Isaiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Isaiah 44 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 Αλλά τώρα άκουσον, δούλέ μου Ιακώβ, και Ισραήλ τον οποίον εξέλεξα.
1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, όστις σε έκαμε και σε έπλασεν εκ κοιλίας και θέλει σε βοηθήσει· Μη φοβού, δούλέ μου Ιακώβ, και συ, Ιεσουρούν, τον οποίον εξέλεξα.
2 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 Διότι θέλω εκχέει ύδωρ επί τον διψώντα και ποταμούς επί την ξηράν· θέλω εκχέει το πνεύμά μου επί το σπέρμα σου και την ευλογίαν μου επί τους εκγόνους σου·
3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;
4 και θέλουσι βλαστήσει ως μεταξύ χόρτου, ως ιτέαι παρά τους ρύακας των υδάτων.
4 and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
5 Ο μεν θέλει λέγει, Εγώ είμαι του Κυρίου· ο δε θέλει ονομάζεσθαι με το όνομα Ιακώβ· και άλλος θέλει υπογράφεσθαι με την χείρα αυτού εις τον Κύριον και επονομάζεσθαι με το όνομα Ισραήλ.
5 One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s.’ Another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
6 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ και ο Λυτρωτής αυτού, ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Εγώ είμαι ο πρώτος και εγώ ο έσχατος· και εκτός εμού δεν υπάρχει Θεός.
6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
7 Και τις ως εγώ θέλει κράξει και αναγγείλει και διατάξει εις εμέ, αφού εσύστησα τον παλαιόν λαόν; και τα επερχόμενα και τα μέλλοντα ας αναγγείλωσι προς αυτούς.
7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
8 Μη φοβείσθε μηδέ τρομάζετε· έκτοτε δεν σε έκαμα να ακούσης και ανήγγειλα τούτο; σεις είσθε μάλιστα μάρτυρές μου· εκτός εμού υπάρχει Θεός; βεβαίως δεν υπάρχει βράχος· δεν γνωρίζω ουδένα.
8 Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
9 Όσοι κατασκευάζουσιν είδωλα, πάντες είναι ματαιότης· και τα πολυέραστα αυτών είδωλα δεν ωφελούσι· και αυτοί είναι μάρτυρες αυτών ότι δεν βλέπουσιν ουδέ νοούσι, διά να καταισχυνθώσι.
9 Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
10 Τις έπλασε θεόν ή έχυσεν είδωλον, το οποίον ουδέν ωφελεί;
10 Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Ιδού, πάντες οι σύντροφοι αυτού θέλουσιν αισχυνθή· και οι τεχνίται, αυτοί είναι εξ ανθρώπων· ας συναχθώσι πάντες ομού· ας παρασταθώσι· θέλουσι φοβηθή, θέλουσιν εντραπή πάντες ομού.
11 Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.
12 Ο χαλκεύς κόπτει σίδηρον και εργάζεται εις τους άνθρακας και με τα σφυρία μορφόνει αυτό και κατασκευάζει αυτό με την δύναμιν των βραχιόνων αυτού· μάλιστα πεινά και η δύναμις αυτού αποκάμνει· ύδωρ δεν πίνει και ατονεί.
12 The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
13 Ο ξυλουργός εξαπλόνει τον κανόνα, σημειόνει αυτό με στάθμην, ομαλύνει αυτό με ροκάνια και σημειόνει αυτό διά του διαβήτου και κάμνει αυτό κατά την ανθρωπίνην μορφήν, κατά ανθρωπίνην ώραιότητα, διά να κατοική εν τη οικία.
13 The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
14 Κόπτει εις εαυτόν κέδρους και λαμβάνει την κυπάρισσον και την δρυν, τα οποία εκλέγει εις εαυτόν μεταξύ των δένδρων του δάσους· φυτεύει πεύκην και η βροχή αυξάνει αυτήν.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Και θέλει είσθαι χρήσιμον εις τον άνθρωπον διά καύσιμον· και εξ αυτού λαμβάνει και θερμαίνεται· προσέτι καίει αυτό και ψήνει άρτον· προσέτι κάμνει αυτό θεόν και προσκυνεί αυτό· κάμνει αυτό είδωλον και γονατίζει έμπροσθεν αυτού.
15 Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he burns it and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 Το ήμισυ αυτού καίει εν πυρί· με το άλλο ήμισυ τρώγει το κρέας· ψήνει το ψητόν και χορταίνει· και θερμαίνεται, λέγων, Ω εθερμάνθην, είδον το πύρ·
16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
17 και το εναπολειφθέν αυτού κάμνει θεόν, το γλυπτόν αυτού· γονατίζει έμπροσθεν αυτού και προσκυνεί αυτό και προσεύχεται εις αυτό και λέγει, Λύτρωσόν με, διότι είσαι ο θεός μου.
17 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 Δεν καταλαμβάνουσιν ουδέ νοούσι· διότι έκλεισε τους οφθαλμούς αυτών διά να μη βλέπωσι, και τας καρδίας αυτών διά να μη νοώσι.
18 They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
19 Και ουδείς συλλογίζεται εν τη καρδία αυτού ουδέ είναι γνώσις εν αυτώ ουδέ νόησις, ώστε να είπη, Το ήμισυ αυτού έκαυσα εν πυρί· έτι έψησα άρτον επί των ανθράκων αυτού· έψησα κρέας και έφαγον· έπειτα θέλω κάμει το υπόλοιπον αυτού βδέλυγμα; θέλω προσκυνήσει δένδρου κορμόν;
19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
20 Βόσκεται από στάκτης· η ηπατημένη καρδία αυτού απεπλάνησεν αυτόν, διά να μη δύναται να ελευθερώση την ψυχήν αυτού μηδέ να είπη, Τούτο, τη εν τη δεξιά μου, δεν είναι ψεύδος;
20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
21 Ενθυμού ταύτα, Ιακώβ και Ισραήλ· διότι δούλός μου είσαι· εγώ σε έπλασα· δούλός μου είσαι· Ισραήλ, δεν θέλεις λησμονηθή υπ' εμού.
21 Remember these things, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 Εξήλειψα ως πυκνήν ομίχλην τας παραβάσεις σου, και ως νέφος τας αμαρτίας σου· επίστρεψον προς εμέ· διότι εγώ σε ελύτρωσα.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 Ψάλλετε, ουρανοί· διότι ο Κύριος έκαμε τούτο· αλαλάξατε, τα κάτω της γής· εκβάλετε φωνήν αγαλλιάσεως, όρη, δάση και πάντα τα εν αυτοίς δένδρα· διότι ο Κύριος ελύτρωσε τον Ιακώβ και εδοξάσθη εν τω Ισραήλ.
23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
24 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος, όστις σε ελύτρωσε και σε έπλασεν εκ κοιλίας· Εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος ο ποιήσας τα πάντα· ο μόνος εκτείνας τους ουρανούς, ο στερεώσας την γην απ' εμαυτού·
24 Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 ο ματαιόνων τα σημεία των ψευδολόγων και καθιστών παράφρονας τους μάντεις· ο ανατρέπων τους σοφούς και μωραίνων την επιστήμην αυτών·
25 who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
26 ο στερεόνων τον λόγον του δούλου μου και εκπληρών την βουλήν των μηνυτών μου· ο λέγων προς την Ιερουσαλήμ, Θέλεις κατοικισθή· και προς τας πόλεις του Ιούδα, Θέλετε ανακτισθή και θέλω ανορθώσει τα ερείπια αυτού·
26 who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
27 ο λέγων προς την άβυσσον, Γενού ξηρά και θέλω ξηράνει τους ποταμούς σου·
27 who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
28 ο λέγων προς τον Κύρον, Ούτος είναι ο βοσκός μου και θέλει εκπληρώσει πάντα τα θελήματά μου· και ο λέγων προς την Ιερουσαλήμ, Θέλεις ανακτισθή· και προς τον ναόν, Θέλουσι τεθή τα θεμέλιά σου.
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 41:8; Romans 11:5–6; Jeremiah 30:10; Psalm 105:6; Hebrews 3:7–8
- 2 Jeremiah 1:5; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 46:3–4; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 43:7
- 3 Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Isaiah 59:21; John 7:37–39; Proverbs 1:23
- 4 Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 92:13–15; Ezekiel 17:5; Psalm 137:1–2
- 5 Zechariah 13:9; Deuteronomy 26:17–19; Nehemiah 9:38–10:29; 1 Peter 2:9; Galatians 6:16
- 6 Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10–11; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13; Isaiah 44:8
- 7 Isaiah 41:26; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 46:9–10; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 43:9
- 8 Isaiah 43:10; 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; John 10:30
- 9 Isaiah 41:24; Jeremiah 10:14–15; Habakkuk 2:18–20; Psalm 97:7; Isaiah 41:29
- 10 Jeremiah 10:5; Habakkuk 2:18; Acts 19:26; Daniel 3:1; 1 Corinthians 8:4
- 11 Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 45:16; Psalm 97:7; Isaiah 1:29; Acts 19:24–34
- 12 Isaiah 41:6–7; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 46:6–7; Jeremiah 10:3–11; Habakkuk 2:13
- 13 Judges 17:4–5; Deuteronomy 4:16–18; Psalm 115:5–7; Romans 1:23; Acts 17:29
- 14 Isaiah 40:20; Jeremiah 10:3–8; Habakkuk 2:19; Hosea 4:12
- 15 2 Chronicles 25:14; Judges 2:19; Revelation 9:20; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 44:10
- 17 Isaiah 45:20; Daniel 3:29; 1 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 37:38; Isaiah 36:19–20
- 18 Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; John 12:39–40; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12; Jeremiah 5:21
- 19 Deuteronomy 27:15; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:5; Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 45:20
- 20 Hosea 12:1; Psalm 102:9; Romans 1:28; Job 15:31; Romans 1:25
- 21 Isaiah 44:1–2; Isaiah 49:15–16; Isaiah 46:8–9; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 43:1
- 22 Isaiah 43:25; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Acts 3:18–19; Isaiah 43:1; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 23 Ephesians 1:6–7; Revelation 5:8–14; Psalm 98:7–8; Revelation 19:1–6; Psalm 69:34
- 24 Isaiah 45:12; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 45:18; Revelation 5:9
- 25 Psalm 33:10; Job 5:12–14; 2 Samuel 15:31; Jeremiah 50:36; Isaiah 47:12–14
- 26 1 Kings 18:36–38; Isaiah 42:9; Acts 2:25–28; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Nehemiah 1:3
- 27 Jeremiah 51:36; Jeremiah 50:38; Isaiah 42:15; Revelation 16:12; Jeremiah 51:32
- 28 2 Chronicles 36:22; Isaiah 45:1; Daniel 10:1; Ezra 6:3–18; Isaiah 45:13
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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).
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).
And this shall come to pass through the loving-kindness of God, who says to you, Behold, I will blot out as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a thick cloud thy sins.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
However, a time will come, when all shall be consumed by fire; as Isaiah says of the God of the universe in these words, "That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers." Reject then the foolish wisdom of this world, and receive with me the more simple but infallible doctrine of truth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)