The house of God is finished, 7. and dedicated, 10. the feast of Pasch is also celebrated seven days with Azymes.The house of God is finished, 7. and dedicated, 10. the feast of Pasch is also celebrated seuen dayes with Azimes.
Then Sisennes the deputy of Cœlesyria, and Phænice, and Satrabuzanes, and their fellows, obeying those thingsTHEN Sisennes the deputie of Cœlesyria, and Phænice, and Satrabuzames, and their felowes, obeying those thingesTunc Sisennes subregulus Cœlesyriæ, et Phœnicis, et Satrabuzanes, et sodales obsecuti his, quæ a Dario rege erant decreta,
2which were decreed of Darius the king, applied the sacred works most diligently, working together with the senioribus: the elders, the senior men of the Jews, the princes of Syria.which were decreed of Darius the king, applied the sacred workes most diligently, working together with the ancientes of the Iewes, the princes of Syria.insistebant sacrosanctis operibus diligentissime, cooperantes cum senioribus Judæorum principibus Syriæ.
3And the sacred works prospered, Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesying.And the sacred workes prospered, Aggeus & Zacharias the prophetes prophecying.et prosperata sunt sacrosancta opera prophetantibus Aggæo et Zacharia prophetis.
4And they accomplished all things by the precept of our Lord the God of Israel, and by the counsel of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of the Persians.And they accomplished al thinges by the precept of our Lord the God of Israel, and by the counsel of Cyrus, & Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of the Persians.Et consummaverunt omnia per præceptum Domini Dei Israël, et ex consilio Cyri, et Darii, et Artaxerxis regis Persarum.
5And our house was a finishing until the three and twentieth day of the month of Adar, the sixth year of Darius the king.And our house was a finishing vntil the three and twentith day of the moneth of Adar, the sixth yeare of Darius the king.Et consummata est domus nostra usque ad tertiam et vicesimam diem mensis Adar, sexto anno Darii regis.
6And the children of Israel, and the Priests and Levites, and the rest that were of the captivity, which were added did according to those things that are written in the book of Moyses.And the children of Israel, and the Priestes and Leuites, and the rest that were of the captiuitie, which were added did according to those thinges that are written in the booke of Moyses.Et fecerunt filii Israël et sacerdotes et Levitæ, et ceteri qui erant ex captivitate, qui appositi sunt secundum ea quæ scripta sunt in libro Moysi.
7And they offered for the dedication of the temple of our Lord, oxen an hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred.And they offered for the dedication of the temple of our Lord, oxen an hundred, rammes two hundred, lambes foure hundred.Et obtulerunt in dedicationem templi Domini, tauros centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos.
8And kids for the sins of all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.And kiddes for the sinnes of al Israel, twelue, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.Et hœdos pro peccatis universi Israël, duodecim, secundum numerum tribuum Israël.
9And the Priests and Levites stood clothed with stolis: a priest's narrow neck-scarf; long flowing robes, vestments of honour by tribes, over all the works of our Lord the God of Israel, according to the book of Moyses, and the porters at every gate.And the Priestes and Leuites stood clothed with stoles by tribes, ouer al the workes of our Lord the God of Israel, according to the booke of Moyses, and the porters at euerie gate.Et steterunt sacerdotes et Levitæ amicti stolis per tribus super omnia opera Domini Dei Israël secundum librum Moysi, et ostiarii per singulas januas.
10And the children of Israel, with them that were of the captivity celebrated the Phase: a stage or period; the Pasch, the Passover the fourteenth moon of the first month, when the Priests and Levites were sanctified.And the children of Israel, with them that were of the captiuitie celebrated the phase the fourtenth moone of the first moneth, when the Priestes and Leuites were sanctified.Et egerunt filii Israël cum his qui erant ex captivitate, illud Phase quartadecima luna mensis primi, quando sanctificati sunt sacerdotes et Levitæ.
11All the children of the captivity were not sanctified together, because all the Levites were sanctified together.Al the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together, because al the Leuites were sanctified together.Omnes filii captivitatis non sunt simul sanctificati, quia Levitæ omnes simul sanctificati sunt.
12And all the children of the captivity immolaverunt: sacrificed, slew as a victim the phase, both for their brethren the Priests, and for themselves.And al the children of the captiuitie immolated the phase, both for their brethren the Priestes, and for themselues.Et immolaverunt Phase universi filii captivitatis, et fratribus suis sacerdotibus, et sibimetipsis.
13And the children of Israel did eat, they that were of the captivity all that remained apart from all the abominations of the nations of the land seeking our Lord.And the children of Israel did eate, they that were of the captiuitie al that remayned apart from al the abominations of the nations of the land seeking our Lord.Et manducaverunt filii Israël, qui erant ex captivitate omnes qui remanserant ab omnibus execrationibus gentium terræ quærentes Dominum,
14And they celebrated the festival day of azymorum: unleavened bread seven days feasting in the sight of our Lord.And they celebrated the festiual day of Azymes seuen dayes feasting in the sight of our Lord.et celebraverunt diem festum azymorum septem diebus epulantes in conspectu Domini,
15Because he turned the counsel of the king of the Assyrians toward them, to strengthen their hands to the works of our Lord the God of Israel.Because he turned the counsel of the king of the Assirians toward them, to strengthen their handes to the workes of our Lord the God of Israel.quoniam convertit consilium regis Assyriorum in eos, confortare manus eorum ad opera Domini Dei Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.