| 1 ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ ἐκείνῳ εἶπεν κύριος ἔσομαι εἰς θεὸν τῷ γένει Ισραηλ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς λαόν 2 οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος εὗρον θερμὸν ἐν ἐρήμῳ μετὰ ὀλωλότων ἐν μαχαίρᾳ βαδίσατε καὶ μὴ ὀλέσητε τὸν Ισραηλ 3 κύριος πόρρωθεν ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἀγάπησιν αἰωνίαν ἠγάπησά σε διὰ τοῦτο εἵλκυσά σε εἰς οἰκτίρημα 4 ἔτι οἰκοδομήσω σε καὶ οἰκοδομηθήσῃ παρθένος Ισραηλ ἔτι λήμψῃ τύμπανόν σου καὶ ἐξελεύσῃ μετὰ συναγωγῆς παιζόντων 5 ἔτι φυτεύσατε ἀμπελῶνας ἐν ὄρεσιν Σαμαρείας φυτεύσατε καὶ αἰνέσατε 6 ὅτι ἔστιν ἡμέρα κλήσεως ἀπολογουμένων ἐν ὄρεσιν Εφραιμ ἀνάστητε καὶ ἀνάβητε εἰς Σιων πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεὸν ἡμῶν 7 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος τῷ Ιακωβ εὐφράνθητε καὶ χρεμετίσατε ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ἐθνῶν ἀκουστὰ ποιήσατε καὶ αἰνέσατε εἴπατε ἔσωσεν κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ Ισραηλ 8 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἄγω αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ βορρᾶ καὶ συνάξω αὐτοὺς ἀ{P'} ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς ἐν ἑορτῇ φασεκ καὶ τεκνοποιήσῃ ὄχλον πολύν καὶ ἀποστρέψουσιν ὧδε 9 ἐν κλαυθμῷ ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἐν παρακλήσει ἀνάξω αὐτοὺς αὐλίζων ἐπὶ διώρυγας ὑδάτων ἐν ὁδῷ ὀρθῇ καὶ οὐ μὴ πλανηθῶσιν ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι ἐγενόμην τῷ Ισραηλ εἰς πατέρα καὶ Εφραιμ πρωτότοκός μού ἐστιν |
1 No clan in Israel, the Lord says, but shall own me as its God when that day comes, and all of them shall be my people. 2 Out there in the solitudes they have won pardon, those exiles the sword left untouched; Israel shall find a home, the Lord says, 3 the Lord, making himself known from far away.[1] With unchanging love I love thee, and now in mercy I have drawn thee to myself. 4 Israel, poor homeless maid, I will build thy fortunes anew; built anew they shall be, and thou shalt go forth once more, thy tambour hung about thee, among the choir of dancers. 5 Once more thou shalt plant vineyards over the hill-country of Samaria; planted they shall be, and the men who planted them await the appointed time before they gather the vintage.[2] 6 Watchmen there shall be, when that day comes, in the hill-country of Ephraim that will cry aloud, Up, to Sion go we, and there worship the Lord our God! 7 Rejoice, the Lord says, at Jacob’s triumph, the proudest of nations greet with a glad cry;[3] loud echo your songs of praise, Deliverance, Lord, for thy people, for the remnant of Israel! 8 From the north country, from the very ends of earth, I mean to gather them and bring them home; blind men and lame, pregnant women and women brought to bed, so great the muster at their home-coming. 9 Weeping they shall come, and I, moved to pity, will bring them to their journey’s end; from mountain stream to mountain stream I will lead them, by a straight road where there is no stumbling; I, Israel, thy father again, and thou, Ephraim, my first-born son. |
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In tempore illo, dicit Dominus,
ero Deus universis cognationibus Israël,
et ipsi erunt mihi in populum. 2
Hæc dicit Dominus:
Invenit gratiam in deserto populus qui remanserat a gladio:
vadet ad requiem suam Israël. 3
Longe Dominus apparuit mihi.
Et in caritate perpetua dilexi te:
ideo attraxi te, miserans. 4
Rursumque ædificabo te, et ædificaberis, virgo Israël:
adhuc ornaberis tympanis tuis,
et egredieris in choro ludentium. 5
Adhuc plantabis vineas in montibus Samariæ:
plantabunt plantantes,
et donec tempus veniat, non vindemiabunt. 6
Quia erit dies in qua clamabunt custodes in monte Ephraim:
Surgite, et ascendamus in Sion ad Dominum Deum nostrum. 7
Quia hæc dicit Dominus:
Exsultate in lætitia, Jacob,
et hinnite contra caput gentium:
personate, et canite, et dicite:
Salva, Domine, populum tuum, reliquias Israël. 8
Ecce ego adducam eos de terra aquilonis,
et congregabo eos ab extremis terræ:
inter quos erunt cæcus et claudus,
prægnans et pariens simul,
cœtus magnus revertentium huc. 9
In fletu venient,
et in misericordia reducam eos:
et adducam eos per torrentes aquarum in via recta,
et non impingent in ea,
quia factus sum Israëli pater,
et Ephraim primogenitus meus est. |