Connected to database DB1 | Letter: Antiochus IV Epiphanes to the Jews. (164 BCE) 2Mace.11.27-33 | Lxx Contents | notes| Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) | : | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) | |
| Πρὸς δὲ τὸ ἔθνος ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιστολὴ τοιάδε ἦν Βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος τῇ γερουσίᾳ τῶν Ιουδαίων καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Ιουδαίοις χαίρειν. | Letter: Antiochus IV Epiphanes to the Jews. (164 BCE) 2Mace.11.27-33Letter: Antiochus IV Epiphanes to the Jews. (164 BCE) 2Mace.11.27-33 | To the nation the king's letter was as follows: "King Anti'ochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greeting. | |
| εἰ ἔρρωσθε, εἴη ἂν ὡς βουλόμεθα· καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ ὑγιαίνομεν. | If you are well, it is as we desire. We also are in good health. | ||
| ἐνεφάνισεν ἡμῖν Μενέλαος βούλεσθαι κατελθόντας ὑμᾶς γίνεσθαι πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις. | Menelaus has informed us that you wish to return home and look after your own affairs. | ||
| τοῖς οὖν καταπορευομένοις μέχρι τριακάδος Ξανθικοῦ ὑπάρξει δεξιὰ μετὰ τῆς ἀδείας | Therefore those who go home by the thirtieth day of Xanthicus will have our pledge of friendship and full permission | ||
| χρῆσθαι τοὺς Ιουδαίους τοῖς ἑαυτῶν δαπανήμασιν καὶ νόμοις, καθὰ καὶ τὸ πρότερον, καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν κατ' οὐδένα τρόπον παρενοχληθήσεται περὶ τῶν ἠγνοημένων. | for the Jews to enjoy their own food and laws, just as formerly, and none of them shall be molested in any way for what he may have done in ignorance. | ||
| πέπομφα δὲ καὶ τὸν Μενέλαον παρακαλέσοντα ὑμᾶς. | And I have also sent Menelaus to encourage you. | ||
| ἔρρωσθε. ἔτους ἑκατοστοῦ τεσσαρακοστοῦ ὀγδόου, Ξανθικοῦ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ. | Farewell. The one hundred and forty-eighth year, Xanthicus fifteenth." | ||