ΘΡΗΝΟΙ - Lamentazioni - Lamentations 5

GREEK BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Ενθυμηθητι, Κυριε, τι εγεινεν εις ημας? επιβλεψον, και ιδε τον ονειδισμον ημων.	1 Yahweh, remember what has happened to us; consider, and see our degradation.
2 Η κληρονομια ημων μετεστραφη εις αλλοτριους, αι οικιαι ημων εις ξενους.	2 Our heritage has passed to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 Εγειναμεν ορφανοι ανευ πατρος, αι μητερες ημων ως χηραι.	3 We are orphans, we are fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
4 Με αργυριον επιομεν το υδωρ ημων? τα ξυλα ημων επωληθησαν εις ημας.	4 We have to buy our own water to drink, our own wood we can get only at a price.
5 Επι τον τραχηλον ημων ειναι διωγμος? εμοχθησαμεν, αναπαυσιν δεν εχομεν.	5 The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; exhausted we are, al owed no rest.
6 Ηπλωσαμεν χειρα προς τους Αιγυπτιους, προς τους Ασσυριους, δια να χορτασθωμεν αρτον.	6 We made a pact with Egypt, with Assyria, to have plenty of food.
7 Οι πατερες ημων ημαρτησαν, εκεινοι δεν υπαρχουσι? και ημεις φερομεν τας ανομιας αυτων.	7 Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear the weight of their guilt.
8 Δουλοι εξουσιαζουσιν εφ' ημας? δεν υπαρχει ο λυτρονων εκ της χειρος αυτων.	8 Slaves rule us; there is no one to rescue us from their clutches.
9 Φερομεν τον αρτον ημων μετα κινδυνου της ζωης ημων, απ' εμπροσθεν της ρομφαιας της ερημου.	9 At peril of our lives we earn our bread, by risking the sword of the desert.
10 Το δερμα ημων ημαυρωθη ως κλιβανος, απο της καυσεως της πεινης.	10 Our skin is as hot as an oven, from the scorch of famine.
11 Εταπεινωσαν τας γυναικας εν Σιων, τας παρθενους εν ταις πολεσιν Ιουδα.	11 The women in Zion have been raped, the young girls in the towns of Judah.
12 Οι αρχοντες εκρεμασθησαν υπο των χειρων αυτων? τα προσωπα των πρεσβυτερων δεν ετιμηθησαν.	12 Princes have been hanged by their hands; the face of the old has won no respect.
13 Οι νεοι υπεβληθησαν εις το αλεσμα, και τα παιδια επεσον υπο τα ξυλα.	13 Youths have been put to the mil , boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Οι πρεσβυτεροι επαυσαν απο των πυλων, οι νεοι απο των ασματων αυτων.	14 The elders have deserted the gateway; the young have given up their music.
15 Επαυσεν η χαρα της καρδιας ημων, ο χορος ημων εστραφη εις πενθος.	15 Joy has vanished from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 Ο στεφανος της κεφαλης ημων επεσεν? ουαι δε εις ημας, διοτι ημαρτησαμεν.	16 The crown has fallen from our heads. Alas that ever we sinned!
17 Δια τουτο εξελιπεν η καρδια ημων, δια ταυτα εσκοτοδινιασαν οι οφθαλμοι ημων.	17 This is why our hearts are sick; this is why our eyes are dim:
18 Δια την ερημωσιν του ορους Σιων, αι αλωπεκες περιπατουσιν εν αυτω.	18 because Mount Zion is desolate; jackals roam to and fro on it.
19 Συ, Κυριε, κατοικεις εις τον αιωνα? ο θρονος σου διαμενει εις γενεαν και γενεαν.	19 Yet you, Yahweh, rule from eternity; your throne endures from age to age.
20 Δια τι θελεις μας λησμονησει δια παντος; θελεις μας εγκαταλειψει εις μακροτητα ημερων;	20 Why do you never remember us? Why do you abandon us so long?
21 Επιστρεψον ημας, Κυριε, προς σε και θελομεν επιστραφη. Ανανεωσον τας ημερας ημων ως το προτερον.	21 Make us come back to you, Yahweh, and we will come back. Restore us as we were before!
22 Διατι απερριψας ημας ολοτελως, ωργισθης εναντιον ημων εως σφοδρα;	22 Unless you have utterly rejected us, in an anger which knows no limit.