I will ^atake my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and ^blook out to see ^cwhat he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

ἐπὶ τῆς φυλακῆς μου. στήσομαι καὶ ἐπιβήσομαι ἐπὶ πέτραν καὶ ἀποσκοπεύσω τοῦ ἰδεῖν τί λαλήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ τί ἀποκριθῶ Ἐπὶ τὸν ἔλεγχόν μου

And the Lord answered me:

^d“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη πρός με κύριος καὶ εἶπεν Γράψον ὅρασιν καὶ σαφῶς ἐπὶ πυξίον, ὅπως διώκῃ ὁ ἀναγινώσκων αὐτά.

For still ^ethe vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^fwait for it;
^git will surely come; it will not delay.

διότι ἔτι ὅρασις εἰς καιρὸν καὶ ἀνατελεῖ εἰς πέρας καὶ οὐκ εἰς κενόν· ἐὰν ὑστερήσῃ, ὑπόμεινον αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐρχόμενος ἥξει καὶ οὐ μὴ χρονίσῃ.

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but ^hthe righteous shall live by his faith. ▼

▼Or faithfulness

ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ· ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεώς μου ζήσεται.

“Moreover, wine ▼

▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth

is ^ka traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest. ▼

▼The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain

His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death ^mhe has never enough.
ⁿHe gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”

ὁ δὲ κατοινωμένος καὶ καταφρονητὴς ἀνὴρ ἀλάζων οὐδὲν μὴ περάνῃ, ὃς ἐπλάτυνεν καθὼς ὁ ᾅδης τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὗτος ὡς θάνατος οὐκ ἐμπιπλάμενος καὶ ἐπισυνάξει ἐπ' αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ εἰσδέξεται πρὸς αὐτὸν πάντας τοὺς λαούς.

Shall not all these ^otake up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

^p“Woe to him ^qwho heaps up what is not his own—
for ^rhow long?—
and ^sloads himself with pledges!”

οὐχὶ ταῦτα πάντα παραβολὴν κατ' αὐτοῦ λήμψονται καὶ πρόβλημα εἰς διήγησιν αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἐροῦσιν Οὐαὶ ὁ πληθύνων ἑαυτῷ τὰ οὐκ ὄντα αὐτοῦ ἕως τίνος; καὶ βαρύνων τὸν κλοιὸν αὐτοῦ στιβαρῶς.

^tWill not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.

ὅτι ἐξαίφνης ἀναστήσονται δάκνοντες αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκνήψουσιν οἱ ἐπίβουλοί σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εἰς διαρπαγὴν αὐτοῖς.

^uBecause you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^vfor the blood of man and ^wviolence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.

διότι σὺ ἐσκύλευσας ἔθνη πολλά, σκυλεύσουσίν σε πάντες οἱ ὑπολελειμμένοι λαοὶ δι' αἵματα ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀσεβείας γῆς καὶ πόλεως καὶ πάντων τῶν κατοικούντων αὐτήν.

^x“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
^yto ^zset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!

ὦ ὁ πλεονεκτῶν πλεονεξίαν κακὴν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τάξαι εἰς ὕψος νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐκ χειρὸς κακῶν.

You have devised shame for your house
^aaby cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.

ἐβουλεύσω αἰσχύνην τῷ οἴκῳ σου, συνεπέρανας λαοὺς πολλούς, καὶ ἐξήμαρτεν ἡ ψυχή σου·

For ^abthe stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.

διότι λίθος ἐκ τοίχου βοήσεται, καὶ κάνθαρος ἐκ ξύλου φθέγξεται αὐτά.

^ac“Woe to him ^adwho builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

οὐαὶ ὁ οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν ἐν αἵμασιν καὶ ἑτοιμάζων πόλιν ἐν ἀδικίαις.

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that ^aepeoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?

οὐ ταῦτά ἐστιν παρὰ κυρίου παντοκράτορος; καὶ ἐξέλιπον λαοὶ ἱκανοὶ ἐν πυρί, καὶ ἔθνη πολλὰ ὠλιγοψύχησαν.

^afFor the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of ^agthe glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

ὅτι πλησθήσεται ἡ γῆ τοῦ γνῶναι τὴν δόξαν κυρίου, ὡς ὕδωρ κατακαλύψει αὐτούς.

^ah“Woe to him ^aiwho makes his neighbors drink—
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze ^ajat their nakedness!

ὦ ὁ ποτίζων τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀνατροπῇ θολερᾷ καὶ μεθύσκων, ὅπως ἐπιβλέπῃ ἐπὶ τὰ σπήλαια αὐτῶν.

You will have your fill ^akof shame instead of glory.
^alDrink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
^amThe cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and ^anutter shame will come upon your glory!

πλησμονὴν ἀτιμίας ἐκ δόξης πίε καὶ σὺ καὶ διασαλεύθητι καὶ σείσθητι· ἐκύκλωσεν ἐπὶ σὲ ποτήριον δεξιᾶς κυρίου, καὶ συνήχθη ἀτιμία ἐπὶ τὴν δόξαν σου.

^aoThe violence ^apdone to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
^aqfor the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.

διότι ἀσέβεια τοῦ Λιβάνου καλύψει σε, καὶ ταλαιπωρία θηρίων πτοήσει σε διὰ αἵματα ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀσεβείας γῆς καὶ πόλεως καὶ πάντων τῶν κατοικούντων αὐτήν.

^ar“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, ^asa teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes ^atspeechless idols!

Τί ὠφελεῖ γλυπτόν, ὅτι ἔγλυψαν αὐτό; ἔπλασαν αὐτὸ χώνευμα, φαντασίαν ψευδῆ, ὅτι πέποιθεν ὁ πλάσας ἐπὶ τὸ πλάσμα αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι εἴδωλα κωφά.

^auWoe to him ^avwho says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and ^awthere is no breath at all in it.

οὐαὶ ὁ λέγων τῷ ξύλῳ Ἔκνηψον ἐξεγέρθητι, καὶ τῷ λίθῳ Ὑψώθητι· καὶ αὐτό ἐστιν φαντασία, τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν ἔλασμα χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου, καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ.

But ^axthe Lord is in his holy temple;
^aylet all the earth keep silence before him.”

ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐν ναῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ· εὐλαβείσθω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ.