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ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝΟΜΙΟΝ - Deuteronomio - Deuteronomy 7


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GREEK BIBLECATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Οταν Κυριος ο Θεος σου σε φερη εις την γην, εις την οποιαν υπαγεις δια να κληρονομησης αυτην, και εκδιωξη εθνη πολλα απ' εμπροσθεν σου, τους Χετταιους και τους Γεργεσαιους και τους Αμορραιους και τους Χαναναιους και τους Φερεζαιους και τους Ευαιους και τους Ιεβουσαιους, επτα εθνη μεγαλητερα και δυνατωτερα σου?1 “When the Lord your God will have led you to the land, which you will enter so as to possess it, and when he will have destroyed many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations much more numerous than you, and more robust than you,
2 και οταν Κυριος ο Θεος σου παραδωση αυτους εμπροσθεν σου, θελεις παταξει αυτους? κατα κρατος θελεις εξολοθρευσει αυτους? δεν θελεις καμει συνθηκην μετ' αυτων ουδε θελεις δειξει ελεος προς αυτους?2 and when the Lord your God will have delivered them to you, you shall strike them down unto utter annihilation. You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor shall you show any pity to them.
3 ουδε θελεις συμπενθερευσει μετ' αυτων? την θυγατερα σου δεν θελεις δωσει εις τον υιον αυτου ουδε την θυγατερα αυτου θελεις λαβει εις τον υιον σου?3 And you shall not associate with them in marriage. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor accept his daughter for your son.
4 διοτι θελουσιν αποπλανησει τους υιους σου απ' εμου και θελουσι λατρευει αλλους θεους? και θελει εξαφθη η οργη του Κυριου εναντιον σας και παραυτα θελει σε εξολοθρευσει.4 For she will seduce your son, so that he will not follow me, and so that he will instead serve foreign gods. And the fury of the Lord will be enraged, and he will quickly destroy you.
5 Αλλ' ουτω θελετε καμει προς αυτους? τους βωμους αυτων θελετε καταστρεψει και τα αγαλματα αυτων θελετε συντριψει και τα αλση αυτων θελετε κατακοψει και τα γλυπτα αυτων θελετε καυσει εν πυρι?5 So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images.
6 επειδη συ εισαι λαος αγιος εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου? σε εξελεξε Κυριος ο Θεος σου δια να ησαι εις αυτον λαος εκλεκτος, παρα παντας τους λαους τους επι του προσωπου της γης.6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you so that you would be his particular people out of all the peoples who are upon the earth.
7 Δεν προετιμησεν εσας Κυριος ουδε εξελεξεν εσας, διοτι εισθε πολυπληθεστεροι παρα παντα τα εθνη? επειδη σεις εισθε οι πλεον ολιγαριθμοι παρα παντα τα εθνη?7 It is not because you surpass all the nations in number that the Lord has joined with you and has chosen you, for you are the least numerous of any people.
8 αλλ' επειδη ο Κυριος σας ηγαπησε και δια να φυλαξη τον ορκον, τον οποιον ωμοσε προς τους πατερας σας, σας εξηγαγεν ο Κυριος εν χειρι κραταια και σας ελυτρωσεν εκ του οικου της δουλειας, εκ χειρος Φαραω, βασιλεως Αιγυπτου.8 But it is because the Lord has loved you, and has kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers. And he has led you away with a strong hand, and he has redeemed you from the house of servitude, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
9 Γνωρισον λοιπον, οτι Κυριος ο Θεος σου αυτος ειναι ο Θεος, ο Θεος ο πιστος, ο φυλαττων την διαθηκην και το ελεος προς τους αγαπωντας αυτον και φυλαττοντας τας εντολας αυτου, εις χιλιας γενεας?9 And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations,
10 και ανταποδιδων κατα προσωπον αυτων εις τους μισουντας αυτον, δια να εξολοθρευση αυτους? δεν θελει βραδυνει εις τον μισουντα αυτον? θελει καμει εις αυτον την ανταποδοσιν κατα προσωπον αυτου.10 and promptly repaying those who hate him, so as to utterly ruin them, without further delay, quickly rendering to them what they deserve.
11 Φυλαττε λοιπον τας εντολας και τα διαταγματα και τας κρισεις, τας οποιας εγω σε προσταζω σημερον δια να καμνης αυτας.11 Therefore, keep the precepts and ceremonies as well as the judgments, which I command to you this day, so that you may do them.
12 Και εαν ακουητε τας κρισεις ταυτας και φυλαττητε και εκτελητε αυτας, θελει φυλαξει Κυριος ο Θεος σου εις σε την διαθηκην και το ελεος, τα οποια ωμοσε προς τους πατερας σου?12 If, after you have heard these judgments, you keep and do them, the Lord your God will also keep his covenant with you and the mercy that he swore to your fathers.
13 και θελει σε αγαπησει και σε ευλογησει και σε πληθυνει, και θελει ευλογησει τον καρπον της κοιλιας σου και τον καρπον της γης σου, τον σιτον σου και τον οινον σου και το ελαιον σου, τας αγελας των βοων σου και τα ποιμνια των προβατων σου, εν τη γη την οποιαν ωμοσε προς τους πατερας σου να δωση εις σε.13 And he will love you and multiply you. And he will bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land: your grain as well as your vintage, oil, and herds, and the flocks of your sheep, upon the land about which he swore to your fathers that he would give it to you.
14 Θελεις εισθαι ευλογημενος υπερ παντα τα εθνη? αγονος η στειρα δεν θελει εισθαι εις σε η εις τα κτηνη σου.14 Blessed shall you be among all peoples. No one will be barren among you of either gender, as much among men as among your herds.
15 Και θελει αφαιρεσει ο Κυριος απο σου πασαν ασθενειαν και δεν θελει βαλει επι σε ουδεμιαν των κακων νοσων της Αιγυπτου, τας οποιας γνωριζεις? αλλα θελει βαλει αυτας επι παντας τους μισουντας σε.15 The Lord will take all sickness away from you. And the very grievous infirmities of Egypt, which you have known, he will not bring upon you, but upon your enemies.
16 Και θελεις εξολοθρευσει παντα τα εθνη, τα οποια Κυριος ο Θεος σου θελει παραδωσει εις σε? ο οφθαλμος σου δεν θελει σπλαγχνισθη δι' αυτους? ουδε θελεις λατρευσει τους θεους αυτων? διοτι τουτο θελει εισθαι παγις εις σε.16 You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin.
17 Εαν δε ειπης εν τη καρδια σου, Τα εθνη ταυτα ειναι πλεον πολυαριθμα παρ' εμε? πως δυναμαι να εκδιωξω αυτα;17 If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are more than I am, so how will I be able to destroy them?’
18 Μη φοβηθης αυτους? ενθυμου καλως τι εκαμε Κυριος ο Θεος σου εις τον Φαραω και εις πασαν την Αιγυπτον?18 do not be apprehensive. Instead, recall what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the Egyptians:
19 τους πειρασμους τους μεγαλους τους οποιους ειδον οι οφθαλμοι σου, και τα σημεια και τα τερατα και την κραταιαν χειρα και τον εξηπλωμενον βραχιονα, με τα οποια Κυριος ο Θεος σου σε εξηγαγεν? ουτω θελει καμει Κυριος ο Θεος σου εις παντα τα εθνη, το οποια συ φοβεισαι.19 the very great plagues, which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the powerful hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God led you away. So will he do to all the peoples, whom you dread.
20 Και προσετι τας σφηκας Κυριος ο Θεος σου θελει αποστειλει εις αυτους, εωσου εξολοθρευθωσιν οσοι εναπελειφθησαν και εκρυπτοντο απο προσωπου σου.20 Moreover, the Lord your God will also send hornets among them, until he destroys and scatters all who have escaped from you, or who have been able to hide.
21 Δεν θελεις τρομαξει απο προσωπου αυτων? διοτι Κυριος ο Θεος σου ειναι εν μεσω σου, Θεος μεγας και φοβερος.21 You shall not fear them, for the Lord your God is in your midst: a great and terrible God.
22 Και θελει εξαλειψει Κυριος ο Θεος σου τα εθνη εκεινα απ' εμπροσθεν σου ολιγον κατ' ολιγον? δεν δυναται να αφανισης αυτους παραυτα, δια να μη πληθυνθωσιν εναντιον σου τα θηρια του αγρου.22 He himself will consume these nations in your sight, a little at a time, by degrees. You will not be able to destroy them all at once. Otherwise, the wild beasts of the earth might increase against you.
23 Αλλα Κυριος ο Θεος σου θελει παραδωσει αυτους εμπροσθεν σου και θελει φθειρει αυτους εν φθορα μεγαλη, εωσου εξολοθρευθωσι.23 And so, the Lord your God will present them in your sight, and you shall slay them until they are thoroughly wiped away.
24 Και θελει παραδωσει εις την χειρα σου τους βασιλεις αυτων, και θελεις εξαλειψει το ονομα αυτων υποκατωθεν του ουρανου? ουδεις θελει δυνηθη να σταθη εμπροσθεν σου, εωσου εξολοθρευσης αυτους.24 And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall abolish their names from under heaven. No one will be able to withstand you, until you crush them.
25 Τα γλυπτα των θεων αυτων θελετε καυσει εν πυρι? δεν θελεις επιθυμησει το αργυριον η το χρυσιον το επ' αυτων, ουδε θελεις λαβει αυτο εις σεαυτον δια να μη παγιδευθης εις αυτο? διοτι ειναι βδελυγμα εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου.25 Their graven images, you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold from which they have been made. And you shall not take for yourself anything from these, lest you offend, because this is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 Και δεν θελεις φερει βδελυγμα εις τον οικον σου, δια να μη γεινης αναθεμα ως αυτο? θελεις αποστραφει αυτο διολου και θελεις βδελυχθη αυτο διολου? διοτι ειναι αναθεμα.26 Neither shall you carry anything of the idol into your house, lest you become accursed, just as it also is. You shall detest it like dung, and you shall abominate it like defilement and filth, because it is an accursed thing.”