Jeremiah 23

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	GREEK BIBLE
1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.	1 Ουαι εις τους ποιμενας τους φθειροντας και διασκορπιζοντας τα προβατα της βοσκης μου, λεγει Κυριος.
2 Because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to the shepherds who pasture my people: You have scattered my flock, and you have driven them away, and you have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you because of your evil pursuits, says the Lord.	2 Δια τουτο ουτω λεγει Κυριος, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ, κατα των ποιμενων, οιτινες ποιμαινουσι τον λαον μου. Σεις διεσκορπισατε τα προβατα μου και απεδιωξατε αυτα και δεν επεσκεφθητε αυτα? ιδου, εγω θελω επισκεφθη εφ' υμας την κακιαν των εργων υμων, λεγει Κυριος.
3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the entire earth, from the places to which I had cast them out. And I will return them to their own fields. And they will increase and be multiplied.	3 Και εγω θελω συναξει το υπολοιπον των προβατων μου εκ παντων των τοπων, οπου εδιωξα αυτα, και θελω επιστρεψει αυτα παλιν εις τας βοσκας αυτων, και θελουσι καρποφορησει και πληθυνθη?
4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.	4 και θελω καταστησει ποιμενας επ' αυτα και θελουσι ποιμαινει αυτα? και δεν θελουσι φοβηθη πλεον ουδε τρομαξει ουδε εκλειψει, λεγει Κυριος.
5 Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch. And a king will reign, and he will be wise. And he will exercise judgment and justice upon the earth.	5 Ιδου, ερχονται ημεραι, λεγει Κυριος, και θελω ανεγειρει εις τον Δαβιδ βλαστον δικαιον, και βασιλευς θελει βασιλευσει και ευημερησει και εκτελεσει κρισιν και δικαιοσυνην επι της γης.
6 In those days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’	6 Εν ταις ημεραις αυτου ο Ιουδας θελει σωθη και ο Ισραηλ θελει κατοικησει εν ασφαλεια? και τουτο ειναι το ονομα αυτου, με το οποιον θελει ονομασθη, Ο Κυριος η δικαιοσυνη ημων.
7 Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’	7 Δια τουτο, ιδου, ερχονται ημεραι, λεγει Κυριος, και δεν θελουσιν ειπει πλεον, Ζη ο Κυριος, οστις ανηγαγε τους υιους Ισραηλ εκ γης Αιγυπτου?
8 but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led away and brought back the offspring of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from the entire earth,’ from the places to which I had cast them out. And they will live in their own land.”	8 αλλα, Ζη ο Κυριος, οστις ανηγαγε και οστις εφερε το σπερμα του οικου Ισραηλ εκ της γης του βορρα και εκ παντων των τοπων, οπου ειχα διωξει αυτους? και θελουσι κατοικησει εν τη γη αυτων.
9 To the prophets: “My heart is crushed within me. All my bones are trembling. I have become like an inebriated man, and like a man maddened by wine, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his holy words.	9 Ενεκεν των προφητων η καρδια μου συντριβεται εντος μου? σαλευονται παντα τα οστα μου? ειμαι ως ανθρωπος μεθυων και ως ανθρωπος συνεχομενος υπο οινου, εξ αιτιας του Κυριου και εξ αιτιας των λογων της αγιοτητος αυτου.
10 For the earth is full of adulterers! And the earth has mourned before the face of evil talk. The plains of the desert have dried up, and their course has become hazardous, and their firmness has become uneven.”	10 Διοτι η γη ειναι πληρης μοιχων? διοτι εξ αιτιας του ορκου πενθει η γη? εξηρανθησαν αι βοσκαι της ερημου και η οδος αυτων εγεινε πονηρα και η δυναμις αυτων αδικος.
11 “For both the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and I have found their wickedness within my own house, says the Lord.	11 Διοτι και ο προφητης και ο ιερευς εμολυνθησαν? ναι, εν τω οικω μου ευρηκα τας ασεβειας αυτων, λεγει Κυριος.
12 For this reason, their way will be like a slippery path in the dark. For they will be impelled forward, and they will fall in it. For I will bring evils over them, in the year of their visitation, says the Lord.	12 Δια τουτο η οδος αυτων θελει εισθαι εις αυτους ως ολισθημα εν τω σκοτει? θελουσιν ωθηθη και πεσει εν αυτη? διοτι θελω φερει κακον επ' αυτους εν τω ενιαυτω της επισκεψεως αυτων, λεγει Κυριος.
13 And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel.	13 Ειδον μεν αφροσυνην εν τοις προφηταις της Σαμαρειας. προεφητευσαν δια του Βααλ και επλανων τον λαον μου τον Ισραηλ.
14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem, I have seen the likeness of adulterers and the path of falsehood. And they have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that each one would not convert from his malice. They have all become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants have become like Gomorrah.”	14 αλλ' εν τοις προφηταις της Ιερουσαλημ ειδον φρικην? μοιχευουσι και περιπατουσιν εν ψευδει και ενισχυουσι τας χειρας των κακουργων, ωστε ουδεις επιστρεφει απο της κακιας αυτου? παντες ουτοι ειναι εις εμε ως Σοδομα και οι κατοικοι αυτης ως Γομορρα.
15 Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts to the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them absinthe, and I will give them gall to drink. For from the prophets of Jerusalem corruption has gone forth over the entire earth.”	15 Δια τουτο ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων κατα των προφητων? Ιδου, εγω θελω ψωμισει αυτους αψινθιον και θελω ποτισει αυτους υδωρ χολης? διοτι εκ των προφητων της Ιερουσαλημ εξηλθεν ο μολυσμος εις απαντα τον τοπον.
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you. They speak a vision from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.	16 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων? Μη ακουετε τους λογους των προφητων των προφητευοντων εις εσας? ουτοι σας καμνουσι ματαιους? λαλουσιν ορασεις απο της καρδιας αυτων, ουχι απο στοματος Κυριου.
17 To those who blaspheme me, they say: ‘The Lord has said: You shall have peace.’ And to every one who walks in the depravity of his own heart, they have said: ‘No evil will overwhelm you.’ ”	17 Λεγουσι παντοτε προς τους καταφρονουντας με, Ο Κυριος ειπεν, Ειρηνη θελει εισθαι εις εσας? και λεγουσι προς παντα περιπατουντα κατα τας ορεξεις της καρδιας αυτου, Δεν θελει ελθει κακον εφ' υμας?
18 For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?	18 διοτι τις παρεσταθη εν τη βουλη του Κυριου και ειδε και ηκουσε τον λογον αυτου; τις επροσεξεν εις τον λογον αυτου και ηκουσεν;
19 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious.	19 Ιδου, ανεμοστροβιλος παρα Κυριου εξηλθε με ορμην, και ανεμοστροβιλος ορμητικος θελει εξορμησει επι την κεφαλην των ασεβων.
20 The fury of the Lord will not return until it succeeds, and until it completes the plan of his heart. In the last days, you will understand this counsel.	20 Ο θυμος του Κυριου δεν θελει αποστρεψει εωσου εκτελεση και εωσου καμη τους στοχασμους της καρδιας αυτου? εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις θελετε νοησει τουτο εντελως.
21 “I did not send these prophets, yet they hurry forward. I was not speaking to them, yet they were prophesying.	21 Δεν απεστειλα τους προφητας τουτους και αυτοι ετρεξαν? δεν ελαλησα προς αυτους και αυτοι προεφητευσαν?
22 If they had stood in my counsel, and if I had made my words known to my people, certainly I would have turned them away from their evil ways and from their most wicked plans.	22 αλλ' εαν ηθελον παρασταθη εν τη βουλη μου, τοτε ηθελον καμει τον λαον μου να ακουση τους λογους μου, και ηθελον αποστρεψει αυτους απο της πονηρας οδου αυτων και απο της κακιας των εργων αυτων.
23 Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?	23 Θεος εγγυθεν ειμαι εγω, λεγει Κυριος, και ουχι Θεος μακροθεν;
24 If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?	24 Δυναται τις να κρυφθη εν κρυφιοις τοποις και εγω να μη ιδω αυτον; λεγει Κυριος. Δεν πληρω εγω τον ουρανον και την γην; λεγει Κυριος.
25 I have heard what the prophets have said, prophesying falsehoods in my name, and also saying: ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’	25 Ηκουσα τι λεγουσιν οι προφηται, οι προφητευοντες εν τω ονοματι μου ψευδος, λεγοντες, Ειδον ενυπνιον, ειδον ενυπνιον.
26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who predict what is false, and who prophesy deceptions from their own heart?	26 Εως ποτε θελει εισθαι τουτο εν τη καρδια των προφητων των προφητευοντων ψευδος; ναι, προφητευουσι τας απατας της καρδιας αυτων?
27 They want to cause my people to forget my name, by means of their dreams, which each of them describes to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for the sake of Baal.	27 οιτινες στοχαζονται να καμωσι τον λαον μου να λησμονηση το ονομα μου, δια των ενυπνιων αυτων τα οποια διηγουνται εκαστος προς τον πλησιον αυτου, καθως ελησμονησαν οι πατερες αυτων το ονομα μου δια τον Βααλ.
28 The prophet who has had a dream, let him describe the dream. And he who receives my word, let him speak my word in truth. For what has the chaff to do with the wheat, says the Lord?	28 Ο προφητης εις τον οποιον ειναι ενυπνιον, ας διηγηθη το ενυπνιον? και εκεινος, εις τον οποιον ειναι ο λογος μου, ας λαληση τον λογον μου εν αληθεια. Τι ειναι το αχυρον προς τον σιτον; λεγει Κυριος.
29 Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?	29 Δεν ειναι ο λογος μου ως πυρ; λεγει ο Κυριος? και ως σφυρα κατασυντριβουσα τον βραχον;
30 Therefore, behold: I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words, each one from his neighbor.	30 Δια τουτο, ιδου, εγω ειμαι εναντιον των προφητων, λεγει Κυριος, οιτινες κλεπτουσι τους λογους μου, εκαστος απο του πλησιον αυτου.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: ‘The Lord says it.’	31 Ιδου, εγω ειμαι εναντιον των προφητων, λεγει Κυριος, οιτινες κινουσι τας γλωσσας αυτων και λεγουσιν, Αυτος λεγει.
32 Behold, I am against the prophets, who dream what is false, says the Lord; who explain and so seduce my people with their falsehoods and with their miracles, though I did not send them, nor did I command them. They have offer nothing beneficial to this people, says the Lord.	32 Ιδου, εγω ειμαι εναντιον των προφητευοντων ενυπνια ψευδη, λεγει Κυριος, οιτινες διηγουνται αυτα και πλανωσι τον λαον μου με τα ψευδη αυτων και με την αφροσυνην αυτων? ενω εγω δεν απεστειλα αυτους ουδε προσεταξα αυτους? δια τουτο ουδολως θελουσιν ωφελησει τον λαον τουτον, λεγει Κυριος.
33 Therefore, if this people, or a prophet, or a priest questions you, saying, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden. And certainly I will cast you away, says the Lord.’	33 Και εαν ο λαος ουτος η ο προφητης η ο ιερευς σε ερωτησωσι, λεγοντες, Τι ειναι το φορτιον του Κυριου; τοτε θελεις ειπει προς αυτους, Τι το φορτιον; θελω βεβαιως σας εγκαταλειψει, λεγει Κυριος.
34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ I will visit upon that man and upon his house.	34 Τον δε προφητην και τον ιερεα και τον λαον, οστις ειπη, Το φορτιον του Κυριου, εγω βεβαιως θελω παιδευσει τον ανθρωπον εκεινον και τον οικον αυτου.
35 And then you will speak in this way, each one to his neighbor and to his brother: ‘What has the Lord answered? And what has the Lord said?’	35 Ουτω θελετε ειπει, εκαστος προς τον πλησιον αυτου και εκαστος προς τον αδελφον αυτου? Τι απεκριθη ο Κυριος; και, Τι ελαλησεν ο Κυριος;
36 And the burden of the Lord will be no longer be called to mind. For each one’s own word will be a burden. For you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts, our God.	36 Και φορτιον Κυριου δεν θελετε αναφερει πλεον? επειδη το φορτιον θελει εισθαι εις εκαστον ο λογος αυτου? διοτι διεστρεψατε τους λογους του Θεου του ζωντος, του Κυριου των δυναμεων, του Θεου ημων.
37 And then you will speak in this way to the prophet: ‘What has the Lord answered you? And what has the Lord spoken?’	37 Ουτω θελεις ειπει προς τον προφητην? Τι σοι απεκριθη ο Κυριος; και, Τι ελαλησεν ο Κυριος;
38 But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ then because of this, thus says the Lord: Since you have spoken this word, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ though I sent to you telling you not to say: ‘The burden of the Lord,’	38 Αλλ' επειδη λεγετε, Το φορτιον του Κυριου, δια τουτο ουτω λεγει Κυριος? Επειδη λεγετε τον λογον τουτον, Το φορτιον του Κυριου, εγω δε απεστειλα προς εσας, λεγων, δεν θελετε λεγει, Το φορτιον του Κυριου?
39 because of this, behold, I will take you away, like a burden, and I will forsake you, as well as the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, before my face.	39 δια τουτο, Ιδου, εγω θελω σας λησμονησει παντελως και θελω απορριψει υμας και την πολιν την οποιαν εδωκα εις υμας και εις τους πατερας υμων, απο προσωπου μου?
40 And I will give you over to an everlasting reproach and an eternal disgrace, which shall never be wiped away into oblivion.”	40 και θελω φερει εφ' υμας ονειδος αιωνιον, και καταισχυνην αιωνιον, ητις δεν θελει λησμονηθη.