Ἱερεμίας 6
1 Υιοί Βενιαμίν, φύγετε μετά σπουδής εκ μέσου της Ιερουσαλήμ και ηχήσατε σάλπιγγα εν Θεκουέ και υψώσατε σημείον εκ πυρός εν Βαιθ-ακκερέμ· διότι κακόν προκύπτει από βορρά και συντριμμός μέγας.
“You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
2 Παρωμοίασα την θυγατέρα της Σιών με χαρίεσσαν και τρυφεράν γυναίκα.
Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
3 Οι ποιμένες και τα ποίμνια αυτών θέλουσιν ελθεί εις αυτήν· θέλουσι στήσει σκηνάς κύκλω εναντίον αυτής· θέλουσι ποιμαίνει έκαστος εν τω τόπω αυτού.
[Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
4 Ετοιμάσατε πόλεμον κατ' αυτής· σηκώθητε και ας αναβώμεν εν μεσημβρία. Ουαί εις ημάς, διότι κλίνει η ημέρα, διότι εκτείνονται αι σκιαί της εσπέρας.
[The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
5 Σηκώθητε και ας αναβώμεν διά νυκτός και ας καταστρέψωμεν τα παλάτια αυτής.
we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
6 Διότι ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Κατακόψατε δένδρα και υψώσατε περιχαρακώματα εναντίον της Ιερουσαλήμ. Αύτη είναι η πόλις, εφ' ην πρέπει να γείνη επίσκεψις· είναι όλη καταδυναστεία εν μέσω αυτής.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
7 Καθώς η πηγή αναβρύει τα ύδατα αυτής, ούτως αυτή αναβρύει την κακίαν αυτής· βία και αρπαγή ακούονται εν αυτή· ενώπιόν μου ακαταπαύστως είναι πόνος και πληγαί.
[It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
8 Σωφρονίσθητι, Ιερουσαλήμ, μήποτε αποσυρθή η ψυχή μου από σού· μήποτε σε καταστήσω έρημον, γην ακατοίκητον.
Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
9 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· θέλουσι σταφυλολογήσει ολοτελώς ως άμπελον τα υπόλοιπα του Ισραήλ· επίστρεψον την χείρα σου ως ο τρυγητής εις τα καλάθια.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
10 Προς τίνα θέλω λαλήσει και διαμαρτυρηθή, διά να ακούσωσιν; ιδού, το ωτίον αυτών είναι απερίτμητον και δεν δύνανται να ακούσωσιν· ιδού, ο λόγος του Κυρίου είναι προς αυτούς όνειδος· δεν ηδύνονται εις αυτόν.
[Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
11 Διά τούτο είμαι πλήρης από θυμού του Κυρίου· απέκαμον κρατών εμαυτόν· θέλω εκχέει αυτόν επί τα νήπια έξωθεν και επί την σύναξιν των νέων ομού· διότι και ο ανήρ θέλει πιασθή μετά της γυναικός και ο ηλικιωμένος μετά του πλήρους ημερών.
So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
12 Και αι οικίαι αυτών θέλουσι περάσει εις άλλους, οι αγροί και αι γυναίκες ομού, διότι θέλω εκτείνει την χείρα μου επί τους κατοίκους της γης, λέγει Κύριος.
[Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
13 Διότι από μικρού αυτών έως μεγάλου αυτών πας τις εδόθη εις την πλεονεξίαν· και από προφήτου έως ιερέως πας τις πράττει ψεύδος.
Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
14 Και ιάτρευσαν το σύντριμμα της θυγατρός του λαού μου επιπολαίως, λέγοντες, Ειρήνη, ειρήνη· και δεν υπάρχει ειρήνη.
[They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
15 Μήπως ησχύνθησαν, ότε έπραξαν βδέλυγμα; μάλιστα παντελώς δεν ησχύνθησαν ουδέ ηρυθρίασαν· διά τούτο θέλουσι πέσει μεταξύ των πιπτόντων· όταν επισκεφθώ αυτούς, θέλουσιν απολεσθή, είπε Κύριος.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
16 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Στήτε επί τας οδούς και ιδέτε και ερωτήσατε περί των αιωνίων τρίβων, που είναι η αγαθή οδός, και περιπατείτε εν αυτή, και θέλετε ευρεί ανάπαυσιν εις τας ψυχάς σας. Αλλ' αυτοί είπον, δεν θέλομεν περιπατήσει εν αυτή.
This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
17 Και κατέστησα σκοπούς εφ' υμάς, λέγων, Ακούσατε τον ήχον της σάλπιγγος. Αλλ' είπον, δεν θέλομεν ακούσει.
I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
18 Διά τούτο ακούσατε, έθνη, και συ, συναγωγή, γνώρισον τι είναι μεταξύ αυτών.
Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
19 Άκουε, γή· ιδού, εγώ θέλω φέρει κακόν επί τον λαόν τούτον, τον καρπόν των διαλογισμών αυτών, διότι δεν επρόσεξαν εις τους λόγους μου και εις τον νόμον μου, αλλ' απέρριψαν αυτόν.
Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
20 Τι προς εμέ ο φερόμενος λίβανος από Σεβά και το από γης μακράς ευώδες κιννάμωμον; τα ολοκαυτώματά σας δεν είναι δεκτά ουδέ αι θυσίαι σας ευάρεστοι εις εμέ.
[You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
21 Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, εγώ θέλω βάλει προσκόμματα έμπροσθεν του λαού τούτου και οι πατέρες και οι υιοί ομού θέλουσι προσκόψει επ' αυτά, ο γείτων και ο φίλος αυτού θέλουσιν απολεσθή.
Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
22 Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος· Ιδού, λαός έρχεται από της γης του βορρά, και έθνος μέγα θέλει εγερθή από των άκρων της γης.
Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
23 Τόξον και λόγχην θέλουσι κρατεί· είναι σκληροί και ανίλεοι· φωνή αυτών εκεί ως θάλασσα, και επιβαίνουσιν επί ίππους, παρατεταγμένοι ως άνδρες εις πόλεμον εναντίον σου, θυγάτηρ της Σιών.
They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
24 Ηκούσαμεν την φήμην αυτών· αι χείρες ημών παρελύθησαν· στενοχωρία κατέλαβεν ημάς, ωδίνες ως τικτούσης.
[The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
25 Μη εξέλθητε εις τον αγρόν και εν οδώ μη περιπατείτε· διότι η ρομφαία του εχθρού είναι τρόμος πανταχόθεν.
[So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
26 Θυγάτηρ του λαού μου, περιζώσθητι σάκκον και κυλίσθητι εις στάκτην· πένθος μονογενούς κάμε εις σεαυτήν· θρήνησον πικρώς· διότι ο εξολοθρευτής θέλει ελθεί εξαίφνης εφ' ημάς.
[So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
27 Σε έθεσα σκοπιάν, φρούριον μεταξύ του λαού μου, διά να γνωρίσης και να εξερευνήσης την οδόν αυτών.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
28 Πάντες είναι όλως απειθείς, περιπατούσι κακολογούντες· είναι χαλκός και σίδηρος· πάντες είναι διεφθαρμένοι.
You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
29 Το φυσητήριον εκαύθη· ο μόλυβδος κατηναλώθη υπό του πυρός· ο χωνευτής διαλύει εις μάτην· διότι οι κακοί δεν εχωρίσθησαν.
[A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
30 Αργύριον αποδεδοκιμασμένον θέλουσιν ονομάσει αυτούς, διότι ο Κύριος απεδοκίμασεν αυτούς.
[I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
