Testament of Levi 2

1NOW, therefore, know that the Lord shall execute judgement upon the sons of men.

Νῦν οὖν γίνωσκεξ ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος κρίσιν ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀγύρσ ον. καὶ τοῦ ἡλίου σβεννυμένου καὶ ὑδάτων ὃ ξηραινομένων καὶ τοῦ πυρὸς καταπτήσσοντος Ἷ καὶ πάσης ᾿τῆς κτίσεως τῶν πνευμάτων τηκομένων τοῦ δου σκυλευομένου ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει τοῦ ὑψίστου ἢ ἃ, οὶ ἄνθρωποι ἀπειθοῦντες ἐπιμενοῦσι ταῖς ἀδικίαις διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῇ κολάσει κριθήσονται.

2Because when the rocks are being rent, and the sun quenched, and the waters dried up, and the fire cowering, and all creation troubled, and the invisible spirits melting away, and Hades taketh spoils through the visitations of the Most High, men will be unbelieving and persist in their iniquity.

3On this account with punishment shall they be judged.

Εἰσήκουσεν ὁ ὕψιστος τῆς προσευχῆς σου Ἐτοῦ διελεῖν ἀπὸ ἀδικίας καὶ γενέσθαι αὐτῷ καὶ θεράποντα καὶ λειτουργὸν ὃ τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. γνώσεως Ἶ φωτιεῖς τῷ Ἰακώβ καὶ ὡς δ᾽ ἥλιος ἔσῃ παντὶ σπέρματιδε Ἰσραήλ. δοθήσεταί σοι εὐλογία γενήσεται ἐν ταῖς Ἑ καἱ παντὶ τῷ σπέρματί σχάταις ἡμέραις πέμψει σου Θεὸς ἕως ὃ ἐπισκέψεται Κύριος τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τοῦ σώζειν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐν τὰ κτίσματα σπλάγχνοις υἱοῦ τοῦ ἢ ἕως αἰῶνος Πλὴν οἱ υἱοί σου ἐπικαὶ υἱοί σου ἐπιβαλοῦσι βαλοῦσι χεῖρας χεῖρας καὶ ἀνασκολοπίαὐτὸν Ἐτοῦ ἀνασκολοσουσι αὐτόν πίσαι αὐτόν

4Therefore the Most High hath heard thy prayer, to separate thee from iniquity, and that thou shouldst become to Him a son, and a servant, and a minister of His presence.

5The light of knowledge shalt thou light up in Jacob, and as the sun shalt thou be to all the seed of Israel.

ΓΚαὶ διὰ τοῦτο δέδωταί σοι βουλὴ καὶ σύνεσις τοῦ συνετίσαι τοὺς υἱούς σου Ἶ Ἐπερὶ τούτου

6And there shall be given to thee a blessing, and to all thy seed until the Lord shall visit all the Gentiles in His tender mercies for ever.

7And therefore there have been given to thee counsel and understanding, that thou mightest instruct thy sons concerning this;

Ὅτι οἱ εὐλογοῦντες Τ᾿ αὐτὸν εὐλογημένοι δ᾽ ἔσονται οἱ καταρώμενοι Ἴ αὐτὸν ἀπολοῦνται εὐλογῶν Καὶ Τὲν τούτῳ ἤνοιξέ μοιῖ Ἐδ ἄγγελος τὰς πύλας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶδον τὸν Ἐᾶγιον ὕψιστον ἐπὶ θρόνου καθήμενον.

8Because they that bless Him shall be blessed, and they that curse Him shall perish.

9And thereupon the angel opened to me the gates of heaven, and I saw the holy temple, and upon a throne of glory the Most High.

Καὶ εἶπέ μοιῦΛευί, σοὶ ἔδωκαϊ τὰς εὐλογίας τῆς ἱερατείας ἕως ἐλθὼν κατοικήσω θρό. μέσῳ τοῦ ἸΙσραήλ. ὁ ἄγγελος κατήγαγέν νου δόξης με ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι ὅπλον καὶ ῥομφαίαν καὶ ἐξ αν εἶπέ μοιῖδ Ποίησον ἐκδίκησιν ἐν Συχὲμ ὑπὲρ Δείνας τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ. τῆς καὶ ἐξιλάσκεσθαι σὺ ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀγνοίαις τῆς γῆς τότε. ἀδελφῆς κἀγὼ ἔσομαι μετά ὅτι Κύριος Ἐῤπέστειλέν καὶ συνετέλεσα τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ Ἐτοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Εμμώρ, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν πλαξὶ τῶν πατέρων

10And He said to me: Levi, I have given thee the blessing of the priesthood until I come and sojourn in the midst of Israel.

11Then the angel brought me down to the earth, and gave me a shield and a sword, and said to me: Execute vengeance on Shechem because of Dinah, thy sister, and I will be with thee because the Lord hath sent me.

Εἶπον δὲ αὐτῷ. Δέομαί Κύριεδ, εἶπέ μοι. Ἐ δίδαξόν με τὸ ὄνομά σου ἵναδ ἐπικαλέσομα σε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως,

12And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it is written in the heavenly tables.

13And I said to him: I pray thee, O Lord, tell me Thy name, that I may call upon Thee in a day of tribulation.

Καὶ εἶπεν

14And he said: I am the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel that they may not be smitten utterly, for every evil spirit attacketh it.

15And after these things I awaked, and blessed the Most High, and the angel who intercedeth for the nation of Israel and for all the righteous.

Ἐγώ ὃ ἄγγελος ὁ παραιτοῦ τούμενος τὸ γένος Ἰσραήλ, τοῦ μὴ πατάξαι αὐτούς γένους, ᾿ ᾿ ἐὰν ϑϑϑωος ταῦτα ἔξυπνος γενόμενος εὐλόγησα τὸν δὶ ὕψιστον τὸν ὕψιστον.