Lamentationes 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[ Aleph Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.
1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2Aleph Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, et non in lucem.
2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3Aleph Tantum in me vertit et convertit manum suam tota die.
3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4Beth Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam; contrivit ossa mea.
4He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5Beth Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me felle et labore.
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6Beth In tenebrosis collocavit me, quasi mortuos sempiternos.
6He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7Ghimel Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; aggravavit compedem meum.
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8Ghimel Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9Ghimel Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit.
9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10Daleth Ursus insidians factus est mihi, leo in absconditis.
10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11Daleth Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me; posuit me desolatam.
11He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12Daleth Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.
12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He Misit in renibus meis filias pharetræ suæ.
13He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14He Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.
14I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15He Replevit me amaritudinibus; inebriavit me absinthio.
15He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16Vau Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos; cibavit me cinere.
16He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17Vau Et repulsa est a pace anima mea; oblitus sum bonorum.
17You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18Vau Et dixi: Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino.
18I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”
19Zain Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ, absinthii et fellis.
19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20Zain Memoria memor ero, et tabescet in me anima mea.
20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21Zain Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.
21This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22Heth Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti; quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.
22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
23Heth Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.
23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
24Heth Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea; propterea exspectabo eum.
24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25Teth Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.
25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26Teth Bonum est præstolari cum silentio salutare Dei.
26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27Teth Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum ab adolescentia sua.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28Jod Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit, quia levavit super se.
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
29Jod Ponet in pulvere os suum, si forte sit spes.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30Jod Dabit percutienti se maxillam: saturabitur opprobriis.
30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31Caph Quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus.
31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32Caph Quia si abjecit, et miserebitur, secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.
32For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33Caph Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo et abjecit filios hominum.
33For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34Lamed Ut conteret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terræ.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35Lamed Ut declinaret judicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi.
35to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36Lamed Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo; Dominus ignoravit.
36to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37Mem Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret, Domino non jubente?
37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38Mem Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona?
38Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39Mem Quid murmuravit homo vivens, vir pro peccatis suis?
39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41Nun Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos.
41Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42Nun Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus; idcirco tu inexorabilis es.
42“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43Samech Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos; occidisti, nec pepercisti.
43“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44Samech Opposuisti nubem tibi, ne transeat oratio.
44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45Samech Eradicationem et abjectionem posuisti me in medio populorum.
45You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46Phe Aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici.
46“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47Phe Formido et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio, et contritio.
47Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48Phe Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, in contritione filiæ populi mei.
48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49Ain Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit, eo quod non esset requies.
49My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
50Ain Donec respiceret et videret Dominus de cælis.
50until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.
51Ain Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ.
51My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52Sade Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis.
52They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53Sade Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54Sade Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum; dixi: Perii.
54Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55Coph Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine, de lacu novissimo.
55I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
56Coph Vocem meam audisti; ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo et clamoribus.
56You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57Coph Appropinquasti in die quando invocavi te; dixisti: Ne timeas.
57You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58Res Judicasti, Domine, causam animæ meæ, redemptor vitæ meæ.
58Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59Res Vidisti, Domine, iniquitatem illorum adversum me: judica judicium meum.
59LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60Res Vidisti omnem furorem, universas cogitationes eorum adversum me.
60You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61Sin Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine, omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me.
61You have heard their reproach, LORD, and all their plans against me,
62Sin Labia insurgentium mihi, et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die.
62the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63Sin Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide; ego sum psalmus eorum.
63You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64Thau Redes eis vicem, Domine, juxta opera manuum suarum.
64You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65Thau Dabis eis scutum cordis, laborem tuum.
65You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66Thau Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos sub cælis, Domine.]
66You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
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