< Ἰεζεκιήλ 32 >
1 Και εν τω δωδεκάτω έτει, τω δωδεκάτω μηνί, τη πρώτη του μηνός, έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
Almost twelve years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the twelfth month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 Υιέ ανθρώπου, ανάλαβε θρήνον επί τον Φαραώ βασιλέα της Αιγύπτου και ειπέ προς αυτόν, Ωμοιώθης με σκύμνον λέοντος μεταξύ των εθνών και είσαι ως δράκων εν ταις θαλάσσαις· και εφώρμησας εις τους ποταμούς σου και ετάραττες τα ύδατα με τους πόδας σου και κατεπάτεις τους ποταμούς αυτών.
“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Egypt. Sing this to him: ‘You [think that you] [IRO] are like [SIM] a lion among the nations; or like [SIM] a monster/crocodile in the river thrashing around in the water, churning/stirring up the water with your feet and causing the water to become muddy.
3 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· διά τούτο θέλω εξαπλώσει το δίκτυόν μου επί σε με άθροισμα πολλών λαών, και θέλουσι σε ανασύρει εν τη σαγήνη μου.
But this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “I will send many people to throw my net over you, and they will haul/drag you up [onto the land] in my net.
4 Και θέλω σε εγκαταλείψει εν τη γη, θέλω σε εκρίψει επί το πρόσωπον της πεδιάδος, και θέλω επικαθίσει επί σε πάντα τα πετεινά του ουρανού και χορτάσει από σου τα θηρία πάσης της γης.
They will throw you into a field [DOU] [to die]; I will allow the birds to sit on you, and all the wild animals will eat the flesh of your corpse until their stomachs are full.
5 Και θέλω εκθέσει τας σάρκας σου επί τα όρη, και εμπλήσει τας κοιλάδας από των σωρών του πτώματός σου.
I will cause them to scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your bones.
6 Και την γην, όπου πλέεις, θέλω ποτίσει με το αίμα σου έως των ορέων· και οι ποταμοί θέλουσιν εμπλησθή από σου.
I will cause them to fill the land with your blood, all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7 Και όταν σε αποσβέσω, θέλω περικαλύψει τον ουρανόν και συσκοτάσει τους αστέρας αυτού· θέλω περικαλύψει εν νεφέλη τον ήλιον και σελήνη δεν θέλει φέγγει το φως αυτής.
When I get rid of you, I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine. I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun, and the moon will not shine.
8 Πάντας τους λαμπρούς φωστήρας του ουρανού θέλω συσκοτάσει επί σε, και θέλω επιβάλει σκότος επί την γην σου, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
I will cause the stars in the sky to be dark, and there will be darkness over your entire land; [that will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.
9 Και θέλω κάμει να φρίξη η καρδία πολλών λαών, όταν φέρω τον συντριμμόν σου μεταξύ των εθνών, εις τόπους τους οποίους δεν εγνώρισας.
And when the people of many nations hear about your being destroyed, many of them will be afraid/worried— people living in countries that you have never known about.
10 Και θέλω κάμει πολλούς λαούς να εκπλαγώσι διά σε και οι βασιλείς αυτών θέλουσι φρίξει σφόδρα διά σε, όταν διασείσω την ρομφαίαν μου ενώπιον αυτών· και θέλουσι τρέμει κατά πάσαν στιγμήν, έκαστος διά την ζωήν αυτού, εν τη ημέρα της πτώσεώς σου.
I will cause many people to be appalled because of [what has happened to] you, and their kings will be horrified and shudder/shake because of your [being destroyed], when I swing my sword in front of them. At the time that you will be destroyed, all of them will tremble, fearing that they also will be killed.”
11 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Η ρομφαία του βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος θέλει ελθεί επί σε.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “The swords of [the army of] the King of Babylon will strike you.
12 Εν μαχαίραις ισχυρών θέλω καταβάλει το πλήθός σου· πάντες ούτοι είναι οι τρομερώτεροι των εθνών· και θέλουσι πορθήσει την έπαρσιν της Αιγύπτου και άπαν το πλήθος αυτής θέλει καταστραφή.
I will cause very many of your people to be killed by the swords of mighty soldiers [from Babylonia], who are more ruthless/cruel than the soldiers of all other nations. They will cause the people of Egypt to quit being proud, because very many [HYP] of their people will be killed.
13 Και θέλω εξαφανίσει πάντα τα κτήνη αυτής από πλησίον υδάτων πολλών, και δεν θέλει πλέον ταράξει αυτά πους ανθρώπου και ίχνος κτήνους δεν θέλει ταράξει αυτά.
I will destroy all the cattle in Egypt that (graze/eat grass) alongside the streams. As a result, the water in those streams will never again become muddy because of people and cattle walking in them.
14 Τότε θέλω ησυχάσει τα ύδατα αυτών και κάμει τους ποταμούς αυτών να ρέωσιν ως έλαιον, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
Then I will allow the streams in Egypt to become calm again and flow [as smoothly] [SIM] as olive oil flows.
15 Όταν κάμω την γην της Αιγύπτου θάμβος, και ερημωθή η γη από του πληρώματος αυτής, όταν πατάξω πάντας τους κατοικούντας εν αυτή, τότε θέλουσι γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος.
When I cause Egypt to become empty/desolate and strip off everything that grows on the land, and when I get rid of all the people who live there, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”’
16 Ούτος είναι ο θρήνος, με τον οποίον θέλουσι θρηνήσει αυτήν· αι θυγατέρες των εθνών θέλουσι θρηνήσει αυτήν· θέλουσι θρηνήσει διά την Αίγυπτον και δι' άπαν το πλήθος αυτής, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
That sad song about Egypt will also be sung by the people. Women of many nations will sing it. They will chant it about Egypt and all its people; [that will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said that it would happen.”
17 Και εν τω δωδεκάτω έτει τη δεκάτη πέμπτη του μηνός, έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς εμέ, λέγων,
On the fifteenth day of that same month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
18 Υιέ ανθρώπου, θρήνησον διά το πλήθος της Αιγύπτου και καταβίβασον αυτούς, αυτήν και τας θυγατέρας των ισχυρών εθνών, εις τα κατώτατα της γης, μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον.
“You human, wail about the many people of Egypt, because I will send them to the place under the earth, where they and people of other mighty nations will be. I will send them there, along with others, down to the place where the dead are.
19 Τίνος είσαι ώραιοτέρα; κατάβηθι και κοίτου μετά των απεριτμήτων.
Say to them, ‘You people of [APO] Egypt, [you think that] [IRO, RHQ] you are more beautiful than the people of other nations. But you also will descend to the place where the godless dead people are.
20 Θέλουσι πέσει εν μέσω των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα· εις την μάχαιραν παρεδόθη αυτή· σύρετε αυτήν και πάντα τα πλήθη αυτής.
[Your enemies] will pull out their swords and kill many of you. A huge number of the people of Egypt who remain will be dragged away.
21 Οι ισχυρότεροι μεταξύ των δυνατών θέλουσι λαλήσει προς αυτόν εκ μέσου του άδου μετά των βοηθούντων αυτόν· κατέβησαν, κοίτονται απερίτμητοι, τεθανατωμένοι εν μαχαίρα. (Sheol )
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 )
22 Εκεί είναι ο Ασσούρ και άπαν το άθροισμα αυτού· οι τάφοι αυτού είναι κύκλω αυτού· πάντες ούτοι τεθανατωμένοι, πεπτωκότες εν μαχαίρα.
[The corpses of the people of] Assyria will be there. They will be surrounded by [corpses of] soldiers who were killed by [their enemies’] swords.
23 Διότι οι τάφοι αυτού είναι τεθειμένοι εις τα βάθη του λάκκου και το άθροισμα αυτού κύκλω του τάφου αυτού· πάντες ούτοι τεθανατωμένοι, πεπτωκότες εν μαχαίρα, οίτινες διέδιδον τρόμον εις την γην των ζώντων.
The people’s graves are there in the deep pit, and [corpses of soldiers of] their army lie around their graves. Corpses of all those who had caused many others in other places to be terrified also will be there, having been killed by swords.
24 Εκεί είναι ο Ελάμ και άπαν το πλήθος αυτού κύκλω του τάφου αυτού· πάντες ούτοι τεθανατωμένοι, πεπτωκότες εν μαχαίρα, καταβάντες απερίτμητοι εις τα κατώτατα της γης, οίτινες διέδιδον τον τρόμον αυτών εις την γην των ζώντων· και έλαβον την καταισχύνην αυτών μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον.
A great number of the people of Elam will be there. They also were killed by [their enemies’] swords. They had caused people in many places [HYP] to be terrified. At that time they will lie there in that deep pit below the earth, and they, along with the others who have gone there, will be disgraced.
25 Έθεσαν εις αυτόν κλίνην μετά παντός του πλήθους αυτού εν μέσω των τεθανατωμένων· οι τάφοι αυτού είναι κύκλω αυτού· πάντες ούτοι απερίτμητοι, τεθανατωμένοι εν μαχαίρα, αν και διεδόθη ο τρόμος αυτών εις την γην των ζώντων· και έλαβον την καταισχύνην αυτών μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον· ετέθη εν μέσω των τεθανατωμένων.
They will lie there among others who were slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of other people. While they were alive, they caused people of other nations to be terrified; but they were godless, and now, having been killed by [their enemies] swords, they will lie with others in that deep pit, disgraced, all of them avoiding each other.
26 Εκεί είναι ο Μεσέχ, ο Θουβάλ και άπαν το πλήθος αυτού· οι τάφοι αυτού είναι κύκλω αυτού· πάντες ούτοι απερίτμητοι, τεθανατωμένοι εν μαχαίρα, αν και διέδωκαν τον τρόμον αυτών εις την γην των ζώντων.
[Corpses of] soldiers of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their people. They were all godless people who were killed by swords because while they were alive, they also caused people in many places [HYP] to be terrified.
27 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 )
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 )
28 Ναι, συ θέλεις συντριφθή εν μέσω των απεριτμήτων, και θέλεις κοίτεσθαι μετά των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα.
You king of Egypt, you also be killed and will lie there with other godless people who have been killed by [their enemies’] swords.
29 Εκεί είναι ο Εδώμ, οι βασιλείς αυτού και πάντες οι ηγεμόνες αυτού, οίτινες μετά της δυνάμεως αυτών ετέθησαν μεταξύ των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα· ούτοι θέλουσι κοίτεσθαι μετά των απεριτμήτων και μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον.
People of the Edom people-group will be there, along with their kings and leaders. They were powerful, but they will [be killed and] lie there in the place where the other dead people are. They will lie there in that deep pit, with the other godless people.
30 Εκεί είναι οι ηγεμόνες του βορρά, πάντες ούτοι, και πάντες οι Σιδώνιοι, οίτινες κατέβησαν μετά των τεθανατωμένων, εν τω τρόμω αυτών, κατησχυμμένοι εν τη δυνάμει αυτών· και κοίτονται απερίτμητοι μετά των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα, και έλαβον την καταισχύνην αυτών μετά των καταβαινόντων εις λάκκον.
All the rulers of countries north [of Israel], including people from Sidon, will be there. Because of their power, they caused people to be terrified, but they will lie there. They were godless, and they will lie there along with others who were killed by [their enemies’] swords. They, along with everyone else who descends into that deep pit, will be disgraced.
31 Ο Φαραώ θέλει ιδεί αυτούς και παρηγορηθή δι' άπαν το πλήθος αυτού, ο Φαραώ και άπαν το στράτευμα αυτού, οι τεθανατωμένοι εν μαχαίρα, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
The king of Egypt and all his army will see them, and they will be comforted to know that there were other huge groups of people who were killed by [their enemies’] swords.
32 Διότι έδωκα τον τρόμον μου εις την γην των ζώντων· και θέλει κοίτεσθαι εν μέσω των απεριτμήτων μετά των τεθανατωμένων εν μαχαίρα· ο Φαραώ και άπαν το πλήθος αυτού, λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός.
While he was living, I allowed him to cause others in many countries to be terrified, but he and his huge army will be there among other godless people who had been killed by [their enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who has said [that it would happen].”