Ὁ ἀποστέλλων ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὅμηρα, καὶ ἐπιστολὰς βιβλίνας ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος· πορεύσονται γὰρ ἄγγελοι κοῦφοι πρὸς ἔθνος μετέωρον, καὶ ξένον λαὸν καὶ χαλεπόν· τίς αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα; ἔθνος ἀνέλπιστον καὶ καταπεπατημένον· νῦν οἱ ποταμοὶ τῆς γῆς

1. Ὁ
   The
2. ἀποστέλλων
   sending
3. ἐν
   in
4. θαλάσσῃ
   sea
5. ὅμηρα
   hostages
6.  
   ,
    
7. καὶ
   and
8. ἐπιστολὰς
   letters
9. βιβλίνας
   papyrus
10. ἐπάνω
    above
11. τοῦ
    of the
    the
12. ὕδατος
    water
13.  
    ·
     
14. πορεύσονται
    they will go
    will go, they will walk
15. γὰρ
    for
16. ἄγγελοι
    angels
17. κοῦφοι
    swift
    light
18. πρὸς
    to
    toward
19. ἔθνος
    nation
20. μετέωρον
    aloft
21.  
    ,
     
22. καὶ
    and
23. ξένον
    stranger
    foreigner
24. λαὸν
    people
25. καὶ
    and
26. χαλεπόν
    difficult
27.  
    ·
     
28. τίς
    someone
    who
29. αὐτοῦ
    his
30. ἐπέκεινα
    beyond
31.  
    ;
     
32. ἔθνος
    nation
33. ἀνέλπιστον
    unexpected
    hopeless
34. καὶ
    and
35. καταπεπατημένον
    trampled down
    trampled
36.  
    ·
     
37. νῦν
    now
38. οἱ
    the
39. ποταμοὶ
    rivers
40. τῆς
    of the
    the
41. γῆς
    earth

The one sending hostages by sea and papyrus letters upon the water, for swift messengers will go to a lofty nation and a foreign and difficult people—who is beyond his reach? A nation unexpected and trampled down, now the rivers of the earth