Nehemiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Nehemiah 1 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 Λόγοι Νεεμία υιού του Αχαλία. Και εν τω μηνί Χισλεύ, εν τω εικοστώ έτει, ότε ήμην εν Σούσοις τη βασιλευούση,
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
2 ο Ανανί, εις εκ των αδελφών μου, ήλθεν, αυτός και τινές εκ του Ιούδα, και ηρώτησα αυτούς περί των διασωθέντων Ιουδαίων, οίτινες εναπελείφθησαν εκ της αιχμαλωσίας, και περί Ιερουσαλήμ.
2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 Και είπον προς εμέ, Οι υπόλοιποι, οι εναπολειφθέντες εκ της αιχμαλωσίας εκεί εν τη επαρχία, είναι εν θλίψει μεγάλη, και ονειδισμώ· και το τείχος της Ιερουσαλήμ καθηρέθη, και αι πύλαι αυτής κατεκαύθησαν εν πυρί.
3 They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 Και ότε ήκουσα τους λόγους τούτους, εκάθησα και έκλαυσα και επένθησα ημέρας και ενήστευον, και προσηυχόμην ενώπιον του Θεού του ουρανού,
4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 και είπα, Δέομαι, Κύριε, Θεέ του ουρανού, ο μέγας και φοβερός Θεός, ο φυλάττων την διαθήκην και το έλεος προς τους αγαπώντας αυτόν και τηρούντας τας εντολάς αυτού,
5 and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
6 ας ήναι τώρα το ους σου προσεκτικόν και οι οφθαλμοί σου ανεωγμένοι, διά να ακούσης την προσευχήν του δούλου σου, την οποίαν ήδη προσεύχομαι ενώπιόν σου ημέραν και νύκτα υπέρ των υιών Ισραήλ των δούλων σου, και εξομολογούμαι τα αμαρτήματα των υιών Ισραήλ, τα οποία ημαρτήσαμεν εις σέ· και εγώ και ο οίκος του πατρός μου ημαρτήσαμεν.
6 let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 Όλως διεφθάρημεν ενώπιόν σου, και δεν εφυλάξαμεν τας εντολάς και τα διατάγματα και τας κρίσεις, τας οποίας προσέταξας εις τον δούλον σου τον Μωϋσήν.
7 We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
8 Ενθυμήθητι, δέομαι, τον λόγον, τον οποίον προσέταξας εις τον δούλον σου τον Μωϋσήν, λέγων, Εάν γείνητε παραβάται, εγώ θέλω σας διασκορπίσει μεταξύ των εθνών·
8 “Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;
9 αλλ' εάν επιστρέψητε προς εμέ και φυλάξητε τας εντολάς μου και εκτελήτε αυτάς, και αν ήναι από σας απερριμμένοι έως των εσχάτων του ουρανού, και εκείθεν θέλω συνάξει αυτούς και θέλω φέρει αυτούς εις τον τόπον, τον οποίον εξέλεξα διά να κατοικίσω το όνομά μου εκεί.
9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
10 Ούτοι δε είναι δούλοί σου και λαός σου, τους οποίους ελύτρωσας διά της δυνάμεώς σου της μεγάλης και διά της χειρός σου της κραταιάς.
10 “Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
11 Δέομαι, Κύριε, ας ήναι ήδη το ους σου προσεκτικόν εις την προσευχήν του δούλου σου και εις την προσευχήν των δούλων σου, των θελόντων να φοβώνται το όνομά σου· και ευόδωσον, δέομαι, τον δούλον σου την ημέραν ταύτην, και χάρισον εις αυτόν έλεος ενώπιον του ανδρός τούτου. Διότι εγώ ήμην οινοχόος του βασιλέως.
11 Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Hacaliah
Named as the father of Nehemiah the governor.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 10:1
Hanani
One of Nehemiah’s brothers who brought the report from Judah about Jerusalem’s ruin; later put in charge of Jerusalem with Hananiah because he was faithful.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 7:2
Nehemiah
Son of Hacaliah and cupbearer to Artaxerxes at Susa; grieved over Jerusalem, was sent as governor, rebuilt the wall in 52 days despite opposition, led the covenant renewal, and…
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Zechariah 7:1; Nehemiah 10:1; Esther 1:2; Daniel 8:2; Ezra 7:7
- 2 Nehemiah 7:2; Ezekiel 6:9; Psalm 137:5–6; Jeremiah 44:14; Ezekiel 7:16
- 3 Nehemiah 2:17; 2 Kings 25:10; Nehemiah 9:36–37; Nehemiah 7:6; Nehemiah 2:13
- 4 Daniel 9:3; Psalm 137:1; Ezra 10:1; Psalm 69:9–10; Psalm 102:13–14
- 5 Exodus 20:6; Daniel 9:4–19; Deuteronomy 7:21; Deuteronomy 7:9; Nehemiah 4:14
- 6 Daniel 9:20; Daniel 9:4; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 106:6; Daniel 9:17–18
- 7 Daniel 9:5–6; Daniel 9:11; Daniel 9:13; Psalm 106:6; Hosea 9:9
- 8 Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 4:25–27; Leviticus 26:33–46; 1 Kings 9:6–7; Deuteronomy 32:26–28
- 9 Jeremiah 29:11–14; Deuteronomy 30:2–5; Deuteronomy 4:29–31; Jeremiah 32:37; Leviticus 26:39–42
- 10 Deuteronomy 9:29; Daniel 9:15–27; Exodus 32:11; Psalm 74:2; Deuteronomy 15:15
- 11 Nehemiah 1:6; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 2:1; Proverbs 21:1; Hebrews 13:18
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