Judges · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Judges 18 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 Κατ' εκείνας τας ημέρας δεν ήτο βασιλεύς εν τω Ισραήλ· και κατ' εκείνας τας ημέρας η φυλή Δαν εζήτει εις εαυτήν κληρονομίαν διά να κατοικήση· διότι έως εκείνης της ημέρας δεν είχε πέσει κληρονομία εις αυτούς μεταξύ των φυλών του Ισραήλ.
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
2 Και απέστειλαν οι υιοί Δαν εκ της συγγενείας αυτών πέντε άνδρας εκ των ορίων αυτών, άνδρας ισχυρούς, εκ Σαραά και εξ Εσθαόλ, διά να κατασκοπεύσωσι τον τόπον, και να εξιχνιάσωσιν αυτόν· και είπον προς αυτούς, Υπάγετε, εξιχνιάσατε τον τόπον. Και ήλθον εις το όρος Εφραΐμ, έως του οίκου του Μιχαία, και διενυκτέρευσαν εκεί.
2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3 Διότι καθώς επλησίασαν εις τον οίκον του Μιχαία, εγνώρισαν την φωνήν του νέου του Λευΐτου· και εστράφησαν εκεί και είπον προς αυτόν, Τις σε έφερεν ενταύθα; και συ τι κάμνεις εν τω τόπω τούτω; και διά τι είσαι ενταύθα;
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
4 Ο δε είπε προς αυτούς, Ούτω και ούτως έκαμεν εις εμέ ο Μιχαίας, και με εμίσθωσε, και είμαι ιερεύς αυτού.
4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
5 Και είπαν προς αυτόν, Ερώτησον, παρακαλούμεν, τον Θεόν, διά να γνωρίσωμεν εάν έχη να ευοδωθή η οδός ημών την οποίαν υπάγομεν.
5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
6 Ο δε ιερεύς είπε προς αυτούς, Υπάγετε εν ειρήνη· αρεστή εις τον Κύριον είναι η οδός σας, την οποίαν υπάγετε.
6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”
7 Τότε ανεχώρησαν οι πέντε άνδρες και ήλθον εις Λαϊσά, και είδον τον λαόν τον κατοικούντα εν αυτή αμέριμνον, κατά τον τρόπον των Σιδωνίων, ησυχάζοντα και ζώντα εν αφοβία· και δεν ήτο ουδείς άρχων εν τω τόπω, όστις να περιστέλλη αυτούς εις ουδέν· και αυτοί ήσαν μακράν των Σιδωνίων, και δεν είχον συγκοινωνίαν με ουδένα.
7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
8 Και επανήλθον προς τους αδελφούς αυτών εις Σαραά και Εσθαόλ· και είπαν προς αυτούς οι αδελφοί αυτών, Τι λέγετε σεις;
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
9 Οι δε είπον, Σηκώθητε, και ας αναβώμεν εναντίον αυτών· διότι είδομεν τον τόπον, και ιδού, είναι καλός σφόδρα· και σεις κάθησθε; μη οκνήσητε να υπάγωμεν, να εισέλθωμεν διά να κληρονομήσωμεν τον τόπον·
9 They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
10 αφού υπάγητε, θέλετε ελθεί εις λαόν ζώντα εν αφοβία και εις τόπον ευρύχωρον· διότι ο Θεός έδωκεν αυτόν εις την χείρα σας· τόπον, εις τον οποίον δεν είναι έλλειψις ουδενός πράγματος των εν τη γη.
10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
11 Και εκίνησαν εκείθεν εκ της συγγενείας του Δαν, εκ Σαραά και εξ Εσθαόλ, εξακόσιοι άνδρες περιεζωσμένοι όπλα πολεμικά.
11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
12 Και ανέβησαν και εστρατοπέδευσαν εν Κιριάθ-ιαρείμ, εν Ιούδα· διά τούτο ωνόμασαν τον τόπον εκείνον Μαχανέ-δαν, έως της ημέρας ταύτης· κείται δε όπισθεν της Κιριάθ-ιαρείμ.
12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
13 Και εκείθεν επέρασαν εις το όρος Εφραΐμ και ήλθον έως του οίκου του Μιχαία.
13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
14 Τότε οι πέντε άνδρες, οίτινες είχον υπάγει διά να κατασκοπεύσωσι τον τόπον της Λαϊσά, ανήγγειλαν και είπον προς τους αδελφούς αυτών, Εξεύρετε ότι είναι εν τούτοις τοις οίκοις εφόδ και θεραφείμ και γλυπτόν και χωνευτόν; τώρα λοιπόν σκέφθητε τι έχετε να κάμητε.
14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”
15 Και εστράφησαν εκεί και υπήγαν εις τον οίκον του νέου του Λευΐτου, εις τον οίκον του Μιχαία, και εχαιρέτησαν αυτόν.
15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.
16 Και οι εξακόσιοι άνδρες οι περιεζωσμένοι τα πολεμικά όπλα αυτών οίτινες ήσαν εκ των υιών Δαν, εστάθησαν εις την θύραν του πυλώνος.
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
17 Και ανέβησαν οι πέντε άνδρες, οίτινες είχον υπάγει διά να κατασκοπεύσωσι τον τόπον, και εισήλθον εκεί και έλαβον το γλυπτόν και το εφόδ και το θεραφείμ και το χωνευτόν· ο δε ιερεύς ίστατο εις την θύραν του πυλώνος μετά των εξακοσίων ανδρών των περιεζωσμένων τα πολεμικά όπλα.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
18 Και καθώς ούτοι εισήλθον εις τον οίκον του Μιχαία, και έλαβον το γλυπτόν, το εφόδ και το θεραφείμ και το χωνευτόν, ο ιερεύς είπε προς αυτούς, Τι κάμνετε σεις;
18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 Και είπαν προς αυτόν, Σιώπα, βάλε την χείρα σου εις το στόμα σου, και ελθέ μεθ' ημών και γίνου εις ημάς πατήρ και ιερεύς· είναι καλήτερον εις σε να ήσαι ιερεύς εν τω οίκω ενός ανθρώπου, ή να ήσαι ιερεύς φυλής και οικογενείας εν τω Ισραήλ;
19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
20 Και εχάρη η καρδία του ιερέως· και έλαβε το εφόδ και το θεραφείμ και το γλυπτόν και υπήγε μεταξύ του λαού.
20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
21 Και στραφέντες ανεχώρησαν και έβαλον τα παιδία και τα κτήνη και την αποσκευήν έμπροσθεν αυτών.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
22 Αφού απεμακρύνθησαν ούτοι από του οίκου του Μιχαία, οι άνθρωποι οι όντες εις τους οίκους τους γειτονεύοντας με την οικίαν του Μιχαία συνήχθησαν και επρόφθασαν τους υιούς Δαν.
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
23 Και εβόησαν προς τους υιούς Δαν. Και ούτοι έστρεψαν το πρόσωπον αυτών και είπαν προς τον Μιχαίαν, Τι έχεις και εσύναξας τόσον πλήθος;
23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
24 Ο δε είπεν, Ελάβετε τους θεούς μου τους οποίους έκαμα, και τον ιερέα, και ανεχωρήσατε· και τι μένει εις εμέ πλέον; και τι είναι τούτο, το οποίον λέγετε προς εμέ, τι έχεις;
24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
25 Και είπαν προς αυτόν οι υιοί Δαν, Ας μη ακουσθή η φωνή σου μεταξύ ημών, μήποτε άνδρες οξύθυμοι πέσωσι κατά σου, και χάσης την ζωήν σου και την ζωήν της οικογενείας σου.
25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”
26 Και υπήγαιναν οι υιοί Δαν εις την οδόν αυτών· και ότε είδεν ο Μιχαίας ότι εκείνοι ήσαν δυνατώτεροι αυτού, έστρεψε και επανήλθεν εις τον οίκον αυτού.
26 The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 Και αυτοί έλαβον τα όσα κατεσκεύασεν ο Μιχαίας, και τον ιερέα τον οποίον είχε, και ήλθον εις Λαϊσά, προς λαόν ησυχάζοντα και ζώντα εν αφοβία· και επάταξαν αυτούς εν στόματι μαχαίρας και την πόλιν έκαυσαν εν πυρί.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.
28 Και δεν ήτο ουδείς ο σώζων αυτήν, διότι ευρίσκετο μακράν από της Σιδώνος, και δεν είχον συγκοινωνίαν με ουδένα· έκειτο δε εν τη κοιλάδι της Βαιθ-ρεώβ. Και ωκοδόμησαν πόλιν και κατώκησαν εν αυτή.
28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
29 Και εκάλεσαν το όνομα της πόλεως Δαν, κατά το όνομα Δαν του πατρός αυτών, όστις εγεννήθη εις τον Ισραήλ· το δε όνομα της πόλεως ήτο το πάλαι εξ αρχής Λαϊσά.
29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.
30 Και έστησαν εις εαυτούς οι υιοί του Δαν το γλυπτόν· και Ιωνάθαν ο υιός του Γηρσών, υιού του Μανασσή, αυτός και οι υιοί αυτού ήσαν ιερείς εν τη φυλή Δαν, έως της ημέρας της αιχμαλωσίας της γης.
30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 Και έστησαν εις εαυτούς το γλυπτόν, το οποίον έκαμεν ο Μιχαίας, όλον τον καιρόν καθ' ον ο οίκος του Θεού ήτο εν Σηλώ.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.
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Son of Gershom and grandson of Moses (the KJV reads Manasseh) who with his sons served as priests for the tribe of Dan at the idols they took from Micah, and who is generally…
Cited in the guide: Judges 18:30
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- 1 Judges 1:34; Judges 17:6; Judges 19:1; Joshua 19:40–48; Judges 21:25
- 2 Judges 13:25; Joshua 2:1; Judges 18:11; Numbers 13:17; Judges 18:8
- 3 Genesis 27:22; Matthew 26:73; Judges 12:6; Isaiah 22:16
- 4 Judges 17:10; Ezekiel 13:19; John 10:12–13; Judges 17:12; Malachi 1:10
- 5 Acts 8:10; 1 Kings 22:5; Isaiah 30:1; Hosea 4:12; Judges 18:14
- 6 1 Kings 22:6; Psalm 33:18; 1 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 23:21–22
- 7 Joshua 19:47; 1 Samuel 3:13; Judges 18:27–28; 1 Kings 1:6; Romans 13:3
- 8 Judges 18:2; Judges 18:11; Judges 13:2; Judges 16:31
- 9 Joshua 2:23–24; Numbers 13:30; John 6:27; Joshua 18:3; 1 Kings 22:23
- 10 Judges 18:27; 1 Timothy 6:17; Judges 18:7; Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Deuteronomy 11:11–12
- 11 Judges 18:16
- 12 Judges 13:25; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; Joshua 15:60; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 1 Samuel 7:1
- 13 Judges 18:2–3; Joshua 24:30; Judges 19:1; Judges 17:1; Joshua 24:33
- 14 Judges 17:5; Proverbs 19:27; Judges 18:3–4; 1 Samuel 14:28; Isaiah 8:19–20
- 15 Genesis 43:27; John 14:27; 2 Kings 4:26; 1 Samuel 17:22; Luke 10:4–6
- 16 Judges 18:11
- 17 Judges 18:14; Judges 18:2; Judges 17:4–5; Genesis 31:19; Isaiah 46:1–2
- 19 Job 21:5; Judges 17:10; Job 29:9; Proverbs 30:32; Micah 7:16
- 20 Isaiah 56:11; Ezekiel 13:19; Hosea 4:3; 2 Peter 2:15–16; Acts 20:33
- 23 Genesis 21:17; Psalm 114:5; 2 Samuel 14:5; Isaiah 22:1; 1 Samuel 11:5
- 24 Habakkuk 2:18–19; Psalm 115:8; Isaiah 44:18–20; Judges 17:13; Jeremiah 51:17
- 25 Job 27:2; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8; Job 3:5
- 27 Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:7; Judges 18:10; Joshua 11:11; Deuteronomy 33:22
- 28 2 Samuel 10:6; Numbers 13:21; Judges 18:7; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22
- 29 Joshua 19:47; 1 Kings 15:20; Genesis 14:14; Genesis 30:6; 1 Kings 12:29–30
- 30 1 Samuel 4:10–11; Exodus 2:22; Judges 17:5; Judges 17:3; Judges 13:1
- 31 Joshua 18:1; Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12; Judges 21:21
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