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1. etouV dwdekatou thV basileiaV naboucodonosor oV ebasileusen assuriwn en nineuh th polei th megalh en taiV hmeraiV arfaxad oV ebasileusen mhdwn en ekbatanoiV

1. Arfaxat itaque rex Medorum subiugaverat multas gentes imperio suo et ipse ædificavit civitatem potentissimam quam appellavit Igbathanis

2. kai wkodomhsen ep' ekbatanwn kuklw teich ek liqwn lelaxeumenwn eiV platoV phcwn triwn kai eiV mhkoV phcwn ex kai epoihsen to uyoV tou teicouV phcwn ebdomhkonta kai to platoV autou phcwn penthkonta

2. ex lapidibus quadratis et sectis fecit muros ejus in altitudine cubitorum septuaginta et in latitudine cubitorum triginta turres vero ejus posuit in altitudinem cubitorum centum

3. kai touV purgouV autou esthsen epi taiV pulaiV authV phcwn ekaton kai to platoV authV eqemeliwsen eiV phceiV exhkonta

3. per quadrum vero earum latus utrumque vicenorum pedum spatio tendebatur posuitque portas ejus in altitudine turrium

4. kai epoihsen taV pulaV authV pulaV diegeiromenaV eiV uyoV phcwn ebdomhkonta kai to platoV authV phceiV tessarakonta eiV exodouV dunamewV dunatwn autou kai diataxeiV twn pezwn autou

4. et gloriabatur quasi potens in potentia exercitus sui et in gloria quadrigarum suarum

5. kai epoihsen polemon en taiV hmeraiV ekeinaiV o basileuV naboucodonosor proV basilea arfaxad en tw pediw tw megalw touto estin pedion en toiV orioiV ragau

5. anno igitur duodecimo regni sui Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum qui regnabat in Nineven civitatem magnam pugnavit contra Arfaxat et obtinuit eum

6. kai sunhnthsan proV auton panteV oi katoikounteV thn oreinhn kai panteV oi katoikounteV ton eufrathn kai ton tigrin kai ton udasphn kai pedia ariwc basilewV elumaiwn kai sunhlqon eqnh polla eiV parataxin uiwn celeoud

6. in campo magno qui appellatur Ragau circa Eufraten et Tigrin et Hyadas in campo Erioch regis Elicorum

7. kai apesteilen naboucodonosor basileuV assuriwn epi pantaV touV katoikountaV thn persida kai epi pantaV touV katoikountaV proV dusmaiV touV katoikountaV thn kilikian kai damaskon kai ton libanon kai antilibanon kai pantaV touV katoikountaV kata proswpon thV paraliaV

7. tunc exaltatum est regnum Nabuchodonosor et cor ejus elatum est et misit ad omnes qui habitabant in Cilicia et Damasco et Libano

8. kai touV en toiV eqnesi tou karmhlou kai galaad kai thn anw galilaian kai to mega pedion esdrhlwn

8. et ad gentes quæ sunt in Carmelo et Cedar et inhabitantes Galileam in campo magno Hesdrælon

9. kai pantaV touV en samareia kai taiV polesin authV kai peran tou iordanou ewV ierousalhm kai batanh kai celouV kai kadhV kai tou potamou aiguptou kai tafnaV kai ramessh kai pasan ghn gesem

9. et ad omnes qui erant in Samaria et trans flumen Jordanem usque Hierusalem et omnem terram Jesse quousque perveniatur ad montes Æthiopiæ

10. ewV tou elqein epanw tanewV kai memfewV kai pantaV touV katoikountaV thn aigupton ewV tou elqein epi ta oria thV aiqiopiaV

10. ad hos omnes misit nuntios Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum

11. kai efaulisan panteV oi katoikounteV pasan thn ghn to rhma naboucodonosor basilewV assuriwn kai ou sunhlqon autw eiV ton polemon oti ouk efobhqhsan auton all' hn enantion autwn wV anhr eiV kai anestreyan touV aggelouV autou kenouV en atimia proswpou autwn

11. qui omnes uno animo contradixerunt et remiserunt eos vacuos ac sine honore abiecerunt

12. kai equmwqh naboucodonosor epi pasan thn ghn tauthn sfodra kai wmose kata tou qronou kai thV basileiaV autou ei mhn ekdikhsein panta ta oria thV kilikiaV kai damaskhnhV kai suriaV anelein th romfaia autou kai pantaV touV katoikountaV en gh mwab kai touV uiouV ammwn kai pasan thn ioudaian kai pantaV touV en aiguptw ewV tou elqein epi ta oria twn duo qalasswn

12. tunc indignatus est Nabuchodonosor rex ad omnem terram illam et juravit per regnum et thronum suum quod defenderet se de omnibus regionibus his

13. kai paretaxato en th dunamei autou proV arfaxad basilea en tw etei tw eptakaidekatw kai ekrataiwqh en tw polemw autou kai anestreyen pasan thn dunamin arfaxad kai pasan thn ippon autou kai panta ta armata autou

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14. kai ekurieuse twn polewn autou kai afiketo ewV ekbatanwn kai ekrathse twn purgwn kai epronomeuse taV plateiaV authV kai ton kosmon authV eqhken eiV oneidoV authV

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15. kai elabe ton arfaxad en toiV oresi ragau kai kathkontisen auton en taiV sibunaiV autou kai exwleqreusen auton ewV thV hmeraV ekeinhV

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16. kai anestreyen met' autwn autoV kai paV o summiktoV autou plhqoV andrwn polemistwn polu sfodra kai hn ekei raqumwn kai euwcoumenoV autoV kai h dunamiV autou ef' hmeraV ekaton eikosi

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