Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 11
The Father and the Rebellious Child
| 1 διότι νήπιος Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἠγάπησα αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μετεκάλεσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ. 2 καθὼς μετεκάλεσα αὐτούς, οὕτως ἀπῴχοντο ἐκ προσώπου μου· αὐτοὶ τοῖς Βααλὶμ ἔθυον καὶ τοῖς γλυπτοῖς ἐθυμίων. 3 καὶ ἐγὼ συνεπόδισα τὸν Ἐφραίμ, ἀνέλαβον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονά μου, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι ἴαμαι αὐτούς. 4 ἐν διαφθορᾷ ἀνθρώπων ἐξέτεινα αὐτοὺς ἐν δεσμοῖς ἀγαπήσεώς μου καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς ῥαπίζων ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τὰς σιαγόνας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπιβλέψομαι πρὸς αὐτόν, δυνήσομαι αὐτῷ. | 1 Because Israel was an infant, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called back his children. 2 Just as I called them, so they departed from my face; they were sacrificing to the Baals and offering incense to graven images. 3 And I bound the feet of Ephraim; I took him up upon my arm, yet they did not know that I was the one healing them. 4 With the destruction of men I drew them, in the bonds of my love; and I will be to them as a man striking someone upon his jaws; and I will look toward him, I will prevail for him. |
The Consequences of Refusal
| 5 κατῴκησεν Ἐφραὶμ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ Ἀσσοὺρ αὐτός, βασιλεὺς αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἐπιστρέψαι. 6 καὶ ἠσθένησεν ῥομφαία ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ φάγονται ἐκ τῶν διαβουλίων αὐτῶν. 7 καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπικρεμάμενος ἐκ τῆς κατοικίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ τὰ τίμια αὐτοῦ θυμωθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃ αὐτόν. | 5 Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, and Asshur—he is his king—because he did not wish to return. 6 And the sword grew weak in his cities and rested in his hands, and they shall eat because of their own counsels. 7 And his people hang [in suspense] because of their dwelling place; and God shall be wroth against his precious things, and He shall not exalt him. |
The Divine Compassion
| 8 τί σὲ διαθῶ, Ἐφραίμ; ὑπερασπιῶ σου, Ἰσραήλ; τί σὲ διαθῶ; ὡς Ἀδαμὰ θήσομαί σὲ καὶ ὡς Σεβωῒμ; μετεστράφη ἡ καρδία μου ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ, συνεταράχθη ἡ μεταμέλειά μου. 9 οὐ μὴ ποιήσω κατὰ τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπω τοῦ ἐξαλειφθῆναι τὸν Ἐφραίμ· διότι θεὸς ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος· ἐν σοί ἅγιος, καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσομαι εἰς πόλιν. | 8 How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? Shall I shield you, Israel? How shall I deal with you? Shall I make you as Admah and like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my regret is profoundly stirred. 9 I will not act according to the fury of my wrath; I will not abandon Ephraim to be wiped out. For I am God and not man; the Holy One in your midst; and I will not enter into the city [to destroy]. |
The Roar of the Lion and the Return
| 10 ὀπίσω κυρίου πορεύσομαι· ὡς λέων ἐρεύξεται, ὅτι αὐτὸς ὠρύσεται, καὶ ἐκστήσονται τέκνα ὑδάτων. 11 καὶ ἐκστήσονται ὡς ὄρνεον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ὡς περιστερὰ ἐκ γῆς Ἀσσυρίων· καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτοὺς εἰς τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν, λέγει κύριος. 12 ἐκύκλωσέν με ἐν ψεύδει Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ἐν ἀσεβείαις οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα. νῦν ἔγνω αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός, καὶ λαὸς ἅγιος κεκλήσεται θεοῦ. | 10 I will go after the Lord; He shall roar like a lion—for He Himself shall howl, and the children of the waters shall be amazed. 11 And they shall be amazed like a bird coming out of Egypt and like a dove from the land of the Assyrians; and I will restore them to their homes, says the Lord. 12 Ephraim has surrounded me with a lie, and the house of Israel and Judah with impieties. Now God has known them, and they shall be called a holy people of God. |