Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 29 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- 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 Και ούτοι είναι οι λόγοι της επιστολής, την οποίαν Ιερεμίας ο προφήτης έστειλεν από Ιερουσαλήμ προς τους υπολοίπους των πρεσβυτέρων της αιχμαλωσίας και προς τους ιερείς και προς τους προφήτας και προς πάντα τον λαόν, τον οποίον ο Ναβουχοδονόσορ έφερεν αιχμάλωτον από Ιερουσαλήμ εις την Βαβυλώνα,
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
2 αφού Ιεχονίας ο βασιλεύς και η βασίλισσα και οι ευνούχοι, οι άρχοντες του Ιούδα και της Ιερουσαλήμ και οι ξυλουργοί και οι χαλκείς εξήλθον από Ιερουσαλήμ,
2 (after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem),
3 διά χειρός Ελασά υιού του Σαφάν και του Γεμαρίου υιού του Χελκίου, τους οποίους Σεδεκίας ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα απέστειλεν εις την Βαβυλώνα προς Ναβουχοδονόσορ τον βασιλέα της Βαβυλώνος· λέγων,
3 by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:
4 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, προς πάντας εκείνους, οίτινες εφέρθησαν αιχμάλωτοι, τους οποίους εγώ έκαμον να φερθώσιν αιχμάλωτοι από Ιερουσαλήμ εις την Βαβυλώνα·
4 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 οικοδομήσατε οίκους και κατοικήσατε· και φυτεύσατε κήπους και φάγετε τον καρπόν αυτών·
5 “Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
6 λάβετε γυναίκας και γεννήσατε υιούς και θυγατέρας· και λάβετε γυναίκας διά τους υιούς σας και δότε τας θυγατέρας σας εις άνδρας και ας γεννήσωσιν υιούς και θυγατέρας και πληθύνθητε εκεί και μη σμικρυνθήτε·
6 Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, and don’t be diminished.
7 και ζητήσατε την ειρήνην της πόλεως, όπου εγώ σας έκαμον να φερθήτε αιχμάλωτοι, και προσεύχεσθε υπέρ αυτής προς τον Κύριον· διότι εν τη ειρήνη αυτής θέλετε έχει ειρήνην.
7 Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you will have peace.”
8 Διότι ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ας μη απατώσιν υμάς οι προφήται υμών οι εν μέσω υμών και οι μάντεις υμών, και μη ακούετε τα ενύπνια υμών τα οποία υμείς ονειρεύεσθε·
8 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you. Don’t listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 διότι προφητεύουσι ψευδώς προς υμάς επί τω ονόματί μου· εγώ δεν απέστειλα αυτούς, λέγει Κύριος.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says Yahweh.
10 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ότι αφού πληρωθώσιν εβδομήκοντα έτη εν Βαβυλώνι, θέλω επισκεφθή υμάς και θέλω εκτελέσει προς υμάς τον λόγον μου τον αγαθόν, να επαναφέρω υμάς εις τον τόπον τούτον.
10 For Yahweh says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Διότι εγώ γνωρίζω τας βουλάς τας οποίας βουλεύομαι περί υμών, λέγει Κύριος, βουλάς ειρήνης και ουχί κακού, διά να δώσω εις υμάς το προσδοκώμενον τέλος.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
12 Τότε θέλετε κράξει προς εμέ και θέλετε υπάγει και προσευχηθή εις εμέ και θέλω σας εισακούσει.
12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 Και θέλετε με ζητήσει και ευρεί, όταν με εκζητήσητε εξ όλης της καρδίας υμών.
13 You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
14 Και θέλω ευρεθή από σας, λέγει Κύριος· και θέλω αποστρέψει την αιχμαλωσίαν σας και θέλω σας συνάξει εκ πάντων των εθνών και εκ πάντων των τόπων όπου σας εδίωξα, λέγει Κύριος· και θέλω σας επαναφέρει εις τον τόπον, όθεν σας έκαμον να φερθήτε αιχμάλωτοι.
14 I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,” says Yahweh. “I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
15 Επειδή είπετε, Ο Κύριος εσήκωσεν εις ημάς προφήτας εν Βαβυλώνι,
15 Because you have said, “Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”
16 γνωρίσατε, ότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί του βασιλέως του καθημένου επί του θρόνου Δαβίδ και περί παντός του λαού του κατοικούντος εν τη πόλει ταύτη και περί των αδελφών σας, των μη εξελθόντων μεθ' υμών εις αιχμαλωσίαν·
16 Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity,
17 ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Ιδού, θέλω αποστείλει επ' αυτούς την μάχαιραν, την πείναν και τον λοιμόν, και θέλω καταστήσει αυτούς ως τα σύκα τα αχρεία, τα οποία διά την αχρειότητα δεν τρώγονται.
17 Yahweh of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.
18 Και θέλω καταδιώξει αυτούς εν μαχαίρα, εν πείνη και εν λοιμώ· και θέλω παραδώσει αυτούς εις διασποράν εν πάσι τοις βασιλείοις της γης, ώστε να ήναι κατάρα και θάμβος και συριγμός και όνειδος εν πάσι τοις έθνεσιν όπου εδίωξα αυτούς·
18 I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
19 διότι δεν ήκουσαν τους λόγους μου, λέγει Κύριος, τους οποίους έστειλα προς αυτούς διά των δούλων μου των προφητών, εγειρόμενος πρωΐ και αποστέλλων· και δεν υπηκούσατε, λέγει Κύριος.
19 because they have not listened to my words,” says Yahweh, “with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,” says Yahweh.
20 Ακούσατε λοιπόν τον λόγον του Κυρίου, πάντες σεις οι αιχμαλωτισθέντες, τους οποίους εξαπέστειλα από Ιερουσαλήμ εις Βαβυλώνα.
20 Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you captives whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, περί του Αχαάβ υιού του Κωλαίου και περί του Σεδεκίου υιού του Μαασίου, οίτινες προφητεύουσι ψεύδη προς εσάς εν τω ονόματί μου· Ιδού, θέλω παραδώσει αυτούς εις την χείρα του Ναβουχοδονόσορ, βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος, και θέλει πατάξει αυτούς ενώπιόν σας.
21 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes.
22 Και εξ αυτών θέλουσι λάβει κατάραν εν πάσι τοις αιχμαλώτοις του Ιούδα τοις εν Βαβυλώνι, λέγοντες, Ο Κύριος να σε κάμη ως τον Σεδεκίαν και ως τον Αχαάβ, τους οποίους ο βασιλεύς της Βαβυλώνος έψησεν εν πυρί·
22 A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’
23 διότι έπραξαν αφροσύνην εν Ισραήλ και εμοίχευον τας γυναίκας των πλησίον αυτών και ελάλουν λόγους ψευδείς εν τω ονόματί μου, τους οποίους δεν προσέταξα εις αυτούς· και εγώ εξεύρω και είμαι μάρτυς, λέγει Κύριος.
23 because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh.
24 Και προς Σεμαΐαν τον Νεαιλαμίτην θέλεις λαλήσει, λέγων,
24 Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
25 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Επειδή συ απέστειλας επιστολάς εν τω ονόματί σου προς πάντα τον λαόν τον εν Ιερουσαλήμ και προς τον Σοφονίαν τον υιόν του Μαασίου τον ιερέα και προς πάντας τους ιερείς, λέγων,
25 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 Ο Κύριος σε κατέστησεν ιερέα αντί Ιωδαέ του ιερέως, διά να ήσθε επιστάται εις τον οίκον του Κυρίου επί πάντα άνθρωπον μαινόμενον και προφητεύοντα, διά να βάλλης αυτόν εις φυλακήν και εις δεσμά·
26 “Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is crazy and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
27 τώρα λοιπόν διά τι δεν ήλεγξας Ιερεμίαν τον εξ Αναθώθ, όστις προφητεύει εις εσάς;
27 Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
28 επειδή αυτός διά τούτο επέστειλε προς ημάς εις την Βαβυλώνα, λέγων, Η αιχμαλωσία αύτη είναι μακρά· οικοδομήσατε οικίας και κατοικήσατε· και φυτεύσατε κήπους και φάγετε τον καρπόν αυτών.
28 because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long. Build houses, and dwell in them. Plant gardens, and eat their fruit?”’”
29 Και Σοφονίας ο ιερεύς ανέγνωσε την επιστολήν ταύτην εις επήκοον του Ιερεμίου του προφήτου.
29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς τον Ιερεμίαν, λέγων,
30 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
31 Απόστειλον προς πάντας τους αιχμαλώτους, λέγων, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί Σεμαΐα του Νεαιλαμίτου. Επειδή ο Σεμαΐας προεφήτευσε προς εσάς και εγώ δεν απέστειλα αυτόν και σας έκαμε να ελπίζητε εις ψεύδος,
31 “Send to all of the captives, saying, ‘Yahweh says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie,”
32 διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, θέλω επισκεφθή Σεμαΐαν τον Νεαιλαμίτην και το σπέρμα αυτού· αυτός δεν θέλει έχει άνθρωπον κατοικούντα μεταξύ του λαού τούτου, ουδέ θέλει ιδεί το καλόν, το οποίον εγώ θέλω κάμει εις τον λαόν μου, λέγει Κύριος· διότι ελάλησε στασιασμόν κατά του Κυρίου.
32 therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will not have a man to dwell among this people. He won’t see the good that I will do to my people,” says Yahweh, “because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.”’”
People & places in this chapter
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Ahab
Son of Kolaiah, a prophet in Babylon prophesying lies in the LORD's name, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 29:22
Elasah
Son of Shaphan who, with Gemariah son of Hilkiah, carried Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Gemariah
Son of Hilkiah whom Zedekiah sent to Nebuchadnezzar and who carried Jeremiah's letter to the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Hilkiah
Named as the father of Gemariah, who carried Jeremiah's letter to Babylon.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:3
Kolaiah
Named as the father of Ahab, a false prophet among the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zedekiah, a false prophet among the exiles.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zephaniah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3
Shemaiah
A Nehelamite among the exiles who sent letters to Jerusalem and was condemned by the LORD through Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:24; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 29:32
Zedekiah
Son of Maaseiah, a prophet in Babylon prophesying lies in the LORD's name, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 29:21; Jeremiah 29:22
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 (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 29:25–29; Esther 9:20; Acts 15:23; Hebrews 13:22; Revelation 2:1–3
- 2 Jeremiah 22:24–28; 2 Chronicles 36:9–10; Jeremiah 27:20; 2 Kings 24:12–16; 2 Kings 20:18
- 3 1 Chronicles 6:13; Jeremiah 36:25; 2 Chronicles 34:20; Ezekiel 8:11; 2 Kings 22:8
- 4 Jeremiah 24:5; Isaiah 59:1–2; Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Isaiah 10:5–6
- 5 Jeremiah 29:28; Jeremiah 29:10; Ezekiel 28:26
- 6 Judges 12:9; Genesis 24:51; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:3–4; Genesis 29:19
- 7 1 Timothy 2:1–2; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:23; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Daniel 4:27
- 8 Ephesians 5:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 27:9; Revelation 13:14
- 9 Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 29:23
- 10 Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 24:6–7; Zechariah 7:5; Jeremiah 32:42–44; Jeremiah 25:12
- 11 Isaiah 55:8–12; Psalm 33:11; Micah 4:12; Psalm 40:5; Job 23:13
- 12 Matthew 7:7–8; Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 145:19; Psalm 10:17
- 13 Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Psalm 119:2; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 119:10; Jeremiah 24:7
- 14 Ezekiel 36:1–38; Jeremiah 30:3; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Romans 10:20; Micah 4:12
- 15 Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 1:3; Jeremiah 28:1–17; Jeremiah 29:8–9
- 16 Jeremiah 38:2–3; Jeremiah 38:17–23; Ezekiel 6:1–9; Ezekiel 22:31; Jeremiah 24:2
- 17 Jeremiah 24:8–10; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 27:8; Luke 21:23; Jeremiah 43:11
- 18 Jeremiah 42:18; 2 Chronicles 29:8; Jeremiah 15:4; Jeremiah 34:17; Jeremiah 24:9
- 19 Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 35:14–16; Jeremiah 34:17; Jeremiah 25:3–7
- 20 Jeremiah 24:5; Micah 4:10; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:15
- 21 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 29:8–9
- 22 Isaiah 65:15; Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:21; Genesis 48:20; Ruth 4:11
- 23 Malachi 3:5; Jeremiah 23:14; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 29:21; Proverbs 5:21
- 24 Jeremiah 29:31–32
- 25 Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 52:24; Jeremiah 29:29; Jeremiah 21:1–2; Nehemiah 6:17
- 26 Jeremiah 20:1–2; 2 Kings 9:11; John 10:20; Hosea 9:7; Acts 26:24
- 27 John 11:47–53; Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 4:17–21; Jeremiah 43:2–3; Matthew 27:63
- 28 Jeremiah 29:5; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:1
- 29 Jeremiah 29:25
- 31 Jeremiah 29:9; Jeremiah 14:14–15; Ezekiel 13:8–16; Ezekiel 13:22–23; Jeremiah 29:23–24
- 32 Jeremiah 28:16; 2 Kings 7:19–20; Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 22:30; 2 Kings 7:2
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… when predicting the captivity that was to befall the ancient people of God, and giving them the divine command to go obediently to Babylonia, and thus serve their God, counselled them also to pray for Babylonia, saying, "In the peace thereof shall ye have peace," --the temporal peace which the good and the wicked together enjoy.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)