Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 18 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 λόγος ο γενόμενος προς Ιερεμίαν παρά Κυρίου, λέγων,
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 Σηκώθητι και κατάβηθι εις τον οίκον του κεραμέως, και εκεί θέλω σε κάμει να ακούσης τους λόγους μου.
2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3 Τότε κατέβην εις τον οίκον του κεραμέως, και ιδού, ειργάζετο έργον επί τους τροχούς.
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4 Και εχαλάσθη το αγγείον, το οποίον έκαμνεν εκ πηλού, εν τη χειρί του κεραμέως, και πάλιν έκαμεν αυτό άλλο αγγείον, καθώς ήρεσεν εις τον κεραμέα να κάμη.
4 When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Τότε έγεινε λόγος Κύριου προς εμέ, λέγων,
5 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
6 Οίκος Ισραήλ, δεν δύναμαι να κάμω εις εσάς, καθώς ούτος ο κεραμεύς; λέγει Κύριος. Ιδού, ως ο πηλός εν τη χειρί του κεραμέως, ούτω σεις, οίκος Ισραήλ, είσθε εν τη χειρί μου.
6 “House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7 Εν τη στιγμή, καθ' ην ήθελον λαλήσει κατά έθνους ή κατά βασιλείας, διά να εκριζώσω και να κατασκάψω και να καταστρέψω,
7 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 εάν το έθνος εκείνο, κατά του οποίου ελάλησα, επιστρέψη από της κακίας αυτού, θέλω μετανοήσει περί του κακού, το οποίον εβουλεύθην να κάμω εις αυτό.
8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 Και εν τη στιγμή, καθ' ην ήθελον λαλήσει περί έθνους ή περί βασιλείας, να οικοδομήσω και να φυτεύσω,
9 At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 εάν κάμη κακόν ενώπιόν μου, ώστε να μη υπακούη της φωνής μου, τότε θέλω μετανοήσει περί του καλού, με το οποίον είπα ότι θέλω αγαθοποιήσει αυτό.
10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 Και τώρα ειπέ προς τους άνδρας Ιούδα και προς τους κατοίκους της Ιερουσαλήμ, λέγων, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, εγώ ετοιμάζω κακόν καθ' υμών και βουλεύομαι βουλήν καθ' υμών· επιστρέψατε λοιπόν έκαστος από της πονηράς οδού αυτού και διορθώσατε τας οδούς υμών και τας πράξεις υμών.
11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12 Οι δε είπον, Εις μάτην· διότι οπίσω των διαβουλίων ημών θέλομεν περιπατεί και έκαστος τας ορέξεις της καρδίας αυτού της πονηράς θέλομεν πράττει.
12 But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ερωτήσατε τώρα μεταξύ των εθνών, τις ήκουσε τοιαύτα; η παρθένος του Ισραήλ έκαμε φρικτά σφόδρα.
13 Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Θέλει τις αφήσει τον χιονώδη Λίβανον διά τον βράχον της πεδιάδος; ή θέλουσιν εγκαταλίπει τα δροσερά εκρέοντα ύδατα διά τα μακρόθεν ερχόμενα;
14 Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 Αλλ' ο λαός μου ελησμόνησεν εμέ, εθυμίασεν εις την ματαιότητα και προσέκοψαν εν ταις οδοίς αυτών, ταις αιωνίοις τρίβοις, διά να περιπατώσιν εν τρίβοις οδού μη εξωμαλισμένης·
15 For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16 διά να καταστήσωσι την γην αυτών ερήμωσιν και χλευασμόν αιώνιον· πας ο διαβαίνων δι' αυτής θέλει μένει έκθαμβος και σείει την κεφαλήν αυτού.
16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Θέλω διασκορπίσει αυτούς έμπροσθεν του εχθρού ως καυστικός άνεμος· θέλω δείξει εις αυτούς νώτα και ουχί πρόσωπον εν τη ημέρα της συμφοράς αυτών.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Τότε είπον, Έλθετε και ας συμβουλευθώμεν βουλάς κατά του Ιερεμίου· διότι νόμος δεν θέλει χαθή από ιερέως ουδέ βουλή από σοφού ουδέ λόγος από προφήτου· έλθετε και ας πατάξωμεν αυτόν με την γλώσσαν και ας μη προσέξωμεν εις μηδένα των λόγων αυτού.
18 Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19 Πρόσεξον εις εμέ, Κύριε, και άκουσον την φωνήν των διαφιλονεικούντων με εμέ.
19 Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Θέλει ανταποδοθή κακόν αντί καλού; διότι έσκαψαν λάκκον διά την ψυχήν μου. Ενθυμήθητι ότι εστάθην ενώπιόν σου διά να λαλήσω υπέρ αυτών αγαθά, διά να αποστρέψω τον θυμόν σου απ' αυτών.
20 Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Διά τούτο παράδος τους υιούς αυτών εις την πείναν και δος αυτούς εις χείρας μαχαίρας, και ας γείνωσιν αι γυναίκες αυτών άτεκνοι και χήραι· και οι άνδρες αυτών ας θανατωθώσιν· οι νεανίσκοι αυτών ας πέσωσι διά μαχαίρας εν τη μάχη.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22 Ας ακουσθή κραυγή εκ των οικιών αυτών, όταν φέρης εξαίφνης επ' αυτούς λεηλάτας· διότι έσκαψαν λάκκον διά να με πιάσωσι και έκρυψαν παγίδας διά τους πόδας μου.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Συ δε, Κύριε, γνωρίζεις πάσαν την κατ' εμού βουλήν αυτών εις το να με θανατώσωσι· μη συγχωρήσης την ανομίαν αυτών, και την αμαρτίαν αυτών μη εξαλείψης απ' έμπροσθέν σου· αλλά ας καταστραφώσιν ενώπιόν σου· ενέργησον κατ' αυτών εν τω καιρώ του θυμού σου.
23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hebrews 1:1; Acts 9:6; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 19:1–2; Ezekiel 4:1–5
- 3 John 15:14; Jonah 1:3; Acts 26:19
- 4 Romans 9:20–23; Jeremiah 18:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 6 Isaiah 64:8; Romans 9:20–21; Jeremiah 18:4; Isaiah 45:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 12:14–17; Jeremiah 45:4; Jonah 3:4; Amos 9:8
- 8 Ezekiel 18:21; Jeremiah 26:13; Jonah 3:9–10; Hosea 11:8; Jeremiah 26:3
- 9 Jeremiah 31:28; Amos 9:11–15; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 30:18
- 10 1 Samuel 2:30; Ezekiel 33:18; 1 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 18:24; 1 Samuel 15:11
- 11 2 Kings 17:13; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 7:3; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 12 Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 7:24; Deuteronomy 29:19; Isaiah 57:10
- 13 Jeremiah 5:30; Isaiah 66:8; Jeremiah 23:14; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:10–13
- 14 John 6:68
- 15 Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 57:14; Hosea 11:2; Malachi 2:8
- 16 Psalm 22:7; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 19:8; Micah 6:16; Jeremiah 50:13
- 17 Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 2:27; Hosea 13:15; Job 27:21; Psalm 48:7
- 18 Psalm 52:2; Jeremiah 11:19; Malachi 2:7; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 13:13–14
- 19 Nehemiah 6:9; Psalm 55:16–17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 109:28; Jeremiah 20:12
- 20 Psalm 35:7; Psalm 57:6; Psalm 106:23; Psalm 35:12; 1 Samuel 24:17–19
- 21 Psalm 109:9–20; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 16:3–4; Amos 4:10
- 22 Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 140:5; Zephaniah 1:10–11; Jeremiah 25:34–36; Isaiah 10:30
- 23 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:22–28; Psalm 109:14–15; Isaiah 2:9; Nehemiah 4:4–5
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) power, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" Here it is not to do away with free-will that he says this, but to show, up to what point we ought to obey God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and kingdom to build and to plant it; and if they do evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, I also will repent of the good, which I said I would do unto them." For the same custom do I observe with respect to the good things as well, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)