κόψομαι την ατεκνίαν με. Ἤγγικε δὲ ἡμέρα Κυρία ή με γάλη, καὶ εἶπεν Ιεδὶθ ή παιδίσκη αὐτῆς· Ἑώσποτε τας

πεινοῖς τὴν ψυχήν σε, ήγγικεν ἡμέρα Κυρία, καὶ ἐκ ἐξεσί σοι πενθεῖν. ̓Αλλὰ λάβε τὸ κεφαλοδέσμιον τέτο, δ ἔδωκέ μοι ἡ κυρία τῇ ἔργε· ὅτι ἐκ ἔξεσί μοι δήσασθαι αὐτὸ, καθότι παι

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δίσκη εἰμὶ σὴ, καὶ χαρακτήρα

έχεις βασιλικόν. Καὶ εἶπεν *Αννα· ̓Απόςα ἀπ' ἐμᾶς καὶ ταῦτα ἐκ ἐποίησα, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐταπείνωσέ με σφόδρα μή πως πανεργός τις ἔδωκέ σοι τέτο, καὶ ἦλθες κοινωνῆσαί με τῇ ἁμαρτία σ8. Καὶ εἶπεν Ιεδὶν ἡ παιδίσκη αὐτῇ· Τί ἀράσομαί σοι; μή τι μεῖζον ἀράσομαί σοι, καθότι ἐκ ήκεσας τῆς φωνῆς με; απέκλεισε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς τὴν μήτραν σε, τὰ μὴ δεναί σοι καρπὸν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ ἐλυπήθη ̓́Αννα σφόδρα, καὶ περιείλατο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῆς τὰ νυμφικά, καὶ περὶ ὥραν ἐννάτην κατέβη ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ αὐτῆς τε περιπατῆσαι. Καὶ εἶδε δαφνιδέαν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὑποκάτω

αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐλιτάνευε τὸν Δεσ

both for my widowhood and my barrennes. Then drew near a great feast of the Lord, and Judith her maid faid, How long will you thus afflict your foul? The feaf of the Lord is

now come, when it is unlawful for any one to mourn. Take therefore this hood which was given me by one who makes fuch things, for it is not fit that I who am a fervant should wear it, but it well fuits a

perfon of your greater cha

racter. But Anna replied, Depart from me, I am not ufed to fuch things; befides, the Lord hath greatly humbled me. I fear Jome ill-defigning perfon bath given thee this, and thou art come to pollute me with thy fin.-Then Judith her maid anfwered, What evil hall I

wish you, fince you will not hearken to me? I cannot wifh you a greater curfe (than you are under) in that God has hut up your womb, that you Mould not be a mother in Ifrael. At this Anna was exceedingly troubled, and having on her wedding garment, went about three o'clock in the afternoon to walk in her garden. And the faw a laurel

tree, and fat under it, and prayed unto the Lord, faying,

« Ο God

ΙΙΙ. Καὶ ἠτένισεν εἰς τὸν ἐρανὸν, καὶ εἶδε καλίαν sesθίων ἐν τῇ δάφνῃ, καὶ ἐποίησε θρῆνον ἐν ἑαυτῇ λέγεσα• Οι μοι, τις με ἐγέννησε; ποία δὲ μήτρα ἐξέφυσέ με; ὅτι ἐγὼ κατάρα ἐγενήθην ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ὀνείδισαν καὶ ἐξεμυκτήρισαν με ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῇ Θεῖ με. Οι μοι, τίνι ὡμοιώθην ; ἐχ ώς μοιώθην ἐγὼ τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς, ὅτι αὐτὰ τὰ θηρία της γῆς γόνιμά ἐσι ἐνώπιόν σε, Κύριε. Οι μου, τίνι ωμοιώθην ἐγώ; εχ ώμοιώθην ἐγὼ τοῖς αλόγοις ζώοις, ὅτι αὐτὰ ἄλογα ζῶα γόνιμα εἰσιν ἐνώπιόν σε, Κύριε. Οι μοι, τίνι ωμοιώθην ἐγώ; ἐχ ωμοιώθην ἐγὼ τοῖς ὕδασι τέτοις, ὅτι αὐτὰ τὰ ὕδατα γόνιμα εἰσιν ἐνώπιόν σε, Κύριε. Οι μοι, τίνι ὡμοιώθην ἐγώ; ἐχ ώς μοιώθην ἐγὼ τοῖς κύματι της

111. And as the was look

ing towards heaven, the perceived a fparrow's neft in the laurel, and mourning within herself, fhe faid, Wa is me, who begat me? and what womb did bare me? that I

hould be thus accurfed before the children of Ifrael, and that they fould reproach and deride me in the temple of my God: Wo is me, to what can I be compared? I am not comearth, for even the beats of parable to the very beasts of the the earth are fruitful before thee, Ο Lord ! Wo is me, to what can I be compared? I am not comparable to the brute animals, for even the brute animals are fruitful before thee, Ο Lord ! Wo is me, to what am I comparable? I cannot be compared to these waters, for even the waters are fruitful before thee, O Lord ! Wo is me, to what can I be compared? I am not com

ιν. Καὶ ἰδὲ Αγίελος Κυρία ἐπέση, λέγων αὐτῇ· *Αννα, *Αννα, ἐπήκεσε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῆς δεήσεως σε συλλήψῃ καὶ γεννήσεις, καὶ λαληθήσεται τὸ σπέρμα σε ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκε μένῃ. Καὶ εἶπεν ̓́Αννα: Ζῆ Κύριος ὁ Θεός με, ὅ τι ἐὰν γεννήσω εἴτε ἄῤῥεν εἴτε θῆλυ, προσάξω αὐτὸ δῶρον Κυρίῳ τῷ · Θεῷ με, καὶ ἔςαι λειτεργών πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῇ. Καὶ ἰδὲ δύο ἄγγελοι ἦλθον, ἀπαγγέλλοντες αὐτῇ Ἰδὲ Ἰωακεὶμ ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν ποιμένων αὐτῷ· ἄγγελος γὰρ Κυρία κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἐπήκεσε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῆς δεήσεώς σα σπεῦσον, κατάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ἰδὲ γὰρ Ἄννα ἡ γυνή σε ἐν γαςρὶ λήψεται. Καὶ κατέβη Ἰωακεῖμ, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τις

ποιμένας αὐτε, λέγων" Φέρετέ

parable to the waves of the fea; for thefe, whether they are calm, or in motion, with the fishes which are in them, me, to what can I be com praife thee, Ο Lord! Wo is pared? I am not comparable to the very earth, for the earth produces its fruits, and praises thee, O Lord!

IV. Then an angel of the Lord food by her, and faid, Anna, Anna, the Lord hath heard thy prayer; thou shalt conceive and bring forth, and thy progeny fhall be spoke of in all the world. And Anna an

{wered, As the Lord my God Liveth, whatever I bring forth, whether it be male or female, I will devote it to the Lord my God, and it all minifer to whole life. And behold there him in holy things, during its appeared two angels, faying unto her, Behold Joachim (thy hufband) is coming with his hepherds, for an angel of the Lord hath alfo come down to him, and faid, The Lord God hath heard thy prayer, make hafte and go hence, for behold Anna thy wife fhall conceive. And Joachim went down, and called his thepherds, faying, Bring me

μοι ὧδε δέκα αμνάδας απαλὲς καὶ ἀμώμες, καὶ ἔσονται δέκα ἀμνάδες Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ με καὶ φέρετέ μοι δεκαδύο μίσχος ἀπαλες, καὶ ἔσονται δεκαδύο μίσχοι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι

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καὶ τῇ γερεσία· καὶ ἑκατὸν χιμάρες, καὶ ἔσονται ἑκατὸν χίμαροι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ. Καὶ κατέβη Ἰωακεὶμ μετὰ τῶν ποιμένων αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔτη 'Αννα παρὰ τὴν πύλην, καὶ ἶδε τὸν Ἰωακεὶμ ἐρχόμενον μετὰ τῶν ποιμένων, καὶ δραμᾶσα ἐκρεμάσθη ἐν τῷ τραχήλῳ αὐτῷ, λέγεσα· Νῦν οἶδα, ὅτι Κύριος εὐλόγησέ με σφόδρα· ἰδὲ γὰρ ἡ χώρα εκέτι χήρα· καὶ &τεκνος ἐν γασρὶ λήψομαι.

ν. Καὶ ἀνεπαύσατο Ιωα

κεὶμ τῇ πρώτη ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτᾶ. Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον προσέφερε τὰ δῶρα αὐτῷ, λέ

γων· Εἰ Κύριος ἱλάσθη μοι, τὸ πεταλὸν τῆ ἱερέως φανερὸν ποιήσει καὶ προσῆλθε τῷ πετάλῳ τὸ ἱερέως, ὡς ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαςήριον τε Κυρίε, καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἰδὲ ἁμαρτία ἐκ ευρέθη ἐν αὐτῷ. Καὶ εἶπεν

Such an inftrument God had appointed the High-priest to wear for fuch difcoveries. See Exod.

hither ten e-lambs without fpot or blemih, and they fall be for the Lord my God, and bring me twelve calves without blemish, and the twelve calves fhall be for the priests and the elders. (Bring me) alfo a hundred goats, and the hundred goats fall be for the whole people. And Joachim went down with the shepherds, and Anna ftood by the gate, and faw Joachim coming with the fhepherds, and the ran, and hanging about his neck, faid, Now I know that the Lord hath greatly bleed me; for behold, I who was a widow am no longer a widow, and I who was barren fall conceive.

v. And Joachim abode the firft day in his houfe, but on the morrow he brought his offerings, and faid, If the Lord be propitious to me, let the plate which is on the pries forehead make it manifeft. And he confulted the plate which the prieft wore, and faw it, and behold fin was not found in him. And

xxviii. 36, &c. and Spencer de U rim et Thummim.

Joachim

Joachim faid, Now I know that the Lord is propitious to me, and hath taken away all my fins. And he went down from the temple of the Lord

εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτο. Καὶ ἐπληρώθησαν τῇ ̓Αννη μῆνες ἐννέα, καὶ ἐγέννησεν "Αννα, καὶ εἶπε τῇ μαίᾳ· Τί ἐγένμήσα; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, θῆλυ καὶ εἶπεν 'Αννα· Ἐμεγάλυνε ὁ Κύριος τὴν ψυχήν με τῇ ἦτ μέρα ταύτης καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτήν. Πληρωθεισῶν δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἀπεσμήξατο "Αννα, καὶ ἔδωκε μασθὸν τῇ παιδί, καὶ ἐκαλέσατο τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Μαρίας

own houfe. And when nine months were fulfilled to Anna, he brought forth, and faid to the midwife, What have brought forth? And the told her, d girl. Then Anna faid, The Lord hath this day magnified my fout; and fhe laid her in bed. And when the days of her purification were accomplifhed, the gave fuck to the child, and called her name Mary.

VI. And the child increased

in ftrength every day, fo that

αὐτῆς, τα πειράσαι εἰ ἴςαται. Καὶ ἐννέα βήματα περιπατήσασα ἦλθεν εἰς κόλπον τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς. Καὶ ἥρπασεν αὐτὴν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, λέγεσα" Ζῇ Κύριος ὁ Θεός με, ἐ μὴ περιπατήσεις ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτη, ἕως ἂν ἀπάξω σε ἐν τῷ ναῷ Κυρία. Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἁγίασμα ἐν τῷ κοιτῶνι αὐτῆς, καὶ κοι νὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον ἐκ εἴα δι

when she was nine months old, her mother put her upon

ftand; and when he had walked nine fteps, the came again to her mother's lap. Then her mother catched her up, and faid, As the Lord my God liveth, thou halt not walk again on this earih, till I bring thee into the temple of the Lord. Accordingly the made her chamber a holy place, and fuffered nothing common or unclean to come

near