My LORD’s BibleTestament of Simeon 2
1AND my father asked concerning me, because he saw that I was sad; and I said unto him, I am pained in my liver.
ἘἮν δὲ πατήρ μου ἐρωτῶν ἐμοῦ ἑώρακέ με σκυθρωπόν, καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ τὰ ἥπατά μου ὀγκοῦμαιδ.
2For I mourned more than they all, because I was guilty of the selling of Joseph.
3And when we went down into Egypt, and he bound me as a spy, I knew that I was suffering justly, and I grieved not.
Ἐπένθουν γὰρ Ἐπαρὰ πάντας ὅτι ἐγὼ ἤμην αἴτιος Ἐτῆς πράσεως Ἰωσήφ. ὅτε κατέβημεν Αἴγυπτον, καὶ μεῖδ ὡς κατάσκοπον ἔγνων ὅτι δικαίως καὶ οὐκ
4Now Joseph was a good man, and had the Spirit of God within him: being compassionate and pitiful, he bore no malice against me; but loved me even as the rest of his brethren.
Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ἦν ἀγαθὸς ἀνήρ᾽, καὶ ἔχων πνεῦμα θεοῦ αὐτῷ βλέπων δὲ πατήρ τότε ἐμὲ σκυθρωπὸν ἠρώτα περὶ Δα, εὔσπλαγχνος καὶ ἐλεήμων ὑπάρχων οὐκ ἐμνησικάκησέν ὃς τοὺς ἀλλὰ ἠγάπησέ με σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἀδελ.ρξεο οὖν ὑμεῖς Ἴ, τέκνα μου, ἀπὸ παντὸς ζήλου καὶ φθόνου καὶ πορεύεσθε ἐν Ἐὰπλότητι καρδίας ἵνα καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ Θεὸς χάριν καὶ δόξαν καὶ εὐλογῶ πὶ αἱ ἐν τὰς ὑμῶν, καθὼς ᾿ωσήφϑ͵
5Beware, therefore, my children, of all jealousy and envy, and walk in singleness of heart, that God may give you also grace and glory, and blessing upon your heads, even as ye saw in Joseph's case.
6All his days he reproached us not concerning this thing, but loved us as his own soul, and beyond his own sons glorified us, and gave us riches, and cattle and fruits.
ἀγαθῇ Πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὠνείδισεν ἡμᾶς Ἐ περὶ τοῦ νοοῖ ᾿ πράγματος τούτου, ἀλλ᾽ ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς ὡς τὴν ᾿ψυχὴν τες ὁ Ἴωκαὶ ὑπὲρ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ Ἶ ἐδόξασεν ὃ ἡμᾶς, καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ κτήνη καὶ καρπὸν ἐχαρίσατο ἡμῖνθιι. η΄ δελῴον ὑμεῖς ὅ, τέκνα ἀγαπήσατε ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐν ἐν ἀγαθῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ Ῥὰποστήσεται ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν τὸ αὐτῷ. πᾶσιν ἡμῖν. τὸν πατράδελφον ὑμῶν Ἰωσήφ τὸ ἀμνησίκακον αὐτοῦ καὶ καθὼς οἴδατε ἐν αὐτῷ, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς ὑμῶν. πνεῦμα τοῦ
7Do ye also, my children, love each one his brother with a good heart, and the spirit of envy will withdraw from you.
Ὅτι ἀγριαῖ τοῦτοδϑ τὴν ψυχήν, δὶ καὶ φθείρει τὸ ὀργὴν καὶ πόλεμον παρέχει τῷ διαοὐκ εἰς αἵματα παροζύνει, καὶ ἔκστασιν ἄγει δῦ ἐᾷ τὴν τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ κλόνον παρέχει τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ τρόμον ὦν τῷ σώματι.
8For this maketh savage the soul and destroyeth the body; it causeth anger and war in the mind, and stirreth up unto deeds of blood, and leadeth the mind into frenzy, and causeth tumult to the soul and trembling to the body.
9For even in sleep malicious jealousy gnaweth, and with wicked spirits disturbeth the soul, and causeth the body to be troubled, and waketh the mind from sleep in confusion; and as a wicked and poisonous spirit, so appeareth it to men.
ἔΌτι ἐν ὕπνῳ ζῆλος κακίας ποις ἐναὐτὸν φαντάζουσα κατεσθίει ἴὅ καὶ ἴδ πνεύμασι πονηροῖς διαταράσσει ἴδ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκθροεῖσθαι τὸ σῶμα ποιεῖ, τὸν ὕ εὐ ἐν ταραχῇ διυπνίζει τὸν νοῦν, καὶ ὧς πνεῦμα πονηρὸν καὶ ἰοβόλον Ἐ οὕτως φαίνεται τοῖς ᾿ἀυθρόποις ὃ. Διὰ τοῦτο Ἰωσὴφ ὡραῖος Ἔτῷ εἴδει, καὶ καλὸς ἰοβόλον ὄψει, ὅτιδ οὐκ ἐνοίκησεν Ἐὲν αὐτῷ οὐδὲν πονηρόν ἐκ ἔχον. φθάνον ἁλισκόμενος ὡς ἄνος. τῆς ταραχῆς τοῦ πνεύματος τὸ πρόσωπον νῦν, τέκνα μουϑ, ᾿Αγαθύνατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον καὶ εὐθύνατε τὰς ὁδοὺς ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἔσεσθε εὑρίσκοντες χάριν Ἐ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων
10Therefore was Joseph comely in appearance, and goodly to look upon, because no wickedness dwelt in him; for some of the trouble of the spirit the face manifesteth.
ἘφΦυλάξασθε οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας ὅτι πορνεία μήτηρ ἐστὶ τῶν κακῶν, ἷ χωρίζφυυσαι Ἑὰπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ προσεγγίζουσα τῷ Βελίαρ
11And now, my children, make your hearts good before the Lord, and your ways straight before men, and ye shall find grace before the Lord and men.
12Beware, therefore, of fornication, for fornication is mother of all evils, separating from God, and bringing near to Beliar.
Ἑώρακα γὰρ ἐγὼ ἐν χαρακτῆρι γραφῆς Ἐνώχ, ὅτι υἱοὶ ὑμῶν πορνείᾳ φθαρήσονται, καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευὶ Ἐ ἀδικήσουσιν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ.
13For I have seen it inscribed in the writing of Enoch that your sons shall be corrupted in fornication, and shall do harm to the sons of Levi with the sword.
᾿Αλλ’ οὐ δυνήσονται πρὸς Λευὶ ἀντιστῆναι ὅτι Ἐπόλεμον Κυρίου πολεμήσει μου καὶ νικήσει πᾶσαν παρεμβολὴν δδ ὑμῶν.
14But they shall not be able to withstand Levi; for he shall wage the war of the Lord, and shall conquer all your hosts.
15And they shall be few in number, divided in Levi and Judah, and there shall be none of you for sovereignty, even as also our father prophesied in his blessings.
Καὶ ἔσονται Ἰακώβ. ὀλιγοστοὶδ᾽ ἐπιμεριζόμενοιϑ Ἐδν τῷ Λευὶ καὶ Ἐὲν τῷ Ἰούδᾳ καὶ ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν ἡγεμονίαν καθὼς καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν προεφήτευσεν ἐν ταῖς εὐλογίαις