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Old Testament, Bel et Draco (Theodotionis versio)

English for the 4 passages of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

1.5.1

ὁ δὲ εἶπ εν Ὅτι οὐ σέβομαι εἴδωλα χειροποίητα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ζῶντα θεόν, τὸν κτίσαντα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ ἔχοντα πάσης σαρκὸς κυρίαν.

But he said, "Because I do not revere idols made with hands, but the living God, who created heaven and earth and has lordship over all flesh."

1.19.1

καὶ ἐγέλασεν Δανιὴλ, καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ μὴ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτὸν ἔσω, καὶ εἶπ εν Ἴδε δὴ τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ γνῶθι τίνος τὰ ἴχνη ταῦτα.

And Daniel laughed, and held back the king from going inside, and said, "Look now at the floor, and know whose footprints these are."

1.21.1–1.25.1

1.21.1

καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς τότε συνέλαβεν τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔδειξαν αὐτῷ τὰς κρυπτὰς θύρας δι ὅν εἰσεπορεύοντο καὶ ἐδαπάνων τὰ ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ.

And the king, enraged, then arrested the priests and their wives and children, and they showed him the secret doors through which they used to go in and consume what was on the table.

1.22.1

καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἔδωκεν τὸν Βήλ ἔκδοτον τῷ Δανιὴλ· καὶ κατέστρεψεν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ.

And the king killed them, and handed Bel over to Daniel; and he overthrew it and its temple.

1.23.1

Καὶ ἦν δράκων μέγας, καὶ ἐσέβοντο αὐτὸν οἱ Βαβυλώνιοι.

And there was a great dragon, and the Babylonians revered it.

1.24.1

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Δανιὴλ Οὐ δύνασαι εἰπεῖν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος θεὸς ζῶν· καὶ προσκύνησον αὐτῷ.

And the king said to Daniel, "You cannot say that this is not a living god; so worship it."

1.25.1

καὶ εἶπεν Δανιὴλ Κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ μου προσκυνήσω, ὅτι· οὗτός ἐστιν θεὸς ζῶν·

And Daniel said, "I will worship the Lord my God, for he is a living God."

1.27.1

καὶ ἔλαβεν Δανιὴλ πίσσαν καὶ στῆρ καὶ τρίχας, καὶ ἥψησεν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐποίησεν μάζας, καὶ ἔδωκεν εἰς τὸ στόμα τοῦ δράκοντος· καὶ φαγὼν διερράγη ὁ δράκων. καὶ εἶπεν Ἵδετε τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν.

And Daniel took pitch and fat and hair, and boiled them together and made cakes, and put [them] into the mouth of the dragon; and when it had eaten, the dragon burst open. And he said, "See the objects of your worship."

The whole original: Perseus's Scaife Viewer.