Lives of Sophonias, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Regarding those persecuted by the serpent as from the beginning, the Lord will save them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and they shall be in a holy tabernacle. This prophet prophesied much concerning the coming of the Lord; two years before the return of the people from Babylon, he died, and he was buried gloriously in his own field.
13. Sophonias the prophet. This one, therefore, from the tribe of Simeon from Mount Sarabatha, prophesied concerning the city of Jerusalem, that it would be built up better in length and breadth, and concerning the end of the nations and the shame of the ungodly, and concerning the presence of the Lord. He died in the covering of the Lord, and was buried in his field alone.
14. Haggai the prophet. While still young, he returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and clearly prophesied concerning the return of the people, and he saw the building of the temple of Jerusalem, and he himself first sang alleluias there, which is interpreted: 'Let us praise the living God'; amen, which is: 'let it be, let it be.' There then he died and was buried gloriously near the priests; therefore we say alleluias, which is the hymn of Haggai and Zechariah.
15. Zechariah the prophet. This one was the son of Berechiah. This one came from the Chaldeans having already advanced, and while there he prophesied much to the people and gave many wonders as a demonstration. This one said to Joshedek that he would beget a son and serve as priest to the Lord in Jerusalem. This one also blessed Salathiel upon a son, saying that he would beget a son and call his name Zerubbabel. And during the time of Cyrus the king of the Persians, he gave a wonder for the victory concerning Croesus the king of the Lydians and concerning Astyages the king of the Medes, and he prophesied concerning his service, which Cyrus would perform upon Jerusalem, and he blessed him greatly. But his prophecy concerning Jerusalem, and concerning the end of the nations, and concerning the building of the temple of Jerusalem, and the idleness of prophets and priests, and the double judgment, he set forth. He died in Judea in long age and was buried near Haggai the prophet.
22. Malachias the prophet was from the tribe of Zebulun. This one, after the return of the people from Babylon, was born in Sophia in the land of Zebulun. And while still young he had a good life, and he prophesied much concerning the visitation of the Lord.
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τοῖς διωκομένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄφεως ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ διασώσει αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐκ σκότους καὶ σκιᾶς θανάτου καὶ ἔσονται ἐν σκηνῇ ἁγίᾳ. Οὗτος ὁ προφήτης περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου πολλὰ προεφήτευσεν· πρὸ δύο ἐτῶν περὶ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς 22 τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἀπέθανε· καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ αὐτοῦ ἀγρῷ ἐνδόξως. ιθʹ. Σοφονίας ὁ προφήτης· οὗτος οὖν ἐκ φυλῆς Συμεὼν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σαραβαθᾶ ἐπροφήτευσε δὲ περὶ τῆς πόλεως Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὅτι οἰκοδομηθήσεται ἐπὶ κρεῖττον εἰς μῆκος καὶ πλάτος, καὶ περὶ τέλους ἐθνῶν καὶ αἰσχύνης ἀσεβῶν, καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου παρουσίας. Ἀπέθανε δὲ ἐν ἀπο- καλύψει κυρίου, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ μονώτατος. κʹ. Ἀγγαῖος ὁ προφήτης. Ἔτι νέος ὢν ἐπανῆλθεν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ φανερῶς περὶ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπροφήτευσε καὶ εἶδε τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔψαλλεν ἐκεῖ πρῶτος ἀλληλούϊα, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται· αἰνέσωμεν τῷ ζῶντι θεῷ· ἀμήν, ὅ ἐστι· γένοιτο, γένοιτο· ἐκεῖ οὖν ἀπέθανε καὶ ἐτάφη πλησίον τῶν ἱερέων ἐνδόξως· διὸ λέγομεν ἀλληλούϊα, ὅ ἐστιν ὕμνος Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου. καʹ. Ζαχαρίας ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἦν υἱὸς Βαραχίου. Οὗτος ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς Χαλδαίων ἤδη προβεβηκὼς καὶ ἐκεῖ ὢν πολλὰ τῷ λαῷ προεφήτευσε καὶ τέρατα πολλὰ ἔδωκεν εἰς ἀπόδειξιν. Οὗτος εἶπε τῷ Ἰωσεδέκ, ὅτι γεννήσει υἱὸν καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἱερατεύσει τῷ κυρίῳ. Οὗτος καὶ τὸν Σαλαθιὴλ εὐλόγησεν ἐπὶ υἱῷ λέγων· ὅτι γεννήσεις υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα Ζοροβάβηλ. Καὶ ἐπὶ Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως 23 Περσῶν τέρας ἔδωκεν εἰς νῖκος περὶ Κροίσου τοῦ Λυδίων βασιλέως καὶ περὶ Ἀστυάγους τοῦ τῶν Μήδων βασιλέως καὶ περὶ τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ ἐπροφήτευσεν, ἣν ποιήσει Κύρος ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ. Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν σφόδρα. Τὰ δὲ τῆς προφητείας αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ περὶ τέλους ἐθνῶν καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ ναοῦ Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομῆς καὶ ἀργίας προφητῶν καὶ ἱερέων καὶ διπλῆς κρίσεως ἐξέθετο. Ἀπέθανε δὲ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐν γήρει μακρῷ καὶ ἐτάφη σύνεγγυς Ἀγγαίου τοῦ προφήτου. κβʹ. Μαλαχίας ὁ προφήτης ἦν ἐκ φυλῆς Ζαβουλών. Οὗτος μετὰ τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος τίκτεται ἐν Σοφᾷ ἐν γῇ Ζαβουλών. Καὶ ἔτι νέος ὢν καλὸν βίον ἔσχε, πολλὰ δὲ προεφήτευσε περὶ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου ἐπι-δημίας
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