Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 3 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 Λέγουσιν, Εάν τις αποβάλη την γυναίκα αυτού και αναχωρήση από αυτού και γείνη άλλου ανδρός, θέλει επιστρέψει πάλιν εκείνος προς αυτήν; η γη εκείνη δεν θέλει όλως μιανθή; συ επόρνευσας μεν μετά πολλών εραστών· επίστρεψον δε πάλιν προς εμέ, λέγει Κύριος.
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
2 Σήκωσον τους οφθαλμούς σου προς τους υψηλούς τόπους, και ιδέ που δεν εσέλγησας. Εν ταις οδοίς εκάθησας δι' αυτούς, ως ο Άραψ εν τη ερήμω, και εμίανας την γην με τας πορνείας σου και με την κακίαν σου.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3 Διά τούτο εκρατήθησαν αι βροχαί, και δεν έγεινε βροχή όψιμος· και συ είχες το μέτωπον της πόρνης, απέβαλες πάσαν εντροπήν.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
4 Δεν θέλεις κράζει από του νυν προς εμέ, Πάτερ μου, συ είσαι ο οδηγός της νεότητός μου;
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
5 Θέλει διατηρεί την οργήν αυτού διαπαντός; θέλει φυλάττει αυτήν έως τέλους; ιδού, ελάλησας και έπραξας τα κακά, όσον ηδυνήθης.
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6 Ο Κύριος είπεν έτι προς εμέ εν ταις ημέραις Ιωσίου του βασιλέως, Είδες εκείνα, τα οποία Ισραήλ η αποστάτις έπραξεν; υπήγεν επί παν υψηλόν όρος και υποκάτω παντός πρασίνου δένδρου και επόρνευσεν εκεί.
6 Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Και αφού έπραξε πάντα ταύτα, είπα, Επίστρεψον προς εμέ· και δεν επέστρεψε. Και είδε τούτο Ιούδας η άπιστος αυτής αδελφή.
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Και είδον ότι ενώ επειδή Ισραήλ η αποστάτις εμοίχευσεν εγώ απέπεμψα αυτήν και έδωκα εις αυτήν το γράμμα του διαζυγίου αυτής, Ιούδας η άπιστος αυτής αδελφή δεν εφοβήθη αλλ' υπήγε και επόρνευσε και αυτή.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Και με την διαφήμισιν της πορνείας αυτής εμίανε τον τόπον και εμοίχευσε μετά των λίθων και μετά των ξύλων.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 Και εν πάσι τούτοις Ιούδας η άπιστος αυτής αδελφή δεν επέστρεψε προς εμέ εξ όλης της καρδίας αυτής αλλά ψευδώς, λέγει Κύριος.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
11 Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Ισραήλ η αποστάτις εδικαίωσεν εαυτήν περισσότερον παρά Ιούδας η άπιστος.
11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12 Ύπαγε και διακήρυξον τους λόγους τούτους προς τον βορράν και ειπέ, Επίστρεψον, Ισραήλ η αποστάτις, λέγει Κύριος, και δεν θέλω κάμει να πέση η οργή μου εφ' υμάς· διότι ελεήμων είμαι, λέγει Κύριος· δεν θέλω φυλάττει την οργήν διαπαντός.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13 Μόνον γνώρισον την ανομίαν σου, ότι ημάρτησας εις Κύριον τον Θεόν σου, και διήρεσας τας οδούς σου εις τους ξένους υποκάτω παντός πρασίνου δένδρου, και δεν υπηκούσατε εις την φωνήν μου, λέγει Κύριος.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
14 Επιστρέψατε, υιοί αποστάται, λέγει Κύριος, αν και εγώ σας απεστράφην· και θέλω σας λάβει ένα εκ πόλεως και δύο εκ συγγενείας και θέλω σας εισάξει εις την Σιών·
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 και θέλω σας δώσει ποιμένας κατά την καρδίαν μου και θέλουσι σας ποιμάνει εν γνώσει και συνέσει.
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Και όταν πληθυνθήτε και αυξηνθήτε επί της γης, εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις, λέγει Κύριος, δεν θέλουσι προφέρει πλέον, Η κιβωτός της διαθήκης του Κυρίου, ουδέ θέλει αναβή επί καρδίαν αυτών, ουδέ θέλουσιν ενθυμηθή αυτήν, ουδέ θέλουσιν επισκεφθή, ουδέ θέλει κατασκευασθή πλέον.
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
17 Εν εκείνω τω καιρώ θέλουσιν ονομάσει την Ιερουσαλήμ· θρόνον του Κυρίου· και πάντα τα έθνη θέλουσι συναχθή προς αυτήν εν τω ονόματι του Κυρίου, προς την Ιερουσαλήμ· και δεν θέλουσι περιπατήσει πλέον οπίσω της ορέξεως της πονηράς αυτών καρδίας.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 Εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις ο οίκος Ιούδα θέλει περιπατήσει μετά του οίκου Ισραήλ, και θέλουσιν ελθεί ομού από της γης του βορρά, εις την γην την οποίαν εκληροδότησα εις τους πατέρας σας.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19 Αλλ' εγώ είπα, Πως θέλω σε κατατάξει μεταξύ των τέκνων και δώσει εις σε γην επιθυμητήν, ένδοξον κληρονομίαν των δυνάμεων των εθνών; Και είπα, Συ θέλεις με κράξει, Πάτερ μου· και δεν θέλεις αποστρέψει από όπισθέν μου.
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
20 Βεβαίως καθώς γυνή αθετεί εις τον άνδρα αυτής, ούτως ηθετήσατε εις εμέ, οίκος Ισραήλ, λέγει Κύριος.
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
21 Φωνή ηκούσθη επί των υψηλών τόπων, κλαυθμός και δεήσεις των υιών Ισραήλ· διότι διέστρεψαν την οδόν αυτών, ελησμόνησαν Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
22 Επιστρέψατε, υιοί αποστάται, και θέλω ιατρεύσει τας αποστασίας σας. Ιδού, ημείς ερχόμεθα προς σέ· διότι συ είσαι Κύριος ο Θεός ημών.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
23 Τωόντι εις μάτην ελπίζεται σωτηρία εκ των λόφων και εκ του πλήθους των ορέων· μόνον εν Κυρίω τω Θεώ ημών είναι η σωτηρία του Ισραήλ.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
24 Διότι η αισχύνη κατέφαγε τον κόπον των πατέρων ημών εκ της νεότητος ημών· τα ποίμνια αυτών και τας αγέλας αυτών, τους υιούς αυτών και τας θυγατέρας αυτών.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Εν τη αισχύνη ημών κατακείμεθα, και η ατιμία ημών καλύπτει ημάς· διότι ημαρτήσαμεν εις Κύριον τον Θεόν ημών, ημείς και οι πατέρες ημών, εκ της νεότητος ημών έως της ημέρας ταύτης, και δεν υπηκούσαμεν εις την φωνήν Κυρίου του Θεού ημών.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 24:1–4; Ezekiel 16:26; Jeremiah 4:1; Ezekiel 23:4–49; Jeremiah 2:20
- 2 Ezekiel 16:24–25; Genesis 38:14; Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 8:4–6; Jeremiah 2:20
- 3 Leviticus 26:19; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:23
- 4 Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:9; Proverbs 2:17; Hosea 2:15
- 5 Ezekiel 22:6; Jeremiah 3:12; Isaiah 57:16; Micah 2:1; Micah 7:3
- 6 Ezekiel 16:31; 2 Kings 17:7–17; 1 Kings 14:23; Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:11–14
- 7 Ezekiel 16:46; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12; Hosea 14:1; 2 Kings 17:13–14; Hosea 6:1–4
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:1; 2 Kings 18:9–11; Hosea 2:2–3; Isaiah 50:1; Hosea 3:4
- 9 Jeremiah 2:27; Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 3:2; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 10:8
- 10 Hosea 7:14; Jeremiah 12:2; Psalm 18:44; Isaiah 10:6; 2 Chronicles 34:33–35:18
- 11 Ezekiel 23:11; Ezekiel 16:51–52; Hosea 11:7; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 4:16
- 12 Psalm 86:15; Ezekiel 33:11; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Jeremiah 3:22; Micah 7:18–20
- 13 Jeremiah 3:25; Deuteronomy 30:1–3; Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 2:25
- 14 Hosea 2:19–20; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 31:32; Isaiah 54:5; Ezekiel 34:11–14
- 15 Jeremiah 23:4; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11–12; Ezekiel 34:23; John 21:15–17
- 16 Amos 9:14–15; Ezekiel 37:26; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:1–2; Hosea 1:10–11
- 17 Ezekiel 43:7; Micah 4:1–5; Jeremiah 17:12; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 18 Jeremiah 31:8; Amos 9:15; Jeremiah 23:8; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 50:4
- 19 Jeremiah 3:4; Romans 8:15–17; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16; 1 John 3:1–3
- 20 Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:11; Jeremiah 3:8–10; Malachi 2:11; Hosea 5:7
- 21 2 Corinthians 7:10; Jeremiah 3:2; Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 2:32; Isaiah 17:10
- 22 Hosea 14:4; Hosea 14:1; Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:17; Hosea 6:1–2
- 23 Psalm 121:1–2; Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 12:2; John 4:22; Hosea 1:7
- 24 Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13; Ezekiel 16:61; Hosea 2:8; Ezekiel 16:63
- 25 Jeremiah 22:21; Lamentations 5:16; Proverbs 5:13; Ezekiel 7:18; Jeremiah 2:26
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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).
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“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).
Hear what God saith unto Jerusalem, "I said, after she had committed all these whoredoms, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." When we have come back unto the earnest love of God, He remembers not the former things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Which He doth in the prophets also, using these words, "I said, Turn thou unto me, and she returned not." Then having called her, He tells also her blood-stained deeds, "Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, and ye would not," in this way also …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)