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ΩΔΑΙ | ODES - Brenton|RSV | Reference |
| ΩΙΔΗ ΜΩΥΣΕΩΣ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝΟΜΙΩ.
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SONG OF MOSES IN DEUTERONOMY. | |
| 1 | Πρόσεχε, οὐρανέ, καὶ λαλήσω,
καὶ ἀκουέτω γῆ ῥήματα ἐκ στόματός μου.
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Attend, O heaven, and I will speak;
and let the earth hear the words out of my mouth. | The Prayer of Moses. Canticles.2.1-43 | |
| 2 | προσδοκάσθω ὡς ὑετὸς τὸ ἀπόφθεγμά μου,
καὶ καταβήτω ὡς δρόσος τὰ ῥήματά μου,
ὡσεὶ ὄμβρος ἐπ' ἄγρωστιν,
καὶ ὡσεὶ νιφετὸς ἐπὶ χόρτον.
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Let my speech be looked for as the rain,
and my words come down as dew,
as the shower upon the herbage,
and as snow upon the grass. | |
| 3 | ὅτι ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐκάλεσα·
δότε μεγαλωσύνην τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν.
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For I have called on the name of the Lord:
assign ye greatness to our God. | |
| 4 | θεός, ἀληθινὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ,
καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ κρίσις·
θεὸς πιστός, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀδικία·
δίκαιος καὶ ὅσιος Κύριος.
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[As for God], his works [are] true,
and all his ways [are] judgment:
God [is] faithful,
and there is no unrighteousness [in him];
just and holy [is] the Lord. | |
| 5 | ἡμάρτοσαν οὐκ αὐτῷ τέκνα μωμητά,
γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ διεστραμμένη.
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They have sinned, not [pleasing] him;
spotted children, a froward and perverse generation. | |
| 6 | ταῦτα Κυρίῳ ἀνταποδίδοτε οὕτω,
λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ οὐχὶ σοφός;
οὐκ αὐτὸς οὗτός σου πατὴρ ἐκτήσατό σε,
καὶ ἐποίησέν σε καὶ ἔκτισέν σε;
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Do ye thus recompense the Lord?
[is the] people thus foolish and unwise?
did not he himself thy father purchase thee,
and make thee,
and form thee? | |
| 7 | μνήσθητε ἡμέρας αἰῶνος,
σύνετε ἔτη γενεᾶς γενεῶν·
ἐπερώτησον τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ σοι,
τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους σου, καὶ ἐροῦσίν σοι.
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Remember the days of old,
consider the years for past ages:
ask thy father, and he shall relate to thee,
thine elders, and they shall tell thee. | |
| 8 | ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ ὕψιστος ἔθνη,
ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς Αδαμ,
ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν
κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων θεοῦ,
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When the Most High divided the nations,
when he separated the sons of Adam,
he set the bounds of the nations
according to the number of the angels of God. | |
| 9 | καὶ ἐγενήθη μερὶς Κυρίου λαὸς αὐτοῦ,
Ιακωβ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ισραηλ.
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And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord,
Israel was the line of his inheritance. | |
| 10 | αὐτάρκησεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
ἐν δίψει καύματος ἐν ἀνύδρῳ·
ἐκύκλωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπαίδευσεν αὐτὸν,
καὶ διεφύλαξεν αὐτὸν ὡς κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ.
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He maintained him in the wilderness,
in burning thirst and a dry land:
he led him about and instructed him,
and kept him as the apple of an eye. | |
| 11 | ὡς ἀετὸς σκεπάσαι νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς νεοσσοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπεπόθησεν,
διεὶς τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐδέξατο αὐτοὺς,
καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν μεταφρένων αὐτοῦ.
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As an eagle would watch over his brood,
and yearns over his young,
receives them having spread his wings,
and takes them up on his back: | |
| 12 | Κύριος μόνος ἦγεν αὐτούς,
καὶ οὐκ ἦν μετ' αὐτῶν θεὸς ἀλλότριος.
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the Lord alone led them,
there was no strange god with them. | |
| 13 | ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς γῆς,
ἐψώμισεν αὐτοὺς γενήματα ἀγρῶν·
ἐθήλασαν μέλι ἐκ πέτρας,
καὶ ἔλαιον ἐκ στερεᾶς πέτρας,
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He brought them up on the strength of the land;
he fed them with the fruits of the fields;
they sucked honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the solid rock. | |
| 14 | βούτυρον βοῶν καὶ γάλα προβάτων
μετὰ στέατος ἀρνῶν καὶ κριῶν,
υἱῶν ταύρων καὶ τράγων
μετὰ στέατος νεφρῶν πυροῦ,
καὶ αἷμα σταφυλῆς ἔπιον οἶνον.
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Butter of cows, and milk of sheep,
with the fat of lambs and rams,
of calves and kids,
with fat of kidneys of wheat;
and he drank wine, the blood of the grape. | |
| 15 | καὶ ἔφαγεν Ιακωβ καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη,
καὶ ἀπελάκτισεν ὁ ἠγαπημένος,
ἐλιπάνθη, ἐπαχύνθη, ἐπλατύνθη·
καὶ ἐγκατέλιπεν θεὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν,
καὶ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ θεοῦ σωτῆρος αὐτοῦ.
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So Jacob ate and was filled,
and the beloved one kicked;
he grew fat, he became thick and broad:
then he forsook the God that made him,
and departed from God his Saviour. | |
| 16 | παρώξυνάν με ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίοις,
ἐν βδελύγμασιν αὐτῶν ἐξεπίκρανάν με·
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They provoked me to anger with strange gods;
with their abominations they bitterly angered me. | |
| 17 | ἔθυσαν δαιμονίοις καὶ οὐ θεῷ,
θεοῖς, οἷς οὐκ ᾔδεισαν·
καινοὶ καὶ πρόσφατοι ἥκασιν,
οὓς οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.
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They sacrificed to devils, and not to God;
to gods whom they knew not:
new and fresh [gods] came in,
whom their fathers knew not. | |
| 18 | θεὸν τὸν γεννήσαντά σε ἐγκατέλιπες,
καὶ ἐπελάθου θεοῦ τοῦ τρέφοντός σε.
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Thou hast forsaken God that begot thee,
and forgotten God who feeds thee. | |
| 19 | καὶ εἶδεν Κύριος καὶ ἐζήλωσεν,
καὶ παρωξύνθη δι' ὀργὴν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ θυγατέρων·
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And the Lord saw, and was jealous;
and was provoked by the anger of his sons and daughters, | |
| 20 | καὶ εἶπεν Ἀποστρέψω τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπ' αὐτῶν,
καὶ δείξω τί ἔσται αὐτοῖς ἐπ' ἐσχάτων·
ὅτι γενεὰ ἐξεστραμμένη ἐστίν,
υἱοί, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν πίστις ἐν αὐτοῖς.
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and said, I will turn away my face from them,
and will show what shall happen to them in the last days;
for it is a perverse generation,
sons in whom is no faith. | |
| 21 | αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ' οὐ θεῷ,
παρώργισάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν·
κἀγὼ παραζηλώσω αὐτοὺς ἐπ' οὐκ ἔθνει,
ἐπ' ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ αὐτούς.
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They have provoked me to jealousy with [that which is] not God,
they have exasperated me with their idols;
and I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation,
I will anger them with a nation void of understanding. | |
| 22 | ὅτι πῦρ ἐκκέκαυται ἐκ τοῦ θυμοῦ μου,
καυθήσεται ἕως ᾅδου κάτω·
καταφάγεται γῆν καὶ τὰ γενήματα αὐτῆς,
φλέξει θεμέλια ὀρέων.
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For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath,
it shall burn to hell below;
it shall devour the land, and the fruits of it;
it shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. | |
| 23 | συνάξω εἰς αὐτοὺς κακὰ,
καὶ τὰ βέλη μου συντελέσω εἰς αὐτούς.
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I will gather evils upon them,
and will fight with my weapons against them. | |
| 24 | τηκόμενοι λιμῷ καὶ βρώσει ὀρνέων,
καὶ ὀπισθότονος ἀνίατος·
ὀδόντας θηρίων ἐξαποστελῶ εἰς αὐτοὺς,
μετὰ θυμοῦ συρόντων ἐπὶ γῆς.
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[They shall be] consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds,
and there shall be irremediable destruction:
I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts,
with the rage of [serpents] creeping on the ground. | |
| 25 | ἔξωθεν ἀτεκνώσει αὐτοὺς μάχαιρα,
καὶ ἐκ τῶν ταμιείων φόβος·
νεανίσκος σὺν παρθένῳ,
θηλάζων μετὰ καθεστηκότος πρεσβυτέρου.
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Without, the sword shall bereave them of children,
and terror [shall issue] out of the secret chambers;
the young man shall perish with the virgin,
the suckling with him who has grown old. | |
| 26 | εἶπα Διασπερῶ αὐτούς,
παύσω δὴ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν·
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I said, I will scatter them,
and I will cause their memorial to cease from among men. | |
| 27 | εἰ μὴ δι' ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν,
ἵνα μὴ μακροχρονίσωσιν,
καὶ ἵνα μὴ συνεπιθῶνται οἱ ὑπεναντίοι,
μὴ εἴπωσιν Ἡ χεὶρ ἡμῶν ὑψηλή,
καὶ οὐχὶ Κύριος ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα.
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Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long,
lest their enemies should combine against them;
lest they should say, Our own high arm,
and not the Lord, has done all these things. | |
| 28 | ὅτι ἔθνος ἀπολωλεκὸς βουλήν ἐστιν,
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήμη.
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It is a nation that has lost counsel,
neither is there understanding in them. | |
| 29 | οὐκ ἐφρόνησαν συνιέναι ταῦτα·
καταδεξάσθωσαν εἰς τὸν ἐπιόντα χρόνον.
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They had not sense to understand:
let them reserve these things against the time to come. | |
| 30 | πῶς διώξεται εἷς χιλίους
καὶ δύο μετακινήσουσιν μυριάδας,
εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς ἀπέδοτο αὐτοὺς,
καὶ ὁ Κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτούς;
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How should one pursue a thousand,
and two rout tens of thousands,
if God had not sold them,
and the Lord delivered them up? | |
| 31 | οὐ γάρ εἰσιν οἱ θεοὶ αὐτῶν ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν·
οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν ἀνόητοι.
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For their gods are not as our God,
but our enemies [are] void of understanding. | |
| 32 | ἐκ γὰρ ἀμπέλου Σοδομων ἡ ἄμπελος αὐτῶν,
καὶ ἡ κληματὶς αὐτῶν ἐκ Γομορρας·
ἡ σταφυλὴ αὐτῶν σταφυλὴ χολῆς,
βότρυς πικρίας αὐτοῖς·
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For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom,
and their vine-branch of Gomorrha:
their grape [is] a grape of gall,
their cluster [is] one of bitterness. | |
| 33 | θυμὸς δρακόντων ὁ οἶνος αὐτῶν,
καὶ θυμὸς ἀσπίδων ἀνίατος.
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Their wine [is] the rage of serpents,
and the incurable rage of asps. | |
| 34 | οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα πάντα συνῆκται παρ' ἐμοὶ,
καὶ ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου;
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Lo! are not these things stored up by me,
and sealed among my treasures? | |
| 35 | ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκδικήσεως ἀνταποδώσω,
ἐν καιρῷ, ὅταν σφαλῇ ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν·
ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν,
καὶ πάρεστιν ἕτοιμα ὑμῖν.
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In the day of vengeance I will recompense,
whensoever their foot shall be tripped up;
for the day of their destruction [is] near to them,
and the judgments at hand are close upon you. | |
| 36 | ὅτι κρινεῖ κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ παρακληθήσεται·
εἶδεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς παραλελυμένους
καὶ ἐκλελοιπότας ἐν ἐπαγωγῇ καὶ παρειμένους.
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For the Lord shall judge his people,
and shall be comforted over his servants;
for he saw that they were utterly weakened,
and failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble: | |
| 37 | καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος Ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ θεοὶ αὐτῶν,
ἐφ' οἷς ἐπεποίθεισαν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς,
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and the Lord said, Where are their gods
on whom they trusted? | |
| 38 | ὧν τὸ στέαρ τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν ἠσθίετε,
καὶ ἐπίνετε τὸν οἶνον τῶν σπονδῶν αὐτῶν;
ἀναστήτωσαν καὶ βοηθησάτωσαν ὑμῖν,
καὶ γενηθήτωσαν ὑμῖν σκεπασταί.
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the fat of whose sacrifices ye ate,
and ye drank the wine of their drink-offerings?
let them arise and help you,
and be your protectors. | |
| 39 | ἴδετε ἴδετε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι,
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς πλὴν ἐμοῦ·
ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω·
πατάξω κἀγὼ ἰάσομαι·
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐξελεῖται ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου.
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Behold, behold that I am [he],
and there is no god beside me:
I kill, and I will make to live:
I will smite, and I will heal;
and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands. | |
| 40 | ὅτι ἀρῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τὴν χεῖρά μου,
καὶ ὀμοῦμαι τῇ δεξιᾷ μου
καὶ ἐρῶ Ζῶ ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
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For I will lift up my hand to heaven,
and swear by my right hand,
and I will say, I live for ever. | |
| 41 | ὅτι παροξυνῶ ὡς ἀστραπὴν τὴν μάχαιράν μου,
καὶ ἀνθέξεται κρίματος ἡ χείρ μου,
καὶ ἀνταποδώσω δίκην τοῖς ἐχθροῖς,
καὶ τοῖς μισοῦσίν με ἀνταποδώσω·
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For I will sharpen my sword like lightning,
and my hand shall take hold of judgment;
and I will render judgment to my enemies,
and will recompense them that hate me. | |
| 42 | μεθύσω τὰ βέλη μου ἀφ' αἵματος,
καὶ ἡ μάχαιρά μου καταφάγεται κρέα,
ἀφ' αἵματος τραυματιῶν καὶ αἰχμαλωσίας,
ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς ἀρχόντων ἐθνῶν.
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I will make my weapons drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh,
[it shall glut itself] with the blood of the wounded,
and from the captivity of the heads of [their] enemies that rule over them. | |
| 43 | εὐφράνθητε, οὐρανοί, ἅμα αὐτῷ,
καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι θεοῦ·
εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη, μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες υἱοὶ θεοῦ·
ὅτι τὸ αἷμα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ ἐκδικεῖται,
καὶ ἐκδικήσει καὶ ἀνταποδώσει δίκην τοῖς ἐχθροῖς·
καὶ τοῖς μισοῦσιν ἀνταποδώσει,
καὶ ἐκκαθαριεῖ Κύριος τὴν γῆν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.
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Rejoice, ye heavens, with him,
and let all the angels of God worship him;
rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people,
and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him;
for he will avenge the blood of his sons,
and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies,
and will reward them that hate him;
and the Lord shall purge the land of his people. | |
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