top Tobit ch 1

Chapter 1


Alexandrus & VaticanusSinaiticus
1  Βίβλος λόγων Τωβὶτ τοῦ Τωβιὴλ τοῦ Ἀνανιὴλ τοῦ Ἀδουὴλ τοῦ Γαβαὴλ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Ἀσιηλὶ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Νεφθαλίμ, 1  βίβλος λόγων Τωβὶθ τοῦ Τωβιὴλ τοῦ Ἀνανιὴλ τοῦ Ἀδουὴλ τοῦ Γαβαὴλ τοῦ Ῥαφαὴλ τοῦ Ῥαγουὴλ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Ἀσιηλὶ ἐκ φυλῆς Νεφθαλὶμ
1 The book of the words of Tōbit, son of Tobiēl, the son of Ananiēl, the son of Adouēl, the son of Gabaēl, of the descendants of Asiēl, of the tribe of Nephthali; The book of the words of Tōbith son of Tobiēl son of Ananiēl son of Adouēl son of Gabaēl son of Raphaēl son of Ragouēl of the descendants of Asiēl, of the tribe of Nephthaleim,
2  ὃς ᾐχμαλωτεύθη ἐν ἡμέραις Ἐνεμεσσάρου τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων ἐκ Θίσβης, ἥ ἐστιν ἐκ δεξιῶν Κυδιὼς τῆς Νεφθαλὶμ ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ ὑπεράνω Ἀσὴρ. 2  ὃς ᾐχμαλωτεύθη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἐνεμεσσάρου τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ἐκ Θίσβης ἥ ἐστιν ἐκ δεξιῶν Κυδιὼς τῆς Νεφθαλὶμ ἐν τῇ ἄνω Γαλιλαίᾳ ὑπεράνω Ἀσσὴρ ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ δυσμῶν ἡλίου ἐξ ἀριστερῶν Φογὼρ
2 Who in the days of Enemessar king of the Assyrians was led captive out of Thisbē, which is at the right hand of Kydiōs of Nephthali in Galilee above Asēr. who in the days of Enemessar, the king of the Assyrians, was taken into captivity from Thisbē which is to the right of Kydiōs Nephthaleim in Upper Galilee, above Assēr to the west, left of Phogōr.
3  Ἐγὼ Τωβὶτ ὁδοῖς ἀληθείας ἐπορευόμην καὶ δικαιοσύνης πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς μου καὶ ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς ἐποίησα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ τῷ ἔθνει τοῖς συμπορευθεῖσιν μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς χώραν Ἀσσυρίων εἰς Νινευή. 3  ἐγὼ Τωβὶθ ὁδοῖς ἀληθείας ἐπορευόμην καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύναις πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς μου καὶ ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς ἐποίησα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ τῷ ἔθνει μου τοῖς πορευθεῖσιν μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων εἰς Νινευὴ
3 I Tōbit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds for my brothers, and my nation, who came with me into the country of the Assyrians into Nineve. I, Tōbith, walked in the ways of truth and in righteous acts all the days of my life, and I performed many acts of charity for my kindred and my people who had gone with me in exile into the land of the Assyrians, into Nineve.
4  καὶ ὅτε ἤμην ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ μου ἐν τῇ γῇ Ἰσραὴλ, νεωτέρου μου ὄντος, πᾶσα φυλὴ τοῦ Νεφθαλὶμ τοῦ πατρός μου ἀπέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰεροσολύμων τῆς ἐκλεγείσης ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ θυσιάζειν πάσας τὰς φυλάς· καὶ ἡγιάσθη ὁ ναὸς τῆς κατασκηνώσεως τοῦ ὑψίστου καὶ ᾠκοδομήθη εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος. 4  καὶ ὅτε ἤμην ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ μου ἐν γῇ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ὅτε ἤμην νέος πᾶσα ἡ φυλὴ Νεφθαλὶμ τοῦ πατρός μου ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πόλεως τῆς ἐκλεγείσης ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ θυσιάζειν πάσαις φυλαῖς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἡγιάσθη ὁ ναὸς τῆς κατασκηνώσεως τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ᾠκοδομήθη ἐν αὐτῇ εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος
4 And when I was in my own country, in the land of Israēl being but young, all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israēl, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the temple of the habitation of the most High was consecrated and built for all ages. And when I was in my own country, in the land of Israēl, and when I was young, all the tribe of Nephthaleim my ancestor withdrew from the house of Dauid my ancestor and from Jerousalem, the city chosen from all the tribes of Israēl to offer sacrifice for all the tribes of Israēl, and the shrine of God’s covert had been consecrated and established in it for all the generations of the age.
5  καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ αἱ συναποστᾶσαι ἔθυον τῇ Βάαλ τῇ δαμάλει καὶ ὁ οἶκος Νεφθαλὶμ τοῦ πατρός μου. 5  πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ ὁ οἶκος Νεφθαλὶμ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐθυσίαζον ἐκεῖνοι τῷ μόσχῳ ὃν ἐποίησεν Ἰεροβεὰμ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Δὰν ἐπὶ πάντων ὀρέων τῆς Γαλιλαίας
5 Now all the tribes which together revolted, and the house of my father Nephthali, sacrificed unto the heifer Baal. All my kindred and the house of Nephthaleim my ancestor sacrificed to the calf which Ierobeam, the king of Israēl, had made in Dan on all the mountains of Galilee.
6  κἀγὼ μόνος ἐπορευόμην πλεονάκις εἰς Ἰεροσόλυμα ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς, καθὼς γέγραπται παντὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν προστάγματι αἰωνίῳ, τὰς ἀπαρχὰς καὶ τὰς δεκάτας τῶν γενημάτων καὶ τὰς πρωτοκουρίας ἔχων· 6  κἀγὼ μονώτατος ἐπορευόμην πολλάκις εἰς Ἰεροσόλυμα ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν παντὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν προστάγματι αἰωνίῳ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς καὶ τὰ πρωτογενήματα καὶ τὰς δεκάτας τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τὰς πρωτοκουρίας τῶν προβάτων ἔχων ἀπέτρεχον εἰς Ἰεροσόλυμα
6 But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of Israēl by an everlasting decree, having the first fruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron. But I all alone went frequently into Hierosolyma for the feasts, as it is written in all Israēl in an everlasting ordinance. Taking the first fruits and the first products and the tithes of the cattle and the first shearings of the sheep, I would hurry off to Hierosolyma.
7  καὶ ἐδίδουν αὐτὰς τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρὼν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον πάντων τῶν γενημάτων· τὴν δεκάτην ἐδίδουν τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευὶ τοῖς θεραπεύουσιν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ. καὶ τὴν δευτέραν δεκάτην ἀπεπρατιζόμην καὶ ἐπορευόμην καὶ ἐδαπάνων αὐτὰ ἐν Ἰεροσολύμοις καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτόν. 7  καὶ ἐδίδουν αὐτὰ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρὼν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τὴν δεκάτην τοῦ σίτου καὶ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου καὶ ῥοῶν καὶ τῶν σύκων καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀκροδρύων τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευὶ τοῖς θεραπεύουσιν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὴν δεκάτην τὴν δευτέραν ἀπεδεκάτιζον ἀργυρίῳ τῶν ἓξ ἐτῶν καὶ ἐπορευόμην καὶ ἐδαπάνων αὐτὰ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτόν
7 The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem: And I gave these to the priests, the sons of Aaron, at the altar, and the tenth of the grain and the wine and olive oil and pomegranates and the figs and the rest of the fruits to the sons of Levi who ministered in Jerousalem. Also I tithed the second tenth in silver for six years and would go and spend these things in Jerousalem each year.
8  καὶ τὴν τρίτην ἐδίδουν οἷς καθήκει, καθὼς ἐνετείλατο Δεββώρα ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ πατρός μου, διότι ὀρφανὸς κατελείφθην ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου. 8  καὶ ἐδίδουν αὐτὰ τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς καὶ ταῖς χήραις καὶ προσηλύτοις τοῖς προσκειμένοις τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ εἰσέφερον καὶ ἐδίδουν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει καὶ ἠσθίομεν αὐτὰ κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τὸ προστεταγμένον περὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωσῇ καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἐντολάς ἃς ἐνετείλατο Δεββώρα ἡ μήτηρ Ἀνανιὴλ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ὅτι ὀρφανὸν κατέλιπέν με ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἀπέθανεν
8 And the third I gave unto them to whom it was meet, as Debora my father’s mother had commanded me, because I was left an orphan by my father. And I gave these things to the orphans and the widows and guests who had attached themselves to the sons of Israēl. I brought and gave these things to them in the third year, and we would eat them according to the decree that had been decreed concerning them in the law of Mōyses and according to the commands which Debbora, the mother of Ananiēl our father, had commanded, for my father had left me an orphan and died.
9  καὶ ὅτε ἐγενόμην ἀνήρ, ἔλαβον Ἀννὰν γυναῖκα ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος τῆς πατριᾶς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγέννησα ἐξ αὐτῆς Τωβίαν. 9  καὶ ὅτε ἐγενήθην ἀνήρ ἔλαβον γυναῖκα ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος τῆς πατριᾶς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγέννησα ἐξ αὐτῆς υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Τωβίαν
9 Furthermore, when I was come to the age of a man, I married Anna of my own kindred, and of her I fathered Tōbias. And when I became a man, I took a wife, one of our own family, and by her I became the father of a son, and I called his name Tōbias.
10  καὶ ὅτε ᾐχμαλωτίσθην εἰς Νινευή, πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ γένους μου ἤσθιον ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων τῶν ἐθνῶν· 10  μετὰ τὸ αἰχμαλωτισθῆναί με εἰς Ἀσσυρίους καὶ ὅτε ᾐχμαλωτίσθην εἰς Νινευὴ ἐπορευόμην καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ γένους μου ἤσθιον ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων τῶν ἐθνῶν
10 And when we were carried away captives to Nineve, all my brothers and those that were of my kindred ate of the food of the Gentiles. After I was taken captive to the Assyrians and when I was taken captive, I went into Nineve. And all of my kindred and my race ate the food of the nations,
11  ἐγὼ δὲ συνετήρησα τὴν ψυχήν μου μὴ φαγεῖν, 11  ἐγὼ δὲ συνετήρησα τὴν ψυχήν μου μὴ φαγεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων τῶν ἐθνῶν
11 But I kept myself from eating; but I kept myself from eating the food of the nations.
12  καθότι ἐμεμνήμην τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ μου. 12  καὶ ὅτε ἐμεμνήμην τοῦ θεοῦ μου ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ μου
12 Because I remembered God with all my heart. And when I was mindful of my God with my whole soul,
13  καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ ὕψιστος χάριν καὶ μορφὴν ἐνώπιον Ἐνεμεσσάρου, καὶ ἤμην αὐτοῦ ἀγοραστής· 13  καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι ὁ ὕψιστος χάριν καὶ μορφὴν ἐνώπιον Ἐνεμεσσάρου καὶ ἠγόραζον αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ πρὸς τὴν χρῆσιν
13 And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar, so that I was his purveyor. the Most High gave me favor and good standing with Enemessar, and I bought everything he needed.
14  καὶ ἐπορευόμην εἰς τὴν Μηδίαν καὶ παρεθέμην Γαβαήλῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ Γαβρία ἐν Ῥάγοις τῆς Μηδίας ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δέκα. 14  καὶ ἐπορευόμην εἰς Μηδίαν καὶ ἠγόραζον αὐτῷ ἐκεῖθεν ἕως αὐτὸν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ παρεθέμην Γαβαήλῳ βαλλάντια τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ Γαβρὶ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Μηδίας ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δέκα
14 And I went into Mēdia, and left in trust with Gabaēl, the brother of Gabrias, at Rhaga a city of Mēdia ten talents of silver. So I would go into Mēdia and buy for him there until he died. And I placed in trust bags of silver, ten talents worth, with Gabaēl the brother of Gabri in the country of Mēdia.
15  Καὶ ὅτε ἀπέθανεν Ἐνεμέσσαρος, ἐβασίλευσεν Σενναχηρὶμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ ἠκαταστάτησαν, καὶ οὐκέτι ἠδυνάσθην πορευθῆναι εἰς τὴν Μηδίαν. 15  καὶ ὅτε ἀπέθανεν Ἐνεμασσὰρ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Σενναχηρὶμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ ὁδοὶ τῆς Μηδίας ἀπέστησαν καὶ οὐκέτι ἠδυνάσθην πορευθῆναι εἰς τὴν Μηδίαν
15 Now when Enemessar was dead, Sennachereim his son reigned in his stead; whose estate was troubled, that I could not go into Mēdia. But when Enemassar died and Sennachereim his son became king in his place, then the roads to Mēdia became unfit, and I could no longer go into Mēdia.
16  καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἐνεμεσσάρου ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς ἐποίουν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου· 16  ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἐνεμεσσάρου ἐλεημοσύνας πολλὰς ἐποίησα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ γένους μου
16 And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brothers, In the days of Enemessar I performed many acts of charity for my kindred, those of my race.
17  τοὺς ἄρτους μου ἐδίδουν τοῖς πεινῶσιν καὶ τὰ ἱμάτιά μου τοῖς γυμνοῖς, καὶ εἴ τινα ἐκ τοῦ γένους μου ἐθεώρουν τεθνηκότα καὶ ἐρριμμένον ὀπίσω τοῦ τείχους Νινευή, ἔθαπτον αὐτόν. 17  τοὺς ἄρτους μου ἐδίδουν τοῖς πεινῶσιν καὶ ἱμάτια τοῖς γυμνοῖς καὶ εἴ τινα τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους μου ἐθεώρουν τεθνηκότα καὶ ἐρριμμένον ὀπίσω τοῦ τείχους Νινευὴ ἔθαπτον αὐτόν
17 And gave my bread to the hungry, and my clothes to the naked; and if I saw any of my nation dead, or cast about the walls of Nineve, I buried him. I would give my bread to the hungry and clothing to the naked, and if I saw anyone of my people dead and cast out behind the wall of Nineve, I would bury him.
18  καὶ εἴ τινα ἀπέκτεινεν Σενναχηρὶμ ὁ βασιλεύς, ὅτε ἦλθεν φεύγων ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἔθαψα αὐτοὺς κλέπτων· πολλοὺς γὰρ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐζητήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως τὰ σώματα, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη. 18  καὶ εἴ τινα ἀπέκτεινεν Σενναχηρὶμ ὅτε ἀπῆλθεν φεύγων ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἐν ἡμέραις τῆς κρίσεως ἧς ἐποίησεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περὶ τῶν βλασφημιῶν ὧν ἐβλασφήμησεν ἔθαψα πολλοὺς γὰρ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἔκλεπτον τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθαπτον καὶ ἐζήτησεν αὐτὰ Σενναχηρὶμ καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν αὐτά
18 And if the king Sennachereim had slain any, when he was come, and fled from Judea, I buried them privily; for in his wrath he killed many; but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king. And if Sennachereim killed anyone, when he came fleeing from Judea in the days of judgment which the king of heaven executed upon him because of the blasphemies which he blasphemed, I buried him. For in his anger he killed many of the sons of Israēl, but I would steal their bodies and bury them. And Sennachereim sought them, but he could not find them.
19  πορευθεὶς δὲ εἷς τῶν ἐν Νινευῇ ὑπέδειξε τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι θάπτω αὐτούς, καὶ ἐκρύβην· ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ ὅτι ζητοῦμαι ἀποθανεῖν, φοβηθεὶς ἀνεχώρησα. 19  καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἷς τις τῶν ἐκ τῆς Νινευὴ καὶ ὑπέδειξεν τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι ἐγὼ θάπτω αὐτούς καὶ ἐκρύβην καὶ ὅτε ἐπέγνων ὅτι ἔγνω περὶ ἐμοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὅτι ζητοῦμαι τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν ἐφοβήθην καὶ ἀπέδρασα
19 And when one of the Ninevites went and complained of me to the king, that I buried them, and hid myself; understanding that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear. Then a certain one of the people of Nineve went and informed the king about me, that I bury them; so I hid myself. But when I discovered that the king knew about me and that I was being sought out to be put to death, I was afraid and ran away.
20  καὶ διηρπάγη πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη μοι οὐδὲν πλὴν Ἀννὰς τῆς γυναικός μου καὶ Τωβίου τοῦ υἱοῦ μου. 20  καὶ ἡρπάγη πάντα ὅσα ὑπῆρχέν μοι καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη μοι οὐδέν ὃ οὐκ ἀνελήμφθη εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν πλὴν Ἀννὰς τῆς γυναικός μου καὶ Τωβία τοῦ υἱοῦ μου
20 Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there any thing left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tōbias. Then everything that belonged to me was seized, and nothing was left to me that was not taken into the royal treasury, except Hanna my wife and Tōbias my son.
21  καὶ οὐ διῆλθον ἡμέραι πεντήκοντα ἕως οὗ ἀπέκτειναν αὐτὸν οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔφυγον εἰς τὰ ὄρη Ἀραράτ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Σαχερδονὸς ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔταξεν Ἀχιάχαρον τὸν Ἀναὴλ υἱὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκλογιστίαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν διοίκησιν. 21  καὶ οὐ διῆλθον ἡμέραι τεσσαράκοντα ἕως οὗ ἀπέκτειναν αὐτὸν οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφυγον εἰς τὰ ὄρη Ἀραρὰτ καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Σαχερδονὸς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν καὶ ἔταξεν Ἀχίχαρον τὸν Ἀναὴλ τὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου υἱὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκλογιστίαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς εἶχεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν διοίκησιν
21 And there passed not fifty days, before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararat; and Sacherdonos his son reigned in his stead; who appointed over his father’s accounts, and over all his affairs, Achicharos my brother Anaēl’s son. But forty days did not pass before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararat. Then Sacherdonos his son became king after him. And he appointed Achicharos son of Anaēl my brother over all the accounts of his kingdom, and he had authority over all the administration.
22  καὶ ἠξίωσεν Ἀχιάχαρος περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Νινευή. Ἀχιάχαρος δὲ ἦν ὁ οἰνοχόος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δακτυλίου καὶ διοικητὴς καὶ ἐκλογιστὴς, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ὁ Σαχερδονὸς ἐκ δευτέρας· ἦν δὲ ἐξάδελφός μου. 22  τότε ἠξίωσεν Ἀχίχαρος περὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ κατῆλθον εἰς τὴν Νινευὴ Ἀχίχαρος γὰρ ἦν ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δακτυλίου καὶ διοικητὴς καὶ ἐκλογιστὴς ἐπὶ Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν Σαχερδονὸς ἐκ δευτέρας ἦν δὲ ἐξάδελφός μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας μου
22 And Achicharos intreating for me, I returned to Nineve. Now Achicharos was cupbearer, and keeper of the signet, and steward, and overseer of the accounts: and Sacherdonos appointed him next unto him: and he was my brother’s son. Then Achicharos interceded for me, and I returned into Nineve. For Achicharos was chief cupbearer and keeper of the signet and in charge of administration and accounts under Sennachereim, the king of the Assyrians, and Sacherdonos appointed him second to himself. Now he was my nephew and from my kinsfolk.