§5.1Ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον Κυρίου τοῦτον ὃν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς θρθῆνον Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ
Hear this word of the Lord which I take up against you as a lamentation, O house of Israel.
§5.2ἔπεσεν, οὐκέτι μὴ προσθήσει τοῦ ἀναστῆναι· παρθένος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἔσφαλεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἄναστήσων αὐτήν. §5.3διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο χίλιοι, ὑπολειφθήσονται ρ΄, καὶ ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο ρ, ὑπολειφθήσονται δέκα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ. §5.4διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ Ἐκζητήσατέ με, καὶ ζήσεσθε· §5.5καὶ μὴ ἐκζητεῖτε Βαιθὴλ καὶ εἰς Γάλγαλα μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθε, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου μὴ διαβαίνετε, ὅτι Γάλγαλα αἰχμαλωτευομένη αἰχμαλωτευθήσεται, καὶ Βαιθὴλ ἔσται ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρχουσα. §5.6ἐκζητήσατε τὸν κύριον, καὶ ζῆτε, ὅπως μὴ ἀναλάμψῃ ὡς πῦρ ὁ οἶκος Ἰωσὴφ καὶ καταφάγῃ αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ σβέσων τῷ οἵκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
"She has fallen, she shall no more rise again; the virgin of Israel has stumbled upon her land, there is no one to raise her up." Therefore thus says the Lord God: "The city from which a thousand went out shall have a hundred left, and the one from which a hundred went out shall have ten left to the house of Israel." For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you shall live; and do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Galgala, and do not cross over to the well of the oath; for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall become as though it were not." Seek the Lord, and live, lest the house of Joseph flare up like fire and devour it, and there be no one to quench it for the house of Israel, you who turn justice into bitterness and cast down righteousness to the earth.
§5.7ὁ ποιῶν εἰς ὕψος κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰς γῆν ἔθηκεν· §5.8ὁ ποιῶν πάντα καὶ μετασκευάζων, καὶ ἐκτρέπων εἰς τὸ πρωὶ σκιάν, καὶ ἡμέραν εἰς νύκτα συσκοτάζων· ὁ προσκαλούμενος τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐκχέων αὐτὸ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ· §5.9ὁ διαιρῶν συντριμμὸν ἐπʼ ἰσχύν, καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν ἐπὶ ὀχύρωμα ἐπάγων.
He who makes all things and transforms them, and turns the shadow of death into morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of the earth—the Lord is his name; he who dispenses destruction upon strength, and brings ruin upon the stronghold.
§5.10ἐμίσησαν ἐν πύλαις ἐλέγχοντα, καὶ λόγον ὅσιον ἐβδελύξαντο.
They hated him who reproves in the gates, and they abhorred a holy word.
§5.11διὰ τοῦτο ἀυθʼ ὧν κατεκονδύλιζον πτωχούς, καὶ δῶρα ἐκλεκτὰ ἐδέξασθε παρʼ αὐτῶν, οἴκους ξεστοὺς ᾠκοδομήσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ κατοικήσητε ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἀμπελῶνας ἐπιθυμητοὺς ἐφυτεύσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ πίητε τὸν οἶνον ἐξ αὐτῶν.
Therefore, because you trampled upon the poor and took choice gifts from them, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
§5.12ὅτι ἔγνων πολλὰς ἀσεβείας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἵσχυραὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν καταπατοῦσαι δίκαιον, λαμβάνοντες ἀνταλλάγμστα καὶ πένητας ἐυ πύλαις ἐκκλίνοντες.
For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins, you who oppress the righteous, who take bribes, and who turn aside the needy in the gates.
§5.13διὰ τοῦτο ὁ συνίων ἐν τῶ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι καιρὸς πονηρῶν ἐστιν.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in that time, for it is an evil time.
§5.14ἐκζητήσατε τὸ καλὸν καὶ μὴ πονηρόν, ὅπως ζήσητε, καὶ ἔσται οὕτως μεθʼ ὑμῶν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ· ὃν τρόπον εἵπατε §5.15Μεμισήκαμεν τὰ πονηρὰ καὶ ὴγαπήκαμεν τὰ καλά, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσατε ἐν πύλαις κρίμα, ὅπως ἐλεήσῃ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ τοὺς περιλοίπους τοῦ Ἰωσήφ.
Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; and thus the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you have said: 'We have hated evil and loved good.' And establish justice in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
§5.16διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ Ἐν πάσαις ταῖς σλατείαις κοπετός, καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς ὀηθήσεται Οὐαὶ οὐαί κληθήσεται γεαωργὸς εἰς πένθος καὶ κοπετόν, καὶ εἰς εἰδότας θρθῆνον, §5.17καὶ ἐν πάσαις ὁδοῖς κοπετός, διότι ἐλεύσομαι διὰ μέσου σου, εἶπεν Κύριος.
Therefore thus says the Lord God Almighty: "In all the broad streets there shall be wailing, and in all the ways it shall be said, 'Alas, alas!' The husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and those who know lamentation to wailing, and in all ways there shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of you," said the Lord.
§5.18οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντες τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου·
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
ἵνα τί αὕτη ὑμῖν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς.
For what is this day of the Lord to you? It is darkness, and not light.
§5.19ὃν τρόπον ἐὰν φύγῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ ἐμπέσῃ αὐτῷ ἡ ἄρκος, καὶ εἰσπηδήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπερείσηται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῖχον, καὶ δάκῃ αὐτὸν ὄφις.
As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into his house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
§5.20οὐχὶ σκότος ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ οὐ φῶς καὶ γνόφος οὐκ ἔχων φέγγος αὕτη;
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, even thick darkness with no brightness in it?
§5.21μεμίσηκα, ἀπῶσμαι ἑορτὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὀσφρανθῶ θυσίας ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσιν ὑμῶν.
"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in the scent of sacrifices in your solemn assemblies.
§5.22διότι ἐὰν ἐνέγκητέ μοι ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας ὑμῶν, οὐ προσδέξομαι, καὶ σωτηρίους ἐπιφανείας ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπιβλέψομαι.
For even if you bring me your burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will not accept them, nor will I look upon your peace offerings of fat beasts.
§5.23μετάστησον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἥχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ ψαλμὸν ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι·
Take away from me the noise of your songs, and I will not hear the melody of your instruments.
§5.24καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάρρους ἄβατος.
But let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like an impassable torrent.
§5.25μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμᾳῳ μ ἔτη, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ;
Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
§5.26καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολόχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥαιφάν, τοὺς τύπους αὐτῶν οὓς ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς·
And you took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Raiphan, their images which you made for yourselves.
§5.27καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Δαμασκοῦ, λέγει Κύριος, ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
And I will transport you beyond Damascus," says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name.