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