Jeremiah 9
1 I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
Είθε να ήτο η κεφαλή μου ύδατα και οι οφθαλμοί μου πηγή δακρύων, διά να κλαίω ημέραν και νύκτα τους πεφονευμένους της θυγατρός του λαού μου.
2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
Είθε να είχον εν τη ερήμω κατάλυμα οδοιπόρων, διά να εγκαταλείψω τον λαόν μου και να απέλθω απ' αυτών· διότι πάντες είναι μοιχοί, άθροισμα απίστων.
3 [Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
Ενέτειναν και την γλώσσαν αυτών ως τόξον ψεύδους· και ίσχυσαν επί της γης, ουχί υπέρ της αληθείας· διότι προχωρούσιν από κακίας εις κακίαν και εμέ δεν γνωρίζουσι, λέγει Κύριος.
4 Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
Φυλάττεσθε έκαστος από του πλησίον αυτού και επ' ουδένα αδελφόν μη πεποίθατε· διότι πας αδελφός θέλει πάντοτε υποσκελίζει και πας πλησίον θέλει περιπατεί εν δολιότητι.
5 They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
Και θέλουσιν απατά έκαστος τον πλησίον αυτού και δεν θέλουσι λαλεί την αλήθειαν· εδίδαξαν την γλώσσαν αυτών να λαλή ψεύδη, αποκάμνουσι πράττοντες ανομίαν.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Η κατοικία σου είναι εν μέσω δολιότητος· εν τη δολιότητι αρνούνται να με γνωρίσωσι, λέγει Κύριος.
7 Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Ιδού, θέλω βάλει αυτούς εν χωνευτηρίω και θέλω δοκιμάσει αυτούς· διότι πως θέλω κάμει ένεκεν της θυγατρός του λαού μου;
8 What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
Η γλώσσα αυτών είναι βέλος εξακοντιζόμενον· λαλεί δόλια· έκαστος λαλεί ειρηνικά διά του στόματος αυτού προς τον πλησίον αυτού, πλην εν τη καρδία αυτού στήνει ενέδραν κατ' αυτού.
9 Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
Δεν θέλω επισκεφθή αυτούς διά ταύτα; λέγει Κύριος· η ψυχή μου δεν θέλει εκδικηθή εναντίον έθνους, τοιούτου;
10 So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
Διά τα όρη θέλω αναλάβει κλαυθμόν και θρήνον και διά τας βοσκάς της ερήμου οδυρμόν, διότι ηφανίσθησαν, ώστε δεν υπάρχει άνθρωπος διαβαίνων, ουδέ ακούεται φωνή ποιμνίου· από του πτηνού του ουρανού έως του κτήνους, έφυγον, απήλθον.
11 [Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
Και θέλω καταστήσει την Ιερουσαλήμ εις σωρούς, κατοικίαν θώων· και τας πόλεις του Ιούδα θέλω κάμει ερήμωσιν, ώστε να μη υπάρχη ο κατοικών.
12 [I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
Τις είναι ο άνθρωπος ο σοφός, όστις δύναται να εννοήση τούτο; και προς τον οποίον ελάλησε το στόμα του Κυρίου, διά να αναγγείλη αυτό, διά τι η γη εχάθη, ηφανίσθη ως έρημος, ώστε να μη υπάρχη ο διαβαίνων;
13 Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
Και είπε Κύριος, διότι εγκατέλιπον τον νόμον μου, τον οποίον έθεσα έμπροσθεν αυτών και δεν υπήκουσαν εις την φωνήν μου και δεν περιεπάτησαν εν αυτώ·
14 Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
αλλά περιεπάτησαν οπίσω της ορέξεως της καρδίας αυτών και οπίσω των Βααλείμ, τα οποία οι πατέρες αυτών εδίδαξαν αυτούς·
15 So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
διά τούτο, ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω θρέψει αυτούς, τον λαόν τούτον· με αψίνθιον και ύδωρ χολής θέλω ποτίσει αυτούς·
16 I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
και θέλω διασκορπίσει αυτούς εν τοις έθνεσι, τα οποία αυτοί και οι πατέρες αυτών δεν εγνώρισαν· και θέλω αποστείλει την μάχαιραν οπίσω αυτών, εωσού αναλώσω αυτούς.
17 This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων. Συλλογίσθητε και καλέσατε τας θρηνούσας να έλθωσι· και αποστείλατε διά τας σοφάς να έλθωσι·
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
και ας σπεύσωσι και ας αναλάβωσιν οδυρμόν περί ημών και ας καταβιβάσωσιν οι οφθαλμοί ημών δάκρυα και τα βλέφαρα ημών ας ρεύσωσιν ύδατα.
19 Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
Διότι φωνή θρήνου ηκούσθη από Σιών, Πως απωλέσθημεν· κατησχύνθημεν σφόδρα, διότι εγκατελίπομεν την γην, διότι αι κατοικίαι ημών εξέρριψαν ημάς.
20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
Ακούσατε λοιπόν, γυναίκες, τον λόγον του Κυρίου, και ας δεχθή το ωτίον σας τον λόγον του στόματος αυτού, και διδάξατε τας θυγατέρας σας οδυρμόν και εκάστη την πλησίον αυτής θρήνον.
21 because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
Διότι θάνατος ανέβη διά των θυρίδων ημών, εισήλθεν εις τα παλάτια ημών, διά να εκκόψη τα νήπια από των οδών τους νέους από των πλατειών.
22 There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
Ειπέ, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Και τα πτώματα των ανθρώπων θέλουσι ριφθή ως κοπρία επί πρόσωπον αγρού και ως δράγμα οπίσω θεριστού, και δεν θέλει υπάρχει ο συνάγων.
23 Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ας μη καυχάται ο σοφός εις την σοφίαν αυτού, και ας μη καυχάται ο δυνατός εις την δύναμιν αυτού, ας μη καυχάται ο πλούσιος εις τον πλούτον αυτού·
24 Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
αλλ' ο καυχώμενος ας καυχάται εις τούτο, ότι εννοεί και γνωρίζει εμέ, ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος, ο ποιών έλεος, κρίσιν και δικαιοσύνην επί της γής· επειδή εις ταύτα ευαρεστούμαι, λέγει Κύριος.
25 There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω κάμει επίσκεψιν επί πάντας τους περιτετμημένους μετά των απεριτμήτων·
επί την Αίγυπτον και επί τον Ιούδαν και επί τον Εδώμ και επί τους υιούς Αμμών και επί τον Μωάβ και επί πάντας τους περικείροντας την κόμην, τους κατοικούντας εν τη ερήμω· διότι πάντα τα έθνη είναι απερίτμητα και πας ο οίκος Ισραήλ απερίτμητος την καρδίαν.
