ΘΡΗΝΟΙ - Lamentazioni - Lamentations 5

LXX	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 μνησθητι κυριε ο τι εγενηθη ημιν επιβλεψον και ιδε τον ονειδισμον ημων	1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us, look, and see our disgrace:
2 κληρονομια ημων μετεστραφη αλλοτριοις οι οικοι ημων ξενοις	2 Our inherited lands have been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 ορφανοι εγενηθημεν ουχ υπαρχει πατηρ μητερες ημων ως αι χηραι	3 We have become orphans, fatherless; widowed are our mothers.
4 εξ ημερων ημων ξυλα ημων εν αλλαγματι ηλθεν	4 The water we drink we must buy, for our own wood we must pay.
5 επι τον τραχηλον ημων εδιωχθημεν εκοπιασαμεν ουκ ανεπαυθημεν	5 On our necks is the yoke of those who drive us; we are worn out, but allowed no rest.
6 αιγυπτος εδωκεν χειρα ασσουρ εις πλησμονην αυτων	6 To Egypt we submitted, and to Assyria, to fill our need of bread.
7 οι πατερες ημων ημαρτον ουχ υπαρχουσιν ημεις τα ανομηματα αυτων υπεσχομεν	7 Our fathers, who sinned, are no more; but we bear their guilt.
8 δουλοι εκυριευσαν ημων λυτρουμενος ουκ εστιν εκ της χειρος αυτων	8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their hands.
9 εν ταις ψυχαις ημων εισοισομεν αρτον ημων απο προσωπου ρομφαιας της ερημου	9 At the peril of our lives we bring in our sustenance, in the face of the desert heat;
10 το δερμα ημων ως κλιβανος επελειωθη συνεσπασθησαν απο προσωπου καταιγιδων λιμου	10 Our skin is shriveled up, as though by a furnace, with the searing blasts of famine.
11 γυναικας εν σιων εταπεινωσαν παρθενους εν πολεσιν ιουδα	11 The wives in Zion were ravished by the enemy, the maidens in the cities of Judah;
12 αρχοντες εν χερσιν αυτων εκρεμασθησαν πρεσβυτεροι ουκ εδοξασθησαν	12 Princes were gibbeted by them, elders shown no respect.
13 εκλεκτοι κλαυθμον ανελαβον και νεανισκοι εν ξυλω ησθενησαν	13 The youths carry the millstones, boys stagger under their loads of wood;
14 και πρεσβυται απο πυλης κατεπαυσαν εκλεκτοι εκ ψαλμων αυτων κατεπαυσαν	14 The old men have abandoned the gate, the young men their music.
15 κατελυσεν χαρα καρδιας ημων εστραφη εις πενθος ο χορος ημων	15 The joy of our hearts has ceased, our dance has turned into mourning;
16 επεσεν ο στεφανος της κεφαλης ημων ουαι δη ημιν οτι ημαρτομεν	16 The garlands have fallen from our heads: woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 περι τουτου εγενηθη οδυνηρα η καρδια ημων περι τουτου εσκοτασαν οι οφθαλμοι ημων	17 Over this our hearts are sick, at this our eyes grow dim:
18 επ' ορος σιων οτι ηφανισθη αλωπεκες διηλθον εν αυτη	18 That Mount Zion should be desolate, with jackals roaming there!
19 συ δε κυριε εις τον αιωνα κατοικησεις ο θρονος σου εις γενεαν και γενεαν	19 You, O LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne stands from age to age.
20 ινα τι εις νεικος επιληση ημων καταλειψεις ημας εις μακροτητα ημερων	20 Why, then, should you forget us, abandon us so long a time?
21 επιστρεψον ημας κυριε προς σε και επιστραφησομεθα και ανακαινισον ημερας ημων καθως εμπροσθεν	21 Lead us back to you, O LORD, that we may be restored: give us anew such days as we had of old.
22 οτι απωθουμενος απωσω ημας ωργισθης εφ' ημας εως σφοδρα .	22 For now you have indeed rejected us, and in full measure turned your wrath against us.