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גבור בן חיל יהושע בן נון, משרת משה בנבואה. אשר נוצר להיות בימיו, תשועה גדולה לבחיריו.
A warrior, son of valor, Yehoshua son of Nun, minister to Moshe in prophecy; who was made a guardian in his days, a great salvation to His chosen ones.
Κράταιος ἐν πολέμοις Ἰησοῦς Ναυῆ, καὶ διάδοχος Μωυσῆ ἐν προφητείαις· ὃς ἐγένετο κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μέγας ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐκδικῆσαι ἐπεγειρομένους ἐχθροὺς, ὅπως κληρονομήσῃ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
Joshua the son of Nave was valiant in the wars, And was the successor of Moses in prophecies, Who according to his name was made great For the saving of the elect of God, And taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, That he might set Israel in their inheritance.
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להנקם נקמי אויב, ולהנחיל את ישראל. מה נהדר בנטותו יד, בהניפו כידון על עיר.
To avenge vengeance on the enemies, and to inherit Israel. How admirable when he stretched his hand, when he waved his javelin at a city.
Ὡς ἐδοξάσθη ἐν τῷ ἐπᾶραι χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ ἐκκλῖναι ῥομφαίαν ἐπὶ πόλεις;
How great glory got he, when he did lift up his hands, And stretched out his sword against the cities!
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מי הוא לפניו יתיצב, כי מלחמות יהוה נלחם.
Who is it who could stand against him? For the wars of ADONAI were fought.
Τίς πρότερον αὐτοῦ οὕτως ἔστη; τοὺς γὰρ πολεμίους Κύριος αὐτὸς ἐπήγαγεν.
Who before him has so stood? For the Lord himself brought his enemies over to him.
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הלא בידו עמד השמש, יום אחד כשנים היה.
Was it not by his hand that the sun stood still, a single day as if it were two?
Οὐχὶ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ μία ἡμέρα ἐγενήθη πρὸς δύο;
Did not the sun go back by his means? And was not one day as long as two?
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כי קרא אל אל עליון, כאכפה לו אויביו מסביב. ויענהו אל עליון, באבני ברד ואלגביש.
For he called to God the Highest, as his enemies surrounding forced him; and God the Highest answered him, with stones of ice and hail.
Ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν ὕψιστον δυνάστην, ἐν τῷ θλίψαι αὐτὸν ἐχθροὺς κυκλόθεν· καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν μέγος Κύριος.
He called upon the most high Lord, When the enemies pressed upon him on every side; And the great Lord heard him.
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השליך על גוי אויב, ובנוסם האביד כולם. למען דעת כל גוי חרם, כי צופה יהוה מלחמתם.
He threw them down on the enemy nation, and as they fled destroyed them all; so that all battling nations knew, that ADONAI guards their wars.
Ἐν λίθοις χαλάζης δυνάμεως κραταιᾶς· κατέῤῥαξεν ἐπʼ ἔθνος πόλεμον, καὶ ἐν καταβάσει ἀπώλεσεν ἀνθεστηκότας· ἵνα γνῶσιν ἔθνη πανοπλίαν αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐναντίον Κυρίου ὁ πόλεμος αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ ἐπηκολούθησεν ὀπίσω δυνάστου.
And with hailstones of mighty power He made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, And by their falling he destroyed them that resisted, That the nations might know all their strength, Because he fought in the sight of the Lord, And he followed the Mighty One.
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וגם כי מלא אחרי אל, ובימי משה עשה חסד. הוא וכלב בן יפנה, להתיצב בפרע קהל.
And he also was fully following God, and in the days of Moses did piety; he and Kalev son of Yefuneh, to hold fast against the wild assembly.
Καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Μωυσέως ἐποίησεν ἔλεος, αὐτὸς καὶ Χαλὲβ υἱὸς Ἰεφοννῆ, ἀντιστῆναι ἔναντι ἐχθροῦ, κωλῦσαι λαὸν ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ κοπάσαι γογγυσμὸν πονηρίας.
In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, In that they withstood the enemy, And withheld the people from sin, And appeased the wicked murmuring.
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להשיב חרון מעדה, ולהשבית דבה רעה. לכן גם הם בשנים נאצלו, משש מאות אלף רגלי. להביאם אל נחלתם, ארץ זבת חלב ודבש. ויתן לכלב עצמה, ועד שיבה עמדה עמו.
To turn anger from the congregation, and to end their evil report; thus the two of them were spared from the six hundred thousand infantry. To bring them to their inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey; and He gave to Kalev wisdom and until old age it stayed with him.
Καὶ αὐτοὶ δύο ὄντες διεσώθησαν ἀπὸ ἑξακοσίων χιλιάδων πεζῶν, εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς κληρονομίαν, εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι.
And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved To bring them into the heritage, Even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Χαλὲβ ἰσχὺν, καὶ ἕως γήρους διέμεινεν αὐτῷ, ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὕψος τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ κατέσχε κληρονομίαν·
The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, Which remained with him unto his old age: So that he entered upon the high places of the land, And his seed obtained it for a heritage:
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להדריכו על במתי ארץ, וגם זרעו ירש נחלה. למען דעת כל זרע יעקב, כי טוב למלא אחרי יהוה.
To guide him upon the heights of the land, and also his seed took an inheritance; that all the seed of Yaakov know that it is good to fully follow after Adonai.
ὅπως ἴδωσι πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Κυρίου.
That all the children of Israel might see That it is good to follow the Lord.
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והשופטים איש בשמו, כל אשר לא נשא לבו. ולא נסוג מאחרי אל, יהי זכרם לברכה.
And the judges, each man by his name, every one who didn't self-glorify; and didn't durn away from following God, may their memories be blessed.
Καὶ οἱ κριταὶ ἕκαστος τῷ αὐτοῦ ὀνόματι, ὅσων οὐκ ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἡ καρδία, καὶ ὅσοι οὐκ ἀπεστράφησαν ἀπὸ Κυρίου, εἴη τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν ἐν εὐλογίαις·
And concerning the judges, every one by name, Whose heart went not a-whoring, Nor departed from the Lord, Let their memory be blessed.
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[תפרחנה עצמותם כשושנה], ושמם תחליף לבניהם.
[May their essences flower as a rose], and may their names pass on to their children!
τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν ἀναθάλοι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἀντικαταλλασσόμένον ἐφ υἱοῖς δεδοξασμένων αὐτῶν.
Let their bones flourish out of their place, And let the name of them that were honored be continued upon their children.
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אוהב עמו ורצוי עושהו, המשואל מבטן אמו. נזיר יהוה בנבואה, שמואל שופט ומכהן. בדבר אל הכין ממלכת, וימשח נגידים על עם.
Beloved of his people, desired of deeds, chosen from the womb of his mother; a nazirite of ADONAI in prophecy, Shmuel, the priestly judge. At the word of God he established a monarchy, and he anointed princes over hte people.
Ἠγαπημένος ὑπὸ Κυρίου αὐτοῦ Σαμουὴλ προφήτης Κυρίου κατέστησε βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔχρισεν ἄρχοντας ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.
Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, Established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
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במצות יהוה צוה עדה, ויפקד אלהי יעקב.
With the commandment of ADONAI he commanded the congregation, and the God of Yaakov took note of them.
Ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ἔκρινε συναγωγὴν, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Κύριος τὸν Ἰακώβ.
By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, And the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
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באמונת פיו דרוש חזה, וגם בדברו נאמן רועה.
In his faithful mouth he expounded a vision, and in his trusted word guidance.
Ἐν πίστει αὐτοῦ ἠκριβάσθη προφήτης, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ἐν πίστει αὐτοῦ πιστὸς ὁράσεως.
By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, And by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
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וגם הוא קרא אל אל, כאפכה לו אויביו מסביב. בעלתו טלה חלב, וירעם משמים יהוה.
And he also called to God, as his enemies surrounding forced him; as he offered up a lamb's suet, ADONAI thundered from heaven.
Καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν Κύριον δυνάστην, ἐν τῷ θλίψαι ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν, ἐν προσφορᾷ ἀρνὸς γαλαθηνοῦ.
He called upon the mighty Lord, When his enemies pressed upon him on every side, When he offered the sucking lamb.
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בפרע אדיר נשמע קולו, ויכנע נציבי צר, ויאבד כל סרני פלשתים.
With a mighty crash His voice was heard, and He subdued the nobility of the enemy, and destroyed all the Philistine tyrants.
Καὶ ἐβρόντησεν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Κύριος, καὶ ἐν ἤχῳ μεγάλῳ ἀκουστὴν ἐποίησε τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, And with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
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Καὶ ἐξέτριψεν ἡγουμένους Τυρίων, καὶ πάντας ἄρχοντας Φυλιστιείμ.
And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, And all the princes of the Philistines.
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ועת נוחו על משכבו, העיד יהוה ומשיחו. כפר ונעלם ממי לקחתי, וכל אדם לא ענה בו. וגם עד עת קצו, נכון נמצא בעיני יהוה.
And when it came time for his final rest, he testified to ADONAI and His anointed. Did I take bribes or secret payments from anyone? And not one person answered him. And until the the end of his time, he was found right in the eyes of ADONAI.
Καὶ πρὸ καιροῦ κοιμήσεως αἰῶνος ἐπεμαρτύρατο ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ χριστοῦ, χρήματα καὶ ἕως ὑποδημάτων ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκὸς οὐκ εἴληφα· καὶ οὐκ ἐνεκάλεσεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος.
And before his long sleep he made protestation in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a shoe: And no man did accuse him.
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ובעיני כל חי, וגם אחרי מותו נדרש. ויגד למלך דרכיו, וישא מארץ קולו בנבואה.
And in the eyes of all life, and also after his death he expounded. And he told the king his ways and lifted from the ground his voice in prophecy.
Καὶ μετὰ τὸ ὑπνῶσαι αὐτὸν προεφήτευσε, καὶ ὑπέδειξε βασιλεῖ τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνύψωσεν ἐκ γῆς τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, ἐν προφητείᾳ ἐξαλεῖψαι ἀνομίαν λαοῦ.
And after his death he prophesied, And showed the king his end, And lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, To blot out the wickedness of the people.