Sirak 45

¹Ve Yakup'un soyundan, tüm ölümlülerin gözünde lütuf bulan merhametli bir adam çıkardı; Tanrı ve insanlar tarafından sevilen Musa'ydı bu, anısı kutsanmıştır.

²Onu kutsal varlıkların görkemine benzer kıldı ve düşmanlarının dehşete kapıldığı korkularla onu büyük kıldı.

³Onun sözleriyle mucizeleri dindirdi, kralların huzurunda onu yüceltti; kendi halkına yönelik ona buyruklar verdi ve ona Kendi görkemini gösterdi.

⁴Sadakati ve alçakgönüllülüğü nedeniyle onu kutsal kıldı, onu tüm ölümlülerin arasından seçti.

⁵Ona Kendi sesini işittirdi, onu koyu karanlık bulutun içine götürdü ve huzurunda buyruklar verdi; Yakup'a antlaşmayı, İsrail'e de Kendi yargılarını öğretmesi için yaşam ve bilgi yasasını verdi.

⁶Levi oymağından, kendisine benzeyen kutsal kardeşi Harun'u yüceltti.

⁷Onunla sonsuz bir antlaşma yaptı ve ona halkın kâhinliğini verdi; onu görkemli süslerle kutsadı ve ona yücelik kaftanını kuşattı.

⁸Ona övüncün doruğu olan kusursuz bir görkem giydirdi ve onu güç simgeleriyle donattı: don, ayaklara kadar uzanan kaftan ve efod.

⁹Ve adımları sırasında ses çınlasın, tapınakta halkının oğullarına bir anma olsun diye, çevresini altın narlarla ve çınlayacak pek çok altın çıngırakla çevreledi.

¹⁰Kutsal giysiyle, altınla, lacivert ve mor iplikle, nakışçı işiyle, karar göğüslüğüyle, gerçeğin belirtileriyle, bükülmüş kırmızı iplikle, usta işiyle,

¹¹İsrail oymaklarının sayısına göre üzerlerine adlar kazınmış, altın yuvalara oturtulmuş, taşçı işi mühür gibi oyulmuş değerli taşlarla, bir anma yazısı olarak donattı.

¹²Sarığın üzerine, kutsallık mührü kazınmış altın bir taç, onurlu bir övünç, kudretli bir işçilik eseri, gözlerin arzusu olan güzel süsler koydu.

¹³Ondan önce asla böyle şeyler olmamıştı; yabancı biri bunları hiç giymedi, sadece kendi oğulları ve soyundan gelenler bunları her zaman giydi.

¹⁴Onların sunduğu yakmalık sunular her gün aralıksız iki kez tamamen yakılacaktır.

¹⁵Musa onun ellerini doldurarak kâhinliğe atadı ve kutsal yağla meshetti; gökler var oldukça kendisi ve soyu O'na hizmet etsin, kâhinlik görevini yerine getirsin ve O'nun adıyla halkını kutsasın diye bu, onun için sonsuz bir antlaşma oldu.

¹⁶RAB'be yakmalık sunu, anma sunusu olarak buhur ve hoş koku sunması ve senin halkın için günah bağışlatması için onu yaşayan tüm canlılar arasından seçti.

¹⁷Yakup'a tanıklıkları öğretmesi, İsrail'i yasasıyla aydınlatması için ona buyruklarında yetki ve yargı antlaşmalarını verdi.

¹⁸Çölde asiler ona karşı birleşti ve onu kıskandı; Datan ve Aviram'ın adamları ile Korah'ın topluluğu öfke ve gazapla ona karşı ayaklandı.

¹⁹RAB bunu gördü ve hoşnut kalmadı; gazabının öfkesiyle yok edildiler. Onları alev alev yanan ateşiyle tüketerek üzerlerinde harikalar yarattı.

²⁰Harun'un görkemini daha da artırdı ve ona bir miras verdi; ilk doğanların turfandalarını ona ayırdı, her şeyden önce onlara bol bol ekmek hazırladı.

²¹Çünkü RAB'bin kendisine ve soyuna verdiği kurbanları yerler.

²²Ancak halkın ülkesinde onun bir mirası olmayacak ve halkın arasında onun bir payı bulunmayacaktır; çünkü senin payın ve mirasın O'dur.

²³Elazar oğlu Pinehas da görkemde üçüncüdür; çünkü RAB korkusuyla gayret gösterdi ve halkın bozgunu sırasında canının iyi yürekli cesaretiyle öne çıktı ve İsrail için günah bağışlattı.

²⁴Bu yüzden kutsal şeylerin ve halkının önderi olması için onunla bir esenlik antlaşması yapıldı; öyle ki, kâhinliğin yüceliği sonsuza dek kendisine ve soyuna ait olsun.

²⁵Yahuda oymağından Yesse oğlu Davut'la yapılan antlaşmaya göre, kralın mirası sadece oğuldan oğula geçer; Harun'un mirası da onun soyuna aittir.

²⁶Tanrı, O'nun halkını doğrulukla yargılamanız için yüreğinize bilgelik versin; öyle ki, onların iyilikleri yok olmasın ve görkemleri kuşaklar boyunca sürsün.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐξήγαγεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρα ἐλέους εὑρίσκοντα χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς πάσης σαρκός, ἠγαπημένον ὑπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, Μωυσῆν, οὗ τὸ μνημόσυνον ἐν εὐλογίαις·

²ὡμοίωσεν αὐτὸν δόξῃ ἁγίων καὶ ἐμεγάλυνεν αὐτὸν ἐν φόβοις ἐχθρῶν·

³ἐν λόγοις αὐτοῦ σημεῖα κατέπαυσεν, ἐδόξασεν αὐτὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον βασιλέων· ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ πρὸς λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ·

⁴ἐν πίστει καὶ πραΰτητι αὐτὸν ἡγίασεν, ἐξελέξατο αὐτὸν ἐκ πάσης σαρκός·

⁵ἠκούτισεν αὐτὸν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν γνόφον καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐντολάς, νόμον ζωῆς καὶ ἐπιστήμης διδάξαι τὸν ᾿Ιακὼβ διαθήκην καὶ κρίματα αὐτοῦ τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ. -

⁶᾿Ααρὼν ὕψωσεν ἅγιον ὅμοιον αὐτῷ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ φυλῆς Λευΐ·

⁷ἔστησεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην αἰῶνος καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἱερατείαν λαοῦ· ἐμακάρισεν αὐτὸν ἐν εὐκοσμίᾳ καὶ περιέζωσεν αὐτὸν στολὴν δόξης·

⁸ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὸν συντέλειαν καυχήματος καὶ ἐστερέωσεν αὐτὸν σκεύεσιν ἰσχύος, περισκελῆ καὶ ποδήρη καὶ ἐπωμίδα,

⁹καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν αὐτὸν ῥοΐσκοις χρυσοῖς, κώδωσι πλείστοις κυκλόθεν, ἠχῆσαι φωνὴν ἐν βήμασιν αὐτοῦ, ἀκουστὸν ποιῆσαι ἦχον ἐν ναῷ εἰς μνημόσυνον υἱοῖς λαοῦ αὐτοῦ·

¹⁰στολῇ ἁγίᾳ, χρυσῷ καὶ ὑακίνθῳ καὶ πορφύρᾳ, ἔργῳ ποικιλτοῦ, λογείῳ κρίσεως, δήλοις ἀληθείας, κεκλωσμένῃ κόκκῳ, ἔργῳ τεχνίτου,

¹¹λίθοις πολυτελέσι γλύμματος σφραγῖδος, ἐν δέσει χρυσίου, ἔργῳ λιθουργοῦ, εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐν γραφῇ κεκολαμμένῃ κατ᾿ ἀριθμὸν φυλῶν ᾿Ισραήλ·

¹²στέφανον χρυσοῦν ἐπάνω κιδάρεως, ἐκτύπωμα σφραγῖδος ἁγιάσματος, καύχημα τιμῆς, ἔργον ἰσχύος, ἐπιθυμήματα ὀφθαλμῶν κοσμούμενα ὡραῖα·

¹³πρὸ αὐτοῦ οὐ γέγονε τοιαῦτα ἕως αἰῶνος, οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἀλλογενὴς πλὴν τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μόνον καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτοῦ διαπαντός.

¹⁴θυσίαι αὐτοῦ ὁλοκαρπωθήσονται καθημέραν ἐνδελεχῶς δίς.

¹⁵ἐπλήρωσε Μωσῆς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ· ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμέραις οὐρανοῦ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἅμα καὶ ἱερατεύειν καὶ εὐλογεῖν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.

¹⁶ἐξελέξατο αὐτὸν ἀπὸ παντὸς ζῶντος προσαγαγεῖν κάρπωσιν Κυρίῳ, θυμίαμα καὶ εὐωδίαν εἰς μνημόσυνον, ἐξιλάσκεσθαι περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου.

¹⁷ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ ἐξουσίαν ἐν διαθήκαις κριμάτων διδάξαι τὸν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὰ μαρτύρια καὶ ἐν νόμῳ αὐτοῦ φωτίσαι ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁸ἐπισυνέστησαν αὐτῷ ἀλλότριοι καὶ ἐζήλωσαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἄνδρες οἱ περὶ Δαθὰν καὶ ᾿Αβειρὼν καὶ ἡ συναγωγὴ Κορὲ ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ὀργῇ·

¹⁹εἶδε Κύριος καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησε, καὶ συνετελέσθησαν ἐν θυμῷ ὀργῆς· ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς τέρατα καταναλῶσαι ἐν πυρὶ φλογὸς αὐτοῦ.

²⁰καὶ προσέθηκεν ᾿Ααρὼν δόξαν καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν· ἀπαρχὰς πρωτογεννημάτων ἐμέρισεν αὐτῷ, ἄρτον πρώτοις ἡτοίμασε πλησμονήν·

²¹καὶ γὰρ θυσίας Κυρίου φάγονται, ἃς ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τε καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ.

²²πλὴν ἐν γῇ λαοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσει, καὶ μερὶς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ ἐν λαῷ, αὐτὸς γὰρ μερίς σου καὶ κληρονομία. -

²³Καὶ Φινεὲς υἱὸς ᾿Ελεάζαρ τρίτος εἰς δόξαν ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαι αὐτὸν ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου καὶ στῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τροπῇ λαοῦ, ἐν ἀγαθότητι προθυμίας ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁴διὰ τοῦτο ἐστάθη αὐτῷ διαθήκη εἰρήνης προστατεῖν ἁγίων καὶ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα αὐτῷ ᾖ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἱερωσύνης μεγαλεῖον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

²⁵καὶ διαθήκην τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱῷ ᾿Ιεσσαὶ ἐκ φυλῆς ᾿Ιούδα, κληρονομία βασιλέως υἱοῦ ἐξ υἱοῦ μόνου· κληρονομία ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ.

²⁶δῴη ὑμῖν σοφίαν ἐν καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν κρίνειν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἵνα μὴ ἀφανισθῇ τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν.

¹And he brought out of him a merciful man, which found favour in the sight of all flesh, even Moses, beloved of God and men, whose memorial is blessed.

²He made him like to the glorious saints, and magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.

³By his words he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious in the sight of kings, and gave him a commandment for his people, and shewed him part of his glory.

⁴He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness, and chose him out of all men.

⁵He made him to hear his voice, and brought him into the dark cloud, and gave him commandments before his face, even the law of life and knowledge, that he might teach Jacob his covenants, and Israel his judgments.

⁶He exalted Aaron, an holy man like unto him, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.

⁷An everlasting covenant he made with him and gave him the priesthood among the people; he beautified him with comely ornaments, and clothed him with a robe of glory.

⁸He put upon him perfect glory; and strengthened him with rich garments, with breeches, with a long robe, and the ephod.

⁹And he compassed him with pomegranates, and with many golden bells round about, that as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people;

¹⁰With an holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, and purple, the work of the embroiderer, with a breastplate of judgment, and with Urim and Thummim;

¹¹With twisted scarlet, the work of the cunning workman, with precious stones graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jeweller, with a writing engraved for a memorial, after the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹²He set a crown of gold upon the mitre, wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.

¹³Before him there were none such, neither did ever any stranger put them on, but only his children and his children’s children perpetually.

¹⁴Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually.

¹⁵Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil: this was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant, and to his seed, so long as the heavens should remain, that they should minister unto him, and execute the office of the priesthood, and bless the people in his name.

¹⁶He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense, and a sweet savour, for a memorial, to make reconciliation for his people.

¹⁷He gave unto him his commandments, and authority in the statutes of judgments, that he should teach Jacob the testimonies, and inform Israel in his laws.

¹⁸Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in the wilderness, even the men that were of Dathan’s and Abiron’s side, and the congregation of Core, with fury and wrath.

¹⁹This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.

²⁰But he made Aaron more honourable, and gave him an heritage, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase; especially he prepared bread in abundance:

²¹For they eat of the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave unto him and his seed.

²²Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance, neither had he any portion among the people: for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.

²³The third in glory is Phinees the son of Eleazar, because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord, and stood up with good courage of heart: when the people were turned back, and made reconciliation for Israel.

²⁴Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:

²⁵According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Juda, that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone: so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.

²⁶God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.