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Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14, Theodotion) - Septuagint
Daniel in the Hebrew text ends with chapter 12. In the LXX, Daniel 14 contains the following story called Bel and the Dragon
1 kai o basileus astuaghs proseteqh pros tous pateras autou kai parelaben kuros o pershs thn basileian autou
2 kai hn danihl sumbiwths tou basilews kai endocos uper pantas tous filous autou
3 kai hn eidwlon tois babulwniois w onoma bhl kai edapanwnto eis auton ekasths hmeras semidalews artabai dwdeka kai probata tessarakonta kai oinou metrhtai ec
4 kai o basileus esebeto auton kai eporeueto kaq ekasthn hmeran proskunein autw danihl de prosekunei tw qew autou
5 kai eipen autw o basileus dia ti ou proskuneis tw bhl o de eipen oti ou sebomai eidwla xeiropoihta alla ton zwnta qeon ton ktisanta ton ouranon kai thn ghn kai exonta pashs sarkos kurieian
6 kai eipen autw o basileus ou dokei soi bhl einai zwn qeos h oux oras osa esqiei kai pinei kaq ekasthn hmeran
7 kai eipen danihl gelasas mh planw basileu outos gar eswqen men esti phlos ecwqen de xalkos kai ou bebrwken oude pepwken pwpote
8 kai qumwqeis o basileus ekalesen tous iereis autou kai eipen autois ean mh eiphte moi tis o katesqwn thn dapanhn tauthn apoqaneisqe ean de deichte oti bhl katesqiei auta apoqaneitai danihl oti eblasfhmhsen eis ton bhl
9 kai eipen danihl tw basilei ginesqw kata to rhma sou kai hsan iereis tou bhl ebdomhkonta ektos gunaikwn kai teknwn
10 kai hlqen o basileus meta danihl eis ton oikon tou bhl
11 kai eipan oi iereis tou bhl idou hmeis apotrexomen ecw su de basileu paraqes ta brwmata kai ton oinon kerasas qes kai apokleison thn quran kai sfragison tw daktuliw sou kai elqwn prwi ean mh eurhs panta bebrwmena upo tou bhl apoqanoumeqa h danihl o yeudomenos kaq hmwn
12 autoi de katefronoun oti pepoihkeisan upo thn trapezan kekrummenhn eisodon kai di auths eiseporeuonto diolou kai anhloun auta
13 kai egeneto ws echlqosan ekeinoi kai o basileus pareqhken ta brwmata tw bhl
14 kai epetacen danihl tois paidariois autou kai hnegkan tefran kai kateshsan olon ton naon enwpion tou basilews monou kai ecelqontes ekleisan thn quran kai esfragisanto en tw daktuliw tou basilews kai aphlqon
15 oi de iereis hlqon thn nukta kata to eqos autwn kai ai gunaikes kai ta tekna autwn kai katefagon panta kai ecepion
16 kai wrqrisen o basileus to prwi kai danihl met autou
17 kai eipen o basileus swoi ai sfagides danihl o de eipen swoi basileu
18 kai egeneto ama tw anoicai tas quras epibleyas o basileus epi thn trapezan ebohsen fwnh megalh megas ei bhl kai ouk estin para soi dolos oude eis
19 kai egelasen danihl kai ekrathsen ton basilea tou mh eiselqein auton esw kai eipen ide dh to edafos kai gnwqi tinos ta ixnh tauta
20 kai eipen o basileus orw ta ixnh andrwn kai gunaikwn kai paidiwn
21 kai orgisqeis o basileus tote sunelaben tous iereis kai tas gunaikas kai ta tekna autwn kai edeican autw tas kruptas quras di wn eiseporeuonto kai edapanwn ta epi th trapezh
22 kai apekteinen autous o basileus kai edwken ton bhl ekdoton tw danihl kai katestreyen auton kai to ieron autou
23 kai hn drakwn megas kai esebonto auton oi babulwnioi
24 kai eipen o basileus tw danihl ou dunasai eipein oti ouk estin outos qeos zwn kai proskunhson autw
25 kai eipen danihl kuriw tw qew mou proskunhsw oti outos estin qeos zwn su de basileu dos moi ecousian kai apoktenw ton drakonta aneu maxairas kai rabdou
26 kai eipen o basileus didwmi soi
27 kai elabon danihl pissan kai sthr kai trixas kai hyhsen epi to auto kai epoihsen mazas kai edwken eis to stoma tou drakontos kai fagwn dierragh o drakwn kai eipen idete ta sebasmata umwn
28 kai egeneto ws hkousan oi babulwnioi hganakthsan lian kai sunestrafhsan epi ton basilea kai eipan ioudaios gegonen o basileus ton bhl katespasen kai ton drakonta apekteinen kai tous iereis katesfacen
29 kai eipan elqontes pros ton basilea parados hmin ton danihl ei de mh apoktenoumen se kai ton oikon sou
30 kai eiden o basileus oti epeigousin auton sfodra kai anagkasqeis paredwken autois ton danihl
31 oi de enebalon auton eis ton lakkon twn leontwn kai hn ekei hmeras ec
32 hsan de en tw lakkw epta leontes kai edideto autois thn hmeran duo swmata kai duo probata tote de ouk edoqh autois ina katafagwsin ton danihl
33 kai hn ambakoum o profhths en th ioudaia kai autos hyhsen eyema kai eneqruyen artous eis skafhn kai eporeueto eis to pedion apenegkai tois qeristais
34 kai eipen aggelos kuriou tw ambakoum apenegke to ariston o exeis eis babulwna tw danihl eis ton lakkon twn leontwn
35 kai eipen ambakoum kurie babulwna oux ewraka kai ton lakkon ou ginwskw
36 kai epelabeto o aggelos kuriou ths korufhs autou kai bastasas ths komhs ths kefalhs autou eqhken auton eis babulwna epanw tou lakkou en tw roizw tou pneumatos autou
37 kai ebohsen ambakoum legwn danihl danihl labe to ariston o apesteilen soi o qeos
38 kai eipen danihl emnhsqhs gar mou o qeos kai ouk egkatelipes tous agapwntas se
39 kai anastas danihl efagen o de aggelos tou qeou apekatesthsen ton ambakoum paraxrhma eis ton topon autou
40 o de basileus hlqen th hmera th ebdomh penqhsai ton danihl kai hlqen epi ton lakkon kai enebleyen kai idou danihl kaqhmenos
41 kai anabohsas fwnh megalh eipen megas ei kurie o qeos tou danihl kai ouk estin plhn sou allos
42 kai anespasen auton tous de aitious ths apwleias autou enebalen eis ton lakkon kai katebrwqhsan paraxrhma enwpion autou
Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14, Theodotion) - Septuagint - Andersen's Translation
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