Jeremiah 14
1 After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
Ο λόγος του Κυρίου ο γενόμενος προς Ιερεμίαν περί της ανομβρίας.
2 [The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
Ο Ιούδας πενθεί και αι πύλαι αυτού είναι περίλυποι· κοίτονται κατά γης μελανειμονούσαι· και ανέβη η κραυγή της Ιερουσαλήμ.
3 The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
Και οι μεγιστάνες αυτής απέστειλαν τους νέους αυτών διά ύδωρ· ήλθον εις τα φρέατα, δεν εύρηκαν ύδωρ· επέστρεψαν με τα αγγεία αυτών κενά· ησχύνθησαν και ενετράπησαν και εσκέπασαν τας κεφαλάς αυτών.
4 The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
Επειδή η γη εσχίσθη, διότι δεν ήτο βροχή επί της γης, οι γεωργοί ησχύνθησαν, εσκέπασαν τας κεφαλάς αυτών.
5 Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
Και η έλαφος έτι, γεννήσασα εν τη πεδιάδι, εγκατέλιπε το τέκνον αυτής, επειδή χόρτος δεν ήτο.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
Και οι άγριοι όνοι εστάθησαν επί τους υψηλούς τόπους, ερρόφουν τον αέρα ως θώες· οι οφθαλμοί αυτών εμαράνθησαν, επειδή χόρτος δεν ήτο.
7 [The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
Κύριε, αν και αι ανομίαι ημών καταμαρτυρώσιν εναντίον ημών, κάμε όμως διά το όνομά σου· διότι αι αποστασίαι ημών επληθύνθησαν· εις σε ημαρτήσαμεν.
8 You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
Ελπίς του Ισραήλ, σωτήρ αυτού εν καιρώ θλίψεως, διά τι ήθελες είσθαι ως πάροικος εν τη γη και ως οδοιπόρος εκκλίνων εις κατάλυμα;
9 Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
Διά τι ήθελες είσθαι ως άνθρωπος εκστατικός, ως ισχυρός μη δυνάμενος να σώση; Αλλά συ, Κύριε, εν μέσω ημών είσαι, και το όνομά σου εκλήθη εφ' ημάς· μη εγκαταλίπης ημάς.
10 And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος προς τον λαόν τούτον· Επειδή ηγάπησαν να πλανώνται και δεν εκράτησαν τους πόδας αυτών, διά τούτο ο Κύριος δεν ηυδόκησεν εις αυτούς· τώρα θέλει ενθυμηθή την ανομίαν αυτών και επισκεφθή τας αμαρτίας αυτών.
11 [Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Μη προσεύχου υπέρ του λαού τούτου διά καλόν.
12 When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
Και εάν νηστεύσωσι, δεν θέλω εισακούσει της κραυγής αυτών· και εάν προσφέρωσιν ολοκαυτώματα και προσφοράν, δεν θέλω ευδοκήσει εις αυτά· αλλά θέλω καταναλώσει αυτούς εν μαχαίρα και εν πείνη και εν λοιμώ.
13 Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
Και είπα, Ω, Κύριε Θεέ, ιδού, οι προφήται λέγουσι προς αυτούς, δεν θέλετε ιδεί μάχαιραν ουδέ θέλει είσθαι πείνα εις εσάς, αλλά θέλω σας δώσει ειρήνην ασφαλή εν τω τόπω τούτω.
14 Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Ψευδή προφητεύουσιν οι προφήται εν τω ονόματί μου· εγώ δεν απέστειλα αυτούς ουδέ προσέταξα εις αυτούς ουδέ ελάλησα προς αυτούς· αυτοί προφητεύουσιν εις εσάς όρασιν ψευδή και μαντείαν και ματαιότητα και την δολιότητα της καρδίας αυτών.
15 So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος περί των προφητών των προφητευόντων εν τω ονόματί μου, ενώ εγώ δεν απέστειλα, αυτούς αλλ' αυτοί λέγουσι, Μάχαιρα και πείνα δεν θέλει είσθαι εν τω τόπω τούτω· εν μαχαίρα και εν πείνη θέλουσι συντελεσθή οι προφήται εκείνοι.
16 And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
Ο δε λαός, εις τους οποίους αυτοί προφητεύουσι, θέλουσιν είσθαι ερριμμένοι εν ταις οδοίς της Ιερουσαλήμ υπό πείνης και μαχαίρας· και δεν θέλει είσθαι ο θάπτων αυτούς, τας γυναίκας αυτών και τους υιούς αυτών και τας θυγατέρας αυτών· και θέλω εκχέει επ' αυτούς την κακίαν αυτών.
17 [So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
Διά τούτο θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς τον λόγον τούτον· Ας χύσωσιν οι οφθαλμοί μου δάκρυα, νύκτα και ημέραν, και ας μη παύσωσι· διότι η παρθένος, η θυγάτηρ του λαού μου, συνετρίφθη σύντριμμα μέγα, πληγήν οδυνηράν σφόδρα.
18 If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
Εάν εξέλθω εις την πεδιάδα, τότε ιδού, οι πεφονευμένοι εν μαχαίρα· και εάν εισέλθω εις την πόλιν, τότε ιδού, οι νενεκρωμένοι υπό της πείνης, ο δε προφήτης έτι και ο ιερεύς εμπορεύονται επί της γης και δεν αισθάνονται.
19 [Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
Απέρριψας παντάπασι τον Ιούδαν; απεστράφη την Σιών η ψυχή σου; Διά τι επάταξας ημάς, και δεν υπάρχει θεραπεία εις ημάς; επροσμένομεν ειρήνην, αλλ' ουδέν αγαθόν· και τον καιρόν της θεραπείας, και ιδού, ταραχή.
20 Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
Γνωρίζομεν, Κύριε, την ασέβειαν ημών, την ανομίαν των πατέρων ημών, ότι ημαρτήσαμεν εις σε.
21 But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
Μη αποστραφής ημάς, διά το όνομά σου· μη ατιμάσης τον θρόνον της δόξης σου· ενθυμήθητι, μη διασκεδάσης την διαθήκην σου την προς ημάς.
22 Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
Υπάρχει μεταξύ των ματαιοτήτων των εθνών διδούς βροχήν; ή οι ουρανοί δίδουσιν υετούς; δεν είσαι συ αυτός ο δοτήρ, Κύριε Θεέ ημών; διά τούτο θέλομεν σε προσμένει· διότι συ έκαμες πάντα ταύτα.
