ΘΡΗΝΟΙ - Lamentazioni - Lamentations 3

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 εγω ανηρ ο βλεπων πτωχειαν εν ραβδω θυμου αυτου επ' εμε	1 ALEPH. I am a man watching my own poverty by the rod of his indignation.
2 παρελαβεν με και απηγαγεν εις σκοτος και ου φως	2 ALEPH. He has driven me and led me into darkness, and not into light.
3 πλην εν εμοι επεστρεψεν χειρα αυτου ολην την ημεραν	3 ALEPH. Against me only, he has turned and turned again his hand, all day long.
4 επαλαιωσεν σαρκας μου και δερμα μου οστεα μου συνετριψεν	4 BETH. My skin and my flesh, he has made old; he has crushed my bones.
5 ανωκοδομησεν κατ' εμου και εκυκλωσεν κεφαλην μου και εμοχθησεν	5 BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
6 εν σκοτεινοις εκαθισεν με ως νεκρους αιωνος	6 BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
7 ανωκοδομησεν κατ' εμου και ουκ εξελευσομαι εβαρυνεν χαλκον μου	7 GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
8 και γε κεκραξομαι και βοησω απεφραξεν προσευχην μου	8 GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer.
9 ανωκοδομησεν οδους μου ενεφραξεν τριβους μου εταραξεν	9 GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
10 αρκος ενεδρευουσα αυτος μοι λεων εν κρυφαιοις	10 DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.
11 κατεδιωξεν αφεστηκοτα και κατεπαυσεν με εθετο με ηφανισμενην	11 DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.
12 ενετεινεν τοξον αυτου και εστηλωσεν με ως σκοπον εις βελος	12 DALETH. He has bent his bow, and he has positioned me like a target for his arrows.
13 εισηγαγεν τοις νεφροις μου ιους φαρετρας αυτου	13 HE. He has shot into my kidneys the daughters of his quiver.
14 εγενηθην γελως παντι λαω μου ψαλμος αυτων ολην την ημεραν	14 HE. I have become a derision to all my people, their song throughout the day.
15 εχορτασεν με πικριας εμεθυσεν με χολης	15 HE. He has filled me with bitterness; he has inebriated me with wormwood.
16 και εξεβαλεν ψηφω οδοντας μου εψωμισεν με σποδον	16 VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.
17 και απωσατο εξ ειρηνης ψυχην μου επελαθομην αγαθα	17 VAU. And my soul has been driven away from peace; I have forgotten what is good.
18 και ειπα απωλετο νεικος μου και η ελπις μου απο κυριου	18 VAU. And I said, “My end and my hope from the Lord has perished.”
19 εμνησθην απο πτωχειας μου και εκ διωγμου μου πικριας και χολης μου	19 ZAIN. Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
20 μνησθησεται και καταδολεσχησει επ' εμε η ψυχη μου	20 ZAIN. I will call to mind the past, and my soul shall languish within me.
21 ταυτην ταξω εις την καρδιαν μου δια τουτο υπομενω	21 ZAIN. These recollections are in my heart; therefore, I shall hope.
22 -	22 HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.
23 -	23 HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.
24 -	24 HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him.
25 αγαθος κυριος τοις υπομενουσιν αυτον ψυχη η ζητησει αυτον αγαθον	25 TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 και υπομενει και ησυχασει εις το σωτηριον κυριου	26 TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
27 αγαθον ανδρι οταν αρη ζυγον εν νεοτητι αυτου	27 TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
28 καθησεται κατα μονας και σιωπησεται οτι ηρεν εφ' εαυτω	28 JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
29 -	29 JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
30 δωσει τω παιοντι αυτον σιαγονα χορτασθησεται ονειδισμων	30 JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
31 οτι ουκ εις τον αιωνα απωσεται κυριος	31 CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever.
32 οτι ο ταπεινωσας οικτιρησει κατα το πληθος του ελεους αυτου	32 CAPH. For, if he has cast down, he will also have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 οτι ουκ απεκριθη απο καρδιας αυτου και εταπεινωσεν υιους ανδρος	33 CAPH. For he has not humiliated from his heart, nor has he thrown aside the sons of men,
34 του ταπεινωσαι υπο τους ποδας αυτου παντας δεσμιους γης	34 LAMED. as if to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
35 του εκκλιναι κρισιν ανδρος κατεναντι προσωπου υψιστου	35 LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
36 καταδικασαι ανθρωπον εν τω κρινεσθαι αυτον κυριος ουκ ειπεν	36 LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
37 τις ουτως ειπεν και εγενηθη κυριος ουκ ενετειλατο	37 MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
38 εκ στοματος υψιστου ουκ εξελευσεται τα κακα και το αγαθον	38 MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
39 τι γογγυσει ανθρωπος ζων ανηρ περι της αμαρτιας αυτου	39 MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?
40 εξηρευνηθη η οδος ημων και ητασθη και επιστρεψωμεν εως κυριου	40 NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord.
41 αναλαβωμεν καρδιας ημων επι χειρων προς υψηλον εν ουρανω	41 NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens.
42 ημαρτησαμεν ησεβησαμεν και ουχ ιλασθης	42 NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless.
43 επεσκεπασας εν θυμω και απεδιωξας ημας απεκτεινας ουκ εφεισω	43 SAMECH. You have covered us in your fury, and you have struck us. You have killed, and have not spared.
44 επεσκεπασας νεφελην σεαυτω εινεκεν προσευχης	44 SAMECH. You have set a cloud opposite you, lest our prayer pass through.
45 καμμυσαι με και απωσθηναι εθηκας ημας εν μεσω των λαων	45 SAMECH. In the midst of the peoples, you have uprooted me and cast me out.
46 διηνοιξαν εφ' ημας το στομα αυτων παντες οι εχθροι ημων	46 PHE. All our enemies have opened their mouths over us.
47 φοβος και θυμος εγενηθη ημιν επαρσις και συντριβη	47 PHE. Prediction has become for us a dread, and a snare, and a grief.
48 αφεσεις υδατων καταξει ο οφθαλμος μου επι το συντριμμα της θυγατρος του λαου μου	48 PHE. My eye has brought forth streams of water at the contrition of the daughter of my people.
49 ο οφθαλμος μου κατεποθη και ου σιγησομαι του μη ειναι εκνηψιν	49 AIN. My eye has been afflicted, and it has not been quieted, because there would be no rest
50 εως ου διακυψη και ιδη κυριος εξ ουρανου	50 AIN. until the Lord looked down and saw from the heavens.
51 ο οφθαλμος μου επιφυλλιει επι την ψυχην μου παρα πασας θυγατερας πολεως	51 AIN. My eye has exhausted my soul over every one of the daughters of my city.
52 θηρευοντες εθηρευσαν με ως στρουθιον οι εχθροι μου δωρεαν	52 SADE. My enemies have chased me, and they have caught me like a bird, without reason.
53 εθανατωσαν εν λακκω ζωην μου και επεθηκαν λιθον επ' εμοι	53 SADE. My life has fallen into a pit, and they have placed a stone over me.
54 υπερεχυθη υδωρ επι κεφαλην μου ειπα απωσμαι	54 SADE. The waters have flooded over my head. I said, “I am lost.”
55 επεκαλεσαμην το ονομα σου κυριε εκ λακκου κατωτατου	55 COPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, from the furthest pit.
56 φωνην μου ηκουσας μη κρυψης τα ωτα σου εις την δεησιν μου	56 COPH. You have heard my voice. Do not turn away your ear from my sobbing and my cries.
57 εις την βοηθειαν μου ηγγισας εν η σε ημερα επεκαλεσαμην ειπας μοι μη φοβου	57 COPH. You drew near in the daytime, when I called upon you. You said, “Fear not.”
58 εδικασας κυριε τας δικας της ψυχης μου ελυτρωσω την ζωην μου	58 RES. You have judged, O Lord, the case of my soul. You are the Redeemer of my life.
59 ειδες κυριε τας ταραχας μου εκρινας την κρισιν μου	59 RES. You have seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me. Judge my case.
60 ειδες πασαν την εκδικησιν αυτων εις παντας διαλογισμους αυτων εν εμοι	60 RES. You have seen all their fury, every one of their thoughts is against me.
61 ηκουσας τον ονειδισμον αυτων παντας τους διαλογισμους αυτων κατ' εμου	61 SIN. You have heard their reproach, O Lord, all their thoughts are against me.
62 χειλη επανιστανομενων μοι και μελετας αυτων κατ' εμου ολην την ημεραν	62 SIN. The lips of those who rise up against me, and their meditations, are against me all day long.
63 καθεδραν αυτων και αναστασιν αυτων επιβλεψον επι τους οφθαλμους αυτων	63 SIN. Watch their sitting down and their rising up: I am their psalm.
64 αποδωσεις αυτοις ανταποδομα κυριε κατα τα εργα των χειρων αυτων	64 THAU. You shall pay a recompense to them, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
65 αποδωσεις αυτοις υπερασπισμον καρδιας μοχθον σου αυτοις	65 THAU. You shall give them a heavy shield of the heart: your hardship.
66 καταδιωξεις εν οργη και εξαναλωσεις αυτους υποκατω του ουρανου κυριε	66 THAU. You shall pursue them in fury, and you shall destroy them under the heavens, O Lord.