Gospel of Nicodemus, Part I: The Acts of Pilate 16

1And when the rulers of the synagogue and the priests and the Levites heard these words of Joseph they became as dead men and fell to the ground, and they fasted until the ninth hour. And Nicodemus with Joseph comforted Annas and Caiaphas and the priests and the Levites, saying: Rise up and stand on your feet and taste bread and strengthen your souls, for tomorrow is the sabbath of the Lord. And they rose up and prayed unto God and did eat and drink, and departed every man to his house.

Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἀρχισυνάγωγοι καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα παρὰ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἐγένοντο ὡσεὶ νεκροὶ καὶ ἔπεσαν χαμαί, καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης. καὶ παρεκάλεσεν ὁ Νικόδημος σὺν τῷ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν Ἄνναν καὶ τὸν Καϊάφαν, τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τοὺς Λευίτας λέγοντες· ἀνάστητε καὶ στῆτε ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, καὶ γεύσασθε ἄρτον καὶ ἐνισχύσατε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, ὅτι αὔριον σάββατον κυρίου ἐστίν. καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ ηὔξαντο τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἕκαστος ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. (48774)

2And on the sabbath the ( al. our) teachers and the priests and Levites sat and questioned one another and said: What is this wrath that is come upon us? for we know his father and his mother. Levi the teacher saith: I know that his parents feared God and kept not back their vows and paid tithes three times a year. And when Jesus was born, his parents brought him up unto this place and gave sacrifices and burnt-offerings to God. And [when] the great teacher Symeon took him into his arms and said: Now lettest thou thy servant, Lord, depart in peace for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel. And Symeon blessed them and said unto Mary his mother: I give thee good tidings concerning this child. And Mary said: Good, my lord? And Symeon said to her: Good. Behold, he is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against: and a sword shall pierce through thine own heart also, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Τῷ δὲ σαββάτῳ ἐκάθισαν οἱ διδάσκαλοι ἡμῶν καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευῖται συνζητοῦντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ λέγοντες· τίς αὕτη ἡ ὀργὴ ἡ φθάσασα εἰς ἡμᾶς; ὅτι οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα. λέγει Λευὶς διδάσκαλος· τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτοῦ οἶδα φοβουμένους τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὰς εὐχὰς μὴ ἀποστεροῦντας καὶ τὰς δεκάτας ἀποδιδόντας τρὶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. καὶ ὅτε ἐγεννήθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἀνήνεγκαν αὐτὸν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, καὶ θυσίας καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα ἔδωκαν τῷ θεῷ. καὶ ὅτε ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ὁ μέγας διδάσκαλος Συμεὼν εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν· νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ· ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου, ὃ ἡτοίμασας κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν λαῶν, φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν καὶ δόξαν λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς Συμεών, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Μαριὰμ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· εὐαγγελίζομαί σοι περὶ τοῦ παιδίου τούτου. καὶ εἶπεν Μαρία· ἀγαθόν, κύριέ μου. καὶ εἶπεν Συμεὼν πρὸς αὐτήν· ἀγαθόν· ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον· καὶ σοῦ δὲ αὐτῆς τὴν ψυχὴν διελεύσεται ῥομφαία, ὅπως ἂν ἀποκαλυφθῶσιν ἐκ πολλῶν καρδιῶν διαλογισμοί. (105781)

3They say unto Levi the teacher: How knowest thou these things? Levi saith unto them: Know ye not that from him I did learn the law? The council say unto him: We would see thy father. And they sent after his father, and asked of him, and he said to them: Why believed ye not my son? the blessed and righteous Symeon, he did teach him the law. The council saith: Rabbi Levi, is the word true which thou hast spoken? And he said: It is true. Then the rulers of the synagogue and the priests and the Levites said among themselves: Come, let us send into Galilee unto the three men which came and told us of his teaching and his taking-up, and let them tell us how they saw him taken up. And this word pleased them all, and they sent the three men which before had gone with them into Galilee and said to them: Say unto Rabbi Addas and Rabbi Phineës and Rabbi Aggaeus: peace be to you and to all that are with you. Inasmuch as great questioning hath arisen in the council, we have sent unto you to call you unto this holy place of Jerusalem.

Λέγουσιν τῷ διδασκάλῳ Λευί· ταῦτα σὺ πῶς οἶδας; λέγει αὐτοῖς Λευίς· οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἔμαθον τὸν νόμον; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ τὸ συνέδριον· τὸν πατέρα σου θέλομεν ἰδεῖν. καὶ μετεστείλαντο τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐρωτήσαντες αὐτόν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί ὅτι οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε τῷ υἱῷ μου; ὁ μακάριος καὶ δίκαιος Συμεὼν αὐτὸς ἐδίδαξεν αὐτῷ τὸν νόμον. λέγει τὸ συνέδριον· ῥαββὶ Λευί, ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησας; καὶ εἶπεν· ἀληθές ἐστιν. καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς οἱ ἀρχισυνάγωγοι καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται· δεῦτε ἀποστείλωμεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐλθόντας καὶ ἐξηγησαμένους περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς καὶ τῆς ἀναλήψεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴπωσιν ἡμῖν πῶς εἶδον αὐτὸν ἀναληφθέντα. καὶ συνήρεσεν ὁ λόγος οὗτος πᾶσιν. καὶ ἀπέστειλαν τοὺς τρεῖς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἤδη ἀπελθόντας εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτούς· εἴπατε ῥαββὶ Ἀδᾷ καὶ ῥαββὶ Φινεὲς καὶ ῥαββὶ Ἀγγαίῳ· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς οὖσι σὺν ὑμῖν. ἐπιζητήσεως πολλῆς γενομένης ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ ἀπεστάλημεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοῦ καλέσαι ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τόπον τοῦτον Ἱερουσαλήμ. (93052)

4And the men went into Galilee and found them sitting and meditating upon the law, and saluted them in peace. And the men that were in Galilee said unto them that were come to them: Peace be upon all Israel. And they said: Peace be unto you. Again they said unto them: Wherefore are ye come? And they that were sent said: The council calleth you unto the holy city Jerusalem. And when the men heard that they were bidden by the council, they prayed to God and sat down to meat with the men and did eat and drink, and rose up and came in peace unto Jerusalem.

Καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ ἄνδρες εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, καὶ εὗρον αὐτοὺς καθεζομένους καὶ μελετῶντας τὸν νόμον, καὶ ἠσπάσαντο αὐτοὺς ἐν εἰρήνῃ. καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν πρὸς τοὺς ἀπελθόντας πρὸς αὐτούς· εἰρήνη ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ εἶπαν· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. οἱ δὲ πάλιν εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτούς· τί ὅτι ἤλθατε; καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀποσταλέντες· καλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς τὸ συνέδριον ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ πόλει Ἱερουσαλήμ. ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες ὅτι ζητοῦνται ἐκ τοῦ συνεδρίου, ηὔξαντο τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἀνεκλίθησαν μετὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. (42167)

5And on the morrow the council was set in the synagogue, and they examined them, saying: Did ye in very deed see Jesus sitting upon the mount Mamilch, as he taught his eleven disciples, and saw ye him taken up? And the men answered them and said: Even as we saw him taken up, even so did we tell it unto you.

Καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον ἐκαθέσθη τὸ συνέδριον ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ, καὶ ἐπερώτησαν αὐτοὺς λέγοντες· ὄντως εἴδατε τὸν Ἰησοῦν καθεζόμενον εἰς τὸ ὄρος Μαμίλχ, διδάσκοντος αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἕνδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴδατε αὐτὸν ἀναληφθέντα; καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες· ὡς ἴδομεν αὐτὸν ἀναληφθέντα, οὕτως καὶ εἴπαμεν. (27066)

6Annas saith: Set them apart from one another, and let us see if their word agreeth. And they set them apart one from another, and they call Addas first and say unto him: How sawest thou Jesus taken up? Addas saith: While he yet sat upon the Mount Mamilch and taught his disciples, we saw a cloud that overshadowed him and his disciples: and the cloud carried him up into heaven, and his disciples lay (al. prayed, lying) on their faces upon the earth. And they called Phinees the priest, and questioned him also, saying: How sawest thou Jesus taken up? And he spake in like manner. And again they asked Aggaeus, and he also spake in like manner. And the council said: It is contained in the law of Moses: At the mouth of two or three shall every word be established. Abuthem (Bouthem Gr. , Abudem Lat. , Abuden, Abuthen Arm. , om. Copt. ) the teacher saith: It is written in the law: Enoch walked with God and is not, because God took him. Jaeirus the teacher said: Also we have heard of the death of the holy Moses and have not seen him; for it is written in the law of the Lord: And Moses died at the mouth of the Lord, and no man knew of his sepulchre unto this day. And Rabbi Levi said: Wherefore was it that Rabbi Symeon said when he saw Jesus: Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign spoken against? And Rabbi Isaac said: It is written in the law: Behold I send my messenger before thy face, which shall go before thee to keep thee in every good way, for my name is named thereon.

Λέγει Ἄννας· ἄρατε αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων, καὶ ἴδωμεν εἰ συμφωνεῖ ὁ λόγος αὐτῶν. καὶ ἦραν αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων. καὶ καλοῦσιν πρῶτον τὸν Ἀδᾶ καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· πῶς ἴδες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀναληφθέντα; λέγει Ἀδᾶς· ἔτι καθεζομένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὄρος Μαμίλχ καὶ διδάσκοντος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἴδαμεν νεφέλην ἐπισκιάσασαν αὐτόν τε καὶ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἡ νεφέλη εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἔκειντο ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. καὶ καλοῦσιν Φινεὲς τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ ἠρώτησαν καὶ αὐτὸν λέγοντες· πῶς ἴδες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀναληφθέντα; καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπεν ὡσαύτως. ἠρώτησαν δὲ πάλιν τὸν Ἀγγαῖον, καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπεν ὡσαύτως. καὶ εἶπαν τὸ συνέδριον· ὁ νόμος Μωυσέως περιέχει· ἐπὶ στόματος δύο ἢ τριῶν σταθήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα. λέγει ὁ Βουθὲμ διδάσκαλος· γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ· καὶ περιεπάτει Ἐνὼχ σὺν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ὅτι ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός. Ἰάειρος διδάσκαλος εἶπεν· καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Μωυσέως θάνατον ἠκούσαμεν, καὶ αὐτὸν οὐκ εἴδαμεν· γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ κυρίου· καὶ ἀπέθανεν Μωυσῆς ἐκ στόματος κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ἀνὴρ τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. καὶ ῥαββὶ Λευὶς εἶπεν· τί ὅτι ῥαββὶ Συμεὼν εἶπεν, ὡς εἶδεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον; καὶ ῥαββὶ Ἰσαὰκ εἶπεν· γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς προπορεύσεται ἔμπροσθέν σου τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ ἀγαθῇ, ὅτι τὸ ὄνομά μου κέκληται ἐν αὐτῇ. (134653)

7Then said Annas and Caiaphas: Ye have well said those things which are written in the law of Moses, that no man saw the death of Enoch, and no man hath named the death of Moses. But Jesus spake before Pilate, and we know that we saw him receive buffets and spittings upon his face, and that the soldiers put on him a crown of thorns and that he was scourged and received condemnation from Pilate, and that he was crucified at the place of a skull and two thieves with him, and that they gave him vinegar to drink with gall, and that Longinus the soldier pierced his side with a spear, and that Joseph our honourable father begged his body, and that, as he saith, he rose again, and that ( lit. as) the three teachers say: We saw him taken up into heaven, and that Rabbi Levi spake and testified to the things which were spoken by Rabbi Symeon, and that he said: Behold this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign spoken against. And all the teachers said unto all the people of the Lord: If this hath come to pass from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes, ye shall surely know, O house of Jacob, that it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth upon a tree. And another scripture teacheth: The gods which made not the heaven and the earth shall perish. And the priests and the Levites said one to another: If his memorial endure until the Sommos ( Copt. Soum) which is called Jobel (i. e. the Jubilee), know ye that he will prevail for ever and raise up for himself a new people. Then the rulers of the synagogue and the priests and the Levites admonished all Israel, saying: Cursed is that man who shall worship that which man’s hand hath made, and cursed is the man who shall worship creatures beside the Creator. And all the people said: Amen, Amen. And all the people sang an hymn unto the Lord and said: Blessed be the Lord who hath given rest unto the people of Israel according to all that he spake. There hath not one word fallen to the ground of all his good saying which he spake unto his servant Moses. The Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers: let him not forsake us. And let him not destroy us from turning our heart unto him, from walking in all his ways and keeping his statutes and his judgements which he commanded our fathers. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth in that day. And there shall be one Lord and his name one, even the Lord our King: he shall save us. There is none like unto thee, O Lord. Great art thou, O Lord, and great is thy name. Heal us, O Lord, by thy power, and we shall be healed: save us, Lord, and we shall be saved: for we are thy portion and thine inheritance. And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, for the Lord hath begun to make us to be his people. And when they had all sung this hymn they departed every man to his house, glorifying God. [For his is the glory, world without end. Amen.] Blessed be the Lord God who hath given rest unto all the people of Israel according as he hath said. And let the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. And they went every man to his house praising God.

Τότε Ἄννας καὶ Καϊάφας εἶπαν· ὀρθῶς εἴπατε τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Μωυσέως, ὅτι τοῦ Ἐνὼχ θάνατον οὐδεὶς εἶδεν καὶ Μωυσῇ θάνατον οὐδεὶς ὀνόμασεν. ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς λόγον ἔδωκεν τῷ Πιλάτῳ· καὶ ὅτι εἴδαμεν αὐτὸν ῥαπίσματα λαβόντα καὶ ἐμπτύσματα εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅτι οἱ στρατιῶται στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν περιέθηκαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ὅτι ἐφραγελλώθη καὶ ἀπόφασιν ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ Πιλάτου, καὶ ὅτι ἐπὶ τοῦ Κρανίου ἐσταυρώθη καὶ δύο λῃσταὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅτι ὄξος ἐπότισαν αὐτὸν μετὰ χολῆς, καὶ ὅτι λόγχῃ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ ἐξεκέντησεν Λογγῖνος ὁ στρατιώτης, καὶ ὅτι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ᾔτήσατο Ἰωσὴφ ὁ τίμιος πατὴρ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὅτι καθὼς λέγει ἀνέστη, καὶ καθὼς λέγουσιν οἱ τρεῖς διδάσκαλοι· εἴδομεν αὐτὸν ἀναληφθέντα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. καὶ ὅτι ὁ ῥαββὶ Λευὶς εἶπεν μαρτυρήσας τὰ λεχθέντα παρὰ τοῦ ῥαββὶ Συμεῶνος, καὶ ὅτι εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον. καὶ εἶπαν πάντες οἱ διδάσκαλοι πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαὸν κυρίου· εἰ παρὰ κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη καὶ ἔστι θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν, γινώσκοντες γνώσεσθε, οἶκος Ἰακώβ, ὅτι γέγραπται· ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ ἐπὶ ξύλου κρεμάμενος. καὶ ἑτέρα γραφὴ διδάσκει· θεοὶ οἵτινες τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐποιήσαντο, ἀπολοῦνται. καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται πρὸς ἀλλήλους· εἰ ἕως τοῦ σώμμου τοῦ λεγομένου Ἰωθὴλ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐπικρατεῖ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος, καὶ ἐγείρεν ἑαυτῷ λαὸν καινόν. τότε παρήγγειλαν οἱ ἀρχισυνάγωγοι καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται παντὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ λέγοντες· ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος ὃς ποίημα χειρὸς ἀνθρώπου προσκυνήσει, καὶ ἐπικατάρατος ἀνὴρ ὃς κτίσματα παρὰ τὸν κτίσαντα προσκυνήσει. καὶ εἶπεν πᾶς ὁ λαός· ἀμὴν ἀμήν. καὶ ὕμνησεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὸν κύριον καὶ εἶπεν· εὐλογητὸς κύριος, ὃς ἔδωκεν κατάπαυσιν τῷ λαῷ Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐλάλησεν· οὐκ ἔπεσεν ῥῆμα ἓν ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥήματος αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ὅσα ἐλάλησεν Μωυσῇ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ. εἴη κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν καθὼς ἦν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν· μὴ ἀπολέσῃ ἡμᾶς. καὶ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ ἡμᾶς τοῦ κλῖναι καρδίαν ἡμῶν πρὸς αὐτόν, τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐνετείλατο τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν. καὶ ἔσται κύριος εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ ἔσται κύριος εἷς, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἕν, κύριος βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν· αὐτὸς σώσει ἡμᾶς. οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμοιός σοι, κύριε· μέγας εἶ σύ, κύριε, καὶ μέγα τὸ ὄνομά σου. ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου ἴασαι ἡμᾶς, κύριε, καὶ ἰαθησόμεθα· σῶσον ἡμᾶς, κύριε, καὶ σωθησόμεθα· ὅτι μερίς καὶ κληρονομία σου ἐσμέν. καὶ οὐκ ἐάσει κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, ὅτι ἤρξατο κύριος τοῦ ποιεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς λαὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὑμνήσαντες ἅπαντες ἀπῆλθεν ἕκαστος ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, δοξάζοντες τὸν θεόν, ὅτι αὐτοῦ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν. (244627)