Isaiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Isaiah 40 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 Παρηγορείτε, παρηγορείτε τον λαόν μου, λέγει ο Θεός σας.
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
2 Λαλήσατε παρηγορητικά προς την Ιερουσαλήμ, και φωνήσατε προς αυτήν, ότι ο καιρός της ταπεινώσεως αυτής επληρώθη, ότι η ανομία αυτής συνεχωρήθη· διότι έλαβεν εκ της χειρός Κυρίου διπλάσιον διά πάσας τας αμαρτίας αυτής.
2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
3 Φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω, Ετοιμάσατε την οδόν του Κυρίου. ευθείας κάμετε εν τη ερήμω τας τρίβους του Θεού ημών.
3 The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
4 Πάσα φάραγξ θέλει υψωθή και παν όρος και βουνός θέλει ταπεινωθή· και τα σκολιά θέλουσι γείνει ευθέα· και οι τραχείς τόποι ομαλοί·
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
5 και η δόξα του Κυρίου θέλει φανερωθή και πάσα σαρξ ομού θέλει ιδεί· διότι το στόμα του Κυρίου ελάλησε.
5 Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
6 Φωνή λέγουσα, Φώνησον· και είπε, Τι να φωνήσω; πάσα σαρξ είναι χόρτος και πάσα η δόξα αυτής ως άνθος του αγρού.
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 Ο χόρτος εξηράνθη, το άνθος εμαράνθη· διότι πνεύμα Κυρίου έπνευσεν επ' αυτό· χόρτος τη αληθεία είναι ο λαός.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 Ο χόρτος εξηράνθη, το άνθος εμαράνθη· ο λόγος όμως του Θεού ημών μένει εις τον αιώνα.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 Συ, ο φέρων εις την Σιών αγαθάς αγγελίας, ανάβα εις το όρος το υψηλόν· συ, ο φέρων αγαθάς αγγελίας εις την Ιερουσαλήμ, ύψωσον ισχυρώς την φωνήν σου· ύψωσον· μη φοβού· ειπέ προς τας πόλεις του Ιούδα, Ιδού, ο Θεός υμών.
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 Ιδού, Κύριος ο Θεός θέλει ελθεί μετά δυνάμεως και ο βραχίων αυτού θέλει εξουσιάζει δι' αυτόν· ιδού, ο μισθός αυτού είναι μετ' αυτού και η αμοιβή αυτού ενώπιον αυτού.
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 Θέλει βοσκήσει το ποίμνιον αυτού ως ποιμήν· θέλει συνάξει τα αρνία διά του βραχίονος αυτού και βαστάσει εν τω κόλπω αυτού· και θέλει οδηγεί τα θηλάζοντα.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Τις εμέτρησε τα ύδατα εν τω κοιλώματι της χειρός αυτού και εστάθμισε τους ουρανούς με την σπιθαμήν και συμπεριέλαβεν εν μέτρω το χώμα της γης και εζύγισε τα όρη διά στατήρος και τους λόφους διά πλάστιγγος;
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Τις εστάθμισε το πνεύμα του Κυρίου ή έγεινε σύμβουλος αυτού και, εδίδαξεν αυτόν;
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
14 Μετά τίνος συνεβουλεύθη, και τις εσυνέτισεν αυτόν και εδίδαξεν αυτόν την οδόν της κρίσεως και παρέδωκεν εις αυτόν επιστήμην και έδειξεν εις αυτόν την οδόν της συνέσεως;
14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Ιδού, τα έθνη είναι ως σανίς από κάδου και λογίζονται ως η λεπτή σκόνη της πλάστιγγος· ιδού, η μετατοπίζει τας νήσους ως σκόνην.
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Και ο Λίβανος δεν είναι ικανός εις καύσιν ουδέ τα ζώα αυτού ικανά εις ολοκαύτωμα.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Πάντα τα έθνη ενώπιον αυτού είναι ως μηδέν· λογίζονται παρ' αυτώ ολιγώτερον παρά το μηδέν και την ματαιότητα.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 Με τίνα λοιπόν θέλετε εξομοιώσει τον Θεόν; ή τι ομοίωμα θέλετε προσαρμόσει εις αυτόν;
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 Ο τεχνίτης χωνεύει εικόνα γλυπτήν, και ο χρυσοχόος εκτείνει χρυσόν επ' αυτήν και χύνει αργυράς αλύσεις.
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
20 Ο πτωχός κάμνων προσφοράν εκλέγει ξύλον άσηπτον· και ζητεί εις εαυτόν επιδέξιον τεχνίτην, διά να κατασκευάση εικόνα γλυπτήν μη σαλευομένην.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 Δεν εγνωρίσατε; δεν ηκούσατε; δεν ανηγγέλθη προς εσάς εξ αρχής; δεν ενοήσατε από καταβολής της γης;
21 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 Αυτός είναι ο καθήμενος επί τον γύρον της γης και οι κάτοικοι αυτής είναι ως ακρίδες· ο εκτείνων τους ουρανούς ως παραπέτασμα και εξαπλόνων αυτούς ως σκηνήν προς κατοίκησιν·
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
23 ο φέρων τους ηγεμόνας εις το μηδέν και καθιστών ως ματαιότητα τους κριτάς της γης.
23 who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 Αλλ' ουδέ θέλουσι φυτευθή· αλλ' ουδέ θέλουσι σπαρθή· αλλ' ουδέ θέλει ριζωθή εν τη γη το στέλεχος αυτών· μόνον να πνεύση επ' αυτούς, θέλουσι πάραυτα ξηρανθή και ο ανεμοστρόβιλος θέλει αναρπάσει αυτούς ως άχυρον.
24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
25 Με τίνα λοιπόν θέλετε με εξομοιώσει και θέλω εξισωθή; λέγει ο Άγιος.
25 “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Σηκώσατε υψηλά τους οφθαλμούς σας και ιδέτε, τις εποίησε ταύτα; Ο εξάγων το στράτευμα αυτών κατά αριθμόν· ο ονομαστί καλών ταύτα πάντα εν τη μεγαλειότητι της δυνάμεως αυτού, διότι είναι ισχυρός εις εξουσίαν· δεν λείπει ουδέν.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
27 Διά τι λέγεις, Ιακώβ, και λαλείς, Ισραήλ, Η οδός μου είναι κεκρυμμένη από του Κυρίου και η κρίσις μου παραμελείται υπό του Θεού μου;
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
28 Δεν εγνώρισας; δεν ήκουσας, ότι ο αιώνιος Θεός, ο Κύριος, ο Ποιητής των άκρων της γης, δεν ατονεί και δεν αποκάμνει; δεν εξιχνιάζεται η φρόνησις αυτού.
28 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 Δίδει ισχύν εις τους ητονημένους και αυξάνει την δύναμιν εις τους αδυνάτους.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Και οι νέοι θέλουσιν ατονήσει και αποκάμει, και οι εκλεκτοί νέοι θέλουσιν αδυνατήσει παντάπασιν·
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
31 αλλ' οι προσμένοντες τον Κύριον θέλουσιν ανανεώσει την δύναμιν αυτών· θέλουσιν αναβή με πτέρυγας ως αετοί· θέλουσι τρέξει και δεν θέλουσιν αποκάμει· θέλουσι περιπατήσει και δεν θέλουσιν ατονήσει.
31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 1:4; Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 51:3; Zephaniah 3:14–17; Zechariah 1:13
- 2 Zechariah 9:12; Isaiah 61:7; Hosea 2:14; Jeremiah 33:8–9; Revelation 18:6
- 3 Malachi 3:1; Mark 1:2–5; John 1:23; Matthew 3:1–3; Luke 1:16–17
- 4 Luke 3:5; Ezekiel 21:26; Luke 18:14; Isaiah 42:15–16; Isaiah 45:2
- 5 Habakkuk 2:14; Isaiah 52:10; Joel 2:28; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Luke 3:6
- 6 Psalm 103:15–16; 1 Peter 1:24–25; Psalm 102:11; James 1:10–11; Job 14:2
- 7 Job 41:21
- 8 Mark 13:31; Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:25; Psalm 119:89–91; Matthew 5:18
- 9 Isaiah 52:7–8; Ephesians 6:19; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 61:1
- 10 Revelation 22:12; Isaiah 62:11; Revelation 17:14; Matthew 28:18; Isaiah 49:4
- 11 Revelation 7:17; Psalm 23:1–6; Micah 5:4; Ezekiel 34:23; John 10:11–16
- 12 Proverbs 30:4; Hebrews 1:10–12; Psalm 102:25–26; Job 38:4–11; Isaiah 48:13
- 13 1 Corinthians 2:16; Romans 11:34; Job 36:22–23; Job 21:22; Luke 10:22
- 14 Job 21:22; Colossians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 12:4–6; James 1:17
- 15 Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 40:22; Job 34:14–15; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 11:11
- 16 Micah 6:6–7; Psalm 50:9–12; Psalm 40:6; Hebrews 10:5–10
- 17 Psalm 62:9; Daniel 4:34–35; Isaiah 29:7
- 18 Isaiah 46:5; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 40:25; Exodus 15:11; Acts 17:29
- 19 Jeremiah 10:9; Isaiah 46:6–7; Exodus 32:2–4; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Psalm 115:4–8
- 20 Jeremiah 10:3–4; Isaiah 41:7; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 2:8–9; Daniel 5:23
- 21 Isaiah 46:8; Isaiah 48:13; Acts 14:17; Romans 1:19–21; Psalm 50:6
- 22 Proverbs 8:27; Isaiah 42:5; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 66:1; Jeremiah 10:12
- 23 Psalm 107:40; Job 12:21; Jeremiah 25:18–27; Isaiah 34:12; Isaiah 24:21–22
- 24 Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 23:19; Haggai 1:9; Proverbs 1:27
- 25 Isaiah 40:18; Deuteronomy 4:15–18; Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 5:8
- 26 Colossians 1:16–17; Jeremiah 32:17–19; Isaiah 48:13; Isaiah 51:6; Psalm 147:4–5
- 27 Isaiah 49:4; Luke 18:7–8; Isaiah 49:14; Job 27:2
- 28 Romans 11:33–34; Psalm 147:5; 1 Timothy 1:17; Isaiah 55:8–9; Philippians 1:6
- 29 Isaiah 41:10; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Colossians 1:11; Zechariah 10:12
- 30 Amos 2:14; Psalm 34:10; Psalm 33:16; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 9:17
- 31 Lamentations 3:25–26; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Psalm 27:13–14; Psalm 103:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
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What the Fathers said
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Thus the prophet saith that he shall come saying, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." And he himself when he was come said, "Bring forth fruits meet for repentance," which corresponds with, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord." Seest thou that both by the words of the prophet, and by his own preaching, this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For the voice is heard of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)