Jeremiah 31
1 Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God [who is worshiped by] all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people.
Εν τω αυτώ καιρώ, λέγει Κύριος, θέλω είσθαι ο Θεός πασών των οικογενειών του Ισραήλ και αυτοί θέλουσιν είσθαι λαός μου.
2 This is what Yahweh says: “Those [people] who remained alive and were not killed by [their enemies’] swords were blessed [by me even] in the desert; I enabled them to have peace.
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ο λαός ο εναπολειφθείς από της μαχαίρας εύρηκε χάριν εν τη ερήμω· ο Ισραήλ υπήγε να εύρη ανάπαυσιν.
3 Long ago [I,] Yahweh, said to [your ancestors,] the Israeli people, ‘I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever. By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.’
Ο Κύριος εφάνη παλαιόθεν εις εμέ, λέγων, Ναι, σε ηγάπησα αγάπησιν η αιώνιον· διά τούτο σε είλκυσα με έλεος.
4 And [now I tell you], my Israeli people whom I love [MET], that I will cause you to be a nation again. You will [joyfully] dance as you play your tambourines.
Πάλιν θέλω σε οικοδομήσει και θέλεις οικοδομηθή, παρθένε του Ισραήλ· θέλεις ευπρεπισθή πάλιν με τα τύμπανά σου και θέλεις εξέρχεσθαι εις τους χορούς των αγαλλομένων.
5 Again you will plant your vineyards on the hills of Samaria, and you will eat the grapes [that grow there].
Θέλεις φυτεύσει πάλιν αμπελώνας επί των ορέων της Σαμαρείας· οι φυτευταί θέλουσι φυτεύσει και θέλουσι τρώγει τον καρπόν.
6 There will be a time when watchmen will call out from the hills of Samaria [MTY], ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to [worship] Yahweh, our God!'”
Διότι θέλει είσθαι ημέρα, καθ' ην οι φύλακες επί του όρους Εφραΐμ θέλουσι φωνάζει, Σηκώθητε και ας αναβώμεν εις την Σιών προς Κύριον τον Θεόν ημών.
7 And now Yahweh also says this: “Sing joyfully about [what I have done for] the people of Israel! Shout about [your nation,] the greatest nation! Shout joyfully, praising me and saying, ‘Yahweh, rescue your people, the ones who are still alive!’
Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ψάλλετε εν αγαλλιάσει διά τον Ιακώβ και αλαλάξατε διά την κεφαλήν των εθνών· κηρύξατε, αινέσατε και είπατε, Σώσον, Κύριε, τον λαόν σου το υπόλοιπον του Ισραήλ.
8 Do that [because] I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are (having labor pains/about to give birth to babies). They will be a huge group of people!
Ιδού εγώ θέλω φέρει αυτούς εκ της γης του βορρά, και θέλω συνάξει αυτούς από των εσχάτων της γης, και μετ' αυτών τον τυφλόν και τον χωλόν, την έγκυον και την γεννώσαν ομού· συνάθροισμα μέγα θέλει επιστρέψει ενταύθα.
9 They will be crying as they return, and they will be praying [to me]. I will guide them along streams of water, on level paths where they will not stumble. [I will do this] because I am [like] a father to the Israeli people; [it is as though] Israel is my oldest son.”
Μετά κλαυθμού θέλουσιν ελθεί και μετά δεήσεων θέλω επαναφέρει αυτούς· θέλω οδηγήσει αυτούς παρά ποταμούς υδάτων δι' ευθείας οδού, καθ' ην δεν θέλουσι προσκόψει· διότι είμαι πατήρ εις τον Ισραήλ και ο Εφραΐμ είναι ο πρωτότοκός μου.
10 Yahweh says, “[You people in the] nations of the world, listen to this message from me. Then proclaim it to [people who live along] the coasts far away. I scattered my people, but I will gather them [again] and will take care of them like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
Ακούσατε, έθνη, τον λόγον του Κυρίου, και αναγγείλατε εις τας νήσους τας μακράν και είπατε, Ο διασκορπίσας τον Ισραήλ θέλει συνάξει αυτόν και θέλει φυλάξει αυτόν ως ο βοσκός το ποίμνιον αυτού.
11 I will buy [my] Israeli people back from those who [conquered them because] they were more powerful [than my people].
Διότι ο Κύριος εξηγόρασε τον Ιακώβ και ελύτρωσεν αυτόν εκ χειρός του δυνατωτέρου αυτού.
12 My people will return [to Jerusalem] and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and [olive] oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad.
Και θέλουσιν ελθεί και ψάλλει επί του ύψους της Σιών, και θέλουσι συρρεύσει εις τα αγαθά του Κυρίου, εις σίτον και εις οίνον και εις έλαιον και εις τα γεννήματα των προβάτων και των βοών, και η ψυχή αυτών θέλει είσθαι ως παράδεισος περιποτιζόμενος· και παντελώς δεν θέλουσι λυπηθή πλέον.
13 The young women will dance joyfully, and [all] the men, young ones and old ones, will join with them. I will cause them to rejoice instead of mourning; I will comfort them and cause them to be happy instead of being sad.
Τότε θέλει χαρή η παρθένος εν τω χορώ, και οι νέοι και οι γέροντες ομού· και θέλω στρέψει το πένθος αυτών εις χαράν και θέλω παρηγορήσει αυτούς και ευφράνει αυτούς μετά την θλίψιν αυτών.
14 The priests will have plenty of things to eat and drink, and [all] my people will be filled with the good things that I give them. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
Και θέλω χορτάσει την ψυχήν των ιερέων από παχύτητος, και ο λαός μου θέλει χορτασθή από των αγαθών μου, λέγει Κύριος.
15 Yahweh [also] says this: “Women were weeping in Ramah [town on the border between Israel and Judah]; they were mourning and crying very loudly. [The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of] Rachel [the wife of Jacob], were weeping about their children, and no one could comfort them because their children were [all] dead.
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Φωνή ηκούσθη εν Ραμά, θρήνος, κλαυθμός, οδυρμός· η Ραχήλ, κλαίουσα τα τέκνα αυτής, δεν ήθελε να παρηγορηθή διά τα τέκνα αυτής, διότι δεν υπάρχουσιν.
16 [But now] this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Do not cry [any more], because I will reward you [for the good things you have done for your children]. Your children will return from the land where their enemies [have taken them].
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Παύσον την φωνήν σου από κλαυθμού και τους οφθαλμούς σου από δακρύων· διότι το έργον σου θέλει ανταμειφθή, λέγει Κύριος· και θέλουσιν επιστρέψει εκ της γης του εχθρού.
17 [I], Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect [me to do for you] in the future. Your children will return to their own land.’
Και είναι ελπίς εις τα έσχατά σου, λέγει Κύριος, και τα τέκνα σου θέλουσιν επιστρέψει εις τα όρια αυτών.
18 I have heard [the people of] Israel grieving very much [and saying to me], ‘You punished us severely, like [SIM] calves are beaten [by their owners to train them for pulling a plow]. [So] bring us back [to obey/worship you again], because we are ready to return to you, because you [alone] are Yahweh, our God.
Ήκουσα τωόντι τον Εφραΐμ λέγοντα εν οδυρμοίς, Με επαίδευσας, και επαιδεύθην ως μόσχος αδάμαστος· επίστρεψόν με και θέλω επιστρέψει· διότι συ είσαι Κύριος ο Θεός μου·
19 We turned away [from you], but we repented; [after you] caused us to realize [that we were guilty]. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed [DOU] of the sins that we committed when we were young.’
βεβαίως αφού επέστρεψα, μετενόησα, και αφού εδιδάχθην, εκτύπησα επί τον μηρόν μου· ησχύνθην και μάλιστα ηρυθρίασα, διότι εβάστασα το όνειδος της νεότητός μου.
20 But [I], Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are [RHQ] still my dear children [DOU]. It is often necessary for me to threaten [to punish] them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them.
Ο Εφραΐμ είναι υιός αγαπητός εις εμέ; παιδίον φίλτατον; διότι αφού ελάλησα εναντίον αυτού, πάντοτε ενθυμούμαι αυτόν, διά τούτο τα σπλάγχνα μου ηχούσι δι' αυτόν· θέλω βεβαίως σπλαγχνισθή αυτόν, λέγει Κύριος.
21 [You Israeli people,] set up road signs; put up posts [along the roads] to mark the road on which you walked [when you were taken from Jerusalem]. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here.
Στήσον σημεία της οδού, κάμε εις σεαυτόν σωρούς υψηλούς· προσήλωσον την καρδίαν σου εις την λεωφόρον, εις την οδόν δι' ης υπήγες· επίστρεψον, παρθένε του Ισραήλ, επίστρεψον εις αυτάς τας πόλεις σου.
22 You people who have been like [MET] daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander [away from me] [RHQ]? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that (is new/has not happened before): The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel [back here]!”
Έως πότε θέλεις περιφέρεσθαι, θυγάτηρ αποστάτρια; διότι ο Κύριος εποίησε νέον πράγμα εν τη γή· Γυνή θέλει περικυκλώσει άνδρα.
23 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, [‘I hope that] Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous [people will live]!’
Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Έτι θέλουσι λέγει τον λόγον τούτον εν τη γη του Ιούδα και εν ταις πόλεσιν αυτού, όταν επίστρέψω την αιχμαλωσίαν αυτών, Ο Κύριος να σε ευλογήση, κατοικία δικαιοσύνης, όρος αγιότητος.
24 [The people of] Judah [who live in] the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together [peacefully].
Και θέλουσι κατοικήσει εν αυτή ο Ιούδας και πάσαι αι πόλεις αυτού ομού, οι γεωργοί και οι εξερχόμενοι μετά των ποιμνίων·
25 I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.”
διότι εχόρτασα την εκλελυμένην ψυχήν και ενέπλησα πάσαν τεθλιμμένην ψυχήν.
26 I, [Jeremiah], woke up [after dreaming all those things], and I looked [around]. I had slept [very] delightfully!
Διά τούτο εξύπνησα και εθεώρησα, και ο ύπνος μου εστάθη γλυκύς εις εμέ.
27 [Then] Yahweh said [to me], “There will be a time when I will greatly increase [MET] the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah.
Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω σπείρει τον οίκον Ισραήλ και τον οίκον Ιούδα με σπέρμα ανθρώπου και με σπέρμα κτήνους.
28 [Previously], I caused [their enemies to] remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to cause them to experience many disasters [DOU]. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops [here in Israel again]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Και καθώς εγρηγόρουν επ' αυτούς διά να εκριζόνω και να κατασκάπτω και να κατεδαφίζω και να καταστρέφω και να καταθλίβω, ούτω θέλω γρηγορήσει επ' αυτούς διά να ανοικοδομώ και να φυτεύω, λέγει Κύριος.
29 [Previously the people often said,] ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children’s teeth that ache.’ [They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins]. But [when I bring them back to their land], they will no longer say that.
Εν ταις ημέραις εκείναις δεν θέλουσι λέγει πλέον, Οι πατέρες έφαγον όμφακα και οι οδόντες των τέκνων ημωδίασαν·
30 But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed.
αλλ' έκαστος θέλει αποθνήσκει διά την ανομίαν αυτού· πας άνθρωπος, όστις φάγη τον όμφακα, τούτου οι οδόντες θέλουσιν αιμωδιάσει.
31 [I], Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.
Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και θέλω κάμει προς τον οίκον Ισραήλ και προς τον οίκον Ιούδα διαθήκην νέαν·
32 [This new agreement will] not be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors when I took them by their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I [loved them like] [MET] husbands love their wives.’
ουχί κατά την διαθήκην, την οποίαν έκαμον προς τους πατέρας αυτών, καθ' ην ημέραν επίασα αυτούς από της χειρός διά να εξαγάγω αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου· διότι αυτοί παρέβησαν την διαθήκην μου και εγώ απεστράφην αυτούς, λέγει Κύριος·
33 This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
αλλ' αύτη θέλει είσθαι η διαθήκη, την οποίαν θέλω κάμει προς τον οίκον Ισραήλ· μετά τας ημέρας εκείνας, λέγει Κύριος, θέλω θέσει τον νόμον μου εις τα ενδόμυχα αυτών και θέλω γράψει αυτόν εν ταις καρδίαις αυτών· και θέλω είσθαι Θεός αυτών και αυτοί θέλουσιν είσθαι λαός μου.
34 And it will not be [necessary] for them to teach their neighbors or their relatives and say, “[You need to] know Yahweh,” because everyone, including unimportant people and very important people, will [already] know me. And I will forgive them for having been very wicked, and I will never think again about the sins that they have committed.’”
Και δεν θέλουσι διδάσκει πλέον έκαστος τον πλησίον αυτού και έκαστος τον αδελφόν αυτού, λέγων, Γνωρίσατε τον Κύριον· διότι πάντες ούτοι θέλουσι με γνωρίζει από μικρού αυτών έως μεγάλου αυτών, λέγει Κύριος· διότι θέλω συγχωρήσει την ανομίαν αυτών και την αμαρτίαν αυτών δεν θέλω ενθυμείσθαι πλέον.
35 Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says:
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο διδούς τον ήλιον εις φως της ημέρας, τας διατάξεις της σελήνης και των αστέρων εις φως της νυκτός, ο ταράττων την θάλασσαν, και τα κύματα αυτής βομβούσι· Κύριος των δυνάμεων το όνομα αυτού·
36 “I will not reject my Israeli people any more than I will get rid of the laws [that control the universe].
Εάν αι διατάξεις αύται εκλείψωσιν απ' έμπροσθέν μου, λέγει Κύριος, τότε και το σπέρμα του Ισραήλ θέλει παύσει από του να ήναι έθνος ενώπιόν μου πάσας τας ημέρας.
37 And this is what I say: ‘No one can measure the sky, and no one can find out what is supporting the earth. Similarly, I cannot reject forever the descendants of Jacob because of all the [evil] things that they have done.’ [That is certain, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Εάν ο ουρανός άνω δύναται να μετρηθή και τα θεμέλια της γης κάτω να εξιχνιασθώσι, τότε και εγώ θέλω απορρίψει παν το σπέρμα του Ισραήλ διά πάντα όσα έπραξαν, λέγει Κύριος.
38 [I], Yahweh, also say that there will be a time when [everything in] Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the tower of Hananel [at the northeast corner, west] to [the gate named] the Corner Gate.
Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, λέγει Κύριος, και η πόλις θέλει οικοδομηθή εις τον Κύριον από του πύργου Ανανεήλ έως της πύλης της γωνίας.
39 [Workers] will stretch a measuring line/string over Gareb Hill all the way [southwest] to Goah.
Και σχοινίον διαμετρήσεως θέλει εξέλθει έτι απέναντι αυτής επί τον λόφον Γαρήβ και θέλει περιέλθει έως Γοάθ.
40 And the whole area, including the place where corpses and ashes are thrown in the [Kidron] Valley, and all the fields to the east as far as the Horse Gate, will become set apart for me. And the city [of Jerusalem] will never again be captured or destroyed.”
Και πάσα η κοιλάς των πτωμάτων και της στάκτης και πάντες οι αγροί έως του χειμάρρου Κέδρων, έως της γωνίας της πύλης των ίππων προς ανατολάς, θέλουσιν είσθαι άγιοι εις τον Κύριον· δεν θέλει πλέον εκριζωθή ουδέ καταστραφή εις τον αιώνα.
