Amos · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Amos 5 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ακούσατε τον λόγον τούτον, τον θρήνον τον οποίον εγώ αναλαμβάνω εναντίον σας, οίκος Ισραήλ.
1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
2 Επεσε· δεν θέλει σηκωθή πλέον η παρθένος του Ισραήλ· είναι ερριμμένη επί της γης αυτής· δεν υπάρχει ο ανιστών αυτήν.
2 “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
3 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Η πόλις, εξ ης εξήρχοντο χίλιοι, θέλει μείνει με εκατόν· και εξ ης εξήρχοντο εκατόν, θέλει μείνει με δέκα εν τω οίκω Ισραήλ.
3 For the Lord Yahweh says: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
4 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος προς τον οίκον του Ισραήλ· Εκζητήσατέ με και θέλετε ζήσει.
4 For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
5 Και μη εκζητείτε την Βαιθήλ και μη εισέρχεσθε εις Γάλγαλα και μη διαβαίνετε εις Βηρ-σαβεέ· διότι τα Γάλγαλα θέλουσιν υπάγει εξάπαντος εις αιχμαλωσίαν και η Βαιθήλ θέλει καταντήσει εις το μηδέν.
5 but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 Εκζητήσατε τον Κύριον και θέλετε ζήσει, μήπως εφορμήση ως πυρ επί τον οίκον Ιωσήφ και καταφάγη αυτόν και δεν υπάρχη ο σβύνων την Βαιθήλ.
6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
7 Σεις, οι μεταστρέφοντες την κρίσιν εις αψίνθιον και απορρίπτοντες κατά γης την δικαιοσύνην,
7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 εκζητήσατε τον ποιούντα την Πλειάδα και τον Ωρίωνα και μετατρέποντα την σκιάν του θανάτου εις αυγήν και σκοτίζοντα την ημέραν εις νύκτα, τον προσκαλούντα τα ύδατα της θαλάσσης και εκχέοντα αυτά επί το πρόσωπον της γής· Κύριος είναι το όνομα αυτού·
8 Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
9 τον εγείροντα αφανισμόν κατά του ισχυρού και επάγοντα αφανισμόν εις τα οχυρώματα.
9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
10 Μισούσι τον ελέγχοντα εν τη πύλη και βδελύττονται τον λαλούντα εν ευθύτητι.
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
11 Όθεν, επειδή καταθλίβετε τον πτωχόν και λαμβάνετε απ' αυτού φόρον σίτου, αν και ωκοδομήσατε οίκους λαξευτούς, δεν θέλετε όμως κατοικήσει εν αυτοίς· αν και εφυτεύσατε αμπελώνας επιθυμητούς, δεν θέλετε όμως πίει τον οίνον αυτών.
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
12 Διότι γνωρίζω τας πολλάς ασεβείας σας και τας ισχυράς αμαρτίας σας οίτινες καταθλίβετε τον δίκαιον, δωροδοκείσθε και καταδυναστεύετε τους πτωχούς εν τη πύλη.
12 For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
13 Διά τούτο ο συνετός θέλει σιωπά εν τω καιρώ εκείνω· διότι είναι καιρός κακός.
13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
14 Εκζητήσατε το καλόν και ουχί το κακόν, διά να ζήσητε· και ούτω Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων θέλει είσθαι μεθ' υμών, καθώς είπετε.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
15 Μισείτε το κακόν και αγαπάτε το καλόν και αποκαταστήσατε την κρίσιν εν τη πύλη· ίσως ο Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων ελεήση το υπόλοιπον του Ιωσήφ.
15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16 Διά τούτο Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων, ο Κύριος, λέγει ούτως· Οδυρμός εν πάσαις ταις πλατείαις· και εν πάσαις ταις οδοίς θέλουσι λέγει, Ουαί, ουαί· και θέλουσι κράζει τον γεωργόν εις πένθος και τους επιτηδείους θρηνωδούς εις οδυρμόν.
16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
17 Και εν πάσαις ταις αμπέλοις οδυρμός· διότι θέλω περάσει διά μέσου σου, λέγει Κύριος.
17 In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
18 Ουαί εις τους επιθυμούντας την ημέραν του Κυρίου· προς τι θέλει είσθαι αύτη διά σας; η ημέρα του Κυρίου είναι σκότος και ουχί φως.
18 “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
19 Είναι ως εάν έφευγεν άνθρωπος απ' έμπροσθεν λέοντος και άρκτος απήντα αυτόν, ή ως εάν εισήρχετο εις οίκον και επιστηρίξαντα την χείρα αυτού εις τον τοίχον, εδάγκανεν αυτόν όφις.
19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
20 Δεν θέλει είσθαι σκότος η ημέρα του Κυρίου και ουχί φως; μάλιστα ζόφος και φέγγος μη έχουσα;
20 Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 Εμίσησα, απεστράφην τας εορτάς σας, και δεν θέλω οσφρανθή εν ταις πανηγύρεσιν υμών.
21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
22 Εάν μοι προσφέρητε τα ολοκαυτώματα και τας θυσίας σας, δεν θέλω δεχθή αυτάς και δεν θέλω επιβλέψει εις τας ειρηνικάς θυσίας των σιτευτών σας.
22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
23 Αφαίρεσον απ' εμού τον ήχον των ωδών σου, και το άσμα των οργάνων σου δεν θέλω ακούσει.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Αλλ' η κρίσις ας καταρρέη ως ύδωρ και η δικαιοσύνη ως αένναος χείμαρρος.
24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 Μήποτε θυσίας και προσφοράς προσεφέρετε εις εμέ, οίκος Ισραήλ, τεσσαράκοντα έτη εν τη ερήμω;
25 “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
26 Μάλιστα ανελάβετε την σκηνήν του Μολόχ σας και τον Χιούν, τον αστέρα του θεού σας, τα είδωλα υμών, τα οποία εκάμετε εις αυτούς.
26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
27 Διά τούτο θέλω σας μετοικίσει επέκεινα της Δαμασκού, λέγει Κύριος· ο Θεός των δυνάμεων είναι το όνομα αυτού.
27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 19:1; Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:10; Amos 3:1
- 2 Jeremiah 14:17; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 14:21; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 15:29
- 3 Romans 9:27; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 6:13; Ezekiel 12:16; Isaiah 1:9
- 4 Zephaniah 2:3; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Jeremiah 29:12–13; Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 14:2
- 5 Hosea 4:15; Amos 4:4; Amos 8:14; Genesis 21:33; Amos 7:17
- 6 Isaiah 55:6; Ezekiel 20:47–48; Ezekiel 33:11; Zechariah 10:6; Amos 5:14
- 7 Amos 6:12; Zephaniah 1:6; Ezekiel 3:20; Hosea 10:4; Deuteronomy 29:18
- 8 Amos 4:13; Job 9:9; Amos 9:6; Amos 8:9; Psalm 104:20
- 9 Jeremiah 37:10; 2 Kings 13:17; Micah 5:11; 2 Kings 13:25; Hebrews 11:34
- 10 1 Kings 22:8; Isaiah 29:21; John 8:45–47; Jeremiah 17:16–17; Proverbs 9:7–8
- 11 Micah 6:15; Zephaniah 1:13; Deuteronomy 28:30; James 2:6; Haggai 1:6
- 12 Amos 2:6–7; Amos 5:10; Isaiah 1:23; 1 Samuel 8:3; Psalm 26:9–10
- 13 2 Timothy 3:1; Hosea 4:4; Ephesians 5:15–16; Micah 2:3; Ecclesiastes 3:7
- 14 Joshua 1:9; Matthew 6:33; Philippians 4:8–9; Micah 6:8; Micah 3:11
- 15 Romans 12:9; 3 John 11; Joel 2:14; Psalm 97:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
- 16 Joel 1:11; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Jeremiah 9:10; Revelation 18:15–16; Micah 1:8
- 17 Exodus 12:12; Jeremiah 48:33; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 32:10–12; Joel 3:17
- 18 Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1–2; Joel 2:31; Jeremiah 30:7; Malachi 4:1
- 19 Isaiah 24:17–18; Jeremiah 15:2–3; Jeremiah 48:43–44; Job 20:24–25; Acts 28:4
- 20 Isaiah 13:10; Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Job 10:21–22; Jude 13
- 21 Isaiah 1:11–16; Proverbs 28:9; Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20
- 22 Micah 6:6–7; Amos 4:4–5; Isaiah 66:3; Leviticus 7:12–15; Psalm 50:23
- 23 Amos 6:5; Amos 8:10; Amos 8:3
- 24 Micah 6:8; Jeremiah 22:3; Proverbs 21:3; Hosea 6:6; Mark 12:32–34
- 25 Acts 7:42–43; Ezekiel 20:8; Nehemiah 9:18; Joshua 24:14; Leviticus 17:7
- 26 Leviticus 20:2–5; 2 Kings 23:12–13; 1 Kings 11:33; Leviticus 18:21
- 27 2 Kings 17:6; Acts 7:43; Amos 4:13; 2 Kings 15:29
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
But God turned, and gave them up to worship the hosts of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets: O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to Me sacrifices and oblations for forty years in the wilderness?
I will seek Thee, that my soul may live. For my body liveth by my soul, and my soul liveth by Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
I am moreover restrained by the Prophet's saying, "Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time, for it is an evil time," a time when some trip up their neighbours' heels, some stamp on a man when he is down, and others clap their hands with joy, but there is not one to feel for the fallen and hold …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
The day of the Lord is darkness and not light." A day of darkness for those who are worthy of darkness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)