Ἱερεμίας 4

1 Εάν επιστρέψης, Ισραήλ, λέγει Κύριος, επίστρεψον προς εμέ· και εάν εκβάλης τα βδελύγματά σου απ' έμπροσθέν μου, τότε δεν θέλεις μετατοπισθή.

Yahweh says, “You Israeli [people], come back to me! If you get rid of those detestable idols and do not turn away from me [again],

2 Και θέλεις ομόσει, λέγων, Ζη Κύριος, εν αληθεία εν κρίσει και εν δικαιοσύνη· και τα έθνη θέλουσιν ευλογείσθαι εν αυτώ και εν αυτώ θέλουσι δοξασθή.

and if you declare, ‘Just as surely as Yahweh lives, what he says is true,’ and if you [start to] always say what is true and act justly/fairly and righteously, then the [people in the other] nations [of the world] will request that I bless them [as I have blessed you], and they will [all come and] honor/praise me.”

3 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος προς τους άνδρας Ιούδα και προς την Ιερουσαλήμ· Αροτριάσατε τους κεχερσωμένους αγρούς σας και μη σπείρετε μεταξύ ακανθών.

This is what Yahweh says to the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah: “[Prepare yourselves to receive my messages] like farmers plow up hard ground [in order that they can plant seed in it]. Just as farmers do not [waste good seed by] sowing seeds among thorny plants, [I do not want to waste my time telling you messages that you are not ready to receive].

4 Περιτμήθητε εις τον Κύριον και αφαιρέσατε τας ακροβυστίας της καρδίας σας, άνδρες Ιούδα και κάτοικοι της Ιερουσαλήμ, μήποτε εξέλθη ο θυμός μου ως πυρ και εξαφθή, και ουδείς θέλει είσθαι ο σβέσων, ένεκεν της κακίας των πράξεών σας.

Purify your inner beings and your minds for me. If you do not do that, my being angry with you [MTY] because of [all] the sins that you have committed will be like a fire that will be impossible to extinguish.”

5 Αναγγείλατε προς τον Ιούδαν και κηρύξατε προς την Ιερουσαλήμ· και είπατε και ηχήσατε σάλπιγγα εις την γήν· βοήσατε, συναθροίσθητε και είπατε, Συνάχθητε και ας εισέλθωμεν εις τας ωχυρωμένας πόλεις.

“Declare this [DOU] to [all the people in] Jerusalem and [the rest of] Judea; blow the trumpets everywhere in the land [to warn the people]. Tell them that they should flee to the cities that have high walls around them.

6 Υψώσατε σημαίαν προς την Σιών· σύρθητε, μη σταθήτε· διότι εγώ θέλω φέρει κακόν από βορρά και συντριμμόν μέγαν.

Shout to the people of Jerusalem, ‘Run away [now]! Do not delay, because I am about to cause you to experience a terrible disaster [DOU] that will come from the north.

7 Ο λέων ανέβη εκ του δάσους αυτού και ο εξολοθρευτής των εθνών εσηκώθη· εξήλθεν εκ του τόπου αυτού διά να ερημώση την γην σου· αι πόλεις σου θέλουσι καταστραφή, ώστε δεν θέλει είσθαι ουδείς ο κατοικών.

[An army] that has destroyed [many] nations will attack you [like] [MET] a lion that comes out of its den [to attack other animals]. [The soldiers of that army] have taken down their tents and they are ready to march toward your land. They will destroy your cities and leave them without any people still living in them.’

8 Διά τούτο περιζώσθητε σάκκους, θρηνήσατε και ολολύξατε· διότι ο φλογερός θυμός του Κυρίου δεν εστράφη αφ' ημών.

So, put on sackcloth/rough clothes and weep and beat your chests [to show that you are very sorry for what you have done], because Yahweh is still very angry with us.

9 Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα, λέγει Κύριος, η καρδία του βασιλέως θέλει χαθή και η καρδία των αρχόντων· και οι ιερείς θέλουσιν εκθαμβηθή και οι προφήται θέλουσιν εκπλαγή.

Yahweh said that at the time [he punishes you], the King of Judah and [all his] officials will be very afraid. The priests and the prophets will be terrified.

10 Τότε είπα, Ω Κύριε Θεέ απατών λοιπόν ηπάτησας τον λαόν τούτον και την Ιερουσαλήμ, λέγων, Ειρήνην θέλετε έχει· ενώ η μάχαιρα έφθασεν έως της ψυχής.

Then I replied, “Yahweh [my] God, you completely deceived the people by telling them that there would be peace in Jerusalem, but now [our enemies] [PRS] are ready to slaughter us with their swords!”

11 Εν εκείνω τω καιρώ θέλουσιν ειπεί προς τον λαόν τούτον και προς την Ιερουσαλήμ, Άνεμος καυστικός των υψηλών τόπων της ερήμου φυσά προς την θυγατέρα του λαού μου, ουχί διά να ανεμίση ουδέ διά να καθαρίση·

When that happens, [Yahweh] will say to the people of Jerusalem, [“A huge army will come to attack you]. They will not [be like a gentle breeze that] separates wheat from chaff. [They will be like] a very hot wind [that blows in] from the desert [MET].

12 άνεμος σφοδρότερος παρά τούτους θέλει ελθεί δι' εμέ· εγώ δε τώρα θέλω εκφέρει κρίσεις εις αυτούς.

[They will be like] [MET] a strong blast that I will send. Now I am declaring that I will punish/destroy you.”

13 Ιδού, ως νεφέλη θέλει αναβή, και αι άμαξαι αυτού θέλουσιν είσθαι ως ανεμοστρόβιλος· οι ίπποι αυτού είναι ελαφρότεροι των αετών. Ουαί εις ημάς, διότι εχάθημεν.

[Our enemies] are about to rush down on us; their chariots are like [SIM] whirlwinds. Their horses are faster than eagles. It will be terrible for us!

14 Ιερουσαλήμ, απόπλυνον την καρδίαν σου από κακίας, διά να σωθής· έως πότε θέλουσι κατοικεί εν σοι οι μάταιοι διαλογισμοί σου;

[You people of] Jerusalem [APO], purify your hearts/inner beings, in order that Yahweh will rescue you. How long will you continue to think about [doing] evil things?

15 Διότι φωνή αναγγέλλει εκ του Δαν και κηρύττει θλίψιν από του όρους Εφραΐμ.

From Dan [city in the far north] to the hills of Ephraim [a few miles/kilometers north of Jerusalem] messengers are proclaiming that disasters are coming.

16 Ενθυμίσατε τούτο εις τα έθνη· ιδού, διακηρύξατε εναντίον της Ιερουσαλήμ, ότι πολιορκηταί έρχονται από γης μακράς και εκπέμπουσι την φωνήν αυτών εναντίον των πόλεων Ιούδα.

Tell this to the [people in other] nations [but also] announce it in Jerusalem: [Yahweh says], “An army is coming to Jerusalem from far away; they will shout [a battle-cry] against the cities in Judah.

17 Ως φύλακες αγρού παρετάχθησαν εναντίον αυτής κυκλόθεν· διότι απεστάτησεν εναντίον μου, λέγει Κύριος.

They will set up tents around Jerusalem like people set up temporary shelters [SIM] around a field [at harvest time]. That will happen because the people of Judah have rebelled against me.

18 Αι οδοί σου και τα επιτηδεύματά σου επροξένησαν εις σε ταύτα· αύτη η κακία σου εστάθη μάλιστα πικρά, ναι, έφθασεν έως της καρδίας σου.

You will be punished very severely; it will [be as though a sword] has stabbed your inner beings. But you are causing those things to happen to you because of the evil things that you have done.”

19 Τα εντόσθιά μου, τα εντόσθιά μου· πονώ εις τα βάθη της καρδίας μου· η καρδία μου θορυβείται εν εμοί· δεν δύναμαι να σιωπήσω, διότι ήκουσας, ψυχή μου, ήχον σάλπιγγος, αλαλαγμόν πολέμου.

I am extremely anguished/sad; the pain in my inner being is very severe. My heart beats wildly. But I cannot remain silent because I have heard [our enemies] blowing their trumpets to announce that the battle [against Judah will start immediately].

20 Συντριμμός επί συντριμμόν διακηρύττεται· διότι πάσα η γη ερημούται· εξαίφνης αι σκηναί μου ηρημώθησαν και τα παραπετάσματά μου εν μιά στιγμή.

Disasters will occur one after another until the whole land is ruined. Suddenly [all] our tents will be destroyed; [even] the curtains [inside the tents] will be ripped apart.

21 Έως πότε θέλω βλέπει την σημαίαν, θέλω ακούει τον ήχον της σάλπιγγος;

How long will this battle continue? How long will I continue to see the enemy battle flags and hear the sound of their trumpets being blown?

22 Διότι ο λαός μου είναι άφρων· δεν με εγνώρισαν· είναι υιοί άφρονες και δεν έχουσι σύνεσιν· είναι σοφοί εις το να κακοποιώσι, να αγαθοποιώσιν όμως δεν εξεύρουσιν.

[Yahweh says], “My people are [very] foolish! They do not have a relationship with me. They are [like] [MET] stupid children who do not understand [anything]. They very cleverly do what is wrong, but they do not know how to do what is good.”

23 Επέβλεψα επί την γην και ιδού, άμορφος και έρημος· και εις τους ουρανούς και δεν υπήρχε το φως αυτών.

[God gave me a vision in which] I saw that the earth was barren and without form. I looked at the sky, and there was no light there.

24 Είδον τα όρη και ιδού, έτρεμον και πάντες οι λόφοι κατεσείοντο.

I looked at the mountains and hills, and they shook and moved from side to side.

25 Είδον και ιδού, δεν υπήρχεν άνθρωπος και πάντα τα πετεινά του ουρανού είχον φύγει.

I looked and saw that there were no [more] people, and all the birds had flown away.

26 Είδον και ιδού, ο Κάρμηλος έρημος και πάσαι αι πόλεις αυτού κατηδαφισμέναι από προσώπου Κυρίου, από του φλογερού θυμού αυτού.

I looked and saw that the fields that previously were fertile had become a desert. The cities were all ruined; they had all been destroyed by Yahweh because he was extremely angry.

27 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος· πάσα η γη θέλει είσθαι έρημος· συντέλειαν όμως δεν θέλω κάμει.

This is what Yahweh is saying: “The entire land [of Judah] will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

28 Διά τούτο η γη θέλει πενθήσει και οι ουρανοί άνωθεν θέλουσι συσκοτάσει· διότι εγώ ελάλησα, απεφάσισα και δεν θέλω μετανοήσει ουδέ θέλω επιστρέψει από τούτου.

I will do to my people what I said that I would do, and I will not change my mind. So [when that happens, it will be as though] the earth will mourn and the sky will become very dark.”

29 Πάσα η πόλις θέλει φύγει υπό του θορύβου των ιππέων και των τοξοτών θέλουσιν ελθεί εις τα δάση και αναβή επί τους βράχους· πάσα πόλις θέλει εγκαταλειφθή και δεν θέλει είσθαι άνθρωπος κατοικών εν αυταίς.

[When the people hear] the sound of the [enemy] army marching, [they will be terrified as] they flee from their cities. Some of them will find places to hide in the bushes, and others will run toward the mountains/hills [to escape being killed by their enemies]. All the cities [in Judah] will be abandoned; not one person will remain in them.

30 Και συ, ηφανισμένη, τι θέλεις κάμει; και αν ενδυθής κόκκινον, και αν στολισθής με στολισμούς χρυσούς, και αν διατείνης με στίμμι τους οφθαλμούς σου, εις μάτην θέλεις καλλωπισθή· οι ερασταί σου θέλουσι σε καταφρονήσει, θέλουσι ζητεί την ζωήν σου.

So you who will surely be destroyed, [why are you doing the things that you are doing now]? Why are you wearing beautiful clothes and jewelry? Why are you putting paint around your eyes? Doing those things will not help you, because the people [in other countries that you think] love you [actually] despise you, and they will try to kill you.

31 Διότι ήκουσα φωνήν ως κοιλοπονούσης, στεναγμόν ως πρωτογεννώσης φωνήν της θυγατρός Σιών, ήτις θρηνολογεί εαυτήν, εκτείνει τας χείρας αυτής, λέγουσα, Ουαί εις εμέ τώρα, διότι η ψυχή μου εκλείπει ένεκεν των φονευτών.

[It is as though] I already hear [the people in Jerusalem] crying very loudly, like [SIM] a woman cries when she is giving birth to her first child; she gasps for breath and pleads for someone to help her. [It is as though Jerusalem] is crying, “Something terrible is happening to me! They are about to murder me!”