Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 9 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 Είθε να ήτο η κεφαλή μου ύδατα και οι οφθαλμοί μου πηγή δακρύων, διά να κλαίω ημέραν και νύκτα τους πεφονευμένους της θυγατρός του λαού μου.
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Είθε να είχον εν τη ερήμω κατάλυμα οδοιπόρων, διά να εγκαταλείψω τον λαόν μου και να απέλθω απ' αυτών· διότι πάντες είναι μοιχοί, άθροισμα απίστων.
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 Ενέτειναν και την γλώσσαν αυτών ως τόξον ψεύδους· και ίσχυσαν επί της γης, ουχί υπέρ της αληθείας· διότι προχωρούσιν από κακίας εις κακίαν και εμέ δεν γνωρίζουσι, λέγει Κύριος.
3 “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
4 Φυλάττεσθε έκαστος από του πλησίον αυτού και επ' ουδένα αδελφόν μη πεποίθατε· διότι πας αδελφός θέλει πάντοτε υποσκελίζει και πας πλησίον θέλει περιπατεί εν δολιότητι.
4 “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
5 Και θέλουσιν απατά έκαστος τον πλησίον αυτού και δεν θέλουσι λαλεί την αλήθειαν· εδίδαξαν την γλώσσαν αυτών να λαλή ψεύδη, αποκάμνουσι πράττοντες ανομίαν.
5 Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Η κατοικία σου είναι εν μέσω δολιότητος· εν τη δολιότητι αρνούνται να με γνωρίσωσι, λέγει Κύριος.
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
7 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Ιδού, θέλω βάλει αυτούς εν χωνευτηρίω και θέλω δοκιμάσει αυτούς· διότι πως θέλω κάμει ένεκεν της θυγατρός του λαού μου;
7 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Η γλώσσα αυτών είναι βέλος εξακοντιζόμενον· λαλεί δόλια· έκαστος λαλεί ειρηνικά διά του στόματος αυτού προς τον πλησίον αυτού, πλην εν τη καρδία αυτού στήνει ενέδραν κατ' αυτού.
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9 Δεν θέλω επισκεφθή αυτούς διά ταύτα; λέγει Κύριος· η ψυχή μου δεν θέλει εκδικηθή εναντίον έθνους, τοιούτου;
9 Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10 Διά τα όρη θέλω αναλάβει κλαυθμόν και θρήνον και διά τας βοσκάς της ερήμου οδυρμόν, διότι ηφανίσθησαν, ώστε δεν υπάρχει άνθρωπος διαβαίνων, ουδέ ακούεται φωνή ποιμνίου· από του πτηνού του ουρανού έως του κτήνους, έφυγον, απήλθον.
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.
11 Και θέλω καταστήσει την Ιερουσαλήμ εις σωρούς, κατοικίαν θώων· και τας πόλεις του Ιούδα θέλω κάμει ερήμωσιν, ώστε να μη υπάρχη ο κατοικών.
11 “I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 Τις είναι ο άνθρωπος ο σοφός, όστις δύναται να εννοήση τούτο; και προς τον οποίον ελάλησε το στόμα του Κυρίου, διά να αναγγείλη αυτό, διά τι η γη εχάθη, ηφανίσθη ως έρημος, ώστε να μη υπάρχη ο διαβαίνων;
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 Και είπε Κύριος, διότι εγκατέλιπον τον νόμον μου, τον οποίον έθεσα έμπροσθεν αυτών και δεν υπήκουσαν εις την φωνήν μου και δεν περιεπάτησαν εν αυτώ·
13 Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
14 αλλά περιεπάτησαν οπίσω της ορέξεως της καρδίας αυτών και οπίσω των Βααλείμ, τα οποία οι πατέρες αυτών εδίδαξαν αυτούς·
14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
15 διά τούτο, ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω θρέψει αυτούς, τον λαόν τούτον· με αψίνθιον και ύδωρ χολής θέλω ποτίσει αυτούς·
15 Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 και θέλω διασκορπίσει αυτούς εν τοις έθνεσι, τα οποία αυτοί και οι πατέρες αυτών δεν εγνώρισαν· και θέλω αποστείλει την μάχαιραν οπίσω αυτών, εωσού αναλώσω αυτούς.
16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
17 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων. Συλλογίσθητε και καλέσατε τας θρηνούσας να έλθωσι· και αποστείλατε διά τας σοφάς να έλθωσι·
17 Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
18 και ας σπεύσωσι και ας αναλάβωσιν οδυρμόν περί ημών και ας καταβιβάσωσιν οι οφθαλμοί ημών δάκρυα και τα βλέφαρα ημών ας ρεύσωσιν ύδατα.
18 Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 Διότι φωνή θρήνου ηκούσθη από Σιών, Πως απωλέσθημεν· κατησχύνθημεν σφόδρα, διότι εγκατελίπομεν την γην, διότι αι κατοικίαι ημών εξέρριψαν ημάς.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 Ακούσατε λοιπόν, γυναίκες, τον λόγον του Κυρίου, και ας δεχθή το ωτίον σας τον λόγον του στόματος αυτού, και διδάξατε τας θυγατέρας σας οδυρμόν και εκάστη την πλησίον αυτής θρήνον.
20 Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
21 Διότι θάνατος ανέβη διά των θυρίδων ημών, εισήλθεν εις τα παλάτια ημών, διά να εκκόψη τα νήπια από των οδών τους νέους από των πλατειών.
21 For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
22 Ειπέ, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Και τα πτώματα των ανθρώπων θέλουσι ριφθή ως κοπρία επί πρόσωπον αγρού και ως δράγμα οπίσω θεριστού, και δεν θέλει υπάρχει ο συνάγων.
22 Speak, “Yahweh says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”
23 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ας μη καυχάται ο σοφός εις την σοφίαν αυτού, και ας μη καυχάται ο δυνατός εις την δύναμιν αυτού, ας μη καυχάται ο πλούσιος εις τον πλούτον αυτού·
23 Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
24 αλλ' ο καυχώμενος ας καυχάται εις τούτο, ότι εννοεί και γνωρίζει εμέ, ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος, ο ποιών έλεος, κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην επί της γής· επειδή εις ταύτα ευαρεστούμαι, λέγει Κύριος.
24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
25 Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω κάμει επίσκεψιν επί πάντας τους περιτετμημένους μετά των απεριτμήτων·
25 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
26 επί την Αίγυπτον και επί τον Ιούδαν και επί τον Εδώμ και επί τους υιούς Αμμών και επί τον Μωάβ και επί πάντας τους περικείροντας την κόμην, τους κατοικούντας εν τη ερήμω· διότι πάντα τα έθνη είναι απερίτμητα και πας ο οίκος Ισραήλ απερίτμητος την καρδίαν.
26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 8:21–22; Jeremiah 6:26
- 2 Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 23:10; Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 12:1
- 3 Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 9:8; Judges 2:10; Isaiah 59:13–15; Romans 3:13
- 4 Micah 7:5–6; Proverbs 26:24–25; Psalm 12:2–3; Jeremiah 6:28; Proverbs 10:18
- 5 Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 57:10; Micah 6:12; Job 15:5; Isaiah 59:13–15
- 6 Jeremiah 13:10; Hosea 4:6; Romans 1:28; Jeremiah 20:10; Proverbs 1:24
- 7 Isaiah 1:25; Malachi 3:3; Jeremiah 6:27; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9
- 8 Psalm 28:3; Proverbs 26:24–26; Psalm 64:3–4; Psalm 120:3; Jeremiah 9:3
- 9 Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Isaiah 1:24
- 10 Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 33:28; Jeremiah 7:29
- 11 Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 10:22; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 51:37
- 12 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 107:43; Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalm 107:34; Revelation 1:3
- 13 Jeremiah 22:9; 2 Chronicles 7:19; Ezra 9:10; Proverbs 28:4; Psalm 119:53
- 14 Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 1:18; Romans 1:21–24
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:15
- 16 Ezekiel 5:12; Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 44:27
- 17 Amos 5:16–17; Ecclesiastes 12:5; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Mark 5:38; Matthew 9:23
- 18 Jeremiah 9:1; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 9:20; Lamentations 2:11
- 19 Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 7:16–18; Deuteronomy 28:29; Micah 1:8–9; Lamentations 5:2
- 20 Luke 23:27–30; Isaiah 32:9–13; Job 22:22; Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 9:17–18
- 21 Jeremiah 6:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Ezekiel 9:5–6; Ezekiel 21:14–15
- 22 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 25:33; Zephaniah 1:17; Jeremiah 16:4; Psalm 83:10
- 23 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Isaiah 5:21; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 24 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Micah 6:8; Micah 7:18
- 25 Galatians 5:2–6; Romans 2:25–26; Romans 2:8–9; Ezekiel 32:19–32; Amos 3:2
- 26 Leviticus 26:41; Jeremiah 4:4; Ezekiel 44:7; Isaiah 19:24–25; Romans 2:28–29
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