Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 9
Judgment on the Surrounding Nations
| 1 Λῆμμα λόγου κυρίου· ἐν γῇ Σεδρὰχ καὶ Δαμασκοῦ θυσία αὐτοῦ, διότι κύριος ἐφορᾷ ἀνθρώπους καὶ πάσας φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. 2 καὶ Ἐμὰθ1 ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς, Τύρος καὶ Σιδών, διότι ἐφρόνησαν σφόδρα. 3 καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν Τύρος ὀχυρώματα ἑαυτῇ καὶ ἐθησαύρισεν ἀργύριον ὡς χοῦν καὶ συνήγαγεν χρυσίον ὡς πηλὸν ὁδῶν. | 9:1 An oracle of the word of the Lord: In the land of Sedrach and Damascus is His sacrifice (thysia autou), because the Lord looks upon men and all the tribes of Israel. 2 And Hamath is in her borders; Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise. 3 And Tyre built fortifications for herself, and she heaped up silver like dust and gathered gold like the mud of the streets. |
| 4 Διὰ τοῦτο κύριος κληρονομήσει αὐτὴν καὶ πατάξει εἰς θάλασσαν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ αὕτη ἐν πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται. 5 ὄψεται Ἀσκαλὼν καὶ φοβηθήσεται καὶ Γάζα καὶ ὀδυνηθήσεται σφόδρα καὶ Ἀκκαρών, ὅτι ᾐσχύνθη ἐπὶ τῷ παραπτώματι αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀπολεῖται βασιλεὺς ἐκ Γάζης, καὶ Ἀσκαλὼν οὐ μὴ κατοικηθῇ. 6 καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἀλλογενεῖς ἐν Ἀζώτῳ, καὶ καθελῶ ὕβριν ἀλλοφύλων. 7 καὶ ἐξαρῶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν ἐκ στόματος αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἐκ μέσου ὀδόντων αὐτῶν, καὶ ὑπολειφθήσεται καὶ οὗτος τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ὡς χιλίαρχος ἐν Ἰούδα καὶ Ἀκκαρὼν ὡς ὁ Ἰεβουσαῖος. 8 καὶ ὑποστήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ μου ἀνάστημα τοῦ μὴ διαπορεύεσθαι μηδὲ ἀνακάμπτειν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς οὐκέτι ἐξελαύνων, διότι νῦν ἑώρακα ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. | 4 For this reason, the Lord will inherit her and strike her power into the sea, and she shall be consumed in fire. 5 Ashkelon shall see and be afraid, and Gaza shall be in great pain, and Ekron, because she was put to shame at her transgression (paraptōmati); and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6 And foreigners (allogeneis) shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines. 7 And I will take away their blood from their mouth and their abominations from between their teeth, and this one also shall be left for our God, and they shall be like a captain of a thousand (chiliarchos) in Judah, and Ekron like the Jebusite. 8 And I will set up a bulwark (anastēma) for My house so that no one may pass through or return, and no driver shall ever again come upon them, for now I have seen with My eyes. |
The King of Peace
| 9 Χαῖρε σφόδρα, θύγατερ Σιών· κήρυσσε, θύγατερ Ἱερουσαλήμ· ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεταί σοι, δίκαιος καὶ σῴζων αὐτός, πραῢς καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὑποζύγιον καὶ πῶλον νέον. 10 καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσει ἅρματα ἐξ Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ἵππον ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐξολεθρευθήσεται τόξον πολεμικόν, καὶ πλῆθος καὶ εἰρήνη ἐξ ἐθνῶν· καὶ κατάρξει ὑδάτων ἕως θαλάσσης καὶ ποταμῶν διεκβολὰς γῆς. | 9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King comes to you, righteous and saving, He is meek (praÿs) and mounted upon a beast of burden (ypozy gion) and a young foal. 10 And He will utterly destroy the chariots from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle-bow shall be destroyed, and abundance and peace from the nations; and He shall rule the waters as far as the sea and the outlets (diekvolas) of the rivers of the earth." |
Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim
| 11 Καὶ σὺ ἐν αἵματι διαθήκης ἐξαπέστειλας δεσμίους σου ἐκ λάκκου οὐκ ἔχοντος ὕδωρ. 12 καθήσεσθε ἐν ὀχυρώματι, δέσμιοι τῆς συναγωγῆς, καὶ ἀντὶ μιᾶς ἡμέρας παροικεσίας σου διπλᾶ ἀνταποδώσω σοι· 13 διότι ἐνέτεινά σε, Ἰούδα, ἐμαυτῷ τόξον, ἔπλησα τὸν Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ἐπεγερῶ τὰ τέκνα σου, Σιών, ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ ψηλαφήσω σὲ ὡς ῥομφαίαν μαχητοῦ· | 11 "And as for you, by the blood of your covenant, you have sent forth your prisoners out of a pit that has no water. 12 You shall sit in a stronghold, O prisoners of the assembly (synagōgēs), and for one day of your sojourning I will repay you double. 13 For I have bent you, Judah, for Myself as a bow; I have filled it with Ephraim; and I will rouse your children, Zion, against the children of the Greeks (Ellēnōn), and I will handle you like the sword of a warrior. |
| 14 καὶ κύριος ἔσται ἐπ' αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἀστραπὴ βολίς, καὶ κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐν σάλπιγγι σαλπιεῖ καὶ πορεύσεται ἐν σάλῳ ἀπειλῆς αὐτοῦ. 15 κύριος παντοκράτωρ ὑπερασπιεῖ αὐτῶν, καὶ καταναλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ καταχώσουσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν λίθοις σφενδόνης καὶ ἐκπίονται αὐτοὺς ὡς οἶνον καὶ πλήσουσιν ὡς φιάλας θυσιαστήριον. 16 καὶ σώσει αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὡς πρόβατα λαὸν αὐτοῦ, διότι λίθοι ἅγιοι κυλίονται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ. 17 ὅτι εἴ τι ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἴ τι καλὸν παρ' αὐτοῦ, σῖτος νεανίσκοις καὶ οἶνος εὐωδιάζων εἰς παρθένους. | 14 And the Lord shall be over them, and a bolt shall go forth like lightning; and the Lord Almighty shall sound the trumpet and proceed in the tossing of His threat (salō apeilēs autou). 15 The Lord Almighty will shield them, and they shall consume them and bury them under sling-stones, and they shall drink them like wine and fill the altar like sacrificial bowls. 16 And the Lord will save them in that day, His people like sheep, for holy stones roll upon His land. 17 For if there is anything good of His, and if there is anything beautiful from Him—it is grain for the young men and fragrant wine for the virgins." |