle Philip, ii. 5. 11. Gospel John

in. 1. 15.
St l< nimby, Epistle AcU xi. 21. 27. Gospel Matt. x. 16. 22.

ohn Baptist, Epistle Isai. xlix. 1. 8. Gospel Luke i. 67.68.
SS Peter and Paul, Epistle AcU xii. 1. 11. Gospel Matt. xvi.

13. 19.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Cant. ii. 8. 14.

i. i "k- i. 39. 4"

St. Mary Magdalene, Epistle Cant. iii. 2, kc. Gospel Lake > n

St James, Epistle 1 Cor. ir. 9. 15. Gospel Matt. xx. 20. 23.
St. Ann, Epistle Pror. xxxi. 10, kc. Gospel Matt \m. 44. f>2.
Transfiguration, Epistle 2 Peter i. 16. 19. Gospel Matt, xvu

1.9.
St. Laurence, Epistle 2 Cor. ix. 6. 10. Gospel John xii. 24. 26.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Eccles. xxir

11. 20. Gospel Luke x. 38. 42.

St. Bartholomew, Epistle 1 Cor. xii. 27. 31. Gospel Luke ri

12. 19.

Natirity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Epistle Pror. viii. 22.

36. Gospel Matt. i. 1. 16.
Exaltation of the Cross, Epistle Phil. ii. 5. 11. Gospel John xii

31.36.
St. Matthew, Epistle Exek. I. 10. 15. Gospel Matt. ix.9. V.\.
St. Michael, Epistle Apoc. i. 1.6. Gospel Malt. win. 1 10
Angel-Guardians, Epistle Exodus xxiii. 20. 23. Gospel Matt

xviii. 1. 10.
St. Luke, Epistle 2 Cor. viii. I& 24. Gospel Luke x. 1. 9.
SS. Simon and Jude, Epistle Eph. ir. 7. 13. Gospel John xr

17. 22.
All Saints, Epistle Apoc rii. 2. 12. Gospel Matt. r. 1. 12.
All Souls, Epistle 1 Corinthians xr. 61. 57. Gospel John r

25.29.
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Maiy, Epistle Eccl. xxir

14. 16. Gospel Luke xi. 27, 28.

224

A TABLE

REFERENCES.

ABSOLUTION. The power promised and given to the
pastors of the church, St. Matt. chap. xvi. ver. 19. xviii. 18.
St. John xx. 22, 23.

Angels. They have a charge over us, St. Matt, xviii. 10. Heb.
i. 14. See also Exodus xxiii. 20, 21. Psalm xc. 11, 12, &c.
They offer up our prayers, Apoc. viii. 4. and pray for us,
Zacharias i. 12. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii.
22. They have been honoured by the servants of God,
Josue v. 14, 15. and invocated, Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. Osee xii.
4. Apoc. i. 4.

Baptism. Ordained by Christ, St. Matt, xxviii. 19. Necessary
to salvation, St. John iii. 5. Administered by the Apostles
in water, Acts viii. 36. 38. chap. x. 47, 48. See also Ephes.
v. 26. Heb. x. 22. 1 St. Peter iii. 20, 21. For the baptism
of infants, see St. Luke xviii. 16. compared with St. John
iii. 5. .

Christ. He is the only begotten, the true and natural Son of the
living God, St. Matt. xvi. 16. St. John i. 14. 18. chap. iii.
16. 18. Rom. viii. 32. 1 St. John iv. 39. The same God, with
his Father, and equal to him, St. John v. 18, 19. 23. chap. x.
30. chap. xiv. 1. 9, &c. chap. xvi. 14, 15. chap. xvii. 10. Philip,
ii. 5, 6. True God, St. John i. 1. chap. xx. 28, 29. Acts xx.
25. Romans ix. 5. Titus ii. 13. 1 St. John iii. 16. chap. v. 20.
See also Isaias ix. 9. chap. xxxv. 4, 5. St. Matt. i. 23. St.
Luke i. 16, 17. Heb. i. 8. He is the Creator of all things, St.
John i. 3. 10, 11. Coloss. i. 5. 16, 17. Heb. i. 2. 10, 11, 12.
chap. iii. 4. The Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The King of
kings, and Lord of lords, Apoc. xvii. 14. chap. xix. 16. The
first and the last: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end,
the Almighty, Apoc. i. 7, 8. 17, 18. chap. ii. 8. cnap. xxii. 12,
13. He died for all, John iii. 16, 17. Rom. v. 18. 2 Cor. v. 14,
15. 1 Tim. ii.'3, 4, 5, 6. chap. iv. 10. Heb. ii. 9. 1 John ii. 1, 2.
Even for the Reprobate, Rom. xiv. 15. 1 Cor. viii. 11. 2 Peter
ii. 1.

The Church of Christ stands for ever, St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap,
xxviii. 10. St. John xiv. 16,17. Ps. xlviii. 8. Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. Ps.
lxxxviii. 3, 4. 29. 36, 37. Ps. exxxi. 13, 14. Isaias ix. 7. chap,
liv. 9, 10. chip. lix. 20, 21. chap. Ix. 15. 16, &c. chap. lxii. 6.
JiThmias xxxi. 35,36. chap.xxxiii. 17, &c. Ezechiel xxxviii.
24. 26. Dan. ii. 44. The church is the kingdom of Christ, St.
Luke i. 33. Daniel ii. 44. The city of the great King, Ps.
xlvii. 2. his rest and his habitation for ever, Ps. exxxi. 13, 14.
Tht house of the living God, 1 Tim. iii. 15. The fold, of
which Christ is the shepherd, John x. 16. The body, of which
Christ is the head, Coloss. i. 18. Ephes. v. 23. The spouse,
of which he is the bridegroom, Ephes. v. 31, 32. Ever sub-
ject to him, and ever faithful to him, v. 24. ever loved and
cherished by him, v. 25. 29. and joined to him by an indisso-
luble, union, v. 31, 32. The church is the pillar and ground
or (strong foundation) of the truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15. God's
covenant vilh /it is an everlasting covenant of peace, Ezec.
xxxvii. 62. confirmed by a solemn oath, never to be altered;
like that made to Noe, Isaias liv. 9. A covenant like that of
tlm day and night to stand for all generations, Jeremias xxxiii.
20, 21. God shall be her everlasting light, Isai. Iv 18, 19.

Whosoever shall gather together against her, shall fall; and
the nation that wul not serve her, shall perish, Isai. Ix. 12. 15
17. The church is always one, Cantic. vi. 9, 10. John x. 16
Ephes. iv. 4, 5. Always visible, Isai. ii. 2,3. Micheas iv. I
2. Matt. v. 14. Spread far and near, and teaching many nil
tions, Psalm ii. 8. Psalm xxi. 27. Isai. xlix. 6. chap. liv. 1, 2, 3
Daniel ii. 35. 44. Malach. i. 11, &c. The church is infalli
ble in matters of faith. This follows from the premises: par
ticularly see St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap, xxviii. 19, 20. St. Johi '
xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. 1 Tim. iii. 14, 15. Isai. xxxv. 8
chap. liv. 9, 10. chap. lix. 19, 20, 21, &c.

Church Guides, and their authority, Deut. xvii. 8, 9. &c. St
Matt, xviii. 17, 18. chap, xxviii. 18, 19, 20. St. Luke x. 16
St. John xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21, &t
Ephes. iv. 11, 12, &c. Heb. xiii. 7. 17. 1 John iv. 6.

Communion in one kind sufficient to salvation, St. John vi. 51.
57, 58. Body and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi
9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Acts ii
42. 46. chap. xx. 7. 1 Cor. x. 17.

Confession of sins, Numb. v. 6, 7. St. Matt. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18
St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered
from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving
and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's cburch,
St. Matt, xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23.

Confirmation, administered by the apostles, Acts viii. 15. 17.
chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. Heb. vi. 2.

Continency, possible, Matt. xix. 11, 12. The vow binding,
Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim.
v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7, 8. 27. 37, 38.
40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy,
ver. 32, 33. 35.

Councils of the church, gathered in Christ's name, are assisted
by Christ, St. Matt, xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost,
Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by
the faithful, Acts xv. 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides.

Eucliarist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ,
and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark
xiv. 22. 24. Luke xxii. 19. John vi. 51, 52, &c. 1 Cor. x. 16.
chap. xi. 24, 25. 27. 29.

Eternity of Hell's torments, Matt. iii. 12. chap. xxv. 41. 46.
Mark ix. 43, 44, 45, 46. 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thes. i. 7, 8, 9.
Jude 6,7. Apoc. xiv. 10, 11. chap. xx. 10. See also Isai
xxxiii. 14.

Extreme Unction, James v. 14, 15.

Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark xvi. 16. Acts
ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works i*
dead, James ii. 14. 17. 20, &c. Faith alone doth not justify,
ver. 24. But faith working by charily, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth
not imply an absolute assurance of our being in grace; much
less of our eternal salvation, Rom. xi. 20, 21, 22. 1 Cor. ix
27. chap. x. 12. Philip, ii. 12. Apoc. iii. 11.

Fasting, commended in Scripture, Joel ii. 12. Practised by

God's servants, 1 Esdras viii. 23. 2 Esdras i. 4. Daniel x. 3

7. 12, &c. Moves God to mercy, Jonas iii. 5, &c. Is of

great efficacy against the devil, Murk ix. 29. And is to be

225

A TABLE OF REFERENCES.

oh*cr\> '1 >>y .'11 the children of Christ, M.itt. ix. 15. Mark ii.
■ alio Arts xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 63. 2 Cor.
• xi. 27. Christ'* fa»t of forty days, Matt. it. 2.

t x\x 19. Kccles. xv. 14, &c. Often
i God, Prov. i. 24, &c. Isai. v. 4. Exec.
win 23 81, -V-i < hap. xxxiii. 11. Matt xxiii. 37. Luke xiii.
Arts vii. 51. Heb Eli. 15, 2 P. ■(. r iii. 9. Apoc. iv. 20.
II ■hi (ihost. His divinity, Acta v. 3, 4. chap, xxviii. 25,
26. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11 11.19,20. See also Matt. xii.

.'.2. AcU xin. ft. .hap. xx. 28, &c. 2 Cor. mil 14. And
ii form of Papism, Matt, xxviii. 19,20. He pro-
ceeds from the F.ithcr and the Son, John xv. 26.
wage* commanded by God. Exod. xxv. 18, &c. Num. xxi. 8,
9. A I side of the mercy seat, in the sanc-

ii. 7. And in the t< mple of Solomon, 2
n in. 1. B Kings vi. 23. 32. 35. And this hy divine
EXviii. 18, 19. Relative honour to the
d the Saints authorised, Heb. xi. 21. See
, 12, [3, 14, 15, 16. 2 Par. v. 2, &c. Pa. xcviii.

igtttca. The power of granting them, Matt. xvi. 18, 19.
The ate of tl. I Cor. ii. 6,7,8. 10.

«. The sacrifice prefigured, Gen. xiv. 18. Foretold,
i Iii is i. 10, II. Psalm cix. 4. Instituted and celebrated
Luke xxii. 19,20. Attested, 1 Cor. x. 16.
18, 19, 20, 21. lit -h. xiii. 10. See Eucharist, &c.
AI ilnmatitj. A sac r.iim-nt IHMnlkl the indissoluble union
,rist and the church, Kph. v. 32. See also 1 Thesi. iv.
ft. Marriage not to be dissolved hut by death, Gen. ii.
I ttt. six. (i Mark x. 11, 12. Luke xvi. 18. Rom. vii. 2,
ft, 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11.8ft.
Jfoly Orders inntitul d by Christ. Luke xxii. 19. John xx. 22,
23. Conferred by imposition of hands, Acts vi. 6. chap. xiii.
3. , Give grace, 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6.

Original Sin. Job \iv. 1. Psalm 1. 7. Rom. v. 12. 15, 16, 17,

18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. Eph. ii. 3.
Penance, a sacrament. See Absolution. Confession.

i bief Bishop. St. Peter, by Christ s ordinance, was

1 to this dignity, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. Luke xxii. 31,32.

John x\i. 16, kc Sec also Matt. x.2. AcU v. 29. Gal. ii. 7, 8.

I'rai/.rsfor the dead, 2 Mac hah. xii. 43, &c.

Purgatory, or a middle state of souls, suffering for a time, on

account of their sins, is proved by those many texts of Scrip-
ture, which affirm that God will rendir t« ■ r, ry man ,,r
ing to his works: so that such as die in lesser sins shall Dot
escape without punishment: for which also see Mai xh
36. Apoc. xxi. 27. Consult likewise Matt. \ bap.

xii. 22. 1 Cor. iii. 19, 14, 15. 1 Pet. iii. 1-, 19, 20.

Relics, miraculous, 2 Kings xiii. 21. Matt. ix. 20, 21. A. is \i\
11, 12.

Saints departed, assist us by their prayers, Luke xvi. 9. 1 <
xii. 8. Apoc. v. 8. We nave a communion with tin i:i. Heb
xii. 22, 23. They have power over nations, Apoc ii. IS, 27
chap. v. 10. They know what passes amongst us, Luke xv.
10. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1 John iii. 2. They are with ChrtH in

vin, before the general resurrection, 2 Cor. r. 1 ft,
Philip, i. 23, 24. Apoc. iv. 4. chap. vi. ft. chap. vii. ft. 1 I, 16,
&c. cliap. xiv. 1. 3, 4. chap. xlx. 1. 4, 5, 6. chap, xx
their invocation, consult the texts quoted above with r
tion to Angels: and such as testify the gnat powtf whk b
the prayers of God's servants have with him; and which
thorise us to call for their prayers: For which see Kxot.
xxxii. 11. 14. 1 Kings vii. 8, 9, 10. Job xln. 7. ft. Rom. xv
30. Eph. vi. 18, 19. 1 Thess. v. 25. II. h. xiii. 13. lames v. 16.

Holy Scriptures, hard to be understood, and w rested hy many
to their own destruction, 2 Peter in. 16, Not of private ni-
teipretation, 2 Peter i. 20. Corrupted by Heretics, St. Matt.
xix. 11. 1 Cor. vii. 9. chap. ix. 5. chap. xi. 27. GaL v. 17.
Heb. xi. 21.

Apostolical Traditions, 1 Cor. xi. 2. 2 Thes. ii. 15. chap. iii. 6
2 Tim. i. 13. chap. ii. 2. chap. iii. 14. See also Dent, xxxii.
7. Psalm xviii. 5, 6, 7.

Transubslaniialion. See Eucharist.

Trinity of persons in God, Matt, xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 13. 1
John v. 7.

The B. Virgin Mary. Her dignity, Luke i. 28. 42. 43. All

fenerations of true Christians shall call bet blessed, Luke i.
9. See fur her veneration and invocation, what is said
above of angels and saints.
HVmen, must not preach nor teach, 1 Cor. xv. 34,35 37. 1 Tim

ii. 11, 12.
Good Works, meritorious, Gen. iv. 7. chap. xxii. 16, 17. 18. P»
xvii. 11. 23, 24. Ps. xviii. 8. 11. Matt. v. 11, 12. chao.x 42
chap. xvi. 27. 1 Cor. iii. 8. 2 Tim. iv. 8.

HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX

TO THE

NEW TESTAMENT.

A7TJ

12
30

SACRED HISTORY.

CHRIST is born at Bethlehem. Luke 2.

He is circumcised. Luke 2.

The wise men come and adore him. Matthew 2.

He is presented in the temple. Luke 2. Joseph and
the Blessed Virgin mother fly with the child Jesus into
Egypt. Matthew 2.

The massacre of the infants by Herod. Matthew 2.
Joseph with the Blessed Virgin and her Son, return
from Egypt, but for fear of Archelaus, go live at Naza-
reth in Galilee. Matthew 2.

Jesus is found in the temple disputing with the doc-
tors when he was twelve years of age. Luke 2.

St. John Baptist begins to preach penance, and to
baptise. The chief of the Jews send messengers to ask
if he was not the Messias. John 1.

Jesus himself is baptised by John. A voice from
heaven declares him the beloved Son of God, the Holy
Ghost comes down like a dove. Matthew 3. Mark 1.
Luke 3.

Christ is no sooner baptised, but he retires into a
wilderness, where he fasted for forty days. The devil
there tempts him. The angels come and minister to
him. Matthew 4. Mark 1. Luke 4.

Christ's first miracle at Cana in Galilee, turned
water into wine. John 2.

St. John baptist is cast into prison, and beheaded by
Herod. Matthew 14. Mark 6. Luke 9

Christ makes choice of twelve of his disciples,
whom he calls apostles: Peter is the first of them.
Matthew 10. Mark 3. Luke 6.

Christ's Sermon, or his instructions on the moun-
tain. Matthew 5, 6, and 7. He preaches in Judea and
Galilee, casts out devils, cures all manner of diseases,
and sometimes on the Sabbath-days, confutes and puts
to confusion his adversaries, who blame him for it.
Matthew 12. Luke 14, 8,-c.

He raiseth to life the daughter of Jairus. Matthew 9.
Mark 5. Luke 8.

Also the son of the widow of Nain. Luke 7.

He calms the sea by his word. Matthew 8. Mark 4.
Luke 8.

He heals the man thirty-eight years ill of a palsy.
John 5,

He sends his twelve apostles to preach, with power
of iloinppmiracles. Matthew 10. Mark 6. Luke 9.

He teneheth them to pray. Matthew 6. Luke 11.

He makes choice of seventy-two disciples. Luke
10.

He promises to make Peter the head of his church, to
build his church upon him, to give him the keys of the
kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16.

He declares himself the Messias in plain terms to the
S 'in iritan woman. John 4.

He excuseth his disciples for plucking the ears of corn
on the second first S \bbath. Matthew 12.

He feeds at one time five thousand men with five
loaves. Matthew 14. At another time four thousand
with seven loaves. Matthew 15.

He promises to give them his body to be truly meat,

32
33

SACRED HISTORY.

&c. Many, even of his disciples, leave him, looking
upon that doctrine as hard and harsh. John 6.

His transfiguration. Matthew 17.

The Sunday, or first day of the week in which he
died on the cross, he came riding upon an ass into
Jerusalem. Matthew 21.

In the beginning of that week, he went daily into the
temple, and in the evenings retired to Bethania, to pray
in the garden of Gethsemani. Luke 21, 38, S?c.

On Wednesday Judas made a bargain with the chief
priests to deliver him up to them for a sum of money.
Matthew 26. 15.

On Thursday he sent his disciples in the afternoon to
bring the paschal lamb offered in the temple, which
after sunset he eat with his twelve apostles. Matthew
26.

He washed thejr feet. John 13.

After supper he instituted the Blessed Sacrament and
Sacrifice of his Body and Blood. Matthew 26.

He gave his apostles those excellent instructions set
down by St. John. c. 14 — 17.

Christ's prayer in the garden three times repeated.

He is there seized, being betrayed by Judas.

He is led away to Annas, and then to Caiaphas.

He is condemned as guilty of blasphemy, and death,
for owning himself the Son of God. He is spit upon,
buffeted, &c.

On Friday morning they deliver him up to the Roman,
governor, Pontius Pilate, who sees and declares him
innocent, yet fearing not to be thought a friend to Cesar/
condemns him to the death of the cross.

He dies on the cross, and is buried. For the history
of his passion, see Matthew 26, 27, 28. Mark 14, 15, 16.
Luke 22, 23. 29. John 18, 19, 20.

The miracles at his death. Ibid.

He riseth from death the third day. Ibid.

His different apparitions that very day: and others
afterwards. Ibid.

He gives his apostles power to forgive sins. John 20.
23.

He gives to St. Peter the charge over his whole
church. John 21.

He promiseth to be with his church to the end of the
world. Matthew 28.

After forty days he ascends in their sight into heaven
Acts 1

St. Matthias is chosen an apostle in the place of Judas
the traitor. Acts 1.

The day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost descended upon
them, and upon all present with them, in a visible man-
ner. Acts 2.

The wonderful change wrought in the apostles li\
the coming of the Holy Ghost. Their undaunted
courage. Acts 2, SfC.

They preach the rusurrection of Christ, the necessity
of believing in him, of repenting and doing penance.

St. Peter, the chief of the apostles, converts on Oi et
day three thousand, on another five thousand. Acts 2.
41.and/6tf. 4.4

227

HISTORICAL INDEX.

A I)

41
42

tACKr.n i

the gate nf the temple. Acts :t I
The new Christians have »U thing* in common,
cssities are supplied out of the common
Acts 4. 32.

and S.iphira for reserving tome part of the
money of a field sold, ami lor hint; to the Holy Ghost,
fall (kftd at St. Peler'n feet. Acts 5.
The election of the seven deacons. AcIm 6.
Saul by virtue of a commission from the chief priests
persecute, tin- fTllssHim Acts 9.

1 to death. Acts 7. 58.
The minuter* of the gospel being dispersed, preach
in Jade* and Sunaria, tic.

Philip in Samaria baptiseth Simon the Magician.
He offers money to St. Peter to have the power of giv-
ing the Bolj Goo**. Acts 8.

I I'aul is miraculously converted, going to persecute
the Christians at Damascus. Acts 9. He presently
preacheth Jesus.

St. lVter cures Eneas at Lydda, and raiscth to life
Tabitha at Joppa. Acts 9.

The very shadow of his body cures all diseases. Acts
5. 15.

He receives Cornelius the Centurion, and other Gen-
tiles with him into the church. Acts 10.

He is thought to have gone about this time to Anti-
och in Syria, and to have founded the episcopal see.

He preached in I'ontus, Galalia, &c.

St. Barnaby and St. I'aul preach at Antioch, where
the believers were first called Christians. Acts 17. 26.

Herod Agrippa puts to death St. James, the brother
of St. John, and imprisons St. Peter, who was miracu-
lously delivered. Acts 12.

St. Matthew, and afterwards St. Mark, wrote their
Gospels.

St. Paul and Barnaby sent to preach in Pamphylia,
Pttidia, Lycaonia. — Afterwards in Pontus, Thracia, &c.
Art, lit, 14.

Si. Peter about this time wrote his first epistle.

A dispute between St. Paul and some zealous converts
that li ul been Jews, about the obligation of making
even the Gentiles observe the Jewish laws. Acts 15.

St i'aul and Barnaby are sent to Jerusalem, to have
this quest i. mi ilc. ided by the apostles, &c.

A council «f the apostles and bishops decides the
question. St. Peter speaking first, and St. James join-
ing with him. The Utter of the council to their bre-
thren the converted Gentiles. Acts 16.

ul and St. Barnaby separate. Acts 15.
Paul with Silas goes to Asia. St. Timothy, and also
St. Luke, U-corne his companions. He goes to Philippi
in Macedonia, to Thcssalon ica, to Berea, to Athens.

A l»

66
67

fv>

60
61

i.v

SACItMi IIIMulil

Foids there an altar dedicated to the unkt. i.

Acts 16. 17.

He writes his first epistle to the Thessalonians, and
his second soon after.

He stayi months at Corinth, tsbifl8.il.

He |0« to F.pht-sua. After a short visit to the bre-
thren at Jerusalem, he goes to Ai.tioch, and from thence
again into Galatia and Phrygia, and stays three years
at Fphcsus and thereal>outs. Acts 19.

He writes to the Gatalians.

II. writes his first, and soon after his second epistle to
inthiana.

He prepares to go to Jerusalem with alms he had
gathered. Ac Is 20 and 21.

He writes to the Romans.

He comes to Jerusalem. Acts 21.

The Jews seise St. Paul in the temple, being beaten
and in daUM of being murdered b] tl.cm.he i» r.
h\ L\sias the tribune and his soldiers. Acts 21

Lysias sends him to Felix the governor of Judca then
at Cesarea, where he was two years a prisoner.

His discourse before king Agrippa, Felix, &c. Acts
25.

Having appealed to the tribunal of Cesar, he is sent
to Rome with other prisoners. Acts 27.

A description of his voyage, and shipwreck on the
coast of Malta. Every one in the ship are saved, being
two hundred and seventy-six persons. Acts 27. I

St. James about this time wrote his catholic epistle.

St. Paul's arrival at Rome, He is kept under Cttstod]
for two years, with a soldier to goard him. Acts .

He converts Onesimns, and sends him with his letti r
to Philemon. He writes to the Philippians and Colos-
sians.

St. James, bishop of Jerusalem, there mart\

St. Paul being set at liberty, writes to the Hebrews.

Goes again into Asia. Made St. Timothy bishop in
Asia, and went into Macedonia, from whence he wrote
his first epistle to Timothy.

St. Peter about this time wrote his second epistle.

About this time St. Peter and St. Paul came to Rome
See Tillemont, &c.

Not long after they were both put in prison, and suf-
fered martyrdom.

St. John about this time came to live in Asia, and
governed all those churches for many years.

St. John' was put into a caldron of boiling oil at
Home under Domitian, and banished to the island of
Patmos, where he had those wonderful visions of his
Apocalypse.

He returns to Ephesus under the emperor Nerva.

He writes his gospel.

He dies at Ephesus under Trajan about the year 100

HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX

TO THB

OLD TESTAMENT.

THE CHRONOLOGY FOLLOWED HERE IS ACCORDING TO THE MORE GENERAL OPINIONS OF DIVINES ANtf

CHRONOLOGERS.

NOTE.

A. M. signify Anno Mundi: That is, In the Year of the World.

A. M. Patriarchs.

130

325
395
460
622

687
874

Adam the
first man,
of whom
all man-
kind is
propaga-
ted.

Seth born

235 Enos born

1056

Cainan

Malaleel

lured

Enoch

Mathusala

Lamech

Noe born

SACRED HISTORY.

CREATION of heaven and earth, and
all things therein, in six days Gen. 1.

Man, last created, was made lord of all
living creatures of this lower world, and
placed in Paradise. Gen. 2.

For transgressing God's commandment
Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise :
but by God's grace repenting had promise
of a Redeemer. Gen. 3.

Cain the first-born became a husbandman,
Abel next born, a shepherd. Gen. 4.

God respecting Abel's sacrifice, and not
Cain's, Cain killed Abel. Gen. 4.

Cain went forth from the face of our Lord;
began a new city opposite to the city of
God. Gen. 4. v. 16.

His generations in the right line to La-
mech, are those, without notice of the time
when they were born or died: Enoch, Irad,
Maviel, Mathusael, Lamech. Gen. 4. v. 17.

Some declining from God, joining in mar-
riage with Cain's race, begot those monstrous
men huge of stature, most wicked and cruel,
called giants. Gen. 6. v. 4.

Seth's children and other faithful were
called the sons of God, to distinguish the true
Church from the wicked city begun by Cain.
Gen. 6.

In the days of Enos began public prayers
by many assembling together (besides sacri-
fice, which was before.) Gen. 4. v. 26.

Enoch a prophet pleased God in all his
ways. None born in the earth like to Enoch.
Eccl. 49. v. 16.

Adam died at the age of 930 years Gen.
5. v. 5. to whom Seth succeeded chief Patri-
arch: and so in the rest.

Enoch, in the year of his age 365, was
seen no more ; because God took him. Gen.
5. v 24. Enoch teas translated that he should
not see death. Heb. 11. v. 5.

Seth died in the year of his age, 912.

Enos died, aged 905.

Cainan died, aged 980.

Malaleel died, aged 895.

A. M. Patriarchs.

1556

1651
1656

1656

1658

1693
1723
1757

Sem born.
And the
next two
years
Cham
Japhet.

Arphaxad
born, the
son of
Sem.

Sale

Heber

Phaleg

SACRED HISTORY.

Iarad died, aged 962.

Noe, the preacher of justice, forewarned
all men, that except they repented, God
would destroy them with a flood.

Noe, by God's commandment, built an ark
(or ship) wherein himself, and his family,
with other living creatures, were preserved
from drowning.

Lamech died (before his father) in the
year of his age 777.

Mathusala died, aged 969, immediately
before the flood, as seemeth most probable.

The same year of the world 1656, the 17th
day of the second month, Noe with his three
sons, his wife and their wives, in all eight
persons, and seven pair of every kind of
clean living creatures, and two pair of un-
clean, entered into the ark. And presently
it rained forty days and forty nights to-
gether. All living creatures on the earth out
of the ark were drowned. Gen. 7.

All Cain's race, with other wicked infidels,
were utterly destroyed by the flood. Gen. 7

The whole earth being covered with water.
Noe, with his family, and other living crea-
tures, remained in the ark twelve months
and ten days: then coming forth, built an
altar, and offered sacrifice, which God ac-
cepting, blessed them for new generation.
Gen. 8. v. 9.

Nemrod the son of Chus, and nephew to
Cham, about threescore years after the flood,
by force and subtilty drawing many follow-
ers, began a new sect of infidels; and after-
wards was the principal author of building
the tower of Babel : where the tongues of the
builders were confounded, and so they were
separated into many nations, about 140 vears
after the flood. Gen. 11. v. 4, &c. After
Nemrod, his son Belus reigned in Babylon,
about the year of the world 1871, which was
216 years after the flood.

Heber consented not to the building of
Babel. And therefore his family kept still
their former language, which thenceforth for
229

HISTORICAL INDEX

i'ii. i

1819

I | ig

N ti

Tn.ire

Abra-

ll Mil

born.

20S3

•-I'M

MSB

•-in.)

lieu
2107
2108

1146

2J.V)
2MB

2ls:i

Isaac born.

J null ami
A.'iuu born

IACHI .

ii take, was called the Hebrew

tongue, lie lived to «cc Abraham's father.

N Arphaxad, Phaleg, and other

| mi n, lived sonic part of Abraham'*

tunc, who were never corrupted in faith nor

religion.

Hy God'i commandment, Abraham at the
age- of 75 years, having been much perse-
cuted for religion, went forth of his coun-
try Chaldea. Whereupon his father Thare
went as far as Har.m, in the confines of
Mesopotamia: and Lot went further with
him into Chanaan; which country God tin n
|u..:niv, (I to give Inm, and to multiply bis
seed, ami tlierein to bless all nations. Gen.
11. v. 31. ami 12. v. 1. and 7.

ision of a famine in Chanaan,
Abraham went into Egypt with his wife
ami with Ixt. < r. 10.

They returned into Chanaan; became very
rich; and God renewed his great promises
to Abraham. Gen. 13. .

Lot (among others) being taken captive,
Abraham with three hundred and eighteen
nun rescued them all. Whereupon Melchi-
sedech offered sacrifice in bread and wine;
blessed Abraham, and received tithes of him.
II.

1 r -.i long barren, persuaded Abraham to
take her handmaid Agar to wife.

Agar conceived, and brought forth a son,
who was named lsmael. Gen. 16.

Circumcision was instituted, that Abra-
ham, and his sons, and all the men of his
family, might be distinguished from others.
17.

Sodom and Gomorrha with other cities
were burnt with brimstone: from whence
Lot MM delivered by Angels. Gen. 19.

S.rai conceived, and bore a sou called
Isaac. Gen. 21.

Abraham by God's commandment was rea-
dy to otter Isaac in sai i i& c, but was stayed
by an Angel. And former promises were
renewed. Gen. 22.

Isaac married Rebecca the daughter of
Hit Inn I, >on of Nachor, Abraham's brother.
24.

After the death of Sarai, Abraham mar-
., by whom he had six sons. Gen.

■ I

lsmael attempting to corrupt Isaac in morals

(which St. Paul callcth persecution, Gal.4.)

was cast out of Abraham's house, together

with his mother. Gen. 21. v. 29.

Ami nevertheless had twelve sons, all

dokea, before Isaac had any issue, vhich St.

I'aui MM*. 1 Cor. 1ft. v. 46. First that

230

\ \i Pan

HH
MM
UBB
MM

IBM

2271
2276

2296

2297

2296

2315

2369

Ruben

Simeon

Levi

Judas

Dan

Nelih-

thali

Gad

Aser

■kl bar

Za In lion

Joseph

born.

Benjamin

born.

SACHEH HISTORY.

Caatfc

Amram

irf.irh it ti,.turtil, oftinrards thai tr/ur/, u ,j i
riturl.

Esau also had much issue, anil
in the world. But bis ;
mael's, and all Abrahai ng by In- -

last w lie I tin-

promised inheritance, and other bless
Om.SK.

Abraham died at the age of 175 years.
Gen. 25.

Isaac blessed Jacob, thinking bim to he
Esau. Gen. 27.

Jacob going into Mesopotamia to flee tin-
danger of bis brother's tbreals, saw in hi»|
sleep a ladder reaching from the earth to
heaven. Gen. 28. And being then- be
served his uncle Laban seven years for hisj
younger daughter Kachel; received Lia the
elder; and served other seven for Rachel;
and six more for certain fruit of the ll.
29,30.

Jacob returning from Mesopotamia « i. -
tied with an Angel, and was called Israel.

Rachel died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
0s*siSMr. 1S&. 19.

Joseph was sold, and carried into Egypt;
and shortly after cast into prison, win re !■•
interpreted the dreams of two Eunuchs
M.

Isaac died at the age of 180 years.

Joseph interpreting King 1'harao's dreams,
and Bring wise counsel to provide for tin
,ty to come, was made ruler of Egypt
He linn inariicd, and bad two sons, Manas-
sesand Epliraiui,in the seven years of pi-
Gen. 11.

Jacob sent his ten sons into Egypt to buy
corn: where they were, threatened as sus-
pected spies, and one was kept in prison, till
they should bring their brother Benjamin.
Gen. 42.

They returning into Egypt with Benjamin :
in their company, Joseph first tcrr lied ii
afterwards manifested himself unto them
And sending for his father and whole kin
dred, thev all went into Egypt. Gen. 43,
44, 45, and 46.

Jacob blessed and adopted the two sons of
Joseph, preferring Epbraim the young
Ion- Manasaes. Gen. 48. Prophesied of all
his twelve sons, and in Judas of Christ.
Gen. 49. v. 10. And then died.

Joseph buried his father in Chanaan, and
nourished his brethren w ith than families, as
their patron and superior, (im. 60. v. 1--

Ile died at the age of 110 years. Gen\
60.

HISTORICAL INDEX.

ia.m.

Line of
Levi.

Line of
Judas.

2130
2133

2473

2513

Aaron
born.

Moses '
born.

SACRED HISTORY.

Aram

Amina-
dab

2514

Aaron

2520

2552

Eleazar

After his death, the superiority of
the children of Israel descended not to
hi-* sons, but to his brethren, and rested
in Levi the third brother, living longest
of all the twelve, to the age of 137
years, Exod. 6. v. 16. whose genealogy
is there declared, to show the descent
of Aaron and Moses.

Moses an infant of three months was
put in a basket on the water, and taken
thence by Pharao's daughter, nursed by
his own mother, and brought up in
Pharao's court. Exod. 2.

At the age of forty years he went to
his brethren to comfort them: where
killing an Egyptian that oppressed an
IsraelFte, he was forced to flee into
Madian. Exod. 2.

After other forty years, God appear-
ed to Moses in a bush fuming and not
consuming; sent him into Egypt with
power to work miracles, and to bring
the children of Israel out of that bon-
dage, j '

Pharao and the Egyptians resisting,
were plagued with sundry afflictions.
At last the Israelites were delivered,
and Pharao with all his army drowned.
Exod. 3. to 15.

The law was given in mount »mai,
the fiftieth day after their going out of
Egypt. Exod. 19, 20.

In the absence of Moses, the people
forcing Aaron to consent, made and
adored a golden calf for God. Exod.32.
The tabernacle, with all things per-
taining thereto, was prepared in the
first year, and erected the first day of
the second year of their abode in the
desert. Exod. 40.

In the same second year, Aaron was
consecrated High Priest, and his sons
Priests, for an ordinary succession;
Moses remaining Superior extraordina-
ry during his life. Levit. 8.

Nadab, and Abiu offered strange fire
in sacrifice, and were burnt to death.
Leoit. 10. i

Chore, Dathan, and Abiron, with
many others murmuring and rebelling
against Moses and Aaron, were partly
swallowed alive into the earth: others
burnt with fire from heaven. Num. 16.
Balaam a sorcerer hired by Balac
king of Moab to curse the Israelites,
was forced by God's power to prophe-
sy good things of them. iVam. 22 23 24.
job, either of the progeny of Nachor,
or as seemeth more probable, of Esau,
lived at the same time in which the
children of Israel were oppressed with
servitude in Egypt.

Job wrote the history of his afflic-
tion in the Arabian tongue, which
Moses translated into Hebrew.

Moses and Aaron doubting that God
would not give water out of a rock to
the murmuring people, were foretold
that they should die in the desert, and
should not enter into the promised land.
Num. 20. _ .

Aaron died in the mount Hor; and
his son Eleazar was made High Priest.
Num. 20.

A. M.
2553

High
Priests.

Line of
Judas.

2559

2562

2570

Phinees

2599
2679

2719

2759

2768

2771

Abisue

SACRED HISTORY.

Naas-
son.

Moses repeated the law, commending
it earnestly to the people, then died,
and was secretly buried by Angels in
the valley of Moab. Deut. 34.

To whom Josue succeeded in tempo-
ral government, the spiritual remaining
with the High Priest. Num. 17. v 20.
All the children of Israel that came
forth of Egypt above the age of twen-
ty years died in the desert, except two,|
Josue and Caleb. Num. 26. v. 64, 65

Presently after Moses's death, Josue
brought the people over Jordan into
Chanaan, Josue 3; and in the space of
seven years conquered the land. Josue
6, &c.

And divided the same amongst the
tribes. Josue 13.

The tribes of Ruben, Gad, and half
of Manasses having received inheri-
tance on the other side of Jordan,
Num. 32. v. 33. and now returning
thither, made an altar by the river side,
which the other tribes suspecting to be
for sacrifice, and so to make a schism,
prepared to fight against them: but
they answering that it was only for a
monument, all were satisfied. Josue 22.
Josue at the age of. 110 years died,
Josue 24. v. 29. and had no proper sue-
ccssor.

Eleazar the High Priest died the
same year, Josue 24. v. 33. and his son
Phinees succeeded.

After the death of Josue the people
were afflicted by foreign nations, God
so permitting for their sins: but they
repenting, he raised up certain captains,
who were called Judges of divers
tribes, without ordinary succession, to
deliver and defend the country from
invasions. These were in all fourteen,
in the space of near 300 years.

Othoniel the first judge, of the tribe
of Juda, delivered the Israelites from
molestation of the king of Syria. He
governed (comprehending also the in-
termission) 40 years. Judg. 3. T. 11.

Aod, of the tribe of Benjamin, the
second judge, killed Eglon king of
Moab, and so delivered Israel, and
slew ten thousand Moabites. Judg. 3.
Samgar a husbandman, the third
judge, killing six hundred Philistines
with the coulter of a plough, detendcf 1
Israel. Jud. 3. v. 31. He with Aod
and the times wanting judges, govern
ed seventy-five years.

Barach, by direction of Debora a
Prophetess, fighting against Sisara.
chief captain of Jabin king of Asor,
Jahil a stout woman slew the same
captain, striking a nail in his head.
Jud. 4. They governed 38 years.
Gedeon confirmed by miracles that
Salmon he was sent "of God, overthrew the
Madianites, and delivered Israel, go-
verning forty years. Jud. 6, ,7, 8.

Abimelech the base son of Gedeon,
unjustly usurping authority, killed his
seventy brethren, one only escaping;
but within three years was hated ot
his followers, and slain by a woman.

Jud. 9.

231

IIISTOUKWI, INDKX.

\ M

Bocci

asn

Cm "i

Ja 1.1%

nsg

2847

■Ml

Oii

U.HJ/.

Obcd

Heli

Isai, or
J<

■ ACRED Mil TORT.

1 Qu country from

ic« twenty-three years,

an 1 died. Jud. 10. 2.

Jair a powerful nobleman defended
the people twenty-two yean. Jud. 10.

Jepte first rejected but afterwards
entreated by t' a of the people,

fought for them and overthrew the enc-
. unl in ide in indiscreet vow to
offer hii daughter in aacrificc. Jud.
11.

Efa V B( ! in civil war forty-two
l i mutes, and governed
\rs. Jud. 12.
Abesan, a fortunate good man, ruled

In peace seven >c.ir*. Jud. 12.

The people ill thin time of- pi u c fell

i'ry: for which God suf-
I tlie Philistine* to afflict them.
Jud 13.
The tribe of Dan set up idolatry.

jud. ia

About this time Booz of the tribe of
Juda married Kuth a Moabite: bv
whom the rinht line of Judas descend-
ed by Phares to David. Ruth 4. v. 18,
&c.

Ahialon governed likewise in peace
ten rears. Jud. 12. v. 11.

Abdon, another nohleman, governed
eight years. Jud. 12. v. 13.

tnaon, from his birth a Nazarite of
admirable strength, did many heron al
acts, killed many Philistines in his life,
and more by his own death. He go-
verned twenty years. Jud. 13. v. 5. &
ch. 16. v. 31.

A heinous crime being committed in
the tribe of Benjamin, and not punish-
ed, the other Israelites made battle
against them; and being themselves
also great sinners, lost many men in
two conflicts; but in the third the tribe
of Benjamin was almost destroyed.
Jud. 19. v. 20.

Heli of the stock of Aaron by the
line of Ithamar was High Priest, and

231

' pfflS

IMJ

29m

2968

2992

3001

Marai-
oth

Achi-
melech

or
Amari-

Linc of

Juda*.

Abia-
thar or
Achitob

Sadoc

David

made
king

Solo-
mon

SACRED HISTORY.

governed Israel forty years. 1 Kingt 4.

Samuel (whose mother being long
barren had presented him an inf.
tin- temple, aciording to her i

ante and a prophet, from a child.
1 A'nig# 1. and 3. And aftel I
of Heli, he governed the people of Is-
rael before Saul twenty years; and

ith him twenty years more, and died.
1 A'irigf 25. 1.

By the im])ortunity of the people to
have a king, God appointed Samuel to
anoint Saul, 1 A'ine;* 10. who at first
governed well; but afterwards dec lm
from God, was deposed, and David
anointed by the same prophet San
\ K g* 16!

Yet Saul was not actually deprived
of the sceptre so long as he lived

1 KmitSl. Slain. 1. Par. 10. \
David, king and prophet, ruled his

kingdom as a true pattern to all good
kings; author of the book of Ps..
winch are full of divine knowledge;
prepared means for building the tem-
ple; ordained divers sorts of musicians;
and reigned forty years :■ A $ tot

2 Par. 2,t, &c.
Solomon excelling in wisdom, pros-
pered in this world. 3 A'ing* 3, .V

He built the temple, and adorned the
same with all excellent furniture re-
quisite for God's service; disposing all
in order, as David had ordained.

The temple being lipishcd was then
dedicated most solemnly, with e\>
ing devotion of the king and all the
people, with abundance of aacriAi

And afterwards the same king Solo-
mon wrote three sapiential books.
Proverbs, Eedctiattet, and the Canticlr
of Cantieltt. ,

But in his old age he fell from 0od<
and it is uncertain whether he died
penitent or not. He reigned forty
years. 3 A'lngi 11. Died. 2 Par 9. v.

HISTORICAL INDEX.

A. M-
3029

3046
3049

High
Priests

3090

3115
3119

3120
3126

3165

3194

3246
3262

3277
3306

Achi
mas

Azarias

Joha-
nam

Joiada

Zacha-
rias

Sadoc,
or Joa-
than
Sellum
Helcias

Azarias

Urias

Kings of
Judea.
Roboam

Abdias
Asa

Josaphat

Joram
Ochozias

Joas

Amasias

Ozias, or
Azarias

Joatham

Achaz

Ezechias

BACHED HISTORY.

King Roboam leaving the advice of the ancients,
and following young counsellors, offended the peo-
ple: and his servant Jeroboam was made king of
ten tribes: only Juda and Benjamin remaining to
Roboam. He reigned seventeen years. 3 Kings 14.
v. 21.

His son Abdias reigned wickedly three years.
3 King* 15. v. 2.

Asa a good kinjr, destroyed idolatry, and reign-
ed 41 years. 3 Kings 13.

Josaphat governed the kingdom well 25 years,
3 Kings 22. v. 42. and 43. saving that he joined af-
finity with Achab king of Israel, and with Jezabel.
2 Par. 18. v. 1.

Jorom reigned wickedly eight years. 4 Kings 8.
v. 17. and 18. 2 Par. 21. v. 5. and 6. The three
next are omitted by St. Matthew.

By the evil counsel of his mother Athalia, Ocho-
zias governed wickedly one year, and was slain by
Jehu, together with Joram king of Israel. 4 Kings
8. v. 27. and c. 9. v. 27. 2 Par. 22. v. 3. and 9.

Queen Athalia murdering the children of her
own son the late king, usurped the kingdom six
years. 4 Kings 11. v. 1.

The youngest son of Ochozias called Joas, being
saved from the slaughter, was made king by means
of Joaida High Priest, and Athalia slain. 4 Kings
11. v. 4. He governed well during the life of
Joiada: but afterwards fell into idalatry, and caus-
ed Zacharias the High Priest and son of Joiada to
be slain. 2 Par. 24. v. 22. And shortly after the
same king was treacherously slain, when he had
reigned 41 years. 4 Kings 12. v. 20. and 2 Par.
24. v 25.

Amasias beginning well did some good things, 4
Kings 14. v. 3. But after the spoil of the Idume-
ans, he worshipped their idols. 2 Par. 25. v. 14.
and reigned 29 years, ibid.

Ozias some time reigned well, 4 Kings 15. v. 3.
but afterwards presuming to offer incense on the
altar was repelled by the High Priests, and pre-
sently struck with leprosy, and cast out of the tem-
ple and city. He lived after he was king 52 years.
2 Par. 26. v. 16.

Kings of
Israel.

Jeroboam

Manasses

Joatham a godly king governed a great part of
his father's time, and after his death sixteen years.
4 Kings 15. 2 Par. 27.

Achaz a wicked king, after many benefits re-
ceived from God, fell into idolatry, reigning six-
teen years, destroyed holy things, shut up the tem-
ple, and perverted many of the people. 4 Kings
16. 2 Par. 28.

Ezechias a most godly king advanced true reli-
gion, which was much decayed. He recovered
health being mortally sick, which was confirmed
by a miracle in the sun's returning back; and made
a canticle of praise with thanks to God, and
reigned 29 years. 4 Kings 18. 2 Par. 29, 30, 31,
32.

Manasses for his great sins was carried captive
into Babylon, where he repented, and was restored

SACRED HISTORY.

Nadab

Baasa

Ela
Zambri

Achab

Ochozias
Joram

Jehu

Joachaz
Joas

Jeroboam

Zacha-
rias.
Sellum

Maha-

nem

Phaceia

Phacee

Osee

Jeroboam the first king of the ten
tribes made a wicked schism, setting
up two golden calves in Bethel and
Dan; which most of the people wor-
shipped as their gods. He reigned 22
years. 3 Kings 12.

After him were these kings of d
vers families of the same ten tribes.
Nadab son of Jeroboam reigned two
years. 3 Kings 14.

Baasa of the tribe of Issachar reign
ed 24 years. 3 Kings 15.

Ela two years. 3 Kings 16.

Zambri but seven days. 3 Kings
16. v. 15. Amri 12 years, whereof
Thebni reigned in civil wars against
him three years, v. 22. Achab married
Jezabel a Sidonian, and served Baal,
reigning 21 years. 3 Kings 10, &c.

Ochozias reigned two years. 3 Kings
22. v.52. B

Joram twelve years. 4 Kings 3.

Jehu killed Joram and Jezabel, and
destroying the whole house of Achab,
reigned eight years. 4 Kings 9. and 10.

Joachaz reigned seventeen years
4 Kings 13.

Joas reigned sixteen years. 4 Kings
13. v. 10.

Jeroboam forty-one years. 4 Kings
14.V.23. y y

Zacharias reigned but six months
4 Kings 15. v. 8.

Sellum but one month. 4 Kings 15.
v. 15.

Mahanem reigned 10 years. 4 Kings
15.

Phaceia two years 4 Kings 15. v.
21.

Phacee reigned 20 years. 4 Kings
15. v. 27.

Osee reigned nine years. 4 Kings
17.

The kingdom of Israel having stood
above two hundred and fifty years
was subdued by the Assyrians, and
much people carried captive into As-
syria. 4 Kings 17. v. 6.

The Grecians every fourth year set
forth interludes in honour of Jupiter
Olympius, whereof began reckoning
by Olympias, about the year of the
world 3417 And after six Olympi-
ades,that is 24 years, Rome was buil*
233

lOUICAL, INDEX.

I M

Praia

3361

Zaraias

8416

Jmo-

dcch

Kin

inn .if

J'lll.M.

Anion

Jom.iS

Joachaz,
or Jecho-
niai

Joakim,

or Jccho-
niai

Sedecias

IACMID HI1TORT.

to tii— kingdom : h.- re ik ned and lived In captivity
56 years. 4 A I'ar.M.

Judith killed Holofcrnes, either about tliis time,
or in the days of Manasses, before the captivity.
Judith.

>:i reigned evil two years. 4 Kingn 21. 18. 3
Par. X\.

Josias a very good king purged the Church of
idolatry; repaired the temple, celebrated a most
■Oleum Pawn TrM slain in battle by the king of
Egypt, (which all the people much lamented, cs-
ly Jeremias the prophet) when be had reign-
ed 81 yean. 4 A3*gi 22, 23. 2 Par. 34, 35.

Joachaz, otherwise called Jechonias, reigning
but three iftBtrw. was carried into Egypt (where
he afterwards dud. 4 A'ings 23. v. 34.) and Elia-
kim, otherwise called Joakim, his brother was
made king; who in the third year of his reign was
carried into Babylon. 4 Kingt 23. v. 3-1. 2 Par.
36. v. 4, 6. and with him Daniel, and the other
children. Dan. 1.

:tly after which time happened the history
of Susanna. Dan. 13.

And the same Joakim after his reign of three
years, lived other eight years in captivity. 4 Kings
24. v. 1. 2 Pur. 36. v. 4. and 5.

Joachin, called also Jechonias, son of the former
Jechonias, or Joachaz, reigned but three months,
and was carried into Babylon, and with him Eze-
chiel the prophet and others. And his uncle Ma-
thanias, otherwise named Sedecias, was made king,
who reigned eleven years. 4 Kingt 24. 2 Par. 36.

In the eleventh year of Sedecias, when king Je-
chonias the younger was prisoner in Babylon, Jeru-
salem was taken, the Temple destroyed, and the
roplc carried captive into Babylon. 4 Kingt 25.
Par. 36.

In the mean time Daniel was in singular great
estimation both with the faithful people, and Pa-
gans, and was advanced to authority, as also by his
means the other children; for which they were
envied and persecuted, but were miraculously pro-
tected. Dan. 1, &c. to 7. and 13, 14.

A certain captain picking a quarrel apprehend-
ed Jeremias, and by consent of principal men, cast
him into a dungeon, the king not knowing thereof.
4 Kingt 26. Jer. 37, 3a Ismael killed Godolias
the governor, and others. 4 Kingt 25. Jer. 41.

Many Jews lied into Egypt, and fell into idola-
try, resisting and contemning Jeremias 's admoni-
tions to the contrary. Jer. 42, 43, 44.
234

Bnp of

Israel.

intialiilalits be
Assyria into Judea.mis.
ism with the Israelites'

many wicked and ik
tgt 17. v. 29.

• ACRID HISTOHV.

lien 1". •■ •

HISTORICAL INDEX

A. M.

13442"

3468

High
Priests.

Jesus
son of
Jose-
dech

Line of
David

SACRED HISTORY.

A.M

3469

3470
3473

3477

3485
3494

Joachin

From the
captivity
the Jews
had no
Ikings:
| but the
line of
David
continu-
ed in
these per-
sons from
Jecho-
nias to
Christ

Salathiel
Zoroba-
bel
Abiud

Evilmerodach delivered Jechonias
(or Joachin) from prison, and enter-
tained him as prince. 4 Kings 25. v.

27.

Baltazar being slain, Darius king of
Medes and Persians possessed Babylon:
and Cyrus succeeded Darius, released
the Jews from captivity, and gave li-
cense to Zorobabel and Jesus to bring
back the people into Judea. 2 Par. 36.
v. 22. 1 Esd. 1.

Eliasib

3350

3550

Joiada

Eliacim

Azor

3668

3727

The Jews being returned into Jeru
salem, set up an altar, and offered sa-
crifice. lEsd. 3. v. 2.

The next year they began to build
the temple. 1 Esd. 3. v. 8.

Artaxerxes (otherwise called Cam-
byses, also Assuerus) forbade to perfect
the temple. And Jesus the High Priest
returned into Babylon. 1 Esd. 4. v. 7.

Daniel understood by vision that
Christ should come within seventy
weeks, which make 490 yeare from the
perfecting of the temple, and the walls
of Jerusalem. Dan. 9. v. 25.

Aggeus and Zacharias the Prophets
exhorted to build the temple. 1 Esd.
5.

In the captivity by diligence of the
prophets, many Jews had great zeal|
in true religion. And about the 24th
year of the captivity, Assuerus, other-
wise called Astyages, made Esther
queen, and wicked Aman seeking to
destroy all the Jews in those parts, was
himself hanged on the gallows which
he had prepared for Mardocheus. Es-
ther 7, &c.

The temple being perfected, Mala-
chias (who is supposed to be Esdras") ex-
horted to offer sacrifice with sincerity.
Mai. 1. and 2.

And Nehemias brought the* king's
edict for the reparation of Jerusalem.
2 Esd . 2.

Esdras, Nehemias, and others labour-
ed in repairing Jerusalem; but were
often interrupted. 2 Esd. 3.

About this time the city was well re-
paired with three walls. 2 Esd. 3. and
7. And so by the judgment of some I
Divines, the reckoning of seventy!

235

:«29

High
Priests

Jona-
than

Jaddus

Line of
David

Sadoc

Eliud

3834

383S

3861

SACRED HISTORY.

3897

3898
3994

Onias

Simon
Priseus

Eleazar

Manas-
ses an
Apos-
tate

Onias

Simon
Onias

Matha-
thias

Judas

Macha-

beus

Jona-
thas
Simon
Joan-
nes

Hyrca-
nus
Aris-
tobulus
Alex-
ander

Hyrca-
nus

Achim

weeks began, according to the prophe-
cy of Daniel, ch. 9. v. 26.

Nehemias returning from Persia (or
Chaldea) into Judea found thick water,
for the fire which Jeremias had hid in
a deep cave. 2 Mach. 1. v. 20. and 23
Alexander the Great honoured J ad
dus the High Priest. Joseph, lib. 11. c
8. Antiq.

The seventy-two interpreters being
sent by Eleazarus High Priest to Ptolo-
meus Philadelphus king of Egypt, trans-
lated the Hebrew scriptures into Greek.
Onias a most zealous godly High
Priest, 2 Mach. 4. was persecuted by
Simon a Churchwarden, slain by Adro-
nicus a courtly minion, v. 34; and at
his death prayed for all the people,
chap. 15. v. 12.

Jesus the son of Sirach wrote the
book of Ecclesiasticus, in the time of
this Simon High Priest, as seemeth,
chap. 50. v. 24. and 25.

Another Jesus (nephew of the for
mer) translated Ecclesiasticus into
Greek. Prolog. Eccli.

Eleazar

Mathan

Jacob

Joseph

Philo the elder wrote tne book of
Wisdom in Greek. S. Jeroin. in pref.

Antiochus Epiphanes persecuted the
church most cruelly, like as Antichrist
will do near the end of the world.
1 Mach. 1. v. 11. and 2 Mach. 5, 6, 7.

In defence of the church, Mathathias
and his sons with others made war,
killed and overthrew all the#r enemies,
advanced religion, cleansed the temple,
and delivered the people from persecu-
tion. Died, 1 Mach. 2. v. 70.

After the wars, the Jews in Jerusa
lem wrote to the Jews in Egypt, ex-
horting them to keep the feasts, and
other rites, as they were observed in
Judea. 2 Mach. 1. and 2.

Pompeius the Great taking Jerusa-
lem subdued the Jews to the Romans.
He entered into the holy place, called
Sancta Sanctorum, there profaned holy
things, carried away Aristobulus (who
had been High Priest) prisoner, and
confirmed Hyrcanus in his place.

After whom Cassius also spoiled th«
[temple. S. Aug. li. 18. c. 45. de civit.

RETURN CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
TO^^- 202 Main Library

LOAN PERIOD 1
~ HOME USE

ALL BOOKS MAY BE RECALLED AFTER 7 DAYS

RENEWALS AND RECHARGES MAY BE MADE 4 DAYS PRION TO DUE .V ' t
LOAN PERIODS ARE 1-MONTM 3-UONlMS AND 1-YEAR.
RENEWALS CALL (414/ •42-3405

DUE AS STAMPED BELOW

autOTJisc

•

i -.: 1 1 iQft<

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
FORM NO. DD6, 60m, 1/83 BERKELEY CA 94720

"- no/(00

U.C. BERKELEY LIBRARIES

C0210fl03M0

* *'i