My LORD’s BibleTestament of Joseph 1
1THE copy of the Testament of Joseph.
Διαθήκη Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου υἱοῦ Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ῥαχιήλ ᾿Αντίγραφον διαθήκης Ἰωσήφ. Ἔν τῷ μέλλειν αὐτὸν ἀποθνήσκεινϑ, καλέσας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς Ταὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς. ἀπ Ἐ᾿Αδελφοί μου καὶ τέκνα νοῦς τοῦς ῬΑκούσατε Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου ὑπὸϊ Ἰσραήλ, ὑμῶν. Ἐνωτίσασθε Ἐῤήματα τοῦ στόματός μου. τέλος διαθήκης ᾿Ασήρ οὗτος ἐκ τῆς Ζέλφας δεύτερος ἔζησε ὅτη ρκς΄.
2When he was about to die he called his sons and his brethren together, and said to them:--
3My brethren and my children, hearken to Joseph the beloved of Israel; give ear, my sons, unto your father.
Ἐγὼ εἶδον ἐν τῇ ωῇ μου τὸν φθόνον καὶ τὸν θάνατον οὐκ ἐπλανήθην ἀλλ᾽ ἔμεινα ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ Κυρίου.
4I have seen in my life envy and death, yet I went not astray, but persevered in the truth--of the Lord.
5These my brethren hated me, but the Lord loved me:
Οἱ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοι ἐμίσησάν δὲ Κύριος ἠγἀπησέ με Αὐτοὶ ἤθελόν ἀνελεῖν, δὲ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου ἐφύλαξέν ξχάλασάν, ὁ ὕψιστος ἀνήγαγέν μεῖδ
6They wished to slay me, but the God of my fathers guarded me:
7They let me down into a pit, and the Most High brought me up again.
᾿Ἐπράθην δουλείαν, ὁ πάντων εἰς ἠλευθέρωσέν με δοῦλον. αἰχμαλωσίαν ἐλήφθην, Καὶ ἡ κραταιὰ αὐτοῦ χεὶρ ἐβοήθησέ Ἐν λιμῷ συνεσχέθην, Καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος διέθρεψιέ
8I was sold into slavery, and the Lord of all made me free:
9I was taken into captivity, and His strong hand succoured me.
Μόνος ἤμην καὶ δ᾽ Θεὸς παρεκάλεσέ. Ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ ἤμην, καὶ ὃ Κύριος ἐπεσκέψατό Ἐν φυλακῇ ἤμην, καὶ Ὑσωτὴρ ἐχαρίτωσέ με Ἐν δεσμοῖς καὶ ἔλυσέ με. Ἐν διαβολαῖς καὶ συνηγόρησέ μοι. τς Ἔν λόγοις ἐνυπνίων πικροῖς καὶ ἐρρύσατό φθόνοις.
10I was beset with hunger, and the Lord Himself nourished me.
11I was alone, and God comforted me:
ἘΚαὶ οὗτος Γὸ ἀρχιμάγειρος Φαραὼ ἐπίστευσέ μοι τὸν συνδούοἶκον αὐτοῦ.
12I was sick, and the Lord visited me.
13I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me; 14 In bonds, and He released me;
Καὶ ἠγωνισάμην πρὸς γυναῖκα ἀναιδῆ λων. πείγουσάν με παρανομεῖν αὐτῆς, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ Θεὸς ἔτοῦ οὕτω πατρός με ἐκῦ φλογὸς καιομένης. μετὰ Ἰξιφυλακίσθην, ἐτύφθην, ἐξεμυκτηρίσθην καὶ ἔδωκέ δ᾽ Κύριος εἰς οἰκτιρμοὺς ἐνώπιον τοῦ δεσμοφύλακος. ὁ εὐνοῦ
15Slandered, and He pleaded my cause;
16Bitterly spoken against by the Egyptians, and He delivered me;
Οὐ ἐγκαταλείπει Κύριος τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν, Ὁ ἐν σκότει, ἣ δεσμοῖς ἣ θλίψεσιν, ἢ ἀνάγκαις. γὰρ ὡς ἄνθρωπος αν οὐ ὃ Θεός, θέτα. ὠ Οὐτεῖδ ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου δειλιξ, δι τόποις. Οὔτε ὡς γηγενὴς ἀσθενεῖ πτοεῖται
17Envied by my fellow-slaves, and He exalted me.
18And this chief captain of Pharaoh entrusted to me his house.
Ἐν πᾶσι δὲ τούτοις προίσταται Καὶ ἐν διαφόροις τρόποις ὃ παρακαλεῖ, ΕἼοὕτως ὁ εὐνοῦχος οἰνοχόος ὃ οὕτως Φωτιμὰρ ὁ ἀρχιμάἐγκαταλείψει. ἐγκαταλίπῃ ποτε αἱ ἐγκαταλειμπάνει. αἱ, ἀφίσταται εἷς τὸ δοκιμάσαι τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ διαβούλιον. ἀφιστά-
19And I struggled against a shameless woman, urging me to transgress with her; but the God of Israel my father delivered me from the burning flame.
20I was cast into prison, I was beaten, I was mocked; but the Lord granted me to find mercy, in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
ἘἮῈἘν δέκα πειρασμοῖς δόκιμον ἀπέδειξέ ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς ἐμακροθύμησα ὃ. μέγα φάρμακόν ἐστιν ἡ μακροθυ͵ Καὶ πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ δίδωσιν ἡ ὑπομονή. Ποσάκις ἡ Αἰγυπτίαϊ ἠπείλησέξ θάνατον ποσάκις τιμωρίαις ἵμεῖδ παραδοῦσαϊ ἀνεκαλέσατοϑ καὶ ἠπείλησέ θέλοντός μου συνελθεῖν αὐτῇ ἔλεγέ
21For the Lord doth not forsake them that fear Him, neither in darkness, nor in bonds, nor in tribulations, nor in necessities.
22For God is not put to shame as a man, nor as the son of man is he afraid, nor as one that is earth-born is He weak or affrighted.
23But in all those things doth He give protection, and in divers ways doth He comfort, though for a little space He departeth to try the inclination of the soul.
Κυριεύσεις καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ μου Ἐξὰν ἐπιδῷς ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἐμέ, καὶ ἔσῃ ὡς δεσπότης ἡμῶν τῇ
24In ten temptations He showed me approved, and in all of them I endured; for endurance is a mighty charm, and patience giveth many good things.
25How often did the Egyptian woman threaten me with death!
Ἐγὼ ἐμνημόνευον Ἐλόγους πατρός μουΐδ, καὶ μου καὶ εἰσερχόμενος τὸ ταμιεῖον ἘΓκλαίων͵ προσηυχόμην πάντων Κυρίῳ,
26How often did she give me over to punishment, and then call me back and threaten me, and when I was unwilling to company with her, she said to me:
27Thou shalt be lord of me, and all that is in my house, if thou wilt give thyself unto me, and thou shalt be as our master.
ἐὼν ἐνήστευον ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν ἐκείνοις, καὶ ἐφαινόμην ὡς ἐν τρυφῇ ὅτι Ἰακώβ. νηστεύοντες Ἐδιὰ τὸν θεὸν ἢ τοῦ προσώπου τὴν χάριν λαμβάνουσιν. δὲ ἀπεδήμει κύριός μόν οἶνον οὐκ ἔπινον, Ἑκαὶ τριημερίζων Ὁ ἐλάμβανόν δ᾽ τὴν τροφήν καὶ ἐδίδουν αὐτὴν τοῖς πένησιν καὶ τοῖς ἀσθενοῦσυω. δὲ δ᾽ πρὸς Κύριον καὶ ἔκλαιον περὶ Αἰγυπτίας, ὅτι σφόδραϑϊ ἀδιαλείπτως ὧν ἠνόχλειϑ μοιϑ. ἕκαὶ ἐν νυκτὶ εἰσήει λόγῳ ἐπε τωι
28But I remembered the words of my father, and going into my chamber, I wept and prayed unto the Lord.
29And I fasted in those seven years, and I appeared to the Egyptians as one living delicately, for they that fast for God's sake receive beauty of face.
Καὶ ὃ τέκνον ἄρρεν οὐκ ἦν π᾿ αὐτῇ, καὶ προσεποιεῖτο ἔχειν με υἱόν, Καὶ Κύριον ὅς δῦ ὡς υἱόν περιεπτύσσετο, ἐγὼ δὲδ ἠγνόουν ἄρρν. κἀκείνη δὲ ὕστερον εἰς ἐφελκύσατοδ.
30And if my lord were away from home, I drank no wine; nor for three days did I take my food, but I gave it to the poor and sick.
31And I sought the Lord early, and I wept for the Egyptian woman of Memphis, for very unceasingly did she trouble me, for also at night she came to me under pretence of visiting me.
Καὶ νοήσας ἐγὼ ἐλυπήθην ἕως θανάτουδδ ἐξελθούσης αὐτῆς ἦλθον εἷς ἐμαυτόν, καὶ ἐπένθησα περὶ αὐτῆς δ᾽ ἡμέρας πολλάς, Ἐδτι ἔγνων τὸν δόλον αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν πλάνην. ἔλεγον πρὸς αὐτὴν δ᾽ ῥήματα ὑγ στον; εἰ ἄρα ἐπιστρέψειδξ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς πονηρᾶς. Ἐπολλάκις οὖν ἁγίῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐν λόγοις ἐκολάκευέδ καὶδ μετὰ δόλου διὰδ ῥημάτων ἐπαίνειϊ Ἐτὴν σωφροἐχαμοσύνηνδ μου ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀνδρὸς βουλομένη μόνας ὑποσκελίσαι
32And because she had no male child she pretended to regard me as a son.
33And for a time she embraced me as a son, and I knew it not; but later, she sought to draw me into fornication.
ἘΕδόξαζε ἴγάρ᾽ με ὡς σώφρονα καὶ ἐν κρυφῇ ἔλεγέ μο Μὴ φοβηθῇς καί. τὸν ἄνδρα μου καὶ πέπεισται περὶ τῆς σωφροσύνης
34And when I perceived it I sorrowed unto death; and when she had gone out, I came to myself, and lamented for her many days, because I recognized her guile and her deceit.
35And I declared unto her the words of the Most High, if haply she would turn from her evil lust.
ἘῈν τούτοις ἐγὼ Ἐχαμοκοιτῶν ἐδεόμην τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅπως Ἐῤύσεταί με ἐκ δολιότητος αὐτῆς ἔσχατον. ὦ κἀκείνη μάλιστα ἐπετείνετο περισσοτέρως ὃ ἔρως καί. ἢ ὕστερον. ἔσχατα δέ. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα. καὶ καὶ ἐν σάκκῳ ἐδεόμην τοῦ θεοῦ Κυρίου. χαμαικοιτῶν ἐν σάκκῳ δὲ οὐδὲν τούτῳ, πάλιν ἐπὶ λόγῳ κατηχήσεως ἤρχετο πρός με τοῦ μαθεῖν λόγον Θεοῦ κἢν αἰ. Καὶ ἔλεγέδο θέλῃς ἵνα καταλείψω δ᾽ τὰ εἴδωλα, γύπτιον μοι, πείθω τὸν ἄνδρα ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ πείσω. τῶν εἰδώλων, Ἑκαὶ πορευσόμεθα Τἐνώπιον Κυρίου σου, ἡ νόμῳ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔλεγον ἔδτι οὐχὶδ ἐν ἀκαθαρσίᾳ κυρίον θέλει Κύριος τοὺς σεβομένους αὐτόν, οὔτε μοιχεύουσιν Γἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ καὶ στόμασιν ἀμιάντοις μενοι, αὐτῷ προσερχομένοις ἀντεφιλονείκει πληρῶσαι θέλουσα τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτῆς
36Often, therefore, did she flatter me with words as a holy man, and guilefully in her talk praise my chastity before her husband, while desiring to ensnare me when we were alone.
37For she lauded me openly as chaste, and in secret she said unto me: Fear not my husband; for he is persuaded concerning thy chastity: for even should one tell him concerning us, he would not believe.
ἘΓΕγὼ δὲ ἃ προσετίθουν Ἐνηστείαν καὶ προσευχήν, ὅπως ῥύσεταί Ἶ με ὁ ὃ ἐρχοΚύριος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς μένοι. ϑ.-ὦὃσςὦ. ἐσιώπησε, δὲ ταῦτα ἀκούσασα ἐσιώπησε μὲν κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου μηδὲν ἕτερον τολμήσασα εἰπεῖν τῇ δὲ διανοίᾳ αὐτῆς ἐφιλονείκει ποθοῦσα τελέσαι ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτῆς. διαβόλου παγίδων, καὶ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς. πάλιν; ἑτέρῳ χρόνῳδ λέγει μοιχεῦσαι οὐ θέλεις, ἐγὼ ἀνελῶ τὸν ἄνδρα φαρμάκῳ καὶ ὅ λήψομαί σε ἄνδρα.
38Owing to all these things I lay upon the ground, and besought God that the Lord would deliver me from her deceit.
39And when she had prevailed nothing thereby, she came again to me under the plea of instruction, that she might learn the word of God.
Ἐγὼ οὖν, ὡς ἤκουσα τοῦτο, Ἀ, διέρρηξα Ἐτὰ ἱμάτιά μου, καὶ εἶπον ἴ αὐτῇ Τύναι, σθητι τὸν Θεόν, καὶ μὴ ποιήσῃς τὴν Ἐπρᾶξιν ταύτην τὴν οὕτως ἵνα μὴ ἐξολοθρευθῇς᾽ ἐπεὶ καίγε γίνωσκε ὅτι ομίμωο. ἐγὼ ἐξαγγελῶ Ἐπᾶσιν τὴν ἐπίνοιάν σου ταύτην Φοβηθεῖσαδ οὖν ἐκείνη ἠξίου μεῖϊ ἵνα μὴ τὴν με δώροις καὶ πάσαις ᾿ΨΙ. Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἀποστέλλειϑ μοι βρῶμα ἐν γοητείᾳ ἐγώ. τὴν ἐπίνοιαν τῆς ἀσεβείας σον πᾶσιν, Ββ-ρ, κακίαν αὐτῆς. πέμπουσα πᾶσαν ἀπόλαυσιν νἱῶν ἀνθρώπων. μοι πέμπουσα. αἰ ἀποστέλλουσά μοι ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἀπόλαυσιν. πεφυρμένον ὃ. ἦλθεν δῦ εὐνοῦχος ὁ κομίζων Ἐἀνέβλεψα εἶδον Ἐφοβερὸν ἄνδρα ἐπιδιδόντα μοι μετὰ τοῦ τρυβλίου μέχαιραϑ καὶ συνῆκα ὅτι Ἐ περιέργεια β-σ,Ἀ,Β εἰς ἀπύπλοησι μου
40And she said unto me: If thou willest that I should leave my idols, lie with me, and I will persuade my husband to depart from his idols, and we will walk in the law by thy Lord.
41And I said unto her: The Lord willeth not. that those who reverence Him should be in uncleanness, nor doth He take pleasure in them that commit adultery, but in those that approach Him with a pure heart and undefiled lips.
Καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐς ἔκλαιον Ἐμὴ χεῦδά ἐνὸν, μήτε ἐκείνου μήτε ἄλλου τῶν μήτε ἐδεσμάτων αὐτῆετἧς δὲ μίαν ἡμέραν ἐλθοῦσα τς πρός καὶ ἐπιγνοῦσα τὸ βρῶμα λέγει. μοιῖϑ ἐδεσμ. τοῦτο ὅτι οὐκ ἔφαγες
42But she heed her peace, longing to accomplish her evil desire.
43And I gave myself yet more to fasting and prayer, that the Lord might deliver me from her.
Καὶ εἶπον πρὸς Ὅγχιξέ ἐπλήρωσας αὐτὸ γοητείαε τὰ μενος. θανάτου. καὶ Ἐπῶς εἶπας ὅτι Οὐ προσεγγίζων᾽ τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἀλλὰ ἀνε Κυρίῳ Γμόνῳ
44And again, at another time she said unto me: If thou wilt not commit adultery, I will kill my husband by poison; and take thee to be my husband.
45I therefore, when I heard this, rent my garments, and said unto her:
Νῦν οὖν Τ᾽ γνῶθι ὅτι Θεὸς πατρός δ᾽ μου δι᾽ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ ἴ ἀπεκἀλυψέϑδ μοι τὴν κακίαν καὶ Ἐν τούτῳ ἐφύλαξα ἐτήρησα. αὐτὸ ἔλεγχόν σου, Ἐεΐπως ἄρα ἰδοῦσα μεταυδήσειε κε ἐστιν ἤρξατο. περιέργεια ἦν τοῦ Σατανᾶ καὶ εἷς ἐστιν. ἐγευσάμην μήτε ἐκείνου ἄλλον τῶν ἐδεσμάτων τινὸς γευσάμενος. ἐποίησας ἐμοί, τὴν ζωήν μου λαμβάνειν τὰ ἄνομα ὅτι ἔπεμψας βρῶμα πληρώσασα
46Woman, reverence God, and do not this evil deed, lest thou be destroyed; for know indeed that I will declare this thy device unto all men.
47She therefore, being afraid, besought that I would not declare this device.
ἘΊνα δὲ ὃ μάθῃς Ὁ, ὅτι Ἶ τῶν ἐν σωφροσύνῃ θεοσεβούντων κατισχύσειδ κακίαδι τῶν ἀσεβούντων ἐνώπιον λαβὼνδϑ Ἐδξ αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιόν σου ἐσθίω. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐπευξάμενος ἀπ οὕτως ὅδ. Ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου καὶ ὃ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ Ἕ ἔσται μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ δῖ, Ἡ δὲ Πιδοῦσα τοῦτο ἔπεσεν Ἐξπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς τοὺς πόδας μουδὶ τοῦ βρώκλαίουσα καὶ ἀναστήσας δὃ αὐτὴν ἐνουθέτησα.
48And she departed soothing me with gifts, and sending to me every delight of the sons of men.
49And afterwards she sent me food mingled with enchantments.
Ἐὴ ματος μοιδῦ τοῦδ᾽ Ἐμηκέτι ποιῆσαιδϊ τὴν ἀσέβειαν ταύτην ὅδ. ἐ ἦ καρδία αὐτῆς εἰς τὸ κακὸν καὶ περιεβλέπετο ποίῳ τρόπῳ με παγιδεῦσαι᾽ στενάζουσα δὲ Τ᾿ συντόμως ἔπεσεν. συνέπιπτε μὴ ἀσθενοῦσαΞ. Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὴν ὃ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆςέ λέγειδ αὐτήν. Τίδ τὸ πρόσωπόν ἧ δὲ τοῖο ἕὶ ἐμὲ εἰς ἀκολασίαν καὶ στενάζουσα συνέπιπτεν, στόματι αὐτῆς ἀπειρνεῖτο τοῦ μηκέτε ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς εὑρεθῆναι. πεφυρμένον ὃ.
50And when the eunuch who brought it came, I looked up and beheld a terrible man giving me with the dish a sword, and I perceived that her scheme was to beguile me.
51And when he had gone out I wept, nor did I taste that or any other of her food.
Ὡς ἦλθεν εὐνοῦχος ὁ κομίζων ἀνέβλεψα καὶ εἶδον Ἐφοβερὸν ἄνδρα ἐπιδιδόντα μοι μετὰ τοῦ τρυβλίουϑ μάχαιραν καὶ συνῆκα ὅτι περιέργεια βσ, ςστὶν ἀποπλάνησίν μου,
52So then after one day she came to me and observed the food, and said unto me: Why is it that thou hast not eaten of the food?
53And I said unto her: It is because thou hast filled it with deadly enchantments; and how saidst thou: I come not near to idols but to the Lord alone.
Καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ τὶ ἔκλαιον., Ἐμὴ γευσάμενος μήτε ἐκείνου μήτε ἄλλου τῶν μήτε δδεσμάτων αὐτῆς. μίαν ἡμέραν ἐλθοῦσα Ἑκαὶ ἐπιγνοῦσα τὸ βρῶμα λέγειϊ Τί ἐδεσμ. τοῦτο ὅτι οὐκ ἔφαγες ἔτοῦ βρώματος; Καὶ εἶπον θανάτου καὶ Ἐπῶς εἶπας ὅτι Οὐ προσεγγίζω τοῖς Ανϑοὰς εἰδώλοις ὃ ἀλλὰ τῷδ᾽ Γμόνῳ
54Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by His angel thy wickedness, and I have kept it to convict thee, if haply thou mayst see and repent.
55But that thou mayst learn that the wickedness of the ungodly hath no power over them that worship God with chastity behold I will take of it and eat before thee.
Νῦν οὖν γνῶθιδ ὅτι δδ Θεὸς πατρός ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ ἀπεκάλυψέδθ μοι τὴν κακίαν καὶ τούτῳ ἐφύλαξα ἐτήρησα. αὐτὸ εἰς ἔλεγχόν σου, Ῥεΐπως ἄρα ἰδοῦσα ὃ μετανοήσεις ἐστιν Ὁ ἤρξατο. περιέργεια ἦν τοῦ Σατανᾶ καὶ ἐστιν. ἐγευσάμην. μήτε ἐκείνου μήτε ἄλλου τῶν ἐδεσμάτων τινὸς γευσάμενος. ἐποίησας ἐμοί, ὥστε τὴν μου λαμβάνειν τὰ ἄνομα ὅτι ἔπεμψας βρῶμα πληρώσασα
56And having so said, I prayed thus: The God of my fathers and the angel of Abraham, be with me; and ate.
58And she promised to do this iniquity no more.
ἘΊνα δὲ μάθῃς ὅτι Ἶ τῶν ἐν σωφροσύνῃ θεοσεβούντων κατισχύσειδθ ἀσεβούντων ἰδοὺ ἐνώπιον λαβὼν Ἐδξ αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιόν σου ἐσθίω. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐπευξάμενος τὰν, οὕτως ὅδ. Ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου καὶ ἄγγελος ᾿Αβραὰμ αὐτοῦ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ δῖ, Γἔφαγον
59But her heart was still set upon evil, and she looked around how to ensnare me, and sighing deeply she became downcast, though she was not sick.
60And when her husband saw her, he said unto her: Why is thy countenance fallen?
Ἡ δὲ Γιδοῦσα τοῦτο μοί ἔπεσεν Ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς. Ἕ εἰς τοὺς πόδας μουδὶ κλαίουσα καὶ ἀναστήσας αὐτὴν ἐνουθέτησα. ματ Ἐμηκέτι ποιῆσαι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ εἶπον ταύτην δὲ ἡ καρδία αὐτῆς ἔκειτο εἰς τὸ κακὸν καὶ ὁ περιεβλέπετο ποίῳ τρόπῳ παγιδεῦσαι᾽ στενάζουσα δὲ συντόμως συνέπιπτε μὴ ἀσθενοῦσαΞ.
61And she said unto him: I have a pain at my heart, and the groanings of my spirit oppress me; and so he comforted her who was not sick.
62Then, accordingly seizing an opportunity, she rushed unto me while her husband was yet without, and said unto me: I will hang myself, or cast myself over a cliff, if thou wilt not lie with me.
63And when I saw the spirit of Beliar was troubling her, I prayed unto the Lord, and said unto her:
Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καὶ ἔκλαυσε. λέγειδ πρὸς αὐτήν. Τί τὸ πρόσωπόν ἣ δὲ εἰ ἐμὲ εἰς ἀκολασίαν καὶ στενάζουσα συνέπιπτεν. δ᾽ Αἰγύπτιο στόματι αὐτῆς ἀπειρνεῖτο τοῦ μηκέτι ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς εὑρεθῆναι. αὐτὸν εἶπεν, ὅτι πόνον καρδίας ἐγὼ ἀλγῶ, καὶ οἱ γμοὶ τοῦ τοῦ στεναγμοὶ συνέχουσί με. δὲ ἐθεράπευσεν πνεύαὐτὴν λύγοιξτος οὖν εὐκαιρίαν λαβοῦσα εἰσεπήδησε πρός με, ἔτι ἔξω ὄντος τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ μοι εἰς κρημνὸν ῥίπτω ἐμαυτήν Ὁ, ἡ νη μὴ ὦ ἄσθε μὴ συγγενῇ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ.
64Why, wretched woman, art thou troubled and disturbed, blinded through sins?
65Remember that if thou kill thyself, Asteho, the concubine of thy husband, thy rival, will beat thy children, and thou wilt destroy thy memorial from off the earth.
Ἐγὼ δὲ νοήσας ὅτι πνεῦμα τοῦ αὐτήν., προσευξάμενος τότε εἶσεΚυρίῳ, εἶπον αὐτήν
66And she said unto me: Lo, then thou lovest me; let this suffice me: only strive for my life and my children, and I expect that I shall enjoy my desire also.
67But she knew not that because of my lord I spake thus, and not because of her.
Ἵνα τί, ᾿ἰἀθλία τα ταράσσῃ ὁ καὶ θορυβῇ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις τυφλώττουσα μνήἣ εἰς σθητιδ ὅτι ἐὰν ἀνέλῃς σεαυτήν ἢ ἡ παλλακὴ τοῦ ἀνδρός ἀντίζηλός κονδυλίσει τέκνα μνόν. σουΐξ, καὶδ ἀπολέσεις τὸ μνημόσυνόν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. ἣ κρ.. ἐμαυτὴν θέλω ἀγχόνην χρήσασθαι ἣ εἰς ἣ ἐμ. ῥ κολαφίσει. ὁ κονδηλῆσαι ἔχει. κοδωλῆσαι ἔχειν, ἀποκτενεῖ. παιδία σου. τὸ τέκνον τὰ σον κολαφίσει. λέγει πρός με οὖν ἀγαπᾷς τοῦτό μοι μόνον ἀντιποιῆσαιδϑ Ἐτῆς ζωῆς μου ἵκαὶ τῶν τέκνων ἀρκεῖ ἠδ τῇ μουΐ, ἔχω προσδοκίαν ἀπολαῦσαι ἴκαὶϊ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου. ἔγνω δὲ αὐτὴ ὅτι διὰ τὸν Κύριόν ἴ εἶπον οὕτως ἐγώ καὶ οὐχὶ δι’ αὐτήν.
68For if a man hath fallen before the passion of a wicked desire and become enslaved by it, even as she, whatever good thing he may hear with regard to that passion, he receiveth it with a view to his wicked desire.
69I declare, therefore, unto you, my children, that it was about the sixth hour when she departed from me; and I knelt before the Lord all day, and all the night; and about dawn I rose up, weeping the while and praying for a release from her.
᾽Εὰν ἂν αι, γάρ τις Ἐὐποπέσῃ πάθει δῦ ἐπιθυμίας καὶ Ἐδουλωθῇ αὐτῷ δ᾽ ὡς κἀκείνη, κἂν ἀγαθόν τι ἀκούσῃ εἰς τὸ δὴ πάθος καὶ οὐκ Ἐξ κλαμβάνει αὐτὸ δῇ πρὸς τὴν πονηρὰν ἐπιθυμίαν ὅτεδ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ. κλίνας γόνυδ πρὸς Κύριον ὃ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ μ᾿ τὴν νύκτα, τιν ὄρθρον ἀνέστην, ὑποπέσῃ δακρύων καὶ αἰτῶν λύτρωσιν αὐτῆ
70At last, then, she laid hold of my garments, forcibly dragging me to have connexion with her.
71When, therefore, I saw that in her madness she was holding fast to my garment, I left it behind, and fled away naked.
Τέλος ἐδ πονηράν, ἱ ρύκτα συνάψας. ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγνπτίας. βίᾳ ἐπελαμβάνετόϊ μου τῶν ἱματίων, μετὰ ἐφελκομένη ιν συνουσίαν οὖν εἶδον ὅτι μαινομένη κρατεῖ κρατεῖ μου τὸν χιτῶνα, καταλείψας αὐτὸν. καὶ ἐκτιναξάμενος κ΄ ἔφυγον γυμνός
72And holding fast to the garment she falsely accused me, and when her husband came he cast me into prison in his house; and on the morrow he scourged me and sent me into Pharaoh's prison.
73And when I was in bonds, the Egyptian woman was oppressed with grief, and she came and heard how I gave thanks unto the Lord and sang praises in the abode of darkness, and with glad voice rejoiced, glorifying my God that I was delivered from the lustful desire of the Egyptian woman.
Ἐκείνη Γμρατήσασα τοῦτον γυμνὸς ἐσυκοφάντησέ με καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ αὐτῆς εἰς φυλακὴν Φυγον. τῷ αὐτοῦ οἴκῳ καὶ τῇ ἑξῆς Ἐ μαστιγώσας ἐξέπεμψέ με εἰς κα τὴν τοῦ Φαραὼ εἱρκτήν ἤμην ἐν ὐν οὐ δεσμοῖς, ἡ Αἰγυπτία συνείχετο πὸ τῆς λύπης φυλακὴν ἐν αὐτοῦ Αἰγύπτιος. μαστίξας με ἔπεμψε. ἡσθένει. εὑροῦσα ἐν τῷ κοιτῶνι, μετὰ τοῦτο ἐλθοῦσα. μετὰ τοῦτο. γυμνὸς ἔφυγον ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς. κρατησάσης τὰ ἱμάτιά γυμνὸς ἔφυγον. καὶ τότε ἐκείνη. τότε ἀποκαμοῦσα ἐκείνη καὶ ἀπογνοῦσα τὴν θέλησιν αὐτῆς, καὶ ὅτι οὐ πείθομαι τῷ σκοπῷ αὐτῆς τῷ μυσαρῷ καὶ εὐαγεῖ ἐσὐκοφάντισέ με πρὸς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον καὶ ὀργισθεὶς κατ ἐμοῦ ἔβαλέ με εἰς φυλακὴν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ, τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς μαστιγώσας με ἀπέστειλέ με εἰς ἐλθοῦσα δὲ ἐπηκροᾶτό μου πῶς ἐπηκροᾶτό πῶς ηὐχαρίστουν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ὕμὕμνουν Κύριον ἐν οἴκῳ ἐν οἴκῳ Ἔτοῦ σκότους σκότους καὶ ἐν ἱλαρᾷ φωνῇ καὶ ἔχαιρον ἐν Ἐἱλαρᾷ φωνῇ Ἐχαίρων ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεὸνϑ δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν μου, ὅτι διὰ μόνον ὅτι Ἐδιὰ προφάσεως προφάσεως ἀπηλλάγην τῆς ἀπηλλάγην τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, Αἰγυπτίας.
74And often hath she sent unto me saying: Consent to fulfil my desire, and I will release thee from thy bonds, and I will free thee from the darkness.
75And not even in thought did I incline unto her.
ἘΠολλάκις δὲ ἔπεμψε πρός με λέγουσα κησον ὃ ἱ πληρῶσαι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν, μου, καὶ λύω σε τῶν δεσμῶν, καὶ ἀπαλλάξω σε τοῦ σκότους.
76For God loveth him who in a den of wickedness combines fasting with chastity, rather than the man who in kings' chambers combines luxury with license.
77And if a man liveth in chastity, and desireth also glory, and the Most High knoweth that it is expedient for him, He bestoweth this also upon me.
Ἐ Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδὲ ἕως ἐννοίας ἐξέκλινα, πρὸς αὐτήν᾽ γὰρ θεὸς οντα. ἀγαπᾷ μᾶλλον τὸν ἐνδ λάκκῳ σκότους ἐμ β-δά, δ᾽ σωφροσύνῃ ἣ τὸν ἐν ταμείοις ᾿βασιλέα τρυφῶντα ἀκολασίας. δὲ ἐν σωφροσύνῃ διάγων θέλει Ὁ, ὁ, αι οἷδεν. δόξαν οἷδεν ὁ ὕψιστος ὅτι συμφέρει, παρέχει αἱ καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ ὡς κἀμοί.
78How often, though she were sick, did she come down to me at unlooked for times, and listened to my voice as I prayed!
79And when I heard her groanings I held my peace.
Ποσάκις καίπερ παρέχει. ἀσθενοῦσα κατήει ἵπρός μεῖ ἐν ἀωρίᾳ, καὶ ἤκουσε τῆς φωνῆς μου προσευχομένουϑδ, καὶ συνίων Ἐτοὺς στενααὶ τὸ γμοὺς Ἶ ἐσιώπων
80For when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, that I might lie with her; for she was very beautiful, splendidly adorned in order to beguile me.
81And the Lord guarded me from her devices.
Καὶ ἂν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτῆς ἐγύμνου τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς καὶ δῖ κνήμας, πάνυ Τσυμπέσω αὐτήν Ῥἣν καὶ ὡραία πάνυ γὰρ Γμάλιστα κοσμουμένη πρὸς ἀπάτην Καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐφύλαξέ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐγχειρημάτων αὐτῆς.