Ἰεζεκιήλ 23
1 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
Yahweh said to me,
2 Υιέ ανθρώπου, ήσαν δύο γυναίκες, θυγατέρες της αυτής μητρός·
“You human, [listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria]. Once there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
3 και εξεπορνεύθησαν εν Αιγύπτω· εξεπορνεύθησαν εν τη νεότητι αυτών· εκεί επιέσθησαν τα στήθη αυτών και εκεί συνεθλίβησαν οι παρθενικοί αυτών μαστοί.
They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, [men] fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms [DOU].
4 Τα δε ονόματα αυτών ήσαν, Οολά η πρεσβυτέρα και Οολιβά η αδελφή αυτής· και αύται έγειναν εμού και εγέννησαν υιούς και θυγατέρας. Ήσαν λοιπόν τα ονόματα αυτών Σαμάρεια η Οολά και Ιερουσαλήμ η Οολιβά.
The older [sister] was Oholah, and her [younger] sister was Oholibah. [It was as though] they became my [wives. Later] they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
5 Και η Οολά εξεπορνεύθη, ενώ ήτο εμού, και παρεφρόνησε διά τους εραστάς αυτής, τους Ασσυρίους τους γείτονας αυτής,
Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was [still] my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria.
6 ενδεδυμένους κυανά, ταξιάρχους και άρχοντας, πάντας ερασμίους νέους, ιππείς ιππεύοντας εφ' ίππων.
[Some of them] were army officers and commanders. They wore [beautiful] blue [uniforms. They were] all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses.
7 Και έπραξε τας πορνείας αυτής μετ' αυτών, οίτινες πάντες ήσαν οι εκλεκτοί των Ασσυρίων, και μετά πάντων εκείνων, διά τους οποίους παρεφρόνησεν· εν πάσι τοις ειδώλοις αυτών εμιαίνετο.
She acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with.
8 Και δεν αφήκε την πορνείαν αυτής την εξ Αιγύπτου· διότι μετ' αυτής εκοιμώντο εν τη νεότητι αυτής και ούτοι επίεζον τα παρθενικά αυτής στήθη και εξέχεον την πορνείαν αυτών επ' αυτήν.
When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and [young] men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.
9 Διά τούτο παρέδωκα αυτήν εις τας χείρας των εραστών αυτής, εις τας χείρας των Ασσυρίων, διά τους οποίους παρεφρόνησεν.
So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her.
10 Ούτοι ανεκάλυψαν την αισχύνην αυτής· έλαβον τους υιούς αυτής και τας θυγατέρας αυτής και αυτήν εν ρομφαία απέκτειναν, και έγεινε περιβόητος μεταξύ των γυναικών, και εξετέλεσαν κρίσιν επ' αυτήν.
They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. [Other] women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished.
11 Ότε δε η αδελφή αυτής Οολιβά είδε τούτο, διεφθάρη εν τη παραφροσύνη αυτής υπέρ εκείνην και εν ταις πορνείαις αυτής υπέρ τας πορνείας της αδελφής αυτής·
[younger] sister Oholibah saw those [that happened to Oholah], but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than [older] sister had desired.
12 παρεφρόνησε διά τους Ασσυρίους τους γείτονας αυτής, ταξιάρχους και άρχοντας ενδεδυμένους πολυτελώς, ιππείς ιππεύοντας εφ' ίππων, πάντας νέους ερασμίους.
Oholibah [also] wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. [Some of them were] army officers and commanders. [They all] wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. [Some of] them rode horses.
13 Και είδον ότι εμιάνθη· μίαν οδόν έχουσιν αμφότεραι.
I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like [older] sister.
14 Προσέθεσεν έτι εις τας εαυτής πορνείας· διότι ως είδεν άνδρας εζωγραφημένους επί του τοίχου, εικόνας Χαλδαίων, οίτινες ήσαν εζωγραφημένοι με μίλτον,
But she did [even] worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.
15 περιεζωσμένους ζώνας επί τας οσφύας αυτών, φορούντας τιάρας βεβαμμένας επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών, πάντας έχοντας όψιν αρχόντων, ομοίους με τους Βαβυλωνίους της γης των Χαλδαίων, εν ή εγεννήθησαν.
The [in the drawings] had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] [who rode in chariots].
16 και ως είδεν αυτούς με τους οφθαλμούς αυτής, παρεφρόνησε δι' αυτούς και εξαπέστειλε προς αυτούς πρέσβεις εις την Χαλδαίαν.
As soon as she saw those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia.
17 Και οι Βαβυλώνιοι ήλθον προς αυτήν εις την κοίτην του έρωτος και εμίαναν αυτήν με την πορνείαν αυτών και εμιάνθη μετ' αυτών και η ψυχή αυτής απεξενώθη απ' αυτών.
Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away from them.
18 Και απεκάλυψε τας πορνείας αυτής και εξεσκέπασε την αισχύνην αυτής· τότε η ψυχή μου απεξενώθη απ' αυτής, καθώς η ψυχή μου είχεν αποξενωθή από της αδελφής αυτής.
But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute [DOU], I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected [older] sister.
19 Διότι επλήθυνε τας πορνείας αυτής, ανακαλούσα εις μνήμην τας ημέρας της νεότητος αυτής, ότε επορνεύετο εν γη Αιγύπτου.
But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt.
20 Και παρεφρόνησε διά τους εραστάς αυτής, των οποίων η σαρξ είναι σαρξ όνων και η ρεύσις αυτών ρεύσις ίππων.
There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were [very long], like [SIM] those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, [like] those of horses.
21 Και ενεθυμήθης την ακολασίαν της νεότητός σου, ότε τα στήθη σου επιέζοντο υπό των Αιγυπτίων, διά τους μαστούς της νεότητός σου.
So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.”
22 Διά τούτο, Οολιβά, ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω εγείρει τους εραστάς σου εναντίον σου, αφ' ων η ψυχή σου απεξενώθη, και θέλω φέρει αυτούς εναντίον σου πανταχόθεν·
“[represents you people of Jerusalem]. Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those [soldiers] who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side—
23 τους Βαβυλωνίους και πάντας τους Χαλδαίους, Φεκώδ και Σωέ και Κωέ, πάντας τους Ασσυρίους μετ' αυτών· οίτινες πάντες είναι εράσμιοι νέοι, ταξίαρχοι και ηγεμόνες, στρατάρχαι και ονομαστοί, πάντες ιππεύοντες εφ' ίππων.
soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, [their allies] from Pekod and Shoa and [regions], and all the army of Assyria. [Yes], all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses.
24 Και θέλουσιν ελθεί εναντίον σου μετά αρμάτων, μετά αμαξών και τροχών και μετά πλήθους λαών, και θέλουσι θέσει κύκλω εναντίον σου θυρεούς και ασπίδας και περικεφαλαίας· και θέλω θέσει ενώπιον αυτών κρίσιν και θέλουσι σε κρίνει κατά τας κρίσεις αυτών.
Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons [that will carry their army supplies]. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they [always] [their enemies].
25 Και θέλω στήσει τον ζήλον μου εναντίον σου και θέλουσι φερθή προς σε μετ' οργής· θέλουσιν εκκόψει την μύτην σου και τα ώτα σου· και το υπόλοιπόν σου θέλει πέσει εν μαχαίρα· ούτοι θέλουσι λάβει τους υιούς σου και τας θυγατέρας σου· το δε υπόλοιπόν σου θέλει καταφαγωθή υπό πυρός.
Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act [very] furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive.
26 Θέλουσιν έτι σε εκδύσει τα ιμάτιά σου και αφαιρέσει τους στολισμούς της λαμπρότητός σου.
They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away.
27 Και θέλω παύσει από σου την ακολασίαν σου και την πορνείαν σου την εκ γης Αιγύπτου· και δεν θέλεις σηκώσει τους οφθαλμούς σου προς αυτούς, και δεν θέλεις ενθυμηθή πλέον την Αίγυπτον.
In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think [what you did in] Egypt.’
28 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Ιδού, θέλω σε παραδώσει εις την χείρα εκείνων τους οποίους μισείς, εις την χείρα εκείνων αφ' ων απεξενώθη η ψυχή σου.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you.
29 Και θέλουσι φερθή προς σε με μίσος, και θέλουσι λάβει πάντας τους κόπους σου, και θέλουσι σε εγκαταλείψει γυμνήν και ασκέπαστον· και η αισχύνη της πορνείας σου θέλει αποκαλυφθή και η ακολασία σου και αι πορνείαί σου.
They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.
30 Ταύτα θέλω κάμει εις σε, επειδή επορνεύθης κατόπιν των εθνών, επειδή εμιάνθης εν τοις ειδώλοις αυτών.
It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me [worshiping] their idols.
31 Εν τη οδώ της αδελφής σου περιεπάτησας· διά τούτο θέλω δώσει εις την χείρα σου το ποτήριον αυτής.
You have behaved [the people of Samaria, who are like] your [older] sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’
32 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Το ποτήριον της αδελφής σου θέλεις πίει, το βαθύ και πλατύ· θέλεις είσθαι γέλως και παίγνιον· το ποτήριον τούτο χωρεί πολύ.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink]: [It will be as though] you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.
33 Θέλεις εμπλησθή από μέθης και θλίψεως, με το ποτήριον της εκπλήξεως και του αφανισμού, με το ποτήριον της αδελφής σου Σαμαρείας.
When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, [drinking what is in] that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened [MET] to [the people of] Samaria, [who are like] [MET] your sister.
34 Και θέλεις πίει αυτό και στραγγίσει, και θέλεις συντρίψει τα όστρακα αυτού, και θέλεις διασπαράξει τα στήθη σου· διότι εγώ ελάλησα, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces [use those pieces to] gash/cut your [because you will be very sad].’ [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
35 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Επειδή με ελησμόνησας και με απέρριψας οπίσω των νώτων σου, βάστασον λοιπόν και συ την ακολασίαν σου και τας πορνείας σου.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for [like] a prostitute.’”
36 Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ· Υιέ ανθρώπου, θέλεις κρίνει την Οολά και την Οολιβά; απάγγειλον λοιπόν προς αυτάς τα βδελύγματα αυτών·
Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must [RHQ] [the people of those two cities represented by] Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:
37 ότι εμοιχεύοντο, και είναι αίμα εν ταις χερσίν αυτών, και εμοιχεύοντο μετά των ειδώλων αυτών, και ότι διεβίβαζον χάριν αυτών τα τέκνα αυτών, τα οποία εγέννησαν εις εμέ, διά του πυρός εις κατανάλωσιν.
[It is as though the people of those cities] have committed adultery and have murdered [MTY] people. They have been unfaithful to me by [worshiping] idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols.
38 Έπραξαν έτι τούτο εις εμέ· εμίαναν τα άγιά μου εν τη αυτή ημέρα και εβεβήλωσαν τα σάββατά μου.
They have done [disgraceful things]: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days.
39 Διότι ότε έσφαξαν τα τέκνα αυτών εις τα είδωλα αυτών, τότε εισήρχοντο την αυτήν ημέραν εις τα άγιά μου, διά να βεβηλόνωσιν αυτά· και ιδού, ούτως έπραττον εν μέσω του οίκου μου.
On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me.
40 Και προσέτι ειπέ ότι σεις επέμψατε προς άνδρας, διά να έλθωσι μακρόθεν, προς τους οποίους εστάλη πρέσβυς, και ιδού, ήλθον· διά τους οποίους ελούσθης, βάψας τους οφθαλμούς σου και εστολίσθης με στολισμούς.
They sent messages to men [in countries] far away. And when those men arrived, [the women of those two cities] bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.
41 Και εκάθησας επί κλίνης μεγαλοπρεπούς και έμπροσθεν αυτής ήτο τράπεζα ητοιμασμένη, εφ' ης έθεσας το θυμίαμά μου και το έλαιόν μου.
They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and [olive] oil that belonged to me.
42 Και ήσαν εν αυτή φωναί πλήθους αγαλλομένου· και μετά των ανδρών του όχλου εισήγοντο Σαβαίοι εκ της ερήμου, φορούντες βραχιόλια επί τας χείρας αυτών και ωραίους στεφάνους επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών.
Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the [of Arabia]. They put bracelets on the arms of the [two] sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads.
43 Τότε είπα προς την καταγηράσασαν εν μοιχείαις, Τώρα κάμνουσι πορνείας μετ' αυτής και αυτή μετ' εκείνων
Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’
44 και ούτοι εισήρχοντο προς αυτήν, καθώς εισέρχονται προς γυναίκα πόρνην· ούτως εισήρχοντο προς την Οολά και προς την Οολιβά, τας ακολάστους γυναίκας.
So they had sex [EUP] with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes.
45 Διά τούτο άνδρες δίκαιοι, ούτοι θέλουσι κρίνει αυτάς, κατά την κρίσιν των μοιχαλίδων και κατά την κρίσιν των εκχεουσών αίμα· επειδή είναι μοιχαλίδες και αίμα είναι εν ταις χερσίν αυτών.
But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder [MTY] others.
46 Όθεν ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Θέλω αναβιβάσει επ' αυτάς όχλον και θέλω παραδώσει αυτάς εις ταραχήν και διαρπαγήν.
So this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them.
47 Και ο όχλος θέλει λιθοβολήσει αυτάς με λίθους και κατακόψει αυτάς με τα ξίφη αυτών· θέλουσι φονεύσει τους υιούς αυτών και τας θυγατέρας αυτών και τας οικίας αυτών θέλουσι κατακαύσει εν πυρί.
The mob will throw stones at [to kill them]; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.
48 Ούτω θέλω παύσει την ακολασίαν από της γης, διά να μάθωσι πάσαι αι γυναίκες να μη πράττωσι κατά τας ακολασίας σας.
In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing.
49 Και θέλουσιν ανταποδώσει τας ακολασίας υμών εφ' υμάς, και θέλετε βαστάσει τας αμαρτίας των ειδώλων σας· και θέλετε γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός.
[people of Jerusalem] will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
