Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 21 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, ότε απέστειλε προς αυτόν ο βασιλεύς Σεδεκίας τον Πασχώρ υιόν του Μελχίου και τον Σοφονίαν υιόν του Μαασίου τον ιερέα, λέγων,
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
2 Ερώτησον, παρακαλώ, τον Κύριον περί ημών· διότι Ναβουχοδονόσορ ο βασιλεύς της Βαβυλώνος ήγειρε πόλεμον καθ' ημών· ίσως ο Κύριος ενεργήση εις ημάς κατά πάντα τα θαυμάσια αυτού, ώστε να απέλθη αφ' ημών.
2 “Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”
3 Τότε είπε προς αυτούς ο Ιερεμίας, Ούτω θέλετε ειπεί προς τον Σεδεκίαν.
3 Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:
4 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ιδού, εγώ στρέφω εις τα οπίσω τα όπλα του πολέμου τα εν ταις χερσίν υμών, με τα οποία σεις πολεμείτε κατά του βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος και των Χαλδαίων, οίτινες σας πολιορκούσιν έξωθεν των τειχών· και θέλω συνάξει αυτούς εις το μέσον της πόλεως ταύτης.
4 ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.
5 Και εγώ θέλω πολεμήσει εναντίον σας με χείρα εξηπλωμένην και με βραχίονα κραταιόν και θυμόν και με αγανάκτησιν και με οργήν μεγάλην.
5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.
6 Και θέλω πατάξει τους κατοίκους της πόλεως ταύτης και άνθρωπον και κτήνος· υπό λοιμού μεγάλου θέλουσιν αποθάνει.
6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
7 Και μετά ταύτα, λέγει Κύριος, θέλω παραδώσει Σεδεκίαν τον βασιλέα του Ιούδα και τους δούλους αυτού και τον λαόν και τους εναπολειφθέντας εν τη πόλει ταύτη από του λοιμού, από της μαχαίρας και από της πείνης, εις την χείρα του Ναβουχοδονόσορ, βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος, και εις την χείρα των εχθρών αυτών και εις την χείρα των ζητούντων την ψυχήν αυτών· και αυτός θέλει πατάξει αυτούς εν στόματι μαχαίρας· δεν θέλει φεισθή αυτούς ουδέ θέλει οικτείρει ουδέ θέλει σπλαγχνισθή αυτούς.
7 Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’
8 Και προς τον λαόν τούτον θέλεις ειπεί, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, έθεσα ενώπιόν σας την οδόν της ζωής και την οδόν του θανάτου.
8 “You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
9 Όστις κάθηται εν τη πόλει ταύτη, θέλει αποθάνει υπό μαχαίρας και υπό πείνης και υπό λοιμού· αλλ' όστις εξέλθη και προχωρήση προς τους Χαλδαίους οίτινες σας πολιορκούσι, θέλει ζήσει και η ζωή αυτού θέλει είσθαι ως λάφυρον εις αυτόν.
9 He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.
10 Διότι έστησα το πρόσωπόν μου εναντίον της πόλεως ταύτης προς κακόν και ουχί προς καλόν, λέγει Κύριος· θέλει παραδοθή εις την χείρα του βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος και θέλει κατακαύσει αυτήν εν πυρί.
10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’
11 Περί δε του οίκου του βασιλέως του Ιούδα, ειπέ, Ακούσατε τον λόγον του Κυρίου·
11 “Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear Yahweh’s word:
12 οίκος Δαβίδ, ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Κρίνετε κρίσιν το πρωΐ και ελευθερόνετε τον γεγυμνωμένον εκ της χειρός του δυνάστου, μήποτε η οργή μου εξέλθη ως πυρ και εκκαυθή, χωρίς να υπάρχη ο σβέσων, εξ αιτίας της κακίας των έργων σας.
12 House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
13 Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον εις σε, λέγει Κύριος, την καθημένην εν τη κοιλάδι και εν τω βράχω της πεδιάδος, εναντίον εις εσάς τους λέγοντας, Τις θέλει καταβή εναντίον ημών, ή τις θέλει εισέλθει εις τας κατοικίας ημών;
13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”
14 Και θέλω σας τιμωρήσει κατά τον καρπόν των έργων σας, λέγει Κύριος· και θέλω ανάψει πυρ εν τω δάσει αυτής και θέλει καταφάγει πάντα τα πέριξ αυτής.
14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zephaniah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3
Malchijah
Named as the father of Pashhur, an envoy of Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1
Pashhur
Son of Malchijah whom King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah, and who later heard Jeremiah's preaching and sought his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1
Zephaniah
The priest, son of Maaseiah, whom Zedekiah sent to ask Jeremiah to pray and to whom a letter from Shemaiah was addressed. When Jerusalem fell he was taken as 'the second priest'…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 52:24; Jeremiah 38:1; 2 Kings 25:18–21
- 2 Jeremiah 37:3; Ezekiel 20:1–3; Jeremiah 37:7; Jeremiah 42:4–6; Psalm 44:1–4
- 4 Jeremiah 33:5; Jeremiah 37:8–10; Isaiah 5:5; Jeremiah 32:5; Isaiah 13:4
- 5 Isaiah 63:10; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 32:17; Exodus 6:6; Jeremiah 6:12
- 6 Ezekiel 14:19; Jeremiah 12:3–4; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 14:17; Jeremiah 33:12
- 7 Jeremiah 37:17; Habakkuk 1:6–10; 2 Kings 25:5–7; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 17:20–21
- 8 Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 30:15; Deuteronomy 11:26; Isaiah 1:19–20
- 9 Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 45:5; Jeremiah 39:18; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 38:17–23
- 10 Jeremiah 44:11; Amos 9:4; Jeremiah 44:27; Ezekiel 15:7; Jeremiah 52:13
- 11 Jeremiah 17:20; Micah 3:1; Jeremiah 13:18
- 12 Isaiah 1:17; Proverbs 31:8–9; Jeremiah 4:4; Isaiah 1:31; Zechariah 7:9–11
- 13 Lamentations 4:12; Obadiah 3–4; Ezekiel 13:8; Psalm 125:2; Jeremiah 49:4–5
- 14 Isaiah 3:10–11; Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 32:19; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 17:10
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