The Second Book of Kingdoms, Chapter 23ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Β′ ΚΓ′

καὶ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι Δαυιδ οἱ ἔσχατοι πιστὸς Δαυιδ υἱὸς Ιεσσαι καὶ πιστὸς ἀνήρ ὃν ἀνέστησεν κύριος ἐπὶ χριστὸν θεοῦ Ιακωβ καὶ εὐπρεπεῖς ψαλμοὶ Ισραηλ

And these are the last words of David: faithful is David son of Jesse, and faithful the man whom the LORD raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and lovely are the psalms of Israel.

πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ἐν ἐμοί καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γλώσσης μου

The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.

λέγει ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ἐμοὶ ἐλάλησεν φύλαξ Ισραηλ παραβολὴν εἰπόν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ πῶς κραταιώσητε φόβον θεοῦ

The God of Israel speaks; to me the guardian of Israel spoke a parable: 'Speak concerning a man: how will you make strong the fear of God?'

καὶ ἐν θεῷ φωτὶ πρωίας ἀνατείλαι ἥλιος τὸ πρωὶ οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐκ φέγγους καὶ ὡς ἐξ ὑετοῦ χλόης ἀπὸ γῆς

and in God, like the light of morning when the sun rises; the morning did not pass away from its brightness, and it is as the green grass that springs from the earth after rain.

οὐ γὰρ οὕτως ὁ οἶκός μου μετὰ ἰσχυροῦ διαθήκην γὰρ αἰώνιον ἔθετό μοι ἑτοίμην ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ πεφυλαγμένην ὅτι πᾶσα σωτηρία μου καὶ πᾶν θέλημα ὅτι οὐ μὴ βλαστήσῃ ὁ παράνομος

For is not my house so with the Mighty One? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ready in every season and well-guarded; for it is all my salvation and all my desire, that the lawless one shall surely not spring up.

ὥσπερ ἄκανθα ἐξωσμένη πάντες αὐτοί ὅτι οὐ χειρὶ λημφθήσονται

Like a thorn thrust away are all of them, for they shall not be taken with the hand;

καὶ ἀνὴρ οὐ κοπιάσει ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ πλῆρες σιδήρου καὶ ξύλον δόρατος καὶ ἐν πυρὶ καύσει καυθήσονται αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν

and a man shall not toil among them, but they are full of iron and the shaft of a spear, and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their shame.

ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυιδ Ιεβοσθε ὁ Χαναναῖος ἄρχων τοῦ τρίτου ἐστίν Αδινων ὁ Ασωναῖος οὗτος ἐσπάσατο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὀκτακοσίους τραυματίας εἰς ἅπαξ

These are the names of the mighty men of David: Iebosthe the Chananite, chief of the Third; he is Adinon the Asonite. He drew his sword against eight hundred slain at one stroke.

καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτὸν Ελεαζαρ υἱὸς πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ υἱὸς Σουσίτου ἐν τοῖς τρισὶν δυνατοῖς οὗτος ἦν μετὰ Δαυιδ ἐν Σερραν καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνειδίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις συνήχθησαν ἐκεῖ εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ

And after him, Eleazar son of his uncle, son of Sousites, among the three mighty men; he was with David at Serran, and when he defied the Philistines, they were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel went up.

αὐτὸς ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ἕως οὗ ἐκοπίασεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκολλήθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μάχαιραν καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἐκάθητο ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πλὴν ἐκδιδύσκειν

He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand grew weary and his hand clave to the sword; and the LORD wrought a great deliverance on that day, and the people sat behind him only to strip the slain.

καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτὸν Σαμαια υἱὸς Ασα ὁ Αρουχαῖος καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι εἰς Θηρία καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μερὶς τοῦ ἀγροῦ πλήρης φακοῦ καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἔφυγεν ἐκ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων

And after him, Samaia son of Asa the Aruchite; and the Philistines were gathered at Theria, and there was there a plot of the field full of lentils, and the people fled from before the Philistines.

καὶ ἐστηλώθη ἐν μέσῳ τῆς μερίδος καὶ ἐξείλατο αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπάταξεν τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην

But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and rescued it, and struck down the Philistines; and the LORD wrought a great deliverance.

καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν τριάκοντα καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Κασων πρὸς Δαυιδ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον Οδολλαμ καὶ τάγμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ραφαϊμ

And three of the thirty went down and came to Kason, to David, to the cave of Odollam, while a band of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Raphaim.

καὶ Δαυιδ τότε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ καὶ τὸ ὑπόστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βαιθλεεμ

And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

καὶ ἐπεθύμησεν Δαυιδ καὶ εἶπεν τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βαιθλεεμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τὸ δὲ σύστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βαιθλεεμ

And David longed and said, 'Who will give me water to drink from the well that is in Bethlehem, the one by the gate?' Now the encampment of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

καὶ διέρρηξαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοὶ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βαιθλεεμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ καὶ ἔλαβαν καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς Δαυιδ καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν πιεῖν αὐτὸ καὶ ἔσπεισεν αὐτὸ τῷ κυρίῳ

And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well that is in Bethlehem, the one by the gate, and took it and came to David; but he would not drink it, and he poured it out to the LORD.

καὶ εἶπεν ἵλεώς μοι κύριε τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν πίομαι καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν πιεῖν αὐτό ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί

And he said, 'May the LORD be merciful to me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?' And he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

καὶ Αβεσσα ἀδελφὸς Ιωαβ υἱὸς Σαρουιας αὐτὸς ἄρχων ἐν τοῖς τρισίν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξήγειρεν τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισίν

And Abessa the brother of Joab, son of Sarouia, he was chief among the three; and he wielded his spear against three hundred slain, and he had a name among the three.

ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἐκείνων ἔνδοξος καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄρχοντα καὶ ἕως τῶν τριῶν οὐκ ἦλθεν

Of those three he was the most honored, and he became their commander; but he did not attain to the first three.

καὶ Βαναιας υἱὸς Ιωδαε ἀνὴρ αὐτὸς πολλοστὸς ἔργοις ἀπὸ Καβεσεηλ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάταξεν τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Αριηλ τοῦ Μωαβ καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβη καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν λέοντα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάκκου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς χιόνος

And Banaias son of Iodae, a man — he himself was great in deeds, from Kabeseel; and he struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit on the day of snow.

αὐτὸς ἐπάταξεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον ἄνδρα ὁρατόν ἐν δὲ τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ξύλον διαβάθρας καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ῥάβδῳ καὶ ἥρπασεν τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ

He himself struck down the Egyptian man, a man of remarkable size; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

ταῦτα ἐποίησεν Βαναιας υἱὸς Ιωδαε καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισὶν τοῖς δυνατοῖς

These things Banaias son of Iodae did, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἔνδοξος καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς οὐκ ἦλθεν καὶ ἔταξεν αὐτὸν Δαυιδ εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς αὐτοῦ

Of the three he was honored, but he did not attain to the first three; and David set him over his bodyguard.

καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυιδ βασιλέως Ασαηλ ἀδελφὸς Ιωαβ οὗτος ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα Ελεαναν υἱὸς Δουδι πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαιθλεεμ

And these are the names of the mighty men of David the king: Asael the brother of Joab — he was among the thirty; Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle, in Bethlehem;

Σαμαι ὁ Αρουδαῖος Ελικα ὁ Αρωδαῖος

Samai the Arudite; Elika the Arodite;

Ελλης ὁ Φελωθι Ιρας υἱὸς Εκκας ὁ Θεκωίτης

Helles the Pelonite; Iras son of Ekkas the Tekoite;

Αβιεζερ ὁ Αναθωθίτης ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ Ασωθίτου

Abiezer the Anathothite, of the sons of the Asothite;

Σελμων ὁ Αωίτης Μοορε ὁ Νετωφαθίτης

Selmon the Aoite; Moore the Netophathite;

Ελα υἱὸς Βαανα ὁ Νετωφαθίτης Εθθι υἱὸς Ριβα ἐκ Γαβαεθ υἱὸς Βενιαμιν

Ela son of Baana the Netophathite; Eththi son of Riba, of Gabaeth of the sons of Benjamin;

Βαναιας ὁ Φαραθωνίτης Ουρι ἐκ Ναχαλιγαιας

Banaias the Pirathonite; Ouri of Nachaligaia;

Αβιηλ υἱὸς τοῦ Αραβωθίτου Αζμωθ ὁ Βαρσαμίτης

Abiel son of the Arabothite; Azmoth the Barsamite;

Ελιασου ὁ Σαλαβωνίτης υἱοὶ Ιασαν Ιωναθαν

Eliasou the Salabonite; the sons of Iasan; Ionathan;

Σαμμα ὁ Αρωδίτης Αχιαν υἱὸς Σαραδ ὁ Αραουρίτης

Samma the Arodite; Achian son of Sarad the Araurite;

Αλιφαλεθ υἱὸς τοῦ Ασβίτου υἱὸς τοῦ Μααχατι Ελιαβ υἱὸς Αχιτοφελ τοῦ Γελωνίτου

Aliphaleth son of the Asbite, son of the Maacathite; Eliab son of Ahithophel the Gelonite;

Ασαραι ὁ Καρμήλιος Φαραϊ ὁ Ερχι

Asarai the Carmelite; Pharai the Archite;

Ιγααλ υἱὸς Ναθαν ἀπὸ δυνάμεως υἱὸς Γαδδι

Igaal son of Nathan, from the army; a son of Gaddi;

Ελιε ὁ Αμμανίτης Γελωραι ὁ Βηρωθαῖος αἴρων τὰ σκεύη Ιωαβ υἱοῦ Σαρουιας

Elie the Ammonite; Gelorai the Berothite, armor-bearer of Joab son of Sarouia;

Ιρας ὁ Ιεθιραῖος Γαρηβ ὁ Ιεθιραῖος

Iras the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;

Ουριας ὁ Χετταῖος πάντες τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτά

Uriah the Hittite — thirty-seven in all.