Ἱερεμίας 11

1 Ο λόγος, ο γενόμενος προς Ιερεμίαν παρά Κυρίου, λέγων,

This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:

2 Ακούσατε τους λόγους της διαθήκης ταύτης και λαλήσατε προς τους άνδρας Ιούδα και προς τους κατοίκους της Ιερουσαλήμ·

“Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].

3 και ειπέ προς αυτούς, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός του Ισραήλ. Επικατάρατος ο άνθρωπος, όστις δεν υπακούει εις τους λόγους της διαθήκης ταύτης,

Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.

4 την οποίαν προσέταξα εις τους πατέρας υμών, καθ' ην ημέραν εξήγαγον αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου, εκ της καμίνου της σιδηράς, λέγων, Ακούσατε της φωνής μου και πράττετε αυτά, κατά πάντα όσα προσέταξα εις εσάς· και θέλετε είσθαι λαός μου, και εγώ θέλω είσθαι Θεός υμών·

It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.

5 διά να εκπληρώσω τον όρκον, τον οποίον ώμοσα προς τους πατέρας υμών, να δώσω εις αυτούς γην ρέουσαν γάλα και μέλι, ως εν τη ημέρα ταύτη. Τότε απεκρίθην και είπα, Αμήν, Κύριε.

[Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”

6 Και ο Κύριος είπε προς εμέ, Διακήρυξον πάντας τους λόγους τούτους εν ταις πόλεσι του Ιούδα και εν ταις οδοίς της Ιερουσαλήμ, λέγων, Ακούσατε τους λόγους της διαθήκης ταύτης και πράττετε αυτούς.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.

7 Διότι ρητώς διεμαρτυρήθην προς τους πατέρας υμών, καθ' ην ημέραν ανεβίβασα αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου μέχρι της σήμερον, εγειρόμενος πρωΐ και διαμαρτυρόμενος, λέγων, Ακούσατε της φωνής μου.

When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.

8 Αλλά δεν ήκουσαν και δεν έκλιναν το ωτίον αυτών, αλλά περιεπάτησαν έκαστος εν ταις ορέξεσι της πονηράς αυτών καρδίας· διά τούτο θέλω φέρει επ' αυτούς πάντας τους λόγους της διαθήκης ταύτης, την οποίαν προσέταξα να πράττωσι, αλλά δεν έπραξαν.

But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”

9 Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Συνωμοσία ευρέθη μεταξύ των ανδρών Ιούδα και μεταξύ των κατοίκων της Ιερουσαλήμ.

Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.

10 Επέστρεψαν εις τας αδικίας των προπατόρων αυτών, οίτινες δεν ηθέλησαν να ακούσωσι τους λόγους μου· και αυτοί υπήγαν οπίσω άλλων θεών, διά να λατρεύωσιν αυτούς· ο οίκος Ισραήλ και ο οίκος Ιούδα ηθέτησαν την διαθήκην μου, την οποίαν έκαμα προς τους πατέρας αυτών.

Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.

11 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, θέλω φέρει επ' αυτούς κακόν, εκ του οποίου δεν θέλουσι δυνηθή να εξέλθωσι· και θέλουσι βοήσει προς εμέ και δεν θέλω εισακούσει αυτούς.

So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.

12 Τότε αι πόλεις του Ιούδα και οι κάτοικοι της Ιερουσαλήμ θέλουσιν υπάγει και θέλουσι βοήσει προς τους θεούς, εις τους οποίους θυμιάζουσι· πλην δεν θέλουσι σώσει εαυτούς παντελώς εν καιρώ της ταλαιπωρίας αυτών.

When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.

13 Διότι κατά τον αριθμόν των πόλεών σου ήσαν οι θεοί σου, Ιούδα· και κατά τον αριθμόν των οδών της Ιερουσαλήμ ανηγείρατε βωμούς εις τα αισχρά, βωμούς διά να θυμιάζητε εις τον Βάαλ.

There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.

14 Διά τούτο συ μη προσεύχου υπέρ του λαού τούτου και μη ύψωνε φωνήν ή δέησιν υπέρ αυτών· διότι εγώ δεν θέλω εισακούσει, όταν κράζωσι προς εμέ εν καιρώ της ταλαιπωρίας αυτών.

Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”

15 Τι έχει να κάμη η ηγαπημένη μου εν τω οίκω μου, αφού έπραξεν ασέλγειαν με πολλούς, και το κρέας το άγιον αφηρέθη από σου; όταν πράττης το κακόν, τότε ευφραίνεσαι.

Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.

16 Ο Κύριος εκάλεσε το όνομά σου, Ελαίαν αειθαλή, ώραίαν, καλλίκαρπον· μετ' ήχου θορύβου μεγάλου εξήφθη πυρ επ' αυτήν και οι κλάδοι αυτής συνεθλάσθησαν.

I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.

17 Διότι ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, όστις σε εφύτευσεν, επρόφερε κακόν εναντίον σου, διά την κακίαν του οίκου Ισραήλ και του οίκου Ιούδα, την οποίαν έπραξαν καθ' εαυτών, ώστε να με παροργίσωσι θυμιάζοντες εις τον Βάαλ.

[It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”

18 Και ο Κύριος έδωκεν εις εμέ γνώσιν και εγνώρισα· τότε έδειξας εις εμέ τας πράξεις αυτών.

Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.

19 Αλλ' εγώ ήμην ως αρνίον άκακον φερόμενον εις σφαγήν· και δεν ενόησα ότι συνεβουλεύθησαν βουλάς εναντίον μου, λέγοντες, Ας καταστρέψωμεν το δένδρον μετά του καρπού αυτού και ας εκκόψωμεν αυτόν από της γης των ζώντων, ώστε το όνομα αυτού να μη μνημονευθή πλέον.

[Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].

20 Αλλ' ω Κύριε των δυνάμεων, ο κρίνων δικαίως, ο δοκιμάζων τους νεφρούς και την καρδίαν, ας ίδω την εκδίκησίν σου επ' αυτούς, διότι προς σε εφανέρωσα την δίκην μου.

[Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”

21 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί των ανδρών της Αναθώθ, οίτινες ζητούσι την ζωήν σου, λέγοντες, Μη προφητεύσης εν τω ονόματι του Κυρίου, διά να μη αποθάνης υπό τας χείρας ημών·

It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.

22 διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Ιδού, θέλω επισκεφθή αυτούς· οι νέοι θέλουσιν αποθάνει εν μαχαίρα· οι υιοί αυτών αι θυγατέρες αυτών θέλουσι τελευτήσει υπό πείνης·

So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.

23 και δεν θέλει μείνει υπόλοιπον εξ αυτών· διότι θέλω φέρει κακόν επί τους άνδρας της Αναθώθ, εν τω ενιαυτώ της επισκέψεως αυτών.

I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”