Jeremiah 12

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	LXX
1 You would be in the right, O LORD, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must discuss the case with you. Why does the way of the godless prosper, why live all the treacherous in contentment?	1 δικαιος ει κυριε οτι απολογησομαι προς σε πλην κριματα λαλησω προς σε τι οτι οδος ασεβων ευοδουται ευθηνησαν παντες οι αθετουντες αθετηματα
2 You planted them; they have taken root, they keep on growing and bearing fruit. You are upon their lips, but far from their inmost thoughts.	2 εφυτευσας αυτους και ερριζωθησαν ετεκνοποιησαν και εποιησαν καρπον εγγυς ει συ του στοματος αυτων και πορρω απο των νεφρων αυτων
3 You, O Lord, know me, you see me, you have found that at heart I am with you. Pick them out like sheep for the slaughter, set them apart for the day of carnage.	3 και συ κυριε γινωσκεις με δεδοκιμακας την καρδιαν μου εναντιον σου αγνισον αυτους εις ημεραν σφαγης αυτων
4 How long must the earth mourn, the green of the whole countryside wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it beasts and birds disappear, because they say, "God does not see our ways."	4 εως ποτε πενθησει η γη και πας ο χορτος του αγρου ξηρανθησεται απο κακιας των κατοικουντων εν αυτη ηφανισθησαν κτηνη και πετεινα οτι ειπαν ουκ οψεται ο θεος οδους ημων
5 If running against men has wearied you, how will you race against horses? And if in a land of peace you fall headlong, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?	5 σου οι ποδες τρεχουσιν και εκλυουσιν σε πως παρασκευαση εφ' ιπποις και εν γη ειρηνης συ πεποιθας πως ποιησεις εν φρυαγματι του ιορδανου
6 For even your own brothers, the members of your father's house, betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even if they are friendly to you in their words.	6 οτι και οι αδελφοι σου και ο οικος του πατρος σου και ουτοι ηθετησαν σε και αυτοι εβοησαν εκ των οπισω σου επισυνηχθησαν μη πιστευσης εν αυτοις οτι λαλησουσιν προς σε καλα
7 I abandon my house, cast off my heritage; The beloved of my soul I deliver into the hand of her foes.	7 εγκαταλελοιπα τον οικον μου αφηκα την κληρονομιαν μου εδωκα την ηγαπημενην ψυχην μου εις χειρας εχθρων αυτης
8 My heritage has turned on me like a lion in the jungle; Because she has roared against me, I treat her as an enemy.	8 εγενηθη η κληρονομια μου εμοι ως λεων εν δρυμω εδωκεν επ' εμε την φωνην αυτης δια τουτο εμισησα αυτην
9 My heritage is a prey for hyenas, is surrounded by vultures; Come, gather together, all you beasts of the field, come and eat!	9 μη σπηλαιον υαινης η κληρονομια μου εμοι η σπηλαιον κυκλω αυτης βαδισατε συναγαγετε παντα τα θηρια του αγρου και ελθετωσαν του φαγειν αυτην
10 Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard, have trodden my heritage underfoot; The portion that delighted me they have turned into a desert waste.	10 ποιμενες πολλοι διεφθειραν τον αμπελωνα μου εμολυναν την μεριδα μου εδωκαν μεριδα επιθυμητην μου εις ερημον αβατον
11 They have made it a mournful waste, desolate it lies before me, Desolate, all the land, because no one takes it to heart.	11 ετεθη εις αφανισμον απωλειας δι' εμε αφανισμω ηφανισθη πασα η γη οτι ουκ εστιν ανηρ τιθεμενος εν καρδια
12 Upon every desert height brigands have come up. The LORD has a sword which consumes the land, from end to end: no peace for all mankind.	12 επι πασαν διεκβολην εν τη ερημω ηλθον ταλαιπωρουντες οτι μαχαιρα του κυριου καταφαγεται απ' ακρου της γης εως ακρου της γης ουκ εστιν ειρηνη παση σαρκι
13 They have sown wheat and reaped thorns, they have tired themselves out to no purpose; They recoil before their harvest, the flaming anger of the LORD.	13 σπειρατε πυρους και ακανθας θερισατε οι κληροι αυτων ουκ ωφελησουσιν αυτους αισχυνθητε απο καυχησεως υμων απο ονειδισμου εναντι κυριου
14 Thus says the LORD against all my evil neighbors who plunder the heritage which I gave my people Israel as their own: See, I will pluck them up from their land; the house of Judah I will pluck up in their midst.	14 οτι ταδε λεγει κυριος περι παντων των γειτονων των πονηρων των απτομενων της κληρονομιας μου ης εμερισα τω λαω μου ισραηλ ιδου εγω αποσπω αυτους απο της γης αυτων και τον ιουδαν εκβαλω εκ μεσου αυτων
15 But after plucking them up, I will pity them again and bring them back, each to his heritage, each to his land.	15 και εσται μετα το εκβαλειν με αυτους επιστρεψω και ελεησω αυτους και κατοικιω αυτους εκαστον εις την κληρονομιαν αυτου και εκαστον εις την γην αυτου
16 And if they carefully learn my people's custom of swearing by my name, "As the LORD lives," they who formerly taught my people to swear by Baal shall be built up in the midst of my people.	16 και εσται εαν μαθοντες μαθωσιν την οδον του λαου μου του ομνυειν τω ονοματι μου ζη κυριος καθως εδιδαξαν τον λαον μου ομνυειν τη βααλ και οικοδομηθησονται εν μεσω του λαου μου
17 But if they do not obey, I will uproot and destroy that nation entirely, says the LORD.	17 εαν δε μη επιστρεψωσιν και εξαρω το εθνος εκεινο εξαρσει και απωλεια
19 Yet I, like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, had not realized that they were hatching plots against me: "Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be spoken no more."
20 But, you, O LORD of hosts, O just Judge, searcher of mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause!
21 Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, "Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD; else you shall die by our hand."
22 Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: I am going to punish them. The young men shall die by the sword; their sons and daughters shall die by famine.