Jeremiah 12

NEW JERUSALEM	LXX
1 Your uprightness is too great, Yahweh, for me to dispute with you. But I should like to discuss somepoints of justice with you: Why is it that the way of the wicked prospers? Why do al treacherous people thrive?	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 plant them, they take root, they flourish, yes, and bear fruit. You are on their lips, yet far from theirheart.	2 εφυτευσας αυτους και ερριζωθησαν ετεκνοποιησαν και εποιησαν καρπον εγγυς ει συ του στοματος αυτων και πορρω απο των νεφρων αυτων
3 You know me, Yahweh, you see me, you probe my heart, which is close to yours. Drag them off likesheep for the slaughterhouse, reserve them for the day of butchery.	3 και συ κυριε γινωσκεις με δεδοκιμακας την καρδιαν μου εναντιον σου αγνισον αυτους εις ημεραν σφαγης αυτων
4 (How long will the land be in mourning, and the grass wither all over the countryside? The animals andbirds are dying as a result of the wickedness of the inhabitants.) For they say, 'God does not see our fate.'	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 you find it exhausting to race against me on foot, how wil you compete against horses? In a countryat peace you feel secure, but how wil you fare 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 brothers and your own family will betray you. They will pursue you in ful cry. Put no faithin them when they speak you fair!'	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 have abandoned my house, left my heritage, I have delivered what I dearly loved into the clutches ofits enemies.	7 εγκαταλελοιπα τον οικον μου αφηκα την κληρονομιαν μου εδωκα την ηγαπημενην ψυχην μου εις χειρας εχθρων αυτης
8 To me, my heritage has behaved like a lion in the forest, it roared at me ferociously: so I now hate it.	8 εγενηθη η κληρονομια μου εμοι ως λεων εν δρυμω εδωκεν επ' εμε την φωνην αυτης δια τουτο εμισησα αυτην
9 I see my heritage as a brightly-coloured bird of prey attacked by birds of prey on every side! Go,assemble al the wild animals, make them come and dine!	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 laid my vineyard waste, have trampled over my plot of land, the plot of landwhich was my joy, reducing my favourite estate to a deserted wilderness.	10 ποιμενες πολλοι διεφθειραν τον αμπελωνα μου εμολυναν την μεριδα μου εδωκαν μεριδα επιθυμητην μου εις ερημον αβατον
11 They have made it a waste; wasted, it mourns before me. The whole country has been devastatedand 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 The devastators have arrived on all the bare heights of the desert (for Yahweh wields a devouringsword); from one end of the country to the other, there is no peace for any living thing.	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 Wheat they have sown, thorns they reap: they have worn themselves out, to no profit. They aredisappointed in their harvests, because of Yahweh's burning anger.	13 σπειρατε πυρους και ακανθας θερισατε οι κληροι αυτων ουκ ωφελησουσιν αυτους αισχυνθητε απο καυχησεως υμων απο ονειδισμου εναντι κυριου
14 Yahweh says this, 'As regards al my evil neighbours who have laid hands on the heritage I grantedmy people Israel, look, I shal uproot them from their soil, (though I shall uproot the House of Judah from amongthem).	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 having uprooted them, I shall take pity on them again and bring them back each to its ownheritage, each to its own country,	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 ways and swear by my name, "As Yahweh lives", as they havetaught my people to swear by Baal, then they wil be re-established among 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 any nation refuses to listen, I shall uproot it for ever and destroy it, Yahweh declares.'	17 εαν δε μη επιστρεψωσιν και εξαρω το εθνος εκεινο εξαρσει και απωλεια