Baruch 5
Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel
Baruch chapter 5 is given here in full, verse by verse, in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), with the Greek text of the Septuagint set beneath each verse. The text follows the Septuagint tradition received throughout the Orthodox Church.
Patristic commentary for this chapter has not yet been attached. Related material may be found among the Church Fathers and the theology tables.
Baruch 5
1Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that comes from God for ever.Ἔκδυσαι Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τὴν στολὴν τοῦ πένθους καὶ τῆς κακώσεώς σου, καὶ ἔνδυσαι τὴν εὐπρέπειαν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξης εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
2Cast about you a double garment of the righteousness which comes from God; and set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.Περιβαλοῦ τὴν διπλοΐδα τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνης, ἐπίθου τὴν μίτραν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου τῆς δόξης τοῦ αἰωνίου.
3For God will show your brightness to every country under heaven.Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς δείξει τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πάσῃ τὴν σὴν λαμπρότητα.
4For your name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.Κληθήσεται γάρ σου τὸ ὄνομα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰρήνη δικαιοσύνης, καὶ δόξα θεοσεβείας.
5Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold your children gathered from the west to the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.Ἀνάστηθι Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ περίβλεψαι πρὸς ἀνατολὰς, καὶ ἴδε συνηγμένα τὰ τέκνα σου ἀπὸ ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἕως ἀνατολῶν τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ ἁγίου, χαίροντας τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ μνείᾳ.
6For they departed from you on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God brings them to you exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.Ἐξῆλθον γὰρ παρὰ σοῦ πεζοὶ ἀγόμενοι ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν, εἰσάγει δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς σὲ αἰρομένους μετὰ δόξης ὡς θρόνον βασιλείας.
7For God has appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,Συνέταξε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ταπεινοῦσθαι πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλὸν, καὶ θῖνας ἀεννάους, καὶ φάραγγας πληροῦσθαι εἰς ὁμαλισμὸν τῆς γῆς, ἵνα βαδίσῃ Ἰσραὴλ ἀσφαλῶς τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξῃ.
8Moreover even the woods and every sweet smelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.Ἐσκίασαν δὲ καὶ οἱ δρυμοὶ καὶ πᾶν ξύλον εὐωδίας τῷ Ἰσραὴλ προστάγματι τοῦ Θεοῦ.
9For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.Ἡγήσεται γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ μετʼ εὐφροσύνης τῷ φωτὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, σὺν ἐλεημοσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ τῇ παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
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