Aionian Verses
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
Και εσηκώθησαν πάντες οι υιοί αυτού και πάσαι αι θυγατέρες αυτού, διά να παρηγορήσωσιν αυτόν· αλλά δεν ήθελε να παρηγορηθή, λέγων, Ότι πενθών θέλω καταβή προς τον υιόν μου εις τον τάφον. Και έκλαυσεν αυτόν ο πατήρ αυτού. (Sheol h7585)
But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
Ο δε είπε, δεν θέλει καταβή ο υιός μου μεθ' υμών· διότι ο αδελφός αυτού απέθανε και αυτός μόνος έμεινε· και εάν συμβή εις αυτόν συμφορά εν τη οδώ, όπου υπάγετε, τότε θέλετε καταβιβάσει την πολιάν μου μετά λύπης εις τον τάφον. (Sheol h7585)
I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ (Sheol h7585)
εάν δε λάβητε και τούτον απ' έμπροσθέν μου και συμβή εις αυτόν συμφορά, θέλετε καταβιβάσει την πολιάν μου μετά λύπης εις τον τάφον. (Sheol h7585)
If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
καθώς ίδη ότι το παιδίον δεν είναι, θέλει αποθάνει και οι δούλοί σου θέλουσι καταβιβάσει την πολιάν του δούλου σου του πατρός ημών μετά λύπης εις τον τάφον. (Sheol h7585)
But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
εάν όμως ο Κύριος κάμη θαύμα, και ανοίξη η γη το στόμα αυτής και καταπίη αυτούς και πάντα τα αυτών και καταβώσι ζώντες εις τον άδην, τότε θέλετε γνωρίσει ότι παρώξυναν οι άνθρωποι ούτοι τον Κύριον. (Sheol h7585)
They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
Και κατέβησαν αυτοί και πάντα τα αυτών ζώντες εις τον άδην, και η γη εκλείσθη επάνωθεν αυτών· και ηφανίσθησαν εκ μέσου της συναγωγής. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
Διότι πυρ εξήφθη εν τω θυμώ μου, και θέλει εκκαυθή έως εις τα κατώτατα του άδου, και θέλει καταφάγει την γην μετά των γεννημάτων αυτής, και θέλει καταφλογίσει τα θεμέλια των ορέων. (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh, you cause some people to die, and you restore some people who are almost dead. For some people, [it seems that they will soon] go to where the dead people are, but you cause them to become healthy again. (Sheol h7585)
Ο Κύριος θανατόνει και ζωοποιεί· καταβιβάζει εις τον άδην και αναβιβάζει. (Sheol h7585)
I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me; it was as though I was in a trap where I would surely die. [PRS, MET] (Sheol h7585)
οι πόνοι του άδου με περιεκύκλωσαν, αι παγίδες του θανάτου με έφθασαν, (Sheol h7585)
Because you are wise, do to him what you think is best [for you to do], but do not allow him to become old [MTY] and then die [IDM] peacefully. (Sheol h7585)
Κάμε λοιπόν κατά την σοφίαν σου, και η πολιά αυτού ας μη καταβή εις τον άδην εν ειρήνη. (Sheol h7585)
But now you must [LIT] surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man [MTY], but be sure that he [loses/sheds] a lot of blood when you kill him [MTY].” (Sheol h7585)
Τώρα λοιπόν μη αθωώσης αυτόν· διότι είσαι ανήρ σοφός και εξεύρεις τι πρέπει να κάμης εις αυτόν, και να καταβιβάσης την πολιάν αυτού με αίμα εις τον άδην. (Sheol h7585)
Like [SIM] clouds (disperse/break up) and then disappear, people [die and] descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return; (Sheol h7585)
Καθώς το νέφος διαλύεται και χάνεται ούτως ο καταβαίνων εις τον τάφον δεν θέλει επαναβή· (Sheol h7585)
[What there is to know about God] is greater than [the distance from earth to] heaven; so there is no way [RHQ] that you can [understand it all]. It is greater than [the distance from here to] the place of the dead; so it is impossible for you [RHQ] to know it all. (Sheol h7585)
Ταύτα είναι ως τα ύψη του ουρανού· τι δύνασαι να κάμης; είναι βαθύτερα του άδου· τι δύνασαι να γνωρίσης; (Sheol h7585)
[“Yahweh, ] I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember [that] I [am there]. (Sheol h7585)
Είθε να με έκρυπτες εν τω τάφω, να με εσκέπαζες εωσού παρέλθη η οργή σου, να προσδιώριζες εις εμέ προθεσμίαν, και τότε να με ενθυμηθής (Sheol h7585)
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol h7585)
Εάν προσμένω, ο τάφος είναι η κατοικία μου· έστρωσα την κλίνην μου εν τω σκότει. (Sheol h7585)
After I descend to the place where the dead are, (will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.) [RHQ] [It will be as though] [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust [where the dead are].” (Sheol h7585)
εις το βάθος του άδου θέλει καταβή· βεβαίως θέλει αναπαυθή μετ' εμού εν τω χώματι. (Sheol h7585)
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Διάγουσι τας ημέρας αυτών εν αγαθοίς και εν μιά στιγμή καταβαίνουσιν εις τον άδην. (Sheol h7585)
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Η ξηρασία και η θερμότης αρπάζουσι τα ύδατα της χιόνος, ο δε τάφος τους αμαρτωλούς. (Sheol h7585)
God knows all about [those who are in] the place of the dead; there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there. (Sheol h7585)
Γυμνός ο άδης έμπροσθεν αυτού, και η απώλεια δεν έχει σκέπασμα. (Sheol h7585)
I will not be able to praise you after I die [RHQ]; No one in the place of the dead praises you. (Sheol h7585)
Διότι εν τω θανάτω δεν υπάρχει ενθύμησις περί σού· εν τω άδη τις θέλει σε δοξολογήσει; (Sheol h7585)
Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)
Οι ασεβείς θέλουσιν επιστραφή εις τον άδην· πάντα τα έθνη τα λησμονούντα τον Θεόν. (Sheol h7585)
because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. (Sheol h7585)
Διότι δεν θέλεις εγκαταλείψει την ψυχήν μου εν τω άδη, ουδέ θέλεις αφήσει τον Οσιόν σου να ίδη διαφθοράν. (Sheol h7585)
[It was as though] the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or [it was as though] there was a trap [MET] that would [seize and] kill me. (Sheol h7585)
Πόνοι του άδου με περιεκύκλωσαν, παγίδες θανάτου με έφθασαν. (Sheol h7585)
You saved/restored me when I was dying [MTY]. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to get well again. (Sheol h7585)
Κύριε, ανεβίβασας εξ άδου την ψυχήν μου· μ' εφύλαξας την ζωήν, διά να μη καταβώ εις τον λάκκον. (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh, I call out to you, so do not allow me to be disgraced. I desire that wicked people will be disgraced; I want them to [soon die and] go down to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Κύριε, ας μη καταισχυνθώ, διότι σε επεκαλέσθην· ας καταισχυνθώσιν οι ασεβείς, ας σιωπήσωσιν εν τω άδη. (Sheol h7585)
They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. [PRS, MET] In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then [those wealthy people will die and] their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes. (Sheol h7585)
Ως πρόβατα εβλήθησαν εις τον άδην· θάνατος θέλει ποιμάνει αυτούς· και οι ευθείς θέλουσι κατακυριεύσει αυτούς το πρωΐ· η δε δύναμις αυτών θέλει παλαιωθή εν τω άδη, αφού έκαστος αφήση την κατοικίαν αυτού. (Sheol h7585)
But it is certain that God will rescue me so that I am not kept in the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Αλλ' ο Θεός θέλει λυτρώσει την ψυχήν μου εκ χειρός άδου· διότι θέλει με δεχθή. Διάψαλμα. (Sheol h7585)
I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly; while they are still young, cause them to go down to the place where the dead people are. They they think evil things. (Sheol h7585)
Ας έλθη θάνατος επ' αυτούς· ας καταβώσι ζώντες εις τον άδην· διότι μεταξύ αυτών, εν ταις κατοικίαις αυτών, είναι κακίαι. (Sheol h7585)
You faithfully love me very much; you have prevented me from [dying and going to] the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
διότι μέγα επ' εμέ το έλεός σου· και ηλευθέρωσας την ψυχήν μου εξ άδου κατωτάτου. (Sheol h7585)
I have experienced many troubles/difficulties, and I am about to die [MTY] and go where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Διότι ενεπλήσθη κακών η ψυχή μου, και η ζωή μου πλησιάζει εις τον άδην. (Sheol h7585)
No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Τις άνθρωπος θέλει ζήσει και δεν θέλει ιδεί θάνατον; τις θέλει λυτρώσει την ψυχήν αυτού εκ της χειρός του άδου; Διάψαλμα. (Sheol h7585)
Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would [die and go to] the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid. (Sheol h7585)
Πόνοι θανάτου με περιεκύκλωσαν, και στενοχωρίαι του άδου με εύρηκαν· θλίψιν και πόνον απήντησα. (Sheol h7585)
If I went up to heaven, you would be there. If I lay down in the place where the dead people are, you would be there. (Sheol h7585)
Εάν αναβώ εις τον ουρανόν, είσαι εκεί· εάν πλαγιάσω εις τον άδην, ιδού, συ. (Sheol h7585)
Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)
Τα οστά ημών διασκορπίζονται εν τω στόματι του τάφου, ως όταν τις κόπτη και σχίζη ξύλα επί την γην. (Sheol h7585)
We will kill them [HYP] and get rid of them completely, [just] like [people who are buried in] graves are gone forever. While they are in good health, we will send them to the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Ας καταπίωμεν αυτούς ζώντας, ως ο άδης, και ολοκλήρους ως τους καταβαίνοντας εις τον λάκκον· (Sheol h7585)
If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Οι πόδες αυτής καταβαίνουσιν εις θάνατον· τα βήματα αυτής καταντώσιν εις τον άδην. (Sheol h7585)
The road to her house is the road to the grave. Those who enter her bedroom [PRS] will die as a result. (Sheol h7585)
Οδοί άδου είναι ο οίκος αυτής, καταβαίνουσαι εις τα ταμεία του θανάτου. (Sheol h7585)
But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Αλλ' αυτός αγνοεί ότι εκεί είναι οι νεκροί, και εις τα βάθη του άδου οι κεκλημένοι αυτής. (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh knows [what is happening in] the place where dead people [DOU] are, so he certainly knows [RHQ] what people are thinking. (Sheol h7585)
Ο άδης και η απώλεια είναι έμπροσθεν του Κυρίου· πόσω μάλλον αι καρδίαι των υιών των ανθρώπων; (Sheol h7585)
Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Η οδός της ζωής εις τον συνετόν είναι προς τα άνω, διά να εκκλίνη από του άδου κάτω. (Sheol h7585)
and it may save them from [going to] the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
συ κτυπών αυτό διά της ράβδου, θέλεις ελευθερώσει την ψυχήν αυτού εκ του άδου. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to [die and] come there; and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, [too]. (Sheol h7585)
Ο άδης και η απώλεια δεν χορταίνουσι· και οι οφθαλμοί του ανθρώπου δεν χορταίνουσιν. (Sheol h7585)
The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. (Sheol h7585)
Ο άδης, και η στείρα μήτρα· η γη, ήτις δεν χορταίνει από ύδατος, και το πυρ, το οποίον δεν λέγει, Αρκεί. (Sheol h7585)
Whatever you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because [some time you will die], and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise. (Sheol h7585)
Πάντα όσα εύρη η χειρ σου να κάμη, κάμε κατά την δύναμίν σου· διότι δεν είναι πράξις ούτε λογισμός ούτε γνώσις ούτε σοφία εν τω άδη όπου υπάγεις. (Sheol h7585)
Keep me [close to you], like [SIM] a seal on your heart, [or] like [SIM] a bracelet on your arm. Our love [for each other] is as powerful as death, it is as enduring as the grave. [It is as though] our love [for each other] bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire. (Sheol h7585)
Θέσον με, ως σφραγίδα, επί την καρδίαν σου, ως σφραγίδα επί τον βραχίονά σου· διότι η αγάπη είναι ισχυρά ως ο θάνατος· η ζηλοτυπία σκληρά ως ο άδης· αι φλόγες αυτής φλόγες πυρός, ανάφλεξις ορμητικωτάτη. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
Διά ταύτα επλάτυνεν ο άδης εαυτόν και διήνοιξεν υπέρμετρα το στόμα αυτού· και η δόξα αυτών και το πλήθος αυτών και ο θόρυβος αυτών και οι εντρυφώντες θέλουσι καταβή εις αυτόν. (Sheol h7585)
[He said to tell him], “Request me, Yahweh your God, to do something that will enable you to be sure [that I will help/protect you]. What you request can be [from a place that is] as high as the sky or as low as the place where the dead people are.” (Sheol h7585)
Ζήτησον σημείον παρά Κυρίου του Θεού σου ζήτησον αυτό ή εις το βάθος ή εις το ύψος άνω. (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
Ο άδης κάτωθεν εκινήθη διά σε, διά να απαντήση την έλευσίν σου· διά σε εξήγειρε τους νεκρούς, πάντας τους ηγεμόνας της γής· εσήκωσεν εκ των θρόνων αυτών πάντας τους βασιλείς των εθνών. (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
Η μεγαλαυχία σου κατηνέχθη εις τον τάφον και ο θόρυβος των μουσικών σου οργάνων· ο σκώληξ είναι εστρωμένος υποκάτω σου και οι σκώληκες σε σκεπάζουσι· (Sheol h7585)
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Εις τον άδην όμως θέλεις καταβή, εις τα βάθη του λάκκου. (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
Επειδή είπετε, Ημείς εκάμομεν συνθήκην μετά του θανάτου και συνεφωνήσαμεν μετά του άδου· όταν η μάστιξ πλημμυρούσα διαβαίνη, δεν θέλει ελθεί εις ημάς· διότι εκάμομεν καταφύγιον ημών το ψεύδος και υπό την ψευδοσύνην θέλομεν κρυφθή· (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
Και η μετά του θανάτου συνθήκη σας θέλει ακυρωθή, και μετά του άδου συμφωνία σας δεν θέλει σταθή· όταν η πλημμυρούσα μάστιξ διαβαίνη, τότε θέλετε καταπατηθή υπ' αυτής. (Sheol h7585)
I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I [should live]?” (Sheol h7585)
Εγώ είπα, Εν τη μεσημβρία των ημερών μου θέλω υπάγει εις τας πύλας του τάφου· εστερήθην το υπόλοιπον των ετών μου. (Sheol h7585)
Dead people [MTY] cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully [do things for them]. (Sheol h7585)
Διότι ο τάφος δεν θέλει σε υμνήσει· ο θάνατος δεν θέλει σε δοξολογήσει· οι καταβαίνοντες εις τον λάκκον δεν θέλουσιν ελπίζει επί την αλήθειάν σου. (Sheol h7585)
You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)
υπήγες μάλιστα προς τον βασιλέα με χρίσματα και ηύξησας τα αρώματά σου και απέστειλας μακράν τους πρέσβεις σου και εταπείνωσας σεαυτήν μέχρις άδου. (Sheol h7585)
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When that great tree was cut down, [it was as though] the springs that watered it mourned for it, because I caused the plentiful water [from the springs] to dry up. I caused [the mountains in] Lebanon to become black, and all the trees there to wither. (Sheol h7585)
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Καθ' ην ημέραν κατέβη εις τον άδην, έκαμον να γείνη πένθος· εσκέπασα την άβυσσον δι' αυτόν και εμπόδισα τους ποταμούς αυτής και τα μεγάλα ύδατα εκρατήθησαν· και έκαμον να πενθήση ο Λίβανος δι' αυτόν και πάντα τα δένδρα του αγρού εμαράνθησαν δι' αυτόν. (Sheol h7585)
I caused the people of other nations to tremble when they heard that tree fall to the ground. [They realized] that it would decay, like all people who die and are buried decay. And all the [leaders of other countries represented by] other beautiful trees in my garden in Eden and in Lebanon, were like beautiful trees [that were very proud]. They were ones which had roots that grew down deep into the [ground where there was plenty of] water. They were comforted when [the king represented by] [MET] that cedar tree was there with them in the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Έκαμον τα έθνη να σεισθώσιν εις τον ήχον της πτώσεως αυτού, ότε κατεβίβασα αυτόν εις τον άδην μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον· και πάντα τα δένδρα της Εδέμ, τα εκλεκτά και τα καλά του Λιβάνου, πάντα τα πίνοντα ύδωρ, παρηγορήθησαν εν τοις κατωτάτοις της γης. (Sheol h7585)
The [leaders of other countries represented by] [MET] trees that grew in the shade of the huge tree, [the allies of] the great nation [that the cedar tree represents], had also joined those who had been killed by the sword and gone down to where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Και αυτοί ότι κατέβησαν εις τον άδην μετ' αυτού, προς τους τεθανατωμένους εν μαχαίρα· και όσοι ήσαν ο βραχίων αυτού, οι κατοικούντες υπό την σκιάν αυτού εν μέσω των εθνών. (Sheol h7585)
In the place where the dead people are, mighty leaders [of other countries] will [make fun of the people of Egypt] and say, “They have come here to lie with us godless people who were killed by our enemies’ swords!”’ (Sheol h7585)
Οι ισχυρότεροι μεταξύ των δυνατών θέλουσι λαλήσει προς αυτόν εκ μέσου του άδου μετά των βοηθούντων αυτόν· κατέβησαν, κοίτονται απερίτμητοι, τεθανατωμένοι εν μαχαίρα. (Sheol h7585)
They will surely [RHQ] not be buried honorably like the soldiers who have died, whose shields were buried with their corpses, whose swords were placed on their skulls in the graves. While those godless people were alive, they had caused many people in the land to be terrified, so they were punished for their sins. (Sheol h7585)
Πλην δεν κοίτονται μετά των πεσόντων ισχυρών εκ των απεριτμήτων, οίτινες κατέβησαν εις τον άδην μετά των πολεμικών αυτών όπλων· και έθεσαν τας μαχαίρας αυτών υπό τας κεφαλάς αυτών· αλλ' αι ανομίαι αυτών θέλουσιν είσθαι επί τα οστά αυτών, αν και ήσαν τρόμος των ισχυρών εν τη γη των ζώντων. (Sheol h7585)
I certainly will not [RHQ] save you from being killed and from going to the place where the dead people are. I will [RHQ] cause you to be afflicted by plagues and to die and be buried in graves. I will not be merciful [to you]. (Sheol h7585)
Εκ χειρός άδου θέλω ελευθερώσει αυτούς, εκ θανάτου θέλω σώσει αυτούς. Που είναι, θάνατε, ο όλεθρός σου; που, άδη, η φθορά σου; η μεταμέλεια θέλει κρύπτεσθαι από των οφθαλμών μου. (Sheol h7585)
If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky [in order to escape], I will reach out and grab them. (Sheol h7585)
Εάν σκάψωσιν έως άδου, εκείθεν η χειρ μου θέλει ανασπάσει αυτούς· και εάν αναβώσιν εις τον ουρανόν, εκείθεν θέλω κατάξει αυτούς. (Sheol h7585)
Jonah said, “Yahweh, when I was greatly distressed [here], I prayed to you, and you heard what I [prayed]. When I was [about to descend way down into] the place where dead people go, you heard me when I called out [for you to help/save me]. (Sheol h7585)
Και είπεν, Εβόησα εν τη θλίψει μου προς τον Κύριον, και εισήκουσέ μου· εκ κοιλίας άδου εβόησα, και ήκουσας της φωνής μου. (Sheol h7585)
If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol h7585)
Και μάλιστα είναι προπετής εξ αιτίας του οίνου, ανήρ αλαζών, ουδέ ησυχάζει· όστις πλατύνει την ψυχήν αυτού ως άδης και είναι ως ο θάνατος και δεν χορταίνει, αλλά συνάγει εις εαυτόν πάντα τα έθνη και συλλαμβάνει εις εαυτόν πάντας τους λαούς. (Sheol h7585)
But what I say to you is this: [If you are] angry with someone, [God] will judge you. If you say to someone, ‘[You are worthless],’ the Jewish Council will judge you. If you [hate someone], and say to them 'You fool!' you. yourself, will be in danger of being thrown into the fires in hell. (Geenna g1067)
Εγώ όμως σας λέγω ότι πας ο οργιζόμενος αναιτίως κατά του αδελφού αυτού θέλει είσθαι ένοχος εις την κρίσιν· και όστις είπη προς τον αδελφόν αυτού Ρακά, θέλει είσθαι ένοχος εις το συνέδριον· όστις δε είπη Μωρέ, θέλει είσθαι ένοχος εις την γέενναν του πυρός. (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY] you [are tempted to] sin, [stop looking at those things! Even if you have to] gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it!] It is good [that you not sin and] as a result [go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both of] your eyes. But it is not good [that you continue to have two eyes and sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell. (Geenna g1067)
Εάν ο οφθαλμός σου ο δεξιός σε σκανδαλίζη, έκβαλε αυτόν και ρίψον από σού· διότι σε συμφέρει να χαθή εν των μελών σου και να μη ριφθή όλον το σώμα σου εις την γέενναν. (Geenna g1067)
If you are [tempted to] use one of your hands to sin [MTY], [stop using your hand. Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good [that you do not sin and as a result you go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both] of your [hands]. But it is not good [that you sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell.” (Geenna g1067)
Και εάν η δεξιά σου χειρ σε σκανδαλίζη, έκκοψον αυτήν και ρίψον από σού· διότι σε συμφέρει να χαθή εν των μελών σου, και να μη ριφθή όλον το σώμα σου εις την γέενναν. (Geenna g1067)
Do not be afraid of people who [are able to] kill your body [SYN] but are not able to destroy your soul. Instead, fear [God because] he is able to destroy both a [person’s] body and a [person’s] soul in hell. (Geenna g1067)
Και μη φοβηθήτε από των αποκτεινόντων το σώμα, την δε ψυχήν μη δυναμένων να αποκτείνωσι· φοβήθητε δε μάλλον τον δυνάμενον και ψυχήν και σώμα να απολέση εν τη γεέννη. (Geenna g1067)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
Και συ, Καπερναούμ, η υψωθείσα έως του ουρανού, θέλεις καταβιβασθή έως άδου· διότι εάν τα θαύματα τα γενόμενα εν σοι εγίνοντο εν Σοδόμοις, ήθελον μείνει μέχρι της σήμερον. (Hadēs g86)
[God is willing to] forgive people who criticize [me], the One who came from heaven. But I [warn you that] those who say evil things about what the Holy Spirit [does] will not be forgiven {[God] will not forgive people who speak evil words about what the Holy Spirit [does]}. They will not be forgiven {[He] will not forgive them} now, and they will never be forgiven {[he] will never forgive them}.” (aiōn g165)
και όστις είπη λόγον κατά του Υιού του ανθρώπου, θέλει συγχωρηθή εις αυτόν· όστις όμως είπη κατά του Πνεύματος του Αγίου, δεν θέλει συγχωρηθή εις αυτόν ούτε εν τούτω τω αιώνι ούτε εν τω μέλλοντι. (aiōn g165)
[Some people are like the soil that had the roots of] thorny [weeds] in it. They hear God’s message, but they desire to be rich, [so they] worry [only] about [MTY, PRS] material things. As a result, they [PRS] forget [God’s] message, and they do not do [IDM] the things that God wants them to do. (aiōn g165)
Ο δε εις τας ακάνθας σπαρθείς, ούτος είναι ο ακούων τον λόγον, έπειτα η μέριμνα του αιώνος τούτου και η απάτη του πλούτου συμπνίγει τον λόγον, και γίνεται άκαρπος. (aiōn g165)
The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The [time when the reapers will] harvest [the grain] represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. (aiōn g165)
ο δε εχθρός, όστις έσπειρεν αυτά, είναι ο διάβολος· ο δε θερισμός είναι η συντέλεια του αιώνος· οι δε θερισταί είναι οι άγγελοι. (aiōn g165)
The weeds are gathered and burned. {The reapers gather the weeds. Then they burn them.} That represents [the judging of people, which God will do] when the world will end. [It will be like this]: (aiōn g165)
Καθώς λοιπόν συλλέγονται τα ζιζάνια και κατακαίονται εν πυρί, ούτω θέλει είσθαι εν τη συντελεία του αιώνος τούτου. (aiōn g165)
[What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones] is like [what will happen to people] when the world ends. The angels will come [to where God is judging people], and will separate the wicked [people] from the righteous [ones]. (aiōn g165)
Ούτω θέλει είσθαι εν τη συντελεία του αιώνος. Θέλουσιν εξέλθει οι άγγελοι και θέλουσιν αποχωρίσει τους πονηρούς εκ μέσου των δικαίων, (aiōn g165)
I will also tell you this: You are Peter, [which means rock]. [You are like] a rock. What you [and your fellow apostles teach] (OR, [what] you [do]) [will be like a foundation on which I] will create congregations of people who [believe in] me. And the demons [PRS], [who live] where the dead people who lived evil lives are, will not be able to [come and] prevent [MET] [me from doing] that.” (Hadēs g86)
Και εγώ δε σοι λέγω ότι συ είσαι Πέτρος, και επί ταύτης της πέτρας θέλω οικοδομήσει την εκκλησίαν μου, και πύλαι άδου δεν θέλουσιν ισχύσει κατ' αυτής. (Hadēs g86)
So, if you [are wanting to use] one of your hands or feet to sin, [stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to] cut it off [to avoid sinning, do it] [MET]! It is good [that you not sin and] go where you will live [with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth] you are maimed or lame and do not have a hand or a foot. But it is not good that you continue to have your two hands and two feet [and do] [MTY] [the sinful things you want to, and as a result], you are thrown into [hell], where there is eternal fire burning. (aiōnios g166, questioned)
Και εάν η χειρ σου ή ο πους σου σε σκανδαλίζη, έκκοψον αυτό και ρίψον από σού· καλήτερον σοι είναι να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν χωλός ή κουλλός, παρά έχων δύο χείρας ή δύο πόδας να ριφθής εις το πυρ το αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
If what you see you [makes you want] to sin, [stop looking at those things! Even if you have to] gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good [that you not sin and] go where you will live [with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth] you have only one eye. But it is not good that you continue to have your two eyes [and do the sinful things you want to, and as a result], you are thrown {God throws you} into hell where there is eternal fire burning.” (Geenna g1067)
Και εάν ο οφθαλμός σου σε σκανδαλίζη, έκβαλε αυτόν και ρίψον από σού· καλήτερον σοι είναι μονόφθαλμος να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν, παρά έχων δύο οφθαλμούς να ριφθής εις την γέενναν του πυρός. (Geenna g1067)
[As Jesus was walking along, a young] man approached him and said [to him], “Teacher, what good [deeds] must I do in order to live [with God] eternally?” (aiōnios g166)
Και ιδού, προσελθών τις είπε προς αυτόν· Διδάσκαλε αγαθέ, τι καλόν να πράξω διά να έχω ζωήν αιώνιον; (aiōnios g166)
[God will reward] those who, because of being my [disciples], have left [behind] a house or plot of ground, [their] brothers, [their] sisters, their father, their mother, their children, [or any other family] [MTY] [members]. [God] will give them 100 times [as many benefits as they have given up]. And they will live [with God] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
Και πας όστις αφήκεν οικίας ή αδελφούς ή αδελφάς ή πατέρα ή μητέρα ή γυναίκα ή τέκνα ή αγρούς ένεκεν του ονόματός μου, εκατονταπλάσια θέλει λάβει και ζωήν αιώνιον θέλει κληρονομήσει. (aiōnios g166)
He saw a fig tree near the road. [So he went over to it to pick some figs to eat]. But when he got close, he saw that there were no [figs on the tree]. There were only leaves on it. So [to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel], he said to the fig tree, “May you never again produce figs!” As a result, the fig tree withered that night. (aiōn g165)
και ιδών μίαν συκήν επί της οδού, ήλθε προς αυτήν και ουδέν ηύρεν επ' αυτήν ειμή φύλλα μόνον, και λέγει προς αυτήν· Να μη γείνη πλέον από σου καρπός εις τον αιώνα. Και παρευθύς εξηράνθη η συκή. (aiōn g165)
“You are hypocrites, you men who teach the [Jewish] laws and you Pharisees! Your punishment will be terrible, because you exert yourselves very much to get [even] one person to believe what you teach. For instance, you travel across seas and lands [to distant places] in order to do that. And [as a result], when one person [believes what you teach], you make that person much more deserving to go to hell than you yourselves [deserve to].” (Geenna g1067)
Ουαί εις εσάς, γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, υποκριταί, διότι περιέρχεσθε την θάλασσαν και την ξηράν διά να κάμητε ένα προσήλυτον, και όταν γείνη, κάμνετε αυτόν υιόν της γεέννης διπλότερον υμών. (Geenna g1067)
[You people are so wicked] You are [as dangerous as poisonous] snakes [DOU, MET]! (You [foolishly] think that you will escape being punished in hell!/Do you [foolishly] think that you will escape when [God] punishes [wicked people] in hell?) [RHQ] (Geenna g1067)
Όφεις, γεννήματα εχιδνών· πως θέλετε φύγει από της καταδίκης της γεέννης; (Geenna g1067)
[Later], as Jesus was sitting alone on [the slope of] Olive [Tree] Hill, [we] disciples went to him and asked him, “When will this happen [to the buildings of the Temple? Also, tell us what will happen to indicate that you are about to] come again, and [to indicate] that this world is ending?” (aiōn g165)
Και ενώ εκάθητο επί του όρους των Ελαιών, προσήλθον προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί κατ' ιδίαν, λέγοντες· Ειπέ προς ημάς πότε θέλουσι γείνει ταύτα, και τι το σημείον της παρουσίας σου και της συντελείας του αιώνος; (aiōn g165)
Then I will say to those on my left, ‘You people who have been cursed [by God] {whom God has cursed}, leave me! Go into the eternal fire that God has prepared for (the devil/Satan) and his angels! (aiōnios g166)
Τότε θέλει ειπεί και προς τους εξ αριστερών· Υπάγετε απ' εμού οι κατηραμένοι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον, το ητοιμασμένον διά τον διάβολον και τους αγγέλους αυτού. (aiōnios g166)
Then those people [on my left] will go away to the place where [they] will be punished {[God] will punish them} eternally, but the righteous people will go to where they will live forever [with God].” (aiōnios g166)
Και θέλουσιν απέλθει ούτοι μεν εις κόλασιν αιώνιον, οι δε δίκαιοι εις ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
Teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember that [by the Spirit] I will be with you always, until the end of [this] age.” (aiōn g165)
διδάσκοντες αυτούς να φυλάττωσι πάντα όσα παρήγγειλα εις εσάς· και ιδού, εγώ είμαι μεθ' υμών πάσας τας ημέρας έως της συντελείας του αιώνος. Αμήν. (aiōn g165)
they desire to be rich, and they desire to own many other things. So they worry [only] about material things. The result is that they forget [God’s] message and they do not do [the things that God wants them to do]. (aiōn g165)
και αι μέριμναι του αιώνος τούτου και η απάτη του πλούτου και αι επιθυμίαι των άλλων πραγμάτων εισερχόμεναι συμπνίγουσι τον λόγον, και γίνεται άκαρπος. (aiōn g165)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
Και εάν σε σκανδαλίζη η χειρ σου, απόκοψον αυτήν· καλήτερόν σοι είναι να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν κουλλός, παρά έχων τας δύο χείρας να απέλθης εις την γέενναν, εις το πυρ το άσβεστον, (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
Και εάν ο πους σου σε σκανδαλίζη, απόκοψον αυτόν· καλήτερόν σοι είναι να εισέλθης εις την ζωήν χωλός, παρά έχων τους δύο πόδας να ριφθής εις την γέενναν, εις το πυρ το άσβεστον, (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
Και εάν ο οφθαλμός σου σε σκανδαλίζη, έκβαλε αυτόν· καλήτερόν σοι είναι να εισέλθης μονόφθαλμος εις την βασιλείαν του Θεού, παρά έχων δύο οφθαλμούς να ριφθής εις την γέενναν του πυρός, (Geenna g1067)
As Jesus was starting to travel [again with his disciples], a [young] man ran up to him. He knelt before Jesus and then he asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to have eternal life/in order to live [with God] eternally?” (aiōnios g166)
Ενώ δε εξήρχετο εις την οδόν, έδραμέ τις και γονυπετήσας έμπροσθεν αυτού, ηρώτα αυτόν· Διδάσκαλε αγαθέ, τι να κάμω διά να κληρονομήσω ζωήν αιώνιον; (aiōnios g166)
will receive in this life 100 times as much [as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as] brothers and sisters and mothers and children, and plots of ground. Furthermore, although people will persecute them [here on earth because they believe in me], in the future age [they] will ([have] eternal life/live [with God] eternally). (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
[But to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, ] he said to the tree, “No one shall ever eat from you again [because you will no longer bear figs].” The disciples heard what he said. (aiōn g165)
Και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτήν· Μηδείς πλέον εις τον αιώνα να μη φάγη καρπόν από σου. Και ήκουον τούτο οι μαθηταί αυτού. (aiōn g165)
He will be the King of [the] Jews, the descendants [MTY] of [your ancestor] Jacob, forever. He will rule as king forever!” (aiōn g165)
και θέλει βασιλεύσει επί τον οίκον του Ιακώβ εις τους αιώνας, και της βασιλείας αυτού δεν θέλει είσθαι τέλος. (aiōn g165)
He promised to Abraham and all our other ancestors who descended from him that he would act mercifully toward them forever.” (aiōn g165)
Καθώς ελάλησε προς τους πατέρας ημών, προς τον Αβραάμ και προς το σπέρμα αυτού εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that. (aiōn g165)
καθώς ελάλησε διά στόματος των αγίων, των απ' αιώνος προφητών αυτού, (aiōn g165)
[The demons] kept begging [Jesus] that he would not command them to go into the deep place [where God punishes demons]. (Abyssos g12)
και παρεκάλουν αυτόν να μη προστάξη αυτά να απέλθωσιν εις την άβυσσον. (Abyssos g12)
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
Και συ, Καπερναούμ, ήτις υψώθης έως του ουρανού, θέλεις καταβιβασθή έως άδου. (Hadēs g86)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
Και ιδού, νομικός τις εσηκώθη πειράζων αυτόν και λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τι πράξας θέλω κληρονομήσει ζωήν αιώνιον; (aiōnios g166)
But I will warn you about the one that you should truly be afraid of. You should be afraid of [God], because he not only has [the power to] cause people to die, he has the power to throw them into hell afterward! Yes, he is truly the one that you should be afraid of! (Geenna g1067)
Θέλω δε σας δείξει ποίον να φοβηθήτε· Φοβήθητε εκείνον, όστις αφού αποκτείνη, έχει εξουσίαν να ρίψη εις την γέενναν· ναι, σας λέγω, τούτον φοβήθητε. (Geenna g1067)
When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
Και επήνεσεν ο κύριος τον άδικον οικονόμον, ότι φρονίμως έπραξε· διότι οι υιοί του αιώνος τούτου είναι φρονιμώτεροι εις την εαυτών γενεάν παρά τους υιούς του φωτός. (aiōn g165)
[So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
Και εγώ σας λέγω· Κάμετε εις εαυτούς φίλους εκ του μαμωνά της αδικίας, διά να σας δεχθώσιν εις τας αιωνίους σκηνάς, όταν εκλείψητε. (aiōnios g166)
In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
Και εν τω άδη υψώσας τους οφθαλμούς αυτού, ενώ ήτο εν βασάνοις, βλέπει τον Αβραάμ από μακρόθεν και τον Λάζαρον εν τοις κόλποις αυτού. (Hadēs g86)
A [Jewish] leader asked [Jesus], “Good teacher, what shall I do in order to have eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
Και άρχων τις ηρώτησεν αυτόν λέγων· Διδάσκαλε αγαθέ, τι να πράξω διά να κληρονομήσω ζωήν αιώνιον; (aiōnios g166)
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
Και ο Ιησούς αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· οι υιοί του αιώνος τούτου νυμφεύουσι και νυμφεύονται· (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
οι δε καταξιωθέντες να απολαύσωσιν εκείνον τον αιώνα και την εκ νεκρών ανάστασιν ούτε νυμφεύουσιν ούτε νυμφεύονται· (aiōn g165)
As a result, everyone who believes/trusts in me will have eternal life.” (aiōnios g166)
διά να μη απολεσθή πας ο πιστεύων εις αυτόν, αλλά να έχη ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
God loved us people [MTY] in the world so much that he gave his only Son [as a sacrifice for us], in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Διότι τόσον ηγάπησεν ο Θεός τον κόσμον, ώστε έδωκε τον Υιόν αυτού τον μονογενή, διά να μη απολεσθή πας ο πιστεύων εις αυτόν, αλλά να έχη ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
Those who trust in [God’s] Son have eternal life. But those who reject God’s Son will never have [eternal] life. Instead, God is angry with them [and he will surely punish them]. (aiōnios g166)
Όστις πιστεύει εις τον Υιόν έχει ζωήν αιώνιον· όστις όμως απειθεί εις τον Υιόν δεν θέλει ιδεί ζωήν, αλλ' η οργή του Θεού μένει επάνω αυτού. (aiōnios g166)
[If you help them to accept my message], I will reward you [MET], [as an owner of a field] pays those who harvest the crops. Because of your work, people will gain eternal life.’ [I have been telling people God’s message. That is like] [MET] a man who plants seeds. [You will help people to accept my message. That will be like] [MET] harvesting crops. [When that happens], both you and I will rejoice. (aiōnios g166)
Και ο θερίζων λαμβάνει μισθόν και συνάγει καρπόν εις ζωήν αιώνιον, διά να χαίρη ομού και ο σπείρων και ο θερίζων. (aiōnios g166)
Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that [God] is the one who sent me have eternal life. [God will] not (condemn them/say that he will punish them). They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have [eternal] life. (aiōnios g166)
Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω ότι ο ακούων τον λόγον μου και πιστεύων εις τον πέμψαντά με έχει ζωήν αιώνιον, και εις κρίσιν δεν έρχεται, αλλά μετέβη εκ του θανάτου εις την ζωήν. (aiōnios g166)
You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by [studying] them you will [find the way to] have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me! (aiōnios g166)
Ερευνάτε τας γραφάς, διότι σεις νομίζετε ότι εν αυταίς έχετε ζωήν αιώνιον· και εκείναι είναι αι μαρτυρούσαι περί εμού· (aiōnios g166)
Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get [spiritual] food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God [my] Father has shown that he approves of me [enabling me to do that].” (aiōnios g166)
Εργάζεσθε μη διά την τροφήν την φθειρομένην, αλλά διά την τροφήν την μένουσαν εις ζωήν αιώνιον, την οποίαν ο Υιός του ανθρώπου θέλει σας δώσει· διότι τούτον εσφράγισεν ο Πατήρ ο Θεός. (aiōnios g166)
[Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed] [MET]. What my Father wants is that [similarly] everyone who looks at [what] I [have done] and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].” (aiōnios g166)
Και τούτο είναι το θέλημα του πέμψαντός με, πας όστις βλέπει τον Υιόν και πιστεύει εις αυτόν να έχη ζωήν αιώνιον, και εγώ θέλω αναστήσει αυτόν εν τη εσχάτη ημέρα. (aiōnios g166)
Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ([my message/in me]) has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Αληθώς αληθώς, σας λέγω, Ο πιστεύων εις εμέ έχει ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have [spiritual] life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to [all the people in] [MTY] the world in order that they may have [spiritual] life.” (aiōn g165)
Εγώ είμαι ο άρτος ο ζων, ο καταβάς εκ του ουρανού. Εάν τις φάγη εκ τούτου του άρτου, θέλει ζήσει εις τον αιώνα. Και ο άρτος δε τον οποίον εγώ θέλω δώσει, είναι η σαρξ μου την οποίαν εγώ θέλω δώσει υπέρ της ζωής του κόσμου. (aiōn g165)
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at (the last day/the [judgment] day), (aiōnios g166)
Όστις τρώγει την σάρκα μου και πίνει το αίμα μου, έχει ζωήν αιώνιον, και εγώ θέλω αναστήσει αυτόν εν τη εσχάτη ημέρα. (aiōnios g166)
[I am] the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate [manna], they [later] died [anyway]. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
Ούτος είναι ο άρτος ο καταβάς εκ του ουρανού, ουχί καθώς οι πατέρες σας έφαγον το μάννα και απέθανον· όστις τρώγει τούτον τον άρτον θέλει ζήσει εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, [we] will not [leave you], [because] (there is no other person [like you] to whom we can go!/what other person is there like [you] to whom we can go?) [RHQ] You have the message about eternal life! (aiōnios g166)
Απεκρίθη λοιπόν προς αυτόν ο Σίμων Πέτρος· Κύριε, προς τίνα θέλομεν υπάγει; λόγους ζωής αιωνίου έχεις· (aiōnios g166)
A slave is not a permanent member of a family. But a son is a member of a family forever. [Similarly, you say you are members of God’s family because you are descendants of Abraham, but really, because you are like slaves of your sinful desires, you are no longer permanent members of God’s family]. (aiōn g165)
Ο δε δούλος δεν μένει πάντοτε εν τη οικία· ο υιός μένει πάντοτε. (aiōn g165)
But the truth is that anyone who obeys what I say will never die!” (aiōn g165)
Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω· Εάν τις φυλάξη τον λόγον μου, θάνατον δεν θέλει ιδεί εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN], [thinking that he was talking about ordinary death and not about spiritual death], said to him, “Now we are sure that a demon [controls] you! Abraham and the prophets died [long ago]! But you say that anyone who obeys what you teach will never die! (aiōn g165)
Είπον λοιπόν προς αυτόν οι Ιουδαίοι· Τώρα κατελάβομεν ότι δαιμόνιον έχεις. Ο Αβραάμ απέθανε και οι προφήται, και συ λέγεις· Εάν τις φυλάξη τον λόγον μου, δεν θέλει γευθή θάνατον εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
No one has ever enabled a man to see who was blind when he was born [like I was]. That has never happened since the world began! (aiōn g165)
Εκ του αιώνος δεν ηκούσθη ότι ήνοιξέ τις οφθαλμούς γεγεννημένου τυφλού. (aiōn g165)
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
και πας όστις ζη και πιστεύει εις εμέ δεν θέλει αποθάνει εις τον αιώνα. Πιστεύεις τούτο; (aiōn g165)
Anyone who strongly wants to keep on living [here on earth] will surely lose his life forever. But anyone who is willing to die [HYP] [for my sake] will surely gain eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Όστις αγαπά την ψυχήν αυτού, θέλει απολέση αυτήν, και όστις μισεί την ψυχήν αυτού εν τω κόσμω τούτω, εις ζωήν αιώνιον θέλει φυλάξει αυτήν. (aiōnios g166)
[Someone in] the crowd answered him, “We understand from the Scriptures that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say that the one who came from heaven, [who is the Messiah], will be lifted up {that [men] will lift up the one who came from heaven, [who is the Messiah], } on a cross? What kind of man who came from heaven are you [talking about]? (OR, That’s not the [kind] of Messiah [we are expecting]!)” (aiōn g165)
Απεκρίθη προς αυτόν ο όχλος· Ημείς ηκούσαμεν εκ του νόμου Ότι ο Χριστός μένει εις τον αιώνα, και πως συ λέγεις Ότι πρέπει να υψωθή ο Υιός του ανθρώπου; τις είναι ούτος ο Υιός του ανθρώπου; (aiōn g165)
I know that [paying attention to] what he has instructed us [leads to] eternal life. So whatever I say is exactly (OR, only) what [my] Father has told me to say.” (aiōnios g166)
και εξεύρω ότι η εντολή αυτού είναι ζωή αιώνιος. Όσα λοιπόν λαλώ εγώ, καθώς μοι είπεν ο Πατήρ, ούτω λαλώ. (aiōnios g166)
Peter said, “I will never, ever, [allow you to] wash my feet!” Jesus replied to him, “If I do not wash you, you cannot continue (to be my [disciple/to belong to] me).” (aiōn g165)
Λέγει προς αυτόν ο Πέτρος· Δεν θέλεις νίψει τους πόδας μου εις τον αιώνα. Απεκρίθη προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Εάν δεν σε νίψω, δεν έχεις μέρος μετ' εμού. (aiōn g165)
Then I myself will request [my] Father, and he will send you someone else who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you. (aiōn g165)
Και εγώ θέλω παρακαλέσει τον Πατέρα, και θέλει σας δώσει άλλον Παράκλητον, διά να μένη μεθ' υμών εις τον αιώνα, (aiōn g165)
You gave me authority over all people, in order that I might enable all those whom you chose [to come] to me to live eternally. (aiōnios g166)
καθώς έδωκας εις αυτόν εξουσίαν πάσης σαρκός, διά να δώση ζωήν αιώνιον εις πάντας όσους έδωκας εις αυτόν. (aiōnios g166)
[The way for people] to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that [I], Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent. (aiōnios g166)
Αύτη δε είναι η αιώνιος ζωή, το να γνωρίζωσι σε τον μόνον αληθινόν Θεόν και τον οποίον απέστειλας Ιησούν Χριστόν. (aiōnios g166)
You will not allow my spirit to remain in the place where the dead are. You will not [even] let my body decay, [because] I am devoted to you and always obey [you]. (Hadēs g86)
Διότι δεν θέλεις εγκαταλείψει την ψυχήν μου εν τω άδη ουδέ θέλεις αφήσει τον όσιόν σου να ίδη διαφθοράν. (Hadēs g86)
David knew beforehand [what God would do], so he [was able to] say that God would cause the Messiah to live again [after he died]. He said that God would not let the Messiah remain in the place of the dead, nor let his body decay.” (Hadēs g86)
προϊδών ελάλησε περί της αναστάσεως του Χριστού ότι δεν εγκατελείφθη η ψυχή αυτού εν τω άδη ουδέ η σαρξ αυτού είδε διαφθοράν. (Hadēs g86)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
τον οποίον πρέπει να δεχθή ο ουρανός μέχρι των καιρών της αποκαταστάσεως πάντων, όσα ελάλησεν ο Θεός απ' αιώνος διά στόματος πάντων των αγίων αυτού προφητών. (aiōn g165)
Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said [to those Jewish leaders], “[We two] had to speak the message from God [about Jesus] to you [Jews] first [before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But] you are rejecting God’s message. [By doing that], you have shown that you are not worthy (to have eternal life/to live eternally [with God]). [Therefore], we are leaving [you, and now we] will go to the non-Jewish people [to tell them the message from God]. (aiōnios g166)
Ο Παύλος δε και ο Βαρνάβας, λαλούντες μετά παρρησίας, είπον· Εις εσάς πρώτον ήτο αναγκαίον να λαληθή ο λόγος του Θεού· αλλ' επειδή απορρίπτετε αυτόν και δεν κρίνετε εαυτούς αξίους της αιωνίου ζωής, ιδού, στρεφόμεθα εις τα έθνη· (aiōnios g166)
While the non-Jewish people were listening [to those words], they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord [Jesus] was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom [God] had chosen (to have eternal [life/to live eternally with God]) believed [the message about the Lord Jesus]. (aiōnios g166)
Και οι εθνικοί ακούσαντες έχαιρον και εδόξαζον τον λόγον του Κυρίου, και επίστευσαν όσοι ήσαν ωρισμένοι διά την αιώνιον ζωήν· (aiōnios g166)
I [caused my people to know about them] long ago.” (aiōn g165)
Απ' αιώνος είναι γνωστά εις τον Θεόν πάντα τα έργα αυτού. (aiōn g165)
[People] cannot see what God is like. But ever since he created the world, by means of what he created he has clearly revealed what he is like. He has made clear to everyone that he has always been able to do very powerful things. [Therefore, we should recognize that] God is powerful, [completely different from all that he created]. So no one has a basis for saying, [“We never knew about God].” (aïdios g126)
Επειδή τα αόρατα αυτού βλέπονται φανερώς από κτίσεως κόσμου νοούμενα διά των ποιημάτων, η τε αΐδιος αυτού δύναμις και η θειότης, ώστε αυτοί είναι αναπολόγητοι. (aïdios g126)
Also, they [chose to worship] false [gods] instead (of admitting/of choosing to believe) what is true [about] God. They worshipped and served things [that God] created instead of [worshipping and serving God himself], the one who created [everything. They did this even though] he [deserves that those he created] would forever praise him. Amen!/May it be so! (aiōn g165)
Οίτινες μετήλλαξαν την αλήθειαν του Θεού εις το ψεύδος, και εσεβάσθησαν και ελάτρευσαν την κτίσιν μάλλον παρά τον κτίσαντα, όστις είναι ευλογητός εις τους αιώνας· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
[Specifically], some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored [by God] [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. [God will reward them by enabling them] to live forever. (aiōnios g166)
εις μεν τους ζητούντας δι' υπομονής έργου αγαθού, δόξαν και τιμήν και αφθαρσίαν ζωήν αιώνιον, (aiōnios g166)
He did that in order that just like people everywhere inevitably sin, [which results in their] dying [MET, PRS], people everywhere might inevitably experience God’s acting kindly towards them in a way they do not deserve [MET, PRS] by [erasing the record of their sins]. [The result is that people can] live eternally because of what Jesus Christ our Lord [did for them]. (aiōnios g166)
ίνα καθώς εβασίλευσεν η αμαρτία διά του θανάτου, ούτω και η χάρις βασιλεύση διά της δικαιοσύνης εις ζωήν αιώνιον διά Ιησού Χριστού του Κυρίου ημών. (aiōnios g166)
But you have been freed {[God] has freed you} from [letting the desire to] sin control you. You have become [as though you are] [MET] the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally. (aiōnios g166)
Αλλά τώρα ελευθερωθέντες από της αμαρτίας και δουλωθέντες εις τον Θεόν, έχετε τον καρπόν σας εις αγιασμόν, το δε τέλος ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
[What people receive for] sinning [is that they are] eternally separated from God. That is [like] wages that [people receive] [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of [our relationship with] (OR, because [we are united to]) Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
Διότι ο μισθός της αμαρτίας είναι θάνατος, το δε χάρισμα του Θεού ζωή αιώνιος διά Ιησού Χριστού του Κυρίου ημών. (aiōnios g166)
It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
των οποίων είναι οι πατέρες, και εκ των οποίων εγεννήθη ο Χριστός το κατά σάρκα, ο ων επί πάντων Θεός ευλογητός εις τους αιώνας· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
“Or [you should not think inwardly], ‘(Someone will have to go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are!/Who will go down and enter the place where [the spirits] of dead persons are?)’ [RHQ]” That is to say, someone will have to [go down and] bring Christ up [from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died]! (Abyssos g12)
ή, Τις θέλει καταβή εις την άβυσσον; τουτέστι διά να αναβιβάση τον Χριστόν εκ νεκρών. (Abyssos g12)
God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
διότι ο Θεός συνέκλεισε τους πάντας εις την απείθειαν, διά να ελεήση τους πάντας. (eleēsē g1653)
God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Επειδή εξ αυτού και δι' αυτού και εις αυτόν είναι τα πάντα. Αυτώ, η δόξα εις τους αιώνας. Αμήν. (aiōn g165)
Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your [way of life] by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases [God], and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be. (aiōn g165)
και μη συμμορφόνεσθε με τον αιώνα τούτον, αλλά μεταμορφόνεσθε διά της ανακαινίσεως του νοός σας, ώστε να δοκιμάζητε τι είναι το θέλημα του Θεού, το αγαθόν και ευάρεστον και τέλειον. (aiōn g165)
As [I] proclaim [the good message about] Jesus Christ, [I tell about God], the one who is able to strengthen you [spiritually]. I also proclaim the [truth] that was not revealed {which [God] did not reveal} in all previous ages/times (aiōnios g166)
Εις δε τον δυνάμενον να σας στηρίξη κατά το ευαγγέλιόν μου και το κήρυγμα του Ιησού Χριστού, κατά την αποκάλυψιν του μυστηρίου του σεσιωπημένου μεν από χρόνων αιωνίων, (aiōnios g166)
but which has now been {which [he] has now} revealed. [I, along with others, have proclaimed] what the prophets wrote [about Christ]. We are doing what the eternal God commanded [us(exc)/me to do]. We want [people in] all ethnic groups to know [Christ] so that they can believe [in him] and obey [him]. (aiōnios g166)
φανερωθέντος δε τώρα διά προφητικών γραφών κατ' επιταγήν του αιωνίου Θεού και γνωρισθέντος εις πάντα τα έθνη προς υπακοήν πίστεως, (aiōnios g166)
[I desire that by] Jesus Christ [enabling us, we] will forever praise the one who alone is God, who alone is [truly] wise. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
εις τον μόνον σοφόν Θεόν έστω η δόξα διά Ιησού Χριστού εις τους αιώνας· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
Που ο σοφός; που ο γραμματεύς; που ο συζητητής του αιώνος τούτου; δεν εμώρανεν ο Θεός την σοφίαν του κόσμου τούτου; (aiōn g165)
I do teach a message that people who are [spiritually] mature [consider to] be wise. But I do not teach a message that unbelievers [consider to be] wise. I also do not teach a message that unbelieving rulers in the world consider to be wise. [What they think about it does not matter], because [some day] (they will lose their power/not be ruling any more). (aiōn g165)
Λαλούμεν δε σοφίαν μεταξύ των τελείων, σοφίαν όμως ουχί του αιώνος τούτου, ουδέ των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου, των φθειρομένων· (aiōn g165)
Instead, I teach about what God planned wisely [long ago]. It is something that people did not know about previously because [God] did not reveal it previously. But God determined before he created the world that he would greatly benefit us by his wise plan. (aiōn g165)
αλλά λαλούμεν σοφίαν Θεού μυστηριώδη, την αποκεκρυμμένην, την οποίαν προώρισεν ο Θεός προ των αιώνων εις δόξαν ημών, (aiōn g165)
None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross. (aiōn g165)
την οποίαν ουδείς των αρχόντων του αιώνος τούτου εγνώρισε· διότι αν ήθελον γνωρίσει, δεν ήθελον σταυρώσει τον Κύριον της δόξης· (aiōn g165)
Some among you think that you are wise because unbelievers thought you were wise previously. Stop deceiving yourselves. [If you really want to be wise, by accepting what God considers to be wise] you should [be willing to let unbelievers consider that you are] foolish [IRO]. (aiōn g165)
Μηδείς ας μη εξαπατά εαυτόν· εάν τις μεταξύ σας νομίζη ότι είναι σοφός εν τω κόσμω τούτω, ας γείνη μωρός διά να γείνη σοφός. (aiōn g165)
So if [I, Paul, think that by] eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer (to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ). [And you should] ([do as I do/imitate my example]). (aiōn g165)
Διά τούτο, εάν το φαγητόν σκανδαλίζη τον αδελφόν μου, δεν θέλω φάγει κρέας εις τον αιώνα, διά να μη σκανδαλίσω τον αδελφόν μου. (aiōn g165)
All those things [that happened to our ancestors long ago] are examples for us. [Moses] wrote those things to warn us [who are living at this time which is near the end]. We are the people for whom God has done [the things that he decided to do in] the previous periods of time. (aiōn g165)
Ταύτα δε πάντα εγίνοντο εις εκείνους παραδείγματα, και εγράφησαν προς νουθεσίαν ημών, εις τους οποίους τα τέλη των αιώνων έφθασαν. (aiōn g165)
Death [APO] will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. (Hadēs g86)
Που, θάνατε, το κέντρον σου; που, άδη, η νίκη σου; (Hadēs g86)
[Satan, who is] the one [who rules] this world, controls the thoughts of those unbelievers. He prevents them from understanding the message about how wonderful Christ is. [They are not able to understand that] Jesus is like God [in every way]. (aiōn g165)
των οποίων απίστων όντων ο Θεός του κόσμου τούτου ετύφλωσε τον νούν, διά να μη επιλάμψη εις αυτούς ο φωτισμός του ευαγγελίου της δόξης του Χριστού, όστις είναι εικών του Θεού. (aiōn g165)
[I know that] all these troubles that [happen to us in this life are] not significant and will not last forever. [When we think of] the glorious things [that God is preparing] for us [to enjoy] forever [in heaven], all [our suffering now] is not important. (aiōnios g166)
Διότι η προσωρινή ελαφρά θλίψις ημών εργάζεται εις ημάς καθ' υπερβολήν εις υπερβολήν αιώνιον βάρος δόξης, (aiōnios g166)
That is why we say, “We will not continue thinking about [all the suffering that we] are experiencing now. Even though [we] cannot see [all the things that God has prepared for us in heaven], those are what we should be thinking about.” [That is how we should think], because [all these troubles] that [we(exc)] have [now] will last only a short time. But what [we will have in heaven], what [we] cannot see [now], will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
επειδή ημείς δεν ενατενίζομεν εις τα βλεπόμενα, αλλ' εις τα μη βλεπόμενα· διότι τα βλεπόμενα είναι πρόσκαιρα, τα δε μη βλεπόμενα αιώνια. (aiōnios g166)
We know that [these bodies] we live in [here in this world are like] [MET] tents. [They are like temporary living/dwelling places]. [So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies]. We know that if we are killed {if [someone] kills us}, God will give us [permanent living places. Those permanent living places] [MET] will not be houses that people have made. They [will be new bodies in which we will live forever] in heaven. (aiōnios g166)
Διότι εξεύρομεν ότι εάν η επίγειος οικία του σκηνώματος ημών χαλασθή, έχομεν εκ του Θεού οικοδομήν, οικίαν αχειροποίητον, αιώνιον εν τοις ουρανοίς. (aiōnios g166)
[Those who give willingly and cheerfully will be rewarded like the man about whom] it is written {[about whom] (someone/the Psalmist) wrote} in the Scriptures, He generously [helps others], [he gives to those] who are poor. [God will remember] the good things that he did, [and reward him with] good things forever. (aiōn g165)
καθώς είναι γεγραμμένον· Εσκόρπισεν, έδωκεν εις τους πένητας· η δικαιοσύνη αυτού μένει εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
God, who is the Father of our [(inc)] Lord Jesus, and who is the one [whom we should] praise forever, knows that I am not lying [about this]. (aiōn g165)
Ο Θεός και Πατήρ του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού, ο ων ευλογητός εις τους αιώνας, γνωρίζει ότι δεν ψεύδομαι. (aiōn g165)
Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
όστις έδωκεν εαυτόν διά τας αμαρτίας ημών, διά να ελευθερώση ημάς εκ του παρόντος πονηρού αιώνος κατά το θέλημα του Θεού και Πατρός ημών, (aiōn g165)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
εις τον οποίον έστω η δόξα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
[God] will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please [God’s] Spirit will live forever [with God] because of what [God’s] Spirit does for them. (aiōnios g166)
διότι ο σπείρων εις την σάρκα εαυτού θέλει θερίσει εκ της σαρκός φθοράν, αλλ' ο σπείρων εις το Πνεύμα θέλει θερίσει εκ του Πνεύματος ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
[There], Christ is the supreme ruler over every powerful spirit of every level of authority. His rank is much higher than any powerful spirit can receive, not only now, but forever. (aiōn g165)
υπεράνω πάσης αρχής και εξουσίας και δυνάμεως και κυριότητος και παντός ονόματος ονομαζομένου ου μόνον εν τω αιώνι τούτω, αλλά και εν τω μέλλοντι· (aiōn g165)
You were acting in the same [evil] way as those who oppose Christ [MTY] act. That is, you were behaving in the [evil] ways [that Satan wanted you to behave]. He rules over evil spiritual beings that no person can see [MTY]. He is the spirit who now powerfully controls the people who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
εις τας οποίας περιεπατήσατέ ποτέ κατά το πολίτευμα του κόσμου τούτου, κατά τον άρχοντα της εξουσίας του αέρος, του πνεύματος το οποίον ενεργεί την σήμερον εις τους υιούς της απειθείας· (aiōn g165)
in order that he might show to everyone at all times in the future that he has acted toward us in an extremely kind way because of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. (aiōn g165)
διά να δείξη εις τους επερχομένους αιώνας τον υπερβάλλοντα πλούτον της χάριτος αυτού διά της προς ημάς αγαθότητος εν Χριστώ Ιησού. (aiōn g165)
and to enable everyone to understand clearly how God accomplished what he planned. God, who created everything, [has now revealed] this message, which he never revealed to anyone before. (aiōn g165)
και να φωτίσω πάντας, ποία είναι η κοινωνία του μυστηρίου του αποκεκρυμμένου από των αιώνων εν τω Θεώ όστις έκτισε τα πάντα διά του Ιησού Χριστού, (aiōn g165)
That is what God had always planned, and it is what he accomplished by what our Lord Jesus [has done]. (aiōn g165)
κατά την αιώνιον πρόθεσιν, την οποίαν έκαμεν εν Χριστώ Ιησού τω Κυρίω ημών, (aiōn g165)
Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, may all (believers/those who belong to him) praise him forever. (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
εις αυτόν έστω η δόξα εν τη εκκλησία διά Ιησού Χριστού εις πάσας τας γενεάς του αιώνος των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
You must do this because the fighting that we [believers] do is not only against human beings [SYN]. Instead, we are also fighting against evil spirits who rule and have authority over all that is evil [MET] in the world. And we are fighting against evil spirits who are in heavenly places (OR, everywhere). (aiōn g165)
διότι δεν είναι η πάλη ημών εναντίον εις αίμα και σάρκα, αλλ' εναντίον εις τας αρχάς, εναντίον εις τας εξουσίας, εναντίον εις τους κοσμοκράτορας του σκότους του αιώνος τούτου· εναντίον εις τα πνεύματα της πονηρίας εν τοις επουρανίοις. (aiōn g165)
[So], praise God our Father forever and ever! Amen! (aiōn g165)
Εις δε τον Θεόν και Πατέρα ημών έστω η δόξα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
[We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
το μυστήριον, το οποίον ήτο αποκεκρυμμένον από των αιώνων και από των γενεών, τώρα δε εφανερώθη εις τους αγίους αυτού, (aiōn g165)
[Our Lord Jesus] will forbid them from ever coming near to him and near to the glory which he has [because he is so] powerful (OR, the glory that is manifested by his power). He will cause those people to suffer forever. (aiōnios g166)
οίτινες θέλουσι τιμωρηθή με όλεθρον αιώνιον από προσώπου του Κυρίου και από της δόξης της δυνάμεως αυτού, (aiōnios g166)
Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, loves us and encourages us and causes us to confidently expect [to receive] the eternal things that [he has promised to give to us] as a result of [Christ] acting kindly toward us in a way we did not deserve. (aiōnios g166)
Αυτός δε ο Κύριος ημών Ιησούς Χριστός και ο Θεός και Πατήρ ημών, όστις μας ηγάπησε και έδωκεν αιωνίαν παρηγορίαν και αγαθήν ελπίδα διά της χάριτος, (aiōnios g166)
Yet Christ Jesus acted mercifully to me in order that he might demonstrate [to people that he is perfectly patient with them]. He did that by his being patient with me, one who has sinned worse than everyone else. He wanted what he did for me (to be an example/to demonstrate his patience) to people who would [later] believe in him, and as a result would live forever. (aiōnios g166)
αλλά διά τούτο ηλεήθην, διά να δείξη ο Ιησούς Χριστός εις εμέ πρώτον την πάσαν μακροθυμίαν, εις παράδειγμα των μελλόντων να πιστεύωσιν εις αυτόν εις ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
I desire that people will honor and praise the only [true] God forever! Even though no one can see him, he is the King who rules for all time, who will never die! (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
εις δε τον βασιλέα των αιώνων, τον άφθαρτον, τον αόρατον, τον μόνον σοφόν Θεόν, είη τιμή και δόξα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
Try earnestly and with all your energy/strength [MET] to live in accordance with what you believe. [Continue to do your tasks well in order that] you will know for sure that you will live eternally. Remember that [God] chose you to [live with him], and that when many elders were listening you said strongly ([what you believe/that you trust in Christ]). (aiōnios g166)
Αγωνίζου τον καλόν αγώνα της πίστεως· κράτει την αιώνιον ζωήν, εις την οποίαν και προσεκλήθης και ώμολόγησας την καλήν ομολογίαν ενώπιον πολλών μαρτύρων. (aiōnios g166)
He is the only one who will never die, [and he lives in heaven surrounded by] light [that is so bright that] no one can approach it! He is the one whom no person has ever seen and whom no person is able to see! My desire is that all people will honor him and that he [will rule] powerfully [MTY] forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōnios g166)
όστις μόνος έχει την αθανασίαν, κατοικών φως απρόσιτον, τον οποίον ουδείς των ανθρώπων είδεν ουδέ δύναται να ίδη· εις τον οποίον έστω τιμή και κράτος αιώνιον· αμήν. (aiōnios g166)
Tell [the believers] who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many [possessions], because they cannot be certain [how long they will have them]. Teach them that instead of [trusting in their wealth, they should trust] in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it. (aiōn g165)
Εις τους πλουσίους του κόσμου τούτου παράγγελλε να μη υψηλοφρονώσι, μηδέ να ελπίζωσιν επί την αδηλότητα του πλούτου, αλλ' επί τον Θεόν τον ζώντα, όστις δίδει εις ημάς πλουσίως πάντα εις απόλαυσιν, (aiōn g165)
[God] saved us and chose us to conduct our lives in a pure way. It was not our doing good deeds/actions [that caused him to do this for us—something] that we did not deserve. Instead, before (time began/he created the world) he purposed/planned to [be kind to us] as a result of what Christ Jesus [would do for us]. (aiōnios g166)
όστις έσωσεν ημάς και εκάλεσε με κλήσιν αγίαν, ουχί κατά τα έργα ημών, αλλά κατά την εαυτού πρόθεσιν και χάριν, την δοθείσαν εις ημάς εν Χριστώ Ιησού προ χρόνων αιωνίων, (aiōnios g166)
Therefore I [willingly] endure all [that I am suffering] for the sake of those [whom God has] chosen. [I do this] in order that Christ Jesus will save them, too, and that they will be forever with [him in the] glorious [place where he is]. (aiōnios g166)
Διά τούτο πάντα υπομένω διά τους εκλεκτούς, διά να απολαύσωσι και αυτοί την σωτηρίαν την εν Χριστώ Ιησού μετά δόξης αιωνίου. (aiōnios g166)
[I say that] because Demas has left me. He wanted very much [the good things that he might enjoy] [MTY] in this world [right now], and so he went to Thessalonica [city]. Crescens [went to serve the Lord] in Galatia [province], and Titus went to Dalmatia [district]. (aiōn g165)
διότι ο Δημάς με εγκατέλιπεν, αγαπήσας τον παρόντα κόσμον, και απήλθεν εις θεσσαλονίκην, ο Κρήσκης εις Γαλατίαν, ο Τίτος εις Δαλματίαν· (aiōn g165)
[Therefore, I am sure that] the Lord will rescue me from everything that is truly evil and will bring me safely to heaven, where he rules. Praise him forever! (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
Και θέλει με ελευθερώσει ο Κύριος από παντός έργου πονηρού και θέλει με διασώσει διά την επουράνιον βασιλείαν αυτού· εις τον οποίον έστω η δόξα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
[As a result of my doing these things, his people] confidently expect that God will cause them to live forever. God, who never lies, promised before he created the world that [his people] would live forever. (aiōnios g166)
επ' ελπίδι ζωής αιωνίου, την οποίαν υπεσχέθη ο αψευδής Θεός προ χρόνων αιωνίων, (aiōnios g166)
God teaches/tells us [PRS] how to stop doing what he dislikes, and to stop desiring the things that (ungodly people/people who habitually do things that do not please God) desire [MTY]. He wants us to control our behavior and to do what is right and to do what pleases him while we live in this present age/time. (aiōn g165)
διδάσκουσα ημάς να αρνηθώμεν την ασέβειαν και τας κοσμικάς επιθυμίας και να ζήσωμεν σωφρόνως και δικαίως και ευσεβώς εν τω παρόντι αιώνι, (aiōn g165)
He wanted to erase the record of our sins even though we did not deserve that, and he wanted us to receive all that [God desires] to give us. [These are the things that we] confidently expect to receive when we live [with him] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
ίνα δικαιωθέντες διά της χάριτος εκείνου, γείνωμεν κληρονόμοι κατά την ελπίδα της αιωνίου ζωής. (aiōnios g166)
Perhaps the reason that [God permitted] Onesimus to be separated from {to leave} you for a little while was that [he would believe in Christ, and as a result] you would have him (back/with you) forever! (aiōnios g166)
Διότι ίσως διά τούτο εχωρίσθη προς ώραν, διά να απολάβης αυτόν διαπαντός, (aiōnios g166)
But now when this final age [is beginning], God has communicated to us [just once] by means of what (his Son/the man who was also God) [said and did. God] appointed him in order that he would possess everything [that truly belongs to God. God also appointed] him in order that he would create the universe. (aiōn g165)
εν ταις εσχάταις ταύταις ημέραις ελάλησε προς ημάς διά του Υιού, τον οποίον έθεσε κληρονόμον πάντων, δι' ου έκαμε και τους αιώνας· (aiōn g165)
But on the other hand, [in the Scriptures it is written that God said] this to his Son: You [(sg)] who are [also] God will rule forever [MTY], and you will reign righteously over your kingdom [MTY]. (aiōn g165)
περί δε του Υιού· Ο θρόνος σου, ω Θεέ, είναι εις τον αιώνα του αιώνος· σκήπτρον ευθύτητος είναι το σκήπτρον της βασιλείας σου. (aiōn g165)
And he also said [to Christ what the Psalmist wrote] in another Scripture passage, You are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. (aiōn g165)
καθώς και αλλαχού λέγει· Συ είσαι ιερεύς εις τον αιώνα κατά την τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ. (aiōn g165)
By becoming (all [that] God intended him to be/perfect), [he has now] become fully qualified [to be our Supreme Priest. As a result, he is the one who saves] eternally all who obey him. (aiōnios g166)
και γενόμενος τέλειος, κατεστάθη αίτιος σωτηρίας αιωνίου εις πάντας τους υπακούοντας εις αυτόν, (aiōnios g166)
[I am referring to the teaching about what] various [Jewish and Christian] rituals for purifying people [signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by] laying hands [on them] [MTY]. [I am referring to the teaching that God will] ([cause] those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead). And [I am referring to the teaching that God] will judge [some people and punish them] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
της διδαχής των βαπτισμών και της επιθέσεως των χειρών, και της αναστάσεως των νεκρών και της κρίσεως της αιωνίου. (aiōnios g166)
They have experienced that God’s message is good. And by what they have experienced [now], they know how [God will work] powerfully in the future. If those people reject [the message about Christ], it will not be possible for anyone to persuade them to turn away from their sinful behavior again! (aiōn g165)
και γευθέντες τον καλόν λόγον του Θεού και τας δυνάμεις του μέλλοντος αιώνος, (aiōn g165)
Jesus went [into God’s presence] ahead of us [(inc)] to [help] us when he became a Supreme Priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. (aiōn g165)
όπου ο Ιησούς εισήλθεν υπέρ ημών πρόδρομος, γενόμενος αρχιερεύς εις τον αιώνα κατά την τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ. (aiōn g165)
[We know this] since [God] confirmed it in [the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son], You [(sg)] are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. (aiōn g165)
διότι μαρτυρεί λέγων ότι Συ είσαι ιερεύς εις τον αιώνα κατά την τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ. (aiōn g165)
However, when he [appointed Christ to be a priest], it was by these words that [the Psalmist wrote in Scripture]: The Lord has solemnly declared [to the Messiah], —and he will not change his mind— “You will be a priest forever!” (aiōn g165)
διότι εκείνοι έγειναν ιερείς χωρίς ορκωμοσίας, ούτος δε μετά ορκωμοσίας διά του λέγοντος προς αυτόν· Ώμοσε Κύριος, και δεν θέλει μεταμεληθή· Συ είσαι ιερεύς εις τον αιώνα κατά την τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ· (aiōn g165)
But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
εκείνος όμως, επειδή μένει εις τον αιώνα, έχει αμετάθετον την ιερωσύνην· (aiōn g165)
[We need a Supreme Priest like] him, because in the laws [that God gave Moses] [PRS] the ones who would be appointed to be priests would be men who tended [to sin easily]. But [God] solemnly [declared] [PRS] after [he had given] his laws [to Moses] that [he would appoint] (his Son/the man who is also God) [to be a Supreme Priest. Now] ([his Son/the man who is also God]) has forever become all that God intends him to be. (aiōn g165)
Διότι ο νόμος καθιστά αρχιερείς ανθρώπους έχοντας αδυναμίαν· ο λόγος όμως της ορκωμοσίας της μετά τον νόμον κατέστησε τον Υιόν, όστις είναι τετελειωμένος εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
[When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes] goats’ blood and calves’ blood [to offer as a sacrifice]. But Christ did not [do that. It was as though] he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. (aiōnios g166)
ουδέ δι' αίματος τράγων και μόσχων, αλλά διά του ιδίου αυτού αίματος, εισήλθεν άπαξ εις τα άγια, αποκτήσας αιωνίαν λύτρωσιν. (aiōnios g166)
[So, because we know what] Christ [accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died for us] [PRS, MTY], we will be very certain that we are not guilty [of having] done those things [that those who are spiritually] dead do. [As a result], we can serve God, who is all-powerful. [The priests always offer to God animals] with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] to God, he was sinless [MET]. He did that as a result of [God’s] eternal Spirit [helping him]. (aiōnios g166)
πόσω μάλλον το αίμα του Χριστού, όστις διά του Πνεύματος του αιωνίου προσέφερεν εαυτόν άμωμον εις τον Θεόν, θέλει καθαρίσει την συνείδησίν σας από νεκρών έργων εις το να λατρεύητε τον ζώντα Θεόν; (aiōnios g166)
[By] dying [for us], [Christ] ([redeemed/] free from the penalty for their sins) even those who disobeyed the [conditions of] (OR, [during the time of]) the first covenant. So, [because] no [one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant], now Christ establishes [between God and people] a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have [the blessings that God] has promised them. (aiōnios g166)
Και διά τούτο είναι μεσίτης διαθήκης καινής, ίνα διά του θανάτου, όστις έγεινε προς απολύτρωσιν των επί της πρώτης διαθήκης παραβάσεων, λάβωσιν οι κεκλημένοι την επαγγελίαν της αιωνίου κληρονομίας. (aiōnios g166)
[If that were so], he would have needed to suffer [and shed his blood] repeatedly since [the time when God] created the world. But instead, in this final age, [Christ] has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause [that people] no longer will be [punished for their] sins. (aiōn g165)
διότι έπρεπε τότε πολλάκις να πάθη από καταβολής κόσμου· τώρα δε άπαξ εις το τέλος των αιώνων εφανερώθη, διά να αθετήση την αμαρτίαν διά της θυσίας εαυτού. (aiōn g165)
It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding [it to exist]. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. (aiōn g165)
Διά πίστεως εννοούμεν ότι οι αιώνες εκτίθησαν με τον λόγον του Θεού, ώστε τα βλεπόμενα δεν έγειναν εκ φαινομένων. (aiōn g165)
Jesus Christ [is] the same now as he was previously, and he will be the same forever. (aiōn g165)
Ο Ιησούς Χριστός είναι ο αυτός χθές και σήμερον και εις τους αιώνας. (aiōn g165)
Jesus [provides for us], [protects us, and guides us as] a great shepherd does for his sheep [MET]. And God, who gives us [inner] peace, brought our Lord Jesus back to life. By doing that, God ratified his eternal covenant with us by the blood [that flowed from Jesus when he died on the] cross. (aiōnios g166)
Ο δε Θεός της ειρήνης, όστις ανεβίβασεν εκ των νεκρών τον μέγαν ποιμένα των προβάτων διά του αίματος της αιωνίου διαθήκης, τον Κύριον ημών Ιησούν, (aiōnios g166)
So I pray that God will equip you with everything good [that you need in order] that you may do the things that he desires. May he accomplish in our lives whatever he considers pleasing as a result of Jesus Christ [equipping us]. May Jesus Christ be praised forever. (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
είθε να σας κάμη τελείους εις παν έργον αγαθόν, διά να εκτελήτε το θέλημα αυτού, ενεργών εν υμίν το ευάρεστον ενώπιον αυτού διά του Ιησού Χριστού, εις τον οποίον είη η δόξα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
[Just like a fire damages a forest] [MET], when we say things that are evil, [we harm many people]. What we say [MTY] reveals that we are very evil. What we say contaminates/defiles everything that we think and do [PRS, MET]. [Just like a flame of fire easily] causes [the whole surrounding area] [MET] to burn, what we say [MTY] can cause [others] to want to do evil. It is the devil himself [MTY] who causes us to say evil things. (Geenna g1067)
και η γλώσσα πυρ είναι, ο κόσμος της αδικίας. Ούτω μεταξύ των μελών ημών η γλώσσα είναι η μολύνουσα όλον το σώμα και φλογίζουσα τον τροχόν του βίου και φλογιζομένη υπό της γεέννης. (Geenna g1067)
[I ask you to do this, because you now have] a new life [MET]. It was not [by means of] something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was [by means of] something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God. (aiōn g165)
επειδή ανεγεννήθητε ουχί εκ φθαρτού σπέρματος, αλλά αφθάρτου, διά του λόγου του Θεού του ζώντος και μένοντος εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
but God’s message endures/lasts forever. This message [that endures/lasts] is the message [about Christ] that was proclaimed to you. (aiōn g165)
Ο λόγος όμως του Κυρίου μένει εις τον αιώνα. Και ούτος είναι ο λόγος ο ευαγγελισθείς εις εσάς. (aiōn g165)
Those who speak [to the congregation] should do that as though they are speaking the [very] words of God. Those who do kind things to others should do it with the strength that God gives them, in order that God may be honored by all this {that all this may honor God} as Jesus Christ [enables us to do it. I pray that we will] praise [God] (OR, [Jesus]) and allow him [to rule over us] forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
εάν τις λαλή, ας λαλή ως λαλών λόγια Θεού· εάν τις υπηρετή, ας υπηρετή ως υπηρετών εκ της δυνάμεως, την οποίαν χορηγεί ο Θεός· διά να δοξάζηται εν πάσιν ο Θεός διά Ιησού Χριστού, εις τον οποίον είναι η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
God is the one who kindly helps us in every [situation], and [he is the one] who chose us to share his eternal glory/greatness [in heaven] because of our relationship with Christ. [And] after you have suffered for a while [because of things that people do to harm you], he will remove your spiritual defects/imperfections, he will strengthen you [spiritually] [DOU], and he will support you [emotionally]. (aiōnios g166)
Ο δε Θεός πάσης χάριτος, όστις εκάλεσεν ημάς εις την αιώνιον αυτού δόξαν διά του Χριστού Ιησού, αφού πάθητε ολίγον, αυτός να σας τελειοποιήση, στηρίξη, ενισχύση, θεμελιώση. (aiōnios g166)
[I pray/desire that] he will [rule] powerfully forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
Εις αυτόν είη η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
and [God] will very wholeheartedly welcome you into the place where our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will rule [his people] forever. (aiōnios g166)
Διότι ούτω θέλει σας δοθή πλουσίως η είσοδος εις την αιώνιον βασιλείαν του Κυρίου ημών και Σωτήρος Ιησού Χριστού. (aiōnios g166)
God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
Διότι εάν ο Θεός δεν εφείσθη αγγέλους αμαρτήσαντας, αλλά ρίψας αυτούς εις τον τάρταρον δεδεμένους με αλύσεις σκότους, παρέδωκε διά να φυλάττωνται εις κρίσιν, (Tartaroō g5020)
[Instead, live in such a manner that you] experience more and more our Savior Jesus Christ being kind [to you], and that you get to know him [better and better]. 2 Peter 3:18b [I pray/desire that Jesus Christ] will be honored both now and forever! (aiōn g165)
αυξάνεσθε δε εις την χάριν και εις την γνώσιν του Κυρίου ημών και Σωτήρος Ιησού Χριστού· εις αυτόν έστω η δόξα και νυν και εις ημέραν αιώνος· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
Because he came here [to the earth] and we have seen him, we proclaim to you clearly that the one whom we have seen is the [one who] has always lived. He was [previously] with his Father in heaven, but he came to live among us. (aiōnios g166)
και η ζωή εφανερώθη, και είδομεν και μαρτυρούμεν και απαγγέλλομεν προς εσάς την ζωήν την αιώνιον, ήτις ήτο παρά τω Πατρί και εφανερώθη εις ημάς (aiōnios g166)
The [godless people in] the world [MTY], along with what they desire, will disappear, but those who do what God wants [them to do] will live forever! You know that it is now the final period of this age when there are liars who deny that Jesus is God’s Chosen One. But you have the power of God’s Spirit and you know what is true and what is false. So continue to live according to the true message that you heard when you began to believe in Christ, in order that you may continue to live united both to God’s Son and to the Father. (aiōn g165)
Και ο κόσμος παρέρχεται και η επιθυμία αυτού· όστις όμως πράττει το θέλημα του Θεού μένει εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
And what God told us is that [he will cause us] to live forever! (aiōnios g166)
Και αύτη είναι η υπόσχεσις, την οποίαν αυτός υπεσχέθη προς ημάς, η ζωή η αιώνιος. (aiōnios g166)
Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Πας όστις μισεί τον αδελφόν αυτού είναι ανθρωποκτόνος· και εξεύρετε ότι πας ανθρωποκτόνος δεν έχει ζωήν αιώνιον μένουσαν εν εαυτώ. (aiōnios g166)
This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)
Και αύτη είναι μαρτυρία, ότι ζωήν αιώνιον έδωκεν εις ημάς ο Θεός, και αύτη η ζωή είναι εν τω Υιώ αυτού. (aiōnios g166)
I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Ταύτα έγραψα προς εσάς τους πιστεύοντας εις το όνομα του Υιού του Θεού, διά να γνωρίζητε ότι έχετε ζωήν αιώνιον, και διά να πιστεύητε εις το όνομα του Υιού του Θεού. (aiōnios g166)
We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Εξεύρομεν δε ότι ο Υιός του Θεού ήλθε και έδωκεν εις ημάς νόησιν, διά να γνωρίζωμεν τον αληθινόν· και είμεθα εν τω αληθινώ, εν τω Υιώ αυτού Ιησού Χριστώ. Ούτος είναι ο αληθινός Θεός και η ζωή η αιώνιος. (aiōnios g166)
All of us [believe God’s] true message. It is in our ([inner beings/hearts]) and we will continue [to believe it] forever! (aiōn g165)
διά την αλήθειαν, ήτις μένει εν ημίν και θέλει είσθαι μεθ' ημών εις τον αιώνα· (aiōn g165)
And there were [many] angels to [whom God assigned/gave positions of authority in heaven]. But many did not continue to rule with authority [in those positions]. Instead, they abandoned the place that [God] gave them to live [in heaven]. So God has put those angels in chains forever in the darkness [in hell. They will stay there] until the great day when [God] will judge [and punish] them. (aïdios g126, questioned)
και αγγέλους οίτινες δεν εφύλαξαν την εαυτών αξίαν, αλλά κατέλιπον το ίδιον αυτών κατοικητήριον, εφύλαξε με παντοτεινά δεσμά υποκάτω του σκότους, δια την κρίσιν της μεγάλης ημέρας (aïdios g126)
Similarly, the people who lived [MTY] in Sodom and Gomorrah [cities] and the nearby cities committed sexual immorality. They sought all kinds of sexual relations that differ [from what God permits. So God destroyed their cities. What happened to those people and those angels] shows that [God will] punish [people, such as the ones who teach false doctrine], in the eternal fire [of hell]. (aiōnios g166, questioned)
καθώς τα Σόδομα και τα Γόμορρα, και αι πέριξ αυτών πόλεις, εις την πορνείαν παραδοθείσαι κατά τον όμοιον με τούτους τρόπον, και ακολουθούσαι οπίσω άλλης σαρκός, πρόκεινται παράδειγμα τιμωρούμεναι με το αιώνιον πυρ. (aiōnios g166)
They are [restless] [MET], [like] the pounding waves of the ocean. [Just like] waves [produce foul-smelling] foam on the shore, [those teachers of false doctrine do] shameful [MTY] [deeds. We cannot depend/rely on them to show us how to conduct our lives] [MET], [just like we cannot depend/rely on] (meteors/falling stars) [to show us the way when we travel]. [God] has reserved intense darkness for them forever [in hell]. (aiōn g165, questioned)
κύματα άγρια θαλάσσης επαφρίζοντα τας ιδίας αυτών αισχύνας, αστέρες πλανήται, δια τους οποίους το ζοφερόν σκότος είναι τετηρημένον εις τον αιώνα. (aiōn g165)
Keep conducting your lives in [a way that is appropriate for those whom] God loves. Keep constantly expecting that our Lord Jesus Christ will [act] mercifully toward you. Keep expecting that until [the time when we begin] living eternally [with him]. (aiōnios g166)
φυλάξατε εαυτούς εις την αγάπην του Θεού, προσμένοντες το έλεος του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού εις ζωήν αιώνιον. (aiōnios g166)
He is the only true God. He has saved us as a result of what Jesus Christ our Lord [did for us]. God was glorious and great and mighty and he [ruled] with great authority before time began. [He is still like that], and [he will remain like that] forever! (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
εις τον μόνον σοφόν Θεόν τον σωτήρα ημών, είη δόξα και μεγαλωσύνη, κράτος και εξουσία, και νυν και εις πάντας τους αιώνας. Αμήν. (aiōn g165)
He is [the one who] has caused us to become people whose lives God rules, and he has made us to be priests [who serve] God his Father. [As a result of this, we acknowledge that] Jesus Christ is eternally divine and eternally powerful. (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
και όστις έκαμεν ημάς βασιλείς και ιερείς εις τον Θεόν και Πατέρα αυτού, εις αυτόν είη η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
The living [creatures praise], honor [DOU], and thank the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever. (aiōn g165)
Και όταν προσφέρωσι τα ζώα δόξαν και τιμήν και ευχαριστίαν εις τον καθήμενον επί του θρόνου, εις τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων, (aiōn g165)
Whenever they do that, the 24 elders (prostrate themselves/kneel down) before the one who sits on the throne, and they worship him, the one who lives forever. They lay their crowns in front of the throne and sing: (aiōn g165)
οι εικοσιτέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι θέλουσι πέσει ενώπιον του καθημένου επί του θρόνου, και θέλουσι προσκυνήσει τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων, και θέλουσι βάλει τους στεφάνους αυτών ενώπιον του θρόνου, λέγοντες· (aiōn g165)
I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” (aiōn g165)
Και παν κτίσμα, το οποίον είναι εν τω ουρανώ και επί της γης και υποκάτω της γης και όσα είναι εν τη θαλάσση και πάντα τα εν αυτοίς, ήκουσα ότι έλεγον· Εις τον καθήμενον επί του θρόνου και εις το Αρνίον έστω η ευλογία και η τιμή και η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων. (aiōn g165)
This time I saw a pale horse [come out]. The one who sat on it is named ‘[The one who causes] death [PRS]’, and [the one that is named ‘The place where dead people go’] accompanied him. [God] gave them authority over one quarter of the people on earth to incite them to kill each other with weapons [SYN], and also authority to kill them (by [causing them to] starve, by [their causing them to become] sick from epidemics, and by [their causing them to be attacked by] wild animals. (Hadēs g86)
Και είδον, και ιδού, ίππος ωχρός, και ο καθήμενος επάνω αυτού ωνομάζετο θάνατος, και ο Άδης ηκολούθει μετ' αυτού· και εδόθη εις αυτούς εξουσία επί το τέταρτον της γης, να θανατώσωσι με ρομφαίαν και με πείναν και με θάνατον και με τα θηρία της γης. (Hadēs g86)
They said, “May it be so! [We(exc)] praise, thank, and honor [you], our [(exc)] God, forever! [We(exc) acknowledge] that you are completely wise, the powerful one, who is forever able to accomplish everything he wants to. (May everyone acknowlege that it is so!/Amen!)” (aiōn g165)
λέγοντες· Αμήν· η ευλογία και δόξα και η σοφία και η ευχαριστία και η τιμή και η δύναμις και η ισχύς ανήκει εις τον Θεόν ημών εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw [an evil angel. He was like] a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. He was given {[Someone] gave him} the key to the shaft [that descended] ([to] the underworld/[to] the deep dark pit). (Abyssos g12)
Και ο πέμπτος άγγελος εσάλπισε· και είδον ότι έπεσεν εις την γην αστήρ εκ του ουρανού, και εδόθη εις αυτόν το κλειδίον του φρέατος της αβύσσου. (Abyssos g12)
When he opened that shaft, smoke arose from it like smoke from a huge burning furnace. The smoke prevented [anyone from seeing] the sky and the light of the sun. (Abyssos g12)
Και ήνοιξε το φρέαρ της αβύσσου, και ανέβη καπνός εκ του φρέατος ως καπνός καμίνου μεγάλης, και εσκοτίσθη ο ήλιος και ο αήρ εκ του καπνού του φρέατος. (Abyssos g12)
The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. [Both of] those names [mean ‘Destroyer’]. (Abyssos g12)
Και είχον εφ' εαυτών βασιλέα τον άγγελον της αβύσσου, όστις Εβραϊστί ονομάζεται Αβαδδών, και εις την Ελληνικήν έχει όνομα Απολλύων. (Abyssos g12)
and he asked the one who lives forever, the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, [who created] the earth and everything that is in it, and [who created] the ocean and everything that is in it, to affirm that what he said was true. [He said that he] would surely no longer delay [what he had planned to do]. (aiōn g165)
και ώμοσεν εις τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων, όστις έκτισε τον ουρανόν και τα εν αυτώ, και την γην και τα εν αυτή και την θάλασσαν και τα εν αυτή, ότι καιρός δεν θέλει είσθαι έτι, (aiōn g165)
When they have finished proclaiming [to people the message from God], the beast that comes up (from the underworld/from the deep dark pit) will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. (Abyssos g12)
Και όταν τελειώσωσι την μαρτυρίαν αυτών, το θηρίον το αναβαίνον εκ της αβύσσου θέλει κάμει πόλεμον με αυτούς και θέλει νικήσει αυτούς και θανατώσει αυτούς. (Abyssos g12)
Then the seventh angel blew [his trumpet]. Angels in heaven shouted loudly, “Our Lord [God] and the Messiah [whom he has appointed] can now govern [everyone in] [MTY] the world, and they will continue to rule people forever!” (aiōn g165)
Και ο έβδομος άγγελος εσάλπισε και έγειναν φωναί μεγάλαι εν τω ουρανώ, λέγουσαι· Αι βασιλείαι του κόσμου έγειναν του Κυρίου ημών και του Χριστού αυτού, και θέλει βασιλεύσει εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων. (aiōn g165)
I saw another angel that was flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing [God’s] eternal good message [to earth], in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, [to every] tribe, [to speakers of every] language [MTY], and [to every] people-[group]. (aiōnios g166)
Και είδον άλλον άγγελον πετώμενον εις το μεσουράνημα, όστις είχεν ευαγγέλιον αιώνιον, διά να κηρύξη εις τους κατοικούντας επί της γης και εις παν έθνος και φυλήν και γλώσσαν και λαόν, (aiōnios g166)
The smoke [from the fire] that torments them will rise forever. [They will] be tormented {[God will] torment them} continually, day and night. [That is what will happen to] the people who worship the beast and its image and who allow its name to be marked on them {allow [its agent] to mark them with its name}.” (aiōn g165)
Και ο καπνός του βασανισμού αυτών αναβαίνει εις αιώνας αιώνων, και δεν έχουσιν ανάπαυσιν ημέραν και νύκτα όσοι προσκυνούσι το θηρίον και την εικόνα αυτού και όστις λαμβάνει το χάραγμα του ονόματος αυτού. (aiōn g165)
One of the four living [creatures] gave [each of] the seven angels a golden bowl, filled with [wine/liquid. That wine/liquid symbolized] that God, who lives forever, would severely punish [rebellious people]. (aiōn g165)
Και εν εκ των τεσσάρων ζώων έδωκεν εις τους επτά αγγέλους επτά φιάλας χρυσάς, πλήρεις του θυμού του Θεού του ζώντος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων. (aiōn g165)
The beast that you saw [lived] previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is dead. He is [about to] come up (from the underworld/from the deep dark pit). [When] the beast who had previously lived, and who then had died, reappears, the people who live on the earth will be amazed. [They are people whose] names were not in the book in which are written the names of people [who will] have eternal life. [The angels have been writing those names in a list] (from the beginning of the world/from the time when the world began). (Abyssos g12)
Το θηρίον, το οποίον είδες, ήτο και δεν είναι, και μέλλει να αναβή εκ της αβύσσου και να υπάγη εις απώλειαν· και θέλουσι θαυμάσει οι κατοικούντες επί της γης, των οποίων τα ονόματα δεν είναι γεγραμμένα εν τω βιβλίω της ζωής από καταβολής κόσμου, βλέποντες το θηρίον, το οποίον ήτο και δεν είναι, αν και ήναι. (Abyssos g12)
[The crowd] shouted a second time saying: (Hallelujah!/Praise God!) The smoke of the fire that is burning the cities will rise forever! (aiōn g165)
Και εκ δευτέρου είπον· Αλληλούϊα· και ο καπνός αυτής αναβαίνει εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων. (aiōn g165)
The beast and the false prophet were captured {[He] captured the beast and the false prophet}. The false prophet is the one who had performed miracles in the beast’s presence. By doing that he had deceived the people who had accepted the beast’s mark [on their foreheads] and who worshipped its image. The beast and the false prophet were thrown {[He] threw the beast and the one who falsely said that he spoke messages that came directly from God} alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the deep dark pit, and he was carrying a large chain in his hand. (Abyssos g12)
Και είδον άγγελον καταβαίνοντα εκ του ουρανού, όστις είχε το κλειδίον της αβύσσου και άλυσιν μεγάλην εν τη χειρί αυτού. (Abyssos g12)
The angel threw him into the deep dark pit. He shut [the door of the pit], locked it, and sealed it [to prevent anyone from opening it]. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive [the people of the] nations [MTY], until those 1,000 years are ended. After that [time], Satan must be released {[God/God’s angel] must release Satan} for a short time [in order that he can do what God has planned]. (Abyssos g12)
και έρριψεν αυτόν εις την άβυσσον και έκλεισεν αυτόν και εσφράγισεν επάνω αυτού, διά να μη πλανήση τα έθνη πλέον, εωσού πληρωθώσι τα χίλια έτη· και μετά ταύτα πρέπει να λυθή ολίγον καιρόν. (Abyssos g12)
The devil, who had deceived those people, will be thrown {[God’s angel] will throw the devil, who had deceived those people} into the lake of burning sulfur. [This is the same lake] into which both the beast and the false prophet had been [thrown] {[he] had [thrown] both the beast and the false prophet}. [As a result], they will continually suffer severely forever. (aiōn g165, Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
[The people whose bodies were buried in the] sea [became alive again in order to stand before God’s throne]. Everyone who had been buried on the land (OR, Every person who was waiting in the place where dead people stay) [became alive again, in order to stand before the throne]. [God] judged each one of them according to what each one had done. (Hadēs g86)
Και έδωκεν η θάλασσα τους εν αυτή νεκρούς, και ο θάνατος και ο άδης έδωκαν τους εν αυτοίς νεκρούς, και εκρίθησαν έκαστος κατά τα έργα αυτών. (Hadēs g86)
But those who are cowardly, those who do not believe [in me], those [who do] detestable things, those who are murderers, those who sin sexually, those who commit sorcery, those who worship idols, and every liar, will [all suffer] in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. [Anyone who suffers in that lake] will be dying the second time.” (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
There will never again be night. [God’s servants] will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine his light upon them. And they will rule forever. (aiōn g165)
Και νυξ δεν θέλει είσθαι εκεί, και δεν έχουσι χρείαν λύχνου και φωτός ηλίου, διότι Κύριος ο Θεός φωτίζει αυτούς, και θέλουσι βασιλεύσει εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων. (aiōn g165)
Questioned verse translations do not contain Aionian Glossary words, but may wrongly imply eternal or Hell
My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
If you go into houses of women who are like that, you will die [when you are still young]; the road [to their houses] leads to hell. (questioned)
They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And [then] they will be thrown into the very black darkness [of hell]. (questioned)
Many of those who have died [EUP] will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally [with God], and some will be eternally shamed/disgraced [in hell]. (questioned)
“As for me, I [am not very important, because] I baptize you [only] with water. I [baptize you] because of your feeling sorry that you have sinned. But someone else will come soon who is very great; [he will do powerful deeds] (OR, [act powerfully]). [Because he is] superior to me, I am not worthy [even to do a menial task for him, such as] to carry his sandals. He will put [his] Holy Spirit [within] you [to truly change] the way you live [MET], and [he will judge others of you and punish you in] the fire [in hell]. (questioned)
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
But [the Jews] [IDM] [who should have allowed] God to rule over them will be sent to [hell, where there is] total darkness. And as a result, they will weep [because of their suffering] and will grind their teeth [because they will have severe pain] [MTY].” (questioned)
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
They will throw those people into the fires of [hell]. There those people will weep and grind their teeth [because of the great pain that they are suffering]. (questioned)
They will throw the wicked people into the fire [in hell]. And those wicked people will weep and gnash their teeth [because of the intense pain they are suffering].” (questioned)
Do not pay any attention to [the Pharisees]. They [do not help people who do not know God’s truth] to [understand it, just like] blind guides [do not help] blind [people to perceive where they should go] [MET]. If a blind person [tries to] lead [another] blind person, they will both fall into a big hole [MET]. [Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell].” (questioned)
In the same way [that shepherds do not want one of] their [sheep to stray away], so [God], your Father in heaven, does not want [even] one of these children to go to hell.” (questioned)
John replied to them all, “No, [I am not]. I used [only] water when I baptized you. But [the Messiah] will soon come! He is far greater than I am. [He is so great that] I am not worthy to [be like his slave and] untie his sandals [MET] [like] a slave would do! He will put [his] Holy Spirit within [MTY] you [to truly change your lives], and [he will judge others of you and punish you in] the fire [MET] [in hell]. (questioned)
Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
But Peter said to him, “May you [(sg)] and your money go to hell, because you [mistakenly] think that you can buy [from us] what God [alone] gives to [people] (questioned)
If [the things that we have taught] are not valuable and long-lasting [MET], [we will not get a reward]. We will be saved {[God] will save us} [from hell], but [that is all that we will get. We will be like a man who] escapes from a fire [without saving any of his possessions]. (questioned)
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
To those who [are on the way to hell, our message is like] [MET] a foul smell [because it is about dying] and being separated from God forever. But, to those [on the way to heaven, the message that we teach is like] a pure fragrant smell, [because we tell them] that they will live [forever with God. As we think about that, we think] (no one is able [to do] such important work [for God!]/how can anyone be able [to do] such important work [for God]?) [RHQ] (questioned)
And by doing wicked [things], he will completely deceive those who will [certainly] (perish/go to hell). [He will deceive them] because they will have refused to love the true [message]. So they will not be saved {God will not save them}. (questioned)
These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
