Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 10
The Luxuriant Vine and the Divided Heart
| 1 ἄμπελος εὐκληματοῦσα Ἰσραήλ, ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῆς εὐθηνῶν· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν καρπῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπλήθυνεν τὰ θυσιαστήρια, κατὰ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ ᾠκοδόμησεν στήλας. 2 ἐμέρισαν καρδίας αὐτῶν, νῦν ἀφανισθήσονται· αὐτὸς κατασκάψει τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν, ταλαιπωρήσουσιν αἱ στῆλαι αὐτῶν. 3 διότι νῦν ἐροῦσιν οὐκ ἔστιν βασιλεὺς ἡμῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφοβήθημεν τὸν κύριον, ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; 4 λαλῶν ῥήματα προφάσεις ψευδεῖς διαθήσεται διαθήκην· ἀνατελεῖ ὡς ἄγρωστις κρίμα ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ. | 1 Israel is a vine with goodly branches; its fruit is abundant. According to the multitude of his fruits, he multiplied the altars; according to the good things of his land, he built pillars. 2 They divided their hearts; now they shall be vanished. He Himself will tear down their altars; their pillars shall suffer misery. 3 Because now they will say: "We have no king, for we did not fear the Lord; and as for the king, what will he do for us?" 4 Speaking words—false pretenses—he will make a covenant. Judgment will spring up like weeds (agrōstis) upon the dry land of the field. |
The Exile of the Calf of On
| 5 τῷ μόσχῳ τοῦ οἴκου Ὢν παροικήσουσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντες Σαμάρειαν, ὅτι ἐπένθησεν ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπ' αὐτόν· καὶ καθὼς παρεπίκραναν αὐτόν, ἐπιχαροῦνται ἐπὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι μετῳκίσθη ἀπ' αὐτοῦ. 6 καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀσσυρίους δήσαντες ἀπήνεγκαν ξένια τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰαρίμ· ἐν δόματι Ἐφραὶμ δέξεται, καὶ αἰσχυνθήσεται Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ αὐτοῦ. 7 ἀπέρριψεν Σαμάρεια βασιλέα αὐτῆς ὡς φρύγανον ἐπὶ προσώπου ὕδατος. 8 καὶ ἐξαρθήσονται βωμοὶ Ὢν, ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ἄκανθαι καὶ τρίβολοι ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐροῦσιν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καλύψατε ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς πέσατε ἐφ' ἡμᾶς. | 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the House of On; for its people mourned over it. And just as they provoked Him to bitterness, they shall rejoice over its glory, because it has been migrated away from him. 6 And having bound it, they carried it away to the Assyrians as a gift to King Jarim. Ephraim will receive [the calf] in a gift, and Israel shall be put to shame in his own counsel. 7 Samaria has cast off her king like a twig upon the surface of the water. 8 And the altars of On—the sins of Israel—shall be taken away; thorns and thistles shall grow up upon their altars. And they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!" |
The Unproductive Plowing and the Call to Justice
| 9 ἀφ' οὗ οἱ βουνοί, ἥμαρτεν Ἰσραήλ, ἐκεῖ ἔστησαν· οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ βουνῷ πόλεμος ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἀδικίας; 10 ἦλθεν παιδεῦσαι αὐτούς, καὶ συναχθήσονται ἐπ' αὐτοὺς λαοὶ ἐν τῷ παιδεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν. 11 Ἐφραὶμ δάμαλις δεδιδαγμένη ἀγαπᾶν νεῖκος, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπελεύσομαι ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιστον τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῆς· ἐπιβιβῶ Ἐφραὶμ καὶ παρασιωπήσομαι Ἰούδαν, ἐνισχύσει αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ. | 9 Since the days of the hills, Israel has sinned; there they stood. Shall not war overtake them on the hill against the children of iniquity? 10 He has come to discipline them; and peoples shall be gathered against them when they are disciplined for their two iniquities. 11 Ephraim is a heifer taught to love strife (neikos), but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck. I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Judah in silence; Jacob shall grow strong for him. |
| 12 σπείρατε ἑαυτοῖς εἰς δικαιοσύνην, τρυγήσατε εἰς καρπὸν ζωῆς, φωτίσατε ἑαυτοῖς φῶς γνώσεως, ἐκζητήσατε τὸν κύριον ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν γενήματα δικαιοσύνης ὑμῖν. 13 ἵνα τί παρεσιωπήσατε ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῆς ἐτρυγήσατε, ἐφάγετε καρπὸν ψευδῆ; ὅτι ἤλπισας ἐν τοῖς ἅρμασίν σου, ἐν πλήθει δυνάμεώς σου. 14 καὶ ἐξαναστήσεται ἀπώλεια ἐν τῷ λαῷ σου, καὶ πάντα τὰ περιτετειχισμένα σου οἰχήσεται· ὡς ἄρχων Σαλαμὰν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Ἱεροβάαλ ἐν ἡμέραις πολέμου μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις ἠδάφισαν. 15 οὕτως ποιήσω ὑμῖν, οἶκος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἀπὸ προσώπου κακιῶν ὑμῶν· ὄρθρου ἀπερρίφησαν, ἀπερρίφη βασιλεὺς Ἰσραήλ. | 12 Sow for yourselves unto righteousness; harvest unto the fruit of life! Enlighten yourselves with the light of knowledge; seek the Lord until the products of righteousness come to you. 13 Why did you pass over impiety in silence and harvest her iniquities? You ate false fruit! Because you hoped in your chariots, in the multitude of your power. 14 And destruction shall rise up among your people, and all your walled places shall depart. As prince Salaman [did] from the house of Jerobaal in the days of war, they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children. 15 Thus I will do to you, O house of Israel, because of the face of your wickednesses. At dawn they were cast away; the king of Israel was cast away. |