esqhr 8
Esther 8 - Septuagint
1 kai en auth th hmera o basileus artacerchs edwrhsato esqhr osa uphrxen aman tw diabolw kai mardoxaios proseklhqh upo tou basilews upedeicen gar esqhr oti enoikeiwtai auth
2 elaben de o basileus ton daktulion on afeilato aman kai edwken auton mardoxaiw kai katesthsen esqhr mardoxaion epi pantwn twn aman
3 kai prosqeisa elalhsen pros ton basilea kai prosepesen pros tous podas autou kai hciou afelein thn aman kakian kai osa epoihsen tois ioudaiois
4 eceteinen de o basileus esqhr thn rabdon thn xrushn echgerqh de esqhr paresthkenai tw basilei
5 kai eipen esqhr ei dokei soi kai euron xarin pemfqhtw apostrafhnai ta grammata ta apestalmena upo aman ta grafenta apolesqai tous ioudaious oi eisin en th basileia sou
6 pws gar dunhsomai idein thn kakwsin tou laou mou kai pws dunhsomai swqhnai en th apwleia ths patridos mou
7 kai eipen o basileus pros esqhr ei panta ta uparxonta aman edwka kai exarisamhn soi kai auton ekremasa epi culou oti tas xeiras ephnegke tois ioudaiois ti eti epizhteis
8 grayate kai umeis ek tou onomatos mou ws dokei umin kai sfragisate tw daktuliw mou osa gar grafetai tou basilews epitacantos kai sfragisqh tw daktuliw mou ouk estin autois anteipein
9 eklhqhsan de oi grammateis en tw prwtw mhni os esti nisa trith kai eikadi tou autou etous kai egrafh tois ioudaiois osa eneteilato tois oikonomois kai tois arxousin twn satrapwn apo ths indikhs ews ths aiqiopias ekaton eikosi epta satrapeiais kata xwran kai xwran kata thn eautwn lecin
10 egrafh de dia tou basilews kai esfragisqh tw daktuliw autou kai ecapesteilan ta grammata dia bibliaforwn
11 ws epetacen autois xrhsqai tois nomois autwn en pash polei bohqhsai te autois kai xrhsqai tois antidikois autwn kai tois antikeimenois autwn ws boulontai
12 en hmera mia en pash th basileia artacercou th triskaidekath tou dwdekatou mhnos os estin adar
The following verses are in the LXX but not in the Hebrew:

12 wn estin antigrafon ths epistolhs ta upogegrammena
12 basileus megas artacerchs tois apo ths indikhs ews ths aiqiopias ekaton eikosi epta satrapeiais xwrwn arxousi kai tois ta hmetera fronousi xairein
12 polloi th pleisth twn euergetountwn xrhstothti puknoteron timwmenoi meizon efronhsan kai ou monon tous upotetagmenous hmin zhtousi kakopoiein ton te koron ou dunamenoi ferein kai tois eautwn euergetais epixeirousi mhxanasqai
12 kai thn euxaristian ou monon ek twn anqrwpwn antanairountes alla kai tois twn apeiragaqwn kompois eparqentes tou ta panta katopteuontos aei qeou misoponhron upolambanousin ekfeucesqai dikhn
12 pollakis de kai pollous twn ep ecousiais tetagmenwn twn pisteuqentwn xeirizein filwn ta pragmata paramuqia metaitious aimatwn aqwwn katasthsasa periebale sumforais anhkestois
12 tw ths kakohqeias yeudei paralogismw paralogisamenwn thn twn epikratountwn akeraion eugnwmosunhn
12 skopein de ecestin ou tosouton ek twn palaioterwn wn paredwkamen istoriwn osa estin para podas umas ekzhtountas anosiws suntetelesmena th twn anacia dunasteuontwn loimothti
12 kai prosexein eis ta meta tauta eis to thn basileian ataraxon tois pasin anqrwpois met eirhnhs parecomeqa
12 xrwmenoi tais metabolais ta de upo thn oyin erxomena diakrinontes aei met epieikesteras apanthsews
12 ws gar aman amadaqou makedwn tais alhqeiais allotrios tou twn perswn aimatos kai polu diesthkws ths hmeteras xrhstothtos epicenwqeis hmin
12 etuxen hs exomen pros pan eqnos filanqrwpias epi tosouton wste anagoreuesqai hmwn patera kai proskunoumenon upo pantwn to deuteron tou basilikou qronou proswpon diatelein
12 ouk enegkas de thn uperhfanian epethdeusen ths arxhs sterhsai hmas kai tou pneumatos
12 ton te hmeteron swthra kai dia pantos euergethn mardoxaion kai thn amempton ths basileias koinwnon esqhr sun panti tw toutwn eqnei poluplokois meqodwn paralogismois aithsamenos eis apwleian
12 dia gar twn tropwn toutwn whqh labwn hmas erhmous thn twn perswn epikrathsin eis tous makedonas metacai
12 hmeis de tous upo tou trisalithriou paradedomenous eis afanismon ioudaious euriskomen ou kakourgous ontas dikaiotatois de politeuomenous nomois
12 ontas de uious tou uyistou megistou zwntos qeou tou kateuqunontos hmin te kai tois progonois hmwn thn basileian en th kallisth diaqesei
12 kalws oun poihsete mh prosxrhsamenoi tois upo aman amadaqou apostaleisi grammasin dia to auton ton tauta ecergasamenon pros tais souswn pulais estaurwsqai sun th panoikia thn katacian tou ta panta epikratountos qeou dia taxous apodontos autw krisin
12 to de antigrafon ths epistolhs tauths ekqentes en panti topw meta parrhsias ean tous ioudaious xrhsqai tois eautwn nomimois kai sunepisxuein autois opws tous en kairw qliyews epiqemenous autois amunwntai th triskaidekath tou dwdekatou mhnos adar th auth hmera
12 tauthn gar o panta dunasteuwn qeos ant oleqrias tou eklektou genous epoihsen autois eufrosunhn
12 kai umeis oun en tais epwnumois umwn eortais epishmon hmeran meta pashs euwxias agete opws kai nun kai meta tauta swthria h hmin kai tois eunoousin persais tois de hmin epibouleuousin mnhmosunon ths apwleias
12 pasa de polis h xwra to sunolon htis kata tauta mh poihsh dorati kai puri katanalwqhsetai met orghs ou monon anqrwpois abatos alla kai qhriois kai peteinois eis ton apanta xronon exqistos katastaqhsetai

13 ta de antigrafa ektiqesqwsan ofqalmofanws en pash th basileia etoimous te einai pantas tous ioudaious eis tauthn thn hmeran polemhsai autwn tous upenantious
14 oi men oun ippeis echlqon speudontes ta upo tou basilews legomena epitelein eceteqh de to prostagma kai en sousois
15 o de mardoxaios echlqen estolismenos thn basilikhn stolhn kai stefanon exwn xrusoun kai diadhma bussinon porfuroun idontes de oi en sousois exarhsan16tois de ioudaiois egeneto fws kai eufrosunh
17 kata polin kai xwran ou an eceteqh to prostagma ou an eceteqh to ekqema xara kai eufrosunh tois ioudaiois kwqwn kai eufrosunh kai polloi twn eqnwn perietemonto kai ioudaizon dia ton fobon twn ioudaiwn
Esther 8 - Septuagint - Andersen's Translation


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