And in Jerusalem have dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez;

And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni,

And of the Levites, the courses of Judah are for Benjamin.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these are heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.

These are in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.

And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon did I come unto the king, and at the end of days I have asked of the king,

and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries.

And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand is Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them it is to give a portion to their brethren.

Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.'

And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --

And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

and he is supporting Hadassah -- she is Esther -- daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman is of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her -- according to the law of the women -- twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

And Esther saith, 'The man -- adversary and enemy -- is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, adversary of the Jews, they have slain, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand.

And the Jews who are in Shushan are assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they slay in Shushan three hundred men, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand.

And the rest of the Jews, who are in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand;

on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, even to rest on the fourteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.

And the Jews who are in Shushan have been assembled, on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth of it, even to rest on the fifteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar -- joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

to establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed -- matters of the fastings, and of their cry.

At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids is death-shade.

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

From the end of the heavens is his going out, And his revolution is unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.

For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

For of Jehovah is our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.

And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company.

He is humbling Himself to look On the heavens and on the earth.

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

He sent tokens and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants.

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms of Canaan.

And Og king of Bashan, For to the age is His kindness.

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.

The honour of Thy kingdom they tell, And of Thy might they speak,

O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'

I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives.

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.

Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.

I am my beloved's, and on me is his desire.

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,