Jeremiah 8

1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.

Εν τω καιρώ εκείνω, λέγει Κύριος, θέλουσιν εκρίψει τα οστά των βασιλέων του Ιούδα και τα οστά των αρχόντων αυτού και τα οστά των ιερέων, και τα οστά των προφητών και τα οστά των κατοίκων της Ιερουσαλήμ, από των τάφων αυτών·

2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.

και θέλουσιν απλώσει αυτά κατέναντι του ηλίου και της σελήνης και κατέναντι πάσης της στρατιάς του ουρανού, τα οποία ηγάπησαν και τα οποία ελάτρευσαν και οπίσω των οποίων περιεπάτησαν και τα οποία εξεζήτησαν και τα οποία προσεκύνησαν· δεν θέλουσι συναχθή ουδέ ταφή· θέλουσιν είσθαι διά κοπρίαν επί του προσώπου της γης.

3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

Και ο θάνατος θέλει είσθαι προτιμότερος παρά την ζωήν εις άπαν το υπόλοιπον των εναπολειφθέντων από εκείνης της πονηράς γενεάς, όσοι ήθελον μείνει εν πάσι τοις τόποις, όπου ήθελον εξώσει αυτούς, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.

4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?

Και θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Εάν τις πέση, δεν σηκόνεται; εάν τις εκκλίνη, δεν θέλει επιστρέψει;

5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].

Διά τι ο λαός ούτος της Ιερουσαλήμ εστράφη παντοτεινήν στροφήν; προσηλόνονται εις την απάτην, αρνούνται να επιστρέψωσιν.

6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.

Ηκροάσθην και ήκουσα, αλλά δεν ελάλησαν εν ευθύτητι· δεν υπάρχει ουδείς μετανοών από της κακίας αυτού, λέγων, Τι έπραξα; πας τις εστράφη εις την οδόν αυτού, ως ίππος εφορμών εις την μάχην.

7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.

Και αυτός ο πελαργός εν τω ουρανώ γνωρίζει τους διωρισμένους καιρούς αυτού· και η τρυγών και ο γερανός και η χελιδών φυλάττουσι τον καιρόν της ελεύσεως αυτών· ο δε λαός μου δεν γνωρίζει την κρίσιν του Κυρίου.

8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?

Πως λέγετε, Είμεθα σοφοί, και ο νόμος του Κυρίου είναι μεθ' ημών; ιδού, βεβαίως εις μάτην έγεινε τούτο· ο κάλαμος των γραμματέων είναι ψευδής.

9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!

Οι σοφοί κατησχύνθησαν, επτοήθησαν και συνελήφθησαν, διότι απέρριψαν τον λόγον του Κυρίου· και ποία σοφία είναι εν αυτοίς;

10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.

Διά τούτο θέλω δώσει τας γυναίκας αυτών εις άλλους, τους αγρούς αυτών εις εκείνους οίτινες θέλουσι κληρονομήσει αυτούς· διότι πας τις από μικρού έως μεγάλου εδόθη εις πλεονεξίαν· από προφήτου έως ιερέως, πας τις πράττει ψεύδος.

11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.

Διότι ιάτρευσαν το σύντριμμα της θυγατρός του λαού μου επιπολαίως, λέγοντες, Ειρήνη, ειρήνη· και δεν υπάρχει ειρήνη.

12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.

Μήπως ησχύνθησαν ότι έπραξαν βδέλυγμα; μάλιστα ουδόλως δεν ησχύνθησαν ουδέ ηρυθρίασαν· διά τούτο θέλουσι πέσει μεταξύ των πιπτόντων· εν τω καιρώ της επισκέψεως αυτών θέλουσιν απολεσθή, είπε Κύριος.

13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

Εξάπαντος θέλω αναλώσει αυτούς, λέγει Κύριος· δεν θέλουσιν είσθαι σταφυλαί εν τη αμπέλω ουδέ σύκα εν τη συκέα και το φύλλον θέλει μαρανθή· και τα αγαθά, τα οποία έδωκα εις αυτούς, θέλουσι φύγει απ' αυτών.

14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.

Διά τι καθήμεθα; συνάχθητε και ας εισέλθωμεν εις τας οχυράς πόλεις και ας κατασιωπήσωμεν εκεί, διότι Κύριος ο Θεός ημών κατεσιώπησεν ημάς και επότισεν ημάς ύδωρ χολής, επειδή ημαρτήσαμεν εις τον Κύριον.

15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].

Επροσμείναμεν ειρήνην, αλλ' ουδέν αγαθόν· καιρόν θεραπείας, αλλ' ιδού, ταραχή.

16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”

Το φρύαγμα των ίππων αυτού ηκούσθη από Δάν· πάσα η γη εσείσθη από του ήχου του χρεμετισμού των ρωμαλέων ίππων αυτού· διότι ήλθον και κατέφαγον την γην και το πλήρωμα αυτής· την πόλιν και τους κατοικούντας εν αυτή·

17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”

διότι, ιδού, εγώ εξαποστέλλω προς εσάς όφεις, βασιλίσκους, οίτινες δεν θέλουσι γοητεύεσθαι αλλά θέλουσι σας δαγκάνει, λέγει Κύριος.

18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].

Ηθέλησα να παρηγορηθώ από της λύπης, αλλ' η καρδία μου είναι εκλελυμένη εντός μου.

19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]

Ιδού, φωνή κραυγής της θυγατρός του λαού μου από γης μακράς. Δεν είναι ο Κύριος εν Σιών; ο βασιλεύς αυτής δεν είναι εν αυτή; Διά τι με παρώργισαν με τα γλυπτά αυτών, με ματαιότητας ξένας;

20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”

Παρήλθεν ο θερισμός, ετελείωσε το θέρος, και ημείς δεν εσώθημεν.

21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.

Διά το σύντριμμα της θυγατρός του λαού μου επληγώθην, είμαι εις πένθος, έκπληξις με κατέλαβε.

22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.

Δεν είναι βάλσαμον εν Γαλαάδ; δεν είναι εκεί ιατρός; διά τι λοιπόν η θυγάτηρ του λαού μου δεν ανέλαβε την υγείαν αυτής;