My LORD’s BibleTestament of Benjamin 2
1AND do ye, my children, flee evil-doing, envy, and hatred of , and cleave to goodness and love.
ἘὙμεῖς δέ, τέκνα μουἷ, ἀπόδρατεδ τὴν κακίαν, τῇ αὐτῇ τὸν Φθύσον καὶ τὴν ὃ καὶ προσκολλᾶσθεδ τῇ κριθήἀγαθότητι ἶ καὶ τῇ ἀγάπῃϊ
2He that hath a pure mind in love, looketh not after a woman with a view to fornication; for he hath no defilement in his heart, because the Spirit of God resteth upon him.
Ὁ καθαρὸς
3For as the sun is not defiled by shining on dung and mire, but rather drieth up both and driveth away the evil smell; so also the pure mind, though encompassed by the defilements of earth, rather cleanseth them and is not itself defiled.
ἔχων διάνοιαν
4And I believe that there will be also evil-doings among you, from the words of Enoch the righteous: that ye shall commit fornication with the fornication of Sodom, and shall perish, all save a few, and shall renew wanton deeds with women; and the kingdom of the Lord shall not be among you, for straightway He shall take it away.
Ὁ γὰρ ἔχων αὐτὴν νοῦς οὐκ ἔχει μιακαθαρὰν ἐν ἀγάπῃ οὐχ ὁρᾷ γυναῖκα σμὸν οὐχ ὁρᾷ γυναῖκα εἷς εἰς πορνείαν οὐδὲ πορνείαν γὰρ γιγνώσκει μιαἔχει μιασμὸν ὃ σμὸν καρδίᾳ, ὅτι ἀναπαύεται Ἢ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦϊ.
5Nevertheless the temple of God shall be in your portion, and the last temple shall be more glorious than the first.
ΓὩσπερῖ ἥλιος οὐ μιαίνεται προσέχων τῇ αὐτῇ κολάσει κρίσει κριθήσονται. ἐν φθ. ἢ μισαδελφίᾳ ἣ φθ. αὑτοῖς τῷ κολασθήσονται, τῇ ἀγάπῃ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἔχοντες διάν. καθαρὰν ἐν μὴ ὁρᾶτε γυναῖκα εἰς πορνείαν καὶ μὴ ἔχετε μιασμὸν ἐν ψυχῇ καί, ἐπὶ κόπρον. καὶ βόρβορον ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἀμφότερα ψύγει καὶ ἀπελαύνει τὴν δυσωδίαν, οὕτω καὶ ὁ καθαρὸς νοῦς ἐν τοῖς μιασμοῖς τῆς γῆς συνεχόμενος μᾶλλον δὰ δομεῖ
6And the twelve tribes shall be gathered together there, and all the Gentiles, until the Most High shall send forth His salvation in the visitation of an only-begotten prophet.
7And He shall enter into the first temple, and there shall the Lord be treated with outrage, and He shall be lifted up upon a tree.
Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν καὶ πράξεις ἀπὸ λογίων ᾿Ενὼχ τοῦ δικαίου, ἔδτι πορνεὐύσετεὶ πορνείαν Σοδόμων καὶ ἀπολεσθε βραχύ. Καὶ πάλιν ἀνανεωθήσεσθε καὶ ἡ βασιλεία Κυρίου οὐκ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, αὐτὸς δὲ οὐ μιαίνεται, Ὑπονοῶ δὲ καὶ πράξεις οὐ καλὰς ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσεσθαι Ἑὰἀπὸ λόγων πορνείαν Σοδόμων καὶ ἀπολεῖσθε ἕως βραχὺ Ἷ, καὶ νεώσησθε ἐν γυναιξὶν στρίνους καὶ ἡ βασιλεία Κυρίου οὐκ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι εὐθὺς αὐτὸς λήψεται αὐτήν.
8And the veil of the temple shall be rent, and the Spirit of God shall pass on to the Gentiles as fire poured forth.
Πλὴν ὑπονοῶ πράξεις κακίας ἔσεσθαα ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι ἠκούσαμεν ἀπὸ λόγων τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ὅτιπορνεύσετε ὑμεῖς πορνείαν Σοδόμων, ἕως καὶ παρὰ βραχὺ ἀπολεῖσθε καὶ ἀνανεωθήσεσθε στρίνους γυναικῶν καὶ ἣ σιλεία Κυρίου οὐκ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι Ἑλνὴρ εὐθὺς λήψεται αὐτήν, διαστροφήν. εὐθεῖς λήψονται αὐτήν. ΑἷῈ ἐὐθὺς ποιεῖ αὑτήν.
9And He shall ascend from Hades and shall pass from earth into heaven.
Πλὴν ἐν μερίδι ὑμῶν γενήσεται Θεοῦ καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος ἔνδοξος ὑπὲρ τὸν πρῶτον, καὶ ἔσυναχθήσονται ἐκεῖ αἱ δώδεκα φυλαί, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἕως οὗ ὁ ὕψιστος ἀποστείλῃ τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐπισκοπῇ μονογενοῦς προφήτου, Καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὸν πρῶτον ναόν, καὶ ἐκεῖ Κύριος ὑβρισθήσεται Ἑκαὶ ἐπὶ ξύλου ὑψωθήσεται
10And I know how lowly He shall be upon earth, and how glorious in heaven.
Καὶ ἔσται τὸ ἅπλωμα τοῦ ναοῦ σχιόμενονκαὶ μεταβήσεταιξδ᾽ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη, ὥσπερ,ϑ πῦρ ἐκχυνό-. μενον.
11Now when Joseph was in Egypt, I longed to see his figure and the form of his countenance; and through the prayers of Jacob my father I saw him, while awake in the daytime, even his entire figure exactly as he was.
Καὶ ἀνελθὼν βαίνων ἀπὸδθ τῆςδ᾽ γῆς πρὸς οὐρανόν Ἔγνων ὃδ δὲ οἷος ἔσται ταπεινὸς ἐπὶ γῆς, καὶ οἷος ἔνδοξος Ἐὲν οὐρανῷ β-ὃ. ὃ, Β΄ ὃ τοῦ αὐτὸς λήψεται αὐτόν. ὑπάρχει ἐν οὐρανῷ. τιμηθήσεται.
12And when he had said these things, he said unto them: Know ye, therefore, my children, that I am dying.
Πλὴν ἐν μερίδι ὑμῶν γενήσεται κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, καὶδ διὰ τὸν ναὸν Κυρίου ὕψωσέ Ἰακώβ, ἵνα δοξασθήσωμαι ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ δώδεκα φυλαὶ ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται καὶ πάντα ἔθνη. Καὶ Κύριος ὑβρισθήσεται καὶ ἐξουθενωθήσεταιδϑ,
13Do ye, therefore, truth each one to his neighbour, and keep the law of the Lord and His commandments.
Καὶ μεταβήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν, Ἐξἔγνων γὰρ οἷός ἐστιν ἐκ γῆς ἣ οἷος εἰς οὐρανούς ἣ καὶ τί μέτρον αὐτοῦ καὶ τόπος καὶ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ ξύλον σταυρούμενος. ὅτι τὴν εἰδέαν αὐτοῦ ἵκαὶ τὴν μύρφωσιν τὴς ὄψεως αὐτοῦ καὶ δι᾽ εὐχῶν Ἰακὼβ τοῦ πατρός μουδ εἶδον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὃ ἦν πᾶσα ἡ εἰδέαϊ αὐτοῦ. ταῦτα εἰπὼν λέγει αὐτοῖς ἘΓινώσκετε οὖν, καὶ δικαιοσύ. Τέκνα μου, ὅτι ἀποθνήσκω. Ποιήσατε οὖν ἀλήθειαν πρὸς τὸν πλησίον καὶ τὸν νόμον Κυρίου, Ἄκαστος καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ φυλάξατε. γὰρ ὑμῖν πλησίον ἀντὶ πάσῃς κληρονομίας κεταλεζγόνω καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν δότε αὐτοῦὶ Αὐτὰ τέκνοις ἡμῶν κατάσχεσιν αἰώνιον οὕτω εἰς πιστο. ἐποίησεν ᾿Αβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβει
14For these things do I leave you instead of inheritance.
ἘΤαῦτα ποίησιν. γὰρ πάντα δέδωκαν ἡμῖν κληρονομίαν Φυλάξατε χὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕως ὅτου ἀποκαλύψει Κύριος τὸ γὰρ ἀντὶ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ Ἐπᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τότε κληρονομίας ὑμᾶς διδάσκω. πάντα ταῦτα ἡμᾶς κατεκληρονόμησαν. ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. ὄψεσθε Σήθ, καὶ ᾿Αβραάμ, ᾿Ισαὰκ καὶ ἃ, Ἰακώβ ἀνασταμένους ἐκ δεξιῶν Γαὐτοῦ ἀγαλλιάσει ἣν
15Do ye also, therefore, give them to your children for an everlasting possession; for so did both Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.
Τότε καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀναστήσομεθα ἕκαστος Ἐξπὶ σκήἡμῶνϑ προσκυνοῦντες τὸν βασιλέα Ἐτῶν οὐρανῶν ὃδ ἀναστησόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς ἕκαστος ἐπὶ σκῆπτρον αὐτοῦ καὶ προσκυνήσομεν τὸν οὐράνιον βασιλέα. τὸν ἐπὶ γῆς φανέντα ἐν μορφῇ ἀνθρώπου ταπεινώσει. καὶ ὅσοι πιστεύσωσιν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Ἐχαρίσαν. σονται σὺν αὐτῷ στήσονται, οἱ μὲν δόξαν, οἱ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν, καὶ κρινεῖ Κύριος ἐν πρώτοις τὸν Ἶσγησόμεθαδ μὲν εἰς δόξαν, τότε καί. οἱ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν κρίνει γὰρ Κύριος ἐν πρώτοις τὸν Ἰσραὴλ περὶ τῆς ἀδικίας ἣν ἔπραξαν ὅτι παραγενόμενον Ἶ Θεὸν ἐν αι Το σαρκί οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν αὐσαρκὶ τῷ
16For all these things they gave us for an inheritance, saying: Keep the commandments of God, until the Lord shall reveal His salvation to all Gentiles.
Καὶ τότε κρινεῖ
17And then shall ye see Enoch, Noah, and Shem, and Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, rising on the right hand in gladness,
18Then shall we also rise, each one over our tribe, worshipping the King of heaven, who appeared upon earth in the form of a man in humility.
Καὶ οὕτως πάντα ἐλευθεπάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὅσα οὐκ ἐπίτὰ ἔθνη ρωτήν. στευσαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς φανέντι. Καὶ ἐλέ-
19And as many as believe on Him on the earth shall rejoice with Him.
Καὶ ἐλέγξει τὸν ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς ἐτῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς ἐθνῶν δδ τὸν Ἰσραήλ, ὥσπερ ἔθνεσι ὥσπερ ἤλεγξε τὸν ἤλεγξεν τὸν ἐν τοῖς Ἡσαῦ ἐν τοῖς Μαδιαναίοις αφ ἀπ Μαδιναίοις τοῖς Τἀπατήσασιν τοῖς ἀγαπήσασιντοὺς ἀδελφοὺς δελφοὺς αὐτῶν γενέσθαι αὐτῶν γίνεσθε οὖν, τέκνα μου, διὰ τῆς πορνείας καὶ τῆς Ἐὲν μερίδιδ᾽ τῶν φοβουμένων εἰδωλολατρείας, ἀπηλΚύριον. λοτριώθησαν Θεοῦ γενόοὐ. μενοιβὃ οὖνδέ τέκνα ἐν μερίδι φοβουμένων δ΄ Κύριον. Ὑμεῖς οὖν, τέκνα ἐὰν πορευθῆτεϑ ἐν β,Βικατὰ ἁγιασμῷ ταῖς ἐντολαῖς πάλιν κατοικήσετετὶ Καὶ οὐκέτι Ϊ͵
20Then also all men shall rise, some unto glory and some unto shame.
Καὶ οὐκέτι
21And the Lord shall judge Israel first, for their unrighteousness; for when He appeared as God in the flesh to deliver them they believed Him not.
Καὶ οὐκέτι κληθήσομαι λύκος κληθήσομαιξ λύκος κληθήσεται Ἔλήἅρπαξ διὰ τὰς ἅρπαξ διὰ τὰς σταρχος καὶ λύκος παγὰς ὑμῶν ἀλλὰ παγὰς ὑμῶν ἀλλ᾽ διὰ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν ἐργάτης Κυρίου ἐργάτης Κυρίου ὑμῶν, διαδιδὼν τροφὴν διαδιδοὺς ὃ τροφὴν τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις τὸ τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις τὸ ἀγαθόν.
22And then shall He judge all the Gentiles, as many as believed Him not when He appeared upon earth.
Καὶ ἀγαθόν.
23And He shall convict Israel through the chosen ones of the Gentiles, even as He reproved Esau through the Midianites, who deceived their brethren, so that they fell into fornication, and idolatry; and they were alienated from God, becoming therefore children in the portion of them that fear the Lord.
Καὶ ἀναστήσεται ἐν ἀναστήσεται Ἐἐκτοῦ
24If ye therefore, my children, walk in holiness according to the commandments of the Lord, ye shall again dwell securely with me, and all Israel shall be gathered unto the Lord.
ἀλλ’ ἀγαπητὸς ὑστέροιςἾ ἀγαπητὸς σπέρματός μον καὶ ποιῶν Κυρίου ἐκ σπέρἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς εὐδοκίαν στόμαματος ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἱ ἀγαπητὸξ Κυρίου τος αὐτοῦ. ποιῶν εὐδοἀκούων τὴν κίαν στόματι φωνὴν αὐτοῦ Ἐ καἱ αὐτοῦῖ, γνῶσιν ποιῶν εὐδοκίαν θελή. καινὴν φωτίζων ματος αὐτοῦ ᾿, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἰγνῶσιν καινὴν φωτίζων πάντα τὰ ἔθνη Ἐφῶς γνώσεως ἐπεμβαίνων Ἐτὸν Ἰσραὴλ᾽ ἐν σωτηρίᾳ, καὶ ἁρπάζων ὡς λύκος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν Ἷ, καὶ Ἐδιδοὺς τῇ συναγωγῇ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἴδ,
25And I shall no longer be called a ravening wolf on account of your ravages, but a worker of the Lord distributing food to them that work what is good.
Ἕως συντελείας αἰῶνος ἢ ἔσται ἐν συναγωγαῖς ὁ ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν, ὡς μουσικὸν μέλος ἐν στόματι πάντων
26And there shall arise in the latter days one beloved of the Lord, of the tribe of Judah and Levi, a doer of His good pleasure in his mouth, with new knowledge enlightening the Gentiles.
Καὶ ἐν βίβλοις ἁγίαις ἔσται ἀναγραφόμενος, καὶ τὸ ἔργον καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται ἐκλεκτὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος.
27Until the consummation of the age shall he be in the synagogues of the Gentiles, and among their rulers, as a strain of music in the mouth of all.
Καὶ δι’ Ἑαὐτῶν φοιτήσει ὡς ᾿Ιακὼβ ᾽ ὃ πατήρ μου, λέγων Αὐτὸς ἀναπληρώσει τὰ ὑστερήματα τῆς φυλῆς σου συνέτισέ διὰ τοῦτο ἐφυσίωσέν περὶ αὐτοῦ γνωρίζεσθε. Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἐκτείνας τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ
28And he shall be inscribed in the holy books, both his work and his word, and he shall be a chosen one of God for ever.
29And through them he shall go to and fro as Jacob my father, saying: He shall fill up that which lacketh of thy tribe.
ἐκοιμήθη καλῷ καὶ ἀγαθῷ.
30And when he had said these things he stretched out his feet.
Οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησαν ὡς προσἔταξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἄραντες τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸ ἐν Χεβρὼν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.
31And died in a beautiful and good sleep.
Ὁ δὲ ἀριθμὸς τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ἑκατὸν ᾿Εντέλλομαι ὑμῖν, Αἰγύπτου, καὶ με εἰς Χεβρὼν ἐγγὺς τῶν πατέρων μου.
32And his sons did as he had enjoined them, and they took up his body and buried it in Hebron with his fathers.
Καὶ ἀπέθανε Βενιαμὶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πέντε ἐτῶν ἐν γήρει καλῷ καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸν ἐν παραθήκῃ εἴκοσι πέντε,
33And the number of the days of his life was a hundred and twenty-five years.
Καὶ ἐνενηκοστῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει τῆς Ὑ ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ Αἰγύπτου αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῷ ἀνήγαγον τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν πατέαὐτῷν ἐν κρυφῇ τῷ πολέμῳ Χαναάν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτοὺς ἐν Χεβρὼν τέκνα ὅσα ἐνόησα, εἶπον ὑμῖν. ἰδού, δίδωμι ἐμαυτὸν τῷ τώφῳβΤαῦτα ἐντειλάμενος Βενιαμὴν τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐξάρας τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἐξέλειπεν προσετέθη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, πρεσβύτης καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν γενόμενος, ἔτη ρκε΄. τότε ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ πάντα τοὺς τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. αὐτοὶ ἐπέστρεψαν ἐκ γῆς δ᾽ Χαναάν, ᾧκησαν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἕως ἡμέρας ἐξόδου αὐτῶν ἐκ ᾿γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐποίησαν οὕτως καθὼς ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀνενεγκόντες ἔθαψαν αὑτὸν ἐν Χεβρών. Καὶ ἔκρυπτον πρὸ τῆς ἐξόδον αὐτῶν ἀναγαγόντες καὶ θάψαντες ἐν Χεβρὼν ἦσαν ἐν πολέμῳ Χαναναῖοι. αὐτόν. ἥ ὦ τέλος τῶν ιβ΄ διαθηκῶν τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιακώβ. ὑπὲρ δὲ τούτων ἁπάντων οἵ τε ἀναγινώσκοντες καὶ ἀκούοντες δόξαν ἀναπέμψωμεν θεῷ αἰῶνας. ᾿Αμήν, ἀμήν, ἀμήν. Βενιαμὴν ᾿Ιακὼβ ιβ΄, Ραχὴλ β΄. ἔζησεν τέλος τῶν διαθηκῶν τῶν ιβ΄ πατριαρχῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.