¹ Κατα του Μωαβ. Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ· Ουαι εις την Νεβω· διοτι απωλεσθη· η Κιριαθαιμ κατησχυνθη, εκυριευθη· η Μισγαβ κατησχυνθη και ετρομαξε.

² δεν θελει εισθαι πλεον καυχημα εις τον Μωαβ· εν Εσεβων κακον εβουλευθησαν εναντιον αυτης· Ελθετε και ας εξαλειψωμεν αυτην απο του να ηναι εθνος· και συ, Μαδμεν, θελεις κατεδαφισθη· μαχαιρα θελει σε καταδιωξει.

³ Φωνη κραυγης απο Οροναιμ, λεηλασια και συντριμμα μεγα.

⁴ Ο Μωαβ συνετριβη· τα παιδια αυτου εξεπεμψαν κραυγην.

⁵ Διοτι εις την αναβασιν της Λουειθ θελει υψωθη κλαυθμος επι κλαυθμον, επειδη εις την καταβασιν του Οροναιμ ηκουσαν οι εχθροι κραυγην συντριμματος.

⁶ Φυγετε, σωσατε την ζωην σας, και γενεσθε ως αγριομυρικη εν τη ερημω.

⁷ Διοτι, επειδη ηλπισας επι τα οχυρωματα σου και επι τους θησαυρους σου, και συ αυτος θελεις πιασθη· και ο Χεμως θελει εξελθει εις αιχμαλωσιαν, οι ιερεις αυτου και οι αρχοντες αυτου ομου.

⁸ Και θελει ελθει επι πασαν πολιν ο εξολοθρευτης, και πολις δεν θελει εκφυγει· η κοιλας οτι θελει απολεσθη και η πεδινη θελει αφανισθη, καθως ειπε Κυριος.

⁹ Δοτε πτερυγας εις τον Μωαβ, δια να πεταξη και να εκφυγη· διοτι αι πολεις αυτου θελουσιν ερημωθη, χωρις να υπαρχη ο κατοικων εν αυταις.

¹⁰ Επικαταρατος ο ποιων το εργον του Κυριου αμελως· και επικαταρατος ο αποσυρων την μαχαιραν αυτου απο αιματος.

¹¹ Ο Μωαβ εσταθη αταραχος εκ νεοτητος αυτου και ανεπαυετο επι την τρυγιαν αυτου και δεν εξεκενωθη απο αγγειον εις αγγειον ουδε υπηγεν εις αιχμαλωσιαν· δια τουτο η γευσις αυτου εμεινεν εις αυτον, και η οσμη αυτου δεν μετεβληθη.

¹² Δια τουτο, ιδου, ερχονται ημεραι, λεγει Κυριος, και θελω αποστειλει επ' αυτον μετατοπιστας και θελουσι μετατοπισει αυτον· και θελουσιν εκκενωσει τα αγγεια αυτου και συντριψει τους πιθους αυτου.

¹³ Και ο Μωαβ θελει αισχυνθη δια τον Χεμως, καθως ησχυνθη ο οικος Ισραηλ δια την Βαιθηλ την ελπιδα αυτων.

¹⁴ Πως λεγετε, Ημεις ειμεθα ισχυροι και ανδρες δυνατοι εις πολεμον;

¹⁵ Ο Μωαβ ελεηλατηθη, και επυρποληθησαν αι πολεις αυτου, και οι εκλεκτοι νεοι αυτου κατεβησαν εις σφαγην, λεγει ο Βασιλευς, του οποιου το ονομα ειναι ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

¹⁶ Η συμφορα του Μωαβ πλησιαζει να ελθη, και η θλιψις αυτου σπευδει σφοδρα.

¹⁷ Παντες οι κυκλω αυτου, θρηνησατε αυτον· και παντες οι γνωριζοντες το ονομα αυτου, ειπατε, Πως συνετριβη η δυνατη ραβδος, η ενδοξος βακτηρια.

¹⁸ Θυγατηρ, η κατοικουσα εν Δαιβων, καταβα απο της δοξης και καθησον εν ανυδρω· διοτι ο λεηλατης του Μωαβ αναβαινει επι σε και θελει αφανισει τα οχυρωματα σου.

¹⁹ Η κατοικουσα εν Αροηρ, στηθι πλησιον της οδου και παρατηρησον· ερωτησον τον φευγοντα και την διασωζομενην και ειπε, Τι εγεινεν;

²⁰ Ο Μωαβ κατησχυνθη· διοτι συνετριβη· ολολυξον και βοησον. αναγγειλατε εις Αρνων οτι ο Μωαβ ελεηλατηθη,

²¹ και κρισις ηλθεν επι την γην της πεδινης, επι Ωλων και επι Ιαασα και επι Μηφααθ,

²² και επι Δαιβων και επι Νεβω και επι Βαιθ-δεβλαθαιμ,

²³ και επι Κιριαθαιμ και επι Βαιθ-γαμουλ και επι Βαιθ-μεων,

²⁴ και επι Κεριωθ και επι Βοσορρα και επι πασας τας πολεις της γης Μωαβ, τας μακραν και τας εγγυς.

²⁵ Το κερας του Μωαβ συνεθλασθη και ο βραχιων αυτου συνετριβη, λεγει Κυριος.

²⁶ Μεθυσατε αυτον· διοτι εμεγαλυνθη κατα του Κυριου· και ο Μωαβ θελει κυλισθη εις τον εμετον αυτου και θελει εισθαι εις γελωτα και αυτος.

²⁷ Διοτι μηπως ο Ισραηλ δεν εσταθη γελως εις σε; μηπως ευρεθη μεταξυ κλεπτων; διοτι οσακις ομιλεις περι αυτου, σκιρτας υπο χαρας.

²⁸ Κατοικοι του Μωαβ, καταλιπετε τας πολεις και κατοικησατε εν πετρα και γενεσθε ως περιστερα φωλευουσα εις τα πλαγια του στοματος του σπηλαιου.

²⁹ Ηκουσαμεν την υπερηφανιαν του Μωαβ, του καθ' υπερβολην υπερηφανου· την υψηλοφροσυνην αυτου και την αλαζονειαν αυτου και την υπερηφανιαν αυτου και την επαρσιν της καρδιας αυτου.

³⁰ Εγω γνωριζω την μανιαν αυτου, λεγει Κυριος, πλην ουχι ουτω· τα ψευδη αυτου δεν θελουσι τελεσφορησει.

³¹ Δια τουτο θελω ολολυξει δια τον Μωαβ και θελω αναβοησει δια ολον τον Μωαβ· θελουσι θρηνολογησει δια τους ανδρας της Κιρ-ερες.

³² Αμπελε της Σιβμα, θελω κλαυσει δια σε υπερ τον κλαυθμον της Ιαζηρ· τα κληματα σου διεπεραααν την θαλασσαν, εφθασαν εως της θαλασσης της Ιαζηρ· ο λεηλατης επεπεσεν επι το θερος σου και επι τον τρυγητον σου.

³³ Και χαρα και αγαλλιασις εξηλειφθη απο της καρποφορου πεδιαδος και απο της γης Μωαβ· και αφηρεσα τον οινον απο των ληνων· ουδεις θελει ληνοπατησει αλαλαζων· αλαλαγμος δεν θελει ακουσθη.

³⁴ Δια την κραυγην της Εσεβων, ητις εφθασεν εως Ελεαλη και εως Ιαας, αυτοι εδωκαν την φωνην αυτων απο Σηγωρ εως Οροναιμ ως δαμαλις τριετης· διοτι και τα υδατα του Νιμρειμ θελουσιν εκλειψει.

³⁵ Και θελω παυσει εν τω Μωαβ, λεγει Κυριος, τον προσφεροντα ολοκαυτωμα εις τους υψηλους τοπους και τον θυμιαζοντα εις τους θεους αυτου.

³⁶ Δια τουτο η καρδια μου θελει βομβησει δια τον Μωαβ ως αυλος και η καρδια μου θελει βομβησει ως αυλος δια τους ανδρας της Κιρ-ερες· διοτι τα αποκτηθεντα εις αυτην αγαθα απωλεσθησαν.

³⁷ Διοτι πασα κεφαλη θελει εισθαι φαλακρα και πας πωγων εξυρισμενος· επι πασας τας χειρας θελουσιν εισθαι εντομαι και επι την οσφυν σακκος.

³⁸ Επι παντα τα δωματα του Μωαβ και επι πασας τας πλατειας αυτου θρηνος θελει εισθαι· διοτι συνετριψα τον Μωαβ ως σκευος εν ω δεν υπαρχει χαρις, λεγει Κυριος.

³⁹ Ολολυξατε, λεγοντες, Πως συνετριβη· πως ο Μωαβ εστρεψε τα νωτα εν καταισχυνη· ουτως ο Μωαβ θελει εισθαι γελως και φρικη εις παντας τους περι αυτον.

⁴⁰ Διοτι ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Ιδου, θελει πεταξει ως αετος, και θελει απλωσει τας πτερυγας αυτου επι τον Μωαβ.

⁴¹ Η Κεριωθ εκυριευθη και τα οχυρωματα επιασθησαν, και αι καρδιαι των ισχυρων του Μωαβ θελουσιν εισθαι κατ' εκεινην την ημεραν ως καρδια γυναικος κοιλοπονουσης.

⁴² Και ο Μωαβ θελει εξαλειφθη απο του να ηναι λαος, διοτι εμεγαλυνθη κατα του Κυριου.

⁴³ Φοβος και λακκος και παγις θελουσιν εισθαι επι σε, κατοικε του Μωαβ, λεγει Κυριος.

⁴⁴ Ο εκφυγων απο του φοβου θελει πεσει εις τον λακκον, και ο αναβας εκ του λακκου θελει πιασθη εν τη παγιδι· διοτι θελω φερει επ' αυτον, επι τον Μωαβ, το ετος της επισκεψεως αυτων, λεγει Κυριος.

⁴⁵ Οι φυγοντες εσταθησαν υπο την σκιαν της Εσεβων ητονημενοι· πυρ ομως θελει εξελθει εξ Εσεβων και φλοξ εκ μεσου της Σηων, και θελει καταφαγει το οριον του Μωαβ και την ακροπολιν των θορυβουντων πολεμιστων.

⁴⁶ Ουαι εις σε, Μωαβ· ο λαος του Χεμως απωλεσθη· διοτι οι υιοι σου επιασθησαν αιχμαλωτοι και αι θυγατερες σου αιχμαλωτοι.

⁴⁷ Αλλ' εγω θελω επιστρεψει την αιχμαλωσιαν του Μωαβ εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις, λεγει Κυριος. Μεχρι τουτου η κρισις του Μωαβ.

¹ It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

² He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.

³ Give us day by day our daily bread.

⁴ Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"

⁵ He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

⁶ for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

⁷ and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

⁸ I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

⁹ "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

¹¹ "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

¹² Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

¹³ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

¹⁴ He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

¹⁵ But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

¹⁶ Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

¹⁷ But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

¹⁸ If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

¹⁹ But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

²⁰ But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

²¹ "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

²² But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

²³ "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

²⁴ The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

²⁵ When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

²⁶ Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

²⁷ It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

²⁸ But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

²⁹ When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

³⁰ For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

³¹ The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

³² The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

³³ "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

³⁴ The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

³⁵ Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

³⁶ If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

³⁷ Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

³⁸ When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

³⁹ The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

⁴⁰ You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?

⁴¹ But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

⁴² But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

⁴⁵ One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

⁴⁶ He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

⁴⁷ Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

⁴⁸ So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

⁴⁹ Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

⁵² Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

⁵³ As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

⁵⁴ lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.