Sirach · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Sirach 48 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἠλίας προφήτης ὡς πῦρ, καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ὡς λαμπὰς ἐκαίετο·
1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch.
2 ὃς ἐπήγαγεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς λιμὸν, καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ αὐτοῦ ὠλιγοποίησεν αὐτούς.
2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number.
3 Ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου ἀνέσχεν οὐρανὸν, κατήγαγεν οὕτως τρὶς πῦρ.
3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times.
4 Ὡς ἐδοξάσθης Ἠλία ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις σου; καὶ τίς ὅμοιός σοι καυχᾶσθαι;
4 How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours?
5 Ὁ ἐγείρας νεκρὸν ἐκ θυνάτου καὶ ἐξ ᾅδου ἐν λόγῳ ὑψίστου·
5 You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High.
6 ὁ καταγαγὼν βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, καὶ δεδοξασμένους ἀπὸ κλίνης αὐτῶν·
6 You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds.
7 ὁ ἀκούων ἐν Σινᾷ ἐλεγμὸν, καὶ ἐν Χωρὴβ κρίματα ἐκδικήσεως·
7 You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb.
8 ὁ χρίων βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀνταπόδομα, καὶ προφήτας διαδόχους μετʼ αὐτόν·
8 You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you.
9 ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς ἐν λαίλαπι πυρὸς ἐν ἅρματι ἵππων πυρίνων·
9 You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
10 ὁ καταγραφεὶς ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς εἰς καιροὺς, κοπάσαι ὀργὴν πρὸ θυμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν, καὶ καταστῆσαι φυλὰς Ἰακώβ.
10 You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Μακάριοι οἱ ἰδόντες σε, καὶ οἱ ἐν ἀγαπήσει κεκοσμημένοι· καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ζωῇ ζησόμεθα.
11 Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.
12 Ἠλίας, ὃς ἐν λαίλαπι ἐσκεπάσθη· καὶ Ἐλισαιὲ ἐνεπλήσθη πνεύματος αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθη ὑπὸ ἄρχοντος, καὶ οὐ κατεδυνάστευσεν αὐτὸν οὐδείς.
12 Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
13 Πᾶς λόγος οὐχ ὑπερῇρεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν κοιμήσει ἐπροφήτευσε τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ.
13 Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied.
14 Καὶ ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε τέρατα. καὶ ἐν τελευτῇ θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
14 As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death.
15 Ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐ μετενόησεν ὁ λαὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἕως ἐπρονομεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐσκορπίσθησαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· καὶ κατελείφθη ὁ λαὸς ὀλιγοστὸς, καὶ ἄρχων τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυίδ.
15 For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.
16 Τινὲς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐποίησαν τὸ ἀρεστὸν, τινὲς δὲ ἐπλήθυναν ἁμαρτίας.
16 Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins.
17 Ἐζεκίας ὠχύρωσε τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν τὸν Γώγ· ὤρυξε σιδήρῳ ἀκρότομον, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε κρήνας εἰς ὕδατα.
17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water.
18 Ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Σενναχηρὶμ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε Ῥαψάκην, καὶ ἀπῇρε· καὶ ἐπῇρεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν, καὶ ἐμεγαλαύχησεν ὑπερηφανίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
18 In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance.
19 Τότε ἐσαλεύθησαν καρδίαι καὶ χεῖρες αὐτῶν, καὶ ὠδίνησαν ὡς αἱ τίκτουσαι.
19 Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor.
20 Καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὸν Κύριον τὸν ἐλεήμονα, ἐκπετάσαντες τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ταχὺ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Ἡσαΐου.
20 But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21 Ἐπάταξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἐξέτριψεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ.
21 He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel utterly destroyed them.
22 Ἐποίησε γὰρ Ἐζεκίας τὸ ἀρεστὸν Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν ἐν ὁδοῖς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἐνετείλατο Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης ὁ μέγας, καὶ πιστὸς ἐν ὁράσει αὐτοῦ.
22 For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
23 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ προσέθηκε ζωὴν βασιλεῖ·
23 In his days the sun went backward. He prolonged the life of the king.
24 Πνεύματι μεγάλῳ εἶδε τὰ ἔσχατα, καὶ παρεκάλεσε τοὺς πενθοῦντας ἐν Σιών.
24 He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future; and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25 Ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος ὑπέδειξε τὰ ἐσόμενα, καὶ τὰ ἀπόκρυφα πρινὴ παραγενέσθαι αὐτά.
25 He showed the things that would happen through the end of time, and the hidden things before they came.