Hosea · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Hosea 12 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 Ο Εφραΐμ βόσκεται άνεμον και κυνηγεί τον ανατολικόν άνεμον· καθ' ημέραν πληθύνει ψεύδη και όλεθρον κάμνουσι δε συνθήκην μετά των Ασσυρίων και φέρουσιν έλαιον εις την Αίγυπτον.
1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Ο Κύριος έχει έτι κρίσιν μετά του Ιούδα, και θέλει επισκεφθή τον Ιακώβ κατά τας οδούς αυτού· κατά τας πράξεις αυτού θέλει ανταποδώσει εις αυτόν.
2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
3 Εν τη κοιλία επτέρνισε τον αδελφόν αυτού και εν τη ανδρική ηλικία αυτού ενίσχυσε προς τον Θεόν.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
4 Ναι, ενίσχυσε μετά αγγέλου και υπερίσχυσεν· έκλαυσε και εδεήθη αυτού· εν Βαιθήλ εύρηκεν αυτόν, και εκεί ελάλησε προς ημάς·
4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
5 ναι, Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων, ο Κύριος είναι το μνημόσυνον αυτού.
5 even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown!
6 Διά τούτο συ επίστρεψον προς τον Θεόν σου· φύλαττε έλεος και κρίσιν και έλπιζε επί τον Θεόν σου διά παντός.
6 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 Ο Εφραΐμ είναι έμπορος· ζύγια απάτης είναι εν τη χειρί αυτού· αγαπά να αδική.
7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
8 Και ο Εφραΐμ είπε, Βεβαίως εγώ επλούτησα, απέκτησα υπάρχοντα εις εμαυτόν· εν πάσι τοις κόποις μου δεν θέλει ευρεθή εν εμοί ανομία, ήτις να λογίζηται αμαρτία.
8 Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9 Εγώ δε είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός σου εκ γης Αιγύπτου, θέλω σε κατοικίσει έτι εν σκηναίς ως εν ημέραις επισήμου εορτής.
9 “But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 Ελάλησα έτι διά προφητών και οράσεις επλήθυνα εγώ, και παρέστησα ομοιώσεις διά χειρός των προφητών.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11 Εν Γαλαάδ τάχα υπήρξεν ανομία; εν Γαλγάλοις μάλιστα εστάθησαν ματαιότης· θυσιάζουσι ταύρους, και τα θυσιαστήρια αυτών είναι ως σωροί εν ταις αύλαξι των αγρών.
11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 Ο δε Ιακώβ έφυγεν εις την γην της Συρίας και ο Ισραήλ εδούλευσε διά γυναίκα και διά γυναίκα εφύλαξε πρόβατα.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
13 Και διά προφήτου ανεβίβασεν ο Κύριος τον Ισραήλ εξ Αιγύπτου και διά προφήτου διεφυλάχθη.
13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ο Εφραΐμ παρώξυνεν αυτόν πικρότατα· διά τούτο θέλει εκχέει το αίμα αυτού επ' αυτόν και τον ονειδισμόν αυτού ο Κύριος αυτού θέλει επιστρέψει επ' αυτόν.
14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 11:12; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 5:13; Jeremiah 22:22; Ezekiel 17:10
- 2 Micah 6:2; Isaiah 10:6; Hosea 4:1; Jeremiah 25:31; Isaiah 8:7–8
- 3 Genesis 25:26; Romans 9:11; James 5:16–18; Genesis 32:24–28
- 4 Genesis 35:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Malachi 3:1; Hebrews 6:13–18; Genesis 48:15
- 5 Exodus 3:15; Psalm 135:13; Isaiah 42:8; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 32:30
- 6 Micah 6:8; Micah 7:7; Hosea 14:1; Lamentations 3:25–26; Hosea 6:1–3
- 7 Micah 6:10–11; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5–6; Leviticus 19:35–36; Micah 3:1–3
- 8 Revelation 3:17; Psalm 62:10; Deuteronomy 8:17; Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 9 Hosea 13:4; Leviticus 23:40–43; 2 Samuel 7:2; Nehemiah 8:15–17; Zechariah 14:16–19
- 10 2 Kings 17:13; Ezekiel 20:49; Jeremiah 7:25; Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 19:1
- 11 Hosea 4:15; Hosea 6:8; Hosea 8:11; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 10:1
- 12 Genesis 29:18–28; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 28:1–22; Genesis 27:43; Deuteronomy 26:5
- 13 Acts 3:22–23; Psalm 77:20; Exodus 12:50–51; Acts 7:35–37; Isaiah 63:11–14
- 14 Ezekiel 18:13; Daniel 11:18; 2 Kings 17:7–18; Deuteronomy 28:37; Hosea 7:16
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