Jeremiah 48

NEW JERUSALEM	LXX
1 On Moab. Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Wretched Nebo, for it has been ravaged, Kiriathaim hasbeen shamed and taken, shame and distraction on the citadel,	1 και εγενετο τω μηνι τω εβδομω ηλθεν ισμαηλ υιος ναθανιου υιου ελασα απο γενους του βασιλεως και δεκα ανδρες μετ' αυτου προς γοδολιαν εις μασσηφα και εφαγον εκει αρτον αμα
2 the pride of Moab is no more! At Heshbon they plotted her downfal , 'Come, let us put an end to her asa nation!' And you too, inhabitants of Madmen, wil be silenced, the sword wil be after you.	2 και ανεστη ισμαηλ και οι δεκα ανδρες οι ησαν μετ' αυτου και επαταξαν τον γοδολιαν ον κατεστησεν βασιλευς βαβυλωνος επι της γης
3 A cry of agony goes up from Horonaim, 'Devastation! Dire calamity.	3 και παντας τους ιουδαιους τους οντας μετ' αυτου εν μασσηφα και παντας τους χαλδαιους τους ευρεθεντας εκει
4 Moab has been shattered,' the agonised cries of her little ones ring out.	4 και εγενετο τη ημερα τη δευτερα παταξαντος αυτου τον γοδολιαν και ανθρωπος ουκ εγνω
5 Up the slope of Luhith, weeping they go. On the road down to Horonaim is heard the shriek of disaster,	5 και ηλθοσαν ανδρες απο συχεμ και απο σαλημ και απο σαμαρειας ογδοηκοντα ανδρες εξυρημενοι πωγωνας και διερρηγμενοι τα ιματια και κοπτομενοι και μαναα και λιβανος εν χερσιν αυτων του εισενεγκειν εις οικον κυριου
6 'Away! Flee for your lives like the wild donkey into the desert!'	6 και εξηλθεν εις απαντησιν αυτοις ισμαηλ αυτοι επορευοντο και εκλαιον και ειπεν αυτοις εισελθετε προς γοδολιαν
7 Yes, since you relied on your deeds and your wealth, you wil be captured too. Chemosh wil go intoexile, with al his priests and princes.	7 και εγενετο εισελθοντων αυτων εις το μεσον της πολεως εσφαξεν αυτους εις το φρεαρ
8 The despoiler wil descend on every town, not one will escape; the Valley wil be ravaged, the Plain beplundered as Yahweh has said.	8 και δεκα ανδρες ευρεθησαν εκει και ειπαν τω ισμαηλ μη ανελης ημας οτι εισιν ημιν θησαυροι εν αγρω πυροι και κριθαι μελι και ελαιον και παρηλθεν και ουκ ανειλεν αυτους εν μεσω των αδελφων αυτων
9 Give Moab wings so that she can fly away, for her towns wil be laid in ruins where no one wil ever liveagain.	9 και το φρεαρ εις ο ερριψεν εκει ισμαηλ παντας ους επαταξεν φρεαρ μεγα τουτο εστιν ο εποιησεν ο βασιλευς ασα απο προσωπου βαασα βασιλεως ισραηλ τουτο ενεπλησεν ισμαηλ τραυματιων
10 (Accursed be he who does Yahweh's work negligently! Accursed be he who deprives his sword ofblood!)	10 και απεστρεψεν ισμαηλ παντα τον λαον τον καταλειφθεντα εις μασσηφα και τας θυγατερας του βασιλεως ας παρεκατεθετο ο αρχιμαγειρος τω γοδολια υιω αχικαμ και ωχετο εις το περαν υιων αμμων
11 From his youth Moab lived at ease, he settled on his lees, never having been decanted, never havinggone into exile: and so he kept his own flavour, his aroma was unchanged.	11 και ηκουσεν ιωαναν υιος καρηε και παντες οι ηγεμονες της δυναμεως οι μετ' αυτου παντα τα κακα α εποιησεν ισμαηλ
12 And so the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shal send him decanters to decant him; theywil empty his pitchers and break his wine jars to bits.	12 και ηγαγον απαν το στρατοπεδον αυτων και ωχοντο πολεμειν αυτον και ευρον αυτον επι υδατος πολλου εν γαβαων
13 Moab wil be shamed by Chemosh then, as the House of Israel was shamed by Bethel in which theyput their trust.	13 και εγενετο οτε ειδον πας ο λαος ο μετα ισμαηλ τον ιωαναν και τους ηγεμονας της δυναμεως της μετ' αυτου
14 How can you say, 'We are heroes, sturdy fighting men'?	14 και ανεστρεψαν προς ιωαναν
15 Moab has been ravaged, his cities scaled, the flower of his youth goes down to the slaughter,declares the King, whose name is Yahweh Sabaoth.	15 και ισμαηλ εσωθη συν οκτω ανθρωποις και ωχετο προς τους υιους αμμων
16 Moab's ruin is coming soon, his downfal comes at top speed.	16 και ελαβεν ιωαναν και παντες οι ηγεμονες της δυναμεως οι μετ' αυτου παντας τους καταλοιπους του λαου ους απεστρεψεν απο ισμαηλ δυνατους ανδρας εν πολεμω και τας γυναικας και τα λοιπα και τους ευνουχους ους απεστρεψεν απο γαβαων
17 Grieve for him, all you living near him, all you who knew his name. Say, 'How shattered it is, thatmighty rod, that splendid sceptre!'	17 και ωχοντο και εκαθισαν εν γαβηρωθ-χαμααμ την προς βηθλεεμ του πορευθηναι εισελθειν εις αιγυπτον
18 Come down from your glory, sit on the parched ground, daughter of Dibon, for the despoiler of Moabhas advanced on you, he has destroyed your strongholds.	18 απο προσωπου των χαλδαιων οτι εφοβηθησαν απο προσωπου αυτων οτι επαταξεν ισμαηλ τον γοδολιαν ον κατεστησεν βασιλευς βαβυλωνος εν τη γη
19 Stand by the roadside, keep watch, daughter of Aroer. Question fugitive and runaway, ask, 'What hashappened?'
20 'Moab has been shattered and shamed. Wail and shriek! Shout along the Arnon, Moab has been laidwaste!'
21 Judgement has also come on the Plain, on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth-Diblathaim,
23 Kiriathaim, Beth-Gamul, Beth-Meon,
24 Kerioth, Bozrah, and al the towns of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab's horn has been cut off, his arm is broken, Yahweh declares.
26 Make him drunk! He has set himself up against Yahweh; let Moab wal ow in his vomit and become alaughing-stock in his turn.
27 Was Israel not a laughing-stock to you? Was he caught red-handed with the thieves, for you to shakeyour head whenever you mention him?
28 Leave the towns, make the rocks your home, inhabitants of Moab. Learn from the dove that makes itsnest in the wal s of the gaping gorge.
29 We have heard about Moab's pride, so very proud! What arrogance! What pride! What conceit! Whata haughty heart!
30 -I know al about his presumption, Yahweh declares, his empty boasting, those empty deeds of his!
31 -and so I lament for Moab, for al Moab I raise my cry and mourn for the people of Kir-Heres.
32 More than for Jazer I weep for you, vineyard of Sibmah: your shoots stretched beyond the sea, they reached al the way to Jazer. On your harvest and vintage the despoiler has descended.
33 Gladness and joy have vanished from the orchards of Moab. I have dried up the wine in the presses,the treader of grapes treads no more, the joyful shouting has ceased.
34 The cries of Heshbon and Elealeh can be heard as far as Jahaz. The shrieks resound from Zoar toHoronaim and Eglath-Shelishiyah, for even the Waters of Nimrim have become a wasteland.
35 And in Moab I shal make an end, Yahweh declares, of anyone offering sacrifice on the high placesand anyone offering incense to his gods.
36 That is why my heart sobs like a flute for Moab, sobs like a flute for the people of Kir-Heres, since thewealth he had acquired is lost.
37 Yes, every head is shaved, every beard cut off, gashes are on every hand, sackcloth round everywaist.
38 On al the housetops of Moab and in al its squares there is nothing but lamenting, for I have brokenMoab like an unwanted pot, Yahweh declares.
39 How shattered he is! Wail! Moab so shameful y in retreat! Moab has become a laughing-stock, a thingof horror to al his neighbours.
40 For Yahweh says this: (Look, like an eagle, he wil hover, spreading his wings over Moab.)
41 The towns have been captured, the strongholds seized. (And the heart of Moab's warriors, that day,wil be like that of a woman in labour pains.)
42 Moab wil be destroyed, no longer a people, for setting itself up against Yahweh.
43 Terror, the pit and the snare for you, inhabitant of Moab, Yahweh declares.
44 And anyone who escapes from terror wil fal into the pit, and anyone who climbs out of the pit wil becaught in the snare. Yes, I shall bring all this on Moab when the year comes for punishing them, Yahwehdeclares.
45 In the shelter of Heshbon the fugitives have paused, exhausted. But fire wil burst from Heshbon, aflame from the palace of Sihon, consuming the brows of Moab, the head of a turbulent brood.
46 Disaster for you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are lost! For your sons have been taken into exileand your daughters into captivity.
47 But I shal bring back Moab's captives in the final days, Yahweh declares. Thus far the judgement onMoab.