Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 25 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 Τότε θέλει ομοιωθή η βασιλεία των ουρανών με δέκα παρθένους, αίτινες λαβούσαι τας λαμπάδας αυτών εξήλθον εις απάντησιν του νυμφίου.
1 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Πέντε δε εξ αυτών ήσαν φρόνιμοι και πέντε μωραί.
2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 Αίτινες μωραί, λαβούσαι τας λαμπάδας αυτών, δεν έλαβον μεθ' εαυτών έλαιον·
3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
4 αι φρόνιμοι όμως έλαβον έλαιον εν τοις αγγείοις αυτών μετά των λαμπάδων αυτών.
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 Και επειδή ο νυμφίος εβράδυνεν, ενύσταξαν πάσαι και εκοιμώντο.
5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 Εν τω μέσω δε της νυκτός έγεινε κραυγή· Ιδού, ο νυμφίος έρχεται, εξέλθετε εις απάντησιν αυτού.
6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’
7 Τότε εσηκώθησαν πάσαι αι παρθένοι εκείναι και ητοίμασαν τας λαμπάδας αυτών.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 Και αι μωραί είπον προς τας φρονίμους· Δότε εις ημάς εκ του ελαίου σας, διότι αι λαμπάδες ημών σβύνονται.
8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
9 Απεκρίθησαν δε αι φρόνιμοι, λέγουσαι· Μήποτε δεν αρκέση εις ημάς και εις εσάς· όθεν υπάγετε κάλλιον προς τους πωλούντας και αγοράσατε εις εαυτάς.
9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
10 Ενώ δε απήρχοντο διά να αγοράσωσιν, ήλθεν ο νυμφίος και αι έτοιμοι εισήλθον μετ' αυτού εις τους γάμους, και εκλείσθη η θύρα.
10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
11 Ύστερον δε έρχονται και αι λοιπαί παρθένοι, λέγουσαι· Κύριε, Κύριε, άνοιξον εις ημάς.
11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
12 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν· Αληθώς σας λέγω, δεν σας γνωρίζω.
12 But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 Αγρυπνείτε λοιπόν, διότι δεν εξεύρετε την ημέραν ουδέ την ώραν, καθ' ην ο Υιός του ανθρώπου έρχεται.
13 Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
14 Διότι θέλει ελθεί ως άνθρωπος, όστις αποδημών εκάλεσε τους δούλους αυτού και παρέδωκεν εις αυτούς τα υπάρχοντα αυτού,
14 “For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
15 και εις άλλον μεν έδωκε πέντε τάλαντα, εις άλλον δε δύο, εις άλλον δε εν, εις έκαστον κατά την ιδίαν αυτού ικανότητα, και απεδήμησεν ευθύς.
15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
16 Υπήγε δε ο λαβών τα πέντε τάλαντα και εργαζόμενος δι' αυτών έκαμεν άλλα πέντε τάλαντα.
16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 Ωσαύτως και ο τα δύο εκέρδησε και αυτός άλλα δύο.
17 In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
18 Ο δε λαβών το εν υπήγε και έσκαψεν εις την γην και έκρυψε το αργύριον του κυρίου αυτού.
18 But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.
19 Μετά δε καιρόν πολύν έρχεται ο κύριος των δούλων εκείνων και θεωρεί λογαριασμόν μετ' αυτών.
19 “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.
20 Και ελθών ο λαβών τα πέντε τάλαντα, προσέφερεν άλλα πέντε τάλαντα, λέγων· Κύριε, πέντε τάλαντα μοι παρέδωκας· ιδού, άλλα πέντε τάλαντα εκέρδησα επ' αυτοίς.
20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’
21 Και είπε προς αυτόν ο κύριος αυτού· Εύγε, δούλε αγαθέ και πιστέ· εις τα ολίγα εστάθης πιστός, επί πολλών θέλω σε καταστήσει· είσελθε εις την χαράν του κυρίου σου.
21 “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22 Προσελθών δε και ο λαβών τα δύο τάλαντα είπε· Κύριε, δύο τάλαντα μοι παρέδωκας· ιδού, άλλα δύο τάλαντα εκέρδησα επ' αυτοίς.
22 “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’
23 Είπε προς αυτόν ο κύριος αυτού· Εύγε, δούλε αγαθέ και πιστέ· εις τα ολίγα εστάθης πιστός, επί πολλών θέλω σε καταστήσει· είσελθε εις την χαράν του κυρίου σου.
23 “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24 Προσελθών δε και ο λαβών το εν τάλαντον, είπε· Κύριε, σε εγνώρισα ότι είσαι σκληρός άνθρωπος, θερίζων όπου δεν έσπειρας και συνάγων όθεν δεν διεσκόρπισας·
24 “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.
25 και φοβηθείς υπήγα και έκρυψα το τάλαντόν σου εν τη γή· ιδού, έχεις το σον.
25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
26 Αποκριθείς δε ο κύριος αυτού, είπε προς αυτόν· Πονηρέ δούλε και οκνηρέ· ήξευρες ότι θερίζω όπου δεν έσπειρα και συνάγω όθεν δεν διεσκόρπισα·
26 “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
27 έπρεπε λοιπόν να βάλης το αργύριόν μου εις τους τραπεζίτας, και ελθών εγώ ήθελον λάβει το εμόν μετά τόκου.
27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
28 Λάβετε λοιπόν απ' αυτού το τάλαντον, και δότε εις τον έχοντα τα δέκα τάλαντα.
28 Take away therefore the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.
29 Διότι εις πάντα τον έχοντα θέλει δοθή και περισσευθή, από δε του μη έχοντος και εκείνο το οποίον έχει θέλει αφαιρεθή απ' αυτού.
29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.
30 Και τον αχρείον δούλον ρίψατε εις το σκότος το εξώτερον· εκεί θέλει είσθαι ο κλαυθμός και ο τριγμός των οδόντων.
30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
31 Όταν δε έλθη ο Υιός του ανθρώπου εν τη δόξη αυτού και πάντες οι άγιοι άγγελοι μετ' αυτού, τότε θέλει καθήσει επί του θρόνου της δόξης αυτού,
31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
32 και θέλουσι συναχθή έμπροσθεν αυτού πάντα τα έθνη, και θέλει χωρίσει αυτούς απ' αλλήλων, καθώς ο ποιμήν χωρίζει τα πρόβατα από των εριφίων,
32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 και θέλει στήσει τα μεν πρόβατα εκ δεξιών αυτού, τα δε ερίφια εξ αριστερών.
33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Τότε ο Βασιλεύς θέλει ειπεί προς τους εκ δεξιών αυτού· Έλθετε οι ευλογημένοι του Πατρός μου, κληρονομήσατε την ητοιμασμένην εις εσάς βασιλείαν από καταβολής κόσμου.
34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
35 Διότι επείνασα, και μοι εδώκατε να φάγω, εδίψησα, και με εποτίσατε, ξένος ήμην, και με εφιλοξενήσατε,
35 for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
36 γυμνός, και με ενεδύσατε, ησθένησα, και με επεσκέφθητε, εν φυλακή ήμην, και ήλθετε προς εμέ.
36 I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
37 Τότε θέλουσιν αποκριθή προς αυτόν οι δίκαιοι, λέγοντες· Κύριε, πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα και εθρέψαμεν, ή διψώντα και εποτίσαμεν;
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
38 πότε δε σε είδομεν ξένον και εφιλοξενήσαμεν, ή γυμνόν και ενεδύσαμεν;
38 When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
39 πότε δε σε είδομεν ασθενή ή εν φυλακή και ήλθομεν προς σε;
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
40 Και αποκριθείς ο Βασιλεύς θέλει ειπεί προς αυτούς· Αληθώς σας λέγω, καθ' όσον εκάμετε εις ένα τούτων των αδελφών μου των ελαχίστων, εις εμέ εκάμετε.
40 “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
41 Τότε θέλει ειπεί και προς τους εξ αριστερών· Υπάγετε απ' εμού οι κατηραμένοι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον, το ητοιμασμένον διά τον διάβολον και τους αγγέλους αυτού.
41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
42 Διότι επείνασα, και δεν μοι εδώκατε να φάγω, εδίψησα, και δεν με εποτίσατε,
42 for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
43 ξένος ήμην, και δεν με εφιλοξενήσατε, γυμνός, και δεν με ενεδύσατε, ασθενής και εν φυλακή, και δεν με επεσκέφθητε.
43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
44 Τότε θέλουσιν αποκριθή προς αυτόν και αυτοί, λέγοντες· Κύριε, πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα ή διψώντα ή ξένον ή γυμνόν ή ασθενή ή εν φυλακή, και δεν σε υπηρετήσαμεν;
44 “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’
45 Τότε θέλει αποκριθή προς αυτούς, λέγων· Αληθώς σας λέγω, καθ' όσον δεν εκάμετε εις ένα τούτων των ελαχίστων, ουδέ εις εμέ εκάμετε.
45 “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
46 Και θέλουσιν απέλθει ούτοι μεν εις κόλασιν αιώνιον, οι δε δίκαιοι εις ζωήν αιώνιον.
46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Cross references (43)
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- 1 Luke 12:35–36; Matthew 24:42–51; Revelation 19:7; Philippians 2:15–16; John 3:29
- 2 Jeremiah 24:2; 1 Corinthians 10:1–5; Matthew 13:47–48; Matthew 13:19–23; 1 John 2:19
- 3 2 Timothy 3:5; Revelation 3:15–16; Isaiah 48:1–2; Isaiah 58:2; Revelation 3:1
- 4 Romans 8:9; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; John 3:34; Psalm 45:7
- 5 Habakkuk 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; 2 Peter 3:4–9; Matthew 24:48; Luke 20:9
- 6 2 Peter 3:10; John 5:28–29; Matthew 24:31; Matthew 25:1; Matthew 24:44
- 7 Luke 12:35; 2 Peter 3:14; Revelation 3:19–20; Revelation 2:4–5; Revelation 3:2
- 8 Proverbs 13:9; Luke 12:35; Hebrews 4:1; Matthew 13:20–21; Revelation 3:9
- 9 Psalm 49:7–9; Revelation 3:17–18; Isaiah 55:6–7; Isaiah 55:1–3; Ezekiel 14:20
- 10 Luke 13:25; Matthew 24:44; 1 Peter 1:13; Luke 12:36–37; Genesis 7:16
- 11 Matthew 7:21–23; Hebrews 12:16–17
- 12 1 Corinthians 8:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; John 10:27; Luke 13:26–30; Psalm 5:5
- 13 Matthew 24:42–44; Revelation 16:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Luke 21:36; 1 Corinthians 16:13
- 14 Mark 13:34; 1 Peter 4:9–11; Romans 12:6–8; Luke 19:12–27; Matthew 25:14–30
- 15 Matthew 18:24; Luke 19:13–14; Luke 12:48
- 16 Philemon 6–7; 3 John 5–8; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; 2 Timothy 2:6; Acts 13:36
- 17 Proverbs 3:9–10; Ephesians 5:16; Ecclesiastes 11:1–6; Colossians 4:17; 1 Peter 4:10
- 18 2 Peter 1:8; Proverbs 26:13–16; Malachi 1:10; Hebrews 6:12; Haggai 1:2–4
- 19 1 Corinthians 3:12–15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 14:7–12; Matthew 18:23–24; Luke 16:1–2
- 20 Acts 20:24; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Timothy 4:1–8; Luke 19:16–17; Colossians 1:29
- 21 Matthew 25:23; Luke 16:10; John 12:26; 2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 3:21
- 22 2 Corinthians 8:12; Romans 12:6–8; 2 Corinthians 8:7–8; Luke 19:18–19; 2 Corinthians 8:1–3
- 23 Matthew 25:21; Mark 14:8–9; Mark 12:41–44
- 24 Luke 19:20–22; Luke 15:29; Malachi 3:14–15; Ezekiel 18:25–29; Jeremiah 2:31
- 25 2 Timothy 1:6–7; Romans 8:15; Proverbs 26:13; Revelation 21:8; Isaiah 57:11
- 26 Matthew 18:32; Job 15:5–6
- 27 Luke 19:22–23; Jude 15; Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Romans 3:19
- 28 Luke 19:24; Luke 10:42
- 29 Luke 8:18; Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:25; Luke 19:25–26; John 15:2
- 30 Matthew 8:12; Matthew 13:50; Revelation 3:15–16; Matthew 22:13; Hebrews 6:7–8
- 31 Revelation 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8; Matthew 19:28; Jude 14; Mark 8:38
- 32 Malachi 3:18; Matthew 13:49; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Psalm 98:9; Ezekiel 34:17–22
- 33 Psalm 100:3; Psalm 45:9; John 10:26–28; John 21:15–17; Psalm 110:1
- 34 1 Peter 1:19–20; James 2:5; Revelation 21:7; Revelation 13:8; 1 Peter 1:3–5
- 35 1 John 3:16–19; James 2:15–16; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Ezekiel 18:7; Ezekiel 18:16
- 36 James 1:27; James 5:14–15; Hebrews 13:3; 2 Timothy 1:16–18; James 2:14–16
- 37 Matthew 6:3; 1 Peter 5:5–6; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Isaiah 64:6; 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 40 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:31; Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41; 1 Peter 1:22
- 41 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6–7; Matthew 13:42; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Matthew 7:23
- 42 James 2:15–24; 1 Corinthians 16:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; John 5:23; Matthew 12:30
- 44 Luke 10:29; Matthew 7:22; Matthew 25:24–27; Malachi 3:13; Malachi 1:6
- 45 Proverbs 21:13; Proverbs 17:5; Matthew 25:40; Proverbs 14:31; Acts 9:5
- 46 Daniel 12:2; John 5:29; John 3:36; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:15
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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).
How these were chosen
“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).
Ye who were present yesterday remember my promise; which with the Lord's assistance is to be made good to-day, not to you only, but to the many others also who have come together. It is no easy question, who the ten virgins are, of whom five are wise, and five foolish.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"Then shall the kingdom of Heaven," He saith, "be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. But five of them were wise, and the other five foolish, which took not," He saith, "oil." "Then, while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And besides; "the eternal fire which the Father has prepared for the devil and his angels," -- they ought to show of which of those Æons that are above it is the image; for it, too, is reckoned part of the creation.
For the truth in the gospel promises to the saints and the faithful that they will be equal to the angels of God; and it is also promised them that they will "go away into life eternal." But if we are certain that we shall never lapse from eternal felicity, while they are not certain, then we shall not be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For it will be no longer, "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," and thou "tillest the ground," and those former words, that will be said to us; but what is far more grievous than these, the "outer darkness," the bonds that may not be burst, the venomous worm, the "gnashing of teeth;" and this with great reason.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)