Source and licence
share: attributiongreekSource: Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Esdras B 4; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
Attribution: Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
The text
24 lines · a line number is a link to itself| ref | L0 witness |
|---|---|
| 4:1 | Καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ θλίβοντες Ἰουδὰ καὶ Βενιαμὶν ὅτι οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς ἀποικίας οἰκοδομοῦσιν οἶκον τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ Ἰσραήλ· |
| 4:2 | καὶ ἤγγισαν πρὸς Ζοροβαβὲλ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν πατριῶν, καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς Οἰκοδομήσομεν μεθʼ ὑμῶν, ὅτι ὡς ὑμεῖς ἐκζητοῖῦμεν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, καὶ αὐτῷ ἡμεῖς θυσιάζομεν ἀπὸ ἡμερῶν Ἀσαρεαθὼν βασιλέως Ἀσσοὺρ τοῦ ἐνέγκαντος ἡμᾶς ὧδε. |
| 4:3 | καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ζοροβαβὲλ καὶ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πατριῶν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Οὐχ ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν. ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ οἰκοδομήσομεν τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ ἡμῶν, ὡς ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν Κῦρος βασιλεὺς Περσῶν. |
| 4:4 | καὶ ἦν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς ἐκλύων χεῖρας λαοῦ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐνεπόδιζον αὐτοὺς οἰκοδομεῖν, |
| 4:5 | καὶ μισθούμενοι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς βουλόμενοι διασκεδάσαι βουλὴν αὐτῶν, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν καὶ ἕως βασιλείας Δαρείου βασιλέως Περσῶν. |
| 4:6 | καὶ ἐν βασιλείᾳ Ἀσθηροὺ ἐν ἀρχῇ βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἔγραψεν ἐπὶ οἰκοῦντας Ἰουδὰ καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ. |
| 4:7 | καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Ἀσαρθαθὰ ἔγραψεν ἐν εἰρήνῃ Μιθραδάτῃ Γαβεὴλ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς συνδούλοις· πρὸς βασιλέα Περσῶν ἔγραψεν ὁ φορολόγος γραφὴν Συριστὶ καὶ ἑρμηνευμένην. |
| 4:8 | Ῥαοὺλ βαδαταμὲν καὶ Σαμασὰ ὁ γραμματεὺς ἔγραψαν ἐπιστολὴν μίαν κατὰ Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῷ Ἀρσαρθὰ βασιλεῖ |
| 4:9 | τάδε ἔκρινεν Ῥαοὺμ βάαλ καὶ Σαμεὲ ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι σύνδουλοι ἡμῶν, Δειναῖοι, Φαρεσθαχαῖοι, Γαραφαλλαῖοι, Ἀφρασαῖοι, Ἀρχοῦοι, Βαβυλώνιοι, Σουσυναχαῖοι οἳ εἰσὶν Ἠλαμαῖοι, |
| 4:10 | καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι ἐθνῶν ὧν ἀπῴκισεν Ἀσενναφὰρ ὁ μέγας καὶ ὁ τίμιος καὶ κατῴκισεν αὐτοὺς ἐν πόλεσιν τῆς Σωμωρὼν καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ. |
| 4:11 | αὕτη ἡ διαταγὴ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἧς ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν Πρὸς Ἀρσαρθὰ βασιλέα παῖδές σου ἄνδρες πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ. |
| 4:12 | γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀναβάντες ἀπὸ Κύρου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἤλθοσαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ· τὴν ἀποστάτιν καὶ πονηρὰν οἰκοδομοῦσιν, καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς κατηρτισμένοι εἰσίν, καὶ θεμελίους αὐτῆς ἀνύψωσαν. |
| 4:13 | νῦν οὗν γνωστὸν ἕστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη οἰκοδομηθῇ καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς καταρτισθῶσιν, φόροι οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι οὐδὲ δώσουσιν· καὶ τοῦτο βασιλεῖς κακοποιεῖ |
| 4:14 | καὶ ἀσχημοσύνην βασιλέως οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν ἰδεῖν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπέμψαμεν καὶ ἐγνωρίσαμεν τῷ βασιλεῖ |
| 4:15 | ἵνα ἐπισκέψηται ἐν βιβλίῳ ὑπομνηματισμοῦ τῶν πατέρων σου, καὶ εὑρήσεις καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη πόλις ἀποστάτις, καὶ κακοποιοῦσα βασιλεῖς καὶ χώρας, καὶ φυγαδεῖα δούλων ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος· διὰ ταῦτα ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἠρημώθη. |
| 4:16 | γνωρίζομεν ἡμεῖς τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη οἰκοδομηθῇ καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς καταρτισθῇ, οὐκ ἔστιν σοι εἰρήνη. |
| 4:17 | καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Ῥαοὺμ βαλγὰμ καὶ Σαμεαὶς γραμματέα καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους συνδούλους αὐτῶν τοὺς οἰκοῦντας ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ εἰρήνην, καί φασιν |
| 4:18 | Ὁ φορολόγος ὃν ἀπεστείλατε πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐκλήθη ἔμπροσθεν ἐμοῦ. |
| 4:19 | καὶ παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη καὶ ἐπεσκεψάμεθα, καὶ εὕραμεν ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἐπαίρεται,καὶ ἀποστάσεις καὶ φυγαδεῖα γίνονται ἐν αὐτῇ· |
| 4:20 | καὶ βασιλεῖς ἰσχυροὶ γίνονται ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐπικρατοῦντες ὅλης τῆς ἐσπέρας τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ φόροι πλήρεις καὶ μέρος δίδοται αὐτοῖς. |
| 4:21 | νῦν θέτε γνώμην καταργῆσαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐκείνους, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη οὐκ οἰκοδομηθήσεται ἔτι ἀπὸ τῆς γνώμης. |
| 4:22 | πεφυλαγμένοι ἦτε ἄνεσιν ποιῆσαι περὶτούτου, μή ποτε πληθυνθῇ ἀφανισμὸς εἰς κακοποίησιν βασιλεῦσιν. |
| 4:23 | τότε ὁ φορολόγος τοῦ Ἀρσαρθὰ βασιλέως ἀνέγνω ἐνώπιον Ῥαοὺμ καὶ Σαμεσὰ γραμματέως συνδούλων αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν σπουδῇ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν Ἰούδᾳ, καὶ κατήργησαν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἵπποις καὶ δυνάμει. |
| 4:24 | τότε ἤργησεν τὸ ἔργον οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἦν ἀργῶν ἕως ἔτους δευτέρου Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως Περσῶν. |
Provenance
- title
- Esdras B 4 (Greek, Swete)
- dialect
- greek
- source
- Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Esdras B 4; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md)
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0 — Swete's Greek text via the Open Greek and Latin Project (First1KGreek, urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527) and the tokenised edition nathans/lxx-swete, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (repository README + upstream license.md, read 2026-09-10; outputs/REPORT-W2-terms.md, LICENCES.md §12.1)
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
- file
- Bible/Old Testament/Esdras B/04.greek.swete.L0.txt
L0 witness
Cite as:
Esdras B 4 (Greek, Swete). Swete, The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint (Cambridge 1896-1912), via nathans/lxx-swete; Esdras B 4; verse table corpus/greek/verses.tsv (tools/greek_verses_index.py, outputs/REPORT-W2-ingest.md). Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/esdras-b/04.greek.swete/. Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), The Old Testament in Greek according to the Septuagint, ed. Henry Barclay Swete (Cambridge University Press, 1896-1912). TEI text from the Open Greek and Latin Project, First1KGreek (urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527), CC BY-SA 4.0; tokenised edition lxx-swete by Nathan D. Smith (https://github.com/nathans/lxx-swete), CC BY-SA 4.0 (text), MIT (code). Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. Re-cut into one line per verse by tools/greek_verses_index.py and filed by tools/build_repository.py; the wording is unchanged, and the only renumbering is the Psalter (title = verse 0 and the poem numbered from 1, ruled 2026-09-10; every label Swete prints is kept in corpus/greek/verses.tsv, column swete_verse).
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.