Jeremiah 10

Hear ye the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.

Ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησεν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ.

Thus saith the Lord, Learn ye not the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, falling on their faces.

Τάδε λέγει Κύριος, κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν μὴ μανθάνετε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθε, ὅτι φοβοῦνται αὐτὰ τοῖς προσώποις αὐτῶν.

For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

Ὅτι τὰ νόμιμα τῶν ἐθνῶν μάταια· ξύλον ἐστὶν ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ ἐκκεκομμένον, ἔργον τέκτονος, καὶ χώνευμα,

They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;

ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ κεκαλλωπισμένα, ἐν σφύραις καὶ ἥλοις ἐστερέωσαν αὐτά·

they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk,

Θήσουσιν αὐτὰ, καὶ οὐ κινηθήσονται· ἀργύριον τορευτόν ἐστιν, οὐ πορεύσονται,

it is forged silver brought from Tharsis, gold will come from Mophaz, and the work of goldsmiths: they are all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.

ἀργύριον προσβλητόν ἐστιν. Ἀπὸ Θαρσεὶς ἥξει χρυσίον Μωφὰζ, καὶ χεὶρ χρυσοχόων, ἔργα τεχνιτῶν πάντα, ὑάκινθον καὶ πορφύραν ἐνδύσουσιν αὐτά.

They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.

Αἰρόμενα ἀρθήσονται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπιβήσονται· μὴ φοβηθῆτε αὐτὰ, ὅτι οὐ μὴ κακοποιήσωσι, καὶ ἀγαθὸν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς.

Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.

Οὕτως ἐρεῖτε αὐτοῖς, θεοὶ οἳ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐποίησαν, ἀπολέσθωσαν ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τούτου.

It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,

Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ, ὁ ἀνορθώσας τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῇ φρονήσει αὐτοῦ ἐξέτεινε τὸν οὐρανὸν,

and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.

καὶ πλῆθος ὕδατος ἐν οὐρανῷ· καὶ ἀνήγαγε νεφέλας ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς, ἀστραπὰς εἰς ὑετὸν ἐποίησε, καὶ ἐξήγαγε φῶς ἐκ θησαυρῶν αὐτοῦ.

Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.

Ἐμωράνθη πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπὸ γνώσεως, κατῃσχύνθη πᾶς χρυσοχόος ἐπὶ τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ψευδῆ ἐχώνευσεν, οὐκ ἔστι πνεῦμα ἐν αὐτοῖς.

They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Μάταιά ἐστιν ἔργα ἐμπεπαιγμένα, ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτῶν ἀπολοῦνται.

Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.

Οὐκ ἔστι τοιαύτη μερὶς τῷ Ἰακὼβ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα, αὐτὸς κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.

He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels.

Συνήγαγεν ἔξωθεν τὴν ὑπόστασίν σου, κατοικοῦσαν ἐν ἐκλεκτοῖς.

For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that thy plague may be discovered.

Ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ σκελίζω τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἐν θλίψει, ὅπως εὑρεθῇ ἡ πληγή σου.

Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.

Οὐαὶ ἐπὶ συντρίμματί σου, ἀλγηρὰ ἡ πληγή σου· κᾀγὼ εἶπα, ὄντως τοῦτο τὸ τραῦμά σου, καὶ κατέλαβέ σε.

Thy tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all thy curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, nor place for my curtains.

Ἡ σκηνή σου ἐταλαιπώρησεν, ὤλετο· καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ δέῤῥεις σου διεσπάσθησαν· οἱ υἱοί μου καὶ τὰ πρόβατά μου οὐκ εἰσὶν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι τόπος τῆς σκηνῆς μου, τόπος τῶν δέῤῥεών μου.

For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and the sheep have been scattered.

Ὅτι οἱ ποιμένες ἠφρονεύσαντο, καὶ τὸν Κύριον οὐκ ἐζήτησαν· διατοῦτο οὐκ ἐνόησε πᾶσα ἡ νομὴ, καὶ διεσκορπίσθησαν,

Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.

φωνὴ ἀκοῆς ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται καὶ σειαμὸς μέγας ἐκ γῆς Βοῤῥᾶ, τοῦ τάξαι τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ κοίτην στρουθῶν.

I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.

Οἶδα, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐχὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἀνὴρ πορεύσεται καὶ κατορθώσει πορείαν αὐτοῦ.

Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest thou make us few.

Παίδευσον ἡμᾶς Κύριε, πλὴν ἐν κρίσει καὶ μὴ ἐν θυμῷ, ἵνα μὴ ὀλίγους ἡμᾶς ποιήσῃς.

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the families that have not called upon thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.

Ἔκχεον τὸν θυμόν σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα σε, καὶ ἐπὶ γενεὰς αἳ τὸ ὄνομά σου οὐκ ἐπεκαλέσαντο, ὅτι κατέφαγον τὸν Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἐξανήλωσαν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν νομὴν αὐτοῦ ἠρήμωσαν.