The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
A. Recto| (Fragment A, recto)
1| and their b[ell]y shall not be filled with {br}[ead
2| each one, the pains of their {fa}thers[…]
3| before them, until they build, qr[ (side column:) ]-yn
4| and in later days he shall eat[ (side column:) ]-ʿ
5| righteousness to his father, and he shall bu[y (side column:) ]-whi
6| and he shall weigh him in {his heart}, and he shall kill a man l-[ (side column:) … / ]-t{k}
7| his lord, and he shall {release} him, a man, the {sons} of {his lord}[ (side column:) ]-ʾšh
8| bread. And the gods of Egypt shall gather[…]
9| … 44 years {p}ḥ[…]
A. Verso| (Fragment A, verso)
10| …] to the sons, on the testimony of the king, and he hea[rd
11| …] Bar Puneš, he. Then the king answered[…]
12| …] Bar Puneš the words that the king had said, and [answered
13| … you have k]{il}led them. You shall go with the sword of your army, and you[…]
14| ]{and} {that} shall {pass}, and the captives that you took captive in this year[…]
15| ]-bʾlk, and your bones shall not go down to Sheol, and your shadow[…]
16| Bar Pune]š over the thousands of the king, and … in vict[ories
B. Recto| (Fragment B, recto)
17| ]the king, and he cried out, and {anointed}[…]
18| ]this, which {happened}[…]
19| you shall h]ang him, just as you did to hi[s] sons
20| ]were it not that in the place of the s[e]a you kill[ed him
21| ]-š{ʿ}t{r}m in Tema{y} {and} Menah[em
22| th]at, you shall go and {drink}[…]
23| ]-h with gods, {and} a spell, {help}[…]
24| ]{ṣ}b . b … [and in days] later[…]
B. Verso| (Fragment B, verso)
25| ] which his father {will give} him[…]
26| shall gath]er, the gods of Egypt [who
27| Eg]ypt, and they shall be[…]
28| ]-mh, and righteousness {shall perish}, and {ʾy}[…]
29| ]-sw, and a man {was brought out}[…]
30| ]{š} because of his silver, {kšr}[…]
31| ]{his corpse} to {bury} it, [and to
32| ]{and they} {shall say} to him, and he shall answer[…]
33| ]-nth in {half} … you shall go, and to[…]
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