Isaiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Isaiah 35 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 Η έρημος και η άνυδρος θέλουσιν ευφρανθή δι' αυτά, και η ερημία θέλει αγαλλιασθή και ανθήσει ως ρόδον.
1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
2 Θέλει ανθήσει εν αφθονία και αγαλλιασθή μάλιστα χαίρουσα και αλαλάζουσα· η δόξα του Λιβάνου θέλει δοθή εις αυτήν, η τιμή του Καρμήλου και Σαρών· οι τόποι ούτοι θέλουσιν ιδεί την δόξαν του Κυρίου και την μεγαλωσύνην του Θεού ημών.
2 It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
3 Ενισχύσατε τας κεχαυνωμένας χείρας· και στερεώσατε τα παραλελυμένα γόνατα.
3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
4 Είπατε προς τους πεφοβισμένους την καρδίαν, Ισχύσατε, μη φοβείσθε· ιδού, ο Θεός σας θέλει ελθεί μετ' εκδικήσεως, ο Θεός μετά ανταποδόσεως· αυτός θέλει ελθεί και θέλει σας σώσει.
4 Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.
5 Τότε οι οφθαλμοί των τυφλών θέλουσιν ανοιχθή και τα ώτα των κωφών θέλουσιν ακούσει.
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
6 Τότε ο χωλός θέλει πηδά ως έλαφος και η γλώσσα του μογιλάλου θέλει ψάλλει· διότι εν τη ερήμω θέλουσιν αναβλύσει ύδατα και ρεύματα εν τη ερημία.
6 Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
7 Και η ξηρά γη θέλει κατασταθή λίμνη και η διψώσα γη πηγαί ύδατος· εν τη κατοικία των θώων, όπου εκοίτοντο, θέλει είσθαι χλόη μετά καλάμων και σπάρτων.
7 The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
8 Και εκεί θέλει είσθαι λεωφόρος και οδός και θέλει ονομασθή, Οδός αγία· ο ακάθαρτος δεν θέλει περάσει δι' αυτής αλλά θέλει είσθαι δι' αυτούς ο οδεύων και οι μωροί δεν θέλουσι πλανάσθαι.
8 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.
9 Λέων δεν θέλει είσθαι εκεί και θηρίον αρπακτικόν δεν θέλει αναβή εκεί· δεν θέλει ευρεθή εκεί· αλλά οι λελυτρωμένοι θέλουσι περιπατεί εκεί.
9 No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
10 Και οι λελυτρωμένοι του Κυρίου θέλουσιν επιστρέψει και ελθεί εν αλαλαγμώ εις την Σιών· και ευφροσύνη αιώνιος θέλει είσθαι επί της κεφαλής αυτών· αγαλλίασιν και ευφροσύνην θέλουσιν απολαύσει· η λύπη δε και ο στεναγμός θέλουσι φύγει.
10 Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 36:35; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 55:12–13; Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 52:9–10
- 2 Isaiah 60:13; Romans 10:15; Isaiah 25:9; Habakkuk 2:14; Amos 9:13–15
- 3 Hebrews 12:12; Luke 22:32; Job 4:3–4; Isaiah 57:14–16; Luke 22:43
- 4 James 5:7–9; Isaiah 41:10–14; Zephaniah 3:16–17; Ephesians 6:10; Isaiah 34:8
- 5 Isaiah 42:6–7; Luke 7:20–23; Isaiah 29:18; Matthew 11:3–5; Isaiah 32:3–4
- 6 John 5:8–9; Luke 11:14; John 7:37–39; Matthew 12:22; Isaiah 32:4
- 7 Acts 26:18; Isaiah 49:10; John 4:14; Isaiah 34:13; 1 John 5:19–20
- 8 Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 42:16; John 14:6; Revelation 21:27; 1 Peter 1:14–15
- 9 Isaiah 62:12; Ezekiel 34:25; Exodus 15:13; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 30:6
- 10 Revelation 21:4; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 51:10–11; Isaiah 65:19
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
How these were chosen
“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).
There are these words: "At His coming the lame shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerer shall be clear speaking: the blind shall see, and the lepers shall be cleansed; and the dead shall rise, and walk about." And that He did those things, you can learn from the Acts of Pontius Pilate.
Those, again, who declare that at His coming "the lame man shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall [speak] plainly, and the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear," and that "the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, shall be strengthened," and that "the dead …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear: then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be distinct.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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