Baruch 3

NEW JERUSALEM	GREEK BIBLE
1 Almighty Lord, God of Israel, a soul in anguish, a troubled heart now cries to you:	1 κυριε παντοκρατωρ ο θεος ισραηλ ψυχη εν στενοις και πνευμα ακηδιων κεκραγεν προς σε
2 Listen and have pity, Lord, for we have sinned before you.	2 ακουσον κυριε και ελεησον οτι ημαρτομεν εναντιον σου
3 You sit enthroned for ever, while we are perishing for ever.	3 οτι συ καθημενος τον αιωνα και ημεις απολλυμενοι τον αιωνα
4 Almighty Lord, God of Israel, hear the prayer of the dead of Israel, of the children of those who havesinned against you and have not listened to the voice of the Lord their God; hence the disasters which dog us.	4 κυριε παντοκρατωρ ο θεος ισραηλ ακουσον δη της προσευχης των τεθνηκοτων ισραηλ και υιων των αμαρτανοντων εναντιον σου οι ουκ ηκουσαν της φωνης κυριου θεου αυτων και εκολληθη ημιν τα κακα
5 Do not cal to mind the misdeeds of our ancestors, but remember instead your power and your name.	5 μη μνησθης αδικιων πατερων ημων αλλα μνησθητι χειρος σου και ονοματος σου εν τω καιρω τουτω
6 You are indeed the Lord our God and we wil praise you, Lord,	6 οτι συ κυριος ο θεος ημων και αινεσομεν σε κυριε
7 since you have put respect for you in our hearts to encourage us to cal on your name. We long topraise you in our exile, for we have rid our hearts of the wickedness of our ancestors who sinned against you.	7 οτι δια τουτο εδωκας τον φοβον σου επι καρδιαν ημων του επικαλεισθαι το ονομα σου και αινεσομεν σε εν τη αποικια ημων οτι απεστρεψαμεν απο καρδιας ημων πασαν αδικιαν πατερων ημων των ημαρτηκοτων εναντιον σου
8 Look, today we are still in exile where you have scattered us as something contemptible, accursed,condemned, for al the misdeeds of our ancestors who had abandoned the Lord our God.	8 ιδου ημεις σημερον εν τη αποικια ημων ου διεσπειρας ημας εκει εις ονειδισμον και εις αραν και εις οφλησιν κατα πασας τας αδικιας πατερων ημων οι απεστησαν απο κυριου θεου ημων
9 Listen, Israel, to commands that bring life; hear, and learn what knowledge means.	9 ακουε ισραηλ εντολας ζωης ενωτισασθε γνωναι φρονησιν
10 Why, Israel, why are you in the country of your enemies, growing older and older in an alien land,	10 τι εστιν ισραηλ τι οτι εν γη των εχθρων ει επαλαιωθης εν γη αλλοτρια
11 defiling yourselves with the dead, reckoned with those who go to Sheol?	11 συνεμιανθης τοις νεκροις προσελογισθης μετα των εις αδου
12 It is because you have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!	12 εγκατελιπες την πηγην της σοφιας
13 Had you walked in the way of God, you would be living in peace for ever.	13 τη οδω του θεου ει επορευθης κατωκεις αν εν ειρηνη τον αιωνα
14 Learn where knowledge is, where strength, where understanding, and so learn where length of days is,where life, where the light of the eyes and where peace.	14 μαθε που εστιν φρονησις που εστιν ισχυς που εστιν συνεσις του γνωναι αμα που εστιν μακροβιωσις και ζωη που εστιν φως οφθαλμων και ειρηνη
15 But who has found out where she lives, who has entered her treasure house?	15 τις ευρεν τον τοπον αυτης και τις εισηλθεν εις τους θησαυρους αυτης
16 Where now are the leaders of the nations and those who ruled even the beasts of earth,	16 που εισιν οι αρχοντες των εθνων και οι κυριευοντες των θηριων των επι της γης
17 those who sported with the birds of heaven, those who accumulated silver and gold on which alpeople rely, and whose possessions had no end,	17 οι εν τοις ορνεοις του ουρανου εμπαιζοντες και το αργυριον θησαυριζοντες και το χρυσιον ω επεποιθεισαν ανθρωποι και ουκ εστιν τελος της κτησεως αυτων
18 those who worked so carefully in silver -but of whose works no trace is to be found?	18 οι το αργυριον τεκταινοντες και μεριμνωντες και ουκ εστιν εξευρεσις των εργων αυτων
19 They have vanished, gone down to Sheol. Others have risen to their places,	19 ηφανισθησαν και εις αδου κατεβησαν και αλλοι αντανεστησαν αντ' αυτων
20 more recent generations have seen the day and peopled the earth in their turn, but the way ofknowledge they have not found;	20 νεωτεροι ειδον φως και κατωκησαν επι της γης οδον δε επιστημης ουκ εγνωσαν
21 they have not recognised the paths she treads. Nor have their children had any grasp of her, remainingfar from her way.	21 ουδε συνηκαν τριβους αυτης ουδε αντελαβοντο αυτης οι υιοι αυτων απο της οδου αυτων πορρω εγενηθησαν
22 Nothing has been heard of her in Canaan, nothing has been seen of her in Teman;	22 ουδε ηκουσθη εν χανααν ουδε ωφθη εν θαιμαν
23 the children of Hagar in search of worldly wisdom, the merchants of Midian and Teman, the tale-spinners and the philosophers have none of them found the way to wisdom or remembered the paths shetreads.	23 ουτε υιοι αγαρ οι εκζητουντες την συνεσιν επι της γης οι εμποροι της μερραν και θαιμαν οι μυθολογοι και οι εκζητηται της συνεσεως οδον της σοφιας ουκ εγνωσαν ουδε εμνησθησαν τας τριβους αυτης
24 How great, Israel, is the house of God, how wide his domain,	24 ω ισραηλ ως μεγας ο οικος του θεου και επιμηκης ο τοπος της κτησεως αυτου
25 immeasurably wide, infinitely lofty!	25 μεγας και ουκ εχει τελευτην υψηλος και αμετρητος
26 In it were born the giants, famous from the beginning, immensely tal , expert in war;	26 εκει εγεννηθησαν οι γιγαντες οι ονομαστοι οι απ' αρχης γενομενοι ευμεγεθεις επισταμενοι πολεμον
27 God's choice did not fall on these, he did not show them the way of knowledge;	27 ου τουτους εξελεξατο ο θεος ουδε οδον επιστημης εδωκεν αυτοις
28 they perished for lack of wisdom, perished by their own folly.	28 και απωλοντο παρα το μη εχειν φρονησιν απωλοντο δια την αβουλιαν αυτων
29 Who has ever climbed the sky and seized her to bring her down from the clouds?	29 τις ανεβη εις τον ουρανον και ελαβεν αυτην και κατεβιβασεν αυτην εκ των νεφελων
30 Who has ever crossed the ocean and found her to bring her back in exchange for the finest gold?	30 τις διεβη περαν της θαλασσης και ευρεν αυτην και οισει αυτην χρυσιου εκλεκτου
31 No one can learn the way to her, no one can understand the path she treads.	31 ουκ εστιν ο γινωσκων την οδον αυτης ουδε ο ενθυμουμενος την τριβον αυτης
32 But the One who knows al discovers her, he has grasped her with his own intel ect, he has set theearth firm for evermore and filled it with four-footed beasts,	32 αλλα ο ειδως τα παντα γινωσκει αυτην εξευρεν αυτην τη συνεσει αυτου ο κατασκευασας την γην εις τον αιωνα χρονον ενεπλησεν αυτην κτηνων τετραποδων
33 he sends the light -- and it goes, he recal s it -- and trembling it obeys;	33 ο αποστελλων το φως και πορευεται εκαλεσεν αυτο και υπηκουσεν αυτω τρομω
34 the stars shine joyful y at their posts;	34 οι δε αστερες ελαμψαν εν ταις φυλακαις αυτων και ευφρανθησαν
35 when he cal s them, they answer, 'Here we are'; they shine to delight their Creator.	35 εκαλεσεν αυτους και ειπον παρεσμεν ελαμψαν μετ' ευφροσυνης τω ποιησαντι αυτους
36 It is he who is our God, no other can compare with him.	36 ουτος ο θεος ημων ου λογισθησεται ετερος προς αυτον
37 He has uncovered the whole way of knowledge and shown it to his servant Jacob, to Israel his wel -beloved;	37 εξευρεν πασαν οδον επιστημης και εδωκεν αυτην ιακωβ τω παιδι αυτου και ισραηλ τω ηγαπημενω υπ' αυτου
38 only then did she appear on earth and live among human beings.	38 μετα τουτο επι της γης ωφθη και εν τοις ανθρωποις συνανεστραφη