Jeremiah 15

1 Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’

Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Και αν ο Μωϋσής και ο Σαμουήλ ίσταντο ενώπιόν μου, η ψυχή μου δεν ήθελεν είσθαι υπέρ του λαού τούτου· αποδίωξον αυτούς απ' έμπροσθέν μου και ας εξέλθωσι.

2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].

Και εάν είπωσι προς σε, Που θέλομεν εξέλθει; τότε θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Όσοι είναι διά τον θάνατον, εις θάνατον· και όσοι διά την μάχαιραν, εις μάχαιραν· και όσοι διά την πείναν, εις πείναν· και όσοι διά την αιχμαλωσίαν, εις αιχμαλωσίαν.

3 I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].

Και θέλω επιφέρει επ' αυτούς τέσσαρα είδη, λέγει Κύριος· την μάχαιραν διά σφαγήν, και τους κύνας διά σπαραγμόν, και τα πετεινά του ουρανού, και τα θηρία της γης, διά να καταφάγωσι και να αφανίσωσι.

4 Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.

Και θέλω παραδώσει αυτούς εις διασποράν εν πάσι τοις βασιλείοις της γής· εξ αιτίας του Μανασσή, υιού Εζεκίου βασιλέως του Ιούδα, δι' όσα έπραξεν εν Ιερουσαλήμ.

5 You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).

Διότι τις θέλει σε οικτείρει, Ιερουσαλήμ; ή τις θέλει σε συλλυπηθή; ή τις θέλει στραφή διά να ερωτήση, Πως έχεις;

6 You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.

Συ με εγκατέλιπες, λέγει Κύριος, υπήγες εις τα οπίσω· διά τούτο θέλω εκτείνει την χείρα μου επί σε και θέλω σε αφανίσει· απέκαμον ελεών.

7 At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.

Και θέλω εκλικμήσει αυτούς με το λικμητήριον εν ταις πύλαις της γής· θέλω ατεκνώσει αυτούς, θέλω αφανίσει τον λαόν μου, διότι δεν επιστρέφουσιν από των οδών αυτών.

8 I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.

Αι χήραι αυτών επληθύνθησαν ενώπιόν μου υπέρ την άμμον της θαλάσσης· έφερα επ' αυτούς, επί τας μητέρας των νέων, λεηλάτην εν μεσημβρία· επέφερα επ' αυτάς εξαίφνης ταραχάς και τρόμους.

9 A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

Εκείνη, ήτις εγέννησεν επτά, απέκαμε, παρέδωκε το πνεύμα· ο ήλιος αυτής έδυσεν, ενώ, ήτο έτι ημέρα· κατησχύνθη και εταράχθη· το δε υπόλοιπον αυτών θέλω παραδώσει εις την μάχαιραν έμπροσθεν των εχθρών αυτών, λέγει Κύριος.

10 [I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”

Ουαί εις εμέ, μήτέρ μου, διότι εγέννησας εμέ άνδρα έριδος και άνδρα φιλονεικίας μεθ' όλης της γης. Ούτε ετόκισα ούτε με ετόκισαν· και όμως πας τις εξ αυτών με καταράται.

11 But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”

Ο Κύριος λέγει, Βεβαίως το υπόλοιπόν σου θέλει είσθαι καλόν· βεβαίως θέλω μεσιτεύσει υπέρ σου προς τον εχθρόν εν καιρώ συμφοράς και εν καιρώ θλίψεως.

12 [Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.

Ο σίδηρος θέλει συντρίψει τον σίδηρον του βορρά και τον χαλκόν;

13 I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.

Τα υπάρχοντά σου και τους θησαυρούς σου θέλω παραδώσει εις λεηλασίαν άνευ ανταλλάγματος, και τούτο διά πάσας τας αμαρτίας σου και κατά πάντα τα όριά σου.

14 I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”

Και θέλω σε περάσει μετά των εχθρών σου εις τόπον τον οποίον δεν γνωρίζεις· διότι πυρ εξήφθη εν τω θυμώ μου, το οποίον θέλει εκκαυθή καθ' υμών.

15 [Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.

Συ, Κύριε, γνωρίζεις· ενθυμήθητί με και επίσκεψαί με και εκδίκησόν με από των καταδιωκόντων με· μη με αρπάσης εν τη μακροθυμία σου· γνώρισον ότι διά σε υπέφερα ονειδισμόν.

16 Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]

Καθώς ευρέθησαν οι λόγοι σου, κατέφαγον αυτούς· και ο λόγος σου ήτο εν εμοί χαρά και αγαλλίασις της καρδίας μου· διότι το όνομά σου εκλήθη επ' εμέ, Κύριε Θεέ των δυνάμεων.

17 When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].

Δεν εκάθησα εν συνεδρίω χλευαστών και συνευφράνθην· εκάθησα μόνος εξ αιτίας της χειρός σου· διότι συ με ενέπλησας αδημονίας.

18 So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”

Διά τι ο πόνος μου είναι παντοτεινός και η πληγή μου ανίατος, μη θέλουσα να ιατρευθή; θέλεις είσθαι διόλου εις εμέ ως ψεύστης και ως ύδατα απατηλά;

19 Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.

Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Εάν επιστρέψης, τότε θέλω σε αποκαταστήσει πάλιν, και θέλεις ίστασθαι ενώπιόν μου· και εάν αποχωρίσης το τίμιον από του αχρείου, θέλεις είσθαι ως το στόμα μου· αυτοί ας επιστρέψωσι προς σε, αλλά συ με επιστρέψης προς αυτούς.

20 They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.

Και θέλω σε κάμει προς τούτον τον λαόν οχυρόν χαλκούν τείχος· και θέλουσι σε πολεμήσει, αλλά δεν θέλουσιν υπερισχύσει εναντίον σου, διότι εγώ είμαι μετά σου διά να σε σώζω και να σε ελευθερόνω, λέγει Κύριος.

21 [Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

Και θέλω σε ελευθερώσει εκ της χειρός των πονηρών και θέλω σε λυτρώσει εκ της χειρός των καταδυναστευόντων.