Deuteronomy 1
1 In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
Ούτοι είναι οι λόγοι, τους οποίους ελάλησεν ο Μωϋσής προς πάντα τον Ισραήλ, εντεύθεν του Ιορδάνου εν τη ερήμω, εν τη πεδιάδι κατέναντι Σούφ, μεταξύ Φαράν και Τοφέλ και Λαβάν και Ασηρώθ και Διζαάβ.
2 To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
Ένδεκα ημέραι είναι από Χωρήβ, διά της οδού του όρους Σηείρ, έως Κάδης-βαρνή.
3 Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
Και το τεσσαρακοστόν έτος τον ενδέκατον μήνα, τη πρώτη του μηνός ελάλησεν ο Μωϋσής προς τους υιούς Ισραήλ, κατά πάντα όσα προσέταξεν εις αυτόν ο Κύριος περί αυτών·
4 This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
αφού επάταξε τον Σηών βασιλέα των Αμορραίων, όστις κατώκει εν Εσεβών, και τον Ωγ βασιλέα της Βασάν, όστις κατώκει εν Ασταρώθ εν Εδρεΐ·
5 Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
εντεύθεν του Ιορδάνου εν τη γη Μωάβ ήρχισεν ο Μωϋσής να διασαφή τον νόμον τούτον, λέγων,
6 “Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
Κύριος ο Θεός ημών ελάλησε προς ημάς εν Χωρήβ λέγων, Αρκεί όσον εμείνατε εν τω όρει τούτω·
7 So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
στρέψατε και ακολουθήσατε την οδόν σας και υπάγετε εις το όρος των Αμορραίων και εις πάντας τους περιοίκους αυτού εις την πεδιάδα, εις το όρος και εις την κοιλάδα και εις την μεσημβρίαν και εις τα παράλια, την γην των Χαναναίων και τον Λίβανον, έως του μεγάλου ποταμού, του ποταμού Ευφράτου·
8 Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
ιδού, εγώ παρέδωκα έμπροσθέν σας την γήν· εισέλθετε και κυριεύσατε την γην, την οποίαν ώμοσε Κύριος προς τους πατέρας σας, προς τον Αβραάμ, προς τον Ισαάκ και προς τον Ιακώβ, να δώση εις αυτούς και εις το σπέρμα αυτών μετ' αυτούς.
9 Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
Και είπα προς εσάς κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν, λέγων, Δεν δύναμαι εγώ μόνος να σας βαστάζω·
10 Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Κύριος ο Θεός σας σας επλήθυνε και ιδού, την σήμερον είσθε ως τα άστρα του ουρανού κατά το πλήθος·
11 And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
Κύριος ο Θεός των πατέρων σας να σας κάμη χιλιάκις περισσοτέρους παρ' ό, τι είσθε και να σας ευλογήση, καθώς ελάλησε προς εσάς·
12 But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
πως θέλω δυνηθή εγώ μόνος να βαστάσω την ενόχλησίν σας και το φορτίον σας και τας αντιλογίας σας;
13 So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
λάβετε άνδρας σοφούς και συνετούς και γνωστούς μεταξύ των φυλών σας, και θέλω καταστήσει αυτούς αρχηγούς εφ' υμάς.
14 Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
Και απεκρίθητε προς εμέ λέγοντες, Καλός ο λόγος, τον οποίον ελάλησας, διά να κάμωμεν αυτόν.
15 So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
Τότε έλαβον τους αρχηγούς των φυλών σας, άνδρας σοφούς και γνωστούς και κατέστησα αυτούς αρχηγούς εφ' υμάς, χιλιάρχους και εκατοντάρχους και πεντηκοντάρχους και δεκάρχους και επιστάτας των φυλών σας.
16 I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
Και προσέταξα εις τους κριτάς σας κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν λέγων, Ακούετε αναμέσον των αδελφών σας και κρίνετε δικαίως αναμέσον ανθρώπου και του αδελφού αυτού και του ξένου αυτού.
17 You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
Εν τη κρίσει δεν θέλετε αποβλέπει εις πρόσωπα· θέλετε ακούει τον μικρόν ως τον μεγάλον· δεν θέλετε φοβείσθαι πρόσωπον ανθρώπου· διότι η κρίσις είναι του Θεού· και πάσαν υπόθεσιν, ήτις ήθελεν είσθαι πολύ δύσκολος διά σας, αναφέρετε αυτήν εις εμέ, και εγώ θέλω ακούει αυτήν.
18 At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
Και προσέταξα εις εσάς κατά τον καιρόν εκείνον πάντα όσα έπρεπε να πράττητε.
19 “Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
Και σηκωθέντες από Χωρήβ, διεπεράσαμεν πάσαν την έρημον την μεγάλην και φοβεράν εκείνην, την οποίαν είδετε, οδοιπορούντες προς το όρος των Αμορραίων, καθώς Κύριος ο Θεός ημών προσέταξεν εις ημάς, και ήλθομεν έως Κάδης-βαρνή.
20 I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
Και είπα προς εσάς, Ήλθετε εις το όρος των Αμορραίων, το οποίον δίδει εις ημάς Κύριος ο Θεός ημών·
21 Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
ιδού, Κύριος ο Θεός σου παρέδωκε την γην έμπροσθέν σου· ανάβα, κυρίευσον, καθώς ελάλησε προς σε Κύριος ο Θεός των πατέρων σου· μη φοβηθής μηδέ δειλιάσης.
22 But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
Και ήλθετε προς εμέ πάντες υμείς και είπετε, Ας αποστείλωμεν άνδρας έμπροσθεν ημών και ας κατασκοπεύσωσιν εις ημάς την γην και ας απαγγείλωσι προς ημάς την οδόν δι' ης πρέπει να αναβώμεν· και τας πόλεις εις τας οποίας θέλομεν υπάγει.
23 I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
Και ήρεσεν εις εμέ ο λόγος και έλαβον εξ υμών δώδεκα άνδρας, άνδρα ένα κατά φυλήν.
24 They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
Και στραφέντες ανέβησαν εις το όρος, και ήλθον μέχρι της φάραγγος Εσχώλ και κατεσκόπευσαν αυτήν.
25 They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
Και λαβόντες εις τας χείρας αυτών εκ των καρπών της γης, έφεραν προς ημάς, και απήγγειλαν προς ημάς, λέγοντες, Καλή είναι η γη, την οποίαν Κύριος ο Θεός ημών δίδει εις ημάς.
26 “But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
Αλλά σεις δεν ηθελήσατε να αναβήτε, αλλ' ηπειθήσατε εις την προσταγήν Κυρίου του Θεού σας.
27 Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
Και εγογγύσατε εις τας σκηνάς σας, λέγοντες, Επειδή εμίσει ημάς ο Κύριος, εξέβαλεν ημάς εκ της γης Αιγύπτου, διά να παραδώση ημάς εις την χείρα των Αμορραίων, ώστε να εξολοθρευθώμεν·
28 (Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
που αναβαίνομεν ημείς; οι αδελφοί ημών εδειλίασαν την καρδίαν ημών, λέγοντες, Ο λαός είναι μεγαλήτερος και υψηλότερος ημών· αι πόλεις μεγάλαι και τετειχισμέναι έως του ουρανού· αλλά και υιούς των Ανακείμ είδομεν εκεί.
29 Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
Εγώ δε είπα προς εσάς, Μη τρομάξητε μηδέ φοβηθήτε απ' αυτών·
30 Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
Κύριος ο Θεός σας, όστις προπορεύεται έμπροσθέν σας, αυτός θέλει πολεμήσει υπέρ υμών κατά πάντα όσα έκαμεν υπέρ υμών εν Αιγύπτω ενώπιον των οφθαλμών υμών·
31 and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
και εν τη ερήμω, όπου είδες τίνι τρόπω Κύριος ο Θεός σου σε εβάστασε, καθώς βαστάζει άνθρωπος τον υιόν αυτού, κατά πάσαν την οδόν την οποίαν περιεπατήσατε εωσού ήλθετε εις τούτον τον τόπον.
32 [I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
κατά τούτο όμως δεν επιστεύσατε εις Κύριον τον Θεόν σας,
όστις προεπορεύετο έμπροσθέν σας εν τη οδώ, διά να σας ευρίσκη τόπον στρατοπεδεύσεως, την μεν νύκτα διά πυρός, διά να δεικνύη εις εσάς την οδόν καθ' ην έπρεπε να βαδίζητε, την δε ημέραν διά νεφέλης.
34 Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
Και ήκουσεν ο Κύριος την φωνήν των λόγων σας και ωργίσθη, και ώμοσε λέγων,
35 ‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
Ουδείς εκ των ανθρώπων τούτων της κακής ταύτης γενεάς θέλει ιδεί την γην την καλήν, την οποίαν ώμοσα να δώσω εις τους πατέρας σας,
εκτός Χάλεβ υιού του Ιεφοννή· ούτος θέλει ιδεί αυτήν, και εις τούτον θέλω δώσει την γην, εις την οποίαν επάτησε και εις τους υιούς αυτού, διότι ούτος εντελώς ηκολούθησε τον Κύριον.
37 But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
Και κατ' εμού εθυμώθη ο Κύριος διά σας, λέγων, Ουδέ συ θέλεις εισέλθει εκεί·
38 Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
Ιησούς ο υιός του Ναυή, ο παριστάμενος ενώπιόν σου, ούτος θέλει εισέλθει εκεί· ενίσχυσον αυτόν, διότι αυτός θέλει κληροδοτήσει αυτήν εις τον Ισραήλ·
39 Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
και τα παιδία σας, τα οποία ελέγετε ότι θέλουσι γείνει λάφυρον, και οι υιοί σας, οίτινες την σήμερον δεν γνωρίζουσι καλόν ή κακόν, αυτοί θέλουσιν εισέλθει εκεί και εις αυτούς θέλω δώσει αυτήν, και αυτοί θέλουσι κληρονομήσει αυτήν·
40 But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
σεις όμως επιστρέψατε και υπάγετε εις την έρημον, κατά την οδόν της Ερυθράς θαλάσσης.
41 Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
Τότε απεκρίθητε και είπετε προς εμέ, Ημαρτήσαμεν εις τον Κύριον· ημείς θέλομεν αναβή και πολεμήσει κατά πάντα όσα προσέταξεν εις ημάς Κύριος ο Θεός ημών. Και ζωσθέντες έκαστος τα πολεμικά όπλα αυτού, ήσθε προπετείς να αναβήτε εις το όρος.
42 But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Ειπέ προς αυτούς, Μη αναβήτε μηδέ πολεμήσητε, διότι εγώ δεν είμαι εν μέσω υμών, διά να μη συντριφθήτε έμπροσθεν των εχθρών σας.
43 So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
ούτως ελάλησα προς εσάς· και δεν εισηκούσατε, αλλ' ηπειθήσατε εις την προσταγήν του Κυρίου, και θρασυνόμενοι ανέβητε εις το όρος.
44 Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
Και εξήλθον οι Αμορραίοι, οι κατοικούντες εν τω όρει εκείνω, εις συνάντησιν υμών και κατεδίωξαν υμάς, καθώς κάμνουσιν αι μέλισσαι, και επάταξαν υμάς εν Σηείρ, έως Ορμά.
45 So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
Τότε επιστρέψαντες εκλαύσατε ενώπιον του Κυρίου· αλλ' ο Κύριος δεν εισήκουσε της φωνής υμών ουδέ έδωκεν εις υμάς ακρόασιν.
46 So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
Και εμείνατε εν Κάδης ημέρας πολλάς, οσασδήποτε ημέρας εμείνατε.
