Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 11
The Desolation of the Forest
| 1 Διάνοιξον ὁ Λίβανος, τὰς θύρας σου, καὶ καταφαγέτω πῦρ τὰς κέδρους σου· 2 ὀλολυξάτω πίτυς, διότι πέπτωκεν κέδρος, ὅτι μεγάλως μεγιστᾶνες ἐταλαιπώρησαν· ὀλολύξατε, δρύες τῆς Βασανίτιδος, ὅτι κατεσπάσθη ὁ δρυμὸς ὁ σύμφυτος. | 11:1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, and let fire devour your cedars! 2 Let the pine tree wail, because the cedar has fallen, because the great ones (megistanes) have been greatly distressed. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, because the thicket that was planted together (ho drymos ho symphytos) has been pulled down. |
| 3 Φωνὴ θρηνούντων ποιμένων, ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκεν ἡ μεγαλωσύνη αὐτῶν· φωνὴ ὠρυομένων λεόντων, ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκεν τὸ φρύαγμα τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. | 3 A voice of shepherds mourning, because their majesty has been distressed; a voice of roaring lions, because the pride (phryagma) of the Jordan has been distressed. |
The Flock Doomed to Slaughter
| 4 Τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ποιμαίνετε τὰ πρόβατα τῆς σφαγῆς, 5 ἃ οἱ κτησάμενοι κατέσφαζον καὶ οὐ μετεμέλοντο, καὶ οἱ πωλοῦντες αὐτὰ ἔλεγον, εὐλογητὸς κύριος καὶ πεπλουτήκαμεν, καὶ οἱ ποιμένες αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔπασχον οὐδὲν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς. 6 διὰ τοῦτο οὐ φείσομαι οὐκέτι ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἕκαστον εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατακόψουσιν τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξέλωμαι ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν. | 4 Thus says the Lord Almighty: "Shepherd the sheep of the slaughter, 5 which those who possessed them were slaughtering and did not repent; and those who sold them were saying, 'Blessed be the Lord, for we have become rich!' and their own shepherds felt nothing for them. 6 Therefore I will no longer spare those who inhabit the land," says the Lord. "And behold, I am delivering the people, each into the hands of his neighbor and into the hands of his king; and they shall cut up the land, and I will not rescue from their hand." |
The Two Staffs: Favor and Union
| 7 Καὶ ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατα τῆς σφαγῆς εἰς τὴν Χαναανῖτιν· καὶ λήμψομαι ἐμαυτῷ δύο ῥάβδους τὴν μίαν ἐκάλεσα Κάλλος καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἐκάλεσα Σχοίνισμα — καὶ ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατα. 8 καὶ ἐξαρῶ τοὺς τρεῖς ποιμένας ἐν μηνὶ ἑνί, καὶ βαρυνθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπ' αὐτούς, καὶ γὰρ αἱ ψυχαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπωρύοντο ἐπ' ἐμέ. 9 καὶ εἶπα, οὐ ποιμανῶ ὑμᾶς· τὸ ἀποθνῇσκον ἀποθνῃσκέτω, καὶ τὸ ἐκλεῖπον ἐκλειπέτω, καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα κατεσθιέτωσαν ἕκαστος τὰς σάρκας τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. | 7 And I will shepherd the sheep of the slaughter in the land of Canaan (eis tēn Chanaanitin). And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty (Kallos) and the other I called Measurement (Schoinisma)—and I shepherded the sheep. 8 And I removed the three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be burdened against them, for indeed their souls were howling against me. 9 And I said, "I will not shepherd you. Let the dying one die, and the failing one fail; and let the remnants devour each the flesh of his neighbor." |
| 10 Καὶ λήμψομαι τὴν ῥάβδον μου τὴν καλὴν καὶ ἀπορρίψω αὐτὴν τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν διαθήκην μου, ἣν διεθέμην πρὸς πάντας τοὺς λαούς· 11 καὶ διασκεδασθήσεται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ γνώσονται οἱ Χαναναῖοι τὰ πρόβατα τὰ φυλασσόμενα, διότι λόγος κυρίου ἐστίν. | 10 And I took my staff, Beauty, and I cast it away to scatter my covenant, which I made with all the peoples. 11 And it was scattered in that day; and the Canaanites, the sheep that were being kept, knew that it was the word of the Lord. |
The Thirty Pieces of Silver
| 12 καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς, εἰ καλὸν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἐστιν, δότε στήσαντες τὸν μισθόν μου ἢ ἀπείπασθε· καὶ ἔστησαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς. 13 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με, κάθες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον, καὶ σκέψαι εἰ δόκιμόν ἐστιν, ὃν τρόπον ἐδοκιμάσθην ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς καὶ ἐνέβαλον αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον κυρίου εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον. | 12 And I will say to them, "If it is good in your sight, give me my wage or refuse it." And they weighed out my wage: thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the Lord said to me, "Drop them into the furnace (chōneutērion), and see if it is proven (dokimon), in the way that I was proven for their sake." And I took the thirty pieces of silver and I threw them into the house of the Lord, into the furnace. |
| 14 Καὶ ἀπέρριψα τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν δευτέραν, τὸ Σχοίνισμα, τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν κατάσχεσιν ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰούδα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. | 14 Then I cast away the second staff, Measurement, to scatter the possession (kataschesin) between Judah and between Israel. |
The Foolish Shepherd
| 15 Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με, ἔτι λαβὲ σεαυτῷ σκεύη ποιμενικὰ ποιμένος ἀπείρου. 16 διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ποιμένα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· τὸ ἐκλιμπάνον οὐ μὴ ἐπισκέψηται καὶ τὸ διεσκορπισμένον οὐ μὴ ζητήσῃ καὶ τὸ συντετριμμένον οὐ μὴ ἰάσηται καὶ τὸ ὁλόκληρον οὐ μὴ κατευθύνῃ καὶ τὰ κρέα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν καταφάγεται καὶ τοὺς ἀστραγάλους αὐτῶν ἐκστρέψει. | 15 And the Lord said to me, "Take again for yourself the shepherd’s gear of an unskilled shepherd (poimenos apeirou). 16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd over the land; he will not visit the one who is failing, nor will he seek the one who is scattered, nor will he heal the one who is crushed, nor will he guide the one who is whole; but he will devour the flesh of the choice ones and twist out their ankle-bones (astragalous). |
| 17 Ὦ οἱ ποιμαίνοντες τὰ μάταια καὶ οἱ καταλελοιπότες τὰ πρόβατα· μάχαιρα ἐπὶ τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν τὸν δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ· ὁ βραχίων αὐτοῦ ξηραινόμενος ξηρανθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁ δεξιὸς αὐτοῦ ἐκτυφλούμενος ἐκτυφλωθήσεται. | 17 O, you who shepherd vanities and who have abandoned the sheep! A sword upon his arms and upon his right eye! His arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be completely blinded." |