Jeremiah 23
1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
Ουαί εις τους ποιμένας τους φθείροντας και διασκορπίζοντας τα πρόβατα της βοσκής μου, λέγει Κύριος.
2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ, κατά των ποιμένων, οίτινες ποιμαίνουσι τον λαόν μου. Σεις διεσκορπίσατε τα πρόβατά μου και απεδιώξατε αυτά και δεν επεσκέφθητε αυτά· ιδού, εγώ θέλω επισκεφθή εφ' υμάς την κακίαν των έργων υμών, λέγει Κύριος.
3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
Και εγώ θέλω συνάξει το υπόλοιπον των προβάτων μου εκ πάντων των τόπων, όπου εδίωξα αυτά, και θέλω επιστρέψει αυτά πάλιν εις τας βοσκάς αυτών, και θέλουσι καρποφορήσει και πληθυνθή·
4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
και θέλω καταστήσει ποιμένας επ' αυτά και θέλουσι ποιμαίνει αυτά· και δεν θέλουσι φοβηθή πλέον ουδέ τρομάξει ουδέ εκλείψει, λέγει Κύριος.
5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω ανεγείρει εις τον Δαβίδ βλαστόν δίκαιον, και βασιλεύς θέλει βασιλεύσει και ευημερήσει και εκτελέσει κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην επί της γης.
6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
Εν ταις ημέραις αυτού ο Ιούδας θέλει σωθή και ο Ισραήλ θέλει κατοικήσει εν ασφαλεία· και τούτο είναι το όνομα αυτού, με το οποίον θέλει ονομασθή, Ο Κύριος η δικαιοσύνη ημών.
7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
Διά τούτο, ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και δεν θέλουσιν ειπεί πλέον, Ζη ο Κύριος, όστις ανήγαγε τους υιούς Ισραήλ εκ γης Αιγύπτου·
8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
αλλά, Ζη ο Κύριος, όστις ανήγαγε και όστις έφερε το σπέρμα του οίκου Ισραήλ εκ της γης του βορρά και εκ πάντων των τόπων, όπου είχα διώξει αυτούς· και θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν τη γη αυτών.
9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
Ένεκεν των προφητών η καρδία μου συντρίβεται εντός μου· σαλεύονται πάντα τα οστά μου· είμαι ως άνθρωπος μεθύων και ως άνθρωπος συνεχόμενος υπό οίνου, εξ αιτίας του Κυρίου και εξ αιτίας των λόγων της αγιότητος αυτού.
10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
Διότι η γη είναι πλήρης μοιχών· διότι εξ αιτίας του όρκου πενθεί η γή· εξηράνθησαν αι βοσκαί της ερήμου και η οδός αυτών έγεινε πονηρά και η δύναμις αυτών άδικος.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
Διότι και ο προφήτης και ο ιερεύς εμολύνθησαν· ναι, εν τω οίκω μου εύρηκα τας ασεβείας αυτών, λέγει Κύριος.
12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Διά τούτο η οδός αυτών θέλει είσθαι εις αυτούς ως ολίσθημα εν τω σκότει· θέλουσιν ωθηθή και πέσει εν αυτή· διότι θέλω φέρει κακόν επ' αυτούς εν τω ενιαυτώ της επισκέψεως αυτών, λέγει Κύριος.
13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
Είδον μεν αφροσύνην εν τοις προφήταις της Σαμαρείας. προεφήτευσαν διά του Βάαλ και επλάνων τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ.
14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
αλλ' εν τοις προφήταις της Ιερουσαλήμ είδον φρίκην· μοιχεύουσι και περιπατούσιν εν ψεύδει και ενισχύουσι τας χείρας των κακούργων, ώστε ουδείς επιστρέφει από της κακίας αυτού· πάντες ούτοι είναι εις εμέ ως Σόδομα και οι κάτοικοι αυτής ως Γόμορρα.
15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων κατά των προφητών· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω ψωμίσει αυτούς αψίνθιον και θέλω ποτίσει αυτούς ύδωρ χολής· διότι εκ των προφητών της Ιερουσαλήμ εξήλθεν ο μολυσμός εις άπαντα τον τόπον.
16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Μη ακούετε τους λόγους των προφητών των προφητευόντων εις εσάς· ούτοι σας κάμνουσι ματαίους· λαλούσιν οράσεις από της καρδίας αυτών, ουχί από στόματος Κυρίου.
17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
Λέγουσι πάντοτε προς τους καταφρονούντάς με, Ο Κύριος είπεν, Ειρήνη θέλει είσθαι εις εσάς· και λέγουσι προς πάντα περιπατούντα κατά τας ορέξεις της καρδίας αυτού, Δεν θέλει ελθεί κακόν εφ' υμάς·
18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
διότι τις παρεστάθη εν τη βουλή του Κυρίου και είδε και ήκουσε τον λόγον αυτού; τις επρόσεξεν εις τον λόγον αυτού και ήκουσεν;
19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
Ιδού, ανεμοστρόβιλος παρά Κυρίου εξήλθε με ορμήν, και ανεμοστρόβιλος ορμητικός θέλει εξορμήσει επί την κεφαλήν των ασεβών.
20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
Ο θυμός του Κυρίου δεν θέλει αποστρέψει εωσού εκτελέση και εωσού κάμη τους στοχασμούς της καρδίας αυτού· εν ταις εσχάταις ημέραις θέλετε νοήσει τούτο εντελώς.
21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
Δεν απέστειλα τους προφήτας τούτους και αυτοί έτρεξαν· δεν ελάλησα προς αυτούς και αυτοί προεφήτευσαν·
22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
αλλ' εάν ήθελον παρασταθή εν τη βουλή μου, τότε ήθελον κάμει τον λαόν μου να ακούση τους λόγους μου, και ήθελον αποστρέψει αυτούς από της πονηράς οδού αυτών και από της κακίας των έργων αυτών.
23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
Θεός εγγύθεν είμαι εγώ, λέγει Κύριος, και ουχί Θεός μακρόθεν;
24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
Δύναταί τις να κρυφθή εν κρυφίοις τόποις και εγώ να μη ίδω αυτόν; λέγει Κύριος. Δεν πληρώ εγώ τον ουρανόν και την γην; λέγει Κύριος.
25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
Ήκουσα τι λέγουσιν οι προφήται, οι προφητεύοντες εν τω ονόματί μου ψεύδος, λέγοντες, Είδον ενύπνιον, είδον ενύπνιον.
26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
Έως πότε θέλει είσθαι τούτο εν τη καρδία των προφητών των προφητευόντων ψεύδος; ναι, προφητεύουσι τας απάτας της καρδίας αυτών·
27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
οίτινες στοχάζονται να κάμωσι τον λαόν μου να λησμονήση το όνομά μου, διά των ενυπνίων αυτών τα οποία διηγούνται έκαστος προς τον πλησίον αυτού, καθώς ελησμόνησαν οι πατέρες αυτών το όνομά μου διά τον Βάαλ.
28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
Ο προφήτης εις τον οποίον είναι ενύπνιον, ας διηγηθή το ενύπνιον· και εκείνος, εις τον οποίον είναι ο λόγος μου, ας λαλήση τον λόγον μου εν αληθεία. Τι είναι το άχυρον προς τον σίτον; λέγει Κύριος.
29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
Δεν είναι ο λόγος μου ως πυρ; λέγει ο Κύριος· και ως σφύρα κατασυντρίβουσα τον βράχον;
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
Διά τούτο, ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητών, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες κλέπτουσι τους λόγους μου, έκαστος από του πλησίον αυτού.
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητών, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες κινούσι τας γλώσσας αυτών και λέγουσιν, Αυτός λέγει.
32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
Ιδού, εγώ είμαι εναντίον των προφητευόντων ενύπνια ψευδή, λέγει Κύριος, οίτινες διηγούνται αυτά και πλανώσι τον λαόν μου με τα ψεύδη αυτών και με την αφροσύνην αυτών· ενώ εγώ δεν απέστειλα αυτούς ουδέ προσέταξα αυτούς· διά τούτο ουδόλως θέλουσιν ωφελήσει τον λαόν τούτον, λέγει Κύριος.
33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
Και εάν ο λαός ούτος ή ο προφήτης ή ο ιερεύς σε ερωτήσωσι, λέγοντες, Τι είναι το φορτίον του Κυρίου; τότε θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς, Τι το φορτίον; θέλω βεβαίως σας εγκαταλείψει, λέγει Κύριος.
34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
Τον δε προφήτην και τον ιερέα και τον λαόν, όστις είπη, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, εγώ βεβαίως θέλω παιδεύσει τον άνθρωπον εκείνον και τον οίκον αυτού.
35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
Ούτω θέλετε ειπεί, έκαστος προς τον πλησίον αυτού και έκαστος προς τον αδελφόν αυτού· Τι απεκρίθη ο Κύριος; και, Τι ελάλησεν ο Κύριος;
36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Και φορτίον Κυρίου δεν θέλετε αναφέρει πλέον· επειδή το φορτίον θέλει είσθαι εις έκαστον ο λόγος αυτού· διότι διεστρέψατε τους λόγους του Θεού του ζώντος, του Κυρίου των δυνάμεων, του Θεού ημών.
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Ούτω θέλεις ειπεί προς τον προφήτην· Τι σοι απεκρίθη ο Κύριος; και, Τι ελάλησεν ο Κύριος;
38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
Αλλ' επειδή λέγετε, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Επειδή λέγετε τον λόγον τούτον, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου, εγώ δε απέστειλα προς εσάς, λέγων, δεν θέλετε λέγει, Το φορτίον του Κυρίου·
39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
διά τούτο, Ιδού, εγώ θέλω σας λησμονήσει παντελώς και θέλω απορρίψει υμάς και την πόλιν την οποίαν έδωκα εις υμάς και εις τους πατέρας υμών, από προσώπου μου·
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
και θέλω φέρει εφ' υμάς όνειδος αιώνιον, και καταισχύνην αιώνιον, ήτις δεν θέλει λησμονηθή.
