Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Κατάβηθι εις τον οίκον του βασιλέως του Ιούδα και λάλησον εκεί τον λόγον τούτον,
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
και ειπέ, Άκουσον τον λόγον του Κυρίου, βασιλεύ του Ιούδα, ο καθήμενος επί του θρόνου του Δαβίδ, συ και οι δούλοί σου και ο λαός σου, οι εισερχόμενοι διά των πυλών τούτων·
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Κάμνετε κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην και ελευθερόνετε τον γεγυμνωμένον εκ της χειρός του δυνάστου· και μη αδικείτε μηδέ καταδυναστεύετε τον ξένον, τον ορφανόν και την χήραν και αίμα αθώον μη χύνετε εν τω τόπω τούτω.
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Διότι εάν τωόντι κάμνητε τον λόγον τούτον, τότε θέλουσιν εισέλθει διά των πυλών του οίκου τούτου βασιλείς καθήμενοι επί του θρόνου του Δαβίδ, εποχούμενοι επί αμαξών και ίππων, αυτοί και οι δούλοι αυτών και ο λαός αυτών.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
Αλλ' εάν δεν ακούσητε τους λόγους τούτους, ομνύω εις εμαυτόν, λέγει Κύριος, ότι ο οίκος ούτος θέλει κατασταθή έρημος.
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος προς τον οίκον του βασιλέως του Ιούδα. Συ είσαι Γαλαάδ εις εμέ και κορυφή του Λιβάνου· αλλά θέλω σε καταστήσει ερημίαν, πόλεις ακατοικήτους.
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Και θέλω ετοιμάσει εναντίον σου εξολοθρευτάς, έκαστον μετά των όπλων αυτού· και θέλουσι κατακόψει τας εκλεκτάς κέδρους σου και ρίψει εις το πυρ.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
Και πολλά έθνη θέλουσι διαβή διά της πόλεως ταύτης και θέλουσιν ειπεί έκαστος προς τον πλησίον αυτού, Διά τι ο Κύριος έκαμεν ούτως εις ταύτην την μεγάλην πόλιν;
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Και θέλουσιν αποκριθή, Διότι εγκατέλιπον την διαθήκην Κυρίου του Θεού αυτών και προσεκύνησαν άλλους θεούς και ελάτρευσαν αυτούς.
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
Μη κλαίετε τον αποθανόντα και μη θρηνείτε αυτόν· κλαύσατε πικρώς τον εξερχόμενον, διότι δεν θέλει επιστρέψει πλέον και ιδεί την γην της γεννήσεως αυτού.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί του Σαλλούμ, υιού του Ιωσίου, βασιλέως του Ιούδα, του βασιλεύοντος αντί Ιωσίου του πατρός αυτού, όστις εξήλθεν εκ του τόπου τούτου· Δεν θέλει επιστρέψει εκεί πλέον,
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
αλλά θέλει αποθάνει εν τω τόπω όπου έφεραν αυτόν αιχμάλωτον, και δεν θέλει ιδεί πλέον την γην ταύτην.
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
Ουαί εις τον οικοδομούντα τον οίκον αυτού ουχί εν δικαιοσύνη και τα υπερώα αυτού ουχί εν ευθύτητι, τον μεταχειριζόμενον την εργασίαν του πλησίον αυτού αμισθί και μη αποδίδοντα εις αυτόν τον μισθόν του κόπου αυτού,
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
τον λέγοντα, Θέλω οικοδομήσει εις εμαυτόν οίκον μέγαν και υπερώα ευρύχωρα, και ανοίγοντα εις εαυτόν παράθυρα και στεγάζοντα με κέδρον και χρωματίζοντα με μίλτον.
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
Θέλεις βασιλεύει, διότι εγκλείεις σεαυτόν εις κέδρον; ο πατήρ σου δεν έτρωγε και έπινε, και επειδή έκαμνε κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην, ευημέρει;
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
Έκρινε την κρίσιν του πτωχού και του πένητος και τότε ευημέρει· δεν ήτο τούτο να με γνωρίζη; λέγει Κύριος.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
Αλλ' οι οφθαλμοί σου και η καρδία σου δεν είναι παρά εις την πλεονεξίαν σου και εις το να εκχέης αίμα αθώον και εις την δυναστείαν και εις την βίαν, διά να κάμνης ταύτα.
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί του Ιωακείμ, υιού του Ιωσίου, βασιλέως του Ιούδα· Δεν θέλουσι κλαύσει αυτόν, λέγοντες, Ουαί αδελφέ μου Ουαί αδελφή δεν θέλουσι κλαύσει αυτόν, λέγοντες, Ουαί κύριε ή, Ουαί δόξα
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Θέλει ταφή ταφήν όνου, συρόμενος και ριπτόμενος πέραν των πυλών της Ιερουσαλήμ.
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
Ανάβηθι εις τον Λίβανον και βόησον και ύψωσον την φωνήν σου προς την Βασάν και βόησον από Αβαρίμ· διότι ηφανίσθησαν πάντες οι ερασταί σου.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Ελάλησα προς σε εν τη ευημερία σου, αλλ' είπας, Δεν θέλω ακούσει· ούτος εστάθη ο τρόπος σου εκ νεότητός σου, ότι δεν υπήκουσας εις την φωνήν μου.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Ο άνεμος θέλει καταβοσκήσει πάντας τους ποιμένας σου και οι ερασταί σου θέλουσιν υπάγει εις αιχμαλωσίαν· τότε, ναι, θέλεις αισχυνθή και εντραπή διά πάσας τας ασεβείας σου.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
Συ ήτις κατοικείς εν τω Λιβάνω, ήτις κάμνεις την φωλεάν σου εν ταις κέδροις, πόσον αξιοθρήνητος θέλεις είσθαι, όταν έλθωσι λύπαι επί σε, ωδίνες ως τικτούσης.
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
Ζω εγώ, λέγει Κύριος, και εάν ο Χονίας, ο υιός του Ιωακείμ, βασιλεύς του Ιούδα, ήθελε γείνει σφραγίς επί την δεξιάν μου χείρα, και εκείθεν ήθελον σε αποσπάσει·
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
και θέλω σε παραδώσει εις την χείρα των ζητούντων την ψυχήν σου και εις την χείρα εκείνων, των οποίων το πρόσωπον φοβείσαι, ναι, εις την χείρα του Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος και εις την χείρα των Χαλδαίων.
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Και θέλω απορρίψει σε και την μητέρα σου, ήτις σε εγέννησεν, εις γην ξένην όπου δεν εγεννήθητε, και εκεί θέλετε αποθάνει.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Εις δε την γην, εις την οποίαν η ψυχή αυτών επιθυμεί να επιστρέψωσιν, εκεί δεν θέλουσιν επιστρέψει.
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
Ο άνθρωπος ούτος ο Χονίας κατεστάθη είδωλον καταπεφρονημένον και συντετριμμένον; σκεύος, εν ω δεν υπάρχει χάρις; διά τι απεβλήθησαν, αυτός και το σπέρμα αυτού, και ερρίφθησαν εις τόπον, τον οποίον δεν γνωρίζουσιν;
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
Ω γη, γη, γη, άκουε τον λόγον του Κυρίου.
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Γράψατε τον άνθρωπον τούτον άτεκνον, άνθρωπον όστις δεν θέλει ευοδοθή εν ταις ημέραις αυτού· διότι δεν θέλει ευοδοθή εκ του σπέρματος αυτού άνθρωπος καθήμενος επί τον θρόνον του Δαβίδ και εξουσιάζων πλέον επί του Ιούδα.
