ΘΡΗΝΟΙ - Lamentazioni - Lamentations 5

LXX	NEW JERUSALEM
1 μνησθητι κυριε ο τι εγενηθη ημιν επιβλεψον και ιδε τον ονειδισμον ημων	1 Yahweh, remember what has happened to us; consider, and see our degradation.
2 κληρονομια ημων μετεστραφη αλλοτριοις οι οικοι ημων ξενοις	2 Our heritage has passed to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 ορφανοι εγενηθημεν ουχ υπαρχει πατηρ μητερες ημων ως αι χηραι	3 We are orphans, we are fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
4 εξ ημερων ημων ξυλα ημων εν αλλαγματι ηλθεν	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 εδιωχθημεν εκοπιασαμεν ουκ ανεπαυθημεν	5 The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; exhausted we are, al owed no rest.
6 αιγυπτος εδωκεν χειρα ασσουρ εις πλησμονην αυτων	6 We made a pact with Egypt, with Assyria, to have plenty of food.
7 οι πατερες ημων ημαρτον ουχ υπαρχουσιν ημεις τα ανομηματα αυτων υπεσχομεν	7 Our ancestors sinned; they are no more, and we bear the weight of their guilt.
8 δουλοι εκυριευσαν ημων λυτρουμενος ουκ εστιν εκ της χειρος αυτων	8 Slaves rule us; there is no one to rescue us from their clutches.
9 εν ταις ψυχαις ημων εισοισομεν αρτον ημων απο προσωπου ρομφαιας της ερημου	9 At peril of our lives we earn our bread, by risking the sword of the desert.
10 το δερμα ημων ως κλιβανος επελειωθη συνεσπασθησαν απο προσωπου καταιγιδων λιμου	10 Our skin is as hot as an oven, from the scorch of famine.
11 γυναικας εν σιων εταπεινωσαν παρθενους εν πολεσιν ιουδα	11 The women in Zion have been raped, the young girls in the towns of Judah.
12 αρχοντες εν χερσιν αυτων εκρεμασθησαν πρεσβυτεροι ουκ εδοξασθησαν	12 Princes have been hanged by their hands; the face of the old has won no respect.
13 εκλεκτοι κλαυθμον ανελαβον και νεανισκοι εν ξυλω ησθενησαν	13 Youths have been put to the mil , boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 και πρεσβυται απο πυλης κατεπαυσαν εκλεκτοι εκ ψαλμων αυτων κατεπαυσαν	14 The elders have deserted the gateway; the young have given up their music.
15 κατελυσεν χαρα καρδιας ημων εστραφη εις πενθος ο χορος ημων	15 Joy has vanished from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
16 επεσεν ο στεφανος της κεφαλης ημων ουαι δη ημιν οτι ημαρτομεν	16 The crown has fallen from our heads. Alas that ever we sinned!
17 περι τουτου εγενηθη οδυνηρα η καρδια ημων περι τουτου εσκοτασαν οι οφθαλμοι ημων	17 This is why our hearts are sick; this is why our eyes are dim:
18 επ' ορος σιων οτι ηφανισθη αλωπεκες διηλθον εν αυτη	18 because Mount Zion is desolate; jackals roam to and fro on it.
19 συ δε κυριε εις τον αιωνα κατοικησεις ο θρονος σου εις γενεαν και γενεαν	19 Yet you, Yahweh, rule from eternity; your throne endures from age to age.
20 ινα τι εις νεικος επιληση ημων καταλειψεις ημας εις μακροτητα ημερων	20 Why do you never remember us? Why do you abandon us so long?
21 επιστρεψον ημας κυριε προς σε και επιστραφησομεθα και ανακαινισον ημερας ημων καθως εμπροσθεν	21 Make us come back to you, Yahweh, and we will come back. Restore us as we were before!
22 οτι απωθουμενος απωσω ημας ωργισθης εφ' ημας εως σφοδρα .	22 Unless you have utterly rejected us, in an anger which knows no limit.