Lamentations 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
1ΕΓΩ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν ἐν ράβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ' ἐμέ·
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
2παρέλαβέ με καὶ ἀπήγαγέ με εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς,
3Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
3πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
4My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
4Ἐπαλαίωσε σάρκα μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν·
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
5ἀῳκοδόμησε κατ' ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσε κεφαλήν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν,
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
6ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέ με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
7Ἀνῳκοδόμησε κατ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι, ἐβάρυνε χαλκόν μου·
8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
8καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξε προσευχήν μου·
9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
9ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξε τρίβους μου, ἐτάραξεν.
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
10Ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα αὐτός μοι, λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις·
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
11κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέ με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην.
12He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12ἐνέτεινε τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέ με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος.
13He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
13Εἰσήγαγεν ἐν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ·
14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
14ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου, ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν·
15He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
15ἐχόρτασέ με πικρίας, ἐμέθυσέ με χολῆς.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
16Καὶ ἐξέβαλε ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου, ἐψώμισέ με σποδόν·
17And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
17καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου,
18And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
18ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθά, καὶ εἶπα· ἀπώλετο νῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου.
19Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
19Ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκδιωγμοῦ μου πικρίας καὶ χολῆς μου.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
20μνησθήσεται καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου·
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ.
22Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
22Τὰ ἐλέη Κυρίου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐξέλιπέμε, ὅτι οὐσυνετελέσθησαν οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ· μῆνας εἰς τὰς πρωΐας ἐλέησον, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθημεν, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθησαν οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ.
23They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
23καινὰ εἰς τὰς πρωΐας, πολλὴ ἡ πίστις σου.
24'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
24μερίς μου Κύριος, εἶπεν ἡ ψυχή μου· διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ αὐτῷ.
25The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
25Ἀγαθὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν, ψυχὴ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν
26It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
26καὶ ὑπομεννεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον Κυρίου.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρί, ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
28Καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι ᾖρεν ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ·
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
30δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα, χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
31¨Οτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται Κύριος.
32For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
32ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτειρήσει κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ·
33For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
33ὅτι οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
34Τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς,
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
35τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου Ὑψίστου,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
36καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν Κύριος οὐκ εἶπε.
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
37Τίς οὕτως εἶπε, καὶ ἐγενήθη; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο.
38Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
38ἐκ στόματος Ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν;
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
39τί γογγύσει ἄνθρωπος ζῶν, ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ;
40Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
40Ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη, κὶ ἐπιστρέψομεν ἕως Κυρίου·
41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
41ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ·
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
42ἡμαρτήσαμεν, ἠσεβήσαμεν, καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
43Ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς· ἀπέκτεινας, οὐκ ἐφείσω.
44Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
44Ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ ἕνεκεν προσευχῆς,
45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
45καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν.
46All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
46Διήνοιξαν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν·
47Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
47φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή.
48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
48ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.
49Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
49Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη, καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν,
50Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
50ἕως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ·
51Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
51ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως.
52They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
52Θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν,
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
53ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπ' ἐμοί.
54Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
54ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου· εἶπα· ἀπῶσμαι.
55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
55Ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου·
56Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
56φωνήν μου ἤκουσας· μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὦτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
57εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐπεκαλεσάμην σε· εἶπάς μοι· μὴ φοβοῦ.
58O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
58Ἐδίκασας, Κύριε, τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου, ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου·
59O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
59εἶδες, Κύριε, τὰς ταραχάς μου, ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου·
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
60εἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί.
61Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
61Ἤκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν, πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατ' ἐμοῦ,
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
62χείλη ἐπανισταμένων μοι καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατ' ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,
63Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
63καθέδραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν· ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν.
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
64Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα, Κύριε, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
65ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν καρδίας, μόχθον σου αὐτοῖας,
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
66καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Κύριε.
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