Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 6
The Call to Repentance
| 1 πορευθῶμεν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἥρπακεν καὶ ἰάσεται ἡμᾶς, πατάξει καὶ μοτώσει ἡμᾶς· 2 ὑγιάσει ἡμᾶς μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστησόμεθα καὶ ζησόμεθα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· 3 καὶ γνωσόμεθα διώξομεν τοῦ γνῶναι τὸν κύριον, ὡς ὄρθρον ἕτοιμον εὑρήσομεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἥξει ὡς ὑετὸς ἡμῖν πρόιμος καὶ ὄψιμος τῇ γῇ. | 1 "Let us go and return to the Lord our God, because He has snatched us away and He will heal us; He will strike and He will bind us up. 2 He will make us healthy after two days; on the third day we shall rise up and we shall live before Him. 3 And let us know—let us press on to know the Lord; we shall find Him ready as the dawn, and He will come to us like the early rain and the late rain upon the earth." |
The Divine Lament and Indictment
| 4 τί σοί ποιήσω, Ἐφραίμ; τί σοί ποιήσω, Ἰούδα; τὸ δὲ ἔλεος ὑμῶν ὡς νεφέλη πρωινὴ καὶ ὡς δρόσος ὀρθρινὴ πορευομένη. 5 διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεθέρισα τοὺς προφήτας ὑμῶν, ἀπέκτεινα αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν στόματός μου, καὶ τὸ κρίμα μου ὡς φῶς ἐξελεύσεται. 6 διότι ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα. | 4 "What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? For your mercy is like a morning cloud and like the early dew that passes away. 5 Therefore I have mown down your prophets; I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment shall go forth like light. 6 Because I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than whole burnt offerings." |
| 7 αὐτοὶ δέ εἰσιν ὡς ἄνθρωπος παραβαίνων διαθήκην· ἐκεῖ κατεφρόνησέν μου. 8 Γαλαὰδ πόλις ἐργαζομένη μάταια ταράσσουσα ὕδωρ, 9 καὶ ἡ ἰσχύς σου ἀνδρὸς πειρατοῦ· ἔκρυψαν ἱερεῖς ὁδὸν κυρίου, ἐφόνευσαν Σίκιμα, ὅτι ἀνομίαν ἐποίησαν. 10 ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ εἶδον φρικώδη, ἐκεῖ πορνείαν τοῦ Ἐφραίμ· ἐμιάνθη Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα. 11 ἄρχου τρυγᾶν σεαυτῷ ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέφειν με τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ λαοῦ μου, | 7 "But they are like a man transgressing a covenant; there [the man] looked down upon me. 8 Gilead is a city working vain things, disturbing water. 9 And your strength is that of a pirate; the priests hid the way of the Lord, they murdered at Shechem, because they committed lawlessness. 10 In the house of Israel I saw a horrible thing—there was the whoredom of Ephraim; Israel and Judah were defiled. 11 Begin to harvest for yourself, when I return the captivity of my people." |