Βασιλειῶν Δʹ 17
1 Εν τω δωδεκάτω έτει του Άχαζ βασιλέως του Ιούδα, εβασίλευσεν Ωσηέ ο υιός του Ηλά εν Σαμαρεία επί τον Ισραήλ, εννέα έτη.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.
2 Και έπραξε πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, πλην ουχί ως οι βασιλείς του Ισραήλ οίτινες ήσαν προ αυτού.
And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.
3 Επ' αυτόν ανέβη Σαλμανασάρ ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας· και έγεινεν Ωσηέ δούλος αυτού και έδιδεν εις αυτόν φόρον.
Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid him tribute.
4 Εύρηκε δε ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας συνωμοσίαν εν τω Ωσηέ· διότι απέστειλε μηνυτάς προς τον Σω, βασιλέα της Αιγύπτου, και δεν έδωκε φόρον εις τον βασιλέα της Ασσυρίας, ως έκαμνε κατ' έτος· όθεν συνέκλεισεν αυτόν ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας και έδεσεν αυτόν εν φυλακή.
And when the king of the Assyrians discovered that Hoshea, striving to rebel, had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, so as not to present the tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had been accustomed to do each year, he besieged him. And having been bound, he cast him into prison.
5 Και ανέβη ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας διά πάσης της γής· και ανέβη εις την Σαμάρειαν και επολιόρκησεν αυτήν τρία έτη.
And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he besieged it for three years.
6 Εν τω εννάτω έτει του Ωσηέ, ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας εκυρίευσε την Σαμάρειαν και μετώκισε τον Ισραήλ εις την Ασσυρίαν, και κατώκισεν αυτούς εν Αλά και εν Αβώρ, παρά τον ποταμόν Γωζάν, και εν ταις πόλεσι των Μήδων.
And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 Έγεινε δε τούτο, διότι οι υιοί του Ισραήλ ημάρτησαν εις Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών, όστις ανήγαγεν αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου, υποκάτωθεν της χειρός του Φαραώ βασιλέως της Αιγύπτου, και εσεβάσβησαν άλλους θεούς,
For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange gods.
8 και περιεπάτησαν εις τα νόμιμα των εθνών, τα οποία εξεδίωξεν ο Κύριος απέμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ, και τα των βασιλέων του Ισραήλ, τα οποία εθέσπισαν.
And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
9 Και έπραττον οι υιοί του Ισραήλ κρυφίως πράγματα, τα οποία δεν ήσαν ευθέα ενώπιον Κυρίου του Θεού αυτών, και ωκοδόμησαν εις εαυτούς υψηλούς τόπους εν πάσαις ταις πόλεσιν αυτών, από πύργου φυλάκων έως οχυράς πόλεως.
And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 Και ανήγειραν εις εαυτούς αγάλματα και άλση επί πάντα υψηλόν λόφον και υποκάτω παντός δένδρου πρασίνου.
And they made for themselves statues and sacred groves, on every high hill and under every leafy tree.
11 Και εκεί εθυμίαζον επί πάντας τους υψηλούς τόπους, καθώς τα έθνη τα οποία ο Κύριος εξεδίωξεν απέμπροσθεν αυτών· και έπραττον πονηρά πράγματα διά να παροργίζωσι τον Κύριον·
And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.
12 και ελάτρευσαν τα είδωλα, περί των οποίων ο Κύριος είπε προς αυτούς, Δεν θέλετε κάμει το πράγμα τούτο.
And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.
13 Και διεμαρτυρήθη ο Κύριος κατά του Ισραήλ και κατά του Ιούδα, διά χειρός πάντων των προφητών, πάντων των βλεπόντων, λέγων, Επιστρέψατε από των οδών υμών των πονηρών και φυλάττετε τας εντολάς μου, τα διατάγματά μου, κατά πάντα τον νόμον τον οποίον προσέταξα εις τους πατέρας σας και τον οποίον απέστειλα εις εσάς διά μέσου των δούλων μου των προφητών.
And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: “Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets.”
14 Πλην αυτοί δεν υπήκουσαν, αλλ' εσκλήρυναν τον τράχηλον αυτών, ως τον τράχηλον των πατέρων αυτών, οίτινες δεν επίστευσαν εις Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών.
But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.
15 Και απέρριψαν τα διατάγματα αυτού και την διαθήκην αυτού, την οποίαν έκαμε μετά των πατέρων αυτών, και τας διαμαρτυρήσεις αυτού, τας οποίας διεμαρτυρήθη εναντίον αυτών· και υπήγαν οπίσω της ματαιότητος, και εματαιώθησαν, και οπίσω των εθνών των πέριξ αυτών, περί των οποίων ο Κύριος προσέταξεν αυτούς, να μη πράξωσιν ως εκείνα.
And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.
16 Και εγκατέλιπον πάσας ταις εντολάς Κυρίου του Θεού αυτών, και έκαμον εις εαυτούς χωνευτά, δύο μόσχους, και έκαμον άλση και προσεκύνησαν πάσαν την στρατιάν του ουρανού και ελάτρευσαν τον Βάαλ.
And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they served Baal.
17 Και διεβίβαζον τους υιούς αυτών και τας θυγατέρας αυτών διά του πυρός, και μετεχειρίζοντο μαντείας και οιωνισμούς, και επώλησαν εαυτούς εις το να πράττωσι πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, διά να παροργίζωσιν αυτόν.
And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.
18 Διά ταύτα ο Κύριος ωργίσθη σφόδρα κατά του Ισραήλ και απέβαλεν αυτούς από προσώπου αυτού· δεν εναπελείφθη, παρά μόνη η φυλή του Ιούδα.
And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
19 Και ο Ιούδας έτι δεν εφύλαξε τας εντολάς Κυρίου του Θεού αυτού, αλλά περιεπάτησαν εις τα διατάγματα του Ισραήλ, τα οποία έκαμον.
But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 Και απέβαλεν ο Κύριος παν το σπέρμα του Ισραήλ και κατέθλιψεν αυτούς, και παρέδωκεν αυτούς εις την χείρα των διαρπαζόντων, εωσού απέρριψεν αυτούς από προσώπου αυτού.
And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,
21 Διότι απεσχίσθη ο Ισραήλ από του οίκου Δαβίδ, και έκαμον βασιλέα τον Ιεροβοάμ υιόν του Ναβάτ· και ο Ιεροβοάμ απέσπασε τον Ισραήλ εξόπισθεν του Κυρίου, και έκαμεν αυτούς να αμαρτήσωσιν αμαρτίαν μεγάλην.
even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin a great sin.
22 Διότι οι υιοί Ισραήλ περιεπάτησαν εν πάσαις ταις αμαρτίαις του Ιεροβοάμ, τας οποίας έπραξε· δεν απεμακρύνθησαν απ' αυτών,
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
23 εωσού ο Κύριος απέβαλε τον Ισραήλ από προσώπου αυτού, καθώς ελάλησε διά χειρός πάντων των δούλων αυτού των προφητών. Και μετωκίσθη ο Ισραήλ από της γης αυτού εις την Ασσυρίαν, έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even to this day.
24 Και έφερεν ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας ανθρώπους εκ Βαβυλώνος και από Χουθά και από Αυά και από Αιμάθ και από Σεφαρουΐμ, και κατώκισεν εν ταις πόλεσι της Σαμαρείας αντί των υιών Ισραήλ, και εκληρονόμησαν την Σαμάρειαν και κατώκησαν εν ταις πόλεσιν αυτής.
Then the king of the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
25 Και εν τη αρχή της εκεί κατοικήσεως αυτών, δεν εφοβήθησαν τον Κύριον· και απέστειλεν ο Κύριος τους λέοντας μεταξύ αυτών, και εθανάτονον εξ αυτών.
And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them.
26 Και είπον προς τον βασιλέα της Ασσυρίας, λέγοντες, Τα έθνη, τα οποία μετώκισας και εκάθισας εν ταις πόλεσι της Σαμαρείας, δεν γνωρίζουσι τον νόμον του Θεού της γής· διά τούτο απέστειλε τους λέοντας μεταξύ αυτών, και ιδού, θανατόνουσιν αυτούς, επειδή δεν γνωρίζουσι τον νόμον του Θεού της γης.
And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
27 Τότε ο βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας προσέταξε, λέγων, Φέρετε εκεί ένα των ιερέων, τους οποίους μετωκίσατε εκείθεν· και ας υπάγωσι και ας κατοικήσωσιν εκεί· και ας διδάξη αυτούς τον νόμον του Θεού της γης.
Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.”
28 Και εις των ιερέων, τους οποίους μετώκισαν εκ της Σαμαρείας, ήλθε και κατώκησεν εν Βαιθήλ, και εδίδασκεν αυτούς πως να φοβώνται τον Κύριον.
And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 Έκαστον όμως έθνος έκαμον θεούς εις εαυτούς και έθεσαν εις τους οίκους των υψηλών τόπων, τους οποίους οι Σαμαρείται έκαμον, έκαστον έθνος εν ταις πόλεσιν αυτών, όπου κατώκουν.
And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which they were living.
30 Και οι άνδρες της Βαβυλώνος έκαμον την Σοκχώθ-βενώθ, οι δε άνδρες της Χουθά έκαμον την Νεργάλ, και οι άνδρες της Αιμάθ έκαμον την Ασιμά,
So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
31 και οι Αυίται έκαμον την Νιβάζ και τον Ταρτάκ, και οι Σεφαρουΐται έκαιον τους υιούς αυτών διά του πυρός εις τον Αδραμμέλεχ και Αναμμέλεχ, θεούς των Σεφαρουϊτών.
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
32 Ούτως εφοβούντο τον Κύριον· έκαμον δε εις εαυτούς εκ των εσχάτων μεταξύ αυτών ιερείς των υψηλών τόπων, οίτινες εθυσίαζον υπέρ αυτών εν τοις οίκοις των υψηλών τόπων.
But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.
33 Εφοβούντο μεν τον Κύριον, ελάτρευον όμως τους ιδίους αυτών θεούς, κατά τον τρόπον των εθνών, όθεν μετωκίσθησαν.
And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
34 Έως της ημέρας ταύτης κάμνουσι κατά τους προτέρους τρόπους· δεν φοβούνται τον Κύριον και δεν πράττουσι κατά τα διατάγματα αυτών και κατά τας κρίσεις αυτών και κατά τον νόμον και την εντολήν, την οποίαν προσέταξεν ο Κύριος εις τους υιούς Ιακώβ, τον οποίον ωνόμασεν Ισραήλ·
Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
35 και έκαμε προς αυτούς ο Κύριος διαθήκην και προσέταξεν αυτούς, λέγων, Δεν θέλετε φοβηθή άλλους θεούς, και δεν θέλετε προσκυνήσει αυτούς ουδέ λατρεύσει αυτούς ουδέ θυσιάσει εις αυτούς·
And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
36 αλλά τον Κύριον, όστις σας ανήγαγεν εκ γης Αιγύπτου μετά δυνάμεως μεγάλης και εν βραχίονι εξηπλωμένω, αυτόν θέλετε φοβείσθαι και αυτόν θέλετε προσκυνεί και εις αυτόν θέλετε θυσιάζει,
But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 και τα διατάγματα και τας κρίσεις και τον νόμον και την εντολήν, την οποίαν έγραψε διά σας, θέλετε προσέχει να εκτελήτε πάντοτε· άλλους δε θεούς δεν θέλετε φοβηθή·
Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.
38 και την διαθήκην, την οποίαν έκαμα προς εσάς, δεν θέλετε λησμονήσει και δεν θέλετε φοβηθή άλλους θεούς·
And the covenant, which he struck with you, you shall not forget; neither shall you worship strange gods.
39 αλλά Κύριον τον Θεόν σας θέλετε φοβείσθαι και αυτός θέλει σας ελευθερώσει εκ χειρός πάντων των εχθρών σας.
But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 Πλην δεν υπήκουσαν, αλλ' έκαμνον κατά τους προτέρους τρόπους αυτών.
Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
41 Και τα έθνη ταύτα εφοβούντο μεν τον Κύριον, ελάτρευον όμως τα γλυπτά αυτών· και οι υιοί αυτών και των υιών αυτών οι υιοί, καθώς οι πατέρες αυτών έκαμνον, ούτω κάμνουσιν έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day.
