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Esther Chapter "0" [Introduction] - Septuagint
The following preamble occurs in the Greek LXX but is absent from the Hebrew Masoretic text.
1 etous deuterou basileuontos artacercou tou megalou th mia tou nisa enupnion eiden mardoxaios o tou iairou tou semeiou tou kisaiou ek fulhs beniamin
2 anqrwpos ioudaios oikwn en sousois th polei anqrwpos megas qerapeuwn en th aulh tou basilews
3 hn de ek ths aixmalwsias hs hxmalwteusen nabouxodonosor o basileus babulwnos ec ierousalhm meta iexoniou tou basilews ths ioudaias
4 kai touto autou to enupnion kai idou fwnai kai qorubos brontai kai seismos taraxos epi ths ghs
5 kai idou duo drakontes megaloi etoimoi prohlqon amfoteroi palaiein kai egeneto autwn fwnh megalh
6 kai th fwnh autwn htoimasqh pan eqnos eis polemon wste polemhsai dikaiwn eqnos
7 kai idou hmera skotous kai gnofou qliyis kai stenoxwria kakwsis kai taraxos megas epi ths ghs
8 kai etaraxqh dikaion pan eqnos foboumenoi ta eautwn kaka kai htoimasqhsan apolesqai kai ebohsan pros ton qeon
9 apo de ths bohs autwn egeneto wsanei apo mikras phghs potamos megas udwr polu
10 fws kai o hlios aneteilen kai oi tapeinoi uywqhsan kai katefagon tous endocous
11 kai diegerqeis mardoxaios o ewrakws to enupnion touto kai ti o qeos bebouleutai poihsai eixen auto en th kardia kai en panti logw hqelen epignwnai auto ews ths nuktos
12 kai hsuxasen mardoxaios en th aulh meta gabaqa kai qarra twn duo eunouxwn tou basilews twn fulassontwn thn aulhn
13 hkousen te autwn tous logismous kai tas merimnas autwn echreunhsen kai emaqen oti etoimazousin tas
xeiras epibalein artacerch tw basilei kai upedeicen tw basilei peri autwn
14 kai echtasen o basileus tous duo eunouxous kai omologhsantes aphxqhsan
15 kai egrayen o basileus tous logous toutous eis mnhmosunon kai mardoxaios egrayen peri twn logwn toutwn
16 kai epetacen o basileus mardoxaiw qerapeuein en th aulh kai edwken autw domata peri toutwn
17 kai hn aman amadaqou bougaios endocos enwpion tou basilews kai ezhthsen kakopoihsai ton mardoxaion kai ton laon autou uper twn duo eunouxwn tou basilews
18 kai egeneto meta tous logous toutous en tais hmerais artacercou outos o artacerchs apo ths indikhs ekaton eikosi epta xwrwn ekrathsen
Esther "0" - Septuagint - Andersen's Translation
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