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1 Τότε Σισίννης ἔπαρχος κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης, καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι κατακολουθήσαντες τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Δαρείου προσταγεῖσιν,

2 ἐπεστάτουν τῶν ἱερῶν ἔργων ἐπιμελέστερον συνεργοῦντες τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἱεροστάταις.

3 Καὶ εὔοδα ἐγίνετο τὰ ἱερὰ ἔργα, προφητευόντων Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου τῶν προφητῶν.

4 Καὶ συνετέλεσαν ταῦτα διὰ προστάγματος Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ μετὰ τῆς γνώμης τοῦ Κύρου καὶ Δαρείου καὶ Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλέων Περσῶν,

5 συνετελέσθη ὁ οἶκος ὁ ἅγιος ἕως τρίτης καὶ εἰκάδος μηνὸς Ἄδαρ, τοῦ ἕκτου ἔτους βασιλέως Δαρείου.

6 Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας οἱ προστεθέντες, ἀκολούθως τοῖς ἐν τῇ Μωυσέως βίβλῳ.

7 Καὶ προσήνεγκαν εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ταύρους ἑκατὸν, κριοὺς διακοσίους, ἄρνας τετρακοσίους,

8 χιμάρους ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτίας παντὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα πρὸς ἀριθμὸν, ἐκ τῶν φυλάρχων τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα.

9 Καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λενῖται κατὰ φυλὰς ἐστολισμένοι ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀκολούθως τῇ Μωυσέως βίβλῳ, καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ ἐφʼ ἑκάστου πυλῶνος.

10 Καὶ ἠγάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τῶν ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τὸ πάσχα ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς, ὅτε ἡγνίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται,

11 ἅμα καὶ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, ὅτι ἡγνίσθησαν· ὅτι οἱ Λευῖται ἅμα πάντες ἡγνίσθησαν.

12 Καὶ ἔθυσαν τὸ πάσχα πᾶσι τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῖς αἰχμαλωσίας, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, καὶ ἑαυτοῖς.

13 Καὶ ἐφάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, πάντες οἱ χωρισθέντες ἀπὸ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, ζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον·

14 Καὶ ἠγάγοσαν τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας εὐφραινόμενοι ἔναντι Κυρίου,

15 ὅτι μετέστρεψε τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, κατισχῦσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

1 Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of king Darius,

2 did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.

3 And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.

4 And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel; and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia,

5 the holy house was finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of king Darius.

6 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

7 And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

8 and twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.

9 The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.

10 And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified,

11 together with all the children of the captivity; for they were sanctified, because the Levites were all sanctified together.

12 And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

13 And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.

14 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,

15 for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.