Baruch 4

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Baruch 4

1This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endures for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.Αὑτὴ ἡ βίβλος τῶν προσταγμάτων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὁ νόμος ὁ ὑπάρχων εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· πάντες οἱ κρατοῦντες αὐτὴν, εἰς ζωήν· οἱ δὲ καταλείποντες αὐτὴν, ἀποθανοῦνται.

2Turn you, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that you may be illuminated.Ἐπιστρέφου Ἱακὼβ, καὶ ἐπιλαβοῦ αὐτῆς, διόδευσον πρὸς τὴν λάμψιν κατέναντι τοῦ φωτὸς αὐτῆς.

3Give not your honor to another, nor the things that are profitable to you to a strange nation.Μὴ δῷς ἑτέρῳ τὴν δόξαν σου, καὶ τὰ συμφέροντά σοι ἔθνει ἀλλοτρίῳ.

4O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known to us.Μακάριοι ἐσμὲν Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι τὰ ἀρεστὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῖν γνωστά ἐστι.

5Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.Θαρσεῖτε λαός μου, μνημόσυνον Ἰσραήλ.

6You were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because you moved God to wrath, you were delivered to the enemies.Ἐπράθητε τοῖς ἔθνεσιν οὐκ εἰς ἀπώλειαν, διὰ τὸ παροργίσαι ὑμᾶς τὸν Θεόν· παρεδόθητε τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις.

7For you provoked him that made you by sacrificing to devils, and not to God.Παρωξύνατε γὰρ τὸν ποιήσαντα ὑμᾶς, θύσαντες δαιμονίοις, καὶ οὐ Θεῷ.

8You have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and you have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.Ἐπελάθεσθε τὸν τροφεύσαντα ὑμᾶς Θεὸν αἰώνιον, ἐλυπήσατε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐκθρέψασαν ἡμᾶς Ἱερουσαλήμ.

9For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Listen, O you that dwell about Sion: God has brought upon me great mourning;Εἶδε γὰρ τὴν ἐπελθοῦσαν ὑμῖν ὀργὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀκούσατε αἱ πάροικοι Σιὼν, ἐπήγαγέ μοι ὁ Θεὸς πένθος μέγα.

10For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.Εἶδον γὰρ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τῶν υἱῶν μου καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων, ἣν ἐπήγαγεν αὐτοῖς ὁ αἰώνιος.

11With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.Ἔθρεψα γὰρ αὐτοὺς μετʼ εὐφροσύνης, ἐξαπέστειλα δὲ μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ πένθους.

12Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.Μηδεὶς ἐπιχαιρέτω μοι τῇ χήρᾳ καὶ καταλειφθήσῃ ὑπὸ πολλῶν, ἠρημώθην διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τῶν τέκνων μου, διότι ἐξέκλιναν ἐκ νόμου Θεοῦ,

13They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.καὶ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, οὐδὲ ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοῖς ἐντολῶν Θεοῦ, οὐδὲ τρίβους παιδείας ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ αὐτοῦ ἐπέβησαν.

14Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember you the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.Ἐλθέτωσαν αἱ πάροικοι Σιὼν, καὶ μνήσθητε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τῶν υἱῶν μου καὶ θυγατέρων, ἣν ἐπήγαγεν αὐτοῖς ὁ αἰώνιος.

15For he has brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.Ἐπήγαγε γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἔθνος μακρόθεν, ἔθνος ἀναιδὲς καὶ ἀλλόγλωσσον· ὅτι οὐκ ᾐσχύνθησαν πρεσβύτην, οὐδὲ παιδίον ἠλέησαν,

16These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.καὶ ἀπήγαγον τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς τῆς χήρας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τὴν μόνην ἠρήμωσαν.

17But what can I help you?Ἐγὼ δὲ τί δυνατὴ βοηθῆσαι ὑμῖν; Ὁ γὰρ ἐπαγαγὼν τὰ κακὰ, ἐξελεῖται ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν.

18For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.Βαδίζετε τέκνα, βαδίζετε, ἐγὼ γὰρ κατελείφθην ἔρημος.

19Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.Ἐξεδυσάμην τὴν στολὴν τῆς εἰρήνης,

20I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry to the Everlasting in my days.ἐνεδυσάμην δὲ σάκκον τῆς δεήσεώς μου· κεκράξομαι πρὸς τὸν αἰώνιον ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις μου.

21Be of good cheer, O my children, cry to the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.Θαῤῥεῖτε τέκνα, βοήσατε πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἐξελεῖται ὑμᾶς ἐκ δυναστείας, ἐκ χειρος ἐχθρῶν.

22For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you from the Everlasting our Saviour.Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τῷ αἰωνίῳ τὴν σωτηρίαν ὑμῶν· καὶ ἦλθέ μοι χαρὰ παρὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ἐπὶ τῇ ἐλεημοσύνῃ, ἣ ἥξει ὑμῖν ἐν τάχει παρὰ τοῦ αἰωνίου σωτῆρος ὑμῶν.

23For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.Ἐξέπεμψα γὰρ ὑμᾶς μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ πένθους, ἀποδώσει δέ μοι ὁ Θεὸς ὑμᾶς μετὰ χαρμοσύνης καὶ εὐφροσύνης εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

24Like as now the neighbors of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.Ὥσπερ γὰρ νῦν ἑωράκασιν αἱ πάροικοι Σιὼν τὴν ὑμετέραν αἰχμαλωσίαν, οὕτως ὄψονται ἐν τάχει τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν σωτηρίαν, ἣ ἐπελεύσεται ὑμῖν μετὰ δόξης μεγάλης καὶ λαμπρότητος τοῦ αἰωνίου.

25My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for your enemy has persecuted you; but shortly you shall see his destruction, and shall tread upon his neck.Τέκνα μακροθυμήσατε τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπελθοῦσαν ὑμῖν ὀργήν, κατεδίωξέ σε ὁ ἐχθρὸς, καὶ ὄψει αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐπὶ τραχήλους αὐτῶν ἐπιβήσῃ.

26My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.Οἱ τρυφεροί μου ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺς τραχείας, ᾔρθησαν ὡς ποίμνιον ἡρπασμένον ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν.

27Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry to God: for you shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.Θαρσήσατε τέκνα καὶ βοήσατε πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, ἔσται γὰρ ὑμῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπάγοντος μνεία.

28For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐγένετο ἡ διάνοια ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ πλανηθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, δεκαπλασιάσατε ἐπιστραφέντες ζητῆσαι αὐτόν.

29For he that has brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.Ὁ γὰρ ἐπαγαγὼν ὑμῖν τὰ κακὰ, ἐπάξει ὑμῖν τὴν αἱώνιον εὐφροσύνην μετὰ τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν.

30Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave you that name will comfort you.Θάρσει Ἱερουσαλήμ, παρακαλέσει σε ὁ ὀνομάσας σε.

31Miserable are they that afflicted you, and rejoiced at your fall.Δείλαιοι οἱ σὲ κακώσαντες, καὶ ἐπιχαρέντες τῇ σῇ πτώσει·

32Miserable are the cities which your children served: miserable is she that received your sons.Δείλαιαι αἱ πόλεις αἷς ἐδούλευσαν τὰ τέκνα σου, δειλαία ἡ δεξαμένη τοὺς υἱούς σου.

33For as she rejoiced at your ruin, and was glad of your fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐχάρη ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ πτώσει, καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐπὶ τῷ πτώματί σου, οὕτως λυπηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῇ ἑαυτῆς ἐρημίᾳ.

34For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.Καὶ περιελῶ αὐτῆς τὸ ἀγαλλίαμα τῆς πολυοχλίας καὶ τὸ γαυρίαμα αὐτῆς εἰς πένθος.

35For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.Πῦρ γὰρ ἐπελεύσεται αὐτῇ παρὰ τοῦ αἰωνίου εἰς ἡμέρας μακρὰς, καὶ κατοικηθήσεται ὑπὸ δαιμονίων τὸν πλείονα χρόνον.

36O Jerusalem, look about you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God.Περίβλεψον πρὸς ἀνατολὰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἴδε τὴν εὐφροσύνην τὴν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ σοι ἐρχομένην.

37Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.Ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται οἱ υἱοί σου οὓς ἐξαπέστειλας, ἔρχονται συνηγμένοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἕως δυσμῶν τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ ἁγίου, χαίροντες τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξῃ.