Testament of Judah 2

1AND eighteen years my father abode in peace with his brother Esau, and his sons with us, after that we came from Mesopotamia, from Laban.

Δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἐποίησεν δὲ εἰρήνην ὁ πατήρ μου μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἡσαῦ, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ μεθ' ἡμῶν μετὰ τὸ ἐλθεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ Μεσοποταμίας ἀπὸ Λαβάν. (12408)

2And when eighteen years were fulfilled, in the fortieth year of my life, Esau, the brother of my father, came upon us with a mighty and strong people.

Καὶ πληρωθέντων τῶν δεκαοκτὼ ἐτῶν ἐπανῆλθεν ἡμῖν Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ἐν λαῷ βαρεῖ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ. (12799)

3And Jacob smote Esau with an arrow, and he was taken up wounded on Mount Seir, and as he went he died at Anoniram.

Καὶ ἔπαισεν ἐν τόξῳ Ἰακὼβ τὸν Ἡσαῦ, καὶ ἤρθη νεκρὸς ἐν ὄρει Σιείρ. (4695)

4And we pursued after the sons of Esau.

Καὶ ἡμεῖς κατεδιώξαμεν τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἡσαῦ, (4249)

5Now they had a city with walls of iron and gates of brass; and we could not enter into it, and we encamped around, and besieged it.

ἦν δὲ καὶ τούτοις πόλις ὀχυρά, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν εἰσελθεῖν ἐν αὐτῇ. περικαθίσαντες δὲ ἐπολιορκοῦμεν αὐτήν. (7909)

6And when they opened not to us in twenty days, I set up a ladder in the sight of all and with my shield upon my head I went up, sustaining the assault of stones, upwards of three talents weight; and I slew four of their mighty men.

Καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἤνοιγον ἡμῖν μετὰ ἡμέρας εἴκοσι ὁρώντων αὐτῶν προσάγω κλίμακα καὶ παραθήσας τὴν ἀσπίδα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς μου καὶ ἀνῆλθον ἀποδεχόμενος τοὺς λίθους καὶ ἀνεῖλον τέσσαρας τῶν δυναστῶν αὐτῶν. (20057)

7And Reuben and Gad slew six others.

Καὶ ὁ Ῥουβὶμ καὶ ὁ Γὰδ ἀνεῖλον ἑτέρους ἕξ. (2193)

8Then they asked from us terms of peace; and having taken counsel with our father, we received them as tributaries.

Τότε οὖν αἰτοῦσιν ἡμῖν τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην καὶ γενομένης βουλῆς μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἐδεξάμεθα αὐτούς. (8764)

9And they gave us five hundred cors of wheat, five hundred baths of oil, five hundred measures of wine, until the famine, when we went down into Egypt.

Καὶ ἦσαν διδόντες ἡμῖν πυροῦ κόρους πεντακοσίους, καὶ ἐλαίου ὕφης πεντακοσίους, καὶ οἴνου μέτρα πεντακόσια ἕως τοῦ λιμοῦ ὅτε κατήλθομεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον. (13594)

10And after these things my son Er took to wife Tamar, from Mesopotamia, a daughter of Aram.

Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Ἦρ ὁ υἱός μου ἄγεται τὴν Θαμὰρ ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας θυγατέρα Ἀρὰμ ἑαυτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα. (7763)

11Now Er was wicked, and he was in need concerning Tamar, because she was not of the land of Canaan.

Ἦν δὲ Ἦρ πονηρός, καὶ ἠπόρει περὶ τῆς Θαμάρ, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ἐκ γῆς Χανάαν· (3778)

12And on the third night an angel of the Lord smote him.

καὶ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν τῇ τρίτῃ νυκτί. (4121)

13And he had not known her according to the evil craftiness of his mother, for he did not wish to have children by her.

Καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν, κατὰ πανουργίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἔχειν τέκνα ἀπ' αὐτῆς. (9310)

14In the days of the wedding feast I gave Onan to her in marriage; and he also in wickedness knew her not, though he spent with her a year.

Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ θαλάμου ἐπεγάμβρευσα αὐτῇ τὸν Αὐνάν. Καίγε οὗτος ἐν πονηρίᾳ οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν, ποιήσας σὺν αὐτῇ ἐνιαυτόν. (11098)

15And when I threatened him he went in unto her, but he spilled the seed on the ground, according to the command of his mother, and he also died through wickedness.

Καὶ ὅτε ἠπείλησα αὐτῷ, συνῆλθε μὲν αὐτῇ, διέφθειρε δὲ τὸ σπέρμα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, κατὰ τὴν ἐντολὴν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ· καίγε οὗτος ἀπέθανεν ἐν πονηρίᾳ. (10966)

16And I wished to give Shelah also to her, but his mother did not permit it; for she wrought evil against Tamar, because she was not the daughters of Canaan, as she also herself was.

Ἤθελον δὲ καὶ τὸν Σηλὼμ δοῦναι αὐτῇ, ἀλλ' ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν· ἐπονηρεύσατο γάρ, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ἐκ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Χαναναίων ὡς καὶ αὐτή. (15341)

17And I knew that the race of the Canaanites was wicked, but the impulse of youth blinded my mind.

Κἀγὼ ἤδειν ὅτι πονηρὸν γένος ἦν τῶν Χαναναίων, ἀλλὰ τὸ διαβούλιον τῆς νεότητος ἐτύφλωσε τὴν διάνοιάν μου. (10702)

18And when I saw her pouring out wine, owing to the intoxication of wine I was deceived, and took her although my father had not counselled it.

Καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν οἰνοχοοῦσαν ἠπατήθην, καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὴν μὴ βουλευσαμένου τοῦ πατρός μου. (8409)

19And while I was away she went and took for Shelah a wife from Canaan.

Αὕτη δὲ ἀπόντος ἐμοῦ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἔλαβε τῷ Σηλὼμ γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς Χανάαν. (6654)

20And when I knew what she had done, I cursed her in the anguish of my soul.

Ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ ἐγὼ ὁ ἐποίησε κατηρασάμην αὐτὴν ἐν ὀδύνῃ ψυχῆς μου. (6576)

21And she also died through her wickedness together with her sons.

Καίγε ἀπέθανεν ἐν τῇ πονηρίᾳ αὐτῆς μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς. (5461)

22And after these things, while Tamar was a widow, she heard after two years that I was going up, to shear my sheep, and adorned herself in bridal array, and sat in the city Enaim by the gate.

Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα χηρευούσης τῆς Θαμὰρ μετὰ ἔτη δύο ἀκούσασα ὅτι ἀνέρχομαι τοῦ κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα, κοσμηθεῖσα κόσμῳ νυμφικῷ, ἐκάθισεν ἐν Ἐνάν τῇ πόλει πρὸς τὴν πύλην τοῦ πανδοχείου. (16974)

23For it was a law of the Amorites, that she who was about to marry should sit in fornication seven days by the gate.

Νόμος γὰρ ἦν τῶν Ἀμορραίων τὴν χηρεύουσαν προκαθέζεσθαι ἐν πορνείᾳ. (5994)

24Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning.

Μεθυσθεὶς οὖν ἐγὼ ἐν οἴνῳ οὐκ ἐπέγνων αὐτήν, καὶ ἠπάτησέ με· τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς διὰ τοῦ σχήματος τῆς κοσμήσεως. (11996)

25And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee.

Καὶ ἐκκλίνας πρὸς αὐτὴν εἶπον· Εἰσέρχομαι πρός σε· (3487)

26And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle, and the diadem of my kingdom in pledge.

καὶ εἶπεν Καὶ τί μοι δώσεις; καὶ δέδωκα αὐτῇ τὴν ῥάβδον μου καὶ τὸ δακτύλιον καὶ τὸ διάδημα τῆς βασιλείας μου εἰς ἀρραβῶνα. (9032)