Jeremiah 35

Ἱερεμίας

1 ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔτει Σεδεκία βασιλέως Ἰούδα ἐν μηνὶ τῷ πέμπτῳ εἶπέ μοι Ἀνανίας υἱὸς Ἀζὼρ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης ἀπὸ Γαβαὼν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν ἱερέων καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων·

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, [that] Ananias the false prophet, the son of Azor, from Gabaon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying,

2 οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· συνέτριψα τὸν ζυγὸν τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος·

Thus says the Lord; I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3 ἔτι δύο ἔτη ἡμερῶν καὶ ἐγὼ ἀποστρέψω εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου

Yet two full years, and I will return into this place the vessels of the house of the Lord,

4 καὶ Ἰεχονίαν καὶ τὴν ἀποικίαν Ἰούδα, ὅτι συντρίψω τὸν ζυγὸν βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος.

and Jechonias, and the captivity of Juda: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

5 καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας πρὸς Ἀνανίαν κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν ἱερέων τῶν ἑστηκότων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.

Then Jeremias spoke to Ananias in the sight of all the people, and in the sight of the priests that stood in the house of the Lord,

6 καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας· ἀληθῶς, οὕτως ποιήσαι Κύριος, στήσαι τὸν λόγον σου, ὃν σὺ προφητεύεις, τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποικίαν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον.

and Jeremias said, May the Lord indeed do thus; may he confirm your word which you do prophesy, to return the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the captivity, out of Babylon to this place.

7 πλὴν ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, ὃν ἐγὼ λέγω εἰς τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ ὦτα παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ·

Nevertheless hear you⌃ the word of the Lord which I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people.

8 οἱ προφῆται οἱ γεγονότες πρότεροί μου καὶ πρότεροι ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν ἐπὶ γῆς πολλῆς καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλείας μεγάλας εἰς πόλεμον·

The prophets that were before me and before you of old, also prophesied over much country, and against great kingdoms, concerning war.

9 ὁ προφήτης ὁ προφητεύσας εἰς εἰρήνην, ἐλθόντος τοῦ λόγου γνώσονται τὸν προφήτην, ὃν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοῖς Κύριος ἐν πίστει.

[As for] the prophet that has prophesied for peace, when the word has come [to pass], they shall know the prophet whom the Lord has sent them in truth.

10 καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀνανίας ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τοὺς κλοιοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου Ἱερεμίου καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτούς·

Then Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces.

11 καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνανίας κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· οὕτως συντρίψω τὸν ζυγὸν βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἀπὸ τραχήλων πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν. καὶ ᾤχετο Ἱερεμίας εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ.

And Ananias spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Thus will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremias went his way.

12 Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν μετὰ τὸ συντρίψαι Ἀνανίαν τοὺς κλοιοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτοῦ λέγων·

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after that Ananias had broken the yokes off his neck, saying,

13 βάδιζε καὶ εἶπον πρὸς Ἀνανίαν λέγων· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· κλοιοὺς ξυλίνους συνέτριψας, καὶ ποιήσω ἀντ' αὐτῶν κλοιοὺς σιδηροῦς,

Go and speak to Ananias, saying, Thus says the Lord; You have broken the yokes of wood; but I will make instead of them yokes of iron.

14 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ζυγὸν σιδηροῦν ἔθηκα ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐργάζεσθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος.

For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon.

15 καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ· οὐκ ἀπέσταλκέ σε Κύριος, καὶ πεποιθέναι ἐποίησας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἐπ' ἀδίκῳ.

And Jeremias said to Ananias, The Lord has not sent you; and you have caused this people to trust in unrighteousness.

16 διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω σε ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, τούτῳ τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἀποθανῇ.

Therefore thus said the Lord: Behold, I [will] cast you off from the face of the earth: this year you shall die.

17 καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ.

So he died in the seventh month.

Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.