Lamentationes 5
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis; intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.
1Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
2Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos, domus nostræ ad extraneos.
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3Pupilli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi viduæ.
3We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
4Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus; ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.
4We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
5Cervicibus nostris minabamur, lassis non dabatur requies.
5Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
6Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis, ut saturaremur pane.
6We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7Patres nostri peccaverunt, et non sunt: et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.
7Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
8Servi dominati sunt nostri: non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.
8Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
9In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis, a facie gladii in deserto.
9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10Pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est, a facie tempestatum famis.
10Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt, et virgines in civitatibus Juda.
11They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12Principes manu suspensi sunt; facies senum non erubuerunt.
12Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
13Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt, et pueri in ligno corruerunt.
13The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14Senes defecerunt de portis, juvenes de choro psallentium.
14The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
15Defecit gaudium cordis nostri; versus est in luctum chorus noster.
15The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
16Cecidit corona capitis nostri: væ nobis, quia peccavimus !
16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum; ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,
17For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
18propter montem Sion quia disperiit; vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.
18for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
19Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanebis, solium tuum in generationem et generationem.
19You, LORD, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
20Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri, derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?
20Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
21Converte nos, Domine, ad te, et convertemur; innova dies nostros, sicut a principio.
21Turn us to yourself, LORD, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
22Sed projiciens repulisti nos: iratus es contra nos vehementer.]
22But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
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