Ezekiel · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ezekiel 28 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 Υιέ ανθρώπου, ειπέ προς τον ηγεμόνα της Τύρου, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Επειδή υψώθη η καρδία σου και είπας, Εγώ είμαι θεός, επί της καθέδρας του Θεού κάθημαι, εν τη καρδία των θαλασσών· ενώ είσαι άνθρωπος αλλ' ουχί Θεός· και έκαμες την καρδίαν σου ως καρδίαν Θεού·
2 “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
3 ιδού, συ είσαι σοφώτερος του Δανιήλ· ουδέν μυστήριον είναι κεκρυμμένον από σού·
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
4 διά της σοφίας σου και διά της συνέσεώς σου έκαμες εις σεαυτόν δύναμιν και απέκτησας εν τοις θησαυροίς σου χρυσίον και αργύριον·
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 διά της μεγάλης σοφίας σου ηύξησας τα πλούτη σου διά του εμπορίου, και η καρδία σου υψώθη διά την δύναμίν σου·
5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
6 διά τούτο, ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Επειδή έκαμες την καρδίαν σου ως καρδίαν Θεού,
6 “‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
7 ιδού, διά τούτο θέλω φέρει εναντίον σου ξένους, τους τρομερωτέρους των εθνών· και θέλουσιν εκσπάσει τα ξίφη αυτών κατά του κάλλους της σοφίας σου και θέλουσι μολύνει την λαμπρότητά σου.
7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness.
8 Θέλουσι σε καταβιβάσει εις τον λάκκον, και θέλεις τελευτήσει με τον θάνατον των πεφονευμένων εν τη καρδία των θαλασσών.
8 They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
9 Θέλεις λέγει έτι ενώπιον του φονεύοντός σε, Εγώ είμαι θεός, άνθρωπος ων και ουχί θεός, εν ταις χερσί του φονεύοντός σε;
9 Will you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’? But you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
10 Θάνατον απεριτμήτων θέλεις θανατωθή διά χειρός των ξένων· διότι εγώ ελάλησα, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
11 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
12 Υιέ ανθρώπου, ανάλαβε θρήνον επί τον βασιλέα της Τύρου και ειπέ προς αυτόν, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Συ επεσφράγισας τα πάντα, είσαι πλήρης σοφίας και τέλειος εις κάλλος.
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Εστάθης εν Εδέμ τω παραδείσω του Θεού· ήσο περιεσκεπασμένος υπό παντός λίθου τιμίου, υπό σαρδίου, τοπαζίου και αδάμαντος, βηρυλλίου, όνυχος και ιάσπεως, σαπφείρου, σμαράγδου και άνθρακος και χρυσίου· η υπηρεσία των τυμπάνων σου και των αυλών σου ήτο ητοιμασμένη διά σε την ημέραν καθ' ην εκτίσθης.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
14 Ησο χερούβ κεχρισμένον, διά να επισκιάζης· και εγώ σε έστησα· ήσο εν τω όρει τω αγίω του Θεού· περιεπάτεις εν μέσω λίθων πυρίνων.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.
15 Ησο τέλειος εν ταις οδοίς σου αφ' ης ημέρας εκτίσθης, εωσού ευρέθη αδικία εν σοι.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16 Εκ του πλήθους του εμπορίου σου ενέπλησαν το μέσον σου από ανομίας και ήμαρτες· διά τούτο θέλω σε απορρίψει ως βέβηλον από του όρους του Θεού, και θέλω σε καταστρέψει εν μέσω των πυρίνων λίθων, χερούβ επισκιάζον.
16 By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.
17 Η καρδία σου υψώθη διά το κάλλος σου· έφθειρας την σοφίαν σου διά την λαμπρότητά σου· θέλω σε ρίψει κατά γής· θέλω σε εκθέσει ενώπιον των βασιλέων, διά να βλέπωσιν εις σε.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
18 Εβεβήλωσας τα ιερά σου διά το πλήθος των αμαρτιών σου, διά τας αδικίας του εμπορίου σου· διά τούτο θέλω εκβάλει πυρ εκ μέσου σου, το οποίον θέλει σε καταφάγει· και θέλω σε καταστήσει σποδόν επί της γης, ενώπιον πάντων των βλεπόντων σε.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
19 Πάντες οι γνωρίζοντές σε μεταξύ των λαών θέλουσιν εκπλαγή διά σέ· φρίκη θέλεις είσθαι και δεν θέλεις υπάρξει έως αιώνος.
19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.”’”
20 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
20 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21 Υιέ ανθρώπου, στήριξον το πρόσωπόν σου επί την Σιδώνα, και προφήτευσον κατ' αυτής
21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 και ειπέ, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον σου, Σιδών· και θέλω δοξασθή εν μέσω σου· και θέλουσι γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος, όταν εκτελέσω κρίσεις εις αυτήν και αγιασθώ εν αυτή.
22 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
23 Διότι θέλω εξαποστείλει εις αυτήν θανατικόν και αίμα εν ταις οδοίς αυτής· και οι τετραυματισμένοι θέλουσι πέσει εν μέσω αυτής διά μαχαίρας ελθούσης επ' αυτήν κυκλόθεν· και θέλουσι γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος.
23 For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets. The wounded will fall within her, with the sword on her on every side. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
24 Και δεν θέλει είσθαι πλέον εν τω οίκω Ισραήλ σκόλοψ πικρίας και άκανθα οδύνης εκ πάντων των πέριξ αυτών των καταφρονούντων αυτούς· και θέλουσι γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός.
24 “‘“There will no longer be a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”
25 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Όταν συνάξω τον οίκον Ισραήλ εκ των λαών, μεταξύ των οποίων είναι διεσκορπισμένοι, και αγιασθώ εν αυτοίς ενώπιον των εθνών, τότε θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν τη γη αυτών, την οποίαν έδωκα εις τον δούλον μου τον Ιακώβ.
25 “‘The Lord Yahweh says: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am shown as holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 Και θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν αυτή εν ασφαλεία και θέλουσιν οικοδομήσει οικίας και φυτεύσει αμπελώνας· ναι, θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν ασφαλεία, όταν εκτελέσω κρίσεις επί πάντας τους καταφρονήσαντας αυτούς κυκλόθεν αυτών· και θέλουσι γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός αυτών.
26 They will dwell in it securely. Yes, they will build houses, plant vineyards, and will dwell securely when I have executed judgments on all those around them who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”’”
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Ezekiel 28:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Isaiah 14:13–14; Psalm 9:20; Proverbs 16:18
- 3 Daniel 1:20; Daniel 2:22; Daniel 2:27–28; Job 15:8; Daniel 5:11–12
- 4 Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 23:4–5; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ezekiel 29:3
- 5 Psalm 52:7; Psalm 62:10; Hosea 13:6; Ezekiel 28:2; James 4:13–14
- 6 Ezekiel 28:2; Exodus 9:17; James 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Job 40:9–12
- 7 Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 32:12; Habakkuk 1:6–8; Daniel 7:7
- 8 Ezekiel 27:34; Ezekiel 27:26–27; Job 33:28; Ezekiel 32:18–30; Job 33:18
- 9 Ezekiel 28:2; Psalm 82:7; Isaiah 31:3; Acts 12:22–23; Daniel 5:23–30
- 10 Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; 1 Samuel 17:36; Ezekiel 32:21; Philippians 3:3
- 12 Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 26:17; Colossians 2:3; Colossians 1:9; James 3:13–18
- 13 Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 27:16; Genesis 2:8; Isaiah 54:11–12; Isaiah 51:3
- 14 Isaiah 14:12–15; Exodus 30:26; Exodus 40:9; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 20:40
- 15 2 Peter 2:4; Ezekiel 28:17–18; Genesis 1:26–27; Romans 7:9; Ezekiel 28:12
- 16 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Habakkuk 2:8; Habakkuk 2:17; Genesis 3:24; John 2:16
- 17 Ezekiel 28:5; James 4:6; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 28:2
- 18 Malachi 4:3; Revelation 18:8; Amos 1:9–10; Ezekiel 28:16; Ezekiel 28:2
- 19 Ezekiel 26:21; Revelation 18:15–19; Revelation 18:21; Isaiah 14:16–19; Ezekiel 27:35–36
- 21 Ezekiel 6:2; Genesis 10:15; Ezekiel 25:2; Jeremiah 25:22; Ezekiel 27:8
- 22 Ezekiel 39:13; Ezekiel 20:41; Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 30:19; Exodus 14:17
- 23 Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 25:11; Jeremiah 15:2; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 26:6
- 24 Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Isaiah 55:13; Ezekiel 2:6
- 25 Jeremiah 32:37; Ezekiel 20:41; Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 37:25; Ezekiel 11:17
- 26 Ezekiel 28:24; Ezekiel 28:22; Amos 9:13–14; Ezekiel 34:25–28; Jeremiah 32:15
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