Testament of Simeon 3

1BEHOLD I have told you all things, that I may be acquitted of your sin.

Ἰδοὺ εἴρηκαῖ ὑμῖν πάνταξ, δικαιωθῶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν.

2Now, if ye remove from you your envy and all stiff-neckedness, is a rose shall my bones flourish in Israel, and as a lily my flesh in Jacob, and my odour shall be as the odour of Libanus; and as cedars shall holy ones be multiplied from me for ever, and their branches shall stretch afar off.

3Then shall perish the seed of Canaan, and a remnant shall not be unto Amalek, and all the Cappadocians shall perish, and all Hittites shall be utterly destroyed.

Ἐὰν ἀφέλητεῦ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν τὸν φθόνον καὶ πᾶσαν σκληροκαρδίανδ, Ὡς Ἷ ῥόδον ἀνθήσει τὰ ὀστᾶ μουῦ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, ἁμαρτίας καὶ ὡς κρίνον ἡ σάρξ ἐν Ἰακώβ, ὡν καὶ ἔσται ὀσμή μου ὀσμὴ Λιβάνου καὶ ἅγιοι ἐμοῦδ αἰῶνας σκληκαὶ κλάδοι αὐτῶν μακρὰν ἔσονται. β,Α,

4Then shall fail the land of Ham, and all the people shall perish.

Τότε ἀπολεῖται τὸ σπέρμα Χαναάν ὡς κέδροι Ἐκκαἱ ἐγκατάλειμμα οὐκ ἔσται τῷ ᾧ ᾿Αμαλήκ, καὶ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ Καππαδόκαι κα πάντες οἱ Χετταῖοι ἐξολοθρευθήσονται

5Then shall all the earth rest from trouble, and all the world under heaven from war.

6Then the Mighty One of Israel shall glorify Shem.

Τότε ἐκλείψει ἡ γῇ Χάμ, καὶ πᾶς λαὸς Τότε καταπαύσει ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ ταραχῆς, καὶ ἡ ὑπ᾽ οὐρανῶν ἀπὸ πολέμου. ὃ

7For the Lord God shall appear on earth, and Himself save men,

Τότε ἐσημεῖονϑι ἐνδο-

8Then shall all the spirits of deceit be given to be trodden under foot, and men shall, rule over wicked spirits.

9Then shall I arise in Joy and will bless the Most High because of his marvellous works, because God hath taken a body and eaten with men and saved men.

Τότε Ἰσημεῖον Σήμ ξασθήσεται τῷ ἐνδοξασθήσεται ἸΙσραήλϑϑ, ὅτι Κύριος ὃ Θεὸς φαιὅτι Κύριος ὅ Θεός, μένόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς. γῆς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, φαιἤξει ὡς ἄνθρωπος νόμενος ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ σώζων Ἐὲν αὐτῷ τὸν ἄνθρωπος ᾿Αδάμ. καὶ σώζων ἐν αὐτῷ τὸν ᾿Αδάμ. καὶ τότε Σὴμ ἐνδοξασθήτότε Ἴ Σὴθ ἐνδοξασθήσεται σεται ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν ὅτι Κύριος Θεός, μέγας τοῦ φανήσεται ἐπὶ γῆς ὡς Ἰσραήλ, ἐνδοξασθήσεἄνθρωπος ται ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ φανήκαὶ σώζει Ἰαὐτὸς πάλιν Ἰ. σεται ὡς ἄνθρωπος.

10And now, my children,, and Judah, and obey Levi and Judah, and be not lifted up against these two tribes, for from them shall arise unto you the salvation of God.

11For the Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a High Priest, and from Judah as it were a King, God and man, He shall save all the Gentiles and the race of Israel.

Τότε δοθήσεται πάντα τὰ πνεύματα τῆς πλάνης Ὁ καταπάτησιν καὶ δῖ ἄνθρωποιϑϑ βασιλεύσουσιν δδ τῶν ὅδ πονηρῶν μάτων ὅδ, Τότε ἀναστησόμαιδ᾽ κἀγὼ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καὶ εὐλογήσω τὸν ὕψιστον ἐπὶ τοῖν θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ ὅτι Θεὸς σῶμα λαβών, καὶ συνεσθίων ἀνθρώποις Ἔξσωσεν ἀνθρώπους

12Therefore I give you these commands that ye also may command your children, that they may observe them throughout their generations.

Καὶ νῦν, τέκναϊ μου, τοῦ Λευὶ καὶ τοῦ ἀν ᾿Ιούδα μὴ ἐπαίρεσθεδ ἐπὶ ἦν γενεὰς ἢ τοῦ Λευὶ ὅτι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀνατελεῖ ἡμῖν τὸ σωτήριον Θεοῦ ἐκ τοῦ Ἰούδα. ὡς βασιλέα. Θεὸν καὶ ἄνθρωἡψώψ ᾿Ξ πον Τότε Σὴμ Σιὼν δοξάσει μέγας τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς φανήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ σώσει τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ ᾿Αδάμ, Σὴμ Σιὼν δοξασθήσεται. ἃ σώσει ἀνθρώπους. οὗτος σώσει τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τὸ γένος τοῦ Ἰσραήλϑ,͵

13And when Simeon had made an end of commanding his sons, he slept with fathers, an hundred and twenty years old.

14And they laid him in a wooden coffin, to take up his bones to Hebron. And they took them up secretly during a war of the Egyptians. For the bones of Joseph the Egyptians guarded in the tombs of the kings.

Διὰ τοῦτο ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς κα. ἐντέλλεσθεδ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν ὅπως φυλάξωσιν αὐτὰ εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν ὃ, ταμὶ μήθη

15For the sorcerers told them, that on the departure of the bones of Joseph there should be throughout all the land darkness and gloom, and an exceeding great plague to the Egyptians, so that even with a lamp a man should not recognize his brother.

Ἐκαὶ συνετέλεσεν ὃ Συμεὼν ἐντελλόμενος ὃ τοῖς ᾿ υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐκοιμήθη τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐτῶν εἴκοσιϑ,

16And the sons of Simeon bewailed their father.

17And they were in Egypt until the day of their departure by the hand of Moses.

Καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸν ἐν θήκῃ ξυλίνῃ, τοῦ ἀναγαγεῖν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐν Χεβρών. Καὶ ἀνήγαγον ἀσήπτων ἐν πολέμῳ Λἰγυπτίων κρυφῆ ὄστα Ἰωσὴφ ἐφύλαττον Αἰγύπτιοι ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι τῶν ἡρΉς αὐτόν. Οἱ αὐτὸν ἐν κρυφὴ τὰ ταμιείοις. βασιλέων.δ. Ἔλεγον γὰρ αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐν ἐξόδῳ τῶν ὀστῶν Ἰωσὴφ ἔσται ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ σκότος καὶ Καὶ πληγὴ μεγάλη τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ὥστε μετὰ αὐτῶν λύχνου Εἰ πο νδν κεν ἕκαστος Ἐτὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. Ἢ Καὶ κλαῦσον Συμεὼν τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν Καὶ ἦσαν Αἴγυπτον ἕως ἡμέρας ἐξόδου αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ Μωῦσῇ. ἐ