Zacharias 3
Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel
Zacharias chapter 3 is given here in full, verse by verse, in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), with the Greek text of the Septuagint set beneath each verse. The text follows the Septuagint tradition received throughout the Orthodox Church.
Patristic commentary for this chapter has not yet been attached. The translator's notes for this chapter (5) follow the text. Related material may be found among the Church Fathers and the theology tables.
Zacharias 3
1And the Lord showed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the * Devil stood on his right hand to resist him.Καὶ ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριος τὸν Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν, ἑστῶτα πρὸ προσώπου ἀγγέλου Κυρίου, καὶ ὁ διάβολος εἱστήκει ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ἀντικεῖσθαι αὐτῷ.
2And the Lords said to the Devil,Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς τὸν διάβολον, Ἐπιτιμήσαι Κύριος ἐν σοὶ διάβολε, καὶ ἐπιτιμήσαι Κύριος ἐν σοὶ ὁ ἐκλεξάμενος τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ· οὐκ ἰδοὺ τοῦτο ὡς δαλὸς ἐξεσπασμένος ἐκ πυρός;
3✡ The Lord rebuke you, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?Καὶ Ἰησοῦς ἦν ἐνδεδυμένος ἱμάτια ῥυπαρὰ, καὶ εἱστήκει πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ ἀγγέλου.
4Now Jesus was clothed in † filthy raiment, and stood before the angel.Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τοὺς ἑστηκότας πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, λέγων, ἀφέλετε τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ ῥυπαρὰ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἰδοὺ ἀφῄρηκα τὰς ἀνομίας σου· καὶ ἐνδύσατε αὐτὸν ποδήρη,
5And the Lord answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away your iniquities: and clothe you him with a ‡ long robe,καὶ ἐπίθετε κίδαριν καθαρὰν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπέθηκαν κίδαριν καθαρὰν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ περιέβαλον αὐτὸν ἱμάτια· καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου εἱστήκει.
6and place a pure mitre upon his head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood by.Καὶ διεμαρτύρατο ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰησοῦν, λέγων,
7And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying,τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, Ἐὰν ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου πορεύῃ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί μου φυλάξῃ, καὶ σὺ διακρινεῖς τὸν οἶκόν μου· καὶ ἐὰν διαφυλάσσῃς τὴν αὐλήν μου, καὶ δώσω σοι ἀναστρεφομένους ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἑστηκότων τούτων.
8Thus says the Lord Almighty; If you will walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shall you judge my house: and if you will diligently keep my court, then will I give you men to walk in the midst of these that stand here.Ἄκουε δὴ Ἰησοῦ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας, σὺ καὶ οἱ πλησίον σου οἱ καθήμενοι πρὸ προσώπου, διότι ἄνδρες τερατοσκόποι εἰσὶ, διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἄγω τὸν δοῦλόν μου Ἀνατολήν.
9Hear now, Jesus the high priest, you, and your neighbors that are sitting before you: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The § Branch.Διότι ὁ λίθος ὃν ἔδωκα πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν λίθον τὸν ἕνα ἑπτὰ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὀρύσσω βόθρον, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ ψηλαφήσω πᾶσαν τὴν ἀδικίαν τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ.
10For as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, says the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day.Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, συγκαλέσετε ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ὑποκάτω ἀμπέλου, καὶ ὑποκάτω συκῆς.
11In that day, says the Lord Almighty, you shall call together every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
Translator's Notes
These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.
- v. 1*Or, accuser.
- v. 3✡Jude 1:9
- v. 4†Or, vile, see James 2:2.
- v. 5‡Or, full length.
- v. 9§See Luke 1:78.