ΗΣΑΙΑΣ - Isaia - Isaiah 37

GREEK BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Και οτε ηκουσεν ο βασιλευς Εζεκιας, διεσχισε τα ιματια αυτου και εσκεπασθη με σακκον και εισηλθεν εις τον οικον του Κυριου.	1 And it happened that, when king Hezekiah had heard this, he rent his garments, and he wrapped himself in sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
2 Και απεστειλεν Ελιακειμ τον οικονομον και Σομναν τον γραμματεα και τους πρεσβυτερους των ιερεων εσκεπασμενους με σακκους, προς τον προφητην Ησαιαν, τον υιον του Αμως?	2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet.
3 και ειπον προς αυτον, Ουτω λεγει ο Εζεκιας? Ημερα θλιψεως και ονειδισμου και βλασφημιας, η ημερα αυτη? διοτι τα τεκνα ηλθον εις την ακμην της γεννας, πλην δυναμις δεν ειναι εις την τικτουσαν?	3 And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. For the sons have arrived at the time for birth, but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.
4 ειθε να ηκουσε Κυριος ο Θεος σου τους λογους του Ραβ-σακη, τον οποιον ο βασιλευς της Ασσυριας ο κυριος αυτου απεστειλε δια να ονειδιση τον ζωντα Θεον, και να υβριση δια των λογων, τους οποιους ηκουσε Κυριος ο Θεος σου? δια τουτο υψωσον δεησιν υπερ του υπολοιπου του σωζομενου.	4 Perhaps, somehow, the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayers on behalf of the remnant which has been left behind.”
5 Και ηλθον προς τον Ησαιαν οι δουλοι του βασιλεως Εζεκιου.	5 And so the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.
6 Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Ησαιας, Ουτω θελετε ειπει προς τον κυριον σας? Ουτω λεγει Κυριος? Μη φοβου απο των λογων, τους οποιους ηκουσας, δια των οποιων οι δουλοι του βασιλεως της Ασσυριας με ωνειδισαν?	6 And Isaiah said to them: “You shall say this to your lord: Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid to face the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians blasphemed me.
7 ιδου, εγω θελω βαλει εις αυτον τοιουτον πνευμα, ωστε ακουσας θορυβον θελει επιστρεψει εις την γην αυτου? και θελω καμει αυτον να πεση δια μαχαιρας εν τη γη αυτου.	7 Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a message, and he will return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land.”
8 Ο Ραβ-σακης λοιπον επεστρεψε και ευρηκε τον βασιλεα της Ασσυριας πολεμουντα εναντιον της Λιβνα? διοτι ηκουσεν οτι εφυγεν απο Λαχεις.	8 Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.
9 Και ο βασιλευς ηκουσε να λεγωσι περι Θιρακα του βασιλεως της Αιθιοπιας, Εξηλθε να σε πολεμηση. Και οτε ηκουσε τουτο, απεστειλε πρεσβεις προς τον Εζεκιαν, λεγων,	9 And he heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia: “He has gone forth so that he may fight against you.” And when he had heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
10 Ουτω θελετε ειπει προς Εζεκιαν, τον βασιλεα του Ιουδα, λεγοντες, Ο Θεος σου, επι τον οποιον θαρρεις, ας μη σε απατα, λεγων, Η Ιερουσαλημ δεν θελει παραδοθη εις την χειρα του βασιλεως της Ασσυριας.	10 “You shall say this to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying: ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
11 Ιδου, συ ηκουσας τι εκαμον οι βασιλεις της Ασσυριας εις παντας τους τοπους, καταστρεφοντες αυτους? και συ θελεις λυτρωθη;	11 Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered, and so, how can you be delivered?
12 Μηπως οι θεοι των εθνων ελυτρωσαν εκεινους, τους οποιους οι πατερες μου κατεστρεψαν, την Γωζαν και την Χαρραν και Ρεσεφ και τους υιους του Εδεν, τους εν Τελασσαρ;	12 Have the gods of the nations rescued those whom my fathers have conquered: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were at Telassar?
13 Που ο βασιλευς της Αιμαθ και ο βασιλευς της Αρφαδ και ο βασιλευς της πολεως Σεφαρουιμ, Ενα και Αυα;	13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad, or the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena and Ivvah?”
14 Και λαβων ο Εζεκιας την επιστολην εκ της χειρος των πρεσβεων ανεγνωσεν αυτην? και ανεβη ο Εζεκιας εις τον οικον του Κυριου και εξετυλιξεν αυτην ενωπιον του Κυριου.	14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it out in the sight of the Lord.
15 Και προσηυχηθη εις τον Κυριον ο Εζεκιας λεγων,	15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying:
16 Κυριε των δυναμεων, Θεε του Ισραηλ, ο καθημενος επι των χερουβειμ, συ αυτος εισαι ο Θεος, ο μονος, παντων των βασιλειων της γης? συ εκαμες τον ουρανον και την γην.	16 “O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel who sits upon the Cherubim: you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
17 Κλινον, Κυριε, το ους σου και ακουσον? ανοιξον, Κυριε, τους οφθαλμους σου και ιδε? και ακουσον παντας τους λογους του Σενναχειρειμ, οστις απεστειλε τουτον δια να ονειδιση τον ζωντα Θεον.	17 O Lord, incline your ear and listen. O Lord, open your eyes and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.
18 Αληθως, Κυριε, οι βασιλεις της Ασσυριας ηρημωσαν παντα τα εθνη και τους τοπους αυτων,	18 For truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countries and territories.
19 και ερριψαν εις το πυρ τους θεους αυτων? διοτι δεν ησαν θεοι, αλλ' εργον χειρων ανθρωπων, ξυλα και λιθοι? δια τουτο κατεστρεψαν αυτους.	19 And they have cast their gods into the fire. For these were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and of stone. And they broke them into pieces.
20 Τωρα λοιπον, Κυριε Θεε ημων, σωσον ημας εκ της χειρος αυτου? δια να γνωρισωσι παντα τα βασιλεια της γης, οτι συ εισαι ο Κυριος, ο μονος.	20 And now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand. And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are Lord.”
21 Τοτε απεστειλεν Ησαιας ο υιος του Αμως προς Εζεκιαν, λεγων, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος του Ισραηλ? Ηκουσα οσα προσηυχηθης εις εμε κατα του Σενναχειρειμ, βασιλεως της Ασσυριας.	21 And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because of what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians,
22 Ουτος ειναι ο λογος, τον οποιον ο Κυριος ελαλησε περι αυτου? Σε κατεφρονησε, σε ενεπαιξεν η παρθενος, θυγατηρ της Σιων? οπισω σου εσεισε κεφαλην η θυγατηρ της Ιερουσαλημ.	22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken over him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and mocked you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
23 Τινα ωνειδισας και εβλασφημησας; και κατα τινος υψωσας φωνην και εσηκωσας υψηλα τους οφθαλμους σου; κατα του Αγιου του Ισραηλ.	23 Whom have you insulted? And whom have you blasphemed? And against whom have you lifted up your voice and raised up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
24 Τον Κυριον ωνειδισας δια των δουλων σου και ειπας, Με το πληθος των αμαξων μου ανεβην εγω εις το υψος των ορεων, εις τα πλευρα του Λιβανου? και θελω κοψει τας υψηλας κεδρους αυτου, τας εκλεκτας ελατους αυτου? και θελω εισελθει εις το υψος των ακρων αυτου, εις το δασος του Καρμηλου αυτου?	24 By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord. And you have said: ‘With a multitude of my four-horse chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains adjoining Lebanon. And I will cut down its lofty cedars and its choice pine trees. And I will reach the top of its summit, to the forest of its Carmel.
25 εγω ανεσκαψα και επιον υδατα? και με το ιχνος των ποδων μου εξηρανα παντας τους ποταμους των πολιορκουμενων.	25 I dug deep, and I drank water, and I dried up all the river banks with the sole of my foot.’
26 Μη δεν ηκουσας οτι εγω εκαμον τουτο παλαιοθεν και απο ημερων αρχαιων εβουλευθην αυτο; τωρα δε εξετελεσα τουτο, ωστε να ησαι δια να καταστρεφης πολεις ωχυρωμενας εις ερειπιων σωρους?	26 Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times? In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth. And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together, unto its destruction.
27 δια τουτο οι κατοικοι αυτων ησαν μικρας δυναμεως, ετρομαξαν και κατησχυνθησαν? ησαν ως ο χορτος του αγρου και ως η χλοη, ως ο χορτος των δωματων και ως ο σιτος ο καιομενος πριν καλαμωση.	27 Their inhabitants had unsteady hands. They trembled and were confused. They became like the plants of the field, and the grass of the pastures, and like the weeds on the rooftops, which wither before they are mature.
28 Πλην εγω εξευρω την κατοικιαν σου και την εξοδον σου και την εισοδον σου και την κατ' εμου λυσσαν σου.	28 I know your habitation, and your arrival, and your departure, and your madness against me.
29 Επειδη η κατ' εμου λυσσα σου και η αλαζονεια σου ανεβησαν εις τα ωτα μου, δια τουτο θελω βαλει τον κρικον μου εις τους μυκτηρας σου και τον χαλινον μου εις τα χειλη σου, και θελω σε επιστρεψει δια της οδου δι' ης ηλθες.	29 When you became angry against me, your arrogance rose up to my ears. Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.
30 Και τουτο θελει εισθαι εις σε το σημειον? το ετος τουτο θελετε φαγει ο, τι ειναι αυτοφυες? και το δευτερον ετος, ο, τι εκφυεται απο του αυτου? το δε τριτον ετος, σπειρατε και θερισατε και φυτευσατε αμπελωνας και φαγετε τον καρπον αυτων.	30 But this shall be a sign for you: Eat, in this year, whatever springs up on its own. And in the second year, eat fruits. But in the third year, sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31 Και το υπολοιπον εκ του οικου Ιουδα, το διασωθεν, θελει ριζωσει παλιν υποκατωθεν και θελει δωσει επανω καρπους.	31 And what will be saved from the house of Judah, and what is left behind, will form deep roots, and will bear high fruits.
32 Διοτι εξ Ιερουσαλημ θελει εξελθει το υπολοιπον και εκ του ορους Σιων το διασωθεν? ο ζηλος του Κυριου των δυναμεων θελει εκτελεσει τουτο.	32 For from Jerusalem, a remnant shall go forth, and salvation from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
33 Οθεν ουτω λεγει Κυριος περι του βασιλεως της Ασσυριας? δεν θελει εισελθει εις την πολιν ταυτην, ουδε θελει τοξευσει εκει βελος, ουδε θελει προβαλει κατ' αυτης ασπιδας, ουδε θελει υψωσει εναντιον αυτης προχωμα?	33 For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He will not enter this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with a shield, nor dig a rampart all around it.
34 δια της οδου δι' ης ηλθε, δι' αυτης θελει επιστρεψει και εις την πολιν ταυτην δεν θελει εισελθει, λεγει ο Κυριος?	34 He will return on the road by which he arrived. And into this city, he will not enter, says the Lord.
35 διοτι θελω υπερασπισθη την πολιν ταυτην, ωστε να σωσω αυτην, ενεκεν εμου και ενεκεν του δουλου μου Δαβιδ.	35 And I will protect this city, so that I may save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.”
36 Τοτε εξηλθεν ο αγγελος του Κυριου και επαταξεν εν τω στρατοπεδω των Ασσυριων εκατον ογδοηκοντα πεντε χιλιαδας? και οτε εξηγερθησαν το πρωι, ιδου, ησαν παντες σωματα νεκρα.	36 Then the Angel of the Lord went forth and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all these were dead bodies.
37 Και εσηκωθη και εφυγε και επεστρεψε Σενναχειρειμ ο βασιλευς της Ασσυριας και κατωκησεν εν Νινευη.	37 And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away. And he returned and lived at Nineveh.
38 Και ενω προσεκυνει εν τω οικω Νισρωκ του θεου αυτου, Αδραμμελεχ και Σαρασαρ οι υιοι αυτου επαταξαν αυτον εν μαχαιρα, αυτοι δε εφυγον εις γην Αρμενιας? εβασιλευσε δε αντ' αυτου Εσαραδδων ο υιος αυτου.	38 And it happened that, as he was adoring his god in the temple of Nisroch, his sons, Adramelech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.