| 1 αἰτεῖσθε ὑετὸν παρὰ κυρίου κα{Q'} ὥραν πρόιμον καὶ ὄψιμον κύριος ἐποίησεν φαντασίας καὶ ὑετὸν χειμερινὸν δώσει αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ βοτάνην ἐν ἀγρῷ 2 διότι οἱ ἀποφθεγγόμενοι ἐλάλησαν κόπους καὶ οἱ μάντεις ὁράσεις ψευδεῖς καὶ τὰ ἐνύπνια ψευδῆ ἐλάλουν μάταια παρεκάλουν διὰ τοῦτο ἐξήρθησαν ὡς πρόβατα καὶ ἐκακώθησαν διότι οὐκ ἦν ἴασις 3 ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας παρωξύνθη ὁ θυμός μου καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀμνοὺς ἐπισκέψομαι καὶ ἐπισκέψεται κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ τὸν οἶκον Ιουδα καὶ τάξει αὐτοὺς ὡς ἵππον εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ ἐν πολέμῳ 4 καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐπέβλεψεν καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔταξεν καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τόξον ἐν θυμῷ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται πᾶς ὁ ἐξελαύνων ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ 5 καὶ ἔσονται ὡς μαχηταὶ πατοῦντες πηλὸν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ παρατάξονται διότι κύριος με{T'} αὐτῶν καὶ καταισχυνθήσονται ἀναβάται ἵππων 6 καὶ κατισχύσω τὸν οἶκον Ιουδα καὶ τὸν οἶκον Ιωσηφ σώσω καὶ κατοικιῶ αὐτούς ὅτι ἠγάπησα αὐτούς καὶ ἔσονται ὃν τρόπον οὐκ ἀπεστρεψάμην αὐτούς διότι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτοῖς 7 καὶ ἔσονται ὡς μαχηταὶ τοῦ Εφραιμ καὶ χαρήσεται ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ὡς ἐν οἴνῳ καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ὄψονται καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται καὶ χαρεῖται ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ |
1 For rain in spring whom but the Lord entreat we? He it is, none else, fashions the snow,[1] waters the crops on this farm or that. 2 Vain the false god’s foretelling, vainly diviner cheats us, and dreams delude; comfort they have none to give; such ways Israel has followed, like a flock of sheep untended, and to its cost. 3 What marvel if my anger blazed out against the shepherds? A reckoning I must have with yonder buck-goats; ay, the Lord of hosts would keep strict count of his flock, the sons of Juda.
Who but Israel is the proud charger I will ride into battle? 4 Corner-stone, he, of the building, peg of the tent’s rope, bow that shall win the day; spoilers of the world he, none other, shall send forth. 5 Warriors they shall be that go out to battle trampling all before them in the mire; does not the Lord go out to battle at their side? Well mounted, their enemies could yet nothing win. 6 Such aid the men of Juda shall have, the sons of Joseph such deliverance; in pity I will restore them, and all shall be as it was before I cast them off from me; I am the Lord their God, shall I not heed them? 7 Ephraim, of great warriors the peer! Glad all hearts shall be, as when the wine-cup goes round; children of his shall acclaim the sight, and triumph lustily in the Lord. |
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Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino,
et Dominus faciet nives:
et pluviam imbris dabit eis,
singulis herbam in agro. 2
Quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile,
et divini viderunt mendacium:
et somniatores locuti sunt frustra,
vane consolabantur:
idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex:
affligentur, quia non est eis pastor. 3
Super pastores iratus est furor meus,
et super hircos visitabo:
quia visitavit Dominus exercituum gregem suum, domum Juda,
et posuit eos quasi equum gloriæ suæ in bello. 4
Ex ipso angulus, ex ipso paxillus,
ex ipso arcus prælii,
ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul. 5
Et erunt quasi fortes conculcantes lutum viarum in prælio,
et bellabunt, quia Dominus cum eis:
et confundentur ascensores equorum. 6
Et confortabo domum Juda,
et domum Joseph salvabo:
et convertam eos, quia miserebor eorum:
et erunt sicut fuerunt quando non projeceram eos:
ego enim Dominus Deus eorum, et exaudiam eos. 7
Et erunt quasi fortes Ephraim,
et lætabitur cor eorum quasi a vino:
et filii eorum videbunt, et lætabuntur,
et exsultabit cor eorum in Domino. |